Sweet! #MusicMovesMe

 

Welcome to Monday!  It's time for #MusicMovesMe.

Who are the #MusicMovesMe bloggers? We are bloggers who blog about music each Monday and if you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only , please!)   First, there is XmasDolly,   Her co-cohostesses are: Stacy of Stacy Uncorked, Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, and me. As Xmas Dolly likes to say, "Applause!"  Xmas Dolly had to miss some of January and I hope she'll be able to join us soon.

Each month we have a guest co-hostess who picks themes for the month, and this month we welcome Songbird from Songbird's Crazy World.

If you are interested in our themes for February (we'd love you to join us) you can find themes for 2021 here.  

For today, Songbird picked:  National Baked Alaska Day.  It is also Candy-making Day, Candy Decorating Day and Dark Chocolate Day.  So let’s have songs about “sweet” things. I'll expand this a little to include people and songs that mention sweets but maybe aren't too sweet.

I just did a honey post a couple of weeks ago, but let's see what I can come up with.  There's one piece of bad news I need to pass along: In my January 4 post I had blogged about a British war hero who may be the oldest person to have a #1 recording.   He is Captain Tom Moore, a 100 year old  who raised a substantial amount of money for National Health Service charities by walking a loop of his garden over and over during the lockdown last year.   He is now in the hospital with COVID-19. 

In the spirit of wishing Captain Moore well, let's sing about sweet things.

Let's start off with a 1958 hit of my childhood, "Sugartime", as sung by the McGuire Sisters.

"Sweet Cherry Wine" was a 1969 hit for Tommy James and the Shondells.  I loved their sound then, and I still love it today.

In 1969, Sweet Caroline was a big hit for the incomparable Neil Diamond.  I've had this song on my blog before (including one performance at a Red Sox game) so I decided this pandemic 2020 version would be the best version for today.  And, as a bonus, I have the same sweater as the person on the left at :.45.

 Candy Man -Sammy Davis Jr.  I chose a 1985 live version. 

Let's progress to the 1980's, 1987 to be exact, with Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen

I had thought about putting in "Sugar" by System of a Down" but I decided it was a just a bit intense for what I offered. But I wanted something a little harder. So:

Here's the last one - from 1987, it must have been a sweet year.  Def Leppard and Pour Some Sugar On Me.

And that's a sweet, sugary wrap.  See you next time, same time, same place.