Childhood Favorite Songs #MusicMovesMe

It's the last Monday of August, and it's time for music!

Today I am joining up with other  Music Moves Me bloggers,  a group of music loving bloggers who blog about music each Sunday or Monday (or even later in the week). If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only-meaning at least one music video, please! Otherwise, your post may be labeled "No Music".)   Our head host is Xmas Dolly, and our co-hosts are Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, joined by the knowledgeable Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and, last but not least, me.

Every other week, we have a theme.  On alternate weeks, we can blog on any music theme we want. This week's theme is "songs about going back to school or childhood favorites".  I'm choosing the latter.

Banana Boat Song (Day-O) - Harry Belafonte, from 1957, still one of my favorite songs.

Ditto for The Lion Sleeps Tonight - The Tokens, from 1961.  This is also a cover and has an interesting back story.

Walk Don't Run - The Ventures (1960 version).

Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits, from 1965. I never released until writing this post that this 1965 hit was a cover of a song from 1963 featured in an ITV Televison Playhouse play, The Lads, in the United Kingdom.

This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis and the Playboys, from 1965.

Ferry Cross the Mersey- Gerry and the Pacemakers.

How about one more?  This 1964 song, at least from my point of view, came out of nowhere and was suddenly #1.  I think it took everyone I knew by surprise.  Here are the Four Seasons and Rag Doll.  Fun fact, the B side of the single was a song called Silence is Golden, which was later a hit for a group called the Tremeloes.

So, as a bonus, here is the original from the Four Seasons.

And that's a sentimental wrap!

Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me.