Posted by Graeme Gigante on October 13, 2026 at 19:23:52:
Hello to Bob, Snoop, & all else. Hope everyone is hanging in there. To back Steven Green up for his suggestion of an All-Chuck Berry 5th hour theme, in honor of it being Chuck Berry’s birthday this week, I too have suggested ideas for songs, all of which are by Chuck Berry. I also have a couple of other 5th hour theme ideas with songs for each one in addition. Such as an idea for a theme with unrelated songs that share the same title (I.E., songs that have the same title but have different meanings, completely different lyrics, & a completely different tune from one another.), as well as a theme for songs about pets.
For the All-Chuck Berry Theme (I.E., all songs by Chuck Berry, I know that at least the majority of my suggested songs for this theme will be the same as Steven Green’s):
- “No Particular Place To Go”.
- “School Daze (Or School Days, AKA, “Ring Ring Goes The Bell”)”.
- “Maybellene”.
- “Johnny B. Goode”.
- “My Ding-A-Ling”.
- “Go, Go, Go”
- “Brown Eyed Handsome Man”
- “Sweet Little Sixteen”
- “Oh Baby Doll”
- “Nadine”
- “Little Queenie”
- “Almost Grown”
- “Roll Over Beethoven”
- “Promised Land”
- “Oh Maria”
- “Reelin’ & Rockin”
- “Rock & Roll Music”
- “Come On”
- “Thirty Days”.
- “Memphis, Tennessee”.
- “Too Much Monkey Business”
- “Tulane”
- “Wee Wee Hours”
- “Wouldn’t We (Spelt as “Wuden’t We”)
- “You Can’t Cath Me”
- “You Can Never Tell”
- “Run Run Rudolph”
- “Oh Louisiana”
- “No Money Down”
- “Move It”
- “Merry Christmas Baby” (I know that it’s only October & we normally would not be requesting or suggesting Christmas tunes until December, but I just thought this would be an exception to count for this theme).
- “Let It Rock”
- Jo Jo Gunne”
- “If I Were”
- “I Never Thought”
- “I Need You Baby”
- “Get Your Kicks On” (Route 66)
- “Feelin’ It”
- “Down The Road Piece”
- 'Down Bound Train”
- “Don’t You Lie To Me”
- “Carol”
- “Crazy”
- “Back In The U.S.A.”
- “Around & Around”
For theme with unrelated songs of the same title:
- “Everlasting Love” (The original version Mac Gayden & the more popular version by Carl Carlton, any longer/extended version of the Mac Gayden/Carl Carlton song is encouraged), & the song of the same title by Natalie King Cole.
- “Hot Stuff” by The Rolling Stones & Donna Summer
- “Let’s Dance” by Chris Montez, David Bowie, the Excels, Ola & The Janglers
- “In The Still Of The Night” - Glen Gray & Casa Loma Orch; The Five Satins
- “Shout” - The Isley Brothers; Tears For Fears
- “Stay” - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs; Jackson Browne
- “Come Together - Aerosmith/The Beatles; MC5
- “One” - Three Dog Night/Harry Nilsson; Metallica
- “Stairway To Heaven” - Neil Sedaka; Led Zeppelin
- “Feel Like Making Love” - Roberta Flack; Bad Company
- “Fire” - Jimi Hendrix; The Pointer Sisters
- “Games People Play” - The Spinners; The Alan Parsons Project
- “Heartbreaker” - Led Zeppelin; Pat Benatar; Dionne Warwick
- “Jump” - Van Halen; The Pointer Sisters
- “1984” - David Bowie; Van Halen
- “Changes” - Black Sabbath/David Bowie
- “The Power Of Love” - Huey Lewis & The News; Frankie Goes To Hollywood; Jennifer Rush
- “Fox On The Run” - Manfred Mann; Sweet
- “Best Of My Love” - The Emotions; The Eagles
- “Somebody To Love” - Jefferson Airplane; Queen
- “Drive” - The Cars; R.E.M.
- “Do It Again” - The Beach Boys; Steely Dan
- “Hello” - Todd Rundgren; Lionel Richie
- “Call Me” - Aretha Franklin/Blondie
- “Shining Star” - Earth, Wind, & Fire; The Manhattans
- “Photograph” - Def Leppard; Ringo Starr
For theme with songs about pets:
- “How Much Is That Doggie In The Window” by Patti Page
- “I Love My Dog” - Cat Stevens
- “Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog” - Norma Tanega
- “Martha My Dear” - The Beatles
- “Lucifer Sam” - Pink Floyd
- “Me & You & A Dog Named Boo” - Lobo
- “Bron-Y-Aur-Stomp” - Led Zeppelin
- “Cracker Jack” - Dolly Parton
- “Shannon” - Harry Gross
- “Quiche Lorraine” - The B-52’s
- “I Love Cats” - The Cure
- “I Want A Dog” - The Pet Shop Boys
- All other songs you have by The Pet Shop Boys
- “Given The Dog A Bone” by AC/DC
- “The Puppy Song” by Harry Nilsson
- “Atomic Dog” - George Clinton
- “Gonna Buy Me A Dog” - The Monkees
- “…And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps”
- “Year Of The Cat” - Al Stewart
- “Delilah” - Queen
- “Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog” - Johnny Cash
- “Move It On Over” - The original version from 1947 by Hank Williams & the more popular hit version from 1978 by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
- “Old Shep” - Red Foley
- “Hep Cat’s Love Song” Cab Calloway
- ”The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot Nyow!)” Patty Andrews & Bob Crosby
- “My Girl’s Pussy” Harry Roy & His Bat Club Boys
- “Alexander The Swoose” - Doris Day & Les Brown
- “They Gotta Quit Kickin’ My Dawg Aroun” - Cy Perkins
- “What d’ye Mean You Lost Yer Dog?” - Thomas S. Allen & Joseph M. Daly
- “Who Tied The Can On The Old Dog’s Tail” - Mike Fitzpatrick
- “My Pet” - Jack Yellen & Milton Ager
- “The Cat & The Dog” - Harry Reser
- “Wild Cat” - Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
If anyone else has any more ideas for songs under either of these categories/suggestions. Feel free to comment them in response down below. And let’s get things A’-Rollin’ all night long this Friday. Like the train as the Yardbirds, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Burnette, & Tiny Bradshaw would put it in that song “Train Kept A Rollin’”, lol.