Yesterday Once More

22 Feb 2020

More Summer Travels

Nostalgia, Songs, Summer

While continuing our focus on summertime, this week’s theme reveals more songs relating to modes of transport used for Summer Travels. Flight is popular with Peter, Paul and Mary ‘Leaving On A Jet Plane’, the 5th Dimension are ‘Up, Up and Away’ in their balloon and LGBTI singer Janis Ian is about to ‘Fly Too High’. The waterways are well represented with Tom Jones, Jo Stafford and The Tarriers singing about boats. Roads and driving are illustrated through Paul McCartney‘s ‘Long and Winding Road’, Dave Dudley‘s ‘6 Days on the Road’ and Australia’s Betty McQuade taking the ‘Midnight Bus’.

PLAYLIST

• Up, Up and Away – 5th Dimension
• Shrimp Boats – Jo Stafford
• The Long and Winding Road – Beatles
• Leaving on a Jet Plane – Peter, Paul and Mary
• Fly Too High – Janis Ian
• Skye Boat Song – Tom Jones
• Morningtown Ride – The Seekers
• Banana Boat Song – The Tarriers
• Mercedes Benz – Janis Joplin
• Midnight Bus – Betty McQuade
• Little Deuce Coupe – Beach Boys
• 6 Days on the Road -Dave Dudley

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