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Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
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Cover of the Hank Williams classic.
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Hank Williams – Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
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[Verse 1] / Goodbye Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh / Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou / My Yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh / Son of me gun we'll have big fun on the
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John Fogerty – Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
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Cover of the Hank Williams classic.
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Hank Williams – Jambalaya (On the Bayou) Covers
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See all of “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” by Hank Williams’s covers
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Carpenters – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
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You better watch out / You better not cry / You better not pout / I'm telling you why / Santa Claus is comin' to town / He's making a list / Checking it twice / Gonna find out
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Country Genius – Songs of the South: Louisiana
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Songs of the South
You’ll find a series of articles on this subject in the archives and each one focuses on the music of a state in the south. While great country music comes
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Carpenters – White Christmas
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The sun is shining, the grass is green / The orange and palm trees sway / There's never been such a day / In Beverly Hills, L.A / But it's December the twenty fourth / And I'm
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Mary Chapin Carpenter – Down At The Twist And Shout
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You’d be hard-pressed to find a song that better presents the idea of good times. This is Louisiana country spiced with Cajun and and Zydeco influences. It’s addictive and before
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Carpenters – I'll Be Yours
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When I first saw you my heart said yes / You'd be the one to cure my loneliness / And so every night I pray / Pray that some day you will say / Pray that you'll say you love me and
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Carpenters – Merry Christmas, Darling
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[Intro] / Greeting cards have all been sent / The Christmas rush is through / But I still have one wish to make / A special one for you / [Verse 1] / Merry Christmas, darling / We'
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Carpenters – Looking For Love
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Always have said there is a thing called love / And in my life I have said the word a thousand times / Looking around I can see lovers / Lost in a world that's all their own
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Carpenters – Good Friends Are For Keeps
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Hey, now don't let your empty room ever get you down / You can fill the silence with a smile / And don't let the crowds on the street make you feel / Like you are just a stranger
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Carpenters – Yesterday Once More
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“Yesterday Once More” was a single from Carpenters album Now & Then.
The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for three weeks
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Carpenters – Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again
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At any moment / He'll be walking through that door / But he won't find me behind it / 'Cause the feeling is gone / And just won't come back any more / I worked so hard to find it
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Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (Reprise)
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When I was young I'd listen to the radio, so fine, so fine / When I was young I'd listen to the radio, so fine, so fine / When I was young I'd listen to the radio, so fine, so fine
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Carpenters – The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
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They say that you're a run around lover / Though you say it isn't so / But if you put me down for another / I'll know, believe me, I'll know / 'Cause the night has a thousand eyes
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Carpenters – Johnny Angel
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Johnny Angel, Johnny Angel / Johnny Angel, Johnny Angel / You're an angel to me / Johnny Angel, how I love him / How I tingle when he passes by / Every time he says hello / My
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Carpenters – Sing
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“Sing” is the Carpenter’s cover of Joe Raposo’s original 1971 on Sesame Street song. In their version, the Carpenters omit the bilingual aspect of the song, performing in only
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Carpenters – The End of the World
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The original, very successful (US) hit, was sung by Skeeter Davis in 1962.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgcy-V6YIuI
Check out the hair-do (or don’t).
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Carpenters – Our Day Will Come
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Our day will come / And we'll have everything / We'll share the joy / Falling in love can bring / No one can tell me / That I'm too young to know / I love you so / And you love me
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Carpenters – I Can't Make Music
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Here I am just sitting around / With an old piano in a vacant room / And the same old feelings come again / So uncertain, hurting, scared / I though I grew but here I am again / I
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Carpenters – Please Mr. Postman (1991 Remix)
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“Please Mr. Postman” was a cover version of the Marvelettes' 1961 hit song.
The Carpenters' version was released as a single from their sixth album “Horizon.”
Their version
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Carpenters – 1980 Medley (Sing/Knowing When To Leave/Make It Easy On Yourself/Someday/We've Only Just Begun)
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Sing, sing a song / Make it simple to last your whole life long / Don't worry that it's not good enough / For anyone else to hear / Just sing, sing a song / Go while the going is
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Carpenters – One Fine Day
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One fine day, you'll look at me / And then you'll know our love was meant to be / One fine day, you're going to want me for your girl / Those arms I long for will open wide / And
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Carpenters – Fun, Fun, Fun
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Well, she got her daddy's car / And she cruised through the hamburger stand now / Seems she forgot all about the library / Like she told her old man now / And with the radio
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Carpenters – Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)
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I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still / Da doo ron ron ron, da doo ron ron / Somebody told me that his name was Bill / Da doo ron ron ron, da doo ron ron / Yeah, my heart
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Carpenters – This Masquerade
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One of three songs written by Leon Russell which the Carpenters covered.
This one appeared on their 1973 album, Now and Then.
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Carpenters – Deadman's Curve
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The street was deserted late Friday night / We were bugging each other while we sat out the light / We both popped the clutch when the light turned green / You should have heard
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Richard Carpenter – Something In Your Eyes
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Something in Your Eyes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Something in Your Eyes”
Single by Richard Carpenter featuring Dusty Springfield
from the album Time
A-side “
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Carpenters – Oldies Medley
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Well, she got her daddy's car / And she cruised through the hamburger stand now / Seems she forgot all about the library / Like she told her old man now / And with the radio
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SiriusXM – Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time (2022)
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1000. Alan Jackson - Country Boy / 999. Greater Bakersfield Show Interview (w/ Dwight Yoakam & Dave Alvin) / 998. The Oak Ridge Boys - Trying To Love Two Women / 997. Chris Cagle
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