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29th December 2020 Babyfather, written by Helen Adu, Juan Janes, Andrew Nicolls and Stuart Matthewman, and The Moon and the Sky was written by Helen Adu, Andrew Hale and Stuart Matthewman. They were both released on Sade’s 2010 album, Soldier of Love. Check them out on the Sade page! My Girl, written by William “Smokey” Robinson and Ronald White was released on the 1964 album The Temptations Sing Smokey. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 23rd December 2020 Cherry Pie, written by Helen Adu, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul Denman is from Sade’s 1984 album, Diamond Life. Check it out on the Sade page! Stayin’ Alive was written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and featured on the soundtrack to the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever. Folsom Prison Blues, written by Johnny Cash and Gordon Jenkins was written in 1953, when it was released on the album Johnny Cash and His Hot and Blue Guitar. Following his now famous concert at the Folsom Prison, CA, on 13th January 1968, the song featured on the live album of the concert, Johnny Cash at the Folsom Prison. 19th December 2020 Twenty Flight Rock, written by Eddie Cochran and Nelda Fairchild was released as a 1957 single by Cochran. It has become a classic and has been covered by scores of artists since. Check it out on the Eddie Cochran page. Rosalinda’s Eyes, My Life, and Zanzibar, written by Billy Joel, was released on Joel’s 1978 album 52nd Street. Smooth Operator, written by Helen Adu and Ray St. John, is from Sade’s 1984 album, Diamond Life. Check it out on the Sade page! 14th December 2020 New York State Of Mind, written by Billy Joel, appeared on the 1975 album, Turnstiles. Check it out on the Billy Joel page! Castles Made Of Sand, Up From The Skies and Spanish Castle Magic, were written by Jimi Hendrix and appeared on the 1967 album Axis: Bold As Love by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Check it out on the Jimi Hendrix page! 8th December 2020 Teenage Heaven, written by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart was released by Cochran as a 1959 single. Check it out on the Eddie Cochran page. Ramble On, written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. and Bring It On Home, written by Willie Dixon and covered by Led Zeppelin were released on their 1969 album Led Zeppelin II. Check them both out on the Jimmy Page & Robert Plant page. 3rd December 2020 It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me, written by Billy Joel, appeared on his 1980 album Glass Houses. Check it out on the the Billy Joel page Something Else, written by Eddie Cochran, Sharon Sheely and (Big Bro’) Bob Cochran, was released as a 1959 single by Cochran. Check it out on the brand-new Eddie Cochran page. 28th November 2020 C’mon Everybody and Summertime Blues were both written by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart were released as singles in 1958 by Cochran. They both became classics and each has been covered by scores of artists since. Check them out on the Eddie Cochran page. Your Love Is King and Hold on to Your Love were written by Helen Adu and Stuart Matthewman. They are from Sade’s 1984 album, Diamond Life. Check them out on the Sade page! 23th November 2020 One Kiss, written by Eddie Cochran, was released as a 1957 single (w/ Mean When I’m Mad) by Cochran and would feature on his 1957 album Singing to My Baby. Check it out on the brand-new Eddie Cochran page. Tell Her About It and Uptown Girl, written by Billy Joel, were featured on the 1983 album An Innocent Man. Check them out on the Billy Joel page! Oh Well (Part I) and Oh Well (Part II), written by Peter Green were released as a single in 1969 by Fleetwood Mac. Check them out on the Peter Green page! 18th November 2020 Undying Love was written by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart. Tell Me Why was written by Eddie Cochran. They were both released by Cochran as 1957 singles and would both feature on his 1957 album Singing to My Baby. Check them out on the Eddie Cochran page! Piano Man was written by Billy Joel, and was the title track 1973 album. Check it out on the Billy Joel page! Is It A Crime, written by Helen Adu, Stuart Matthewman and Andrew Hale, is from Sade’s 1985 album, Promise. Check it out on the Sade page! 12th November 2020 Voodoo Child (Slight Return) was released (with Voodoo Chile) on the 1968 album, Electric Ladyland, by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Check it out on the Jimi Hendrix page! Nervous Breakdown and Mean When I’m Mad were both written by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart and were released as singles in 1957 by Cochran. Mean When I’m Mad would subsequently be released on Cochran’s 1957 album Singing to My Baby. Check them out on the Eddie Cochran page. 5th November 2020 You Keep Me Hangin’ On, written by Holland – Dozier – Holland 1966, The Supremes Play The Songs of Holland – Dozier – Holland. For All We Know, covered by Donny Hathaway. Down in the River to Pray, is a traditional song. It started as a Negro spiritual, originally called The Good Old Way that was first published in "Slave Songs of the United States", by William Francis Allen in 1867. Since, it has also been variously described as a Christian folk hymn, an Appalachian song and a Southern gospel song. Frame By Frame, written by Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Bill Bruford and Tony Levin, and was released on King Crimson’s 1981 album, Discipline. Check them all out in Odd Ditties! 30th October 2020 Fracture, written by Robert Fripp is a guitar instrumental that he wrote as a challenge to himself. Every note is a quaver. It was released on King Crimson’s 1974 album, Starless and Bible Black. Check it out in Odd Ditties! Skinny Jim was written by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart, and was released as a 1956 single by Cochran. Check it out on the Eddie Cochran page. 2020 was written by Ben Folds and released as a single back in the summer. Lest we forget. Check it out on the Ben Folds page. 26th October 2020 I-95, written by Adam Schlesinger, was released on the 2007 album, Traffic and Weather by Fountains of Wayne, as was the song Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim, which was written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger. Check out both these great songs on the Adam Schlesinger page! Smackwater Jack, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, was recorded by Carole for her 1971 debut album, Tapestry. Check it out on the Gerry Goffin & Carole King page! Sloop John B is a traditional Bahamian folk song from Nassau. It has been covered by numerous artists but two well-known covers are by The Kingston Trio, and by the Beach Boys. Check out the Beach Boys cover in Odd Ditties! 21st October 2020 Jazzman and Nightingale, written by Carole King, both featured on her 1974 album Wrap Around Joy. Check them out on the Carole King page! Ferguson Road was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. and featured on Carole’s album Tapestry. Check it out on the Gerry Goffin & Carole King page! 15th October 2020 It’s Too Late, (King, Toni Stern) and I Feel The Earth Move were both released on Carole King’s 1971 album Tapestry. Check them out on the Carole King page! Just Once In My Life, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, was a 1965 hit for The Righteous Brothers. It would also feature on their album of the same name. Check it out on the Gerry Goffin & Carole King page! 9th October 2020 So Far Away and You’ve Got A Friend were written by Carole King’ and released on her 1971 album Tapestry. Check them out on the Carole King page! The Stranger, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant and She’s Always A Woman, were written by Billy Joel and were released on his 1977 breakthrough album, The Stranger. Check them out on the brand-new Billy Joel page! 2nd October 2020 Can’t Stop The World was written by Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin, and was released on The Go Go’s 1981 debut album, Beauty and The Beat. Check it out on the brand-new page for The Go Go’s! Johnny B Goode, written by Chuck Berry, used to be played live by Jimi Hendrix on occasion. It was never recorded by him but a performance of the song was recorded at the Berkeley Community Theatre, 5th May 1970. This would eventually be released on a posthumous 1986 album of live recordings (of the same name as the song). Check it out on the Jimi Hendrix page! 28th September 2020 Just The Way You Are, Moving Out (Anthony’s Song) and Only The Good Die Young were written by Billy Joel and were released on his 1977 breakthrough album, The Stranger. Check them out on the brand-new Billy Joel page! You Could be Happy, is a song from the 2006 album, Eyes Open, by Snow Patrol. Words by Gary Lightbody, Music by Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson and Jonny Quinn. Check it out on the Snow Patrol page! 21st September 2020 Head Over Heels, written by Charlotte Caffey and Kathy Valentine, was released on the 1984 album Talk Show by The Go Go’s. Lust To Love, written by Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin, and We Got The Beat, written by Caffey, were both released on The Go Go’s debut album, Beauty and the Beat. Check them out on the The Go Go’s page! It’s Going To Take Some Time was written by Carol King (music) and Toni Stern (lyrics), and was released on Carole King’s 1971 album Music. Check it out on the Carole King page! 14th September 2020 The Prettiest Star, written by David Bowie, was part of his proposal to Angela Barrett. It was subsequently released on his 1974 album, Aladdin Sane. Check it out on the David Bowie page! Completely Sweet, written by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart was released as a 1957 single by Cochran and would feature on his 1957 album Singing to My Baby. Check it out on the brand-new Eddie Cochran page. Up On The Roof and Some Kind of Wonderful, both written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, were both hits for The Drifters in 1961. Check them out on the Gerry Goffin & Carole King page! 7th September 2020 White Summer was written by Jimmy Page. It would be released on the Led Zeppelin’s final studio album, Coda, and later on Boxed Set. Check it out on the Jimmy Page & Robert Plant page! Go Away Little Girl, a 1963 hit for Steve Lawrence, and I’m Into Something Good, a 1964 hit for Earl Jean McCrea (of The Cookies), were both written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Check them both out on the Gerry Goffin & Carole King page! 31st August 2020 Missing Person, was written by Neil Finn, and appeared on the 1980 Split Enz album, True Colours. Check it out on the Split Enz page. Florentine Pogen and Evelyn, A Modified Dog are two Frank Zappa songs that appeared on the 1975 album One Size Fits All by the Mothers of Invention. Check them out on the Frank Zappa page! 24th August 2020 Baby Come On Home and Hey, Hey, What Can I Do, were written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham, and were released on Led Zeppelin’s final album, Coda. Check them out on the Jimmy Page & Robert Plant page! The Loco-motion, written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King, was a 1962 hit for Little Eva. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 17th August 2020 New Routine, credited to Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger, was included on the 2007 album, Traffic and Weather by Fountains of Wayne. Check it out on the Adam Schlesinger page! I Can’t Quit You Babe was written by Willie Dixon and was released on Zep’s album, Led Zeppelin II. The difficulty was that it was originally credited to Page & Plant. It would be some years before Willie received a co-write credit (and some welcome royalties). Check it out on the Jimmy Page & Robert Plant page. 10th August 2020 The Blind Guitarist was first published on this date in 2010. After ten years and (to date) 2200 song transcriptions, here he still is. So, a happy birthday to him! Now he is 10! The Ocean, was written by John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, and was released on Led Zeppelin’s 1973 album Houses of the Holy. Check it out on the Jimmy Page & Robert Plant page. Pleasant Valley Sunday, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, was performed by The Monkees and released on their 1967 album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd. Check it out on the Gerry Goffin & Carole King page! 3rd August 2020 Dancing Days and Over The Hills and Far Away, written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, and were released on Led Zeppelin’s 1973 album Houses of the Holy. Check them out on the Jimmy Page & Robert Plant page. One Fine Day, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, was a 1963 hit for The Chiffons when it reached top five on the Billboard Hot 100. Check it out on the Gerry Goffin & Carole King page. 27th July 2020 Black Mountain Side was inspired by a traditional Irish folk song called Down by Blackwaterside. Page’s arrangement closely follows Bert Jansch’s version of the Irish folk song. The recording was released on Led Zep’s 1969 debut album. Check it out on the Jimmy Page & Robert Plant page. The Door Into Summer, written by Chip Douglas and Bill Martin, was performed by The Monkees and released on their 1967 album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 21st July 2020 You Can’t Hurry Love was written by that Brill Building team, Holland – Dozier – Holland. It was a mega-hit for The Supremes in 1966, and would be released on their album, The Supremes A’ Go-Go. Check it out in Odd Ditties! Take Good Care Of My Baby, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, was a 1963 hit for Bobby Vee when it reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Check it out on the Gerry Goffin & Carole King page! 14th July 2020 I Need Something To Care About, Medication and Speed Of Light were written by Leslie Mendelson and Steve McEwan, and appeared on her 2020 album, If You Can’t Say Anything Nice… Check them out on the Leslie Mendelson & Steve McEwan page! Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You, written by Anne Bredon, was covered by Led Zeppelin on their debut album. Page added some electric parts and credited himself as the songwriter. Anne would only later receive a writing credit. Check it out on the Jimmy Page & Robert Plant page. 7th July 2020 Why Would I Let You Go, written by Sondre Lerche Vaular, was the lead track on his 2020 album, Patience. Check it out on the Sondre Lerche page! A Fine Day For A Parade and Denise, written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger for their band Fountains of Wayne. Both songs would appear on their 1999 album, Utopia Parkway. Check them out on the Adam Schlesinger page! 30th June 2020 You Are Not Who I Thought I Was, written by Sondre Lerche, was the lead track on his 2020 album, Patience. Check it out on the Sondre Lerche page! Little Red Light, Hackensack and Valley Winter Song, were written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger for their band Fountains of Wayne. It would appear on their 2003 album, Welcome Interstate Managers. Check it out on the Adam Schlesinger page! 24th June 2020 Radar Love, written by George Kooymans and Barry Hay, was released as a single from the 1973 album Moontan by their band Golden Earring. Check it out in Odd Ditties! Someone’s Gonna Break Your Heart and Action Hero, written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger for their band Fountains of Wayne. They would appear on their 2011 album, Sky Full of Holes. Check it out on the Adam Schlesinger page! 18th June 2020 My Melancholy Blues, written by Freddy Mercury, appeared on Queen’s 1977 album, News of the World. Check it out on the Freddie Mercury page! Three cool songs from those Fountains of Wayne boys. A Road Song, The Summer Place, A Dip in the Ocean were written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger. All three would appear on the band’s 2011 album, Sky Full of Holes. Check them out on the Adam Schlesinger page! 11th June 2020 Hocus Pocus was a 1971 song by Dutch band Focus, written by keyboardist, flautist and vocalist Thijs van Leer and guitarist Jan Akkerman, that first appeared on their 1971 studio album Moving Waves. An edited version was released as a single in 1973. Check it out in Odd Ditties! Slip Slidin’ Away, is a Paul Simon song from his compilation album Greatest Hits, Etc., It would subsequently appear as a bonus track on the 2004 re-issue of Still Crazy After All These Years. Check them both out on the Paul Simon page! 5th June 2020 Baby Driver, written by Paul Simon, was first released on the 1970 album, Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel. Slip Slidin’ Away is a Paul Simon song from 1977 that appeared on his compilation album, Greatest Hits, Etc., It would late appear as a bonus track on the 2004 re-issue of Still Crazy After All These Years. Check them both out on the Paul Simon page! 30th May 2020 Anji is a fingerstyle Blues/Folk instrumental, written by Davey Graham and released on his debut EP, 3/4 AD. Check it out in Odd Ditties! The Green Manalishi was the last song Peter Green for Fleetwood Mac before leaving the band. Check it out on the Peter Green page! Graceland is the title track from Paul Simon’s 1983 album, Graceland, recorded in apartheid-era South Africa with black African musicians, which was controversial at the time. Check it out on the Paul Simon page! 23rd May 2020 Less Than You Think, written by Elizabeth Ziman, appeared on her 2017 album Keepsake by Elizabeth and The Catapult. Check it out on the Elizabeth Ziman page! Moonlight Shadow, written by Mike Oldfield, 1983 album, Crises. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 17th May 2020 Avalanche, written by Leonard Cohen, 1971 album, Songs of Love and Hate. Check it out on the Leonard Cohen page! True Love Will Find You In The End was written by Daniel Johnston in 1984, and would appear on his 1985 album Retired Boxer. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 11th May 2020 Sledgehammer was written by Peter Gabriel and was released on his 1986 album So. No Time To Die was written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell as the “Bond Song” i.e. as the title track for the soundtrack of the Bond film of the same name. It was released as a single in February 2020., Memories was credited to Adam Levine, Maroon 5 and Johann Pachebel. Harmonically and melodically, it is a direct lift of the Canon in Dm by German Baroque composer, Johann Pachebel. Trouble No More, written by McKinley Morganfield (a.k.a. Muddy Waters), is a cover of Someday No More by Sleepy John Estes. Muddy’s song would, in turn, be covered by The Allman Brothers Band. Check them all out in Odd Ditties! 30th April 2020 Radiation Vibe is the lead track from Fountains of Wayne’s self-titled 1996 debut album. Written by Chris Collingwood. Check it out on the Adam Schlesinger page! Mad World, written by Roland Orzabal for Tears For Fears, was covered by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the soundtrack of the 2001 film, Donny Darko. It was later released by then as a single. Check it out in Odd Ditties!24th April 2020 Something Just Like This, is a song written by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay When we Were Young, written by Adele (Adkins) and Tobias Jesso Jr, featured on Adele’s 2016 album, “25”. Check them both out in Odd Ditties! 17th April 2020 I Love You, Ilomino, and Listen Before I Go, were both written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, and are featured on Eilish’s 2019 album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Check them out on the Billie Eilish page! Something I Need was a 2013 single by American pop rock band, OneRepublic, and was written by Ryan Tedder and Benny Blanco. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 11th April 2020 Everything I Wanted, written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, was released as a single in 2019. Check them out on the Billie Eilish page! Fix You was a 2005 single by Coldplay, written by Chris Martin and Coldplay. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 5th April 2020 All The Good Girls Go To Hell, Bad Guy and When The Party’s Over, written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell are featured on Eilish’s 2019 album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Check them out on the Billie Eilish page! On Top of the World is a 2012 song by American pop rock band, Imagine Dragons. Writing was credited to the whole band. The song appeared on the Continued Silence EP, and the band’s 2012 debut album, Night Visions. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 28th March 2020 Not My Friend, written by Norah Jones; Thinking About You, written by Norah Jones and Ilhan Ersahin, were released on Norah’s 2007 album Not Too Late. Turn Me On, written by John D Loudermilk II, was covered by Norah Jones on her 2002 debut album, Come Away With Me. Check them out on the Norah Jones page! 21st March 2020 Ocean Eyes was written by Finneas O’Connell and performed by Billie Eilish. It was Eilish’s breakthrough song. Check it out on the Billie Eilish page! Not Too Late and Until The End were written by Norah Jones and Lee Alexander, and were both released on Norah’s 2007 album Not Too Late. Check them out on the Norah Jones page! 16th March 2020 What I Miss About You, was written by Andrea McEwan and Katie Melua, and appeared on Melua’s 2007 album Pictures. Check it out on the Katie Melua page! Come Away With Me, written by Norah Jones, and Don’t Know Why, written by Jessie Harris both appeared on Norah Jones’s 2002 debut album, Come Away With Me. Check it out on the Norah Jones page! 7th March 2020 Red Balloons, written by Katie Melua and and her best mate, Polly Scattergood, and Tiny Alien, written by Melua and Dan Chambers, both featured on Melua’s 2010 album, The House. Check them both out on the Katie Melua page! Killing Floor was written by Chester Burnett (a.k.a Howlin’ Wolf) and was released as a 1964 single. It would later appear on several compilation albums. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 2nd March 2020 Ordinary Love, with words written by Bono and music credited to the whole band, was a song that featured on U2’s 2014 album, Songs Of Innocence. Forget You, was a hit song written by CeeLo Green, Bruno Mars, Phillip Lawrence and Ari Levine that featured on Green’s 2010 album The Lady Killer. Check them both out in Odd Ditties! 27th February 2020 Nine Million Bicycles, written by Mike Batt, and Halfway Up The Hindu Kush, written by Katie Melua and Mike Batt, both featured on Melua’s 2005 album, Piece by Piece. The Walls of the World, written by Mike Batt, featured on Katie Melua’s 2012 album, Secret Symphony. Check them out on the Katie Melua page! 23rd February 2020 I Cried For You, and I Do Believe In Love were both written by Katie Melua and featured on her 2005 album, Piece by Piece. Check them out on the Katie Melua page! Every Breaking Wave, with words written by Bono & Edge, and music credited to all members of U2, featured on the band’s 2014 Songs Of Innocence. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 16th February 2020 Just Like Heaven, written by Robert Smith and The Cure, appeared on their 1987 album, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. It was covered by Katie Melua on her 2005 album, Piece by Piece. Piece by Piece and Spider’s Web were written by Katie Melua and are also to be found on Piece by Piece. Check them all out on the Katie Melua page! 11th February 2020 History Boys, written by Nerina Pallot was released on the 2011 album, Year of the Wolf. Check it out on the Nerina Pallot page! Missing The War, written by Ben Folds was released on his 1997 album Whatever and Ever Amen. Check it out on the Ben Folds page! Perfect World was written by Katie Melua and was released on her 2016 album In Winter. Check it out on the Katie Melua page! 4th February 2020 Someone to You, written by Banners (Michael Joseph Nelson) was released as a single in 2017. Easy, a single written by Lionel Richie, that featured on the Commodores eponymous 1977 album. Check them both out in Odd Ditties! Love is an Unmade Bed, written by Nerina Pallot was released on the 2014 EP Lonely Valentines Club. Check it out on the Nerina Pallot page! 27th January 2020 100 Years Ago, written by Jagger/Richards, featured on the 1973 Rolling Stones’ album Goats Head Soup. 2000 Light Years From Home, written by Jagger/Richards, featured on the Stones’ 1967 psychedelic album, Their Satanic Majesties Request. Check them both out on the Mick Jagger & Keith Richards page! 19th January 2020 Oh No, written by Frank Zappa, was first released on the 1967 album, Lumpy Gravy, and would later be featured on Weasels Ripped My Flesh, YCDTOSA Vol. 1 and Make A Jazz Noise Here. Check it out on the Frank Zappa page! Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic was written by Sting and released as a single from the 1981 album Ghost In The Machine by The Police. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 13th January 2020 When The Levee Breaks was written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham and Memphis Minnie. Robert Plant based his lyrics on Minnie’s original (hence the co-write credit) but Page came up with a new riff to make the track Zep’s own It was the last track on Led Zeppelin’s untitled 1971 album. Check it out on the Jimmy Page & Robert Plant page! One Day Like This, written by Guy Garvey, featured on the 2008 album The Seldom Seen Kid by his band Elbow. It was awarded the 2009 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song. Check it out in Odd Ditties! 5th January 2020 Black Dog, written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones, was the lead track on Led Zeppelin’s legendary untitled fourth album. Check it out on the Jimmy Page & Robert Plant page. It’ll All Work Out, written by Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, was released on The Heartbreakers’ 1987 album, Let Me Up (I've Had Enough). Check it out on the Tom Petty page!
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