Listen y’all, before you chide me for not including some obvious choice, and/or mock me for the fact that I largely stopped listening to new music in the last century, give me props for my eclectic taste. My lists demonstrate my love of rock and roll, jazz standards, vintage country, R & B, gospel, even folk music from the British Isles.

Often in bed, I make lists, most of which are of no use to you, or me. But I’m sharing some thematic playlists hoping they may introduce you to unfamiliar songs you may like. The’re in no particular order; don’t infer I prefer songs earliest in the list. Also, this particular theme made the list so long there’s a part 2. I promise not to make future lists so painfully unedited. I’ll likely break that promise, but you see I’m well-intentioned. In fact, one might say “my aim is true”.

Alison - Elvis Costello
Pauline - Eleni Mandell
Me and Mr. Jones - Amy Winehouse
Miss Brown to You - Billie Holiday
Enid -- Barenaked Ladies
Veronica -- Elvis Costello
Sam -- Sturgill Sampson

Martha - Tom Waits
Danny’s All-Star Joint - Rickie Lee Jones
Annabelle - Gillian Welch
Safronia B – Colin James
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Rosalita - Bruce Springsteen
Ode to Billy Joe - Bobbie Gentry
Billie Jean - The Civil Wars
Danny Boy – Megan Mullally
Glasgow Peggy - Silly Wizard
My Sharona - The Knack
Chuck E’s in Love - Rickie Lee Jones
Louise - Linda Ronstadt
Tyrone (Live) – Erykah Badu
Mandy Is Two –Billie Holiday
Jolene - Dolly Parton
My Bill - Cleo Laine (Live)
Proud Mary – Tina Turner

Ben – Michael Jackson (when he was a child)

Jennifer’s Body -- Hole
Get Up John (Live) – Ricky Skaggs

Help Me Mary – Liz Phair