A-Z of ai

[Lindum]

Q - Quail Lodge Love Affair. Classic jazz track by the Bill Edmonds Trio from the 1962 LP, Cast No Shadow.

 

[mikemiller]

... or... "QuAIl song" by US country/bluegrass singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist Tim O'Brien (2015). Clip on YouTube.
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R ROCKY MountAIn Way - song by US singer-songwriter-guitarist Joe Walsh. Features on "The smoker you drink the player you get" album (1973).
Minor hit single in the UK - reached number 39 in the charts in 1977. Clip on YouTube.

 

[Lindum]

... or... "QuAIl song" by US country/bluegrass singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist Tim O'Brien (2015). Clip on YouTube.
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R ROCKY MountAIn Way - song by US singer-songwriter-guitarist Joe Walsh. Features on "The smoker you drink the player you get" album (1973).
Minor hit single in the UK - reached number 39 in the charts in 1977. Clip on YouTube.

I had my R as Buddy Holly, Raining In My Heart or Dylan A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall.

 

[mikemiller]

S ... (for a "double") ... SAIL on, sAIlor - song by the Beach Boys. Features on the album "Holland" (1973). Minor hit single in the USA and Canada in 1973 and1975. Clip on YouTube.

 

[herringthorpe]

T TAINTED Love - Soft Cell had a version which got to number one in the UK Charts. There have been versions of this song going back to Gloria Jones in the 1960's

 

[Lindum]

T TAINTED Love - Soft Cell had a version which got to number one in the UK Charts. There have been versions of this song going back to Gloria Jones in the 1960's

Gloria Jones and Soft Cell versions both excellent.

Or, T - Till We Meet Again. Romantic song written in WW1 and recorded by many including Doris Day. Huddersfield fans adopted it in the 1920s and still sing it as Smile Awhile. Both can be heard on YouTube.

 

[Lindum]

U - Unchained Melody. Righteous Brothers hit from 1965.

 

[mikemiller]

I was thinking of " Tainted Love" too, Never saw Marc Almond perform live, but I did once stand next to him in the queue to get served , in the record shop opposite Leeds University main entrance. Didn't see what he was buying . He's only fairly little.
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V VillAIn - soul-influenced pop song by US singer-songwriter Lily Rose (2020).
Full name - Lily Rose Williamson. May be a distant relative of Bobby. Clip on YouTube.

 

[Lindum]

Or, V - Love In Vain. Robert Johnson blues song recorded by several other artists including The Rolling Stones.

 

[mikemiller]

W WAIting for the end of the world - song by Elvis Costello. Features on his debut album "My aim is true" (title track also qualifies) , which was released in 1977.
Probably played both songs on that Stiff Records tour - can't remember. See also entry for "B". Clip on YouTube.

 

[Lindum]

Or, W - Walking In The Rain. 1964 single from The Ronettes.

X - Xerox Vampire Painting. Song by Black Metal band Homeskin from their 2025 LP, Soul Washed Bleach. Video on YouTube.

 

[mikemiller]

I didn't have anything for "X".
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Y YUKON RAIlroad - song by the US country/bluegrass group, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Features on their album "Uncle Charlie and his dog Teddy" (1970).
Clip on YouTube.

 

[herringthorpe]

Z ZEBRA's And AIRPLANES - Alicia Keys from 2014ish saying she saw a painting and it inspired her to write the song.

 

[mikemiller]

... or "(In) ZAIre" - UK hit single for Johnny Wakelin, which reached number 4 in the UK chart in 1976. The song is one of his several musical tributes to the boxer Muhammad Ali. Clip on YouTube. Johnny also sang on the Brighton & Hove Albion FA Cup Final song (1983).

 

[Lindum]

It's a wrap!

 

[herringthorpe]

Thanks Lindum!