Monday, June 1, 2015

Top Ten: Summer Songs


My list for the best ten songs to include in a Summer music therapy session with older adults. I do like to test the boundaries of music that I use and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. There are songs on this list from the early twentieth century and a few from the 60's & 70's. My residents have become so diverse in age that it is difficult to plan for large group sessions as the 100 year residents are in a different generation than the 75 year old residents. Using familiar songs that most everyone has heard at least once does help. Broadway tunes seem to be known by most along with songs from movies.



1. Those Lazy, Hazy. Crazy Days of Summer
1963 Recorded by Nat King Cole            


                     2.The Things We Did Last Summer
                             Originally recorded 1946.
                     Dean Martin version recorded 1959.


                                                             3. June is Busting Out
                                                    1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein 
                                                                        "Carousel"



                                                      4. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
                                                      1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein
                                                                       "Oklahoma"



                                                                   5. Summertime
                                                                  1934-Gershwin
                                                                  "Porgy & Bess"



                                               6. Itsy Bitsy Tiny Yellow Polkadot Bikini
                                                                 1960-Bryan Hyland


                                                                  7. Summer Nights
                                                                    1978--"Grease"



                                                8. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
                                          Originally written 1909. Released in movie 1953





                                                       9. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
                                                              Originally written 1919. 
                                              Re-released in "On Moonlight Bay" 1951




                                                              10. Beer Barrel Polka 
                                                                     Written 1927.
                                                      Became world famous during WWII.



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