December 31, 2025: Out With The Old...In With The New!

• Old Days: Chicago
• New Song: Howard Jones
• This Old Heart Of Mine: Rod Stewart with Ronald Isley
• It's Just Another New Year's Eve: Barry Manilow
• Old And Wise: Alan Parsons Project
• New Attitude: Patti LaBelle
• Those Good Old Dreams: Carpenters
• Brand New Key: Melanie
• An Old Fashioned Love Song: Three Dog Night
• New World Man: Rush
• The Old Songs: Barry Manilow

December 24, 2025:

Tis the Season!

• River: Joni Mitchell
• The Night Before Christmas: Carly Simon
• Christmas Wrapping: The Waitresses
• Celebrate Me Home: Kenny Loggins
• Hey Santa!: Carnie and Wendy Wilson
• Candy Cane Jane: The Laurie Berkner Band
• Closing Of The Year: The Musical Cast of Toys, Featuring Wendy & Lisa
• O Holy Night: Josh Groban
• Same Auld Lang Syne: Dan Fogelberg
• My Favorite Things: Barbra Streisand
• Skating: Vince Guaraldi Trio

December 17, 2025: Whispers!

• I'm Not in Love: 10cc
• What I Like About You: The Romantics
• Mellow Yellow: Donovan
• Last Christmas: Wham!
• Bad Guy: Billie Eilish
• Justify My Love: Madonna
• Come Together: The Beatles
• Happy Xmas (War Is Over): The Plastic Ono Band
• In The Closet: Michael Jackson
• Devil Inside: INXS
• Blister In The Sun: Violent Femmes

December 10, 2025: Non-English Songs

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• Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu): Domenico Modugno
• Guantamera: The Sandpipers
• 99 Luftballoons: Nena
• Feliz Navidad: Jose Feliciano
• Dominique: The Singing Nun
• Sukiyaki: Kyu Sakamoto
• Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix): Los Del Rio
• Sadeness Part 1: Enigma
• O Tannenbaum: Nat King Cole
• Eres Tu: Mocedades
• Ma Belle Amie: Tee Set

December 3, 2025: Reading and Writing

• Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp) : Allan Sherman
• Strawberry Letter 23: The Brothers Johnson
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter: Fats Waller
• Grown Up Christmas List: Natalie Cole
• Poetry Man: Phoebe Snow
• Wuthering Heights: Kate Bush
• Paperback Writer: The Beatles
• Hey Jack Kerouac: 10,000 Maniacs
• All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) : Spike Jones and His City Slickers
• Unwritten: Natasha Bedingfield
• Everyday I Write The Book: Elvis Costello and The Attractions
• Longfellow Serenade: Neil Diamond

November 26, 2025: Gratitude!

• Thank You For Being A Friend: Andrew Gold
• Blessed: Elton John
• Thank You: Dido
• Wind Beneath My Wings: Bette Midler
• Kind And Generous: Natalie Merchant
• Because You Loved Me: Celine Dion
• A Moment Like This: Kelly Clarkson
• Thank U: Alanis Morissette
• Cool: Gwen Stefani
• In My Life: The Beatles
• What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

November 19, 2025: Adults Only!

• Promises: Basia
• Look Me In The Heart: Tina Turner
• Everything You Touch: Smokey Robinson
• Through The Test Of Time: Patti Austin
• Turn Back The Clock: Johnny Hates Jazz
• We're Not Making Love Anymore: Barbra Streisand
• Castle Of Dreams: Dave Koz
• Notgonnachange: Swing Out Sister
• Happy Ever After: Julia Fordham
• Soul Drifter: Lindsey Buckingham

November 12, 2025: 70 Years Ago!

• Rock Around The Clock: Bill Haley & His Comets
• Sincerely: The McGuire Sisters
• Autumn Leaves: Roger Williams
• Sixteen Tons: "Tennessee" Ernie Ford
• Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White: Perez Prado
• Mr. Sandman: The Chordettes
• Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing: Four Aces
• Only You: The Platters
• Let Me Go Lover: Joan Weber
• Learnin' The Blues: Frank Sinatra
• The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane: The Ames Brothers
• The Ballad of Davy Crockett: Bill Hayes
• The Yellow Rose of Texas: Mitch Miller

November 5, 2025: Soft & Easy '70s

• Take Me Home, Country Roads: John Denver
• If You Love Me, Let Me Know: Olivia Newton-John
• Longfellow Serenade: Neil Diamond
• I'll Never Love This Way Again: Dionne Warwick
• Fly Away: John Denver with Olivia Newton-John
• Songbird: Barbra Streisand
• Snowbird: Anne Murray
• Handy Man: James Taylor
• This Moment In Time: Engelbert Humperdinck
• Watching Scotty Grow: Bobby Goldsboro
• Southern Nights: Glen Campbell
• I Write The Songs: Barry Manilow

October 29, 2025: Mooning Songs

• Dancing In The Moonlight: King Harvest
• Walking On The Moon: The Police
• Moondance: Van Morrison
• Moon Shadow: Cat Stevens
• Can't Fight The Moonlight: LeAnn Rimes
• Desert Moon: Dennis DeYoung
• Shame On The Moon: Bob Seger
• New Moon On Monday: Duran Duran
• Bad Moon Rising: Credence Clearwater Revival
• Shadows In The Moonlight: Anne Murray
• Man On The Moon: REM
• Dancing In The Moonlight: Alyson Stoner

October 22, 2025: Butterfly Songs 

(In memory of my Second Cousin, Melissa Savard)

• Dog and Butterfly: Heart
• Butterflies: Michael Jackson
• Butterfly: Andy Williams
• She's A Butterfly: Martina McBride
• Butterfly: Mariah Carey
• Butterflies: Kacey Musgraves
• Elusive Butterfly: Bob Lind
• Butterfly: Crazy Town
• Butterfly for Bucky: Bobby Goldsboro
• Butterfly Kisses: Bob Carlisle
• Could It Be Magic: Barry Manilow

October 15, 2025: Supportive Songs

• Hang In On There Baby: Johnny Bristol
• You've Got A Friend: James Taylor
• I'll Be Your Shelter: Taylor Dayne
• Don't Give Up: Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush
• Sunshine On My Shoulders: John Denver
• Let Me Be There: Olivia Newton-John
• You'll Be In My Heart: Phil Collins
• You're My Best Friend: Queen
• He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother: The Hollies
• True Colors: Cyndi Lauper
• I'll Be There For You: The Rembrandts

October 8, 2025: No Words in the '60s!

• Casino Royale: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Band
• Theme From The Apartment: Ferrante & Teicher
• Classical Gas: Mason Williams
• Calcutta: Lawrence Welk
• Soulful Strut: Young-Holt Unlimited
• Cissy Strut: The Meters
• No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In): The T-Bones
• Albatross: Fleetwood Mac
• Julia: Ramsey Lewis
• Walk Don't Run: The Ventures
• Telstar: The Tornados
• Time Is Tight: Booker T & The M.G.s
• The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Hugo Montenegro
• Love Is Blue: Paul Mauriat

October 1, 2025: The Spicy Season!

• Scarborough Fair: Simon And Garfunkel
• Brown Sugar: The Rolling Stones
• Incense and Peppermints: Strawberry Alarm Clock
• How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You): James Taylor
• Cinnamon Girl: Neil Young
• Sugar Sugar: The Archies
• Spice Of Life: The Manhattan Transfer
• Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes): Edison Lighthouse
• Too Sweet: Hozier
• Java: Al Hirt
• Afternoons & Coffeespoons: Crash Test Dummies
• Spice Up Your Life: Spice Girls
• Black Coffee In Bed: Squeeze

September 24, 2o25: Bubbling Under!

• Peace and Love Inc.: Information Society
• I'm Alive: Jackson Browne
• Make Believe It's Your First Time: Carpenters
• With Heaven On Our Side: Foreigner
• Cornflake Girl: Tori Amos
• We Wait And We Wonder: Phil Collins
• For Whom The Bell Tolls: Bee Gees
• Paper Doll: Fleetwood Mac
• Dark Is The Night: a-ha
• Fairground: Simply Red

September 17, 2025: 40 Years Ago!

• And She Was: Talking Heads
• Perfect Way: Scritti Politi
• Boy In The Box: Corey Hart
• Who's Holding Donna Now: DeBarge
• I Wonder If I Take You Home: Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam
• Sunset Grill: Don Henley
• Fortress Around Your Heart: Sting
• Life In One Day: Howard Jones
• Dress You Up: Madonna
• St Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion): John Parr

September 10, 2025: Remembering Richard Perry

• Dare Me: Pointer Sisters
• Haven't Got Time For The Pain: Carly Simon
• You Make Me Feel Like Dancing: Leo Sayer
• The Motown Song: Rod Stewart with The Temptations
• Stand Tall: Burton Cummings
• You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song): Jeffrey Osborne
• A Song For You: Ray Charles
• Coconut: Nilsson
• Oh, People: Patti LaBelle
• To All The Girls I've Loved Before: Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson
• Mockingbird: Carly Simon and James Taylor

September 3, 2025: Studio 54

• Native New Yorker: Odyssey
• Born To Be Alive: Patrick Hernandez
• Young Hearts Run Free: Candi Staton
• Dance Dance Dance: Chic
• Hot Stuff: Donna Summer
• The Boss: Diana Ross
• You Make Me Feel: Sylvester
• Love Machine: The Miracles
• Take Me Home: Cher
• Wishing On A Star: Rose Royce
• I Love The Night Life (Disco Round): Alicia Bridges
• YMCA: Village People

August 27, 2025: Wow Songs!

• Like Wow!: Leslie Carter
• Orinoco Flow: Enya
• Emotional Rescue: The Rolling Stones
• Club At The End Of The Street: Elton John
• Mr. Wendal: Arrested Development
• Rockin' Back Inside Your Heart: Julee Cruise
• Lift Me Up: Howard Jones
• Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me): Chris Isaak
• This House: Tracie Spencer
• Seven Year Ache: Rosanne Cash
• The Finer Things: Steve Winwood

August 20, 2025: Social Commentary

• Look Out Any Window: Bruce Hornsby & The Range
• What's Going On: Marvin Gaye
• Blowin' in the Wind: Peter, Paul, and Mary
• Praying For Time: George Michael
• Ohio: Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
• One Tin Solider: Coven
• A Change Is Gonna Come: Sam Cooke
• Fortunate Son: Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Skip A Rope: Henson Cargill
• State Of The World: Janet Jackson
• Imagine: John Lennon

August 13, 2025: Acronyms Sing It All!

• Until Your Love Comes Back Around: RTZ
• Weak: SWV
• SOS: ABBA
• Hold On Tight: ELO
• Waterfalls: TLC
• Youth Of The Nation: POD
• If You Leave: OMD
• How Bizarre: OMC
• Drive: REM
• You Shook Me All Night Long: AC/DC

August 6, 2025: Going Commercial!

• Lowrider: War
• We've Only Just Begun: Carpenters
• Magic: Pilot
• Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? Steve Winwood
• Anticipation: Carly Simon
• In The Air Tonight: Phil Collins
• I Can't Help Myself: Four Tops
• We're Not Gonna Take It: Twisted Sister
• Days Go By: Dirty Vegas
• Intuition: Jewel
• Round and Round: Ratt

July 30, 2025: Left or Right?

• Right On Track: The Breakfast Club
• Left Of Center: Suzanne Vega Featuring Joe Jackson
• Couldn't Get It Right: Climax Blues Band
• No Tears Left To Cry: Ariana Grande
• Say It Right: Nelly Furtado
• Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid: Darryl Hall and John Oates
• Right Time Of The Night: Jennifer Warnes
• I Left My Heart in San Francisco: Tony Bennett
• Right Back Where We Started From: Maxine Nightingale
• Nothing Left Behind Us: Richard Marx
• All The Right Moves: OneRepublic

July 23, 2025: Vandross Vacation!

• Never Too Much
• How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye? (Featuring Dionne Warwick)
• Stop to Love
• Here And Now
• Don't Want To Be A Fool
• Sometimes It's Only Love
• Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)
• Love The One You're With
• Dance With My Father
• Buy Me A Rose

July 16, 2025: Hits Across the Pond!

• It's In Your Eyes: Phil Collins
• Falling Into You: Celine Dion
• You Don't Know: Cyndi Lauper
• Heal The Pain: George Michael
• Over My Shoulder: Mike + The Mechanics
• Book Of Days: Enya
• Something In Common: Bobby Brown Featuring Whitney Houston
• Live Like Horses: Elton John and Luciano Pavarotti
• Hide And Seek: Howard Jones
• (We Want) The Same Thing: Belinda Carlisle

July 9, 2025: Back of the Pack!

• Running In The Family: Level 42
• Heaven Knows: Luther Vandross
• You're The Only One: Maria Mena
• Deep River Woman: Lionel Richie with Alabama
• Jerusalem: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Band
• Almost Unreal: Roxette
• Get It: Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson
• DInah Flo: Boz Scaggs
• Morning Desire: Kenny Rogers
• All I Want: Howard Jones
• All These Things That I've Done: The Killers

July 2, 2025: Middle of the Pack!

• Like To Get To Know You Well: Howard Jones
• Send Me A Lover: Taylor Dayne
• The Morning Papers: Prince & The New Power Generation
• Can't Forget You: Gloria Estefan
• Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen): Baz Luhrmann
• Hunters Of The Night: Mr. Mister
• How Do You Do! Roxette
• How Do I Deal: Jennifer Love Hewitt
• Mutual Surrender (What A Wonderful World): Bourgeois Tagg 
• Little Bird: Annie Lennox
• The Power Of Love (You Are My Lady): Air Supply

June 25, 2025: Early '70s Soul!

• Stoned Love: The Supremes
• Groove Me: King Floyd
• Pillow Talk: Sylvia
• I Gotcha: Joe Tex
• Keep On Truckin': Eddie Kendricks
• Shame Shame Shame: Shirley & Company
• Love On A Two-Way Street: The Moments
• Thin Line Between Love and Hate: The Persuaders
• The Love I Lost: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
• Stick-Up: Honey Cone
• Hang On In There Baby: Johnny Bristol
• Misdemeanor: Foster Sylvers

June 18, 2025:  Female Ballads

• Torn Between Two Lovers: Mary MacGregor
• I've Never Been To Me: Charlene
• To Love You More: Celine Dion
• I Still Believe: Brenda K Starr
• I Have Nothing: Whitney Houston
• White Flag: Dido
• My Immortal: Evanescence
• Nothing Compares 2 U: Sinead O'Connor
• Jar of Hearts: Christina Perri
• We're All Alone: Rita Coolidge

June 11, 2025: Together and Apart

• Freedom: Wham!
• Freedom 90: George Michael
• The Boxer: Simon & Garfunkel
• Kodachrome: Paul Simon
• Bright Eyes: Art Garfunkel
• Here Comes The Rain Again: Eurythmics
• Why: Annie Lennox
• That's All! Genesis
• Hang In Long Enough: Phil Collins

June 4, 2025:  Medley Madness

• Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby): Will To Power
• The Main Event/Fight: Barbra Streisand
• Stars on 45: Stars on 45
• Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go: Soft Cell
• Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey: Paul and Linda McCartney
• Where The Streets Have No Name/Can't Take My Eyes Off You: Pet Shop Boys
• Never Too Far/Hero: Mariah Carey
• Power Of Love/Love Power: Luther Vandross
• Beach Boys Medley; Beach Boys
• Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World: Israel Kamakawiwoʻole 

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May 28, 2025: 35 Years Later!

• I Wish It Would Rain Down: Phil Collins
• Nick Of Time: Bonnie Raitt
• The Downeaster Alexa: Billy Joel
• This And That: Michael Penn
• Black Velvet: Alannah Myles
• Save Me: Fleetwood Mac
• Notice Me: Nikki
• Getting Away With It: Electronic
• Cruising For A Bruising: Basia
• Vogue: Madonna

May 21, 2o25: First and Last (Top 40!)​​

• While You See A Chance: Steve Winwood
• One And Only Man: Steve Winwood

• Crazy On You: Heart

• (Will You Be There) In The Morning: Heart

• Sara Smile: Daryl Hall and John Oates

• So Close: Daryl Hall and John Oates

• Born To Run: Bruce Springsteen

• Secret Garden: Bruce Springsteen

• Follow You Follow Me: Genesis

• Never A Time: Genesis

May 14, 2025: Safe Sax!​

• You're A Friend Of Mine: Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne

• Turn The Page: Bob Seger

• Jazzman: Carole King

• By The Time This Night Is Over: Kenny G with Peabo Bryson

• Lily Was Here: Dave Stewart featuring Candy Dulfer

• Urgent: Foreigner

• The One You Love: Glenn Frey

• Deacon Blues: Steely Dan

• Never Tear Us Apart: INXS

• Who Can It Be Now? Men At Work

• Maneater: Daryl Hall and John Oates

May 7, 2025: Words Escape Me!

• Classical Gas: Mason Williams

• TSOP: MFSB

• Telstar: The Tornados

• Theme from "A Summer Place:" Percy Faith and His Orchestra

• Julia: Ramsey Lewis

• Theme from "Terms of Endearment:" Michael Gore

• Calcutta: Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra

• Popcorn: Hot Butter

• Love Is Blue: Paul Mauriat

• Take Five: The Dave Brubeck Quartet

• Green Onions: Booker T & The M.G.s

• Miami Vice Theme: Jan Hammer

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April 30, 2025: Adult Contemporary Hits!​

• Everybody Gets A Second Chance: Mike + The Mechanics

• High: Lighthouse Family

• Ever Changing Times: Aretha Franklin and Michael McDonald

• Walk On By: Melissa Manchester

• Harbor Lights: Bruce Hornsby

• Moments Of Love: Cathy Dennis

• Keep Each Other Warm: Barry Manilow

• Lonely In Love: Dan Fogelberg

• City Streets: Carole King

• You On My Mind: Swing Out Sister

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April 23, 2025: Sacramento Musicians!

• The Distance: Cake

• Love Song: Tesla

• Lean on Me: Club Nouveau

• Dreamin' Is Easy: Steel Breeze

• Why I'm Here: Oleander

• Never There: Cake

• Why You Treat Me So Bad: Club Nouveau

• You Don't Want Me Anymore: Steel Breeze

• I Don't Mind At All: Bourgeois Tagg

• Short Skirt/Long Jacket: Cake

• Sacramento: Middle Of The Road

 

April 16, 2025: Story in Song!

• Out of the Blue: Debbie Gibson

• Two Hearts: Phil Collins

• The Wedding Song (There is Love): Paul Stookey

• Our House: Crosby, Stills, and Nash

• Your Body is a Wonderland: John Mayer

• Between The Sheets: The Isley Brothers

• After The Loving: Engelbert Humperdinck

• Unborn Heart: Dan Hill

• You're Having My Baby: Paul Anka

• Isn't She Lovely: Stevie Wonder

• 9 to 5: Dolly Parton

• Coming Around Again: Carly Simon

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April 9, 2025: Songs Peaking at #100!

• Judy: Frankie Vaughan

• Love Me in the Daytime: Doris Day

• Beachcomber: Bobby Darin

• Try a Little Tenderness: Aretha Franklin

• Charade: Andy Williams

• Love Me Now: Brook Benton

• Sound of Silence: Peaches and Herb

• Happier Than the Morning Sun: BJ Thomas

• Don't Ever Take Away My Freedom: Peter Yarrow

• Discomania: The Lovers

• That's When I Think Of You: 1927

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April 2, 2025: Smiles!

• Your Smiling Face: James Taylor

• Make Me Smile: Chicago

• I Love Your Smile: Shanice

• Smiling Faces Sometimes: The Undisputed Truth

• Smile Like You Mean It: The Killers

• I See Your Smile: Gloria Estefan

• Smile: Nat King Cole

• Sara Smile: Daryl Hall and John Oates

• When I See You Smile: Bad English

• Can't Smile Without You: Barry Manilow

• Smiles and Smiles To Go: Larry Carlton​​

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