“J” Part 1 of 3

J-Kwon - “Tipsy” from Hoop Hop.

J. Geils Band - “Centerfold” from ‘80s Gold.

Ja Rule - “Murder Reigns” from The Last Temptation, “Always on Time” and “Livin’ It Up” from Pain is Love, “Wonderful” from R.U.L.E., “Put It On Me” from Rule 3:36, and “Race Against Time” and “Let’s Ride” from Venni Vetti Vecci.

Jabali Afrika - Entire Remember the Past album. I saw these guys perform at the community college I attended. I purchased the CD right then and there. I love African drumming music.

Jack Johnson - Top 20 I have the following entire albums: Brushfire Fairytales, Curious George: Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies, In Between Dreams, On and On, and Sleep Through the Static. I also have “Walk Alone” from an unknown album.

The Jackson 5 - “I’ll Be There” from Third Album and “I Want You Back” from 70’s Pop Number 1’s.

Jadakiss - “U Make Me Wanna” from Kiss of Death.

Jagged Edge - “Where the Party At” from Jagged Little Thrill. The album title is obviously a spin off of Alanis Morrisette’s Jagged Little Pill. This is a decent hip-hop track. They never found ‘the party’, this is the only hit they ever had.

Jakob Dylan - “Something Good Comes This Way” from the album of the same name. Bob Dylan’s son and also the lead singer of The Wallflowers. This track was another Starbucks freebie and definitely one of the better ones I received.

Jamaican Steel Band - Complete Steel Band Music of the Carribbean album. I love steel drum music and this music will send one to another place, most likely a tropical island somewhere in the Carribbean (which I’ve never been to, but hope to visit someday).

James Blunt - Entire All the Lost Souls and Back to Bedlam albums.

James Hunter - “Jacqueline” from The Hard Way album. Starbucks freebie. It is a great song and it has catchy lyrics.

James Taylor - The Best of James Taylor, Greatest Hits, New Moon Shine, October Road, and Sweet Baby James. There is just something about James Taylor that I can’t stay away from. “Copperline” and “Fire and Rain” are two of my favorites.

Jamie O'Neal - “There is No Arizona” from her Shiver album. A friend of mine requested this track on a CD I made for her. It’s a decent country track.

Jamiroquai - “Space Cowboy” from Feel the Power and “Virtual Insanity” from High Times: Singles 1992-2006.

Jan Hammer - “Miami Vice Theme” from 80's Pop Number 1's. Miami Vice was one of my dad’s favorite TV show and I remember watching it with him when I was old enough.

Janet Jackson - “All For You”, “Someone to Call My Lover”, “Doesn’t Really Matter” and “Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)” all from her All For You album. This last track samples heavily from Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain”.

Jann Arden - Complete Happy? and Living Under June albums.

Jars of Clay - “The Stone” and “This Road” from City On a Hill and the following entire albums: Drummer Boy, The Eleventh Hour, Front Yard Luge, Furthermore: From the Studio/From the Stage, Good Monsters, If I Left the Zoo, Jar of Gems, self-titled, The Long Fall Back to Earth, Much Afraid, Redemption Songs, Stringtown, The White Elephant Sessions, and Who We Are Instead. A possible Top 20, definitely Top 25.

Jason Mraz - “Wordplay” from Mr. A-Z, “Curbside Prophet” and “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)” from Waiting for My Rocket to Come, and complete We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things album. Mraz has taken rhyming to a whole new dimension.

Jay-Z - Entire Black Album, 5 songs from The Blueprint, “’03 Bonnie and Clyde” and “Excuse Me Miss” from The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse, “D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)” and “I Run This Town” from The Blueprint³, “It’s a Hard Knock Life” and “Can I Get A” from Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life, “Big Pimpin’” from Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter, and “Numb/Encore” from Collision Course. Collision Course is a unique album in which Jay-Z worked with Linkin Park on every single track.

Jay Sean - “Down” from All or Nothing, which is due out Oct. 13, 2009. I also have the music video for this song.

Jefferson Starship - “We Built This City” and “Sara” from Knee Deep In the Hoopla. Formerly Jefferson Airplane, this group was a big ‘80s band.

Jennifer Knapp - Entire Kansas and The Way I Am albums. Christian artist.

Jennifer Lopez (J.Lo) - “I’m Real” and “Ain’t It Funny (remix)” from J.Lo and “Hold You Down” from Rebirth.

Jeremy Camp - Complete Beyone Measure, Carried Me: The Worship Project, Live Unplugged, Restored, Speaking Louder Than Before, and Stay albums. Amazing Christian artist.

Jerry Gray - Gray rounds out the rest of the Swing Daddy album with 4 tracks.

Jesse McCartney - “Beautiful Soul” from the album of the same name, “Leavin’” from his Departure album, and “Right Where You Want Me” from the album of the same name. McCartney is a one-man boy band. Pop music.

Jessica Andrews - “Who I Am” which is the title track. Country and uplifting (a rare feat). Andrews sings to remind us of who we are, except that she fails to mention anything about who we are in Christ, which is many things. If you want to know, ask, and I’ll tell you.

Jessica Riddle - “Symphony” from Key of a Minor. Riddle is teeny pop through and through.

Jessica Simpson - Entire Irresistible album and “I Think I’m in Love” from Sweet Kisses. You have to admit that she does have a great voice. Once again, please don’t make fun of me!

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Ian McGregor & Scottish Pipe Band - Entire Highland Pipes and Drums: Bagpipe Music of Scotland album.

Ice Cube - “Friday” from the soundtrack to the movie of the same name.

Ides of March - “Vehicle” from the album of the same name.

The Immortals - “Techno-Syndrome (Mortal Kombat)” from Mortal Kombat. A great dance track.

Imogen Heap - “Hide and Seek” from Speak for Yourself. A Starbucks freebie.

Incubus - “Anna Molly”, “Quicksand” and “Oil and Water” from Light Grenades, entire Make Yourself album, “Black Heart Inertia” from Monuments & Melodies, “Wish You Were Here” and “Warning” from Morning View, and “Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song) from S.C.I.E.N.C.E.

India Arie - “I Am Not My Hair” from Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship.

Indigo Girls - Complete Closer to Fine album.

Infectious Groove - “Feed the Monkey” from the Encino Man soundtrack.

Ingram Hill - “Almost Perfect” from June’s Picture Show.

INOJ - “Love You Down” from the Maximum Dance Hits album and “Time After Time” from Ready for the World.

Insyderz - Complete Fight of My Life and The Insyderz Present Skalleluia! albums. Christian ska is awesome!

INXS - “New Sensation” from Kick and “Need You Tonight” from ‘80s Gold.

Irena Cara - “Fame” from the soundtrack to the movie of the same name.

Iron Butterfly - “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” from the album of the same name.

Isaac Hayes - “Shaft” theme song from the TV show.

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Better known as Iz. A very large Hawaiian native who created beautiful Hawaiian music. He has left Earth for a better place. Rest in peace, Iz. I have the following complete albums: Alone in IZ World, N Dis Life, and Wonderful World.

“H” Part 2 of 2

Hilary McRae - “Every Day (When Will You Be Mine)” from Through These Walls. A free music video from Starbucks. McRae is very very attractive, but her voice sounds like a guy. This track took some getting used to. It is an amazing song, though. Why hasn’t this girl made it bigger?! She needs to be on radios' playlists.

Hillsong - “Hear Our Prayer” and “Seeking You” from Everyday, “One Way”, “Evermore” and “Hallelujah” from For All You've Done, “Take It All” and “Mighty to Save” from Mighty to Save, “Jesus, I Long” from United Live - King of Majesty, and the entire To The Ends Of The Earth album. This is a mega-church in Australia and the worship team there is amazing. I’m not always down for cooperate worship, but these group makes it fun and I feel so uninhibited when signing along.

Hinder - “Lips of an Angel” from Extreme Behavior.

The Hollowbodies - “Superfly” from Real Tracks. A decent track.

Homie - “American Girls” from the soundtrack of the 1998 film Meet the Deedles. Homie is a side project of Rivers Cuomo, lead singer of the band Weezer. Homie, as it stands now, was a one-time effort. Homie has released just this one song. For the recording, Cuomo was joined by Greg Brown member of Cake, Matt Sharp (formerly of Weezer, lead singer of The Rentals), Adam Orth of Shufflepuck and Yuval Gabay of Soul Coughing.

Hoobastank - “Crawling in the Dark” and “Running Away” from their self-titled album and “The Reason” and “Disappear” from The Reason album.

Hootie & the Blowfish - Complete Cracked Rear View and Looking for Lucky albums. The latter album is not nearly as good as Cracked Rear View, which was the band’s peak.

Hope College Chapel - “Reveal”. I head this song played live at a church function and cannot find a decent recording of it. I’ll have to look again, because this version sounds like it was probably recorded live and it cuts off at the end.

Hope Herman - “In Christ Alone”. Hope was a student of mine who passed away in January of 2008. She recorded this a few weeks before she left us. She was an inspiration to all she met. I cannot even be in the same room when this song is played anymore and I refuse to listen to this track in fear of becoming too emotional.

House of Pain - “Jump Around” from Fine Malt Lyrics.

House of Wires - “Caroline” from Cheapskates: Softer Side.

Howie Day - “She Say” and “Collide” from Stop All The World Now.

Huey Lewis & the News - “Hip to Be Square” from Fore!, “Some Kind of Wonderful” from Four Chords & Several Years Ago, and the complete Sports album.

Human League - “Human” from ‘80s Gold.

The Hush Sound - I discovered this band by accident and am now a huge fan. I have the following albums: Goodbye Blues, Like Vines, and So Sudden. iTunes categorized them as punk and alternative, sounds close to me.

Hysterix - “Everything [T-Tempo'skey Lime Pie Mix] from Clubcutz America.

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H.G. Wells - As I am writing this, I am also preparing for my last performance tonight as The Invisible Man, a play loosely based on the book by H.G. Wells. I was looking around the iTunes store and stumbled across free books. The University of Florida has select titles and they just happened to have Wells’ The Invisible Man. I also downloaded The War of the Worlds. If you are interested, search for Lit2Go and you’ll see all of their FREE titles.

Haddaway - “What is Love” from his self-titled album. Never heard the song? Have you seen Night at the Roxbury’s? Yes, then you’ve heard the song. It the move-your-head-to-the-side-and-back-to-center over and over again song.

Hall & Oates - “Maneater” from ‘80s Gold.

Hanson - “Penny & Me” from Underneath. The only Hanson song I like. That oombop song just doesn’t appeal to me.

Harold Faltermeyer - “Axel F.” from the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack.

Harry and Lloyd - “Rocky Mountains” sound clip from Dumb and Dumber.

Harry Chapin - “Cats in the Cradle” from Verities & Balderdash. A great song about a father-son relationship.

Harry Connick, Jr. - Entire Come By Me album. An amazing jazz pianist.

Hawaiian Artists - All the Best from Hawaii two disc album. We’ve been to Hawaii twice and I love the music that comes from there.

Hawk Nelson - Complete ...Is My Friend! and Smile, It's the End of the World albums.

Head Automatica - “Lying Through Your Teeth” from Propaganda.

Heart - “What About Love” from Now That's What I Call The 80s and “Alone” from ‘80s Gold.

Heavy D and the Boys - “Now That We’ve Found Love” from Peaceful Journey. This song is featured on one of my favorite movies, Hitch.

Hednoize - “Loaded Gun” from H2o American Eagle Summer Sampler.

The Heights - “How Do You Talk to an Angel” from The Heights: Music From the Television Show. I don’t remember the television show, maybe it is just a part of the album title.

Hellogoodbye - “Here (In Your Arms)” from Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! I love this modern love song.

Herbie Hancock - “Rockit” from Now That's What I Call The 80s. Since when did Herbie Hancock become a DJ. “Stitched Up (ft. John Mayer)” from Possibilities. Now this is the Herbie that I like better.

Hillary Duff - Entire self-titled and “Tell Me a Story (About the Night Before)” from Santa Claus Lane. The latter features Lil’ Romeo and is actually a catchy track.

“G” Part 2 of 2

Go Fish - “Dr. Adam - Why is the Sky Blue?” from Infectious, “That A Capella Sound (Live)” from Live: Created For This, “I Can Live With That”, “Be That Way”, “That A Capella Sound” and “You’re My Little Girl” from Out of Breath, “Little Light of Mine” from Splash, and the complete Superstar album.

Godsmack - “Greed” and “Awake” from Awake and “Whatever”, “Keep Away”, “Bad Religion” and “VooDoo” from their self-titled album.

Again, please don’t judge me on my music. As much as I don’t agree with the name Godsmack (I actually take offense to it), these songs are good.

Golden Earring - “Radar Love” from Classic Rock Gold. I love the bass line in this song.

Gomez - “Sunset Gates” from A New Tide. Another Starbucks freebie.

The Goo Goo Dolls - A Top 20 “Lazy Eye” from Batman & Robin soundtrack, most songs from Hold Me Up and complete albums: A Boy Named Goo, Dizzy Up the Girl, Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce, Gutterflower, Let Love In, Live in Buffalo July 4th, 2004 and Superstar Carwash.

Good Charlotte - “I Just Wanna Live” from The Chronicles of Life and Death, “I Don't Wanna Be In Love (Dance Floor Anthem)” from Good Morning Revival, entire self-titled album and most tracks from The Young and the Hopeless album.

Gorillaz - Entire Demon Days album and 6 tracks from their self-titled album.

The Gotee Brothers - “New South” off of the Propska One compilation.

Grand Funk Railroad - “We’re an American Band” from Classic Rock Gold.

Great Big Sea - “Run Runaway” from Up. This song cheers me up every time I hear it.

Great Lake Swimmers - “Still” from Lost Channels. Another Starbucks freebie.

Green Day - “Working Class Hero” from Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur, Entire albums: American Idiot, Dookie, Insomniac, International Superhits!, Nimrod, Warning, and 21st Century Breakdown. Top 25

The Greg Kihn Band - “The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)” from Rockihnroll. The album name is creative and the track is a standard; its been used in multiple films and covered by bands worldwide.

Gretchen Wilson - “Redneck Woman” from Here For the Party. I say ‘hey yall’ but now ‘yeehaw’.

Grey Holiday - Complete The Glorious Revolution album. Amazing, simply amazing. Imagine David Crowder meshed with The Fray.

Grits - “They All Fall Down” from the Bumpin’ Tracks compilation and entire The Art of Translation album. Christian hip-hop and rap has taken off and Grits is one of the leaders in this.

Ground Zero Movement - “Weakest Link” from the Real Tracks compilation.

Group Publishing - I would love to work for Group someday. They put out amazing products. “The Books of the Bible Song” written by Jay Stocker, an acquaintance and “The Bible is God's Special Book” written by Ben Glover. Thanks to the first song, I can easily recite all 66 books of the Bible.

GS Megaphone - “Out of My Mind” from Mix This: Extreme Music.

Guardian - Complete Miracle Mile album. Old-school Christian rock.

The Guess Who - “American Woman” from Greatest Hits [1999]. I still prefer the original over all over covers. Lenny Kravitz does not do this song justice at all.

Guided by Voices - “Surgical Focus” from H2o American Eagle Summer Sampler. A fun track.

Guns n’ Roses - Entire Appetite for Destruction, Greatest Hits, and Use Your Illusion II albums.

Gus Gus - “Ladyshave” from This Is Normal. Heard this on another sporty foreign car commercial.

Guster - Complete Keep It Together and Lost and Gone Forever albums. “Parachutes” from the album with the same name. Best known for their song “Amsterdam”. They are an all-around good group. I enjoy all of their songs.

Gwen Stefani - “Sweet Escape” from the album of the same name and the entire Love. Angel. Music. Baby. album. My father loves “Hollaback Girl” because it teaches the listener to spell the word 'Bananas'. My mom is a teacher and hates the song. Go figure, right. That song is also on my ‘Spelling’ playlist.

Gym Class Heroes - “4th Period: Clothes Off!” and “Cupid’s Chokehold” from As Cruel As School Children.

“G” Part 1 of 2

G.Love & Special Sauce - “This Ain’t Living” from Feel the Power and “Peace, Love, Happiness” from Superhero Brother.

Gaelic Storm - Entire Bring Yer Wellies album. Irish music. I’m sure these songs are sung in Irish pubs, I just know it. They probably dance to some of them as well.

The Game - “How We Do” from The Documentary. 50 Cent is associated with this act.

The Gap Band - “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” from ESPN Presents Stadium Anthems: Music For The Fans.

Garbage - “Androgyny” from Beautiful Garbage and “Stupid Girl” from 1997 Grammy Nominees.

Garth Brooks - “The Dance” from his self-titled album, “Wrapped Up in You” from Scarecrow, complete albums: Double Live, No Fences, Ropin; the Wind, and The Ultimate Hits.

Gary Glitter - “Rock & Roll, Part II” from Glitter album. More commonly referred to as the ‘hey’ song that is played at just about every sports arena at least in North America.

Gary Hoey - Entire The Ho! Ho! Hoey! The Complete Collection and Money albums. Gary Hoey is unique in that he is an instrumental guitar player. He doesn’t sing in any of his songs. The Christmas album is even more unique because Hoey covers a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional holiday music, but it is strictly guitar only.

Gary Portnay - “Where Everyone Knows Your Name” ~ Cheers TV show theme song.

The Gathering Field - “Lost in America” from Fan-demonium.

Gavin DeGraw - “I’m in Love With a Girl” from self-titled and complete Chariot and Free albums.

GenX - “Dancin’ with Myself” from Kiss Me Deadly. A classic ‘80s hit.

Genesis - Complete Invisible Touch and We Can’t Dance albums. I love Phil Collins and his group, Genesis.

Geoff Moore - Entire albums: Ev-O-Lu-Tion, A Friend Like U, self-titled, Home Run, and Threads. I had the privilege of working with Geoff when he came to the Denver area. I provided security for his concert and also worked the merchandise tables. Great guy and great musician.

George Harrison - “Set on You” from Cloud Nine and complete Brainwashed album. I am a huge Beatles fan and still collect solo stuff. Brainwashed was released in 2002. It was his last studio album recorded before he passed away in 2001.

George Strait - “Run” from The Road Less Traveled. One of the very select few country ballads I love.

George Thorngood - “Who Do You Love?” from Move It On Over.

Gerardo - “Rice Suave” from Mo’Ritmo. One-hit wonder.

Gershon Kingsley - “Popcorn” from Music to Moog By. A synthesized instrumental piece that children from 1-99 enjoy.

Ghoti Hook - Various songs from the following three albums: Banana Man, Songs We Didn’t Write, and Two Years to Never. Christian pop punk band from Fairfax, Virginia.

Gin Blossoms - “Competition Smile”, “I Found Out About You”, “Not Only Numb”, and “Follow You Down” from Congratulations . . .I'm Sorry and “Allison Road” and “Hey Jealousy” from New Miserable Experience. The Gin Blossoms are a great pop rock band and these songs are their best known ones and ones that I could listen to in any mood.

Ginuwine - “Differences” from The Life album and “Hell Yeah” from The Senior.

Gloria Stefan - “Turn the Beat Around” from Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me and “Reach” from 1997 Grammy Nominees. She also appears on Superstar Christmas singing “Christmas Through Your Eyes”.

Gloria Gaynor - “I Will Survive” from Love Tracks. This song has been covered or featured throughout history. My favorite is Cake’s version. Other notable covers: Diana Ross and R.E.M. Weird Al did a parody entitled, “I Will Comply”.

Gloria Loring - “The Facts of Life” TV show theme song.

Gnarls Barkley - “Crazy” from St. Elsewhere.

“F” Part 3 of 3

Frankie Capp Big Band - This band contributes 4 songs to the Swing Daddy album.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - “Relax” from ‘80s Dance Gold.

Frankie J - “Obsession (No Es Amor)” from his album entitled, The One. A slower hip-hop track that makes one want to bounce.

Franz Ferdinand - “Take Me Out” from his self-titled album and “Do You Want To” from You Could Have It So Much Better.

The Fray - Without question, on my Top 20. I saw The Fray way back in 2002 before they were known outside of the Denver music scene. Although, all of the guys are Christians, they signed a record deal with Epic Records (Sony Music) in 2004. Their lyrics do point to their Christian background. I have the following stuff from The Fray: Acoustic in Nashville: Bootleg No. 2, The Fray (including The Fray Live: iTunes Pass), How to Save a Life (including Bonus CD), Movement EP, and the Reason EP. The Fray is the biggest thing to come out of Colorado since Five Iron Frenzy, bigger than Big Head Todd & the Monsters, bigger than the String Cheese Incident.

Freak Nasty - “Da’Dip” from Controversee...That's Life...and That's the Way It Is.

Free - “All Right Now” from Classic Rock Gold. Early 70’s rock. Catchy tune.

Free Chapel Music Ministry - “Say So”, “Awesome God”, “Moving Forward”, “Is to Come” and “I Call Your Name” from the Moving Forward album. Ricardo Sanchez writes or co-writes the majority of the songs listed above. Awesome praise and worship songs.

Freedy Johnston - “Bad Reputation” from This Perfect World. Back in the “B’s” I mentioned I won some CD singles from a radio station contest. This is another one of those CD’s. I played this song when I felt that I did have a bad reputation, even though I knew I was good child and teenager.

Frickin’ A - “Jessie’s Girl” from Big Egos . . . No Ideas. Written and originally performed by Rick Springfield, Frickin’ A takes the song and gives it a modern spin and does so in a way that doesn’t change the sound that much. They took a classic ‘80s hit and tastefully made it a hit again!

Fuel - “Falls on Me” from Natural Selection and “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)” and “Bad Day” from Something Like Human. Great modern rock music.

The Fugees - “Ready or Not” from The Score. Wyclef Jean’s and Lauryn Hill’s careers began with the Fugees and this is one of their better known songs.

Fun Factory - “I Wanna B With U” from Fun-Tastic. Another group that sounds like Ace of Base or Culture Beat.

Further Seems Forever - “Monachetti” from The Moon is Down. I have no idea where I got this track from. Now that I listen to it again, I’m not even sure I like it. I’ll give it time and see if I can enjoy it again. Its not horrible, just not sure what the reasoning behind obtaining it was.

Furthermore - “Daydream” from Cheapskates: Softer Side. I think they are trying to imitate the McDonald’s commercials with their ‘ba baba ba ba” They have a soft dance/pop sound and they were signed with Tooth & Nail records, I’m not sure if they are still around.

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Firehouse - “When I Look Into Your Eyes” from Hold Your Fire and “Love of a Lifetime” from Power Ballads Gold.

Fisher - “I Will Love You” from True North. I thought this was Sarah McLachlan. A friend made me a Sarah McLachlan mix CD and this was on it. When I imported the songs into iTunes, I couldn’t find which McLachlan album it came from. After much searching, I discovered little-known Fisher.

Five for Fighting - Almost the complete American Town album and the following tracks from Message for Albert: “Happy”, “10 Miles for Nowhere”, “Ocean” and “The Garden”.

Five Iron Frenzy - The Christian ska punk band from Denver that ended their existence just as I was getting hooked; go figure. “Kamikaze” and “Rhubarb Pie” from Cheeses... (of Nazareth) album, the complete All the Hype that Money Can Buy album, entire The End is Near album, most tracks from Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo, “Mama Mia” from Miniature Golf Courses of America, “A Flowery Song” from Propska One and “Second Season” and “Litmus” from Our Newest Album Ever!.

Fixx - “One Thing Leads to Another” from Now That's What I Call The 80s.

Fleetwood Mac - In my Top 20. I have the following complete albums: The Dance, self-titled, Greatest Hits, and Rumors [2 Disc edition]. The interpersonal turmoil these musicians went through while still managing to stay together as a band is amazing. Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Lyndsey Bunkingham, and Chrisie and John McVie are all staggering.

Flight 180 - “Sunday Jack” from Cheapskates: Softer Side. This is arguably the best track on this compilation. A contemporary swing track that is so fun!

Flipsyde - "Someday" from We the People. This was the themefor NBC's coverage of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.

Flo-Rida - “Elevator” and “Low” from Mail on Sunday. It is kind of funny that Flo-Rida is spelled the same way as Florida. How original, or is it?

Flobots - Entire Fight with Tools album. “I can ride my bike with no handlebars, no handlebars, no handlebars”. How cheesy, but it is very catchy. The whole album is unprecedented, there is nothing out there like it.

Flogging Molly - Complete Drunken Lullabies album. Modern Irish drinking songs from a modern Irish punk rock band. I could dance and drink to the Flogging Mollies night after night.

Flyleaf - “All Around Me” from their self-titled album. An mellifluous tune.

FM Static - “Something to Believe In” from What Are You Waiting For? Christian punk rock.

Foghat - “Slow Ride” I have the 8 minute version and 4 minute version both are on separate albums; Foghat Live and Fool for the City, respectively.

Fono - Complete Goesaroundcomesaround album. An older Christian rock band. This record was released in 1999, but sounds more like it could have come from 1989.

Foo Fighters - Entire albums: The Colour and the Shape, self-titled, One by One, and There Is Nothing Left To Lose. “Long Road to Ruin” and “The Pretender” from Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace, and “Best of You” from In Your Honor. Another Top 20? Possibly. Yes, I am keeping track of who is on my Top 20.

Foolish Things - “Even Now” from the album of the same name and the complete Let’s Not Forget the Story.

for the Holiday - “Colours”. A now defunct hard rock band. Two of the members now play for Meese.

Foreigner - “Cold As Ice” from Classic Rock Gold, “I Want To Know What Love Is” from Power Ballads Gold, and “Waiting For a Girl Like You” from ‘80s Gold. A classic ‘70s and ‘80s band.

Forever the Sickest Kids - “Hey Brittany!” and “Whoa Oh! (Me Vs. Everyone)” from Underdog Alma Mater. Sounds just like Fall Out Boy or Simple Plan. These two songs are note-worthy songs that you’ll be singing along with whenever you hear them.

Fort Minor - The hip-hop side-project of Mike Shinoda, the vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter of the alternative rock band Linkin Park. "Where'd You Go" and "Remember the Name" from The Rising Tied. Again, great songs to crank in your car and sing along.

Fountains of Wayne - “Stacy’s Mom” from Welcome Interstate Managers. A popular hit back in 2003.

Frank Mills - “Music Box Dancer”, the title track and also a one-hit wonder; a very popular one, though.

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Fabulous - “You Can’t Deny It” and “Young’n” from Ghetto Fabulous, “Can’t Let You Go” from Street Dreams, and “It’s My Time” from Loso’s Way. Fabulous isn’t that fabulous. Decent rap.

Faith Evans - “Love Like This” from Keep the Faith. Hip-hop/R&B.

Faith Hill - “The Way You Love Me” from Breathe. Faith Hill is one of the very few female country artists that I enjoy. It’s sad this is the only track I have besides her singing our National Anthem as part of a 9/11 tribute.

Falco - “Rock Me Amadeus” from Falco 3. A one-hit wonder according to many sources including VH1 and MTV.

Fall Out Boy - “Beat It (ft. John Mayer) from Live in Phoenix, “America’s Suitehearts” from Folie A Deux, “A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More Touch Me”, “Dance, Dance” and “Sugar We’re Goin’ Down” from From Under the Cork Tree, and the entire Infinity on High album. I absolutely love Fall Out Boy and if I don’t run out of room on my Top 20 by the end of this project, they may very well earn a spot on the list. Definitely in the Top 50.

Fallenshort - Entire Freedom album. A few of the guys graduated from the same small private Christian college I did. I saw them at a Battle of the Bands competition on campus and was very impressed. They didn’t win, buy they should of. There is this sweet track called “Piano Intro” and it transition seamlessly into the following track “Missing You”. It is so sick!

Falling Up - Entire Captiva, Crashing, Dawn Escapes, Discover the Trees Again: The Best of Falling Up, and Exit Lights. Where the heck did these guys come from? Between 2004 and 2008, they released all of the above albums! Its like they had all these songs written, signed a recording contract, and cranked out album after album! Crazy!

Fanmail - “Shirley MacLaine” from Cheapskates: Softer Side. A strange track that is actually about Shirley MacLaine.

Fastball - “Out of My Head” from All the Pain Money Can Buy and “You’re an Ocean” from The Harsh Light of Day.

Fat Joe - “Get it Poppin’” from All or Nothing and “What’s Luv” and “We Thuggin’” from Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.). Decent hip-hop.

Fatboy Slim - “Because We Can” from ESPN Presents Stadium Anthems: Music For The Fans, “Weapon of Choice” from Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, and “The Rockerfella Skank” from You've Come a Long Way, Baby.

Fear Factory - “Cars” from their Obsolete album.

Feist - Entire The Remainder album. Best know for “1 2 3 4”.

Fergie - “Glamorous” from The Dutchess. This song is part of my ‘Spelling’ playlist; songs that teach (or remind) the listener how to spell. She is also featured on the Shrek the Third soundtrack, which I’ll touch more on at the conclusion of this project.

You know, I’ve said that a few times lately, “at the end/conclusion of this project”. I know it seems a long way off, but it will come someday. My hope is that some radio station or record label will find this and see that this still fairly young man knows a lot about music and will want him to come work for them. That’s just a dream and it may never come true. But I do know my stuff when it comes to modern music.

Ferry Corsten - “Dance Valley Theme 2001” from Live at Dance Valley 2001.

FFH - “Where You Are” and “Merciful Rain” from City On a Hill and “You Found Me” from Ready to Fly. FFH is also on more than a handful of WOW albums.

Field Mob - “Sick of Being Lonely” from From tha Roota to tha Toota album. Sweet hip-hop track.

Filter - “Hey Man, Nice Shot” from their Short Bus album.

Final Fantasy - “I Close My Eyes” from Gary D Presents D-Trance 9.

Fine Young Cannibals - “She Drives Me Crazy” from The Raw & the Cooked and “Good Thing” from ‘80s Gold.

Finger Eleven - “One Thing” from their self-titled album and “Paralyzer” from Them vs. Me vs. You.

Fiona Apple - Complete When The Pawn... album. “Fast As You Can” is one of my favorite tracks. I do like the name Fiona and may consider it for the name of my future daughter (if we have one).

Fireflight - Entire Unbreakable album. The title track is a big hit on Christian radio currently. This band rocks it hard.

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Elton John - “Your Song” from his self-titled album, “Rocket Man” from Honky Chateau, “Tiny Dancer” from Madman Across the Water, “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues” from Too Low for Zero, and “Benny and the Jets” from 70’s Pop Number 1’s. Complete Made in England album.

Eluzai - Entire Heed album. Old-school Christian rock.

Emerson Drive - “I Should Be Sleeping” and “Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)” from their self-titled album. Emerson Drive sounds very similar to Rascal Flatts.

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Entire Brain Salad Surgery and Live at the Royal Albert Hall. Still recording after three decades. Sometimes I wish my middle name began with an “L” so I could have the initials ELP, just like the band.

EMF - “Unbelievable” from ESPN Presents Stadium Anthems: Music For The Fans.

Eminem - “When I’m Gone” from Curtain Call: The Hits, “You Don’t Know” from Eminem Presents: The Re-Up, most songs from The Eminem Show, “Just Loose It”, “Mockingbird”, “Encore/Curtains Down”, and “Like Toy Soldiers” from Encore, most songs from The Marshall Mathers EP, entire Relapse album, “My Name Is” and “Conscience” from The Slim Shady LP, and “Loose Yourself” and “Love Me” from the 8 Mile soundtrack.

Enrique Iglesias- “Hero” from his Escape album.

Enter the Worship Circle - I own the following songs from various albums: “Simple”, “Come Fall on Us”, “I Will Bow”, and “I Cannot Hide My Love”. Worship music, as you can tell from the name of the group.

Eric Church - “Love Your Love the Most” from the album of the same name. The free song of the week from WalMart.com. Country, but good country.

Eric Clapton - Complete Pilgrim and Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton albums.

Eric Hutchinson - Entire Sounds Like This album. Hutchinson is a combination of Jack Johnson, John Mayer, and Jason Mraz. His current hit is “Rock & Roll”. The entire album is amazing, simply amazing.

Erin O’Donnell - Complete No Place So Far album. I first heard O’Donnell at Praise in the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado. I bought her CD then and there and was forever hooked. I’m sure she’s put more stuff out, but this is probably her best album, but who am I to talk if I don’t even know if she’s put more music out?

Estelle - “American Boy” from her Shine album. Similar sound to Lady Gaga.

Europe - “The Final Countdown” from the album that bears the same name. I’m pretty sure this song was featured on one of the Rocky movies.

Evan & Jaron - “Crazy for This Girl” from their self-titled album, “The Distance” from the Serendipity soundtrack, and the entire We've Never Heard of You Either album.

Evanescence - “So Close” from their self-titled EP and the following entire albums: Fallen and The Open Door.

Eve - “Love is Blind” from Ruff Ryder’s First Lady and “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” and “Who’s that Girl?” from her Scorpion album..

Eve6 - “Inside Out” from their self-titled album, “Here’s to Tonight” from Horrorscope, and “Think Twice” from It’s All in Your Head.

Everclear - “AM Radio” and “Wonderful” from Songs from an American Movie Vol. 1: Learning to Smile and the following whole albums: So Much for the Afterglow and Sparkle and Fade. Everclear has catchy lyrics and they have had a handful of hits in past decades.

Everyday Sunday - “Hanging On” from Stand Up! I heard this song on the radio then searched forever on who it was since the radio station never told me who it was. I finally found it and obtained it. The lyrics stuck with me and it’s a great song to listen to when I sometimes just seem to be barely hanging on.

Everything - “Who Got the Hooch” from Super Natural.

Everything But the Fork - Okay, so this really isn’t a band as far as I know, but if I had a band, this is what I would call it. I even have a few songs written and band logos designed.

Exposé - “Come Go With Me” from ‘80s Dance Gold. I’m not even sure why I have this track. It sucks. Delete!

Extreme - “More Than Words” from Power Ballads Gold.

“E” Part 1 of 2

Eagle Eye Cherry - “Save Tonight”, “Indecision”, “Comatose (In the Arms of Slumber)”, and “Falling in Love Again” from the Desireless album. Complete Living in the Present Future album.

Eagles - Entire Greatest Hits (1971-1975) and Greatest Hits, Vol. 2

Eagles of Death Metal - “Now I’m a Fool” from REIGoPlaylist.com. Not even close to death metal despite the name.

Earthsuit - Complete Kaleidoscope Superior album. Christian punk rock.

East West - “She Cries” from Mix This: Extreme Music.

Eddie Money - “Two Tickets to Paradise” from Classic Rock Gold compilation. 1977 hit.

Eddy Grant - “Electric Avenue” from Killer on the Rampage album. A British reggae ‘80s hit.

Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians - “What I Am” from Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars and complete Stranger Things album.

Edwin McCain - “Rhythm of Life” from Fan-demonium and complete Far From Over and Messenger albums. The Messenger album was one of my first CDs and I still love it.

Edwin Starr - “War” from War & Peace. “War, huh, what is it good for . . .absolutely nothing!” as the lyrics go.

Eiffel 65 - Complete Europop album. Best known for “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”.

Eighteen Visions - Entire Obsession album. Fast-paced rock for the most part.

Electric Light Orchestra - “Don’t Bring Me Down” from Discovery.

Electric Rave - “Ghost in the Shell”

Elephant Man - “Jook Gal” from his Good 2 Go album. Hip Hop featuring Twista.

Eli - Featured on three different compilations, but Eli is just awesome in my opinion. He sings it like it is, no sugar-coating the gospel with him. “I Could Sing of Your Love Forever” from Eterne - Never Be the Same, “Things I Prayed For” from The Simply Xcellent $1.99 New Music Sampler, and “Live on the Edge” from No Lies [1999]. I wasn’t going to mention The Simply Xcellent $1.99 New Music Sampler until the compilations section (which I will still do), but Eli is worth the mention.

Ella Fitzgerald - Complete Cryin’ Mood album. Being married to a trumpet player rubs off on one, I guess. I’ve found a new-found love in Jazz and Big Band music.

Elliot Yamin - “Wait for You” from his self-titled album.

Elmo - “Elmo’s Song” from an episode of Family Guy, apparently. I have never watched Family Guy and don’t intent to, ever. I’ve heard horrible things about the show. This 15-second sound bit is pretty funny though. Some inappropriate language, but still hilarious.

The Elms - Complete self-titled EP and “Hey, Hey” from Set Apart 2. My mother and I danced to “Real Men Cry” at my wedding. And yes, I did cry that day. My favorite song, though, is “Lifeboat”. It speaks on our heavy reliance on the Lord.

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DMX - The following songs from various albums: “What’s My Name”, “Party Up”, “X Gonna Give It to Ya”, “My Niggas”, “We Right Here”, “Who We Be”, and “Ruff Rider’s Anthem”.

Don Henley - “End of the Innocence” from album of the same name. I believe Bruce Hornsby was featured on this track.

Don McLean - “American Pie” from the album of the same name. This is the 8 minute+ version.

Donna Summer - “She Works Hard for the Money” from ‘80s Dance Gold.

Donovan - “Universal Soldier” from album of the same name. I think song was on the Good Morning Vietnam soundtrack.

Doobie Brothers - “China Groove” from The Captain and Me and “Black Water” from What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits.

The Doors - “Break on Through (To the Other Side)” from their self-titled album.

Doris Day - “Cheek to Cheek” from her DD album.

Downhere - Entire Ending is Beginning and So Much for Substitutes albums.

Doyle Roth - Oops! I Forgot My Wife. I mentioned this digital book in the introduction, but thought I would mention it again. I haven’t listened to the entire thing yet; its 4 discs, so fairly long. Good stuff though.

Dr. Dre - “Keep Their Heads Ringin‘” from the Friday soundtrack, “The Wash” from the movie of the same name, “Still Dre”, “What’s the Difference”, and “Next Episode” from his 2001 album. “Still Dre” features Eminem and is a pretty phat track.

Drake - Entire So Far Gone mixtape. This album proved hard to obtain, but I found it online for free. My brother introduced me to Drake and there are a handful of great tracks on the album. “Best I Ever Had” has been getting some radio airplay. “Successful” is another good one along with “Houstatlantavegas”.

Dream - “He Loves You Not” from It Was All a Dream. The white version of Destiny’s child. Teeny pop.

The Dream - “Walkin On the Moon” from Love vs. Money. Sounds like Michael Jackson, to be honest. That’s not a slam either, nor is it a back-handed compliment.

Dream World - “Movin' Up [Extended Version]”from Clubcutz America.

Driver Eight - “Strange” from Tooth & Nail Rock Sampler Vol. 1. Described as super melodic noise pop.

Drowning Pool - “Bodies” from the Sinner album. A good screaming-into-the-microphone track.

Dub Pistols - “Official Chemical” from American Eagle’s Get Together. This is my favorite track from this compilation.

Duffy - “Mercy” from her Rockferry record. This was actually a free music video from Starbucks. Not a bad track by any means.

Duice - “Dazzey Dukes” from the album of the same name.

Duke Ellington - Complete Member’s Edition album. Duke Ellington was a genius in his time and will always be remembered as a trend-setting jazz musician by all definitions.

Dune - “Can’t Stop Raving” and “Are You Ready to Fly” from the self-titled album. As you can tell by the title of the first song, these are more rave/trance/dance tracks.

Duran Duran - Entire Decade: Greatest Hits album. Best known for “Hungry Like the Wolf”, Duran Duran was a popular '80s band.

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Delta Haymax - “Louise” from Tooth & Nail Rock Sampler Vol. 1. A NW teen pop trio.

Dena Carter - “How Do I Get There”, “Strawberry Wine”, and “We Danced Anyway” from Did I Shave My Legs for This. First of all, I love the name of the album, second, Dena Carter is attractive and her voice is unforgettable.

Department of Eagles - “No One Does It Like You” from In Ear Park. Another Starbucks freebie. It’s an okay track. I wouldn’t buy the complete album.

Depeche Mode - I own the entire Exciter album and then the following tracks: “It's No Good (Bass Bounce Remix)” from the Ultra album and “Enjoy the Silence” from Violator.

Derek Webb - Complete Mockingbird album. Not too many people I’ve talked to have heard of Derek Webb. He is a great worship artist who keeps it simple.

Des’ree - “You Gotta Be” from I Ain’t Movin’ album. “You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser . . . All I know, all I know, Love will save the day“ Great lyrics.

Destiny’s Child - “No, No, No” from their self-title album, “Loose My Breath” and “Soldier” from Destiny Fulfilled, “Independent Woman - Part 1”, “Emotion”, “Bootylicious” and “Survivor” from the Survivor album, and “Jumpin’, Jumpin’”, “Say My Name”, and “Bills, Bills, Bills” from The Writing’s On the Wall. I know if already referenced Destiny’s Child a few times, but they really one of two groups I think of when people talk about African-American girl hip-hop groups; the other one being TLC. So many great tracks. Beyonce has definitely made it on her own, but I’m not so sure we can say the same for the other two/three ladies.

Detour 180 - “When You Call” from New Music 03. A contemporary Christian rock/worship song.

Dexter Freebish - “Leaving Town” from A Life of Saturdays. I love this song. Just check it out, you’ll see what I mean.

Dexys Midnight Runners - “Come on Eileen” from Too-Rye-Ey. They even chant the name of the album in this song! This song is so catchy.

Diamond Rio - “Beautiful Mess” from Completely, “Meet In the Middle” from self-titled album, “Love a Little Stronger” from the album of same name, and “You’re Gone” from Unbelievable. Diamond Rio has earned a nitch on my small list of country groups that I actually enjoy.

Diana Anaid - “Last Thing” from Beautiful Obsence. Anaid sing alongside the likes of Avril Lavigne.

Diana King - “Shy Guy” from Tougher Than Love. Jamaican pop music.

Diana Ross - “Upside Down” from '80s Gold, “I’m Coming Out” from ‘80s Soul Gold, and “Endless Love (ft. Lionel Richie)” from ‘80s Gold.

Dido - “Whiteflag” from Life for Rent and “Thank You” from No Angel. I love when Eminem and Dido collaborated for Eminem’s “Stan”. That song is sick with a “ph”.

Dierks Bentley - “What Was I Thinkin’” from his self-title album. I love the story that is intertwined with this song. I dated a girl once who had a father like the one described in the song, of course, there were no cops after us.

The Dingees - “Bulletproof” from the Propska One compilation album.

Dirty Vegas - “Days Go By” from the self-titled album. This song appeared in a commercial for some foreign sporty car back in the early 2000s.

Dishwalla - “Counting Blue Cars” from Pet Your Friends. One must be really bored to sit and count blue cars. I do disagree with the lyrics in this song that claim God to be a woman. The Bible repeatedly refers to God as the Father.

Disturbed - “The Game”, “Voices”, “Down with the Sickness”, and “Stupify” all from their The Sickness album. The last two songs are ones that I crank and just shout along with when I’m fired up about something. Good anger-management. I love the “Oooowa a a a a” in the beginning of “Down with the Sickness”.

Dixie Chicks - Entire Fly and Wide Open Spaces albums and “Landslide” from Home and “Not Ready to Make Nice” from Taking the Long Way. I love these three ladies and the songs they sing. Too bad they didn’t write the majority of their own songs.

Dixie Cups - “Iko, Iko” and “Chapel of Love” from The Very Best of the Dixie Cups: Chapel of Love. Catchy tunes from way back when.

Here is where we begin with DJs, so be patient with me.

DJ Chipman and Ray Lo - “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” from Streetmix Vol. 1. This song is hilarious. I remember back in 2003 a guy from school did a dance to this song at the male beauty pageant held at our school. He actually had peanut butter and jelly in holsters on his belt and break and a knife in a pouch in the back. It was awesome!

DJ Clue - “What the Beat” from The Professional, Pt. 2. Hip hop, not even close to music we typically associate DJs with.

DJ Dan - “Put that Record Back On (Original Mix)” from RPM American Eagle Outfitters Going Fast is Alive.

DJ Encore - “I See Right Through to You” from Intuition. This song features the mesmerizing voice of Engelina.

DJ Energy - “Believer”

DJ Funk - “Tribal I”

DJ Hydro - “Trippin’ the Trance” from his Hydro album.

DJ Jean - “Garage”

DJ Kool - “Let Me Clear My Throat” from the album of the same name.

DJ Loving Loop - “Fast Rave”

DJ Mysik - “Fur Elise (Rave Remix). A great spin (haha) on a classical piece.

DJ Quicksilver - “Free (Club Mix) from his Free album. I also have “Dreamdance”, “Techno Macht Spass”, and “Arabic Mix”.

DJ Sammy - “Heaven” from the album of the same name. I’m still trying to figure out if DJ Sammy is a male or female. There is a picture of a male on the album cover, but the vocals are definitely female.

DJ Skribble - “Ride the Trip” and “Techno Rave”

DJ Special K - “Trance” from the album entitled Special K. This is one of my favorite rave tracks.
DJ Tiesto - “Sparkles” from Magik Four: A New Adventure and “Hard Target”

DJ Voyager - “Popcorn (Remix). I have the original “Popcorn” song performed by Gershon Kingsley. I love the remix better, but the original is funky as well.

“D” Part 2 of 4

Dave Pell's All Star Band - Swing Daddy album. There are other artists on this album, but Dave Pell's All Star Band dominates most of the tracks on the album.

David Archuleta - “Crush” from his self-titled album. A great song.

David Ball - “Riding with Private Malone” from Amigo album. The only reason I have this song is because back in college, it annoyed the heck out of my editor at the campus newspaper. The other song that was repulsive in her book, was “Love’s the Only House” from Martina McBride.

David Bowie - “Let’s Dance” from Now That's What I Call The 80s.

David Crowder Band - Entire Can You Hear Us?, A Collision, Illuminate, and Remedy albums.
Just like Darrell Evans in the last entry, David Crowder is an amazing worship artists and song writer. I absolutely love the song “Everything Glorious” from the Remedy album.

David Essex - “Rock On” from the album of the same name. If you look up one-hit wonder in the dictionary, you may find this song referenced. Just kidding, but still, definitely a one-hit wonder through and through.

David Gray - Complete albums: Life in Slow Motion, Lost Songs, A New Day at Midnight, and White Ladder. There just something about David Gray. Very relaxing (most of the time). He is probably best known for the song “Babylon”.

David Guetta - “Love is Gone” from the album entitled Pop Life.

David Lee Murphy - “Dust on the Bottle” from Out With a Bang album. A great country song.

David Pomeranz - “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now” which is the theme song from the TV show Perfect Strangers.

David T. Clydesdale & Steve Moore - Believe and The Sacrifice are two Easter productions that my church put on and I, once again, was an actor in.

Days of Fire - Entire Day of Fire album. A Christian rock band. Similar sound to Daughtry.

Days of the New - “Shelf in the Room” from self-titled album. Sounds like Pearl Jam.

Dazz Band - “Let it Whip” from 80's Soul #1's. Now all I need is a disco ball and a dance floor!

dcTalk - A staple for any Christian. I have the following complete albums: Free at Last, Greatest Hits, Intermission: The Greatest Hits, Jesus Freak, Solo, and Supernatural. Yes, they have two greatest hits albums. Intermission came just as the band members began to explore solo careers. They put out at least one more album together and then later on, another greatest hits album came with new material since Intermission.

Dead Kennedy’s - “Kill the Poor” and “Viva Las Vegas” from Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. Now, I don’t agree with killing the poor, but it is a great song and the rendition of Elvis’s “Viva Las Vegas” is awesome.

Deadeye Dick - “New Age Girl” from A Different Story. Commonly referred to as the Mary Moe song.

Dean Martin - “That’s Amore” from Sentimental Favorites. How can you not love this classic?

Death Cab for Cutie - I’m not sure if I would put DCC in my Top 20 or not, but another favorite band. I have the following entire albums: The Photo Album, Plans, Studio X Sessions, Transatlanticism, and We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes.

Deborah Schug - My wife’s senior recital recording. She performed beautifully and I’ll add that Patrick Meese from Meese was her drummer.

The Decemberists - “The Rake’s Song” from The Hazzards of Love. Another Starbucks freebie.

Deckard - “Remain this Way” from RPM American Eagle Outfitters Going Fast is Alive. An alternative ballad.

Deee-Lite - “Groove is in the Heart” from World Clique.

Deep Blue Something - “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” from their Home record. A huge hit back in the 90s.

Def Leppard - Following albums: Adrenalize, Hysteria, Songs From The Sparkle Lounge, and Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits. Do I really need to say anything on Def Leppard? They rock.

Default - “Live a Lie” and “Wasting My Time” from The Fallout. “Wasting My Time” is a favorite of mine and the video is pretty sweet as well. Guitar-driven rock.

The Del Rios - “Macarena [Bayside Boys Mix] from Clubcutz America compilation. Arguably one of the best worst songs ever. I’ll never forget the dance moves; I’ll teach them to my children before they are old enough to think I’m crazy.

Del Shannon - “Do You Wanna Dance?” from Runaway with Del Shannon. When this song was recorded back in the 50s Del looked like a young Arnold Swartzshanagger crossed with Dean Martin.

Delirious? - Another staple for Christians. Following albums: Deeper: The D:Finitive Worship Experience, Glo, Mezzamorphis, and World Service.

“D” Part 1 of 4

D12 - “My Band” from D12 World and “Purple Pills” from Devil’s Night. Eminem’s side project.

The D4 - “Get Loose” from ESPN Presents Stadium Anthems: Music For The Fans. I’ll mention some tracks from this album, but many of them are repeats such as Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and other tracks. I’ll plug in the lesser known ones and then I’ll touch on compilations not mentioned at the end of this project.

DaBrat - “In Love Wit Chu” from Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz. Similar sound to Missy Elliot.

Daft Punk - “One More Time” from the Discovery album. A dance track that I can never get enough of.

Damien Jurado - “Frustrated” from the Tooth & Nail Rock Sampler Volume 1. This track sounds like it was recorded in my garage. It is taken from Jurado’s 7” EP Vary. The liner notes state: “You never know what to expect from Damien. Original punk straight out of Rainier Valley.”

Damn Yankees - “High Enough” from Power Ballads Gold. Awesome track!

Daniel Bedingfield - Entire We Gotta Get Thru This album. Natasha’s older brother is just as talented as his sister. This album is smokin’ hot. Pop/dance with heavy beats on many of the songs.

Daniel Powter - “Bad Day” from his self-titled album. I try not to listen to this track too much because it brings me down and those you who know me, know that I tend to be a pretty positive person. But everyone has bad days and this song sometimes just deserves repeated playtime on the iPod.

Danielson Family - “Smooth Death” from Tooth & Nail Rock Sampler Volume 1. I’m lost on how to describe this track. Let’s just say it’s different from most of the music. It is strikingly similar to Bob Dylan’s “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35”.

Danity Kane - “Bad Girl” and “Damaged” from Welcome to the Dollhouse album. Pop group similar to Destiny’s Child, TLC, etc, etc.

Darrell Evans - Complete Freedom album. Received this album as a gift and it was one of the best worship albums I’ve ever owned. Darrell is also sprinkled throughout my collection on various worship albums and other compilations.

Darryl Worley - “Have You Forgotten?” from the album of the same name. This song reminds us of 9/11 and how we should never forget what those awful terrorists did to us and that we should continue fighting them until they are eradicated.

Darude - “Sandstorm” from Before the Storm album. A rave track that was actually popular in mainstream music, not just clubs and the underground scene.

Daryle Singletary - “Too Much Fun” from his self-title album. A great country song claiming that no one can have too much fun.

Dashboard Confessional - Complete The Drowning EP, entire Dusk & Summer album, “Hands Down” from A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar, “Remember to Breathe“, “So Impossible“, and “For You to Notice” from MTV Unplugged 2.0, the majority of tracks from The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most, entire The Shade of Poison Trees album, and most of the tracks from The Swiss Army Romance. Dashboard Confessional is also in my Top 20.

Daughtry - Complete self-titled album. One of the very few American Idol contestants that have ‘made it big’. At least 5 tracks receive(d) regular radio play.

Dave Clark - Not really a musician, but he, along with Mark Harris created Night of Alleluias, a church Christmas program that I happened to be an actor in.
　
This is the point where I become very excited, because I have finally arrived at my all-time most favorite band in the entire world and in my entire history as a human being. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you . . . . .
the Dave Matthews Band (dMb). I’m going to break this apart into two sections, Dave Matthew’s albums that do not include the band, but may include guest artists (most notably Tim Reynolds) and albums bearing the Dave Matthews Band name. Needless to say, I have all albums except for the majority of the LiveTrax, which I’m so desperately desiring. When all is said and done, I have 393 tracks total in these two categories.

Dave Matthews - Live at Luther College, Live at Radio City, Some Devil (including Bonus Disc), and Stand Up (including Stand Up Companion disc).

Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets, The Best of What’s Around (Vol.1), Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, Busted Stuff, The Central Park Concert, Crash, LiveTrax Vol. 6 (Live at Fenway Park, Boston, MA July 7-8, 2006), Everyday, The Gorge, The Lillywhite Sessions, Listener Supported, Live at Folsom Field (Boulder, CO), Live at Piedmont Park, Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95, Live in Chicago 12-19-98 at the United Center, Recently - EP, Remember Two Things, Under the Table and Dreaming and Weekend on the Rocks. I also have two tracks that Dave has performed live that are on LiveTrax albums I do not have “Doobie Thing” and “Solsbury Hill”. I can never get enough of dMb, ever. DMb is the only band to have their very own playlist on my iPod and its 22 of my favorite study recordings. I could make another one of favorite live performances, such as their 13 minute rendition of “All Along the Watchtower” during the Central Park Concert.

I’m going to end part 1 here, only because dMb deserves to be at the end of a entry, not stuck somewhere in the middle of one.