“Apeman” is a 1970 Kinks song that was the follow-up (and less successful) single to “Lola”.

“You Make My Dreams” was a 1981 hit for Hall & Oates. The Lake Street Dive cover is a very amusing video. Even Kermit the Frog covered it.

I am posting about “I Will Survive” because it was in The Addams Family 2 which I watched yesterday. It was a huge hit for Gloria Gaynor in 1978/1979.

just an incredible lede here from @kitty_donaldson https://t.co/8hOACzAjjy pic.twitter.com/9AlcepaRug

— Eli Yokley (@eyokley) February 8, 2022

I was watching Young Frankenstein today and it has a great scene with “Puttin’ On the Ritz“. The song was written by Irving Berlin in 1927. Check out the Russian flash mob version.

There are two sets of lyrics for 'Putting On The Ritz' from two very different cultural periods. Dig them and their story (and a clip of the first time the song was performed on film). #musical #Broadway #nightclub #TCM #FilmTwt https://t.co/0ZcukEGHhZ

— raymond de felitta (@ReelRDEF) February 13, 2024

“Thank You for Being a Friend” was a 1978 single by Andrew Gold. The song is best known as the theme for The Golden Girls TV show.

Here’s another 1960s rock song taken from an earlier blues record. “Younger Girl” was written by John Sebastian of the Lovin’ Spoonful. Versions by The Critters and The Hondells were both popular in 1966 but I only remember The Critters’ record.

The song is based on “Prison Wall Blues” (1930 by Cannon’s Jug Stompers.

“Grizzly Bear” was the first successful; single by the Youngbloods and reached #52 in 1966. It’s on their self-titled album. The Grizzly Bear was a dance from the 1910s. It is a remake of a 1928 blues song by Jim Jackson called “When I Woke Up This Morning She Was Gone” who didn’t get credit on the Youngbloods’ version.

Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder have included “Hooray Hooray” on their upcoming album of songs by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. The Sonny Terry record is from 1953.

There was a prior Sonny Terry record from 1952 called “Women Is Killin’ Me” which is the same song.

Here’s another Elvis Costello song that has been covered. He wrote the lyrics for “Shipbuilding” which he released in 1983 after the Robert Wyatt version issued in 1982.

Elvis Costello’s 1986 “Uncomplicated” is one of my favorites of his songs. It pulses with the hard sound of his early albums.