Name Five!

[JSngry]

Rain (Beatles)

Come Rain Or Come Shine (lots of people)

The Rain In Spain (Higgins & Doolittle)

Sweet Rain (Corea)

I Wish It Would Rain (Tempations)

Next up = APPLE (noun or verb)

[jeffcrom]

I Ate Up the Apple Tree (Dave Fat Man Williams -what a great New Orleans song.)

Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (Andrews Sisters)

Apple Bottom Jeans (T-Pain)

Adam's Apple (Wayne Shorter)

The Apple Jump (Count Basie)

Dang, never used the verb form of apple once!

Next up: MONEY

[Noj]

For The Love Of Money - The O'Jays

Money In The Pocket - Joe Zawinul

If You Lose Your Money - Brownie McGhee

Shake Yer Money Maker - Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Money Blues - Camille Howard

Next up: VERY

[brownie]

The Very Thought of you (Billie Holiday)

Very Early (Bill Evans)

It was a Very Good Year (Frank Sinatra)

I Get Along with You Very Well (Chet Baker)

You've Made me so Very Happy (Lou Rawls)

Next up: GOLD

[B. Goren.]

Gold (Frank Sinatra)

Heart of Gold (Neil Young)

Gold (Steely Dan)

Gold (Nina Simone)

Gold (Chuck Berry)

Nextup: EYE or EYES.

[BillF]

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (I like Horace Silver's version)

I Only Have Eyes for You

Angel Eyes

The Eye of the Hurricane (Herbie Hancock)

Them There Eyes

Next word: CITY

Edited November 17, 2011 by BillF

[B. Goren.]

City Gates - George Adams

First City - Loretta Lynn

City Lights - Lee Morgan

City Kids - Spyro Gyra

City Tribes - Charles Fambrough

Next word: New York.

[jeffcrom]

I only wanted to respond to this if I could avoid the obvious ones. How did I do?

Eyes of a New York Woman (Insect Trust)

New York is Full of Lonely People (Art Ensemble of Chicago)

New York City (Leadbelly)

New York City Blues (Duke Ellington)

Fork New York (Steve Lacy)

Next up: CRY

[Noj]

Sighin' & Cryin' (Horace Silver)

Cry Me A River (JJ Johnson)

The Cry Of My People (Lee Morgan)

Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith (Roland Kirk)

Baby, Baby Don't Cry (Gerald Wilson & His Orchestra)

Next up: LIGHT

[B. Goren.]

Light On - Tom Harrell

City Lights - Lee Morgan

Lights Out - Jakie McLean

First Light - Freddie Hubbard

Light Years - Chick Corea

Next: Paris.

[brownie]

I Love Paris (Cecil Taylor)

April in Paris (Count Basie)

Paris Blues (Duke Ellington)

The Last Time I Saw Paris (Johnny Hodges)

Paris Eyes (Larry Young)

next up EARS

[JSngry]

Do Your Ears Hang Low (trad.)

A Sound For Sore Ears (Jimmy Heath)

Open Ears (Johnny Hodges)

Open Your Ears, O Faithful People (hymn)

Kissin' Ears (Gym Class Heroes)

Next up = BUTTON(S)

[paul secor]

Buttons and Bows - Dinah Shore

Button up Your Overcoat - Helen Kane

Button Your Lip - Amos Milburn

The Button Box Polka - Jimmy Sturr (a local guy)

Button Box Fever - Jimmy Sturr

And while I'm here, I want to give Jeff props for mentioning two of my favorite obscure songs in this thread - Dave Williams' "I Ate Up the Apple Tree" and The Insect Trust's version of Thomas Pynchon & Jeff Ogden's "The Eyes of a New York Woman".

Next word: SHOE(S)

Edited November 17, 2011 by paul secor

[jeffcrom]

And while I'm here, I want to give Jeff props for mentioning two of my favorite obscure songs in this thread - Dave Williams' "I Ate Up the Apple Tree" and The Insect Trust's version of Thomas Pynchon & Jeff Ogden's "The Eyes of a New York Woman".

I aims to please.

The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife are Some Jive-Ass Slippers (Charles Mingus)

Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes (Paul Simon)

Walkin’ Shoes (Gerry Mulligan)

Shoe Shiner’s Drag (Jelly Roll Morton)

Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes (Chuck Willis)

Next up: CEILING

[brownie]

Next up: CEILING

Looks like we have reached a deadend street

All I could come up so far is 'Dancing on the Ceiling' (Erroll Garner)

Anybody has more?

[paul secor]

Next up: CEILING

Looks like we have reached a deadend street

All I could come up so far is 'Dancing on the Ceiling' (Erroll Garner)

Anybody has more?

I came up with that one plus "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" (Paul Simon), but that was it.

Maybe Jeff can bail us out.

Edited November 19, 2011 by paul secor

[mikeweil]

... or this ...

But there's not that much - he should give us another, easier try.

How about "floor"?

[Van Basten II]

Next up: CEILING

Looks like we have reached a deadend street

All I could come up so far is 'Dancing on the Ceiling' (Erroll Garner)

Anybody has more?

Lionel Ritchie did a track with the same title but obviously a different song.

Edited November 19, 2011 by Van Basten II

[jeffcrom]

Sorry folks - I didn't realize that was such a bad idea. I'll try:

Dancing on the Ceiling (Sinatra and many others)

Dancing on the Ceiling (Lionel Ritchie)

One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor (Paul Simon)

Walking the Ceiling (Hound Dog Taylor)

Ceiling in my Room (The Monkees)

My intention was to pick a slightly unusual word, but not to shut the game down. Again, apologies!

Next up, something easier: CALL

[B. Goren.]

Last Call - Oscar Peterson.

Roll Call - Hank Mobley.

Call Me - Al Green.

Mating Call - Tadd Dameron.

Soul Call - Duke Ellington.

Next word: LADY.

Edited November 19, 2011 by B. Goren.

[JSngry]

Standards all:

Lady, Be Good

The Lady Is A Tramp

Luck Be A Lady Tonight

The Lady's In Love With You

Lady Of Spain

Next up = WORK

[jeffcrom]

Work (Thelonious Monk)

Work Song (Adderley Brothers)

Do Some War Work, Baby (Cootie Williams)

We Can Work It Out (Beatles)

Nice Work If You Can Get It (Sarah's version is my favorite)

Next up: POLYMORPHISM. No, there I go again. I meant:

Next up: TOGETHER

[AllenLowe]

this game is to difficult for me.

[JSngry]

Alone Together

Come Together

Happy Together

Back Together Again (Flack/Hathaway)

Together

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbS99utiV3o

Next up = HARD

[BillF]

Hard Drive (Art Blakey)

Hard Luck Blues (Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men)

It's Hard to Speak My Heart (Parade)

It's Hard to Say Goodbye (Paul Anka)

Hard Bop (Art Blakey)

Next word: FUNNY

Edited November 19, 2011 by BillF