Patrice Holloway Pick

Continuing the picks of the last few days, this is Patrice Holloway. Yes, she's the sister of Brenda Holloway and, yes, she was one of the voices of the original band Josie and the Pussycats. See the Josie pick from a few days ago. So there are a few Josie tracks and several Patrice solo tracks. The last five tracks are Patrice singing background with a bunch of other artists. Patrice never got as much traction as her sister, but she's still got a few tracks that got played in Northern Soul clubs.

Patrice Holloway Pick

01 Josie And The Pussycats - Josie and the Pussycats (Long single version)

02 Josie And The Pussycats - La, La, La (If I Had You)

03 Josie And The Pussycats - Stop, Look and Listen

04 Brenda Holloway - You've Made Me So Very Happy (written with Patrice Holloway)

05 Josie And The Pussycats - You've Come A Long Way Baby

06 Patrice Holloway - Stevie

07 Patrice Holloway - Those DJ Shows

08 Patrice Holloway - Do The Del Viking (Pt. 1)

09 Patrice Holloway - For The Love Of Mike

10 Patrice Holloway - (He Is) The Boy Of My Dreams

11 Patrice Holloway - Black Mother Goose

12 Patrice Holloway - Love and Desire

13 Patrice Holloway - The Touch Of Venus

14 Patrice Holloway - Stolen Hours

15 Patrice Holloway - Ecstasy

16 Josie And The Pussycats - Every Beat Of My Heart

17 Josie And The Pussycats - Road Runner

18 Patrice Holloway - Evidence

19 Kim Weston - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby

20 Diana Ross And The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together

21 Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends

22 Buffy Sainte-Marie - He's An Indian Cowboy In The Rodeo

23 Thelma Houston - Jumpin' Jack Flash

Kay Hanley Pick

This pick is about Kay Hanley from Letters To Cleo. There are a few songs from the Josie And The Pussycats movie which features Hanley. The stars in the movie are on the Josie songs, but only as background singers. The lead is Hanley. There are also another track or two from movies. The first track is related to Sonic The Hedgehog, from Sonic Heroes. Also from the soundtracks of 10 Things I Hate About You and Just like Heaven. Lastly, I added some tracks of other artists featuring Hanley. Guitar and vocals she's got some cool stuff.

Kay Hanley Pick

01 Kay Hanley - Follow Me (Theme of Team Rose)

02 Josie and the Pussycats - Spin Around

03 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - Josie And The Pussycats (Movie version)

04 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - 3 Small Words

05 Kay Hanley - Lust For Life

06 Kay Hanley - Fall

07 Mary Karlzen with Kay Hanley - Wooden Man

08 Letters To Cleo - I Want You To Want Me

09 Mary Karlzen with Kay Hanley - Stronger

10 Letters To Cleo - Here And Now

11 Letters To Cleo - Dangerous Type

12 Ryan Hamilton And The Harlequin Ghosts featuring Kay Hanley - Oh No

13 Letters To Cleo - Awake

14 Letters To Cleo - Come On

15 Letters To Cleo - Co-Pilot

16 Letters To Cleo - Cruel To Be Kind

17 Bowling For Soup featuring Kay Hanley - I've Never Done Anything Like This

18 Josie and the Pussycats - Pretend To Be Nice

19 Tracy Bonham featuring Kay Hanley - Every Breath

Josie And The Pussycats Family

This is a pretty interesting pick for me. First, I actually watched the cartoon. I even have some of the comic books. And when the live action movie came out I had a daughter the right age, so we watched it and enjoyed the soundtrack. I knew that the remake featured Kay Hanley from Letters To Cleo. And I knew that the original Josie band included Cheryl Ladd (Pre-Angels when she was Cherie Moor), who sang as Melody. She was my favorite angel and not just because she played tennis with my cousin. I found out later that Brenda Holloway's sister, Patrice Holloway was in the band as was Kathy Dougher (who was in a not so great band later). Patrice was signed to Motown and had a couple of Northern Soul "hits" and also co-wrote at least one great song with her sister, but mostly did backup vocals on a few albums. There are three versions of the theme song here. And one barely affiliated song by the Archies who ended up with a bigger hit, but was actually started because of Josie in the cartoons and comics.

Josie And The Pussycats Family 

01 The Archies - Sugar, Sugar

02 Josie And The Pussycats - Josie And The Pussycats Theme

03 Kay Hanley - Follow Me (Theme of Team Rose)

04 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - Josie And The Pussycats (Movie version)

05 Josie And The Pussycats - La, La, La (If I Had You)

06 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - 3 Small Words

07 Kay Hanley - Fall

08 Letters To Cleo - I Want You To Want Me

09 Josie And The Pussycats - You've Come A Long Way Baby

10 Chris Christian With Cheryl Ladd - I Want You, I Need You

11 Patrice Holloway - Stevie

12 Letters To Cleo - Here And Now

13 Patrice Holloway - Do The Del Viking (Pt. 1)

14 Patrice Holloway - For The Love Of Mike

15 Patrice Holloway - (He Is) The Boy Of My Dreams

16 Cheryl Ladd - Where Is Someone To Love Me

17 Letters To Cleo - Dangerous Type

18 Letters To Cleo - Come On

19 Cheryl Ladd - Dance Forever

20 Patrice Holloway - Love and Desire

21 Cheryl Ladd - Take A Chance

22 Letters To Cleo - Cruel To Be Kind

23 Cheryl Ladd - Think It Over

24 Josie And The Pussycats - Every Beat Of My Heart

25 Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donnelly - Josie And The Pussycats Theme

26 Josie And The Pussycats - Road Runner

27 The Mission Folk (Kathy Dougher) - Old Coat

Juliana Hatfield Family Pick

Having worked at an alternative music radio station I knew of and played Blake Babies and The Juliana Hatfield Three and followed some of her progress in her various bands and even was happy to see the cover of Josie and the Pussycats Theme song. Especially. I was always a big fan of the animated TV show and even the movie which had Kate Hanley (Letters To Cleo) singing the theme. So any version is good, but Hatfield and Donnelly do a bang up job. If you are a fan of these bands, make sure you listen to the Electric Light Orchestra, Olivia Newton-John and Police covers albums. They're pretty good. A track each from The I Don't Cares, Some Girls, and Minor Alps, plus a track with the Lemonheads and one with Evan Dando. The rest with her solo and her main two bands. Hopefully your favorite is here and plenty more to explore.

Juliana Hatfield Family Pick

01 Juliana Hatfield - Fleur De Lys

02 Blake Babies - Brain Damage

03 Juliana Hatfield - A Little More Love

04 Blake Babies - Girl In A Box

05 Some Girls - Necessito

06 Juliana Hatfield & Frank Smith - Don't Wanna Be The One

07 Blake Babies - Sanctify

08 Blake Babies - Cesspool

09 Juliana Hatfield - Every Breath You Take

10 Juliana Hatfield - Don't Bring Me Down

11 Evan Dando & Julianna Hatfield - $1,000 Wedding

12 Blake Babies - Out There

13 Juliana Hatfield - Universal Heartbeat

14 The Juliana Hatfield Three - Supermodel

15 The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray

16 The Juliana Hatfield Three - My Sister

17 Blake Babies - Temptation Eyes

18 The I Don't Cares - 1/2 2P

19 The Juliana Hatfield Three - Everybody Loves Me But You

20 The Juliana Hatfield Three - Spin The Bottle

21 Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donnelly - Josie and the Pussycats theme

22 Blake Babies - Lament

23 Juliana Hatfield - Simplicity Is Beautiful

24 Minor Alps - Buried Plans

What's The Connection? Shadow 2

Part two of the Shadow connection. I liked copying so much that I am doing it again (for the whole story of Moozler and Shadow 1 click here). But more Shadow songs here and mostly not on either link. Another version of Nilsson's Shadow song, this time done with Frank and Sammy. Some fun old stuff, some BOC, Kissing The Pink, some country and even some prog. This one goes all over the place with no rhyme or reason until you remember the connection, but it's got some great songs on it. E.G. Daily also has a song here. With so many of Daily's songs on soundtracks can you tell me which one is your favorite? Give me the movie and the song. And the cover I still like, too. Look closely. What do you see? 

What's The Connection? Shadow 2

24 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Shadow People

25 kd Lang - Shadowland

26 Glass Hammer - Shadows Of The Past

27 Astrud Gilberto - The Shadow Of Your Smile

28 Hank Williams Jr. - Standing In The Shadows

29 Five Satins - Shadows

30 Peter Gabriel & Friends - Shadow

31 Fever Tree - Filligree And Shadow

32 David Bowie - Shadow Man

33 Gary Clail Sound System - Dark Day Shadows

34 Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Complicated Shadows

35 Blue Oyster Cult - Shadow Warrior

36 Coldplay - White Shadows

37 Frank Sinatra with Sammy Davis, Jr. - Me and My Shadow

38 Bill Bruford's Earthworks - The Shadow Of A Doubt

39 E.G. Daily - Love In The Shadows (Remix)

40 Kissing The Pink - Don't Hide In The Shadows

41 Jules And The Polar Bears - Shadows Break

St. Patrick's Day

Instead of a new connection for St. Patrick's Day or just a repost, I figured I would give a list links of previous posts for this day. So I guess they are all reposts.

• Celtic Pick (Irish music for St. Patrick's Day)
• Celtic Pick 2 (Irish music for St. Patrick's Day)
• St Patrick's Day Leprechauns
• Luck Connection (Songs with Luck in them)
• Beer Connection volume 1
• Beer Connection volume 2

This is probably the only time that clicking on the cover gets you no links. 

What's The Connection? Eyes 3

I've done a few connections with Eyes. Mostly generic, but one about Blue Eyes. This has some colored eyes on it, but it's mostly generic. Several black eyes, a green eye, red eyes and even dirty eyes. Similar cover again and similar mix of genres. Some country, some rock , prog, crooners, new wave, dance and pop all mixed in for good measure. The numbering does not include the blue eyed connection, but all the generic ones.

What's The Connection? Eyes 3

41 Art Garfunkel - I Only Have Eyes For You

42 Paul Anka - Eyes Without A Face

43 Taylor Swift - Beautiful Eyes

44 kd Lang - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

45 Bing Crosby - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

46 Fred Astaire - I've Got My Eyes on You

47 Neil Sedaka - Angel Eyes

48 Merle Haggard - Hungry Eyes

49 Robert John - Sad Eyes

50 Wilco - Red-Eyed And Blue

51 Jimi Hendrix - Gypsy Eyes

52 The Fall - Green Eyed Loco-Man

53 Paper Lace - The Black Eyed Boys

54 Frank Sinatra - Stars In Your Eyes

55 Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes

56 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blackeyed Blonde

57 Yes - Open Your Eyes (Radio Edit)

58 Altered Images - See Those Eyes

59 Blake Shelton - My Eyes (Feat. Gwen Sebastian)

60 Beautiful South - Old Red Eyes Is Back

61 Bradley Cooper - Black Eyes

62 Eight to the Bar - Black-Eyed Sally

63 AC-DC - Dirty Eyes