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(21,484 posts) Wed Apr 22, 2015, 07:51 AM Apr 2015

What Are Singers'/Bands' Signature Songs? [View all]

Maybe bands don't have signature songs as much as singers do.

I'm not thinking of most popular songs. I'm thinking of songs that, when you hear them, make you think, "No one sings 'My Way' like Frank Sinatra. He owns that song."

Here are a few that I can think of.

Frank Sinatra - My Way
Kate Smith - God Bless America
Andy Williams - Moon River

For some reason, I can only think of oldies right now. How about you?

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What Are Singers'/Bands' Signature Songs? [View all] Bertha Venation Apr 2015 OP

Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles Lochloosa Apr 2015 #1

Obscure one....The Man with a Child in His Eyes - Kate Bush Lochloosa Apr 2015 #2

Truckin' - Grateful Dead....I could go on and on... Lochloosa Apr 2015 #3

Rolling Stones -- Satisfaction nt raccoon Apr 2015 #4

Led Zeppelin, Stairway To Heaven jen63 Apr 2015 #5

BITE YOUR TONGUE. Robert Plant would smite you for that answer LynneSin Apr 2015 #25

That wasn't the subject jen63 Apr 2015 #27

It's still not their signature song LynneSin Apr 2015 #28

Sorry jen63 Apr 2015 #29

Needless to say this might be a controversial choice. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #6

Good choices but hifiguy Apr 2015 #19

Those are good choices also. I love both. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #20

Some more: All oldies...... femmocrat Apr 2015 #7

Good god . . . Bertha Venation Apr 2015 #8

Lou Reed "Walk on the Wild Side" Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #9

Kiss - I Wanna Rock'n'Roll All Night LeftInTX Apr 2015 #10

Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco, and Scott McKenzie - San Francisco pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #11

Perfect. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #21

Bruce - Born To Run KamaAina Apr 2015 #12

How could it not be! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #22

Many DFW Apr 2015 #13

Well done, DFW! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #14

Thanks! DFW Apr 2015 #15

What a haul, DFW!!!!!!! ailsagirl Apr 2015 #47

Signature Songs? Joplin = "Piece of My Heart"! Jimi = "Purple Haze"! Sorry! WinkyDink Apr 2015 #39

I never said my list was engraved in steel somewhere DFW Apr 2015 #44

Who said it was? But to overlook the obvious is to ignore the point of the thread. WinkyDink Apr 2015 #52

Perfect! Still Blue in PDX Apr 2015 #41

Ya think! LOL!!!! DFW Apr 2015 #43

He loves that old time Rocky 'n' Roll, lol! pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #45

OK So I know that pipi_k Apr 2015 #16

Dolly wrote it, too... Bertha Venation Apr 2015 #55

Meat Loaf -- "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" Shrek Apr 2015 #17

Yes - Roundabout hifiguy Apr 2015 #18

That's perfect! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #23

IMHO Tam Lin beats Matty discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #30

But they close the Cropredy festival with hifiguy Apr 2015 #31

Tam Lin's a bit older and I'm a sucker for history discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #35

My dear aunt Skeeter Davis blueknight Apr 2015 #24

Your Aunt was Skeeter Davis?! I LOVE her song! WinkyDink Apr 2015 #38

yes she was blueknight Apr 2015 #42

Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb LynneSin Apr 2015 #26

Journey Texasgal Apr 2015 #32

Golden Earring--"Radar Love;" Jethro Tull--"Aqualung" Adsos Letter Apr 2015 #33

For me... discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2015 #36

"Proud Mary" - Tina Turner snacker Apr 2015 #34

GRATEFUL DEAD ghostsinthemachine Apr 2015 #37

Beatles: "She Loves You." Hollies: "Bus Stop." America: "Horse With No Name." Searchers: "Needles WinkyDink Apr 2015 #40

The Eagles: Texasgal Apr 2015 #46

Mason Williams - Classical Gas pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #48

The Seatbelts - Tank sakabatou Apr 2015 #49

From the 50's PADemD Apr 2015 #50

Rick Astley -- Never Gonna Give You Up! Arugula Latte Apr 2015 #51

YES!!! WinkyDink Apr 2015 #53

Glenn Yarbrough - Baby The Rain Must Fall pinboy3niner Apr 2015 #54

Do you want your eyes to water? seveneyes Apr 2015 #56

Tiny Tim-- Tiptoe Through The Tulips Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #57