Word Association #15

[9A]

It's Only Make Believe -- Conway Twitty [[1957), numerous covers

[gary_james]

Let's Pretend - The Raspberries

[sophisticated_soul]

My Pretending Days Are Over - The Dells

[sansradio]

Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen

[sophisticated_soul]

Drop The Mask - Diana Ross

[Jerry Oz]

If You Could See Me Now - Billy Eckstine

[9A]

If My Friends Could See Me Now -- Gwen Verdon [[1966) in the musical Sweet Charity.
Shirley MacLaine in the 1969 film adaptation. Covered by many artists.

[sophisticated_soul]

It's Bad For Me To See You - Yvonne Fair, Gladys Knight & The Pips

[9A]

All of Me -- Billie Holiday [[1941); Frank Sinatra; Willie Nelson

Can't you see
I'm no good without you

[gary_james]

See Me Feel Me - The Who

[9A]

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me -- Karen Chandler [[1952); Mel Carter [[1955); Gloria Estefan [[1994)

[144man]

Anything You Wanna Do - The Marvelettes

[9A]

Anything You Can Do [[I Can Do Better) -- Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton [[1946) in Annie Get Your Gun; The duet is covered over the years by many artists.

[sansradio]

I Can Do Anything - The Emotions

[144man]

I'll Do Anything [[He Wants Me To Do) - Doris Troy

[9A]

I'll Do Anything -- various characters in the play Oliver [[1960) or the movie [[1968)
For you dear anything
For you mean everything to me.

[sansradio]

I'll Do Anything for You - Denroy Morgan

[9A]

Everybody's Doin' It -- 1911 ragtime song by Irving Berlin

Not to be confused with Everybody's Doing It by Tommy Dorsey [[1935) or about seven other songs using this lyric.

[Jerry Oz]

Do Something - Robert "Goodie" Whitfield

[sansradio]

Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved - James Brown

[9A]

Something's Gotta Give -- Fred Astaire [[1955) covered and charted by Sammy Davis Jr. and also The McGuire Sisters.

[sansradio]

Giving In - Aretha Franklin

[gary_james]

Giving Up - Donny Hathaway

[Jerry Oz]

Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye

[sophisticated_soul]

Give It Up In Vain - Sylvia Robinson

[9A]

Never Give Up -- Sia [[2016) from the film Lion. Nominated for a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

[144man]

Combining posts #140373 & #140372...

Giving Up, Giving In - The 3 Degrees

[9A]

Surrender -- Diana Ross [[The Funk Brothers, Ashford & Simpson and Joshie Armstead) 1971

[sansradio]

White Flag - Dido

[9A]

Help! -- The Beatles [[1965)

[sansradio]

Save Me - Aretha Franklin

[9A]

Save the Last Dance For Me -- The Drifters with Ben E. King [[1960); Emmylou Harris; Dolly Partin

[gary_james]

Dance With Me - The Drifters

[Jerry Oz]

Dance Wit Me - Rick James

[gary_james]

Come On Do The Jerk - The Miracles

[Jerry Oz]

Pull My Strings - Lakeside

[sophisticated_soul]

The Young New Mexican Puppeteer - Tom Jones

[9A]

I'm a Marionette -- Abba [[1977)

[sansradio]

I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify

[9A]

I've Got No Strings -- from the animated film Pinocchio [[1940) covered by The Andrews Sisters, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, as well as the Chipettes with Alvin and the Chipmunks

[Jerry Oz]

The Toy Guitar - Earl Klugh

[9A]

While My Guitar Gently Weeps -- The Beatles, written by George Harrison [[1968)

[gary_james]

"Come back to me again and play your sad guitar"

Superstar - The Carpenters

[sansradio]

Guitar - Prince

[sophisticated_soul]

Baby Guitar - Melanie Safka

[9A]

Johnny B. Goode -- Chuck Berry [[1958)

Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell

[sophisticated_soul]

Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home - Claudja Barry

[9A]

Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! -- Written in 1917 World War 1 patriotic version. Other versions recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, The Andrew Sisters, Peggy Lee and Bonnie Baker.

[gary_james]

Johnny One Note - Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland....

[9A]

Frankie and Johnny -- First published version in 1904. 256 recordings by a zillion artists, including Elvis Presley [[1966). Jazz standard by many of the top bands and instrumentalists.