Post a song with a fruit in the title or group's name...

[Tom_Foolery]

"Little Green Apples" by O.C. Smith:

[Ptah]

1. Orange blossom special

[RevStPatrick]

2. Apple

Viva! La Woman

[HarveyDarkey]

3. "Old Dogs Children & Watermelon Wine"

[walkerbait41]

4. Can`t post a video but

can give you name of song

"Put the Lime in the Coconut" by Harry Nilsson

[lastlib]

47. i HATE that f***in' ear-worm!

it's an absolute cancer on the musical body..

[SwissTony]

71. I LOVE that song!!

You are a bad person and you must go immediately to bed ...AND no supper!!

[femmocrat]

5. Best one ever! "Banana Boat Song" by Harry Belfonte! Day-O!

[Avalux]

6. Here's another banana song!

For those who remember - this was my favorite show when I was a kid.

[Art_from_Ark]

55. Sono uta wo oboeteimasu

Watashi no kodomo no koro ni mo, Doyoubi no asa ni sono bangumi ga housou sareta.

[pipi_k]

7. Fruit in

the group's name...

and

[pinboy3niner]

8. Harry Nilsson - Coconut (1971)

[LiberalElite]

9. Strawberry Fields Forever

[pinboy3niner]

10. Neil Diamond - Cherry Cherry

[LiberalEsto]

11. Jay And The Techniques - "Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie"

[pinboy3niner]

12. Marvin & Johnny - Cherry Pie (1954)

[walkerbait41]

15. Cherry pie

Is one of our favorite songs

[pinboy3niner]

16. Classic doo-wop!

That single was a big hit when it came out.

[walkerbait41]

30. The year 1959

with "Cherry Pie" playing her name was Rita {redhead} was my first kiss

[Callmecrazy]

44. I like Cherry Pie too...

This one...


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[walkerbait41]

48. Sorry

But I`m on dial-up can`t get your video

[RandiFan1290]

13. More Bananas

Bananas and Blow....by Ween...from New Hope PA

[pinboy3niner]

14. Trini Lopez - Lemon Tree (1965)

[malthaussen]

17. Sweet Cherry Wine

(I'll spare y'all anything from the 1910 Fruitgum Company.)

-- Mal

[Rowdyboy]

18. Fats Domino: I found my thrills...

on Blueberry Hill....

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=blueberry+hill&view=detail&mid=76FF15996784C7BBC8ED76FF15996784C7BBC8ED&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR

[malthaussen]

19. This one is a stretch, but...

Tutti Frutti!

-- Mal

[pinboy3niner]

20. Judy Collins - Golden Apples of the Sun

[SwissTony]

72. WOW. Just wonderful.

Donovan also set this poem to music. His version was called "The Song Of Wandering Aengus", so no fruit connection there. But it's my favourite Donovan song. OK, Donovan/Yeats song. pity they didn't together more often.

Link...

[pinboy3niner]

73. The Donovan is nice, too

My favorite rendition of 'Golden Apples' was by Terrea Lea, whom I heard perform many times at her folk club in West Hollywood, CA in the '60s. Unfortunately, I don't think she ever recorded it. Her albums are available today at itunes, Amazon and ebay.

Doing a little searching, I discovered a website devoted to Terrea's club, 'The Garret,' which closed in 1971. I also learned, sadly, that Terrea passed away early this year at the age of 90.

Once Upon A Time
In West Hollywood ...

... there was a coffee house called The Garret. It was owned and operated by a folk singer called Terrea Lea and her business partner, Betty "BJ" Moore.

From 1958 through 1971 The Garret was open for business at 923 N. Fairfax Avenue in West Hollywood, California, making it the longest lived coffee house of that period. Others that came and went included The Blue Grotto, The Fifth Estate, The Epicurean, The Unicorn, The Snail, The Insomniac, The Bit and The Ash Grove. The latter, reincarnated as the Improv, actually outlived the Garret until it was destroyed by a fire (it was briefly resurrected in Santa Monica in the mid 1990s). The Ice House, in Pasadena, is still in business as a comedy club and Doug Weston's Troubadour now books rock and alternative bands.

During the folk music revival of the 1960s The Garret was a popular place for musicians to relax and hang out. Terrea was always the main performer on stage, but just about every major folk music act in the business could have been found around the fireplace at some time or other. One night it was remarked that a bomb in the place would have instantly wiped out most of the folk music movement. Reported present at the time were Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Theodore Bikel, Joni Mitchell, Bud and Travis, Hoyt Axton and assorted other greater and lesser lights of the day.

...


http://thegarret.info/

[SwissTony]

74. Wow, that bomb would have changed folk music history.

Thankfully, nothing happened.

I must confess I've never heard of Terrea. But thanks to youtube there's a good chance my ignorance can be corrected.

I thank you.

[bluesbassman]

21. Couple from Led Zeppelin: The Lemon Song & Tangerine

[Tom_Foolery]

23. Fiona Apple's "Criminal"...

[Kali]

24. Australian band - Fruit

[grilled onions]

25. 1910 Fruitgum Company(group)

Raspberries(group)

[pinboy3niner]

26. Elton John - Elderberry Wine

The film clips are from Frank Capra's 1944 classic "Arsenic And Old Lace" staring Cary Grant.

[HarveyDarkey]

27. The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine / Rice Is Nice

[pinboy3niner]

28. Al Stewart - Apple Cider Re-Constitution

[pinboy3niner]

29. Blood, Sweat & Pears

Just kidding!

[KamaAina]

31. Strawberry Alarm Clock

[pinboy3niner]

32. Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Grove Thing :)

Scratch that--their biggest hit was 'Reunited'...

[bluesbassman]

33. Moby Grape - Omaha

BTW, if you ever get the chance check out this album: Live Grape from 1978. It was recorded in '77 and '78 at venues around the Bay Area with Peter Lewis, Jerry Miller and Skip Spence. Bob Mosley and Don Stevenson didn't participate, so they did not use the full Moby Grape name. Awesome live album with a decidedly roots feel. This was the only tune I could find posted on YouTube, but it's a good one written by Jerry.

[pinboy3niner]

34. I was just going to post that

Same song, too, of course. But you have better background info.

[bluesbassman]

37. Great band. Just a lot of unfortunate circumstances that kept them from being huge.

Lot of interesting contributions in the form of mixing Folk, Blues, Jazz, Country and Psychedelic Rock in the late sixties. Very talented song writers and musicians. But like a lot of bands of that era they squandered their opportunity and made a lot of poor decisions.

At least they left a pretty solid catalog of music, and Lewis, Spence and Miller still perform together now and then.

[OriginalGeek]

35. Blind Lemon Jefferson

Peach Orchard Mama

[petronius]

36. Garbage - Cherry Lips

[bluesbassman]

38. Watermelon Slim & the Workers - Devil's Cadillac

Here's another, "Hard Times", that we cover in my band's setlist.

[petronius]

39. The Mighty Lemon Drops - Inside Out

[Tom_Foolery]

40. Blind Melon's "No Rain"...

[azurnoir]

41. Strawberry Letter 23

[Tom_Foolery]

42. The best!!!

[pintobean]

43. Barley & Grape Rag, Georgia Peaches, Cherry

[KamaAina]

45. Cherry Bomb!

The Runaways, with Joan Jett AND Lita Ford.

[Callmecrazy]

46. Harry Nilsson

Put the Lime in the Coconut


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[Gidney N Cloyd]

49. Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock

[Tom_Foolery]

50. "Peaches" by Presidents of the United States...

[B Calm]

51. Strawberry Wine, Seventeen

[my2sense]

52. PRINCE - "Raspberry Beret" n/t

[d_r]

53. does Spanish Pipe Dream count?

If not, then the Presidents of the USA's reimagining of it-

[Arugula Latte]

54. I take you back to the 90s with The Cranberries...

[pinboy3niner]

56. The Mamas And The Papas - Blueberries For Breakfast (1971)

[Arugula Latte]

57. Cheating a bit ... Off the XTC album "Oranges and Lemons":

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[pinboy3niner]

58. California Raisins - I Heard it Through The Grapevine :)

[Arugula Latte]

59. "Peaches" by the Stranglers

"Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches" ... Hmmm ... What does that mean I wonder?

[Arugula Latte]

60. "Fruit Tree" by Nick Drake

[pinboy3niner]

61. Peter, Paul & Mary - The Grape Mandala

[nomorenomore08]

62. Allman Brothers - "Les Brers in A Minor"

From the album 'Eat A Peach.'

[applegrove]

63. “I‘ve heard it through the grapevine"

[pinboy3niner]

64. Frank Sinatra - My Melon Collie Baby

In 1912, William Frawley—who later played Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy—was the first person to perform the song publicly, in the Mozart Cafe in Denver, Colorado. Frawley told this story during a May 3, 1965, appearance on the TV game show I've Got a Secret.

Ernie Burnett, who composed the music, was wounded fighting in the First World War, and he lost his memory together with his identity dog-tags. While recuperating in hospital, a pianist entertained the patients with popular tunes including "Melancholy Baby". Burnett rose from his sickbed and exclaimed: "That's my song!" He had regained his memory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Melancholy_Baby

[Art_from_Ark]

65. "Sweet Cherry Wine", by Tommy James and the Shondells

[Recursion]

67. "King of Carrot Flowers (pt 1)" by Neutral Milk Hotel

[pinboy3niner]

68. Mexican War Machine - OLIVE GARDEN BLUES 4 (Do I get extra points for this one, lol?)

Here we go again
Just can't say enough about that place
Sucks the life right outta ya
...
At the MFin' OG
...
And I'm slavin' away at the MFin' OG

http://www.songarea.com/mc/1/olive.html

[Jamaal510]

69. "Strawberry Letter 23" The Brothers Johnson

[Boom Sound 416]

70. The lemon song - zeppelin

[walkerbait41]

75. One more song that I have

"Cherry Hill Park" by Billy Joe Royal

[woodsprite]

76. Barney -- Apples and Bananas

Guess my kids aren't so old that I've forgotten that purple dinosaur

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mFfvbu02JTI#t=45

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

77. An old French tune written in 1866 - "Le Temps Des Cerises" (The Days Of the Cherries)

It's about youth (the days of the cherries) where young lovers go crazy head over heels but where hearts are broken forever.

[Tom Kitten]

78. Pineapple Princess by Annette Funicello

I actually still have this record!

[Tom_Foolery]

79. "Go All The Way" by the Raspberries...

[nomorenomore08]

80. Damn it! How did I not think of them??? n/t