Billie Holiday - God Bless The Child

The only one thing I like about shows like American Idol is that some of the contestants sing some golden oldies, and help make these songs popular again. One of my favourite contestants are Jacob Lusk, whose rendition of Billie Holiday's God Bless The Child was as flawless, as Billie Holiday herself.



Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan,[1] April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.

Critic John Bush wrote that Holiday "changed the art of American pop vocals forever."[2] She co-wrote only a few songs, but several of them have become jazz standards, notably "God Bless the Child," "Don't Explain," "Fine and Mellow," and "Lady Sings the Blues." She also became famous for singing "Easy Living," "Good Morning Heartache," and "Strange Fruit", a protest song which became one of her standards and made famous with her 1939 recording.

Download Billie Holiday's God Bless The Child here. Link here.

Link to Billie Holiday albums.

The Beatles - Octopus's Garden

This is Ringo Starr's second song, that he wrote. I have no idea what this song is about. But here is a free download. 

I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus's garden in the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus's garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus's garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
Because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade

We would shout and swim about
The coral that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you
In an octopus's garden with you

Download The Beatle's Octopus's Garden here. Download link here

James Villa Holidays - Happy Feet Commercial

Yes, you all have heard the James Villa Holidays' Happy Feet advertisement on TV, which is so addictive.



Happy Feet, I've got those happy feet...

Yes, you heard it right. The voice is from Kermit the frog!

Well, it is taken off the Muppet Show.



But, it is NOT originally from the Muppet Show.

Andrex - Little Things Commercial (Dave Berry - Little Things)

Love it (because the song is catchy) or hate it (because they now use CGI puppies), the song was from Dave Berry's Little Things.





Dave Berry (born David Holgate Grundy, 6 February 1941, Woodhouse, Sheffield) is a British pop singer and former teen idol of the 1960s. He had an unusual ambition for a pop performer trying to make a name for himself - to appear on TV completely hidden by a prop. In his own words, to "not appear, to stay behind something and not come out". He often hid behind the upturned collar of his leather jacket, or wrapped himself around, and effectively behind, the microphone lead.

Download for Dave Berry's Little Things is not available.