I have never served in the military, but several people close to me – including my father – have served, and for this I salute them and thank them. Veterans and patriots alike, this one's for you. ~ JH
1) Mark Schultz ~ "Letters From War"
2) Tedashii ft. Benjah ~ "Last Goodbye"
3) Toby Keith ~ "Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue (The Angry American)"
4) Saving Abel ~ "Miss America"
5) Alan Jackson ~ "Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning?"
6) Darryl Worley ~ "Have You Forgotten?"
7) Lonestar ~ "I'm Already There (Message From Home)"
In case you didn't see or read yesterday's post, I'll recap the intro as succinctly as I can. A mononym is "a one-word name by which a person is known." Many singers, songwriters, and musicians in the industry are (or have historically been) commonly known by a single name. Yesterday, I posted a collection of songs by mononymous female singers. Today, it's the singularly-named guys' turn. Enjoy! ~ JH
(NOTE: Several notable mononymous males are absent from this list, but that is by design. Prince not only has a comprehensive catalogue of wildly inappropriate music, but he also seems to have wiped his entire music video collection off the face of YouTube. Bono [U2] is a great singer, but he hasn't really done a whole lot solo, so I excluded him from consideration here. Yanni is a popular musician, but he isn't much of a singer. Eminem and Drake may be highly talented rappers in their own right, but their lyrics are so foul that I declined to post any of their music here.)
1) Sting ~ "Fields Of Gold" (You can't go wrong with this guy – classic song, classic voice.)
2) Moby ~ "Raining Again" (Moby doesn't always sing the vocals for his songs, but when he does he's not half bad!)
3) Matisyahu ~ "One Day" (Wonderful song by a one-of-a-kind musician – a Hasidic Jew who sings reggae music!)
4) Beck ~ "Loser" (Some of the most bizarre lyrics ever set to music can be found right here in this song.)
5) Tedashii ft. BenJah ~ "Last Goodbye" (Two mononymous guys in one song – ha! Warning: You might want to have your Kleenexes handy...)
7) Liberace ~ "I'll Be Seeing You" (Good googly-moogly, that outfit!)
8) Babyface ~ "Every Time I Close My Eyes" (This guy's voice is smooth as silk – in other words, I'm jealous!)
9) D'Angelo ~ "Cruisin'" (A classic old-school R & B song given a new-school vibe – I like it!)
10) Donovan ~ "Mellow Yellow" (Donovan had to be on some serious drugs when he wrote this song – and maybe when he performed it, too – there's no other explanation for the blatant weirdness...)
11) Gotye ft. Kimbra ~ "Somebody That I Used To Know" (A great song by two talented singers – both of whom are mononymous!)
12) Seal ~ "Kiss From A Rose" (This was one of Seal's better ballads back in the day.)
13) PSY ~ "Gangnam Style" (Oh, yes, I went there...)
14) will.i.am ft. Cheryl Cole ~ "Heartbreaker" (Technically, I suppose you could say will.i.am is three different words, but I'm going with it anyway.)
15) Morrissey ~ "Alma Matters" (I've heard a lot about this guy, but this is the first time I've actually listened to a song by him – nice voice...)
