Archive - The Lost Songs Project

"West of the Wall," Toni Fisher (1962)

Pop music for postwar Berlin

Nov 13 •

Mark Blankenship

"Hanky Panky," Madonna (1990)

A big-band bop for bad, bad girls

Nov 11 •

Mark Blankenship

"General Hospi-tale," The Afternoon Delights (1981)

A disco recap of your favorite soap opera

Nov 6 •

Mark Blankenship

"Pink Cadillac," Natalie Cole (1988)

This song might be dirty!

Nov 4 •

Mark Blankenship

October 2024

"What About Me?" Moving Pictures (1983/1989)

An anthem so nice, they released it twice

Oct 30 •

Mark Blankenship

"98.6," Keith (1966)

A peppy ode to a nice, calm relationship

Oct 28 •

Mark Blankenship

"Come In Out Of the Rain," Wendy Moten (1993)

A power ballad that's better with age

Oct 23 •

Mark Blankenship

"Rumors," Timex Social Club (1986)

A gossip magazine in R&B form

Oct 21 •

Mark Blankenship

"Swamp Witch," Jim Stafford (1973)

A gothic Southern novella, in song form

Oct 16 •

Mark Blankenship

"Put a Little Love In Your Heart," Annie Lennox & Al Green (1989)

Further proof that 'Scrooged' is a perfect movie

Oct 14 •

Mark Blankenship

"Low," Kelly Clarkson (2003)

The quintessential Kelly Clarkson power ballad

Oct 9 •

Mark Blankenship

"Indiana Wants Me," R. Dean Taylor (1970)

A masterfully mournful murder ballad

Oct 7 •

Mark Blankenship

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