Strong Songs is one year old! In honor of that anniversary, Kirk takes a look back on the year that was, sharing musical highlights from each of the show's 20 single-song episodes.

SCHEDULING NOTE: Strong Songs will be off in December, and will return for Year Two on January 8, 2020. If you're a patron over on Patreon, that means you won't be charged for the month of December.

That also makes December a great month catch up on episodes you may have missed, share the show with your friends, listen to Year One playlists, and enjoy a hopefully very musical holiday season.

REFERENCED/DISCUSSED:

• "Africa" by Toto from Toto IV, 1982
• "You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon from Graceland, 1986
• "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" by Beyoncé from I Am... Sasha Fierce, 2008
• "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder from Songs in the Key Of Life, 1976
• "Thriller" by Michael Jackson from Thriller, 1982
• "Dancing Queen" by ABBA from Arrival, 1976
• "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen from A Night At The Opera, 1975
• "Let It Go" from Frozen, 2013
• "Moanin'" by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers from Moanin', 1959
• "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra from Out Of The Blue, 1977
• "Satisfied" by Lin-Manuel Miranda from Hamilton, 2015
• "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973
• "Tightrope" by Janelle Monáe from The Archandroid, 2010
• "Barracuda" by Heart from Little Queen, 1977
• "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead from OK Computer, 1997
• "Like a Prayer" by Madonna from Like a Prayer, 1989
• "Think" by Aretha Franklin from the Blues Brothers soundtrack, 1980
• "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal from Seal II, 1994
• "Making Christmas" by Danny Elfman from The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993
• "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton from Jolene, 1974, and as performed by Whitney Houston on The Bodyguard soundtrack, 1992

YEAR ONE PLAYLISTS:

You can find new playlists with these 20 songs on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/strong-songs-year-1/pl.u-V9D7gaGiJ7o0a

and Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5d9ym1sUymGoySMXOw3zbZ?si=knUCLdHHTQ2lTIQq-uXYmQ

OUTRO SOLOIST: All Of Them!

Thanks to all of the outro soloists we've featured over the past few months: BJ Cord, Galen Clark, Rob Reich, Dan Nervo, Sam Howard, and Steve Pardo. We'll feature plenty more great soloists in Year Two.

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November 2019 Whole-Note Patrons

Andrew Walters - Caleb Rotach - Chad Barnard - Dan Apczynski - Dave Florey - Glenn Jared Norris - Mark Schechter - Merlin Mann - Ryan Torvik

November 2019 Half-Note Patrons

Alex Singer - Alexander Polson - Amanda Furlotti - Andre Bremer - Andrew Baker - Andrew Lee - Arjun Sharma - Bill Thornton - Brett Douville - Brian Amoebas - Brooke Wilford - Chas Lednicky - Chris Brown - Cyrus N. White - David Stroud - Earl Lozada - Eero Wahlstedt - Elliot Jay O’Neill - Emily Williams - Fishbones - Forrest Chang - Jaehoon Jeong - James Johnson - Jasmine Fellows - Jeffrey Olson - Jennifer Bush - John and Sharon Stenglein - Jon O’Keefe - Joujou - Juan Carlos Montemayor Elosua - Jules Bailey - Justin Liew - Justin McElroy - Kate Albury - Kevin Morrell - Kevin Pennyfeather - Kingy - Matt Gaskell - Max Schechter - Melanie Stivers - Michael Blackwell - Miriam Juskowicz - Molly Mueller - Nate from Kalamazoo - Nicholas Schechter - Richard Toller - Samuel Gardner - Shane DeLeon - Shaun Wiese - SP - Tanner Morton - Tim - Tom Clewer - Tom Lauer

Thanks everyone for listening - see you in 2020!

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