Pop Stand: Mother’s Day
Mama mia and more
If you need a soundtrack for celebrating Mothers Day, I doubt you can find a better playlist than this one which, all modesty aside, I put together off the top of my head.
I’m dedicating this Pop Stand edition to my mother, Lucile Damon “Lucy” Holston, in part because she is responsible for my eclectic musical tastes. She grew up on Glenn Miller and Bing Crosby but didn’t recoil from Elvis or the Beatles when they reconfigured pop.
Far from it.
How many of you had a mom who played your copy of The Kinks Greatest Hits when you weren’t home?
So, this one goes out to Lucy. Miss you, hon.
Ma (He’s Making Eyes at Me) — Judy Garland
That’s Alright, Mama — Elvis Presley
Mama Said — The Shirelles
Mama Tried — Merle Haggard
Mother Earth — Memphis Slim
Mama — Roy Orbison
Mama Told Me Not to Come — Randy Newman
I Wish I Was Your Mother — Mott the Hoople
Stacey’s Mom — Fountains of Wayne
Mother — Lennon
Mamma Mia! — Abba
Tell Mama — Etta James
Bonus:
Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends — Mitch Miller
Because it includes the immortal line “For that duck my be somebody’s mother.”