Pop Stand: Just Shoe Me

Coming up with a list of foot and shoe songs ain’t no Little Feat

Shoe ad from 1936 issue of Leoplan Magazine. Photo by Noel “Hotfoot”Holston (Author)

This edition of Pop Stand is dedicated to my Aunt Nell, one of the most positive, adaptable humans I’ve ever known.

For a few years when she was in her 20s, she had to wear prescription corrective shoes for a foot problem. They were, in a word, ugly, and she hated them. Yet Nell’s attitude, true to her spirit, was, “If you have a smile on your face, nobody notices your shoes.”

Smile? Hmm. That’s a good heading for a future Pop Stand.

Today it’s foot notes. Add titles if you can and are so inclined.

I Bought You the Shoes — Al Kooper

“That you’re walking away in/The bright royal blues/That you’re going astray in”

Those Shoes — The Eagles

High Heeled Sneakers — Tommy Tucker

Barefootin’ — Robert Parker

Tan Shoes and Pink Shoelaces — Dodie Stevens

Mississippi Mud — Paul Whiteman’s Rhythm Boys (featuring Bing Crosby)

“It’s a treat to beat your feet on the Mississippi mud”

Footloose — Kenny Loggins

Happy Feet — Cab Calloway