Pop Stand Playlist: Meow Mix

Dedicated to childless cat ladies and everyone else with a fondness for felines

Sparky and the Wooden Cat. Photo by Noel Holston (Author)

Cats or, rather, cat ladies have been all over the news lately thanks to Republican VP candidate JD Vance’s ongoing gaffe about who comprises the Democratic party. Some people believe he caught cat-scratch fever from Ted Nugent at the GOP convention, but it’s probably just the result of his having spent too much time around litter.

Anyway, cats in the news got me thinking about cats in songs, so here’s a Pop Stand playlist devoted to the feline music.

By all means add cat songs I missed in the comments section at the bottom:

Year of the Cat — Al Stewart

The Tyger — Greg Brown

Tom Cat — The Rooftop Singers

What’s New, Pussycat? — Tom Jones

The Lion Sleeps Tonight — The Tokens

The Cat Came Back — Fiddlin’ John Carson

Cat’s in the Cradle — Harry Chapin

Pussy Cat Parade — Mel Blanc

Stray Cat Strut — The Stray Cats

Everybody Wants to Be a Cat — Phil Harris, Scatman Crothers, Aristocats cast

Black Cat Blues — Lightnin’ Hopkins

Alley Cat — Bent Fabric

Mean-Eyed Cat — Johnn Cash

Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog — Norma Tanega

The Siamese Cat Song (We Are Siamese If You Please) — Peggy Lee

Noel Holston is the author of Life After Deaf, As I Die Laughing and the forthcoming OZmosis.