Songs That Remind Me Of My Dad

The funny thing is, in reflecting on this (and I speak in past tense because I'm reminscing on times that are yester-gone), that none of these songs remind me of my dad because of the lyrics themself (with the obvious exception of Paul Petersen's "My Dad") ...

"Silly Love Songs" ... because one of the first (maybe the only) album my dad won playing a radio call in contest was "Wings At The Speed Of Sound".

Any song from the "Calypso" album by Harry Belafonte ... .

"Whipped Cream" ... alright, not actually any song but the album cover itself ... anyone of a certain age knows this Herb Alpert/Tijuana Brass album was part of the homescape.

"Yesterday, When I Was Young" by Roy Clark - never asked why, exactly, but Dad really liked this song.

"Spirit In The Sky" (Norman Greenbaum) ... He simply thought, from what I can tell, it was a good song ... no different than a "good song" of Guy Lombardo, Harry James, etc. ... it was just a "good song" with a good message.

David Bowie "heyday" songs ... "Fame" or "Golden Years" ... I remember Dad saying he liked David Bowie because he (Bowie) seemed to do what he liked whether it was going to be popular/a hit or not ... I wondered about this for years.  I wondered if I misremembered it ... did he mean Alice Cooper (local boy) or David Bowie ... so I asked Dad about it ... He shared almost verbatim what I recalled ... "No, not Alice Cooper (good golfer) - David Bowie ... I've always liked him".  The funny thing to me was that I remember listening to, I think, an AT40 episode - or something - wherein it was shared that David Bowie (through all his enterprises) was the first billionaire rockstar ... I thought it funny of all the "rock" performers my dad would pick to single out as someone he admired he'd pick the first one to become a billionaire.

"If I Were A Rich Man" from "Fiddler On The Roof" ... Dad always, I think like anyone that grew up in (or in the shadow of) the Great Depression, wealth as an attainable reality to any virtuous individual.

"My Dad" ... obvious (the sad thing is that this song DOES remind me of my dad ... to many people don't know this "dad").

I've kept the list short, intentionally ... what songs remind you of your dad, if even for silly reasons?