Songs with similar or same melodies?

[Jerry Hayes R.I.P.]

There's a lot of similarity to the melodies to "If We're Not Back in Love By Monday" and "If We Make it Through December" by Merle Haggard but they're both his songs so I guess it doesn't matter.....JH in Va.

[Scott Shipley]

I think the "Star Spangled Banner" is in kind of a different category, because Francis Scott Key wrote it as a poem then years later his cousin published it, as a song, sung to the tune of a pub drinking song "The Anacreontic".

The original published title of the popular pub song was "The Anacreontic Song." FSK gave the poem to his brother in law, Joseph H. Nicholson the day he finished it (September 16, 1814) who took it to a Baltimore area printer. The first known copies of the lyrics were then printed on September 17, 1814. Soon after, two area newspapers printed it with FSK's original title and included the note "Tune: Anacreon in Heaven." Then, a Baltimore music store published the song under the new title, and it was picked up 17 more newspapers. The first public performance was in October, when Baltimore actor Ferdinand Durang sang it at Captain McCauley’s tavern. It wasn't adopted as our official national anthem until 1931, one of the few things Hoover got right, lol.
Funny side-note, the "flag" that FSK saw through the rocket's red glare, was actually just a "storm flag." The American flag wasn't actually raised till the next morning.

Also the "8th Of January" and "Battle Of New Orleans" could be another category of songs with the same melody and about the same event.

Jimmy Driftwood actually wrote "The Battle Of New Orleans" as a teaching aid for his students, to try and help them remember their history lesson.

[Leslie Ehrlich]

I guess that everyone that has played steel guitar or regular six string guitar knows that the chord progression and the melody of " Honkey Tonk Angels","I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes","Great Speckled Bird",'Wild Side of Life"

Of the four, I like 'I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes' the best. When I was a kid I remember listening to an old recording of Wilf Carter (a.k.a. Montana Slim) singing it. Wilf Carter's recording career dated back to the 1930s, and I'm pretty sure that was when he recorded the song.

[Chip Fossa]

Leslie,

Wow! WILF CARTER. He was a famous yodeler, too.

You probably already know this one, but for all our other BROS, here's a great Gordon Lightfoot tune espousing about Wilf Carter [and others].

Give a listen to this tune:

http://picosong.com/FHK

[Alvin Blaine]

I think the "Star Spangled Banner" is in kind of a different category, because Francis Scott Key wrote it as a poem then years later his cousin published it, as a song, sung to the tune of a pub drinking song "The Anacreontic".

The original published title of the popular pub song was "The Anacreontic Song." FSK gave the poem to his brother in law, Joseph H. Nicholson the day he finished it (September 16, 1814) who took it to a Baltimore area printer. The first known copies of the lyrics were then printed on September 17, 1814. Soon after, two area newspapers printed it with FSK's original title and included the note "Tune: Anacreon in Heaven." Then, a Baltimore music store published the song under the new title, and it was picked up 17 more newspapers. The first public performance was in October, when Baltimore actor Ferdinand Durang sang it at Captain McCauley’s tavern. It wasn't adopted as our official national anthem until 1931, one of the few things Hoover got right, lol.
Funny side-note, the "flag" that FSK saw through the rocket's red glare, was actually just a "storm flag." The American flag wasn't actually raised till the next morning.

Also the "8th Of January" and "Battle Of New Orleans" could be another category of songs with the same melody and about the same event.

Jimmy Driftwood actually wrote "The Battle Of New Orleans" as a teaching aid for his students, to try and help them remember their history lesson.

At one of the festivals, I work at, there is a guy that does the Star Spangled Banner and he tells that story about it. I always get it wrong because he's always the first thing in the morning and I'm not always all there for it. Thanks Scott!

[Scott Shipley]

"I Would Rather Have A Rosebud"....published 1918 by Jacob Marvin Rudy

"Give Me The Roses Now"....c. 1925 R.H. Cornelius (music/1925) & James Rowe (words/1915)

"Time Changes Everything"....c. 1940 Tommy Duncan

"Give Me The Flowers"....c. 1957 Elvin Biggers, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs (although publishing rights were given to Gladys Stacey Flatt (Mrs. Lester Flatt), Elvin Bigger, Louise Certain (Mrs. Earl Scruggs)

"Give Flowers To The Living"....c. 2001 W.L. Thomspon

"Say It Now"....c. 2009 Gary W. Smith