If your name is Ba-dee-yah, there certainly is!
From Groundhog Day: The Musical:
“February 2nd” / “There Will Be Sun”
“February 2nd” / “There Will Be Sun”
April 29, 1992 by Sublime, about the riots following the acquital of the LAPD officers that beat Rodney King. Although the song title and CD lyrics booklet give the correct date, in the song the date is sung as April 26.
I’m five; Barbra Streisand - April 24th (1947)
American Pie; Don McLean; February [1958] made me shiver with every paper I deliver
Eric Bogle’s And The Band played Waltzing Matilda - final verses sung as he’s watching Anzac Day [25 April] marches.
Celtas Cortos, 20 de abril. It’s a letter written on April 20th 1990. Aside from their own multiple recordings there’s an Oysterband cover in English.
“Everyone would gather on the 24th of May
Sitting in the sand to watch the fireworks display”
-Rush, Lakeside Park
That’s instantly where my mind went.
First of May by Jonathan Coulton.
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Just to add, Bono sings “Early morning, April 4 … a shot rings out in the Memphis sky.” Dr. King was actually shot just after 6 pm that evening.
That’s always bugged me a little. “Early evening” scans exactly the same as “early morning” - why not write that instead?
Because he made a mistake?
Edited to add, the Wikipedia article mentions that he sometimes changes the lyric to “early evening” in live performances.
Well, maybe if he’d spent more than 12 parsecs fact-checking his lyrics…
No, if you need to look up what date that happened it doesn’t count for this thread. Ditto for vague parts of the month, and don’t get me started about Orthodox Christmas (Jan 7th-ish). I think my brother converted so he could delay his shopping to take advantage of the after-Western-Christmas sales.
Gillian Welch -April the 14th.
It was Christmas Eve, babe,
In the drunk tank…
God, I miss Kirsty MacColl.
Adrian Belew has a song named “May 1, 1990” (the day he met his wife)
The Band’s The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down has this lyric:
. That one always bothered me, Lincoln visited the fallen Richmond in April before he was shot.
“Independence Day,” by Martina McBride.
Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July…
“8th of November” by Big & Rich.
I’m the first to mention this classic:
Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Walking home from our house Christmas eve
You can say there’s no such thing as Santa
But as for me and grandpa we believe