Spring is here and full blooms are right around the corner–so what songs or music pieces stand out to you with specific flowers in the titles?
For the sake of simplicity, let’s exclude Rose because we know there are a million of them. Similarly, generic Flower is out, as well as other flora (trees, vines, etc.)
“Dandelion” - Rolling Stones
“Cherry Blossom Clinic” - The Move
“A Lotus on Irish Streams” - Mahavishnu Orchestra
“Pictures of Lily” - The Who (if we can allow floral names)
“Edelweiss” - from The Sound of Music
The Chrysanthemum – Scott Joplin
Dirt Dishing Daisy – [recorded by] The Mills Brothers
Gladiolus Rag – Scott Joplin
Heliotrope Bouquet – Scott Joplin
Honeysuckle Rose – Fats Waller
Lily of the Valley – [recorded by] Original Hurricane Brass Band
Sun Flower Slow Drag – Scott Joplin
Tip-Toe Through the Tulips – Dubin and Burke, [recorded by] Nick Lucas
Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) - “This song was first published in 1924, and was a #1 hit in 1941 for the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra with vocals by Helen O’Connell and Bob Eberly” (Youtube).