Thanksgiving in songs? It has to include some history, some food, and of course, gratitude. All are represented below. Happy Thanksgiving!

1. (I’m Gonna Eat) On Thanksgiving Day Laurie Berkner; Whaddaya Think Of That? (Razor & Tie)
2. Blessed Martina McBride; Greatest Hits (RCA)
3. My Mom’s Thanksgiving Dinner Children Of N.Y.P.S. 24; Songs For All Year Long (Folkways)
4. Sailing To America Saxon; Crusader (Carrera)
5. Thankful N’ Thoughtful Sly & The Family Stone; Fresh (Legacy)
6. Thanksgiving The Stuffing; Single-Thanksgiving (EMA)
7. Thanksgiving Song Dave Holiday Sylvester; Single-Thanksgiving Song (Jambox)
8. Thanksgiving Song Jessica Klee; Single-Thanksgiving Song (Jessica Klee)

For more songs for Thanksgiving, see GreenBookofSongs.com® categories Holidays: Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Countries: America, History and Love: Friends & Family.

For 11/11/11, we suggest these great songs about the experience of veterans finding their place at home upon return. Remember to support as well as honor those who protected us!

1. Brothers Under The Bridge Bruce Springsteen; 18 Tracks (Columbia)
2. Hope Stephen Cochran; Single-Hope (Department Of Veterans Affairs)
3. I Just Came Back From A War Darryl Worley; Hear And Now (903)
4. My Dream Of The Big Parade Peerless Quartet with Henry Burr and Billy Murray; Single-My Dream Of The Big Parade (YouTube.com)
5. Sarge Rick Lance; Home Free-A Tribute To American Veterans-C (CD Baby)

You’ll find many more songs on this topic in GreenBookofSongs.com categories Holidays: Memorial & Veterans Day.

As Occupy Wall Street protests continue, we look back at the songs that grew from and sustained earlier social movements. You’ll find many more in our category Protest. Here’s a small sample:

1. Bread And Roses Judy Collins; So Early In The Spring, The First 15 Years (Elektra)
2. Eyes On The Prize Mavis Staples; We’ll Never Turn Back (Anti/Epitaph)
3. Get Up, Stand Up Bob Marley & The Wailers; Songs Of Freedom (Tuff Gong)
4. If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) Peter, Paul & Mary; In Concert (Warner Bros.)
5. Ohio Crosby, Stills & Nash; CSN (Atlantic)
6. This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie; Woody Guthrie (Vanguard)
7. War Edwin Starr; War & Peace (Motown)
8. What’s Going On Marvin Gaye; What’s Going On (Motown)

Before 9/11, the Green Book Of Songs By Subject listed songs about danger and disaster in one general category. Afterwards, we were compelled to create a category devoted solely to this tragedy. Here is a selection from the 72 songs in Danger & Disaster: 9/11/2001.

1. America Will Survive Hank Williams, Jr.; Patriotic Country-C (BMG)
2. Believe Yellowcard; Ocean Avenue (Capitol)
3. Bravest, The Tom Paxton; Looking For The Moon (Appleseed)
4. Let’s Roll Neil Young; Are You Passionate? (Rhino/Warner Bros.)
5. On A Clear Day Jack Hardy; Vigil-N.Y. Songs Since 9/11-C (Conscious)
6. On That Day Leonard Cohen; Dear Heather (Columbia)
7. Tuesday Morning (9/11) John Yarrow; Loss Of Self (John Yarrow)
8. You’re Missing Bruce Springsteen; The Rising (Columbia)

C = Compilation

July is Family Reunion Month! Here are songs to enjoy during picnics, parties and get-togethers.

1. Good Stuff, The Kenny Chesney; No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems (BNA)
2. Family Reunion Jill Scott; Beautifully Human-Words And Sounds-Vol. 2 (Hidden Beach/Epic)
3. Family Reunion Oak Ridge Boys; Best Of The Oak Ridge Boys (Columbia)
4. Family Reunion O’Jays; Let Me Make Love To You (Legacy)
5. My Front Porch Looking In Lonestar; From There To Here-The Greatest Hits (BNA)
6. Ode To My Family Cranberries; No Need To Argue (Island)
7. We Are Family Sister Sledge; We Are Family (Rhino)
8. Who Says You Can’t Go Home Bon Jove featuring Jennifer Nettles; Have A Nice Day (Island/IDJMG)

 For more songs on this topic, see GreenBookofSongs.com® category Families: General.

Each year, we celebrate Independence Day with songs from the GreenBookofSongs.com® category Holidays: Fourth of July. Our choice this year isn’t about fireworks or picnics, but instead about flags, history and the qualities of freedom those Revolutionary War soldiers fought to secure for us.

1. Here Comes The Freedom Train Merle Haggard; Capitol Collectors Series-Merle Haggard (Capitol)
2. Ragged Old Flag Johnny Cash; Patriot (Columbia)
3. Shot Heard Round The World Creator Kids; Startup History (Creator Kids)
4. This Is My Country Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Greatest Hits (Columbia)
5. This Is My Country Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions; Curtis Mayfield-The Anthology-1961-1977 (MCA)
6. You’re A Grand Old Glad John Peterson; George M. Cohan Tonight! (Sh-k-boom) 

Happy Fourth of July!

These songs, drawn from our category Holidays: Memorial & Veterans Day, express our commitment never to forget those who gave their lives for love of country.

1. 50,000 Names George Jones; The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 (BNA)
2. Angel Flight Radney Foster; Revival (Devil’s River)
3. Just A Dream Carrie Underwood; Carnival Ride (Arista Nashville)
4. Snow White Rows Of Arlington Sammy Kershaw; Single-Snow White Rows Of Arlington (MCA)
5. Soldiers Drowning Pool; Full Circle (Warner Bros.)
6. Somebody’s Darling Cumberlands; Civil War Tribute Collection-15 Timeless Classics (Rural Rhythm)

We developed this list of songs as we watched reports of the river flooding its way down the middle of the country. We are thinking of those in the river’s path.

After The Flood Lone Justice; Lone Justice (Geffen)

Bridge Washed Out Warner Mack; Country’s Greatest Hits-#3-C (MCA)

Flood Of ’57 Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys; Classic Bluegrass (Rebel)

Homeless Blues Odetta; Blues Everywhere I Go (M.C.)

Ol’ Man River Paul Robeson; Ol’ Man River (Mbop Global)

River, Stay ’Way From My Door Ethel Waters; Stars Salute Sinatra-C (Horgi)

Story Of The Mighty Mississippi Ernest Stoneman; People Take Warning! Murder Ballads And Disaster Songs-1913-1938-C (Tompkins Square)

When The Levee Breaks Memphis Minnie; Queen Of The Blues (Columbia/Legacy)

C = Compilation

For more, see GreenBookofSongs.com® categories Floods, Rivers and Danger & Disaster.

Getting ready to celebrate Mom? Here are a few songs for your playlist:

1. Another Side Of You Joe Nichols; Real Things (Universal South)
2. I’ll Always Love My Mama Intruders; Best Of The Intruders-Cowboys To Girls (Legacy/Epic)
3. In My Arms Plumb; Blink (Curb) Mama’s Song Urban Mystic; Ghetto Revelations (Warner Bros.)
4. No One Loves You Any Better Than Your M-O-Double-M-Y John Lithgow; Singin’ In The Bathtub (Sony Wonder)
5. You Were Always There Donna Fargo; The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. (Universal)

For more songs on this topic, see GreenBookOfSongs.com® categories Holidays: Mother’s Day and Holidays: Mother’s Day for Non-Traditional Families.

Records? Record stores? Here are some songs to remind us why they deserve their own day. (Record Store Day is April 16 this year.) Listen to these, then find a record store and buy more.

1. 33, 45, 78 (Record Time) Kathy Mattea; Lonesome Standard Time (Mercury)
2. Juke Box Saturday Night Glenn Miller; This is Glenn Miller (RCA)
3. Old Records Never Die Ian Hunter; Short Back ’n’ Sides (Caroline)
4. Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) Joe Diffie; Honky Tonk Attitude (Epic)
5. Put Your Records On Corinne Bailey Rae; Corinne Bailey Rae (Capitol)
6. Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry; Golden Hits (Mercury)
7. Vinyl Records Todd Snider; New Connection (Oh Boy)

For more songs on this topic, see GreenBookofSongs.com® categories Music and Jukebox.