Some songs are so legendary that they can be re-sung, over and over. Here’s a selection of some American Standards, loving recreated by folks like Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Tom Rush, Mike Compton and David Grier, and others you’ll recognize. All we have to do is dream … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

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Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
The Tony Rice Unit / “On Green Dolphin Street” / Backwaters / Rounder
James Taylor / “Pennies from Heaven” / American Standard / Fantasy
Mark Dvorak / “L-O-V-E-On The Street Where You Live” / Let Love Go On / Ten Fingers
Tom Rush / “Glory of Love” / Circle Game / Elektra
Mike Compton & David Grier / “Bye Bye Blue” / Climbing the Walls / Rounder

Childsplay / “Love Me Tender” / Waiting for the Dawn / Self-produced
Crowe & McLaughlin / “All I Have to do is Dream” / Going Back / Rounder
Linda Ronstadt / “I’ve Got a Crush on You” / Linda Ronstadt and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra / Asylum
The Tony Rice Unit / “My Favorite Things” / Backwaters / Rounder

Fiddle Fever / “The Sidewalks of New York” / Best of Fiddle Fever / Flying Fish
Bob Dylan / “Some Enchanted Evening” / Shadows in the Night / Columbia
Michael Cooney / “Me and My Shadow” / Still Cooney After All These Years / Front Hall
Willie Nelson / “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” / Stardust / Columbia-Sony
Ben Winship & Brian Wicklund / “Russian Lullaby” / Big Twang / Snake River
The Burnett Sisters Band / “Walking After Midnight” / Long Way From Home / Beehive
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways