Father’s Day Songs – Songs For Dad & Grandpa – A Tribute

Fathers’ Day is a very special day to honor not only our dads and granddads, but those who’ve been a father figure to us.

My own Dad passed 14 years ago but somehow I know he will hear these heartfelt songs in Heaven and will no doubt be playing some of his own favorite Father’s Day songs from the Big Band era with a huge smile on his face and great pride in his heart.

Happy Father’s Day, Dad – I Love You.

Happy Father’s Day to all fathers, dads, stepfathers, grandfathers, Godfathers in the spiritual sense, and big brothers who are like fathers. I love music of all kinds, so I put together a little list of my favorite songs about Dads

1. The Living Years – Mike & The Mechanics
2. Daddy’s Hands – Holly Dunn
3. Through The Years – Kenny Rogers
4. Seein’ My Father In Me – Paul Overstreet
5. Cat’s In The Cradle – Harry Chapin
6. He Walked On Water – Randy Travis
7. I Don’t Call Him Daddy – Doug Supernaw
8. I Don’t Call Him Daddy – Kenny Rogers
9. Drive (For Daddy Gene) – Alan Jackson
10. I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders
11. Leader Of The Band – Dan Fogelberg
12. In My Father’s Eyes – Eric Clapton
13. Unforgettable – Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole
14. Love Without End, Amen – George Strait
15. My Dad – Paul Peterson
16. Patches – Clarence Carter
17. Ready Set, Don’t Go – Billy Ray Cyrus & Miley Cyrus
18. Hero – Mariah Carey
19. Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce
20. The Car – Jeff Carson
21. Father & Son – Cat Stevens
22. Father & Daughter – Paul Simon
23. So Much Like My Dad – George Strait
24. Beautiful Boy – John Lennon
25. Daddy Sang Bass – Johnny Cash
26. Grown Men Don’t Cry – Tim McGraw
27. He Didn’t Have To Be – Brad Paisley
28. Daddy What If – Bobby Bare
29. Daddy’s Home – Shep & The Limelites
30. Daddy’s Home – Jermaine Jackson
31. Daddy’s Home – Cliff Richard
32. A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
33. Dance With My Father – Luther Vandross
34. Holes In The Floor Of Heaven – Steve Wariner
35. Papa Can You Hear Me – Barbra Streisand
36. Things I Wish I’d Said – Rodney Crowell
37. Song For My Father – Horace Silver
38. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) – Merle Haggard
39. Last Game Of The Season (Blind Man In The Bleachers) – David Geddes
40. The Greatest Man I Never Knew – Reba McEntire
41. Coal Miners Daughter – Loretta Lynn
42. Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout The Good Old Days) – The Judds
43. I’ve Been Watching You – Rodney Atkins
44. The Games That Daddy’s Play – Conway Twitty
45. Daddy’s Little Girl – Karla Bonoff
46. Just The Two Of Us – Will Smith
47. Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
48. I Got A Name – Jim Croce
49. The Dirt Road – Sawyer Brown
50. Old Man – Neil Young
51. Color Him Father – The Winstons
52. Something Stupid – Frank & Nancy Sinatra
53. Talkin’ To The Wrong Man – Michael Martin Murphy
54. I Miss You A Little – John Michael Montgomery
55. You’ve Got To Stand For Something (Or You’ll Fall For Anything) – Aaron Tippin
56. Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line – Waylon Jennings
57. My Father (Always Promised Me) – Judy Collins
58. That’s My Job – Conway Twitty
59. A Good Man -Emerson Drive
60. With Arms Wide Open – Creed
61. High Cotton – Alabama
62. Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind – Confederate Railroad
63. They Don’t Make ‘Em Like My Daddy Anymore – Loretta Lynn
64. That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine – Gene Autrey
65. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy – Hank Williams
66. Mom & Dad’s Waltz – Lefty Frizell

Father’s Day Trivia & Fun Facts

The idea of Father’s Day was conceived in Spokane, Washington by Sonora Dodd while she listened to a Mother’s Day sermon in 1909.

Dodd (now known as “the mother of Father’s Day”) wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a widowed Civil War veteran who was left to raise his six children on a farm.

The following year, June 19, 1910 was chosen for the first Father’s Day celebration, proclaimed by Spokane’s mayor because it was the month of William Smart’s birth.

Decades later, the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers was issued in 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson designated the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day. Father’s Day has been celebrated annually since 1972 when President Richard Nixon signed the public law that made it permanent.

Father’s Day by the Numbers

This is a big day for the 66.3 million fathers in America.

Nearly 95 million Father’s Day cards were given last year in the United States, making Father’s Day the fourth-largest card-sending occasion.

Sons and daughters send 50 percent of the Father’s Day card to their dads. Nearly 20 percent of Father’s Day cards are purchased by wives for their husbands. That leaves 30 percent of the cards which go to grandfathers, sons, brothers, uncles and “someone special.”

While not everyone in America is a fan of Father’s Day, 72 percent of Americans plan to celebrate or acknowledge Father’s Day.

Gifts for Father’s Day

Neckties are an old standby and lead the list of Father’s Day gifts. A good place to buy dad a tie or a shirt might be one of 9,189 mens clothing stores around the country.

Other items high on the list of Father’s Day gifts include those items you may find in dad’s toolbox such as hammers, wrenches and screwdrivers. You could buy some of these items for dad at one of the nation’s 14,864 hardware stores or 5,795 home centers.

Other traditional gifts for dad such as fishing rods and golf clubs make for a happy Father’s Day for the 22,410 sporting goods stores in America.

More than 68 million Americans participated at a barbeque in the last year — it’s probably safe to assume many of these barbecues took place on Father’s Day.

Mr. Mom

Mr. Mom is becoming a more common sight at parks across America with 147,000 estimated “stay-at-home” dads. These married fathers with children under 15 years old have remained out of the labor force for more than one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home. These fathers cared for 268,000 children under 15.

The dads seem to stay home more with younger children. Preschoolers claim 20 percent of fathers with employed wives who were the primary caregiver for their preschooler. In contrast, only 6 percent of fathers provided the most hours of care for their grade-school-aged child.

Many families split the responsibility of child care. Many Dad’s (32%) with full time jobs regularly worked evening or night shifts and were the primary source of care for their preschoolers during their children’s mother’s working hours.

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Article Source: US Census Bureau