Fall Playlist

I haven't broadcasted since August and fully intended to get back to it the very next week after my vacation, but have been dealing with a lot of other things that needed my "urgent" attention. So here's what I was going to talk about today, had I had the time to do a show.

I have many clients who appear to have minimal awareness of their surroundings. However, I believe that they are aware when things change, like the seasons, and I like to use music to help communicate that change to them. So each season, I try to come up with some songs that reflect that time of year. I encourage parents to play and sing them so that they can reinforce the concept.

I also like to use music for myself that reflects the seasons or my mood. I have a playlist for Rain, Moon, Halloween, and Fall that I listen to during Autumn.

Here are the songs I use in my playlists for myself and for my clients:

• Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Spooky by Classics IV
• Shine On Harvest Moon (I like the version sung by Rosemary Clooney)
• Paper Moon (sung by Ella Fitzgerald)
• Moondance by Van Morrison
• By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Doris Day version)
• Moonlight Bay (Doris Day version)
• For Baby (For Bobbie) by John Denver
• Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Blue Moon sung by Ella Fitzgerald
• California Dreamin' by The Mamas and The Papas
• Fly Me to the Moon sung by Frank Sinatra
• Thriller by Michael Jackson
• Ghostbusters theme song
• Abracadabra by Steve Miller and the Band
• Soul Man from the Blues Brothers
• Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
• Stayin' Alive from that John Travolta movie
• Welcome to My Nightmare by Alice Cooper

And of course I listen to the Autumn movements from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

Gives a little variety from Monster Mash...

What are your favorite fall songs?

I'll broadcast next week. In the meantime, listen to one of the archived shows!