Fruits

Here is a weird picture of a middle-aged man dressed as Carmen Miranda
(He is actually a motivational speaker)

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You may scoff at the choice of theme this week, but a brief look at the back catalog of fruit-related tunes throws up some rather tasty tracks. Excuse the two horrendous puns – I couldn't resist.

1. Letter full of tears, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Letter full of tears 7", Fury, 1961
2. Ironside, Quincy Jones, Ironside (OST), NBC, 1967
3. Motorcycle Irene, Moby Grape, Wow, Columbia, 1968
4. I Have Known Love, Silver Apples, Contact, Kapp, 1969
5. Go All The Way, The Raspberries, Greatest Hits, Capitol, 1972
6. Part Of The Union, The Strawbs, Bursting At The Seams, A&M, 1973
7. Brown Rice, Don Cherry and Charlie Haden, Brown Rice, EMI, 1975
8. So 1950's, Cherry Vanilla, Bad Girl, RCA, 1978
9. Shake Your Groove Thing, Peaches & Herb, Shake Your Groove Thing 7", Polydor, 1978
10. The Modern Dance, Pere Ubu, The Modern Dance, Blank Records, 1978
11. Rip it up, Orange Juice, Rip It Up, Polydor, 1982
12. Since Yesterday, Strawberry Switchblade, Since Yesterday 7", WEA, 1985
13. Happy Head, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Happy Head, Chrysallis, 1986
14. Into Your Arms, The Lemonheads, Come on Feel the Lemonheads, Atlantic, 1993
15. Bodyquest, Lemon Demon, 2010