Come and Get It! Tasty Songs About Food

[Nickyboy]

Norman Greenbaum - “Canned Ham”

This is the first time in my life that I have heard a Norman Greenbaum song other than "Spirit in the Sky".

 

[Unsomnambulist]

 

[Ojai Sam]

This is the first time in my life that I have heard a Norman Greenbaum song other than "Spirit in the Sky".

This was his follow up single I think.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Faye Richmonde - "Tony's Got Hot Nuts"

 

[Nickyboy]

Faye Richmonde - "Tony's Got Hot Nuts"

Uh, I don't think that is referring to food.

 

[Ojai Sam]

John Anderson - "Chicken Truck"

 

[Ojai Sam]

Doris Day - "Tacos, Enchiladas and Beans"

 

[Ojai Sam]

George Jones - "If I Don't Love You (Grits Ain't Groceries)"

And for dessert...

George Jones - "Eskimo Pie"

 

[axolotl]

Uh, I don't think that is referring to food.

I don't think "Eskimo Pie" is referring to food, either.

 

[axolotl]

In a similar vein, has anybody posted Warrant's "Cherry Pie"?

I'm not gunna look.

 

[Ojai Sam]

In a similar vein, has anybody posted Warrant's "Cherry Pie"?

I'm not gunna look.

Suzy maybe give you some cherry pie,
But lord, that ain't no fun.
Better you grab it when she ain't lookin'
'Cause you know you'd rather have it on the run.

- John C. Fogerty

 

[Ojai Sam]

Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots - "Molasses, Molasses (It's Icky Sticky Goo)"

 

[Ojai Sam]

Jerry Lewis - "The Navy Gets The Gravy But The Army Gets The Beans"

 

[Ojai Sam]

Dean Martin & Helen O'Connell - How D'Ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?

 

[axolotl]

 

[Ojai Sam]

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - "Kidney Stew"

 

[Ojai Sam]

Cab Calloway - "A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird"

 

[Ojai Sam]

Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - "Don't Get Salty, Sugar"

 

[Ojai Sam]

And another one for those of you on low sodium diets:

Doug Sahm & The Tex Mex Band - Papa Ain't Salty

 

[Ojai Sam]

Diana Coupland - "Under The Mango Tree"

From the "Dr. No" soundtrack comes this frisky faux Caribbean folk song, dubbed for Ursula Andress by the wife of composer Monty Norman.