A Song For The Season

Since 2006, Mark Steyn has been hosting Steyn's Song Of The Week every Monday morning at his website. Here, by popular request, is an anthology of some reader favorites, Steyn's essays on songs for the season - from Auld Lang Syne to White Christmas via My Funny Valentine, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, Summertime and Autumn Leaves. There are songs for Easter, baseball season, Mother's Day, Halloween, and even Groundhog Day - and Steyn tells the story behind the words and music with his characteristic wit and ebullience. From the first stroke of the New Year to the closing of the old twelve months later, Mark Steyn rounds up the songs that mark the days of our lives.