Some songs are so legendary that they can be re-sung, over and over. Here's a selection of some American Standards, loving recreated by folks like Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Tom Rush, Mike Compton and David Grier, and others you'll recognize. All we have to do is dream … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. 

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

The Tony Rice Unit / “On Green Dolphin Street” / Backwaters / Rounder

James Taylor / “Pennies from Heaven” / American Standard / Fantasy

Mark Dvorak / “L-O-V-E-On The Street Where You Live” / Let Love Go On / Ten Fingers

Tom Rush / “Glory of Love” / Circle Game / Elektra

Mike Compton & David Grier / “Bye Bye Blue” / Climbing the Walls / Rounder


Childsplay / “Love Me Tender” / Waiting for the Dawn / Self-produced

Crowe & McLaughlin / “All I Have to do is Dream” / Going Back / Rounder

Linda Ronstadt / “I've Got a Crush on You” / Linda Ronstadt and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra / Asylum

The Tony Rice Unit / “My Favorite Things” / Backwaters / Rounder


Fiddle Fever / “The Sidewalks of New York” / Best of Fiddle Fever / Flying Fish

Bob Dylan / “Some Enchanted Evening” / Shadows in the Night / Columbia

Michael Cooney / “Me and My Shadow” / Still Cooney After All These Years / Front Hall

Willie Nelson / “Don't Get Around Much Anymore” / Stardust / Columbia-Sony

Ben Winship & Brian Wicklund / “Russian Lullaby” / Big Twang / Snake River

The Burnett Sisters Band / “Walking After Midnight” / Long Way From Home / Beehive

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways