Welcome to October!  Every First of October the world celebrates International Coffee Day.

As a life long coffee drinker, this is the perfect day to offer up a tune or two about my blessed “bean water!”. There are a lot of songs about coffee, but today I will share my top 3.

Frank Sinatra was not known for his novelty songs, but he did record one or two.  The Coffee Song pokes fun at they drink a lot in Brazil because no other drink is available.

Many covers of the song are out there, too.  Louis Prima, Rosemary Clooney and even the Muppets covered that song.

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Black Coffee is another song that has many covers.  It was first recorded in 1949 by Sarah Vaughn.  Peggy Lee was next to cover it as well as Ray Charles, Bobby Darin, Julie London and kd Lang.

The most popular version of the song is probably by Ella Fitzgerald. She really can sing this one

The Java Jive was done by the ink Spots.  It was first written in 1940.  It was first recorded by the Ink Spots, and The Manhattan Transfer did a great cover. I am partial to the Ink Spots, but the Transfer:a version is better sound quality

Whether you percolate your coffee, use a Keurig, or simply use a drip coffee machine, grab a hot cup of Joe today and celebrate with the world?!