Greatest Specialty Thanksgiving, Family and Funeral Songs

Criteria: These songs are ranked based on popularity and impact.

These lists are fun-themed and meant as a starting point for up-and-coming DJs and event organizers.
THANKSGIVING SONGS
1. Alice's Restaurant Massacree
Arlo Guthrie
2. Thanksgiving Theme
Vince Guaraldi Trio
3. The Thanksgiving Song
Adam Sandler
4. Thanksgiving Song
Mary Chapin Carpenter
5. Thanksgiving
Loudon Wainwright III
6. Prayer of Thanksgiving
Perry Como
7. We Gather Together
P. McCandless, P. Aaberg & M. Manrig
8. Thanksgiving
George Winston
9. Thanksgiving Day Parade
Spencer Ross
10. Food, Glorious Food!
Oliver!
CRAVING TURKEY
1. Turkey in de Straw
Billy Golden
2. Let's Turkey Trot
Little Eva
3. The Turkey Song
Little Tony & the Tennessee Rebels
4. Turkey Wings
Bobby Timmons
5. Turkey Song
The Damned
FOR THE LOVE OF PIE
1. Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie
Jay & the Techniques
2. Cherry Pie Guy
Linda Carr
3. Mom's Apple Pie
Tyrone Davis
4. Sweet Potato Pie
Johnnie Bassett
5. Pie Eating Contest
Jack Nitzsche
FRIENDSHIP
1. You've Got A Friend
James Taylor
2. Lean On Me
Bill Withers
3. I'll Be Around
Spinners
4. That's What Friends Are For
Dionne Warwick & Friends
5. I'll Be There For You (Theme From "Friends")
The Rembrandts
FAMILY
1. We Are Family
Sister Sledge
2. Celebration
Kool & the Gang
3. Good Times
Chic
4. Joy To The World
Three Dog Night
5. Family Affair
Mary J. Blige
10. Here's To the Night - Eve 6
THANKSGIVING ON SHEET
1. A Boy's Thanksgiving Day (Over the River and Through the Wood) (1844)
Lydia Maria Child
2. After Harvest (Come, Ye Thankful People, Come) (1844)
Henry Alford
3. A Hymn of Thanksgiving (1899)
Fanny J. Crosby & Ira D. Sankey
4. One Day is There of the Series (#814)
Emily Dickinson
5. Thanksgiving Time (1921)
Langston Hughes
6. "The Pure Contralto Sings in the Organ Loft," from Leaves of Grass (1891)
Walt Whitman
7. A Thanksgiving Poem, from Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (1905)
Paul Laurence Dunbar
8. The Pumpkin (1850)
John Greenleaf Whittier
9. Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1986 (1989)
William S. Burroughs
10. One Horse Open Sleigh (1857)
J. Pierpont
INSPIRATIONAL SONGS
1. Over the Rainbow
Judy Garland
2. I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
3. You Light Up My Life
Debby Boone
4. Greatest Love of All
Whitney Houston
5. Wind Beneath My Wings
Bette Midler
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
7. Don't Stop Believin'
Journey
8. I Believe I Can Fly
R. Kelly
9. Hero
Mariah Carey
10. I Hope You Dance
Lee Ann Womack
GREATEST GOSPEL HYMNS & BALLADS
1. Amazing Grace
2. Take My Hand, Precious Lord / Precious Lord, Take My Hand
3. Just a Closer Walk with Thee
4. How Great Thou Art
5. Holy, Holy, Holy
6. The Old Rugged Cross
7. Peace in the Valley
8. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
9. His Eye Is on the Sparrow
10. A Mighty Fortress is Our God
TRAGEDY
1. Stagger Lee
Lloyd Price
2. Leader of the Pack
The Shangri-Las
3. Teen Angel
Mark Dinning
4. Dead Man's Curve
Jan & Dean
5. Last Kiss
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers
6. Endless Sleep
Jody Reynolds
7. Running Bear
Johnny Preston
8. Ohio
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
9. Billy – Don't Be a Hero
Paper Lace / Bo Donaldson
10. Freddie's Dead (Theme from "Superfly")
Curtis Mayfield
FUNERAL SONGS
1. I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston / Dolly Parton
2. One Sweet Day
Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
3. Candle in the Wind
Elton John
4. My Heart Will Go on
Celine Dion
5. Tears in Heaven
Eric Clapton
6. My Way
Frank Sinatra
7. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Bob Dylan
8. I'll be Missing You
Puff Daddy
9. Angel
Sarah McLachlan
10. They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
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List Begun: 2015-03-20