Days and Months in Song

This is a list of popular songs in the English language in which a date or the name of a Month appear.
January
Dates in January
*January 1: is the third song and lead single from U2's 1983 album, War.
*January 8: "The Battle of New Orleans" is the name of a song written by Jimmie Driftwood. The song details the 1815 Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American fighting alongside Andrew Jackson against British forces, but the tone is lighthearted. The melody has its roots in a well-known American fiddle tune "The 8th of January", which was the date of the Battle of New Orleans.
*January 30 - "Clothes Line Saga," Also known as "Answer to Ode," is a song from The Basement Tapes, a collection of over 100 songs recorded by Bob Dylan in 1967 with members of his former backing band, The Hawks, soon to be known as The Band. the song, widely believed to be a spoof on 1967 hit "Ode to Billie Joe"., contains the lyrics "Then they started to take back their clothes, / Hang 'em on the line. / It was January the thirtieth / And everybody was feelin' fine.
February
*"American Pie", a folk rock song by singer-songwriter Don McLean, contains the line "February made me shiver/With every paper I'd deliver".
March
April
*"'April in Paris" is a song composed by Vernon Duke with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg in 1932 for the Broadway musical, Walk A Little Faster.
*"I'll Remember April" is a popular song. The music was written by Gene de Paul, the lyrics by Patricia Johnston and Don Raye. The song was published in 1942. It was once sung by Judy Garland. The song debuted in the 1942 Abbott and Costello comedy Ride 'Em Cowboy, sung by Dick Foran.
Dates in April
*April 4 - "", about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his assassination on April 4, 1968, is the second song on U2's 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire,
*April 14 - "April the 14th Part I" and "Ruination Day Part II". In these songs from the Gillian Welch album "", April 14 is the day that "The iceberg hit, the Okies fled / and the Great Emancipator took a bulletin the back of the head."
May
Dates in May
*May 3 - In the song "Buster Cornelius" from the Colorblind James Experience album "Colorblind James Experience," Buster Cornelius Day is the Third of May.
June
Dates in June
*June 3 - "Ode to Billy Joe" is a 1967 song written and recorded by Bobbie Gentry, a singer-songwriter from Chickasaw County, Mississippi. The events in the song take place on the 3rd of June.
July
Dates in July
*July 4 - "The Yankee Doodle Boy", also well-known as "(I'm a) Yankee Doodle Dandy," is a patriotic song from the Broadway musical Little Johnny Jones written by George M. Cohan. The play opened at the Liberty Theater on November 7, 1904. The song contains the lyrics "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, / A Yankee Doodle, do or die; / A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's, / Born on the Fourth of July."
August
September
*"September Song" is an American pop standard composed by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson. It was introduced by Walter Huston in the 1938 Broadway musical Knickerbocker Holiday.
*In "Maggie May", a song written by singer Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton and recorded by Stewart in 1971 for his album Every Picture Tells A Story, Stewart sings "Wake up Maggie I've really got something to say to you,/ It's late September and I really should be back in school."
October
*"October" is the seventh and title track from U2's 1981 album, October.
November
December
*"If We Make It Through December"' is a song by country music singer Merle Haggard, released in 1973.

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