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There’s a Math Day every month from 2013 to 2031, then they’ll dwindle until 12/31/2043. After that, gotta wait until 2102.
01-01 Danny Kaye – Hans Christian Andersen OST 04 – Inchworm (1952)
— music for the film was by Frank Loesser who also wrote “Guys And Dolls”. Loesser won an Oscar for the song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
01-02 Veruca Salt – Eight Arms To Hold You 03 – Don’t Make Me Prove It (1997)
01-03 New Wet Kojak – No. 4 02 – Do The Math (2001)
01-04 Deus – In A Bar, Under The Sea 05 – Little Arithmetics (1996)
01-05 The Bob Seger System – Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man 203 – 2+2=? (1969)
01-06 Kathy Ross Band – Learning How To Love You 09 – Do The Math (1999)
— this CD sells for over $100 today!
02-01 Newselph & DJ Sean P – New Math (2018)
02-02 Homer & Jethro – Wanted For Murder 106 – Great Men Repeat Themselves (1966)
02-03 O.S.I. – Office Of Strategic Influence 01 – The New Math (What He Said) (2003)
— yes, that’s Dan Rather you hear, the OSI was a real office in the Pentagon
02-04 Jars Of Clay – The White Elephant Sessions 10 – The New Math (1999)
02-05 Tom Lehrer – That Was The Year That Was 203 – New Math (1965)
02-06 Neil Zaza – Staring At The Sun 06 – New, New Math (2001)
03-01 The Dollyrots – Night Owls 01 – 5+5 (2023)
03-02 never (Maizen JJ & Mikey) – And Alone @1=55555555555555555.. (2023)
03-03 The Make Up – Save Yourself 205 – I Am Pentagon (1999)
03-04 Bobby Darin – Atco 6214 – Multiplication (1961)
— originally from the film “Come September”
03-05 Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Ice Cream For Crow 202 – Ink Mathematics (1982)
03-06 Virulent – New Plagues 08 – The Math Test (Segue 02) (2017)
— about 3 years ahead of their time
04-01 Jewel King – Play Back 1197 – 3 x 7 = 21 (1958)
— early Jamaican songstress
04-02 Klonhertz – Three Girl Rhumba 01- Three Girl Rhumba (Radio Edit) (2003)
04-03 Jonsi – Go 02 – Animal Arithmetic (2010)
— Jonsi (real name Jón Þór Birgisson) fronts the band Sigur Rós, which should be a good enough recommendation, but in 2020 he did a song with Elizabeth Fraser, who is my beloved.
04-04 Ken Nordine – A Transparent Mask 16 – Fibonacci Numbers (2001)
04-05 Robby Krieger – Robby Krieger & The Soul Savages 10 – Math Problem (2024)
— yes, the guitarist for The Doors is still kickin it out, at 78
04-06 Sunrise Skater Kids (Jarrod Alonge) – Punk Goes Christmas Deluxe Edition 04 – 12 Days Of A Pop-Punk Christmas (2015)
— only on the “deluxe” version, two years after the 2013 CD
05-01 Kraftwerk – Computer World 102 – Pocket Calculator (1981)
— minor hit in the US, monster band in Germany. This song launched an entire genre called ‘math rock’
05-02 Loudon Wainwright III – Strange Weirdos 12 – Doin’ The Math (2007)
05-03 Money Can’t Buy Music – We Will All Asphyxiate (2005)
05-04 Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes 104 – Add It Up (1982)
06-01 Zeroesque – Zeroesque 11 – New Math (2003)
06-02 Bo Burnham – Bo Burnham 08 – New Math (2009)
— one of the first You Tube stars
06-03 Billy Preston – The Kids & Me 102 – Nothing From Nothing (1974)
06-04 Dave Samuels – Living Colors 201 – New Math (1988)
06-05 Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime 07 – New Math (1994)
… and a bonus track…
07-01 Hank Williams – Nashville Sessions 106 – Ten Little Numbers
— couldn’t find a date for the recording of this unissued tune