Artist	Song
Carole King	Child of Mine
from Writer (1991)
Helen Reddy	You and Me Against the World
from Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits (And More) (1987)
Linda Ronstadt	You Can Close Your Eyes
from Heart Like a Wheel (1985)
Billie Holiday	God Bless the Child
from The Complete Decca Recordings (1991)
Bette Midler	Baby Mine
from Jackpot - The Best Bette (2008)
Emmylou Harris	Calling My Children Home (Live)
from Heartaches & Highways: The Very Best of Emmylou Harris (2005)
Alison Krauss, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor & Yo-Yo Ma	Slumber My Darling
from Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology (2001)
Martina McBride	In My Daughter's Eyes
from Martina (2003)
Pretenders	Forever Young
from Last of the Independents (2004)
Dixie Chicks	Lullaby
from Taking the Long Way (2006)
Olivia Newton-John	Warm and Tender
from Warm and Tender (1989)
Joni Mitchell	The Circle Game
from Dreamland (2004)
Judy Garland	Over the Rainbow
from Over the Rainbow (1997)
Cyndi Lauper	True Colors
from The Essential Cyndi Lauper (2003)
Amy Grant	Carry You
from Rock of Ages...Hymns & Faith (2005)
Carly Simon	Love of My Life
from Into White (2007)
Shawn Colvin	All Through the Night
from Holiday Songs and Lullabies (1998)
Donna Summer	My Prayer for You
from Sing Me to Sleep, Mommy (1999)
Debby Boone	Sleep My Child
from Sweet Dreams and Starry Nights, Vol. 2 (2005)
ABBA	Slipping through My Fingers
from The Visitors (2001)
Lee Ann Womack	I Hope You Dance
from Lee Ann Womack: Greatest Hits (2004)
Suzanne Vega	Birth-Day (Love Made Real)
from Nine Objects of Desire (1996)
Rosemary Clooney	Thank Heaven for Little Girls
from Mothers & Daughters (2006)
Mary Chapin Carpenter	Dreamland
from Party Doll and Other Favorites (1999)
Reba McEntire	One Child, One Day
from Secret of Giving - A Christmas Collection (1999)
Alicia Keys	Superwoman
from As I Am (2007)
Lonestar	Mr. Mom
from Lonestar: 16 Biggest Hits (2006)
Lauryn Hill	To Zion
from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Sarah McLachlan	The Rainbow Connection
from Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff, Vol. 2 (2008)
Merle Haggard	Mama Tried
from Mama Tried (2009)
Elvis Presley	Mama Liked the Roses
from Suspicious Minds (1999)
Anne Murray	What A Wonderful World
from What a Wonderful World (26 Inspirational Classics) (1999)
Rolf and Liesl	Sixteen Going On Seventeen
from The Sound of Music (The Collector's Edition) [Original Soundtrack] (2000)
Barbra Streisand	Children Will Listen
from Back to Broadway (1993)
Sweet Honey In the Rock	On Children
from Breaths (1988)
Deniece Williams	Go to Sleep
from 'Til Their Eyes Shine...The Lullaby Album (1992)
Jamie O'Neal	Somebody's Hero
from Brave (2005)
Cher	Chastity Sun (A.K.A. Ruby Jean and Billie Lee)
from The Way of Love - The Cher Collection (2000)
Linda Ronstadt	When You Wish Upon a Star
from For Senimental Reasons (2008)
Sinéad O'Connor	My Darling Child
from Universal Mother (1994)
Sixpence None the Richer	Goodnight Chidren Everywhere
from For the Kids (2010)
Laura Nyro	To a Child
from Walk the Dog & Light the Light (1993)
Mama Cass	Welcome to the World
from Beautiful Thing (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) (1996)
Peter, Paul and Mary	Puff, the Magic Dragon
from Rhino Hi-Five: Peter, Paul & Mary - EP (2005)
Joni Mitchell	Little Green
from Blue (2007)
Emmylou Harris	My Baby Needs a Shepherd
from Red Dirt Girl (2005)
Kathy Zavada	Mother's Song
from Mother's Song (2002)
Dolly Parton	What Will Baby Be
from Slow Dancing With the Moon (1993)
Rosanne Cash	Carrie
from 'Til Their Eyes Shine...The Lullaby Album (1992)
Maria Muldaur	We Should Be Together
from Animal Crackers In My Soup (2007)
Pretenders	Show Me
from Learning to Crawl (Remastered) (2007)
Gloria Estefan	Nayib's Song (I Am Here for You)
from 'Til Their Eyes Shine...The Lullaby Album (1992)
Sweet Honey In the Rock	Hush Li'l Baby
from Feel Something Drawing Me On (1985)
Rickie Lee Jones	I Won't Grow Up
from Pop Pop (1991)
Peter, Paul & Mary	For Baby (For Bobbie)
from The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary (2005)
Paige Stroman	Mother and Child
from Mother and Child (2003)
Maura O'Connell	Dun Do Shuile
from 'Til Their Eyes Shine...The Lullaby Album (1992)
Dionne Warwick	Reach Out for Me
from The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits (2005)
Barbra Streisand	I'm Five/A Kid Again
from My Name Is Barbra (1987)
Carolyn Arends	You Bring Me Joy
from Sweet Dreams and Starry Nights, Vol. 2 (2005)
Kate Bush	This Woman's Work
from The Sensual World (1989)
Ivy	Sing
from For the Kids (2010)
Loretta Lynn	He's Got the Whole World In His Hands
from The Gospel Spirit: Loretta Lynn (2004)
Emmylou Harris	Golden Cradle
from Light of the Stable (2004)
Joan Baez	Kumbaya
from Joan Baez In Concert (Live) (2006)
Aretha Franklin	(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman
from Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits (2008)
Christina Aguilera	Beautiful
from Stripped (2002)
Olivia Newton-John	Jenny Rebecca
from Warm and Tender (1989)
Pretenders	Kid
from The Singles (2004)
Nil Lara	My First Child
from Nil Lara (1996)
Cass Elliot	Make Your Own Kind of Music
from Cass Elliot: Mama's Big Ones (1987)
Linda Ronstadt	Good Night
from Dedicated to the One I Love (2009)
Christine Brown	Innocence
from Childhood (2004)
Jane Birkin	Mother Stands for Comfort
from Fictions (2006)
Armand Amar & Sinéad O'Connor	A New Born Child
from Le premier cri (Bande originale du film) (2007)

Comment:

You know, Mother’s Day isn’t the only time when we can celebrate the magic of maternity. Here are 75 surefire ways to keep motherhood in mind 365 days a year. Even if you’re not one, you’ve got one, and you know they don’t call it the world’s hardest job for nothing. That’s why we’ve reached into the realms of rock, soul, pop, country, and more, gathering songs that cover every aspect of momdom. Whether it’s a tune that’s aimed straight at parenthood, like Martina Bride’s “In My Daughter’s Eyes,” or simply a song that resonates well with the mama vibe, like Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors,” these are the tracks that cut straight to the heart of what it really means to be a mother.

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