The Solo Pour

Sunday morning has a sound.

Not an alarm. Not a notification. Something slower and quieter than that. The kind of sound that belongs to a second cup of coffee and nowhere particular to be.

For a long time I have been collecting those songs. The ones that feel like morning light through a window. The ones that tell a story worth sitting still for. The ones that take you somewhere without rushing you to get there.

I finally put them all in one place.

The Solo Pour Sunday Morning playlist is 102 songs across ten sections, built for exactly this: a slow Sunday, a warm mug, and a little space to breathe. It runs from the soft instrumentals of early morning through storytellers, harmonies, yacht rock, and great voices, and closes gently with songs worth reflecting on.

Pour a cup and press play.

Or scroll through the full list below by section and let something catch your eye.

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Opening the Morning

• Theme from A Summer Place — Percy Faith
• Rise — Herb Alpert
• Feels So Good — Chuck Mangione
• Angela (Theme from Taxi) — Bob James
• Morning Has Broken — Cat Stevens
• New World in the Morning — Roger Whittaker
• Annie’s Song — John Denver
• Longer — Dan Fogelberg
• We’ve Only Just Begun — Carpenters
• Beautiful — Gordon Lightfoot

Storytellers

• If You Could Read My Mind — Gordon Lightfoot
• Time in a Bottle — Jim Croce
• Operator — Jim Croce
• Photographs and Memories — Jim Croce
• Leader of the Band — Dan Fogelberg
• Same Old Lang Syne — Dan Fogelberg
• Taxi — Harry Chapin
• Cat’s In the Cradle — Harry Chapin
• Vincent — Don McLean
• The Last Farewell — Roger Whittaker

California Gold

• Ventura Highway — America
• Sister Golden Hair — America
• Daisy Jane — America
• Tin Man — America
• Lonely People — America
• Peaceful Easy Feeling — Eagles
• Tequila Sunrise — Eagles
• Best of My Love — Eagles
• Wasted on the Way — Crosby Stills & Nash
• Helplessly Hoping — Crosby Stills & Nash
• Teach Your Children — CSNY
• Our House — CSNY

Sunday Harmonies

• Cherish — The Association
• Never My Love — The Association
• Windy — The Association
• California Dreamin’ — Mamas & Papas
• Monday Monday — Mamas & Papas
• Dream a Little Dream of Me — Mama Cass
• The Boxer — Simon & Garfunkel
• Bridge Over Troubled Water — Simon & Garfunkel
• Old Friends — Simon & Garfunkel
• All I Have to Do Is Dream — Everly Brothers

Coffee on the Porch

• Summer Breeze — Seals & Crofts
• Diamond Girl — Seals & Crofts
• We May Never Pass This Way Again — Seals & Crofts
• I’d Really Love to See You Tonight — England Dan & John Ford Coley
• Baby Come Back — Player
• Just Remember I Love You — Firefall
• Amie — Pure Prairie League
• Crazy Love — Poco
• Heart of the Night — Poco
• Moonlight Feels Right — Starbuck

Yacht Rock

• Sailing — Christopher Cross
• Arthur’s Theme — Christopher Cross
• Ride Like the Wind — Christopher Cross
• Lowdown — Boz Scaggs
• We’re All Alone — Boz Scaggs
• Harbor Lights — Boz Scaggs
• Biggest Part of Me — Ambrosia
• How Much I Feel — Ambrosia
• What a Fool Believes — Doobie Brothers
• Minute by Minute — Doobie Brothers

Toto & Friends

• Africa — Toto
• Rosanna — Toto
• 99 — Toto
• I Won’t Hold You Back — Toto
• Georgy Porgy — Toto
• Telephone Line — ELO
• Can’t Get It Out of My Head — ELO
• Strange Magic — ELO
• After the Love Has Gone — Earth Wind & Fire
• Reasons — Earth Wind & Fire

Great Voices

• Blue Bayou — Linda Ronstadt
• Desperado — Linda Ronstadt
• When Will I Be Loved — Linda Ronstadt
• You Needed Me — Anne Murray
• Danny’s Song — Anne Murray
• Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head — BJ Thomas
• Rock and Roll Lullaby — BJ Thomas
• Chances Are — Johnny Mathis
• Misty — Johnny Mathis
• Wonderful Wonderful — Johnny Mathis

Feels Like Home

• Sweet Baby James — James Taylor
• Carolina in My Mind — James Taylor
• Fire and Rain — James Taylor
• Sunshine on My Shoulders — John Denver
• Back Home Again — John Denver
• Take Me Home Country Roads — John Denver
• Wichita Lineman — Glen Campbell
• Gentle on My Mind — Glen Campbell
• Galveston — Glen Campbell
• Southern Nights — Glen Campbell

Closing Reflections

• Aubrey — Bread
• Diary — Bread
• Everything I Own — Bread
• The Guitar Man — Bread
• Songbird — Fleetwood Mac
• The Last Resort — Eagles
• Year of the Cat — Al Stewart
• Time Passages — Al Stewart
• Thank You for the Music — ABBA
• The Winner Takes It All — ABBA

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102 songs. Ten chapters of a Sunday morning.

If a song moves you or takes you somewhere, I would love to hear about it. Drop it in the comments. That is what Sunday mornings are for.