A specific date in the year must be mentioned in the song title or lyrics.
| Date Mentioned | Song | Artist(s) |
|---|
| January 8 | The Eighth of January | Robin Kessinger, Arkansas Barefoot Boys |
| January 9 | 9th of January | Ill-Mo Boys |
| January 28 | 28th Of January (Off to California) | Piney Creek Weasels, Bing Bros., Fuzzy Mountain String Band |
| February 24 | The 24th of February | Sea Songs and Shanties, Whall |
| March 1 | Ghost | Amy Speace |
| April 4 | When the War is Won | Laurie MacAllister & Amy Speace |
| May 10 | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | The Band |
| June 3 | 3rd of June | The Lonesome Sisters with Rayna Gellert |
| June 3 | Ode to Billie Joe | Bobbie Gentry (covered by Caren Armstrong, Sarah McQuaid) |
| June 4 | 4 June 1989 | Mary Chapin Carpenter \ The Age of Miracles |
| June 6 | Convoy | C.W. McCall |
| June 19 | Juneteenth | Mike Elosh, Laura Love |
| June 23 | The Jug of Punch | Altan |
| June 30 | Last Day in June | Joel Mabus, Golden Willow Tree |
| July 2 | Amelia Earhart's Last Flight | Dave McEnery, Belinda Bowler, Kinky Friedman |
| July 3 | Third of July | Charlie Cutten, Volo Bogtrotters |
| July 4 | Born on the Fourth of July | Tom Paxton, Bruce Springsteen |
| July 4 | The Cuckoo (trad) | Clarence Ashley and many others |
| July 12 | The 12th of July | Sean Tyrrell |
| September 1 | The Hinkley Fire | Charlie Maguire |
| September 19 | “September 19th” (The Key) | Folk jazz fusion (Robin Jung and Rob Levit) |
| November 19 | Pie in the Sky | Utah Phillips - Fellow Workers |
| November 30 | Didn't We | Jim Page - Human Interesting |
| December 1 | Hare's Lament | Boys of the Lough - Day Dawn |
| December 1 | Sweet Baby James | James Taylor |
| December 7 | Old White Men | Vance Gilbert |
| December 26 | Don't Take Down the Mistletoe | Misty River - Songs of Christmas |