Assuming this topic hasn't been done before, what are your favourite songs of the year you were born?

I am off to compile a list of mine

TMBG released their "Flood" album in my birth year.. very nice album.

1990-
"Vogue" by Madonna
"Justify My Love" by Madonna
"Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode
"Here's Where the Story Ends" by the Sundays
"Head Like a Hole" by Nine Inch Nails
"Hippychick" by Soho
"Personal Jesus" by Depeche Mode
"Love Shack" by the B-52s
"Higher Ground" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Rhythm Nation" by Janet Jackson
"Being Boring" by the Pet Shop Boys
"Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You)" by the Pet Shop Boys
"Rescue Me" by Madonna
"There She Goes" by the La's
"Groove Is In the Heart" by Deee-Lite
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C&C Music Factory
"Roam" by the B-52s

All in all, a great year for music.

1982:

I Love Rock N' Roll - Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
Centerfold - J. Geils Band
Don't You Want Me - Human League
Jack and Diane - John Cougar Mellencamp
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
867-5309 (Jenny) - Tommy Tutone
Only The Lonely - The Motels
Let It Whip - The Dazz Band
Leather and Lace - Stevie Nicks and Don Henley
Blue Eyes - Elton John
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
Gloria - Laura Branigan
Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks


To find out what the top 100 songs were the year you were born, go to this site: http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1982.htm (just substitute 1982 for whatever year you were born in)

My favorites of 1962:

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do...Neil Sedaka
The Wanderer...Dion
Green Onions...Booker T And The MGs
Ahab The Arab...Ray Stevens
Surfin' Safari...The Beach Boys
Town Without Pity.....Gene Pitney

Well, Nirvana released "Nevermind" and Crash Test Dummies released "The Ghosts that Haunt Me"

I was born at a pretty cool time, right around the '70s/80s line (musically), and a month after MTV. There was alot of synthpop and AOR in '81.

Private Eyes - Hall and Oates
Endless Love - Lionel Richie and Diana Ross
No Reply At All - Genesis
Urgent - Foreigner
Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - The Police
The Tide is High - Blondie
Ain't Even Done With the Night - John Mellencamp
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
Trouble - Lindsey Buckingham

I'm sure there's many more, but if I were stranded on a desert island with only ten songs from my birth year, that's at least an idea of what I'd pick. ;)

In no particular order....  from 1973


Angie...............................................The Rolling Stones 
Me & Mrs. Jones.................................Billy Paul  8)
Stuck in the Middle With You...............Stealer's Wheel  8)
Peaceful Easy Feeling...........................Eagles 
The Cisco Kid......................................War 
China Grove........................................Doobie Brothers
Live and Let Die..................................Paul McCartney & Wings
Dream On...........................................Aerosmith
Higher Ground.....................................Stevie Wonder
Smoke on the Water............................Deep Purple

1972:

Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne
Oh Girl - Chilites
I'll Be Around - Spinners
Love Train - O'Jays
Everything I Own - Bread

Ahab The Arab...Ray Stevens



;D

Funny song!

;D

Funny song!


I heard that once!

I heard that once!


We used to have the 33.  My sisters and I would listen to it.

We used to have the 33.  My sisters and I would listen to it.


Hey... were you born in '73!?

Hey... were you born in '73!?


Yeah.  I was about to comment that you were born when I was in high school. :-\\

Good Songs from 1959 (no particular order):

Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Platters)
A Teenager in Love (Dion)
La Bamba (Ritchie Valens)
Charlie Brown (The Coasters)
The Chipmunk Song (The Chipmunks)
In the Mood (Ernie Fields Orchestra)
I Only Have Eyes For You (The Flamingos)

1984 album, but I'm sure it got considerable airplay in 1985: The Cars Heartbeat City

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing, Walk of Life & So Far Away
INXS - What You Need & Listen Like Theives
a-ha - Take on Me
Tears For Fears - Head over Heels, Shout & Everybody Wants To Rule The World
The Cure - Close To Me
Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere & And She Was

It was the late 80s so I can't think of any. ;D

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R.E.M.'s Out of Time was released then... Seriously, I only saw TWO songs I liked in that list... Both were REM songs.

Top 40 Hits of 1974:

Abra-Ca-Dabra - DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco (#32)
After the Goldrush - Prelude (#22)
Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Rolling Stones (#17)
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies (#6)
Already Gone - Eagles (#32)
Americans - Byron MacGregor (#4)
The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion) - Gordon Sinclair (#24)
Angie Baby - Helen Reddy (#1)
Annie's Song - John Denver (#1)
Another Park, Another Sunday - The Doobie Brothers (#32)
Another Saturday Night - Cat Stevens (#6)
Back Home Again - John Denver (#5)
Ballero - War (#33) (instrumental)
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings (#1)
Be Thankful for What You Got - William DeVaughn (#4)
Beach Baby - First Class (#4)
Bennie and the Jets - Elton John (#1)
The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#3)
Billy, Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (#1)
The Bitch is Back - Elton John (#4)
Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks (#2)
Boogie on Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder (#3)
Bungle in the Jungle - Jethro Tull (#12)
Call on Me - Chicago (#6)
Can This Be Real - Natural Four (#31)
Can't Get Enough - Bad Company (#5)
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White (#1)
Carefree Highway - Gordon Lightfoot (#10)
Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin (#1)
Clap for the Wolfman - The Guess Who (#6)
Come and Get Your Love - Redbone (#5)
Come Monday - Jimmy Buffett (#30)
Coutry Bumpkin - Cal Smith (#1)
Dancing Machine - The Jackson 5 (#2)
Dark Lady - Cher (#1)
Daybreak - Nilsson (#39)
Devotion - Earth, Wind & Fire (#33)
Distant Lover - Marvin Gaye (#28)
Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - B.T. Express (#2)
Do It Baby - The Miracles (#13)
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - Sugarloaf & Jerry Corbetta (#9)
Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream) - Tower of Power (#26)
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - Elton John (#2)
Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder (#16)
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - The Rolling Stones (#15)
Doraville - Atlanta Rhythm Section (#35)
Dream On - The Righteous Brothers (#32)
Earache My Eye (Featuring Alice Bowie) - Cheech & Chong (#9)
Energy Crisis '74 - Dickie Goodman (#33)
The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch (#3) (instrumental)
The Entertainer - Billy Joel (#34)
Eres Tu (Touch the Wind) - Mocedades (#9)
Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton (#6)
Fairytale - Pointer Sisters (#13)
Fallin' In Love - Souther/Hillman/Furay Band (#27)
Feel Like Makin' Love - Roberta Flack (#1)
Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man) - The Impressions (#17)
Fire, Baby I'm on Fire - Andy Kim (#28)
Fish Ain't Bitin' - Lamont Dozier (#26)
For the Love of Money - The O'Jays (#9)
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (#19)
Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell (#22)
From His Woman to You - Barbara Mason (#28)
Give It to the People - The Righteous Brothers (#20)
Hang on in There Baby - Johnny Bristol (#8)
Happiness Is Just Around the Bend - The Main Ingredient (#35)
Happy People - The Temptations (#40)
Haven't Got Time For the Pain - Carly Simon (#14)
The Heartbreak Kid - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (#39)
Help Me - Joni Mitchell (#7)
Higher Plane - Kool & The Gang (#37)
Hollywood Swinging - Kool & The Gang (#6)
Honey, Honey - Abba (#27)
Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede (#1)
I Belong To You - Love Unlimited (#27)
I Can Help - Billy Swan (#1)
I Feel a Song (in My Heart) - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#21)
I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John (#1)
I Love - Tom T. Hall (#12)
I Love My Friend - Charlie Rich (#24)
I Shall Sing - Art Garfunkel (#38)
I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton (#1)
I Won't Last A Day Without You - Carpenters (#11)
I'll Be the Other Woman - The Soul Children (#36)
I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song - Jim Croce (#9)
I'm A Train - Albert Hammond (#31)
I'm a Woman - Maria Muldaur (#12)
I'm Coming Home - Spinners (#18)
I'm in Love - Aretha Franklin (#19)
I'm Leaving It All Up to You - Donny & Marie Osmond (#4)
(I've Been) Searchin' So Long - Chicago (#9)
I've Got a Thing About You Baby - Elvis Presley (#39)
I've Got the Music in Me - The Kiki Dee Band (#12)
If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard (#28)
If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - Olivia Newton-John (#5)
If You Talk in Your Sleep - Elvis Presley (#17)
If You Wanna Get to Heaven - Ozark Mountain Daredevils (#25)
It's Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It) - The Rolling Stones (#16)
Jazzman - Carole King (#2)
Jet - Paul McCartney & Wings (#7)
Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas (#25)
Joy (Pt. 1) - Isaac Hayes (#30)
Junior's Farm - Paul McCartney & Wings (#3)
Just Don't Want to Be Lonely - The Main Ingredient (#10)
Keep on Singing - Helen Reddy (#15)
Keep on Smilin' - Wet Willie (#10)
Kings of the Party - Brownsville Station (#31)
Kung Fu - Curtis Mayfield (#40)
Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas (#1)
La La Peace Song - Al Wilson (#30)
Lady - Styx (#6)
Last Time I Saw Him - Diana Ross (#14)
Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka (#1)
Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#23)
Let's Get Married - Al Green (#32)
Let's Put It All Together - The Stylistics (#18)
Let's Straighten It Out - Latimore (#31)
Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) - Reunion (#8)
Livin' for You - Al Green (#19)
The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk Railroad (#1)
Longfellow Serenade - Neil Diamond (#5)
Lookin' for a Love - Bobby Womack (#10)
The Lord's Prayer - Sister Janet Mead (#4)
Love Don't Love Nobody (Part 1) - Spinners (#15)
Love Me for a Reason - The Osmonds (#10)
Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds - Elton John (#1)
Machine Gun - Commodores (#22) (instrumental)
Midnight at the Oasis - Maria Muldaur (#6)
Midnight Rider - Gregg Allman (#19)
Mighty Love (Part 1) - Spinners (#20)
Mighty Mighty - Earth, Wind & Fire (#29)
Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor (#5)
The Morning Side of the Mountain - Donny & Marie Osmond (#8)
My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford (#12)
My Melody of Love - Bobby Vinton (#3)
My Mistake (Was to Love You) - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (#19)
My Sweet Lady - Cliff DeYoung (#17)
My Thang - James Brown (#29)
The Need to Be - Jim Weatherly (#11)
Never My Love - Blue Swede (#7)
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace (#1)
No Charge - Melba Montgomery (#39)
Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston (#1)
Oh My My - Ringo Starr (#5)
Oh Very Young - Cat Stevens (#10)
On and On - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#5)
One Day at a Time - Marilyn Sellars (#37)
One Hell of a Woman - Mac Davis (#11)
Only You - Ringo Starr (#6)
Outside Woman - Bloodstone (#34)
Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) - Raspberries (#18)
Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part 1) - James Brown (#31)
The Payback (Part 1) - James Brown (#26)
People Gotta Move - Gino Vannelli (#22)
Piano Man - Billy Joel (#25)
Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) - Three Dog Night (#33)
Please Come To Boston - Dave Loggins (#5)
Promised Land - Elvis Presley (#14)
Radar Love - Golden Earring (#13)
Ready - Cat Stevens (#26)
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan (#4)
River's Risin' - Edgar Winter Group (#33)
Rock and Roll Heaven - The Righteous Brothers (#3)
Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer (#23)
Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim (#1)
Rock On - David Essex (#5)
Rock the Boat - The Hues Corporation (#1)
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae (#1)
Rockin' Soul - The Hues Corporation (#18)
Rub It In - Billy "Crash" Craddock (#16)
Sally G - Paul McCartney & Wings (#17)
Save the Last Dance for Me - DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco (#18)
Seasons In the Sun - Terry Jacks (#1)
Second Avenue - Art Garfunkel (#34)
Sexy Mama - The Moments (#17)
Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) - Al Green (#7)
Shinin' On - Grand Funk Railroad (#11)
The Show Must Go On - Three Dog Night (#4)
Sideshow - Blue Magic (#8)
Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!) - Cheech & Chong (#24)
Skin Tight - Ohio Players (#13)
Smokin' in the Boys' Room - Brownsville Station (#3)
So You Are a Star - Hudson Brothers (#21)
Son of Sagittarius - Eddie Kendricks (#28)
Standing at the End of the Line - Lobo (#37)
Star - Stealer's Wheel (#29)
Star Baby - The Guess Who (#39)
Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight) - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#7)
Stop and Smell the Roses - Mac Davis (#9)
Straight Shootin' Woman - Steppenwolf (#29)
The Streak - Ray Stevens (#1)
Struttin' - Billy Preston (#22) (instrumental)
Sugar Baby Love - The Rubettes (#37)
Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot (#1)
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver (#1)
Sure As I'm Sittin' Here - Three Dog Night (#16)
Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys (#36)
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd (#8)
Takin' Care of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#12)
Tell Me a Lie - Sami Jo (#21)
Tell Me Something Good - Rufus (#3)
Thanks For Saving My Life - Billy Paul (#37)
Then Came You - Dionne Warwick & The Spinners (#1)
There Won't Be Anymore - Charlie Rich (#18)
This Heart - Gene Redding (#24)
Three Ring Circus - Blue Magic (#36)
Time for Livin' - Sly & The Family Stone (#32)
Tin Man - America (#4)
To the Door of the Sun (Alle Porte Del Sol) - Al Martino (#17)
Touch a Hand, Make a Friend - The Staple Singers (#23)
Touch Me - Fancy (#19)
Train of Thought - Cher (#27)
Trying to Hold On to My Woman - Lamont Dozier (#15)
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) - MFSB featuring The Three Degrees (#1) (instrumental)
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (#7) (instrumental)
Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin (#3)
A Very Special Love Song - Charlie Rich (#11)
Walk Like A Man - Grand Funk Railroad (#19)
Waterloo - Abba (#6)
The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand (#1)
We're Getting Careless with Our Love - Johnnie Taylor (#34)
(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets (#39)
Whatever Gets You Thru the Night - John Lennon with The Plastic Ono Nuclear Band (#1)
Whatever You Got, I Want - The Jackson 5 (#38)
When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees (#2)
Who Do You Think You Are - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods (#15)
Wild Thing - Fancy (#14)
Wildwood Weed - Jim Stafford (#7)
Willie and the Hand Jive - Eric Clapton (#26)
Wishing You Were Here - Chicago (#11)
WOLD - Harry Chapin (#36)
Woman to Woman - Shirley Brown (#22)
Workin' at the Car Wash Blues - Jim Croce (#32)
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (#1)
You and Me Against the World - Helen Reddy (#9)
You Can Have Her - Sam Neely (#34)
You Got the Love - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (#11)
You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder (#1)
You Little Trustmaker - The Tymes (#12)
You Make Me Feel Brand New - The Stylistics (#2)
You Won't See Me - Anne Murray (#8)
(You're) Having My Baby - Paul Anka with Odia Coates (#1)
You're the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White (#2)
Your Bulldog Drinks Champagne - Jim Stafford (#24)

Top 40 Hits of 1974:


But do you like all of those songs? ;D

Top 40 Hits of 1974:




Did you have to post them all?

1976!!! Bicentennial baby!!

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon
You're My Best Friend - Queen
Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton
Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band
All By Myself - Eric Carmen
Baby, I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The 4 Seasons 
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
Dream On - Aerosmith
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
Fernando - Abba
Fool to Cry - The Rolling Stones
Free - Deniece Williams
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Get Closer - Seals & Crofts
I Want You - Marvin Gaye
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans
Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
Love Hangover - Diana Ross
Magic Man - Heart
Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore 
More, More, More (Part 1) - Andrea True Connection 
Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale
The Rubberband Man - Spinners
Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney & Wings   
Sing a Song - Earth, Wind & Fire
Something He Can Feel - Aretha Franklin
Sweet Thing - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
Tonight's the Night - Rod Stewart
Love Hangover - Diana Ross
Theme from Magahony (sp?) - Diana Ross
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate

I love these songs!! Great year!!

Sister Morphine already listed quite a few from 1982, which is also my birth year, but hopefully I won't do too many repeats:

These are my faves from 1982:

Don't You Want Me - Human League
Hard to Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
Eye in the Sky - Alan Parsons Project
We Got the Beat - The Go-Go's
You Can Do Magic - America
Trouble - Lindsey Buckingham
Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac
Heat of the Moment - Asia
'65 Love Affair - Paul Davis
Wasted on the Way - Crosby, Stills and Nash
Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne
Freeze Frame - J. Giels Band
Centerfold - J. Giels Band
Love Will Turn You Around - Kenny Rodgers
Blue Eyes - Elton John
Vacation - The Go Go's

Assuming this topic hasn't been done before, what are your favourite songs of the year you were born?

I did a thread like this back in February...

Here's the link (and replies)...

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php/topic,17100.0.html

In no particular order....  from 1973


Angie...............................................The Rolling Stones 
Me & Mrs. Jones.................................Billy Paul  8)
Stuck in the Middle With You...............Stealer's Wheel  8)
Peaceful Easy Feeling...........................Eagles 
The Cisco Kid......................................War 
China Grove........................................Doobie Brothers
Live and Let Die..................................Paul McCartney & Wings
Dream On...........................................Aerosmith
Higher Ground.....................................Stevie Wonder
Smoke on the Water............................Deep Purple
1973 was a great year Chrissy, probably one of the most interesting years of my life and I am pleased that I was there when these songs first released.  nice usage of my emoticon  8)
so now on to songs the year I was born http://www.fiftiesweb.com/1956-logo.gif

The Great Pretender ........................The Platters
Why Do Fools Fall In Love ..................Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
Tonight You belong To Me ................Patience and Prudence
Love Me Tender ...............................Elvis Presley
Hound Dog ......................................Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel ..................................Elvis presley
Heartbreak Hotel ...............................Elvis Presley
Roll Over Beethoven ..........................Chuck Berry
Long Tall Sally ...................................Little Richard

Did you have to post them all?


No,I didn't have to.

But do you like all of those songs? ;D



Not all of them.

Not all of them.



Then why did you list them all?  This is just for your favorites.

I don't know what was released in 1977.

I don't know what was released in 1977.


Here's all of the US Top 40 hits of 1977 :)

http://pages.map.com/~freek/1977.html

Here's all of the US Top 40 hits of 1977 :)

http://pages.map.com/~freek/1977.html


Jungle Love by Steve Miller Band(It makes me think of Catgirls, maybe I should get the album and parody the song) and Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffet then, I'll have to take a better look when I have more time.

Well, looking at the KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1988 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KROQ_Top_106.7_Countdown_of_1988), there is not a single song on the lsit that I recognize. That is pathetic, I know.



You haven't heard "Desire" by U2?

As well as...

Back in the saddle by Aerosmith
Barracuda by Heart
Changes in latitude, changes in attitude by Jimmy Buffet
Point of know return by Kansas
Walk this way by Aerosmith
You're in my heart(The final acclaim) by Rod Stewart

Then why did you list them all?  This is just for your favorites.



Oh Ok,my mistake ;)

I hadn't yet seen this thread (altho I thought I had...maybe it was something else). Anyway, I was born in 1980, and here are the songs I like best from that year (in no particular order):


Fame - Irene Cara
Magic - Olivia Newton-John
Pulling Mussels (From A Shell) - Squeeze
I Got You - Split Enz
It's Still Rock & Roll To Me - Billy Joel

Here are some from 1963

Dionne Warwick - Anyone who has a heart
Andy Williams - Can't get used to losing you
Randy & the rainbows -Denise
Beatles - Do you want to know a secret
Herb Alpert -Green leaves of summer
New Christy Minstrels - Green, green 
Beatles - I wanna hold your hand
Beach Boys - In my room
Chad Mitchell trio-Marvelous toy
Herb Alpert- More
Ruby and the romantics- Our day will come
Beatles - Please, please me
Cascades -Rhythm of the rain
Lenny Welch - Since I fell for you
Tymes- So much in love
Beatles -There's a place
Rooftop singers - Walk right in

1960

1. Cathy's Clown, Everly Brothers
2. He'll Have to Go, Jim Reeves
3. Theme from "A Summer Place", Percy Faith
4. It's Now or Never, Elvis Presley
5. Teen Angel, Mark Dinning
6. I'm Sorry, Brenda Lee
7. Running Bear, Johnny Preston
8. Handy Man, Jimmy Jones
9. Stuck On You, Elvis Presley
10. Let's Twist Again, Chubby Checker
El Paso, Marty Robbins
Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darin

Ratt "Back For More"
Duran Duran "The Reflex"
Madonna "Lucky Star"
Echo & The Bunnymen "Seven Seas"
Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face"
Sheena Easton "Sugar Walls"
Night Ranger "Sister Christian"
The Cars "Drive"
Wham! "Everything She Wants"
Van Halen "Hot For Teacher"
Bananarama "Cruel Summer"
Depeche Mode "Master & Servant"
The Cure "The Caterpillar"

Ratt "Back For More"
Duran Duran "The Reflex"
Madonna "Lucky Star"
Echo & The Bunnymen "Seven Seas"
Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face"
Sheena Easton "Sugar Walls"
Night Ranger "Sister Christian"
The Cars "Drive"
Wham! "Everything She Wants"
Van Halen "Hot For Teacher"
Bananarama "Cruel Summer"
Depeche Mode "Master & Servant"
The Cure "The Caterpillar"




  Heh, you were born the same year Hot For Teacher came out...

1976

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

If You Leave Me Now - Chicago

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon

Bennie And The Jets - Elton John

The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy

Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult

Don't Give Up On Us- David Soul

I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan and John Ford Coley

Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy

It's Over - Boz Scaggs

Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra

Lowdown - Boz Scaggs

Pinball Wizard - Elton John

She's Gone - Daryl Hall & John Oates

Somebody To Love - Queen

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word - Elton John

Take It To The Limit - Eagles

Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

My favorites from 1978 -


Reminiscing - Little River Band
Fool If You Think It's Over - Chris Rea
Instant Replay - Dan Hartman
MacArthur Park - Donna Summer
Get Off - Foxy
Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees (I know this song was originally released in late '77 but it was Number 1 the week I was born!  8))
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Because the Night - Patti Smith Group
Grease - Frankie Valli
Last Dance (the really long version) - Donna Summer
Native New Yorker - Odyssey
Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays
Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
Baby Come Back - Player
Runnin' With the Devil - Van Halen
Good Times Roll - The Cars
Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh
Renegade - Styx
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey
Three Times a Lady - The Commodores

:)  :)

My favorites from 1978 -


Reminiscing - Little River Band
Fool If You Think It's Over - Chris Rea
Instant Replay - Dan Hartman
MacArthur Park - Donna Summer
Get Off - Foxy
Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees (I know this song was originally released in late '77 but it was Number 1 the week I was born!  8))
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Because the Night - Patti Smith Group
Grease - Frankie Valli
Last Dance (the really long version) - Donna Summer
Native New Yorker - Odyssey
Use Ta Be My Girl - The O'Jays
Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
Baby Come Back - Player
Runnin' With the Devil - Van Halen
Good Times Roll - The Cars
Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh
Renegade - Styx
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey
Three Times a Lady - The Commodores

:)  :)


1978 is just about my favorite year for music! Can't get enough of 1978.

Hmmm my faves from 1968 would be:

The Beatles - Hey Jude

Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World

Georgie Fame - The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde

Cliff Richard - Congratulations

Small Faces - Lazy Sunday

Richard Harris - MacArthur Park

Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson (actually the whole of the Graduate soundtrack from that year)

Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man

Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from My Friends



Um and I cant possibly admit to crying over "Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro !

Jungle Love by Steve Miller Band(It makes me think of Catgirls, maybe I should get the album and parody the song) and Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffet then, I'll have to take a better look when I have more time.


Wow, I have a clip of Morris Day and the Time onAmerican Bandstand, and Dick CLark mentioned that band to Morris. LOL. Random...

On topic

I found the top 100 songs of 1986, and I'm listing the ones I like:


Walk Like An Egyptian".....Bangles
How Will I Know".....Whitney
"Kiss".....Prince & The Revolution
"Rock Me Amadeus".....Falco
Everybody Have Fun Tonight".....Wang Chung
"Conga".....Miami Sound Machine
"Secret Lovers".....Atlantic Starr
"Addicted To Love".....Robert Palmer
"What Have You Done For Me Lately".....Janet Jackson
"Venus".....Bananarama
Word Up".....Cameo <--play that at least once a week! LOL!
"Who's Johnny".....El DeBarge <--play it more than i should.
"Two Of Hearts".....Stacey Q
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off".....Jermaine Stewart Have it live on Soul Train LOL
"Walk This Way".....Run-D.M.C.
"Heartbeat".....Don Johnson <--YES, I do like that song!  ;D
You Should Be Mine".....Jeffrey Osborne (can you woo woo woo...LOL)

Y'all know I love my 80s music!  ;D

Wow, I have a clip of Morris Day and the Time onAmerican Bandstand, and Dick CLark mentioned that band to Morris. LOL. Random...

On topic

I found the top 100 songs of 1986, and I'm listing the ones I like:


Walk Like An Egyptian".....Bangles
How Will I Know".....Whitney
"Kiss".....Prince & The Revolution
"Rock Me Amadeus".....Falco
Everybody Have Fun Tonight".....Wang Chung
"Conga".....Miami Sound Machine
"Secret Lovers".....Atlantic Starr
"Addicted To Love".....Robert Palmer
"What Have You Done For Me Lately".....Janet Jackson
"Venus".....Bananarama
Word Up".....Cameo <--play that at least once a week! LOL!
"Who's Johnny".....El DeBarge <--play it more than i should.
"Two Of Hearts".....Stacey Q
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off".....Jermaine Stewart Have it live on Soul Train LOL
"Walk This Way".....Run-D.M.C.
"Heartbeat".....Don Johnson <--YES, I do like that song!  ;D
You Should Be Mine".....Jeffrey Osborne (can you woo woo woo...LOL)

Y'all know I love my 80s music!  ;D





I love all those songs, except for the Don Johnson one.  ;)

So much great music in the 80s....  8)

What a great topic!

1976 (The staple year of the 70s). In no particular order, here are mMy faves:

1. Moonlight Feels Right---Starbuck
2. Baby I Love Your Way---Peter Frampton
3. I'm Easy---Keith Carradine
4. Disco Duck---Rick Dees
5. Show Me the Way---Peter Frampton
6. If You Leave Me Now---Chicago
7. Magic Man---Heart
8. Dreamboat Annie---Heart
9. Strange Magic---ELO

I love all those songs, except for the Don Johnson one.  ;)

So much great music in the 80s....  8)

Absolutely!! I agree. But I didn't know a great deal of it then, since I was in the single digits. Now I think I know about 600 songs that came out in the 80s (pop, R&B, rock, new wave, etc.).

What a great topic!

1976 (The staple year of the 70s). In no particular order, here are mMy faves:

1. Moonlight Feels Right---Starbuck
2. Baby I Love Your Way---Peter Frampton
3. I'm Easy---Keith Carradine
4. Disco Duck---Rick Dees
5. Show Me the Way---Peter Frampton
6. If You Leave Me Now---Chicago
7. Magic Man---Heart
8. Dreamboat Annie---Heart
9. Strange Magic---ELO

1976, another great year for music

Disco Duck is the funniest song I ever heard in my LIFE! I love it.

To all the 70s kids, does anyone know who made a disco song called "Knock on Wood?" I LOVE that song!

Disco Duck is the funniest song I ever heard in my LIFE! I love it.

To all the 70s kids, does anyone know who made a disco song called "Knock on Wood?" I LOVE that song!



That version of "Knock On Wood" was recorded by Amii Stewart.  The song itself is a cover of a 60s song.  :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amii_Stewart

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_on_Wood_(song)

That version of "Knock On Wood" was recorded by Amii Stewart.  The song itself is a cover of a 60s song.  :)


Nothing to do with the year I was born, but I'm gonna pound the table for Knock On Wood.

The original 1966 Eddie Floyd blues number stands on its own as solid soul/blues, but Amii Stewart got the ball rolling in 1978 (with at least 10-12 remixes out there), the heavy bass in the 1985 Sedition/Ash 48 remixes, the mindblowing full minute of phase effects about 3/4 of the way through the 6:00 Hot Tracks mix from ca. 1985, a respectable attempt at covering it by Mary Griffin for 1988's Studio 54 movie (presumably they didn't want to pay for the rights for the original?), Amii herself put a couple of 1999-style club/dance mixes on the aptly-named Unstoppable, and the 2004 cover by flash-in-the-pan Rachel Stevens have kept the song fresh. 

Get any/all of the mixes you can find, but if you had to pick just three... just... umm.. if you had to pick just five... umm... dammit. 

Look, if you like the track at all, you owe it to yourself to get all the mixes you can.  They're all subtly different, but all delightful.  Every remix of this track offers at least one surprise.  You could fill an entire audio CD with remixes of this song, put it on loop, and not fall asleep for days.

That version of "Knock On Wood" was recorded by Amii Stewart.  The song itself is a cover of a 60s song.  :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amii_Stewart

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_on_Wood_(song)

I know the original version (which was recorded by Eddie Floyd) very well. It has been a staple on oldies stations for a long time.

Once when that song was on a Penguin Quiz, I answered by giving the original version, but it was "not the artist that (the quiz starter) had in mind", so then I wrote, "Okay, Amii Stewart. But hers was a cover, and my local oldies radio station plays the heck out of the original."