Favorite songs through the decades

[Penny Lane]

This might be kind of tough as there are so many great songs. Name only one of your favorite songs each decade from 1950's - 90's. I didn't include the 2000's because I really am not familiar with songs for the last 20 years. But if you want to include those 2 decades go ahead! I'm really curious as to what your favorites are.

Here are my choices;
50's) Beyond The Sea- Bobby Darin

60's) Go Now- The Moody Blues

70's) Heart Of Gold- Neil Young

80's) Easy Lover- Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey

90's) Ain't That Lonely Yet- Dwight Yoakam

[JO Sweet Heart]

1960s-"Children" from Billy Joe Royal (RIP)
1970s-"You Are My Sunshine On A Rainy Day" from Northern Calloway of the Sesame Street children's show (RIP)
1980s-"I'm Over You, You're Over Me" from Steve Sanders of the Oak Ridge Boys (RIP)
1990s-"Slave To The Habit" from country singer songwriter Shane Minor
2000-"Dam* Right"-James Otto
2010-"Single Man"-High Valley

God bless you and Shane and James and the High Valley act always!!!

Holly

[ThisLittlePiggy]

50's) Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers

60's) The Sounds of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel

70's) Time for Me to Fly - REO Speedwagon

80's) Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon

90's) (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams

[biffbronson]

1950s: "Peggy Sue" - Buddy Holly 1957
1960s: "98.6" - Keith 1967
1970s: "From the Beginning" - Emerson Lake & Palmer 1972
1980s: "All Those Years Ago - George Harrison 1981
1990s: "Smooth" - Santana ft. Rob Thomas 1999
2000s: "All Summer Long" - Kid Rock 2007
2010s: "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen 2012

[dakert]

60's---Help
70's---Heart Beat Its A Love Beat
80's--- Call Me

[biffbronson]

Great idea for a thread, if I may I'd like to add some of my "runners-up" to help keep it going.

Runner-up choices:

1950s: "Poor Little Fool" - Ricky Nelson
1960s: "Your Time Is Gonna Come" - Led Zeppelin
1970s: "Closer to the Heart" - Rush
1980s: "Owner of a Lonely Heart" - Yes
1990s: "You Are Not Alone" - Michael Jackson

[biffbronson]

Bump

Yet more of my favorites:

1950s: "Sweet Little Sixteen" - Chuck Berry 1958
1960s: "Nights in White Satin" - The Moody Blues 1967
1970s: "Going to California" - Led Zeppelin 1971
1980s: "Woman" - John Lennon 1980
1990s: "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia 1997
2000s-up: "Raise a Ruckus" - Tom Jones & Alison Krauss

[Penny Lane]

My Runner's up;
50's- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes- The Platters
60's- Eleanor Rigby- The Beatles
70's- Listen To The Music- The Doobie Brothers
80's - Karma Chameleon-Boy George
90's-Smooth-Rob Thomas with Santana

[JO Sweet Heart]

I am adding one more to my list here.

2020-"She Got It Outta Me"-Mason Ramsey

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly (a girl who only loves him more every day)

P.S. I pick that song from Mason because it is the song that made me surrender all where he is concerned, but I love everything that I have heard from him.

[biffbronson]

Originally Posted by Penny Lane

50's- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes- The Platters

I used to listen to a Platters cassette regularly, so this one did come to mind for me too.

Originally Posted by Penny Lane

60's- Eleanor Rigby- The Beatles

I think this was the only Beatles song my junior high music teacher had us sing regularly. She had met the members of KISS and called them "nice young men." She appreciated current music though she grew up in the 1930s/40s. She liked the "tempo" of Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom."

Originally Posted by Penny Lane

70's- Listen To The Music- The Doobie Brothers

I'm now a bigger fan of the DB than I used to be, both with and without Michael McDonald. "South City Midnight Lady" has been moving up on my list of favorites of theirs.

Originally Posted by Penny Lane

80's - Karma Chameleon-Boy George

I like pretty much all of the '80s hits from the U.K.

Originally Posted by Penny Lane

90's-Smooth-Rob Thomas with Santana

One of my favorite songs of the past quarter-century.

[Penny Lane]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

I used to listen to a Platters cassette regularly, so this one did come to mind for me too.


I think this was the only Beatles song my junior high music teacher had us sing regularly. She had met the members of KISS and called them "nice young men." She appreciated current music though she grew up in the 1930s/40s. She liked the "tempo" of Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom."


I'm now a bigger fan of the DB than I used to be, both with and without Michael McDonald. "South City Midnight Lady" has been moving up on my list of favorites of theirs.


I like pretty much all of the '80s hits from the U.K.


One of my favorite songs of the past quarter-century.

I didn't like Michael McDonald with The Doobies. He sounded too much like a lounge singer. Their sound just wasn't the same anymore. Black Water is another one of my favorites.