What's your favorite song from your year of birth?

[True Dough]

This one is a little more challenging because you probably weren't actively into the top 40 when you were a newborn.

I'm a 1973 model. Reviewing the top 100 songs from that year, I'm going to give honorable mentions to You're So Vain (Carly Simon), Shambala (Three Dog Night) and Kodachrome (Paul Simon).

But my pick is this one:

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Rock Arounf the Clock - Bill Haley & the Comets

1955

[elleng]

4. Learned to dance with that one!

[malthaussen]

21. But "Rock Around the Clock" was recorded in 1954...

... it was in "Blackboard Jungle" in '55.

-- Mal

[EYESORE 9001]

32. I was conceived in 1954

But I didn’t rock out and become a big hit until 1955.

[elleng]

2. "If I Loved You" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel.

Til the end of time is a popular song written by lyricist Buddy Kaye and composer Ted Mossman and published in 1945. The melody is based on Frédéric Chopin's Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53, the "Polonaise héroique".[2]

A number of recordings of the song were made in 1945. The biggest hit was by Perry Como.

[brewens]

3. Bobby Darin-Mack the Knife. It was one of my favorite old songs and I saw it was number one the year I was born.

I love this version.

[doc03]

5. Looking over the 1948 hits "I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover" is the one that

stands out. Maybe that was my mother's favorite before I was born.

[catbyte]

6. 1955: Sixteen Tons

I remember liking it when I was a little kid.

[Brainfodder]

7. Happy Together - The Turtles

Not bothering with a link.

[Gaytano70]

8. 1970: "Someday We'll Be Together" by Diana Ross & The Supremes

... plus, "Let It Be" by The Beatles
... "War" by Edwin Starr
..."Close to You" by The Carpenters
..."ABC" by The Jackson 5

[True Dough]

9. Great choices from the start of a fabulous decade!

[Gaytano70]

12. So many great songs in 1970!

[livetohike]

10. 1952: You Belong To Me

[Glorfindel]

31. I loved that song. I was seven years old

when it came out, and I learned every word and sang it frequently.

[Marthe48]

11. Music hadn't been invented yet

[True Dough]

34. Oh, come on, Marthe!

At the very least, some caveman or cavewoman was banging a little ditty on a rock!

[Marthe48]

43. Oh okay

High Noon, Frankie Laine

[mahatmakanejeeves]

51. Darn it. That was going to be my line. And good morning. NT

[Marthe48]

52. I'll be here all week

And good morning to you!

[Rustynaerduwell]

13. I have always been grateful that I was born after the invention of rock & roll. 1961 has some real classics.

"Hit the Road Jack" and "Little Sister" will never feel old.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Lavender Blue

"

[Boomerproud]

15. Heartbreak Hotel, Love Is Strange.

Elvis and I came out at the same time!

[Mad_Dem_X]

16. 1966 - Monday, Monday by The Mama's and the Papa's

I have a very clear memory of hearing it some years later, riding around in the car with my dad. It was a Saturday, because whenever they sang, "Monday, Monday," I sang back, "Saturday, Saturday!"

[rogerballard]

17. 1959 Sleepwalk

I was in high school when Yellow Brick Road came out...yikes lol

[True Dough]

35. Great signature!

Kamala is grooving to the great music in this thread.

[rogerballard]

40. Thank you she is getting her groove on...

We are going to have to some rhythm in the Whitehouse!

[True Dough]

41. Yes, indeed!

A Trump humiliation is music to my ears!

[Different Drummer]

18. 1961 model here.

This is my favorite song that came out in '61.

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[Niagara]

19. I tease people and tell them that I'm 176 years old

Obviously, I'm not really 176 years old.


Anyway, I've never revealed my age here and it's not due to an insecure reason. I'm mixing up several years from 1973 to 1978.
Enjoy!


1973: You're so Vain by Carly Simon
Time in a Bottle by Joe Croce

1974: Bennie and the Jets by Elton John
It's Only Rock "n" Roll by The Rolling Stones

1975: Fame by David Bowie

Kashmir by Led Zeppelin

1976: Love Rollercoaster by Ohio Players
Slow Ride by Fog Hat

1977: Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett

1978: Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gee's
Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh

[True Dough]

36. So tell me...

did you know the lyric to Blinded by the Light and not mishear them like so many others (present company included)?

[Niagara]

50. I always hear the incorrect lyrics to that song

It's still a great song even when one has to force themselves to sing the correct lyrics!

[malthaussen]

20. In 1973, I was going to the prom. "Walk on the Wild Side" was #1 at the time.

They must have seen you coming.

-- Mal

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Tough Question

'56 here. Lots of Elvis released that year, but I actively dislike him & his songs.
Because of my dad I heard a lot of 50s cool jazz, but I wouldn't know which of those was from '56.
Overall, I think rock & roll of the mid 50s was crap, so none of that stuff either.
I'd have to go through a list of hits from that year. There's probably some song I like, but nothing that pops immediately to mind.

[True Dough]

37. Get back to us if you find the time, Prof

Would be interested to know of your choice(s). Also, what was it about "The King" that you found so grating?

[ProfessorGAC]

48. I Find Much Of It Inauthentic

The very earliest stuff less so, but still seems fake
I don't think he's that good a singer & I found his "influenced by this & that" to be a shortcoming, not a strength; as he isn't really committed to the way he plans to sing a tune.
Later, I thought he adopted the worship of his cult members like some shady televangelist.
The "effort" in his shows seemed fake, with the silly karate stuff, and I don't hear effort in his voice.
And, I take out on him the over-the-top fealty of too much of his fandom.
Finally, two of his hits are among the creepiest lyrics ever, and his fans stupidly swooned over words they didn't actually listen to.
I think that's plenty, without getting into technical criticisms.

[True Dough]

49. You build a solid case

but I still like "In the Ghetto," if only because my parents were so fond of that song and played it often.

[ProfessorGAC]

59. Well I Searched

You shamed me into it!
Here's one that us awfully cool:

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And this one, especially given the connection to Monk. (OH, this YouTube link is the whole album. I mean just the first song.)

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[True Dough]

60. Not "shamed"

Just a nudge. Thanks for contributing. I'm jazzed!

[LudwigPastorius]

23. This was written the year before I was born, but released in the states the year after, so...

I think that averages out to count as a birthyear song. Anyway, it's my favorite Jobim song.

[darkstar]

24. Little Richard's

Long Tall Sally

[HeartsCanHope]

25. Born in 1959. "Peter Gunn" theme by Henry Mancini.

I had to play that on a trombone while marching in high school!

[True Dough]

38. Playing an instrument while marching?

Your level of talent certainly surpasses mine!

[HeartsCanHope]

44. Never said I played "Peter Gunn" WELL while marching! LOL!

[True Dough]

45. Oh. If you missed a few notes

it would make me feel better about my bland self!

[HeartsCanHope]

47. You should feel fantastic, then!

i did okay playing in a concert band setting, but I was only good enough at marching to hit my marks. "Peter Gunn", (despite the marching band horror experience,) is one of my absolute favorite songs. I also got to hear Henry Mancini's orchestra play it while Henry Mancini directed it. One of my life's highlights!

[WheelWalker]

26. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky

[Srkdqltr]

27. 1941 Chattanooga ChooChoo. Glen Miller.

[Glorfindel]

28. 'Sentimental Journey" Les Brown & Doris Day - 1945

i was born a couple of weeks after the bombing of Nagasaki, but before 1946, so I'm neither a "war baby" nor a "boomer."
There's a four-month window there that doesn't fit into any category, really. I'll be 79 years old on August 30.

[Clouds Passing]

62. Happy Birthday early, Glorfindel 🎂

[Bayard]

29. I have a hard time remembering that day......

[happybird]

30. Parts I-IV and VI-IX... really, the whole album. It is perfect.

[True Dough]

39. Wish You Were Here

is one of my wife's favorite songs.

[Clouds Passing]

64. My favorite song ever!

[Clouds Passing]

63. My favorite when I was a teen, my favorite now, for very special reasons.

[subterranean]

33. 1962 was not a great year for music...

but here are my top 3 from that year:

The Loco-Motion

Green Onions

She's Got You

[Boomerproud]

58. I'll take those 3 over anything out today.

Just my worthless opinion.

[RazorbackExpat]

75. 1962-- Sealed With A Kiss

Telstar
If I Had a Hammer
Pipeline

[Wonder Why]

42. "Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you"

[WestMichRad]

46. 1956 here.

I looked at a list of songs from that year and nothing strikes me as special… so I’ll dip into jazz and go with Duke Ellington’s album “Ellington at Newport.” It’s nice!

[LakeArenal]

53. Well I don't exactly recall the year I was born

But this is the first song from that year that I heard of.

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This is the first 45 record I owned:

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[CanonRay]

54. Unforgettable by Nat King Cole

Geez I'm old.

[murielm99]

55. Twelfth Street Rag

I'll bet everyone has heard it.

[topcelts]

56. 1948

Doris Day "It's Magic"

[surrealAmerican]

57. Odd year:

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It looks like my choices are either surfing music, ballads sung by women in updos, or folk music.

I don't quite know which to choose.

on edit: I went with the updos:

[CTyankee]

61. Over the Rainbow

Judy Garland sang it. 1939.

[sakabatou]

65. The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian

[True Dough]

66. You joined DU at age 18?

That's hella impressive!

[sakabatou]

68. 17, actually, but thanks!

[electric_blue68]

67. Fun Question. 1953 rather boring except for Dragnet...

Yeah, that Dragnet, or the original jazzy orchestral version.

I had to go listen to find out. 😄

[maveric]

69. Don't be cruel and Hound dog by Elvis.

1956

[RazorbackExpat]

70. Waterloo, by Stonewall Jackson

Also, "High Hopes"

[Doc_Technical]

71. Rocket "88"

[Coventina]

72. Definitely the WORST song that year was "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett & the Union Gap

My favorite though is "Spooky" by the Classics IV

[RazorbackExpat]

73. "Honey" was worse

[TBF]

74. Summer in the City -

my mom actually had this song on a 45, so I had a lot of fun dancing to it when I was a kid

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[Butterflylady]

76. 1946

I don't know, but my mom was always singing The Tennessee Waltz.

[Jrsygrl96]

77. A Teenager in Love, Dion & the Belmonts (1959)

[DBoon]

78. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack LIghtnin' - 1956

[Chipper Chat]

79. In the Mood - Glenn Miller

1940

[Stargleamer]

80. Stay - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs -- shortest song to ever reach #1 on Billboard

R.I.P. - Maurice Williams who died today or yesterday