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(20,092 posts) Fri Aug 9, 2024, 05:38 AM Aug 2024

What's your favorite song from your year of birth? [View all]

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:

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What's your favorite song from your year of birth? [View all] True Dough Aug 2024 OP

Rock Arounf the Clock - Bill Haley & the Comets EYESORE 9001 Aug 2024 #1

Learned to dance with that one! elleng Aug 2024 #4

But "Rock Around the Clock" was recorded in 1954... malthaussen Aug 2024 #21

I was conceived in 1954 EYESORE 9001 Aug 2024 #32

"If I Loved You" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. elleng Aug 2024 #2

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. brewens Aug 2024 #3

Looking over the 1948 hits "I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover" is the one that doc03 Aug 2024 #5

1955: Sixteen Tons catbyte Aug 2024 #6

Happy Together - The Turtles Brainfodder Aug 2024 #7

1970: "Someday We'll Be Together" by Diana Ross & The Supremes Gaytano70 Aug 2024 #8

Great choices from the start of a fabulous decade! True Dough Aug 2024 #9

So many great songs in 1970! Gaytano70 Aug 2024 #12

1952: You Belong To Me livetohike Aug 2024 #10

I loved that song. I was seven years old Glorfindel Aug 2024 #31

Music hadn't been invented yet Marthe48 Aug 2024 #11

Oh, come on, Marthe! True Dough Aug 2024 #34

Oh okay Marthe48 Aug 2024 #43

Darn it. That was going to be my line. And good morning. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 #51

I'll be here all week Marthe48 Aug 2024 #52

I have always been grateful that I was born after the invention of rock & roll. 1961 has some real classics. Rustynaerduwell Aug 2024 #13

Lavender Blue sinkingfeeling Aug 2024 #14

Heartbreak Hotel, Love Is Strange. Boomerproud Aug 2024 #15

1966 - Monday, Monday by The Mama's and the Papa's Mad_Dem_X Aug 2024 #16

1959 Sleepwalk rogerballard Aug 2024 #17

Great signature! True Dough Aug 2024 #35

Thank you she is getting her groove on... rogerballard Aug 2024 #40

Yes, indeed! True Dough Aug 2024 #41

1961 model here. Different Drummer Aug 2024 #18

I tease people and tell them that I'm 176 years old Niagara Aug 2024 #19

So tell me... True Dough Aug 2024 #36

I always hear the incorrect lyrics to that song Niagara Aug 2024 #50

In 1973, I was going to the prom. "Walk on the Wild Side" was #1 at the time. malthaussen Aug 2024 #20

Tough Question ProfessorGAC Aug 2024 #22

Get back to us if you find the time, Prof True Dough Aug 2024 #37

I Find Much Of It Inauthentic ProfessorGAC Aug 2024 #48

You build a solid case True Dough Aug 2024 #49

Well I Searched ProfessorGAC Aug 2024 #59

Not "shamed" True Dough Aug 2024 #60

This was written the year before I was born, but released in the states the year after, so... LudwigPastorius Aug 2024 #23

Little Richard's darkstar Aug 2024 #24

Born in 1959. "Peter Gunn" theme by Henry Mancini. HeartsCanHope Aug 2024 #25

Playing an instrument while marching? True Dough Aug 2024 #38

Never said I played "Peter Gunn" WELL while marching! LOL! HeartsCanHope Aug 2024 #44

Oh. If you missed a few notes True Dough Aug 2024 #45

You should feel fantastic, then! HeartsCanHope Aug 2024 #47

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky WheelWalker Aug 2024 #26

1941 Chattanooga ChooChoo. Glen Miller. Srkdqltr Aug 2024 #27

'Sentimental Journey" Les Brown & Doris Day - 1945 Glorfindel Aug 2024 #28

Happy Birthday early, Glorfindel 🎂 Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #62

I have a hard time remembering that day...... Bayard Aug 2024 #29

Parts I-IV and VI-IX... really, the whole album. It is perfect. happybird Aug 2024 #30

Wish You Were Here True Dough Aug 2024 #39

My favorite song ever! Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #64

My favorite when I was a teen, my favorite now, for very special reasons. Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #63

1962 was not a great year for music... subterranean Aug 2024 #33

I'll take those 3 over anything out today. Boomerproud Aug 2024 #58

1962-- Sealed With A Kiss RazorbackExpat Aug 2024 #75

"Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you" Wonder Why Aug 2024 #42

1956 here. WestMichRad Aug 2024 #46

Well I don't exactly recall the year I was born LakeArenal Aug 2024 #53

Unforgettable by Nat King Cole CanonRay Aug 2024 #54

Twelfth Street Rag murielm99 Aug 2024 #55

1948 topcelts Aug 2024 #56

Odd year: surrealAmerican Aug 2024 #57

Over the Rainbow CTyankee Aug 2024 #61

The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian sakabatou Aug 2024 #65

You joined DU at age 18? True Dough Aug 2024 #66

17, actually, but thanks! sakabatou Aug 2024 #68

Fun Question. 1953 rather boring except for Dragnet... electric_blue68 Aug 2024 #67

Don't be cruel and Hound dog by Elvis. maveric Aug 2024 #69

Waterloo, by Stonewall Jackson RazorbackExpat Aug 2024 #70

Rocket "88" Doc_Technical Aug 2024 #71

Definitely the WORST song that year was "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Coventina Aug 2024 #72

"Honey" was worse RazorbackExpat Aug 2024 #73

Summer in the City - TBF Aug 2024 #74

1946 Butterflylady Aug 2024 #76

A Teenager in Love, Dion & the Belmonts (1959) Jrsygrl96 Aug 2024 #77

Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack LIghtnin' - 1956 DBoon Aug 2024 #78

In the Mood - Glenn Miller Chipper Chat Aug 2024 #79

Stay - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs -- shortest song to ever reach #1 on Billboard Stargleamer Aug 2024 #80