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Rock Arounf the Clock - Bill Haley & the Comets EYESORE 9001 Aug 9 #1
Learned to dance with that one! elleng Aug 9 #4
But "Rock Around the Clock" was recorded in 1954... malthaussen Aug 9 #21
I was conceived in 1954 EYESORE 9001 Aug 9 #32
"If I Loved You" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. elleng Aug 9 #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 9 #3
Looking over the 1948 hits "I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover" is the one that doc03 Aug 9 #5
1955: Sixteen Tons catbyte Aug 9 #6
Happy Together - The Turtles Brainfodder Aug 9 #7
1970: "Someday We'll Be Together" by Diana Ross & The Supremes Gaytano70 Aug 9 #8
Great choices from the start of a fabulous decade! True Dough Aug 9 #9
So many great songs in 1970! Gaytano70 Aug 9 #12
1952: You Belong To Me livetohike Aug 9 #10
I loved that song. I was seven years old Glorfindel Aug 9 #31
Music hadn't been invented yet Marthe48 Aug 9 #11
Oh, come on, Marthe! True Dough Aug 9 #34
Oh okay Marthe48 Aug 9 #43
Darn it. That was going to be my line. And good morning. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 10 #51
I'll be here all week Marthe48 Aug 10 #52
I have always been grateful that I was born after the invention of rock & roll. 1961 has some real classics. Rustynaerduwell Aug 9 #13
Lavender Blue sinkingfeeling Aug 9 #14
Heartbreak Hotel, Love Is Strange. Boomerproud Aug 9 #15
1966 - Monday, Monday by The Mama's and the Papa's Mad_Dem_X Aug 9 #16
1959 Sleepwalk rogerballard Aug 9 #17
Great signature! True Dough Aug 9 #35
Thank you she is getting her groove on... rogerballard Aug 9 #40
Yes, indeed! True Dough Aug 9 #41
1961 model here. Different Drummer Aug 9 #18
I tease people and tell them that I'm 176 years old Niagara Aug 9 #19
So tell me... True Dough Aug 9 #36
I always hear the incorrect lyrics to that song Niagara Aug 10 #50
In 1973, I was going to the prom. "Walk on the Wild Side" was #1 at the time. malthaussen Aug 9 #20
Tough Question ProfessorGAC Aug 9 #22
Get back to us if you find the time, Prof True Dough Aug 9 #37
I Find Much Of It Inauthentic ProfessorGAC Aug 10 #48
You build a solid case True Dough Aug 10 #49
Well I Searched ProfessorGAC Aug 10 #59
Not "shamed" True Dough Aug 10 #60
This was written the year before I was born, but released in the states the year after, so... LudwigPastorius Aug 9 #23
Little Richard's darkstar Aug 9 #24
Born in 1959. "Peter Gunn" theme by Henry Mancini. HeartsCanHope Aug 9 #25
Playing an instrument while marching? True Dough Aug 9 #38
Never said I played "Peter Gunn" WELL while marching! LOL! HeartsCanHope Aug 9 #44
Oh. If you missed a few notes True Dough Aug 9 #45
You should feel fantastic, then! HeartsCanHope Aug 9 #47
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky WheelWalker Aug 9 #26
1941 Chattanooga ChooChoo. Glen Miller. Srkdqltr Aug 9 #27
'Sentimental Journey" Les Brown & Doris Day - 1945 Glorfindel Aug 9 #28
Happy Birthday early, Glorfindel 🎂 Clouds Passing Aug 10 #62
I have a hard time remembering that day...... Bayard Aug 9 #29
Parts I-IV and VI-IX... really, the whole album. It is perfect. happybird Aug 9 #30
Wish You Were Here True Dough Aug 9 #39
My favorite song ever! Clouds Passing Aug 10 #64
My favorite when I was a teen, my favorite now, for very special reasons. Clouds Passing Aug 10 #63
1962 was not a great year for music... subterranean Aug 9 #33
I'll take those 3 over anything out today. Boomerproud Aug 10 #58
1962-- Sealed With A Kiss RazorbackExpat Aug 11 #75
"Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you" Wonder Why Aug 9 #42
1956 here. WestMichRad Aug 9 #46
Well I don't exactly recall the year I was born LakeArenal Aug 10 #53
Unforgettable by Nat King Cole CanonRay Aug 10 #54
Twelfth Street Rag murielm99 Aug 10 #55
1948 topcelts Aug 10 #56
Odd year: surrealAmerican Aug 10 #57
Over the Rainbow CTyankee Aug 10 #61
The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian sakabatou Aug 10 #65
You joined DU at age 18? True Dough Aug 10 #66
17, actually, but thanks! sakabatou Aug 10 #68
Fun Question. 1953 rather boring except for Dragnet... electric_blue68 Aug 10 #67
Don't be cruel and Hound dog by Elvis. maveric Aug 11 #69
Waterloo, by Stonewall Jackson RazorbackExpat Aug 11 #70
Rocket "88" Doc_Technical Aug 11 #71
Definitely the WORST song that year was "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Coventina Aug 11 #72
"Honey" was worse RazorbackExpat Aug 11 #73
Summer in the City - TBF Aug 11 #74
1946 Butterflylady Aug 11 #76
A Teenager in Love, Dion & the Belmonts (1959) Jrsygrl96 Aug 11 #77
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack LIghtnin' - 1956 DBoon Aug 11 #78
In the Mood - Glenn Miller Chipper Chat Aug 11 #79
Stay - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs -- shortest song to ever reach #1 on Billboard Stargleamer Aug 11 #80
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