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dixiegrrrrl

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39. Happily, we now have radio stations dedicated to "the oldies"

Reply to Waiting For Everyman (Reply #35)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 01:43 PM

Dec 2012

and of course via internet we can easily listen to and collect any songs we want.

Best yet, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, Mommas and Poppas, and of course the Beatles and 'Stones, Bob Dylan, etc
have become bedrock icons, not to be forgotten in the dusty memory of yesteryear's music.

We made so much history, on so many levels.

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45 years ago, the top songs of the year 1967. Remember? [View all] Faygo Kid Dec 2012 OP

Awesome! Teamster Jeff Dec 2012 #1

Wow! I hadn't thought about some of those tunes in years. Arkansas Granny Dec 2012 #2

I remember most of those. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #3

don't forget the sequel--Leader of the Laundromat, by the Detergents!! Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2012 #32

Oh great. Just great In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #33

Two Top 20 Hits by the Buckinghams!! Scuba Dec 2012 #4

45 years ago? Nawwwww, was only yesterday dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #5

I didn't figure out KC Dec 2012 #36

Hey, hey, we're the Monkees Ptah Dec 2012 #6

I wasn't born until 1969 and I remember (and like) most of these songs. Systematic Chaos Dec 2012 #7

I may not have heard LWolf Dec 2012 #20

There are three songs I don't remember, so off to Youtube I go . . . Still Blue in PDX Dec 2012 #8

This was the soundtracks to our lives in Detroit back then MrScorpio Dec 2012 #9

Merry Christmas, from CKLW Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #11

ooooooooooh!! LeftofObama Dec 2012 #22

Remember them all. RebelOne Dec 2012 #10

Darlin',... you don't look a day over 50 dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #37

I wouldn't recognize today's top 30 but IcyPeas Dec 2012 #12

Thanks for the memories! ellaydubya Dec 2012 #13

Wow! I'm surprised that I remember all but one. pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #14

Underdogs were a Detroit thing only Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #15

Well, that explains it--thanks pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #17

I remember most of them Irishonly Dec 2012 #16

Most of them..... femmocrat Dec 2012 #18

I remember. nt LWolf Dec 2012 #19

What a great variety of songs! Grantuspeace Dec 2012 #21

Yes I do HarveyDarkey Dec 2012 #23

Ode to Billie Joe undeterred Dec 2012 #24

Here you go, from the best TV show of all time. Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #26

Absolutely my favorite show of all time, too. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #27

No Beatles? rurallib Dec 2012 #25

Other lists include the Beatles in their top 25 pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #28

I did not realize for ages that some music was different depending on where you lived. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #38

1967 was a great music year! shanti Dec 2012 #29

Love this trip down memory lane. love_katz Dec 2012 #30

I have 13 on my iTunes tblue Dec 2012 #31

Damn! Good memories takin' me back. Little Star Dec 2012 #34

Billboard's Top 100 for any year -- 1950 to 2011. Waiting For Everyman Dec 2012 #35

Happily, we now have radio stations dedicated to "the oldies" dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #39

I echo every reply to this thread. Boomerproud Dec 2012 #40

Respectfully disagree! There is some great stuff today, and there was some not so great stuff NRaleighLiberal Dec 2012 #41