Today, we have a music for lunch meme, artfully prepared by tuluum.
Go to http://www.musicOutfitters.com
In the Search box, enter the year you graduated high school.
**The first item returned should be the 100 songs from that year. Cut and paste them into your journal.**
Bold the ones you like.
Underline your favorite.
Strike through the songs you loathe.
(Added:) “X” before the numbers of the one’s you’ve never heard of.
Can you guess the year?
1. Tonight’s The Night, Rod Stewart
X2. I Just Want To Be Your Everything, Andy Gibb
X3. Best Of My Love, Emotions
4. Love Theme From “A Star Is Born”, Barbra Streisand
X5. Angel In Your Arms, Hot
X6. I Like Dreamin’, Kenny Nolan
X7. Don’t Leave Me This Way, Thelma Houston
8. (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher, Rita Coolidge
X9. Undercover Angel, Alan O’Day
10. Torn Between Two Lovers, Mary MacGregor
11. I’m Your Boogie Man, K.C. and The Sunshine Band
12. Dancing Queen, Abba
13. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, Leo Sayer
14. Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffet
X15. Telephone Line, Electric Light Orchestra
X16. Whatcha Gonna Do?, Pablo Cruise
X17. Do You Wanna Make Love, Peter McCann
18. Sir Duke, Stevie Wonder
19. Hotel California, Eagles
X20. Got To Give It Up, Pt. 1, Marvin Gaye
21. Theme From “Rocky” (Gonna Fly Now), Bill Conti
22. Southern Nights, Glen Campbell
23. Rich Girl, Daryl Hall and John Oates
24. When I Need You, Leo Sayer
X25. Hot Line, Sylvers
26. Car Wash, Rose Royce [The movie’s not bad either.]
27. You Don’t Have To Be A Star, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.
28. Fly Like An Eagle, Steve Miller Band
29. Don’t Give Up On Us, David Soul [You know, he had a great son in Dickie Roberts.]
X30. On And On, Stephen Bishop
X31. Feels Like The First Time, Foreigner
X32. Couldn’t Get It Right, Climax Blues Band
X33. Easy, Commodores
X34. Right Time Of The Night, Jennifer Warnes
X35. I’ve Got Love On My Mind, Natalie Cole
X36. Blinded By The Light, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
37. Looks Like We Made It, Barry Manilow
X38. So In To You, Atlanta Rhythm Section
X39. Dreams, Fleetwood Mac
40. Enjoy Yourself, Jacksons
X41. Dazz, Brick
X42. I’m In You, Peter Frampton
43. Lucille, Kenny Rogers
44. The Things We Do For Love, 10cc
45. Da Doo Ron Ron, Shaun Cassidy
46. Handy Man, James Taylor
X47. Just A Song Before I Go, Crosby, Stills and Nash
X48. You And Me, Alice Cooper
X49. Slow Dancin’, Johnny Rivers
X50. Lonely Boy, Andrew Gold
X51. I Wish, Stevie Wonder
X52. Don’t Stop, Fleetwood Mac
X53. Barracuda, Heart
X54. Strawberry Letter 23, Brothers Johnson
X55. Night Moves, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
56. You’re My World, Helen Reddy
X57. Heard It In A Love Song, Marshall Tucker Band
X58. Carry On Wayward Son, Kansas
59. New Kid In Town, Eagles
60. My Heart Belongs To Me, Barbra Streisand
61. After The Lovin’, Engelbert Humperdinck
X62. Jet Airliner, Steve Miller Band
X63. Stand Tall, Burton Cummings
X64. Way Down, Elvis Presley
65. Weekend In New England, Barry Manilow
X66. It Was Almost Like A Song, Ronnie Milsap
X67. Smoke From A Distant Fire, Sanford Townsend Band
X68. Cold As Ice, Foreigner
X69. Ariel, Dean Friedman
70. Lost Without Your Love, Bread
71. Star Wars Theme-Cantina Band, Meco
X72. Float On, Floaters
X73. Jeans On, David Dundas
X74. Lido Shuffle, Boz Scaggs
X75. Keep It Comin’ Love, K.C. and The Sunshine Band
76. You Made Me Believe In Magic, Bay City Rollers
X77. Livin’ Thing, Electric Light Orchestra
X78. Give A Little Bit, Supertramp
X79. That’s Rock ‘N’ Roll, Shaun Cassidy
X80. Love So Right, Bee Gees
X81. The Rubberband Man, Spinners
X82. I Never Cry, Alice Cooper
83. Nobody Does It Better, Carly Simon
X84. High School Dance, Sylvers
X85. Love’s Grown Deep, Kenny Nolan
X86. Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman), Joe Tex
87. I Wanna Get Next To You, Rose Royce
X88. Somebody To Love, Queen
89. Muskrat Love, Captain and Tennille
X90. Walk This Way, Aerosmith
X91. Whispering-Cherchez La Femme-C’est Si Bon, Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band
92. Year Of The Cat, Al Stewart
93. Boogie Nights, Heatwave
X94. Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac
95. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word, Elton John
X96. Don’t Worry Baby, B.J. Thomas
97. Knowing Me, Knowing You, Abba
X98. How Much Love, Leo Sayer
99. Star Wars (Main Title), London Symphony Orchestra
X100. Devil’s Gun, C.J. and Co.
Of course, this doesn’t reflect what I was really listening to, which at that time was mostly Peter, Paul, and Mary and Classic ’60s rock LPs that were my brothers.
