{"id":39,"date":"2005-09-10T23:27:32","date_gmt":"2005-09-11T06:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donlafferty.com\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2005-09-10T23:40:24","modified_gmt":"2005-09-11T06:40:24","slug":"another-music-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donlafferty.com\/blog\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"Another music meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

A music meme I found on “A Small Victory<\/a>“. I decided it would be fun. I graduated in 1972. And yes, I chose 2 songs as my favorite. It’s my blog and I decided I couldn’t decide.<\/p>\n

1. Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function here<\/a> and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year
\n2. Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate and underline your favorite. Do nothing to the ones you don’t remember (or don’t care about).<\/p>\n

1. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Roberta Flack<\/strong>
\n2. Alone Again (Naturally), Gilbert O’Sullivan<\/strong>
\n3. American Pie, Don McLean<\/strong>
\n4. Without You, Nilsson<\/strong>
\n5. Candy Man, Sammy Davis Jr.<\/strong>
\n6. I Gotcha, Joe Tex
\n7. Lean On Me, Bill Withers<\/strong>
\n8. Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me, Mac Davis<\/del>
\n9. Brand New Key, Melanie<\/strong>
\n10. Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast, Wayne Newton<\/del><\/strong> Hated it and loved it. Bleh!
\n11. Let’s Stay Together, Al Green
\n12. Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl), Looking Glass<\/strong>
\n13. Oh Girl, Chi-Lites
\n14. Nice To Be With You, Gallery
\n15. My Ding-A-Ling, Chuck Berry<\/strong>
\n16. If Loving You Is Wrong I Don’t Want To Be Right, Luther Ingram<\/strong>
\n17. Heart Of Gold, Neil Young<\/strong>
\n18. Betcha By Golly, Wow, Stylistics
\n19. I’ll Take You There, Staple Singers
\n20. Ben, Michael Jackson<\/del>
\n21. The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Robert John<\/strong>
\n22. Outa-space, Billy Preston
\n23. Slippin’ Into Darkness, War
\n24. Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress), Hollies<\/strong>
\n25. How Do You Do, Mouth and MacNeal
\n27. Song Sung Blue, Neil Diamond<\/strong>
\n28. A Horse With No Name, America<\/strong>
\n28. Popcorn, Hot Butter
\n29. Everybody Plays The Fool, Main Ingredient<\/strong>
\n30. Precious And Few, Climax
\n31. Last Night I Didn’t Get To Sleep At All, 5th Dimension<\/strong>
\n32. Nights In White Satin, Moody Blues<\/strong>
\n33. Go All The Way, Raspberries
\n34. Too Late To Turn Back Now, Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
\n35. Back Stabbers, O’Jays
\n36. Down By The Lazy River, Osmonds
\n37. Sunshine, Jonathan Edwards
\n38. Starting All Over Again, Mel and Tim
\n39. Day Atter Day, Badfinger<\/strong>
\n40. Rocket Man, Elton John<\/strong>
\n41. Rockin’ Robin, Michael Jackson<\/del>
\n42. Beautiful Sunday, Daniel Boone
\n43. Scorpio, Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band
\n44. Morning Has Broken, Cat Stevens<\/strong>
\n45. The City Of New Orleans, Arlo Guthrie<\/strong>
\n46. Garden Party, Rick Nelson<\/strong>
\n47. I Can See Clearly Now, Johnny Nash<\/strong>
\n48. Burning Love, Elvis Presley
\n49. Clean Up Woman, Betty Wright
\n50. Hold Your Head Up, Argent
\n51. Jungle Fever, Chakachas
\n52. Everything I Own, Bread
\n53. In The Rain, Dramatics
\n54. Look What You Done For Me, Al Green
\n55. The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A., Donna Fargo
\n56. Bang A Gong (Get It On), T. Rex
\n57. Mother And Child Reunion, Paul Simon<\/strong>
\n58. Where Is The Love, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway<\/strong>
\n59. I’m Still In Love With You, Al Green
\n60. Layla, Derek and The Dominos
\n61. Day Dreaming, Aretha Franklin
\n62. The Way Of Love, Cher
\n63. Black And White, Three Dog Night
\n64. Sylvia’s Mother, Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show<\/u><\/strong>
\n65. Hurting Each Other, Carpenters
\n66. Coconut, Nilsson<\/strong>
\n68. Puppy Love, Donny Osmond<\/del>
\n69. You Don’t Mess Around With Jim, Jim Croce<\/strong>
\n70. Hot Rod Lincoln, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
\n71. A Cowboy’s Work Is Never Done, Sonny and Cher
\n72. Joy, Apollo 100
\n73. Anticipation, Carly Simon<\/strong>
\n74. Never Been To Spain, Three Dog Night<\/strong>
\n75. Kiss An Angel Good Morning, Charlie Pride
\n76. School’s Out, Alice Cooper<\/strong>
\n77. Saturday In The Park, Chicago<\/strong>
\n78. Drowning In The Sea Of Love, Joe Simon
\n79. Use Me, Bill Withers
\n80. Family Affair, Sly and The Family Stone
\n81. Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch
\n82. The Witch Queen Of New Orleans, Redbone
\n83. Freddie’s Dead, Curtis Mayfield
\n84. Power Of Love, Joe Simon
\n85. Ain’t Understanding Mellow, Jerry Butler and Brenda Lee Eager
\n86. Taxi, Harry Chapin<\/u><\/strong>
\n87. Don’t Say You Don’t Rememeer, Beverly Bremers
\n87. Sealed With A Kiss, Bobby Vinton
\n88. I Saw The Light, Todd Rundgren
\n89. Motorcycle Mama, Sailcat
\n90. Day By Day, Godspell Soundtrack
\n91. Roundabout, Yes
\n92. Doctor My Eyes, Jackson Browne<\/strong>
\n93. I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing, New Seekers
\n94. Vincent \/ Castles In The Air, Don Mclean
\n95. Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms), Detroit Emeralds
\n96. Speak To The Sky, Rick Springfield
\n97. I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing, Hillside Singers<\/del>
\n98. Walking In The Rain With The One I Love, Love Unlimited
\n99. Good Foot, Pt. 1, James Brown
\n100. Pop That Thang, Isley Bros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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