Thursday’s Top Ten
I was driving around at the Jersey Shore and discovered a wonderful Oldies radio station, 1410 AM. Apparently the love songs from my high school days are indelibly printed in my memory bank because although I can’t tell you what I had for dinner two nights ago, I can remember all the words to all the songs that were playing on the radio. I just hope this isn’t the first stage of dementia where you can only recall the far past and are lost in the present!!
Anyway, as I was cruisin’ and singing to myself, I wondered whether my kids would be able to remember songs from their teenage days 4o+ years later…and did their music actually have words (that you could understand) and more importantly, did they have songs like we (that’s the royal “we”) did? Songs that you could totally identify your love relationship (or lack thereof) with? Songs you could cry to, songs that you would play over and over and over again on your hi-fi?
So I thought a little nostalgic visit to the Golden Oldies would be a super Thursday’s Top Ten list. Hope these titles take you back to happier carefree time in your life!
Remember the Romance
- It’s My Party- by Leslie Gore
- My Boyfriend’s Back – by The Angels
- Soldier Boy – The Shirelles
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? by The Shirelles
- I Love How You Love Me – Bobby Vinton
- Lipstick on Your Collar – Connie Francis
- It Must Be Him – Vicky Carr
- Love Will Keep Us Together – Captain & Tenille
- Chances Are – Johnny Mathis
- Hurt So Bad – Little Anthony and the Imperials
SEND IN YOUR OWN FAVORITE LOVE/ANGST SONGS FROM THE 60’s!!!
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Well I thought I’m an ‘angstsy’ kid who loves 60’s music. Shame I don’t know any of the songs. Hah. Thanks for posting this. 🙂
Perhaps it’s how I defined the 60’s? Not growing up then but being in high school in the mid-60’s. Because if you were in HS at that time, I can’t believe you never heard of at least,”Will you still love me tomorrow”? You know every girl’s decision as how far to go on Saturday night and will you still love me the next day? Definitely a girl thing.
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You would love sirius radio. You can pick the decade you want to listen to.
Hi Susan,
I know I would love it -my sister-in-law has it and she somehow tunes it in on her computer (from her car) and picks the genre of music for the evening. Lovely! do you have it?
I’m sort of surprised that the Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack” didn’t make your list…
“I Ain’t Gonna Eat out My Heart Anymore” by the Young Rascals. THIS was an Angst Anthem!!!
OMG that definitely should have been there, BUT there were so many and I was doing the list at 2:30am. I wanted to put “Bobby’s Girl” and “Baby, it’s you” and on and on in doo wop land and the motown sound. Not to even mention Elvis or the Beatles!
little bit of trivia Leslie Gore was dating a fellow student of mine from Paramus High back in the in 60’s. There was a party in Englewood… and she was there… YEP.. I was so in awe of the moment. my point???? did my fellow PHS student leave her for another and the song “it’s my party” was born???… I do not know…
Memories.. the good – the bad and the ugly… music was the best back then..
thank you perfect!!!!
…And Lesley Gore’s cousin lived on our street in Buffalo when she first became famous…we never heard the end of it!…….another GREAT Angst Anthem: “You Keep Me Hanging On”, by Vanilla Fudge. Yes, I’m a Sixties chick, big time….can you tell?
I know every single one of those songs!
How about:
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough- Diana Ross
Say A Little Prayer For You-Dionne Warwick
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’-Righteous Brothers
When A Man Loves A Woman-Percy Sledge
Do You Believe In Magic-Lovin’ Spoonful
Dock of the Bay-Otis Redding
On Broadway-The Drifters
Hot Fun in the Summertime-Sly & the Family Stone
A Natural Woman-Aretha Franklin
Don’t Worry, Baby- The Beach Boys
I love this music!!!!
Hey Ruby – Way COOL! You’re great! And there’s more. The songs I mentioned were basically relationship/heartbreak songs and I think our younger years were full of them. Singing along still!