Here are the rules:
1. For each year you’ve been alive, post a song title (with performer name) that was released that year. There’s some flexibility here - singles, albums, and Billboard Top Songs Chart will all be within a year of each other, but tend not to overlap. You have a song and a date, you’re good to go.
2. You have to post songs that you own, or have owned in the past, or your parents owned when you were a child. If there’s a year where you just don’t have a song, then pick any old song from that year, but mark that year with an asterisk (*).
3. Ladies do not have to list more than the most recent 29 songs. A Gentleman never asks a Lady her age. If you want, though, list ‘em all.
4. Once you’ve posted, tag 4 other bloggers. (or less... or none)
FYI, here’s an excellent site that not only lists the Billboard Top 100 songs for each year, but they let you listen to them!
1972 Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
1973 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (umm... heh)
1974 Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
1975 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle (one of 2 dances I'm capable of)
1976 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (NO HEADBANGING IS ALLOWED)
1977 Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville (please rise for the national anthem!)
1978 Steely Dan - Deacon Blues (only song I know of to reference the Crimson Tide. Demz my BOYZ!)
1979 The Knack - My Sharona (My my my-yi-yi WHOOOO)
1980 Blondie - Call Me
1981 Grover Washington & Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us (this song made me wanna learn saxophone)
1982 Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra (first casette (gee what are THOSE?) I ever owned)
1983 Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science (quirkiest song EVAR)
1984 Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It (what indeed?)
1985 Madonna - Like A Virgin (as if we didn't all know better)
1986 Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (STILL love this song)
1987 Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie (That's just the way it goes... sometimes)
1988 Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (ok you've officially been rickrolled!)
1989 Sheriff - When I'm With You (longest final note in history)
1990 Bell Biv Devoe - Do Me! (theme of my graduating class, allegedly... GOD have I been out of HS for 19 years??)
1991 C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (I'm just a squirrel, tryin' to get a nut to move your butt!)
1992 Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me (my personal theme song, it'd seem)
1993 Snow - Informer (WTF is he SAYING??)
1994 Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window (we have officially entered Karaoke Hell)
1995 Natalie Merchant - Carnival (for the guitar line, believe it or not)
1996 Quad City DJ's - Come On Ride The Train (whoo WHOOOO!!)
1997 Hanson - Mmmbopp! (I thought the were girls at first!)
1998 Will Smith - Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It (best re-use of a Pointer Sisters song)
1999 Sarah McLachlan - Angel (nuff said)
2000 Macy Gray - I Try (still think Brent's version is best EVAR, Epi)
2001 Dido - Thank You
2002 DJ Sammy & Yanou - Heaven (best 80's remix period)
2003 Evanescence w. Paul McCoy - Bring Me To Life (hot goth chick, heavy guitar... what more do you need?)
2004 Los Lonely Boys - Heaven (who'da thought someone's PRAYER would go to #1?)
2005 Weezer - Beverly Hills (that's wher *I* wanna be!)
2006 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (my new and improved theme song)
2007 KT Tunstall - Black Horse & Cherry Tree (Kat McPhee, on Idol, on her knees.... whooo)
2008 She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here (if you don't know 'em, you should. Zooey Deschanel is da SHIZNIT)
OK there it is, in all its... umm... there-ness. A veritable 36 year hit parade. Enjoy :)
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