Top 10 Songs Growing Up

 

Perhaps nothing identifies a generation like its music. Turn up that transistor radio, fire up the old turntable, and take a tour of our lives through decades of music!

 

(Click any link in blue text to either download or listen to the song.)

 

1967 1. Respect - Aretha Franklin 2. Light My Fire - Doors 3. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream 4. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix 5. A Day In The Life - Beatles 6. Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum 7. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane 8. Soul Man - Sam & Dave 9. Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles 10. Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues

1966 1. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys 2. When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge 3. Reach Out, I'll Be There - Four Tops 4. Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group 5. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Temptations 6. Eight Miles High - Byrds 7. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield 8. Paint It Black - Rolling Stones 9. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Supremes 10. Wild Thing - Troggs

1965 1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones 2. In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett 3. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 4. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown 5. My Generation - The Who 6. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds 7. Yesterday - Beatles 8. The Sounds Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 9. Ticket To Ride - Beatles 10. The Tracks Of My Tears - Miracles

1964 1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Righteous Brothers 2. My Girl - Temptations 3. You Really Got Me - Kinks 4. House Of The Rising Sun - Animals 5. Where Did Our Love Go - Supremes 6. I Get Around - Beach Boys 7. All Day And All Of The Night - Kinks 8. Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison 9. I Feel Fine - Beatles 10. She's Not There - Zombies

1963 1. Louie Louie - Kingsmen 2. She Loves You - Beatles 3. I Saw Her Standing There - Beatles 4. I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles 5. Be My Baby - Ronettes 6. Surfin' USA - Beach Boys 7. Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five 8. It's All Right - Impressions 9. Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan 10. Please Please Me - Beatles

1962 1. Green Onions - Booker T. & the MG's 2. Bring It On Home To Me - Sam Cooke 3. You've Really Got A Hold On Me - Miracles 4. The Loco-Motion - Little Eva 5. Sherry - Four Seasons 6. I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles 7. Up On The Roof - Drifters 8. Twist And Shout - Isley Brothers 9. These Arms Of Mine - Otis Redding 10. Do You Love Me - Contours

1961 1. Stand By Me - Ben E. King 2. Crazy - Patsy Cline 3. The Wanderer - Dion 4. Runaround Sue - Dion 5. Crying - Roy Orbison 6. Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles 7. Runaway - Del Shannon 8. Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds 9. It Will Stand - Showmen 10. Running Scared - Roy Orbison

1960 1. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Shirelles 2. Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles 3. Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison 4. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters 5. Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs 6. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke 7. Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf 8. Shop Around - Miracles 9. The Twist - Chubby Checker 10. Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers

1959 1. What'd I Say - Ray Charles 2. I Only Have Eyes For You - Flamingos 3. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 4. There Goes My Baby - Drifters 5. Shout - Isley Brothers 6. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison 7. Poison Ivy - Coasters 8. Money - Barrett Strong 9. Love Potion No. 9 - Clovers 10. You're So Fine - Falcons

1958 1. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry 2. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran 3. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard 4. For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & the Impressions 5. Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry 6. Yakety Yak - Coasters 7. La Bamba - Ritchie Valens 8. Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners 9. Rumble - Link Wray 10. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson

1957 1. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 2. Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis 3. That'll Be The Day - Crickets 4. Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers 5. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis 6. School Day - Chuck Berry 7. Rock And Roll Music - Chuck Berry 8. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly 9. Lucille - Little Richard 10. Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu

1956 1. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley 2. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard 3. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins 4. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley 5. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps 6. Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry 7. In The Still Of The Nite - Five Satins 8. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino 9. Please, Please, Please - James Brown & the Famous Flames 10. I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two

1955 1. Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard 2. Maybellene - Chuck Berry 3. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 4. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Teenagers 5. The Great Pretender - Platters 6. Ain't It A Shame - Fats Domino 7. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two 8. Speedoo - Cadillacs 9. Story Untold - Nutmegs 10. My Babe - Little Walter

1954 1. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets 2. Shake, Rattle And Roll - Joe Turner 3. Earth Angel - Penguins 4. Sh-Boom - Chords 5. That's All Right - Elvis Presley with Scotty and Bill 6. Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace 7. Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite - Spaniels 8. I've Got A Woman - Ray Charles 9. White Christmas - Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter 10. Work With Me Annie - Royals / Midnighters

1953 1. Money Honey - Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter 2. Your Cheating Heart - Hank Williams 3. Crying In The Chapel - Orioles 4. Gee - Crows 5. Shake A Hand - Faye Adams 6. Honey Hush - Joe Turner 7. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown 8. Hound Dog - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 9. Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams 10. The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim

1952 1. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price 2. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams 3. Have Mercy Baby - Dominoes 4. One Mint Julep - Clovers 5. Night Train - Jimmy Forrest 6. My Song - Johnny Ace 7. Goin' Home - Fats Domino 8. Moody Mood For Love - King Pleasure 9. Juke - Little Walter 10. Baby, Don't Do It - "5" Royales

1951 1. Sixty Minute Man - Dominoes 2. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston 3. Dust My Broom - Elmore James 4. Cry - Johnnie Ray 5. Too Young - Nat "King" Cole 6. Cold Cold Heart - Hank Williams 7. Glory Of Love - Five Keys 8. Three O'Clock Blues - B.B. King 9. Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams 10. How High The Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford

1950 1. The Fat Man - Fats Domino 2. Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield 3. Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown 4. Mona Lisa - Nat "King" Cole 5. Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page 6. Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams 7. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair 8. I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow 9. Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters 10. Double Crossing Blues - Johnny Otis (Little Esther & the Robins)