Favorite Golden Oldies

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Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum

 

1970

 

 

 

Dionne Warwick I Say A Little Prayer 1967 Original Million Seller

Edited September 14, 2012 by Foster_

[JamesSavik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3krjPWs_7E

Give 'em hell AirCav- see you on the other side Uncle Will.

[methodwriter85]

From Private Tim...

 

Here are the dance songs I remember being hot in the gay clubs in LA & SF when I was in school.

 

Vogue – Madonna, Missing (Todd Terry mix) – Everything But the Girl, Another Night – MC Sar and The Real McCoy, Rhythm is a Dancer – SNAP!, What Is Love? – Haddaway, Mr. Vain – Culture Beat, Be My Lover – La Bouche, Rhythm of the Night – Corona, Strike It Up – Black Box, Everybody Everybody – Black Box, Boom Boom Boom – The Outhere Brothers, We Like To Party – The Venga Boys, Tootsee Roll – 69 Boyz, Sweet Dreams – La Bouche, Around the World – Daft Punk, Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) – Rozalla, Free (Mood II Swing mix) – Ultra Nate, If You Could Read My Mind – Stars on 54 (Amber, Jocelyn Enriquez, and Ultra Nate), Dreamer – Livin’ Joy, Put Your Loving Arms Around Me – Billie Ray Martin, Beautiful Life – Ace of Base, Tonight is the Night – Le Click, Short Dick Man – 20 Fingers and Gillette, Boot Scootin’ Boogie(original, club mix) – Brooks and Dunn, Move This (Shake That Body) – Technotronic, Lick it – 20 Fingers, Roula, Supermodel (You Better Work!) – RuPaul, If Madonna Calls – Junior Vasquez, Cotton Eyed Joe – Rednex, Believe – Cher, Come And Get Your Love – Mc Sar and The Real Mccoy, Macarena – Los Del Rio, Barbie Girl – Aqua, Unbreak My Heart –Toni Braxton, Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack,

 

 

You can find most of these on YouTube these days except for the ultra dirty versions of Short Dick Man, Lick It and a couple others. I had a great bunch of CD singles with all these and more and they were stolen when someone broke in my car about 10 years ago.

Thanks again, Private Tim!

[methodwriter85]

 

and

 

[Henry_Henry2012]

Earth Angel by the Penguins. The song always reminds me of prom.

[Ashi]

Ooh Child - The Five Stairsteps

 

 

All by Myself - Eric Carmen

 

 

Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 is also one of my favorites of classical work. (From Songfacts.com) Eric Carmen said he couldn't imagine Rachmaninoff was happy when he wrote Concerto No. 2 and Symphony No. 2. I read a few books on Rachmaninoff, so he was partially right. I remember he had just recovered from a deep depression prior to his completion of Concerto No. 2. He dedicated that score to Nikolai Dahl who helped him overcome his writer's block.

Edited September 17, 2012 by Ashi

[JamesSavik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0kbC0hQHRg

[Ashi]

Les Feuilles Mortes (Dead Leaves) by Yves Montand (English subtitled)

 

 

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to mention something, the lyrics of the French song was written by poet Jacques Prevert, and was featured in a French film, Les Portes de la Nuit, which premiered in 1946, after WWII.

 

Moon River sung by Audrey

 

Edited September 17, 2012 by Ashi

[Zombie]

What?? No Beach Boys? No Marvin Gaye? What's Going On???

 

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler), Marvin Gaye [1971]

This is a song from that album, about black America and life in the ghetto. Not many singers can say something with the power of Marvin Gaye. It is a terrific song.

 

 

Sloop John B, Beach Boys [1965]

This early stereo recording is an extended version with a much richer sound than the mono version that was released in 1966. My favourite BB song - a cover of an old folk song brilliantly arranged by Al Jardine and Brian Wilson. Interesting archive film too

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjpA5X-9Bv0

[joann414]

Zombie I love Marvin Gaye, one of my favs being " Too Busy Thinking About My Baby". Have a love of his music. Thanks for posting

[JamesSavik]

I guess it all depends on what you call an oldie.

 

 

 

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Laura Branigan, Gloria, 1982

Edited September 24, 2012 by Foster_

[JimmyD]

Bobby Hatfield (The Righteous Brothers), Unchained Melody, 1965

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1EtTMSlVJA[/url]

[Menace]

The Carpenters- Yesterday Once More

 

 

Loving you

Edited September 24, 2012 by Menace

[Menace]

Phil Collins- Groovy kind of love

http://youtu.be/ATSt5tZrY6I

[Daddydavek]

Here are two of mine.

 

Just my imagination by the Temptations

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjcg3fFKXvY

 

 

Surfin' USA by the Beach Boys

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbRKfieMsdQ

 

Oh, and I'd have to add:

 

Yesterday by McCartney

 

[Henry_Henry2012]

This song has been driving me crazy lately. I know it's only 20 years ago and not much of an oldie when this song came to the charts.

 

Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough by Patty Smith & Don Henley

Edited September 27, 2012 by Henry_Henry2012

[Zolia Lily]

My favourite golden oldies of the moment

The Kinks - Lola (always and forever )

T-Rex - Children of the Revolution

The Animals - Don't let me be misunderstood (those suits!)

Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing

ELO - Evil Woman

Billy Joel - We didn't start the fire (this was my favourite song when I was three )

 

And some antipodean songs too

Sky Hooks - Horror Movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7l8rlnMpCI

Dragon - Rain

Easybeats - Friday on my mind

[Xtro]

Skyhooks? I still have one of their albums on vinyl! Ego Is Not A Dirty Word - "Even granny tunes her tranny to Three-F-Q!"

 

Oldie stuff to match?

 

New York Dolls first album

 

Rose of Avalanche - LA Rain

 

Bauhaus - Rose Garden Funeral Of Sores