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Oldies Songs We Should Totally Bring Back

50 boomer favorites that still slap

By S. FrazerPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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One thing my dad and I had in common was our love of oldies music. Whereas my mom gravitates more toward music from the '70s and '80s, my dad preferred classic songs from the '50s and '60s, and I grew up listening to the likes of Elvis Presley, Frankie Valli, and the Four Tops.

So when the "Silhouette Challenge" started trending on TikTok earlier this year, I was pumped. Finally, Paul Anka was getting the recognition he deserves from America's youth.

I mean, did the kids even get this Office reference?

"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" is still catchy sixty years after its release, and it's nice to see an oldie but goodie make a comeback (even if it's just in short clips of half-naked women illuminated by red lights). You can read about Anka's response to the popular trend here.

In honor of this golden age of music, here are 50 oldies songs the kids should give a chance:

1. Dream Lover — Bobby Darin

2. Take Good Care of My Baby — Bobby Vee

3. All I Have To Do Is Dream — Everly Brothers

4. Stand By Me — Ben E. King

5. Do Wah Diddy Diddy — Manfred Mann

6. Mrs. Robinson — Simon & Garfunkel

7. Time of the Season — The Zombies

8. Midnight Confessions — The Grass Roots

9. Crimson and Clover — Tommy James & Shondells

10. Spooky — Classics IV

[Why did I not think to include this song in my Foggy Waters Challenge playlist? My story's body of water is literally called Spooky Swamp. Talk about a missed opportunity.]

11. Classical Gas — Mason Williams

12. (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding

13. Daydream Believer — The Monkees

14. Never My Love — The Association

15. Can't Help Falling in Love — Elvis Presley

16. Return To Sender — Elvis Presley

17. Sherry — The Four Seasons

18. Temptation Eyes — The Grass Roots

19. Mama Told Me Not to Come — Three Dog Night

20. Since I Don't Have You — The Skyliners

21. Baby I Need Your Loving — Four Tops

22. Reach Out I'll Be There — Four Tops

23. You Keep Me Hangin' On — The Supremes

24. My Guy — Mary Wells

25. Midnight Train to Georgia — Gladys Knight & The Pips

26. California Dreamin' — The Mamas & The Papas

27. I'm Into Something Good — Herman's Hermits

28. Leader Of The Pack — The Shangri-Las

29. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) — The Penguins

30. My Girl — The Temptations

31. She's Not There — The Zombies

32. I'll Be Around — The Spinners

33. My Cherie Amour — Stevie Wonder

34. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) — Four Tops

35. Duke of Earl — Gene Chandler

36. Come Go With Me — The Del-Vikings

37. 1-2-3 — Len Barry

38. Chapel Of Love — The Dixie Cups

39. I Second That Emotion — Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

40. 16 Candles — Johnny Maestro, The Crests

41. Stay — Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs

42. Big Girls Don't Cry — Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

43. The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) — Betty Everett

44. Build Me Up Buttercup — The Foundations

45. Baby Love — The Supremes

46. Sugar, Sugar — The Archies

47. Kentucky Rain — Elvis Presley

48. Could It Be I'm Falling in Love — The Spinners

49. It's The Same Old Song — Four Tops

50. Can't Take My Eyes off You — Frankie Vallie

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