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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