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28. 'Sentimental Journey" Les Brown & Doris Day - 1945

Fri Aug 9, 2024, 05:37 PM

Aug 9

i was born a couple of weeks after the bombing of Nagasaki, but before 1946, so I'm neither a "war baby" nor a "boomer."
There's a four-month window there that doesn't fit into any category, really. I'll be 79 years old on August 30.

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What's your favorite song from your year of birth? [View all] True Dough Aug 9 OP

Rock Arounf the Clock - Bill Haley & the Comets EYESORE 9001 Aug 9 #1

Learned to dance with that one! elleng Aug 9 #4

But "Rock Around the Clock" was recorded in 1954... malthaussen Aug 9 #21

I was conceived in 1954 EYESORE 9001 Aug 9 #32

"If I Loved You" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. elleng Aug 9 #2

Bobby Darin-Mack the Knife. It was one of my favorite old songs and I saw it was number one the year I was born. brewens Aug 9 #3

Looking over the 1948 hits "I'm Looking over a Four Leaf Clover" is the one that doc03 Aug 9 #5

1955: Sixteen Tons catbyte Aug 9 #6

Happy Together - The Turtles Brainfodder Aug 9 #7

1970: "Someday We'll Be Together" by Diana Ross & The Supremes Gaytano70 Aug 9 #8

Great choices from the start of a fabulous decade! True Dough Aug 9 #9

So many great songs in 1970! Gaytano70 Aug 9 #12

1952: You Belong To Me livetohike Aug 9 #10

I loved that song. I was seven years old Glorfindel Aug 9 #31

Music hadn't been invented yet Marthe48 Aug 9 #11

Oh, come on, Marthe! True Dough Aug 9 #34

Oh okay Marthe48 Aug 9 #43

Darn it. That was going to be my line. And good morning. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 10 #51

I'll be here all week Marthe48 Aug 10 #52

I have always been grateful that I was born after the invention of rock & roll. 1961 has some real classics. Rustynaerduwell Aug 9 #13

Lavender Blue sinkingfeeling Aug 9 #14

Heartbreak Hotel, Love Is Strange. Boomerproud Aug 9 #15

1966 - Monday, Monday by The Mama's and the Papa's Mad_Dem_X Aug 9 #16

1959 Sleepwalk rogerballard Aug 9 #17

Great signature! True Dough Aug 9 #35

Thank you she is getting her groove on... rogerballard Aug 9 #40

Yes, indeed! True Dough Aug 9 #41

1961 model here. Different Drummer Aug 9 #18

I tease people and tell them that I'm 176 years old Niagara Aug 9 #19

So tell me... True Dough Aug 9 #36

I always hear the incorrect lyrics to that song Niagara Aug 10 #50

In 1973, I was going to the prom. "Walk on the Wild Side" was #1 at the time. malthaussen Aug 9 #20

Tough Question ProfessorGAC Aug 9 #22

Get back to us if you find the time, Prof True Dough Aug 9 #37

I Find Much Of It Inauthentic ProfessorGAC Aug 10 #48

You build a solid case True Dough Aug 10 #49

Well I Searched ProfessorGAC Aug 10 #59

Not "shamed" True Dough Aug 10 #60

This was written the year before I was born, but released in the states the year after, so... LudwigPastorius Aug 9 #23

Little Richard's darkstar Aug 9 #24

Born in 1959. "Peter Gunn" theme by Henry Mancini. HeartsCanHope Aug 9 #25

Playing an instrument while marching? True Dough Aug 9 #38

Never said I played "Peter Gunn" WELL while marching! LOL! HeartsCanHope Aug 9 #44

Oh. If you missed a few notes True Dough Aug 9 #45

You should feel fantastic, then! HeartsCanHope Aug 9 #47

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky WheelWalker Aug 9 #26

1941 Chattanooga ChooChoo. Glen Miller. Srkdqltr Aug 9 #27

'Sentimental Journey" Les Brown & Doris Day - 1945 Glorfindel Aug 9 #28

Happy Birthday early, Glorfindel 🎂 Clouds Passing Aug 10 #62

I have a hard time remembering that day...... Bayard Aug 9 #29

Parts I-IV and VI-IX... really, the whole album. It is perfect. happybird Aug 9 #30

Wish You Were Here True Dough Aug 9 #39

My favorite song ever! Clouds Passing Aug 10 #64

My favorite when I was a teen, my favorite now, for very special reasons. Clouds Passing Aug 10 #63

1962 was not a great year for music... subterranean Aug 9 #33

I'll take those 3 over anything out today. Boomerproud Aug 10 #58

1962-- Sealed With A Kiss RazorbackExpat Aug 11 #75

"Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you" Wonder Why Aug 9 #42

1956 here. WestMichRad Aug 9 #46

Well I don't exactly recall the year I was born LakeArenal Aug 10 #53

Unforgettable by Nat King Cole CanonRay Aug 10 #54

Twelfth Street Rag murielm99 Aug 10 #55

1948 topcelts Aug 10 #56

Odd year: surrealAmerican Aug 10 #57

Over the Rainbow CTyankee Aug 10 #61

The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian sakabatou Aug 10 #65

You joined DU at age 18? True Dough Aug 10 #66

17, actually, but thanks! sakabatou Aug 10 #68

Fun Question. 1953 rather boring except for Dragnet... electric_blue68 Aug 10 #67

Don't be cruel and Hound dog by Elvis. maveric Aug 11 #69

Waterloo, by Stonewall Jackson RazorbackExpat Aug 11 #70

Rocket "88" Doc_Technical Aug 11 #71

Definitely the WORST song that year was "Young Girl" by Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Coventina Aug 11 #72

"Honey" was worse RazorbackExpat Aug 11 #73

Summer in the City - TBF Aug 11 #74

1946 Butterflylady Aug 11 #76

A Teenager in Love, Dion & the Belmonts (1959) Jrsygrl96 Aug 11 #77

Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack LIghtnin' - 1956 DBoon Aug 11 #78

In the Mood - Glenn Miller Chipper Chat Aug 11 #79

Stay - Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs -- shortest song to ever reach #1 on Billboard Stargleamer Aug 11 #80