My Favorite Songs By Year

[NightTrain]

1948: GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT – Wynonie Harris
1949: DRINKIN’ WINE SPO-DEE-O-DEE – Sticks McGhee

1950: I’M MOVIN’ ON – Hank Snow
1951: BOOGIE-WOOGIE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT – Steve Gibson & The Red Caps
1952: POON-TANG! – The Treniers
1953: BABY, DON’T DO IT – The “5” Royales
1954: GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT – Elvis Presley
1955: TUTTI FRUTTI – Little Richard
1956: THE TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN’ – The Johnny Burnette Trio
1957: WHOLE LOT OF SHAKIN’ GOIN’ ON – Jerry Lee Lewis
1958: JOHNNY B. GOODE – Chuck Berry
1959: WHAT’D I SAY – Ray Charles

1960: GEORGIA ON MY MIND – Ray Charles
1961: TURN ON YOUR LOVE LIGHT – Bobby “Blue” Bland
1962: PAPA-OOM-MOW-MOW – The Rivingtons
1963: SURFIN’ U.S.A. – The Beach Boys
1964: WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE – Irma Thomas
1965: A CHANGE IS GONNA COME – Sam Cooke
1966: HOLD ON! I’M COMIN’ – Sam & Dave
1967: DARK END OF THE STREET – James Carr
1968: THINK – Aretha Franklin
1969: KICK OUT THE JAMS – The MC5

1970: WAR – Edwin Starr
1971: WHAT’S GOING ON – Marvin Gaye
1972: I’LL TAKE YOU THERE – The Staple Singers
1973: DRIFT AWAY – Dobie Gray
1974: YOU HAVEN’T DONE NOTHIN’ – Stevie Wonder
1975: NO WOMAN, NO CRY – Bob Marley & The Wailers
1976: ANARCHY IN THE U.K. – The Sex Pistols
1977: SIR DUKE – Stevie Wonder
1978: THIS TIME THEY TOLD THE TRUTH – Z.Z. Hill
1979: LONDON CALLING – The Clash

1980: FUNKYTOWN – Lipps, Inc.
1981: URGENT – Foreigner
1982: I LOVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
1983: LITTLE RED CORVETTE – Prince
1984: GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN – Cyndi Lauper
1985: CARAVAN OF LOVE – Isley, Jasper, Isley
1986: WALK THIS WAY – Run-DMC
1987: BRAND NEW LOVER – Dead Or Alive
1988: GET OUTTA MY DREAMS, GET INTO MY CAR – Billy Ocean
1989: WALK THE DINOSAUR – Was (Not Was)

Beyond that, I'm not really sure. Suggestions, however, are most welcome!

[DemBones DemBones]

1. What an ambitious undertaking! I'd have a hard time

listing one favorite per year but I might be able to narrow it down to five or ten a year. Or twenty. ;-)

I was very glad to see you listed "What'd I Say." When Ray Charles died, I was annoyed that the media never mentioned that great hit of his, which was getting a lot of play up through 1962, at least. Of course most of the talking heads on cable news are too young to remember, and we now have proof they are too plastic to have educated themselves. Their loss!

In that same period, I was hearing John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" a lot, too, and still think it's one of the great songs of all time.

Strange your list has no evidence of the British Invasion, though. You do miss some great songs that way! No Dylan, either. Ah, well, still it's a good list.

[NightTrain]

7. Regarding Dylan and the British Invasion....

Remember, these are only my #1 favorite songs of each year. If I were to do, say, a yearly top ten, the Brits and Mr. Dylan would both be well represented!

[bloodyjack]

2. 1990: ENJOY THE SILENCE - Depeckuh Mode or

1991: PUNK ROCK GIRL - The Dead Milkmen
1992: NOTHING BUT A "G" THANG - Dr Dre
1993: PROTECT YA NECK - Wu-Tang Clan
1994: SUICIDAL THOUGHTS - The Notorious B.I.G.
1995: COMMON PEOPLE - Pulp
1996: LOVEFOOL - The Cardigans
1997: D'JA KNOW WHAT I MEAN - Oasis
1998: WHEN A WOMAN'S FED UP - R Kelly
1999: E-MAIL MY HEART - Britney Spears

[bloodyjack]

3. you have Stevie Wonder TWICE in the 70s

but a complete absence of BOWIE. or the SEX PISTOLS, where would the Sex Pistols be without Bowie.

[Kenneth ken]

4. where would they be?

off his list is my bet; same place as Bowie. :D

clearly NightTrain is more of a soul guy than a punk or proto-punk.

[NightTrain]

6. "A complete absence of...the SEX PISTOLS"?

I suggest you take another look at the list, 1976 in particular.

And "without Bowie," the Sex Pistols would still have existed, and they'd have sounded exactly the same. Chances are, none of the Pistols even knew who the fuck Bowie was!

[Rhiannon12866]

5. 1976: Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

Great song, LOL!:D

[Elidor]

8. URGENT?!?

Whoa...dude, no. Say it isn't so!

[NightTrain]

9. Do you remember 1981? It was a pretty lame year for music!

"Urgent" was about the best song from '81 that I could readily recall. Hell, Junior Walker's sax playing alone raises "Urgent" head and shoulders above pretty much everything else I know from that year!

[Elidor]

10. Okay, I forgive you

Besides, you're a pretty good egg. :D And yes, 1981 was pretty lame.

[flamingyouth]

11. I just have to say this, NightTrain

I love the fact that you have a favorite song from 1948. That just rules.:D

[NightTrain]

12. You're very sweet!

And I hope you're doing OK, given recent events in your life. :*

[flamingyouth]

13. Thanks

BTW, I'd pick "Ballroom Blitz" for 1975, but that's just me.:evilgrin: