What are your favorite oldies songs?

[runninhorn]

From the 50's to the 70's, what are your favorite oldie songs? Making a compilation for an upcoming car cruise, want to make sure I get plenty of good ones.

[69bronzeT5]

Aerosmith songs from the 70s

[Charger1973]

Pop in the movie Dazed and Confused.  Good mixture of 70s tunes in there for cruisin to. 

[kab69440]

The Volcanos- San Andreas Fault from their album Finish Line Fever

[Ponch ®]

all time favorite oldie: "96 Tears" by ? and the Mysterians.

from then on, anything by Bobby Darin, "Palisades Park" by Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, and a few others I cant think of.

[71ChallengeHer]

Little Old Lady From Pasendena. And check out the sound track to Hollywood Knights.

[Lowprofile]

Little Old Lady From Pasendena. And check out the sound track to Hollywood Knights.

Hollywood Knights! Love that movie!  Ok, favorite oldies have to be The Beach Boys! 

[mikepmcs]

I agree.  Hollywood Knights and American Graffiti are must have soundtracks for cruisin'

Here are the lists for both st's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41_Original_Hits_From_The_Soundtrack_Of_American_Graffiti

Hollywood Knights

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080881/soundtrack

The rest of my suggestions will take some time so hang with me.

v/r
Mike

[mikepmcs]

Here's some 50's suggestions, all great songs
A few of these are on the previous mentioned soundtracks but you can pick and choose
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
What'd I Say - Ray Charles
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard
Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly & the Crickets
Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers
Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Maybellene - Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Shake, Rattle And Roll - Joe Turner
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
Earth Angel - Penguins
Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps
School Day - Chuck Berry
Rock And Roll Music - Chuck Berry
Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
Lucille - Little Richard
Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
In The Still Of The Nite - Five Satins
I Only Have Eyes For You - Flamingos
For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & the Impressions
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
Please, Please, Please - James Brown & the Famous Flames
Sh-Boom - Chords
Money Honey - Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter
I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
Fever - Little Willie John
The Great Pretender - Platters
Ain't It A Shame - Fats Domino
That's All Right - Elvis Presley with Scotty and Bill
Your Cheating Heart - Hank Williams
Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
The Train Kept-A-Rollin - Johnny Burnette Trio
Come Go With Me - Del-Vikings
Let The Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
Rip It Up - Little Richard
Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu - Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns
Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace
Sixty Minute Man - Dominoes
Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston
Yakety Yak - Coasters
All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
Searchin' - Coasters
You Send Me - Sam Cooke
Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers
Susie Q - Dale Hawkins
La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite - Spaniels
I've Got A Woman - Ray Charles
I'm Walkin' - Fats Domino
There Goes My Baby - Drifters
Shout - Isley Brothers
Keep A 'Knockin' - Little Richard
Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
Poison Ivy - Coasters
Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners
Money - Barrett Strong
Speedoo - Cadillacs
Rumble - Link Wray
Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson
Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes - Chuck Willis
Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford
Rave On - Buddy Holly
Work With Me Annie - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
Shake, Rattle And Roll - Bill Haley & His Comets
Sincerely - Moonglows
Crying In The Chapel - Sonny Til & the Orioles
Story Untold - Nutmegs
My Babe - Little Walter
At My Front Door - El Dorados
Gee - Crows
Matchbox - Carl Perkins
C.C. Rider - Chuck Willis(I prefer the Elvis CC Rider over this one)
Only You - Platters
All I Have To Do Is Dream - Everly Brothers
Send Me Some Lovin' - Little Richard
At The Hop - Danny & the Juniors
Little Darlin' - Diamonds
Rock-in Robin - Bobby Day
Honky Tonk - Bill Doggett
Blue Monday - Fats Domino
  Reelin And Rocking - Chuck Berry
Rebel Rouser - Duane Eddy
Love Potion No. 9 - Clovers
Chantilly Lace - Big Bopper

[mikepmcs]

Here is a compilation of the greatest songs in history various years.

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
A Day In The Life - Beatles
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
What'd I Say - Ray Charles
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown
Won't Get Fooled Again - Who
All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
Layla - Derek & the Dominos
Light My Fire - Doors
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
Hey Jude - Beatles
Hotel California - Eagles
You Really Got Me - Kinks
American Pie - Don McLean
Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
Baba O'Riley - The Who
Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
Yesterday - The Beatles
My Generation - The Who
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Time - Pink Floyd
Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
Roundabout - Yes
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Voodoo Child (slight return) - Jimi Hendrix
House Of The Rising Sun - Animals
Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
Dust In The Wind - Kansas
Slow Ride - Foghat
Crossroads - Cream
More Than A Feeling - Boston
We Will Rock You - Queen
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSN
Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
Money - Pink Floyd
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
Dream On - Aerosmith
Maybellene - Chuck Berry
Tom Sawyer - Rush
Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
All Right Now - Free
Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Green Onions - Booker T. & The MG's
Back In Black - AC/DC
London Calling - The Clash
Eight Miles High - Byrds
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Barracuda - Heart
I Get Around - Beach Boys
Child In Time - Deep Purple
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group
Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress - Hollies
American Woman - Guess Who
Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones
Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues
Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
Heat Wave - Martha & The Vandellas
Rock & Roll All Night - KISS
It's Your Thing - Isley Brothers
Reach Out, I'll Be There - Four Tops
White Room - Cream
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
Blitzkreig Bop - Ramones
Lola - Kinks
Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger
Refugee - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Whipping Post - Allman Brothers
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Chain Gang - Sam Cooke
Bang A Gong, Get It On - T-Rex
Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Like A Hurricane - Neil Young
Gimmie Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
In A Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly
Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
California Dreamin' - Mamas & Papas
Jump - Van Halen
Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin
Cloud Nine - The Temptations
Time Of The Season - Zombies
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Heart Full Of Soul - Yardbirds
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash
Be My Baby - Ronettes
Do You Believe In Magic - Lovin' Spoonful
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood
Come Sail Away - Styx
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Sherry - Four Seasons
Fever - Little Willie John
Riders On the Storm - Doors
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
Cold Sweat - James Brown
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
The Wanderer - Dion
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
Pride & Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations

[mikepmcs]

and some more.  In my opinion, the more popular songs by these bands.......CCR , ZEP, Sabbath, BOC, Eagles, Doors, Floyd, REO, Early Van Halen, beach boys, LOTS of Elvis!, Stones, Hendrix, Aerosmith, Queen, boston, Rush, Tom Petty, Simon and Garfunkel, Fleetwood Mac, Steve Miller and a ton more for sure,  would all be great cruise music, but you definitely want choices that are out there so when you are parked at the cruise or the burger joint and people hear some of these songs, it is gonna bring back some memories for sure.  Next thing you know you are where everyone is hanging out. 
All this being said, I'll just pop in the Sabbath and Ozzy, cause I don't want people hanging around me.  J/K


Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - The Righteous Brothers
Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
My Girl - Temptations
Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin
Another Brick In The Wall Part II - Pink Floyd
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
Soul Man - Sam & Dave
Twist And Shout - Beatles
I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
Wild Thing - The Troggs
Rockin' in The Free World - Neil Young
25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
Cocaine - Eric Clapton
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles
Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
I Can See For Miles - The Who
Truckin' - The Grateful Dead
Uptight - Stevie Wonder
People Get Ready - Impressions
I Got A Woman - Ray Charles
Rave On - Buddy Holly
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds
Iron Man - Black Sabbath
Surfin U.S.A. - Beach Boys
Think - Aretha Franklin
Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
The Tracks Of My Tears - The Miracles
Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
Desperado - Eagles
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Who Do You Love? - Bo Diddley
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
Changes - David Bowie
Takin' Care Of Business - BTO
Higher & Higher - Jackie Wilson
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells
Anthem - Rush
Rock'n Me - Steve Miller Band
China Grove - Doobie Brothers
Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon
There Goes My Baby - The Drifters
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - Hollies
Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
Stop! In The Name Of Love - The Supremes
Lucille - Little Richard
Roadhouse Blues - Doors
Rock 'n' Roll Hoochie Coo - Rick Derringer
Call Me - Blondie
School's Out - Alice Cooper
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - Animals
Roxanne - Police
Earth Angel - The Penguins
Low Rider - War
Rocket Man - Elton John
Love Hurts - Nazarath
You Got Another Thing Comin - Judas Priest
Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne
Monday, Monday - Mamas and Papas
I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
I Love Rock 'n' Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Surrender - Cheap Trick
No Time - Guess Who
Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Bad Case Of Loving You - Robert Palmer
Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - BTO


Oh yeah and don't forget, "she's a beauty" by the tubes.

I could definitely go on forever but this should get you a couple discs anyway for now.


v/r
Mike

[RD]

a song that always causes my foot to push the pedal further to the floor is:

RADAR LOVE

that drum solo just makes me wanna floor it!

[mikepmcs]

Jamey,

Good one.  How could I forget Golden Earring.

v/r
Mike

[Arigmaster]

Can't forget some of those one hit wonders either...

Desmond Deckker - Isrielites
Sam The Sham & The Pharos - Wooly Bully
Brewer & Shipley - One Toke Over the Line
Jaggers - The Rapper
Loudon Wainright III - Dead Skink
Mason Williams - Classical Gas
Strawberry Alarmclock - Incents & Pepermints
Friends Of Distruction - Grazin' in the Grass

Oh Crap! My age is showing!