The one medium which best defined growing up American in the second half of the 20th Century is music! Here are blog posts, by month, for interesting musicians and the songs which had us singing along:

January

 

Elvis Pressley – January 8

 

 

Jim Croce – January 10

 

 

Dolly Parton – January 19

 

 

BJ Thomas – January 23

 

 

Elton John – January 30

 

 

February

Karen Carpenter – February 4

 

 

 

 

The Bee Gees – February 12

 

 

Without You – Nillson – February 23

 

 

March

 

Seasons In The Sun – March 3

 

 

Led Zeppelin – March 5

 

 

April

 

Fleetwood Mac – April 2

 

 

Tony Orlando – April 3

 

 

 

 

The Beatles- April 4

 

 

 

 

Gloria Gaynor – April 7

 

 

 

The Moody Blues – April 14

 

 

May

 

Phil Collins – May 5

 

 

Captain & Tennille – May 8

 

 

 

June

 

Paul McCartney – June 18

 

 

 

Carole King

June 18

 

Springsteen (song) – Eric Church – June 23

 

 

 

Carly Simon – June 25

 

 

July

 

Undercover Angel – July 7

 

 

 

Afternoon Delight – July 17 

 

 

Zager & Evans – July 18

 

 

 

Close To You (Song) –  July 30

 

August

Dan Fogelberg – August 13

 

 

 

 

Michael Jackson – August 29

 

September

 

The Monkees – September 12

 

October

 

 Disco Duck – October 16

 

 

 

Weird Al Yankovic – October 23

 

 

John Cougar Mellencamp – October 24

 

November

 

The Eagles – November 6

 

 

Taylor Swift – November 14

 

 

 

Gordon Lightfoot – November 17

 

 

 

 

You Light Up My Life – November 19

 

 

 

 

David Cassidy – November 27

 

 

December

 

Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer – December 3

 

 

 

Bob Dylan – December 10

 

 

 

White Christmas – December 25

 

 

John Denver – December 31