41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti

This movie came out the year I was born and remains one of my all time faves. It was also the 1st album I ever owned.

Virtually impossible to narrow it down to one. So far it's between:

"All Summer Long"
"Ya Ya"
"I Only Have Eyes for You"
"Since I Don't Have You"

"I Only Have Eyes for You" narrowing out "Ya Ya" for me.

Ya Ya
Love Potion #9
All Summer long
Green Onions

if its the last song i'd hear: All summer long
lonely island tune: green onions
if its the next song: love potion

could have been easier if you had included Sleepwalk by Santo&Jonny

hmm

I've always love how subtly trippy "I Only Have Eyes for You" is.

also not included Gee by the Crows (which was in the film but not on the album),

but yeah, Sleepwalk pwns all, ever

xp

who am i fooling...voted

Killer soundtrack. Haven't seen the movie in a long time, how does it stand up?

My ears were drawn to "Maybe Baby" but could have been "Come Go With Me," "Green Onions," "Runaway" or a number of others.

"Runaway" was the best song ever before The Beatles, so it cannot possibly be anything else.

(Although, there is one post-Beatles song here that is great too of course. Nothing wrong about "All Summer Long")

Well, there's at least two votes for Del.

I thought we'd already done this, but maybe it wasn't a poll.

Flamingos.. best song from the 50's that wasn't by Hank Williams.

I used to listen to this here and there as a kid, but never really fell in love with it...probably because too many of the tracks were familiar and well-worn, the Chuck Berry for example. Of the ones I only really knew FROM this soundtrack, it's easily "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight," with "Peppermint Twist" coming in second.

Maybe Baby

flamingos

Great poll. (It's the kind I wish Rickey/Timi Yuro were around for; he'd love it.) "I Only Have Eyes for You" with "Runaway" a close-ish second.

I'd be disappointed if "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets gets 0 votes

"Book of Love" over "Runaway" and "Chantilly Lace".

I've got to say "Runaway," though there's not really a song on here that I wouldn't mind hearing right now.

I'd be disappointed if "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets gets 0 votes

― what gut? (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:51 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark

Yeah, we might have to have a rumble over this.

Still, we know Runaway will win. Didn't that win last time?

So many good ones in here. Love Potion #9 for me, I'd rather hear the coasters version of the song tho.

Another "Runaway" vote here; second place maybe "Almost Grown," but tons of competition, obviously. This is one of the greatest albums ever made.

I was laid off last week, so I'm feeling "Get A Job" right now. Otherwise it'd likely be Goodnight Sweetheart or Maybe Baby.

I've still got my autographed-by-the-Wolfman-himself copy - one of my first 15-20 albums, owned since I was eight. (Technically my parents' copy that I appropriated 'cause I had the better stereo system in my room and they never played music anyways.)

Just for pappawheelie, I'll vote for Bill Haley (tho "Eyes For You" is probably my favourite)

Great poll.

"Green Onions," because it's pretty much my favorite song.

If this thread's a success, I'll take it upon myself to start a companion poll dedicated to the Wolfman intros

a poll for the soundtrack for the sequel movie would be good, because for a while, it was the best place to hear 96 Tears.

A poll for "96 Tears" would lack suspense, though.

Unless these songs were on this record. (I have to copies, because how could I not buy another)

A1 Martha and the Vandellas - (Love Is Like a) Heatwave
A2 Andy Williams - Moon River
A3 The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
A4 The Angels - My Boyfriend's Back
A5 Simon and Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
A6 Donovan - Season of the Witch
B1 The Supremes - Stop in the Name of Love
B2 Cream - Strange Brew
B3 Bob Dylan - Just Like a Woman
B4 Aretha Franklin - Respect
B5 Zombies - She's Not There
B6 Question Mark and the Mysterians - 96 Tears
C1 The Chantays - Pipeline
C2 Lenny Welch - Since I Fell for You
C3 The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789
C4 Bobby Vinton - Mister Lonely
C5 The Capitols - Cool Jerk
C6 Country Joe & the Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag
D1 Barry Sadler - Ballad of the Green Berets
D2 Mary Wells - My Guy
D3 Doug Sahm - I'm a Man
D4 The McCoys - Hang on Sloopy
D5 Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman
D6 Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Ston

It's close between "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" and "Runaway". Third place is "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes". I'm even tempted to vote for "Teen Angel" because it's so awesomely WTF.

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