POX Songs from the year you were born.

For reference:
http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/
http://www.discogs.com/search?type=releases&btn=Search
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=year+in+music&fulltext=1

Parliament, "Mothership Connection (Star Child)"
Funkadelic, "Get Off Your Ass and Jam"
Bob Dylan, "Tangled Up in Blue"
Augustus Pablo, "King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown"
Eno, "I'll Come Running"
Blackbyrds, "Rock Creek Park"
Roxy Music, "Love Is the Drug"
The O'Jays, "I Love Music"
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, "Wake Up Everybody"
Shirley (and Company), "Shame Shame Shame"

10cc - i'm not in love
harmonia - deluxe (immer wieder)
fleetwood mac - say you love me
kraftwerk - radioactivity
harbinger - control
bruce springsteen - born to run
neu! - after eight
ted mulry gang - jump in my car
tangerine dream - rubycon pt 1
skyhooks - ego is not a dirty word

honorable mention: bohemian rhapsody

haha goddamn same year and couldn't be more different

shoulda included roxy myself

The Rolling Stones - "Emotional Rescue"
AC/DC - "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Eddie & the Subtitles - "Magic"
Joan Jett - "Bad Reputation"
Pretenders - "Precious"
Prince - "When You Were Mine"
Roxy Music - "Over You"
Sparks - "When I'm With You"
Talking Heads - "Once in a Lifetime"
The Soft Boys - "I Wanna Destroy You"

The Dixie Cups - "People Say"
Dionne Warwick - "Walk On By"
Them - "Baby Please Don't Go"
The Supremes - "Come See About Me"
Marianne Faithful - "As Tears Go By"
The Beatles - "A Hard Days Night"
The Zombies - "She's Not There"
The Kinks - "You Really Got Me"
The Drifters - "Under The Boardwalk"
Chuck Berry - "No Particular Place To Go"

Great idea.

1. "My Favorite Things," John Coltrane
2. "The Mountain's High," Dick & Dee Dee
3. "Stolen Moments," Oliver Nelson
4. "Marie's the Name (His Latest Flame)," Elvis Presley
5. "Come On," Chuck Berry
6. "Some Other Time," Bill Evans
7. "Barbara-Ann," Regents
8. "Tijuana," Link Wray & the Wraymen
9. "Moon River," Henry Mancini
10. "Look in My Eyes," Chantels

That's a lot of jazz for me--just a fluke of the calendar. The president beat me here by about three months...

AC/DC, "Girls Got Rhythm"
B-52's, "Dance This Mess Around"
Buzzcocks, "Why Can't I Touch It?"
Electric Light Orchestra, "Don't Bring Me Down"
Rupert Holmes, "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
Michael Jackson, "Don't Stop (Till You Get Enough)"
Public Image Limited, "Death Disco"
Swell Maps, "Harmony In Your Bathroom"
XTC, "Complicated Game"
Neil Young, "Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)"

Richard & Linda Thompson - The End of the Rainbow
Steely Dan - Charlie Freak
Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel #2
Astor Piazzolla - Libertango
Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us
The Gap Band - Fontessa Fame
Big Star - Back of a Car
Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone

Talking Heads - Warning Sign
Kraftwerk - The Model
Wire - Too Late
Walker Brothers - The Electrician
The Residents - The Electrocutioner
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Carcass
Chic - Savoir Faire
The Fall - Bingo-Master's Break-Out!
Blondie - 11:59
Phreek - Weekend

1985

Tom Waits - Clap Hands
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Sonic Youth - Death Valley '69
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual
Prince - Raspberry Beret
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Ry Cooder -I knew these people
The Replacements - Bastards of the young

^ first instance of me actually remembering a couple of the listed tracks when they were brand new.

christ i'm old - 1957

patsy cline - walkin' after midnight
buddy holly - not fade away
chuck berry - rock n roll music
jackie wilson - reet petite
frank sinatra - chicago
slim dusty - pub with no beer
elvis - all shook up
little richard - lucille
danny & the juniors - at the hop
muddy waters - got my mojo working

The Who - "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"
Nico - "I'm Not Saying"
Ennio Morricone - "For A Few Dollars More main theme"
The Shangri-Las - "Remember (Walking In The Sand)"
Link Wray - "Ace Of Spades"
Sun Ra - "Heliocentric"
The Byrds - "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better"
Françoise Hardy - "Ce petit coeur"
Bob Dylan - "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"
The Beatles - "Nowhere Man"

the rolling stones, sway
led zeppelin, when the levee breaks
the allman brothers, stormy monday
funkadelic, maggot brain
king curtis, memphis soul stew
pink floyd, fearless
ten years after, i'd love to change the world
yes, heart of the sunrise
bill withers, ain't no sunshine
the temptations, just my imagination (running away with me)

Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
T. Rex - Hot Love
Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
Mungo Jerry - You Don't Have To Be In The Army (To Fight In The War)
Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (it was playing on the radio at the moment of my birth)
The Temptations - Just My Imagination
The Jackson 5- Never Can Say Goodbye
The Doors - Love Her Madly
Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)

1981:

Prince - Controversy
Lindsey Buckingham - Trouble
Kraftwerk - Computer Love
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
Japan - The Art Of Parties
Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots
Tom-Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
The Human League - Love Action
Dexys Midnight Runners - Plan B
Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You

(mine was '71)

Wow, I'd never stopped to realise how many albums I love are from the year of my birth. Came here to post my favourite number 1 hit singles from the year, clicked on the links to drag it up to 10, and am now amazed at how I could ever whittle it down to 10.

Kudos to Elvis Telecom for "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry," an amazing song I don't think gets enough attention.

Most gratifyingly weird anomaly on anyone's list: in the midst of the Buzzcocks, PiL, and the Swell Maps...Rupert Holmes!

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed
The Bee Gees - Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself
Colin Blunstone - Caroline Goodbye
The Temptaions - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
Funkadelic - Can You Get to That?
Neil Diamond - I Am... I Said
Louden Wainwright III - Saw Your Name in the Paper
Serge Gainsboug - En Melody
Anne Briggs - Go Your Way
The Partridge Family - Doesn't Somebaody Want to be Wanted?

david bowie - 'always crashing in the same car'
giorgio moroder - 'from here to eternity'
television - 'marquee moon'
bee gees - 'stayin alive'
iggy pop - 'lust for life'
ramones - 'sheena is a punk rocker'
steely dan - 'peg'
fleetwood mac - 'dreams'
john martyn - 'small hours'
sex pistols - 'bodies'

Ivor Cutler - 'Walking to a Farm'
Moir Sisters - 'Good Morning (How Are You?)'
Elis Regina & Tom Jobim - 'Águas de Março'
Kraftwerk - 'Autobahn'
Betty Davis - 'He Was a Big Freak'
Minnie Riperton - 'Lovin' You'
Love Unlimited Orchestra - 'Love's Theme'
Skyhooks - 'Smut'
Roxy Music - 'All I Want Is You'
Big Star - 'September Gurls'

Turtles - Elenore
Cher - You Better Sit Down Kids
Association - Windy
Dave Davies - Suzannah's Still Alive
Jim Ed Brown - Pop A Top
Four Tops - Bernadette
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Ladybird
Johnny Rivers - Baby I Need Your Lovin'
Ethiopians - Train To Skaville
Dionne Warwick - I Say A Little Prayer

Pretty Things "Baron Saturday"
Stones "Stray Cat Blues"
Serge Gainsbourg "Bonnie and Clyde"
Kinks "Johnny Thunder"
James Carr "You've Got My Mind Messed Up"
Nancy & Lee "Sand"
Traffic "40,000 Headmen"
Jeff Beck "Morning Dew"
Elvis "Trouble"
Jethro Tull "Song for Jeffery"

Black Sabbath - "Supernaut"
Fela Kuti - "Roforofo Fight"
Little Feat - "Willin'"
J. Geils Band - "First I Look at the Purse (live)"
Neil Diamond - "Walk On Water"
James Luther Dickinson - "O How She Dances"
Dr. Hook - "Cover of the Rolling Stone"
The Kinks - "Celluloid Heroes "
Tom T. Hall - "Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine"
David Bowie - "Five Years"

1. Prince - Kiss
2. Talk Talk - Happiness is Easy
3. Janet Jackson - When I Think of You
4. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
5. Cocteau Twins - Lazy Calm
6. Peter Gabriel - Red Rain
7. Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
8. The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
9. The Jets - Crush on You
10. Madonna - Live to Tell

Wilson Pickett, "634-5789"
Slim Harpo, "Shake Your Hips"
Cannonball Adderly, "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"
The Rolling Stones, "Paint It Black"
Sam and Dave, "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby"
Frank Sinatra, "Strangers in the Night"
The Monkees, "(Theme From) The Monkees"
Carla Thomas, "B-A-B-Y"
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "Work Song"
The Who, "Cobwebs and Strange"

"Stella Blue" -- Grateful Dead
"As I Roved Out" -- Planxty
"Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers" -- ZZ Top
"Yonder Stands the Sinner" -- Neil Young
"Where Does Brown Begin" -- Scott Walker
"Search and Destroy" -- Iggy & Stooges
"Hanky Panky Nohow" -- John Cale
"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" -- Black Sabbath
"Für Immer" -- Neu!
"Eastbourne Ladies" -- Kevin Coyne

Roxy Music - If There Is Something
David Bowie - Rock N Roll Suicide
Lou Reed - Perfect Day
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Joe Tex - I Gotcha
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Can - Pinch
Neu! - Hallogallo
Hawkwind - Silver Machine
Black Sabbath - Wheels of Confusion

i'm just totally ashamed to be so unworthy of the music in the year i was born (1968)

John Prine- Hello In There
Gene Clark- For a Spanish Guitar
John Martyn- Bless the Weather
Spring- Golden Fleece
Colin Blunstone- Caroline Goodbye
Badfinger- Baby Blue
Todd Rundgren- Range War
John Hartford- First Girl I Loved
Merle Haggard- Someday We'll Look Back
Tom T. Hall- The Year That Clayton Delaney Died

I'm thinking I can't improve too much on mumbles' 1980 list upthread. maybe add young marble giants and elvis costellon "new amsterdam"?

oh, and california uber alles. and kurtis blow "the breaks"

Echo and the Bunnymen - "The Killing Moon"
Husker Du - "Pink turns to Blue"
The Replacements - "I Will Dare"
The Smiths - "This Night Has Opened My Eyes"
The Smiths - "This Charming Man"
Sheila E - "The Glamorous Life"
Billy Ocean - "Caribbean Queen"
Prince - "When Doves Cry"
The Cure - "The Caterpillar"
Madonna - "Borderline"

"He's A Whore" - Cheap Trick
"Heroes" - David Bowie
"Zombie" - Fela Kuti & Afrika 70
"From Here To Eternity" - Giorgio Moroder
"Peg" - Steely Dan
"Venus" - Television
"As" - Stevie Wonder (bit of a cheat... Key of Life is the year prior, but it was a single in 77)
"Eagle" - ABBA
"The Passenger" - Iggy Pop
"Mannequin"- Wire

I kind of cheated on a couple of mine too. Both "Jolene" and "I Can't Stand the Rain" were singles in 1973 before they were eventually released on albums in 1974.

80
Joy Division "24 Hours"
The Soft Boys "I Wanna Destroy You"
The Wipers "Return Of The Rat"
Queen "The Hero"
Black Sabbath "Children Of The Sea"
Motorhead "Ace Of Spades"
Visage "Fade To Grey"
The English Beat "Mirror In The Bathroom"
Devo "Whip It"
Squeeze "Pulling Mussels From A Shell"

The Soft Boys "I Wanna Destroy You"

I made a 1980 mix earlier this year and kicked it off with this song (well, the first track was "You Go to My Head" by Lio, but it's the Soft Boys track at #2 that really gets things going). So awesome.

1st run

The Sandals - theme from The Endless Summer
Eric Burdon & The Animals - San Franciscan Nights
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
John Barry - you only live twice
Jefferson Airplane - white rabbit
Cream - Strange Brew
Small Faces - Tin Soldier
Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love
The Temptations - I Know I'm Losing You
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale

2nd run

The Beach Boys - gooood vibrations
The Beatles - magical mystery tour
The Kinks - waterloo sunset
Dave Davies - death of a clown
Julie Driscoll - season of the witch
Brian Auger & The Trinity - black cat
Delphin - la fermeture éclair
Lulu - to sir with love
Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
Eddie Peregrina & The Blinkers - love for sale

3rd

The Third Rail - is mr. peters coming
Michel Legrand - the boston wrangler
The Doors - light my fire
The Easybeats - friday on my mind
The 5th Dimension - up, up and away
Herman's Hermits - no milk today
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave
Jefferson Airplane- somebody to love
Cream - sunshine of your love
The Beatles - i am the walrus

the Who - "Join Together"
Bill Withers - "Use Me"
Charles Mingus - "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too"
David Bowie - "Hang Onto Yourself"
Genesis - "Supper's Ready"
Rolling Stones - "Rip This Joint"
Roxy Music - "Virginia Plain"
Miles Davis - "Rated X"
Elvis Presley - "An American Trilogy"
Anthony Braxton - "Composition 26 F"

I made a 1980 mix earlier this year and kicked it off with this song (well, the first track was "You Go to My Head" by Lio

I LOVE that song

John Martyn - Head and Heart
Can - Oh Yeah
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You
Traffic - Light Up or Leave Me Alone
Carly Simon - I've Got To Have You
Graham Nash - Chicago
Kevin Ayers - Whatevershebringswesing
ZZ Top - (Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree
Kebnekajse - Jag Älskar Sommaren

If I were born in 1980, Lio's "Sage Comme Une Image" would definitely have a place in my list. "You Go to My Head" I'm not so keen on. she's not as much fun when she sings in English, I think.

Townes Van Zandt - Snowin' On Raton
Dolly Parton - Wildflowers
The Chills - House With a Hundred Rooms
Prince - Sign o the Times
Dukes of Stratosphear - Pale and Precious
Gene Clark - Gypsy Rider
A.R. Kane - Lollita
Bel Canto - White-Out Conditions
Gun Club - The Breaking Hands
Louis Philippe - You Mary You

2000 Man – The Rolling Stones
Cold Sweat (1 & 2) – James Brown
Come Out – Steve Reich
Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
Never My Love – The Association
Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
Suzanne – Leonard Cohen
The Letter – The Box Tops
Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt – Pharoah Sanders
Venus In Furs – The Velvet Underground

Kudos to Elvis Telecom for "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry," an amazing song I don't think gets enough attention.

Love that song a lot. Always perplexed that it gets ignord since it's one of the infamous electric songs at the Newport Folk Fest. BTW, the Kooper, Stills, Bloomfield version on Super Session is a knock-out concussion.

Tainted Love
Computer Love
Once in a Lifetime
Human League - Love Action
AC/DC - Back in Black
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Birthday Party - Nick the Stripper
Gang of Four - Cheeseburger
Devo - Working in a Coal Mine
Chic - Stage Fright

Big Star – September Gurls
David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
Chairmen of the Board – Morning Glory/Life & Death (Part 1)/White Rose/Life & Death (Part 2)
Brian Eno – Baby’s on Fire
Gloria Gaynor – Never Can Say Goodbye
Kraftwerk – Autobahn
The O’Jays – For the Love of Money
Stevie Wonder - You Haven’t Done Nothin’
Robert Wyatt – Sea Song
Neil Young – See the Sky About to Rain

xposts Whoa someone even younger than me!

The Clean, "Point That Thing Somewhere Else"
The Fall, "Leave the Capitol"
Liquid Liquid, "Push"
Flipper, "Sex Bomb"
ESG, "U.F.O."
The Slits, "Difficult Fun"
The Psychedelic Furs, "Mr. Jones"
X, "Adult Books"
Hall & Oates, "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"
ZZ Top, "Pearl Necklace"

1969:

"Get Back" - The Beatles
"Crimson and Clover" - Tommy James & the Shondells
"Everyday People" - Sly & the Family Stone
"Touch Me" - The Doors
"Spanish Key" - Miles Davis
"Cold Turkey" - Plastic Ono Band
"Badge" - Cream
"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" - The 5th Dimension
"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" - Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
"Hot Fun In The Summertime" - Sly & The Family Stone

Paul McCartney - Ode to a Koala Bear

I'm happy I wasn't born in 1982 .. I feel like choosing only 10 songs from this year is slightly impossible..

1968:
Party Time - the Heptones
Fun - Sly & the Family Stone
Flower Punk - Zappa/Mothers
No Expectations - Stones
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
Here She Comes now - Velvet Underground
Baby - Gal Costa/Caetano Veloso
One Hundred years - the Byrds
Fly By night - Roland Kirk
Dark End of the Street - James Carr

Also 1968, but my knowledge of music from the year I was born is pretty damn shallow.

Walter Carlos, "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major"
Sam and Dave, "I Thank You"
The Zombies, "Time of the Season"
Os Mutantes, "Panis et Circenses"
The Beatles, "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"
The Mothers of Invention, "Let's Make the Water Turn Black"
Simon and Garfunkel, "Overs"
The Band, "The Weight"
The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, "My Pink Half of the Drainpipe"
The Foundations, "Build Me Up Buttercup"

last song knocked off the list: original Broadway cast of Hair, "Three Five Zero Zero"

1973. Better year than I'd realized.

Black Sabbath - Spiral Architect
Herbie Hanckock/Headhunters - Chameleon
The Stooges - Penetration
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Budgie - Breadfan
Alain Goraguer (Le Planete Sauvage OST) - Deshominisation I
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Free - Heartbreaker
Tyrone Shoelaces (Cheech & Chong) - Basketball Jones
Styx - Witch Wolf

you send me/SAM COOKE
jim dandy/LAVERN BAKER
love is strange/MICKEY & SYLVIA
keep a knockin/LITTLE RICHARD
all shook up/ELVIS PRETZEL
whole lotta shakin goin on/JERRY LEE LEWIS
wake up little susie/EVERLEY BROS
walkin after midnight/PATSY CLINE
farther up the road/BOBBY BLAND
all the way/FRANK SINATRA

The Rolling Stones – Rocks Off
Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well
Jerry Garcia – Sugaree
Todd Rundgren – Couldn’t I Just Tell You?
Van Morrison – Saint Dominic’s Preview
Funkadelic – Biological Speculation
Stevie Wonder – Big Brother
Randy Newman – Sail Away
Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come
Neil Young – The Needle and the Damage Done

this is impossible for me. 1984 was a fucking STELLAR year: http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/1984

1969:

1. Desmond Dekker, "Israelites" (out in '68 in Jamaica, but hell, I'm claiming this one)
2. Sly and the Family Stone, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"
3. The Maytals, "Pressure Drop"
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Bad Moon Rising"
5. The Meters, "Cissy Strut"
6. Pat Kelly, "How Long Will It Take"
7. The Stooges, "No Fun"
8. The Melodians, "Rivers of Babylon"
9. The Beatles, "The End"
10. James Brown, "Mother Popcorn"

wow.

The top ten albums on RYM for 1960 is unfuckwithable. So proud. The next ten ain't bad either.

http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/1960

1980

Talking Heads - The Great Curve
The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (On The Radio)
Magazine - Song From Under The Floorboards
XTC - Generals & Majors
Madness - Return of the Las Palmas 7
Steely Dan - Time Out Of Mind
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin)
ABBA - The Winner Takes It All

looking at other people's 1980 ones, I realise there are loads fo tracks that could have made it - WHip It by Devo being one of them.

"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry," an amazing song I don't think gets enough attention.

weird. i've always thought "it takes a lot..." was widely considered one of dylan's classics. but now that i think about it, i have no idea why i thought that, except that i love the song, too, and its lyrics have been paid homage by steely dan (first album title), warren zevon ("poor poor pitiful me" lyrics), and maybe possibly the grateful dead ("china cat sunflower" lyrics). i think the steely dan thing, particularly, made me just assume it was a standard.

i've always thought "it takes a lot..." was widely considered one of dylan's classics

me too!! it's my fave song on H'way 61- i wish he'd kept the title "phantom engineer" though

"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry," an amazing song I don't think gets enough attention.

I was probably being overly subjective there: i.e., it's easily one of my dozen favorite Dylan songs, but can't be one of his 30 or so most famous. (I informally scrolled through the songlist on bobdylan.com to test this.) I'd never even picked up on the Steely Dan connection before.

Revive!

Stevie Wonder - "Living for the City"
Can - "Moonshake"
Led Zeppelin - "No Quarter"
Gladys Knight & The Pips - "Midnight Train to Georgia"
Roxy Music - "Editions of You"
Al Green - "Call Me"
Wings - "Mrs. Vandebilt"
Steely Dan - "Razor Boy"
Charlie Rich - "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World"
Three Dog Night - "Eli's Coming"

IMHO I was born in a very, very good year for music, you must forgive me for exceeding

"Song to the Siren" - Tim Buckley
"Petrified Forest" - captain beefheart
"Mother" - Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
"Black Sabbath" - Black Sabbath
"Sloth" - Fairport Convention
"Sweet Jane" - VU
"Copper Kettle" - Dylan
"Lunatic's Lament" - Kevin Ayers
"Forever" - Beach Boys
"Summer Deep" - T. Rex
"Garden" - Groundhogs
"Little Things" - Scott Walker
"Soap Shop Rock" - Amon Duul II
"Ripple" - Grateful Dead
"A Lyke-Wake Dirge" - Al Stewart
And last but not least motherfucking
"Mother Sky" - Can

OMG I forgot immigrant song

^^^fp'd