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[DJ Porkchop]

Let me describe the flavor: Small-town VFW hall jukebox with 50-cent beers in 1979.

Nothing raucous or rowdy, nothing saccharine sweet or maudlin, just warm feelings about staying an extra hour to dance with your sweetie, or wish you had a sweetie.

I'll start:

I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - Freddie Fender
Nowhere To Run - Martha & The Vandellas
Can't Take My Eyes Off of You -Frankie Valli
Return to Sender - Elvis
California Dreamin' - Mamas and Papas
My Way - Frank Sinatra
Flowers On The Wall - The Statler Brothers
Never My Love - The Association
Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel
Stardust - Willie Nelson
America The Beautiful - Ray Charles
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
In the Mood - Glenn Miller
Smoke Rings - Les Paul
Love Me Tender - Elvis
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
There Goes My Baby - Drifters
Hey Good Lookin - Hank Williams
Sea of Love - Phil Phillips
The Great Pretender - Platters
16 Candles - The Crests
In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
My Girl - The Temptations
Too Late to Turn Back Now - Cornelius Brothers
Brandy - Looking Glass
Come and Get Your Love - Redbone
Drown in my Own Tears - Ray Charles

The years don't have to stop at 1979, but it has to hit like it was back in the day.
Please don't say "Anything by The Everly Brothers", tell us THE ONE SONG.

[rubbersole]

1. Please Come to Boston by Dave Loggins.

[DJ Porkchop]

2. Ah nice

Definition of yearning!

[cachukis]

3. Lay Lady, Lay Bob Dylan

[DJ Porkchop]

10. Yes, on target.

[k55f5r]

4. "The perfect country/western song

by David Alan Coe.
This was on the jukebox at the Golden Lion in Vancouver, Wa in 1979. Every, and I mean EVERY Time this song came up, everyone in the bar sang along.
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[DJ Porkchop]

11. Yes, get the crowd behind you!

[Thunderbeast]

27. Written by John Prine and Steve Goodman

[k55f5r]

38. Luvs me sum Steve Goodman.

He also wrote "City of New Orleans" and many other 'songs you know by heart*'.

*At least if you're a Jimmy Buffett fan.
Steve brought the house down at the Paramount Theater in Portland,Or with this little ditty. -
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[Thunderbeast]

39. I was there!

[k55f5r]

40. Me too

The main act was the amazing rhythm aces. When they came on they turned the volume to 11- it was very painful.
I walked out during the first song, but didn't feel too bad about it as I got my money's worth from Steve.

[LisaM]

5. Try a Little Tenderness, Otis Redding.

Downtown by Petula Clark.
Baby Love, the Supremes.
Do You Know the Way to San Jose, Dionne Warwick.

I am trying to think of songs people can sing along to.

[DJ Porkchop]

12. Yes, Baby Love is sublime

[NBachers]

6. Slow Dancing, Swaying to the Music - Johnny Rivers

[DJ Porkchop]

13. Yes, perfect suggestion

[Beausoleil]

7. My first thought

Come Monday - Jimmy Buffet

[DJ Porkchop]

14. Yes again

First thoughts can be most revelatory.

[NBachers]

8. Country Bumpkin Cal Smith and Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' Charlie Pride

[DJ Porkchop]

15. Yes, both are standouts

[NBachers]

9. Broken Hearted Melody -- Sarah Vaughan and Everlasting Love- Carl Carlton

[DJ Porkchop]

16. Yes, you can feel the love!

[highplainsdem]

17. Mandolin Wind - Rod Stewart

[DJ Porkchop]

22. Yes, what a pretty song!

[consider_this]

18. Nights in White Satin (Moody Blues), Color My World (Chicago)

I prefer '(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" as a Chicago choice, but might be to rowdy for your list?

[DJ Porkchop]

23. Yes, this has a slow dance vibe!

Nights was my personal fave for a very long time since it came out the same year I did!
Color My World is so delicate. I love it.

[IbogaProject]

19. Dazz by Brick

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Shakedown Street by the Grateful Dead

Funkytown by Lipps inc

A groove will make you move by the Jimmy Castor Bunch
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Pick up the Pieces by Average White Band
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And KC and the Sunshine Band
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[DJ Porkchop]

24. Yes, bring the funk.

Brick is my ALL-TIME favorite funk song. Disco jazzzzzzz
Everything here has da groove to make ya booty move!

[KarenS]

20. Delta Dawn,,, by Tanya Tucker or Helen Reddy.

Here's Tanya Tucker's version:

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Helen Reddy:

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[DJ Porkchop]

25. Yes, this has jukebox bonafides.

[BluesRunTheGame]

21. " Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues"

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[DJ Porkchop]

26. Yes, so wistful!

[Thunderbeast]

28. "The Boxer"

Simon and Garfunkel

[DJ Porkchop]

32. Yes, so good

[NBachers]

29. In the Misty Moonlight - Jerry Wallace; and Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye by The Casinos

[DJ Porkchop]

33. Yes, these are deep tracks that really break through

[NBachers]

30. Alright- This will be my last one I promise - Just One Look by Doris Troy

[DJ Porkchop]

35. Yes, epic Atlantic hit

[consider_this]

31. How about 'Wildflower' by Skylark

Too sappy? I'd slow dance to it

[DJ Porkchop]

34. Yes, let's dance!

[Brother Buzz]

36. No playlist is complete without a little Carl Perkins

Now, a road trip songlist is a totally different matter and I find little fault in John Sandford's Lucas Davenport's list if it's augmented with a seperate Beatles playlist.

Lucas Davenport's "Best Songs of the Rock Era" list, in no particular order,
except that, as any intelligent person knows, any decent road trip will start
with ZZ Top.

1. Sharp-Dressed Man - ZZ Top
2. Legs - ZZ Top
3. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
4. Superman's Song - Crash Test Dummies
5. Rock On - David Essex
6. Radar Love - Golden Earring
7. Heart of Glass - Blondie
8. White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
9. Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
10. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes

11. Roadhouse Blues - Doors
12. House of the Rising Sun - Animals
13. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
14. Dude (Looks Like a Lady) - Aerosmith
15. Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
16. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
17. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
18. Every Breath You Take - Police
19. Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
20. Hot for Teacher - Van Halen

21. Won't Get Fooled Again - Who
22. Hotel California (covers the Eagles) - Gipsy Kings
23. Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
24. Down on the Corner - CCR
25. Lyin' Eyes - Eagles
26. Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles
27. Skateaway (Roller Girl) - Dire Straits
28. Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty
29. Me 'n Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
30. Black Water - Doobie Brothers

31. I Love Rock 'n Roll - Joan Jett
32. Jack and Diane - John Mellencamp
33. The Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd
34. Money - Pink Floyd
35. Piano Man - Billy Joel
36. After Midnight - Eric Clapton
37. Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
38. You Shook Me (All Night Long) - AC/DC
39. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
40. Long Cool Woman - Hollies

41. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
42. Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
43. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
44. Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
45. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
46. Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
47. Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols
48. Sugar Magnolia - Grateful Dead
49. Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters
50. Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics

51. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
52. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
53. Night Moves - Bob Seger
54. Bye-Bye-Love - Everly Brothers
55. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
56. Lola - Kinks
57. Tender is the Night - Jackson Browne
58. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
59. Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood
60. Turn the Page (covers Bob Seger) - Metallica

61. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynryd Skynyrd
62. We Will Rock You - Queen
63. Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers
64. Rock 'n Roll - Led Zeppelin
65. What's Love Got to Do With It - Tina Turner
66. Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf
67. With or Without You - U2
68. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
69. Blue Morning Blue - Foreigner
70. White Wedding - Billy Idol

71. Sweet Child o' Mine - Guns 'n Roses
72. Paradise City - Guns 'n Roses
73. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (covers Dylan) - Guns 'n Roses *
74. Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
75. Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company
76. Rock of Ages - Def Leppard
77. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
78. Devil With a Blue Dress - Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
79. Respect - Aretha Franklin
80. I'm in the Mood - John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt

81. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
82. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
83. Little Red Corvette - Prince
84. Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
85. Mr. Tamborine Man (covers Dylan) - Byrds
86. Ohio - CSNY
87. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
88. Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
89. Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
90. Runaway - Del Shannon

91. Walk This Way - Aerosmith / Run-DMC
92. (Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
93. Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
94. Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon
95. Who Do You Love? - Bo Diddley
96. One Toke Over the Line - Brewer and Shipley
97. I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
98. Should I Stay or Should I Go - Clash
99. Burning Down the House - Talking Heads
100. Waltz 2 / Jazz Suite - Dimitri Shostakovich

* Yeah, yeah, I know it's on the list twice.

[DJ Porkchop]

37. Yes, what a triumph! Carl P

And that playlist is outstanding.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

41. Is Willie Nelson too old to be president?

Getting back to the playlist, if this is a hip VFW, you might want to throw in a Charlie Pride tune. Can't think of which one right now.

Oh, of course:

Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'

Charley Pride
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12,316,709 views Feb 24, 2017
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Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' · Charley Pride

Sings Heart Songs

℗ 1971 Sony Music Entertainment

Released on: 1971-11-01

Composer, Lyricist: Benjamin Peters
Producer: Jack Clement
Engineer: Tom Pick

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Also, mandatory, as the Marines used it as a recruiting slogan c. 1974:

Lynn Anderson - (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden (Audio) (Pseudo Video)

LynnAndersonVEVO
10.3K subscribers

7,871,018 views Feb 26, 2016
Music video by Lynn Anderson performing (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden (Audio). Originally released 1970. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment

http://vevo.ly/hddtcX

Apologies if my suggestions were already on the list, and my eyesight and brain aren't sufficiently up to snuff to have noticed.

Let me add that it's threads like this that make Music Appreciation my favorite forum st DU.

[DJ Porkchop]

42. It's replies like yours that make me want to crowdsource more DUers.

Thanks for your memories!