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50 Oldies For The Perfect Summer Soundtrack

Let the good times roll.

Annalee Barbara Bramlette
May 31, 2017
Kennesaw State University
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It may be 2017, but that doesn't mean you can't forget about that while you lounge by the pool listening to these timeless tracks from years' past. Grab your sunnies and a drink and be transported to a simpler time.

1. School's Out- Alice Cooper

"No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks."

2. Good Times Roll- The Cars

3. The Way You Do The Things You Do- The Temptations

4. Swingtown- The Steve Miller Band

5. Your Love- The Outfield

6. Peace Train- Cat Stevens

7. Bad Moon Rising- Creedence Clearwater Revival

8. Rebel Rebel- David Bowie

9. American Pie- Don McLean

"Bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry..."

10. D'Yer Mak'er- Led Zeppelin

11. The Passenger- Iggy Pop

12. My Sharona- The Knack

13. Go Your Own Way- Fleetwood Mac

14. Come Dancing- The Kinks

15. Beast of Burden- The Rolling Stones

16. American Girl- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

17. Hotel California- The Eagles

18. Paranoid- Black Sabbath

19. Can't You See- The Marshall Tucker Band

20. Baba O'Reilly- The Who

21. Midnight Rider- The Allman Brothers Band

22. Uptown Girl- Billy Joel

23. Tiny Dancer- Elton John

24. Born to Run- Bruce Springsteen

25. More Than a Feeling- Boston

26. Come On Eileen- Dexy's Midnight Runners

27. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)- The Fourtops


28. Long, Cool Woman- The Hollies

29. I Want a New Drug- Huey Lewis and the News

30. Young Turks- Rod Stewart

31. Rock On- David Essex

32. Take It On the Run- REO Speedwagon

33. You Can Call Me Al- Paul Simon

34. Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult

35. Born to Be Wild- Steppenwolf

36. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)- The Proclaimers

37. Should I Stay or Should I Go? - The Clash

38. Juke Box Hero- Foreigner

39. Message in a Bottle- The Police

40. American Woman- The Guess Who

41. Bonzo Goes to Bitburg- The Ramones

42. Africa- Toto

43. How Soon is Now? - The Smiths

44. Wouldn't It Be Nice- The Beach Boys

45. Just Like Honey- The Jesus and Mary Chain

46. Spirit in the Sky- Norman Greenbaum

47. 867-5309 (Jenny)- Tommy Tutone

48. Try a Little Tenderness- Otis Redding

49. Love Will Tear Us Apart- Joy Division

50. (Don't You) Forget About Me- Simple Minds

Now, thrust those fists in the air and let the summer adventures begin!



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