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tkaes said:
As I read through the posts it occurred to me that are so many choices and 5 are so hard to choose. I then realized that I could have included so many more on my list. Although the Beatles will always be number 1 with me (was a Sr. at Norwalk H.S. when they first hit the U.S.) I remembered that my number 1 should have been the greatest (in my mind) rock era song ever written, David Paich's Africa. So my revised favorites list, including a number of groups/songs that I forgot is as follows:

1. Toto - Africa
2. Beatles - The Long and Winding Road ( and a dozen or so others)
3. CSNY - Southern Cross
4. Eagles - Lyin' Eyes
5. Looking Glass - Brandy
6. Traveling Willbury's - End of The Line ( and Not Alone Anymore, Roy Orbison lead)
7. Grateful Dead - I Will Survive
8. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
9. Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
10. The Cars - Drive
11. The Beach Boys - In My Room, Surfer Girl, Hawaii ( and almost everything from Pet Sounds)
12. The Duprees - See The Pyramids Along The Nile
13. Nat King Cole - When I Fall in Love
14. The Glenn Miller Orchestra - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square ( Ray Eberle vocal) *

* I wasn't even born when Nightingale was first recorded by a number of orchestras and artists in 1940 but I first became aware of the song when it was used as a theme song in the 1986 Tom Hanks movie, Everytime We Say Goodbye. The song almost immediately became one of my all time favorites.

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Wow. An awful lot here. Of course favorites are favorites so there can be no dispute in matters of taste. Here are a few other noteworthy songs from your groups that I love: For The Beatles- In My Life, For CSNY- Woodstock, For The Eagles- Take It Easy, For Foreigner- Waiting For a Girl Like You, For The Beach Boys- Help Me Rhonda, For The Duprees- Have You Heard( the correct title of the song you chose is You Belong To Me first written in 1952 and recorder much slower), For Nat King Cole- The Christmas Song and also Unforgettable, and For Glenn Miller- Moonlight Serenade.

I saw Journey with their new lead singer In Vegas On December 30, 2019 and they were sensational. Of course, Don't Stop Believing is a generational anthem and the place went crazy. You are right about Pet Sounds, incredible album, inspired, according to Brian Wilson, immediately upon hearing Sergeant Peppers for the first time.
 
BBallF said:
You are right about Pet Sounds, incredible album, inspired, according to Brian Wilson, immediately upon hearing Sergeant Peppers for the first time.
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It's the other way 'round. Pet Sounds came out a year earlier and McCartney cited it as a profound influence on Sgt Pepper's.
 
Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Elvis - Polk Salad Annie
Beatles - The Long and Winding Road
Sugarland - Stay

Posted this cover of Elvis by Sina

 
Here is the original version by Elvis, the drummer is Ronnie Tutt who played in the Elvis TCB Band, it was taken at the Hilton Las Vegas, now known as The Westgate in 1970.

 
BBallF said:
Wow. An awful lot here. Of course favorites are favorites so there can be no dispute in matters of taste. Here are a few other noteworthy songs from your groups that I love: For The Beatles- In My Life, For CSNY- Woodstock, For The Eagles- Take It Easy, For Foreigner- Waiting For a Girl Like You, For The Beach Boys- Help Me Rhonda, For The Duprees- Have You Heard( the correct title of the song you chose is You Belong To Me first written in 1952 and recorder much slower), For Nat King Cole- The Christmas Song and also Unforgettable, and For Glenn Miller- Moonlight Serenade.

I saw Journey with their new lead singer In Vegas On December 30, 2019 and they were sensational. Of course, Don't Stop Believing is a generational anthem and the place went crazy. You are right about Pet Sounds, incredible album, inspired, according to Brian Wilson, immediately upon hearing Sergeant Peppers for the first time.
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An awful lot to be sure and I could have included so many more. In My Life is one of my dozen others as is If I fell, Yesterday, and Dr. Robert. For CSNY, I should have also include Teach Your Children and Wasted on The Way. Thanks for correcting me on You Belong to Me. I believe that Jo Stafford had that 1952 original recording of the song but I liked the Duprees version, probably because of the background harmony.

I could have listed quite a few from the Eagles, probably my number 2 all-time group. I have a number of favorites including Peaceful Easy Feeling, The Last Resort, and several where Timothy B. Schmidt sang the solo like Love Will Keep Us Alive.

There are so many others I could have listed. Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade of Pale is also one of my favorites. I was never much of a Rod Stewart fan but Maggie May and the acoustic Downtown Train are notable exceptions. I liked Downtown Train so much I actually bought the single on cassette and played it continuously when I was driving.

Lots of people seriously bash Barry Manilow, but Time in New England is a great song.
 
tkaes said:
Lots of people seriously bash Barry Manilow, but Time in New England is a great song.
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Barry is one of those I wouldn't be surprised if he was in both the best and worst threads. Abba too for that matter. He's not my cuppa tea, but I recognize the talent, and I love a couple of his songs.

Not to mention he produced Bette Midler's first album. Again, not my cuppa, but I don't think anyone can deny her talent.
 
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Bigboote said:
It's the other way 'round. Pet Sounds came out a year earlier and McCartney cited it as a profound influence on Sgt Pepper's.
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I stand corrected. I knew there was a connection though. The two Greatest Albums?
 
I'll deviate a little from the OP.
Top 5 individual favorite artist for males.
Michael Jackson
Prince
Luther Vandross
Stevie Wonder (probably #1)
Isaac Hayes/Marvin Gaye (tie)

Top 5 for females
Teena Marie
Phyllis Hyman
Patti Labelle
Angie Bofill
Sade

Top 5 groups
Temptations
New Edition
Delfonics
Black Ivory
Spinners

Top 5 bands
Earth, Wind and Fire
Commodores
Isleys
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Parliament Funkadelic/Graham Central Station (tie)

Top 5 Contemporary Jazz artists
Fattburger
George Benson
Stanley Clarke
Najee
Brian Culbertson/Norman Brown (tie)
 
Dead - Franklin’s Tower
Dire Straits - Sultons of Swing
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run
Joan Jett - I love Rock and roll.

 
In no particular order:

1. Mountain, Long Red (Live, New Year Concert 1971)
2. Pink Floyd, Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Live, from Delicate Sound of Thunder)
3. Howlin' Wolf, Smokestack Lightin'
4. Grateful Dead, Dark Star (from Live Dead)
5. Allman Brothers, Whipping Post (Live at the Fillmore)

 
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