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30-year reunion

1996

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Middle School

1959–1961

Awkward dances and your first favorite band.

Theme from "A Summer Place" (Single Version)

Percy Faith

1960

Tossin' and Turnin'

Bobby Lewis

1961

He'll Have to Go (feat. Jim Reeves)

Skeeter Davis

1960

I Fall To Pieces (feat. The Jordanaires)

Patsy Cline

1961

Cathy's Clown

The Everly Brothers

1960

Michael

The Highwaymen

1961

Running Bear

Johnny Preston

1960

Crying

Roy Orbison

1961

Teen Angel (Remastered)

Mark Dinning

1960

Runaway

Del Shannon

1961

I'm Sorry

Brenda Lee

1960

My True Story

The Jive Five

1961

High School

1962–1966

The lunch table, the hallway crush, the parking lot.

Stranger On the Shore

Acker Bilk

1962

Surfin' U.S.A.

The Beach Boys

1963

I Want to Hold Your Hand

The Beatles

1964

Wooly Bully (Re-Recorded)

Pharaohs & Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs

1965

California Dreamin'

The Mamas & the Papas

1965

I Can't Stop Loving You

Ray Charles

1962

The End of the World

Skeeter Davis

1963

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)

Four Tops

1965

96 Tears

? and The Mysterians

1966

Mashed Potato Time

Dee Dee Sharp

1962

Rhythm of the Rain (LP Version)

The Cascades

1963

Hello, Dolly!

Louis Armstrong

1964

First Car

1964–1966

Windows down, volume up, finally free.

I Want to Hold Your Hand

The Beatles

1964

Wooly Bully (Re-Recorded)

Pharaohs & Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs

1965

California Dreamin'

The Mamas & the Papas

1965

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)

Four Tops

1965

96 Tears

? and The Mysterians

1966

Hello, Dolly!

Louis Armstrong

1964

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

The Rolling Stones

1965

What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

Jimmy Ruffin

1966

Oh, Pretty Woman

Roy Orbison

1964

You Were On My Mind

We Five

1965

Last Train to Clarksville

The Monkees

1966

I Get Around

The Beach Boys

1964

College Years

1966–1970

Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.

California Dreamin'

The Mamas & the Papas

1965

To Sir With Love

Lulu

1967

Hey Jude

The Beatles

1968

Sugar, Sugar

The Archies

1969

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

1970

96 Tears

? and The Mysterians

1966

The Letter

The Box Tops

1967

Love Is Blue

Paul Mauriat

1968

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In

The 5th Dimension

1969

(They Long To Be) Close To You (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)

The Cranberries

1970

What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

Jimmy Ruffin

1966

Ode to Billie Joe

Bobbie Gentry

1967

Early Adulthood

1971–1975

First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.

Joy to the World

Three Dog Night

1971

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Roberta Flack

1972

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree

Dawn

1973

The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand

1974

Love Will Keep Us Together

Captain & Tennille

1975

Maggie May

Rod Stewart

1971

Alone Again (Naturally)

Gilbert O'Sullivan

1972

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (Live)

Jim Croce

1973

Seasons in the Sun

Terry Jacks

1974

Rhinestone Cowboy

Glen Campbell

1975

I Feel the Earth Move

Carole King

1971

American Pie

Don McLean

1971

The world when you walked the stage

At the MoviesThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Batman: The Movie

On TVStar Trek premieres

The Monkees

Mission: Impossible

In the HeadlinesStar Trek begins its voyage

Miranda rights established

The first Kwanzaa

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