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Class of 1968

Middle School

19611963

Awkward dances and your first favorite band.

Tossin' and Turnin'
Bobby Lewis
1961
Stranger On the Shore
Acker Bilk
1961
Surfin' U.S.A.
The Beach Boys
1963
I Fall to Pieces
Patsy Cline
1961
I Can't Stop Loving You
Ray Charles
2006
The End of the World
Skeeter Davis
1962
Mashed Potato Time
Dee Dee Sharp
1962
Rhythm of the Rain
The Cascades
1963
Crying
Roy Orbison
1961
Roses Are Red (My Love)
Bobby Vinton
1962
He's So Fine
The Chiffons
1963

High School

19641968

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

I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Beatles
1964
California Dreamin'
The Mamas & the Papas
1965
To Sir With Love
Lulu
1967
Hey Jude
The Beatles
1968
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
Four Tops
1965
The Letter
The Box Tops
1967
Love Is Blue
Paul Mauriat
1967
Hello, Dolly!
Louis Armstrong
1964
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones
1965
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Jimmy Ruffin
1966

First Car

19661968

Windows down, volume up, finally free.

California Dreamin'
The Mamas & the Papas
1965
To Sir With Love
Lulu
1967
Hey Jude
The Beatles
1968
The Letter
The Box Tops
1967
Love Is Blue
Paul Mauriat
1967
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Jimmy Ruffin
1966
Ode to Billie Joe
Bobbie Gentry
1967
Last Train to Clarksville
The Monkees
1966
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
1964

College Years

19681972

Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.

Hey Jude
The Beatles
1968
Sugar, Sugar
The Archies
1963
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
1970
Joy to the World
Three Dog Night
1969
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack
1972
Love Is Blue
Paul Mauriat
1967
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
The 5th Dimension
1969
(They Long to Be) Close to You
The Carpenters
1970
Maggie May
Rod Stewart
1971
Alone Again (Naturally)
Gilbert O'Sullivan
1972
I Can't Get Next to You
The Temptations
1969

Early Adulthood

19731977

First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Dawn
1973
The Way We Were
Barbra Streisand
1973
Love Will Keep Us Together
Captain & Tennille
1975
Silly Love Songs
Wings
1976
Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
Rod Stewart
1977
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Jim Croce
1973
Seasons in the Sun
Terry Jacks
1974
Rhinestone Cowboy
Glen Campbell
1975
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elton John & Kiki Dee
1976
I Just Want To Be Your Everything
Andy Gibb
1977
Killing Me Softly with His Song
Roberta Flack
1970

30-year reunion

1998

Generation

Baby Boomer

You'd be about

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