▸ the soundtrack of

Class of 1973

Middle School

19661968

Awkward dances and your first favorite band.

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

High School

19691973

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

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
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Dawn
1973
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
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Jim Croce
1973
I Can't Get Next to You
The Temptations
1969
American Woman
The Guess Who
1970

First Car

19711973

Windows down, volume up, finally free.

Joy to the World
Three Dog Night
1969
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack
1972
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Dawn
1973
Maggie May
Rod Stewart
1971
Alone Again (Naturally)
Gilbert O'Sullivan
1972
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Jim Croce
1973
I Feel the Earth Move
Carole King
1971
American Pie
Don McLean
1971
Killing Me Softly with His Song
Roberta Flack
1970
One Bad Apple
The Osmonds
1971
Without You
Harry Nilsson
1970
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
1973

College Years

19731977

Dorm rooms, road trips, and figuring it out.

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

Early Adulthood

19781982

First apartment, first heartbreak, first paycheck.

Shadow Dancing
Andy Gibb
1978
My Sharona
The Knack
1979
Call Me
Blondie
1980
Bette Davis Eyes
Kim Carnes
1981
Night Fever
Bee Gees
1977
Bad Girls
Donna Summer
1979
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
Pink Floyd
1980
Eye of the Tiger
Survivor
1982
You Light Up My Life
Debby Boone
1978
Le Freak
Chic
1978

30-year reunion

2003

Generation

Baby Boomer

You'd be about

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🔙 The world when you walked the stage

The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.

🎬 Set the scene

In 1973, a perfect afternoon didn't need much: Schoolhouse Rock!, a Laffy Taffy, a can of Hawaiian Punch, and nowhere important to be.

📼 Saturday cartoons

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💬 Memories from the Class of 1973

  • The back of the band bus, somebody's boombox playing Floyd the whole ride home from the away game. Those bus rides were honestly the best part.

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