Ray's playlist


Quite a few of these songs have slow starts.  Listen to the whole song.  I cannot stress that enough; listen to the whole song.

There are quite a few songs here (perhaps most) that didn't 'grab me' that first time.  But I did say to myself something like, "There is something there. I am going to listen to that again."
And I am so so glad that I did.

Even my 30 year old son plays songs from the 60's and 70's.


1960's

Title Artist
Wedding Bell Blues Fifth Dimension
Bernadette Four Tops
Walk Away Renée Four Tops
Happy Together The Turtles
Elenore The Turtles
Frozen Orange Juice Peter Sarstedt
The Elusive Butterfly Bob Lind
Get Together The Youngbloods
Waterloo Sunset The Kinks
Ragamuffin Man Manfred Mann


1970

Title Artist
Same Old Feeling Polly Brown
That's Where I Went Wrong The Poppy Family
Wheeling West Virginia Neil Sedaka
Boom Sha La La Lo Hans Poulsen
Smiley Ronnie Burns
Son of a Simple Man John Blanchfield
No Time The Guess Who
Shilo Neil Diamond
Spirit in the Sky Norman Greenbaum
Ma Belle Amie Tee-Set
Our House Crosby, Stills and Nash


1971

Title Artist
Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves Cher
Chicago Graham Nash
Military Madness Graham Nash
No Matter What You Do Badfinger
Band of Gold Freda Payne
Falling in Love Again Ted Mulry
If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot
If Not for You Olivia Newton-John
Me and You and A Dog Named Boo Lobo
Toast and Marmalade for Tea Tin Tin
Speak To the Sky Rick Springfield
Mr. Bojangles The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Joan Baez
Imagine John Lennon
Lonely Days Bee Gees
Stoned Love The Supremes
Two Divided By Love The Grass Roots
Hi Honey Ho Daddy Cool
It's Too Late Carol King


1972

Title Artist
Pasadena John Paul Young
Day After Day Badfinger
Baby Blue Badfinger
Brandy Looking Glass
Your Move Yes
Conquistador  (Live version) Procol Harum
Alone Again (Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan
Clair Gilbert O'Sullivan
Baby I'm I Want You Bread
Old Man Neil Young
I Need You America
Go All the Way The Raspberries
I Saw the Light Todd Rundgren
Starman David Bowie
Metal Guru T. Rex
Run To me Bee Gees
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack


1973

Title Artist
Susie Darlin' Barry Crocker
Dreams Are Ten A Penny Kincade
Let's Pretend The Raspberries
Do It Again Steely Dan
I'd Love You To Want Me Lobo
Summer (The First Time) Bobby Goldsborro
Give Me Love George Harrison
Nutbush City Limits Ike and Tina Turner
48 Crash Suzi Quatro
Reeling in the Years Steely Dan
Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack
Last Song Edward Bear
Photograph Ringo Starr
What Would the Children Think Rick Springfield
Saturday In The Park Chicago


1974

Title Artist  
Rock Your Baby George McCrae     ( the version with significant keyboards )
Who Do You Think You Are Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods  
Half A Million Miles From Home Albert Hammond  
Cat's in the Cradle Harry Chapin  
Time in A Bottle Jim Croce  
I Get A Kick Out of You Gary Shearston     ( a Cole Porter written song done well )
Sugar Baby Love The Rubettes  
Beach Baby 1st Class  
Mind Games John Lennon  
Let Go Brian Cadd  
Rikki, Don't Lose That Number Steely Dan  
Sorrow David Bowie  
Feel Like Makin' Love Roberta Flack  
Amoureuse Kiki Dee  


1975

Title Artist
How Long Ace
Wildfire Michael Murphey
Laughter in the Rain Neil Sedaka
Jackie Blue Ozark Mountain Daredevils
The Hustle Van McCoy
Girls On the Avenue Richard Clapton
Gonna Make You A Star David Essex
Dreamer Supertramp
I'm Not in Love 10cc
One of These Nights The Eagles
Department of Youth Alice Cooper
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen
Fox On the Run Sweet
All My Friends Are Getting Married Skyhooks
Send in the Clowns Judy Collins


1976

Title Artist  
Moonlight Feels Right Starbuck  
Shake Your Booty KC and the Sunshine Band  
More More More Andrea True  
You To Me Are Everything The Real Thing  
Show Me the Way Peter Frampton  
Dream Weaver Gary Wright  
All By Myself Eric Carmen  
Fooled Around and Fell in Love Elvin Bishop  
Gotta Be the One Maxine Nightingale  
Heart On My Sleeve Gallagher and Lyle  
Horoscope Harpo  
Love and Other Bruises Air Supply  
More Than A Feeling Boston     ( "Fly on the Ceiling" )
Silly Love Songs Wings  
The Lies in Your Eyes The Sweet  
Don't Fear the Reaper Blue Oyster Cult  


1977

Title Artist  
Lonely Boy Andrew Gold  
Jungle Love Steve Miller Band  
Barracuda Heart  
The Things We Do for Love 10cc  
You Make Lovin’ Fun Fleetwood Mac  
Sound and Vision David Bowie  
Dancin’ in the Moonlight Thin Lizzy  
Strawberry Letter 23 Brothers Johnson  
Shannon Henry Gross  
Winter in America Doug Ashdown  
Sentimental Lady Bob Welch  
Year of the Cat Al Stewart     My 'best of 1977'
The Closer I Get To you Roberta Flack  
Mainstreet Bob Seger  
So You Win Again Hot Chocolate  
Give a Little Bit Supertramp  
Just a Song Before I Go Crosby, Stills and Nash  


1978

Title Artist  
Fool (If You Think It's Over) Chris Rea     ( original radio edit - was hard to find )
Got To Be Real Cheryl Lynn  
Thank You for Being A Friend Andrew Gold  
With A Little Luck Wings  
Baby Come Back Player  
Baker Street Gerry Rafferty  
Can We Still Be Friends Todd Rundgren  
Hurting for You Todd Rundgren  
I Think I’m Gonna Fall in Love Supercharge  
Ebony Eyes Bob Welch  
Every Kinda People Robert Palmer  
I Go Crazy Paul Davis  
Never Let Her Slip Away Andrew Gold  
Jack and Jill Raydio  
Love Will Find A Way Pablo Cruise  
(You’re Such A) Fabulous Dancer Wha-Koo  
Minute By Minute Doobie Brothers  
The Man with the Child in His Eyes Kate Bush  
Another Night On the Road Sherbet  


1979

Title Artist  
Please Don't Go KC and the Sunshine Band  
Stay With Me Til Dawn Judie Tzuke  
Every Night Phoebe Snow  
Lotta Love Nicolette Larson  
Shake It Ian Mathews  
Love Is the Answer England Dan and John Ford Coley  
Time Passages Al Stewart  
What A Fool Believes The Doobie Brothers  
Baby It's You Promises  
Cool for Cats Squeeze  (UK Squeeze)  
Cars Gary Numan     I love the synthesisers
Hanging On the Telephone Blondie  
Union City Blue Blondie  
The Logical Song Supertramp  
Video Killed the Radio Star The Buggles  
Voices Cheap Trick  
My Little Girl Roxy Music  
Dance Away Roxy Music  
Waiting For The Rain Manfred Mann's Earth Band     ( final third )


1980

Title Artist  
People Mi-Sex     My favourite Mi-Sex song
Turning Japanese The Vapours  
So Long Fischer Z  
Danger The Motels  
Ashes To Ashes David Bowie  
Echo Beach Martha and the Muffins  
Games Without Fontiers Peter Gabriel  
When I'm With You Sparks  
Johnny and Mary Robert Palmer  
London Calling The Clash  
Making Plans for Nigel XTC  
Poor Boy Split Enz  
Rock Lobster B-52's  
Private Idaho B-52's  
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime The Korgis  
Five Letter Word Numbers  
Sara Fleetwood Mac  
Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd     ( best guitar solo I have ever heard )


1981

Title Artist  
Planet Earth Duran Duran  
Roomful of Diamonds Radiators  
Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes  
Chequered Love Kim Wilde  
Fade To Grey Visage  
Vienna Ultravox  
Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division  
Misplaced Love Rupert Hine  
The Unguarded Moment The Church  
Sailing Christopher Cross  
Shout and Deliver The Reels  
Quasimodo's Dream The Reels  
Who's Crying Now Journey  
Cambodia Kim Wilde  
Other Places MEO 245  
Charlotte Sometimes Cure     My favourite Cure song


1982

Title Artist
Cheatin' Man Goanna
Solid Rock Goanna
Don't Change INXS
Without You Eurogliders
Heaven (Must Be There) Eurogliders
Forget Me Nots Patrice Rushen
I Ran A Flock of Seagulls
Love Plus One Haircut 100
Rock the Casbah The Clash
View from a Bridge Kim Wilde
Words Missing Persons
Gypsy Fleetwood Mac
Hey Little Girl Icehouse
Eye in the Sky Alan Parsons Project
Love My Way Psychedelic Furs
Only the Lonely The Motels
Razor's Edge Goanna


1983

Title Artist  
Modern Love David Bowie  
Nobody's Diary Yazoo  
Chinese Eyes The Venetians  
Computer One Dear Enemy  
Don't Talk To Me About Love Altered Images  
I.O.U. Freeez  
Twist of Fate Olivia Newton-John  
Family Man Hall and Oats  
In A Big Country Big Country  
It's A Mistake Men At Work  
Mirror Man Human League  
Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel  
Lawyers in Love Jackson Browne  
To Look At You INXS  
True Spandau Ballet  
White Wedding Billy Idol  
Wrapped Around Your Finger The Police  
Suddenly Last Summer The Motels     My 'best of 1983'
China Girl David Bowie  
Short Memory Midnight Oil  
Song for A Future Generation The B52's  
It Might Be You Stephen Bishop  
Every Breathe You Take The Police  
Tea in the Sahara The Police     ( not the live version )


1984

Title Artist  
Don't Believe Anymore Icehouse     My 'best of 1984'
99 Luftballoons Nena  
Wouldn't It Be Good Nik Kershaw  
Catch Me I'm Falling Real Life  
Dance Hall Days Wang Chung  
Dancing With Myself Billy Idol  
Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol  
Drive The Cars  
Everywhere I Go QED  
Good Die Young Divinyls     Great song
Here Comes the Rain Again Eurythmics  
Jump Van Halen  
Robert DeNiro's Waiting Bananarama  
Speed Your Love To Me Simple Minds  
The Lebanon Human League  
This Charming Man The Smiths  
Blue Day Mi-Sex     Nicely picks up at 1:30
Borderline Madonna  
The Unforgettable Fire U2     This is the U2 that I like
A Sort of Homecoming U2     This is the U2 that I like


1985

Title Artist  
Run To You Bryan Adams  
Shame The Motels     My 'second best of 1985'
In Between Days The Cure  
And We Danced The Hooters  
Can't Wait To See You Eurogliders  
Cherish Kool and the Gang  
Voices Carry 'Til Tuesday     My 'best of 1985'
We Close Our Eyes Go West  
Home for My Heart Tim Finn  
Life in A Northern Town The Dream Academy  
Walking On the Chinese Wall Phillip Bailey  
Money Changes Everything Cyndi Lauper  
Into the Groove Madonna  
Take Me On A-Ha  
Shout Tears for Fears  
A Night Like This The Cure     A great Cure song
Black Man Ray China Crisis  


1986

Title Artist  
Human Human League  
Absolutely Eurogliders  
Bizarre Love Triangle New Order  
You Keep Me Hanging On Kim Wilde  
The Captain of Her Heart Double     My 'best of 1986'
I Just Died in Your Arms Cutting Crew  
Sleeping Beauty The Divinyls  
Broken Wings Mr. Mister  
Great Wall Boom Crash Opera  
Calling Rose Tatoo  
Marlene On the Wall Suzanne Vega  
Take Me Home Tonight Eddie Money  
I Didn't Mean To Turn You On Robert Palmer  
Live To Tell Madonna  
Coming Up Close 'Til Tuesday  


1987

Title Artist  
Shattered Dreams Johnny Hates Jazz  
Breakout Swing Out Sister  
True Faith New Order  
Ship of Fools World Party  
Little Lies Fleetwood Mac  
Hold On Models  
Right On Track The Breakfast Club  
Rico Mambo The Breakfast Club  
Coming Around Again Carly Simon  
Taken In Mike and the Mechanics  
Windy Town Chris Rea  
Danced in the Fire Sharon O'Neil     My 'best of 1987'


1988

Title Artist  
The Perfect Day Fischer Z  
Love Changes Everything Climie Fisher  
Wonderful Life Black  
Tell It To the Moon Martha Davis  
Back To the Wall The Divinyls  
As the Days Go By Daryl Braithwaite  
All I Do Daryl Braithwaite  
Age of Reason John Farnham  
Her Charity Boom Crash Opera  
One Slip Pink Floyd  
Toy Soldiers Martika  
Under the Milky Way The Church  
The Kingdom Icehouse     My 'best of 1988'  (easily)
I Know You By Heart Bette Midler and David Pack  
Crash and Burn ‘Til Tuesday  
Teardrops Womack and Womack  
Touched by the Hand of God New Order  
Into Temptation Crowded House  
Reptile The Church  


1989

Title Artist  
Second Chance 38 Special  
If A Tree Falls Bruce Cockburn     My 'best of 1989'
Driven Out The Fixx  
Come Anytime Hoodoo Gurus  
I Drove All Night Cyndi Lauper  
Lullaby The Cure  
Not Just Another Girl Ivan Neville  
Never Be the Same Crowded House  


1990/1991

Title Artist  
It's Only the Beginning Deborah Conway     My 'best of 1990/1991'
Falling Julie Cruise  
Woman in Chains Tears for Fears  
Year of the Knife Tears for Fears  
Love Thy Will Be Done Martika  
I Feel Possessed Crowded House  
Fall At Your Feet Crowded House  
1000 Miles Away Hoodoo Gurus     My favourite Hoodoo Gurus song
Roam B52's  
The Horses Daryl Braithwaite  
Metropolis The Church     I really love the final minute
Getting Away With It Electronic  
Try All You Want Electronic  
One U2  


1992/1993

Title Artist  
Friday I’m in Love The Cure  
Not A Day Goes By Rick Price  
Friday's Child Wendy Matthews     My 'best of 1992/1993'
Ordinary Angels Frente  
Damm I Wish I Was Your Lover Sophie B Hawkins  
Every Breathe You Take The Police  
Mr Jones Counting Crows  
All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow  
Are you Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz  
Regret New Order  
Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough Patty Smyth and Don Henley  
Why Annie Lennox  
The Day You Went Away Wendy Matthews  
Possession Sarah McLachlan  


1994/1995

Title Artist  
The Rhythm of the Night Corona  
A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins  
Only To Be With You Roachford  
Lay Your Love On Me Roachford  
I Believe Marcella Detroit  
One of Us Joan Osborne  
Vow Garbage  
Wonderwall Oasis  
Stay Lisa Loeb     My 'best of 1994/1995'  (easily)
No More "I Love You's" Annie Lennox  
Fade into You Mazzy Star  


1996/1997

Title Artist  
Constant Craving K D Lang  
Torn Natalie Imbruglia     My 'best of 1996/1997'
Children Robert Miles  
Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan  
7 Seconds Neneh Cherry  
Alisha Rules the World Alisha'a Attic  
To the Moon and Back Savage Garden  
Sway Bic Runga  
One Headlight The Wallflowers  
If You Could Only See Tonic  
1979 Smashing Pumpkins  


1998

Title Artist  
Treat Me Good Bachelor Girl     I love the final 2 minutes
When I Grow Up Garbage  
Music Sounds Better With You Stardust  
I Love You Always Forever Donna Lewis  
Slide The Goo Goo Dolls  
Singing in My Sleep Semisonic  
When You're Gone Bryan Adams  
Thank U Alanis Morissette  
Hey Now Now Swirl 360  
Perfect Smashing Pumpkins  
Special Garbage  
The Trick Is To Keep Breathing Garbage     My 'best of 1998'
You Look So Fine Garbage  


1999

Title Artist  
Blown Away Bachelor Girl  
Steal My Sunshine Len  
How Do I Deal Jennifer Love Hewitt  
Life Is A Rollercoaster Ronan Keating  
Permission To Shine Bachelor Girl  
My Favourite Mistake Sheryl Crow  
Dig Mark Lizotte  (a.k.a. Diesel)     My 'best of 1999'
Lucky Me Bachelor Girl  
Learn To Fly Foo Fighters  


2000

Title Artist  
Don't Give Up Chicane & Bryan Adams  
My Way Home Alex Lloyd  
Everything You Want Vertical Horizon  
Teenager of the Year Lo-tel  
Replaced By Vinyl Lo-tel     My 'best of 2000'     ( sample )
Never Be the Same Again Mel  


2001/2002

Title Artist  
I'm Like A Bird Nelly Furtado  
Chase the Sun Planet Funk  
Jaded Aerosmith  
Complicated Avril Lavigne  
Never Be Amazing David Franj     My 'second best of 2001/2002'
Take Me With You Drag  
Escape Enrique  
Not Pretty Enough Kasey Chambers     My 'best of 2001/2002'
Good Dancers The Sleepy Jackson  


2003/2004

Title Artist  
Falling Candice Alley  
Beautiful Alex Lloyd  
You're So True Joseph Arthur  
Breathe Michelle Branch  
Mr. Brightside The Killers     My 'best of 2003/2004'
Four To the Floor (Thin White Duke Remix) Starsailor  
So Beautiful Pete Murray  


2005

Title Artist  
4ever The Veronicas  
Everything I'm Not The Veronicas     My 'best of 2005'


2006

Title Artist
Deciphering Me Brooke Fraser
The Hardest Part Coldplay


2007/2008

Title Artist  
Love Me Like the World Is Ending Ben Lee     My 'best of 2007/2008'  (easily)
No More No Less Mercy Me  
Just a Boy Angus and Julia Stone  
L.E.S. Artistes Santigold  


2009

Title Artist  
Kids MGMT  
My Delirium Ladyhawke  
Sometimes Miami Horror  
1901 Phoenix  
Lisztomania Phoenix     My 'best of 2009'
Fader Temper Trap  
Ice Cream New Young Pony Club  
Gimme Sympathy Metric  


2010

Title Artist  
Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People  
Living in America DOM  
Jellylegs Children Collide  
Laredo Band of Horses  
Dilly Band of Horses  
On Melancholy Hill Gorillaz  
Eyes Wide Open Goyte  
Today Princess One Point Five     There is is just something about this
The Piper's Song Gypsy and the Cat  
Gilgamesh Gypsy and the Cat     My 'best of 2010'


2011

Title Artist  
Eyes Wide Open Gotye  
2 Hearts Digitalism  
Trojans Atlas Genius     My 'best of 2011'  (This really grows on you.)


2012

Title Artist
Boy Emma Louise
Twin Rays Gung Ho


2013

Title Artist
Atlas Eyes Emma Louise


2014

Title Artist  
Between Friends Japanese Wallpaper     ( wait for it ... best bit cuts in after about 2:05 )


2016

Title Artist
Way To Go Empire Of The Sun


2017

Title Artist  
The Rerun Underground Lovers  
Unbearable Underground Lovers     ( love the final third, except for the gunfire that was put into the video )
Let Me Down Easy Gang of Youths  


2018

Title Artist  
Bought It Middle Kids  
Bridges Erthlings  
Pass The Hours MorMor  
Heaven's Only Wishful MorMor     My 'best of 2018'


2019

Title Artist  
Outside MorMor     ( another great MorMor song )


2020

Title Artist  
Something I Do Sweet Whirl     ( beautifully haunting )  ( need to hear through to the end )
Irrational Erthlings