Send us the names of your favorite songs from our high school years!
From Ed Velazquez:
I am getting more excited every day about the upcoming reunion for the SAHS Class of ’65. As to Music: Think about the music of our day (click on items in green to hear the song! – but for some, you have to listen to a few seconds of advertising first)):
Creedence Clear Water Revival -“Fortunate Son”; “Run Through The Jungle”
Rolling Stones -“Sympathy for the Devil”, “Paint It Black”
Jimmy Hendrix – “Purple Haze”;
Alice Cooper – “Eighteen”;
The Eagles -“Desperado”;
Cream -“Sunshine of Your Love”;
Jackson Brown – “Running on Empty”;
Buffalo Springfield – “For What its Worth”;
James Taylor – “I’ve Seen Fire and I’ve Seen Rain”; “Carolina On My Mind”
Steppenwolf –“The Pusher Man”; “Born To Be Wild”
Marvin Gay – “What’s Going On?”
The Animals – “We Got to Get Out of This Place”
… and more:
The Who
My Generation
The Rolling Stones
No Satisfaction
Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs
Wooly Bully
Roger Miller
King of the Road
Shirley Bassey
Gold Finger
Martha and the Vandellas
No Where to Run
The Righteous Brothers
You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling
Sonny & Cher
I Got You Babe
The Miracles
Ooh Baby, Baby
Smokey Robinson
Tracks of My Tears
Ronnie Spector & The Ronnetts
Be My Baby
Barbara Lewis
Baby I’m Yours
Cream (Eric Clapton)
Crossroads
Bob Seger
Fire Down Below
Hollywood Nights
Night Moves
Carlos Santana
Black Magic Woman
Carlos Santana
Smooth
The Righteous Brothers
Unchained Melody
Bob Seger
We’ve Got Tonight
Janis Joplin
Cry Baby
The Beach Boys
California Girls
Little Deuce Coupe
Surfer Girl
Surfin USA
In My Room
Surfin Safari
Surf City
I Get Around
Dick Dale
Misirlou
Surf Beat
King of the Surf Guitars
The Ventures
Wipe Out
The Chantays
Pipeline
Bonsai
Killer Dana
SEND BEST SONGS FOR 1965
We want to set the mood. Tune into Pandora, Spotify or Google. Dig through those vinyl albums. Heck. Dig through those 45s!
Use the “comment” space below or email us at sahsreunion1965@gmail.com and tell us your favorite songs and singers or bands from that era. Post a YOUTUBE link to your favorite songs so we can hear them too.
While you are at it, consider sharing a memory of what makes that song special….
The first song that I played on my first morning back (to the world) from Viet Nam was
The Rascals, “It’s A Beautiful Morning”
I like it!
Additional songs of the day:
Chuco Boogie – Lalo Gurerrero
La Bamaba – Richie Valence (Los Lobos)
El Rey – Vincente Fernandez
Sabor a Mi – El Chicano