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Square Boomer alert: oldest pop / rock song in my playlist?

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 21, 2025, 15:30:08

Today in the car I heard Bobby Darin on SiriusXM doing a song that's also in my Spotify list. It may be the oldest song (1959 / 60) that's not classical or a show tune or jazz ("Take 5" by Dave Brubeck from 1959 and some by Duke Ellington). That is, the oldest from the pop / rock era.

I have no Elvis in my list, but do have Elvis Costello, FWIW.

I think "Beyond the Sea" is constructed nicely, with a smooth vocal by Darin and suitable crisp orchestration. Am I hopelessly old-fashioned for thinking that?

I was gonna guess Yellow Polka Dot Bikini*

Posted by WesMantooth <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=WesMantooth' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 22, 2025, 0:25:18, in reply to "Square Boomer alert: oldest pop / rock song in my playlist?"

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Uneducated Redneck Piece of Shit

I searched "novelty songs that went to number one"

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 22, 2025, 6:11:39, in reply to "I was gonna guess Yellow Polka Dot Bikini*"

Some real classics in there, such as the bikini song mentioned. Some others easily recalled:

"Monster Mash"
"Witch Doctor" (Chipmunks)
"The Streak" from 1974
"Convoy"

And who couldn't forget "My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry?

Mack the knife is a big go to at karaoke. *

Posted by AceFrehley <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=AceFrehley' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 21, 2025, 15:32:50, in reply to "Square Boomer alert: oldest pop / rock song in my playlist?"

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I'll bet, especially if there's a teleprompter for the lyrics they never remember*

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 21, 2025, 15:47:22, in reply to "Mack the knife is a big go to at karaoke. *"

If you have to stare at the teleprompter during karaoke

Posted by AceFrehley <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/onedeuce/info/user=AceFrehley' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 22, 2025, 1:08:46, in reply to "I'll bet, especially if there's a teleprompter for the lyrics they never remember*"

Pick another song. The prompter should only be a guide.

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