What was your Favourite song in High School and Why?
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Paula Rohatynski says: The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles.
Because : The best slow dance song of all time 'cause it went on and on!
Album : LET IT BE Released: May 8th 1970
Submitted : 12/25/2011
Video Link: The Long and Winding Road
"The Long and Winding Road" is a ballad written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) that originally appeared on The Beatles' album Let It Be. It became The Beatles' 20th and last number-one song in the United States on 23 May 1970, and was the last single released by the quartet. "The Long and Winding Road" was listed with "For You Blue" as a double-sided hit when the single hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.
Because : The best slow dance song of all time 'cause it went on and on!
Album : LET IT BE Released: May 8th 1970
Submitted : 12/25/2011
Video Link: The Long and Winding Road
"The Long and Winding Road" is a ballad written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney) that originally appeared on The Beatles' album Let It Be. It became The Beatles' 20th and last number-one song in the United States on 23 May 1970, and was the last single released by the quartet. "The Long and Winding Road" was listed with "For You Blue" as a double-sided hit when the single hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.
This is the 7" release version of Hey Jude
Mike Grady says: Hey Jude by the Beatles
Because : It blended with youth and was written for the present time
Album : White Album ( but was designed to be only a single release as the "B" side to Revolution )
Released : Aug 26, 1968
Submitted : 01/12/2011
Video link: Hey Jude
"Hey Jude" was released in August 1968 as the first single from The Beatles'
record label Apple Records. More than seven minutes in length, "Hey Jude" was,
at the time, the longest single ever to top the British charts. It also spent nine weeks as number one in the United States—the longest run at the top of the American charts for a Beatles' single, and tied the record for longest stay at number one (until the record was broken by "You
Light Up My Life").
Because : It blended with youth and was written for the present time
Album : White Album ( but was designed to be only a single release as the "B" side to Revolution )
Released : Aug 26, 1968
Submitted : 01/12/2011
Video link: Hey Jude
"Hey Jude" was released in August 1968 as the first single from The Beatles'
record label Apple Records. More than seven minutes in length, "Hey Jude" was,
at the time, the longest single ever to top the British charts. It also spent nine weeks as number one in the United States—the longest run at the top of the American charts for a Beatles' single, and tied the record for longest stay at number one (until the record was broken by "You
Light Up My Life").
Bobby Taschereau says: ( They Long to Be ) Close to You by The Carpenters
Because: This was my fav song on or around grad year. Of course, there were many more.
Album: Close to You
Released: Aug 19,1970
Submitted : Jan 16, 2012
Video Link: Close to You
Close to You was the second album by the Carpenters, released in August 1970. In 2003, the album was ranked number 175 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album contains the hit singles "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun." "(They Long to Be) Close to You" was the duo's first big hit that gained the Carpenters international reputation for a decade. The album peaked at #2 in the Billboard Albums Charts, but reached #1 on its Canadian counterpart.
Because: This was my fav song on or around grad year. Of course, there were many more.
Album: Close to You
Released: Aug 19,1970
Submitted : Jan 16, 2012
Video Link: Close to You
Close to You was the second album by the Carpenters, released in August 1970. In 2003, the album was ranked number 175 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The album contains the hit singles "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun." "(They Long to Be) Close to You" was the duo's first big hit that gained the Carpenters international reputation for a decade. The album peaked at #2 in the Billboard Albums Charts, but reached #1 on its Canadian counterpart.
Paula Rohatynski says : All My Loving by The Bealtes
Because: she had a long distance boyfriend in Vermont
Album:With the Beatles
Released: 22 November 1963
Submitted: March 6, 2012
Video link All My Loving
All My Loving is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), from the 1963 album With The Beatles. Though it was not released as a single in the United Kingdom or the United States, it drew considerable radio airplay, prompting EMI to issue it as the title track of an EP.The song was released as a single in Canada, where it became a number one hit. The Canadian single was imported into the US in enough quantities to peak at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1964
Because: she had a long distance boyfriend in Vermont
Album:With the Beatles
Released: 22 November 1963
Submitted: March 6, 2012
Video link All My Loving
All My Loving is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), from the 1963 album With The Beatles. Though it was not released as a single in the United Kingdom or the United States, it drew considerable radio airplay, prompting EMI to issue it as the title track of an EP.The song was released as a single in Canada, where it became a number one hit. The Canadian single was imported into the US in enough quantities to peak at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1964
Julie Albert Schroeder says: A Whiter Shade Of Palebby Procol Harum
Because: it used be the favorite romantic slow dance at all those sock hops in the caf
Album : Only released as a Single
Released: 12 May 1967
Submitted : March 9, 2012
Video link: Whiter Shade of Pale
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is the debut song by the British band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967, and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached #5 on the US charts, as well. It is one of the fewer than 30 all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) copies worldwide.
Because: it used be the favorite romantic slow dance at all those sock hops in the caf
Album : Only released as a Single
Released: 12 May 1967
Submitted : March 9, 2012
Video link: Whiter Shade of Pale
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" is the debut song by the British band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967, and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached #5 on the US charts, as well. It is one of the fewer than 30 all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) copies worldwide.