Trying to keep pace with your countdown, my #17 song is one of the first songs I remember as a child. The Fifth Dimension doing "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In"
One of my most vivid music memories of a child was when I started summer vacation in the summer of 1971. I was leaving third grade that year and in those days, the last day of school in June was so magical. You cleaned out your desk, turned in your textbooks, and went home with endless summer still ahead of you. September, and fourth grade, seemed years away.
That night, I was allowed to sleep on the couch on the first floor, with the windows thrown wide open. My mother had a routine where she came downstairs to start breakfast and turned on the radio to a Top 40 station.
I remember waking up to that music with a light summer breeze blowing the curtains over my head as I slumbered on the couch. The following three songs played and I still remember them vividly to this day:
Partridge Family - "I Woke Up In Love This Morning"
George Harrison - "My Sweet Lord"
Fifth Dimension - "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In"
That was a perfect summer morning, with endless summer still stretching out before me!
Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (1969)
Here are my songs so far...
You have an awesome, awesome, list. Much more variety than mine, though you're a bit older than me so you have some at the top of your list that just weren't part of my past.
You have many bands/artists on your list that would definitely make my Top 100 or 150, but it's interesting that my top songs for those bands usually are different than yours. America, for example ... "Sister Golden Hair" for you vs. "Ventura Highway" for me.
I think I'm going to take a brief respite before the Top 10 so I can do a one-day collection of 10-15 "Honorable Mention" songs that didn't make my Top 50 but might end up there if I'm still around in ten years. LOL.