Okay, so I was bored today,and thought this might be fun...
If you were a contestant on AI today, what song would you sing from the year you were born??( sneaky way to find out how young everyone is)

Okay,I would choose( the choices were not a lot)
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?

And honest , even though it was recorded a few times before,

* Louis Armstrong - 1947 - (his rendition of the song has also been the theme song for TVs "Frank's Place")
* Billie Holiday - 1947
* Eddie Condon - 1951
* Frankie Laine - 1953
* Fats Domino - 1958
* Jonah Jones - 1958
* Pete Fountain - 1959
* Ricky Nelson - 1960
* Al Hirt - 1962
* Stéphane Grappelli - 1981
* Dardanelle - 1985
* Alliance Hall Dixieland Band - 1988
* Harry Connick Jr. (with Dr. John) - 1988 - (Connick also played the song during a concert for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.)
* Alison Krauss - 1989
* Fats Domino - 1993
* Yoshio Toyama & Don Sutton - 1994
* Martin Taylor & Chet Atkins - 1995
* Tara Darnell - 1996
* Janet Carroll - 2000
* The Manhattan Transfer - 2000
* Suede - 2001
* Victoria Williams - 2002
* Preservation Hall Jazz Band - 2005
* Stefano Bollani - 2006

Also recorded by: Nat King Cole; Rosemary Clooney; Four Vagabonds; Lee Wiley

I would put my own spin on it! I swear!!!!i'D MAKE IT MY OWN DAWG!


So what song would YOU pick?

I got the list from this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:20th_century_songs

I'd sing Hot Hot Hot!!! by The Cure. Because I'm cool like that. :-D That or Straight Outta Compton.



No just kidding, I wouldn't sing Hot Hot Hot!!!.

Thanks for the link Chloe. That was fun.
I'd chose Long, Tall Sally by Little Richard b/c I'm neither. :rotfl:

I'd do "Since I Fell For You" one of my favorites of all time and has been recorded by scads of people. Never realized it was from the year of my birth. I think my favorite rendition is by Al Jarreau, but then I'm a big Al Jarreau fan.

SLOW RIDE!

(Take it eaaaasy.....)

Thanks chloe, this was fun!

OH!! I just saw Greased Lightning....like that one too...lol

Why Can't This Be Love from Van Halen

:rocker:

ooooh! I love the Lenny Welsh version too

I love Al Jarreau!! I love the song Spain and would love to hear Elliott sing this song! If you listen to the runs...Elliott would nail this, no problem!

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What fun! I looked at the list for my year, way back in 1954, yikes! I chose "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" because I love the city, the song and Tony Bennett, he's amazing and still going strong!

I love that song too and I remember this version sung by Lenny Welch from Bruce Springsteen's town Asbury Park. It is just a few towns from where I live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF1-o4xJhok

One of my favorites too.

OK my song is "At Last"....not telling you the year...hahaha.... ^_^

:rotfl: HA Rooney, I'm old enuf to figure it out!
My daughter had that as her wedding song
Love it!

O M G!!!!! can you imagine this by Elliott???????

I have been saying that for two years now since it's one of my favorite songs. I would absolutely love to hear Elliott sing that. Do we have a 'swoon' emoticon? haha....Oh yeah.... :awe:

I would have to do "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" in honor of the :chloe: I've never heard of the song, though. I would love to hear Elliott sing "At Last"!!

:awe: :awe:

ummm ...yes that would be.... :woohoo: :chloe: :chloe:
I love that song...

Tonight Rick will be performing Mustang Sally...because as a very young Paula Abdul once said..."Rick... you are one funky Latino boy"!!

I'd do "Beat It" by Michael Jackson.

Just kidding.

I'd really either do "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John or "Separate Ways" by Journey.

If I were a guy, I'd do "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel.

Rick...you have a great year to choose from... ;)

Well, the only song from the list I recognized was "Somewhere Out There", and since I always loved that song in An American Tail, I think I'd sing that song!

My song would be...Teardrops From My Eyes..by Ruth Brown..
Love her...

Great idea Chloe...

Elliott and his tone would give it something very special and I would be floating around in rapture and bliss... :thud:

Top 10 songs of each year going back to 1943..Elliott just missed for 2007. I believe WFY was #11. I think.... could be wrong..

http://www.discjockey.org/topsongs.html#1943

I'd definitely pick "The Winner Takes It All" by ABBA, I love that song!

Runners up:
"The Tide Is High" by Blondie
"Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes

I'd love to sing "Another One Bites The Dust" by Queen but it would be pretty awkward to sing that if I got eliminated! Haha!

Based on Top 100 Hits of 1974, I'd probably pick The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand or Until You Come Back To Me by Aretha Franklin :)

http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1974.htm

lol I didn't know any of those songs from 1985 :blush:

Mine would be

Blue Suede Shoes

"American Pie", which went to #1 on the day of my birth, in January, 1972.

*****

I've always liked that fact for some reason..... thank God I wasn't born when "Shake Your Bootie" or "Ice, Ice baby" went to #1..... could you imagine having the honor of being born when "Party Like A Rockstar" topped the charts?... LOL :-)

Mr. Roboto by Styx

I LOVE ABBA...and I LOVE THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL...

^ Awww, Rick... but it is such a great song, isn't it? My other ABBA faves include Super Trouper, The Name of the Game, and Knowing Me, Knowing You. :)

I would sing "Bring it on Home". I have always loved that song.

You and me both, Toni! Remember when we were still posting on the AI boards, I posted that I'd like to hear Elliott sing Spain on AI. He would totally nail it! I get goosebumps just thinking about him singing it.

I checked the songs from the year I was born and I didn't know most of them. I saw some that I know, but wouldn't want to sing them. My choice would be Walk on By by Dionne Warwick. :)

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
At least it would be easy to remember the words....Party like a rock star.Party like a rock starParty like a rock starParty like a rock starParty like a rock starParty like a rock star.Party like a rock starParty like a rock starParty like a rock starParty like a rock starParty like a rock star.Party like a rock starParty like a rock starParty like a rock starParty like a rock starParty like a rock star.Party like a rock starParty like a rock starParty like a rock starParty like a rock star

I'd sing Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me written by Harry Noble the year I was born. The most popular version was when it was sung more than a decade later by Mel Carter. Here it is from youtube:

Mel Carter Singing HMTMKM

Gloria Estefan recorded it in 1994.

I didn't like the ones they had from Wikipedia for my year (1992) so I looked at another place on Google. I'd sing "Life Is A Highway" by Tom Cochrane - I love that song, ever since I was young and I have a bunch of good memories that go along with it. C:

I'd sing Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Well it said 88' on the list, I guess it was actually released 87'. oh well.

lol berk! I heard that on the radio yesterday,my daughter LOVED rick astley, and i listened to his music ALL the time when she was like 11 or so. Actually, I admit, I liked him too!!!! :rotfl:

I really don't like much of the 50's music... ur, I mean 70's :).

Forever 39!

Okay, to go along with my age... how about:

The Great Petender
-The Platters

Oh great...thanks...

All this Rick Astley talk made me go to iTunes and buy his greatest hits. He was really good...I actually saw him in concert at Radio City Music Hall...many many moons ago.