50's, 60's, and 80's songs...

Please post your must-have, fun dance songs for these era's...I am working on my song list and have plenty of songs for the other era's (thanks to Marcellabella's list ), but not these!

my goodness i love these!

i have so many somewhere on my pc

brown eyed girl
September
Caught up in a one night love affair



ill post later

These are NOT my must have's as I am not up to this yet, but I did a search for you, here's a few for 50's/60's:

Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
Another Saturday Night
At The Hop
Baby, I Need Your Lovin’
Blanche
Blue Suede Shoes
Blueberry Hill
Build Me Up Buttercup
Bye Bye Love
Chantilly Lace
Charlie Brown
Come And Go With Me
Diamonds And Pearls
Earth Angel
Get Ready
Gimmie Some Lovin’
Great Balls Of Fire
I Can’t Help Falling In Love
Johnnie B. Goode
Love Me Tender
Memories
Midnight Hour
More Today Than Yesterday
Night Train
Only You
Peppermint Twist
Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay
Rock Around The Clock
Rockin' Robin
Shout
Show Me
Silhouettes
Sincerely
Sixteen Candles
Soul Man
Spanish Harlem
Splish Splash
Stand By Me
Summertime Blues
Sweet Little Sixteen
Tequila
That’ll Be The Day
The Letter
The Stroll
Tonight Tonight
Twist Again
Twist & Shout
What Does It Take
What’s Your Name
Wonder Of You
Yakety Yak
You Send Me

I have a lot of disco stuff on like Heaven (missing an angel) by the Tavares, Relight My Fire, and so many more - I don't think I had any from the 80's other than Ain't Nobody by Chaka Khan.

I will be checking this thread later - I need more songs!!!!

From the 80's:

A * a-ha/Take On Me * ABC/The Look of Love * ABC/Poison Arrow * Bryan Adams/Heaven * Bryan Adams/Straight From the Heart * Bryan Adams/Summer of '69 * After the Fire/Der Kommissar * Air Supply/Lost in Love * Air Supply/Making Love out of Nothing at All * Alphaville/Forever Young * Ambrosia/Biggest Part of Me * America/Right Before Your Eyes * America/You Can Do Magic * Animotion/Obsession * Adam Ant/Goody Two Shoes * Asia/Heat of the Moment * Asia/Only Time Will Tell * Asia/The Smile Has Left Your Eyes * Rick Astley/Never Gonna Give You Up * Atlantic Starr/Always * Patti Austin & James Ingram/Baby, Come to Me *


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B * B-52s/Love Shack * B-52s/Rock Lobster * Bad English/When I See You Smile * Bananarama/Cruel Summer * Bananarama/Venus * Band-Aid/Do They Know It's Christmas? * Bangles/Eternal Flame * Bangles/Manic Monday * Bangles/Walk Like an Egyptian * Basia/Cruising for Bruising * Basia/Time and Tide * Beach Boys/Kokomo * Pat Benatar/Heartbreaker * Pat Benatar/Love is a Battlefield * Berlin/Take My Breath Away * Big Country/In a Big Country * Stephen Bishop/It Might Be You * Blondie/Rapture * Blondie/The Tide is High * Bon Jovi/Livin' On a Prayer * Bon Jovi/Never Say Goodbye * Boston/Amanda * Bourgeois Tagg/I Don't Mind At All * David Bowie/China Girl * David Bowie/Let's Dance * David Bowie/Modern Love * Boys Don't Cry/I Wanna Be a Cowboy * Laura Branigan/Gloria * Breathe/Hands to Heaven * Edie Brickell & New Bohemians/Circle * Edie Brickell & New Bohemians/What I Am * Martin Briley/Salt in My Tears * Jackson Browne/Boulevard * Jackson Browne/Somebody's Baby * Lindsey Buckingham/Go Insane * Lindsey Buckingham/Holiday Road *
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C * John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band/Tender Years * The Call/I Still Believe * Belinda Carlisle/Circle in the Sand * Belinda Carlisle/Mad About You * Eric Carmen/Make Me Lose Control * Kim Carnes/Bette Davis Eyes * Paul Carrack/Don't Shed a Tear * Jim Carroll Band/People Who Died * Cars/Drive * Cars/My Best Friend's Girl * Cars/You Might Think * Tracy Chapman/Fast Car * Charlene/I've Never Been To Me * Charlie/It's Inevitable * Cheap Trick/The Flame * Chicago/Hard Habit to Break * Chicago/Will You Still Love Me * Church/Under the Milky Way * Eric Clapton/I've Got a Rock and Roll Heart * Clash/Rock the Casbah * Clash/Should I Stay or Should I Go? * Climax Blues Band/I Love You * Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes/Up Where We Belong * Natalie Cole/Miss You Like Crazy * Phil Collins/Against All Odds * Phil Collins & Philip Bailey/Easy Lover * Phil Collins/In the Air Tonight * Phil Collins/One More Night * Phil Collins/The Roof is Leaking * Commodores/Night Shift * Commodores/Sail On * Tommy Conwell & the Young Rumblers/If We Never Meet Again * Elvis Costello/Everyday I Write the Book * Elvis Costello/Veronica * John Cougar/Hurts So Good * John Cougar/Jack & Diane * Crosby, Stills & Nash/Southern Cross * Crosby, Stills & Nash/Wasted on the Way * Christopher Cross/Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) * Christopher Cross/Sailing * Christopher Cross/Think of Laura * Crowded House/Don't Dream It's Over * Culture Club/Do You Really Want To Hurt Me * Culture Club/Karma Chameleon * Culture Club/Time (Clock of the Heart) * Culture Club/Victims * Cure/Love Cats * Cutting Crew/(I Just) Died in Your Arms * Cutting Crew/I've Been in Love Before *
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D * Charlie Daniels Band/The Devil Went Down to Georgia * Danny Wilson/Mary's Prayer * Terence Trent D'Arby/Wishing Well * Paul Davis/'65 Love Affair * Taylor Dayne/I'll Always Love You * Dazz Band/Let It Whip * Dead Milkmen/Bitchin' Camaro * Chris DeBurgh/Don't Pay The Ferryman * Chris DeBurgh/The Lady in Red * Def Leppard/Photograph * Del Fuegos/I Still Want You * Depeche Mode/Blasphemous Rumours * Depeche Mode/Somebody * Depeche Mode/The Sun and the Rainfall * Devo/Whip It * Dexys Midnight Runners/Come on Eileen * Dennis DeYoung/Desert Moon * Dire Straits/Money for Nothing * Dire Straits/Sultans of Swing * Dire Straits/Walk of Life * Dire Straits/Why Worry * DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince/Parents Just Don't Understand * Thomas Dolby/Airwaves * Thomas Dolby/She Blinded Me With Science * Double/Captain of Her Heart * Dream Academy/Life in a Northern Town * Robbie Dupree/Steal Away * Duran Duran/Hungry Like the Wolf * Duran Duran/Is There Something I Should Know * Duran Duran/Rio * Duran Duran/Save a Prayer * Duran Duran/View to a Kill *
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E * Eagles/Heartache Tonight * Eagles/Hotel California * Sheena Easton/For Your Eyes Only * Sheena Easton/Morning Train (Nine to Five) * Electric Light Orchestra/All Over the World * Electric Light Orchestra/Don't Bring Me Down * Enya/Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) * Escape Club/I'll Be There * Escape Club/Wild, Wild West * Europe/Carrie * Eurythmics/Here Comes the Rain Again * Eurythmics/Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) *
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F * Donald Fagen/I.G.Y. * Falco/Rock Me Amadeus * Harold Faltermeyer/Axel F * Karel Fialka/Hey Matthew * Fine Young Cannibals/Good Thing * Fine Young Cannibals/She Drives Me Crazy * Fixx/One Thing Leads to Another * Fixx/Saved By Zero * Fleetwood Mac/Gypsy * Fleetwood Mac/Sara * Flock of Seagulls/I Ran * Flock of Seagulls/Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You) * Dan Fogelberg/Longer * Dan Fogelberg/Same Old Lang Syne * John Fogerty/Centerfield * John Fogerty/Old Man Down the Road * Foreigner/I Want To Know What Love Is * Foreigner/That Was Yesterday * Foreigner/Waiting For a Girl Like You * Frankie Goes to Hollywood/The Power of Love * Frankie Goes to Hollywood/Relax * Frankie Goes to Hollywood/Two Tribes * Glenn Frey/The Heat is On * Glenn Frey/You Belong to the City * Frida/I Know There's Something Going On *
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G * Peter Gabriel/In Your Eyes * Peter Gabriel/Sledgehammer * Gap Band/You Dropped a Bomb on Me * Marvin Gaye/Sexual Healing * Gloria Gaynor/I Will Survive * J. Geils Band/Centerfold * J. Geils Band/Freeze-Frame * General Public/Tenderness * Genesis/In Too Deep * Genesis/Misunderstanding * Genesis/No Reply at All * Genesis/That's All * Georgia Satellites/Keep Your Hands to Yourself * Debbie Gibson/Lost In Your Eyes * Glass Tiger/Someday * Go-Go's/Vacation * Go-Go's/We Got the Beat * Golden Earring/Twilight Zone * Lou Gramm/Just Between You and Me * Eddy Grant/Electric Avenue * Grateful Dead/Touch of Grey * Guns N' Roses/Patience *
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H * Sammy Hagar/Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy * Daryl Hall & John Oates/Kiss On My List * Daryl Hall & John Oates/Maneater * Daryl Hall & John Oates/Private Eyes * Paul Hardcastle/19 * Jimmy Harnen with Synch/Where Are You Now * George Harrison/All Those Years Ago * George Harrison/When We Was Fab * Corey Hart/Sunglasses at Night * Dan Hartman/I Can Dream About You * Murray Head/One Night in Bangkok * Jeff Healey Band/Angel Eyes * Heart/These Dreams * Don Henley/Boys of Summer * Don Henley/Dirty Laundry * Don Henley/End of the Innocence * Bertie Higgins/Key Largo * Rupert Holmes/Escape (The Piña Colada Song) * Honeydrippers/Sea of Love * Hooters/And We Danced * Bruce Hornsby & the Range/Mandolin Rain * Bruce Hornsby & the Range/The Way It Is * Human League/Don't You Want Me * Human League/Human *
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I * Icehouse/Electric Blue * Icicle Works/Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) * Billy Idol/Eyes Without a Face * Billy Idol/Mony Mony 'Live' * Billy Idol/White Wedding * Information Society/What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) * INXS/Need You Tonight * Chris Isaak/You Owe Me Some Kind of Love *
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J * Janet Jackson/Let's Wait Awhile * Jermaine Jackson/Do What You Do * Joe Jackson/Breaking Us in Two * Joe Jackson/Steppin' Out * Joe Jackson/You Can't Get What You Want * Michael Jackson/Billie Jean * Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney/The Girl is Mine * Jets/Make It Real * Joan Jett & the Blackhearts/I Love Rock-n-Roll * Billy Joel/Allentown * Billy Joel/I Go to Extremes * Billy Joel/It's Still Rock and Roll to Me * Billy Joel/Leave a Tender Moment Alone * Billy Joel/The Longest Time * Billy Joel/We Didn't Start the Fire * Elton John/Blue Eyes * Elton John/Candle in the Wind * Elton John/I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues * Elton John/Little Jeannie * Robert John/Sad Eyes * Johnny Hates Jazz/Shattered Dreams * Johnny Hates Jazz/Turn Back the Clock * Howard Jones/Life in One Day * Howard Jones/No One is to Blame * Oran 'Juice' Jones/The Rain * Journey/Don't Stop Believin' * Journey/Faithfully * Journey/Open Arms * Journey/Send Her My Love *
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K * Kajagoogoo/Too Shy * Kansas/Play the Game Tonight * Nik Kershaw/Wouldn't It Be Good * Kid Creole & the Coconuts/Annie I'm Not Your Daddy * Greg Kihn Band/Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) * Greg Kihn Band/Jeopardy * Kinks/Come Dancing * Knack/My Sharona * Kon Kan/I Beg Your Pardon * Kool & the Gang/Celebration * Kool & the Gang/Cherish * Kool & the Gang/Joanna * Kool & the Gang/Too Hot * Lenny Kravitz/It Ain't Over Till It's Over *
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L * Cyndi Lauper/Girls Just Want to Have Fun * Cyndi Lauper/Time After Time * Cyndi Lauper/True Colors * John Lennon/(Just Like) Starting Over * John Lennon/Woman * Julian Lennon/Too Late for Goodbyes * Julian Lennon/Valotte * Level 42/Something About You * Huey Lewis & the News/Do You Believe in Love * Huey Lewis & the News/The Heart of Rock & Roll * Huey Lewis & the News/If This Is It * Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam/All Cried Out * Little River Band/Cool Change * Little River Band/Lonesome Loser * Little River Band/Take It Easy On Me * Little River Band/We Two * Living Colour/Cult of Personality * Kenny Loggins/Footloose * Kenny Loggins/I'm Alright * Love and Rockets/So Alive * Nick Lowe/Cruel to be Kind *
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M * M/Pop Muzik * Madness/Our House * Madonna/Borderline * Madonna/Crazy for You * Madonna/Into the Groove * Madonna/La Isla Bonita * Melissa Manchester/You Should Hear How She Talks About You * Manhattans/Shining Star * Barry Manilow/Copacabana * Barry Manilow/Read 'em and Weep * Benny Mardones/Into the Night * Martika/Toy Soldiers * Richard Marx/Endless Summer Nights * Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson/Say, Say, Say * Paul McCartney/Take It Away * Bobby McFerrin/Don't Worry, Be Happy * Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes/(I've Had) The Time of My Life * John Cougar Mellencamp/Cherry Bomb * John Cougar Mellencamp/Pink Houses * Men At Work/Down Under * Men At Work/Overkill * Men At Work/Who Can It Be Now? * Men Without Hats/Safety Dance * Mental As Anything/Spirit Got Lost * George Michael/Father Figure * George Michael/Kissing a Fool * Bette Midler/The Rose * Midnight Oil/Beds Are Burning * Mike + the Mechanics/Living Years * Mike + the Mechanics/Silent Running * Mike + the Mechanics/Taken In * Steve Miller Band/Abracadabra * Ronnie Milsap/I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World * Ronnie Milsap/Smoky Mountain Rain * Mr. Mister/Broken Wings * Mr. Mister/Kyrie * Modern English/I Melt With You * Eddie Money/Think I'm in Love * Monkees/That Was Then, This Is Now * Moody Blues/The Voice * Moody Blues/Your Wildest Dreams * Giorgio Moroder/Together in Electric Dreams * Motels/Only the Lonely * Motels/Suddenly Last Summer * Moving Pictures/What About Me *
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curly

oct03, aint to proud to bed, my god forgot about that havent heard it in years!!!

Jenn: I never heard of Ain't To Proud To Bed. When did it come out?

My Goodness! Curly- thank you so much

This is a list of the most popular 50's and 60's songs

(I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION ROLLING STONES,
THE ABC JACKSON 5, THE
AIN'T THAT A SHAME DOMINO, FATS
ALL SHOOK UP PRESLEY, ELVIS
AT THE HOP DANNY & THE JUNIORS
BARBARA ANN BEACH BOYS
BEAT GOES ON, THE SONNY & CHER
BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS, FRANKIE
BIRTHDAY BEATLES, THE
BITS AND PIECES CLARK FIVE, THE DAVE
BLUE SUEDE SHOES PRESLEY, ELVIS
BLUEBERRY HILL DOMINO, FATS
BORN TO BE WILD STEPPENWOLF
BUT IT'S ALRIGHT JACKSON, J.J.
CALIFORNIA GIRLS BEACH BOYS
CHANTILLY LACE BIG BOPPER
CHARLIE BROWN COASTERS, THE
DA DOO RON RON CRYSTALS, THE
DANCE TO THE MUSIC SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
DANCING IN THE STREET REEVES & THE VANDELLAS, MARTHA
DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) FOUR SEASONS, THE
DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON/GOOD GOLLY... RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS, MITCH
DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY MANN, MANFRED
DO YOU LOVE ME CONTOURS, THE
DON'T BE CRUEL PRESLEY, ELVIS
GET READY TEMPTATIONS, THE
GIMME GIMME GOOD LOVIN' CRAZY ELEPHANT
GIMME SOME LOVIN' SPENCER DAVIS GROUP
GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY LITTLE RICHARD
GOOD LOVIN' RASCALS, THE
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE LEWIS, JERRY LEE
HELP ME, RHONDA BEACH BOYS
HOLD ON! I'M COMIN' SAM & DAVE
HOUND DOG PRESLEY, ELVIS
I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU TEMPTATIONS, THE
I CAN'T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE HONEY BUNCH) FOUR TOPS
I FOUGHT THE LAW FULLER FOUR, BOBBY
I GET AROUND BEACH BOYS
I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD) BROWN, JAMES
I GOT YOU BABE SONNY & CHER
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE GAYE, MARVIN
I SAW HER STANDING THERE BEATLES, THE
I SECOND THAT EMOTION ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES, SMOKEY
I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND BEATLES, THE
I WANT YOU BACK JACKSON 5, THE
I'M A BELIEVER MONKEYS, THE
IT'S MY PARTY GORE, LESLEY
JAILHOUSE ROCK PRESLEY, ELVIS
JOHNNY B. GOODE BERRY, CHUCK
JOY TO THE WORLD THREE DOG NIGHT
JUMPING JACK FLASH ROLLING STONES, THE
LA BAMBA LOS LOBOS
LA BAMBA VALENS, RITCHIE
LAND OF A 1000 DANCES PICKETT, WILSON
LEADER OF THE PACK SHANGRI-LAS, THE
LET'S TWIST AGAIN CHECKER, CHUBBY
LIMBO ROCK CHECKER, CHUBBY
LION SLEEPS TONIGHT, THE TOKENS, THE
LITTLE BIT O' SOUL MUSIC EXPLOSION, THE
LOCO-MOTION, THE LITTLE EVA
LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS) HOLLIES, THE
LOUIE LOUIE KINGSMEN, THE
LOVE YOU SAVE, THE JACKSON 5
MACK THE KNIFE DARIN, BOBBY
MAGIC CARPET RIDE STEPPENWOLF
MEGA-MIX, THE BEATLES **
MONY MONY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS, TOMMY
MUSTANG SALLY PICKETT, WILSON
MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK ANGELS, THE
NA NA HEY HEY KISS HIM GOODBYE STEAM
NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO BERRY, CHUCK
NOBODY BUT ME HUMAN BEINZ, THE
OH PRETTY WOMAN ORBISON, ROY
PEGGY SUE HOLLY, BUDDY
PROUD MARY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
REACH OUT, I'LL BE THERE FOUR TOPS, THE
RESCUE ME BASS, FONTELLA
RESPECT FRANKLIN, ARETHA
ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC BEACH BOYS
ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK HALEY & HIS COMETS, BILL
ROCKIN' ROBIN DAY, BOBBY
ROCKIN' ROBIN JACKSON, MICHAEL
RUNAROUND SUE DION
SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER PURIFY, JAMES & BOBBY
SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL HALEY AND HIS COMETS, BILL
SHAMA LAMA DING DONG DAY & THE KNIGHTS, OTIS
SHOTGUN JR. WALKER & THE ALL STARS
SHOUT DAY & THE KNIGHTS, OTIS
SOUL MAN SAM & DAVE
SPLISH SPLASH DARIN, BOBBY
STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE ROSS & THE SUPREMES, DIANA
SUGAR, SUGAR ARCHIES, THE
SURFIN' U.S.A. BEACH BOYS
TEARS OF A CLOWN, THE ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES, SMOKEY
TEQUILA CHAMPS, THE
THAT'LL BE THE DAY HOLLY, BUDDY
THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN' SINATRA, NANCY
THINK FRANKLIN, ARETHA
TWIST AND SHOUT BEATLES, THE
TWIST, THE CHECKER, CHUBBY
TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY COOKE, SAM
WANDERER, THE DION
WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO, THE TEMPTATIONS, THE
WHO DO YOU LOVE DIDDLEY, BO
WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON LEWIS, JERRY LEE
WILD THING TROGGS, THE
WILLIE AND THE HAND JIVE OTIS SHOW, JOHNNY
WIPEOUT SURFARIS, THE
WOOLY BULLY SAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS
YAKETY YAK COASTERS, THE
YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE SUPREMES, THE