![]() We Didn’t Start The Fire – Billy Joel 56. When Smokey Sings – ABC 57. Cochran died the year after he recorded this, when on Aphe was killed in a car accident.ĥ1. Titles – Barclay James Harvest 52. Tribute (Right On) – The Pasadenas 53. Eddie Cochran, who was good friends with Ritchie Valens, was the first to record this song, but his version was not released until 1966. This was the only hit for Tommy Dee, who died in 2007 after a long career producing and promoting Country music. Tommy performed the narration on the song. After the plane crash, he got the idea for this song and took it to Crest Records, where he recorded it with Carol Kay And The Teen-Aires. The three entertainers died in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, in what became known as the “Day the music died” thanks to the Don McLean song “American Pie.” Tommy Dee (Tommy Donaldson) was a disc jockey at KFXM in San Bernadino. This song is a tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. The Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks 50. Artists featured in this video include John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Roy Orbison, Don McLean, Otis Redding, Freddie Mercury, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Marc Bolan, George Harrison, Bon Scott, Buddy Holly, Sonny & Cher, Johnny Cash, Denny Martin, Bob Marley, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Wendy O Williams, Robert Palmer, Kurt CobainĤ2. Rocket – Def Leppard 43. Short Fat Fannie – Larry Williams 44. Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder 45. Sweet Soul Music – Arthur Conley 46. The Intro & The Outro – The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band 47. The Miracle – Queen 48. The soundtrack is “Rock and Roll Heaven” (Stevenson/O’day) is a new demo recording, sung by Ronnie Kimball, with reworked lyrics from the 1970’s Righteous Brothers hit. “Rock & Roll Heaven” – A music video tribute to the rock music heroes who have passed away. Rock & Roll Heaven – The Righteous Brothers Old Hippie (The Sequel) – The Bellamy Brothers 37. One Week – Barenaked Ladies 38. Post World War II Blues – Al Stewart 39. Put That Record On – Hinder 40. Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me) – Reunion 30. Kids of The Baby Boom – The Bellamy Brothers 27. Land Of 1000 Dances – Wilson Pickett 28. Life in a Northern Town – The Dream Academy 29. John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16 – Keith Urban 26. I Watched It (All On My Radio) – Lionel Cartwright 24. In The Days Before Rock ‘n’ Roll – Van Morrison 25. I Do The Rock – Tim Curry 22. I Feel Like Buddy Holly – Alvin Stardust 23. Garden Party – Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band 20. Do You Remember These – The Statler Brothers 17. Do You Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Radio – The Ramones 16. Creeque Alley – The Mamas & The Papas 15. Club At The End Of The Street – Elton John 14. Class Reunion (That Used to Be Us) – Lonestar 12. Big Bang Theory Theme Song (History of Everything) – Barenaked Ladies 9. A Different World – Bucky Covington 4. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission) – Paul Simon 5. _ SONGS ABOUT NOSTALGIA THAT MENTION SPECIFIC PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS OR EVENTS OF THE PAST 1. Please let me know in the comments below what I may have missed………. _ 2017 UPDATE – Just did a major update & overhaul of this post – lots of new additions, a few corrections & a few changes. If you can think of others please feel free to let me know in the comment section at the bottom of this post. So sit back and enjoy the following videos of songs that evoke memories and/or pay homage to specific and/or real people, places or things of our past. Some of the recollections also include unpleasant or sad events such as deaths of famous people, destruction, tragedies, war and so forth. Some of the videos presented here also include song lyrics of vivid childhood images and memories of what it was like growing up with favorite past times, celebrities, heroes, fads, games, toys, pop culture (music, movies and TV), etc. So here I present to you a few songs with videos that reference, reflect, mention or list specific people, places, things, events and dates of the past. These particular songs can attest to a particular time in our past that evoke memories of that particular era. There are a few songs out there that specifically mention these events or people or objects that bring back these times to those of us who have lived through them. Some are rewarding experiences that seem to make that moment in time stand still while others are unpleasant or emotional events that leave a lasting impression or hurt in our heads, hearts and souls. Const CHARSET_LOWER = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" Ĭonst CHARSET_UPPER = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" Ĭonst CHARSET_ALPHA = CHARSET_LOWER + CHARSET_UPPER Ĭonst CHARSET_ALNUM = CHARSET_ALPHA + CHARSET_NUM Ĭonst CHARSET_ALNUM_SANE = CHARSET_ALNUM.Over the years we can all relate to good times and bad times in our lives.
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