I need your help - making a CD of typical prom songs from the 70's-80s

[LynneSin]

Any recommenations?

[1gobluedem]

1. Stairway to Heaven

And Chicago's 'Color My World' (I think that's the title). Both big hits on the high school prom circuit in the 70s. At least in Michigan.

[CBGLuthier]

2. Undercover Angel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-JX9mqQ1A

First thing that popped into my head.

[LibDemAlways]

3. Always and Forever - Heatwave

[Heidi]

4. "Celebration," by Kool and the Gang, 1980.

:hi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M

[SunnySong]

5. Relax by frankie and those other guys...

Undercover angel above was a good pick BTW.

[dannofoot]

6. "Color My World"

by Chicago. It was the theme of my prom in '76.

Also, the other ubiquitous slow song from that era: " "If" by Bread.

[hamsterjill]

23. Yeppers - Slllllloooow dancin'!

Color My World was the cuddle song at my high school prom!!!!

[HughBeaumont]

7. Keep On Lovin You - REO Speedwagon.

"Hey Deanie" - Shaun Cassidy.

[BurtWorm]

8. Dream Weaver (the slow dance)

You have Funkytown covered? Don't Stop Till You Get Enough? Disco Inferno? The Look of Love (by ABC)?

[MrScorpio]

16. +1

[SwampG8r]

9. get journeys greatest hits album

that should cover half the years

[nomorenomore08]

36. "Faithfully" is just about *the* perfect cheeseball prom ballad.

:thumbsup:

[Rob H.]

10. "This Could Be the Night" by Loverboy

was the theme song for my senior prom in 1986.

For the record, it so wasn't the night. :(

[driver8]

11. Ours was, "We've Got Tonight" by Bob Seger.

Lame, I know...

[Kali]

12. early 70s they were still playing Hey Jude

I kind of quit doing school-based social activities when I discovered recreational drugs, so after that...:shrug:

[jobycom]

13. "Up where we belong," and of course "Endless Love."

[Burma Jones]

14. Dance With Me by Orleans

Moondance by Van Morrison

[jesus_of_suburbia]

15. "Forever Young" - Alphaville

"The Flame" - Cheap Trick
"Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper
"Crazy For You" - Madonna
"Making Love Out of Nothing At All" - Air Supply




I imagine all of these would have been popular in the 80's at proms (I love 80's music).

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

17. Wonderful Tonight by Clapton

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

18. Theme from our prom was Summer Breeze

Seals and Croft - 1974

[XemaSab]

26. Type O Negative also did a very fine version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mET9CBsHbF0

[qb]

19. Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

Robert Palmer

[GalleryGod]

20. Almost Paradise

Mike Reno & Anne Wilson

[Z_I_Peevey]

21. Seasons in the Sun

was my prom theme, IIRC.

Crystal Blue Persuasion was a biggie, also.

[SoxFan]

22. For the love of all that is holy, WHY????

Prom songs are almost always the worst of the worst.

Remember the kids on the prom planning committee? Yeah, that's right. These guys weren't listening to Husker Du or Translator. They thought John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band was cutting edge.

End result: "Tender Years", a cheeseball Springsteen rip-off, was the song.

[myrna minx]

24. Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds

[BurtWorm]

41. Pretty in Pink, Psychedelic Furs

[Old Troop]

25. Betcha by Golly Wow.

[Archae]

27. I didn't go to the prom.

But our junior and senior prom was right in the middle of disco.

So pick a disco tune, any of them.
And don't say you hate all of disco!

[mitchum]

28. I think Journey existed only to provide prom songs

any of their tripe

[Archae]

29. Journey and Styx.

To this day I absolutely HATE "Come Sail Away" by Styx.

I wonder how many graduating classes had to sing that gawdawful second verse?

[mitchum]

33. "Come Sail Away is one of my favorite 'this sucks so badly; turn it up! songs"

Mrs mitchum does not understand that perverse streak of mine.
It is a truly wretched song...turn it up!

[Phentex]

40. That was one of ours! We had a tissue paper lighthouse...

in the middle of the gym. Sand and a fake backdrop with seagulls for the prom pictures. Ah, the memories!

[Parche]

30. anything by RUSH or LED ZEPPELIN

:rofl::woohoo::hi::hug:

[Mike 03]

31. "One More Night" by Phil Collins? NT

[Mike 03]

32. Oh, and half the songs on the FLASHDANCE soundtrack, especially

"I'll be Here where The Heart is," by Kim Carnes. I can hardly describe the effect I remember that song having on some people at the parties I attended in the 80s. It was remarkable. And a beautiful song.

[Kat45]

34. Color My World - Chicago

That was the big one my senior year, 1973.

[Tabasco_Dave]

35. Bryan Adams - Heaven

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eT464L1YRA

[pepperbear]

37. The Rose...don't you forget about me.....don't you want me (human league)....

if you leave me now chicago

[wickerwoman]

38. Foreigner: I Want to Know What Love Is

[MissHoneychurch]

39. Soft Cell "Tainted Love"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3fCFkl-BFU

[Common Sense Party]

42. Sheriff - "When I'm With You"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b7iOoN5lIk

[Common Sense Party]

43. REO Speedwagon - "Can't Fight This Feeling"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYoh_sV35eA

Really, ANY REO song

[jotsy]

44. Are you designing reunion packages?

Men's Voices

Billy Joel's Movin' Out.
Eagles, Life in the Fast Lane, *just about anything from Hotel California or Long Run,
Marvin Gaye Got to Give it Up
Alan Parsons Project, Don't Answer Me (my favorite by this group)
Supertramp, Dreamer



Ladies Voices
Fleetwood Mac, Sara
Pat Benatar, Promises in the Dark
Patty Smyth, No Mistakes
Aretha Franklin Freeway of Love
Heart, Straight on for You

You weren't specific about boogie's or ballads, tried to mix it up.

[hi there]

45. Journey, Styx ("The Best of Times"), and REO. n/t

[QuizGuy]

46. "If You Leave" - OMD

...and pretty much anything from the soundtracks of any John Hughes movie.

[Pool Hall Ace]

47. "Nights in White Satin" - Moody Blues

very early '70s, even though the song came out in '67.

For the '80s, I recommend "Stomp" by the Brothers Johnson.

[Habibi]

48. "We May Never Pass This Way Again"