My son Nathan was 5 on Wednesday, but we just had his birthday party today. I thought it would be fun to share what he requested Mom load up on her iPod for the party soundtrack. Says a little something about what Mom and Dad pour into his ear, but I thought some of these were pretty hip selections:
- “Love’s Been a Little Bit Hard On Me,” Juice Newton
- “Stuck On You,” Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
- “Rock Rock (‘Til You Drop),” Def Leppard
- “Sherry,” Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
- “The Bare Necessities,” Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman (from The Jungle Book soundtrack)
- “I Want You,” Savage Garden
- “Somethin’ Stupid,” Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra
- “Johnny B. Goode,” Chuck Berry
- “Yellow Submarine,” The Beatles
- “Our Lips Are Sealed,” The Go-Go’s
- “Save the Day,” Train
- “Hakuna Matata,” Ernie Sabella and Nathan Lane (from The Lion King soundtrack)
- “Stacy’s Mom,” Fountains of Wayne
- “The Heart of Rock & Roll,” Huey Lewis & the News
- “That Don’t Satisfy Me,” Brother Cane
- “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’,” Nancy Sinatra
- “Calling All Angels,” Train
- “Radar Gun,” The Bottle Rockets
- “Psychobabble,” The Alan Parsons Project
- “Waterloo,” ABBA
- “Dancing Queen,” ABBA
- “Hit The Road Jack,” Ray Charles
- “Come On Come On Come On,” Cheap Trick
- “Paperback Writer,” The Beatles
- “Love Me Do,” The Beatles
- “Jungle Boogie,” Kool & the Gang
- “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” Elton John and Kiki Dee
- “I Love It Loud,” Kiss
- “Crocodile Rock,” Elton John
- “No More Words,” Berlin
- “Party Train,” The Gap Band
- “Are You Gonna Be My Girl,” Jet
- “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” B.J. Thomas
- “Gonna Make You Sweat,” C+C Music Factory
- “Hazy Shade of Winter,” The Bangles
- “Can’t Buy Me Love,” The Beatles
- “Detroit Rock City,” Kiss
- “Everybody Have Fun Tonight,” Wang Chung
- “Rock of Ages,” Def Leppard
- “Live to Win,” Paul Stanley
- “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing,” Leo Sayer
- “They Don’t Know,” Tracey Ullman
- “Shout It Out Loud (new video version),” Kiss
- “Mamma Mia,” ABBA
- “Vertigo,” U2
- “Rich Girl,” Gwen Stefani
- “All Shook Up,” Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires
- “That’s What Friends Are For,” Terry Thomas, Bruce Reitherman, and George Sanders (from The Jungle Book soundtrack)
- “Hung Up,” Madonna
- “In My Dreams,” Dokken
- “Sugar Town,” Nancy Sinatra
- “Got No Shame,” Brother Cane
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