Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 12th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Ray Charles – I Can’t Stop Loving You
• 1970’s: Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
• 1980’s: Gary Numan – Cars
• 1990’s: Brooks & Dunn – Boot Scootin’ Boogie
• 2000’s: Outkast – Hey Ya!

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Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 13th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Brenda Lee – I’m Sorry
• 1970’s: Paul McCartney & Wings – Silly Love Songs
• 1980’s: Smokey Robinson – Cruisin’
• 1990’s: Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know
• 2000’s: Justin Timberlake – Cry Me A River

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 14th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Paul Mauriat and his Orchestra – Love Is Blue (L’amour Est Bleu)
• 1970’s: Rod Stewart – Maggie May
• 1980’s: Air Supply – Lost in Love
• 1990’s: Mariah Carey – Vision of Love
• 2000’s: Michael Bublé – Everything

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 15th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Louis Armstrong and The All Stars – Hello Dolly!
• 1970’s: Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band – A Fifth of Beethoven
• 1980’s: Bruce Springsteen – Dancing in the Dark
• 1990’s: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
• 2000’s: Johnny Cash – Hurt

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Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 16th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: The Four Seasons – Big Girls Don’t Cry
• 1970’s: Donna Summer – It’s Too Late
• 1980’s: Tina Turner – What’s Love Got to Do With It
• 1990’s: Cranberries – Zombie
• 2000’s: The Strokes – Last Nite

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Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 17th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women
• 1970’s: Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly With His Song
• 1980’s: Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
• 1990’s: Destiny’s Child – Say My Name
• 2000’s: Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 18th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire
• 1970’s: Jimmy Buffett – Margaritaville
• 1980’s: Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
• 1990’s: Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name
• 2000’s: The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 19th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Procul Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale
• 1970’s: Jackson 5 – ABC
• 1980’s: Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World
• 1990’s: MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
• 2000’s: Rascal Flatts – Bless The Broken Road

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 20th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: David Bowie – Space Oddity
• 1970’s: Led Zepelin – Stairway to Heaven
• 1980’s: The Police – Every Breath You Take
• 1990’s: Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
• 2000’s: Hot Chip – Over and Over

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 21st most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Aretha Franklin – Respect
• 1970’s: Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
• 1980’s: A-ha – Take On Me
• 1990’s: Liam Gallagher – Live Forever
• 2000’s: Black Eyed Peas – Let’s Get It Started

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 22nd most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice
• 1970’s: Elton John – Bennie and The Jets
• 1980’s: Guns ‘N Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
• 1990’s: Spice Girls – Wannabe
• 2000’s: Nickelback – Photograph

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 23rd most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Dusty Springfield: Son of a Preacher Man
• 1970’s: Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
• 1980’s: Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight
• 1990’s: Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole – Unforgettable
• 2000’s: Muse – Knights of Cydonia

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 24th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: The Beatles – She Loves You
• 1970’s: Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely
• 1980’s: Sade – The Sweetest Taboo
• 1990’s: Beck – Where It’s At
• 2000’s: Blink 182 – I Miss You

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 25th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: The Who – My Generation
• 1970’s: Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man
• 1980’s: The Romantics – What I Like About You
• 1990’s: Shania Twain – From This Moment On
• 2000’s: Lifehouse – You and Me

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 26th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset
• 1970’s: Jackson 5 – ABC
• 1980’s: Queen – Another One Bites the Dust
• 1990’s: Jennifer Lopez – Waiting For Tonight
• 2000’s: The Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow

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Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 27th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Ray Charles – Georgia on My Mind
• 1970’s: Sly Stone – Family Affair
• 1980’s: Blondie – Call Me
• 1990’s: Roxette – Joyride
• 2000’s: Faith Hill – Breathe

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 28th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Zombies – Time of the Season
• 1970’s: Heart – Barracuda
• 1980’s: Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
• 1990’s: R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
• 2000’s: Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffet – It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere

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Tonight we continue on with our music countdown. Here is the 29th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Smokey Robinson – The Tracks of My Tears
• 1970’s: The Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone
• 1980’s: Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
• 1990’s: Oasis – Wonderwall
• 2000’s: Kid Rock – All Summer Long

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

Welcome to a new month, everyone! This past summer, we focused Reader Tips’ offerings heavily on movies. This month we’re going to change gears and offer you a Top 30 music countdown. There is no such perfect list but what you’ll see presented over the next 30 days is an amalgam from several different lists. I make no apologies for excluding songs that I think suck or have never heard of.  Wherever appropriate, a live version of the song will be presented. May your ears enjoy all of them!

Here is the 30th most popular song in each of five decades:

• 1960’s: Percy Sledge – When a Man Loves a Woman
• 1970’s: Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee
• 1980’s: Tina Turner – What’s Love Got To Do With It?
• 1990’s: Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
• 2000’s: Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me

Your best tips, musical or otherwise, are much appreciated!

On this last day of August, we present you with the 1936 film, Things to Come, based on the H.G. Wells novel of the same name.

Your best tips of recent days are much appreciated!

Bonus: We’ve all experienced the curfew/lockdown of 2020.  One wonders if it was merely a test run for something like this?!