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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
Nah, was the old 45s and LPs actually.
"I found my thrill ... "
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There was one of those 5x5 things a while ago -- pick your five songs each from five artists. Fats Domino came pretty close at the time to making my list.
Little Richard
did make my list. As did Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations. Were I to do reassess today Wilson might get bumped. Could be Elvis, could be James Brown.* Not really sure. (JB is one of my mom's professed favorites, though I don't remember a lot of it around the house. Elvis was one of her sister's - much younger and closer to my age - favorites. Of course Ozzy, KISS, also rank highly there.)
Growing up I'd say I heard a lot of current airplay, a lot of "classic" rock. Some soul/Motown probably, but maybe not enough to explain my level of love for it. I am not sure where I picked up Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, etc. Probably when a local pop station went oldies.
Of course, I also like 80s, Disco, etc. One of the first songs I put on my kids' devices was "Funkytown." (Which the other day my mom also proclaimed "oh, I like "Funkytown!" Which makes some sense I suppose, she was only 30 when it came out.)
Oh, and Elton is absolutely pop and not rock.
* At other points in time I may have included Glenn Miller, Led Zeppelin, Prince, ZZ Top...