“The Streak” is 60-years-old.
One measure of time during those 60 years -- 1956 to 2015 --
is music.
Some of those on the current (2015) Linfield football team
might recognize songs or singers popular 60 or so years ago. For example, “Love
Me Tender” by Elvis Presley in 1956.
It’s likely those on the team (1956) which started “The
Streak” do not recognize songs on the other end of the list. An example is “Uptown
Funk” by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars in 2015.
Songs on this list were selected by Wildcatville not because
they were necessarily the top-selling single of respective years, but because.
Just because.
A tip of the Wildcat hat to music of Linfield’s “The Streak.”
1956 --“Love
Me Tender,” Elvis Presley
1957 --“That'll
Be the Day,” Buddy Holly & The Crickets
1958 --“It's
All in the Game,” Tommy Edwards
1959 --“Mack
the Knife,” Bobby Darin
1960 --“The
Twist,” Chubby Checker
1961 --“Hit
the Road Jack,” Ray Charles
1962 --“The
Loco-Motion,” Little Eva
1963 --"Louie, Louie," the Kingsmen
1964 --“I
Want to Hold Your Hand,” The Beatles
1965 --"Wooly Bully," Sam the Sham
& the Pharaohs
1966-- "Hungry," Paul Revere & the
Raiders
1967 -- "The Beat Goes On," Sonny & Cher
1968 --“(Sittin'
On) The Dock of the Bay,” Otis Redding
1969 --“Proud
Mary,” Credence Clearwater Revival
1970 --“In
the Summertime,” Mungo Jerry
1971 --“Joy
to the World,” Three Dog Night
1972 --“I
Am Woman,” Helen Reddy
1973 --“Bad,
Bad Leroy Brown,” Jim Croce
1974 --“The
Streak,” Ray Stevens
1975 --“That's
the Way (I Like It),” KC & the Sunshine Band
1976 --“How
Deep Is Your Love,” Bee Gees
1977 --“Hotel
California,” Eagles
1978
--“Grease,” Frankie Valli
1979 --“Rise,”
Herb Alpert
1980 --“Funkytown”,
Lipps Inc
1981 --“Celebration,”
Kool & the Gang
1982 --“Chariots
of Fire,” Vangelis
1983 --“Beat
It,” Michael Jackson
1984 --“Ghostbusters,”
Ray Parker Jr
1985 --“We
Are the World,” USA for Africa
1986 --“Sledgehammer,”
Peter Gabriel
1987 --“La
Bamba,” Los Lobos
1988 --“Anything
for You,” Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
1989 --“Rock
On" Michael Damian
1990 --“Step
by Step,” New Kids on the Block
1991 --“Unbelievable,”
EMF
1992 --“Jump,”
Kris Kross
1993 --“Hero,”
Mariah Carey
1994 --“The
Power of Love," Céline Dion
1995 --“Exhale
(Shoop Shoop),” Whitney Huston
1996 --“Macarena"
(Bayside Boys Mix),” Los Del Rio
1997 --“MMMBop,”
Hanson
1998 --“I
Don't Want to Miss a Thing,” Aerosmith
1999 --“Wild
Wild West,” Will Smith featuring Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee
2000 --“Smooth,”
Santana featuring Rob Thomas
2001 --“Family
Affair,” Mary J. Blige
2002 --“A
Moment Like This,” Kelly Clarkston
2003 --“Hey
Ya!,” OutKast
2004 --“Drop
It Like It's Hot,” Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell
2005 --“Run
It!,” Chris Brown
2006 --“Do
I Make You Proud,” Taylor Hicks
2007 --“Stronger,”
Kanye West
2008 --“Live
Your Life,” T.I. featuring Rihanna
2009 --“I
Gotta Feeling,” The Black Eyed Peas
2010 --“We
R Who We R,” Kesha
2011 --“Firework,”
Katy Perry
2012 --“Set
Fire to the Rain,” Adele
2013 --“Wrecking
Ball,” Miley Cyrus
2014 --“Shake
It Off,” Taylor Swift
2015 --“Uptown
Funk,” Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
Some of your favourite tunes not on the list? There's more here:
http://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2015/10/more-of-beat-goes-on-music-of-linfield.html
http://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2015/10/more-of-beat-goes-on-music-of-linfield.html
