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Originally Posted by bilbo-san
This is not you and this is not new or restricted to the last 10 years.
I mean if you look back at the Billboard top 40s from the 60s or whatever, its chalk-full of **** that no one ever listens to anymore because it has not stood the test of time.
Music that remains popular outside of the memes of the moment is just fairly uncommon, compared to all the other crap that comes out.
Orly?
Billboard top 15 from 1963:
#1 Hey Jude - The Beatles
#2 The Theme From " A Summer Place" - Percy Faith
#3 Tossin' and Tunin' - Bobby Lewis
#4 I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
#5 I'm A Believer - The Monkees
#6 I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
#7 Aquarius/ Let The Sunshine In - The 5th Dimension
#8 Are You Lonesome To-night? - Elvis Presley
#9 In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
#10 It's Now or Never - Elvis Presley
#11 I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
#12 Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat
#13 Big Girls Don't Cry - The 4 Seasons
#14 Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
#15 Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs