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Thread #16307   Message #151910
Posted By: Bert
20-Dec-99 - 11:08 AM
Thread Name: Help: Millenium question for you
Subject: RE: Help: Millenium question for you
ONLY THREE!!!

Hmmm where to start. We each have to work within our own limited scope, so no one of us is really going to be right.

'Willikins and his Dinah' probably goes first simply because of the number of times the tune gets used.

The most important song isn't folk YET. But it has to be the song that started Rock and Roll. As I said it's not folk, but rock has made a very significant change to music. As far as I know, the first recognized rock song was 'Rock around the Clock' which cam out around 1954 but it doesn't get my vote because it was a complete rip off of 'Move it on Over' by Hank Williams which was recorded in 1947. So it's 'Move it on Over' for number two.

And for number three I choose a song, just because I like it. 'Believe me if all those Endearing Young Charms'.

So now let's hear from the experts.

Bert.