I couldn't help notice how contrived and patronizing the Music educators list was--and how much it varied from Gargoyle's list, which seems a much more accurate collection of the songs that Americans really do know--

I do have somewhat the same feeling as George, sometimes, that a lot of that stuff that everyone happens to know isn't pleasing to either sing or hear--(I must confess that I also regard the lists of songs that some person or group thinks I should know as being like the bumper stickers that say "Kill your television"--If you want to tell me what to do, I will tell you where to go)--

What would be interesting would be to see a list of the 50 songs that people wished they knew--

P.S. Kat--so sorry to hear about your mother--