Readers Respond to Jacquelyn Mitchard's '16 Songs You Must Own'

These are excerpts from some of our favorite lists submitted by readers:

GHedahl

• "Oh Happy Day" (Edwin Hawkins Singers, 1967)
  
• "Old Time Rock and Roll" (Bob Seger, 1978)
• "Joy to the World" (Three Dog Night, 1970)
• "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Procol Harum, 1967 or Annie Lennox, 1995)
• "Home Again" (Carole King, 1971)
• "Still Crazy After All These Years" (Paul Simon, 1975)

swimfanlane6

• "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman" (vocal by Aretha Franklin, 1967)
• "You've Got a Friend" (James Taylor, 1971)
• "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love?" (The Spinners, 1972)
• "More Than a Feeling" (Boston, 1976)
• "Just What I Needed" (The Cars, 1978)
• "The Prayer" (vocals by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion, 1998)

Cindy (Facebook)

• "The Candy Man" (vocal by Sammy Davis Jr., 1972)
• "Hello" (Lionel Ritchie, 1984)
• "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton and Vince Gill, 1995)
• "More Than a Woman" (Bee Gees, 1977)
• "The Way We Were" (vocal by Barbra Streisand, 1974)
• "Just the Way You Are" (Billy Joel, 1977)

BaronVonTollbooth

• "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, 1927)
• "Blue Bayou" (Roy Orbison, 1963, Linda Ronstadt, 1977)
• "Minnie the Moocher" (Cab Calloway, 1931)
• "Save the Country" (Laura Nyro, 1969)
• "I Feel Free" (Cream, 1966)
• "Fixin' to Die Rag" (Country Joe & the Fish, 1967)

Malocclusiontenfour

• "Do You Believe in Magic?" (The Lovin' Spoonful, 1965)
• "The Year of the Cat" (Al Stewart, 1976)
• "Tears of a Clown" (Smoky Robinson, 1967)
• "Ohio" (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 1971)
• "Turn! Turn! Turn!" (vocals by The Byrds, 1965)
• "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (The Rolling Stones, 1965)

KrisdiLorenzo

• "My Generation" (The Who, 1965)
• "Yesterday" (The Beatles, 1965)
• "As Tears Go By" (The Rolling Stones, 1965)
• "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (Bob Dylan, 1964)
• "What's Goin' On" (Marvin Gaye, 1971)
• "Respect" (vocal by Aretha Franklin, 1967)

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