With a Little Help from my Baby Boomer Friends

This song was written for and sung by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr in 1967. I always wondered what they were talking about when they said, "I get high with a little help from my friends." I would imagine some fellow baby boomers know since Woodstock was just around the corner.

OK, so come on and sing along:

Baby Boomers Soaking Up the Beatles Sunshine

After all the rain we had yesterday, this is the PERFECT song for today. Did you know Paul McCartney wrote this on a sunny day at John Lennon's house in 1966. It was influenced by the Lovin' Spoonful, who had a happy hit with "Do You Believe In Magic?"

This is one of those happy go luck songs for baby boomers. How old were you in 1966? I was nine.

Will You Still Need Me My Baby Boomer Love

I had actually forgotten about this song until a few people posted it as their favorite Beatles song on a previous post.

When I'm 64 is a song sung by a young man to his lover, and is about his plans of growing old together with her. Although the theme is about aging, it was one of the first songs McCartney wrote, when he was sixteen.

What baby boomer doesn't remember this song? And now that I'm much closer to 64 myself, that song has special significance. (Hope you're reading this Nate, honey!)

Come on and sing along!

All Aboard The Baby Boomer Beatles Train

My tribute to the Beatles continues this week with another one of my favorite songs by them. This song was also sung by the Carpenters in the 1970s.

Baby Boomer Beatles Week

Now that I've recovered from the shock of the deaths of Isaac Hayes and Bernie Mac, I'm back with my favorite baby boomer jams.

This week is dedicated to The Beatles. Ever since I saw them on the Ed Sullivan Show back in 1964 (I think), I was a fan. What I admired and respected about the group from Liverpool is they never hid the fact that their music was greatly influenced by the Rhythm and Blues music they heard in the United States. Many white artists in this country stole the music originally made by black artists, claimed it as their own and went on to make millions.

The Beatles are forever etched in music history. The songs I post this week are in no particular order of how I like them, although this song ranks in my favorite top three.

What is your favorite Beatles song?

Baby Boomer Issac Hayes

I came home from my mother-in-law's birthday party today and learned that Isaac Hayes had passed away.

I was going to dedicate this week to Baby Boomer Beatles jams, however, in the wake of the death of a music icon like Hayes, I am dedicating this week to him and his music. He was known as the "Black Moses."

Isaac Hayes had teamed up with the late Bernie Mac and Samuel L. Jackson for the movie "Soul Men" due out in November of this year. Bernie Mac died one day before Hayes.

Here's the song that made Hayes a cross-over sensation:

Baby Boomer Soldier Boy

No matter how old this song gets, it will always be a favorite of the men and women who have loved ones serving in the military.

Solider Boy by sung the Shirelles and became a number one song for them in 1962. The Shirelles were the first major female vocal group of the rock and roll era. OK, so I was only five-year-old when the song came out but it's one of those "oldies but goodies" romance jams that grew up with me.

If you have someone in the military you would like to dedicate this to, please list his/her name here:

Baby Boomer Beatles Romance

What baby boomer female didn't like the Beatles growing up? As a matter of fact, I'm going to devote an entire week to my favorite Beatles tunes, giving every baby boomer a chance to take a trip down Penny Lane---no I mean Memory Lane.

OK...so here is my favorite Beatles Romance Song. The cool thing about some songs is, even as a baby boomer woman, I love them just as much now as I did back then.

As a matter of fact, I could place this over and over and over again, which I'm already doing! :)

You Can't have Baby Boomer Romance without The King

I wasn't a big Elvis fan but he did sing a few songs that I enjoyed. All Shook Up was one of them and this song makes the list of my favorite baby boomer romance jams:

A One in a Million Baby Boomer

Before he went out on his own, Larry Graham was the lead singer of a group known as Graham Central Station. But even before that he played bass in the highly successful and influential funk band Sly & the Family Stone from 1967 to 1972.

I had just graduated from college when One in a Million came out. It was a very popular wedding song at the time.

By looking at this video you can see how far lip syncing has come!

Baby Boomer Romance Week

To this day, this song remains on my all-time greatest hits list. Granted, I was only seven-years-old when the song became a hit but I think the reason I liked it so much is because my parents played it a lot and I heard it played on the radio quite a bit.

What I didn't know was the members of the group were from Akron, OH---which is not to far from where I grew up in Canton. That may explain the popularity of the song. The lead singer was Ruby Nash who went on to work for AT&T to earn a real living.

This song was the only hit for the group.