
Here is a compiled list of some of the best oldies songs, consisting of classics from the 50s right through to the 80s.
Classic songs have an unparalleled timeless appeal that makes them so popular even today, decades after they were first released. Given below is a list consisting of songs which are considered evergreen by music lovers all over the world.
Top Classic Oldies
- Can’t Help Falling In Love ~ Elvis Presley
- Hound Dog ~ Elvis Presley
- Jailhouse Rock ~ Elvis Presley
- Nothing Compares to You ~ Sinead O’Connor
- Brown Eyed Girl ~ Van Morrison
- A Boy Named Sue ~ Johnny Cash
- Could I Have This Dance ~ Anne Murray
- When a Man Loves a Woman ~ Percy Sledge
- Living Doll ~ Cliff Richard
- Love Don’t Live Here Anymore ~ Rose Royce
- The Locomotion ~ Little Eva
- Lonely Teardrops ~ Jackie Wilson
- Dance To The Music ~ Sly and the Family Stone
- I’m Doing Fine Now ~ Three Degrees
- Yellow River ~ Christie
- Cest la vie ~ Robbie Nevil
- The Look ~ Roxette
- The Stroll ~ The Diamonds
- Twist & Shout ~ The Beatles
- All You Need Is Love ~ The Beatles
- Kiss From a Rose ~ Seal
- She Loves You ~ The Beatles
- Carrie ~ Europe
- Hey Jude ~ The Beatles
- Penny Lane ~ The Beatles
- Long Tall Sally ~ Little Richard
- A Dear John Letter ~ Jean Shepard
- Old Time Rock N Roll ~ Bob Seger
- Hope of Deliverance ~ Paul McCartney
- Let’s Face the Music and Dance ~ Fred Astaire
- Night Chicago Died ~ Paper Lace
- Expressway To Your Heart ~ Soul Survivors
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight ~ The Beach Boys
- Why Do Fools Fall In Love ~ Frankie Lymon
- Forever Young ~ Bob Dylan
- Diana ~ Paul Anka
- God Only Knows ~ The Beach Boys
- Hotel California ~ The Eagles
- Brown Eyed Girl ~ Van Morrison
- The Champs ~ Tequila
- Just Like A Woman ~ Bob Dylan
- Living For The City ~ Ike And Tina Turner
- Shiny Happy People ~ REM
- Always And Forever ~ Heatwave
- Bohemian Rhapsody ~ Queen
- Pink Cadillac ~ Bruce Springsteen
- I Can’t Stop Loving You ~ Ray Charles
- Baby Jane ~ Rod Stewart
- Bridge Over Troubled Waters ~ Simon & Garfunkel
- Mashed Potato Time ~ Dee Dee Sharp
- La La Means I Love You ~ The Delfonics
- In the Still of the Night ~ Five Satins
- When I Fall in Love ~ Nat King Cole
- I Second That Emotion ~ Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
- You Never Can Tell ~ Chuck Berry
- Coward of the County ~ Kenny Rogers
- I Can’t Get No Satisfaction ~ The Rolling Stones
- Another Day in Paradise ~ Phil Collins
- Jumpin’ Jack Flash ~ The Rolling Stones
- Gimme Some Lovin’ ~ Spencer Davis Group
- Stairway to Heaven ~ Led Zeppelin
- What I’d Say ~ Ray Charles
- Purple Haze ~ Jimi Hendrix
- God Save the Queen ~ Sex Pistols
- Pretty Woman ~ Roy Orbison
- Our Love ~ Carpenters
- Madison Time ~ The Ray Bryant Combo
- Fever ~ Little Willie John
- Patches ~ Clarence Carter
- Everybody Hurts ~ REM
- Like a Rolling Stone ~ Bob Dylan
- Imagine ~ John Lennon
- Along Comes Mary ~ The Association
- I Love You ~ Phyllis Nelson
- All The Fallen Men ~ Mike Tramp
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine ~ Marvin Gaye
- Endless Love ~ Lionel Richie and Dianna Ross
- Yesterday ~ The Beatles
- A kind of Magic ~ Queen
- I Will Survive ~ Gloria Gaynor
- Tell It Like It Is ~ Aaron Neville
- How Love War True ~ Bee Gees
- American Pie ~ Madonna
- God Only Knows ~ The Beach Band
- You Light Up My Life ~ Debby Boone
- Try a Little Tenderness ~ Otis Redding
- Ebony And Ivory ~ Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
- Sir Duke ~ Stevie Wonder
- Wuthering Heights ~ Kate Bush
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight ~ Elton John
- Nobody But Me ~ Human Beinz
- Summertime Blues ~ Eddie Cochran
- Hang On In Their Baby ~ Johnny Bristol
- In My Life ~ Lennon & McCartney
- Let It Be ~ Lennon & McCartney
- Follow Me ~ John Denver
- I Want to Break Free ~ Queen
- Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay ~ Otis Redding
- You’re the One That I Want ~ John Travolta and Olivia Newton John
This list has been chosen according to my personal taste and likings, and I may well have been a bit partial to some of my favorite singers! So if you feel that some other songs deserve a mention here, you are most welcome to add them by way of the comments column below.
Enjoy listening to these timeless wonders!