#YearPlaylist: 1931

A short one, not dissimilar from previous playlists from this era.

A few that I learned about from the Anthology of American Folk Music in the early 2000s

A few from the public domain 78s collection on the Internet Archive in the 2010s

And a few others (e.g. Jimmie Rodgers, Cab Calloway, Noel Coward, Ethel Waters) that I've known for over 45 years.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0u8ytTevNu6wEalDEv-3KxL

#YearPlaylist: 1954

Lucky 13 R&B, bluegrass, early rock n roll with some token jazz.

Big Mama Thornton stands out, along with various Sun, Chess, and Atlantic recording artistes.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0tB-phrVeq2e78FzlVkl65B

#YearPlaylist: 1973 Part 1

Not sure any of my year playlists have been quite so mainstream - i.e., featured so many hits. Is it because I was still a pre-teen listening to WLS (top 40) radio at the time? Or was it just a good year for music, mainstream or otherwise?

(How does that explain 1974?)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0sUegGFbA0vuNQpSfWoGSSu

#YearPlaylist 1986 Part 1

It's been awhile, and this is probably not the one to come back with. 🤷 #Year1986 will be in three parts and as with nearby years it's mostly a mix of old school hip hop and garagepunk/indie.

That's not always the best combo, but for good or ill I'm sticking to my alphabetical format of songs from this year that I played on my old internet radio show.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0sKI9NlRPqIMKBe3y__d0YF

#YearPlaylist: 1966 Part 2

- the peak year of garage rock -

I Hate You

I Need You

I Want You

I'm Gone

Only 4 out of 17 primeval garagepunk emotions in this set

But there's some sweet pop and soul relifef along the way from the Shangri-Las, Monkees, Shirelles, Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett, and Betty James

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0sAEauzIS5RiAp0TQtkKU_Q

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#YearPlaylist: 1948

It's a short one for a change, but sometimes those are the best.

Might as well call it CBGB because it's nothing but country, bluegrass, and various shades of blues.

EDIT: eejit here forgot the link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0sHMP5C5Ge7jfLptWlCWRYw

#Year1948
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#JohnLeeHooker

#YearPlaylist:1989-91

3-year combo because during this time I moved from Iowa for the second time to Ireland for the first time then back to Chicago, had our second kid, plenty of grad school, temp jobs, and wondering what the hell we were going to to.

Paul's Boutique (Beastie Boys), Pogues (Peace & Love) and adjacent, VU and adjacent/derived, plus a couple garagepunks

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#YearPlaylist: 1978 Part 1

No apologies.

23 prime slices of punk, new wave and post-punk

Buzzcocks, Kleenex, and Television Personalities appear more than once

There is only one outlier: early Washington, DC Go-Go by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfQclYkh2u0v_LNqBA4pKBtH6jpiun4Dq

#Year1978