The song that takes you back to your youth.

My Ding-a-ling - Chuck Berry. (1972) I'd have been 7/8 years old.

Hit me with your rhythm stick - Ian Dury and the Blockheads (1981) 17 years old. My mum hated Ian Dury, said he was uncouth.

The first record I bought was Pretty Flamingo and the first lp was West side story which I bought second hand from a friend. Your song is our song!

Music in the sixties was all so different from what went before and I loved being part of that era which included mini skirts, Habitat furniture etc. It was a great time to be young.

Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street with the brilliant sax. I played it non stop, and my German penfriend who was staying made me translate it into German for her.

Going to another school for a netball match and dancing to 'Please Please Me' by the Beatles in their school hall. They must have been desperate for a team as I had never been picked before. I was 13 in 1963.

'Whiter shade of pale' can take me right back in time, as can a great number of Motown records: 'It's the same old song' and 'I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)' by the Four Tops were played incessantly by my sister as she was learning to memorize the words. I think it must have been 1965 because I'm pretty sure that's when we got the record player cabinet. Remember those?

Does anyone remember Yesterday has Gone by Cupids Inspiration. Never hear it anymore. Another much loved one from my youth. We were so spoiled then for good music.

Heard Whiter Shade Of Pale on the radio a few days ago ( came out in 1963) and sounded as if it came out yesterday, not dated like a lot sound now.So that's well over 50 years ago.

California Dreaming by Mamas and Papas
All you need is love by the Beatles and the entire Sergeant Pepper album
Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues
Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones
Any song by Simon and Garfunkel
Whiter Shade of Pale by Procul Harem

So many more. My teenage years were filled with the music of the 60s.

I always thought it was 'burnt and gritty'

Will have to google now...

Hard to pin down a certain record, so many! However the very first one that came to mind, was being played a lot when I was either 16 or 17, Summer In The City ( back of my back gettin'burned so pretty) remember that one? I remember walking through my city one hot Saturday, and it was playing everywhere, all the coffee bars etc. And I noticed boys looking at me ( which I hated) and telling my Mother this, who laughed and said 'you're young, pretty, with long hair and a short skirt!' What do you expect?
I liked talking to boys, and dancing with them, but always hated to be stared at.Anyway, this song brings back memories of hot Summer days and the great feeling of being young and that anything may happen.☀️

Anything by the Beatles, Satisfaction and Paint it Black, and The Sunshine of Your Love.

Lindisfarne - Meet me on the corner
The Rolling Stones - Angie
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
T Rex - Metal Guru
Hawkwind - Silver Machine

All of these take me right back to lunchtimes in the school common room. Happy times!

Being a hippy in the 60's meant for me lashings of Beatles, Hendrix, etc, but the song that went round and round in my head for a very long time was Bobby Gentry's version of 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again' I still have my 45rpm record, and it still leaves me feeling all fuzzy round the edges

School's out - Alice Cooper - 1972. The summer I left secondary school, I hated school so much!!

Poison Ivy. My first real boyfriend asked me out when I was dancing to it

Hey Jude. When I was a student nurse in theatre in the 60s and on call at night we'd all be singing this whilst doing emergency ops. Happy days. Paul McCartney didn't sound as good the last time he performed it!

f77ms I LOVED walk away Renee, my favourite Four Tops song, also This old heart of Mine and I Cant Help Myself.

First time ever I saw your face, your'ebeautiful, Wanna be with you,

Strawberry fields for ever. Reminds me of a Sunday afternoon trip. Mx

Walker brothers, sound of silence, band of gold and lots more.

First record bought was Venus in blue jeans by Bobby V 1961
All Bob Dylan songs take me back to my protest days, CND etc
In my life by the Beatles still makes me cry .
Later any Motown music , The temptations Just walk away Rene, This old heart of mine by the Isley brothers .
Music can take you back to happy or sad times like nothing else can .

I also loved 10 to 8 by David castles....reminds me of being first married and getting ready for work

Mary Hopkins, Beatles, Helen Shapiro.
We also had to go to chapel twice a day on Sundays and Sunday school in the afternoon so as a good Methodist I can still recall the words to many hymns.

I was a 70's teeny bopper too Cherrytree59 and agree with most of your choices. Wasn't Sugar Baby love the Rubettes? I loved that too. Loved Queen too.

At 17 by Janis Ian could go on my list of "songs that make the tears flow" Bbnan .