A friend of mine was visiting from upstate New York this weekend. He has just
begun a new job as head of the music department of a private school with
students in grades 6 through 12.
Anyway, we were sitting around listening to music last night and my friend
told me that he is planning a concert in December with the school's chorus
and asked me if I had any ideas for what he might do. Since many of the
parents of these kids would have been teenagers and young adults during the
60s and 70s, I suggested that he put together a salute to the songwriters of
that period. He loved the idea, and we immediately started compiling a list
of some of the songwriters he should include. Here are some of the people we
came up with:
Joni (my first suggestion, of course)
Lennon/McCartney
Dylan
Stevie Wonder
Laura Nyro
Otis Redding
Holland, Dozier, Holland
Leonard Cohen
Bert Bachrach
Jagger/Richards
Jimmy Webb
James Taylor
I am sure there are more songwriters we didn't think of. Do you have any
suggestions? Also, since this concert will take place in December, some ideas
for holiday music written by 60s and 70s songwriters would also be helpful.
Please keep in mind that the songs will be sung by kids who are in the 12-18
year-old range, and some songs may be inappropriate. (For example, I
suggested "River" for a holiday song, but it was vetoed because the line, "He
loved me so naughty, he made me weak in the knees.")
Thanks!
--Bob
