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1999 by Prince. I graduated high school in 1999, and we played the song all year.
Jennifer Mayfield Okere | Via Facebook
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. Every time I hear the song, I have to sing along and let my mind wander back to those glorious high school days.
Jacinda Moore, Tri-County EC | Granbury
Before the Next Teardrop Falls by Freddy Fender.
Peggy Darsey | Via Facebook
See You in September by the Happenings in 1966. My friends and I, along with our families, would travel up north to work in the fields. We would write letters to friends and especially our boyfriends or girlfriends. At the end of the letter, we would write, “See you in September.”
Elva Treviño, Magic Valley EC | Weslaco
Don’t Bring Me Down by Electric Light Orchestra. It was playing every day at lunch on our cafeteria jukebox.
Leslie Chatham James, Wise EC | Paradise
Only the Lonely by Roy Orbison.
Don Simpson, Pedernales EC | Dripping Springs
God Only Knows, Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.
Lindy Segall, Central Texas EC | Fredericksburg
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.
Barbara Staehle, Big Country EC | Fluvanna
Mr. Sandman.
Margaret Bailey, Bluebonnet EC | Bastrop
Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley.
Charlene Killgore, Taylor EC | Maryneal
The Jacksboro Tigers’ fight song played after every touchdown as we were winning the 1962 Class 2A state football championship.
Paul Leatherwood, J-A-C EC | Jacksboro
“It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ purple people eater.”
Darrell Wyatt, CoServ | Audrey
Those Oldies but Goodies by the Ebb Tides.
Allen Linderman, Nueces EC | Corpus Christi
I’m Into Something Good, Herman’s Hermits.
Neva Irwin, Guadalupe Valley EC | Cuero
Being on the band bus after a game and singing, “For we love our Valley home way down upon the Rio Grande. Land of yours and land of mine, land of the palm trees and the bright sunshine.” Over 60 years ago.
Lolly Ellis, United Cooperative Services | Burleson
All These Things by Joe Stampley.
James and Kathy Parker, Sam Houston EC | Livingston
Rock Around the Clock (fast), Love Me Tender (slow).
Daniel Patz, Tri-County EC | Fort Worth
You’re Sixteen (You’re Beautiful and You’re Mine). I was 16 in high school when this was popular.
Sharon Gore, South Plains EC | Lubbock
Joy to the World, Three Dog Night.
Rob Vaughan, MidSouth EC | Huntsville
There were so many songs from the early ’60s, but I could sing and cry along with Teen Angel.
Marcia Fabricius, Magic Valley EC | Alamo
Cherish by the Association.
Bob Shelton, Pedernales EC | Spring Branch
The Blackboard of My Heart by Hank Thompson.
William Truss, Houston County EC | Groveton
Hound Dog.
Judy Ballenger, Farmers EC | Royse City
Roxanne. I was in high school when it came out, and I couldn’t walk past the senior bench without someone singing Roxanne. Some people still sing it today when they learn my name.
Roxanne Hernandez, Bluebonnet EC | McDade
Wooly Bully. For some reason I have a very clear memory of hearing it on the radio one morning when I was getting ready for school.
Sally Walsh | Via Facebook
Blue Suede Shoes by Elvis Presley.
Roland Contreras, Bluebonnet EC | Burton
Goodnight Sweetheart. I never got to dance to it. I loved to dance learning by dancing with my feet on my dad’s and grandfather’s feet. No one ever asked me to dance the last dance, which was always Goodnight Sweetheart.
Susan Dougherty | Via Facebook
We Gotta Get Out of This Place.
Ginger Wroth Leigh, Bandera EC | Bandera
Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Debbie Bigger Adams | Via Facebook
Free Bird.
Suzanne Leacock | Via Facebook
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White.
Margaret A. Hanna, Bluebonnet EC | Bastrop
Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Tifani Hilburn | Via Facebook
Photographs and Memories. It was our graduation song from 1975. They had a slideshow of many pictures of our senior year. Most of our graduating seniors were in tears (including myself).
Dee Conklin, Wise EC | Decatur
Tell Me Why, the Four Aces.
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I Want To Hold Your Hand, the Beatles.
Leonard Larson, Bluebonnet EC | Chriesman
Anything by the Doobie Brothers.
Ruth De Leon | Via Facebook
Whip It by Devo.
Jerry Deal, Navasota Valley EC | Hearne
(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding.
Pat He-man Hackworth | Via Facebook
Free Bird. It was the last song played at every dance.
Naomi Lloyd, Pedernales EC | Leander
Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers.
Kathy Hooge | Via Facebook
Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Kara Cavaness, Bryan Texas Utilities | Bryan
What a Wonderful World.
Judy Pickel | Via Facebook
Stardust.
Edith Chick, Guadalupe Valley EC | Seguin
Sherry.
Carolyn Koopman | Via Facebook
Groovin’ by the Young Rascals.
Janie Alaniz, Magic Valley EC | Edinburg
16 Candles.
Shirley Goode | Via Facebook
The Letter by the Box Tops.
Cathy L. Bourn, Pedernales EC | Leander
Maria Elena.
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American Girl by Tom Petty.
Russell Moore, Pedernales EC | Kyle
Only You.
Monette Teague, Victoria EC | Victoria
Year of the Cat, Al Stewart.
Mary Anne Moore | Via Facebook
Precious and Few by Climax.
Melba Ingram, Lamar Electric | Clarksville
Rhythm of the Rain, or anything Beach Boys.
Mary Henderson Harp | Via Facebook
Peggy Sue.
Rusty Etheredge, Lighthouse EC | Matador
Night Moves by Bob Seger.
Kathy Welch McLean | Via Facebook
Texas, Our Texas.
Joe Polasek, Pedernales EC | Boerne
Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot.
Barbara Ann Evans Burnham | Via Facebook
Yellow Submarine by the Beatles.
Stephen Sewell, Pedernales EC | Kempner
American Pie.
Sarah Troy | Via Facebook
Another Brick in the Wall from Pink Floyd’s The Wall album. It includes the lyrics, “Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone.”
Zandra Zúñiga, Bandera EC | Boerne
The Hustle, Van McCoy, 1975.
Sylvia Diaz | Via Facebook
Jerry Lee Lewis’ High School Confidential. I was still living in my native Germany, and I was a year away from graduating when this song came out. We just could not get enough of it. This was great American music, and to us kids it was second to none—still is, by the way.
Balthasar Schmidt, Bluebonnet EC | New Ulm
Ride Like the Wind.
Sheryl Beaver Calhoun | Via Facebook
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye, Steam, 1969.
Cynthia Steinbarger, Navasota Valley EC | Hearne
That’s the Way (I Like It), KC and the Sunshine Band.
Jeanne Hager McMennamy | Via Facebook
The Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Robinson.
Donna Houchins, Lamar Electric | Paris
Venus by Frankie Avalon.
Pat Morgan | Via Facebook
The Horse played by the band at football games.
Robin Pike, Rusk County EC | Henderson
Freddy Fender singing Wasted Days and Wasted Nights on stage in my high school auditorium.
Terra Turner | Via Facebook
My Friends, My Friends by Eddie Money, 1984. My senior class song.
Steven Floyd, Nueces EC | Corpus Christi
The Sound of Silence.
Martha Beimer | Via Facebook
Never My Love by the Association.
Deborah Bartlett, Farmer’s EC | Royse City
Any song by Roy Orbison.
Russell L. DaMetz | Via Facebook
Itchycoo Park by the Small Faces.
William Beck, Tri-County EC | Azle
If you were in band, the standout tune was March Grandioso. Bands still play it, and it brings back all the memories of early rehearsals, riding the yellow dogs to away games, the fun of the band family, and marching through the halls after a pep rally. Wonderful memories and lifelong friendships.
Pam Spooner | Via Facebook
Ventura Highway by America (sitting outside C building on an autumn afternoon).
Arlene Abraham, Bluebonnet EC | Brenham
Vacation by Connie Francis. Great times back in 1964.
Bobby Foster | Via Facebook
The first time I heard the Beatles was in art class, where we were allowed to have the radio on. Yesterday by them was the one I remember the most. The 1960s had great music to sing along with.
Maureen Keller, Pedernales EC | Liberty Hill
My Wish by Rascal Flatts. Our principal, Mrs. Bridges (South Grand Prairie) chose it for the epic class of 2006.
LeAnn M. Holt, Grayson-Collin EC | Allen
The Twist.
Jane Patterson, Bowie-Cass EC | Texarkana
Kodachrome by Paul Simon. It was playing on my car radio as I drove to high school graduation June 14, 1973. Thought about where I had been and where I was going. Always takes me back to that day.
Carol Borchard, Central Texas EC | Fredericksburg
Stairway to Heaven.
Mary-Ellen Nichols, Pedernales EC | Liberty Hill
Modern Love by David Bowie.
Glenn Quesenberry, Hamilton County EC | Hico
Paul Anka’s Puppy Love.
Pat Russell, Pedernales EC | Cedar Park
A Sentimental Journey.
Elsie Kahlden, San Bernard and Fayette ECs | Columbus
I Wanna Go Back, Eddie Money.
John Heffley, CoServ | Denton
My high school fight song. I am probably the only nerd left who remembers it.
Shelly Ogle, Wood County EC | Yantis
