I returned to playing after a 30+ year layoff and only play senior citizen gigs - mostly because they like the music I grew up with, the gigs are only 1 - 2 hours long, and the environment is clean and smoke free - plus it is fun to play for them.

Well, after being away from professional playing for over 30 years I thought I needed help in selecting songs most folks would know so I searched all the sites for the "top songs" of certain eras and picked the top 3 from each year. I found I had hundreds of songs to start with and most were very well known tunes recored by well known artists of the period. My main criteria was how well known the tune was in it's time. Can't beat the old standards.

Hammer