A Trip Down Memory Lane

Of note

Of note

Of the 56 individuals mentioned by name in the song, only seven are women: Queen Elizabeth II, Brigitte Bardot, Doris Day, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Sally Ride, and Ethel Rosenberg (who is identified in conjunction with her husband).

Of the individuals mentioned, the following eight are still alive: Queen Elizabeth II, Brigitte Bardot, Chubby Checker, Bob Dylan, Doris Day, John Glenn, Fidel Castro, and Bernhard Goetz.

Johnnie Ray, Joe DiMaggio, Richard Nixon, Roy Campanella, Mickey Mantle, Floyd Patterson, Marlon Brando, Menachem Begin, Ronald Reagan, J. D. Salinger, and Sally Ride were all alive when the song was released but have died since.

Two individuals, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, are mentioned by name twice in the song.

The U.S. Presidents in office from 1949 to 1989 not mentioned in the song are Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H. W. Bush.
 
caranna said:
Wow. I remember them all. (I'll be 70 next month.)

Thanks for the trip!
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Happy early birthday!

firhill said:
Of the 56 individuals mentioned by name in the song, only seven are women: Queen Elizabeth II, Brigitte Bardot, Doris Day, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Sally Ride, and Ethel Rosenberg (who is identified in conjunction with her husband).

Of the individuals mentioned, the following eight are still alive: Queen Elizabeth II, Brigitte Bardot, Chubby Checker, Bob Dylan, Doris Day, John Glenn, Fidel Castro, and Bernhard Goetz.

Johnnie Ray, Joe DiMaggio, Richard Nixon, Roy Campanella, Mickey Mantle, Floyd Patterson, Marlon Brando, Menachem Begin, Ronald Reagan, J. D. Salinger, and Sally Ride were all alive when the song was released but have died since.

Two individuals, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, are mentioned by name twice in the song.

The U.S. Presidents in office from 1949 to 1989 not mentioned in the song are Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H. W. Bush.
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Wow, you must really like this song to have researched it just so, lol.

I'm in my early 40's (pout), and a few of them were too obscure for me. Menchechem Begin, for one.

Who is that, anyways?
 
firhill said:
Of the 56 individuals mentioned by name in the song, only seven are women: Queen Elizabeth II, Brigitte Bardot, Doris Day, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Sally Ride, and Ethel Rosenberg (who is identified in conjunction with her husband).

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Five women of that period that were not mentioned and that should be...(in no particular order):

Gloria Steinem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rosa Parks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grace Kelly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Audrey Hepburn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Betty Friedan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
wretchedotis said:
Happy early birthday!



Wow, you must really like this song to have researched it just so, lol.

I'm in my early 40's (pout), and a few of them were too obscure for me. Menchechem Begin, for one.

Who is that, anyways?
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Thanks for the birthday greeting, WO. Just think... when you reach 70 you will have some stories to tell the grandkids!
 
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