Now for your consideration: There are some awesome songs from the mid-70s singer-songwriters:
"Winterlong" by Neil Young;
"Urge" or "Coyote" by Joni Mitchell;
"Seven Bridges Road" by the Eagles,
"Fountain of Sorrow" by Jackson Browne.
From the 50s, I would nominate also Sam Cooke, especially songs like "Rome Was Not Built in a Day".
"Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks is an under-rated classic from the 1960s.
Too many classic Motown, Hi and Stax recordings:
Al Green's "Call Me",
Stevie Wonder's "Ribbon in the Sky" and
Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me."
Concur with "Sandy"; hard to imagine that Bruce wrote that at age 22.
I also like "Time after Time" by Cindi and "Alison" by Elvis from the New Wave period.
"Winterlong" by Neil Young;
"Urge" or "Coyote" by Joni Mitchell;
"Seven Bridges Road" by the Eagles,
"Fountain of Sorrow" by Jackson Browne.
From the 50s, I would nominate also Sam Cooke, especially songs like "Rome Was Not Built in a Day".
"Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks is an under-rated classic from the 1960s.
Too many classic Motown, Hi and Stax recordings:
Al Green's "Call Me",
Stevie Wonder's "Ribbon in the Sky" and
Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me."
Concur with "Sandy"; hard to imagine that Bruce wrote that at age 22.
I also like "Time after Time" by Cindi and "Alison" by Elvis from the New Wave period.