Can You Recommend Me Some 'Oldies'?

So what you're asking for is groups other than what you having mention, right? I have two questions:

How far back from pre 80's do you want to go?

Are you only interested in popular music i.e jazz, country,rock,pop...

Are there any styles of music you don't like? disco maybe?

Just as a random artist suggestion I would recommend Neil Young, David Bowie & Electric Light Orchestra.

This might be a odd suggestion but the Forrest Gump soundtrack has a good mixture of pre 80's music.

Frank Zappa - Watermelon In Easter Hay

Santana - Samba Pa Ti

Procol Harum - Whiter Shade Of Pale

America - Sister Golden Hair

Glen Miller - In The Mood

Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces

Beach Boys - Don't Your Baby

Beethoven - Symphony No.6 in F 'Pastoral'

Billy Joel - Piano Man

Blondie - Heart Of Glass

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley shuffle

Bob Dylan - Postively 4th Street

Bob Marley - Stir It Up

Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry

Bob Seger - Night Moves

Booker T & The M.G.s - Green Onions

Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle

Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band- Sure 'nuff 'n Yes I Do

Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken

Chicago- Hard To Say I'm Sorry

The Church - Unguarded Moment

The Clash - Death Or Glory

Cream - Sunshine Of My Love

Creedence Clear Water Rivival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

Creedence Clear Water Rivival - Who'll Stop the Rain

Creedence Clear Water Rivival - Someday Never Comes

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Love The One You're With

The Doors - Rider Of The Storm

The Eagles - Take It To The Limit

The Eagles - One Of These Nights

Electric Light Orchestra - Living Thing

Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down

T-Rex - Get It On

Queen

Joy Division

..............and the list goes on. I'm tired I can't do no more. If there is too many tracks on this list for you, then just check out the first two tracks if you don't know them already. I would laugh at any guitar enthusiast if they didn't know these.

The Doors

Jefferson Airplane

Simon & Garfunkel

Donovan

Bob Dylan

Crosby, Stills and Nash

Leonard Cohen

The Who

The Beach Boys

Grateful Dead

Joni Mitchel

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Pink Floyd

Ray Charles

Net King Cole

Chubby Checker

Buddy Holly

James Brown

Otis Redding

Nina Simone

50's : Elvis Presley, perry como, Nat King Cole, Mario Lanza,Bill Haley and the Comets,Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Connie Francis, Jim Reeves,Cliff Richard

60's:The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, The Drifters, Jim Reeves, The Mamas & the Papas, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, The Supremes, Fleetwood Mac, Aretha Franklin, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Grateful Dead, The Bee Gees, The Jimi Hendrix Experience,Cream,Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, David Bowie, CCR, Smokey Robinson

~Fully a weirdo ;)

Just one look , The Hollies

Stand by me , Ben e King

Sheila , Tommy Roe

Hey Baby , Bruce Channel

In the Summertime , Mungo Jerry

Tobacco Road , Nashville Teens

Band of Gold , Fredda Payne

Poetry in Motion , Johnny Tillotson

Folsom Prison Blues , Johnny Cash

Garden Party , Ricky Nelson

Hi Dave,

I'm pretty much on the same page as you. I might not be much help since I can't be sure what you know already... I'll try to give you some artist recommendations and some songs I like by them anyway, but if you already know any of this, you'll have to forgive me.

Otis Redding (soul):

Sitting On the Dock of the Bay:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nA18g_PwG0

Try a Little Tenderness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dael4sb42nI

Pink Anderson (blues):

She Knows How To Stretch It:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXdkUahBoSI

I Got Mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGUpQeRntX0&feature...

Floyd Council (blues):

Runaway Man Blues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9SivL7ebg4&feature...

Working Man Blues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRBSLdNQEyo

Fun fact: Pink Floyd got their band name by combining the names of Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

John Coltrane (jazz):

Giant Steps:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kotK9FNEYU

Lazy Bird:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZuwsNXlDLw&feature...

Miles Davis (jazz):

Blue In Green:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPL7BExSQU

Summertime:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N090STPx-2M&feature...

Duke Ellington (jazz):

Take the A Train (Y!A won't let me include any more links, sorry)

Jack the Bear

Moody Blues (prog rock):

Autumn Forever

Nights In White Satin

Nat King Cole:

Nature Boy

Autumn Leaves

Ehh, you probably know a great deal of that, but I hope you liked some if it anyway. ^^"

If your lookin for real oldies look no farther than The Inkspots or Ella Fitzgerald

Eric Clapton!

Genesis-In the begining

Steely Dan-FM

Jethro Tull-Aqualung

Roy Orbison.

Of all the older artists, Roy is my favorite.

"Only the Lonely"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2whGEvy13Ag

"Pretty Woman"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rlB_q6lJ5A

"Blue Angel"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqOxAFN7PIc

rumble - link wray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjs5QWjvNWc

get it together - james brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyRxhsKJ7s0

look ka py py - the meters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPjZ_KpwXH8