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Hit songs written by teenagers

  1. “Careless Whisper”, Wham featuring George Michael
  2. “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”, Carole King (then 18)
  3. “Foolish Beat,” Debbie Gibson
  4. “When I’m 64”, Paul McCartney when he was 16
  5. “All About That Bass”, Meghan Trainor (at 19)
  6. “Royals”, Lorde (I think she was 15 when she wrote it)
  7. “Angel Baby” (1960), Rosie (Hamlin) and the Originals (age 15)
  8. “Strawberry Letter 23”, The Brothers Johnson
  9. “Up, Up and Away”, The Fifth Dimension
  10. “Upright”, Stevie Wonder, age 15
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Hit songs written by teenagers

  1. “Careless Whisper”, Wham featuring George Michael
  2. “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”, Carole King (then 18)
  3. “Foolish Beat,” Debbie Gibson
  4. “When I’m 64”, Paul McCartney when he was 16
  5. “All About That Bass”, Meghan Trainor (at 19)
  6. “Royals”, Lorde (I think she was 15 when she wrote it)
  7. “Angel Baby” (1960), Rosie (Hamlin) and the Originals (age 15)
  8. “Strawberry Letter 23”, The Brothers Johnson
  9. “Up, Up and Away”, The Fifth Dimension
  10. “Upright”, Stevie Wonder, age 15
  11. “

By the Time I Get to Phoenix” Jimmy Webb (18)

A song about a marriage breaking up, which is an unusual theme for a teenager to write about.

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Hit songs written by teenagers

  1. “Careless Whisper”, Wham featuring George Michael
  2. “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”, Carole King (then 18)
  3. “Foolish Beat,” Debbie Gibson
  4. “When I’m 64”, Paul McCartney when he was 16
  5. “All About That Bass”, Meghan Trainor (at 19)
  6. “Royals”, Lorde (I think she was 15 when she wrote it)
  7. “Angel Baby” (1960), Rosie (Hamlin) and the Originals (age 15)
  8. “Strawberry Letter 23”, The Brothers Johnson
  9. “Up, Up and Away”, The Fifth Dimension
  10. “Upright”, Stevie Wonder, age 15
  11. “

By the Time I Get to Phoenix” Jimmy Webb (18)
  12. “Fuel to the Flame” Skeeter Davis/written by Dolly Parton (18 or 19, depending on source)
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Hit songs written by teenagers

  1. “Careless Whisper”, Wham featuring George Michael
  2. “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”, Carole King (then 18)
  3. “Foolish Beat,” Debbie Gibson
  4. “When I’m 64”, Paul McCartney when he was 16
  5. “All About That Bass”, Meghan Trainor (at 19)
  6. “Royals”, Lorde (I think she was 15 when she wrote it)
  7. “Angel Baby” (1960), Rosie (Hamlin) and the Originals (age 15)
  8. “Strawberry Letter 23”, The Brothers Johnson
  9. “Up, Up and Away”, The Fifth Dimension
  10. “Upright”, Stevie Wonder, age 15
  11. “

By the Time I Get to Phoenix” Jimmy Webb (18)
  12. “Fuel to the Flame” Skeeter Davis/written by Dolly Parton (18 or 19, depending on source)
  13. “Summertime Blues” - Eddie Cochran

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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon

(all four initials need not be the same letter)

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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
  3. David Berkowitz and Debby Boone
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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
  3. David Berkowitz and Debby Boone
  4. Robert Blake and Roseanne Barr
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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
  3. David Berkowitz and Debby Boone
  4. Robert Blake and Roseanne Barr
  5. Bill Murray and Barbara Mandrell
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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
  3. David Berkowitz and Debby Boone
  4. Robert Blake and Roseanne Barr
  5. Bill Murray and Barbara Mandrell
  6. Mike Tyson and Melania Trump

Now THAT’s a couple!

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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
  3. David Berkowitz and Debby Boone
  4. Robert Blake and Roseanne Barr
  5. Bill Murray and Barbara Mandrell
  6. Mike Tyson and Melania Trump
  7. Gisele Bundchen and George Bush
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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
  3. David Berkowitz and Debby Boone
  4. Robert Blake and Roseanne Barr
  5. Bill Murray and Barbara Mandrell
  6. Mike Tyson and Melania Trump
  7. Gisele Bundchen and George Bush
  8. Evan Longoria and Eva Longoria.

I could have said Brett Butler and Brett Butler, or Robin Roberts and Robin Roberts.

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Selebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
  3. David Berkowitz and Debby Boone
  4. Robert Blake and Roseanne Barr
  5. Bill Murray and Barbara Mandrell
  6. Mike Tyson and Melania Trump
  7. Gisele Bundchen and George Bush
  8. Evan Longoria and Eva Longoria.
  9. Tommy Smothers and Taylor Swift

She needs a more mature man and he’s got half a century on her.

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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
  3. David Berkowitz and Debby Boone
  4. Robert Blake and Roseanne Barr
  5. Bill Murray and Barbara Mandrell
  6. Mike Tyson and Melania Trump
  7. Gisele Bundchen and George Bush
  8. Evan Longoria and Eva Longoria.
  9. Tommy Smothers and Taylor Swift
  10. Isiah Thomas and Ivanka Trump
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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
  3. David Berkowitz and Debby Boone
  4. Robert Blake and Roseanne Barr
  5. Bill Murray and Barbara Mandrell
  6. Mike Tyson and Melania Trump
  7. Gisele Bundchen and George Bush
  8. Evan Longoria and Eva Longoria.
  9. Tommy Smothers and Taylor Swift
  10. Isiah Thomas and Ivanka Trump
  11. Michael Biehn and Maria Bamford
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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
  3. David Berkowitz and Debby Boone
  4. Robert Blake and Roseanne Barr
  5. Bill Murray and Barbara Mandrell
  6. Mike Tyson and Melania Trump
  7. Gisele Bundchen and George Bush
  8. Evan Longoria and Eva Longoria.
  9. Tommy Smothers and Taylor Swift
  10. Isiah Thomas and Ivanka Trump
  11. Michael Biehn and Maria Bamford
  12. Jack Nicholson and Johnette Napolitano
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Celebrities with same initials who should become a couple

  1. Sean Spicer and Susan Sarandon
  2. Alan Alda and Anne Archer
  3. David Berkowitz and Debby Boone
  4. Robert Blake and Roseanne Barr
  5. Bill Murray and Barbara Mandrell
  6. Mike Tyson and Melania Trump
  7. Gisele Bundchen and George Bush
  8. Evan Longoria and Eva Longoria.
  9. Tommy Smothers and Taylor Swift
  10. Isiah Thomas and Ivanka Trump
  11. Michael Biehn and Maria Bamford
  12. Jack Nicholson and Johnette Napolitano
  13. Mike Myers and Mandy Moore

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Standout 1980s bass lines in popular songs:

  1. “Rio”, Duran Duran (John Taylor on bass)

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What’s a “bass line”?

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Essentially, the bass guitar part of a song. Here’s the “Rio” bass line, isolated.

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Standout 1980s bass lines in popular songs:

  1. “Rio”, Duran Duran (John Taylor on bass)
  2. “Maneater”, Hall & Oates
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Standout 1980s bass lines in popular songs:

  1. “Rio”, Duran Duran (John Taylor on bass)
  2. “Maneater”, Hall & Oates
  3. “Higher Ground”, Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea on bass) (Stevie Wonder cover)