# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 152
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3022 "2020-07-08T15:24:13Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3023 "2020-07-08T16:50:47Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3024 "2020-07-08T16:55:09Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door A version you may not have heard: [The Who / Pete Townshend: Let My Love Open the Door (E. Cola Mix) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f4Jtm4hTAU) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3025 "2020-07-08T17:51:33Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door Money For Nothing ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3026 "2020-07-08T18:11:34Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door Money For Nothing Nowhere Man - The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3027 "2020-07-08T20:01:38Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door Money For Nothing Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3028 "2020-07-08T21:50:29Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door Money For Nothing Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3029 "2020-07-09T03:14:41Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door Money For Nothing Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Queen of the Hop - Bobby Darin ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3030 "2020-07-09T03:56:33Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door Money For Nothing Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Queen of the Hop - Bobby Darin Revolution - Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3031 "2020-07-09T06:36:18Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door Money For Nothing Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Queen of the Hop - Bobby Darin Revolution - Beatles Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3032 "2020-07-09T12:30:50Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door Money For Nothing Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Queen of the Hop - Bobby Darin Revolution - Beatles Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder That’s The Way _uh-huh uh-huh_ (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3033 "2020-07-09T13:22:30Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door Money For Nothing Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Queen of the Hop - Bobby Darin Revolution - Beatles Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder That’s The Way _uh-huh uh-huh_ (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band Unchained Melody - Roy Hamilton ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3034 "2020-07-09T13:56:48Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benso He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door - The Who Money For Nothing - Dire Straits Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Queen of the Hop - Bobby Darin Revolution - Beatles Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder That’s The Way _uh-huh uh-huh_ (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band Unchained Melody - Roy Hamilton Vacation - The Go-Go’s ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3035 "2020-07-09T14:56:47Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benson He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door - Pete Townshend Money For Nothing - Dire Straits Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Queen of the Hop - Bobby Darin Revolution - Beatles Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder That’s The Way _uh-huh uh-huh_ (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band Unchained Melody - Roy Hamilton Vacation - The Go-Go’s Waiting For a Girl Like You - Foreigner (I corrected the artist for “Let My Love Open the Door”, as well) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3036 "2020-07-09T17:35:14Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benson He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door - Pete Townshend Money For Nothing - Dire Straits Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Queen of the Hop - Bobby Darin Revolution - Beatles Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder That’s The Way _uh-huh uh-huh_ (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band Unchained Melody - Roy Hamilton Vacation - The Go-Go’s Waiting For a Girl Like You - Foreigner Xanadu - Rush ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3037 "2020-07-09T17:43:08Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benson He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door - Pete Townshend Money For Nothing - Dire Straits Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Queen of the Hop - Bobby Darin Revolution - Beatles Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder That’s The Way _uh-huh uh-huh_ (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band Unchained Melody - Roy Hamilton Vacation - The Go-Go’s Waiting For a Girl Like You - Foreigner Xanadu - Rush You’ve Got A Friend - James Taylor ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3038 "2020-07-10T01:42:45Z")
Songs that were hits when you were in high school Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino Back Home Again - John Denver Copacabana - Barry Manilow Drift Away - Dobie Gray Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield Give Me the Night - George Benson He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Imagine - John Lennon Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band Killer Queen - Queen Let My Love Open the Door - Pete Townshend Money For Nothing - Dire Straits Nowhere Man - The Beatles Old Dogs and Children, and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John Queen of the Hop - Bobby Darin Revolution - Beatles Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder That’s The Way _uh-huh uh-huh_ (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band Unchained Melody - Roy Hamilton Vacation - The Go-Go’s Waiting For a Girl Like You - Foreigner Xanadu - Rush You’ve Got A Friend - James Taylor Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah - Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers Actually released when I was 9, but still popular as oldie Pass ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3039 "2020-07-10T01:45:33Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > (I corrected the artist for “Let My Love Open the Door”, as well) Thanks…IDK why my brain farted like that. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/3040 "2020-07-10T13:17:00Z")
Muppet-related Animal! Animal! Animal! ---
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