Some for the first generation of rockers:
Little Richard - “Tutti Frutti”
Jerry Lee Lewis - “Great Balls of Fire”
Fats Domino - “Blueberry Hill”
Chuck Berry - “Johnny B. Goode”*
He wasn’t a singer but that would have been perfect for Rodney Dangerfield.
Don McLean: “Vincent”.
Alternate choices: My Generation, Song is Over.
Not a chance - you know its gonna be “The Day the Music Died”.
Scary thing is, we’re getting to the point where this isn’t theoretical anymore…
She should get I Will Always Love You but Coat of Many Colors is a good second choice for Dolly. On preview missred beat me to it.
John Fogerty - Centerfield
George Strait - hard to choose from so many signature songs, but The Cowboy Rides Away would be perfect
That was a joke.
Even less likely, but I’d prefer “Off He Goes”.
Elton John will probably get"Candle in the Wind" specially rewritten for the occasion. We all know he has it stashed away somewhere.
Another Mellencamp contender-Small Town
what was Michael Jackson’s song?
I don’t know if there was one song in particular that was played most after he died. I heard a wide variety, probably half and half Jackson 5 and solo.
Second.
Sarah McLaughlin - Angel
I’m thinking it will be “Fire and Rain”
Wait, he’s still alive? :eek:
I’ll add two picks.
Rod Stewart - “Maggie May”
Deniece Williams - “Let’s Hear it for the Boy”
Alice Cooper (perish the thought!) would be sent off to “School’s Out,” even though it should be “I Love the Dead.” David Bowie gets “Space Oddity.”
Tom Petty Free Falling
Madonna Like a Virgin or Material Girl
Vanilla Ice - Play That Funky Music
…What?
I’m trying to imagine what they would play if Simon Le Bon died, but nothing springs to mind.
A friend of mine joked “Thank God Stock, Aitken & Waterman didn’t die.”
Probably “The Chauffer” or “El Diablo” 