What decade of music do you consider the "oldies"?

[JulieBeeRN]

For me, it's the 50's and 60's.

 

[holden]

I’d consider 1950s to be “oldies.” So 50s, 40s, etc.

FWIW, I was born in 1970.

 

[georgina]

Definitely the 50’s.

I was born in 1962 but had a lot of older siblings so to me the music of the 60’s was contemporary.

 

[john7994]

Music began on August 1, 1981

 

[greeneyedchick]

50s and 60s. I was floored when a radio station referred to oldies music the other day and they were referring to a song from the 80s. Although, when I was a kid, a song from the 40s was old. Given that the 80s were 40 years ago, I can understand why the new generation would consider that old. But as someone in her 40s, the 80s wasn't that long ago.

 

[princesscinderella]

I’m an 80’s kid so oldies to me are the 50s & 60s. I love some big band of the 30’s and 40’s too but that’s not the same as the oldies which to me is more the days of Doo-wop, Motown, the original boy band groups like the Righteous brothers and Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. 70’s is it’s own genre, just like the 80’s and 90’s they had completely different sounds. The decades of 2000’s have kind of blended all together for just meh music with a few stand out acts.

 

[princesscinderella]

Music began on August 1, 1981

I too want my MTV!! I wish it was the same like it was back in the day all about the music, now it’s just crap reality shows.

 

[RedAngie]

I consider oldies to be pre -1964 before the Beatles invaded America.

 

[Marrila]

I think 50's, 60's, and 70's music are the oldies.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I arrived on the scene in 1944. I listen to a lot of 50's and early 60's as oldies. I do enjoy some late 60's and early 70's, but really don't consider them as 'oldies'.

 

[starry_solo]

50s and 60s. Although I’ve been listening to the oldies station and am hearing songs from the 80s, 90s and early 00s

 

[tvguy]

All our oldies radio stations are gone but they used to advertise as playing 50's, and 60's
I still consider 70's to be Adult Contemporary.
Sadly, the reality is, a lot of what I listen to......70's on 7 on SirrusXm, is the music you hear in elevators!

 

[Buzz Rules]

My Gen Z cousins referred to 90's music as the oldies and me as old. And I'm under 35.

I then started to sing:

 

[john7994]

My Gen Z cousins referred to 90's music as the oldies and me as old. And I'm under 35.

I then started to sing:

another pleasant interlude - two for two ....

 

[Buzz Rules]

another pleasant interlude - two for two ....

I got two more for you (90's babies will remember these) :

I truly miss the 90's/early 2000's music. Before the cell phone/selfie era. Music today and society today is so .

 

[john7994]

I got two more for you (90's babies will remember these) :

I truly miss the 90's/early 2000's music. Before the cell phone/selfie era. Music today and society today is so .

Backstreet over Brittany ... not that I hate Brittany ...

 

[Buzz Rules]

Backstreet over Brittany ... not that I hate Brittany ...

I tried to pick 2 songs that almost everyone knows.

 

[Buzz Rules]

I too want my MTV!! I wish it was the same like it was back in the day all about the music, now it’s just crap reality shows.

 

[Genie+]

We play your favorite oldies CBS fm

Doo-wop was always the ’oldies’ for me. That was parents’ music lol.

 

[disykat]

Anything prior to 1970. Just now I decided to test my theory and looked up a few top 40 lists by year. Sure enough, 1969 seemed like oldies to me and 1970 I remember when all the songs were current. I turned 9 in 1970,and apparently that's the age I became really aware of current hit music.