Singalong Songs?

[ilovemarkb]

pack up your troubles and its a long way to tipperary......any other suggestions please for our lovely older generation

[bednobs]

how old are you "older" generation? My MIL is in a care home, and she has to takepart in singalongs. She was born in 1945 and i think she'd prefer rolling stonesshowaddy waddy etc - the end of the war was 70 years ago and only those who are in their 80's would be in that era

[roopower]

Yes, Eccles Cake, and if we can get our armup high enough, YMCA !!

[jno]

there won't be many of the older generation singing Pack up your Troubles or Long Way to Tipperary - those are WW1 songs. People my advanced age singalong to Hi Ho Silver Lining.

[ilovemarkb]

Wow thanks guys amazing response. I work with palliative patients.....ages typically 70 - 100!!! I am aiming to buy cds put them on my pc then choose the best songs onto one or two discs!! Thanks Again x

[Bathsheba]

Didn't we have a lovely time
The day we went to Bangor....

[twix123]

Don't Jump Off The Roof Dad,
One Of The Ruins That Cromwell Knocked About A Bit,
The Hiking Song.

[jno]

there are WW1 CDs available if you want to know what sort of songs to look for

https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=world+war+1+songs+cd&;tbm=shop

My guess is songs from about WW2 might fit your age range better (a record released in 1940 is 75 now)

https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#tbm=shop&;q=world+war+2+songs+cd

[Maydup]

Please think about singalongs that were popular in the 50's and 60's now. Those old wartime songs are so very, very, old and depressing now. Not only would the people have to be nearly 90 to remember them, assuming they were teenagers at the time, but they are not terribly cheerful.

So get some Elvis CDs, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Everly Brothers, and rock around their clock! rave on!

[ilovemarkb]

thanks everyone !!!!!! fab advice xx

[eanceoil]

my friend's family had asked a barbershop quartet to come along to the celebrations to sing for her, she was not impressed, neither were a few of us who are close to her in that age. I like conny francis, years ago I remember sending s postcard with a request for a song to Radio Eireann, the jealous minded people in the jealous minded street, I don't know if you know that one, Elvis was around in our day ;-} he covered rock and roll, country and western and even Gospel over his career. Some of the songs mentioned earlier seem so institutionalised.

[eanceoil]

I forgot to say, for her 80th birthday