Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Must-Hear Country Ballads From 1978

NEW YORK - DECEMBER 21: Rock and roll guitarist Frank Zappa wears a black fur coat as he operates a telephone switchboard and talks on the phone at Apostolic Studio - Soho on December 21, 1966 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael…

Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in a scene from the film 'Dirty Dancing', 1987. (Photo by Vestron/Getty Images) Here are some songs from 1987 that still define the decade today, especially if you were a teenager in high school at the…

Lionel Richie performing on stage at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, June 12, 1984. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) These are three of the best love songs that came out in 1984, which still make me believe in true love…

Photo by David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images No matter how many times I listen to these top funk, folk-rock, and swamp rock records from 1972, they never get old. The post 5 Top Records From 1972 That Never Get Old, No Matter How Many…

UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Photo of RAM JAM; Posed group portrait of Ram Jam (Photo by Echoes/Redferns) Parents in the 1970s feared certain songs. Indeed, these are three one-hit wonders from the 1970s that parents were actually scared of.…

Grace Slick of Jefferson Starship performs on stage, New York, September 1978. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images) They were forced to change their name. Starship decided to change everything else as well on a smash 1985 album. The…

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - American Country musician Dwight Yoakam performs onstage at the Chicago Theater, Chicago, Illinois, August 5, 1988. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) Dwight Yoakam, one of country music's most influential artists of…

CROCKETT - APRIL 12: A CBS television country music presentation, A Special Kenny Rogers. Originally broadcast April 12, 1979. Crockett, TX. Kenny Rogers with guest, country singer Dottie West. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) Many a baby…