Grown-up Songs for All Ages
There's no reason to download plinky-plonky songs on your iPod just to please your kid. Improve their juvenile musical tastes with these adult playlists.
Compiled by Christopher Healy
- Pass the Time
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- Clocks, Coldplay
- Seasons of Love, Rent soundtrack
- The Harder They Come,
Jimmy Cliff
- Beyond the Sea,
Bobby Darin
- Cold Day in the Sun,
Foo Fighters
- El Cuarto de Tula,
Buena Vista Social Club
- A Real Fine Place to Start,
Sara Evans
- Wild World,
Cat Stevens
- Dancing Queen,
ABBA
- The Middle, Jimmy Eat World
- Kick it Up A Notch
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- Three Little Birds, Bob Marley
- If I Had $1,000,000, Barenaked Ladies
- A-Tisket, A-Tasket, Ella Fitzgerald
- My Doorbell, The White Stripes
- L-O-V-E, Nat King Cole
- I Wish You Well, Bill Withers
- Sir Duke, Stevie Wonder
- Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La), The Ramones
- Ooh Child, The Five Stairsteps
- Cabaret Hoover, The Triplets of Belleville soundtrack
- Hit the Road
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- Banana Pancakes, Jack Johnson
- Octopus's Garden, The Beatles
- Walkin' After Midnight, Patsy Cline
- Dia De Enero, Shakira
- You Can't Always Get What You Want, The Rolling Stones
- I've Been Everywhere, Johnny Cash
- Shiny Happy People, R.E.M.
- We're Going to Be Friends, The White Stripes
- Breaths, Sweet Honey in the Rock
- Behind the Sun, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Grab the Platform Shoes
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- Car Wash, Rose Royce
- Good Times, Chic
- We Are Family, Sister Sledge
- Love Rollercoaster, Ohio Players
- Shake Your Groove Thing, Peaches & Herb
- That's The Way (I Like It), KC & the Sunshine Band
- Forget Me Nots, Patrice Rushen
- Super Trouper, ABBA
- Shining Star, Earth, Wind & Fire
- Love Train, The O'Jays
- Jazz Up Dinner
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- In a Sentimental Mood, Sonny Rollins, Prestige Profiles: Vol. 3
- Moon Dreams, Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool
- April in Paris, Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker with Strings
- Come Sunday, Ellis Marsalis, Duke in Blue
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um
- Ruby, My Dear, Thelonious Monk, The Essence of Thelonious Monk
- In the Afterglow, Wynton Marsalis, Standard Time: Vol. 1
- You Go to My Head, Dave Brubeck, Love Songs
- Sophisticated Lady, Duke Ellington, Mood Indigo
- Naima, John Coltrane, Giant Steps
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