Part Two as I pick two songs from every year of my life based on the songs that were important to me at the time or have had a lasting impact on the me. The ground rules are in the first entry.

1963
“Anyone Who Had a Heart” - Dionne Warwick
Loved her, dismissed her, fell in love with her again, dismissed her, grew to like her, met her, fell in love again. Burt Bacharach told me Dionne's brilliance was her ability to sing lines on a page in a way that went beyond what was written yet did not stray from the intentions of Burt and lyricist Hal David. I don't think there is a better example of that than this recording.

“We Shall Overcome” - Pete Seeger
When I was growing up, it seemed like the only things that were compartmentalized were sports seasons and school schedules. Music, for example, was wide open territory and I never found it odd that my father liked Charlie Parker, Nancy Wilson, Jobim, Pete Seeger and the sound of the banjo. That he would enjoy a man singing about labor unions — now that was strange. My first birthday gift to my father after we moved to the East Coast in 1976 was to take him to see Pete at his annual Thanksgiving concert at Carnegie Hall, which is where this was recorded. Fourth row, stage left seats, we sang along and had a great time. Sixteen years and four of his concerts later I finally met Pete, a truly inspiring man.

1964
“No Particular Place to Go” - Chuck Berry
With the exception that he wrote his own songs, Chuck Berry is a lot like Pete Seeger: Stories of everyday people in situations they feel they need to change. While Pete is talking about oppression of workers, Chuck is concerned with the speed of cars, guitar-playing and, in this instance, driving, parking and removing a girl's seat belt. The important thing: The whole family can sing along.

“Killing Floor” - Howlin Wolf
Heresy for some members of the blues police, but you can’t tell me there was a better blues singer than Howlin Wolf. Wolf and Muddy would get radio airplay in the late 1960s in L.A. and I had no idea what it was or if it was even from this planet. I was10 years old, but it made me want to know more about music.

1965
“96 Tears” - ? & the Mysterians
My favorite rock record, not to be confused with rock song or even the greatest rock song, which would be “Like a Rolling Stone.” Searched for years to find the album, which I discovered at the bottom of a pile atop a pinball machine at an outdoor flea market in Massachusetts. I trembled as I handed over my dollar to pay for it.

“Please Let Me Wonder” - Beach Boys
A “Pet Sounds” tune would be too obvious. Besides, everyone should own “Pet Sounds” and have the Beach Boys classic memorized. Too often, though, the suggestion is that it sprang out of thin air, that its direct predecessor was “Fun, Fun, Fun” and surf tunes. Taken from “The Beach Boys Today” - and issued as the B-side to their cover of “Do You Wanna Dance?” - this is the starting line for Brian Wilson's transition. An absolute gem, even if Mike Love is singing lead with Brian.

1966
“The Trip” - Donovan
Don't know what possessed him, but my father bought a bag of 45s at a home improvement store one afternoon and gave them to my brother and me. “The Dangling Conversation” by Simon & Garfunkel; “Hungry” by Paul Revere & the Raiders; and “Sunshine Superman” by Donovan. They were our first 45s. For some odd reason, we played the Donovan single the most - both sides. This was the B-side.

“I've Been Loving You Too Long” - Otis Redding
The best single from the greatest soul singer ever. As expressions of love as pain go, nothing tops it.

1967
“Fakin' It” - Simon & Garfunkel
It made me laugh when the kid in “Almost Famous” comes home and has to hide his copy of S&G's “Bookends” from his mother — it was the first album my parents ever gave me. Even as a 10-year-old, I was drawn to the theatricality in the spoken interlude, the ringing of a shop's bell and the voice of a school boy, not to mention the lyric about being a tailor in an earlier life. The other songs on the album seemed so easy to understand, even “Mrs. Robinson” to some degree, and as the years go by, this is a shining example of how important Art was to Paul.

“Waterloo Sunset” - The Kinks
Love the line “I am in paradise.”