need 50's - 80's music recommendations

Nina Simone - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Beach Boys - Barbara Ann
Happy Together - Turtles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG0oBPtyNb0&list=PLMMo4HJrYCPC2sfzsAbGLM60290ADYhO1&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gc4QTqslN4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CHiUN8XTWs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_iJ28iXwo0

Try The Velvet Underground and Nico album!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT4bacJoayA

Try something from '70s Japan:
Taeko Ohnuki - 4:00 AM

And then something remade anew:
Maroon 5 - Maps ft. Morgan James

Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind (1963)
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a-Changing (1964)
Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
Bob Dylan - Hurricane (1976)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Castles Made of Sand (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along the Watchtower (1968)

Pink Floyd - Time (1973)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (1979)

That's a very long and diverse period you're after. I'll just throw some prog out there

Genesis - Dancing With the Moonlit Knight (classic 70s prog)

Marillion - Blind Curve (80s neo-prog)

Queen - The March of the Black Queen
I'm sure you know Queen but this song is often overlooked, and is one of their best

anything from PostModernJukebox.
they take new songs, and make them in old school style...
PostModern Jukebox youtube Channel

my advice? start listening to the clown first, just to get hooked

Don McLean- American Pie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yHTpGog0IY

(Best quality i've found so far, ignore picture)
Enjoyed it for its creative lyrics

Let's mix in some early electronic classics:
George Clinton - Atomic Dog, an often-overlooked musician, until you go digging where later artists got their samples from.

Herbie Hancock - Rockit

And because every thread like this deserves a troll entry:
Eduard Khil - I am very glad, as I'm finally returning back home

https://www.radionomy.com/en/radio/golden-sixties-seventies-eighties-radio

Random selection of five songs:

1982 -- Golden Earring
1983 -- Bonnie Tyler and Yes
1976 -- Blue Oyster Cult
1964 -- The Animals

Scarface OST
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_(soundtrack)

Dick Dale - Misirlou
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Foghat - Slow Ride
Boston- More than A Feeling
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man
Buddy Holly - Everyday
The Beach Boys - I Get Around (Remaster)

Skeeter Davis - The End of The World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sonLd-32ns4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKpByV5764

Although now I prefer this... er... 'version': https://soundcloud.com/devolverdigital/touch-wang-cd-master-5-01-08-16

Marty Robbins and some Johnny Cash songs that are Wild West story telling with an upbeat rhythm.

Marty Robbins:
Big Iron
El Paso

Johnny Cash:
General Lee
Ghost Riders

I don't think this was mentioned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_ZBqpEUbik

+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9muzyOd4Lh8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bch1_Ep5M1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2izTbEyxg0A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS-af9Q-zvQ
...

Try some playlists instead, maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBllejn5fVA&list=PLBE69826D4C8D6FFB&index=11

Some extras from my rock'n'roll faves:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEFO_i8iUWY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7phx0fi8xE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qttI6oytqpw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ku4oipyV44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIGKlicb8n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnxkfLe4G74
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQgu0MpnKq8

Now, some brazilian artists from the same period (I hope you can find the translated lyrics somewhere):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALc3LwB0rEk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9Efw1P0ig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDauPMPIEDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3i7nZcAGNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVmsSoe2oA4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD-R9J36IjI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmmaqWrUUU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3gyjeVAXKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u_NcU2Afow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivG5CQwNXC8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po7dCZYk9FU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wojqbReHJo

And so many yet to discover! :D

SG classic
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Heart - Alone
Dolly Parton - Nine to Five
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (1977)
The Cars-Who's Gonna Drive You Home Tonight
Dirty Dancing - Time of my Life (Final Dance)
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
Michael Jackson - They Don’t Care About Us
What is Love - Haddaway
Abba - Dancing Queen
Miami Nights 1984 - Accelerated

60's
The Seekers - Georgy Girl
Judy Collins - Both Sides Now
Petula Clark - Downtown
Richard Harris - MacArthur Park
Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour

70's
America - Ventura Highway
Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays
Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Bob Welch - Sentimental Lady
Neil Sedaka - Laughter in the Rain

80's
John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire
Steve Perry - Foolish Heart
Corey Hart - Never Surrender
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
Survivor - I Can't Hold Back
Heart - These Dreams

I just grabbed a bunch of music that I have saved on my browser and put them in order roughly by year. I tried to keep it to one song per artist.

Dion-Runaround Sue
The Supremes-You Keep Me Hangin' On
Reflections - Diana Ross
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman
Ben E. King - Stand by me
The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
Bill Withers - Lean on me
Zager and Evans - In the Year 2525
Cat Stevens - If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
Deep Purple-Child in Time
Happy Together- The Turtles
Cats In The Cradle-Harry Chapin
Dave Loggins - Please Come To Boston
CCR - Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
The Box Tops - The Letter
Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies
Dancing In the Moonlight
Bob Seger - Night moves
The Zombies - Time Of The Season
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Who'll Stop The Rain
HARRY NILSSON without you
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Stevie Nicks - Edge of Seventeen
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Eddie Money - Take me home tonight
Toto - Africa
Love is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Prince - When Doves Cry (On Vimeo and bad quality because I couldn't find it on Youtube)
Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart
Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
Cutting Crew - I Just Died in Your Arms
Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love
Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise

Spotify Playlist
Maybe you'll like it ;)