Rock 'n Roll music was very much a part of our lives in 1971. Perhaps more so than for young people today because it was all so new.

The Class of 1971 listened to their music in glorious "mono" while cruising on weekends. We also listened to our music on hand-held transistor radios from Japan and on phonographs.

There were no music videos available to the Class of 1971 so we each had our own interpretation of a song's meaning.

Singles were released on 45 RPM records that sold for less than a buck.

Click on the links below to discover the Top 100 songs from our last two years in high school:

What did the Class of 1971 have to do with the Fab Four?

Quite a lot, I believe.

The Class of 1971 began school in the fall of 1959, when the Beatles were still playing in Liverpool skiffle bands. And they released their last recording as a group just as we were beginning our final year of high school.

Click on the Beatles image to learn more about the our history with the Beatles as well as lots of Beatle images and links.