I graduated in 1969...and what we wanted for the last dance (in fact, the last few dances) at each school dance was something slow and romantic...to set the mood. Something that you could dance to while holding each other closely, barely moving, just enough so the chaperones wouldn't come tell you to move apart. I remember things like "Knights in White Satin", "Crimson and Clover", "Unchained Melody", "Blue Velvet", "Put your head on my shoulder", "Only the lonely", "When I fall in love", "Angel of the morning", and even older hits like "The Great Imposter", "Smoke Gets in your Eyes", "Teen Angel", "The House of the Rising Sun", and so many more that I can't recall right now. The doowop groups, the early Elvis songs, the Everly Brothers, and even some country songs like "Crazy" by Patsy Cline...and so on.

What a good time that was...