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[2025] Recommended for people in their 50s! A roundup of timeless, crowd-pleasing Western music classics

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Started working as a music writer as a side job while employed at a record shop, and have been contributing to music magazines and web media for over 15 years. Although Western music is my main field, I always strive to stay curious with the motto, “I like what I like.” I have experience playing in a band, where I was a bassist responsible for songwriting and composition. Instruments I’ve performed on include bass, guitar, and piano. I resumed piano lessons after turning 40 and have been continuing ever since!

People in their 50s today are the generation who spent their youth from the late 1970s to the 1980s, and back then you listened to tons of Western hits that were huge in Europe and the U.

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, through TV shows like Best Hit USA and on the radio.

Even now, when you meet old friends and the conversation heats up about music, it’s those songs from back then—many of you are probably like that.

Or maybe you drifted away from Western music, but this time we’re bringing you an article that will revive those passionate, exciting memories from that era!

We’ve rounded up a bunch of massive hits that music-loving 50-somethings can’t help but react to, so feel free to use it as a reference for karaoke or event background music!

[2025] Recommended for Your 50s! A Definitive Collection of Classic Western Hits That Always Get the Crowd Going (41–50)

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Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond [Official Music Video]

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I think this is a godlike band, especially for men in their 50s.

It’s a song about the late Syd Barrett, and above all, that intro gives me nonstop goosebumps, pumps me up, and makes it impossible not to get excited—one of Pink Floyd’s finest masterpieces.

The sheer power of that intro guitar alone knocks you out.

It’s incredible.

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In conclusion

As mentioned at the beginning, people in their 50s today are the generation that truly lived through the golden era of Western music, so many of them were checking out the latest hits in real time.

That era produced countless smash hits that went down in music history, and it’s impossible to cover them all, but I hope the songs introduced in this article will be useful when choosing tracks for karaoke with people of the same generation!