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

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!