Tomorrow afternoon, I’m due to lead a singalong session for our church’s “Thursday Club” for the over-60’s. If you do the maths, the younger members could have been born as late as 1964, which means they were probably aware of what was “Top of the Pops” from the early 1970s and probably fairly hip to ongoing trends until at least the early 1980s. I think it is a reasonable, although by no means universal, observation that teenage years tend to be when you form a foundation of your musical tastes and familiarity with what is popular – as you grow older, you tend to pursue those tastes and may keep discovering new music but you are less likely to be on top of what is hip.

Anyway, the upshot is that I’ve got a pretty broad range to draw on so I’ve tried to mix what I think a lot of people will know with songs I know well and to include plenty that should be easy for a mixed, older audience to sing along with, including one or two that will probably predate anyone in the room. We’ll see how it goes but hopefully I’ve got enough range that everyone gets at least a few minutes they enjoy!