4 must have hours of baby boomer music?

yes, just some fun listening...not an audiophooish party..

I'm going on 40 and whenever we have friends over the following always work: James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Ray Charles. Have fun.

I grew up with hard core heavy metal but now love the stuff I missed as a teen like:

The Carpendars
Neal Dimmand
The Partrage Family
Gladys Night and the Pips
Mac Davis
Barbra Strisand

Mark

No offense Mark, but you couldn't have picked a more disturbing list to my ears. Shudders run down my spine simply thinking of listening to ANY of the "artists" listed. Streisand couldn't carry a tune in a bucket...and let's not even discuss Neil Diamond. Ughhh...

-Richard

If the music is going to be essentially "background" music, then trot down to your local CD retailer and buy one or two "Golden Oldies" compilations of pop and rock music from the era(s) of choice (60's, 70's, 80's, etc). Rhino Records has done a good job with many of its compilations, and might be a good starting point. A compilation of oldies provides something for everyone, and you can simply put the CD in the player and hit the "Play" button. You can even set your CD player to play in an endless loop...