The article looks back at four pop hits from 1975 that it says remain especially memorable to baby boomers. It highlights the breadth of music reaching mainstream audiences that year, from introspective soft rock and country-pop to disco-inflected funk, and notes the songs’ lasting cultural association with their performers.

Janis Ian’s “At Seventeen” reached No. 3 in the US and won a Grammy, while B. J. Thomas’s “(Hey Won’t You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song” rose from the bottom of the Hot 100 to No. 1 within two months. Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” topped both the US pop and country charts, and the Bee Gees’ “Jive Talkin’” reached No. 1 in the US and No. 5 in the UK, helping to mark their commercial comeback.