Well Robert, 70- 80's to one type audience is Elton John, Beach Boys, Billy Joel. to Paul Mccartney and Wings,,,,,,,,,,,, or the range from Mountain, Stones, Bad Co, Steppenwolf, The Guess Who, Aerosmith,The Who to Tom Petty to Van Halen to Deep Purple to Ted Nugent to Def Leppard, Allmans, Blackfoot,Molly Hatchet etc on another side, or The Cars, Elvis Costello, REM, The Clash, B52's, The Fixx, The Tubes, Sex Pistols, Joe Jackson,etc on another side, and of course Ratt, Cinderella, Krokus, Poison, Motley Crue, Warrant, Dokken, Megadeth, Yngwie... I am sure you get my point.
I guess I am aiming for more a rifle method than a shotgun method to suggest songs.
Oh yeah, and you Californians grew up on some genres way different than us back East, but some the same.