 8.21.18  10:05 am If I can contribute to this contest: Hello Goodbye by the Beatles (1967). I feel like perhaps an earlier Beatles song has the bVI -> bVII -> I cadence, but I can't think of it. Do you think like a Sinatra or a Frankie Valli or someone from the 50s has it in one of their tunes?
i'm sure it's all over the place. i've actually wondered this myself sometimes. i think we all usually associate that sequence with the 80s and 90s but it's too simple to have been invented then. i know it must have been used classically but i just don't have the repertoire to find where