8-Tracks were lame, but compared to only having the radio in the car at the time it was a boon.
One of the first ones I can remember playing on my parents old cabinet stereo system (which had an AM/FM tuner, record player plus the 8 track system with those four, no six big fat butttons you would use to advance the tape inside) was a K-Tel twofer with about sixty songs from the fifties.
I remember 'Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley' was one of my childhood favorites, along with a song called 'Sugar Shack', although I can't remember the artist.
Nowadays I feel just about naked without my ipod. I'm glad we've come along way, but I really thought we'd all have jetpacks by now.