1. 19th century Parisians sing songs that won't be popular until years later, actress dies of consumption: "Moulin Rouge"
2. Princess who likes to read meets very hairy friend while household items sing: "Beauty and the Beast"
3. Gang leader joins track team to impress cheerleader, who joins girl gang to impress him: "Grease"
4. Stage performer watches parents fight, rides around on motorcycle, won't listen to song that his female bandmates wrote for him: "Purple Rain"
5. Kids jump in mud, guy cleans Port-o-Sans, kids get warned not to eat brown acid: "Woodstock"
6. Silent film actors and dancers try to deal with the transition to sound: "Singin' in the Rain"
7. Large Austrian family sings, escapes Nazis: "The Sound of Music"
8. Italians vs. Puerto Ricans, and it's all fun until someone gets hurt: "West Side Story"
9. Old Cubans get lost looking for club, sing, play dominoes, go to New York: "Buena Vista Social Club"
10. Composer giggles, tells dirty jokes, plays party games, and irritates fellow composer: "Amadeus"
11. Two hunters stumble on Scottish town that only appears once every 100 years: "Brigadoon"
12. Singers kill lovers, go to prison, hire lawyer to get off easy, team up for stage act: "Chicago"
13.10/16-20/74, Winterland: 'The Grateful Dead Movie"
14. Band takes train to appear on TV show, plays in field, bassist's very clean grandfather talks drummer into going out for a walk: "A Hard Day's Night"
15. Group of actors re-enact the Passion story with modern-day music: "Jesus Christ Superstar"
16. Actress marries President of Argentina, goes on tour, dies young: "Evita"
17. Child represses senses, attracts big following, and plays pinball: "Tommy"

Bonus: Two female and two male singers go to Vermont to put on a show to help the male singers' old World War II Army buddy: "White Christmas"