A database would be ideal if you want to create a script or query or program to solicit results. Something like:
"select songs where artist is 'boz Scaggs', order by date."
or
"select songs where ( (date > 1-1-1980) and (date < 1-1-1990) ), order by date, ascending".

A spreadsheet would be good also to just sort everything by the selected column, e.g. choose the date column and select 'sort highest to lowest', then scroll down until you find values in the date range you are looking for.

Separately, Microsoft Office 2002? Wow, 20+ years is an eternity in this industry. Did it run on vacuum tubes? (ha ha , just joking).

Explore the different options and decide on a solution that works best for you. Also consider that eventually older software will ultimately become obsolete and incompatible with current systems. Just a fact.

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