Advice for songs in a specific year

I need to make a playlist of songs from my 5000 song library that are from a specific year. All songs have years atached inthe info - but it can be when the album was released - if it's a compliation it can be wrong.
Anyone know of a URL link or some way I can check song dates - even if I have to do it manually - that's ok too.
Thanks for your consideration.

I use Allmusic.com to check release dates and get cover art.

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