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All Time Play ListThe Best Rock Songs EverAn appendix to my book A History of Rock Music Selected by piero scaruffi Main music page | Best albums of all time |
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Nick Vieira has compiled a list of the best songs of all time (based on my lists) and a playlist of 1966-89.
This file has not been updated or revised since 1985.
See the playlists by year for recent preferences.
Currently mainly singles are listed. I am adding album tracks (so far in alphabetical order).
In the future I will integrate the singles and the album tracks.
Numbers indicate the month when the song appeared.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of weeks they spent at the top of the charts.
In 2022 Gustavo Necochea collected all the songs from "Songs" and "Extended Tracks" for the Best of 1990 to 2021 in: this playlist and this playlist.
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1936: Roy Acuff Great speckled bird 1940: Bob Wills New San Antonio Rose 1942: Bing Crosby White Christmas 1944: 1945: Roy Milton RM blues Mahalia Jackson Move on up a little higher 1946: Cecil Gant I wonder Louis Jordan Choo choo ch' boogie Roy Milton R.M. blues Delmore Brothers Freight train boogie Ravens Old man river Johnny Otis Harlem nocturne Ink Spots To each his own 1947: T-Bone Walker Stormy monday blues Lightnin Hopkins Baby please don't go 1948: Ravens Write me a letter Wyronie Harris Good rocking tonight Orioles It's too soon to know Amos Milburn Chicken shack boogie Muddy Waters Rollin stone 1949: John Lee Hooker Boogie chillen Dinah Washington Baby get lost Professor Longhair Mardi Gras in New Orleans Weavers Godnite Irene Jimmy Witherspoon No rollin 1950: Ivory Joe Hunter I almost lost my mind Fats Domino Fat man Hank Williams Long gone lonesome blues Roy Brown Hard luck blues Ruth Brown Teardrops from my eyes Percy Mayfield Please send me someone to love Esther Phillips Cupid's boogie 1951: Dominoes Sixty minute man Ike Turner Rocket 88 Clovers Don't you know I love you Sonny Boy Williamson Eyesight to the blind B.B. King Three o' clock blues Patti Page Tennessee Waltz Howling Wolf Moaning at midnight Roy Acuff Tennessee Waltz Joe Turner Chains Of Love Ray Charles Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand Ray Charles The Things That I Used To Do Hank Williams Howlin' At The Moon 1952: Elmore James Dust my broom Rosco Gordon No more doggin Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Little Walter Juke Les Paul Meet Mr. Callaghan 1953: Five Royales Baby don't do it Hank Williams Your cheating heart/ Kaw Liga Big Mama Thornton Hound dog Professor Longhair Tipitina Orioles Crying in the chapel Junior Parker Feelin good Faye Adams Shake a hand Drifters Money honey 1954: Guitar Slim Thing I used to do Crowns Gee Muddy Waters Hootchie cootchie man Midnighters Work with me Annie 3 Moonglows Sincerely Spaniels Goodnight sweetheart goodnight Joe Turner Shake rattle and roll Chords Sh-boom Hawketts Mardi gras mambo 11 Charms Hearts of stone Lowell Fulsom Reconsider baby 12 Penguins Earth angel 1955: 1 McGuire Sisters Sincerely (10) 1 Lavern Baker Tweedle dee 2 Johnny Ace Pledging my love Etta James Roll with me Henry 2 Bill Hayes Ballad of David Crockett 3 Moonglows Sincerely Jimmy Reed You don't have to go Bo Diddley Bo Diddley/ I'm a man 5 Bill Haley Rock around the clock (8) Nutmegs Story untold 7 Les Paul Hummingbird 7 Fats Domino Ain't it a shame 8 Four Aces Love is a many splendored thing 8 Chuck Berry Maybellene Elvis Presley Mystery train 10 Platters Only you 11 Tennessee Ford Sixteen tons (8) 12 Little Richard Tutti frutti 1956: 1 Lonnie Donegan Rock island line 1 Sonny James Young love 2 Cadillacs Speedoo 2 Frankie Lymon Why do fools fall in love 3 Carl Perkins Blue suede shoes 3 Elvis Presley Heartbreak hotel (8) 4 Little Richard Long tall Sally 5 Howlin Wolf Smokestack lightnin 6 Gene Vincent Be-bop-a-lula 6 Chuck Berry Roll over Beethoven 7 Cadets Stranded in the jungle 7 Willie John Fever 8 Elvis Presley Don't be cruel (11) 8 Bill Doggett Honky Tonk 9 Five Satins In the still of the night 9 Shirley and Lee Let the good times roll 10 Johnny Cash I walk the line 10 Fats Domino Blueberry Hill Richard Berry Louie Louie 1957: 1 Harry Belafonte Banana boat 3 Del-Vikings Come go with me 3 Diamonds Little darlin 3 Chuck Berry School day 4 Elvis Presley All shook up (9) 5 Coasters Searchin 5 Chuck Wills CC rider 5 Pat Boone Love letters in the sand (7) 6 Elvis Presley Teddy bear (7) 7 Jerry Lee Lewis Whole lotta shaking 7 Dale Hawkins Susie-Q Huey Smith Rocking pneumonia 7 Paul Anka Diana 8 Crickets That'll be the day 8 Chuck Berry Rock and roll music 9 Everly Brothers Wake up little Susie 10 Elvis Presley Jailhouse rock (7) 10 Sam Cooke You send me 10 Pat Boone April love 10 Little Richard Keep a knocking 10 Rays Silhouette 11 Buddy Holly Peggy Sue 11 Chuck Berry Rock and roll music 11 Bill Justice Raunchy 12 Danny & the Juniors At the hop (7) Slim Harpo I'm a kingbee Johnny Guitar Watson Gangster of love 1958: 1 Four Preps 26 miles 1 Silhouettes Get a job 1 Chantels Maybe 2 Little Richard Good golly miss molly 2 Chuck Berry Sweet little sixteen 3 Champs Tequila 4 David Seville Witch doctor 4 Everly Brothers All I have to do is dream 4 Monotones Book of love 5 Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode 5 Link Wray Rumble 6 Sheb Wooley Purple people eater 6 Coasters Yakety Yak 7 Elegants Little star 7 Duane Eddy Rebel rouser 7 Jack Scott My true love 8 Imperials Tears on my pillow 8 Eddie Cochran Summertime blues 8 Domenico Modugno Nel blu dipinto di blu 9 Conway Twitty It's only make believe 9 Cozy Cole Topsy 10 Kingston Trio Tom Dooley 11 Clyde McPhatter A lover's question 12 Ritchie Valens La Bamba 12 Chipmunk Chipmunk song Albert Collins The freeze 1959: 1 Lloyd Price Stagger Lee 2 Frankie Avalon Venus 2 Coasters Charlie Brown 3 Dave Cortez Happy organ 3 Frankie Ford Sea cruise 3 Virtues Guitar boogie shuffle 3 Skyliners Since I don't have you 3 Fleetwoods Come softly to me 4 Johnny Horton Battle of New Orleans 4 Wilbert Harrison Kansas City 6 Preston Epps Bongo rock 6 Wailers Tall cool one 6 Flamingos I only have eyes for you 6 Drifters There goes my baby 7 Ray Charles What'd I say 8 Johnny & Hurricanes Red river rock 8 Santo & Johnny Sleep walk 9 Bobby Darin Mack the knife (9) 9 Coasters Poison Ivy 9 Sandy Nelson Teen beat 9 Ronnie Hawkins Mary Lou 10 Neil Sedaka Oh Carol 11 Marty Robbins El Paso 12 Bill Black Smokie Twilights Sea of love 1960: 1 Edith Piaf Milord 2 Brenda Lee I'm sorry 2 Johnny Kidd & Pirates Shakin all over 4 Jackie Wilson Night 5 Everly Brothers Cathy's clown 5 Connie Francis Everybody's somebody's fool 5 Shadows Apache 5 Charlie Rich Lonely weekends 6 Hollywood Argyles Alley Oop 6 Duan Eddy Because they are young 7 Brian Hyland Itsy bitsy teenie weenie 7 Hank Ballard Finger poppin time 7 Ventures Walk don't run 8 Sam Cooke Chain gang 8 Chubby Checker Twist 9 Drifters Save the last dance for me 9 Ray Charles Georgia on my mind 10 Hank Ballard Let's go let's go 10 Zodiacs Stay 10 Wanda Jackson Let's have a party 11 Johnny Burnette You're sixteen 12 Shirelles Will you still love me tomorrow 1961: Tokens The Lions Sleep Tonight Marcels: Blue Moon 1 Bobby Bland I pity the fool 3 Del Shannon Runaway 3 Marcels Blue moon 4 Ernie K-Doe Mother in law 4 Tokens Tonite I fell in love 5 Ricky Nelson Travellin man/ Hello Mary Lou 6 Gary US Bonds Quarter to three 7 Chris Kenner I like it like that 7 Mar Keys Last night 8 Bobby Vee Take good care of my baby 8 Dick and Deedee Mountain's high 9 Ray Charles Hit the road Jack 9 Lee Dorsey Ya ya 9 Dovells Bristol stomp 10 Marvelettes Please Mr. Postman 10 Dion Runaround Sue 11 Tokens The lion sleeps tonight 12 Miracles Shop around 12 Joey Dee Peppermint twist 1962: 1 Sue Thompson Norman 1 Gene Chandler Duke of Earl 4 King Curtis Soul twist 5 Ray Charles I can't stop loving you 5 Freddy Cannon Palisades park 6 Isley Brothers Twist and shout 6 Bobby Vinton Roses are red 6 Orlons Wah watusi 7 Little Eva Locomotion 9 Booker T & Mg's Green Onions 9 Four Seasons Sherry 9 Bobby Pickett Monster Mash 10 Crystals He's a rebel 10 Four Seasons Big girls don't cry 11 Herb Alpert Lonely Bull 11 Tornadoes Telstar 12 Beatles Love me do 12 Rebels Wild weekend Contours Do you love me 1963: 1 Paul & Paula Hey Paula 3 Chiffons He's so fine 3 Johnny Cymbal Mr bass man 5 Crystals Da doo ron ron 4 Beach Boys Surfin USA 4 Chantays Pipeline 5 Lesley Gore It's my party 6 Jan and Dean Surf city 7 Stevie Wonder Fingertips 7 Surfaris Wipe out 7 Peter Paul and Mary Blowing in the wind 7 Randy & Rainbows Denise 9 Ronettes Be my baby Beatles She loves you Beatles I wanna hold your hand (7) 8 Angels My boyfriend's back 9 Skeeter Davis I can't stay mad at you 9 Jimmy Gilmer Fireballs Sugar shack 9 Jaynettes Sally go round the roses 10 Impressions It's all right 11 Kingsmen Louie Louie 12 Trashmen Surfin bird Bob Dylan Hard rain's gonna fall Gordon Mumma +Megaton 1964: 1 Dave Clark Five Glad all over 4 Gerry & Pacemakers Don't let the sun catch you crying 4 Beatles Can't buy me love 5 Manfred Mann Do wah diddy diddy 5 Reflections Romeo and Juliet 5 Dixie Cups Chapel of love 6 Millie Small My boy lollipop 6 Beach Boys I get around 6 Beatles Hard day's night 6 Chuck Berry No particular place to go 6 Johnny Rivers Memphis 7 Rolling Stones It's all over now 7 Drifters Under the boardwalk 7 Kinks You really got me 8 Animals House of rising sun 9 Martha and Vandellas Dancing in the street 9 Roy Orbison Pretty woman 10 Supremes Baby love 10 Shangri-las Leader of the pack 10 Jay Americans Come a little bit closer 11 Petula Clark Downtown 11 Zombies She's not there 11 Mary Wells My guy 12 Searchers Love potion number nine Bob Dylan Times they are a-changin Bob Dylan My back pages George Fame Yeh yeh Kinks All day and all of the night Pretty Things Don't bring me down Righteous Brothers You've lost that lovin feelin Sandie Shaw Always something there to remind me 1965: 1 Who I can't explain 1 Joe Tex Hold what you've got Them Baby please don't go 2 Roger Miller King of the road Otis Redding Mr. Pitiful 3 Rolling Stones Last time 3 Animals Don't let me be misunderstood 3 Junior Walker Shotgun 3 Donovan Catch the wind 4 Herman's Hermit Mrs. Brown 4 Solomon Burke Got to get you off of my mind 4 Sir Douglas Quintet She's about a mover 5 Bob Dylan Subterranean homesick blues 5 Beach Boys Help me Rhonda 5 Yardbirds For your love 5 Sam the sham Wooly Bully 5 Four Tops I can't help myself 5 Rolling Stones Satisfaction 5 Rolling Stones Get off of my cloud 6 Byrds Mr. Tambourine man 7 Sonny & Cher I got you babe 7 Billy Joe Royal Down in the boondocks 8 Beach Boys California girls 8 We Five You were on my mind 8 Wilson Picket In the midnight hour 8 James Brown Papa's got a brand new bag 8 Miracles Tracks of my tears 8 Bob Dylan Like a rolling stone 8 Barry McGuire Eve of destruction 9 McCoys Hang on Sloopy 9 Animals We've gotta get out of this place 9 Loving Spoonful Do you believe in magic 10 Supremes I hear a symphony 11 Byrds Turn turn turn 11 Beatles We can work it out 11 Eddy Arnold Make the world go away 11 Kinks Well respected man 12 Who My generation 12 Simon & Garfunkel Sounds of silence 12 Animals It's my life 12 Spencer Davis Group Gimme some lovin 12 Stevie Wonder Uptight Bob Dylan +Desolation Row Freddy & Dreamers I'm telling you now Fugs Supergirl Gentryx Keep on dancing George Jones Race is on Moody Blues Go now Phil Ochs Ain't marching anymore Bob Dylan Just like Tom Thumb's Blues 1966: 1 Beach Boys Barbara Ann 1 Rascals Good Lovin' 2 Yardbirds Shapes of things 2 Mamas & Papas California dreamin 2 Troggs Wild Thing 2 Rolling Stones 19th nervous breakdown 3 Kinks Dedicated follower of fashion 3 Who Substitute 3 Manfred Mann Pretty Flamingo 3 Paul Revere Kicks 3 Cher Bang bang 4 Shadows of knight Gloria 4 Bob Dylan Rainy day women 4 Mamas & Papas Monday Monday 4 Animals Inside looking out 4 Byrds Eight miles high 4 Hollies Bus stop 4 Percy Sledge When a man loves a woman 5 Rolling Stones Paint it black 5 Simon & Garfunkel I am a rock 5 Kinks Sunny afternoon 6 Tommy James Hanky Panky 6 Dusty Springfield You don't have to say you love me 6 Syndicate of Sound Little girl 6 Ike & Tina Turner River deep mountain high 7 Rolling Stones Mother's little helper 7 Bob Dylan I want you 7 Grass Roots Where were you when I needed you 7 Lovin Spoonful Summer in the city 7 Mamas & Papas I saw her again 8 Donovan Sunshine superman 8 Supremes You can't hurry love 8 Kinks Dead end street 8 Who I'm a boy 9 Rolling Stones Have you seen your mother 9 Los Bravos Black is black 9 Love 7 and 7 is 9 Count Five Psychotic reaction 9 Four Tops Reach out 9 ? and the Misterians 96 Tears 10 Beach Boys Good vibrations 11 Donovan Mellow yellow 11 New Vaudeville Band Winchester Cathedral 11 Standells Dirty water 11 Supremes You keep me hanging on 12 Aaron Neville Tell it like it is 12 Monkees I'm a believer (7) 12 Electric Prunes Too much to dream 12 Beatles Penny Lane 12 Loving Spoonful Nashville cats 12 Music Machine Talk talk 12 Who Happy Jack Arrows: Blue's Theme Paul Mauriat: Love Is Blue Eric Andersen Violets of dawn Blue Magoos Tobacco road Bluesbreakers All our love Paul Butterfield +East west Lou Christie Lightnin strikes Bob Dylan Absolutely sweet Marie Bob Dylan Visions of Johanna Bob Dylan +Sad eyed lady of the Lowlands Fugs +Virgin Fugs 13th Floor Elevator: You're Gonna Miss Me Them: Gloria Velvet Underground Sunday morning Velvet Underground: I'll Be Your Mirror Velvet Underground: Femme Fatale Velvet Underground All tomorrow parties Velvet Underground Venus in furs Velvet Underground Waiting for my man Frank Zappa +Help me I'm a rock Frank Zappa +Return of the son of Monster Magnet Frank Zappa Wowie Zowie Frank Zappa Hungry freaks daddy Frank Zappa Who are the brain police 1967: 1 Rolling Stones Ruby Tuesday 1 Procol Harum A whiter shade of pale 1 Jimi Hendrix Hey Joe 2 Seeds Pushing too hard 2 Buffalo Springfield For what it's worth 3 Turtles Happy together 4 Animals When I was young 5 Jefferson Airplane Somebody to love 5 Music Explosion Little bit of soul 5 Rascals Groovin 5 Aretha Franklin Respect 6 Scott McKenzie San Francisco 6 Doors Light my fire 6 Spanky & Our Gang Sunday will never be the same Kinks Waterloo sunset 6 Stevie Wonder I was made to love her 6 Procol Harum Homburg 7 Rolling Stones Dandelion/ We love you 7 Pink Floyd +Interstellar overdrive 7 Pink Floyd Astronomy domine 7 Jefferson Airplane Somebody to love 8 Eric Burdon San Franciscan nights 8 Parliament Testify Traffic Hole in my shoe 8 Van Morrison Brown eyed girl 8 Bobbie Gentry Ode to Billie Joe 8 Box Tops Letter Pink Floyd See Emily Play 8 Procol Harum Conquistador 9 Who I can see for miles 9 Association Windy 9 Sam and Dave Soul man 10 Strawberry Alarm Clock Incense and pepperpmints 10 Doors People are strange 10 Rolling Stones She's a rainbow 10 Bee Gees Massachussetts 10 Beach Boys Heroes and villains 11 Beatles Hello goodbye 11 Monkees Daydream believer 12 American Breed Bend me shape me 12 Lemon Pipers Green tambourine 12 Small Faces Itchycoo park Beatles A day in the life Blues Project Flute thing Captain Beefheart Zig zag wanderer Captain Beefheart Dropout boogie Captain Beefheart Electricity Bluesbreakers Supernatural Bluesbreakers Checking up with my baby Tim Buckley Phantasmagoria in two Tim Buckley Goodbye and hello Buffalo Springfield Broken arrow Byrds CTA 102 Leonard Cohen Suzanne Donovan Celeste Doors Crystal ship Doors +End Arlo Guthrie +Alice's restaurant Jimi Hendrix Foxy lady Jimi Hendrix +Third stone from the sun Pierre Henry +Messe pour le temps present Holy Modal Rounders Indian war whoop Holy Modal Rounders +Radar blues Incredible String Ban First girl I loved Country Joe I feel like I'm fixin to die Jefferson Airplane Ballad of you and me and Pooneil Jefferson Airplane Spare chaynge Kinks Autumn almanac Love +Revelation Moody Blues Nights in white satin Pink Floyd Arnold Layne Red Crayola +War sucks Traffic Dear Mr. Fantasy Velvet Underground White light white heat Velvet Underground +Sister ray Frank Zappa +Brown shoes don't make it Frank Zappa What's the ugliest part of your body Frank Zappa Absolutely free Neil Diamond: Solitary Man (1967) Neil Diamond: Thank The Lord (1967) Neil Diamond: Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon (1967) Neil Diamond: Red Red Wine (1967) 1968: 2 1910 Fruitgum Co Simon says 2 Otis Redding Dock of the bay 3 Bobby Goldsboro Honey 5 Simon & Garfunkel Mrs Robinson 5 Ohio Express Yummy yummy yummy 5 Herb Albert This guy's in love with you 5 Cream Sunshine of your love 5 Rolling Stones Jumpin Jack flash 6 Eric Burdon Sky pilot 6 Merilee Rush Angel of the morning 6 Donovan Hurdy gurdy man 6 Band Weight 7 Amboy Dukes Journey to the centre of the mind 7 Steppenwolf Born to be wild 7 Doors Hello I love you 8 Who Magic bus 8 Beatles Hey Jude (9) 8 Cream White room 9 Arthur Brown Fire 9 Canned Heat On the road again 10 Tammy Wynette Stand by your man 11 Marvin Gaye I heard it through the grapevine (7) 11 Glen Campbell Wichita lineman Fleetwood Mac Albatross 12 Tommy James Crimson and clover Captain Beefheart Trust us Bloomfield Kooper His holy modal majesty Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Hello Mabel Byrds Hickory wind Leonard Cohen Sisters of mercy Leonard Cohen Winter lady Deviants Billy the monster Doors +When the music's over Doors Strange days Electric Prunes +Mass in f minor Family Be my friend Family Old songs new songs Fugs War song Grateful Dead +That's for the other one Jimi Hendrix +Voodoo chile Jimi Hendrix +1989 Holy Modal Rounders Bird song Iron Butterfly In a gadda da vida It's a beautiful day White bird Janis Joplin Piece of my heart Janis Joplin +Ball and chain Jefferson Airplane Lather Jefferson Airplane Greasy heart Jethro Tull Song for Jeffrey Kaleidoscope Taxim Mad River +Eastern light Steve Miller In my first mind Steve Miller Living in the USA Van Morrison Cyprus Avenue Nice America Nico Lawns of dawn Laura Nyro Eli's coming Pearls Before Swine Lepers and roses David Peel Mother where is my father Pink Floyd +A saucerful of secrets Jeanne C. Riley Harper Valley PTA Soft Machine So boot if at all Steppenwolf Born to be wild Morton Subotnick +Touch Ten Years After I'm going home Tomorrow While bicycle Traffic Feelin alright USA American way of life 1969: Shocking Blue Venus 1 Sly & Family Stone Everyday people 1 Doors Touch me 2 Tommy Roe Dizzy 2 Creedence Clearwater Proud Mary 3 Spirit I got a line on you 3 Fifth Dimension Aquarius 3 Who Pinball wizard 4 Simon & Garfunkel The boxer 4 Donovan Atlantis 5 Creedence Clearwater Bad moon rising 6 Blood Sweat Tears Spinning wheel 7 Rolling Stones Hony tonk women 8 Bob Dylan Lay lady lay 8 Temptations I can't get next to you 8 Who I'm free 8 Archies Sugar sugar 8 Crosby Stills Nash Marrakesh express David Bowie Space oddity 9 Creedence Clearwater Down on the corner Merle Haggard Okie from Muskogee 9 Jackson Five I'll be there 10 Crosby Stills Nash Suite: Judy blue eyes 10 Led Zeppelin Whole lotta love 11 Steam Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye 12 Shocking Blue Venus Amon Duul +Phallus Dei Band Rag mama rag Captain Beefheart Dachau blues Captain Beefheart Pachuco cadaver Captain Beefheart Moonlight on Vermont Captain Beefheart China pig Captain Beefheart Pena Black Sabbath Paranoid Blind Faith Presence of the lord Bonzo Dog Doo Dah I'm the urban spaceman Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Sport Tim Buckley +Gypsy woman Tim Buckley +Love at room 109 Joe Byrd Gospel music Colosseum +Valentyne suite Deviants Garbage Doors Wintertime love John Fahey +Fare forward voyagers Family Procession Family Weaver's answer Grateful Dead Mountains of the moon Jefferson Airplane Volunteers Jefferson Airplane Wooden ships King Crimson In the court of the crimson king Led Zeppelin Communications breakdown Led Zeppelin Whole lotta love Taj Mahal A little soulful tune MC5 Kick out the jams Nucleus Song for a bearded lady Pink Floyd +Careful with that axe Eugene Poco Pickin' up the pieces Quicksilver +Who do you love Savoy Brown Train to nowhere Bob Seger Heavy music Soft Machine Pathaphysical introduction Stooges No fun Third Ear Band Ghetto raga Velvet Underground What goes on Velvet Underground Ocean Who Ouverture Neil Young +Last trip to Tulsa Neil Young Cowgirl in the sand Frank Zappa +King Kong Frank Zappa Electric Aunt Jemina Frank Zappa Dog breath Frank Zappa Uncle meat Fifty Foot Hose: +Fantasy 1970: Norman Greenbaum Spirit In The Sky John Denver Leaving on a jet plane 2 Simon & Garfunkel Bridge over the troubled water 2 Creedence Clearwater Travellin band 3 John Lennon Instant Karma 3 Guess Who American woman 4 Simon & Garfunkel Cecilia 6 Free All right now 6 Carpenters Close to you 8 Neil Diamond Cracklin Rose 8 Chicago 25 or 6 to 4 8 Kinks Lola 8 Creedence Clearwater Looking out my back door 9 James Taylor Fire and rain 10 Miracles Tears of a clown 10 Partridge Family I think I love you 11 Santana Black magic woman 12 Neil Young After the goldrush Syd Barrett Waving my arms in the air Syd Barrett Love song Syd Barrett No man's land Captain Beefheart Gordon's ape Tim Buckley +Lorca Tim Buckley +Starsailor Tim Buckley Song to a siren John Fahey +Voice of the turtle Fairport Convention +Matty Groves Grateful Dead +Dark star Peter Green End of the game High Tide Saneonymous Josefus: Dead Man Paul Kantner Mau mau Loretta Lynn Coal miner's daughter John Mayall Room to move Joni Mitchell Morning Morgantown Meredith Monk +The key Van Morrison Stoned me Nico Janitor of lunacy Pentangle +Jack Orion Soft Machine +Moon in June Vivian Stanshall Labio dental fricative Third Ear Band Fire Traffic Glad Velvet Underground Sweet Jane Robert Wyatt +Las Vegas tango Frank Zappa Peaches en regalia Frank Zappa +Gumbo variations Frank Zappa Eric Dolphy's memorial barbecue Frank Zappa +Music for low budget orchestra Frank Zappa +Little house I used to live in Frank Zappa Holiday in Berlin 1971: 1 Osmonds One bad apple 1 Nitty Gritty Dirt Mr. Bojangles 2 Temptations Just my imagination 2 Janis Joplin Me and Bobby McGee 2 Creedence Clearwater Have you ever seen the rain 3 Three DOg Night Joy to the world 3 Cat Stevens Wild world 5 Rolling Stones Brown sugar 5 Carole King It's too late/ I feel the earth move 6 John Denver Take me home country roads 7 Doors Riders on the storm 7 Graham Nash Chicago 8 Rod Stewart Maggie May 8 Who Won't get fooled again 10 Isaac Hayes Shaft 10 Cher Gypsies tramps and thieves 10 John Lennon Imagine 11 Al Green Let's stay together 11 T. Rex Bang a gong 11 Melanie Brand new key 12 Don McLean American Pie Kevin Ayers Oleh Oleh bandu bandong Caravan +Nine feet underground David Crosby Laughing John Denver Leaving on a jet plane John Denver Take me home country roads Doors LA woman Doors Riders on the storm Flying Burrito Bros Orange blossom special Genesis Musical box Incredible String +Darling Belle Jefferson Airplane When the earth moves again Jethro Tull Aqualung Janis Joplin Mercedes Benz Kantner Slick When I was a boy Led Zeppelin +Stairway to heaven Little Feat Willin Mark-Almond +The city Can: Halleluwah Joni Mitchell Blue New Riders Purple Sage I don't know you Bruce Palmer +Calm before the storm Roxy Music Virginia Plain Terry Riley +Rainbow in curved air VanDerGraaf Generator Plague Who: We Won't Get Fooled Again 1972: 1 Harry Nilsson Without you 2 Neil Young Heart of gold 3 Roberta Flack First time ever 3 Yes Roundabout 3 America Horse with no name 4 Cat Stevens Morning has broken 4 Chi-Lites Oh girl 4 Commander Cody Hot rod Lincoln 5 Elton John Rocket man 5 Neil Diamond Sung sung blue 5 Todd Rundgren I saw the light 5 Billy Preston Outta space 6 Derek & Dominoes Layla 6 Alice Cooper School's out 8 Mac Davis Baby don't get hooked on me 9 Arlo Guthrie City of New Orleans 9 Leon Russell Tight rope 9 Mott the Hoople ALl the young dudes 10 Johnny Nash I can see clearly now 11 Curtis Mayfield Superfly 12 Joni Mitchell You turn me on 12 Stevie Wonder Superstition 12 Elton John Crocodile rock 12 Loggins & Messina Your mama don't dance 12 Carly Simon You're so vain Allman Brothers Ain't wasting time no more Kevin Ayers Colores para dolores Gene Clark White light CrosbyStillsNashYoung Carry on Deep Purple: Highway Star Nick Drake Things behind the sun Eagles Tequila sunrise Faust +Why don't you eat carrots Gong Tropical fish Hot Tuna True religion Jefferson Airplane Alexander the medium Little Feat Teenage nervous breakdown Matching Mole Singed curtain Joni Mitchell Banquet Randy Newman Sail away Neu +Negativland One +Car raga David Peel Pope smokes dope Klaus Schulze Ebene Tangerine Dream +Atem 10cc Donna Yes +Close to the edge Neil Young Harvest Frank Zappa +Big swifty Frank Zappa +Grand wazoo 1973: 2 Loudon Wainwright Dead skunk 2 Eumir Deodato Also sprach Zarathustra 3 Dobie Gray Drift away 3 Lou Reed Walk on the wild side 4 Edgar Winter Frankenstein 6 Jim Croce Bad bad Leroy Brown 6 Deep Purple Smoke on the water 8 Grand Funk Raliroad We're an american band 9 Gladys Knight & Pips Midnight train to Georgia 9 Rolling Stones Angie 9 Allman Brothers Ramblin man 9 Bob Dylan Knocking on heaven's door 10 Ike & Tina Turner Nutbush city limit 11 Elton John Goodbye yellow brick road 11 Steve Miller Joker Allman Brothers Jessica Can +Bel Air Kim Fowley International heroes Gong +Flying teapot Henry Cow Nirvana for mice Garland Jeffrey Wild in the street KantnerSlickFreiberg Sketches of China Matching Mole Smoke signal Waylon Jennings Honky tonk heroes Leo Kottke Hear the wind howl Bob Marley I shot the sheriff Roger McGuinn Born to rock and roll NewRidersPurpleSage Panama red New York Dolls Personality crisis Pink Floyd Great gig in the sky Popol Vuh +Hosianna Mantra Roxy Music Do the stranded Bob Seger Get out of Denver Slade Cum on feel the noise Bruce Springsteen Rosalita Who 5:15 Roxy Music: A Song For Europe ZZ Top: La Grange 1974: 3 MFSB TSOP 4 Ray Stevens Streak 5 Gordon Lightfoot Sundown 6 John Denver Annie's song 7 Wet Willie Keep on smilin 8 Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet home Alabama 10 Billy Swan I can help 10 BachmannTurner You ain't seen nothin yet 10 Gordon Lightfoot Carefree highway 11 Harry Chapin Cat's in the cradle Blue Oyster Cult Hot rails to Hell John Cale Fear's best man's friend Ry Cooder Jesus on the mainline Brian Eno Burning airlines Brian Eno Taking tiger mountain Kraftwerk Autobahn Nico Valley of the kings Mike Oldfield +Tubular bells Dolly Parton Jolene Steve Reich +Drumming Residents +Crisis blues Roxy Music Street life Todd Rundgren Lord Chanchellor's nightmare T.Rex Telegram Sam Robert Wyatt +Alifib Robert Wyatt +Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road Neil Young +Ambulance blues Frank Zappa Cheepnis Frank Zappa +Bebop tango 1975: 1 Linda Rondstadt You're no good 1 Doobie Brothers Black water 1 Lynyrd Skynyrd Free bird 3 Earth wind and fire Shining star 3 Ozark Mountain Jackie blue 3 Freddy Fender Before the next teardrop falls 4 Kraftwerk Autobahn 5 Freddy Fender Before the next teardrop falls 5 Michael Murphey Wildfire 5 Gordon Lightfoot Rainy day people 8 ZZ Top Tush 9 Jefferson Starship Miracles 10 Bruce Springsteen Born to run 11 Ohio Players Love rollercoasters 11 Diana Ross Do you know where are you going to 12 Donna Summer Love to love you baby AmazingRhythmAces Third rate romance BlackOakArkansas Jim dandy to the rescue Lol Coxhill Tuba gallica Henry Cow +Living in the heart of the beast Willie Nelson Blue eyes crying in the rain Outlaws Green grass Pink Floyd Welcome to the machine Patti Smith Piss factory Patti Smith +Land Television Little Johnny Jewel Dwight Twilley I'm on fire 1976: 1 Queen Bohemian rhapsody 1 Bob Dylan Hurricane 1 Bob Dylan Joey 2 Aerosmith Dream on 3 Johnnie Taylor Disco Lady 4 Elvin Bishop Fooled around 8 Boz Scaggs Lowdown 9 Blue Oyster Cult Don't fear the reaper 9 Kiss Beth 9 Gordon Lightfoot Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 9 Sex Pistols Anarchy in the UK 9 Heart Magic man 10 Damned New rose 10 Rod Stewart Tonight's the night (7) 11 Leo Sayer You make me feel like dancing BeBop Deluxe Sleep that burns Guy Clark Rita Ballou Eddie & Hot Rods Teenage depression John Hartford Little cabin home Heartbreakers Born to lose Michael Hurley Have moicy Joni Mitchell Coyote Modern Lovers Roadrunner OriginalSavannah Cherchez la femme Graham Parker Don't ask no questions Penguin Cafe Orc ZOPF Pere Ubu 30 seconds over Tokyo Pere Ubu Final solution Ramones Blitzkrieg bop Residents +Six things to a cycle Sex Pistols Pretty vacant Patti Smith Pumping my heart Patti Smith +Radio Ethiopia Throbbing Gristle Maggot death XTC Radios in motion Neil Young Cortez the killer Warren Zevon Mohammed's radio 1977: 1 Bob Seger Night moves 1 Abba Dancing queen 2 Atlanta Rhythm SectionSo into you 3 Eagles Hotel California 4 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 4 MarshallTucker Heard it in a love song 4 Elvis Costello Less than zero 5 Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville 6 Peter Frampton I'm in you 7 Crosby Stills Nash Just a song before I go 9 Debby Boone You light up my fire (10) 12 Randy Newman Short people Avengers We are the one Buzzcocks Boredom John Cale Hedda Gabler Chrome Magnetic dwarf reptile Clash London's burning Clash White riot Elvis Costello Allison Dead Boys Sonic reducer Ian Dury Sex and drugs and rock and roll Brian Eno King lead's hat Generation X Your generation Jon Hassell +Vernal equinox Jam In the city Mars 3E/11000 Modern Lovers Egyptian reggae Modern Lovers Ice cream man Pere Ubu Streetwaves Pere Ubu Modern Dance Tom Petty Anything that's rock and roll Tom Petty Luna Ramones Rockaway beach Ramones Sheena is a punk rocker Ramones Teenage lobotomy Sex Pistols Bodies Sex Pistols holidays in the sun Sham 69 Tell us the truth Suicide +Frankie Teardrop Suicide Ghostrider Talking Heads Psycho killer Television +Marquee moon Television See no evil Ultravox Young savage Neil Young Like a hurricane XTC Set myself on fire 1978: 2 Bee Gees Night fever (8) 3 Jefferson Starship Count on me 4 Andy Gibbs Shadow dancing (7) 4 Meat Loaf Two out of three ain't bad 4 Warren Zevon Werewolves of London 4 Andy Gibbs Shadow dancing 5 Patti Smith Because the night 6 Rolling Stones Miss you 7 Pablo Cruise Love will find a way 11 Chic Le Freak 11 Village People YMCA 12 Cars Just what I needed Art Bears Maze Kate Bush Wuthering Heights Cabaret Voltaire Haeven and hell Wayne County Eddie & Sheena Lol Coxhill Wakefield capers Contortions Dish it out Elvis Costello Lipstick vogue Crass Reality asylum Cure Killing an arab Devo Uncontrollable urge Devo Mongoloid DNA Lionel Bob Dylan Is your love in vain Joe Ely Honky tonk masquerade Foreigner Double vision Magazine Shot by both sides Mars Tunnel Model Citizen Animal Instincts Van Morrison Wavelenght Muffins +The adventures of Cpt. Boomerang Pere Ubu Non alignment pact Pere Ubu +Sentimental journey Pere Ubu Thriller Pere Ubu Caligari's mirror Tom Petty I need to know Public Image Ltd Fodderstompf Gerry Rafferty: Baker Street Residents + Edweena Tom Robinson 2-4-6 motorway Kenny Rogers: Gambler Siouxsee Sioux Hong Kong garden Talking Heads Thanks for sending me an angel Teenage Jesus & Jerks The closet Teenage Jesus & Jerks Red alert Television Glory Throbbing Gristle DOA Wire I'm the fly Warren Zevon Werewolves of London 1979: 1 Gloria Gaynor I will survive 2 Poco Crazy love 2 Dire Straits Sultans of swing 4 Supertramp Logical song 5 Cheap Trick I want you you want me 6 Donna Summer Bad girls 7 Cars Let's go 7 Charlie Daniels Devil went down to Georgia 7 Knack My Sharona 8 Nick Lowe Cruel to be kind 11 Buggles Video killed the radio star 11 Michael Jackson Rock with you Fleetwood Mac: Tusk B52s Rock lobster Boomtown Rats I don't like mondays James Chance Off black Chrome +Zombie warfare Clash London calling Contortions Contort yourself Elvis Costello Accidents will happen Dead Kennedys California uber alles Brian Eno +Music for airports Fall Fiery Jack Fall Cock-stock Feelies Fa ce la Fleshtones: American Beat Germs Manimal Philip Glass +Einstein on the beach Richard Hell Love comes in spurts Joe Jackson Is she really going out with me Rickie Lee Jones Chuck E's in love Meredith Monk +Dolmen music Van Morrison Angelou Nuns Decadent jew Pere Ubu Have shoes will walk Pere Ubu Jehova's kingdom comes Pink Floyd Another brick in the wall Police Message in a bottle Pop Group Thief of fire Pop Group We are time Pretenders Brass in the pocket Psychedelic Furs Sister Europe Public Image Ltd Albatross Residents The walrus hunt Specials Gangsters Stiff Little Fingers Alternative Ulster Stiff Little Fingers Suspect device Suicide Dream baby dream Swell Maps +Full moon Teenage Jesus & Jerks Burning rubber This Heat +Fall of Saigon This Heat Horizontal Hold Throbbing Gristle Still walking X Los Angeles XTC Life begins at the hop Frank Zappa Strictly personal 1980: 1 Sugarhill Gang Rapper's delight 1 Pink Floyd Another brick in the wall 1 Dan Fogelberg Longer 3 Gary Numan Cars 3 Blondie Call me 5 Bruce Cockburn Wondering where the lions are 8 Diana Ross Upside down 8 Queen Another one bites the dust 10 Kenny Rogers Lady 10 Pat Benatar Hit me with your best shot 10 Devo Whip it 11 Bruce Springsteen Hungry heart 11 Kool and the Gang Celebration 12 Eddie Rabbit I love a rainy night Adam Ant Dog eat dog Birthday Party Zoo music girl Blasters Marie Marie James Chance I danced with a zombie Chandra Concentration Clash Washington bulletts Clock Dva +Non Cramps Sunglasses after dark Cramps TV Set Cure Forest Dark Day Trapped Echo & Bunnymen Pictures of my wall Peter Gabriel Games without frontier Flying Lizards Russia Joy Division Decades Joy Division Love will tear us apart Love of Life Orch +Extended niceties Lydia Lunch Atomic bongos Mars Immediate stages of the erotic Martha & Muffins Echo beach Colin Newman B OMID Enola Gay Pere Ubu Horses Tom Petty Refugee Tom Petty Louisiana Rain Polyrock Romantic me Pop Group Feed the hungry Psychedelic Furs Sister Europe Siouxsee Sioux Christine Snakefinger Man in the dark sedan Snatch RAF Soft Boys Underwater moonlight Suicide Harlem Talking Heads Born under punches Teardrop Explodes Treason Throbbing Gristle +Heathen Earth Tuxedomoon +KM U2 Boy X Nausea Yello Bimbo/splash Young Marble Giants NITA Dead Kennedys: Holiday In Cambodia 1981: 1 Sheena Easton Morning train 4 Kim Carnes Bette Davis eyes (9) 6 Juice Newton Queen of hearts 7 Ross & Ritchie Endless love (9) 8 Christopher Cross Best that you can do 8 Rolling Stones Start me up 10 Olivie Newton-John Physical (10) 10 Foreigner Waiting for a girl like you 11 J Geils Band Centerfold 12 Human League Don't you want me 12 Cars Shake it up A Certain Ratio All night party Laurie Anderson Oh superman Black Flag Rise Above Blasters No other girl Bush Tetras Rituals Glenn Branca +Ascension Cabaret Voltaire Touch of evil Joe Carrasco Don't buy me baby Circus Morte Swallow you Cramps Goo goo muck Cure Charlotte sometimes DNA New new Duran Duran Planet earth Eight Eyed Spy Love split with blood Flesheaters +Divine Horseman Flying Lizards New voice Fred Frith Women speak to men Gun Club For the love of Ivy Jody Harris +Termites of 1938 Jon Hassell +Malay Kid Creole Me no pop I King Crimson Sheltering sky Lounge Lizards Demented Lyre: Help You Ann Mission of Burma That's when I reach for my revolver Material Memory serves Van Morrison When heart is open Negativland Babac d'babc Plasmatics Butcher baby Polyrock Changing hearts Raincoats And then it is ok Raybeats +Piranha salad REM Radio free Europe RipRigPanic Knee deep in shit RipRigPanic Go go go Soft Cell Tainted love Squeeze Tempted The The Uncertain smile Throbbing Gristle Discipline Alan Vega Jukebox baby Was Out come the freaks X We're desperate 1982: 1 Journey Open arms 1 Alabama Love in the first degree 2 Joan Jett I love rock and roll (7) 2 Gogo's We got the beat 5 Asia Heat of the moment 5 Soft Cell Tainted love 6 Survivor Eye of the tiger 6 Fleetwood Mac Hold me 6 Steve Miller Abracadabra 7 Alan Parsons Eye in the sky 8 John Coughar Jack and Diane 9 Laura Branigan Gloria 9 Frank Zappa Valley girl 10 Stray Cats Rock this town 11 Hall & Oates Maneater Associates Party fears II Bananarama Shy boy Captain Beefheart Skeletons make good Adrian Belew Lone Rhinoceros Black Flag TV party Harold Budd Children of the hill James Chance Sax maniac Clash Should I stay or should I go Del Byzanteen Girls imagination Flipper Sex bomb Gun Club Watermelon man Jon Hassell +Darbari extensions Liquid Liquid Rubber miro Lords of New Church New church Lydia Lunch +The agony is the estasy Massacre Corridor Missing Persons Words Pretenders Back on the chain gang Prince 1999 Rank and File Amanda Ruth RipRigPanic Storm the reality asylum Romeo Void Never say never Sonic Youth +The good and the bad Mark Stewart Jerusalem 13:13 Suicide ocean Richard Thompson Wall of death Tuxedomoon Courante marocaine Alan Vega Magdalena 82 Alan Vega +Viet Vet Violent Femmes Add it up Virgin Prunes Caucasian walk Ben Watt Aquamarine Robert Wyatt +Animals XTC Fly on the wall Y Pants That's the way boys are 1983: Bryan Adams Straight from the heart Bananarama Robert DeNiro's waiting Big Country In the big country Blasters Long white cadillac Jackson Browne Lawyers in love Irene Cara Flashdance Cocteau Twins Sugar hiccup Elvis Costello Shipbuilding Culture Club Kharma Camaleon Dream Syndicate Days of wine and roses Eurythmics Sweet dreams Felt Mexican bandits Diamanda Galas +Panoptikon Golden Palominos Cook out Gun Club Death party Michael Jackson Beat it Billy Joel Tan girl KC & SUnshine Band Give it up Kinks Come dancing Lounge Lizards Rangers in paradise Lyres Help you Ann Men at Work Down under Barry Manilow Some kinda friend New Order Blue monday Stevie Nicks Stand back Phosphenes Cripple Melissa Manchester You should hear Police Every breath you take Raybeats Instant twist Renaldo and the Loaf Green candle RipRig Panic Beat the beast Scorpion Rock you like a hurricane Sonic Youth Shakin Hell Swans Black out True West Hollywood holiday U2 New year's day Alan Vega Saturn strip Wall of Voodoo Mexican radio Pretenders: Middle Of The Road 1984: Bangles All about you Berlin No more words Cars You might think I'm crazy Cars Magic Nick Cave From her to eternity Gogos Head over heels Husker Du +Reoccurring dreams Cindy Lauper Girls just wanna have fun Huey Lewis Heart of rock and roll Kenny Loggins Footloose Lydia Lunch I wish I wish Madonna Borderline Nena 99 red balloons Mike Oldfield Moonlight shadow Ray Parker Ghostbuster Pointer Sisters Jump in Prince Purple rain Prince Let's go crazy Rain Parade No easy way down John Parr Naughty naughty REM South central rain Bob Seger Understanding Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA Bruce Springsteen Dancing in the dark Bruce Springsteen Cover me 38 Special Teacher teacher Twisted Sister We're not gonna take it Tracey Ullman They don't know U2 Pride Van Halen Jump Violent Femmes Black girls Continued here |
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