This list was released by Amusement & Music Operators Association in America (AMOA) in 1989 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the jukebox. It was compiled by polling over 1,600 AMOA-member jukebox owners and operators.
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1. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” / “Hound Dog” (1956)
2. Patsy Cline “Crazy” (1961)
3. Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
4. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
5. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
6. Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (1959)
7. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
8. Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill” (1956)
9. Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band “Old Time Rock and Roll” (1978):
10. The Temptations “My Girl” (1965)
11. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1972)
12. The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (1969)
13. The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” (1964)
14. Frank Sinatra “Theme from New York, New York” (1980)
15. Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild” (1968)
16. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
17. Chuck Berry “Maybellene” (1955)
18. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
19. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
20. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
21. Tammy Wynette “Stand by Your Man” (1968)
22. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
23. Glenn Miller “In the Mood” (1939)
24. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
25. Talking Heads “Take Me to the River” (1978)
26. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (1969)
27. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bad Moon Rising” (1969)
28. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
29. Ray Price “For the Good Times” (1970)
30. Jerry Lee Lewis “Great Balls of Fire” (1957)
31. Patsy Cline “I Fall to Pieces” (1961)
32. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
33. George Thorogood & the Destroyers “Bad to the Bone” (1982)
34. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)
35. Chubby Checker “The Twist” (1960)
36. Elvis Presley “All Shook Up (1957)
37. Buddy Holly “Peggy Sue” (1957)
38. Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972)
39. Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)
40. Artie Shaw “Stardust” (1941)
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First posted 9/15/2023.
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