This book, published in 1989, is pretty much responsible for Dave’s Music Database. No, I’m not Dave Marsh, but his book was my first foray into best-of lists. I’ve been hooked ever since.
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Here’s Dave Marsh’s list:
1. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
2. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
3. James Brown “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (1965)
4. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)
5. The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1965)
6. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
7. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
8. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
9. Little Richard “Tutti Frutti” (1955)
10. Martha & the Vandellas “Nowhere to Run” (1965)
11. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
12. Elvis Presley “Mystery Train” (1955)
13. Big Joe Turner “Shake, Rattle and Roll” (1954)
14. Jerry Lee Lewis “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (1957)
15. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
16. Sly & The Family Stone “Everyday People” (1968)
17. Roy Orbison “Only the Lonely” (1960)
18. Aretha Franklin “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman” (1967)
19. The Countours “Do You Love Me” (1962)
20. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963)
21. The Crystals “Da Doo Ron Ron” (1963)
22. Darlene Love “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” (1963)
23. Sam & Dave “Hold on, I’m Comin’” (1966)
24. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
25. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)
26. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Who’ll Stop the Rain” (1970)
27. The Temptations “My Girl” (1964)
28. Van Halen “Jump” (1984)
29. The Beatles “Ticket to Ride” (1965)
30. The Drifters “There Goes My Baby” (1959)
31. Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)
32. Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1965)
33. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)
34. Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs “Stay” (1960)
35. Otis Redding “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” (1965)
36. The Skyliners “Since I Don’t Have You” (1959)
37. The Four Tops “Bernadette” (1967)
38. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963)
39. Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (1964)
40. The Who “I Can See for Miles” (1967)
41. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959)
42. Jackie Wilson “Lonely Teardrops” (1958)
43. The Chiffons “One Fine Day” (1963)
44. Stevie Wonder “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” (1965)
45. Prince “Little Red Corvette” (1983)
46. The Miracles “The Tracks of My Tears” (1965)
47. Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill” (1956)
48. Madonna “Live to Tell” (1986)
49. Little Willie John “Need Your Love So Bad’ (1956)
50. Martha & the Vandellas “Heat Wave” (1963)
51. Chuck Berry “Back in the U.S.A.” (1959)
52. Aretha Franklin “Chain of Fools” (1967)
53. The Temptations “Since I Lost My Baby” (1965)
54. Ray Charles “Hit the Road Jack” (1961)
55. Little Eva “The Loco-Motion” (1962)
56. The Rolling Stones “Get Off of My Cloud” (1965)
57. Sly & the Family Stone “Dance to the Music” (1968)
58. The Chiffons “He’s So Fine” (1963)
59. The Crystals “Then He Kissed Me” (1963)
60. Chuck Berry “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956)
61. Clarence Carter “The Dark End of the Street” (1969)
62. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Rave On” (1958)
63. Elvis Presley “Good Rockin’ Tonight” (1954)
64. The Beatles “I Saw Her Standing There” (1964)
65. Sam & Dave “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby” (1967)
66. Roy Orbison “In Dreams” (1963)
67. Noland Strong & the Diablos “The Wind” (1954)
68. The Drifters “On Broadway” (1963)
69. Them “Gloria” (1965)
70. Little Richard “Good Golly Miss Molly” (1958)
71. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
72. Ben E. King “Stand by Me” (1961)
73. Claudine Clark “Party Lights” (1962)
74. Chic “Good Times” (1979)
75. The Beach Boys “Don’t Worry, Baby” (1964)
76. Toots & Maytals “54 46 Was My Number” (1972)
77. Grandmaster Melle Mel “White Lines (Don’t Do It)” (1983)
78. Sham the Sham & the Pharoahs “Wooly Bully” (1965)
79. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (1967)
80. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
81. The Chantays “Pipeline” (1963)
82. Bobby “Blue” Bland “Ain’t Nothin’ You Can Do” (1964)
83. The Trammps “Disco Inferno” (1977)
84. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
85. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
86. James Brown “Cold Sweat” (1967)
87. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message” (1982)
88. The Coasters “Yakety Yak” (1958)
89. Jerry Butler “Only the Strong Survive” (1969)
90. Mickey & Sylvia “Love Is Strange” (1957)
91. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
92. Ritchie Valens “La Bamba” (1958)
93. Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes” (1956)
94. Bob Dylan “I Want You” (1966)
95. Otis Redding & Carla Thomas “Tramp” (1967)
96. ? & the Mysterians “96 Tears” (1966)
97. Darlene Love “A Fine, Fine Boy” (1963)
98. Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (1983)
99. The Stanley Brothers “Rank Strangers” (1960)
100. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)
101. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “If I Could Build My World Around You” (1967)
102. The Bobby Fuller Four “I Fought the Law” (1966)
103. Roy Orbison “Crying” (1961)
104. Bill Doggett “Honky Tonk” (1956)
105. The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (1960)
106. The Clash “This Is England” (1985)
107. The Clash “White Man in Hammersmith Palais” (1978)
108. The Young Rascals “Good Lovin’” (1966)
109. Little Willie John “Fever” (1956)
110. Booker T & the MGs “Green Onions” (1962)
111. Dion “Runaround Sue” (1961)
112. Dion “The Wanderer” (1961)
113. Bobby “Blue” Band “Lead Me On” (1960)
114. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Peggy Sue” (1957)
115. Martha & the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street” (1964)
116. The Drifters “Up on the Roof” (1962)
117. The Schoolboys “Please Say You Want Me” (1957)
118. Don Henley “The Boys of Summer” (1984)
119. The Trashmen “Surfin’ Bird” (1963)
120. The Rivingtons “The Bird’s the Word” (1963)
121. The Rivingtons “Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow” (1962)
122. Fats Domino “Blue Monday” (1957)
123. Bruce Channel “Hey! Baby” (1962)
124. B.J. Thomas “Rock and Roll Lullaby” (1972)
125. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (1969)
126. The Four Tops “Standing in the Shadows of Love” (1966)
127. Aretha Franklin “Ain’t No Way” (1968)
128. Aretha Franklin “Angel” (1973)
129. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “Your Precous Love” (1967)
130. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (1956)
131. Chan Romero “Hippy Hippy Shake” (1959)
132. Bruce Springsteen “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984)
133. The Who “My Generation” (1965)
134. Chuck Berry “Promised Land” (1964)
135. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)
136. Maurice & Mac “You Left the Water Running” (1968)
137. James Brown “Prisoner of Love” (1963)
138. James Brown “Bewildered” (1961)
139. The Rolling Stones “Street Fighting Man” (1968)
140. Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On” (1973)
141. The Chantels “Maybe” (1958)
142. Gary “U.S.” Bonds “Quarter to Three” (1961)
143. The Elegants “Little Star” (1958)
144. The Showmen “It Will Stand” (1961)
145. Dobie Gray “Drift Away” (1973)
146. Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston “It Takes Two” (1967)
147. Otis Redding “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)” (1966)
148. Madonna “Crazy for You” (1985)
149. The Shirelles “Soldier Boy” (1962)
150. Cannibal & the Headhunters “Land of 1000 Dances” (1965)
151. Chris Kenner “Land of 1000 Dances” (1963)
152. Wilson Pickett “Land of 1000 Dances” (1966)
153. Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force “Planet Rock” (1982)
154. The Platters “The Great Pretender” (1955)
155. Otis Redding “Try a Little Tenderness” (1966)
156. Derek & the Dominos “Layla” (1971)
157. Ray Charles “Drown in My Own Tears” (1956)
158. Joni Mitchell “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” (1972)
159. Peter Gabriel “Solsbury Hill” (1977)
160. Prince with Sheena Easton “U Got the Look” (1987)
161. The Coasters “Searchin’” (1957)
162. Fats Domino “Walking to New Orleans” (1960)
163. The Four Tops “Baby I Need Your Loving” (1964)
164. Donna Summer “Cold Love” (1980)
165. James Brown “Get Up (I Feel Like a Sex Machine)” (1970)
166. The Four Seasons “Silence Is Golden” (1964)
167. Ray Charles “Lonely Avenue” (1956)
168. Jackie Wilson “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher” (1967)
169. The Spencer Davis Group “Gimme Some Lovin’” (1966)
170. The Swingin’ Medallions “Double Shot of My Baby’s Love” (1966)
171. Aretha Franklin “Think” (1968)
172. The Temptations “Don’t Look Back” (1965)
173. The Clash “London Calling” (1979)
174. Little Eva “Keep Your Hands Off My Baby” (1962)
175. Ritchie Valens “Donna” (1958)
176. The Impressions “People Get Ready” (1965)
177. The Beatles “Twist and Shout” (1963)
178. Little Stevie Wonder “Fingertips (Part 2)” (1963)
179. Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five “The Adventures on the Wheels of Steel” (1981)
180. Chuck Berry “Sweet Little Sixteen” (1958)
181. Wilbert Harrison “Kansas City” (1959)
182. Ricky Nelson “Garden Party” (1972)
183. Jerry Lee Lewis “Great Balls of Fire” (1957)
184. The Jewels “Hearts of Stone” (1954)
185. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama” (1974)
186. Marvin Gaye “One More Heartache” (1966)
187. Prince & the Revolution “Let’s Go Crazy” (1984)
188. The Five Royales “Dedicated to the One I Love” (1958)
189. The Shirelles “Dedicated to the One I Love” (1959)
190. The Rolling Stones “19th Nervous Breakdown” (1966)
191. Wilson Pickett “Ninety-Nine and a Half Won't Do” (1966)
192. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” (1956)
193. The Drifters “White Christmas” (1954)
194. The Jive Five “My True Story” (1961)
195. Darlene Love “Today I Met the Boy I'm Gonna Marry” (1963)
196. Sly & the Family Stone “Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin” (1970)
197. Van Morrison “Domino” (1970)
198. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bad Moon Rising” (1969)
199. Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force “Looking for the Perfect Beat” (1982)
200. The Shangri-La’s “Give Him a Great Big Kiss” (1964)
201. Aretha Franklin “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You” (1967)
202. Lipps Inc. “Funkytown” (1979)
203. Elvis Costello “Less Than Zero” (1977)
204. The Coasters “That Is Rock and Roll” (1959)
205. Junior Walker & the All-Stars “Way Back Home” (1971)
206. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
207. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)
208. Bob Dylan “Sooner or Later One of Us Must Know” (1966)
209. Wilson Pickett “In the Midnight Hour” (1965)
210. Edwin Starr “Stop Her on Sight (S.O.S.)” (1966)
211. The Diamonds “Little Darlin’” (1957)
212. Double Dee & Steinski “Payoff Mix (Mastermix of Play That...)” (1985)
213. Gene Chandler “Duke of Earl” (1962)
214. The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man” (1963)
215. The Stylistics “Rockin’ Roll Baby” (1973)
216. Bobby Fuller Four “Let Her Dance” (1966)
217. The Platters “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (1958)
218. The Platters “Only You (And You Alone)” (1955)
219. The Beach Boys “Fun Fun Fun” (1964)
220. Toots & the Maytals “Pressure Drop” (1970)
221. Chck Berry “Maybellene” (1955)
222. The Impressions “For Your Precious Love” (1958)
223. James Brown “I Got You (I Feel Good)” (1965)
224. Aretha Franklin “Rock Steady” (1971)
225. The Rolling Stones “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (1969)
226. The MC5 “Kick Out the Jams” (1969)
227. Prince “1999” (1982)
228. Sonny & Cher “I Got You Babe” (1965)
229. The Spaniels “Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight” (1954)
230. Lloyd Price “Stagger Lee” (1958)
231. Cyndi Lauper “Money Changes Everything” (1984)
232. Barrett Strong “Money (That’s What I Want)” (1960)
233. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)
234. The Pretenders “Back on the Chain Gang” (1982)
235. The Everly Brothers “Bye Bye Love” (1957)
236. Ray Charles “Let’s Go Get Stoned” (1966)
237. The Rascals “People Got to Be Free” (1968)
238. Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels “Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly” (1966)
239. The Searchers “Needles and Pins” (1964)
240. Little Richard “Rip It Up” (1956)
241. Jimmy Ruffin “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted” (1966)
242. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Fortunate Son” (1969)
243. Bob Dylan “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (live)” (1966)
244. The Rolling Stones “Tumbling Dice” (1972)
245. The Volumes “I Love You” (1962)
246. Al Green “Call Me (Come Back Home)” (1973)
247. Smokey Robinson “Cruisin’” (1979)
248. The Crystals “He’s a Rebel” (1962)
249. The Crystals “He’s Sure the Boy I Love” (1962)
250. The Beach Boys “I Get Around” (1964)
251. The Kinks “All Day and All of the Night” (1964)
252. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
253. Van Morrison “Wavelength” (1978)
254. The Students “I’m So Young” (1958)
255. Billy Stewart “Summertime” (1966)
256. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
257. The Miracles “I Second That Emotion” (1967)
258. Madonna “True Blue” (1986)
259. The Beatles “Help!” (1965)
260. War “Slippin’ into Darkness” (1971)
261. Run-D.M.C. “It’s Like That” (1983)
262. Joe Tex “Hold What You’ve Got” (1964)
263. Bo Diddley “Who Do You Love” (1956)
264. The Four Seasons “Sherry” (1962)
265. Nathaniel Mayer & the Fabulous Twilights “Village of Love” (1962)
266. The Michael Stanley Band “My Town” (1983)
267. John Cougar Mellencamp “Small Town” (1985)
268. Mel & Tim “Starting All Over Again” (1972)
269. Freda Payne “Bring the Boys Home” (1970)
270. The Knickerbockers “Lies” (1965)
271. The Trammps “Hold Back the Night” (1976)
272. James Brown “Please Please Please” (1956)
273. Jackie Wilson “Rett Petite” (1957)
274. Sam Cooke “Having a Party” (1962)
275. Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” (1972)
276. The Dixie Cups “Chapel of Love” (1964)
277. Chuck Berry “Carol” (1958)
278. Little Richard “Long Tall Sally” (1956)
279. Archie Bell & the Drells “Tighten Up” (1968)
280. The Four Tops “It’s the Same Old Song” (1965)
281. Bruce Springsteen “Dancing in the Dark” (1984)
282. Madonna “Papa Don’t Preach” (1986)
283. The Diamonds “The Stroll” (1957)
284. Little Richard “I Don’t Know What You Got, But It’s Got Me” (1965)
285. Curtis Mayfield “Freddie’s Dead” (1972)
286. The Rockin’ Rebels “Wild Weekend” (1962)
287. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers “I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent” (1956)
288. The Beach Boys “Help Me Rhonda” (1965)
289. The Beach Boys “Kiss Me Baby” (1965)
290. William Bell “You Don’t Miss Your Water” (1962)
291. Stevie Wonder “Living for the City” (1973)
292. The Moonglows “Sincerely” (1955)
293. The Dells “Oh What a Night” (1969)
294. Count Five “Psychotic Reaction” (1966)
295. Ray Charles “I Believe to My Soul” (1959)
296. Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973)
297. Little Willie John “Let Them Talk” (1960)
298. Edwin Starr “War” (1970)
299. The Temptations “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” (1972)
300. Elvis Presley “That’s All Right, Mama” (1954)
301. Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes “Bad Luck (Part 1)” (1975)
302. The Persuaders “Thin Line Between Love and Hate” (1971)
303. Ray Charles “Night Time Is the Right Time” (1959)
304. The Stories “Brother Louie” (1973)
305. Fontella Bass “Rescue Me” (1973)
306. The Jackson 5 “I’ll Be There” (1970)
307. Earth, Wind & Fire “Serpentine Fire” (1977)
308. The Drifters “Under the Boardwalk” (1964)
309. The Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)” (1961)
310. James & Bobby Purify “I’m Your Puppet” (1966)
311. Chic “Le Freak” (1978)
312. Wilson Pickett “Funky Broadway” (1967)
313. Dyke & the Blazers “Funky Broadway” (1967)
314. Sly & the Family Stone “Hot Fun in the Summertime” (1969)
315. The Who “Substitute” (1966)
316. Merle Haggard “Hungry Eyes” (1969)
317. The Crystals “There’s No Other Like My Baby” (1961)
318. Little Walter “Mean Old World” (1952)
319. The Chi-Lites “Oh Girl” (1972)
320. The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1968)
321. Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind” (1960)
322. Muddy Waters “Mannish Boy” (1955)
323. Roy Orbison “Runing Scared” (1961)
324. The Kendalls “The Pittsburgh Stealers” (1978)
325. John Cougar Mellencamp “Pink Houses” (1983)
326. Bob Dylan “Positively 4th Street” (1965)
327. Del Shannon “Stranger in Town” (1965)
328. James Brown “Try Me” (1958)
329. The Miracles “Ooo Baby Baby” (1965)
330. Ray Charles “Crying Time” (1965)
331. Dion & the Belmonts “I Wonder Why” (1958)
332. Eddie Floyd “Big Bird” (1968)
333. Bobby “Blue” Band “Farther Up the Road” (1957)
334. Manfred Mann “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (1964)
335. Chaka Khan “I Feel for You” (1984)
336. George Jones “She Thinks I Still Care” (1962)
337. Bobby Bare “Detroit City” (1963)
338. The Box Tops “Soul Deep” (1969)
339. Billy Ocean “Get Out of My Dreams, Get into My Car” (1988)
340. LaVern Baker “Jim Dandy Got Married” (1957)
341. Chuck Berry “You Never Can Tell” (1964)
342. Marvin Gaye “Can I Get a Witness” (1963)
343. Chuck Jackson “Any Day Now” (1962)
344. The Radiants “Voice Your Choice” (1964)
345. The Dells “Stay in My Corner” (1965)
346. The Falcons “You’re So Vine” (1959)
347. Dionne Warwick “Walk on By” (1964)
348. The Ronettes “Do I Love You?” (1964)
349. The Trade Winds “New York’s a Lonely Town” (1965)
350. The Temptations “I Know I’m Losing You” (1966)
351. Clarence Carter “Sixty Minute Man” (1973)
352. Johnny Ace “Pledging My Love” (1955)
353. The Human Beinz “Nobody But Me” (1967)
354. Major Lance “The Monkey Time” (1963)
355. Sam Cooke “Shake” (1965)
356. The Miracles “I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying” (1963)
357. The Byrds “Goin’ Back” (1967)
358. The O’Jays “Back Stabbers” (1972)
359. Aretha Franklin “(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone” (1968)
360. Gene Pitney “It Hurts to Be in Love” (1964)
361. Sonny Charles & the Checkmates Ltd. “Black Pearl” (1969)
362. Percy Sledge “Take Time to Know Her” (1968)
363. The Chairmen of the Board “Give Me Just a Little More Time” (1970)
364. Prince “Delirious” (1983)
365. Jerry Butler “He Will Break Your Heart” (1960)
366. Sam Cooke “Bring It on Home to Me” (1962)
367. Johnnie Taylor “Who’s Making Love” (1968)
368. Little Anthony & the Imperials “Goin’ Out of My Head” (1964)
369. The Robins “Smokey Joe’s Café” (1955)
370. War “The World Is a Ghetto” (1972)
371. Del Shannon “Keep Searchin’” (1964)
372. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1988)
373. Little Willie John “There Is Someone in This World for Me” (1958)
374. The Danleers “One Summer Night” (1958)
375. The Supremes “Love Child” (1968)
376. Bo Diddley “I’m a Man” (1955)
377. The Jaynettes “Sally Go ‘Round the Roses” (1963)
378. Marvin Gaye “You’re a Wonderful One” (1964)
379. The Dominos “The Bells” (1953)
380. The Orioles “Crying in the Chapel” (1953)
381. Ray Price “Heartaches by the Number” (1959)
382. The Beatles “Day Tripper” (1965)
383. Jack Nitzsche “The Lonely Surfer” (1963)
384. Chuck Willis “What Am I Living For” (1958)
385. Jackson Browne “Running on Empty” (1978)
386. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Roll Me Away” (1983)
387. MFSB “TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)” (1974)
388. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Maybe Baby” (1958)
389. Patsy Cline “I Fall to Pieces” (1961)
390. The Drifters “Money Honey” (1953)
391. Cameo “Word Up” (1986)
392. The Capris “There’s a Moon Out Tonight” (1958)
393. The Olympics “Western Movies” (1958)
394. James Carr “The Dark End of the Street” (1967)
395. The Who “I Can’t Explain” (1965)
396. Peter Gabriel “Sledgehammer” (1986)
397. Fats Domino “I Want to Walk You Home” (1959)
398. The Spinners “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love” (1972)
399. The Guess Who “Shakin’ All Over” (1965)
400. Bruce Springsteen “Brilliant Disguise” (1987)
401. The Four Seasons “Rag Doll” (1964)
402. Stevie Wonder “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” (1974)
403. Roy Orbison “Blue Bayou” (1963)
404. Otis Redding “These Arms of Mine” (1962)
405. The Yardbirds “I’m a Man” (1965)
406. The Silhouettes “Get a Job” (1958)
407. The O’Jays “Love Train” (1973)
408. Chuck Berry “School Days” (1957)
409. Chuck Willis “Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes” (1958)
410. The Eternals “Babalu’s Wedding Day” (1959)
411. The Drifters “This Magic Moment” (1960)
412. The Everly Brothers “Wake Up Little Susie” (1957)
413. Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (1969)
414. Rick Nelson “Hello Mary Lou” (1961)
415. The Jive Five “What Time Is It” (1962)
416. Ann Peebles “I Can’t Stand the Rain” (1973)
417. Ben E. King “Spanish Harlem” (1960)
418. Van Morrison “Brown-Eyed Girl” (1967)
419. Edwin Starr “Agent Double-O-Soul” (1965)
420. Johnny Rivers “Secret Agent Man” (1966)
421. Ray Price “Crazy Arms” (1956)
422. The Five Royales “Think” (1957)
423. Jimmy Cliff “Many Rivers to Cross” (1972)
424. Led Zeppelin “Rock and Roll” (1971)
425. Patsy Cline “She’s Got You” (1962)
426. The Temptations “I Wish It Would Rain” (1968)
427. Dick & Dee Dee “The Mountain’s High” (1961)
428. Stevie Nicks “Edge of Seventeen” (1981)
429. The Drifters “Your Promise to Be Mine” (1956)
430. Marvin Gaye “Ain’t That Peculiar” (1965)
431. Elvis Presley “Little Sister” (1961)
432. Jackie Wilson “Doggin’ Around” (1960)
433. Earth, Wind & Fire “Shining Star” (1975)
434. The Blue Jays “Lover’s Island” (1961)
435. George Jones “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (1980)
436. The Chi-Lites “Have You Seen Her” (1971)
437. Dave Dudley “Six Days on the Road” (1963)
438. The Five Satins “In the Still of the Nite (I’ll Remember)” (1956)
439. James Brown “Night Train” (1962)
440. Jimmy Forrest “Night Train” (1952)
441. Sam & Dave “You Don’t Know Like I Know” (1966)
442. B.B. King “Rock Me Baby” (1964)
443. Shirley & Company “Shame Shame Shame” (1975)
444. Joey Dee & the Starlighters “Peppermint Twist” (1962)
445. Gladys Knight & the Pips “Neither One of Us Wants to Be the First the Say Goodbye” (1973)
446. The Spinners “One of a Kind Love Affair” (1973)
447. Solomon Burke “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” (1964)
448. The Temptations “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” (1966)
449. Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels “Little Latin Lupe Lu” (1966)
450. The Righteous Brothers “Little Latin Lupe Lu” (1963)
451. The Marvelows “I Do” (1965)
452. Dion “Daddy Rollin’ (In Your Arms)” (1968)
453. The Drifters “Save the Last Dance for Me” (1960)
454. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)
455. Otis Redding “I Can’t Turn You Loose” (1966)
456. Eddie Floyd “Knock on Wood” (1966)
457. Little Willie John “All Around the World” (1955)
458. Clarence Carter “Slip Away” (1968)
459. Joe South “Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home” (1969)
460. Lloyd Price “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” (1952)
461. Link Wray & His Raymen “Rumble” (1958)
462. Sex Pistols “Holiday in the Sun” (1977)
463. Chuck Berry Brown-Eyed Handsom Man” (1956)
464. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Think It Over” (1958)
465. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “I’m Lookin’ for Someone to Love” (1957)
466. Al Green “Tired of Being Alone” (1971)
467. Junior Walker & the All-Stars “I’m a Road Runner” (1966)
468. Faye Adams “Shake a Hand” (1953)
469. The Impressions “Gypsy Woman” (1961)
470. Waylon Jennings “Amanda” (1979)
471. Carole King “It’s Too Late” (1971)
472. Aretha Franklin “Baby I Love You” (1967)
473. Little Richard “Slippin’ and Slidin’” (1956)
474. Fats Domino “I’m in Love Again” (1956)
475. Bob Marley & the Wailers “No Woman, No Cry” (1974)
476. Donna Summer “On the Radio” (1980)
477. The Young Rascals “Groovin’” (1967)
478. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Night Moves” (1976)
479. The Allman Brothers Band “Ramblin’ Man” (1973)
480. Elvis Presley “Baby Let’s Play House” (19550
481. Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” (1979)
482. Jackson Browne “Lawyers in Love” (1983)
483. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” (1977)
484. Arthur Alexander “Anna (Go to Him)” (1962)
485. Paul Revere & the Raiders “Steppin’ Out” (1965)
486. Freddie King “Hide Away” (1961)
487. The Clovers “One Mint Julep” (1952)
488. The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (1969)
489. The Stylistics “Betcha by Golly Wow” (1972)
490. Bo Diddley “Say Man” (1959)
491. The Sir Douglas Quintet “She’s About a Mover” (1965)
492. The Strangeloves “Night Time” (1966)
493. Buck Owens “Love’s Gonna Live Here” (1963)
494. Harold Dorman “Mountain of Love” (1960)
495. Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs “May I” (1962)
496. The Doobie Brothers “What a Fool Believes” (1978)
497. The Jive Five “Hully Gully Callin’ Time” (1962)
498. The Tymes “So Much in Love” (1963)
499. Otis Clay “Trying to Live My Life Without You” (1972)
500. The Heptones “Book of Rules” (1976)
501. The Miracles “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me” (1962)
502. Curtis Lee “Pretty Little Angel Eyes” (1961)
503. The Impressions “Choice of Colors” (1969)
504. The Impressions “This Is My Country” (1968)
505. Sam & Dave “Soul Man” (1967)
506. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing” (1968)
507. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Hey Joe” (1966)
508. Aretha Franklin “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” (1967)
509. Little Richard “Keep-a-Knockin’” (1957)
510. Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time” (1983)
511. Roxy Music “Over You “1980)
512. Gladys Knight & the Pips “If I Were Your Woman” (1970)
513. The Marcels “Blue Moon” (1961)
514. The Impalas “Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)” (1959)
515. Marvin Gaye “Sexual Healing” (1982)
516. The Impressions “It’s All Right” (1963)
517. The Beach Boys “Surfin’ U.S.A.” (1963)
518. Ivory Joe Hunter “Since I Met You Baby” (1956)
519. William Bell “Everybody Loves a Winner” (1967)
520. The O’Jays “I Love Music (Part II)” (1975)
521. The Everly Brothers “Cathy’s Clown” (1960)
522. Otis Redding “Love Man” (1969)
523. The Temptations “The Way You Do the Things You Do” (1964)
524. Funkadelic “You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks” (1971)
525. Parliament “Tear the Roof Off the Sucker” (1976)
526. Chuck Willis “It’s Too Late” (1956)
527. The Flamingos “I Only Have Eyes for You” (1959)
528. B.B. King “The Thrill Is Gone” (1969)
529. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1983)
530. Run-D.M.C. “Rock Box” (1984)
531. Donna Summer “Bad Girls” (1979)
532. Sly & the Family Stone “Stand!” (1969)
533. Arthur Alexander “Soldiers of Love” (1962)
534. Del Shannon “Runaway” (1961)
535. The 13th Floor Elevators “You’re Gonna Miss Me” (1966)
536. The Tams “What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am” (1963)
537. Eddie Cochran “C’mon Everybody” (1958)
538. The Dells “There Is” (1968)
539. The Knight Brothers “Temptation ‘Bout to Get Me” (1965)
540. The Isley Brothers “Shout” (1959)
541. Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild” (1968)
542. LaVern Baker “Soul on Fire” (1953)
543. M/A/R/R/S “Pump Up the Volume” (1987)
544. The Rascals “I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore” (1965)
545. The Falcons “I Found a Love” (1962)
546. Bo Diddley “Dearest Darling” (1958)
547. The Miracles “Way Over There” (1962)
548. The Marketts “Out of Limits” (1963)
549. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Run Through the Jungle” (1970)
550. LL Cool J “I Can’t Live Without My Radio” (1985)
551. Dionne Warwick “Anyone Who Had a Heart” (1963)
552. Them “Mystic Eyes” (1965)
553. Aretha Franklin “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1971)
554. Chuck Berry “Let It Rock” (1960)
555. The Staple Singers “Respect Yourself” (1971)
556. The Sheppards “Tragic” (1961)
557. The Temptations “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep” (1966)
558. The Temptations “Just My Imagination Running Away with Me” (1971)
559. UB40 “Red Red Wine” (1983)
560. Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels “Jenny Take a Ride” (1965)
561. Brenda Holloway “When I’m Gone” (1965)
562. The Marathons “Peanut Butter” (1961)
563. The Shirelles “Baby It’s You” (1961)
564. Billy Stewart “I Do Love You” (1965)
565. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Green River” (1969)
566. William Bell & Judy Clay “Private Number” (1968)
567. The Chords “Sh-Boom” (1954)
568. The Supremes “When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes” (1963)
569. The Supremes “You Can’t Hurry Love” (1966)
570. Otis Redding “Respect” (1965)
571. Duane Eddy “Rebel-‘Rouser” (1958)
572. Little Willie John “She Thinks I Still Care” (1962)
573. The Kendalls “Just Like Real People” (1979)
574. Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes “Wake Up Everybody” (1975)
575. Elvis Presley “Milkcow Blues Boogie” (1955)
576. Major Lance “Um Um Um Um Um Um Um” (1964)
577. Brenton Wood “The Oogum Boogum Song” (1967)
578. Manfred Mann “Pretty Flamingo” (1966)
579. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)” (1970)
580. Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford “I Need Your Loving” (1962)
581. Junior Walker & the All Stars “Shotgun” (1965)
582. The Delfonics “La La Means I Love You” (1968)
583. The O’Jays “For the Love of Money” (1974)
584. Fleetwood Mac “Don’t Stop” (1977)
585. The Contours “Shake Sherry” (1962)
586. The Four Seasons “Dawn” (1964)
587. The Five Satins “To the Aisle” (1957)
588. Elvis Costello “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding” (1978)
589. LaVern Baker “I Cried a Tear” (1958)
590. Rosanne Cash “Runaway Trains” (1988)
591. Free “All Right Now” (1970)
592. Albert King “Born Under a Bad Sign” (1967)
593. Mtume “Juicy Fruit” (1983)
594. The Six Soul Brothers “Some Kind of Wonderful” (1967)
595. Ruth Brown “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” (1953)
596. Fats Domino “Let the Four Winds Blow” (1961)
597. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
598. The Beatles “I’m Down” (1965)
599. Sam & Dave “Soothe Me” (1965)
600. Richard “Dimples” Fields “If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another” (1982)
601. Farley “Jackmaster” Funk “Love Can’t Turn Around” (1986)
602. Lee Dorsey “Ride Your Pony” (1965)
603. James Brown “I’ll Go Crazy (live)” (1966)
604. The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)
605. The Temptations “It’s Growing” (1965)
606. The Wailers “Trenchtown Rock” (1971)
607. The Soul Survivors “Expressway to Your Heart” (1967)
608. The Four Tops “Ask the Lonely” (1965)
609. Chuck Berry “Almost Grown” (1959)
610. The Rolling Stones “The Last Time” (1965)
611. Barbara Lynn “You’ll Lose a Good Thing” (1962)
612. Elvis Presley “Blue Moon of Kentucky” (1954)
613. The Rocky Fellers “Killer Joe” (1963)
614. Betty Everett “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)” (1964)
615. Gregory Abbott “Shake You Down” (1987)
616. The Band “The Weight” (1968)
617. The Three Degrees “When Will I See You Again” (1974)
618. Sam Cooke “Good Times” (1974)
619. The Box Tops “Cry Like a Baby” (1968)
620. Bobby “Blue” Bland “Cry Cry Cry” (1960)
621. Sam & Dave “I Thank You” (1968)
622. Sam & Dave “Wrap It Up” (1968)
623. Thunderclap Newman “Something in the Air” (1969)
624. Crowded House “Something So Strong” (1987)
625. Bruce Springsteen “Hungry Heart” (1980)
626. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps “Be-Bop-A-Lula” (1956)
627. The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (1979)
628. Marvin Gaye “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” (1971)
629. The Lovin’ Spoonful “Do You Believe in Magic” (1965)
630. The Pretenders “2000 Miles” (1983)
631. Chic “Dance Dance Dance (Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah)” (1977)
632. Stevie Wonder “Heaven Help Us All” (1970)
633. The Seeds “Pushin’ To Hard” (1966)
634. Lou Christie “The Gypsy Cried” (1962)
635. Bryan Adams “Summer of ‘69” (1985)
636. The Beatles with Billy Preston “Get Back” (1969)
637. Culture Club “Karma Chameleon” (1983)
638. John Lennon “Instant Karma (We All Shine On)” (1970)
639. The Animals “It’s My Life’ (1965)
640. Kool & the Gang “Hollywood Swingin’” (1974)
641. The Miracles “I’ll Try Something New” (1962)
642. Elvis Costello “Psycho” (1981)
643. The Delfonics “Didn’t I Blow Your Mind This Time” (1970)
644. Dyke & the Blazers “We Got More Soul” (1969)
645. Arthur Conley “Sweet Soul Music” (1967)
646. Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces “Searching for My Love” (1966)
647. Bo Diddley “Say Boss Man” (1957)
648. Parliament “I Wanna Testify” (1967)
649. The Stylistics ‘You Make Me Feel Brand New” (1974)
650. The Harptones “A Sunday Kind of Love” (1953)
651. Newcleus “Jam on Revenge (Jam on It)” (1984)
652. The Devotions “Rip Van Winkle” (1964)
653. Bob Seger “2 + 2 = ?” (1968)
654. James Carr “Pouring Water on a Drowning Man” (1966)
655. Elvis Presley “U.S. Male” (1968)
656. The Beatles “Revolution” (1968)
657. The Stylistics “Break Up to Make Up” (1973)
658. Chuck Jackson “I Don’t Want to Cry” (1961)
659. War “Why Can’t We Be Friends” (1975)
660. Fats Domino “Ain’t That a Shame” (1955)
661. Chuck Berry “Nadine” (1964)
662. Marvin Gaye “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby” (1969)
663. Koko Taylor “Wang Dang Doodle” (1966)
664. The Spinners “I’ll Be Around” (1972)
665. Clarence “Frogman” Henry “Ain’t Got No Home” (1956)
666. Bobby Day “Rockin’ Robin” (1958)
667. Etta James “I’d Rather Go Blind” (1967)
668. Elvis Presley “Hurt” (1976)
669. Jesse Belvin “Goodnite My Love” (1956)
670. Little Richard “Lucille” (1957)
671. Shep & the Limelites “Daddy’s Home” (1961)
672. The Heartbeats “A Thousand Miles Away” (1956)
673. Shep & the Limelites “I’m All Alone” (1962)
674. The Marvelettes “Please Mr. Postman” (1961)
675. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Well All Right” (1958)
676. Tom T. Hall “The Homecoming” (1969)
677. The Undisputed Truth “Smiling Faces Sometimes” (1971)
678. Otis Redding “Pain in My Heart” (1963)
679. The Police “De Do Do Do De Da Da Da” (1980)
680. Little Johnny Taylor “Part Time Love” (1963)
681. Ann Peebles “Part Time Love” (1970)
682. Slim Harpo “I’m a King Bee” (1957)
683. Don & Juan “What’s Your Name” (1962)
684. George Jones “Tender Years” (1961)
685. Aretha Franklin “Brand New Me” (1971)
686. Merle Haggard “My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers” (1964)
687. Carl Perkins “Honey Don’t” (1956)
688. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “Refugee” (1980)
689. Conway Twitty “It’s Only Make Believe” (1958)
690. Grand Funk Railroad “We’re an American Band” (1973)
691. The Isley Brothers “That Lady” (1973)
692. Gene Pitney “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (1962)
693. Artists United Against Apartheid “Sun City” (1985)
694. The English Beat “Save It for Later” (1983)
695. Bachman-Turner Overdrive “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” (1974)
696. The Nutmegs “Story Untold” (1955)
697. Dusty Springfield “Wishin’ and Hopin’” (1964)
698. The Pastels “So Far Away” (1958)
699. The Beatles “We Can Work It Out ” (1966)
700. Bobby Darin “Dream Lover” (1959)
701. Roger Miller “One Dyin’ and A-Buryin’” (1965)
702. The Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack” (1964)
703. The Surfaris “Wipe Out” (1963)
704. Aretha Franklin “The House That Jack Built” (1968)
705. Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Two Tribes” (1984)
706. Crowded House “Don’t Dream It’s Over” (1987)
707. Bobby “Blue” Bland “I Pity the Fool” (1961)
708. Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” (1984)
709. Otis Redding “Mary’s Little Lamb” (1963)
710. Barbara Lewis “Hello Stranger” (1963)
711. Barbara Lewis “Make Me Your Baby” (1965)
712. Big Youth “Streets in Africa” (1972)
713. Four Tops “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)” (1965)
714. Aretha Franklni “Oh Me Oh My” (1971)
715. Marvin Gaye “I’ll Be Doggone” (1965)
716. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)
717. U.S.A. for Africa “We Are the World” (1985)
718. Patti Smith “Piss Factory” (1974)
719. Buck Owens “Act Naturally” (1960)
720. Buck Owens “Under Your Spell Again” (1959)
721. Manfred Mann “The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)” (1968)
722. Stevie Wonder “Sir Duke” (1977)
723. Joe Tex “Skinny Legs and All” (1967)
724. The Isley Brothers “It’s Your Thing” (1969)
725. Rufus featuring Chaka Khan “Tell Me Something Good” (1974)
726. The Easybeats “Friday on My Mind” (1967)
727. The Bangles “Manic Monday” (1986)
728. Charlie Rich “Lonely Weekends” (1960)
729. The Animals “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (1965)
730. Foreigner “I Want to Know What Love Is” (1984)
731. Phil Phillips & the Twilights “Sea of Love” (1959)
732. King Curtis “Memphis Soul Stew” (1967)
733. Jimmy Reed “Baby What You Want Me to Do” (1960)
734. The Supremes “Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart” (1966)
735. Steely Dan “Do It Again” (1972)
736. Steely Dan “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” (1974)
737. Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions “Boogie Wonderland” (1979)
738. Wilson Pickett “If You Need Me” (1963)
739. Bob Seger “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” (1968)
740. Charlie Rich “Life’s Little Ups and Downs” (1969)
741. Eric Donaldson “Cherry Oh Baby” (1971)
742. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Oh Boy!” (1957)
743. Tammy Wynette “Stand by Your Man” (1968)
744. Loretta Lynn “One’s on the Way” (1971)
745. Loretta Lynn “The Pill” (1975)
746. Madonna “Holiday” (1983)
747. Van Morrison “Wild Night” (1971)
748. First Choice “Smarty Pants” (1973)
749. Clyde McPhatter “A Lover’s Question” (1958)
750. Elvis Costello “Oliver’s Army” (1979)
751. Ruben Blades “Hopes on Hold” (1988)
752. Terence Trent D’Arby “Sign Your Name” (1988)
753. The Everly Brothers “Bird Dog” (1958)
754. Elvis Costello “Alison” (1977)
755. Aretha Franklin “Without Love” (1974)
756. Clyde McPhatter “Without Love There Is Nothing” (1957)
757. Ritchie Valens “Come On, Let’s Go” (1958)
758. Jackie Wilson “Baby Workout” (1963)
759. The Melodians “Rivers of Babylon” (1970)
760. Jimmy Reed “Big Boss Man” (1961)
761. LL Cool J “Rock the Bells” (1985)
762. Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes “The Love I Lost” (1972)
763. The Four Tops “Something About You” (1965)
764. The Righteous Brothers “Just Once in My Life” (1965)
765. The Dells “Always Together” (1968)
766. Elvis Presley “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (1961)
767. The Stylistics “I'm Stone in Love with You” (1972)
768. The Clovers “Devil or Angel” (1956)
769. The Chiffons “A Love So Fine” (1963)
770. Janet Jackson “What Have You Done for Me Lately” (1986)
771. Jerry Butler “Never Give You Up” (1986)
772. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” (1988)
773. Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure “Don’t Mess Up a Good Thing” (1965)
774. Gene Pitney “I Wanna Love My Live Away” (1961)
775. The Drifters “Fools Fall in Love” (1957)
776. The Elgins “Heaven Must Have Sent You” (1966)
777. The Supremes “Stop! In the Name of Love” (1965)
778. Mary Wells “You Lost the Sweetest Boy” (1963)
779. The Everly Brothers “‘Til I Kissed You” (1959)
780. Joe South “Games People Play” (1969)
781. The Specials “Free Nelson Mandela” (1984)
782. Lenny O’Henry “Across the Street” (1964)
783. The Gants “Crackin’ Up” (1966)
784. John Lennon “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” (1971)
785. Solomon Burke “Just Out of Reach of My Two Empty Arms” (1961)
786. The Ronettes “Baby I Love You” (1963)
787. Madonna “Borderline” (1984)
788. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
789. Porter Wagoner “The Cold Hard Facts of Life” (1967)
790. The Cookies “Don’t Say Nothing Bad About My Baby” (1963)
791. Joe Tex “One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show” (1965)
792. Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” (1983)
793. Paul McCartney & Wings “Jet” (1974)
794. Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes” (1981)
795. The Flying Lizards “Money” (1979)
796. James Brown “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” (1966)
797. The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go” (1964)
798. The Animals “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” (1965)
799. Little Richard “Jenny Jenny” (1957)
800. Shorty Long “Devil with the Blue Dress” (1964)
801. Simon & Garfunkel “The Boxer” (1969)
802. The Drifters “Adorable” (1955)
803. Marvin Gaye “Hitch Hike” (1963)
804. The Beach Boys “Wendy” (1964)
805. The Pretenders “Middle of the Road” (1983)
806. Aretha Franklin “Don’t Play That Song” (1970)
807. Ben E. King “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” (1962)
808. The Supremes “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (1966)
809. George Jones “The Grand Tour” (1974)
810. Dion “Donna the Prima Donna” (1963)
811. The Chiffons “Nobody Knows What’s Goin' On” (1965)
812. Culture Club “Church of the Poison Mind” (1983)
813. Van Morrison “It’s All in the Game” (1979)
814. McFadden & Whitehead “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now” (1979)
815. Skipworth & Turner “Can’t Give Her Up” (1986)
816. David + David “Welcome to the Boomtown” (1986)
817. Paul Revere & the Raiders “Good Thing” (1966)
818. Eddie Holland “Leavin’ Here” (1964)
819. Eddie Holland “Jamie” (1962)
820. Al Green “I Can’t Get Next to You” (1970)
821. The Yardbirds “For Your Love” (1965)
822. Ike & Tina Turner “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” (1961)
823. The Castaways “Liar Liar” (1965)
824. Martha & the Vandellas “Come and Get These Memories” (1963)
825. Fats Domino “I’m Walkin’” (1957)
826. Eddie Cochran “Summertime Blues” (1958)
827. The Mello-Kings “Tonite Tonite” (1957)
828. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Lodi” (1969)
829. Irma Thomas “Wish Someone Would Care” (1964)
830. Eagles “Take It to the Limit” (1975)
831. Little Richard “Send Me Some Lovin’” (1957)
832. Paul Revere & the Raiders “Hungry” (1966)
833. Doris Tray “Just One Look” (1963)
834. Slim Harpo “Baby Scratch My Back” (1966)
835. Jack Scott “Goodbye Baby” (1958)
836. The Young Rascals “I’ve Been Lonely Too Long” (1967)
837. Klymaxx “I Miss You” (1984)
838. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (1967)
839. The Manhattans “Follow Your Heart” (1966)
840. The Manhattans “Kiss and Say Goodbye” (1976)
841. The Del-Vikings “Come Go with Me” (1957)
842. Wilbert Harrison “Let’s Work Together” (1969)
843. Gloria Gaynor “Never Can Say Goodbye” (1974)
844. The Passions “Just to Be with You” (1959)
845. Timex Social Club “Rumors” (1986)
846. Redbone “Come and Get Your Love” (1974)
847. Chuck Berry “Bye Bye Johnny” (1960)
848. Santana “Black Magic Woman” (1970)
849. The Dominos “Sixty Minute Man” (1951)
850. The Incredible Bongo Band “Apache” (1974)
851. Them “Here Comes the Night” (1965)
852. Planet Patrol “I Didn’t Know I Loved You ‘Til I Saw You Rock and Roll” (1983)
853. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
854. The Temptations “I Want a Love I Can See” (1963)
855. Desmond Dekker “The Israelites” (1969)
856. Jan & Dean “Dead Man’s Curve” (1964)
857. George Jones “A Good Year for the Roses” (1970)
858. Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans “Why Do Lovers Break Each Other’s Hearts” (1963)
859. The Miracles “More Love” (1967)
860. Bo Diddley “You Can’t Judge a Book By Its Cover” (1962)
861. Al Green “Love and Happiness” (1977)
862. Tina Turner “Better Be Good to Me” (1984)
863. Ike & Tina Turner “A Fool in Love” (1960)
864. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” (1969)
865. Fats Domino “Whole Lotta Loving” (1958)
866. Jackie DeShannon “When You Walk in the Room” (1964)
867. Manu Dibango “Soul Makossa” (1973)
868. Love “My Little Red Book” (1966)
869. The Animals “I’m Cryig” (1964)
870. The Supremes “Back in My Arms Again” (1965)
871. Little Anthony & the Imperials “Tears on My Pillow” (1958)
872. Sly & the Family Stone “Sing a Simple Song” (1969)
873. Larry Williams & Johnny Watson “Mercy Mercy Mercy” (1967)
874. The Gap Band “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” (1982)
875. The Monotones “Book of Love” (1958)
876. Sam Cooke “That’s Where It’s At” (1964)
877. The Beau Brummels “Laugh Laugh” (1965)
878. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush “Don’t Give Up” (1987)
879. The Byrds “So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star” (1967)
880. Rhoda with the Specials “The Boiler” (1982)
881. The Chips “Rubber Biscuit” (1956)
882. King Curtis & His Noble Knights “Soul Twist” (1962)
883. Teddy Pendergrass “Love T.K.O.” (1980)
884. The Fat Boys “Jailhouse Rap” (1984)
885. Jackie Moore “Darling Baby” (1971)
886. Bloodstone “Natural High” (1973)
887. Johnnie Taylor “I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)” (1973)
888. Jody Reynolds “Endless Sleep” (1958)
889. Tommy Tucker “Hi-Heel Sneakers” (1964)
890. The Raspberries “Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)” (1974)
891. Commodores “Night Shift” (1985)
892. Clarence Carter “Patches” (1970)
893. Dusty Springfield “I Only Want to Be with You” (1964)
894. Jerry Lee Lewis “Breathless” (1958)
895. Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns “Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie Flu” (1957)
896. Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way” (1986)
897. Noel “Silent Morning” (1987)
898. Tanya Tucker “San Antonio Stroll” (1975)
899. Randy Travis “On the Other Hand” (1988)
900. The Penguins “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)” (1954)
901. Bobby Bare “500 Miles Away from Home” (1963)
902. Merle Haggard “If We Make It Though December” (1973)
903. Ike Turner’s Rhythm Rockers featuring Billy Gayles “I’m Tore Up” (1956)
904. Isaac Hayes “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” (1969)
905. T-Rex “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” (1972)
906. The Standells “Dirty Water” (1966)
907. Johnny Burnette & the Rock ‘N’ Roll Trio “Train Kept-a-Rollin’” (1956)
908. The McCoys “Hang on Sloopy” (1965)
909. Herbie Hancock “Rock-It” (1983)
910. The Staple Singers “Heavy Makes You Happy” (1971)
911. Tommy James & the Shondells “Hanky Panky (1966)
912. Chuck Willis “Betty and Dupree” (1958)
913. The Cleftones “Heart and Soul” (1961)
914. Ernie K-Doe “Mother-in-Law” (1961)
915. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers “I Promise to Remember” (1956)
916. LL Cool J “Goin’ Back to Cali” (1988)
917. Merle Haggard “Swinging Doors” (1966)
918. Steely Dan “Reeling in the Years” (1973)
919. Intruders “Cowboys to Girls” (1968)
920. Tavares “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel” (1976)
921. The Flamingos “The Vow” (1956)
922. The Clovers “Blue Velvet” (1955)
923. The Sheppards “Pretend You’re Still Mine” (1963)
924. Denise LaSalle “Trapped by a Thing Called Love” (1971)
925. The Crows “Gee” (1954)
926. Joe Walsh “Life’s Been Good” (1978)
927. Junior “Mama Used to Say” (1982)
928. Jerry Lee Lewis “One Has My Name” (1969)
929. Dionne Warwick “Don’t Make Me Over” (1962)
930. The Specials “Ghost Town” (1981)
931. The Miracles “That’s What Love Is Made Of” (1964)
932. Loudon Wainwright III “Dead Skunk” (1973)
933. Chuck Jackson “Beg Me” (1964)
934. The Wallace Brothers “Precious Words” (1964)
935. Lorraie Ellison “Stay with Me” (1964)
936. Stevie Wonder “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing” (1974)
937. Alice Cooper “School’s Out” (1972)
938. Gino Washington “Gino Is a Coward” (1963)
939. Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes “I Don’t Want to Go Home” (1976)
940. Jessie Hill “Ooh Poo Pah Do, Part 2” (1960)
941. Foreigner “Urgent” (1981)
942. Elton John “The Bitch Is Back” (1975)
943. The Five Royales “Baby Don’t Do It” (1953)
944. Howard Tate “Ain’t Nobody Home” (1966)
945. Barbara George “I Know” (1961)
946. Brenda Holloway “Every Litlte Bit Hurts” (1964)
947. Frankie Ford “Sea Cruise” (1959)
948. Simon & Garfunkel “My Little Town” (1975)
949. The Pretenders “My City Was Gone” (1982)
950. Otis Redding “You Left the Water Running” (1976)
951. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
952. Jan & Dean “Schlock Rod” (1963)
953. The Music Machine “Talk Talk” (1966)
954. The Chi-Lites “For God’s Sake Give More Power to the People” (1971)
955. The Blue Jays “The Right to Love” (1962)
956. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock “It Takes Two” (1988)
957. Gloria Gaynor “Honey” (1974)
958. Kool & the Gang “Celebration” (1980)
959. The Wrens “Come Back My Love” (1955)
960. Bobby Bland “If You Could Read My Mind” (1966)
961. Sly & the Family Stone “Family Affair” (1971)
962. The Five Royales “The Slummer the Slum” (1958)
963. The Rolling Stones “Happy” (1972)
964. The Viscounts “Harlem Nocturne” (1959)
965. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins “I Put a Spell on You” (1956)
966. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956)
967. The Hues Corporation “Rock the Boat” (1974)
968. Eddie Kendricks “Keep on Truckin’” (1973)
969. Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World” (1967)
970. Prince “Controversy” (1979)
971. Boston “More Than a Feeling” (1976)
972. Kathy Young with the Innocents “A Thousand Stars” (1960)
973. Dion “Lovers Who Wander” (1962)
974. Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio “Jack and Jill” (1978)
975. The Beatles “I Feel Fine” (1964)
976. Nolan Strong & the Diablos “Mind Over Matter” (1958)
977. Gary “U.S.” Bonds “Seven Day Weekend” (1962)
978. The Fleetwoods “Come Softly to Me” (1959)
979. Dorothy Moore “Misty Blue” (1976)
980. Teddy Pendergrass “I Don’t Love You Anymore” (1977)
981. The Byrds “Feel a Whole Lot Better” (1965)
982. Hot Chocolate “Every 1’s a Winner” (1978)
983. James Brown “Bring It Up” (1967)
984. LaBelle “Lady Marmalade” (1974)
985. William Bell “I Forgot to Be Your Lover” (1969)
986. The Regents “Barbara Ann” (1961)
987. Thin Lizzy “The Boys Are Back in Town” (1976)
988. George McCrae “Rock Your Baby” (1974)
989. Magazine “Shot by Both Sides” (1978)
990. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers “The ABC’s of Love” (1956)
991. Gene Pitney “Every Breath I Take” (1961)
992. Bonzo Goes to Washington “Five Minutes (C-C-C-Club Mix)” (1984)
993. Donna Fargo “A Sign of the Times” (1983)
994. Malcolm X “No Sell Out” (1983)
995. Alexander O’Neal “Criticize” (1987)
996. Ray Charles “America the Beautiful” (1987)
997. Blue Öyster Cult “Don’t Fear the Reaper” (1976)
998. Bob Kuban “The Cheater” (1966)
999. Roy Orbison “It’s Over” (1964)
1000. Reparta & the Delrons “I’m Nobody’s Baby Now” (1966)
1001. Joyce Harris “No Way Out” (1960)
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