Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Bruce Springsteen: Top 100 Songs

Bruce Springsteen

Top 100 Songs

Rock singer/songwriter and guitarist born Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen on 9/23/1949 in Freehold, NJ. Known as “The Boss.” Worked local clubs in New Jersey and Greenwich Village in the mid-60’s. Married to model/ actress Julianne Phillips from 1985-1989. Married Patti Scialfa on 6/8/91.

Has recorded and toured solo and with the E Street Band. Current members: Roy Bittan (k: 74-), Jake Clemons (sax: 12-), Nils Lofgren (g: 84-), Patti Scialfa (v/k/g: 84-), Gary Tallent (b: 72-), Steven Van Zandt (g: 75-83,95-), and Max Weinberg (d: 74-). Past members have included Clarence Clemons (sax: 72-11; died in 2011), Danny Federici (k: 72-08; died 2008), Vini Lopez (d: 72-74), and David Sancious (k: 72-74).

Born to Run” is featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era, 1954-1999. Two of his albums, Born to Run (1975) and Born in the U.S.A. (1984), are featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Albums of All Time.

For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.


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Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast episodes The Best of Bruce Springsteen, 1973-1988 and The Best of Bruce Springsteen, 1992-2022 based on this list. Premieres: February 21 and 28, 2023 at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.

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Top 100 Songs Written and/or Performed
by Bruce Springsteen


Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to charts.)

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Born to Run (1975)
2. Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
3. Dancing in the Dark (1984) #1 CB, #1 AR
4. Streets of Philadelphia (1994) #1 CN
5. Thunder Road (1975)

DMDB Top 2%:

6. Blinded by the Light (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, 1976) #1 US, 1 CB, 1 HR, 1 RR, 1 CL, 1 CN
7. Hungry Heart (1980)

DMDB Top 5%:

8. Glory Days (1984)
9. The River (1980)
10. I’m on Fire (1984)

11. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (1973)
12. Brilliant Disguise (1987) #1 AR
13. The Rising (2002) #1 AA
14. Because the Night (Patti Smith, 1978)
15. Tunnel of Love (1987) #1 AR
16. Badlands (1978)
17. Jungleland (1975)
18. My Hometown (1984) #1 AC
19. Fire (The Pointer Sisters, 1978)
20. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (live, 1975)
21. Secret Garden (1995)

DMDB Top 10%:

22. Atlantic City (1982)
23. Human Touch (1992) #1 AR
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out (1975)
25. Cover Me (1984)
26. War (live, 1985)
27. Pink Cadillac (1984)
28. Prove It All Night (1978)
29. 4th of July (Sandy) (1973)
30. Radio Nowhere (2007)

31. Fire (1978)
32. Because the Night (10,000 Maniacs; 1993)
33. American Skin (41 Shots) (live, 2000)

DMDB Top 20%:

34. The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
35. Devils & Dust (2005)
36. I’m Goin’ Down (1984)
37. Trapped (live, 1984) #1 AR
38. We Take Care of Our Own (2012)
39. Backstreets (1975)
40. Spare Parts (1987)

41. We Shall Overcome (1998)
42. One Step Up (1987)
43. This Land Is Your Land (live, 1980)
44. This Little Girl (Gary “U.S.” Bonds, 1981)
45. Fade Away (1980)
46. 57 Channels and Nothin’ On (1992)
47. Bobby Jean (1984)
48. Better Days (1992)
49. Light of Day (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, 1987)
50. The Promised Land (1978)

51. Lonesome Day (2002)
52. Because the Night (1978)
53. Blinded by the Light (1973)
54. Racing in the Street (1978)
55. Wasted Days (with John Mellencamp, 2021)
56. Murder Incorporated (1982)
57. Working on a Dream (2008)
58. Spirit in the Night (1973)
59. Hello Sunshine (2019)
60. Girls in Their Summer Clothes (2007)

61. No Surrender (1984)
62. The Wrestler (2008)
63. Pink Cadillac (Natalie Cole, 1988)
64. Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
65. Land of Hope and Dreams (1999)
66. My City of Ruins (2000)
67. Thunder Road (live with Melissa Etheridge, 1995)
68. Cadillac Ranch (1980)
69. Letter to You (2020)
70. Tougher Than the Rest (1987)
71. Spirit in the Night (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, 1975)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

72. Candy’s Room (1978)
73. Stand on It (1983)
74. Empty Sky (2002)
75. For You (1973)
76. Rocky Ground (2012)
77. Wrecking Ball (2012)
78. Growin’ Up (1973)
79. My City of Ruins (Eddie Vedder, 2009)
80. Leap of Faith (1992)

81. Youngstown (1995)
82. Point Blank (1980)
83. For You (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, 1981)
84. My Lucky Day (2008)
85. The Ghost of Tom Joad (Rage Against the Machine, 1997)
86. Gypsy Woman (1994)
87. She’s the One (1975)
88. Outlaw Pete (2009)
89. Independence Day (1980)
90. Out in the Street (1980)

91. Be True (1979)
92. I’ll Stand by You Always (2000)
93. Waitin’ on a Sunny Day (2002)
94. Ramrod (1980)
95. High Hopes (1996)
96. Johnny 99 (1982)
97. Lucky Town (1992)
98. Chimes of Freedom (live, 1988)
99. Jack of All Trades (2012)
100. All That Heaven Will Allow (1987)


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First posted 9/23/2011; last updated 2/28/2023.

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Top 100 Songs from 1910-1919

Top 100 Songs of the Decade:

1910-1919

These are the top 100 songs from the 1910s according to Dave’s Music Database. Rankings are figured by combining sales figures, chart data, radio airplay, video airplay, streaming figures, awards, and appearances on best-of lists.

Check out other “songs of the decade” lists here.

1. Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911)
2. American Quartet “Over There” (1917)
3. Peerless Quartet “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (1911)
4. Al Jolson “You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)” (1913)
5. Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” (1910)
6. American Quartet “Moonlight Bay” (1912)
7. Original Dixieland Jazz Band “Tiger Rag” (1918)
8. Sophie Tucker “Some of These Days” (1911)
9. Marion Harris “After You’ve Gone” (1919)
10. Al Jolson “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody” (1918)

11. Henry Burr & Albert Campbell “Till We Meet Again” (1919)
12. Chauncey Olcott “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” (1913)
13. John McCormack “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary” (1915)
14. Casey Jones...American Quartet with Billy Murray (1910)
15. Down by the Old Mill Stream...Harry MacDonough (1911)
16. Darktown Strutters’ Ball...Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1918)
17. They Didn't Believe Me...Harry MacDonough with Olive Kline (1915)
18. The Knickerbocker Quartet “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile” (1917)
19. Arthur Fields “Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” (1918)
20. Alma Gluck “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” (1915)

21. Henry Burr “Beautiful Ohio” (1919)
22. Heidelberg Quintet “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee” (1912)
23. Victor Military Band “Poor Butterfly” (1917)
24. Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “The Aba Daba Honeymoon” (1914)
25. Charles Harrison “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” (1918)
26. Henry Burr “Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)” (1918)
27. John Steel “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody” (1919)
28. Ben Selvin “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles” (1919)
29. Peerless Quartet “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier” (1915)
30. Heidelberg Quintet “By the Beautiful Sea” (1914)

31. Billy Murray with the American Quartet “Oh, You Beautiful Doll” (1911)
32. Henry Burr “When I Lost You” (1913)
33. George MacFarlane “A Little Bit of Heaven (“Shure, They Call It Ireland”)” (1915)
34. Elsie Baker “The Missouri Waltz (Hush-a-Bye Ma Baby)” (1917)
35. Henry Burr “M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)” (1916)
36. Chauncey Olcott “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s an Irish Lullaby)” (1913)
37. Prince’s Orchestra “Ballin’ the Jack” (1914)
38. Elsie Baker “I Love You Truly” (1912)
39. Billy Murray & Ada Jones with American Quartet “Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine” (1911)
40. Anna Wheaton with James Harrod “Till the Clouds Roll By” (1917)

41. Fisk University Jubilee Quartet “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (1910)
42. Ernestine Schumann-Heink “Danny Boy” (1918)
43. Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You)” (1911)
44. Irving Kaufman with the Columbia Quartet “Hail! Hail! The Gang’s All Here” (1918)
45. Bob Roberts “Ragtime Cowboy Joe” (1912)
46. Billy Murray “Pretty Baby” (1916)
47. Nora Bayes “How ‘Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm after They've Seen Paree?” (1919)
48. Henry Burr “Oh! What a Pal Was Mary” (1919)
49. American Quartet “Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!” (1917)
50. Henry Burr “Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland” (1910)

51. Henry Burr “Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You (Is All That I Can Say)” (1916)
52. Harry MacDonough “Where the River Shannon Flows” (1910)
53. American Quartet “Goodbye Broadway, Hello France” (1917)
54. Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam’” (1913)
55. Prince’s Orchestra “The Star Spangled Banner” (1916)
56. John McCormack “I’m Falling in Love with Someone” (1911)
57. Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra with Harry MacDonough “Smiles” (1918)
58. James F. Harrison “Keep the Home Fires Burning” (1915)
59. Billy Murray & Ada Jones “Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee” (1912)
60. Nora Bayes with Joseph Pasternach’s Orchestra “Over There” (1917)

61. Bert Williams “Play That Barber-Shop Chord” (1910)
62. Henry Burr & Albert Campbell “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine” (1913)
63. Olive Kline with Edward Hamilton “Hello Frisco!” (1915)
64. Al Jolson “I’ll Say She Does” (1919)
65. Prince’s Orchestra “The Memphis Blues” (1914)
66. Billy Murray “K-K-K-Katy (The Stammering Song)” (1918)
67. Charles Harrison “Peg O’ My Heart” (1913)
68. Al Jolson “The Spaniard That Blighted My Life” (1913)
69. Henry Burr “Last Night Was the End of the World” (1913)
70. John McCormack “Mother Machree” (1911)

71. Henry Burr with Albert Campbell “I’m on My Way to Mandalay” (1914)
72. Peerless Quartet “Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad” (1911)
73. Joe Hayman “Cohen on the Telephone” (1914)
74. James F. Harrison with James Reed “There’s a Long, Long Trail” (1915)
75. Enrico Caruso “Over There” (1918)
76. Arthur Clough with the Brunswick Quartet “Down by the Old Mill Stream” (1911)
77. Al Jolson “That Haunting Melody” (1912)
78. John McCormack “Somewhere a Voice Is Calling” (1916)
79. Al Jolson “Ragging the Baby to Sleep” (1912)
80. Arthur Collins with Bryon G. Harlan “Under the Yum Yum Tree” (1911)

81. Henry Burr & Albert Campbell “When I Was Twenty-One and You Were Sweet Sixteen” (1912)
82. Ada Jones “Row! Row! Row!” (1913)
83. American Quartet “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary” (1914)
84. Cecil Fanning “A Perfect Day” (1911)
85. Al Jolson “Hello Central, Give Me No Man’s Land” (1918)
86. Nicholas Orlando’s Orchestra with Harry Macdonough & Charles Hart “Till We Meet Again” (1919)
87. Van & Schenck “For Me and My Gal” (1917)
88. Alma Gluck with Efrem Zimbalist “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (1915)
89. Charles Harrison “Ireland Must Be Heaven for My Mother Came from There” (1916)
90. Arthur Collins with Bryon G. Harlan “I Love the Ladies” (1914)

91. Peerless Quartet “Over There” (1917)
92. American Quartet “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” (1914)
93. American Quartet “When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose” (1915)
94. Alma Gluck “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1916)
95. Billy Murray “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911)
96. Harry MacDonough with Lucy Isabelle Marsh “Every Little Movement” (1910)
97. Henry Burr “I’m Sorry I Made You Cry” (1918)
98. Henry Burr with Albert Campbell “There’s a Quaker Down in Quaker Town” (1916)
99. Arthur Clough “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (1911)
100. Charles Harrison with the Columbia Stellar Quartet “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” (1918)


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First posted 4/4/2012; last updated 3/26/2020.

Friday, February 24, 2023

USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1930-1939

USA’s #1 Pop Songs:

1930-1939

These are the #1 pop songs on the United States pop charts from 1930 to 1939. Songs could have hit #1 on any of these charts:

The date indicates the song’s first appearance at #1, regardless of which chart it was. The act associated with the song is then listed. Neither the Gardner book nor the Your Hit Parade charts refer to specific artists, so the artists identified here are those which also hit #1 on another chart, are the highest-ranked version according to Dave’s Music Database, or are spotlighted as the top version by Gardner.

Then come the letter codes indicating which charts the song topped. The number following that is the number of weeks at #1. The Gardner charts are monthly and not weekly so the #of weeks has been adjusted by multiplying the song’s number of months at #1 by 4. The Mawer charts are drawn from different sources, including Your Hit Parade and USA Weekly – sometimes referencing more than one chart for a single song. They also reference a bi-weekly chart (in which case weeks at #1 have been doubled), which may have been created by Mawer or may be from a non-credited source.

Click here to access a full list of #1 songs from 1890 to present. See other chart-based lists here.


1930:

  1. 1/4: Leo Reisman “I’ll See You Again” (SM: 2)
  2. 1/11: Roy Ingrahma “Chant of the Jungle” (PM: 3, GA: 4, SM: 2)
  3. 2/1: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra with Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, Harry Barris, & Jack Fulton “I’m a Dreamer, Aren’t We All?” (GA: 4, SM: 2)
  4. 2/1: Ted Weems with Art Jarrett & Parker Gibbs “The Man from the South with a Big Cigar in His Mouth” (PM: 1)
  5. 2/8: Benny Meroff with Dusty Rhoades “Happy Days Are Here Again” (PM: 3, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  6. 2/15: Ben Selvin “Happy Days Are Here Again” (PM: 2, GA: 4, SM: 8)
  7. 3/1: Harry Richman “Puttin’ on the Ritz” (PM: 1)
  8. 3/22: Rudy Vallee “Stein Song (University of Maine)” (PM: 10, GA: 8, SM: 6)
  9. 4/19: Leo Reisman “What Is This Thing Called Love?” (SM: 1)
  10. 4/26: Ruth Etting “Exactly Like You” (SM: 4)
  11. 5/24: Frank Luther with Carson Robison (as Bud & Joe Billings) “When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver” (GA: 4, SM: 7)
  12. 5/31: Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra with Frank Luther & Carson Robison “When It's Springtime in the Rockies” (PM: 2, SM: 4)
  13. 6/14: Ben Selvin “When It's Springtime in the Rockies” (PM: 3, GA: 4)
  14. 6/14: Bert Lown “Bye Bye Blues” (SM: 2)
  15. 6/28: Earl Burtnett “So Beats My Heart for You” (SM: 2)
  16. 7/1: Nat Shilkret with Lewis James “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” (PM: 7, GA: 8, SM: 8)
  17. 7/12: Smith Ballew & His Orchestra “Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)” (SM: 4)
  18. 8/23: Fred Waring with Clare Hanlon “Little White Lies” (PM: 6, GA: 12, SM: 10)
  19. 9/20: George Olsen with Bob Borger “Beyond the Blue Horizon” (SM: 3)
  20. 9/20: McKinney’s Cotton Pickers with George Thomas “If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight” (PM: 2)
  21. 10/4: John Boles with Leroy Shield “For You” (SM: 2)
  22. 10/18: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra with Jack Fulton “Body and Soul” (PM: 6, SM: 3)
  23. 11/8: Duke Ellington with the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, & Harry Barris) “Three Little Words” (PM: 3, GA: 4, SM: 8)
  24. 11/29: Tom Gerun & His Orchestra “Cheerful Little Earful” (SM: 1)
  25. 12/6: Red Nichols with Dick Robertson “Embraceable You” (SM: 5)
  26. 12/20: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “You’re Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?)” (PM: 4, GA: 4, SM: 4)

1931:

  1. 1/17: Don Azpiazu with Arturo Machin “The Peanut Vendor (El Manicero)” (PM: 4)
  2. 1/31: Libby Holman “Something to Remember You By” (SM: 5)
  3. 2/14: Ted Lewis “Just a Gigolo” (PM: 2, GA: 8)
  4. 3/7: Libby Holman “Love for Sale” (SM: 2)
  5. 3/21: Leo Reisman with Frances Maddux “Someday I’ll Find You” (SM: 4)
  6. 3/21: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “By the River St. Marie” (PM: 3)
  7. 4/4: Cab Calloway “Minnie the Moocher (The Ho De Ho Song)” (PM: 1)
  8. 4/18: Gus Arnheim with Bing Crosby “I Surrender Dear” (SM: 3)
  9. 4/18: Isham Jones “Stardust” (PM: 1)
  10. 4/25: Wayne King with Ernie Burchill “Dream a Little Dream of Me” (PM: 4, SM: 2)
  11. 5/1: Wayne King “The Waltz You Saved for Me” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  12. 5/9: Bing Crosby with Victor Young’s Orchestra “Out of Nowhere” (PM: 3, SM: 4)
  13. 6/1: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “There Ought to Be a Moonlight Saving Time” (PM: 3, GA: 8, SM: 6)
  14. 6/6: Gene Austin with Leonard Joy’s Orchestra “When Your Lover has Gone” (SM: 1)
  15. 6/27: Fred Waring with Clare Hanlon “I Found a Million-Dollar Baby in a Five-and-Ten-Cent Store” (PM: 3, SM: 3)
  16. 6/27: Bing Crosby with Victor Young’s Orchestra “Just One More Chance” (PM: 2, SM: 2)
  17. 7/18: Fred Waring’s Pennyslvanians “Dancing in the Dark” (SM: 3)
  18. 8/1: Kate Smith “When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain” (PM: 2, GA: 8, SM: 8)
  19. 8/8: Bing Crosby “At Your Command” (PM: 3)
  20. 8/22: Gus Arnheim with Donald Novis “Sweet and Lovely” (PM: 6, GA: 4, SM: 3)
  21. 10/1: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “Sweet and Lovely” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  22. 10/17: Wayne King “Goodnight, Sweetheart” (PM: 7, GA: 12)
  23. 11/30: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “Goodnight, Sweetheart” (PM: 2, GA: 12)
  24. 12/12: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra with Mildred Bailey “All of Me” (PM: 3, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  25. 12/19: The Mills Brothers “Tiger Rag” (PM: 4)

1932:

  1. 1/9: Leo Reisman with Francis Maddux “Paradise” (PM: 6, GA: 12, SM: 7)
  2. 1/16: Kate Smith with Guy Lombardo’s Orchestra “River Stay ‘Way from My Door” (PM: 2)
  3. 1/30: Bing Crosby with the Mills Brothers “Dinah” (PM: 2)
  4. 2/1: Louis Armstrong “Home (When Shadows Fall)” (SM: 2)
  5. 2/27: Ruby Newman with Gordon Graham “My Silent Love” (SM: 5)
  6. 2/28: Louis Armstrong “All of Me” (PM: 2, GA: 4)
  7. 3/1: Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers “Was That the Human Thing to Do?” (SM: 2)
  8. 3/15: Morton Downey “Auf Wiederseh’n, My Dear” (SM: 4)
  9. 3/19: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “Too Many Tears” (GA: 4, PM: 2)
  10. 3/26: Russ Columbo with Leonard Joy’s Orchestra “Just Friends” (SM: 2)
  11. 3/31: Bert Lown “Was That the Human Thing to Do?” (GA: 4)
  12. 4/16: Fred Waring’s Pennyslvanians “Soft Lights and Sweet Music” (SM: 4)
  13. 4/30: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “Paradise” (PM: 3, GA: 12)
  14. 4/30: Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians “Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee” (SM: 2)
  15. 5/28: Ted Lewis “In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town” (PM: 10, GA: 8, SM: 8)
  16. 6/4: George Olsen “Lullaby of the Leaves” (PM: 2, SM: 4)
  17. 7/9: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “How Deep Is the Ocean?” (SM: 2)
  18. 7/30: Isham Jones with Frank Hazzard “Just a Little Street Where Old Friends Meet” (SM: 5)
  19. 8/27: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye” (PM: 5, GA: 4, SM: 2)
  20. 9/3: Bing Crosby “Just an Echo in the Valley” (GA: 4, SM: 6)
  21. 9/10: George Olsen with Paul Small “Say It Isn’t So” (PM: 2, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  22. 10/15: Bing Crosby with Anson Weeks’ Orchestra “Please” (PM: 6, GA: 4, SM: 5)
  23. 11/1: Rudy Vallee “Let’s Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  24. 11/26: Bing Crosby with Lennie Hayton’s Orchestra “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (PM: 2)
  25. 12/10: Jack Denny with Paul Small “I’ve Told Every Little Star” (SM: 3)
  26. 12/10: Rudy Vallee “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (PM: 2)
  27. 12/24: Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra “Night and Day” (PM: 10, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  28. 12/31: Jack Denny with Paul Small “The Song Is You” (SM: 2)

1933:

  1. 2/11: Freddy Martin with Elmer Feldkamp “April in Paris” (SM: 4)
  2. 3/4: Bing Crosby with Guy Lombardo’s Orchestra “You’re Getting to Be a Habit with Me” (PM: 4)
  3. 3/11: Gene Autry “Ole Faithful” (SM: 1)
  4. 3/25: Hal Kemp with Skinnay Ennis “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” (GA: 8, SM: 4)
  5. 4/1: Don Bestor & His Orchestra with Dudley Mecum “42nd Street” (PM: 3)
  6. 4/22: Leo Reisman with Harold Arlen “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)” (PM: 8, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  7. 4/22: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra with Jack Fulton “Lover” (SM: 2)
  8. 5/6: Joe Green’s Novelty Orchestra “In the Valley of the Moon” (GA: 4, SM: 3)
  9. 6/17: Ethel Waters “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)” (PM: 3, GA: 4)
  10. 7/1: Bing Crosby with Jimmy Grier’s Orchestra “Shadow Waltz” (PM: 2, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  11. 7/8: Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent “Under a Blanket of Blue” (SM: 2)
  12. 7/15: Ted Lewis “Lazy Bones” (PM: 4, GA: 4)
  13. 7/15: Duke Ellington “Sophisticated Lady” (SM: 2)
  14. 8/5: Don Redman with Harlan Lattimore “Lazy Bones” (GA: 4, SM: 6)
  15. 8/19: Ray Noble with Al Bowlly “Love Is the Sweetest Thing” (PM: 5, SM: 3)
  16. 9/9: Don Bestor & His Orchestra with Florence Case, Frank Sherryl, & Charles Yontz “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” (SM: 1)
  17. 9/23: George Olsen with Joe Morrison “The Last Round-Up” (PM: 9, GA: 8, SM: 8)
  18. 10/28: Leo Reisman “By a Waterfall” (SM: 3)
  19. 10/31: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “The Last Round-Up” (PM: 3, GA: 8)
  20. 11/18: Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent “It’s the Talk of the Town” (SM: 1)
  21. 11/25: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra with Bob Lawrence “If I Love Again” (SM: 3)
  22. 12/1: Henry King with Joe Study “Good Night Little Girl of My Dreams” (GA: 4, SM: 2)
  23. 12/15: Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood “Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?” (PM: 3, SM: 4)
  24. 1/20: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra with Bob Lawrence “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (PM: 6, SM: 5)

1934:

  1. 1/6: Ray Noble with Al Bowlly “The Old Spinning Wheel” (PM: 3, GA: 16, SM: 12)
  2. 2/24: Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood “Let’s Fall in Love” (PM: 5, SM: 2)
  3. 2/24: Bing Crosby “Temptation (Tim-Tay-Shun)” (SM: 3)
  4. 3/3: Ted Fio Rito with Muzzy Mercellino “My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii” (PM: 1, SM: 2)
  5. 3/31: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra with Bob Lawrence “Wagon Wheels” (PM: 1, SM: 3)
  6. 3/31: Enric Madriguera with Patricia Gillmore “The Carioca” (PM: 2)
  7. 4/14: Bing Crosby with Jimmy Grier’s Orchestra “Little Dutch Mill” (PM: 5, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  8. 4/21: Ben Pollack with Doris Robbins “The Beat of My Heart” (SM: 3)
  9. 5/12: Duke Ellington “Cocktails for Two” (PM: 5)
  10. 5/12: Emil Coleman with Jerry Cooper “Little Man, You’ve Hada Busy Day” (SM: 1)
  11. 5/16: Bing Crosby with Nat Finston’s Orchestra “Love Thy Neighbor” (SM: 4)
  12. 6/9: Ted Fio Rito with Muzzy Mercellino “I’ll String Along with You” (PM: 5, GA: 8, SM: 6)
  13. 6/16: Rudy Vallee “Lost in a Fog” (SM: 6)
  14. 7/7: Benny Goodman “Moonglow” (PM: 1)
  15. 7/14: Ray Noble with Al Bowlly “The Very Thought of You” (PM: 5)
  16. 7/14: Jan Garber with Fritz Heilbron “All I Do Is Dream of You” (PM: 2)
  17. 7/28: The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Bob Crosby “What a Diff’rence a Day Makes” (SM: 2)
  18. 8/1: Jan Garber with Fritz Heilbron “All I Do Is Dream of You” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  19. 8/11: Leo Reisman with George Bueler “With My Eyes Wide Open, ‘Dreaming” (SM: 2)
  20. 8/18: Bing Crosby with Irving Aaronson’s Orchestra “Love in Bloom” (PM: 6, GA: 8, SM: 8)
  21. 8/25: Grace Moore “One Night of Love” (PM: 4, SM: 3)
  22. 9/5: Freddy Martin with Elmer Feldkamp “I Saw Stars” (PM: 4)
  23. 9/15: Johnny Green with George Bouler “Two Cigarettes in the Dark” (SM: 3)
  24. 10/6: Ben Selvin with Howard Phillips “I Only Have Eyes for You” (SM: 4)
  25. 10/27: Leo Reisman “The Continental (You Kiss While We're Dancing)” (PM: 2, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  26. 11/10: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “Stars Fell on Alabama” (PM: 4, SM: 3)
  27. 12/1: Jimmie Grier with Harry Foster “Stay As Sweet As You Are” (PM: 3, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  28. 12/8: Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “June in January” (PM: 7, SM: 4)
  29. 12/29: Jimmie Grier with Pinky Tomlin “The Object of My Affection” (PM: 2, GA: 4, SM: 3)
  30. 12/29: George Hall with Sonny Schuyler “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” (SM: 1)

1935:

  1. 1/12: Ray Noble with Al Bowlly “Isle of Capri” (PM: 7, GA: 4, SM: 8)
  2. 1/26: Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent “Blue Moon” (PM: 3, GA: 4, SM: 1)
  3. 1/26: The Boswell Sisters “The Object of My Affection” (PM: 2, GA: 4)
  4. 2/2: Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra with Ramona Davies “I Get a Kick Out of You” (SM: 2)
  5. 3/23: Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood “Lovely to Look At” (PM: 4, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  6. 3/30: Henry Busse “Lookie Lookie Lookie, Here Comes Cookie” (SM: 1)
  7. 4/6: Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood “I Won’t Dance” (PM: 3, SM: 2)
  8. 4/13: Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “It’s Easy to Remember” (PM: 2)
  9. 4/15: The Dorsey Brothers with Bob Crosby “Lullaby of Broadway” (PM: 2, HP: 2, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  10. 4/20: Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “Soon” (PM: 1, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  11. 5/15: Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent “When I Grow Too Old to Dream” (PM: 4, GA: 4, SM: 2)
  12. 5/18: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “What’s the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You?” (PM: 2, HP: 2, SM: 2)
  13. 6/1: Ozzie Nelson “About a Quartet to Nine” (GA: 4, SM: 4)
  14. 6/1: Ruth Etting “Life Is a Song” (PM: 2, HP: 2, SM: 2)
  15. 6/15: Bob Crosby with Frank Tennille “In a Little Gypsy Tea Room” (PM: 3, HP: 2, GA: 8, SM: 8)
  16. 6/22: The Dorsey Brothers with Bob Eberly “Chasing Shadows” (PM: 3, HP: 4, SM: 5)
  17. 6/22: Victor Young with Hal Burke & the Tune Twisters “She’s a Latin from Manhattan” (PM: 4)
  18. 7/20: Ray Noble & the Freshmen “Let’s Swing It” (PM: 2)
  19. 7/27: Hal Hemp with Skinnay Ennis “In the Middle of a Kiss” (HP: 1, SM: 1)
  20. 8/3: Jimmie Lunceford with Willie Smith “Rhythm Is Our Business” (PM: 1)
  21. 8/10: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra “Cheek to Cheek” (PM: 11, HP: 5, GA: 4, SM: 8)
  22. 8/10: Ray Noble & Al Bowlly “Paris in the Spring” (PM: 1, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  23. 8/17: Ozzie Nelson “And Then Some” (PM: 1, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  24. 8/24: Tom Coakley with Carl Ravazza “East of the Sun and West of the Moon” (PM: 2, HP: 2, GA: 4, SM: 3)
  25. 8/31: Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood “You’re All I Need” (HP: 2, SM: 1)
  26. 9/7: Little Jack Little “I’m in the Mood for Love” (PM: 3, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  27. 10/19: Fats Waller “Truckin’” (PM: 3)
  28. 11/2: Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood “You Are My Lucky Star” (PM: 3, HP: 3, SM: 3)
  29. 11/15: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “Red Sails in the Sunset” (PM: 4, HP: 4, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  30. 11/23: Bing Crosby with Victor Young’s Orchestra “Red Sails in the Sunset” (PM: 2, , HP: 4, GA: 4)
  31. 11/30: Tommy Dorsey with Edyth Wright “On Treasure Island” (PM: 1, HP: 1, GA: 4, SM: 1)
  32. 12/28: Fats Waller “A Little Bit Independent” (PM: 2, HP: 2, SM: 2)

1936:

  1. 1/4: Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright “The Music Goes ‘Round and ‘Round” (PM: 5, HP: 3, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  2. 1/4: Riley-Farley Orchestra with Mike Reilly “The Music Goes ‘Round and ‘Round” (PM: 3, HP: 3, GA: 4)
  3. 2/1: Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood “Moon Over Miami” (PM: 3, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  4. 2/8: Tommy Dorsey with Cliff Weston “Alone” (PM: 7, HP: 5, GA: 4, SM: 5)
  5. 2/29: Jan Garber with Lew Palmer “A Beautiful Lady in Blue” (PM: 2)
  6. 3/7: Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood “Lights Out (Close Your Eyes and Dream of Me)” (PM: 1, HP: 2, GA: 4, SM: 1)
  7. 3/14: Benny Goodman with Helen Ward “Goody Goody” (PM: 6, HP: 4, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  8. 4/4: Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer’s Orchestra “I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket” (PM: 1)
  9. 4/11: Benny Goodman with Helen Ward “It’s Been So Long” (PM: 2)
  10. 4/25: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “Lost” (PM: 2, HP: 4, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  11. 5/9: Jan Gaber with Leo Bennett “A Melody from the Sky” (PM: 3, HP: 1, SM: 2)
  12. 5/23: Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright “You” (PM: 1, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  13. 5/30: Benny Goodman with Helen Ward “The Glory of Love” (PM: 6, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  14. 6/1: Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly “Is It True What They Say About Dixie” (PM: 4, HP: 5, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  15. 6/6: Fats Waller “All My Life” (PM: 1)
  16. 7/11: Hal Kemp “There’s a Small Hotel” (PM: 2)
  17. 7/15: Benny Goodman with Helen Ward “These Foolish Things Remind Me of You” (PM: 2, HP: 2, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  18. 7/18: Eddy Duchin with Jerry Cooper “Take My Heart” (PM: 2, HP: 2, SM: 4)
  19. 7/25: Fats Waller “It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie” (PM: 4, GA: 4)
  20. 8/15: Shep Fields with Charles Chester “Did I Remember?” (PM: 4, HP: 6, GA: 4, SM: 8)
  21. 8/15: Hal Kemp with Skinnay Ennis “When I’m with You” (PM: 2, HP: 2, SM: 2)
  22. 8/22: Andy Kirk with Pha Terrell “Until the Real Thing Comes Along” (PM: 2)
  23. 9/5: Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer’s Orchestra “A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song)” (PM: 5)
  24. 10/3: Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer’s Orchestra “The Way You Look Tonight” (PM: 6, HP: 6, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  25. 10/10: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “When Did You Leave Heaven?” (PM: 2, HP: 2, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  26. 11/14: Benny Goodman with Helen Ward “You Turned the Tables on Me” (PM: 2)
  27. 11/28: Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “Pennies from Heaven” (PM: 10, HP: 4, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  28. 12/5: Eddy Duchin with Jimmy Newell “I’ll Sing You a Thousand Love Songs” (PM: 1, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  29. 12/12: Shep Fields “In the Chapel in the Moonlight” (PM: 2, HP: 3, GA: 4, SM: 4)

1937:

  1. 1/2: Eddy Duchin with Jerry Cooper “It’s De-Lovely” (PM: 2, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  2. 2/6: Benny Goodman with Ella Fitzgerald “Goodnight My Love” (PM: 4, HP: 4, GA: 8, SM: 4)
  3. 2/20: Hal Hemp with Skinnay Ennis “This Year’s Kisses” (PM: 4)
  4. 2/20: Henry Busse with Bob Hannon “With Plenty of Money and You (Oh! Baby What I Couldn't Do)” (PM: 1, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  5. 2/27: Benny Goodman with Margaret McRae “This Year’s Kisses” (PM: 3, HP: 3, SM: 2)
  6. 3/13: Guy Lombardo “When My Dream Boat Comes Home” (HP: 1, SM: 1)
  7. 3/15: Shep Fields with Bob Goday “Moonlight and Shadows” (SM: 2)
  8. 3/27: Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard “Marie” (PM: 2)
  9. 4/1: Guy Lombardo “Boo Hoo” (PM: 5, HP: 6, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  10. 4/17: Bing Crosby with Lani McIntyre & His Hawaiians “Sweet Leilani” (PM: 10)
  11. 4/24: Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra “Too Marvelous for Words” (PM: 1)
  12. 5/1: Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer’s Orchestra “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” (PM: 1)
  13. 5/15: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “September in the Rain” (PM: 4, HP: 5, GA: 8, SM: 6)
  14. 5/15: Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson’s Orchestra “Carelessly” (PM: 3, HP: 2, SM: 2)
  15. 7/1: Guy Lombardo with Lebert Lombardo “It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane” (PM: 5, HP: 6, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  16. 7/3: Russ Morgan with Jimmie Lewis “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down” (PM: 2)
  17. 7/17: Shep Fields with Bob Goday “The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down” (PM: 2, SM: 2)
  18. 7/24: Hal Kemp with Bob Allen “Where or When” (PM: 1)
  19. 7/31: Horace Heidt with Larry Cotton “Gone with the Wind” (PM: 1)
  20. 7/31: Fats Waller “Smarty (You Know It All)” (PM: 2)
  21. 8/7: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “A Sailboat in the Moonlight” (PM: 3, HP: 3, GA: 4, SM: 2)
  22. 8/21: Tommy Dorsey “Satan Takes a Holiday” (PM: 3)
  23. 9/1: Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “So Rare” (PM: 1, HP: 1, GA: 4, SM: 2)
  24. 9/4: Bob Crosby with Kay Weber “Whispers in the Dark” (PM: 4, HP: 4, SM: 4)
  25. 9/11: Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright “The Big Apple” (PM: 2)
  26. 9/25: Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “The Moon Got in My Eyes” (PM: 4)
  27. 10/9: Shep Fields with Bob Goday “That Old Feeling” (PM: 4, HP: 4, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  28. 10/16: Teddy Wilson “You Can’t Stop Me from Dreaming” (PM: 2, HP: 1, GA: 4, SM: 2)
  29. 11/6: Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “Remember Me?” (PM: 3, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  30. 11/15: Rudy Vallee “Vieni, Vieni” (PM: 1, HP: 1, SM: 2)
  31. 11/27: Tommy Dorsey “Once in a While” (PM: 7, HP: 7, GA: 4, SM: 7)
  32. 11/27: Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright “The Dipsy Doodle” (PM: 6)
  33. 12/11: Bing Crosby with Connee Boswell & John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)” (PM: 1)

1938:

  1. 1/1: Sammy Kaye with Tommy Ryan “Rosalie” (PM: 2, HP: 2, GA: 4, SM: 2)
  2. 1/1: Fred Astaire with Ray Noble “Nice Work if You Can Get It” (PM: 1)
  3. 1/15: The Andrews Sisters “Bei Mir Bist Du Schöen (Means That You’re Grand)” (PM: 5, HP: 2, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  4. 1/29: Dolly Dawn & Her Dawn Patrol “You’re a Sweetheart” (PM: 1, HP: 2, SM: 2)
  5. 2/26: Shep Fields with Bob Goday “Thanks for the Memory” (PM: 4, HP: 3, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  6. 2/26: Russ Morgan with Bernice Parks “I Double Dare You” (HP: 1, SM: 1)
  7. 3/19: Horace Heidt with Lysbeth Hughes & Larry Cotton “Ti-Pi-Tin” (PM: 6, HP: 6, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  8. 3/19: Benny Goodman “Don’t Be That Way” (PM: 5)
  9. 4/23: Duke Ellington “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart” (PM: 3, GA: 4)
  10. 5/7: Red Norvo with Mildred Bailey “Please Be Kind” (PM: 2, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  11. 5/14: Sammy Kaye with Tommy Ryan “Love Walked In” (HP: 4, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  12. 5/21: Larry Clinton with Bea Wain “Cry Baby Cry” (PM: 4, HP: 1, GA: 4, SM: 2)
  13. 5/28: Shep Fields with Jerry Stewart “Cathedral in the Pines” (PM: 3)
  14. 6/11: Benny Goodman with Martha Tilton “I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart” (PM: 1, HP: 1, GA: 4, SM: 1)
  15. 6/18: Red Norvo with Mildred Bailey “Says My Heart” (PM: 4, HP: 4, SM: 4)
  16. 6/25: Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & His Orchestra “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (PM: 10, HP: 6, GA: 4, SM: 6)
  17. 7/15: Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright “Music Maestro Please!” (PM: 6, HP: 4, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  18. 9/15: Russ Morgan “I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams” (PM: 2, HP: 4, GA: 4, SM: 8)
  19. 9/17: Fred Astaire with Ray Noble’s Orchestra “Change Partners” (PM: 2, SM: 2)
  20. 9/24: Bing Crosby with Connee Boswell & John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (PM: 2)
  21. 10/1: Larry Clinton with Bea Wain “My Reverie” (PM: 8, HP: 8, GA: 8, SM: 8)
  22. 10/1: Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams” (PM: 4, HP: 4, GA: 4. SM: 4)
  23. 10/15: Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly “Change Partners” (PM: 2, HP: 2)
  24. 10/29: Larry Clinton with Bea Wain “Heart and Soul” (PM: 1)
  25. 11/5: Artie Shaw “Begin the Beguine” (PM: 6)
  26. 12/17: Fats Waller “Two Sleepy People” (PM: 2)
  27. 12/31: Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby’s Orchestra “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” (PM: 2, HP: 3, GA: 4, SM: 3)
  28. 12/31: Andy Kirk with Pha Terrell “I Won’t Tell a Soul I Love You” (PM: 2)

1939:

  1. 1/7: Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest “They Say” (PM: 2)
  2. 1/14: Al Donahue with Paula Kelly “Jeepers Creepers” (PM: 5, HP: 5, GA: 4, SM: 5)
  3. 1/14: Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest “Thanks for Everything” (PM: 1)
  4. 2/4: Kay Kyser with Ginny Simms & Harry Babbitt “The Umbrella Man” (PM: 1)
  5. 2/11: Larry Clinton with Bea Wain “Deep Purple” (PM: 9, HP: 7, GA: 8, SM: 8)
  6. 3/18: Guy Lombardo “Penny Serenade” (PM: 1)
  7. 4/22: Glen Gray with Clyde Burke “Heaven Can Wait” (PM: 2, HP: 2, SM: 2)
  8. 5/1: Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard “Our Love” (PM: 1, HP: 2, SM: 2)
  9. 5/13: Benny Goodman with Martha Tilton “And the Angels Sing” (PM: 5, HP: 4, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  10. 5/20: Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt, Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, & Ish Kabibble “Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo)” (PM: 2, SM: 2)
  11. 6/3: Will Glahe “Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)” (PM: 4)
  12. 6/10: Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle “Wishing Will Make It So” (PM: 4, HP: 4, GA: 8, SM: 4)
  13. 7/8: Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle “Stairway to the Stars” (PM: 4, HP: 4, GA: 4, SM: 4)
  14. 8/12: Glen Gray “Sunrise Serenade” (PM: 2)
  15. 7/1: Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle “Moon Love” (PM: 4, HP: 4, SM: 4)
  16. 9/9: Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle “Over the Rainbow” (PM: 7, HP: 7, GA: 8, SM: 7)
  17. 9/9: Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow” (HP: 7, GA: 8, SM: 6)
  18. 9/9: Glenn Miller with Marion Hutton “The Man with the Mandolin” (PM: 3)
  19. 9/30: Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle “Blue Orchids” (PM: 1, SM: 1)
  20. 10/21: Bob Crosby with Helen Ward “Day in, Day Out” (PM: 1, HP: 1, SM: 1)
  21. 11/1: Shep Fields with Hal Derwin “South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)” (PM: 5, HP: 5, GA: 4, SM: 5)
  22. 11/11: The Ink Spots “Address Unknown” (PM: 1)
  23. 11/25: Frankie Masters “Scatter-Brain” (PM: 8, HP: 6, GA: 8, SM: 6)

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First posted 2/24/2023.

Saturday, February 18, 2023

In Concert: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO on 2/18/2023

image from UltimateClassicRock.com


The E Street Band:

  • Bruce Springsteen (vocals, guitar, harmonica)
  • Roy Bittan (piano, synthesizer, accordion)
  • Nils Lofgren (guitar, background vocals)
  • Patti Scialfa (background vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine)
  • Garry Tallent (bass, background vocals)
  • Steven Van Zandt (guitar, background vocals)
  • Max Weinberg (drums)

Additional Players:

  • Anthony Almonte (percussion, congos, bongos, backing vocals)
  • Jake Clemons (saxophone, percussion, background vocals) – missed Kansas City show because of Covid-19
  • Barry Danielan (trumpet, percussion)
  • Charles Giordano (organ, accordion, electronic glockenspiel)
  • Ed Manion (saxophone, percussion)
  • Ozzie Melendez (trombone, percussion)
  • Curt Ramm (trumpet, percussion)
  • Soozie Tyrell (violin, acoustic guitar, percussion, background vocals)
  • Ada Dyer, Curtis King Jr., Lisa Lowell, Michelle Moore (backing vocals, percussion)

Review:

This is my second time to see Bruce Springsteen live. The first time was in 2000. You can click here to read about that show. It’s worth noting that the two shows had seven songs in common: “Badlands,” “Born to Run,” “Candy’s Room,” “Out in the Street,” “The Promised Land,” “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” and “Thunder Road.” Those songs are all from 1980 or earlier. Fourteen of the songs in the 2023 were from those same years.

“Last Man Standing” and show closer “I’ll See You in My Dreams” were both from Springsteen’s most recent studio album of new material, 2020’s Letter to You. He also dipped into his 2022 R&B covers album Only the Strong Survive with a performance of the Commodores 1985 hit “Night Shift.”

live from Dallas, 2/10/2023

Those comprised three of only seven songs in the show which are new since the show I attended in 2000. Understandably the setlist relied on the classics, but I’ve been such a follower of The Boss that I would have been content with a show that leaned largely on his 21st century material. Singles such as “We Take Care of Our Own” and “Radio Nowhere” are strong latter-day rockers that would have worked well and, while I certainly didn’t expect them, I would have loved hearing some of my favorite album cuts like “Empty Sky,” “Sundown,” and “Rocky Ground.”

live from Orlando, 2023

Of course, the crowd favorites were understandably concert staples such as “Born to Run” and “Thunder Road.” The songs that best showcased Springsteen and the band’s showmanship, however, were the more obscure album cuts – most notably “Kitty’s Back” and “The E Street Shuffle.” Both songs were originally on Springsteen’s 1973 sophomore album The Wild, the Innocent, & the E Street Shuffle. Their appearances in the setlist showed Springsteen’s faith in even the deepest corners of his catalog. His faith wasn’t misplaced – those songs let the band cut lose with extended, crowd-pleasing jams that left me convinced Springsteen could put together an entire setlist of his least familiar material and still leave fans satisfied.

live from Atlanta, 2/3/2023

There were also touching tributes to some of Springsteen’s former bandmates. During “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” there were photos of saxophonist Clarence Clemons, Springsteen’s longtime bandmate and friend who died in 2011. He introduced the song “Last Man Standing” with a history into his first experiences in rock bands, including playing in the Castilles in the mid-‘60s with George Theiss. He died in 2018 which left Springsteen the “last man standing” from the Castilles.

Click here to see other concerts I’ve attended.


The Set List:

1. No Surrender 8
2. Ghosts 21
3. Prove It All Night 5
4. Letter to You 21
5. The Promised Land 5
6. Out in the Street 6
7. Candy’s Room 5
8. Kitty’s Back 2
9. Night Shift 22
10. The E Street Shuffle 2
11. Johnny 99 7
12. Last Man Standing 21
13. Backstreets 3
14. Because the Night 4
15. She’s the One 3
16. Wrecking Ball 18
17. The Rising 13
18. Badlands 5
19. Thunder Road 3
20. Born to Run 3
21. Rosalita 2
22. Glory Days 8
23. Dancing in the Dark 8
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 3
25. I’ll See You in My Dreams 21


Discography:

1 Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
2 The Wild, the Innocent, & the E Street Shuffle (1973)
3 Born to Run (1975)
4 The Promise (archives, 1976-78)
5 Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
6 The River (1980)
7 Nebraska (1982)
8 Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
9 Tunnel of Love (1987)
10 Human Touch (1992)
11 Lucky Town (1992)
12 The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)
13 The Rising (2002)
14 Devils & Dust (2005)
15 We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (covers, 2006)
16 Magic (2007)
17 Working on a Dream (2009)
18 Wrecking Ball (2012)
19 High Hopes (2014)
20 Western Stars (2019)
21 Letter to You (2020)
22 Only the Strong Survive (2023)


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First posted 2/19/2023.

Morgan Wallen “Last Night” spends 1st of 25 weeks atop country chart

Last Night

Morgan Wallen

Writer(s): John Byron, Ashley Gorley, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ryan Vojtesak (see lyrics here)


Released: January 31, 2023


First Charted: February 11, 2023


Peak: 116 BB, 11 DG, 119 ST, 13 AC, 5 A40, 1256 CN, 18 AU, 17 DF (Click for codes to charts.)


Sales (in millions): 7.0 US, 0.6 UK, 8.93 world (includes US + UK)


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 215.74 video, 1075.17 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

Country singer/songwriter was born in 1993 in Sneedville, Tennessee. He gained attention competing on the TV talent show The Voice in 2014. He signed a deal with Panacea Records and released his debut EP, Stand Alone, the following year. His debut album, If I Know Me, came out in 2018 and produced three songs which topped the country airplay chart. His next album, 2021’s Dangerous: The Double Album, topped the country and Billboard 200 album charts and went six times platinum. It also gave him two top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

Anticipation was high for his third album, 2023’s One Thing at a Time. Two singles from 2022 preceded the album, both reaching #1 on the country chart and the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Even so, it would have been hard to predict just how successful Wallen would be with his next single.

“Last Night” was the third single from One Thing at a Time. It vaulted itself into history with 25 weeks atop the country chart and 16 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. It was the 20th time a song topped both charts. SF In the history of the latter chart, only one song – Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” – spent more weeks on top (19). Two other songs – Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito” and Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” – also logged 16 weeks at #1.

The last time a solo male country artist had topped the Billboard Hot 100 was all the way back in 1981 – when Eddie Rabbitt did it with “I Love a Rainy Night.” WK “Last Night” also became the first song in history to be #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 during six consecutive months. WK It was also the first song to land one billion on-demand streams in the United States in a single year. WK

Lyrically, the song explores a relationship plagued by ongoing issues. The protagonist sings about “a difficult conversation with his romantic partner, fueled by alcohol, from the previous night…[but] he still desires her love and strives to keep their union going.” SF


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First posted 1/2/2024; last updated 10/14/2024.

Friday, February 17, 2023

World’s Best-Selling Albums Each Year, 1955-2022

World’s Best-Selling Albums:

1955-2022

Astonishingly, there is no clearcut resource for worldwide album sales. By pooling together data from various sources (links here), Dave’s Music Database has compiled a list of the best-selling album from each year since 1955.

Check out other album of the year awards here.


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Last updated 2/17/2023.

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Rihanna: Top 50 Songs

Rihanna

Top 50 Songs

Born February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, better known as Rihanna, has become one of the biggest pop singers of all time with 14 #1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. On February 11, 2023, she performed at the Super Bowl halftime show.

For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.


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Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast episode The Best of Rihanna, 2005-2022 based on this list. Premiere: February 14, 2023 at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.

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Top 50 Songs


Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to charts.)

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Umbrella (with Jay-Z, 2007) #1 US, UK, CN, AU
2. We Found Love (with Calvin Harris, 2011) #1 US, RR, UK, CN
3. Love the Way You Lie (with Eminem, 2010) #1 US, RR, CN, AU
4. Work with Drake, 2016) #1 US, RB, CN
5. Only Girl in the World (2010) #1 US, RR, UK, CN, AU
6. Diamonds (2012) #1 US, RB, UK, CN
7. Disturbia (2008) #1 US, RB, RR

DMDB Top 2%:

8. The Monster (with Eminem, 2013) #1 US, RR, RB, UK, CN, AU
9. Live Your Life (with T.I., 2008) #1 US, RR
10. Don’t Stop the Music (2007) #1 AU
11. Take a Bow (2008) #1 US, RR, RB, UK, CN
12. Stay (with Mikky Ekko, 2012) #1 RR, CN
13. This Is What You Came For (with Calvin Harris, 2016) #1 CN, AU

DMDB Top 5%:

14. S.O.S. (Rescue Me) (2006) #1 US, RR, CN, AU
15. Rude Boy (2010) #1 US, AU
16. Wild Thoughts (with DJ Khaled & Bryson Tiller, 2017) #1 RB, UK
17. What’s My Name? (with Drake, 2010) #1 US, UK
18. S&M (2010) #1 US, RR, CN, AU
19. Four Five Seconds (with Kanye West & Paul McCartney, 2015) #1 RB, AU
20. Needed Me (2016) #1 RB
21. Pon De Replay (2005)

DMDB Top 10%:

22. Unfaithful (2006) #1 CN
23. Love on the Brain (2016)
24. Where Have You Been (2011)
25. Too Good (with Drake, 2016)
26. All of the Lights (with Kanye West & Drake, 2010)
27. Take Care (with Drake, 2011)
28. Bitch Better Have My Money (2015)
29. Lift Me Up (2022) #1 RB
30. Run This Town (with Jay-Z & Kanye West, 2009) #1 UK

31. Hate That I Love You (with Ne-Yo, 2007)
32. Russian Roulette (2009)
33. Shut Up and Drive (2007)
34. Loyalty (with Kendrick Lamar, 2017)

DMDB Top 20%:

35. Can’t Remember to Forget You (with Shakira, 2014)
36. Lemon (with N*E*R*D, 2017)
37. Pour It Up (2013)
38. California King Bed (2011)
39. Rehab (with Justin Timberlake, 2008)
40. Cheers (Drink to That) (2010)

41. You Da One (2011)
42. Hard (with Jeezy, 2009)
43. If I Never See Your Face Again (with Matchbox 20, 2008)
44. Man Down (2011)
45. Who’s That Chick? (with David Guetta, 2010)
46. Princess of China (with Coldplay, 2011)
47. Kiss It Better (2016)
48. Te Amo (2010)
49. What Now (2013)
50. Fly (with Nicki Minaj, 2010)


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First posted 2/20/2017; updated 2/14/2023.

Monday, February 13, 2023

Bob Dylan – Top 50 Albums

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First posted 5/24/2015.

Super Bowl Halftime Shows Ranked, 1967-2022

Super Bowl Halftime Shows:

1967-2022

Image from Mashable.com

Rihanna performed at the halftime show for Super Bowl LVII on February 12, 2023. She delivered a hit-driven setlist of a dozen songs: Bitch Better Have My Money / Where Have You Been? / Only Girl in the World / We Found Love / Rude Boy / Work / Wild Thoughts / Pour It Up / All of the Lights / Run This Town / Umbrella / Diamonds Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

While it’s too early to weigh in on where her performance stands compared to past Super Bowls, this page does offer a ranking of every previous halftime show. More than 100 lists have been aggregated to create this ranking.

Click here to see other media-based lists, such as best videos and best music books of all time.


Check out Dave’s Music Database podcast: The Best Super Bowl Halftime Shows. Premiere: February 15, 2022 at 7pm CST. Check out new episodes every Tuesday.


1. Prince (2007). No one was surprised that the Purple One delivered a kick-ass show, but covers of “Proud Mary,” “All Along the Watchtower,” and the Foo Fighters’ “Best of You” were surprising. What left everyone in awe, however, was Prince’s apparent God-like power to summon just the right weather to accompany a set list that ended with “Purple Rain.” Setlist: We Will Rock You / Let’s Co Crazy / Baby I’m a Star / Proud Mary / 1999 / All Along the Watchtower / Best of You / Purple Rain Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

2. U2 (2002). In the wake of 9/11, U2 was one of the biggest voices decrying the horrific attacks and eulogizing those lost. During a stirring performance of “Where the Streets Have No Name”, a banner behind the band listed the victims. Setlist: Beautiful Day / MLK / Where the Streets Have No Name Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

3. Michael Jackson (1993). As is so often the case with The King of Pop, this was a benchmark. It served as the standard for other shows to follow. With only a 12-minute set, MJ introduced the Super Bowl to the astonishing concept that a big-name, internationally-recognized pop artist could wow an audience more than marching bands, cheesy song-and-dance numbers. Setlist: Jam / Why You Wanna Trip on Me / Billie Jean / Black or White / Another Part of Me / We Are the World / Heal the World Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

4. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (2009). Personally, I’d be ecstatic to give The Boss the halftime show every year. He knows how to work crowds into frenzies, if not with his preacher-like introductions than with his adrenalin-fueled performances. That slide into the camera crotch-first could have ended things before they even got going, but Bruce powered on, seemingly unharmed. Setlist: Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out / Born to Run / Working on a Dream / Glory Days Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

5. Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child (2013). Beyoncé was a guest with Coldplay in 2016 (See #21), but this time got the stage all to herself. She was a big enough name that she didn’t need a slew of guest appearances, but she did have a very welcome reunion with Destiny’s Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Setlist: Run the World (Girls) / Love on Top / Crazy in Love / End of Time / Baby Boy / Bootylicious (Destiny’s Child) / Independent Women (Destiny’s Child) / Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (Destiny’s Child) / Halo Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

6. The Kings of Rock and Pop (2001). This was an odd mix of artists suggesting the halftime committee wasn’t convinced Aerosmith would have enough appeal on their own (they absolutely would have) so they added N Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, and Nelly to the mix. Then again, the all-star version of “Walk This Way,” complete with Spears’ cleavage-baring Aerosmith T-shirt, was memorable. Also, the opening sketch with Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, and Chris Rock was worth the price of admission. Setlist: Bye Bye Bye (‘N Sync) / I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (Aerosmith) / It’s Gonna Be Me (‘N Sync) / Jaded (Aerosmith) / Walk This Way (Aerosmith with ‘N Sync, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, and Nelly) Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

7. Paul McCartney (2005). In the wake of “Nipple Gate” (see #9), the powers-that-be behind the Super Bowl halftime shows opted to go with a safe, well-known classic rocker. There is arguably no bigger musician on the planet than this ex-Beatle and he provided a Beatle-centric set list completely free of any “wardrobe malfunctions.” Setlist: Drive My Car / Get Back / Live and Let Die / Hey Jude Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

8. Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, et al (2004). No one remembers now, but this was actually another overstuffed show with too many performers. Instead, this one gave us the most infamous moment in Super Bowl halftime history when Justin Timberlake sang to Janet Jackson that he would have her naked by the end of the song “Rock Your Body” and then proceeded to tear off part of her costume, exposing her breast. Setlist: The Way You Move (Spirit of Houston and Ocean of Soul marching bands) / All of You (Janet Jackson) / Bad Boy for Life (P. Diddy) / Diddy (to the tune of “Mickey”) / Hot in Herre (Nelly) / Mo Money Mo Problems (P. Diddy) / Bawitdaba (Kid Rock) / Cowboy (Kid Rock) / Rhythm Nation (Janet Jackson) / Rock Your Body (Justin Timberlake with Janet Jackson) Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

9. Lady Gaga (2017). Setlist: God Bless America / This Land Is Your Land / Poker Face / Born This Way / Telephone / Just Dance / Million Reasons / Bad Romance Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

10. Diana Ross (1996). Doing a medley of her hits on a stage surrounded by hundreds of performers looked a little too much like some of the pre-Michael Jackson shows, but it was hard to deny her diva status when she departed in a helicopter. Setlist: Stop! In the Name of Love / You Keep Me Hangin’ On / Baby Love / You Can’t Hurry Love / Why Do Fools Fall in Love / Chain Reaction / Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand / Ain’t No Mountain High Enough / I Will Survive / Take Me Higher Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

11. Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Kendrick Lamar (2022). The announced all-star hip-hop lineup also included a surprise guest appearance from 50 Cent. Setlist: Dr. Dre with Snoop Dogg “The Next Episode” / Dr. Dre with Snoop Dogg “California Love” / 50 Cent “In Da Club” / Mary J. Blige “Family Affair” / Mary J. Blige “No More Drama” / Kendrick Lamar “M.a.a.d City” / Kendrick Lamar “Alright” / Kendrick Lamar with Eminem “Forgot About Dre” / Eminem “Lose Yourself” / Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg with Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, & 50 Cent “Still Dre” Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

12. The Rolling Stones (2006). The opening montage suggesting The Rolling Stones and the NFL had gone hand in hand over the years was a little odd. However, there was no arguing with picking what some have called the greatest rock and roll band of all time to keep viewers eyes peeled to the set for halftime, even if the band could long ago have applied for their AARP memberships in America. Besides, Jagger proved he could still prance about on stage like someone half his age. Setlist: Start Me Up / Rough Justice / (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction Click here to see full performance on YouTube.

13. Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Bad Bunny, J. Balvin, Emme, Muniz (2020)

14. Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz, Missy Elliott, Arizona State University Sun Devil Marching Band (2015)

15. Madonna with LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A, and Cee-Lo Green (2012)

16. Bruno Mars, Red Hot Chili Peppers (2014)

17. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (2008)

18. Coldplay with Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, Gustavo Dudamel, University of California Marching Band, Youth Orchestra L.A. (2016)

19. Shania Twain, No Doubt, Sting (2003)

20. The Who (2010)

21. Salute to Motown’s 40th Anniversary: Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, The Temptations, Queen Latifah, Grambling State University Band; 1998)

22. Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing: Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Chaka Khan, KISS, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Savion Glover (1999)

23. The Weeknd (2021)

24. Rockin’ Country Sunday: Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, The Judds (1994)

25. Black Eyed Peas with Usher and Slash (2011)

26. The Blues Brothers Bash: The Blues Brothers, ZZ Top, James Brown, Catherine Crier (1997)

27. Justin Timberlake, the Tennessee Kids, University of Minnesota Marching Band (2018)

28. Something Grand: Chubby Checker, The Rockettes, 88 grand pianos, the Mighty CSUN Matador Wall of Sound (1988)

29. Tapestry of Nations: Phil Collins Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton, 80-person choir, Edward James Olmos (2000)

30. Maroon 5, Travis Scott, Big Boi, Georgia State University Marching Band (2019)

31. University of Arizona, Grambling State University, & University of Michigan Marching Bands (1967) 32. Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye: Pattil LaBelle, Indiana Jones & Marion Ravenwood, Teddy Pendergrass, Tony Bennett, Arturo Sandoval, Miami Sound Machine (1995)

33. Salute to New Orleans & 40th Anniversary of Peanuts: Pete Fountain, Doug Kershaw, Irma Thomas, Nicholls State University Marching Band, Southern University Marching Band, USL Marching Band (1990)

34. Salute to Louis Armstrong: Ella Fitzgerald, Carol Channing, Al Hirt, & USMC Drill Team (1972)

35. Grambling State University Marching Band (1968)

36. Disney’s Salute to Superstars of Silver Screen: University of Florida and Florida State University Marching Bands (1984)

37. Tribute to Duke Ellington: Mercer Ellington, Grambling State University Marching Band (1975)

38. A Salute to the 1960s and Motown: Up with People (1982).

39. From Paris to Paris of America: Tyler Apache Belles Drill Team, Apache Band, Pete Fountain, Al Hirt (1984)

40. America Thanks: Florida A&M University (1969)

41. Small World Tribute to 25 Years of the Super Bowl: New Kids on the Block, Disney characters, Warren Moon, 2000 local children, audience card stunt (1991)

42. Winter Magic and Salute to 1992 Winter Olympics: Gloria Estefan, Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamill (1992)

43. Salute to Hollywood’s 100th Anniversary: George Burns, Mickey Rooney, Grambling State University Marching Band, Disney characters, Southern California-area High School drill teams with dancers (1987)

44. KaleidoSUPERscope: Los Angeles Drill Team (1983)

45. Mardi Gras Festival: Southern University Marching Band, Helen O’Connell (1981)

46. A Salute to the Big Band Era: Up with People, Grambling State University Marching Bands (1980)

47. Salute to the Caribbean: Ken Hamilton, various Caribbean bands (1979)

48. Tribute to Mardi Gras: Carol Channing, Southern University Marching Band (1970)

49. Southeast Missouri State Marching Band (1971)

50. 200 Years and Just a Baby – A Tribute to America’s Bicentennial: Up with People (1976)

51. Happiness Is: University of Michigan Marching Band, Woody Herman, Andy Williams (1974)

52. World of Children’s Dreams: United States Air Force Tops in Blue (1985)

53. Beat of the Future: Up with People (1986)

54. Be-Bop Bamboozled in 3-D: Elvis Presto, South Florida-area dancers and performers with 3-D effects (1989)

55. A Musical America: University of Texas Marching Band, Judy Mallett – Miss Texas 1973 (1974)

56. It’s a Small World: Los Angeles Unified All-City Band & audience card stunt (1977)


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First posted 2/2/2013; last updated 2/13/2023.