Friday, March 17, 2023

U2: Top 100 Songs

U2

Top 100 Songs

At 16 years old, an Irish singer and guitarist named Paul Hewson (better known as Bono) hooked up with guitarist Dave Evans (aka “The Edge”), bassist Adam Clayton, and drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. The four met at Mount Temple Comprehensive School and were signed to Island Records within four years, first hitting the scene with 1980’s Boy. Over the next seven years, they built a strong college-rock base and then with 1987’s The Joshua Tree became the world’s biggest rock band. The band has remained a stable force nearly four decades, thanks to their stick-together-as-a-group attitude. They’ve stretched their sound and been celebrated for nearly every direction they’ve gone.

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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Spotify Podcast:

Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast U2: Songs of Surrender based on this list. Debut: March 21, 2023, at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.

Awards:


Top 100 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.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. With or Without You (1987)
2. One (1991)
3. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For (1987)
4. Beautiful Day (2000)
5. Pride (In the Name of Love) (1984)
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983)
7. Where the Streets Have No Name (1987)

DMDB Top 2%:

8. New Year’s Day (1983)
9. Vertigo (2004)

DMDB Top 5%:

10. Mysterious Ways (1991)
11. Desire (1988)
12. I Will Follow (1980)
13. Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own (2004)
14. Bad (1984)
15. Night and Day (1990)
16. Stuck in a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of (2000)
17. Walk On (2000)
18. Angel of Harlem (1988)
19. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (1995)
20. Sweetest Thing (1987)

21. Even Better Than the Real Thing (1991)
22. Staring at the Sun (1997)
23. Electrical Storm (2002)

DMDB Top 10%:

24. You’re the Best Thing About Me (2017)
25. Stand by Me (live with Bruce Springsteen, 1987)
26. Discotheque (1997)
27. The Saints Are Coming (with Green Day, 2006)
28. All I Want Is You (1988)
29. When Love Comes to Town (with B.B. King, 1988)
30. The Fly (1991)

31. Window in the Skies (2006)
32. Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses? (1991)
33. Theme from Mission: Impossible (Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen, Jr., 1996)
34. Get on Your Boots (2009)
35. Gloria (1981)
36. Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (1993)
37. Two Hearts Beat As One (1983)
38. Elevation (2000)
39. Numb (1993)
40. The Unforgettable Fire (1984)

41. City of Blinding Lights (2004)
42. God Part II (1988)
43. All Because of You (2004)

DMDB Top 20%:

44. In God’s Country (1987)
45. Ordinary Love (2013)
46. Bullet the Blue Sky (1987)
47. Last Night on Earth (1997)
48. Magnificent (2009)
49. Everlasting Love (1989)
50. Invisible (2014)

51. Moment of Surender (2009)
52. Every Breaking Wave (2014)
53. Lemon (1993)
54. Miss Sarajevo (1995)
55. Until the End of the World (1991)
56. A Sort of Homecoming (1984)
57. Unchained Melody (1989)
58. One Tree Hill (1987)
59. Song for Someone (2014)
60. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) (2014)

61. I’ll Go Crazy if I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight (2009)
62. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (1987)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

63. 11 O’Clock Tick Tock (1980)
64. Spanish Eyes (1987)
65. Jesus Christ (1988)
66. Get Out of Your Own Way (2017)
67. The Ground Beneath Her Feet (2000)
68. Original of the Species (2004)
69. If God Will Send His Angels (1997)
70. Silver and Gold (1985)

71. October (1981)
72. All Along the Watchtower (live, 1987)
73. “40” (1983)
74. Fire (1981)
75. Trash, Trampoline, and the Party Girl (1982)
76. The Hands That Built America (2002)
77. Running to Stand Still (1987)
78. Out of Control (1979)
79. Dancing Barefoot (1989)
80. A Celebration (1982)

81. Please (1997)
82. Satellite of Love (1992)
83. Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way (2017)
84. Surrender (1983)
85. Zooropa (1993)
86. Paint It Black (1992)
87. Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour) (Bono & the Edge with Jay-Z & Rihanna, 2010)
88. MLK (1984)
89. Three Sunrises (1985)
90. Red Hill Mining Town (1987)

91. Fortunate Son (1992)
92. Wire (1984)
93. Hallelujah Here She Comes (1988)
94. The Electric Co. (1980)
95. Your Song Saved My Life (2021)
96. Walk to the Water (1987)
97. A Room at the Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
98. Love Resuce Me (with U2, 1988)
99. Zoo Station (1991)
100. The First Time (1993)


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First posted 9/6/2017; updated 3/22/2023.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Sports Anthems: Top 50 Songs

Sports Anthems:

Top 50 Songs

This list is the result of aggregating 27 lists of the most popular sports anthems. These may be songs that are designed to get the crowd riled up or singing along. They may be the introductory song as a team, or even a specific player, takes the field. In any case, these are the songs most likely to come blaring out of your favorite stadium’s speakers.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

1. Queen “We Will Rock You” (1977)
2. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” (2003)
3. AC/DC “Thunderstruck” (1990)
4. Blur “Song 2” (1997)
5. Guns N’ Roses “Welcome to the Jungle” (1987)
6. House of Pain “Jump Around” (1992)
7. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
8. Metallica “Enter Sandman” (1991)
9. Ozzy Osbourne “Crazy Train” (1980)
10. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” (1982)

11. Neil Diamond “Sweet Caroline” (1969)
12. Queen “We Are the Champions” (1977)
13. Gary Glitter “Rock and Roll Part 2” (1972)
14. Steam “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” (1969)
15. Tag Team “Whoomp! There It Is” (1993)
16. Europe “The Final Countdown” (1986)
17. Journey “Don’t Stop Believin’” (1981)
18. Darude “Sandstorm” (2000)
19. 2 Unlimited “Get Ready for This” (1991)
20. The Alan Parsons Project “Sirius” / “Eye in the Sky” (1982)

21. The Rolling Stones “Start Me Up” (1981)
22. Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” (1976)
23. Zombie Nation “Kernkraft 400” (1999)
24. Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer (composers) “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (1908)
25. DJ Khaled with T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, & Rick Ross “All I Do Is Win” (2010)
26. Village People “Y.M.C.A.” (1978)
27. C + C Music Factory “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” (1990)
28. Smash Mouth “All Star” (1999)
29. Baha Men “Who Let the Dogs Out?” (2000)
30. Van Halen “Jump” (1983)

31. Black Eyed Peas “Let’s Get It Started” (2004)
32. Gerry & the Pacemakers “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (1963)
33. Bill Conti “Gonna Fly Now” (1976)
34. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (1997)
35. Fort Minor “Remember the Name” (2005)
36. Technotronic “Pump Up the Jam” (1989)
37. Fatboy Slim “Right Here Right Now” (1999)
38. DJ Snake with Lil Jon “Turn Down for What” (2013)
39. Beastie Boys “Sabotage” (1994)
40. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton “Can’t Hold Us” (2011)

41. Kanye West with Daft Punk “Stronger” (2007)
42. Queen “Another One Bites the Dust” (1980)
43. Frank Sinatra “Theme from New York, New York” (1980)
44. Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight” (1981)
45. Kendrick Lamar “Humble” (2017)
46. The Isley Brothers “Shout” (1959)
47. Todd Rundgren “Bang the Drum All Day” (1983)
48. Styx “Renegade” (1978)
49. Twisted Sister “We’re Not Gonna Take It” (1984)
50. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)


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First posted 3/14/2023.

The Bangles/Susanna Hoffs: Top 50 Songs

The Bangles/
Susanna Hoffs

Top 50 Songs

The all-girl group originally known as the Bangs formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1981. The lineup consisted of sisters Vicki (guitar) and Debbie Peterson (drums) with Susanna Hoffs (guitar) and Annette Zilinskas (bass). All four handled vocals. After the release of a 1982 EP entitled The Real World, Annette was replaced by Michael Steele, from the all-female band the Runaways.

The group released three albums in the ‘80s before going on hiatus. They reconvened for albums in 2003 and 2011. Susanna Hoffs launched a solo career in 1991. She has released five solo albums and three collaborative albums of cover songs with Matthew Sweet.

Check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entries for the Bangles and Susanna Hoffs for more information.

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

Awards:


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.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Walk Like an Egyptian (1986)

DMDB Top 2%:

2. Eternal Flame (1988)

DMDB Top 5%:

3. Manic Monday (1986)

DMDB Top 10%:

4. Hazy Shade of Winter (1987)
5. In Your Room (1988)
6. Hero Takes a Fall (1984)
7. If She Knew What She Wants (1986)

DMDB Top 20%:

8. Walking Down Your Street (1988)
9. Be With You (1988)
10. Following (1986)
11. My Side of the Bed (Hoffs, 1991)
12. Going Down to Liverpool (1984)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

13. All I Want (Hoffs, 1996)
14. Something That You Said (2003)
15. Something to Believe In (1988)
16. I’ll Set You Free (1988)
17. More Than Meets the Eye (1984)
18. Return Post (1986)
19. Live (1984)
20. Angels Don’t Fall in Love (1986)

21. In a Different Light (1986)
22. James (1984)
23. Restless (1984)
24. Song for a Good Son (2003)
25. All About You (1984)
26. Where Were You When I Needed You? (1984)
27. Make a Play for Her Now (1988)
28. September Gurls (1986)
29. To Sir with Love (Hoffs, 1996)
30. Glitter Years (1988)

31. Tear Off Your Own Head (It’s a Doll Revolution) (2003)
32. Trouble (Hoffs/Sweet, 2013)
33. We Belong (2009)
34. Willin’ (Hoffs/Sweet, 2009)
35. You Can Close Your Eyes (Hoffs/Sweet, 2015)
36. Sunday Morning (Hoffs/Sweet, 2006)
37. Stuck in the Middle with You (Hoffs, 1996)
38. He’s Got a Secret (1984)
39. I Will Take Care of You (2003)
40. Good Day Sunshine (2006)

41. Cinnamon Girl (Hoffs/Sweet, 2006)
42. You’re So Vain (Hoffs/Sweet, 2009)
43. Free Fallin’ (Hoffs/Sweet, 2013)
44. What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding (Hoffs/Sweet, 2015)
45. I Got Nothing (1985)
46. Raining (Hoffs, 2012)
47. Beekeeper’s Blues (Hoffs, 1996)
48. Only Love (Hoffs, 1991)
49. Boys Keep Swinging (Hoffs, 1991)
50. Bell Jar (1988)


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First posted 3/14/2023.

Monday, March 13, 2023

Southern Rock/Country Rock: Top 100 Songs

Southern Rock/Country Rock:

Top 100 Songs

In some ways, the term “Southern rock” is redundant. American rock and roll is generally viewed as a genre which grew out of a melding of blues and country, both of which originated in the south, along with other musical forms such as R&B, gospel, and folk. However, as rock evolved and moved in different directions, the term “Southern rock” emerged in the 1970s as a reference to some of rock’s more country and blues-leaning bands that hailed from the southern United States.

The phrase may have first been coined by Mo Slotin, who used it in a review of an Allman Brothers Band concert he wrote for The Great Speckled Bird, an underground newspaper in Atlanta. Whatever its origins, the term has come to encompass some of rock’s most successful acts to come out of the South primarily in the 1970s, with the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd being the two most prominently celebrated.

I set out to create a list focused exclusively on “Southern rock” but, as is always the case with trying to define musical genres, the lines quickly blurred. I was finding lists that went beyond “Southern rock” and encompassed “country rock” as well. While distinctions aren’t firm, country rock essentially is a reference to rock bands like the Eagles and Creedence Clearwater Revival which incorporated elements of country music into their sound.

In any event, I ended up assembling this list of songs from both the Southern rock and country rock genres by aggregating more than 20 lists that focused on one genre or the other or some mix between the two. As with any list, readers are bound to have quibbles, but it makes for a jumping off point in discussing and dissecting what music comprises Southern rock and country rock. Enjoy.

1. The Allman Brothers Band “Ramblin’ Man” (1973)
2. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama” (1974)
3. Marshall Tucker Band “Can’t You See” (1973)
4. Charlie Daniels’ Band “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (1979)
5. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Free Bird” (1973)
6. Molly Hatchet “Flirtin’ with Disaster” (1979)
7. The Outlaws “Green Grass and High Tides” (1975)
8. Eagles “Take It Easy” (1972)
9. ZZ Top “La Grange” (1973)
10. Georgia Satellites “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” (1986)

11. Ram Jam “Black Betty” (1977)
12. Wet Willie “Keep on Smilin’” (1974)
13. Little Feat “Dixie Chicken” (1973)
14. .38 Special “Hold on Loosely” (1981)
15. The Black Crowes “Hard to Handle” (1990)
16. Ozark Mountain Daredevils “If You Wanna Get to Heaven” (1974)
17. The Band “The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down” (1969)
18. Eagles “Peaceful, Easy Feeling” (1972)
19. The Allman Brothers Band “Blue Sky” (1972)
20. Pure Prairie League “Amie” (1975)

21. Charlie Daniels Band “Long Haired Country Boy” (1974)
22. Steve Earle “Copperhead Road” (1988)
23. The Rolling Stones “Dead Flowers” (1971)
24. Elvin Bishop “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” (1976)
25. Marshall Tucker Band “Heard It in a Love Song” (1977)
26. The Allman Brothers Band “Midnight Rider” (1970)
27. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Lodi” (1969)
28. The Band “Up on Cripple Creek” (1969)
29. Gregg Allman “I’m No Angel” (1987)
30. Lynyrd Skynrd “The Ballad of Curtis Loew” (1974)

31. Blackfoot “Highway Song” (1979)
32. Charlie Daniels Band “The South’s Gonna Do It Again” (1974)
33. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bad Moon Rising” (1969)
34. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Gimme Three Steps” (1973)
35. The Allman Brothers Band “Whipping Post” (1969)
36. The Band “The Weight” (1968)
37. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Teach Your Children” (1970)
38. Linda Ronstadt “Love Is a Rose” (1975)
39. Eagles “Lyin’ Eyes” (1975)
40. Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow “Picture” (2001)

41. Molly Hatchet “Dreams I’ll Never See” (1978)
42. The Outlaws “There Goes Another Love Song” (1975)
43. Neil Young “Are You Ready for the Country?” (1972)
44. ZZ Top “Tush” (1975)
45. Bob Dylan with Johnny Cash “Girl from the North Country” (1969)
46. Juice Newton “Queen of Hearts” (1981)
47. Elvis Costello “A Good Year for the Roses” (1981)
48. Led Zeppelin “Hot Dog” (1979)
49. Gram Parsons “Return of the Grievous Angel” (1974)
50. The Byrds “Hickory Wind” (1968)

51. The Byrds “One Hundred Years from Now” (1968)
52. Blackfoot “Train, Train” (1979)
53. Marshall Tucker Band “Fire on the Mountain” (1975)
54. Rossington-Collins Band “Don’t Misunderstand Me” (1980)
55. Humble Pie “30 Days in the Hole” (1972)
56. Mountain “Mississippi Queen” (1970)
57. .38 Special “Caught Up in You” (1982)
58. Bob Dylan “Lay Lady Lay” (1969)
59. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (1969)
60. Ozark Mountain Daredevils “Jackie Blue” (1974)

61. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Lookin’ Out My Back Door” (1970)
62. The Fabulous Thunderbirds “Tuff Enuff” (1986)
63. Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972)
64. The Rolling Stones “Wild Horses” (1971)
65. Eagles “Tequila Sunrise” (1973)
66. Linda Ronstadt “Blue Bayou” (1977)
67. Lynyrd Skynyrd “That Smell” (1977)
68. Flying Burrito Brothers “Wild Horses” (1970)
69. Grateful Dead “Friend of the Devil” (1970)
70. .38 Special “Rockin’ into the Night” (1979)

71. The Black Crowes “Remedy” (1992)
72. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss “Please Read the Letter” (2007)
73. The Beatles “Act Naturally” (1965)
74. Bob Dylan “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” (1967)
75. Lynyrd Skynyrd “I Know a Little” (1977)
76. Johnny Van Zant “Brickyard Road” (1990)
77. Poco “Rose of Cimarron” (1976)
78. Arlo Guthrie “City of New Orleans” (1972)
79. Georgia Satellites “Battleship Chains” (1986)
80. Black Oak Arkansas “Jim Dandy” (1973)

81. Atlanta Rhythm Section “Homesick” (1981)
82. Amazing Rhythm Aces “Third Rate Romance” (1975)
83. Eagles “Desperado” (1973)
84. Elvis Presley “Blue Moon of Kentucky” (1954)
85. The Rolling Stones “Far Away Eyes” (1978)
86. The Allman Brothers Band “Melissa” (1972)
87. Kid Rock “All Summer Long” (2007)
88. Bellamy Brothers “Let Your Love Flow” (1976)
89. Linda Ronstadt “When Will I Be Loved” (1974)
90. The Byrds “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” (1968)

91. ZZ Top “Cheap Sunglasses” (1979)
92. The Allman Brothers Band “One Way Out” (1972)
93. Pure Prairie League “Let Me Love You Tonight” (1980)
94. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Saturday Night Special” (1975)
95. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me the Breeze” (1974)
96. Lynyrd Skynyrd “What’s Your Name?” (1977)
97. ZZ Top “Gimme All Your Lovin’” (1983)
98. .38 Special “If I’d Been the One” (1983)
99. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Simple Man” (1973)
100. Charlie Daniels Band “Uneasy Rider” (1973)


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First posted 3/13/2023.

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Top 30 Songs

Lynryd Skynyrd

Top 30 Songs

Southern-rock group formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. They named themselves after founding members’ junior high school gym teacher, Leonard Skinner. Group disbanded in 1977 after Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, and Cassie Gaines were killed in a plane crash. Rossington, Collins Powell and Wilkeson formed the Rossington Collins Band in 1979, which lasted until 1982. Ronnie’s younger brother, Johnny, revived Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1987.

Members:

Highlighted names indicate which members of the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.
  • Ronnie Van Zant (vocals: 1964-77). Died 1977.
  • Gary Rossington (guitar: 1964-77,1987-2023). Died 2023.
  • Allen Collins (guitar: 1964-77). Died 1990.
  • Bob Burns (drums: 1964-71, 1972-74). Died 2015.
  • Larry Junstrom (bass: 1964-71). Died 2019.
  • Billy Powell (keyboards: 1972-77, 1987-2009). Died 2009.
  • Rickey Medlocke (drums, vocals, mandolin: 1971-72), (guitar vocals, mandolin: 1996-present)
  • Greg T. Walker (bass: 1971-72)
  • Leon Wilkeson (bass: 1972-77, 1987-2001). Died 2001.
  • Ed King (bass: 1972-75, 1987-96). Died 2018.
  • Artimus Pyle (drum: 1975-77, 1987-91)
  • Steve Gaines (guitar: 1976-77). Died 1977.
  • Cassie Gaines (backing vox). Died 1977.
  • Johnny Van Zant (vocals: 1987-present)
  • Randall Hall (guitar: 1987-93)
  • Kurt Custer (drums: 1991-94)
  • Mike Estes (guitar: 1993-96)
  • Owen Hale (drums: 1994-98)
  • Hughie Thomasson (guitar: 1996-2005). Died 2007.
  • Jeff McAllister (drums: 1998-99)
  • Kenny Aronoff (drums: 1999)
  • Michael Cartellone (drums: 1999-present)
  • Ean Evans (bass: 2001-09). Died 2009.
  • Mark Matejka (guitar, backing vocals: 2006-present)
  • Peter Keys (keyboards: 2009-present)
  • Robert Kearns (bass: 2009-12)
  • Johnny Colt (bass: 2012-17)
  • Keith Christopher (bass: 2017-present)

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.


Spotify Podcast:

Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast episode Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 10 Best Songs based on this list. Premiere: March 7, 2023 at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.

Awards:


Top 30 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.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Sweet Home Alabama (1974)
2. Free Bird (1973)

DMDB Top 5%:

3. What’s Your Name (1977)

DMDB Top 10%:

4. Simple Man (1973)
5. Saturday Night Special (1975)
6. Gimme Three Steps (1973)
7. Call Me the Breeze (1974)

DMDB Top 20%:

8. You Got That Right (1977)
9. Tuesday’s Gone (1973)
10. That Smell (1977)
11. Don’t Ask Me No Questions (1974)
12. Red, White and Blue (2003)
13. Gimme Back My Bullets (1976)
14. Swamp Music (1974)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

15. Brickyard Road (Johnny Van Zant, 1990)
16. Double Trouble (1976)
17. The Ballad of Curtis Loew (1974)
18. Workin’ for MCA (1974)
19. Truck Drivin’ Man (1973)
20. I Ain’t the One (1973)

21. I Know a Little (1977)
22. Workin’ (1999)
23. Smokestack Lightnin’ (1991)
24. Heartbreak Hotel (1994)
25. Travelin’ Man (live, 1976)
26. Who’s Right or Wrong (Johnny Van Zant Band, 1981)
27. Help Somebody (Van Zant, 2005)
28. Preacher Man (1999)
29. Good Lovin’s Hard to Find (1993)
30. Keeping the Faith (1991)


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First posted 3/7/2023; last updated 3/8/2023.

Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists

Acts:

Profile Pages and Best-of Lists

This page lists those acts who have devoted pages within Dave’s Music Database. Such pages highlight the acts’ discography, focusing primarily on the studio albums and significant songs from them. Some of these pages are specifically devoted to compilations released by the act, highlighting the songs featured on the different compilations with a retrospective that highlights all the studio efforts released within the covered years. You can see an act’s profile page by clicking on the name of the act.

This page also indicates those acts which have best-of lists featured within Dave’s Music Database. The majority of these lists are focused on songs by featured acts, but there are also some lists devoted to albums. Sometimes the best-of lists incorporate related artists. For example, a best-of Fleetwood Mac list includes songs not just by the group but solo efforts as well. Click on the word SONGS after an act to see its song list and ALBUMS to see its album list.


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First posted 6/4/2022; last updated 3/8/2023.