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Sunday, October 13, 2024

The Top Songs by Decade, 1800-2029

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Top Songs by Decade:

1800-2029

Dave’s Music Database has compiled the best songs of all-time into a variety of lists over the years. Check out the full array of DMDB best-of lists here. However, this page – which at 72,000+ hits is the second most visited on the DMDB blog – offers snapshots of the top 10 songs of each decade from 1890 to present.

Click here to see ‘Top 100 Songs of the Decade’ lists or click on the corresponding badges below.

1. Harry Styles “As It Was” (2022)
2. Miley Cyrus “Flowers” (2023)
3. The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber “Stay” (2021)
4. Dua Lipa with DaBaby “Levitating” (2020)
5. Glass Animals “Heat Waves” (2020)
6. Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License” (2021)
7. The Weeknd with Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears” (2020)
8. Adele “Easy on Me” (2021)
9. Olivia Rodrigo “Good 4 U” (2021)
Leave the Door Open” (2021)


1. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
2. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)
3. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
4. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)
5. Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (2017)
6. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
7. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013)
8. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011)
9. Adele “Hello” (2015)
10. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)


1. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
2. Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (2009)
3. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
4. Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (2004)
5. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
6. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006)
7. Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (2008)
8. Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella” (2007)
9. Flo Rida with T-Pain “Low” (2007)
10. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005)


1. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
2. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
3. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991)
4. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
5. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997)
6. Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (1997)
7. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)
8. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)
9. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995)
10. U2 “One” (1991)


1. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
2. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
3. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
4. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
5. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)
6. U2 “With or Without You” (1987)
7. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)
8. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “Endless Love” (1981)
9. Van Halen “Jump” (1984)
10. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1983)


1. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
2. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
3. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)
4. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
5. Eagles “Hotel California” (1976)
6. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
7. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
8. The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970)
9. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)
10. Derek & the Dominos “Layla” (1970)


1. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
2. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
3. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
4. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
5. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
6. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
7. The Beatles “Yesterday” (1965)
8. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
9. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
10. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun”(1964)


1. Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
2. Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (1959)
3. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
4. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956)
5. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (1956)
6. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
7. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
8. Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (1950)
9. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959)
10. The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)


1. Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas” (1942)
2. Artie Shaw “Stardust” (1941)
3. Gene Autry “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1949)
4. Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires “Chattanooga Choo Choo” (1941)
5. Les Brown with Doris Day “Sentimental Journey” (1945)
6. Nat “King” Cole “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” (1946)
7. Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers “I’ll Never Smile Again” (1940)
8. Cliff Edwards “When You Wish Upon a Star” (1940)
9. Duke Ellington “Take the ‘A’ Train” (1941)
10. Dooley Wilson “As Time Goes By” (1942)


1. Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow” (1939)
2. Glenn Miller “In the Mood” (1939)
3. Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman “Night and Day” (1932)
4. Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman “Cheek to Cheek” (1935)
5. Artie Shaw “Begin the Beguine” (1938)
6. Ethel Waters “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)” (1933)
7. Fred Astaire with Johnny Green “The Way You Look Tonight” (1936)
8. Bing Crosby with the Guardsmen Quartette “Silent Night” (1935)
9. Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (1938)
10. Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard “All the Things You Are” (1939)


1. Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong “St. Louis Blues” (1925)
2. Al Jolson “Swanee” (1920)
3. Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (1927)
4. Thomas “Fats” Waller “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (1929)
5. Paul Whiteman “Whispering” (1920)
6. Al Jolson "April Showers” (1922)
7. Marion Harris “Tea for Two” (1925)
8. Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song” (1925)
9. Ben Selvin “Dardanella” (1920)
10. Isham Jones “It Had to Be You” (1924)


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)


1. Haydn Quartet “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (1908)
2. Billy Murray “You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (1906)
3. Haydn Quartet “Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)” (1904)
4. Billy Murray “Yankee Doodle Boy” (1905)
5. Arthur Collins “Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home” (1902)
6. Billy Murray “Give My Regards to Broadway” (1905)
7. Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton “Shine on Harvest Moon” (1909)
8. Haydn Quartet “In the Good Old Summertime” (1903)
9. Billy Murray “Meet Me in St. Louis Louis” (1904)
10. Bryon G. Harlan “School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)” (1907)


1. George J. Gaskin “After the Ball” (1893)
2. Arthur Collins “Hello Ma Baby” (1899)
3. John Philip Sousa “The Stars and Stripes Forever” (1897)
4. John Yorke Atlee “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1891)
5. Len Spencer “Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay” (1892)
6. Dan Quinn “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (1896)
7. Dan Quinn “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)” (1893)
8. Scott Joplin “Maple Leaf Rag” (1899)
9. Dan Quinn “The Band Played On” (1895)
10. George J. Gaskin “On the Banks of the Wabash” (1897)


1880-1889:

1. “Away in a Manger” (1882)
2. “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” (1881)
3. “Rock-a-Bye Baby” (1884)
4. “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean” (1881)
5. “How Great Thou Art” (1885)
6. “The Farmer in the Dell” (1883)
7. “Ring Around the Rosie” (1881)
8. “Funcili Funicula” (1880)
9. “While Strolling Through the Park One Day (The Fountain in the Park)” (1884)
10. “Where Did You Get That Hat” (1888)


1870-1879:

1. “Home on the Range” (1873)
2. “She'll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain” (1870)
3. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (1872)
4. “Onward Christian Soldiers” (1871)
5. “I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen” (1875)
6. “Alouette” (1879)
7. “Chopsticks” (1877)
8. “Grandfather’s Clock” (1876)
9. “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” (1876)
10. “Silver Threads Among the Gold” (1873)


1860-1869:

1. “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” (1861)
2. “Dixie” (aka “Dixie Land” and “I Wish I Was in Dixie Land”) (1859)
3. “When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again” 1963)
4. “O Little Town of Bethlehem” (1868)
5. “Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me” (1869)
6. “Clementine” (aka “Oh My Darling Clementine”) (1863)
7. “O Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone” (1864)
8. “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” (1868)
9. “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” (1867)
10. “Beautiful Dreamer” (1864)


1850-1859:

1. “Jingle Bells” (1857)
2. “Camptown Races (Gwine to Run All Night)” (1850)
3. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” (1855)
4. “We Three Kings of Orient Are” (1857)
5. “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” (1850)
6. “Ave Maria” (1859)
7. “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1856)
8. “Pop Goes the Weasel” (1852)
9. “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (1851)
10. “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” (1852)


1840-1849:

1. “Oh! Susanna” (1847)
2. “O Holy Night (Minuit, Chrétiens)” (1847)
3. “Polly Wolly Doodle (All the Day)” (1843)
4. “On Top of Old Smoky” (1841)
5. “Jimmy Crack Corn (The Blue Tail Fly)” (1848)
6. “Buffalo Gals (Buffalo Girls Will You Come Out Tonight)” (1844)
7. “Long Long Ago” (aka “The Long Ago”) (1843)
8. “Old Dan Tucker” (1843)
9. “Goodnight Ladies” (1847)
10. “This Old Man (Nick Nack Paddiwak)” (1842)


1830-1839:

1. “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” (1831)
2. “Skip to My Lou” (1832)
3. “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (1830)
4. “I Saw Three Ships” (1833)
5. “Shenandoah” (1837)
6. “Woodman, Spare That Tree” (1837)
7. “Down in the Valley (Birmingham Jail)” (1835)
8. “Charlie Is My Darling” (1830)
9. “A Life on the Ocean Wave” (1838)
10. “Near the Lake Where Drooped the Willow” (1839)


1820-1829:

1. “The First Noel” (1823)
2. “Home Sweet Home” (1823)
3. “William Tell Overture” (1829)
4. “O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)” (1824)
5. “Hokey Pokey” (1826)
6. “Turkey in the Straw” (1834)
7. “All Through the Night” (1825)
8. “The Hunters of Kentucky” (1826)
9. “The Muffin Man (Do You Know the Muffin Man?)” (1829)
10. “Eeney Meeney Miney Moe” (1820)


1810-1819:

1. “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814)
2. “Hail to the Thief” (1810)
3. “Silent Night, Holy Night (Stille Nacht, Heilge Nacht)” (1818)
4. “Au Clair de Lune” (1811)
5. “Tis the Last Rose of Summer” (1813)
6. “The Blue Bells of Scotland” (1815)
7. “Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms” (1810)
8. “Blow Boys, Blow” (1815)
9. “A Hundred Years Ago” (1815)
10. “La Gazza Ladra” (1817)


1800-1809:

1. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (1806)
2. “Billy Boy” (1800)
3. “The Wayfaring Stranger” (1807)
4. “Little Miss Muffet” (1805)
5. “A Foggy, Foggy Dew” (1804)
6. “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe” (1805)
7. “Green Grow the Lilacs” (1800)
8. “Polly Put the Kettle On” (1803)
9. “The Harp That Once Thro’ Tara’s Halls” (1807)
10. “Old Mother Hubbard” (1805)


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First posted 4/9/2012; last updated 10/13/2024.

Friday, April 1, 2022

USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1960-1969

USA’s #1 Pop Songs:

1960-1969

These are the #1 pop songs in the history of the United States pop charts from 1960 to 1969. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts:

Numbers following the letter codes indicate how many weeks the song spent at #1 on that chart. Links go to specific lists of the biggest songs of all time for that chart. Also, when “BB” appears in blue it indicates a link to the Stereogum.com series on Billboard #1 songs.

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


1960:

  1. Jan. 4: Marty Robbins “El Paso” (BB: 2, HR: 2)
  2. Jan. 18: Johnny Preston “Running Bear” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  3. Feb. 8: Mark Dinning “Teen Angel” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  4. Feb. 22: Percy Faith “Theme from ‘A Summer Place’” (BB: 9, CB: 8, HR: 5)
  5. Feb. 22: Jim Reeves “He’ll Have to Go” (HR: 3)

  6. Apr. 18: The Brothers Four “Greenfields” (HR: 1)
  7. Apr. 23 Elvis Presley “Stuck on You” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  8. May 16: The Everly Brothers “Cathy’s Clown” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 4)

  9. June 13: Connie Francis “Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  10. July 4: Hollywood Argyles “Alley Oop” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  11. July 11: Brenda Lee “I’m Sorry” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  12. July 16: Dante & the Evergreens “Alley Oop” (CB: 1)

  13. Aug. 1: Brian Hyland “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  14. Aug. 13: Elvis Presley “It’s Now or Never” (BB: 5, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  15. Sept. 5: Chubby Checker “The Twist” (BB: 3, CB: 8, HR: 5)
  16. Sept. 19: Connie Francis “My Heart Has a Mind” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 4)

  17. Oct. 10: Larry Verne “Mr. Custer” (BB: 1)
  18. Oct. 15 The Drifters “Save the Last Dance for Me” (BB: 3, CB: 6, HR: 5)
  19. Oct. 24: Brenda Lee “I Want to Be Wanted” (BB: 1)

  20. Nov. 14: Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind” (BB: 1)
  21. Nov. 21: Floyd Cramer “Last Date” (HR: 1)
  22. Nov. 21 Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs “Stay” (BB: 1)
  23. Nov. 26: Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (BB: 6, CB: 6, HR: 4)

  24. Dec. 26: Bert Kaempfert “Wonderland by Night” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 3)

1961:

  1. Jan. 14: Ferrante & Teicher “Theme from ‘Exodus’” (CB: 2, HR: 1)
  2. Jan. 23: Lawrence Welk “Calcutta” (BB: 2, CB: 4, HR: 6)
  3. Jan. 28: The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (BB: 2, CB: 2)

  4. Feb. 27: Chubby Checker “Pony Time” (BB: 3, CB: 1)

  5. Mar. 6: Elvis Presley “Surrender” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  6. Mar. 27: The Marcels “Blue Moon” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  7. Apr. 17: Del Shannon “Runaway” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 4)

  8. May 6: Ernie K-Doe “Mother-in-Law” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 1)
  9. May 22: Gene McDaniels “Hundred Pounds of Clay” (HR: 1)
  10. May 29: Ricky Nelson “Travelin’ Man” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 4)

  11. June 3: Roy Orbison “Running Scared” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  12. June 19: Pat Boone “Moody River” (BB: 1)
  13. June 26: Gary “U.S.” Bonds “Quarter to Three” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 4)

  14. July 10: Bobby Lewis “Tossin’ and Turnin’” (BB: 7, CB: 4, HR: 4)

  15. Aug. 19: The Highwaymen “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” (BB: 2, CB: 4, HR: 4)
  16. Aug. 28: Joe Dowell “Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)” (BB: 1)

  17. Sept. 16: Bobby Vee “Take Good Care of My Baby” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  18. Oct. 2: Roy Orbison “Crying” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  19. Oct. 9: Ray Charles “Hit the Road Jack” (BB: 2, CB: 1)
  20. Oct. 9: Dion “Runaround Sue” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  21. Oct. 30: Jimmy Dean “Big Bad John” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 6)

  22. Dec. 9: The Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 4)
  23. Dec. 11: The Marvelettes “Please Mr. Postman” (BB: 1)

1962:

  1. Jan. 27: Joe Dee & the Starliters “Peppermint Twist” (BB: 3)
  2. Jan. 29: Gene Chandler “Duke of Earl” (BB: 3, CB: 5, HR: 5)

  3. Mar. 5: Bruce Channel “Hey! Baby” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3)
  4. Mar. 26: Elvis Presley “Good Luck Charm” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 3)
  5. Mar. 31: Connie Francis “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You” (BB: 1)

  6. Apr. 7: Chubby Checker with Dee Dee Sharp “Slow Twistin’” (CB: 1)
  7. Apr. 7: Shelley Fabares “Johnny Angel” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  8. Apr. 23: Dee Dee Sharp “Mashed Potato Time” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  9. Apr. 30: The Shirelles “Soldier Boy” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  10. May 19: Mr. Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale “Stranger on the Shore” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  11. May 26: Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 5)

  12. June 30: David Rose “The Stripper” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1)

  13. July 14: Bobby Vinton “Roses Are Red My Love” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 5)

  14. Aug. 11: Neil Sedaka “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  15. Aug. 18: Little Eva “The Loco-Motion” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  16. Sept. 1: Tommy Roe “Sheila” (BB: 2)
  17. Sept. 8: Nat “King” Cole “Ramblin’ Rose” (HR: 1)
  18. Sept. 8: The Four Seasons “Sherry” (BB: 5, CB: 7, HR: 5)

  19. Oct. 20: Bobby “Boris” Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers “Monster Mash” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  20. Nov. 3: The Crystals “He’s a Rebel” (BB: 2, HR: 1)
  21. Nov. 10: The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (BB: 5, CB: 4, HR: 6)

  22. Dec. 15: Elvis Presley “Return to Sender” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  23. Dec. 22: Chubby Checker “Limbo Rock” (CB: 1)
  24. Dec. 22: The Tornadoes “Telsar” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)

1963:

  1. Jan. 12: Steve Lawrence “Go Away Little Girl” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  2. Jan. 26: The Rooftop Singers “Walk Right In” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  3. Feb. 9: Paul & Paula “Hey Paula” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 4)

  4. March 9: The Four Seasons “Walk Like a Man” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  5. March 23: Skeeter Davis “The End of the World” (HR: 1)
  6. March 23: Ruby & the Romantics “Our Day Will Come” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  7. March 30: The Chiffons “He’s So Fine” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  8. Apr. 27: Little Peggy March “I Will Follow Him” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3)
  9. Apr. 27: Andy Williams “Can't Get Used to Losing You” (CB: 1)

  10. May 18: Jimmy Soul “If You Wanna Be Happy” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  11. June 1: Lesley Gore “It’s My Party” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  12. June 15: Kyu Sakomoto “Sukiyaki” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 2)

  13. July 6: The Essex “Easier Said Than Done” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  14. July 6: Bobby Vinton “Blue on Blue” (HR: 1)
  15. July 20: Jan & Dean “Surf City” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  16. Aug. 3: The Tymes “So Much in Love” (BB: 1, HR: 1)
  17. Aug. 3: Little Stevie Wonder “Fingertips (Part 2)” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3)
  18. Aug. 31: The Angels “My Boyfriend’s Back” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  19. Aug. 31: Allan Sherman “Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter from Camp)” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  20. Sept. 21: Bobby Vinton “Blue Velvet” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  21. Oct. 5: The Jaynetts “Sally Go 'Round the Roses” (HR: 1)
  22. Oct. 12: Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs “Sugar Shack” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 5)
  23. Oct. 12: The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (CB: 1)

  24. Nov. 9: Nino Tempo & April Stevens “Deep Purple” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  25. Nov. 23: Dale & Grace “I'm Leaving It All Up to You” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  26. Nov. 30: The Singing Nun “Dominique” (BB: 4, CB: 5, HR: 4)

  27. Dec. 28: The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (CB: 2, HR: 1)

1964:

  1. Jan. 4: Bobby Vinton “There! I’ve Said It Again” (BB: 4, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  2. Jan. 18: The Murmaids “Popsicles and Icicles” (HR: 1)
  3. Jan. 25: The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (BB: 7, CB: 8, HR: 9)

  4. March 21: The Beatles “She Loves You” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)

  5. April 4: The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 4)
  6. April 4: The Beatles “Twist and Shout” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  7. May 9: Louis Armstrong & the All Stars “Hello Dolly!” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 3)
  8. May 16: Mary Wells “My Guy” (BB: 2, CB: 1)
  9. May 23: The Beatles “Love Me Do” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  10. June 6: The Dixie Cups “Chapel of Love” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 4)
  11. June 27: Peter & Gordon “A World Without Love” (BB: 1, CB: 1)

  12. July 4: The Beach Boys “I Get Around” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  13. July 11: The Four Seasons “Rag Doll” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  14. July 25: The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  15. Aug. 15: Dean Martin “Everybody Loves Somebody” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  16. Aug. 22: The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  17. Sept. 5: The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 3)
  18. Sept. 26: The Newbeats “Bread and Butter” (HR: 1)
  19. Sept. 26: Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1)

  20. Oct. 10: Manfred Mann “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  21. Oct. 24: Frank J. Wilson & the Cavaliers “Last Kiss” (CB: 1, HR: 2)
  22. Oct. 31: Gale Garnett “We'll Sing in the Sunshine” (CB: 1)
  23. Oct. 31: The Supremes “Baby Love” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 4)

  24. Nov. 28: The Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  25. Dec. 5: Lorne Greene “Ringo” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  26. Dec. 5: The Zombies “She’s Not There” (CB: 1)
  27. Dec. 12: Bobby Vinton “Mr. Lonely” (BB: 1, HR: 2)
  28. Dec. 19: The Beatles “I Feel Fine” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)
  29. Dec. 19: The Supremes “Come See About Me” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

1965:

  1. Jan. 23: Petula Clark “Downtown” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  2. Jan. 23: The Searchers “Love Potion No. 9” (HR: 1)

  3. Feb. 6: The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3)
  4. Feb. 20: Gary Lewis & the Playboys “This Diamond Ring” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  5. March 6: The Beatles “Eight Days a Week” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 3)
  6. March 6: The Temptations “My Girl” (BB: 1)
  7. March 27: The Supremes “Stop! In the Name of Love” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  8. April 3: Herman’s Hermits “Can't You Hear My Heartbeat” (CB: 1)
  9. April 10: Freddie & the Dreamers “I’m Telling You Now” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  10. April 24: Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders “Game of Love” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  11. May 1: Herman’s Hermits “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3)
  12. May 22: The Beatles “Ticket to Ride” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  13. May 29: The Beach Boys “Help Me Rhonda” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  14. June 5: The Supremes “Back in My Arms Again” (BB: 1, CB: 1)
  15. June 12: Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs “Wolly Bully” (HR: 1)
  16. June 19: The Four Tops “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  17. June 26: The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  18. July 3: The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)
  19. July 24: Herman’s Hermits “I’m Henry VIII, I Am” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 3)

  20. Aug. 14: Sonny & Cher “I Got You Babe” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 4)
  21. Aug. 28: The Beatles “Help!” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1)

  22. Sept. 18: Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (CB: 1)
  23. Sept. 18: Barry McGuire “Eve of Destruction” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  24. Oct. 2: The McCoys “Hang on Sloopy” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  25. Oct. 9: “Yesterday” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 2)
  26. Oct. 23: The Toys “A Lover’s Concerto” (CB: 1, HR: 2)

  27. Nov. 6: The Rolling Stones “Get Off of My Cloud” (BB: 2, CB: 2)
  28. Nov. 13: The Supremes “I Hear a Symphony” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 3)
  29. Nov. 27: Len Barry “1-2-3” (CB: 1)

  30. Dec. 4: The Byrds “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  31. Dec. 4: The Four Seasons “Let’s Hang On” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  32. Dec. 18: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass “A Taste of Honey” (CB: 1)
  33. Dec. 25: Dave Clark Five “Over and Over” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

1966:

  1. Jan. 1: The Beatles “We Can Work It Out” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 2)
  2. Jan. 1: James Brown & the Famous Flames “I Got You (I Feel Good)” (HR: 1)
  3. Jan. 1: Simon & Garfunkel “The Sound of Silence” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  4. Feb. 5: The Beach Boys “Barbara Ann” (CB: 1, HR: 2)
  5. Feb. 5: Petula Clark “My Love” (BB: 2, HR: 1)
  6. Feb. 12: Lou Christie “Lightnin’ Strikes” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  7. Feb. 26: Nancy Sinatra “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  8. March 5: SSgt Barry Sadler “The Ballad of the Green Berets” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  9. April 2: The Beatles “Nowhere Man” (HR: 2)
  10. April 2: The Rolling Stones “19th Nervous Breakdown” (CB: 1)
  11. April 9: The Righteous Brothers “You’re My Soul and Inspiration” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  12. April 9: The Lovin’ Spoonful “Daydream” (CB: 1)
  13. April 30: The Young Rascals “Good Lovin’” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  14. May 7: The Mamas & the Papas “Monday Monday” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)
  15. May 28: Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  16. June 4: The Mindbenders “A Groovy Kind of Love” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  17. June 11: The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  18. June 18: Frank Sinatra “Strangers in the Night” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  19. June 25: The Beatles Paperback Writer” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)

  20. July 9: Tommy James & the Shondells “Hanky Panky” (BB: 2, CB; 2, HR: 2)
  21. July 23: The Troggs “Wild Thing” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  22. July 30: Napoleon XIV “They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Ha!” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  23. Aug. 6: Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs “Lil' Red Riding Hood” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  24. Aug. 13: The Lovin’ Spoonful “Summer in the City” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  25. Aug. 27: Bobby Hebb “Sunny” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  26. Sept. 3: Donovan “Sunshine Superman” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  27. Sept. 10: The Beatles “Yellow Submarine” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  28. Sept. 10: The Supremes “You Can’t Hurry Love” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  29. Sept. 17: The Happenings “See You in September” (HR: 1)
  30. Sept. 24: The Association “Cherish” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  31. Oct. 15: The Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (BB: 2, CB: 1)
  32. Oct. 22: & the Mysterians “96 Tears” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  33. Oct. 29: The Monkees “Last Train to Clarksville” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  34. Nov. 12: Johnny Rivers “Poor Side of Town” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  35. Nov. 19: The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  36. Nov. 19: The Supremes “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  37. Nov. 26: The New Vaudeville “Winchester Cathedral” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1)

  38. Dec. 17: Donovan “Mellow Yellow” (HR: 2)
  39. Dec. 24: The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (BB: 7, CB: 8, HR: 5)
  40. Dec. 31: Frank Sinatra “That’s Life” (HR: 2)

1967:

  1. Jan. 7: The Royal Guardsmen “Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron” (HR: 1)

  2. Feb. 11: The Seekers “Georgy Girl” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  3. Feb. 18: The Buckinghams “Kind of a Drag” (BB: 2, HR: 1)
  4. Feb. 25: The Beatles “Ruby Tuesday” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 1)

  5. March 4: The Supremes “Love Is Here and Now We’re Gone” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  6. March 18: The Beatles “Penny Lane” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  7. March 25: The Turtles “Happy Together” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 2)

  8. April 15: The Monkees “A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You” (CB: 2, HR: 1)
  9. April 15: Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra “Somethin’ Stupid” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 3)

  10. May 13: The Supremes “The Happening” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  11. May 20: The Young Rascals “Groovin’” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  12. June 3: Aretha Franklin “Respect” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 3)
  13. June 3: The Happenings “I Got Rhythm” (CB: 1)
  14. June 24: The Turtles “She'd Rather Be with Me” (HR: 1)

  15. July 1: The Association “Windy” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 2)
  16. July 15: The Music Explosion “Little Bit O’ Soul” (HR: 1)
  17. July 15: Frankie Valli “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (CB: 2, HR: 2)
  18. July 29: The Doors “Light My Fire” (BB: 3, CB: 1, HR: 1)

  19. Aug. 12: The Beatles “All You Need Is Love” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  20. Aug. 26: Bobbie Gentry “Ode to Billie Joe” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 4)

  21. Sept. 23: The Box Tops “The Letter” (BB: 4, CB: 3, HR: 4)

  22. Oct. 14: The Association “Never My Love” (CB: 1)
  23. Oct. 21: Lulu “To Sir with Love” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  24. Nov. 11: Sam & Dave “Soul Man” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  25. Nov. 18: Strawberry Alarm Clock “Incense and Peppermints” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  26. Nov. 25: The Cowsills “The Rain, the Park, and Other Things” (CB: 1)

  27. Dec. 2: The Monkees “Daydream Believer” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)
  28. Dec. 23: The Beatles “Hello Goodbye” (BB: 3, CB: 2, HR: 4)

1968:

  1. Jan. 13: Gladys Knight & the Pips “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (CB: 1)
  2. Jan. 20: Aretha Franklin “Chain of Fools” (CB: 1)
  3. Jan. 20: John Fred & His Playboys “Judy in Disguise with Glasses” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)

  4. Feb. 3: The American Breed “Bend Me, Shape Me” (HR: 1)
  5. Feb. 3: The Lemon Pipers “Green Tambourine” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  6. Feb. 10: Paul Mauriat “Love Is Blue (L'Amour Est Bleu)” (BB: 5, CB: 7, HR: 3)

  7. March 9: Dionne Warwick “Theme from ‘Valley of the Dolls’” (HR: 2)
  8. March 16: Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (BB: 4)
  9. March 23: 1910 Fruitgum Co. “Simon Says” (HR: 1)
  10. March 30: The Monkees “Valleri” (CB: 2, HR: 2)

  11. April 13: Bobby Goldsboro “Honey” (BB: 5, CB: 4, HR: 5)
  12. April 13: Gary Puckett & the Union Gap “Young Girl” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  13. May 18: Archie Bell & the Drells “Tighten Up” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  14. May 25: Simon & Garfunkel “Mrs. Robinson” (BB: 3, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  15. June 22: Herb Alpert “This Guy’s in Love with You” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 4)

  16. July 20: Hugh Masekela “Grazing in the Grass” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 3)
  17. July 20: The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (CB: 1)

  18. Aug. 3: The Doors “Hello, I Love You” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 1)
  19. Aug. 3: Gary Puckett & the Union Gap “Lady Willpower” (CB: 1, HR: 1)
  20. Aug. 10: Mason Williams “Classical Gas” (CB: 1)
  21. Aug. 17: The Rascals “People Got to Be Free” (BB: 5, CB: 3, HR: 2)

  22. Sept. 7: Jeannie C. Riley “Harper Valley P.T.A.” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 3)
  23. Sept. 21: The Beatles “Hey Jude” (BB: 9, CB: 7, HR: 4)

  24. Oct. 26: Mary Hopkin “Those Were the Days” (CB: 2, HR: 4)

  25. Nov. 23: The Supremes “Love Child” (BB: 2, CB: 3, HR: 4)

  26. Dec. 14: Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (BB: 7, CB: 5, HR: 1)
  27. Dec. 14: Stevie Wonder “For Once in My Life” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

1969:

  1. Jan. 4: The Supremes & the Temptations “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” (CB: 1, HR: 3)
  2. Jan. 25: Young Holt Unlimited “Soulful Strut (Am I the Same Girl)” (HR: 1)

  3. Feb. 1: Tommy James & the Shondells “Crimson and Clover” (BB: 2, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  4. Feb. 8: The Doors “Touch Me” (CB: 1)
  5. Feb. 15: Sly & the Family Stone “Everyday People” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  6. Feb. 22: The Foundations “Build Me Up Buttercup” (CB: 2, HR: 2)

  7. March 8: The Turtles “You Showed Me” (HR: 1)
  8. March 15: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (HR: 1)
  9. March 15: Tommy Roe “Dizzy” (BB: 4, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  10. March 29: The Zombies “Time of the Season” (CB: 1)

  11. April 5: The Fifth Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (BB: 6, CB: 5, HR: 4)

  12. May 3: The Cowsills “Hair” (CB: 2, HR: 3)
  13. May 24: The Beatles with Billy Preston “Get Back” (BB: 5, CB: 5, HR: 4)

  14. June 21: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Bad Moon Rising” (HR: 1)
  15. June 28: Henry Mancini “Love Theme from ‘Romeo and Juliet’” (BB: 2, CB: 2, HR: 1)
  16. June 28: Elvis Presley “In the Ghetto” (CB: 1, HR: 1)

  17. July 12: Three Dog Night “One” (HR: 1)
  18. July 12: Zager & Evans “In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)” (BB: 6, CB: 4, HR: 4)

  19. Aug. 9: Tommy James & the Shondells “Crystal Blue Persuasion” (HR: 1)
  20. Aug. 16: The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  21. Sept. 6: Johnny Cash “A Boy Named Sue (live)” (HR: 1)
  22. Sept. 13: The Archies “Sugar, Sugar” (BB: 4, CB: 4, HR: 3)

  23. Oct. 4: Three Dog Night “Easy to Be Hard” (HR: 2)
  24. Oct. 11: Bobby Sherman “Little Woman” (CB: 1)
  25. Oct. 18: Oliver “Jean” (HR: 1)
  26. Oct. 18: Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (BB: 1, CB: 2, HR: 2)
  27. Oct. 18: The Temptations “I Can’t Get Next to You” (BB: 2)

  28. Nov. 1: The Fifth Dimension “The Wedding Bell Blues” (BB: 3, CB: 3, HR: 1)
  29. Nov. 8: “Something” (BB: 1: CB: 2, HR: 2)
  30. Nov. 22: The Beatles “Come Together” (BB: 1, CB: 3, HR: 3)

  31. Dec. 6: Steam “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” (BB: 2, HR: 1)
  32. Dec. 13: Blood, Sweat & Tears “And When I Die” (CB: 1)
  33. Dec. 20: Peter, Paul & Mary “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (BB: 1, CB: 1, HR: 2)
  34. Dec. 27: The Supremes “Someday We’ll Be Together” (BB: 1, CB: 2)

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First posted 3/31/2022; last updated 4/1/2022.

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Girl Groups: Top 100 Songs

Girl Groups:

Top 100 Songs

Girl groups emerged in the early days of rock and roll. They were typically vocal groups with three or more singers and could be viewed as the female version of doo-wop. However, while the term “girl groups” is typically associated with the ‘50s and ‘60s, this list reflects how such music is not restricted to those decades. This list was created by aggregating over 20 lists and then taking all those songs appearing on 2 or more lists and ranking them based on overall DMDB points.

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  1. Martha & the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street” (1964)
  2. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963)
  3. Spice Girls “Wannabe” (1996)
  4. Sister Sledge “We Are Family” (1979)
  5. The Supremes “Baby Love” (1964)
  6. The Supremes “Stop! In the Name of Love” (1965)
  7. The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (1960)
  8. The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go” (1964)
  9. The Supremes “You Can’t Hurry Love” (1966)
  10. The Andrews Sisters “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy’ (1941)

  11. The Marvelettes “Please Mr. Postman” (1961)
  12. TLC “Waterfalls” (1994)
  13. The Emotions “Best of My Love” (1977)
  14. Martha & the Vandellas “Heat Wave” (1963)
  15. The Chordettes “Mr. Sandman” (1954)
  16. TLC “No Scrubs” (1999)
  17. The Bangles “Walk Like an Egyptian” (1986)
  18. The Dixie Cups “Chapel of Love” (1964)
  19. The Chiffons “He’s So Fine” (1963)
  20. Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (2000)

  21. The Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack” (1964)
  22. The Supremes “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (1966)
  23. The Crystals “Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)” (1963)
  24. The Crystals “He’s a Rebel” (1962)
  25. Destiny’s Child “Say My Name” (1999)
  26. Martha & the Vandellas “Nowhere to Run” (1965)
  27. The Shirelles “Soldier Boy” (1962)
  28. The Supremes “Love Child” (1968)
  29. The Supremes “Someday We’ll Be Together” (1969)
  30. The Chiffons “One Fine Day” (1963)

  31. The Pussycat Dolls with Busta Rhymes “Don’t Cha” (2005)
  32. The Bangles “Eternal Flame” (1988)
  33. The Chantels “Maybe” (1958)
  34. LaBelle “Lady Marmalade” (1974)
  35. The Angels “My Boyfriend’s Back” (1963)
  36. The Supremes “Come See About Me” (1964)
  37. The Shangri-La’s “Remember Walking in the Sand” (1964)
  38. The Shirelles “Dedicated to the One I Love” (1959)
  39. The Go-Go’s “We Got the Beat” (1982)
  40. The Crystals “Then He Kissed Me” (1963)

  41. The Weather Girls “It’s Raining Men” (1982)
  42. The Supremes “I Hear a Symphony” (1965)
  43. The Bobbettes “Mr. Lee” (1957)
  44. Martha & the Reeves “Jimmy Mack” (1967)
  45. The Supremes “Back in My Arms Again” (1965)
  46. The Toys “A Lover’s Concerto” (1965)
  47. The Go-Go’s “Our Lips Are Sealed” (1981)
  48. The Pointer Sisters “I’m So Excited” (1982)
  49. En Vogue “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” (1992)
  50. The Supremes “Reflections” (1967)

  51. The Chordettes “Lollipop” (1958)
  52. The Pointer Sisters “Slow Hand” (1981)
  53. Fifth Harmony with Ty Dolla $ign “Work from Home” (2016)
  54. Wilson Phillips “Hold On” (1990)
  55. The Exciters “Tell Him” (1962)
  56. Sisters with Voices (SWV) “Weak” (1993)
  57. Destiny’s Child “Survivor” (2001)
  58. The Supremes “Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone” (1967)
  59. The Jaynetts “Sally Go ‘Round the Roses” (1963)
  60. The Shirelles “Baby It’s You” (1961)

  61. En Vogue “Hold On” (1990)
  62. Destiny’s Child “Bootylicious” (2001)
  63. Paris Sisters “I Love How You Love Me” (1961)
  64. The Pointer Sisters “Fire” (1978)
  65. The Ad Libs “Boy from New York City” (1965)
  66. The Poni-Tails “Born Too Late” (1958)
  67. All Saints “Never Ever” (1997)
  68. The Essex “Easier Said Than Done” (1963)
  69. Bananarama “Venus” (1986)
  70. The Dixie Cups “Iko Iko” (1965)

  71. Silver Convention “Get Up and Boogie (That’s Right)” (1976)
  72. TLC “Creep” (1994)
  73. Wilson Phillips “Release Me” (1990)
  74. The Ronettes “Baby I Love You” (1963)
  75. The Murmaids “Popsicles and Icicles” (1963)
  76. The Crystals “There’s No Other Like My Baby” (1961)
  77. The Supremes “When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes” (1963)
  78. The Shirelles “Mama Said” (1961)
  79. The Crystals “He’s Sure the Boy I Love” (1962)
  80. Bananarama “Cruel Summer” (1983)

  81. The Ronettes “Do I Love You?” (1964)
  82. The Supremes “Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart” (1966)
  83. Jade “Don’t Walk Away” (1992)
  84. The Supremes “The Happening” (1967)
  85. Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue “Whatta Man” (1993)
  86. TLC “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg” (1992)
  87. The Cookies “Chains” (1962)
  88. Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” (1963)
  89. TLC “What About Your Friends” (1992)
  90. The Pointer Sisters “Automatic” (1984)

  91. Spice Girls “Say You’ll Be There” (1997)
  92. The Shirelles “Tonight’s the Night” (1960)
  93. Salt-N-Pepa “Shoop” (1993)
  94. Sugababes “Freak Like Me” (2002)
  95. The Chiffons “Sweet Talkin’ Guy” (1966)
  96. En Vogue “Don’t Let Go (Love)” (1996)
  97. The Crystals “Uptown” (1962)
  98. The Supremes “My World Is Empty without You” (1965)
  99. En Vogue “Free Your Mind” (1992)
  100. The Ronettes “Walking in the Rain” (1964)

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First posted 4/14/2020; last updated 5/11/2021.