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Monday, October 11, 2021

Acclaimed Music: Top 100 Songs

Acclaimed Music:

Top 100 Songs

AcclaimedMusic.net was created by Henrik Franzon from Stockholm, Sweden. On the website, he explains his interest in critics’ lists started in 1994 with Swedish magazine Pop’s 100 best albums in the world. He then discovered Julian’s Rock Lists, eventually writing a computer program to determine ultimate lists of albums and songs. He launched the website in September 2001.

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1. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
2. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
3. The Beatles “A Day in the Life” (1967)
4. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
5. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
6. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
7. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963)
8. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)
9. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
10. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)

11. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
12. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
13. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
14. The Who “My Generation” (1965)
15. Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
16. The Beach Boys “God Only Knows” (1966)
17. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
18. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
19. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)
20. M.I.A. “Paper Planes” (2007)

21. The Clash “London Calling” (1979)
22. The Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil” (1968)
23. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
24. Little Richard “Tutti Frutti” (1955)
25. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
26. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message” (1982)
27. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959)
28. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
29. Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1964)
30. David Bowie “Heroes” (1977)

31. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)
32. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)
33. Pulp “Common People” (1995)
34. The Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter” (1969)
35. Billie Holiday “Strange Fruit” (1939) (1939)
36. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
37. Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003)
38. The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army” (2003)
39. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)
40. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)

41. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
42. New Order “Blue Monday” (1983)
43. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
44. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
45. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
46. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006)
47. The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1964)
48. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
49. The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” (1967)
50. Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out” (2004)

51. Missy Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” (2001)
52. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)
53. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
54. Donna Summer “I Feel Love” (1977)
55. The Smiths “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” (1986)
56. David Bowie “Space Oddity” (1969)
57. Ben E. King “Stand by Me” (1961)
58. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)
59. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (1997)
60. Bill Haley & the Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)

61. Derek & the Dominos “Layla” (1971)
62. Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep, Mountain High” (1966)
63. Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” (1991)
64. Beck “Loser” (1993)
65. Public Enemy “Fight the Power” (1989)
66. Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime” (1980)
67. Radiohead “Paranoid Android” (1997)
68. Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” (1969)
69. Kendrick Lamar “Alright” (2015)
70. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)

71. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1972)
72. Eagles “Hotel California” (1976)
73. Jay-Z “99 Problems” (2003)
74. Robyn “Dancing on My Own” (2010)
75. Beyoncé “Formation” (2016)
76. Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” (1971)
77. The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1968)
78. LCD Soundsystem “All My Friends” (2007)
79. The Mamas & Papas “California Dreamin’” (1965)
80. Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” (1976)

81. Martha & the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street” (1964)
82. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956)
83. Grimes “Oblivion” (2012)
84. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
85. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
86. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
87. The Smiths “How Soon Is Now? ” (1984)
88. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
89. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (1967)
90. The Band “The Weight” (1968)

91. Kanye West feat. Pusha T “Runaway” (2010)
92. The Specials “Ghost Town” (1981)
93. Lorde “Royals” (2013)
94. Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” (2013)
95. Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (1969)
96. David Bowie “Life on Mars?” (1971)
97. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)
98. Elvis Presley “That’s All Right” (1954)
99. James Brown “Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine” (1970)
100. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)

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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.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Jeff Barry - Happy 80th Birthday! His Top 30 Songs

Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, image from Cue Castanents! Blog

Jeff Barry

Top 30 Songs

Pop singwriter Jeff Barry was born Joel Adleberg on 4/3/1938 in Brooklyn, NY. He often worked with his wife, Ellie Greenwich, as one of the famous Brill Building songwriting teams. Their song, “Be My Baby,” is featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era, 1954-1999. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

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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. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to singles charts.)

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Be My Baby (The Ronettes, 1963) #1 CB
2. Sugar, Sugar (The Archies, 1969) #1 US, CB, HR, UK, CN
3. River Deep, Mountain High (Ike & Tina Turner, 1966)

DMDB Top 5%:

4. I Honestly Love You (Olivia Newton-John, 1974) #1 US, CB, HR, RR, AC, CN, AU
5. Chapel of Love (The Dixie Cups, 1964) #1 US, CB, HR, RB, CN
6. Da Doo Ron Ron (The Crystals, 1963)
7. Do Wah Diddy Diddy (Manfred Mann, 1964) #1 US, CB, HR, UK, CN
8. Leader of the Pack (The Shangri-La’s, 1964) #1 US, CB, HR, RB
9. Hanky Panky (Tommy James & the Shondells, 1966) #1 US, CB, HR, CN
10. Then He Kissed Me (The Crystals, 1963)

DMDB Top 10%:

11. Tell Laura I Love Her (Ricky Valance, 1960) #1 UK

DMDB Top 20%:

12. Take Me Home Tonight (Eddie Money with Ronnie Spector, 1986) #1 AR
13. Baby I Love You (The Ronettes, 1963)
14. I Can Hear Music (The Beach Boys, 1969)
15. A Fine Fine Boy (Darlene Love, 1963)
16. Teenage Sonata (Sam Cooke, 1960)
17. Jingle Jangle (The Archies, 1969)
18. Montego Bay (Bobby Bloom, 1970)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

19. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Darlene Love, 1963)
20. Little Boy (The Crystals, 1964)

21. Wait ‘Til My Bobby Gets Home (Darlene Love, 1963)
22. Not Too Young to Get Married (Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, 1963)
23. I Got to Go Back and Watch That Little Girl Dance (The McCoys, 1966)
24. Nasty Girl (Nitty, 2004) #1 AU
25. I Have a Boyfriend (The Chiffons, 1963)
26. Chip Chip (Gene McDaniels, 1962)
27. All Grown Up (The Crystals, 1964)
28. Good Night Baby (The Butterflys, 1964)
29. Bang-Shang-A-Lang (The Archies, 1968)
30. Who’s Your Baby? (The Archies, 1970)

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Saturday, August 31, 2013

50 years ago: The Ronettes charted with “Be My Baby”

Be My Baby

The Ronettes

Writer(s): Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector (see lyrics here)

First Charted: August 31, 1963

Peak: 2 US, 11 CB, 2 HR, 4 RB, 4 UK, 2 CN, 1 DF (Click for codes to singles charts.)

Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.4 UK

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 2.0 radio, 67.4 video, 185.31 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

This “staple of oldies radio” AMG represents “the quintessence of the ‘girl group’ aesthetic of the early 1960s” NRR but also served as “the Rosetta stone for studio pioneers such as the Beatles and Brian Wilson.” RS500 He called the song his favorite RS500 and even recorded an answer song, “Don’t Worry Baby,” with his group the Beach Boys. SF

The song is also one of the best examples of the wall of sound NRR a method introduced by producer Phil Spector of layering multiple instruments to create “a slow-burn pop symphony.” AMG Ronnie Bennett, the only Ronette to sing on the song, RS500 has speculated that her then-blossoming romance with Spector may have inspired the song. SF They would marry in 1968, but when they split six years later, the song actually figured into the divorce settlement with Bennett denied the right to sing the song on TV. SF In 1986, though, she did revive parts of it in Eddie Money’s top 10 pop hit “Take Me Home Tonight.” SF

Ironically, “Spector’s most grand most grandiose production to date” was crafted around “the least polished vocalist in his stable.” AMG He “built a rock and roll cathedral around what little her voice had to offer” MA by making Bennett rehearse for weeks and then doing 42 takes once in the studio. RS500 Despite her vocal shortcomings, “Be My Baby” actually works because “her voice radiates pure baby-doll sexuality.” AMG

The song has remained a music fixture for movie soundtracks, most effectively used in the opening credits of Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets and in the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing. AMG

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

R.I.P. Ellie Greenwich/ Her Top 30 Songs

First posted 12/15/2019.

Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry, image from Cue Castanents! Blog

Ellie Greenwich was a pop songwriter and record producer born 10/23/1940 in Brookly, NY. Died 8/26/2009. She and husband Jeff Barry were one of the famous Brill Building songwriting teams. Discovered Neil Diamond. Click here for a detailed list of songs which Greenwich wrote or co-wrote, produced, or recorded. Greenwich and Barry wrote “Be My Baby,” which is featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era, 1954-1999. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

Top 30 Songs
Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on the following charts have been noted: Billboard Hot 100 pop charts (US), Cashbox (CB), Hit Records (HR), Radio & Records (RR), Billboard R&B chart (RB), Billboard country chart (CW), Billboard album rock chart (AR), United Kingdom pop chart (UK), Canadian pop chart (CN), and Australian pop chart (AU).

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Be My Baby (The Ronettes, 1963) #1 CB
2. River Deep, Mountain High (Ike & Tina Turner, 1966)

DMDB Top 5%:

3. Chapel of Love (The Dixie Cups, 1964) #1 US, CB, HR, RB, CN
4. Da Doo Ron Ron (The Crystals, 1963)
5. Do Wah Diddy Diddy (Manfred Mann, 1964) #1 US, CB, HR, UK, CN
6. Leader of the Pack (The Shangri-La’s, 1964) #1 US, CB, HR, RB
7. Hanky Panky (Tommy James & the Shondells, 1966) #1 US, CB, HR, CN
8. Then He Kissed Me (The Crystals, 1963)

DMDB Top 20%:

9. Take Me Home Tonight (Eddie Money with Ronnie Spector, 1986) #1 AR
10. Baby I Love You (The Ronettes, 1963)
11. I Can Hear Music (The Beach Boys, 1969)
12. A Fine Fine Boy (Darlene Love, 1963)
13. Today I Met the Boy I’m Gonna Marry (Darlene Love, 1963)
14. Why Do Lovers Break Each Other’s Hearts (Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, 1963)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

15. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Darlene Love, 1963)
16. Little Boy (The Crystals, 1964)
17. Wait ‘Til My Bobby Gets Home (Darlene Love, 1963)
18. Not Too Young to Get Married (Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, 1963)
19. I Have a Boyfriend (The Chiffons, 1963)
20. All Grown Up (The Crystals, 1964)

21. Good Night Baby (The Butterflys, 1964)
22. Out in the Streets (The Shangri-La’s, 1965)
23. One Boy Too Late (Mike Clifford, 1963)
24. Maybe I Know (Lesley Gore, 1964)
25. What a Guy (The Raindrops, 1963)
26. I Wanna Love Him (The Jelly Beans, 1964)
27. I’ll Take You Where the Music’s Playing (The Drifters, 1965)
28. Little Bell (The Dixie Cups, 1964)
29. The Kind of Boy You Can’t Forget (The Raindrops, 1963)
30. He’s Got the Power (The Exciters, 1963)

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Saturday, February 28, 2009

Mojo: Top 100 Songs

Mojo:

Top 100 Songs

Mojo is a monthly UK magazine first published in October 1993. They have published multiple best-of lists over the years. Below is an exclusive Dave’s Music Database list in which 15 song-based lists (see links at bottom of page) from Mojo hae been aggregated into one best-of list.

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1. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)
2. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
3. The Ronettes “Be My Baby” (1963)
4. Oasis “Live Forever” (1994)
5. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
6. Ike & Tina Turner “River Deep, Mountain High” (1966)
7. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
8. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
9. The Miracles “The Tracks of My Tears” (1965)
10. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)

11. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message” (1982)
12. The Beach Boys “God Only Knows” (1966)
13. The La’s “There She Goes” (1990)
14. Pulp “Common People” (1995)
15. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
16. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
17. The Beatles “Revolution” (1968)
18. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
19. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
20. The Beatles “Penny Lane” (1967)

21. The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1968)
22. The Beatles “Paperback Writer” (1966)
23. The Beatles “Rain” (1966)
24. The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1965)
25. Billie Holiday “Strange Fruit” (1939)
26. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)
27. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
28. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
29. The Smiths “This Charming Man” (1983)
30. The Who “My Generation” (1966)

31. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959)
32. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
33. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
34. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
35. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)
36. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
37. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)
38. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)
39. The Byrds “Eight Miles High” (1966)
40. Kate Bush “Wuthering Heights” (1978)

41. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
42. Blue Oyster Cult “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” (1976)
43. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
44. ? and the Mysterians “96 Tears” (1966)
45. The Specials “Ghost Town” (1981)
46. Squeeze “Up the Junction” (1979)
47. The Small Faces “Itchycoo Park” (1967)
48. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
49. The Dils “I Hate the Rich” (1978)
50. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)

51. Sex Pistols “Holidays in the Sun” (1977)
52. Martha & the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street” (1964)
53. Edwin Starr “War” (1970)
54. The Undertones “Teenage Kicks” (1978)
55. The Clash “White Riot” (1977)
56. The Poni Tails “Born Too Late” (1958)
57. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)
58. Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1965)
59. Marvin Gaye “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” (1971)
60. Derek and the Dominos “Layla” (1971)

61. Stevie Wonder “Living for the City” (1973)
62. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
63. The Kinks “You Really Got Me” (1964)
64. Link Wray and His Men “Rumble” (1958)
65. R.E.M “.Losing My Religion” (1991)
66. James Brown “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (1965)
67. Booker T. & the MG’s “Green Onions” (1962)
68. The Rolling Stones “Sympathy for the Devil” (1968)
69. Del Shannon “Runaway” (1961)
70. Manic Street Preachers “A Design for Life” (1996)

71. David Bowie “Space Oddity” (1969)
72. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
73. This Mortal Coil “Song to the Siren” (1984)
74. The Small Faces “Tin Soldier” (1967)
75. The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” (1967)
76. Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” (1991)
77. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)
78. Eddie Cochran “Summertime Blues” (1958)
79. Mott the Hoople “All the Young Dudes” (1972)
80. Jimmy Ruffin “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted” (1966)

81. Primal Scream “Higher Than the Sun” (1991)
82. Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Two Tribes” (1984)
83. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)
84. Oasis “Champagne Supernova” (1996)
85. Chic “Good Times” (1979)
86. McAlmont & Butler “Yes” (1995)
87. Radiohead “Creep” (1993)
88. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Hey Joe” (1966)
89. The Temptations “My Girl” (1964)
90. Martha & the Vandellas “Heat Wave” (1963)

91. The Smiths “How Soon Is Now?” (1984)
92. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps “Be-Bop-A-Lula” (1956)
93. Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” (1976)
94. Television Personalities “Part-Time Punks” (1978)
95. Pete Seeger “We Shall Overcome” (1963)
96. Kraftwerk “Autobahn” (1974)
97. Subway Sect “Ambition” (1978)
98. Ultravox “Vienna” (1981)
99. Fairport Convention “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” (1969)
100. R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts”” (1993)

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First posted 12/10/2010; last updated 4/8/2021.

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