Da Doo Ron Ron |
Crystals, The |
1963 |
(#3) Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich |
Daddy Sang Bass |
Johnny Cash |
1968 |
(#42) Carl Perkins |
Daddy’s Home |
Shep & The Limelites |
1961 |
(#2) Jimmy Sheppard, William Miller |
Daddy’s Little Girl |
Mills Brothers, The |
1950 |
(#1) Bobby Burke & Horace Gerlach |
Daddy-O |
Fontane Sisters, The |
1955 |
(#11)Don Raye & Gene DePaul |
Dance to the Music |
Sly & The Family Stone |
1968 |
(#8) |
Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower) |
Georgia Gibbs |
1955 |
(#1) Hank Ballard, Johnny Otis; re-work of Ballard’s "Work With Me, Annie" & Etta James’ "Roll With Me, Henry" |
Dance With Me |
Orleans |
1975 |
(#6) John & Johanna Hall |
Dance with the Guitar Man |
Duane Eddy & The Rebelettes |
1962 |
(#12) Duane Eddy, Lee Hazlewood |
Dance, Dance, Dance |
Beach Boys, The |
1965 |
Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson |
Dance, The |
Garth Brooks |
1989 |
Tony Arata |
Dancin' With Someone (Longin' For You) |
Teresa Brewer |
1953 |
(#17) |
Dancing in the Dark |
Bing Crosby |
1931 |
Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz, in The Band Wagon |
Dancing in the Street |
Martha & The Vandellas |
1964 |
(#2) William Stevenson, Marvin Gay, Ivory Joe Hunter |
Dancing on the Ceiling |
Frank Sinatra |
1930 |
Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers |
Dancing Queen |
Abba |
1974 |
(#1) Benny & Stig Anderson, Bjorn Ulvaous |
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes |
Ruth Etting |
1930 |
(#1) Al Dubin & Joe Burke |
Dang Me |
Roger Miller |
1964 |
(#7) Roger Miller; Granny winner for C&W song, 1964 (1st of 2 in a row) |
Danger! Heartbreak Ahead |
Jaye P. Morgan |
1955 |
(#12) Carl Stutz, Nathan Barefoot Jr. |
Dangling Conversation, The |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1966 |
(#25) Paul Simon |
Daniel |
Elton John |
1973 |
(#2) Elton John, Bernie Taupin |
Danke Schoen |
Wayne Newton |
1963 |
(#13) Kurt Schwabach, Milt Gabler & Bert Kaempfert |
Danny Boy |
Conway Twitty |
1959 |
(#10) Lyr Frederick Weatherly, 1913, to "Londonderry Aire" (ca 1855) |
Danny’s Song |
Anne Murray |
1973 |
(#73) Kenny Loggins |
Dark As a Dungeon |
Weavers, The |
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Merle Travis, 1947 |
Dark Moon |
Gale Storm |
1957 |
(#4)Ned Miller |
Darktown Strutters’ Ball |
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1917 |
Shelton Brooks |
Darlin’ Corey |
Weavers, The |
1956 |
Adapted by Huddie Ledbetter |
Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup |
Nat "King" Cole |
1955 |
(#7) Anna Sosenko, 1935 |
Darn That Dream |
Benny Goodman |
1940 |
(#1) Eddie DeLange & Jimmy Van Heusen; vocal by Mildred Bailey |
Dawn (Go Away) |
Four Seasons, The |
1964 |
(#3) Bob Gaudio, Sandy Linzer |
Dawn of Correction, The |
Spokesmen, The |
1965 |
(#36) |
Day After Day |
Doris Day |
1937 |
recorded with Barney Rapp band; regarded as her signature song |
Day By Day |
Jo Stafford |
1953 |
Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl & Paul Weston (1945) |
Day Is Done |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1969 |
Peter Yarrow |
Day That Clancy Drowned, The |
Ray Stevens |
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Day that the Rains Came, The |
Jane Morgan |
1958 |
(#21) Pierre Delanoe (Eng. Carl Sigman), Gilbert Becaud |
Day Tripper |
Beatles, The |
1965 |
(#5) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Daydream Believer |
Monkees, The |
1967 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) John C. Stewart (of the Kingston Trio) |
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) |
Harry Belefonte |
1957 |
(#5) Erik Darling, Bob Carey, Alan Arkin (three others charted previous year) |
Days of Wine and Roses |
Andy Williams |
1963 |
(#26) Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer, movie same name; Oscar, 1962 (2nd in a row); 2 Grammies, 1963 |
Daytime Friends & Nighttime Lovers |
Kenny Rogers |
1977 |
(#28) |
Dead Man’s Curve |
Jan & Dean |
1964 |
(#8) (Jan Berry’s car wreck was 1966) |
Dead Skunk |
Loudon Wainwright III |
1973 |
(#16) Loudon Wainwright III (played Capt. Spaulding on MASH) |
Dear Heart |
Andy Williams |
1964 |
(#24) (Henry Mancini version #77) Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini |
December '62 (Oh What a Night) |
Four Seasons, The |
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Robert Gaudio, Judy Parker |
Deck the Halls |
Traditional |
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Old Welsh air |
Dede Dinah |
Frankie Avalon |
1958 |
(#7) |
Dedicated to the One I Love |
Mamas & Papas |
1967 |
(#23) Lowman Pauling (actual writer, of the 5 Royales), Ralph Bass (credit only), 1961 |
Deep Purple |
Nino Tempo & April Stevens |
1969 |
(#1) Mitchell Parish (later), Peter DeRose, 1939 (Billy Ward version 1957, #20) one of many of his add-on lyrics |
Delaware |
Perry Como |
1960 |
(#22) Irving Gordon |
Delia’s Gone (One More Round) |
Kingston Trio, The |
1963 |
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Delicado |
Percy Faith & His Orchestra |
1952 |
(#1) (Instrumental) Jack Lawrence, Waldyr Azevedo |
Delilah |
Tom Jones |
1968 |
(#15) Les reed, Barry Mason |
Della and the Dealer |
Hoyt Axton |
1979 |
Hoyt Axton; featured on an episode of "WKRP In Cincinnati" |
Delta Dawn |
Helen Reddy |
1972 |
(#1) Alex Harvey, Larry Collins; previously recorded by Tanya Tucker, 1972 |
Dennis the Menace |
Rosemary Clooney and Jimmy Boyd |
1953 |
(#25) |
Desert Pete |
Kingston Trio, The |
1963 |
(#33) |
Desperado |
Eagles |
1973 |
Don Henley, Glenn Frey |
Detour |
Patti Page |
1951 |
(#5) Paul Westmorland (written 1945?) |
Detroit City |
Bobby Bare |
1963 |
(#16) Danny Dill, Mel Tillis; Grammy winner 1963 (C&W); later #27 for Tom Jones, 1967 |
Devil in Disguise |
Elvis Presley |
1963 |
(#3) |
Devil Or Angel |
Bobby Vee |
1960 |
(#6) first recorded by The Clovers, ca 1954 |
Devil With The Blue Dress |
Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels |
1966 |
(#6) |
Devil Woman |
Marty Robbins |
1962 |
(#16) Christine Authors, Terry Britten |
Devoted to You |
Everly Brothers |
1958 |
(#10) Boudleaux Bryant |
Diamond Girl |
Seals & Crofts |
1973 |
(#6) Jimmy Seals, Dash Crofts |
Diana |
Paul Anka |
1957 |
(#1) Paul Anka |
Diane |
Bachelors, The |
1964 |
(#10) Erno Rappe, Lew Pollack, 1927; written for the movie "Seventh Heaven" |
Diary |
Bread |
1972 |
David Gates |
Diary, The |
Neil Sedaka |
1958 |
(#14) |
Did She Mention My Name |
Gordon Lightfoot |
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Gordon Lightfoot |
Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind |
Lovin’ Spoonful, The |
1966 |
(#2) John Sebastian |
Did You Ever See A Dream Walking |
Kate Smith |
1933 |
Mack Gordon, Harry Revel |
Didn’t We |
Richard Harris |
1967 |
Jim Webb |
Different Drum |
Linda Ronstadt |
1967 |
(#13) Michael Nesmith |
Diggin’ Up Bones |
Randy Travis |
1986 |
Paul Overstreet, Al Gore |
Dixie Chicken |
Lowell George |
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Dixie Danny |
Laurie Sisters, The |
1955 |
(#30) |
Dizzy |
Tommy Roe |
1969 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) Fred Weller & Tommy Roe |
Do Nothing ‘Til You Hear From Me |
Ella Fitzgerald |
1956 |
Duke Ellington & Bob Russell |
Do Wah Diddy Diddy |
Manfred Mann |
1964 |
(#1) Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry |
Do You Believe In Magic |
Lovin’ Spoonful, The |
1965 |
(#9) John Sebastian |
Do You Hear What I Hear |
Traditional |
|
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Do You Know The Way to San Jose |
Dionne Warwick |
1968 |
(#10) Bert Bacharach & Hal David |
Do You Know You Are My Sunshine |
Statler Brothers, The |
|
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Do You Love Me |
Dave Clark Five, The |
1964 |
(#11) |
Do You Remember These |
Statler Brothers, The |
|
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Do You Think I’m Sexy |
Rod Stewart |
1978 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) |
Do You Wanna Dance? |
Bobby Freeman |
1958 |
(#5) Robert Freeman |
Do You Want to Know a Secret |
Beatles, The |
1964 |
(#2) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Doctor My Eyes |
Jackson Browne |
1972 |
(#8) Jackson Browne |
Doctor, Doctor |
Ray Stevens |
|
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Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor |
Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan |
1961 |
(#5) Billy Rose, Marty Baum, Ernest Breuer, 1924 (originally "Does Your Spearmint Lose It’s Flavor") |
Dog And Butterfly |
|
1979 |
Susan Ennis, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson |
Dogface Soldier |
Russ Morgan & Chorus |
1955 |
(#30) |
Doggie in the Window, The |
Patti Page |
1953 |
(#1) Bob Merrill |
Domani (Tomorrow) |
Julius LaRosa |
1955 |
(#13) Tony Velona, Ulpio Minucci |
Dominique |
Soeur Sourire (The Singing Num) |
1963 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) Soeur Sourire; she committed suicide in 1985 |
Don’t Be Cruel |
Elvis Presley |
1956 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley (credited but didn’t write) (flip side "Hound Dog"also #1) |
Don’t Blame Me |
Sarah Vaughn |
1946 |
Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh |
Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You |
Connie Francis |
1962 |
(#1) Benny Davis, Ted Murray |
Don’t Cry Out Loud |
Melissa Manchester |
1978 |
(#10) |
Don’t Forbid Me |
Pat Boone |
1956 |
(#1) Charles Singleton |
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore |
Mel Tormé |
1945 |
Bob Russell, Duke Ellington, 1942 |
Don’t Go Down to the Quarry |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
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Peter Yarrow |
Don’t Go Near the Indians |
Rex Allen |
1962 |
(#17) |
Don’t Go to Strangers |
Vaughn Monroe |
1956 |
(#38) Redd Evans, Arthur Kent, Dave Mann |
Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue |
Crystal Gayle |
1977 |
Richard Leigh; Grammy winner, 1977 (C&W); Gayle is Loretta Lynn’s sister |
Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home |
Joe South |
1969 |
(#41) Joe South |
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight |
James Taylor |
1972 |
(#14) James Taylor |
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood |
Animals, The |
1965 |
(#15) Benjamin, Marcus & Caldwell |
Don’t Let the Rain Come Down |
Serendipity Singers, The |
1964 |
(#6) University of Colorado group |
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying |
Gerry & The Pacemakers |
1964 |
(#4) Gerald Marsden |
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me |
Elton John |
1974 |
(#4) Elton John, Bernie Taupin |
Don’t Mess Around With Jim |
Jim Croce |
1972 |
Jim Croce |
Don’t Sleep in the Subway |
Petula Clark |
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Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent |
Don’t Stop |
Fleetwood Mac |
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Christie McVie |
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town |
Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two |
1959 |
(#32) |
Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1963 |
(#9) Bob Dylan |
Don’t Throw Your Love Away |
Searchers, The |
1964 |
(#16) B. Jackson, J. Wisner |
Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me |
Marty Robbins |
1961 |
(#3) Marty Robbins |
Don’t Worry Baby |
Beach Boys, The |
1964 |
(#24) |
Don’t Worry, Be Happy |
Bobby McFerrin |
1988 |
(#1 for 2 weeks) one fo the top 10 "1-hit wonders) |
Don’t You Care |
Buckinghams, The |
1967 |
(#6) Gary Brisbeir, Jim Holvay |
Don’t You Just Know It |
Huey "Piano" Smith |
1958 |
(#9) |
Don’t You Know |
Della Reese |
1959 |
(#2) Bobby Worth |
Don’t You Rock Me Daddy-O |
Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan |
1957 |
adapted by Wally Whyton & Bill Varley (of The Vipers, who also recorded it)from Dave Macon's "Sail Away Ladies," 1927 |
Dona Dona |
Joan Baez |
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Aaron Zeitlin, Shalom Secunda; Eng. Arthur Kevess & Teddy Schwartz |
Donna the Prima Donna |
Dion |
1963 |
(#6) |
Don't Be Angry |
Crew-Cuts, The |
1955 |
(#14) Napoleon Brown, Rose Marie McCoy |
Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes |
Perry Como |
1953 |
(#1) Slim Willet |
Don't Mess Up A Good Thing |
Fontella Bass & Bobby McLure |
1965 |
(#33) |
Dooley |
Kingston Trio, The |
1965 |
Mitchell Jayne, Rodney Dillard |
Door Is Still Open to My Heart, The |
Dean Martin |
1964 |
(#6) Chuck Willis; first recorded as a "doo-wop" song by The Cardinals, 1955 |
Do-Wacka-Do |
Roger Miller |
1964 |
(#31) Roger Miller |
Down at the Twist and Shout |
Mary Chapin Carpenter |
1992 |
(#2) Mary Chapin Carpenter; grammy winner |
Down By the Old Mill Stream |
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Tell Taylor (1910) |
Down By the Station |
Four Preps, The |
1959 |
(#13) Arr. Glen Larson, Bruce Beland |
Down In the Boondocks |
Billy Joe Royal |
1965 |
(#9) Joe South |
Down on the Corner |
Credence Clearwater Revival |
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Down Yonder |
Joe "Fingers" Carr |
1921 |
L. Wolfe Gilbert |
Downtown |
Petula Clark |
1964 |
(#1) Tony Hatch |
Dr. Kavorkian |
Doo-Doo-Wah |
1995 |
Ron DeLacy |
Draft Dodger Rag |
Chad Mitchell Trio, The |
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Phil Ochs |
Draggin’ The Line |
Tommy James |
1971 |
(#4) |
Dragnet |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
1953 |
(#2) Walter Schumann |
Dream |
The Pied Pipers |
1945 |
(#1) Johnny Mercer (Four Aces version #17 in 1954) Pied Pipers included Jo Stafford at this time |
Dream a Little Dream of Me |
Mama Cass Elliott |
1968 |
(#12) Gus Kahn, Wilber Schwandt, Fabian Andre 1931; first popularized by Kate Smith on radio |
Dream Along With Me |
Perry Como |
1955 |
Carl Sigman; Perry Como’s theme song |
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) |
Roy Orbison |
1962 |
(#4) Cindy Walker |
Dream Lover |
Bobby Darin |
1959 |
(#2) Bobby Darin (Darin died in 1973 in heart surgery at age 37) |
Dream Weaver |
Gary Wright |
1976 |
(#2 for 3 weeks) Gary Wright |
Dream, Dream, Dream |
|
1954 |
Mitchell Parrish (later), Jimmy McHugh |
Dreamin’ |
Johnny Burnette |
1960 |
(#11) brother of Dorsey Burnette ("Hey Little One"); both died young |
Dreams |
Fleetwood Mac |
1977 |
Stevie Nicks |
Drift Away |
Dobie Gray |
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Mentor Williams |
Drill Ye Tarriers |
|
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Tomas F. Casey (?) ca 1888 |
Driving My Life Away |
Eddie Rabbitt |
1980 |
(#5) |
Druggist Song, The |
Joel Mabus |
1998 |
Joel Mabus, on "Rhyme Schemes" |
Drunken Sailor |
Traditional |
|
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Druthers |
John Denver |
|
John Denver |
Dueling Banjos |
Deliverance |
1972 |
Arthur Smith (Played by Eric Weissberg & Steve Mardel) |
Duke of Earl |
Gene Chandler |
1962 |
(#1) Earl Edwards, Bernie Williams, Eugene Dixon |
Dum Dum |
Brenda Lee |
1961 |
(#4) Jackie DeShannon, Sharon Sheeley |
Dungaree Doll |
Eddie Fisher |
1955 |
(#7) Ben Raleigh, Sherman Edwards |
Dust In The Wind |
Kansas |
1978 |
(#6) Kerry Livgren |
Dutchman’s Gold |
Walter Brennan |
1960 |
(#30) |
Dynamite |
Brenda Lee |
1957 |
(#72) |
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) |
Penguins, The |
1955 |
(#8) Curtis Williams, Jesse Belvin |
Easier Said Than Done |
Essex, The |
1963 |
(#1) William B. Linton, Larry Huff |
East of the Sun |
Charlie Parker |
1945 |
Bowman (#9 on the Hit Parade, 1935) |
Easter Parade |
Fred Astaire |
1933 |
Irving Berlin, 1933 |
Easy to Be Hard |
Three Dog Night |
1969 |
(#4) Gerome Ragni, James Rando, in the musical Hair |
Ebb Tide |
The Righteous Brothers |
1965 |
(#5) Carl Stigman, Robert Maxwell, 1953; (Lenny Welch #25 in ‘64; also Frank Chacksfield, 1953) |
Ebony And Ivory |
Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney |
1982 |
Paul McCartney |
Ebony Eyes |
Everly Brothers, The |
1961 |
(#8) John D. Loudermilk |
Eddystone Light, The |
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|
Arr. & adapted (and new words) by Fred Hellerman |
Edelweis |
Christopher Plummer |
1959 |
Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein II in Sound of Music |
Eggplant That Ate Chicago, The |
Dr. West Medicine Show |
1966 |
(#52) Norman Greenbaum (member of the group) (also wrote "Spirit In the Sky") |
Eight Days a Week |
Beatles, The |
1965 |
(#1) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
El Condor Pasa |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1970 |
Words & Music by J.Milchberg & D. Robles from Peruvian folk tune 1933; Eng. Lyric by Paul Simon |
El Matador |
Kingston Trio, The |
1960 |
(#32) Jane Bowers, Irving Burgess |
El Paso |
Marty Robbins |
1959 |
(#1) Marty Robbins |
Eleanor Rigby |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Eli’s Coming |
Three Dog Night |
1969 |
(#10) Laura Nyro (d 1997 at 49) |
Elmer's Tune |
Glenn Miller |
1938 |
Albrecht & Sammy Gallop |
Elusive Butterfly |
Bob Lind |
1966 |
(#5) Bob Lind |
Elvira |
Oak Ridge Boys, The |
1981 |
(#5) Dallas Frazier |
Embraceable You |
Frank Sinatra |
1944 |
George & Ira Gershwin , in the movie "Girl Crazy" |
Emotions |
Brenda Lee |
1960 |
(#7) Mel Tillis, Ramsey Kearney |
Empty Arms |
Teresa Brewer |
1957 |
(#13) Ivory Joe Hunter (whose own version reached #43) |
End of the World, The |
Skeeter Davis |
1963 |
(#2) Fred Rose; this is about death of a dear one, not a split |
Endless Sleep |
Jody Reynolds |
1958 |
(#5) Delores Nance & Jody Reynolds |
Engine Engine Number 9 |
Roger Miller |
1965 |
(#7) Roger Miller |
England Swings |
Roger Miller |
1965 |
(#8) Roger Miller |
Entertainer, The |
Marvin Hamlisch |
1974 |
(#3) w/m Scott Joplin, 1902; from The Sting |
Erie Canal (Low Bridge) |
Kingston Trio, The |
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Thomas S. Allen, 1913 |
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) |
Rupert Holmes |
1979 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) |
Eve of Destruction, The |
Barry McGuire |
1965 |
(#1) P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri, V. Buggy, C. Francoia |
Even Now |
Barry Manilow |
1978 |
(#19) Marty Panzer, Barry Manilow |
Even The Nights Are Better |
Air Supply |
1982 |
(#5) Graham Russell |
Everglades, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
1960 |
(#60) Harlan Howard |
Evergreen |
Barbra Streisand |
1976 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Paul Williams, Barbra Streisand; in A Star Is Born, Oscar winner 1976; Grammy winner 1977 (song) |
Every Day With You, Girl |
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Buddy Buie & J. R. Cobb |
Every Time You Go Away |
Paul Young |
1985 |
(#1) |
Everybody Loves a Clown |
Gary Lewis & The Playboys |
1965 |
(#4) |
Everybody Loves A Lover |
Doris Day |
1958 |
(#6) Richard Adler, Robert Allen |
Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime |
Dean Martin |
1964 |
(#1) Irving Taylor, Ken Lane |
Everybody |
Tommy Roe |
1963 |
(#3) |
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool |
Connie Francis |
1960 |
(#1) Jack Keller, Howard Greenfield |
Everybody’s Talkin’ |
Harry Nilsson |
1969 |
(#6) Fred Neil from Midnight Cowboy |
Everybody's Got a Home But Me |
Eddie Fisher |
1955 |
(#20) Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II |
Everyday People |
Sly & The Family Stone |
1968 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) Sly Stewart |
Everyone's Gone to the Moon |
Jonathan King |
1965 |
(#17) Kenneth King |
Everything Happens to Me |
Frank Sinatra |
1940 |
Thomas Adair, Matt Dennis |
Everything I Do |
Bryan Adams |
1991 |
(#1 for 10 weeks) Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange, Michael Kamen; from Kevin Kostner’s Robin Hood |
Everything I Own |
Bread |
|
David Gates? |
Everything Is Beautiful |
Ray Stevens |
1970 |
(#1) Ray Stevens |
Everything That Touches You |
Association, The |
1868 |
Terry Kirkman |
Evil Ways |
Santana |
1970 |
(#9) |
Experience Unnecessary |
Sarah Vaughan |
1955 |
(#14) |
Expressway to Your Heart |
Soul Survivors |
1967 |
(#4) |
Eye of the Tiger |
Survivor |
1982 |
(#1 for 6 weeks) from Rocky III |
Faded Love |
Patsy Cline |
1963 |
(#96) (a Bob Wills #8 hit in 1950) |
Fall |
John Denver |
1972 |
John Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss, on "Rocky Mountain High" |
Falling |
Roy Orbison |
1963 |
(#22) |
Falling In Love Again |
Marlene Dietrich |
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Sammy Lerner, Fred. Hollander, In Blue Angel |
Falling In Love With Love |
Frances Langford |
1939 |
(#18) Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers; from the movie "The Boys From Syracuse" |
Fannie Mae |
Buster Brown |
1960 |
(#38) |
Far Away Places |
Margaret Whiting |
1949 |
Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer |
Farmer John |
Premiers, The |
1954 |
(#19) |
Fascinatin’ Rhythm |
|
1924 |
George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin |
Fascination |
Jane Morgan |
1957 |
(#7) Dick Manning, F.D. Marchetti, 1932 |
Fast Freight |
Kingston Trio, The |
|
Terry Gilkyson |
Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag |
Country Joe & The Fish |
1969 |
Joe McDonald |
Feel Like Makin' Love |
Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
1975 |
(#10) Ralph Michaels |
Feel Like Makin’ Love |
Roberta Flack |
1974 |
(#1) Gene McDaniels (on charts 16 weeks) |
Feelin' Stronger every Day |
Chicago |
1973 |
(#10) Peter Cetera, James Pankow |
Feelings |
Morris Albert |
1975 |
(#6) Morris Albert (Spanish by Thomas Fundora) (on charts 32 weeks) |
Feels So Good |
Chuck Mangione |
1978 |
(#4) Chuck Mangione |
Fernando |
Abba |
1976 |
(#3) |
Ferry 'Cross The Mersey |
Gerry & The Pacemakers |
1965 |
(#6) Gerry Marsden |
Fever |
Peggy Lee |
1958 |
(#8) Eddie Cooley, John Davenport |
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover |
Paul Simon |
1975 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Paul Simon |
Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge Song |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1966 |
Paul Simon (later recorded by Harpers Bizarre, #13 in 1967) |
Fingertips |
Stevie Wonder |
1963 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Henry Crosby, Clarence Paul |
Fire And Rain |
James Taylor |
1970 |
(#3) James Taylor |
Fire Lake |
Bob Seger |
1980 |
(#6) |
First Noel, The |
Traditional |
|
Traditional, pub. 1833 |
First Time Ever I Saw You Face, The |
Roberta Flack |
1972 |
(#16) Ewan MacColl (d 1989), 1957 (to his wife-to-be) (on charts 18 weeks - double Grammy winner '72, song & record) |
Five Foot Two |
|
1925 |
Ray Henderson, Sam Lewis, Joe Young |
Five Hundred Miles |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
|
Hedy West; based on "Railroader’s Lament"; also rec. by Bobby Bare (arr. Bobby Bare & Charlie Williams) (#10, 1963) |
Five O'Clock World |
Vogues, The |
1965 |
(#4) |
Flowers On the Wall |
Statler Brothers, The |
1965 |
(#4) |
Fly Away |
John Denver |
1975 |
John Denver, on "Windsong" |
Fly Like An Eagle |
Steve Miller Band |
1976 |
(#3) Charles D. Merriam |
Fly Me to the Moon |
Tony Bennett |
1965 |
(#84) Bart Howard, 1954; also rec. by Kaye Ballard, 1954, and Joe Jarnell, 1962 |
Follow Me |
John Denver |
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John Denver |
Follow That Dream |
Elvis Presley |
1962 |
(#15) |
Follow the Drinkin’ Gourd |
New Christy Minstrels |
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Paul Campbell (the Weaver’s collective pen name) |
Folsom Prison Blues |
Johnny Cash |
1968 |
(#32) Johnny Cash |
Fool Number One |
Brenda Lee |
1961 |
(#3) Kathryn R. Fulton |
Fool on the Hill |
Sergio Mendez |
1968 |
(#6) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Fool Such As I, A |
Elvis Presley |
1959 |
(#2) Bill Trader, 1953 |
Fooled |
Perry Como |
1955 |
(#20) Mann Curtis, Doris Tauber |
Fools Rush In |
Brook Benton |
1960 |
(#24) Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom, 1940; popularized by Tony Martin |
Footloose |
Kenny Loggins |
1989 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) |
For All We Know |
Carpenters, The |
1971 |
(#3) Robb Royer, Arthur James, Fred Karlin; from "Lovers And Other Strangers," Oscar winner 1971 |
For Baby (For Bobbie) |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
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John Denver, 1965 |
For Emily (Wherever I May Find Her) |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1966 |
(#53) Paul Simon |
For Lovin’ Me |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1965 |
(#30) Gordon Lightfoot |
For Me And My Gal |
Judy Garland & Gene Kelly |
1942 |
George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie, Ray Goetz, 1917 |
For My Good Fortune |
Pat Boone |
1958 |
(#23) |
For Once In My Life |
Tony Bennett |
1967 |
(#91) Ronald Miller, Orlando Murden (Stevie Wonder version, #2 in 1968) |
For Sentimental Reasons |
Sam Cooke |
1957 |
Deke Watson, William Best, 1945 (#17) |
For The Good Times |
Ray Price |
1970 |
(#11) Kris Kristofferson |
For What It’s Worth |
Buffalo Springfield |
1967 |
(#7) Stephen Stills |
For Your Eyes Only |
Sheena Easton |
1981 |
(#4) |
For Your Love |
Yardbirds, The |
1965 |
(#6) |
For Your Precious Love |
Jerry Butler & The Impressions |
1958 |
(#11) Ed Townsend |
Forest Lawn |
John Denver |
1970 |
Tom Paxton |
Forever |
Little Dippers, The |
1960 |
(#9) Buddy Killen; actually recorded by The Anita Kerr Singers |
Forever and Ever Amen |
Randy Travis |
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Forever In Blue Jeans |
Neil Diamond |
1979 |
(#20) Neil Diamond, Richard Bennett |
Forgive My Heart |
Nat "King" Cole |
1955 |
(#13) Sammy Gallop, Chester Conn |
Fortune in Dreams |
Kay Starr |
1954 |
(#17) |
Forty Miles of Bad Road |
Duane Eddy |
1959 |
(#9) Duane Eddy, Al Casey |
Four Strong Winds |
Brothers Four, The |
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Ian & Sylvia (Tyson) their first writing effort |
Four Walls |
Jim Reeves |
1957 |
(#11) Marvin Moore, George Campbell |
Fox on the Run |
Sweet |
1975 |
(#5) Brian Connelly, Stephen Priest, Andrea Scott, Michael Tucker |
Frankie and Johnny |
Brook Benton |
1961 |
(#20) c 1870-75; first published 1912; Benton d 1988 |
Fraulein |
Bobby Helms |
1957 |
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Free Bird |
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1973 |
Allan Collins, Ronnie Van Zant |
Freight Train |
Rusty Draper |
1957 |
(#6) Words & Music by Elizabeth "Libby" Cotton (Woody Guthrie’s maid, written age 12) |
Friendly Persuasion |
Pat Boone |
1956 |
(#5) Paul Webster & Dmitri Tiomkin |
Froggy Went A Courtin’ |
Brothers Four, The |
1961 |
(#32) ca 1580, author unknown |
From A Distance |
Bette Midler |
1990 |
(#2) |
From A Jack To A King |
Ned Miller |
1962 |
(#6) |
From Me to You |
Beatles, The |
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John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
From the Vine Came the Grape |
Gaylords, The |
1954 |
(#7) Leonard Whitcup, Paul Cunningham, 1949 |
Frosty The Snowman |
Gene Autry |
1950 |
Jack Rollins (Walter E. Rollins?), Steve Nelson |
Frozen Logger, The |
Weavers, The |
1951 |
James Stevens |
Fun, Fun, Fun |
Beach Boys, The |
1964 |
(#5) |
Funeral Song, The |
Limelighters, The |
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Funny How Time Slips Away |
Patsy Cline |
1961 |
(#22) Willie Nelson |
Funny Way of Laughin’ |
Burl Ives |
1962 |
(#10) Hank Cochran; Grammy winner 1962 |
G.T.O. |
Ronny & The Daytonas |
1964 |
(#4) |
Gal That Got Away, The |
Frank Sinatra |
1954 |
(#21) |
Galveston |
Glen Campbell |
1969 |
(#4) Jim Webb |
Galway Bay |
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1948 |
Arthur Colahan |
Gambler, The |
Kenny Rogers |
1978 |
(#16) Dan Schlitz; Grammy winner, 1978 (C&W) |
Game of Love |
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders |
1965 |
(#1) |
Games People Play |
Joe South |
1969 |
(#12) Joe Souter (Joe South) & Allan Tuissaint; Grammy winner, 1969 (song) |
Gang That Sang "Heart of My Heart", The |
Don Cornell |
1953 |
(#10) Ben Ryan, 1926 |
Garden of Eden, The |
Joe Valino |
1956 |
(#12) Denise Norwood |
Garden Party |
Rick Nelson |
1972 |
(#8) Rick Nelson (after being booed at Madison Square Garden) |
Garden Song, The (Inch by Inch) |
Dave Mallet |
1978 |
Dave Mallet |
Gee Whittakers! |
Pat Boone |
1955 |
(#19) |
Gee |
The Crows |
1954 |
(#14) |
Gentle On My Mind |
Glen Campbell |
1967 |
(# 62) John Hartford; Grammy winner 1967 (C&W) |
Georgia On My Mind |
Ray Charles |
1960 |
(#1) w.Hoagy Carmichael, 1927, m. Stuart Gorrell, 1930; Charles’ version is Georgia’s official state song since 1979 |
Georgie Girl |
Seekers, The |
1966 |
(#2) Jim Dale, Tom Springfield |
Get A Job |
Silhouettes, The |
1958 |
(#1) Earl Beal, Raymond Edwards, William F. Horton, Richard Lewis (one of the top ten one-hit wonders) |
Get Back |
Beatles, The |
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John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Get Happy |
Judy Garland |
1930 |
Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen, in "Summer Stock;" previously rec. by Ruth Etting |
Get Off of My Cloud |
Rolling Stones, The |
1965 |
(#1) Mick Jagger, Keith Richard |
Get Over It |
Eagles, The |
1994 |
Don Henley, Glenn Frye |
Get Together |
Youngbloods, The |
1967 |
(#62) Dino Valenti (also #5 in 1969) |
Ghost In This House |
Shenandoah |
1990 |
Hugh Priestwood |
Ghostbusters |
Ray Parker, Jr. |
1984 |
(#1) Ray Parker, Jr. |
Gigi |
Vic Damone |
1957 |
(#16) Alan J. Lerner & Frederick Loewe, in Gigi; Oscar winner, 1958 |
Gilligan’s Island |
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Gimme One Reason |
Tracey Chapman |
1998 |
Tracey Chapman |
Girl from Ipanema, The |
Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto |
1964 |
(#5) Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes & Norman Gimbel; 2 Grammies '64 (record, album) |
Girl Talk |
Tony Bennett |
1966 |
Mort Lindsey, 1964; in the movie "Harlow" |
Girl |
Beatles, The |
1965 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon |
Neil Diamond |
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Git Along, Little Dogie |
Kingston Trio, The |
1962 |
(as "Dogie’s Lament") Traditional, pub. 1893, possibly from 1880 |
Gitarzan |
Ray Stevens |
1969 |
(#8) |
Give Me The Night |
George Benson |
1980 |
(#80) |
Give My Regards to Broadway |
George M. Cohan |
1904 |
George M. Cohan; Cohan's theme song |
Giving You The Best That I've Got |
Anita Baker |
1986 |
Anita Baker & Holland |
Glad All Over |
Dave Clark Five, The |
1964 |
(#6) Dave Clark, Mike Smith |
Gloria |
Shadows of Knight, The |
1966 |
(#10) Van Morrison |
Glory of Love, The |
Benny Goodman |
1936 |
William Hill |
Glow-Worm, The |
MIlls Brothers, The |
1952 |
(#1) Paul Lincke & Heinz Bolten-Backers; Eng. lyr Johnny Mercer |
Go Away Little Girl |
Steve Lawrence |
1962 |
(#1) Carole King, Gerry Goffin |
Go Jimmy Go |
Jimmy Clanton |
1959 |
(#5) |
Go Now! |
Moody Blues, The |
1965 |
(#10) |
Go Tell It On the Mountain |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1964 |
Traditional, ca 1865 |
Go Where You Wanna Go |
Mamas & Papas, The |
1967 |
John Phillips |
Go Your Own Way |
Fleetwood Mac |
1977 |
Lindsey Buckingham |
God Bless America |
Kate Smith |
1939 |
Irving Berlin |
God Bless the Child |
Blood, Sweat & Tears |
1969 |
Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday, 1941; also recorded by Aretha Franklin |
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen |
Traditional |
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Traditional, pub. 1853 |
Goin’ Back to Texas |
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Goin’ Out Of My Head |
Little Anthony & The Imperials |
1964 |
(#6) Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein |
Goin’ Up the Country |
Canned Heat |
1969 |
(#11) |
Going to a Go-Go |
Miracles, The |
1965 |
(#11) |
Golden Earrings |
Peggy Lee |
1948 |
Victor Young, Jay Livingston & Ray Evans; also rec. by Willie Nelson, 1983 |
Goldfinger |
Shirley Bassey |
1965 |
(#8) |
Gone |
Ferlin Husky |
1957 |
(#4) |
Gone With The Wind |
Mel Torme |
1956 |
Herb Magidson & Allie Wrubel |
Gonna Find Me a Bluebird |
Marvin Rainwater |
1957 |
(#18) |
Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) |
Bill Conti |
1977 |
Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti, Carl Connors |
Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now |
Patience & Prudence (McIntyre) |
1956 |
(#11) Milton Kellom (Theresa Brewer version #25 in 1952) They were bandleader’s daughters, ages 11 & 14 |
Gonna Go Down The River |
Kingston Trio, The |
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Buddy Mize, Dallas Frazier |
Gonna Knock On Your Door |
Eddie Hodges |
1961 |
(#12) |
Goober Peas |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
Traditional, ca 1964; alludes primarily to Georgia's Civil War troops' poor food supplies |
Good and Lonesome |
Kay Starr |
1955 |
(#17) |
Good Day Sunshine |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
Good Enough for Now |
"Weird Al" Yankovic |
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Good Golly Miss Molly |
Little Richard |
1958 |
(#10) Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco |
Good Hearted Woman |
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson |
1971 |
(#25) Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson |
Good Life, The |
Tony Bennett |
1963 |
(#18) Jack Reardon, Sacha Distel |
Good Lovin’ |
Rascals, The |
1966 |
(#1) Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick (band was 3/4’s of Joey Dee’s "starlighters") |
Good Luck Charm |
Elvis Presley |
1962 |
(#1) Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder |
Good Morning Starshine |
Oliver |
1969 |
(#3) Gerome Ragni, James Rado, in the musical "Hair"; Oliver d 2/14/00 |
Good News (Chariot’s Comin’) |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
arranged by Lou Gottlieb of The Limelighters |
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1954 |
(#7) James Hudson & Calvin Carter |
Good Riddance (The Time of Your Life) |
Green Day |
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Good Timin’ |
Jimmy Jones |
1960 |
(#3) Clint Ballard Jr., Fred Tobias |
Good Vibrations |
Beach Boys, The |
1966 |
Brian Wilson & Mike Wilson |
Good-bye to Love |
Carpenters, The |
1972 |
(#7) Karen died 2/4/83 |
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
Elton John |
1973 |
(#2) Elton John, Bernie Taupin |
Goodbye, Cruel World |
James Darren |
1961 |
(#3) Gloria Shayne |
Goodnight Irene |
Gordon Jenkins with The Weavers |
1950 |
(#1) Huddie Ledbetter, adp. John Lomax, 1936 (also Jerry Reed #79 in 1962); from Gussie Davis song of 1886? |
Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1956 |
(#32) (also by The Fleetwoods, #32 in 1963) |
Goodnight, Sweetheart |
Rudy Vallee |
1931 |
Ray Noble, James Campbell & Reg Connelly |
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1954 |
(#7) |
Goody Goody |
Frankie Lymon |
1957 |
(#20) Johnny Mercer, Mat Malneck, 1936; first rec. by Benny Goodman Orch. (Helen Ward vocal); Lymon d 1968 at 25 |
Gospel Changes |
John Denver |
1971 |
Jack Williams |
Got to Get You Into My Life |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Gotta Travel On |
Billy Grammer |
1958 |
(#4) Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlick, David Lazar, Paul Six 1958 as "Done Laid Around" |
Graceland |
Paul Simon |
1986 |
(#81) Paul Simon |
Graduation Day |
Four Freshmen |
1956 |
(#17) Noel & Joe Sherman |
Grandfather’s Clock |
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1876 |
Henry Clay Work |
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer |
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Grandma’s Feather Bed |
John Denver |
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Jim Connor |
Grazing In The Grass |
Hugh Masekela |
1968 |
(#1) Philenon Hou, Harry Elston; later recorded by the Friends of Distinction |
Great Balls of Fire |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
1957 |
Jack Hammer, Otis Blackwell (#2 for 4 weeks) |
Great Mandella, The |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1967 |
Peter Yarrow |
Great Pretender, The |
Platters, The |
1955 |
(#1) Buck Ram |
Great Speckled Bird, The |
Roy Acuff |
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Rev. Guy Smith |
Green Door |
Jim Lowe |
1956 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Marvin Moore, Bob Davie |
Green Eyes |
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra |
1941 |
Sold 90,000 copies in one week; vocals by Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell |
Green Green Grass of Home |
Tom Jones |
1966 |
(#11) Curly Putnam |
Green Green |
New Christy Minstrels, The |
1963 |
(#14) Randy Sparks, Barry McGuire |
Green Leaves of Summer, The |
Brothers Four, The |
1960 |
(#65) Dimiti Tiomkin, Paul Webster, from the movie The Alamo |
Green Onions |
Booker T. & The MG’s |
1962 |
(#3) Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson, Jr., Lewis Steinberg |
Green River |
Credence Clearwater Revival |
1969 |
(#2) John Fogarty |
Green Years, The |
Eddie Fisher |
1954 |
(#8) |
Greenback Dollar |
Kingston Trio, The |
1963 |
(#21) Hoyt Axton, Ken Ramsey, 1962 |
Green-Eyed Lady |
Sugarloaf |
1970 |
(#3) |
Greenfields |
Brothers Four, The |
1960 |
(#2) Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, Frank Miller (on charts 20 weeks) |
Grenada |
Frankie Laine |
1954 |
(#17) |
Groovin’ |
Rascals, The |
1967 |
(#1 for 4 weeks...2nd release) Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere (band was 3/4’s of Joey Dee’s "starlighters") |
Groovy Kind of Love |
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders |
1966 |
Toni Wine, Carol Beyer |
Guantanamera |
Sandpipers, The |
1966 |
(#9) Pete Seeger, Hector Angulo |
Guitar Boogie Shuffle |
Virtues, The |
1959 |
(#5) |
Guitar Man, The |
David Gates & Bread |
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David Gates |
Gum Drop |
Crew-Cuts, The |
1955 |
(#10) |
Guy Is A Guy , A |
Doris Day |
1952 |
(#1) Oscar Brand |
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves |
Cher |
1971 |
(#1 - her first as soloist) Words & Music by Robert Stone |
Gypsy Rover, The |
Highwaymen, The |
1961 |
(#42) (flip side, Cotton Fields, also charted) |
Hail Hail The Gang’s All Here |
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1917 |
Theodore Morse, Dolly Terriss, Arthur Sullivan |
Hair |
Cowsills, The |
1969 |
(#2) Gerome Ragni, James Rado, Galt MacDermot, in Hair |
Hajji Baba (Persian Lament) |
Nat "King" Cole |
1954 |
(#14) |
Half As Lovely (Twice as True) |
Frank Sinatra |
1954 |
(#23) |
Half As Much |
Rosemary Clooney |
1952 |
(#1) Curly Williams |
Half Breed |
Cher |
1971 |
(#1) Mary Dean, All Capps |
Hallelujah I'm a Bum (The Pius Itinerant) |
New Christie Minstrels, The |
1966 |
Harry Kirby McClintock, 1928 |
Handy Man |
Jimmy Jones |
1959 |
(#2) Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones(also rec. by Del Shannon, 1964, and #4 for James Taylor, 1977) |
Hang On Sloopy |
McCoys, The |
1965 |
(#1) Bert Russell, Wes Farrell |
Hang On The Bell, Nellie |
Chad Mitchell Trio, The |
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Clive Erard, Ross Parker, Tommie O’Connor, 1948 |
Hannah Lee |
Kingston Trio, The |
1965 |
Richard Miles, Stan Jones |
Happening, The |
Supremes, The |
1967 |
(#1) Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier (also Herb Alpert, #32 in 1967) |
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen |
Neal Sedaka |
1961 |
(#6) |
Happy Birthday |
Traditional |
1893 |
Patty Smith Hill, Mildred J. Hill |
Happy Christmas, Little Friend |
Rosemary Clooney |
1954 |
(#30) |
Happy Days and Lonely Nights |
The Fontane Sisters |
1954 |
(#18) |
Happy Days Are Here Again |
Barbra Streisand |
1994 |
Jack Yellin, Jimmy McHugh, Milton Ager; FDR's theme song |
Happy Heart |
Andy Williams |
1969 |
(#22) Jackie Rae & Hans List |
Happy Organ, The |
Dave "Baby" Cortez |
1959 |
(#1) Ken Wood, David Clowney |
Happy Together |
Turtles, The |
1967 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Gary Bonner, Alan Gordon; it’s about a love affair that never happened (i.e., "imagine") |
Happy Wanderer, The |
Frank Weir |
1954 |
(#4) Antonia Ridge, Friedrich Möller |
Happy Whistler, The |
Don Robertson |
1956 |
(#6) Don Robertson |
Harbor Lights |
Platters, The |
1960 |
Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams, 1940 (#8) Originally recorded by Rudy Vallee |
Hard Ain’t It Hard |
Kingston Trio, The |
1958 |
Woodie Guthrie |
Hard Day’s Night |
Beatles, The |
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John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Hard Headed Woman |
Elvis Presley |
1958 |
(#1) Claude de Metruis |
Hard To Get |
Gisele MacKenzie |
1955 |
(#4) Jack Segal |
Hard to Say I’m Sorry |
Chicago |
1982 |
(#1) Peter Cetera, David Foster |
Hard-Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah) |
Peggy Lee |
1955 |
Jack Yellin, Milton Ager, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates, 1924; in Pete Kelly's Blues |
Hark the Herald Angels Sing |
Traditional |
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Charles Wesley & Felix Mendelssohn; pub 1840 |
Harlem Nocturne |
Viscounts, The |
1965 |
(#39) Dick Rogers, Earle Hagen |
Harper Valley P.T.A. |
Jeannie C. Riley |
1968 |
(#1) Tom T. Hall |
Harrigan |
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1908 |
George M. Cohan |
Hats Off to Larry |
Del Shannon |
1961 |
(#5) |
Have Another Tequila, Sheila |
Bobby Bare |
1980 |
Shel Silverstein |
Have I the Right? |
Honeycombs, The |
1964 |
(#5) Howard Blackley |
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You |
Rod Stewart |
1993 |
Van Morrison |
Have You Ever Been Lonely |
Jim Reeves |
1966 |
George Brown, Peter DeRose, 1932; in Oklahoma Annie; rec by Ted Lewis, 1933 (#8) |
Have You Ever Seen The Rain |
Credence Clearwater Revival |
1970 |
John Fogarty |
Have You Never Been Mellow |
Olivia Newton John |
1975 |
John Farrar |
Have You Seen Her |
Chi-Lites, The |
1971 |
(#3) |
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas |
Judy Garland |
1944 |
Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane; from the movie Meet Me In St. Louis |
Haven’t Got Time for the Pain |
Carly Simon |
1974 |
(#14) Carly Simon is daugher of Simon & Schuster |
Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au) |
Andy Williams |
1958 |
(#11) Al Hoffman, Charles King |
He Touched Me |
Barbra Streisand |
1965 |
(#53) |
He Was A Friend of Mine |
Byrds, The |
1966 |
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He Will Break Your Heart |
Jerry Butler |
1960 |
(#7) |
He |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1955 |
(#10) Richard Mullan, Jack Richards (Al Hibbler version #4) |
He’ll Have to Go |
Jim Reeves |
1959 |
(#2) Joe Allison, Audrey Allison |
He’ll Have To Stay |
Jeanne Black |
1960 |
(#4) |
He’s a Rebel |
Crystals, The |
1962 |
(#1) Gene Pitney |
He’s Got The Whole World |
Laurie London |
1958 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) from traditional Spiritual, c 1927 (Laurie was male, age 13...only hit) |
He’s So Fine |
Chiffons, The |
1963 |
(#1) Ronnie Mack |
He’s Your Mailman |
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Parody to the tune of "Bye Bye Blackbird", |
Heard It In A Love Song |
Marshall Tucker Band |
1977 |
(#14) |
Heart And Soul |
Hoagy Carmichael |
1932 |
Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser |
Heart Full of Soul |
Yardbirds, The |
1965 |
(#9) Graham Gouldman |
Heart of Gold |
Neil Young |
1972 |
(#1) |
Heart of My Heart |
Don Cornell |
1953 |
(#10) Ben Ryan, 1926; also recorded by The Four Aces, Johnny Desmond, Alan Dale |
Heart of Stone |
Rolling Stones, The |
1965 |
(#19) |
Heart |
Eddie Fisher |
1955 |
(#6) Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) (also Four Aces, #13) |
Heartaches |
Ted Weems Orchestra |
1947 |
John Klenner & Al Hoffman |
Heartache Tonight |
Eagles, The |
1979 |
Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Bob Seger, J.D. Souther |
Heartaches By the Number |
Guy Mitchell |
1959 |
(#1) Harlan Howard (Johnny Tillotson version #35 in 1965) |
Heartbreak Hotel |
Elvis Presley |
1956 |
(#1 for 8 weeks) m Mae Axton (Hoyt’s mother), lyr Tommy Durden; inspired by an anonymous suicide note |
Hearts Of Stone |
The Fontane Sisters |
1955 |
(#1) |
Heat Wave |
Martha & The Vandellas |
1963 |
(#4) |
Heat's On, The |
Rita Hayworth & Jose Ferrer |
1954 |
(#30) |
Hello Again |
Neil Diamond |
1981 |
(#6) |
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh |
Allan Sherman |
1963 |
(#2) Allan Sherman parody to Ponchielli’s "Dance of the Hours" from La Gioconda, 1976 |
Hello Stranger |
Barbara Lewis |
1963 |
(#3) |
Hello Walls |
Faron Young |
1961 |
(#12) Willie Nelson |
Hello, Dolly! |
Louis Armstrong & The All Stars |
1964 |
(#1) Jerry Herman; Grammy winner 1964 (song) |
Hello, Good-Bye |
Beatles, The |
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John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Hello, It’s Me |
Todd Rundgren |
1973 |
(#5) Todd Rundgren |
Hello, Mary Lou |
Ricky Nelson |
1961 |
(#9) (flip side "Travelin’ Man" was #1) |
Hello, Young Lovers |
Rosemary Clooney |
1951 |
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II |
Help Me Make It Thru the Night |
Sammi Smith |
1971 |
Kris Kristopherson; Grammy winner 1971 (C&W) |
Help Me, Rhonda |
Beach Boys, The |
1965 |
(#1) Brian Wilson |
Help! |
Beatles, The |
1965 |
(#1) Paul McCartney; "Jude" is Julian Lennon; he’s consoling Julian during John Lennon’s divorce from Cynthia |
Helpless |
Neil Young |
1970 |
Neil Young |
Her Town Too |
James Taylor |
1981 |
(#11) |
Here Comes Santa Claus |
Gene Autry |
1947 |
Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman |
Here Comes the Night |
Them |
1965 |
(#24) |
Here Comes The Sun |
Richie Havens |
1971 |
(#16) George Harrison |
Here I Am |
Air Supply |
1981 |
(#1) Graham Russell |
Here In My Heart |
Al Martino |
1952 |
(#1) |
Here |
Tony Martin |
1954 |
(#5) Dorcas Cochran |
Here’s That Rainy Day |
Delores Grey |
1953 |
Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen, from the 1953 Broadway show "Carnival in Flanders" (a 6-performance flop) |
Herman & Sally |
Limelighters, The |
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Barry, Rasnick (possibly Arthur Resnick?) |
Hernando's Hideaway |
Archie Bleyer |
1954 |
(#2) Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, in Pajama Game; Bleyer was fired with Julius LaRosa by Arthur Godfrey |
Hey Baby (They’re Playin’ Our Song) |
Mob, The |
1975 |
Holvay & Beisbier |
Hey Baby |
|
1962 |
Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel |
Hey Jude |
Beatles, The |
1968 |
John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
Hey Little Cobra |
Rip Chords, The |
1963 |
(#4) |
Hey Little One |
Dorsey Burnette |
1960 |
(#48) brother of Johnny Burnette ("Dreamin’") Dorsey died at 47 of heart attack, 1979; Johnny drowned at 30, 1964 |
Hey There |
Rosemary Clooney |
1954 |
(#1) Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, in The Pajama Game |
Hey What About Me |
Ian & Sylvia |
1965 |
Scott McKenzie? Ian Tyson? |
Hey, Good Lookin’ |
Hank Williams |
1951 |
Hank Williams |
Hey, Mr. Banjo |
Sunnysiders, The |
1955 |
(#12) |
Hi De Ho |
Blood, Sweat & Tears |
1970 |
(#14) |
Hi-Lili Hi-Lo |
Leslie Caron & Mel Ferrer |
1953 |
Helen Deutsch & Bronislau Kaper; from the movie "Lili"; also rec. by The Four Aces |
Hide Your Love Away |
Beatles, The |
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John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
High and the Mighty, The |
Les Baxter & His Orchestra |
1954 |
(#4) Dmitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington, movie same name |
High Hopes |
Frank Sinatra |
1959 |
(#30) James Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn in Hole In The Head; Oscar winner, 1959; Cahn’s 2nd, VH’s 3rd |
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) |
Frankie Laine |
1952 |
(#5) Dmitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington in High Noon; Oscar winner, 1952 (Washington’s 2nd) |
Higher And Higher |
Jackie Wilson |
1967 |
(#6) Carl Smith, Gary Jackson; Wilson d 1975 of a stroke at age 34 |
Hi-Heel Sneakers |
Tommy Tucker |
1964 |
(#11) Robert Higginbotham |
Hippy Hippy Shake |
Swinging Blue Jeans, The |
1964 |
(#24) |
Hit Me With Your Best Shot |
Pat Benatar |
1980 |
E. Schwartz |
Hit the Road Jack |
Ray Charles |
1961 |
(#1) Perry Mayfield; Grammy winner 1961 (R&B) |
Hitchin’ A Ride |
Vanity Fare |
1970 |
(#5) |
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me |
Mel Carter |
1965 |
(#8) Harry Noble (Karen Chandler version #5 in 1952) |
Hold My Hand |
Don Cornell |
1954 |
(#2) Jack Lawrence, Richard Meyers |
Holdin' On to Yesterday |
Ambrosia |
1975 |
(#17) David Pack, Joseph Puerta |
Holly Holy |
Neil Diamond |
1969 |
(#6) Neil Diamond |
Holly Jolly Christmax |
Burl Ives |
1962 |
Johnny Marks |
Home for the Holidays |
Rosemary Clooney |
1954 |
Al Stillman, Robert Allen |
Home Sweet Home |
Traditional |
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John Howard Payne, Henry Bishop; pub 1823 in "Clari, or The Maid of Milan"; recorded six times 1891-1915 |
Home-Grown Tomaters |
John Denver |
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Ron DeLacy |
Homeward Bound |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1966 |
(#5) Paul Simon |
Honey |
Bobby Goldsboro |
1968 |
Bobby Russell |
Honey-Babe |
Art Mooney & Chorus |
1955 |
(#6) Paul Webster, Max Steiner |
Honeycomb |
Jimmie Rodgers |
1957 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) Bob Merrill, 1954 |
Honeymoon's Over, The |
"Tennessee" Ernie Ford & Betty Hutton |
1954 |
(#16) |
Honky Cat |
Elton John |
1972 |
(#8) |
Honky Tonk |
Bill Doggett |
1956 |
(#2) Bill Doggett, Hary Glover |
Honky Tonkin’ |
Hank Williams |
1948 |
Hank Williams |
Hooked On a Feeling |
B.J. Thomas |
1968 |
(#5) Mark James |
Hopelessly Devoted to You |
Olivia Newton John |
1978 |
John Farrar, in Grease |
Horse With No Name, A |
America |
1972 |
(#1) Lee Bunnell |
Hot Canary, The |
Florian Zabach |
1951 |
(#13) Ray Gilbert, Paul Nero |
Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) |
Perry Como |
1956 |
(#1) Al Hoffman, Dick Manning |
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight |
Mississippi John Hurt |
1966 |
Joseph Heydon, Theodore Metz, 1896 |
Hotel California |
Eagles, The |
1977 |
(#1) Don Henley, Glenn Frey & Don Felder; Grammy winner 1977 (record) |
Hound Dog |
Elvis Presley |
1956 |
(#1 4 wks) Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (flip side "Don’t Be Cruel" also #1); 1st by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton |
House At Pooh Corner, The |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The |
1971 |
(#53) Kenny Loggins |
House Is Not a Home, A |
Dionne Warwick |
1964 |
Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
House of Blue Lights, The |
Chuck Miller |
1955 |
(#9) Freddie Slack, Don Raye |
House of the Rising Sun, The |
Animals, The |
1964 |
(#1) arr. Alan Price; adapted from Huddie Ledbetter, 1937, as collected by Alan Lomax |
House with Love In It, A |
Four Lads, The |
1956 |
(#16) |
Houston |
Dean Martin |
1965 |
(#21) Lee Hazelwood |
How Am I Supposed to Live Without You |
Michael Bolton |
1989 |
Michael Bolton, Dong James, 1983; first recorded by Laura Branigan, 1983 (#12) |
How Blue? |
Mills Brothers, The |
1954 |
(#25) |
How Can I Be Sure |
Rascals, The |
1967 |
(#4) Felix Cavaliere, Edward Briganti (band was 3/4’s of Joey Dee’s "starlighters") |
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart |
Bee Gees, the |
1971 |
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb |
How Could You Believe Me |
Fred Astaire |
1957 |
Alan J. Lerner, Burton Lane, in Royal Wedding |
How Deep Is the Ocean |
Guy Lombardo |
1932 |
Irving Berlin |
How Great Thou Art |
Tennessee Ernie Ford |
1953 |
Stuart K. Hine (Eng.), Carl Boberg |
How High the Moon |
Les Paul & Mary Ford |
1951 |
(#1) Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis (also by Helen Forrest with Benny Goodman’s Orchestra, 1940) |
How Important Can It Be? |
Joni James |
1955 |
(#2) Bennie Benjamin |
How Little We Know |
Frank Sinatra |
1956 |
(#13) Carolyn Leigh, Phillip Springer |
How Much I Feel |
Ambrosia |
1978 |
(#3) David Pack |
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window |
Patti Page |
1952 |
Bob Merrill |
How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You |
Marvin Gaye |
1964 |
(#6) Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier; also by James Taylor (#5, 1975) |
Hummingbird |
Les Paul & Mary Ford |
1955 |
(#7) Don Robertson |
Hundred Pounds of Clay, A |
Gene McDaniels |
1961 |
(#3) Bob Elgin, Luther Dixon, Kay Rogers; McDaniels lived in Omaha |
Hunting Song, The |
Tom Lehrer |
1960 |
Tom Lehrer |
Hurdy Gurdy Man |
Donovan |
1968 |
Donovan Leitch |
Hurt |
Timi Yuro |
1961 |
(#4) Jimmy Crane, Al Jacobs; written 1954 |
Hurt So Bad |
Little Anthony & The Imperials |
1965 |
(#10) Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein; later covered by Linda Ronstadt |
Hurting Each Other |
Carpenters, The |
1972 |
(#2) Gary Gold, Peter Udell; Karen died 2/4/83 |
Hurts So Good |
John Cougar Mellancamp |
1992 |
John Cougar Mellancamp |
Hush |
Billy Joe Royal |
1968 |
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Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte |
Patti Page |
1965 |
(#8) Frank DeVol, Mack David |
Hustle, The |
Van McCoy |
1975 |
(#1) Van McCoy (McCoy died at 35 in 1979) |