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Da Doo Ron Ron |
Crystals, The |
1963 |
(#3) Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich |
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Daddy Sang Bass |
Johnny Cash |
1968 |
(#42) Carl Perkins |
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Daddy’s Home |
Shep & The Limelites |
1961 |
(#2) Jimmy Sheppard, William Miller |
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Daddy’s Little Girl |
Mills Brothers, The |
1950 |
(#1) Bobby Burke & Horace Gerlach |
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Daddy-O |
Fontane Sisters, The |
1955 |
(#11)Don Raye & Gene DePaul |
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Dance to the Music |
Sly & The Family Stone |
1968 |
(#8) |
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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" |
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Dance With Me |
Orleans |
1975 |
(#6) John & Johanna Hall |
|
Dance with the Guitar Man |
Duane Eddy & The Rebelettes |
1962 |
(#12) Duane Eddy, Lee Hazlewood |
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Dance, Dance, Dance |
Beach Boys, The |
1965 |
Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson |
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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 |
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Dancing With Tears In My Eyes |
Ruth Etting |
1930 |
(#1) Al Dubin & Joe Burke |
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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. |
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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 |
Merle Travis, 1947 |
|
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Dark Moon |
Gale Storm |
1957 |
(#4)Ned Miller |
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Darktown Strutters’ Ball |
1917 |
Shelton Brooks |
|
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Darlin’ Corey |
Weavers, The |
1956 |
Adapted by Huddie Ledbetter |
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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 |
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Dawn (Go Away) |
Four Seasons, The |
1964 |
(#3) Bob Gaudio, Sandy Linzer |
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Dawn of Correction, The |
Spokesmen, The |
1965 |
(#36) |
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Day After Day |
Doris Day |
1937 |
recorded with Barney Rapp band; regarded as her signature song |
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Day By Day |
Jo Stafford |
1953 |
Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl & Paul Weston (1945) |
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Day Is Done |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1969 |
Peter Yarrow |
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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 |
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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 |
Robert Gaudio, Judy Parker |
|
|
Deck the Halls |
Traditional |
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 |
|
|
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) |
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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" |
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Diary |
Bread |
1972 |
David Gates |
|
Diary, The |
Neil Sedaka |
1958 |
(#14) |
|
Did She Mention My Name |
Gordon Lightfoot |
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) |
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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 |
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Do You Know You Are My Sunshine |
Statler Brothers, The |
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Do You Love Me |
Dave Clark Five, The |
1964 |
(#11) |
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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 |
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 |
Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent |
|
|
Don’t Stop |
Fleetwood Mac |
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 |
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 |
Tell Taylor (1910) |
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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 |
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 |
Mentor Williams |
|
|
Drill Ye Tarriers |
Tomas F. Casey (?) ca 1888 |
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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 |
Arr. & adapted (and new words) by Fred Hellerman |
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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 |
|
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 |
Buddy Buie & J. R. Cobb |
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|
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 |
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 |
|
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Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag |
Country Joe & The Fish |
1969 |
Joe McDonald |
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Feel Like Makin' Love |
Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
1975 |
(#10) Ralph Michaels |
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Feel Like Makin’ Love |
Roberta Flack |
1974 |
(#1) Gene McDaniels (on charts 16 weeks) |
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Feelin' Stronger every Day |
Chicago |
1973 |
(#10) Peter Cetera, James Pankow |
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Feelings |
Morris Albert |
1975 |
(#6) Morris Albert (Spanish by Thomas Fundora) (on charts 32 weeks) |
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Feels So Good |
Chuck Mangione |
1978 |
(#4) Chuck Mangione |
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Fernando |
Abba |
1976 |
(#3) |
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Ferry 'Cross The Mersey |
Gerry & The Pacemakers |
1965 |
(#6) Gerry Marsden |
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Fever |
Peggy Lee |
1958 |
(#8) Eddie Cooley, John Davenport |
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Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover |
Paul Simon |
1975 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Paul Simon |
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Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge Song |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1966 |
Paul Simon (later recorded by Harpers Bizarre, #13 in 1967) |
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Fingertips |
Stevie Wonder |
1963 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Henry Crosby, Clarence Paul |
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Fire And Rain |
James Taylor |
1970 |
(#3) James Taylor |
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Fire Lake |
Bob Seger |
1980 |
(#6) |
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First Noel, The |
Traditional |
Traditional, pub. 1833 |
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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) |
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Five Foot Two |
1925 |
Ray Henderson, Sam Lewis, Joe Young |
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Five Hundred Miles |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
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Hedy West; based on "Railroader’s Lament"; also rec. by Bobby Bare (arr. Bobby Bare & Charlie Williams) (#10, 1963) |
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Five O'Clock World |
Vogues, The |
1965 |
(#4) |
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Flowers On the Wall |
Statler Brothers, The |
1965 |
(#4) |
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Fly Away |
John Denver |
1975 |
John Denver, on "Windsong" |
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Fly Like An Eagle |
Steve Miller Band |
1976 |
(#3) Charles D. Merriam |
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Fly Me to the Moon |
Tony Bennett |
1965 |
(#84) Bart Howard, 1954; also rec. by Kaye Ballard, 1954, and Joe Jarnell, 1962 |
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Follow Me |
John Denver |
John Denver |
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Follow That Dream |
Elvis Presley |
1962 |
(#15) |
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Follow the Drinkin’ Gourd |
New Christy Minstrels |
Paul Campbell (the Weaver’s collective pen name) |
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Folsom Prison Blues |
Johnny Cash |
1968 |
(#32) Johnny Cash |
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Fool Number One |
Brenda Lee |
1961 |
(#3) Kathryn R. Fulton |
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Fool on the Hill |
Sergio Mendez |
1968 |
(#6) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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Fool Such As I, A |
Elvis Presley |
1959 |
(#2) Bill Trader, 1953 |
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Fooled |
Perry Como |
1955 |
(#20) Mann Curtis, Doris Tauber |
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Fools Rush In |
Brook Benton |
1960 |
(#24) Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom, 1940; popularized by Tony Martin |
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Footloose |
Kenny Loggins |
1989 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) |
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For All We Know |
Carpenters, The |
1971 |
(#3) Robb Royer, Arthur James, Fred Karlin; from "Lovers And Other Strangers," Oscar winner 1971 |
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For Baby (For Bobbie) |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
John Denver, 1965 |
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For Emily (Wherever I May Find Her) |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1966 |
(#53) Paul Simon |
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For Lovin’ Me |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1965 |
(#30) Gordon Lightfoot |
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For Me And My Gal |
Judy Garland & Gene Kelly |
1942 |
George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie, Ray Goetz, 1917 |
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For My Good Fortune |
Pat Boone |
1958 |
(#23) |
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For Once In My Life |
Tony Bennett |
1967 |
(#91) Ronald Miller, Orlando Murden (Stevie Wonder version, #2 in 1968) |
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For Sentimental Reasons |
Sam Cooke |
1957 |
Deke Watson, William Best, 1945 (#17) |
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For The Good Times |
Ray Price |
1970 |
(#11) Kris Kristofferson |
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For What It’s Worth |
Buffalo Springfield |
1967 |
(#7) Stephen Stills |
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For Your Eyes Only |
Sheena Easton |
1981 |
(#4) |
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For Your Love |
Yardbirds, The |
1965 |
(#6) |
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For Your Precious Love |
Jerry Butler & The Impressions |
1958 |
(#11) Ed Townsend |
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Forest Lawn |
John Denver |
1970 |
Tom Paxton |
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Forever |
Little Dippers, The |
1960 |
(#9) Buddy Killen; actually recorded by The Anita Kerr Singers |
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Forever and Ever Amen |
Randy Travis |
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Forever In Blue Jeans |
Neil Diamond |
1979 |
(#20) Neil Diamond, Richard Bennett |
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Forgive My Heart |
Nat "King" Cole |
1955 |
(#13) Sammy Gallop, Chester Conn |
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Fortune in Dreams |
Kay Starr |
1954 |
(#17) |
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Forty Miles of Bad Road |
Duane Eddy |
1959 |
(#9) Duane Eddy, Al Casey |
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Four Strong Winds |
Brothers Four, The |
Ian & Sylvia (Tyson) their first writing effort |
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Four Walls |
Jim Reeves |
1957 |
(#11) Marvin Moore, George Campbell |
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Fox on the Run |
Sweet |
1975 |
(#5) Brian Connelly, Stephen Priest, Andrea Scott, Michael Tucker |
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Frankie and Johnny |
Brook Benton |
1961 |
(#20) c 1870-75; first published 1912; Benton d 1988 |
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Fraulein |
Bobby Helms |
1957 |
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Free Bird |
1973 |
Allan Collins, Ronnie Van Zant |
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Freight Train |
Rusty Draper |
1957 |
(#6) Words & Music by Elizabeth "Libby" Cotton (Woody Guthrie’s maid, written age 12) |
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Friendly Persuasion |
Pat Boone |
1956 |
(#5) Paul Webster & Dmitri Tiomkin |
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Froggy Went A Courtin’ |
Brothers Four, The |
1961 |
(#32) ca 1580, author unknown |
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From A Distance |
Bette Midler |
1990 |
(#2) |
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From A Jack To A King |
Ned Miller |
1962 |
(#6) |
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From Me to You |
Beatles, The |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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From the Vine Came the Grape |
Gaylords, The |
1954 |
(#7) Leonard Whitcup, Paul Cunningham, 1949 |
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Frosty The Snowman |
Gene Autry |
1950 |
Jack Rollins (Walter E. Rollins?), Steve Nelson |
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Frozen Logger, The |
Weavers, The |
1951 |
James Stevens |
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Fun, Fun, Fun |
Beach Boys, The |
1964 |
(#5) |
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Funeral Song, The |
Limelighters, The |
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Funny How Time Slips Away |
Patsy Cline |
1961 |
(#22) Willie Nelson |
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Funny Way of Laughin’ |
Burl Ives |
1962 |
(#10) Hank Cochran; Grammy winner 1962 |
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G.T.O. |
Ronny & The Daytonas |
1964 |
(#4) |
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Gal That Got Away, The |
Frank Sinatra |
1954 |
(#21) |
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Galveston |
Glen Campbell |
1969 |
(#4) Jim Webb |
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Galway Bay |
1948 |
Arthur Colahan |
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Gambler, The |
Kenny Rogers |
1978 |
(#16) Dan Schlitz; Grammy winner, 1978 (C&W) |
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Game of Love |
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders |
1965 |
(#1) |
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Games People Play |
Joe South |
1969 |
(#12) Joe Souter (Joe South) & Allan Tuissaint; Grammy winner, 1969 (song) |
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Gang That Sang "Heart of My Heart", The |
Don Cornell |
1953 |
(#10) Ben Ryan, 1926 |
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Garden of Eden, The |
Joe Valino |
1956 |
(#12) Denise Norwood |
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Garden Party |
Rick Nelson |
1972 |
(#8) Rick Nelson (after being booed at Madison Square Garden) |
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Garden Song, The (Inch by Inch) |
Dave Mallet |
1978 |
Dave Mallet |
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Gee Whittakers! |
Pat Boone |
1955 |
(#19) |
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Gee |
The Crows |
1954 |
(#14) |
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Gentle On My Mind |
Glen Campbell |
1967 |
(# 62) John Hartford; Grammy winner 1967 (C&W) |
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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 |
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Georgie Girl |
Seekers, The |
1966 |
(#2) Jim Dale, Tom Springfield |
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Get A Job |
Silhouettes, The |
1958 |
(#1) Earl Beal, Raymond Edwards, William F. Horton, Richard Lewis (one of the top ten one-hit wonders) |
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Get Back |
Beatles, The |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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Get Happy |
Judy Garland |
1930 |
Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen, in "Summer Stock;" previously rec. by Ruth Etting |
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Get Off of My Cloud |
Rolling Stones, The |
1965 |
(#1) Mick Jagger, Keith Richard |
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Get Over It |
Eagles, The |
1994 |
Don Henley, Glenn Frye |
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Get Together |
Youngbloods, The |
1967 |
(#62) Dino Valenti (also #5 in 1969) |
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Ghost In This House |
Shenandoah |
1990 |
Hugh Priestwood |
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Ghostbusters |
Ray Parker, Jr. |
1984 |
(#1) Ray Parker, Jr. |
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Gigi |
Vic Damone |
1957 |
(#16) Alan J. Lerner & Frederick Loewe, in Gigi; Oscar winner, 1958 |
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Gilligan’s Island |
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Gimme One Reason |
Tracey Chapman |
1998 |
Tracey Chapman |
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Girl from Ipanema, The |
Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto |
1964 |
(#5) Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes & Norman Gimbel; 2 Grammies '64 (record, album) |
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Girl Talk |
Tony Bennett |
1966 |
Mort Lindsey, 1964; in the movie "Harlow" |
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Girl |
Beatles, The |
1965 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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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 |
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Gitarzan |
Ray Stevens |
1969 |
(#8) |
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Give Me The Night |
George Benson |
1980 |
(#80) |
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Give My Regards to Broadway |
George M. Cohan |
1904 |
George M. Cohan; Cohan's theme song |
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Giving You The Best That I've Got |
Anita Baker |
1986 |
Anita Baker & Holland |
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Glad All Over |
Dave Clark Five, The |
1964 |
(#6) Dave Clark, Mike Smith |
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Gloria |
Shadows of Knight, The |
1966 |
(#10) Van Morrison |
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Glory of Love, The |
Benny Goodman |
1936 |
William Hill |
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Glow-Worm, The |
MIlls Brothers, The |
1952 |
(#1) Paul Lincke & Heinz Bolten-Backers; Eng. lyr Johnny Mercer |
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Go Away Little Girl |
Steve Lawrence |
1962 |
(#1) Carole King, Gerry Goffin |
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Go Jimmy Go |
Jimmy Clanton |
1959 |
(#5) |
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Go Now! |
Moody Blues, The |
1965 |
(#10) |
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Go Tell It On the Mountain |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1964 |
Traditional, ca 1865 |
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Go Where You Wanna Go |
Mamas & Papas, The |
1967 |
John Phillips |
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Go Your Own Way |
Fleetwood Mac |
1977 |
Lindsey Buckingham |
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God Bless America |
Kate Smith |
1939 |
Irving Berlin |
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God Bless the Child |
Blood, Sweat & Tears |
1969 |
Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday, 1941; also recorded by Aretha Franklin |
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God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen |
Traditional |
Traditional, pub. 1853 |
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Goin’ Back to Texas |
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Goin’ Out Of My Head |
Little Anthony & The Imperials |
1964 |
(#6) Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein |
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Goin’ Up the Country |
Canned Heat |
1969 |
(#11) |
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Going to a Go-Go |
Miracles, The |
1965 |
(#11) |
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Golden Earrings |
Peggy Lee |
1948 |
Victor Young, Jay Livingston & Ray Evans; also rec. by Willie Nelson, 1983 |
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Goldfinger |
Shirley Bassey |
1965 |
(#8) |
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Gone |
Ferlin Husky |
1957 |
(#4) |
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Gone With The Wind |
Mel Torme |
1956 |
Herb Magidson & Allie Wrubel |
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Gonna Find Me a Bluebird |
Marvin Rainwater |
1957 |
(#18) |
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Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) |
Bill Conti |
1977 |
Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti, Carl Connors |
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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 |
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Gonna Go Down The River |
Kingston Trio, The |
Buddy Mize, Dallas Frazier |
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Gonna Knock On Your Door |
Eddie Hodges |
1961 |
(#12) |
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Goober Peas |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
Traditional, ca 1964; alludes primarily to Georgia's Civil War troops' poor food supplies |
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Good and Lonesome |
Kay Starr |
1955 |
(#17) |
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Good Day Sunshine |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
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Good Enough for Now |
"Weird Al" Yankovic |
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Good Golly Miss Molly |
Little Richard |
1958 |
(#10) Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco |
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Good Hearted Woman |
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson |
1971 |
(#25) Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson |
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Good Life, The |
Tony Bennett |
1963 |
(#18) Jack Reardon, Sacha Distel |
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Good Lovin’ |
Rascals, The |
1966 |
(#1) Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick (band was 3/4’s of Joey Dee’s "starlighters") |
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Good Luck Charm |
Elvis Presley |
1962 |
(#1) Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder |
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Good Morning Starshine |
Oliver |
1969 |
(#3) Gerome Ragni, James Rado, in the musical "Hair"; Oliver d 2/14/00 |
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Good News (Chariot’s Comin’) |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
arranged by Lou Gottlieb of The Limelighters |
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Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1954 |
(#7) James Hudson & Calvin Carter |
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Good Riddance (The Time of Your Life) |
Green Day |
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Good Timin’ |
Jimmy Jones |
1960 |
(#3) Clint Ballard Jr., Fred Tobias |
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Good Vibrations |
Beach Boys, The |
1966 |
Brian Wilson & Mike Wilson |
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Good-bye to Love |
Carpenters, The |
1972 |
(#7) Karen died 2/4/83 |
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
Elton John |
1973 |
(#2) Elton John, Bernie Taupin |
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Goodbye, Cruel World |
James Darren |
1961 |
(#3) Gloria Shayne |
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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? |
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Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1956 |
(#32) (also by The Fleetwoods, #32 in 1963) |
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Goodnight, Sweetheart |
Rudy Vallee |
1931 |
Ray Noble, James Campbell & Reg Connelly |
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Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight |