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Mabellene |
Chuck Berry |
1955 |
(#5) Chuck Berry, Russell Fratto (also by Johnny Rivers, #12 in 1964) |
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MacArthur Park |
Richard Harris |
1968 |
(#2) Jim Webb (also rec. by Donna Summer, 1978) |
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Macho Man |
Village People. The |
1978 |
(#25) |
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Mack the Knife (Moritat) |
Bobby Darin |
1959 |
(#1 for 9 wks) Bertolt Brecht (E. Marc Blitzstein) & Kurt Weill; in The Three Penny Opera; Grammy, ‘59 (best record) |
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Madiera |
Limelighters, The |
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Maggie May |
Rod Stewart |
1971 |
(#1 for 5 weeks) Martin Quittenton, Rod Stewart |
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Magic Carpet Ride |
Steppenwolf |
1968 |
(#3) |
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Magic Man |
Heart |
1976 |
Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson |
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Magic Moments |
Perry Como |
1958 |
Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
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Magic Touch, The |
Platters, The |
1956 |
(#4) Buck Ram (inst version by Hugo Winterhalter #22 in 1954) |
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Magical Mystery Tour |
Beatles, The |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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Main Event, The |
Barbra Streisand |
1979 |
(#3) Paul Jabara, Bob Esty, Bruce Roberts; from the movie of the same name |
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Mairzy Doats |
Burl Ives |
1964 |
Milton Drake, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston, 1943 |
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Make Believe |
Jimmy Lunceford |
1936 |
Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern; from the musical "Showboat," 1927 |
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Make Her Mine |
Nat "King" Cole |
1954 |
(#19) Sammy Gallop, Chester Conn |
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Make It Easy on Yourself |
Walker Brothers, The |
1965 |
(#16) Hal David, Bert Bacharach (also Jerry Butler, #20 in 1962) |
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Make Love to Me! |
Jo Stafford |
1954 |
(#1) Bill Norvas, Leon Roppolo, et al |
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Make Me Your Baby |
Barbara Lewis |
1965 |
(#11) |
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Make the World Go Away |
Eddy Arnold |
1965 |
(#6) Hank Cochran |
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Makin’ Whooppee |
1928 |
Gus Cahn, Walter Donaldson |
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Making Love Out Of Nothing At All |
Air Supply |
1983 |
(#2) Graham Russell |
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Mama Don’t Allow |
Rooftop Singers, The |
1963 |
(#55) Charles Davenport, 1929 (also by The Limelighters) |
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Mama Said |
Shirelles, The |
1961 |
(#3) |
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Mama Told Me Not To Come |
Three Dog Night |
1970 |
(#1 for 2 weeeks) Randy Newman |
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Mama Tried |
Merle Haggard |
1965 |
Merle Haggard |
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Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies |
Waylon Jennings |
1978 |
(#42) |
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Mambo Italiano |
Rosemary Clooney |
1954 |
(#10) Bob Merrill |
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Mambo Rock |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
1955 |
(#18) |
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Man of La Mancha |
1965 |
Joe Darien, Mitch Leigh |
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Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The |
Gene Pitney |
1962 |
(#4) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
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Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me) |
Peggy Lee |
1948 |
Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour |
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Mandy |
Barry Manilow |
1974 |
(#1) Scott English, Richard Kerr |
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Maneater |
Hall & Oates |
1982 |
(#1) |
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Manhattan |
Ella Fitzgerald |
1956 |
Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers |
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Manhattan Serenade |
Jo Stafford |
1943 |
Harold Adamson & Louis Alter |
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Manhattan Spiritual |
Reg Owen & His Orchestra |
1958 |
(#10) (instrumental) |
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Margaritaville |
Jimmy Buffettt |
1977 |
(#8) Jimmy Buffett |
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Margie |
Benny Goodman |
1938 |
Bennie Davis, Con Conrad & J.R. Robinson, 1920 |
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Maria Elena |
Los Indios Trabajares |
1963 |
(#6) Eng. S.K. Russell, Lorenzo Barcelata; recorded earlier by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Helen O'Connell vocal, 1941 |
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Maria |
Johnny Mathis |
1960 |
(#18) Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, from the Broadway play Westside Story |
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Maria Elena |
Los Indios Trabajares |
1963 |
(#22) Lorenzo Barcelata |
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Marianne |
Terry Gilkyson & The Easy Riders |
1957 |
(#4) Terry Gilkeyson (on charts 19 weeks) Pos. adapted from "Mary Ann" by Jamie Yamin (E. Joe Davis), 1945 |
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Marie |
Bachelors, The |
1965 |
(#15) Irving Berlin, 1928 (also by The Four Tunes, #13 in 1953) |
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Marvelous Toy, The |
Chad Mitchell Trio, The |
1963 |
(#43) also by Peter, Paul & Mary |
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Mary In the Morning |
Al Martino |
1967 |
Johnny Cymbal, Mike Lendell |
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Mary’s A Grand Old Name |
1906 |
George M. Cohan |
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Massachusetts |
Bee Gees, The |
1969 |
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb |
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Matter of Trust, A |
Billy Joel |
1986 |
(#18) |
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May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose |
Li’l Jimmy Dickens |
1965 |
(#15) (named because he’s only 4’11") |
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May You Always |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1959 |
(#11) Larry Markes & Dick Charles |
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Maybe Baby |
Buddy Holly |
1958 |
(#17) |
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Maybe It Was Memphis |
Pam Tillis |
Michael Anderson |
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Maybe You’ll Be There |
Jane Morgan |
1958? |
Sammy Gallop, Rube Bloom, 1947; rec. 1948 by Gordon Jenkins Orchestra, Charles Levere vocal |
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Maybe |
Perry Como and Eddie Fisher |
1952 |
(#3) Allan Flynn, Frank Maddem |
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McNamara’s Band |
1917 |
John Stanford, m Shamus O’Connor |
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Me & Julio Down By the Schoolyard |
Paul Simon |
1972 |
(#22) Paul Simon |
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Me & You & A Dog Named Boo |
1971 |
Kent LaVoie |
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Me and Bobby McGee |
Janis Joplin |
1971 |
(#1) Kris Kristopherson, Fred L. Foster, 1969 |
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Me And My Shadow |
Frank Sinatra |
1961 |
Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer, 1925; initially plugged by Al Jolson; identified with Ted Lewis |
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Mean to Me |
Linda Ronstadt |
1984 |
Roy Turk, Fred Ahlert, 1929; previously recorded by Billie Holiday, 1937 |
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Meet Me at Midnight Mary |
Joey Powers |
1963 |
(#10) |
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Melancholy Me |
Eddy Howard |
1954 |
(#16) |
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Melancholy Serenade |
Jackie Gleason |
1953 |
Jackie Gleason; vocal version rec. by Connie Francis, 1959 |
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Mellow Yellow |
Donovan |
1966 |
(#2) Donovan; Paul McCartney sang backup |
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Memories Are Made of This |
Dean Martin |
1955 |
(#1 for 6 weeks) Terry Gilkeyson, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller |
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Memories Of You |
Four Coins, The |
1955 |
(#22) Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake, 1930 |
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Memory |
Trevor Nunn (after T.S. Eliot), Andrew Lloyd Weber; from the musical "Cats" |
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Memphis |
Johnny Rivers |
1964 |
(#2) Chuck Berry; previously by Lonnie Mack, 1963 |
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Mercy Mercy Mercy |
Buckinghams, The |
1967 |
(#5) Joe Zawinul |
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Mermaid, The |
Limelighters, The |
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Merry Minuet, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
Sheldon Harnick (lyricist for "Fiddler on the Roof") song is from musical theater, but where? |
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Message of Our Love |
Association, The |
Curt Boettcher, Tandyn Almer |
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Michael Row The Boat Ashore |
Highwaymen, The |
1961 |
(#1) adapted from a 19th century slave song by Tony Saletan & The Weavers; also Trini Lopez ‘64 (#42) |
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Michelle |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney; Grammy winner 1966 (song) |
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Midnight at the Oasis |
Maria Muldaur |
1974 |
(#6) |
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Midnight Blue |
Melissa Manchester |
1975 |
(#6) Melissa Muldaur, Carole Bayer Sager |
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Midnight Confession |
Grass Roots, The |
1968 |
(#5) |
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Midnight In Moscow |
Kenny Ball |
1962 |
(#3) Vassili Soloview-Sedoi; adapted by Kenny Ball |
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Midnight Rider |
Allman Brothers, The |
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Midnight Special |
Limelighters, The |
adapted by Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) from traditional |
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Midnight Train to Georgia |
Gladys Knight & The Pips |
1973 |
Jim Weatherly |
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Mighty Mississippi |
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Minute By Minute |
Doobie Brothers, The |
1978 |
(#1) Abrams & Michael McDonald |
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Mission Bell |
Donnie Brooks |
1960 |
(#7) |
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Mississippi Squirel Revival |
Ray Stevens |
Ray Stevens |
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Misty |
Johnny Mathis |
1959 |
(#12) Erroll Garner (#30, 1954) & Johnny Burke |
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Mixed Emotions |
Rosemary Clooney |
1951 |
(#22) |
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Mockin’bird Hill |
Les Paul & Mary Ford |
1950 |
Vaughn Horton (also by Patti Page, #2 in 1951) |
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Mocking Bird, The |
Four Lads, The |
1958 |
(#32) |
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Mockingbird |
James Taylor/Carly Simon |
1974 |
(#5) Carly Simon is daughter of publisher Simon & Schuster |
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Moments to Remember |
Four Lads, The |
1955 |
(#1 for 6 wks, charted 25) Robert Allen & Al Stillman |
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Mona Lisa |
Nat "King" Cole |
1950 |
(#1) Jay Livingston, Ray Evans; in Neptune’s Daughter; Oscar winner, 1950 (their 2nd) |
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Monday Monday |
Mamas & Papas |
1966 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) John Phillips |
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Money (That’s What I Want) |
Barrett Strong |
1960 |
(#23) |
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Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket |
Dean Martin |
1954 |
(#23) |
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Money |
Kingsmen, The |
1964 |
(#16) |
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Monster Mash |
Bobby "Boris" Pickett |
1962 |
(#1) Bobby Pickett, Leonard Capizzi |
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Montego Bay |
Bobby Bloom |
1970 |
(#8) |
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Mony Mony |
Tommy James |
1968 |
(#3) |
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Mood Indigo |
Duke Ellington |
1931 |
Duke Ellington, Irving Mills (Mitchell Parish?) & Albany Bigard; possibly by Parrish - Bigard only |
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Moody River |
Pat Boone |
1961 |
(#1) Gary Bruce |
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Moon Over Miami |
Ray Charles |
1956 |
Edgar Leslie, Joe Burke, 1935 |
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Moon River |
Henry Mancini |
1961 |
(#11) Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini; in Breakfast at Tiffany’s; Oscar & 2 Grammies (song, record) 1961 |
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Moon Shadow |
Cat Stevens |
1971 |
(#30) |
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Moonglow and Theme from "Picnic" |
Morris Stoloff & His Orchestra |
1956 |
(#1) "Moonglow" by Will Hudson, Eddie De Lange, & Irving Mills (‘34); DeLange dead 10 years before song hit |
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Moonlight and Roses (Bring Mem'ries of You) |
Three Suns, The |
1954 |
(#24) Ben Black, Neil Moret, 1925 |
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Moonlight And Roses |
Ray Coniff |
1962 |
Charles Daniels, 1904? Or (Black/Leamre/Moret) as per Platters, et al? |
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Moonlight Bay |
1912 |
Edward Madden, Percy Wenrich |
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Moonlight Becomes You |
Bing Crosby |
1942 |
Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen; written especially for Crosby in "Road to Morocco" |
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Moonlight Feels Right |
Starbuck |
1976 |
(#3) Michael Blackman |
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Moonlight Gambler |
Frankie Laine |
1956 |
(#3) Bob Hilliard, Philip Springer; Laine's last big hit |
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Moonlight In Vermont |
Margaret Whiting |
1944 |
John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf (also by Willie Nelson, 1978) |
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Moonlight Serenade |
Glenn Miller |
1939 |
Mitchell Parish (Later), Glenn Miller |
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Moonshiner, The |
Traditional |
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More I See You, The |
Chris Montez |
1966 |
Mack Gordon, Harry Warren; previously recorded by Harry James (with Dick Haymes), 1945 |
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More Than A Feeling |
Boston |
1976 |
Tom Scholz |
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More Than I Can Say |
Leo Sayer |
1980 |
(#2) Sonny Curtiss (formerly of The Cricketts), Jerry Allison |
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More Than You Know |
Woody Herman |
1948 |
Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans |
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More |
Kai Winding |
1963 |
(#8) Norman Newell, Riz Ortolani, from the movie Mondo Cane |
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More |
Perry Como |
1956 |
(#4) Tom Glazer, Alex Alstone |
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Morning Has Broken |
Cat Stevens |
1972 |
(#6) Eleanor Farjeon, to traditional melody; arr.Cat Stevens |
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Morning Side Of the Mountain, The |
Tommy Edwards |
1959 |
(#27) Dick Manning, Larry Stock |
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Morning Train |
Sheena Easton |
1981 |
(#21) (on charts 21 weeks) |
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Most of All |
Don Cornell |
1955 |
(#14) |
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Mostly Martha |
Crew-Cuts, The |
1955 |
(#31) |
|
Mother and Child Reunion |
Paul Simon |
1972 |
(#4) Paul Simon |
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Mother-in-Law |
Ernie K-Doe |
1961 |
(#1) Allen Toussaint |
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Mountain Dew |
Lulu Belle & Scoty Wiseman |
1939 |
Orig. by Bascomb Lunsford, mid 1930s; Lulu Belle & Scoty Wiseman re-lyric, 1939 |
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Mountain Music |
Alabama |
Randy Owen |
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Mountain of Love, A |
Johnny Rivers |
1964 |
(#9) Harold Dorman (also by Harold Dorman, #21 in 1960) |
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Mountain’s High, The |
Dick & DeeDee |
1961 |
(#2) Dick St. John |
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Mountains of Mourn, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
1960 |
Traditional Irish, ca 1910 |
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Move It On Over |
Hank Williams |
1947 |
Hank Williams |
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Movin' On |
Merle Haggard |
1975 |
Merle Haggard |
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Movin’ Out |
Billy Joel |
1978 |
(#17) |
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Mr. Bass Man |
Johnny Cymbal |
1963 |
Written about Fred Johnson of the Marcels, alluding to their "Blue Moon" |
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Mr. Blue |
Fleetwoods, The |
1959 |
(#1) DeWayne Blackwell (on charts 20 weeks) |
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Mr. Bojangles |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The |
1970 |
(#9) Jerry Jeff Walker, 1968 (his version #77 in 1968) |
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Mr. Grinch |
Theodoe (Dr. Seuss) Geisel, Albert Hague; from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" |
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Mr. Lee |
Bobbettes, The |
1957 |
(#6) 1st women's group to have a #1 R&B song and top 10 (#6) pop; they were 11-14 years old at the time |
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Mr. Lonely |
Bobby Vinton |
1964 |
(#1) Gene Allen, Bobby Vinton |
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Mr. Lucky |
Henry Mancini |
1960 |
(#21) Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini |
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Mr. Sandman |
Chordettes, The |
1954 |
(#1) Pat Ballard |
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Mr. Tambourine Man |
Byrds, The |
1965 |
(#1) Bob Dylan; hit number one on 5/15/65 |
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Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter |
Herman's Hermits |
1965 |
(#1) Trevor Peacock |
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Mrs. Robinson |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1968 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Paul Simon; from the movie The Graduate; Grammy winner 1968 (record) |
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M-T-A, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
(#15) Jacquiline Steiner, Bess Hawes (A.Lomax’s sis, of Almanac Singers), to "Ship That Never Returned" by Harry C.Work |
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Mule Skinner Blues |
Fendermen, The |
1960 |
(#5) Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn, 1931 |
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Music to Watch Girls By |
Andy Williams |
1966 |
Sid Kamin, Tony Velona |
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Music! Music! Music! |
Teresa Brewer |
1951 |
(#1) Stephen Weiss, Bernie Baum |
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Muskrat Ramble |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1954 |
(#10) Ray Bilbert, Eduard Ory, 1926 |
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Must to Avoid, A |
Herman's Hermits |
1965 |
(#8) |
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Mutual Admiration Society |
Teresa Brewer |
1956 |
(#21) Matt Dubey, Harold Kerr |
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My Back Pages |
Byrds, The |
1967 |
(#30) |
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My Blue Heaven |
Fats Domino |
1956 |
(#19) Walter Donaldson & George Whiting, 1927; Gene Austin’s version was top seller all time til White Christmas |
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My Bonnie Lassie |
Ames Brothers, The |
1955 |
(#11) |
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My Boomerang Won’t Come Back |
Charlie Drake |
1962 |
(#21) Max Diamond, Charlie Drake |
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My Boy Lollipop |
Millie Small |
1964 |
(#2) Johnny Roberts, Robert Spenser, Morris Levy |
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My Boyfriend’s Back |
Angels, The |
1963 |
(#1) Robert Feldman, Gerald Goldstein |
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My Coloring Book |
Kitty Kallen |
1962 |
(#18) John Kander, Fred Ebb |
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My Cup Runneth Over |
Ed Ames |
1967 |
(#8) Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt; from the musical "I Do, I Do" |
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My Dad |
Paul Petersen |
1962 |
(#6) |
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My Ding-A-Ling |
Chuck Berry |
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My Eyes Adored You |
Frankie Valli |
1974 |
(#1) Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan |
|
My Friend |
Eddie Fisher |
1954 |
(#15) |
|
My Funny Valentine |
Frank Sinatra |
1954 |
Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, 1937; the first track on Sinatra's first LP album |
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My Generation |
Who, The |
1965 |
Peter Townshend |
|
My Girl |
Temptations, The |
1965 |
(#1) |
|
My Guy |
Mary Wells |
1964 |
(#1) Smokie Robinson |
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My Happiness |
Connie Francis |
1958 |
(#2 for 3 weeks, on charts 18) Betty Peterson, Barney Bergantine, 1933 |
|
My Heart Belongs to Me |
Barbra Streisand |
1977 |
(#4) Alan Gordon, Charlie Calello |
|
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own |
Connie Francis |
1960 |
(#1) Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller |
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My Heart Is an Open Book |
Carl Dobkins, Jr. |
1959 |
(#3) Hal David, Lee Pockriss |
|
My Heart Reminds Me |
Kay Starr |
1957 |
(#9) Al Stillman, Camillo Bartoni |
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My Heart Will Go On (Theme from "Titanic") |
Celine Dion |
1998 |
|
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My Ideal |
Jimmy Dorsey |
1944 |
(#5) Richard Whiting & Newell Chase; vocal by Bob Eberle |
|
My Kind of Town |
Frank Sinatra |
1964 |
Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen |
|
My Last Date With You |
Floyd Cramer |
1960 |
(#2) Boudleaux Bryant & Skeeter Davis, Floyd Cramer |
|
My Life |
Billy Joel |
1978 |
(#3) |
|
My Little Town |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1975 |
(#9) Paul Simon |
|
My Love and Devotion |
Perry Como |
1952 |
(#22) Milton Carson |
|
My Love, Forgive Me (Amore Scusami) |
Robert Goulet |
1964 |
(#16) |
|
My Mama Don’t Know |
Ray Stevens |
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My Maria |
1973 |
Daniel Moore |
|
|
My Old Flame |
Linda Ronstadt |
1984 |
Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow, from the movie Belle of the Nineties, 1934 |
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My Old Man’s A Dustman |
Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan |
1960 |
Lonnie Donegan; revived by The Smothers Brothers |
|
My One and Only Heart |
Perry Como |
1953 |
(#11) Al Stillman, Robert Allen |
|
My One And Only Love |
Rick Nelson |
1953 |
Guy Wood, Robert Mellin |
|
My One Sin |
Nat "King" Cole |
1955 |
(#24) |
|
My Prayer |
Platters, The |
1956 |
(#1 for 5 weeks) Jimmy Kennedy, Georges Boulanger, 1939; based on Boulanger’s "Avant de Mourir", 1926 |
|
My Restless Lover |
Patti Page |
1954 |
(#21) |
|
My Romance |
Frank Sinatra |
1943 |
Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, in Jumbo |
|
My Sharona |
1979 |
Berton Averre, Douglas Fieger |
|
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My Shy Violet |
Mills Brothers, The |
1968 |
(#73) |
|
My Special Angel |
Bobby Helms |
1957 |
(#7) Jimmy Duncan (also #7 for The Vogues in 1968) |
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My Sweet Gypsy Rose |
Tony Orlando & Dawn |
1973 |
Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown |
|
My Sweet Lady |
John Denver |
1970 |
John Denver |
|
My Sweet Lord |
George Harrison |
1971 |
George Harrison; found guilty of unintentional copyright infringement vs. Ronald Mack’s "He’s So Fine" (Chiffons) |
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My Tani |
Brothers Four, The |
1960 |
(#50) |
|
My Treasure |
Hilltoppers, The |
1955 |
(#31) |
|
My Way |
Elvis Presley |
1977 |
(#22) Paul Anka & Jacques Revaux (Sinatra version 1969 #27) original title "Comme d'Habitude" |
|
My Wild Irish Rose |
Chauncey Olcott |
1899 |
Chauncey Olcott |
|
My Woman, My Woman, My Wife |
Marty Robbins |
1970 |
Marty Robbins; Grammy winner, 1970 |
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My World Is Empty Without You |
Supremes, The |
1966 |
(#5) |
|
Nadia’s Theme |
1976 |
Perry Botkin, Jr. & Barry De Vorzon; from the TV show The Young And The Restless |
|
|
Nadine (Is It You?) |
Chuck Berry |
1964 |
(#23) Chuck Berry |
|
Name Game, The |
Shirley Ellis |
1964 |
(#3) Lincoln Chase, Shirley Elliston |
|
Nancy (With the Laughing Face) |
Frank Sinatra |
1944 |
Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen |
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Nature Boy |
Nat "King" Cole |
1948 |
Eden Ahbez |
|
Naughty Lady of Shady Lane, The |
Ames Brothers, The |
1954 |
(#3) Sid Tepper, Roy Bennett |
|
Navy Blue |
Diane Renay |
1964 |
(#6) |
|
Ne Me Quitte Pas |
Jacques Brel; see "If You Go Away" |
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Near You |
Roger Williams |
1958 |
(#10) Kermit Goell, Francis Craig, 1947; Craig's recording was Nashville's 1st major hit |
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Nearness of You, The |
Hoagy Carmichael |
1938 |
Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington |
|
Needles and Pins |
Searchers, The |
1964 |
(#13) Sony Bono, Jack Nitzsche; 1st by Jackie DeShannon; Searchers got name from John Wayne movie |
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Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First) |
Roberta Flack |
1973 |
Jim Weatherly |
|
Nel Blu Never Can Say Goodbye |
Jackson Five, The |
1971 |
Clifton Davis |
|
Never My Love |
Association, The |
1967 |
(#2) (on charts 14 weeks) Don & Dick Addrissi; also 5th Dimension (‘71) also Blue Swede (‘71) |
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Never on Sunday |
Chordettes, The |
1961 |
(#13) (also Don Costa, 1960 #19) Manos Hadjidakis, Bill Towne; in movie of same name, Oscar winner 1960 |
|
Never-Ending Song Of Love |
Delaney & Bonnie |
1971 |
(#13) Delaney Bramlett |
|
Nevertheless (I’m In Love With You) |
Frank Sinatra |
1950 |
Bert Kalmer, Harry Ruby |
|
Night |
Jackie Wilson |
1960 |
(#4) Johnny Lehman, Herb Miller; Wilson d 1975 of a stroke at age 34 |
|
Night And Day |
Frank Sinatra |
1942 |
Cole Porter, in The Gay DivorceÈ |
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Night Before Christmas, The |
Rosemary Clooney |
1952 |
(#9) |
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Night Chicago Died, The |
1974 |
Mitch Murray, Peter Callander |
|
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Night Has A Thousand Eyes, The |
Bobby Vee |
1962 |
(#3) Marilyn Garrett, Dottie Wayne, Ben Weisman |
|
Night Life |
Ray Price |
1963 |
Willie Nelson |
|
Night Moves |
Bob Seger |
1976 |
(#4) Bob Seger; inspired by American Graffitti |
|
Night On Bald Mountain |
Fantasia |
1887 |
Modeste Mussorgsky |
|
Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia |
Vicki Lawrence |
1973 |
(#1) Bobby Russell (her only hit -- she was on Carol Burnett Show) |
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Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down, The |
Joan Baez |
1971 |
(#3) Jaime Robbie Robertson |
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Night Train |
Jimmy Smith |
1962 |
Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington & Lewis Simpkins, 1952 |
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Nightengale Sang In Berkley Square, A |
Nat "King" Cole |
1943 |
Eric Maschwitz & Manning Sherwin; also rec. by Tony Bennett, 1992 |
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Nights Are Forever Without You |
England Dan & John Ford Coley |
1976 |
(#10) |
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Nights In White Satin |
Moody Blues, The |
1972 |
(#2) Justin Hayward |
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Nine to Five |
Dolly Parton |
1980 |
(#1) |
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Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown |
Rolling Stones, The |
1966 |
Mick Jagger, Keith Richard |
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Ninety-Six Tears |
Question Mark And the Mysterions |
1966 |
Rudy Martins |
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No Arms Can Ever Hold You |
Bachelors, The |
1964 |
(#27) (also by Georgie Shaw, #23 in 1955) |
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No Chemise, Please |
Gerry Granahan |
1958 |
(#23) |
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No Matter What Shape Your Stomach Is In |
T-Bones, The |
1965 |
(#3) from an Alka Seltzer commercial |
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No More |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1955 |
(#17) Leo DeJohn, Julie DeJohn, Dux DeJohn |
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No No Song, The |
Ringo Starr |
1975 |
(#3) Hoyt Axton, David Jackson |
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No Not Much |
Four Lads, The |
1956 |
(#2 for 4 weeks, on charts 24) Al Stillman & Robert Allen |
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No Other Arms (No Arms Can Ever Hold You) |
Pat Boone |
1955 |
(#26) |
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No Other Love |
Perry Como |
1953 |
(#1) Bob Russell, Paul Weston (Jo Stafford version #8 1950) |
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No Other Name |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1967 |
arr. Paul Stookey |
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No Particular Place To Go |
Chuck Berry |
1964 |
(#10) |
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No Time |
Guess Who, The |
1969 |
(#5) |
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Nobody Does It Better |
Carly Simon |
1977 |
Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch; Carly Simon is daughter of Simon & Schuster |
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Nobody Knows You (When You’re Down & Out) |
Eric Clapton |
1992 |
Jimmy Cox, 1923; on Unplugged; Bessie Smith’s last hit (1929); used in the movie "Me And Bessie" |
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Nola |
1916 |
m. Felix Arndt; lyrics added later by Sunny Skylar, and another version by James Burns |
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Noodlin' Rag |
Perry Como |
1952 |
(#23) Allan Roberts, Robert Allen |
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Norman |
Sue Thompson |
1961 |
(#3) |
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North to Alaska |
Johnny Horton |
1960 |
(#4) Mike Phillips; Horton married Hank Williams’ widow, then died young himself in a plane crash |
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Norwegian Wood |
Beatles, The |
John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
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Nothing from Nothing |
Billy Preston |
1974 |
(#1) Billy Preston |
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Nothing’s Real Anymore |
Shel Silverstein |
Shel Silverstein |
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Now the Day Is Over |
1869 |
Sabine Baring-Goiuld, Joseph Barnby |
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Nowhere Man |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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Nowhere to Run |
Martha & The Vandellas |
1965 |
(#8) |
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Nuttin' for Christmas |
Barry Gordon & Art Mooney |
1955 |
(#6) |
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O Come All Ye Faithful |
Traditional |
F. Oakeley, J. Reading, pub. 1751 |
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O Holy Night |
Traditional |
J.S. Dwight, A.C. Adam, 19th century |
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O Little Town of Bethlehem |
Traditional |
Phillip Brooks, Lewis H. Redner, pub. 1868 |
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Ode to Billie Joe |
Bobbie Gentry |
1967 |
(1 for 4 weeks, on charts for 14) Bobbie Gentry (Gentry married Jim Stafford, 1978, and retired) |
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Oh Carol |
Neal Sedaka |
1959 |
(#9) Neil Sedaka; written for Carole King |
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Oh Donna |
Ritchie Valens |
1958 |
(#2) Ritchie Valens |
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Oh Girl |
Paul Young |
1990 |
(#8) Eugene Record |
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Oh Happy Day |
Edwin Hawkins Singers |
1969 |
(#4) Adapted from trad. Negro spiritual by Nancy Reed, Don Koplow |
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Oh Holy Night |
John Sullivan Dwight, Adolph Adam, 1858 |
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Oh Lord, Have Mercy On My Soul |
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Oh Lord, It’s Hard to be Humble |
Mac Davis |
1980 |
Mac Davis |
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Oh Susanna |
Traditional |
Stephen Foster, 1848 |
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Oh Very Young |
Cat Stevens |
1974 |
(#10) |
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Oh You Crazy Moon |
Mel Torme |
1960 |
Johnny Burkey & Jimmy Van Heusen |
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Oh! My Papa (O Mein Papa) |
Eddie Fisher |
1953 |
(#4) Eng. John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons, Paul Burkhard |
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Oh, Boy! |
Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
1957 |
(#10) |
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Oh, Girl |
Chi-Lites, The |
1972 |
(#1) |
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Oh, Lonesome Me |
Don Gibson |
1958 |
(#7) Don Gibson (on charts 21 weeks) |
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Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin’ |
1943 |
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II |
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Oh, What a Night |
Dells |
1956 |
(#4) |
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Ohio |
Crosby, Stills & Nash |
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Oh-Oh, I’m Falling in Love Again |
Jimmie Rodgers |
1958 |
(#7) |
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Okie From Muskogie |
Merle Haggard |
1969 |
(#13) Merle Haggard, Roy Edward Burris |
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Oklahoma! |
Gordon MacRae |
1943 |
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II |
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Old Age Song |
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Old Black Joe |
Al Jolson |
1860 |
Stephen Collins Foster |
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Old Black Magic |
Sammy Davis, Jr. |
1955 |
(#13) |
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Old Buttermilk Sky |
Hoagy Carmichael |
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Old Cape Cod |
Patti Page |
1957 |
(#3) Claire Rothrock, Milt Yakus, Allen Jeffrey |
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Old Chishold Trail |
Traditional |
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Old Devil Moon |
Frank Sinatra |
1955 |
E.Y. Harburg & Burton Lane |
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Old Hippie |
Bellamy Brothers, The |
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Old Home Filler-Up Cafe |
C.W. McCall |
1974 |
(#54) |
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Old Lamplighter, The |
Three Browns, The |
1960 |
(#5) Charles Tobias, Nat Simon |
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Old Man River |
1927 |
Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II, in Showboat |
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Old Man |
Neil Young |
1973 |
Neil Young |
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Old Piano Roll Blues, The |
1950 |
Cy Coben |
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Old Time Religion (Parody) |
Pete Seeger |
Pete Seeger, based on traditional song dating from ca 1865 |
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Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll |
Bob Seger |
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Old Buttermilk Sky |
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Omaha |
1919 |
Horatio Nicholls, Worton David |
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On A Carousel |
Hollies, The |
A. Clarke, T. Hicks, G. Nash |
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On A Clear Day |
Robert Goulet |
1965 |
Alan Jay Lerner & Burton Lane; from the movie of the same name |
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On A Country Road |
James Taylor |
1970 |
James Taylor |
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On A Slow Boat To China |
Kay Kyser Orchestra |
1948 |
Frank Loesser |
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On And On |
Stephen Bishop |
1977 |
(#11) Stephen Bishop |
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On Broadway |
Drifters, The |
1963 |
(#9) Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (also George Benson #7 in 1978) |
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On the Alamo |
The Norman Petty Trio |
1954 |
(#29) (instrumental) |
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On the Atcheson, Topeka, And the Santa Fe |
Johnny Mercer? |
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On the Rebound |
Floyd Cramer |
1961 |
(#4) (instrumental) |
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On the Road Again |
Willie Nelson |
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On the Street Where You Live |
Vic Damone |
1956 |
(#4) Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe, in My Fair Lady |
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On the Sunny Side of the Street |
Jo Stafford |
1945 |
(#17) Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh, 1929 |
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On the Wings of a Dove |
Ferlin Husky |
1957 |
(#47) |
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On Top of Old Smokie |
Weavers, The |
1951 |
Traditional, adapted by The Weavers, based on "Little Mohee" ca 1916 |
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On Top of Spaghetti |
Tom Glaser |
1963 |
(#14) Tom Glazer |
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Once In A While |
Chimes, The |
1960 |
(#11) Bud Green, Michael Edwards (Tommy Dorsey #1 in 1937) Bud Green, Michael Edwards, 1937; from "I’ll Get By" |
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Once Upon A Time |
Tony Bennett |
1962 |
Lee Adams, Charles Strouse; from the musical "All American" |
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One Dyin' and a Buryin' |
Roger Miller |
1965 |
(#34) |
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One Fine Day |
Chiffons, The |
1963 |
(#5) |
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One for My Baby (& One for the Road) |
Frank Sinatra |
1943 |
Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen |
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One Hand, One Heart |
1957 |
Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein; from West Side Story |
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One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) |
Barry Young |
1965 |
(#13) |
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One in a Million |
Platters, The |
1956 |
(#20) |
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One Kind Favor |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1964 |
based on "Blind Lemon" Jefferson’s "See That My Grave is Kept Clean, " ca 1927 & Bob Dylan's 1962 version |
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One Less Bell to Answer |
Marilyn McCoo |
1970 |
Hal David, Burt Bacharach |
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One Less Set of Footsteps |
Jim Croce |
1972 |
Jim Croce |
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One Little Candle |
Perry Como |
1952 |
(#18) Joseph Roach, George Mysels |
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One More Minute |
"Weird Al" Yankovic |
"Weird Al" Yankovic |
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One More Town |
Kingston Trio, The |
1962 |
(#97) Scott Weisman |
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One of These Nights |
Eagles, The |
1975 |
(#1) Glenn Frey, Don Henley |
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One Step At A Time |
Brenda Lee |
1957 |
(#43) |
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One Tin Solder |
Coven |
1969 |
Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter; theme from the movie Billy Jack |
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One Toke Over the Line |
Brewer & Shipley |
1971 |
(#10) |
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One Track Mind |
Bobby Lewis |
1961 |
(#9) |
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One |
Three Dog Night |
1969 |
(#5) |
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One-Two-Three |
Len Barry |
1965 |
(#2) |
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Only In America |
Jay & The Americans |
1963 |
(#25) |
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Only Love Can Break A Heart |
Gene Pitney |
1962 |
(#2) Hal David, Burt Bacharach |
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Only the Lonely |
Roy Orbison |
1960 |
(#2) Roy Orbison, Joe Melson |
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Only the Strong Survive |
Jerry Butler |
1960 |
(#8) Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Butler |
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Only Yesterday |
Carpenters, The |
1975 |
John Bettis, Richard Carpenter; Karen died 2/4/83 |
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Only You |
Platters, The |
1955 |
(#5) Buck Ram, Ande Rand |
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Ooh Baby Baby |
Miracles, The |
1965 |
(#16) |
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Oop-Shoop |
Crew-Cuts, The |
1954 |
(#13) |
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Open Up Your Heart (and Let the Sunshine In) |
Cowboy Church Sunday School, The |
1955 |
(#8) Stuart Hamblen |
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Operator |
Jim Croce |
1971 |
Jim Croce |
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Opus One |
Mills Brothers, The |
1944 |
Sy Oliver |
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Orange Blossum Special |
Johnny Cash |
1965 |
(#80) |
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Our Day Will Come |
Ruby & The Romantics |
1963 |
(#1) Mort Garson, Bob Hilliard |
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Our Heartbreaking Waltz |
Teresa Brewer |
1954 |
(#23) |
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Our House |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
1970 |
Graham Nash (about a house he & Joni Mitchell had owned in Laurel Canyon on Lookout Mountain Road) |
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Our Love Is Here to Stay |
Nat "King" Cole |
1950 |
George Gershwin (and Vernon Duke), & Ira Gershwin; George’s last song; intro’d in Goldwin Follies, 1938) |
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Our Way |
Penny Marshall & ? |
Theme from LaVerne & Shirley |
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Our Winter Love |
Bill Pursell |
1963 |
(#9) taught music at Vanderbilt |
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Out And About |
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart |
1967 |
(#39) Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart |
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Out of Nowhere |
Lena Horne |
1941 |
Edward Heyman, Johnny Green |
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Out Of Sight |
James Brown & His Orchestra |
1964 |
(#24) |
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Over and Over |
Dave Clark Five, The |
1965 |
(#1) Robert Byrd |
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Over The Rainbow |
Judy Garland |
1939 |
E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen; in The Wizard of Oz; Oscar winner, 1939 (nearly dropped from film) |
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Over There |
Nora Bayes |
1918 |
George M. Cohan, William Jerome |
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Over Under Sideways Down |
Yardbirds, The |
1966 |
(#13) Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja |
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Overs |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1968 |
Paul Simon; on Bookends |
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Oyé Como Va |
Santana |
1971 |
(#13) Tito Puente |
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P.S. I Love You |
Beatles, The |
1964 |
(#10) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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P.S. I Love You |
Hilltoppers, The |
1953 |
Johnny Mercer, Gordon Jenkins |
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P.T. 109 |
Jimmy Dean |
1962 |
(#8) Marijohn Wilkin, Fred Burch |
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Paint It Black |
Rolling Stones, The |
1966 |
Mick Jagger, Keith Richard |
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Painted Tainted Rose |
Al Martino |
1963 |
Peter DeAngelis, Jean Sawyer |
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Palisades Park |
Freddy Cannon |
1962 |
(#3) Words & Music by George Barris (The Gong Show) |
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Papa Loves Mambo |
Perry Como |
1954 |
(#4) Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Bix Reichner |
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Papa Was A Rolling Stone |
Temptations, The |
1972 |
(#1) Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield; Grammy winner 1972 (R&B) |
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Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1) |
James Brown |
1965 |
(#8) Grammy winner 1965 (R&B) |
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Pa-Paya Mama |
Perry Como |
1953 |
(#11) Larry Coleman, Norman Gimbel & George Sandler |
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Paper Doll |
Mills Brothers, The |
1942 |
Johnny Black, 1930; not published until 1942 |
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Paper Roses |
Anita Bryant |
1960 |
(#5) Janice Torre, Fred Spielman, 1955 (also Marie Osmond, #5 in 1973) |
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Paperback Writer |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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Party Doll |
Buddy Knox |
1957 |
(#1) James Bowen, Buddy Knox |
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Party Lights |
Claudine Clark |
1962 |
(#5) Claudine Clark |
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Party’s Over, The |
Willie Nelson |
1967 |
Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne |
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Patches (I’m Depending on You) |
1970 |
General Johnson, Ronald Dunbar; Grammy winner 1970 (R&B) |
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Patches |
Dickey Lee |
1962 |
(#6) Larry Kolber, Barry Mann |
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Patricia |
Perez Prado |
1958 |
(#1) Perez Prado; in the movie La Dolce Vita |
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Pay Me My Money Down |
Weavers, The |
Lydia A. Parish (adapted from a Georgia Sea Islands slave song) |
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Peace in the Valley |
Red Foley |
1951 |
Rev. Thomas A Dorsey; also recorded by Elvis Presley, 1957 (#25) |
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Peace Train |
Cat Stevens |
1971 |
(#7) Cat Stevens |
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Peaceful Easy Feeling |
Eagles, The |
1973 |
(#22) Jack Tempchin? Don Henley & Glenn Frey? |
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Peg 'o My Heart |
Jerry Murad & the Harmonicats< |