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S’Wonderful |
Glenn Miller |
1945 |
Ira & George Gershwin, 1927 |
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Sad Eyes |
Robert John |
1979 |
Robert John |
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Sad Movies Make Me Cry |
Sue Thompson |
1961 |
(#5) John Loudermilk |
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Saga Begins, The |
"Weird Al" Yankovic |
1998 |
Parody lyric by "Weird Al" Yankovic to Don MacLean’s "American Pie" |
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Sail Along Silvery Moon |
Billy Vaughn |
1957 |
(#2) Harry Tobias, Percy Weinrich, 1937 |
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Sail On |
Commodores, The |
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Sailing |
Christopher Cross |
1980 |
(#1) |
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Sailor (Your Home is the Sea) |
Lolita |
1960 |
(#5) Eng. Alan Holt, Werner Scharfenberger |
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Sally Go Round the Roses |
Jaynettes, The |
1963 |
(#2) Lona Spector, Zell Sanders |
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Sam’s Song |
Mills Brothers, The |
1950 |
Jack Elliott, Lew Quadling |
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Samba de Orpheus |
1959 |
Luiz Bonfa, Antonio Maria; from "Black Orpheus" |
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Same Old Lang Syne |
Dan Fogelberg |
Dan Fogelberg |
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Same Old Saturday Night |
Frank Sinatra |
1955 |
(#13) |
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San Antonio Rose |
Bob Wills |
1938 |
Bob Wills |
|
San Francisco (Wear Some Flowers) |
Scott McKenzie |
1967 |
(#4) John Phillips (Mamas & Papas) |
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San Francisco Bay Blues |
Eric Clapton |
1992 |
Jerry Fuller, 1954; on Unplugged |
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San Miguel |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
arr. Jane Bowers |
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Sand and the Sea, The |
Nat "King" Cole |
1955 |
(#23) |
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Santa Baby |
Eartha Kitt |
1953 |
Joan Javits, Phil Springer & Tony Springer |
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town |
Gene Autry |
1934 |
J. Fred Coots*, Haven Gillespie (*also wrote Love Letters in the Sand) |
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Sara Smile |
Hall & Oates |
1976 |
(#4) Daryl Hall, John Oates; about Sara Allen, Daryl’s girlfriend |
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Satin Doll |
Duke Ellington |
1953 |
Music by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, words by Johnny Mercer |
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Satisfaction |
Rolling Stones, The |
1965 |
(#1) |
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Saturday in the Park |
Chicago |
1972 |
(#3) Robert Lamm |
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Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio |
John Denver |
1975 |
Randy Sparks |
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Saturday Night |
New Christy Minstrels, The |
1963 |
(#29) Randy Sparks |
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Save It For a Rainy Day |
Stephen Bishop |
1978 |
Stephen Bishop |
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Save the Best for Last |
1989 |
Phil Galdstone, John Ling, Wendy Waldman |
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Save the Last Dance For Me |
Drifters, The |
1960 |
(#1) Jerome "Doc" Pomus, Mort Shuman |
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Say You're Mine Again |
Perry Como |
1953 |
(#3) Charles Nathan, Dave Heisler |
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Scarborough Fair/Canticle |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1968 |
(#11) Paul Simon |
|
Scarlet Ribbons |
Harry Belafonte |
1956 |
Jack Segal, Evelyn Danzig, 1949 (Kinston Trio 1958 & The Browns 1959) |
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School Day |
Chuck Berry |
1957 |
(#8) Chuck Berry |
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School Days |
1907 |
Gus Edwards, Will Cobb |
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Scotch ‘n Soda |
Kingston Trio, The |
1962 |
(#81) Dave Guard (flip side was "Jane") Guard died 3/22/91 of lymphoma |
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Sea Cruise |
Frankie Ford |
1959 |
(#14) |
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Sea of Love |
Phil Phillips |
1959 |
(#2) George Khoury, Philip Baptiste |
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Sealed With a Kiss |
Brian Hyland |
1962 |
(#3) Gary Geld, Peter Udell |
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Search Is Over, The |
Survivor |
1984 |
(#4) |
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Searchin’ |
Coasters, The |
1957 |
(#3) Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller |
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Seasons in the Sun |
Terry Jacks |
1974 |
(#1) Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen |
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Second Time Around, The |
Frank Sinatra |
1961 |
(#50) James Van Heusen & Sam Grant Clarke, Sammy Cahn, in The Joker Is Wild |
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Second-Hand Rose |
Barbra Streisand |
1965 |
(#32) Grant Clarke & James F. Hanley |
|
Secret Agent Man |
Johnny Rivers |
1966 |
(#3) |
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Secret Love |
Doris Day |
1954 |
(#1) Paul Webster, Sammy Fain; in Calamity Jane; Oscar winner 1953 |
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Secretly |
Jimmie Rodgers |
1958 |
(#3) Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Mark Markwell |
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See the Funny Little Clown |
Bobby Goldsboro |
1964 |
(#9) |
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See You In September |
Tempos, The |
1959 |
(#23) Sherman Edwards, Sid Wayne (also #3 for The Happenings in 1966) |
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See You Later Alligator |
Bill Haley |
1956 |
(#6) Rogert Guidry |
|
Seems Like Old Times |
Four Freshmen, The |
1956 |
Edward Heyman (lyr), Carmen Lombardo & John Jacob Loeb; Arthur Godfrey’s TV theme song |
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Send for Me |
Nat "King" Cole |
1957 |
(#6) Ollie Owens |
|
Send In the Clowns |
Joni Mitchell |
1975 |
Stephen Sondheim, in A Little Night Music; Grammy winner 1975 (song) |
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Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On |
Dean Martin |
1965 |
(#22) (also Johnny Tillotson, #17 in 1962) |
|
Sentimental Journey |
Les Brown Orchestra |
1944 |
Bud Green, Les Brown & Ben Howard; Les Brown’s theme song |
|
Sentimental Me |
Ames Brothers |
1950 |
(#1) Jim Morehead, Jimmy Cassin, 1944 |
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September In The Rain |
Dinah Waehington |
1961 |
(#23) Al Dubin, Harry Warren, 1937; also #1 for Guy Lombardo in 1937; Goerge Shearing’s 1st hit, 1949 |
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September Morn |
Neil Diamond |
1979 |
Neil Diamond, Gilbert Becaud |
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September Song |
Bing Crosby |
1946 |
Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill, 1938 (Maurice Chevalier, ‘60) |
|
Serenade In Blue |
Glenn Miller |
1942 |
Mack Gordon, Harry Warren; written for the movie "Orchestra Wives" |
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Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Beatles, The |
1967 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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Seven Little Girls Sitting In the Back Seat |
Paul Evans & The Curls |
1959 |
(#9) |
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Seventeen |
Fontane Sisters, The |
1955 |
(#3) Boyd Bennett, Jack Young, Chuck Gorman |
|
Seventh Son |
Johnny Rivers |
1965 |
(#7) |
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Seventy-Six Trombones |
Robert Preston |
1957 |
Meredith Wilson, in The Music Man |
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Sex Song, The |
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Shadow of Your Smile, The |
Tony Bennett |
1965 |
(#95) Johnny Mandel & Paul Webster; in The Sandpiper, Oscar winner, 1965; Grammy 1965 (song) |
|
Shadrack, Meshack, Abednigo |
Brook Benton |
1962 |
(#19) Robert MacGimsey, 1931; Benton d 1988 |
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Shake |
Sam Cooke |
1965 |
(#7) |
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Shake, Rattle and Roll |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
1954 |
(#7) Charles Calhoun |
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Shambala |
Three Dog Night |
1973 |
(#3) Daniel Moore |
|
Shangri-La |
Four Coins, The |
1957 |
(#11) Carl Sigmon, Matt Malneck & Robert Maxwell, 1946 (also The Lettermen ‘69) |
|
Shanghai Breezes |
John Denver |
John Denver, on "Seasons of the Heart" |
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Shannon |
Henry Gross |
1976 |
Henry Gross |
|
Shape of Things, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
1962 |
Sheldon, Harnick |
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Share The Land |
Guess Who, The |
1970 |
(#10) |
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Sh-Boom |
Crew-Cuts, The |
1954 |
(#1) Jimmy Keyes, Claude & Carl Feaster (The Chords--1st recording), F. McRae & J. Edwards |
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She Believes in Me |
Kenny Rogers |
1979 |
(#5) Steve Gibb |
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She Can’t Find Her Keys |
Paul Petersen |
1962 |
(#19) |
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She Cried |
Jay & The Americans |
1962 |
(#5) |
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She Loves You |
Beatles, The |
1964 |
(#1) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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She Was Five and He Was Ten |
Mills Brothers, The |
1954 |
(#27) |
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She’d Rather Be With Me |
Turtles, The |
1967 |
(#3) Gary Bonner, Alan Gordon |
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She’s A Lady |
Tom Jones |
1971 |
(#2) Paul Anka |
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She’s A Woman |
Beatles, The |
1964 |
(#4) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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She’s Gone |
Hall & Oates |
1976 |
Darryl Hall, John Oates |
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She’s Got You |
Patsy Cline |
1962 |
(#14) Hank Cochran |
|
She’s Leaving Home |
Beatles, The |
1967 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, on "Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" |
|
She’s Not There |
Zombies, The |
1964 |
(#2) Rod Argent |
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Sheila |
Tommy Roe |
1962 |
(#1) Tommy Roe |
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She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain |
Traditional |
Traditional, ca 1899 |
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Shenandoah |
1826 |
Traditional, from a sea chantey but later associated with the American West |
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Sherry |
Four Seasons, The |
1962 |
(#1) Bob Gaudio |
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She's About A Mover |
Sir Douglas Quintet |
1965 |
(#13) |
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She's Just My Style |
Gary Lewis & The Playboys |
1965 |
(#3) |
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Shifting, Whispering Sands, The |
Rusty Draper |
1955 |
(#3) V.C.Gilbert, Mary Hadler (inst. version by Billy Vaughn #5) |
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Shilo |
Neil Diamond |
1971 |
Neil Diamond |
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Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop |
Little Anthony & The Imperials |
1959 |
(#24) |
|
Shine On Harvest Moon |
Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth |
1908 |
Nora Bayes, Jack Norworth (husband & wife) |
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Shining Star |
1976 |
Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn |
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Shipmates and Cheyenne |
John Denver |
1975 |
Joe Henry, John Denver; on "Windsong" |
|
Shop Around |
Miracles, The |
1960 |
(#2) Barry Gordy, Smokie Robinson |
|
Short Fat Fannie |
Larry Williams |
1957 |
(#5) |
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Short People |
Randy Newman |
1977 |
Randy Newman |
|
Short Shorts |
Royal Teens |
1958 |
(#3) Thomas Austin, Bill Crandell, Bill Dalton, Bob Gaudio |
|
Shotgun |
Junior. Walker & The All-Stars |
1965 |
(#4) |
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Shout |
Joey Dee & The Starliters |
1962 |
(#6) |
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Show And Tell |
1974 |
Jerry Fuller |
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Show Me The Way to Go Home |
Perry’s Hot Dogs |
1925 |
Irving King (a pseudonym for the team of Reginald Connelly and Jimmy Campbell) adapted from a Canadian folk song |
|
Shower The People |
James Taylor |
1976 |
(#22) James Taylor |
|
Shrimp Boats |
Jo Stafford |
1951 |
Paul Mason Howard, Paul Weston |
|
Side By Side |
Kay Starr |
1953 |
Harry Woods, 1927; first recorded by Paul Whiteman; Woods’ left hand had no fingers |
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Sidewalks of New York, The |
1894 |
James Blake, Charles Lawler |
|
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Silence Is Golden |
Tremeloes, The |
1967 |
(#11) |
|
Silent Night |
Traditional |
Josheph Mohr, Franz Gruber, 1818; written for guitar because church organ was too rusted to be playable |
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Silhouettes |
Diamonds, The |
1957 |
(#10) Frank Slay, Bob Crewe; (later by Herman’s Hermits, #5 in 1965; 1st by The Rays, 1957) |
|
Silly Love Songs |
Paul McCartney & Wings |
1976 |
Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney |
|
Silver Bells |
Bing Crosby |
1951 |
Jay Livingston & Ray Evans |
|
Silver Dollar |
Teresa Brewer |
1955 |
(#20) Clark Van Ness, Jack Palmer, 1950 |
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Silver Threads & Golden Needles |
Springfields, The |
1962 |
(#20) Jack Rhodes, Dick Reynolds (also Linda Ronstradt, #67 in 1974) |
|
Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine |
Gene Autry |
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Sin |
Eddy Howard & His Orchestra |
1951 |
(#1) |
|
Sinbound Train |
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Since I Don’t Have You |
Skyliners, The |
1959 |
(#12) James Beaumont, Janet Vogel, Joseph Rock, et al |
|
Since I Fell for You |
Lenny Welch |
1963 |
(#4) Buddy Johnson, 1948 |
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Since I Met You Baby |
Ivory Joe Hunter |
1956 |
(#12) Ivory Joe Hunter |
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Since You’ve Been Gone |
Clyde McPhatter |
1959 |
(#38) ; McPhatter d 1972 at 38 |
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Since You’ve Gone |
Ferlin Husky |
1957 |
(#4) |
|
Sincerely |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1955 |
(#1 for 10 weeks) Harvey Fuqua, Alan Freed |
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Sing |
Carpenters, The |
1973 |
Joe Raposo; written for Sesame Street; Karen died 2/4/83 |
|
Singin' in the Bath Tub |
John Lithgow |
1999 |
Herb Magidson, Ned Washington, Michael Cleary, 1929 |
|
Singin’ For The Fun |
Limelighters, The |
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Singin’ in the Rain |
Gene Kelly |
1952 |
Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown, 1929; in An American in Paris |
|
Singing the Blues |
Guy Mitchell |
1956 |
(#1) Marvin Endsley (Marty Robbins #17) |
|
Sink the Bismarck |
Johnny Horton |
1960 |
(#3) Johnny Horton, Tillman Franks; Horton married Hank Williams’ widow, then died young 11/15/70 |
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Sinking of the Reuben James, The |
Almanac Singers |
Lyrics Woody Gurthrie, music from Wildwood Flower |
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|
Sir Duke |
Stevie Wonder |
1977 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) tribute to Duke Ellington |
|
Sister Golden Hair |
America |
1975 |
(#1) (on charts for 16 weeks) Gerald Beckley |
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Sisters |
Rosemary & Betty Clooney |
1951 |
(#30) |
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Sittin’ in the Balcony |
Eddie Cochran |
1957 |
(#18) John D. Loudermilk (also recorded) |
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Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay |
Otis Redding |
1968 |
(#1) (rec. 3 wks before his death) Otis Redding, Steve Cropper; Grammy winner 1968 (R&B) |
|
Six Days On the Road |
Dave Dudley |
1963 |
(#32) |
|
Sixteen Candles |
Crests, The |
1958 |
(#2) Luther Dixon, Allyson Khent |
|
Sixteen Going On Seventeen |
1959 |
Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, in The Sound of Music |
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|
Sixteen Reasons |
Connie Stevens |
1960 |
(#3) Stevens was "Cricket" Blake from 77 Sunset Strip |
|
Sixteen Tons |
"Tennessee" Ernie Ford |
1955 |
(#1) Merle Travis, 1947 |
|
Sixty Minute Man |
Billy Ward and His Dominoes |
1951 |
(#17) |
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Skin |
Allan Sherman |
1963 |
Parody words by Alan Sherman, music (You've Gotta Have Heart) Richard Adler/Jerry Ross from "Damn Yankees" |
|
Skokian |
Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra |
1954 |
(#3) Tom Glazer, August Musarurtgwa (also by The Four Lads, #7) |
|
Sky Pilot |
Animals, The |
Eric Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins & McCulloch |
|
|
Skylark |
Linda Ronstadt |
1984 |
Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, 1941; previously recorded by Helen Forrest |
|
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue |
Ventures, The |
1964 |
(#35) Richard Rodgers |
|
Sleep Walk |
Santo & Johnny (Farina) |
1959 |
(#1) Don Wolf, Johnny Santo, Ann Farina |
|
Sleepy Lagoon |
Harry James |
1940 |
(#1) Jack Lawrence & Eric Coates |
|
Sleigh Ride |
1950 |
Mitchell Parish (later), Leroy Anderson |
|
|
Slip Slidin’ Away |
Paul Simon |
1977 |
(#5) Paul Simon |
|
Slippin’ and Slidin’ (Peepin’ and a-Hidin’) |
Little Richard |
1956 |
(#33) |
|
Sloop John B. |
Kingston Trio, The |
1958 |
Lee Hays, Carl Sandburg , based on Bahamian song ca 1927 (Beach Boys, #3 ‘66) |
|
Slow Boat to China |
Kay Kyser |
1948 |
Frank Loesser |
|
Slow Dancin’ |
Johnny Rivers |
1977 |
(#10) |
|
Slow Poke |
Pee Wee King & Golden West Cowboys 1952 |
#1) Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, Chilton Prince |
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Small World |
Johnny Mathis |
1959 |
(#20) Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne, in the movie Gypsy |
|
Smelly Cat |
Performed by "Phoebe" on the TV show Friends |
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Smile |
Tony Bennett |
1959 |
(#70) John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons, Charlie Chaplin, for Modern Times |
|
Smiles |
Benny Goodman |
1936 |
(#21) J. Will Callahan, Lee Roberts, 1917; also rec. by Crazy Otto, 1955 (#21) |
|
Smoke From a Distant Fire |
Sanford/Townsend Band, The |
1977 |
(#9) Ed Sanford, John Townsend, Steven Stewart |
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Smoke Gets In Your Eyes |
Platters, The |
1958 |
(#1) Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, 1933, in Roberta |
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Smoke On the Water |
Deep Purple |
1973 |
Richard Blackmore, Ian Gillan, et al |
|
Smokin' In the Boys' Room |
Brownsville Station |
1974 |
(#3) Michael Koda, Michael Lutz |
|
Snap Your Fingers |
Joe Henderson |
1962 |
Grady Martin & Alex Zanetis |
|
Snowbird |
Anne Murray |
1970 |
(#8) Gene MacLellan (Gene L. Graham?) |
|
So Far Away |
Carole King |
1971 |
(#14) Carole King (flip side "Smackwater Jack") |
|
So Into You |
Atlanta Rhythm Section, The |
1977 |
Buddy Buie, Dean Daughtry, Robert Nix |
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So Long, It’s Been Good To Know Ya |
Weavers, The |
1950 |
Woody Guthrie, 1935 |
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So Much In Love |
Tymes, The |
1963 |
(#1) Roy Straigis, William Jackson III, George Williams |
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So Rare |
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra |
1957 |
(#2) John Rufus (Jack) Sharpe, Jerry Herst (first recorded 1937); Dorsey’s last hit; d 1957, 1 year after brother Tommy |
|
Society’s Child |
Janis Ian |
1967 |
(#14) Janis Ian |
|
Sock It To Me Baby |
Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels |
1967 |
(#10) Brown & Crewe |
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Softly She Comes |
Gordon Lightfoot |
Gordon Lightfoot |
|
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Softly, As I Leave You |
Frank Sinatra |
1964 |
(#27) Eng. Hal Shaper, A. deVita, 1962 |
|
Soldier Boy |
Shirelles, The |
1962 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Luther Dixon, Florence Green |
|
Solitaire |
Carpenters, The |
1975 |
Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody; Karen died 2/4/83 |
|
Solitary Man |
Neil Diamond |
1966 |
(#55) Neil Diamond; this was his first hit |
|
Some Day |
Frankie Laine |
1954 |
(#14) Brian Hooker, Rudolf Friml, 1925, in The Vagabond King |
|
Some Enchanted Evening |
Jay & The Americans |
1965 |
(#13) Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein, in South Pacific, 1949, vocal by Ezio Pinza |
|
Some I Wrote |
Statler Brothers, The |
Don Reid, Harold Reid |
|
|
Some of These Days |
Sophie Tucker |
1910 |
Shelton Brooks; Sophie Tucker's theme song |
|
Some Sunday Morning |
Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes |
1945 |
(#9) M.K. Jerome & Ray Heindorf |
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Somebody Bad Stole De Wedding Bell |
Eartha Kitt |
1954 |
(#16) Bob Hilliard |
|
Somebody Loves Me |
Errol Garner |
1944 |
B.G. DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald, George Gershwin, 1924 |
|
Somebody to Love |
Jefferson Airplane |
1967 |
(#5) Grace Slick, Darby Slick, Jerry Slick |
|
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) |
Mills Brothers, the |
1949 |
Jimmy Hodges, 1946 |
|
Someday Soon |
Judy Collins |
1969 |
Ian Tyson |
|
Someday We’ll Be Together |
Supremes, The |
1969 |
(#1) Harvey Fuqua, Jackey Beavers, Johny Bristol; The Supremes’ last hit |
|
Someone Else's Love Song |
Georgie Shaw |
1954 |
(#29) |
|
Someone Saved My Life Tonight |
Elton John |
1975 |
(#4) Elton John, Bernie Taupin |
|
Someone to Watch Over Me |
1949 |
George & Ira Gershwin, 1926; in John Loves Mary, 1949 |
|
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Someone You Love |
Nat "King" Cole |
1955 |
(#13) |
|
Somethin’ Stupid |
Frank & Nancy Sinatra |
1967 |
Carson C. Parks (#1 for 4 weeks) |
|
Something to Remember You By |
1930 |
Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz |
|
|
Something Wonderful |
1951 |
Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, in The King And I |
|
|
Something’s Got a Hold on Me |
Etta James |
1962 |
(#37) |
|
Something's Gotta Give |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1955 |
(#5) Johnny Mercer |
|
Somewhere (There’s A Place for Us) |
1957 |
Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein; from West Side Story |
|
|
Somewhere My Love (Lara’s Theme) |
Ray Conniff |
1966 |
(#9) Maurice Jarre & Paul Webster in Dr. Zhivago |
|
Somewhere There Is Someone |
Lou Monte |
1954 |
(#21) |
|
Son of a Preacher Man |
Dusty Springfield |
1968 |
John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins |
|
Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) |
Percy Faith & His Orchestra |
1953 |
(#1) William Engvick, Georges Auric |
|
Song Of The Barefoot Contessa |
Hugo Winterhalter |
1954 |
(#25) Mario Nascimbene |
|
Song Of the Dreamer |
Eddie Fisher |
1955 |
(#11) |
|
Song Sung Blue |
Neil Diamond |
1972 |
(#1) Neil Diamond |
|
Songbird |
Barbra Streisand |
1978 |
(#25) D. Wolfson & S. Nelson |
|
Soon It’s Gonna Rain |
Barbra Streisand |
1963 |
Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt, in The Fantasticks |
|
Sophisticated Lady |
Linda Ronstadt |
1984 |
Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish, Duke Ellington, 1933; on Ronstadt’s Lush Life |
|
Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The |
1897 |
Paul Dukas; used in the movie Fantasia |
|
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Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home) |
Impalas, The |
1959 |
(#2) Harry Giosasi, Artie Zwirm |
|
Soul Finger |
Bar-Kays, the |
1967 |
(#7) James Alexander, et al; the band's only hit; 4 members died in airplane crash with Otis Redding, 1967 |
|
Soul Man |
Sam & Dave |
1967 |
(#2) Isaac Hayes, David Porter; later (1989) in Blues Brothers by John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd |
|
Sound of Music, The |
1959 |
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, from the musical of the same name |
|
|
Sounds of Silence, The |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1965 |
(#1) Paul Simon |
|
South Coast |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
Lillian Bos2 Ross, Sam Eskin, Richard Dehr, Frank Miller |
|
South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) |
Frank Sinatra |
1953 |
(#18) Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr |
|
Southern Corss |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
1982 |
on "Daylight Again" |
|
Southern Nights |
Glen Campbell |
1977 |
(#1) Allen Toussaint |
|
Space Oddity |
David Bowie |
1970 |
David Bowie |
|
Spanish Eyes |
Al Martino |
1965 |
(#15) Bert Kaempfert, Eddie Snyder (Eng.), Charles Singleton; originally rec. by Kaempfert as "Moon Over Naples" |
|
Spanish Flea |
Herb Alpert |
1966 |
(#27) Cissy Wechter, Julius Wechter (used as theme for The Dating Game) |
|
Spanish Harlem |
Ben E. King |
1960 |
(#10) Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Phil Spector |
|
Speak Softly Love |
Andy Williams |
1972 |
Larry Kusic, Nino Rota |
|
Speedoo |
The Cadillacs |
1955 |
(#17) |
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Speedy Gonzales |
Pat Boone |
1962 |
(#6) |
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Spiders & Snakes |
Jim Stafford |
1973 |
(#3) David Bellamy, Jim Stafford |
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Spinning Wheel |
Blood, Sweat & Tears |
1969 |
(#2) David Clayton Thomas |
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Spirit In the Sky |
Norman Greenbaum |
1970 |
(#3) |
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Splish Splash |
Bobby Darin |
1958 |
(#3) Jean Murray, Bobby Darin (Darin died in 1973 in heart surgery at age 37) |
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Spooky |
Buddy Buie, J.R. Cobb, Harry Middlebrooks, Mike Shapiro |
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Springhill Mining Disaster, The |
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger |
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St. George and the Dragonet |
Stan Freeberg |
1953 |
(#1) Stan Freeberg |
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St. James Infirmary |
Cab Calloway |
1930 |
Joe Primrose, 1930; possibly known as early as 1890-99 as "Bambler’s Blues" |
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St. Louis Blues |
1914 |
W.C. (William Christopher) Handy |
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Stagger Lee |
Lloyd Price |
1958 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) Harold Logan, Lloyd Price (based on a traditional folksong) |
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Stairway to the Stars |
Glenn Miller |
1938 |
Mitchell Parish, Matt Malneck |
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Stand By Me |
Ben E. King |
1961 |
(#4) (also #9 in 1986 from the movie) |
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Stand By Your Man |
Tanny Wynette |
1968 |
Tammy Wynette, Billy Sherrill |
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Standing On the Corner |
Four Lads, The |
1956 |
(#3) Frank Loesser (on charts 20 weeks); from the movie Most Happy Fella |
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Standing Still |
Association, The |
Ted Bluechel, Jr. |
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Star Dust |
Nat "King" Cole |
1957 |
(#79) Hoagy Carmichael (1927) & Mitchell Parish (1929); Nino Tempo & April Stevens, #32 in 1964 |
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Star Eyes |
Helen O’Connell |
1940 |
Don Raye & Gene DePaul |
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Stars Fell on Alabama |
Woody Herman |
Mitchell Parish (later), Frank Perkins, 1934 |
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Stay |
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs |
1960 |
(#1) Maurice Williams (later by The Four Seasons, #16 in 1964) |
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Stayin’ Alive |
Bee Gees, The |
1977 |
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb |
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Steam Heat |
Patti Page |
1954 |
(#8) Richard Adler, Jerry Ross |
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Steel Rail Blues |
Gordon Lightfoot |
1966 |
Gordon Lightfoot (also rec. George Hamilton IV) |
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Stella By Starlight |
1946 |
Ned Washington, Victor Young |
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Step by Step |
Crests, The |
1960 |
(#14) Ollie Jones, Billy Dawn Smith, 1959 |
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Stewball |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1963 |
(#35) Ralph Rinzler, John Herald, Bob Yellin (the Greenbriar Boys) |
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Still The One |
Orleans |
1975 |
(#5) John Hall, Johanna Hall |
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Still The Same |
Bob Seger |
1978 |
(#4) |
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Stompin’ at the Savoy |
Benny Goodman Orchestra |
1936 |
Benny Goodman |
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Stoned Soul Picnic |
Fifth Dimension, The |
1968 |
Laura Nyro (d 1997 at 49) |
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Stoney End |
Barbra Streisand |
1970 |
(#6) Laura Nyro (d 1997 at 49) |
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Stood Up |
Ricky Nelson |
1957 |
(#2) |
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Stop and Smell the Roses |
Mac Davis |
1974 |
(#9) Mac Davis, Doc Severinson |
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Stop! in the Name of Love |
Supremes, The |
1965 |
(#1) Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier |
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Stormy Weather |
Lena Horne |
1943 |
Ted Hoehler, Harold Arlen, 1933 (intro’d at Cotton Club and first popularized by Ethel Waters) |
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Stormy |
Santana |
1979 |
(#32) |
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Story Untold, A |
Crew-Cuts, The |
1955 |
(#16) |
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Stouthearted Men |
Nelson Eddy |
1928 |
Sigmund Romberg & Oscar Hammerstein II, in New Moon |
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Stranger In Paradise |
Tony Bennett |
1953 |
(#2) Robert Wright, George Forrest, in Kismet; based on Borodin’s "Polovetsian Dances" in Prince Igor, 1888 |
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Stranger On the Shore |
Mr. Acker Bilk |
1962 |
(#1) Acker Bilk, Robert Mellin (Also Andy Williams, #38) |
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Strangers In My Soup |
Allan Sherman |
Lyr Allan Sherman to "Strangers in the Night" by Charles Singleton, Eddie Saur, Bert Kaempfert |
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Strangers in the Night |
Frank Sinatra |
1966 |
(#1) Charles Singleton, Eddie Saur, Bert Kaempfert; 2 Grammies 1966 (record, album) |
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Strawberry Fields Forever |
Beatles, The |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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Streak, The |
Ray Stevens |
1974 |
Ray Stevens |
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String of Pearls |
1942 |
Eddie DeLang, Johnny Gray, in The Glenn Miller Story |
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Stripper, The |
David Rose & His Orchestra |
1962 |
(#1) David Rose (instrumental) |
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Stroll, The |
Diamonds, The |
1957 |
(#4) Nancy Lee, Clyde Otis, Brook Benton |
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Strollin' Is Back In Style |
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Strut |
Sheena Easton |
1984 |
(#7) |
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Stuck in the Middle With You |
Stealers Wheel |
1973 |
(#6) Gerry Rafferty, Joe Egan; Rafferty later went solo |
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Stuck on You |
Elvis Presley |
1960 |
(#1) Aaron Schroeder, J. Leslie McFarland |
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Stupid Cupid |
Connie Francis |
1958 |
(#14) Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield |
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Subterranean Homesick Blues |
Bob Dylan |
1965 |
(#39) Bob Dylan |
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Such a Night |
Elvis Presley |
1964 |
(#16) (earlier by Johnny Ray, #19 in 1954) |
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Such Is Love |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
Peter Yarrow |
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Suddenly There’s a Valley |
Gogi Grant |
1955 |
(#9) Charles Meyer, Biff Jones |
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Sugar Shack |
Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs |
1963 |
(#1) Keith McCormack, Faye Voss |
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Sugar Sugar |
Archies, The |
1969 |
Jeff Barry, Andy Kim |
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Sugar Town |
Nancy Sinatra |
1966 |
(#5) Lee Hazelwood |
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Sugar Walls |
Sheena Easton |
1984 |
(#9) |
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Sugartime |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1957 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) Charlie Phillips, Odis Echols |
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Suite — Judy Blue Eyes |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
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Sukiyaki |
Kyu Sakamoto |
1963 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) El Rohusuke, Hachidai Nakamura |
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Sultans of Swing |
1979 |
Mark Knopfler |
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Summer |
John Denver |
1975 |
John Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss, 1972 |
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Summer Breeze |
Seals & Crofts |
1971 |
James Seals, Darrell Crofts (#6) |
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Summer Days Alone |
Brothers Four, The |
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Summer In The City |
Lovin’ Spoonful, The |
1966 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boche |
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Summer Knows, The |
Summer of ‘42 |
1971 |
Alan & Marilyn Bergman, in Summer of ‘42 |
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Summer Rain |
Johnny Rivers |
1967 |
(#14) James Hendricks |
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Summer Set |
Monty Kelly |
1960 |
(#30) Acker Bilk, David Collett |
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Summer Wind, The |
Frank Sinatra |
1966 |
(#25) Hans Bradtke (Eng. by Johnny Mercer), Henry Mayer |
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Summertime Blues, The |
Eddie Cochran |
1958 |
(#8) Eddie Cochran; Cochran d 1960 at age 22 |
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Summertime |
From Porgy & Bess |
1935 |
DuBose Howard, George Gershwin in Porgy & Bess |
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Summertime, Summertime |
Jamies, The |
1958 |
(#26) Sherm Feller & Tom Jameson(re-charted 1962, #38) |
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Sunday Kind of Love |
Jo Stafford |
1947 |
Barbara Belle, Louis Brima, Anita Leonard & Stan Rhodes |
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Sunday, Monday or Always |
Bing Crosby |
1943 |
Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen; in the movie "Dixie" |
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Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down |
Kris Kristofferson |
Kris Kristofferson |
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Sunday Will Never Be the Same |
Spanky & Our Gang |
1967 |
(#9) Gene Pistilli, Terry Cashman |
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Sundown |
Gordon Lightfoot |
1974 |
(#1 for 18 weeks) Gordon Lightfoot |
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Sunny |
Bobby Hebb |
1966 |
(#2) Bobby Hebb |
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Sunrise, Sunset |
Topol |
1964 |
Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, from Fiddler On The Roof |
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Sunrise Serenade |
Glenn Miller Orchestra |
1939 |
Frankie Carle |
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Sunshine Of Your Love |
Cream |
1967 |
Jack Bruce, Pete Brown, Eric Clapton |
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Sunshine On My Shoulders |
John Denver |
1974 |
(#1) (ranked 18 wks) John Denver, Richard Kniss, Michael Taylor |
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Sunshine Superman |
Donovan |
1966 |
(#1) |
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Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows |
Leslie Gore |
1965 |
Howard Liebling, Marvin Hamlisch |
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Superstar |
Carpenters, The |
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Superstition |
Stevie Wonder |
1972 |
(#1) Stevie Wonder; Grammy Winner, 1973 (R&B) (album "Innervisions" also won) |
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Surf City |
Jan & Dean |
1963 |
(#1) Brian Wilson, Jan Gerry |
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Surfer Girl |
Beach Boys, The |
1963 |
(#7) Brian Wilson |
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Surfin’ Bird |
Trashmen, The |
1963 |
(#4) |
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Surfin’ Safari |
Beach Boys, The |
1962 |
(#14) Mike Love, Brian Wilson |
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Surfin’ U.S.A. |
Beach Boys, The |
1963 |
(#3) Chuck Berry |
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Susan |
Holvay, Beisbier & Guercio |
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Susie Darlin’ |
Robin Luke |
1958 |
(#5) |
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Suspician |
Terry Stafford |
1964 |
(#3) Jerome "Doc" Pomus, Mort Shuman |
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Suzanne |
Judy Collins |
1966 |
Leonard Cohen |
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Suzie Q |
Dale Hawkins |
1957 |
(#27) Dale Hawkins (James Burton claims co-authorship) |
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Swamp Witch |
Jim Stafford |
1973 |
(#39) |
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Sway |
Dean Martin |
1954 |
(#15) Norman Gimbel, Pablo Ruiz (also by Bobby Rydell, #14 in 1960) |
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Swearin’ to God |
Frankie Valli |
1975 |
(#6) Bob Crewe, Danny Randall |
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Sweet Adeline |
1903 |
Harry Armstrong, Richard Gerrard |
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Sweet and Gentle |
Alan Dale |
1955 |
(#10) Otillio Portal, George Thorn |
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Sweet Baby James |
James Taylor |
James Taylor |
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Sweet Caroline |
Neil Diamond |
1969 |
(#4) Neil Diamond |
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Sweet Cherry Wine |
Tommy James |
1969 |
(#7) |
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Sweet City Woman |
Stampeders, The |
1971 |
(#8) |
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Sweet Dreams of You |
Patsy Cline |
1963 |
(#44) Don Gibson, 1955 |
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Sweet Georgia Brown |
Ben Bernie |
1925 |
Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard; theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters |
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Sweet Home Alabama |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
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Sweet Little Sixteen |
Chuck Berry |
1958 |
(#2) Chuck Berry |
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Sweet Lorraine |
Nat "King" Cole |
1940 |
Mitchell Parrish & Cliff Burwell |
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Sweet Love |
Anita Baker |
1990 |
(#3) Anita Baker & Bias |
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Sweet Nothin’s |
Brenda Lee |
1959 |
(#4) Ronnie Self |
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Sweet Old Fashioned Girl, A |
Teresa Brewer |
1956 |
(#7) Bob Merrill |
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Sweet Pea |
Tommy Roe |
1966 |
(#8) Tommy Roe |
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Sweet Surrender |
John Denver |
1974 |
John Denver; from the Walt Disney production "The Bears And I" |
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Sweet Talkin’ Guy |
Chiffons, The |
1966 |
(#10) |
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Sweet Violets |
Doris Day |
1951 |
W.C. Powell, 1908 |
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Sweetest Sounds, The |
Sarah Vaughan |
1963 |
Richard Rodgers; from the musical "No Strings" |
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Sweetest Thing I’ve Ever Known, The |
Juice Newton |
1981 |
(#7) |
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Sweetheart Tree |
Henry Mancini |
1965 |
Henry Mancini; used in the movie "The Great Race" |
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot |
Traditional, ca 1873; arranged by Henry Thacker Burleigh, 1917 |
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Swingin’ On a Star |
Bing Crosby |
1944 |
Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen; in Going My Way; Oscar winner, 1944; written especially for Crosby |
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Swingin’ Safari, A |
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra |
1962 |
(#13) (instrumental) |
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Swingin’ Shepherd Blues, The |
Moe Koffman Quartette |
1958 |
(#23) Rhoda Roberts, Kenny Jacobson, Moe Kossman |
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Sylvia’s Mother |
Dr. Hook |
1971 |
Shel Silverstein |
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Syncopated Clock |
1950 |
Mitchell Parish, Leroy Anderson |
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Take A Chance On Me |
Abba |
1977 |
(#14) |
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Take A Letter Maria |
1969 |
R.B.Greaves |
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Take A Message To Mary |
Everly Brothers, The |
1959 |
(#16) |
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Take Five |
Dave Brubeck Quartet |
1961 |
(#25) Dave Brubeck |
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Take Good Care Of Her |
Adam Wade |
1961 |
(#7) |
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Take Good Care of My Baby |
Bobby Vee |
1961 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Gerry Goffin, Carole King |
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Take It Easy |
Eagles, The |
1972 |
(#12) Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey |
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Take It to the Limit |
Eagles, The |
1975 |
Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey |
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Take Me Home Country Roads |
John Denver |
1971 |
(#2) (on charts 23 weeks) Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, John Denver |
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Take Me Out To The Ball Game |
1908 |
Jack Norworth (saw 1st game 20 years later), Albert Von Tilzer |
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Take The "A" Train |
Duke Ellington |
1941 |
Billy Strayhorn |
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Take The Long Way Home |
Supertramp |
1979 |
(#10) |
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Take These Chains From My Heart |
Ray Charles |
1963 |
(#8) |
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Takin’ Care of Business |
Bachman Turner Overdrive |
1974 |
(#12) Randy Bachman |
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Taking A Chance on Love |
Benny Goodman |
1943 |
(#1) L:John Latouche & Ted Fetter; m: Vernon Duke; From "Cabin In the Sky" (film version, 1943) |
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Talk Back Trembling Lips |
Johnny Tillotson |
1963 |
(#7) |
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Talk to the Animals |
Rex Harrison |
1967 |
Leslie Briccuse, in Doctor Doolittle, Oscar winner, 1967 |
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Talkin' In Your Sleep |
Crystal Gayle |
1978 |
Roger Cook, Bobby Ray Wood |
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Tall Cool One |
Wailers, The |
1959 |
(#36) |
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Tall Paul |
Annette with The Afterbeats |
1959 |
(#7) |
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Tallahassee Lassie |
Freddy Cannon |
1959 |
(#6) Written by Cannon’s mother (Picariello) |
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Tammy |
Debbie Reynolds |
1957 |
(#1) Jay Livingston & Ray Evans (also by The Ames Brothers, #5) |
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Tangerine |
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra |
1942 |
Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger; Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell vocal |
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Tapestry |
Carole King |
1971 |
Carole King, Tapestry (the all-time Best-Selling Album) |
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Tara’s Theme (My Own True Love) |
1954 |
Mack David, Max Steiner (theme from Gone With the Wind, 1939) |
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Taxi |
Harry Chapin |
1972 |
(#24) |
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Taxman |
Beatles, The |
George Harrison |
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Tea for Two |
1925 |
Irving Ceaser, Vincent Youmans; written for "No, No, Nanette" |
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Teach Me Tonight |
Jo Stafford |
1953 |
Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul |
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Teach Your Children |
Crosby, Stills & Nash |