|
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Unchain My Heart |
Ray Charles |
1961 |
(#9) Freddy James, Agnes Jones |
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Unchained Melody |
Righteous Brothers, The |
1965 |
(#4) Hy Zaret & Alex North (also #13 in 1990 in Ghost) (Les Baxter #1 in ‘55, Roy Hamilton #6 in ‘55) |
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Undecided |
Ames Brothers, The |
1951 |
Sid Robin & Charlie Shavers |
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Under the Boardwalk |
Drifters, The |
1964 |
(#4) Arthur Resnick, Kenny Young |
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Unforgettable |
Dinah Washington |
1959 |
(#17) Irving Gordon (Nat "King" Cole, 1951) |
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Unfortunate Miss Bailey |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
Lou Gottlieb (of The Limelighters) |
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Unicorn, The |
Irish Rovers, The |
1968 |
(#7) Shel Silverstein, on his album "Inside Folk", 1961 |
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United We Stand |
1971 |
Tony Hiller, Peter Simons |
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Universal Soldier |
Glen Campbell |
1965 |
Buffy Sainte-Marie |
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Unkle Albert/Admiral Halsey |
Paul McCartney & Wings |
1971 |
Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney |
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Until It’s Time for You to Go |
Buffy Sainte-Marie |
1967 |
Buffy Sainte-Marie (also rec. 1970 by Neil Diamond); first recorded by Bobby Darin, 1966; by Elvis Presley, 1972 |
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Up A Lazy River |
Mills Brothers, The |
1948 |
Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin, 1931 (also Si Zentner, 1961 #43 and Bobby Darin, #14, 1961) |
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Up Around the Bend |
Credence Clearwater Revival |
1970 |
John Fogarty |
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Up On a House Top |
Traditional |
ca 1880 |
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Up On Cripple Creek |
Band, The |
1969 |
Robbie Robertson |
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Up On the Roof |
Drifters, The |
1962 |
(#5) Carole King, Gerry Goffin |
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Up Tight, Everything Is All Right |
Stevie Wonder |
1965 |
(#3) Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder |
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Up Where We Belong |
Jennifer Warnes |
1982 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) from An Officer And A Gentleman |
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Up, Up And Away |
Fifth Dimension, The |
1967 |
Jim Webb; 2 Grammies 1967 (song, record) |
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Uptown Girl |
Billy Joel |
1983 |
(#3) |
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Use Me Up |
Bill Withers |
1972 |
(#2 for 2 weeks) |
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Vacation |
Connie Francis |
1962 |
(#9) |
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Vatican Rag, The |
Tom Lehrer |
Tom Lehrer |
|
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Vaya Con Dios |
Les Paul & Mary Ford |
1953 |
(#1) Larry Russell, Inez James, Buddy Pepper |
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Vehicle |
1970 |
James Peterik |
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Veni-Vidi-Vici (I Came, I Saw, I Conquered) |
Gaylords, The |
1954 |
(#30) |
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Ventura Highway |
America |
1972 |
(#8) Lee Bunnell |
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Venus In Blue Jeans |
Jimmy Clanton |
1962 |
(#7) Words & Music by Neil Sedaka |
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Venus |
Frankie Avalon |
1959 |
(#1) Ed Marshall |
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Very Last Day |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey |
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Very Thought of You, The |
Doris Day |
1950 |
Ray Noble, 1934; revived in the 1950 movie ‘Man With a Horn" |
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Very Unfortunate Man |
Kingston Trio, The |
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Vie En Rose, La |
Edith Piaf |
1946 |
Edith Piaf (E. Mack David), R.S.Louiguy (Luis Guglielmi) |
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Village of St. Bernadette, The |
Andy Williams |
1959 |
(#7) |
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Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) |
Don McLean |
1971 |
Don McLean |
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Voláre |
Domenico Modugno |
1958 |
(#1) Domenico Modugno, Francesco Migliacci, Eng. Mitchell Parrish (later); also Bobby Rydell, #4 ‘60; 2 Grammies, 1958 |
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Volcano |
Jimmy Buffettt |
1979 |
(#66) |
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Wabash Canonball |
Carter Family, The |
1940 |
A.P. Carter |
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Wade In the Water |
Ramsey Lewis Trio |
1966 |
(#19) |
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Wah Watusi |
Orlons, The |
1962 |
(#2) Dave Appell, Kal Mann |
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Wait |
Beatles, The |
1965 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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Waitin’ in School |
Ricky Nelson |
1957 |
(#18) Johnny & Dorsey Burnette (Dorsey died at 47 of heart attack, 1979) |
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Wake the Town and Tell the People |
Les Baxter & His Orchestra |
1955 |
(#5) Sammy Gallop, Jerry Livingston |
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Wake Up Little Susie |
Everly Brothers, The |
1957 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) Boudleaux & Felice Bryant |
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Walk - Don’t Run |
Ventures, The |
1960 |
(#2) (instrumental) Johnny Smith |
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Walk A Mile in My Shoes |
Joe South |
1970 |
(#12) |
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Walk Away Renee |
Left Banke, The |
1966 |
(#5) Mike Brown, Mike Lookofsky, Tony Samsone, Bob Calilli; about Renee Fladen |
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Walk in the Black Forest, A |
Horst Jankowski |
1965 |
(#12) Horst Jankowski |
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Walk Like A Man |
4 Seasons, The |
1963 |
(#1) Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio |
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Walk On By |
Dionne Warwick |
1964 |
(#6) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
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Walk On By |
Leroy Van Dyke |
1961 |
(#5) |
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Walk On the Wild Side |
Jimmy Smith & The Big Band |
1962 |
(#21) Mack David, Elmer Bernstein |
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Walk Right Back |
Everly Brothers, The |
1961 |
(#7) Sonny Curtiss (formerly of The Cricketts); also rec. by Anne Murray, 1978 |
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Walk Right In |
Rooftop Singers, The |
1963 |
(#1) Gus Cannon, H. Woods, 1929; arr Erik Darling, W. Wvanoc, 1963 |
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Walk This Way |
Aerosmith |
1977 |
(#10) Joe Perry, Steven Tyler; also #4 in 1986 |
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Walkin’ After Midnight |
Patsy Cline |
1957 |
(#12) Don Hecht, Alan Block |
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Walkin’ My Baby Back Home |
Nat "King" Cole |
1952 |
(#8) Roy Turk & Fred Ahlert, 1930 |
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Walkin’ The Floor Over You |
Ernest Tubb |
1951 |
Ernest Tubb |
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Walkin’ to New Orleans |
Fats Domino |
1960 |
(#6) |
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Walking the Dog |
Fusus Thomas |
1963 |
(#10) |
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Waltzing Matilda |
A.B. "The Banjo" Anderson |
1941 |
Marie Cowan, A.B. Anderson; tune based on Robert Tannahill’s "Craigielea" |
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Wanderer, The |
Dion |
1961 |
(#2) Ernest Maresca |
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Wanderer, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
Irving Burgess |
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Wanderin’ Star |
Lee Marvin |
1969 |
Alan J. Lerner & Frederick Loewe, in Paint Your Wagon, 1952 |
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Wanted |
Perry Como |
1954 |
(#1) Jack Fulton, Lois Steele |
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Wanting You |
Roger Williams |
1955 |
(#38) Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg |
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War |
Edwin Star |
1970 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong |
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Washington Square |
Village Stompers, The |
1963 |
(#2) Bob Goldstein, David Shire |
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Wasn’t that a Party |
Irish Rovers, The |
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Wasted On the Way |
Crosby, Stills & Nash |
Graham Nash |
|
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Watch What Happens |
Andy Williams |
1967 |
Normal Gimbel & Michel Legrand; from "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" |
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Watchin’ Scotty Grow |
Bobby Goldsboro |
1975 |
Mac Davis |
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Water Boy |
Don Shirly Trio, The |
1961 |
(#40) Avery Robinson, 1922 |
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Waterloo |
Stonewall Jackson |
1959 |
(#4) John D. Loudermilk, Marijohn Wilkin (also Abba, #6 in 1974) |
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Watermelon Man |
Mongo Santamaria |
1963 |
(#10) Herbie Hancock |
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Watermelon Weather |
Perry Como and Eddie Fisher |
1952 |
(#19) Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster |
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Watusi, The |
Vibrations, The |
1961 |
(#25) |
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Way Down Yonder in New Orleans |
Freddy "Boom-Boom" Cannon |
1959 |
(#3) Harry Creamer, J. Turner Layton, 1922 |
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Way That I Want to Touch You, The |
Captain & Tenille |
1975 |
(#4) Toni Tenille |
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Way We Were, The |
Barbra Streisand |
1973 |
(#1) Alan & Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch; in movie same name, Oscar winner, 1973; Grammy 1973 (song) |
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Way You Look Tonight, The |
Lettermen, The |
1961 |
(#13) Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern, in Swingtime, 1936; Oscar winner 1936; #2 on Hit Parade) |
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Wayfaring Stranger |
Traditional, ca 1800 |
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Wayward Wind, The |
Gogi Grant |
1956 |
(#1 for 10 weeks) Herb Newman, Stan Lebowsky |
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We Are Family |
Sister Sledge |
1979 |
(#2) Bernard Edwards, Nile Rogers |
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We Can Work It Out |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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We Didn’t Start the Fire |
Billy Joel |
1989 |
(#1) |
|
We Don’t Need Another Hero |
Tina Turner |
1985 |
(#2) from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome |
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We Got Love |
Bobby Rydell |
1959 |
(#6) |
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We Just Disagree |
Dave Mason |
1977 |
|
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We May Never Love This Way Again |
1974 |
Al Kasha, Joe Harschorn; in Towering Inferno, Oscar winner 1974 (their 2nd) |
|
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We Shall Overcome |
Joan Baez |
1963 |
(#90) Trad., based on "O Sanctissima," 1794; lyr Charles Albert Tindley, 1901 |
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We Three Kings |
Traditional |
John Hopkins, 1857 |
|
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We'll Meet Again |
Vera Lynn |
1954 |
(#29) Ross Parker & Hughie Charles; prev. recorded by Benny Goodman, 1942 (#16) |
|
We’ll Sing In the Sunshine |
Gale Garnett |
1964 |
(#4) Gale Garnett |
|
We’ve Got Tonight |
Sheena Easton & Kenny Rodgers |
1983 |
(#6) Bob Seger, 1979 |
|
We’ve Only Just Begun |
Carpenters, The |
1970 |
(#2) Paul Williams, Roger Nichols; Karen died 2/4/83 |
|
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck |
Elvis Presley |
1958 |
(#2) Bert Carroll, Russell Moody |
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Wedding Bell Blues, The |
Marilyn McCoo |
1969 |
Laura Nyro, 1966 |
|
Wedding Song, The (There Is Love) |
Paul Stookey |
1971 |
Paul Stookey (#24) |
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Wednesday Morning 3 a.m. |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Palul Simon |
|
|
Weekend in New England |
Barry Manilow |
1976 |
(#10) |
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Weight |
Band, The |
1968 |
Jaime "Robbie" Robertson |
|
Welcome Back |
John Sebastian |
1976 |
(#1) John Sebastian; theme from Welcome Back Kotter |
|
Welcome to My World |
Jim Reeves |
1962 |
Ray Winkler & John Hathcock |
|
Well-Respected Man |
Kinks, The |
1965 |
(#13) |
|
Western Movies |
Olympics, The |
1958 |
(#8) |
|
What A Difference A Day Makes |
Dinah Washington |
1959 |
(#8) Eng. Stanley Adams, Maria Grover; Grammy winner 1959 (R&B); also #5 for Dorsey Brothers in 1934 |
|
What A Dream |
Patti Page |
1954 |
(#10) |
|
What A Fool Believes |
Doobie Brothers, The |
1978 |
(#1) Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald; double-Grammy winner 1978 (song, record) |
|
What A Wonderful World |
Louis Armstrong |
1967 |
George David Weiss, George Douglas |
|
What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life |
1970 |
Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand, in The Happy Ending |
|
|
What Child Is This |
Traditional |
Words by William Chatterton Dix, 1865, to the traditional tune "Greensleeves" |
|
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What Have They Done To The Rain |
Searchers, The |
1965 |
(#29) Malvina Reynolds |
|
What I Am |
Edie Brickel & the New Bohemians |
1988 |
(#7) |
|
What I Did For Love |
Donna Drake |
1975 |
Edward Kleban, Marvin Hamlisch, in A Chorus Line |
|
What In the World’s Come Over You |
Jack Scott |
1960 |
(#5) |
|
What It Was, Was Football |
Andy Griffith |
1954 |
(#9) |
|
What Kind of Fool Am I |
Sammy Davis, Jr. |
1962 |
(#17) Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; (from Stop the World I Want to Get Off); Grammy 1962 (song) |
|
What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am |
Tams, The |
1963 |
(#9) |
|
What Now My Love |
Jane Morgan |
1962 |
Eng. Carl Sigman, Gilbert Becaud, 1962 (also Herb Alpert, 1966) |
|
What the World Needs Now is Love |
Jackie DeShannon |
1965 |
(#7) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
|
What Will Mary Say |
Johnny Mathis |
1963 |
(#9) |
|
What’d I Say |
Ray Charles |
1959 |
(#6) Ray Charles |
|
What’ll I Do |
Linda Ronstadt |
1983 |
Irving Berlin, 1923, in Music Box Revue; by Berlin to wife Ellin (as was "Always") |
|
What’s Love Got to Do With It |
Tina Turner |
1984 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) |
|
What’s New |
Linda Ronstadt |
1983 |
(#53) Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart, 1939 |
|
Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) |
Sarah Vaughn |
1955 |
(#6) Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, in Damn Yankees |
|
Whatever Will Be, Will Be |
Doris Day |
1956 |
(#2) |
|
What's New Pussycat? |
Tom Jones |
1965 |
(#3) Hal David, Burt Bacharach |
|
Wheel Of Fortune |
Kay Starr |
1952 |
(#1) Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss |
|
Wheels |
String-A-Longs, The |
1961 |
(#3) Jimmy Tomes, Richard Stephens |
|
When |
Kalin Twins, The |
1958 |
(#5) Paul Evans & Jack Reardon |
|
When A Man Loves A Woman |
Percy Sledge |
1966 |
(#1) Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright |
|
When I Fall In Love |
Lettermen, The |
1961 |
(#7) Edward Hayman, Victor Young (Doris Day #20 in 1952, also Nat "King" Cole, 1952) |
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When I Grow Up To Be A Man |
Beach Boys, The |
1964 |
(#9) |
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When I Need You |
Leo Sayer |
1977 |
(#1) Carole Bayer Sager, Albert Hammond |
|
When I Was Young |
Animals, The |
Eric Burdon, Brigs, Weider, Jenkins & McCulloch |
|
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When I Was Young |
Kingston Trio, The |
Jane Bowers, Dave Guard (Guard died 3/22/91 of lymphoma) |
|
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When I’m Sixty-Four |
Beatles, The |
1967 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
|
When Joanna Loved Me |
Tony Bennett |
1964 |
(#94) Robert Wells & Jack Segal |
|
When Johnny Comes Marching Home |
Glenn Miller |
1938 |
Patrick S. Gilmore, 1863 |
|
When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again |
Elvis Presley |
1956 |
(#19) |
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When My Dreamboat Comes Home |
Fats Domino |
1956 |
(#14) |
|
When Sonny Gets Blue |
1956 |
Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal |
|
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When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain |
Kate Smith |
Howard Johnson, Harry Woods, 1931 |
|
|
When The Red Red Robin |
1926 |
Harry Woods |
|
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When The River Meets the Sea |
John Denver & The Muppets |
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When The Saints Go Marching In |
|
Katharine Purvis, James Black, 1896 |
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When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano |
1940 |
Leon Rene |
|
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When Will I Be Loved |
Everly Brothers, The |
1960 |
(#8) Phil Everly (also Linda Ronstadt, #2 in 1975) |
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When Will I See You Again |
1963 |
Alan Fielding |
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When You Wish Upon A Star |
Cliff Edwards, as Jiminy Cricket |
1940 |
Ned Washington, Leigh Harline; in Pinochio; Oscar Winner, 1940 |
|
When You Wore A Tulip |
1910 |
Percy Wenrich, Jack Mahoney |
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When You’re Hot, You’re Hot |
Jerry Reed |
1971 |
(#9) |
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When You’re In Love With a Beautiful Woman |
1979 |
Even Stevens |
|
|
When You’re Smiling |
1928 |
Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay |
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|
When Your Lover Has Gone |
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Where Did Our Love Go |
Supremes, The |
1964 |
(#1) |
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Where Do I Begin |
Andy Williams |
1971 |
(#9) from Love Story |
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone |
Kingston Trio, The |
1962 |
(#21) Pete Seeger, 1961 (additional lyrics by Joe Hickerson?) |
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Where Is Love |
1960 |
Lionel Bart; from the musical "Oliver" |
|
|
Where Is the Love |
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway |
1972 |
(#5) Ralph MacDonald, William Salter; Grammy Winner 1975 (R&B) |
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Where Love Has Gone |
Jack Jones |
1964 |
(#62) Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen (1 of two #62s this year) |
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Where Or When |
Dion & The Belmonts |
1959 |
(#3) Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, 1937 (also by The Lettermen, 98 in 1963) |
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Where the Action Is |
Freddy Cannon |
1965 |
(Top 20) |
|
Where the Blue of the Night |
Bing Crosby |
1931 |
Roy Turk, Bing Crosby & Fred Ahlert; Crosby’s theme song |
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Where the Boys Are |
Connie Francis |
1961 |
(#4) Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka |
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Where Was I? |
Charlie Barnett |
1940 |
(#1) Al Dubin & W. Frank Harling; from the movie "Til We Meet Again" |
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Where Were You When I Needed You |
Grass Roots, The |
1966 |
(#28) P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri |
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Where’m I Gonna Live When I Get Home |
Billy Ray Cyrus |
Billy Ray Cyrus & Cindy Cyrus |
|
|
Where’s The Playground, Susie |
Glen Campbell |
1969 |
Jim Webb |
|
Wherefore And Why |
Gordon Lightfoot |
Gordon Lightfoot |
|
|
Whiffenpoof Song, The |
Rudy Vallee |
1909 |
Guy H. Schull & Meade Minnigerode & George S. Pomeroy |
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Whispering |
Nino Tempo & April Stevens |
1963 |
(#11) Melvin Schonberger, John Schonberger |
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Whispering Bells |
Del-Vikings, The |
1957 |
(top 10) |
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Whistling Away the Dark |
Henry Mancini |
1969 |
Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini; from the movie "Darling Lili" |
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White Christmas |
Bing Crosby |
1942 |
Irving Berlin; had sold 45 million records by 1963; in Holiday Inn and White Christmas; Oscar winner, 1942 |
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White Cliffs of Dover |
Glenn Miller |
1941 |
Burton & Kent |
|
White Rabbit |
Jefferson Airplane |
1967 |
(#8) Darby Slick |
|
White Room |
Cream |
1968 |
Jack Bruce, Pete Brown |
|
White Silver Sands |
Don Rondo |
1957 |
(#7) Red Mathews (music authorship & partial lyric credit cliamed by Gladys Reinhart)(Bill Black Combo #7 in ‘60) |
|
Whither Thou Goest |
Les Paul & Mary Ford |
1954 |
(#10) |
|
Who Can I Turn To |
Tony Bennett |
1964 |
(#33) Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; from "The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd" |
|
Who Kissed Me Last Night? |
Rosemary Clooney |
1953 |
(#23) |
|
Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) |
Barry Mann |
1961 |
(#7) Barry Mann, Gerry Goffin |
|
Who’ll Stop the Rain |
Credence Clearwater Revival |
1970 |
John Fogarty |
|
Who’s Sorry Now |
Connie Francis |
1958 |
(#4) (charted 22 wks) Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby & Ted Snyder (‘23); her first hit, recorded at father’s request |
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Whole Lot of Shakin’ Goin’ On |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
1957 |
(#3) Dave Williams, Sunny David |
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Whole New World |
Peabo Bryson & Reginna Belle |
1993 |
(#1) from Walt Disney’s "Aladdin" (academy award winner) |
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Why Baby Why |
Pat Boone |
1957 |
(#5) Luther Dixon, Larry Harrison |
|
Why Can’t We Be Friends |
War |
1975 |
(#6) Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, et al |
|
Why Do Fools Fall In Love |
Frankie Lymon |
1956 |
(#6) Jimmy Merchant, Herman Santiago (group members) ; Lymon d 2/12/68 at 25 of a heroin overdose |
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Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw |
Jimmy Buffett |
Marvin Gardens |
|
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Why Don’t You Do Right |
Peggy Lee |
1943 |
recorded with Benny Goodman Orchestra |
|
Why Don't You Believe Me |
Joni James |
1952 |
(#1) Lew Douglas, King Laney, Roy Rodde |
|
Why Me |
Kris Kristopherson |
1973 |
Kris Kristopherson |
|
Wichita Lineman |
Glen Campbell |
1969 |
(#3) Jim Webb |
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Wild Colonial Boy |
Traditional |
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Wild Horses |
Perry Como |
1953 |
(#6) Johnny Burke |
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Wild Is the Wind |
Johnny Mathis |
1957 |
(#22) Ned Washington, Dimitri Tiomkin |
|
Wild One |
Bobby Rydell |
1960 |
(#2) Dave Appell, Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann |
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Wild Rover, The |
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Wild Thing |
Troggs, The |
1966 |
(#1) Chip Taylor |
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Wild Weekend |
The Rebels |
1962 |
(#8) (instrumental) |
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Wild World |
Cat Stevens |
1971 |
(#11) Cat Stevens |
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Wildfire |
Michael Martin Murphy |
1975 |
(#3) Michael Murphy, Larry Cansler |
|
Wildwood Flower |
The Carter Family |
1928 |
A.P. Carter? |
|
Wildwood Weed |
Jim Stafford |
1974 |
(#7) music "Wildwood Flower" credited to A.P.Carter; words Jim Stafford & Don Bowman |
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Will It Go Round In Circles |
Billy Preston |
1973 |
(#1) Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston |
|
Will The Circle Be Unbroken |
1907 |
Ada Habershon, Charles Gabriet |
|
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Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow |
Shirelles, The |
1960 |
(#1) Carole King, Gerry Goffin; King was 17 when she wrote it |
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Willie and the Hand Jive |
Johnny Otis Show |
1958 |
(#9) Johnny Otis |
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Willow Weep For Me |
Chad & Jeremy |
1964 |
Ann Ronell, 1932 (#15), dedicated to George Gershwin |
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Winchester Cathedral |
New Vaudville Band |
1966 |
(#1) Geoff Stevens |
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Wind Beneath My Wings, The |
Bette Midler |
1989 |
(#1) |
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Windmills of You Mind |
Dusty Springfield |
1969 |
(#31) Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand, Thomas Crown Affair, 1968; Oscar winner, 1968 |
|
Windsong |
John Denver |
1975 |
John Denver, Joe Henry; on "Windsong" |
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Windy |
Association, The |
1967 |
(#1) (on charts 14 weeks, written by Ruthann Friedman, a fan) |
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Wings Of A Dove |
Ferlin Husky |
1960 |
(#12) |
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Winnie The Pooh |
Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman |
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Winter Romance |
Dean Martin |
1959 |
Sammy Cahn & Ken Lane |
|
Winter Wonderland |
Andrews Sisters, The |
1950 |
Richard B. Smith, Felix Bernard |
|
Winter World of Love |
Engelbert Humperdink |
1969 |
(#16) |
|
Wipe Out |
Surfaris, The |
1963 |
(#2) Ron Wilson, James Fuller, Bob Berryhill et al (a high school band) |
|
Wish You Were Here |
Eddie Fisher w/Hugo Winterhalter |
1952 |
(#1) Harold Rome |
|
Wishin’ And Hopin’ |
Dusty Springfield |
1964 |
(#6) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
|
Witch Doctor, The |
David Seville |
1958 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Ross Bagdasarian (aka David Seville) |
|
Witchcraft |
Frank Sinatra |
1958 |
(#6) Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman |
|
Witchy Woman |
Eagles, The |
1973 |
Don Henley, Bernie Leadon |
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With A Song In My Heart |
Jane Froman |
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With A Little Help From My Friends |
Beatles, The |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming |
Patti Page |
1949 |
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With Or Without You |
U2 |
1987 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) |
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With Pen In Hand |
Vicki Carr |
1969 |
Bobby Goldsboro |
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Without A Song |
Ray Hamilton |
1955 |
(#77) Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans, 1929 |
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Without You |
Harry Nilsson |
1971 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) Peter Ham, Tom Evans |
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Wives And Lovers |
Jack Jones |
1963 |
(#14) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
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W-O-L-D |
Harry Chapin |
1974 |
(#36) |
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Wolverton Mountain |
Claude King |
1962 |
(#6) Merle Kilgore, Claude King |
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Woman (Uh-Huh) |
Jose Ferrer |
1954 |
(#16) |
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Woman in Love, A |
Four Aces |
1955 |
(#14) Frank Loesser |
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Woman |
Johnny Desmond |
1953 |
(#9) |
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Wonder of You, The |
Ray Peterson |
1959 |
(#25) Baker Knight |
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Wonderful Tonight |
Eric Clapton |
1977 |
Eric Clapton |
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Wonderful World |
Herman’s Hermits |
1965 |
(#1) (also Sam Cooke, #12 in 1960) |
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Wonderful! Wonderful! |
Johnny Mathis |
1957 |
(#14) Ben Raleigh & Sherman Edwards |
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Wonderland By Night |
Bert Kaempfert |
1960 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Lincoln Chase, Klaus Neumann |
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Wooden Heart |
Joe Dowell |
1961 |
(#1) Fred Wise, Benjamin Weisman, et al, based on the German folksong "Muss I Denn" |
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Woodstock |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
1970 |
(top 15) Joni Mitchell (who wasn’t there!) |
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Wooly Bully |
Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs |
1965 |
(#2) Domingo Samudio |
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Words of Love |
Mamas & Papas |
1966 |
(#5) John Phillips |
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Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues |
Jim Croce |
1974 |
Jim Croce |
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Workin’ In the Coal Mine |
Lee Dorsey |
Allen Toussaint |
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World I Used to Know, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
1964 |
Rod McKuen |
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World Is Waiting for the Sunrise, The |
Les Paul & Mary Ford |
1951 |
(#3) Eugene Lockhart & Ernest Seitz, 1919 |
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World Of Our Own, A |
Seekers, The |
1965 |
(#19) Tom Springfield |
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World We Knew, The (Over and Over) |
Frank Sinatra |
1967 |
(#30) Herbert Rehbein & Bert Kaempfert; Eng. Lyric by Carl Sigman |
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Worried Man |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
(#20) Dave Guard, Tom Glazer; based on A.P. Carter’s 1935 song (#20); (Guard died 3/22/91 of lymphoma) |
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Wouldn’t It Be Nice |
Beach Boys, The |
Brian Wilson, Tony Asher |
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Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams |
Bing Crosby |
1931 |
(#4) Ted Koehler, Billy Moll & Harry Barris |
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Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald |
Gordon Lightfoot |
1976 |
(32) Gordon Lightfoot |
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Wynken, Blynken and Nod |
Simon Sisters, The |
1964 |
Eugene Field; the Simon Sisters included Carly, before she went solo |
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Ya Mo B There |
James Ingram & Michael McDonald |
1984 |
(#19) James Ingram, Michael McDonald |
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Ya Ya |
Lee Dorsey |
1961 |
(#7) |
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Yakety Sax |
Boots Randolph |
1963 |
(#35) |
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Yakety Yak |
Coasters, The |
1958 |
(#1) Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller; bass is Will "Dub" Jones, sax solos by King Curtiss |
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Y'all Come |
Bing Crosby |
1954 |
(#20) |
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Yankee Doodle Boy |
1904 |
George M. Cohan |
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Year Clayton Delaney Died, The |
Tom T. Hall |
1971 |
(#42) Tom T. Hall |
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Year of the Cat |
Al Stewart |
1976 |
(#8) |
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Yearning |
Nat "King’ Cole |
Benny Davis, Joe Burke, 1925 |
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Yeh, Yeh |
Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames |
1965 |
(#21) |
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Yellow Bird |
Arthur Lyman Group |
1961 |
(#4) Norman Luboff, Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman |
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Yellow Rose of Texas, The |
Mitch Miller & His Orchestra & Chorus |
1955 |
(#1) c 1858; arr by Don George, 1955 |
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Yellow Submarine |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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Yes, I'm Ready |
Barbara Mason |
1965 |
(#5) |
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Yesterday Once More |
Carpenters, The |
1973 |
(#2) John Betts, Richard Carpenter; Karen died 2/4/83 |
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Yesterday When I Was Young |
Roy Clark |
1966 |
(#19) Chas. Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer |
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Yesterday |
Beatles, The |
1965 |
Paul McCartney (#8 when finally released as a single in 1976) |
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Yesterday’s Gone |
Chad & Jeremy |
1964 |
(#21) David Stewart & Wendy Kidd |
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Yester-me, Yester-You, Yesterday |
Stevie Wonder |
1969 |
Ronald Miller, Bryan Wells |
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YMCA |
Village People, The |
1978 |
(#2) |
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Yoda |
Weird Al Yankovic |
Weird Al Yankovic parody to "Lola" |
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You |
Tommy Dorsey |
1935 |
(#1) Harold Adamson & Walter Donaldson |
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You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet |
Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
1974 |
(#1) Randy Bachman |
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You Alone |
Perry Como |
1953 |
(#9) Al Stillman, Robert Allen |
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You Always Hurt the One You Love |
Mills Brothers, The |
1944 |
Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts, 1944; later by Clarence "Frogman" Henry, 1958 |
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You And Me Against the World |
Helen Reddy |
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You Are My Destiny |
Paul Anka |
1958 |
(#7) |
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You Are My Love |
Joni James |
1955 |
(#6) |
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You Are My Special Angel |
Bobby Helms |
1957 |
(#7) |
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You Are My Sunshine |
1940 |
Jimmie Davis (later Gov of Louisiana) & Charles Mitchell, in Take Me Back to Oklahoma |
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You Are So Beautiful |
Joe Cocker |
1975 |
Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston |
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You Are the Sunshine of My Life |
Stevie Wonder |
1973 |
Stevie Wonder |
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You Baby |
P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri |
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You Belong To Me |
Jo Stafford |
1952 |
(#1) Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, Chilton Price |
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You Better Sit Down Kids |
Cher |
1967 |
(#9) |
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You Came A Long Way From St. Louis |
Peggy Lee |
1959 |
John Benson Brooks & Bob Russell, 1948 |
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You Can’t Do That |
Beatles, The |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney; featured in the movie "A Hard Day’s Night" |
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You Can’t Hurry Love |
Supremes, The |
1966 |
(#1) Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier |
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You Can’t Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd |
Roger Miller |
1966 |
(#40) |
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You Can’t Sit Down |
The Dovells |
1963 |
(#3) |
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You Decorated My Life |
Kenny Rogers |
1979 |
Bob Morrison, Debbie Hupp; Grammy winner 1979 (C&W) |
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You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice |
Lovin’ Spoonful, The |
1965 |
(#10) |
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You Don’t Bring Me Flowers |
Barbra Streisand/Neil Diamond |
1978 |
(#1) |
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You Don’t Even Call Me By My Name |
David Alan Coe |
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You Don’t Have To Be A Baby To Cry |
Caravelles, The |
1963 |
(#3) |
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You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me |
Dusty Springfield |
1966 |
(#4) Eng. Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, P. Donaggio |
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You Don’t Know Me |
Ray Charles |
1962 |
(#2) Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold; also Jerry Vale #14 in 1956 |
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You Don’t Mess Around With Jim |
Jim Croce |
1972 |
(#8) Jim Croce |
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You Don’t Own Me |
Leslie Gore |
1963 |
(#2) John Madera, David White |
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You Go To My Head |
Frank Sinatra |
1945 |
Haven Gillespie & J. Fred Coots |
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You Got What it Takes |
Marv Johnson |
1959 |
(#10) |
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You Keep Me Hanging On |
Supremes, The |
1966 |
(#1) Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier |
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You Light Up My Life |
Debbie Boone |
1977 |
(#1 for 10 weeks, on charts for 25 weeks) Joseph Brooks; in movie same name, Oscar Winner, 1977 |
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You Made Me Love You |
Harry James Orchestra |
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You Made Me So Very Happy |
Blood, Sweat & Tears |
Gordy, Holloway, Holloway & Wilson |
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You Make Me Feel Brand New |
Stylistics, The |
1974 |
(#2) Linda Creed, Thomas Bell |
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You Make Me Feel Like Dancing |
Leo Sayer |
1976 |
(#1) Vicki Poncia, Leo Sayer; Grammy Winner 1977 (R&B) |
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You May Be Right |
Billy Joel |
1980 |
(#7) |
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You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby |
Bobby Darin |
1961 |
(#5) Johnny Mercer & Harry Warren; prev. rec. by Bing Crosby, 1938 (#1) |
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You Needed Me |
Anne Murray |
1978 |
(#1) Randy Goodrum |
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You Really Got Me |
Kinks, The |
1964 |
(#7) Ray Davies |
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You Send Me |
Sam Cooke |
1957 |
(#1 for 3 weeks, on charts 26 weeks) L. C. Cook (Theresa Brewer #8) |
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You Should Hear How She Talks About You |
Melissa Manchester |
1982 |
(#5) |
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You Talk Too Much |
Joe Jones |
1960 |
(#3) Joe Jones, Reginal Hall |
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You Tell Me Your Dream |
1910 |
Charles Daniels |
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You Were Always On My Mind |
Willie Nelson |
1982 |
(#5) |
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You Were on My Mind |
We Five |
1965 |
(#3) Sylvia Fricker |
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You Were Only Fooling |
Vic Damone |
1965 |
(#30) |
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You Won’t See Me |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon & Paul McCartney (also Anne Murray, ‘74) |
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You You You |
Ames Brothers, The |
1953 |
(#1) Robert Mellin, Lotar Olias |
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You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To |
Frank Sinatra |
1957 |
Cole Porter |
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You’ll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart |
Dionne Warwick |
1964 |
(#34) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
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You’ll Never Know |
Dick Haymes |
1943 |
Mack Gordon & Harry Warren; by Alice Faye in Hello, Frisco, Hello; Oscar winner, 1943 (writer’s 2nd Oscar) |
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You’ll Never Walk Alone |
Claramae Turner |
1945 |
Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers (in the movie Carousel); also by Roy Hamilton, 1954 |
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You’re A Grand Old Flag |
George M. Cohan |
1906 |
George M. Cohan |
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You’re All I Need to Get By |
Tammi Terrell |
1968 |
(#7) d 1970 at 24 of brain tumor |
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You’re Gonna Lose That Girl |
Beatles, The |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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You’re Just In Love |
Rosemary Clooney |
1954 |
(#24) Irving Berlin; from the Broadway show "Call Me Madam" |
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You’re My One and Only Love |
Ricky Nelson |
1957 |
(#14) |
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You’re My Soul and Inspiration |
Righteous Brothers, The |
1966 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil |
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You’re No Good |
Linda Ronstadt |
1974 |
(#1) Clint Ballard, Jr. |
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You’re Nobody ‘Till Somebody Loves You |
Dean Martin |
1964 |
(#25) Russ Morgan, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh |
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You’re Sixteen |
Johnny Burnette |
1960 |
(#8) Richard & Roger Sherman; brother of Dorsey Burnette ("Hey Little One"); Ringo Starr #1, 1973 |
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You’re So Vain |
Carly Simon |
1972 |
Carly Simon (#1 for 3 weeks) she’s the daughter of Simon & Schuster |
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You’re The One |
Vogues, The |
1965 |
(#4) |
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You’ve Got A Friend |
Carole King |
1971 |
(#1) Carole King; Grammy Winner, 1971 (song) (1 of 3 for album) (also by James Taylor) |
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You’ve Got It |
Roy Orbison |
1989 |
(#9) |
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You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away |
Beatles, The |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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You’ve Got Your Troubles, I’ve Got Mine |
Fortunes, The |
1965 |
(#7)Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway |
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You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ |
Righteous Brothers, The |
1964 |
(#1) Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector |
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You’ve Made Me So Very Happy |
Blood, Sweat & Tears |
1969 |
(#2) Barry Gordy, Frank Wilson, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway |
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You'd Be Surprised |
Johnnie Ray |
1954 |
(#25) |
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You'll Never Get Away |
Teresa Brewer |
1952 |
(#17) |
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Young Abe Lincoln |
Don Cornell |
1955 |
(#25) |
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Young At Heart |
Frank Sinatra |
1954 |
(#2) Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards |
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Young Blood |
Coasters, The |
1957 |
(#8) Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller |
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Young Love |
Sonny James |
1956 |
(#1) Carole Joyner, Ric Cartey (Tab Hunter version #1 in 1957) |
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Young World |
Ricky Nelson |
1963 |
Jerry Fuller (also wrote S.F.Bay Blues) |
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Younger Girl |
Lovin’ Spoonful, The |
John Sebastian |
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Your Cheatin’ Heart |
Ray Charles |
1962 |
(#29) Hank Williams, 1952 (recorded by him 4 months before he died, released posthumously) |
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Your Love’s Return |
Gordon Lightfoot |
Gordon Lightfoot |
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Your Mama Don’t Dance |
Loggins & Messina |
1972 |
(#4) Grammy nominee for best song, 1972 |
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Your Mother’s Here to Stay |
Allan Sherman |
1963 |
Allan Sherman, to George & Ira Gershwin’s "Your Love Is Here to Stay" |
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Your Song |
Elton John |
1970 |
(#8) Elton John, Bernie Taupin |
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Your Used to Be |
Brenda Lee |
1963 |
(#32) |
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You're Just In Love |
Rosemary Clooney |
1954 |
(#24) Irving Berlin, 1950, in Call Me Madam |
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You've Got to Hide Your Love Away |
Silkie, The |
1965 |
(#10) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
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You've Gotta Have Heart |
Eddie Fisher |
1958 |
Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, in Damn Yankees, 1955 |
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Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah |
1947 |
Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel; in Song of the South; Oscar winner, 1947 |
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Zombie Jamborie |
Kingston Trio, The |
Attributed to "Lord Invador & His 12 Penetrators" |
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Zorba the Greek |
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass |
1965 |
(#11) Mikos Theodorakis |
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Zorro |
Chordettes, The |
1958 |
(#17) |