D-H

Da Doo Ron Ron

Crystals, The

1963

(#3) Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich

Daddy Sang Bass

Johnny Cash

1968

(#42) Carl Perkins

Daddy’s Home

Shep & The Limelites

1961

(#2) Jimmy Sheppard, William Miller

Daddy’s Little Girl

Mills Brothers, The

1950

(#1) Bobby Burke & Horace Gerlach

Daddy-O

Fontane Sisters, The

1955

(#11)Don Raye & Gene DePaul

Dance to the Music

Sly & The Family Stone

1968

(#8)

Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower)

Georgia Gibbs

1955

(#1) Hank Ballard, Johnny Otis; re-work of Ballard’s "Work With Me, Annie" & Etta James’ "Roll With Me, Henry"

Dance With Me

Orleans

1975

(#6) John & Johanna Hall

Dance with the Guitar Man

Duane Eddy & The Rebelettes

1962

(#12) Duane Eddy, Lee Hazlewood

Dance, Dance, Dance

Beach Boys, The

1965

Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson

Dance, The

Garth Brooks

1989

Tony Arata

Dancin' With Someone (Longin' For You)

Teresa Brewer

1953

(#17)

Dancing in the Dark  

Bing Crosby

1931

Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz, in The Band Wagon

Dancing in the Street

Martha & The Vandellas

1964

(#2) William Stevenson, Marvin Gay, Ivory Joe Hunter

Dancing on the Ceiling

Frank Sinatra

1930

Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers

Dancing Queen

Abba

1974

(#1) Benny & Stig Anderson, Bjorn Ulvaous

Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

Ruth Etting

1930

(#1) Al Dubin & Joe Burke

Dang Me

Roger Miller

1964

(#7) Roger Miller; Granny winner for C&W song, 1964 (1st of 2 in a row)

Danger! Heartbreak Ahead

Jaye P. Morgan

1955

(#12) Carl Stutz, Nathan Barefoot Jr.

Dangling Conversation, The

Simon & Garfunkel

1966

(#25) Paul Simon

Daniel

Elton John

1973

(#2) Elton John, Bernie Taupin

Danke Schoen

Wayne Newton

1963

(#13) Kurt Schwabach, Milt Gabler & Bert Kaempfert

Danny Boy

Conway Twitty

1959

(#10) Lyr Frederick Weatherly, 1913, to "Londonderry Aire" (ca 1855)

Danny’s Song

Anne Murray

1973

(#73) Kenny Loggins

Dark As a Dungeon

Weavers, The

Merle Travis, 1947

Dark Moon

Gale Storm

1957

(#4)Ned Miller

Darktown Strutters’ Ball

1917

Shelton Brooks

Darlin’ Corey

Weavers, The

1956

Adapted by Huddie Ledbetter

Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup

Nat "King" Cole

1955

(#7) Anna Sosenko, 1935

Darn That Dream

Benny Goodman

1940

(#1) Eddie DeLange & Jimmy Van Heusen; vocal by Mildred Bailey

Dawn (Go Away)

Four Seasons, The

1964

(#3) Bob Gaudio, Sandy Linzer

Dawn of Correction, The

Spokesmen, The

1965

(#36)

Day After Day

Doris Day

1937

recorded with Barney Rapp band; regarded as her signature song

Day By Day

Jo Stafford

1953

Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl & Paul Weston (1945)

Day Is Done

Peter, Paul & Mary

1969

Peter Yarrow

Day That Clancy Drowned, The

Ray Stevens

Day that the Rains Came, The  

Jane Morgan

1958

(#21) Pierre Delanoe (Eng. Carl Sigman), Gilbert Becaud

Day Tripper

Beatles, The

1965

(#5) John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Daydream Believer

Monkees, The

1967

(#1 for 4 weeks) John C. Stewart (of the Kingston Trio)

Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)

Harry Belefonte

1957

(#5) Erik Darling, Bob Carey, Alan Arkin (three others charted previous year)

Days of Wine and Roses  

Andy Williams

1963

(#26) Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer, movie same name; Oscar, 1962 (2nd in a row); 2 Grammies, 1963

Daytime Friends & Nighttime Lovers

Kenny Rogers

1977

(#28)

Dead Man’s Curve

Jan & Dean

1964

(#8) (Jan Berry’s car wreck was 1966)

Dead Skunk

Loudon Wainwright III

1973

(#16) Loudon Wainwright III (played Capt. Spaulding on MASH)

Dear Heart  

Andy Williams

1964

(#24) (Henry Mancini version #77) Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini

December '62 (Oh What a Night)

Four Seasons, The

Robert Gaudio, Judy Parker

Deck the Halls

Traditional

Old Welsh air

Dede Dinah

Frankie Avalon

1958

(#7)

Dedicated to the One I Love

Mamas & Papas

1967

(#23) Lowman Pauling (actual writer, of the 5 Royales), Ralph Bass (credit only), 1961

Deep Purple  

Nino Tempo & April Stevens

1969

(#1) Mitchell Parish (later), Peter DeRose, 1939 (Billy Ward version 1957, #20) one of many of his add-on lyrics

Delaware

Perry Como

1960

(#22) Irving Gordon

Delia’s Gone (One More Round)

Kingston Trio, The

1963

Delicado

Percy Faith & His Orchestra

1952

(#1) (Instrumental) Jack Lawrence, Waldyr Azevedo

Delilah

Tom Jones

1968

(#15) Les reed, Barry Mason

Della and the Dealer  

Hoyt Axton

1979

Hoyt Axton; featured on an episode of "WKRP In Cincinnati"

Delta Dawn

Helen Reddy

1972

(#1) Alex Harvey, Larry Collins; previously recorded by Tanya Tucker, 1972

Dennis the Menace

Rosemary Clooney and Jimmy Boyd

1953

(#25)

Desert Pete

Kingston Trio, The

1963

(#33)

Desperado

Eagles

1973

Don Henley, Glenn Frey

Detour  

Patti Page

1951

(#5) Paul Westmorland (written 1945?)

Detroit City

Bobby Bare

1963

(#16) Danny Dill, Mel Tillis; Grammy winner 1963 (C&W); later #27 for Tom Jones, 1967

Devil in Disguise

Elvis Presley

1963

(#3)

Devil Or Angel

Bobby Vee

1960

(#6) first recorded by The Clovers, ca 1954

Devil With The Blue Dress

Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels

1966

(#6)

Devil Woman

Marty Robbins

1962

(#16) Christine Authors, Terry Britten

Devoted to You

Everly Brothers

1958

(#10) Boudleaux Bryant

Diamond Girl

Seals & Crofts

1973

(#6) Jimmy Seals, Dash Crofts

Diana

Paul Anka

1957

(#1) Paul Anka

Diane

Bachelors, The

1964

(#10) Erno Rappe, Lew Pollack, 1927; written for the movie "Seventh Heaven"

Diary

Bread

1972

David Gates

Diary, The

Neil Sedaka

1958

(#14)

Did She Mention My Name

Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot

Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind

Lovin’ Spoonful, The

1966

(#2) John Sebastian

Did You Ever See A Dream Walking

Kate Smith

1933

Mack Gordon, Harry Revel

Didn’t We  

Richard Harris

1967

Jim Webb

Different Drum

Linda Ronstadt

1967

(#13) Michael Nesmith

Diggin’ Up Bones

Randy Travis

1986

Paul Overstreet, Al Gore

Dixie Chicken

Lowell George

Dixie Danny

Laurie Sisters, The

1955

(#30)

Dizzy

Tommy Roe

1969

(#1 for 4 weeks) Fred Weller & Tommy Roe

Do Nothing ‘Til You Hear From Me

Ella Fitzgerald

1956

Duke Ellington & Bob Russell

Do Wah Diddy Diddy

Manfred Mann

1964

(#1) Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry

Do You Believe In Magic

Lovin’ Spoonful, The

1965

(#9) John Sebastian

Do You Hear What I Hear

Traditional

Do You Know The Way to San Jose

Dionne Warwick

1968

(#10) Bert Bacharach & Hal David

Do You Know You Are My Sunshine

Statler Brothers, The

Do You Love Me

Dave Clark Five, The

1964

(#11)

Do You Remember These

Statler Brothers, The

Do You Think I’m Sexy

Rod Stewart

1978

(#1 for 4 weeks)

Do You Wanna Dance?

Bobby Freeman

1958

(#5) Robert Freeman

Do You Want to Know a Secret

Beatles, The

1964

(#2) John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Doctor My Eyes

Jackson Browne

1972

(#8) Jackson Browne

Doctor, Doctor

Ray Stevens

Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor

Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan

1961

(#5) Billy Rose, Marty Baum, Ernest Breuer, 1924 (originally "Does Your Spearmint Lose It’s Flavor")

Dog And Butterfly

1979

Susan Ennis, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson

Dogface Soldier

Russ Morgan & Chorus

1955

(#30)

Doggie in the Window, The

Patti Page

1953

(#1) Bob Merrill

Domani (Tomorrow)

Julius LaRosa

1955

(#13) Tony Velona, Ulpio Minucci

Dominique

Soeur Sourire (The Singing Num)

1963

(#1 for 4 weeks) Soeur Sourire; she committed suicide in 1985

Don’t Be Cruel

Elvis Presley

1956

(#1 for 4 weeks) Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley (credited but didn’t write) (flip side "Hound Dog"also #1)

Don’t Blame Me

Sarah Vaughn

1946

Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh

Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You

Connie Francis

1962

(#1) Benny Davis, Ted Murray

Don’t Cry Out Loud

Melissa Manchester

1978

(#10)

Don’t Forbid Me

Pat Boone

1956

(#1) Charles Singleton

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

Mel Tormé

1945

Bob Russell, Duke Ellington, 1942

Don’t Go Down to the Quarry

Peter, Paul & Mary

Peter Yarrow

Don’t Go Near the Indians

Rex Allen

1962

(#17)

Don’t Go to Strangers

Vaughn Monroe

1956

(#38) Redd Evans, Arthur Kent, Dave Mann

Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

Crystal Gayle

1977

Richard Leigh; Grammy winner, 1977 (C&W); Gayle is Loretta Lynn’s sister

Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home

Joe South

1969

(#41) Joe South

Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight

James Taylor

1972

(#14) James Taylor

Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Animals, The

1965

(#15) Benjamin, Marcus & Caldwell

Don’t Let the Rain Come Down

Serendipity Singers, The

1964

(#6) University of Colorado group

Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying

Gerry & The Pacemakers

1964

(#4) Gerald Marsden

Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Elton John

1974

(#4) Elton John, Bernie Taupin

Don’t Mess Around With Jim

Jim Croce

1972

Jim Croce

Don’t Sleep in the Subway

Petula Clark

Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent

Don’t Stop

Fleetwood Mac

Christie McVie

Don’t Take Your Guns to Town

Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two

1959

(#32)

Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright

Peter, Paul & Mary

1963

(#9) Bob Dylan

Don’t Throw Your Love Away

Searchers, The

1964

(#16) B. Jackson, J. Wisner

Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me

Marty Robbins

1961

(#3) Marty Robbins

Don’t Worry Baby

Beach Boys, The

1964

(#24)

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Bobby McFerrin

1988

(#1 for 2 weeks) one fo the top 10 "1-hit wonders)

Don’t You Care

Buckinghams, The

1967

(#6) Gary Brisbeir, Jim Holvay

Don’t You Just Know It

Huey "Piano" Smith

1958

(#9)

Don’t You Know

Della Reese

1959

(#2) Bobby Worth

Don’t You Rock Me Daddy-O

Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan

1957

adapted by Wally Whyton & Bill Varley (of The Vipers, who also recorded it)from Dave Macon's "Sail Away Ladies," 1927

Dona Dona

Joan Baez

Aaron Zeitlin, Shalom Secunda; Eng. Arthur Kevess & Teddy Schwartz

Donna the Prima Donna

Dion

1963

(#6)

Don't Be Angry

Crew-Cuts, The

1955

(#14) Napoleon Brown, Rose Marie McCoy

Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes

Perry Como

1953

(#1) Slim Willet

Don't Mess Up A Good Thing

Fontella Bass & Bobby McLure

1965

(#33)

Dooley

Kingston Trio, The

1965

Mitchell Jayne, Rodney Dillard

Door Is Still Open to My Heart, The

Dean Martin

1964

(#6) Chuck Willis; first recorded as a "doo-wop" song by The Cardinals, 1955

Do-Wacka-Do

Roger Miller

1964

(#31) Roger Miller

Down at the Twist and Shout

Mary Chapin Carpenter

1992

(#2) Mary Chapin Carpenter; grammy winner

Down By the Old Mill Stream

Tell Taylor (1910)

Down By the Station

Four Preps, The

1959

(#13) Arr. Glen Larson, Bruce Beland

Down In the Boondocks

Billy Joe Royal

1965

(#9) Joe South

Down on the Corner

Credence Clearwater Revival

Down Yonder

Joe "Fingers" Carr

1921

L. Wolfe Gilbert

Downtown

Petula Clark

1964

(#1) Tony Hatch

Dr. Kavorkian

Doo-Doo-Wah

1995

Ron DeLacy

Draft Dodger Rag

Chad Mitchell Trio, The

Phil Ochs

Draggin’ The Line

Tommy James

1971

(#4)

Dragnet

Ray Anthony & His Orchestra

1953

(#2) Walter Schumann

Dream  

The Pied Pipers

1945

(#1) Johnny Mercer (Four Aces version #17 in 1954) Pied Pipers included Jo Stafford at this time

Dream a Little Dream of Me  

Mama Cass Elliott

1968

(#12) Gus Kahn, Wilber Schwandt, Fabian Andre 1931; first popularized by Kate Smith on radio

Dream Along With Me

Perry Como

1955

Carl Sigman; Perry Como’s theme song

Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)

Roy Orbison

1962

(#4) Cindy Walker

Dream Lover  

Bobby Darin

1959

(#2) Bobby Darin (Darin died in 1973 in heart surgery at age 37)

Dream Weaver

Gary Wright

1976

(#2 for 3 weeks) Gary Wright

Dream, Dream, Dream

1954

Mitchell Parrish (later), Jimmy McHugh

Dreamin’  

Johnny Burnette

1960

(#11) brother of Dorsey Burnette ("Hey Little One"); both died young

Dreams

Fleetwood Mac

1977

Stevie Nicks

Drift Away

Dobie Gray

Mentor Williams

Drill Ye Tarriers

Tomas F. Casey (?) ca 1888

Driving My Life Away

Eddie Rabbitt

1980

(#5)

Druggist Song, The

Joel Mabus

1998

Joel Mabus, on "Rhyme Schemes"

Drunken Sailor

Traditional

Druthers

John Denver

John Denver

Dueling Banjos

Deliverance

1972

Arthur Smith (Played by Eric Weissberg & Steve Mardel)

Duke of Earl

Gene Chandler

1962

(#1) Earl Edwards, Bernie Williams, Eugene Dixon

Dum Dum

Brenda Lee

1961

(#4) Jackie DeShannon, Sharon Sheeley

Dungaree Doll

Eddie Fisher

1955

(#7) Ben Raleigh, Sherman Edwards

Dust In The Wind

Kansas

1978

(#6) Kerry Livgren

Dutchman’s Gold

Walter Brennan

1960

(#30)

Dynamite

Brenda Lee

1957

(#72)

Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)

Penguins, The

1955

(#8) Curtis Williams, Jesse Belvin

Easier Said Than Done

Essex, The

1963

(#1) William B. Linton, Larry Huff

East of the Sun

Charlie Parker

1945

Bowman (#9 on the Hit Parade, 1935)

Easter Parade

Fred Astaire

1933

Irving Berlin, 1933

Easy to Be Hard

Three Dog Night

1969

(#4) Gerome Ragni, James Rando, in the musical Hair

Ebb Tide  

The Righteous Brothers

1965

(#5) Carl Stigman, Robert Maxwell, 1953; (Lenny Welch #25 in ‘64; also Frank Chacksfield, 1953)

Ebony And Ivory

Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney

1982

Paul McCartney

Ebony Eyes

Everly Brothers, The

1961

(#8) John D. Loudermilk

Eddystone Light, The

Arr. & adapted (and new words) by Fred Hellerman

Edelweis

Christopher Plummer

1959

Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein II in Sound of Music

Eggplant That Ate Chicago, The

Dr. West Medicine Show

1966

(#52) Norman Greenbaum (member of the group) (also wrote "Spirit In the Sky")

Eight Days a Week

Beatles, The

1965

(#1) John Lennon, Paul McCartney

El Condor Pasa

Simon & Garfunkel

1970

Words & Music by J.Milchberg & D. Robles from Peruvian folk tune 1933; Eng. Lyric by Paul Simon

El Matador

Kingston Trio, The

1960

(#32) Jane Bowers, Irving Burgess

El Paso

Marty Robbins

1959

(#1) Marty Robbins

Eleanor Rigby

Beatles, The

1966

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Eli’s Coming

Three Dog Night

1969

(#10) Laura Nyro (d 1997 at 49)

Elmer's Tune

Glenn Miller

1938

Albrecht & Sammy Gallop

Elusive Butterfly

Bob Lind

1966

(#5) Bob Lind

Elvira

Oak Ridge Boys, The

1981

(#5) Dallas Frazier

Embraceable You  

Frank Sinatra

1944

George & Ira Gershwin , in the movie "Girl Crazy"

Emotions  

Brenda Lee

1960

(#7) Mel Tillis, Ramsey Kearney

Empty Arms

Teresa Brewer

1957

(#13) Ivory Joe Hunter (whose own version reached #43)

End of the World, The

Skeeter Davis

1963

(#2) Fred Rose; this is about death of a dear one, not a split

Endless Sleep  

Jody Reynolds

1958

(#5) Delores Nance & Jody Reynolds

Engine Engine Number 9

Roger Miller

1965

(#7) Roger Miller

England Swings

Roger Miller

1965

(#8) Roger Miller

Entertainer, The

Marvin Hamlisch

1974

(#3) w/m Scott Joplin, 1902; from The Sting

Erie Canal (Low Bridge)

Kingston Trio, The

Thomas S. Allen, 1913

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Rupert Holmes

1979

(#1 for 3 weeks)

Eve of Destruction, The

Barry McGuire

1965

(#1) P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri, V. Buggy, C. Francoia

Even Now  

Barry Manilow

1978

(#19) Marty Panzer, Barry Manilow

Even The Nights Are Better

Air Supply

1982

(#5) Graham Russell

Everglades, The

Kingston Trio, The

1960

(#60) Harlan Howard

Evergreen

Barbra Streisand

1976

(#1 for 3 weeks) Paul Williams, Barbra Streisand; in A Star Is Born, Oscar winner 1976; Grammy winner 1977 (song)

Every Day With You, Girl

Buddy Buie & J. R. Cobb

Every Time You Go Away

Paul Young

1985

(#1)

Everybody Loves a Clown

Gary Lewis & The Playboys

1965

(#4)

Everybody Loves A Lover

Doris Day

1958

(#6) Richard Adler, Robert Allen

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime  

Dean Martin

1964

(#1) Irving Taylor, Ken Lane

Everybody

Tommy Roe

1963

(#3)

Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool

Connie Francis

1960

(#1) Jack Keller, Howard Greenfield

Everybody’s Talkin’

Harry Nilsson

1969

(#6) Fred Neil from Midnight Cowboy

Everybody's Got a Home But Me

Eddie Fisher

1955

(#20) Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II

Everyday People

Sly & The Family Stone

1968

(#1 for 4 weeks) Sly Stewart

Everyone's Gone to the Moon

Jonathan King

1965

(#17) Kenneth King

Everything Happens to Me  

Frank Sinatra

1940

Thomas Adair, Matt Dennis

Everything I Do

Bryan Adams

1991

(#1 for 10 weeks) Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange, Michael Kamen; from Kevin Kostner’s Robin Hood

Everything I Own

Bread

David Gates?

Everything Is Beautiful

Ray Stevens

1970

(#1) Ray Stevens

Everything That Touches You

Association, The

1868

Terry Kirkman

Evil Ways

Santana

1970

(#9)

Experience Unnecessary

Sarah Vaughan

1955

(#14)

Expressway to Your Heart

Soul Survivors

1967

(#4)

Eye of the Tiger

Survivor

1982

(#1 for 6 weeks) from Rocky III

Faded Love

Patsy Cline

1963

(#96) (a Bob Wills #8 hit in 1950)

Fall

John Denver

1972

John Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss, on "Rocky Mountain High"

Falling

Roy Orbison

1963

(#22)

Falling In Love Again

Marlene Dietrich

Sammy Lerner, Fred. Hollander, In Blue Angel

Falling In Love With Love

Frances Langford

1939

(#18) Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers; from the movie "The Boys From Syracuse"

Fannie Mae

Buster Brown

1960

(#38)

Far Away Places  

Margaret Whiting

1949

Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer

Farmer John

Premiers, The

1954

(#19)

Fascinatin’ Rhythm

1924

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

Fascination  

Jane Morgan

1957

(#7) Dick Manning, F.D. Marchetti, 1932

Fast Freight

Kingston Trio, The

Terry Gilkyson

Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag

Country Joe & The Fish

1969

Joe McDonald

Feel Like Makin' Love

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

1975

(#10) Ralph Michaels

Feel Like Makin’ Love

Roberta Flack

1974

(#1) Gene McDaniels (on charts 16 weeks)

Feelin' Stronger every Day

Chicago

1973

(#10) Peter Cetera, James Pankow

Feelings

Morris Albert

1975

(#6) Morris Albert (Spanish by Thomas Fundora) (on charts 32 weeks)

Feels So Good

Chuck Mangione

1978

(#4) Chuck Mangione

Fernando

Abba

1976

(#3)

Ferry 'Cross The Mersey

Gerry & The Pacemakers

1965

(#6) Gerry Marsden

Fever

Peggy Lee

1958

(#8) Eddie Cooley, John Davenport

Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover

Paul Simon

1975

(#1 for 3 weeks) Paul Simon

Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge Song

Simon & Garfunkel

1966

Paul Simon (later recorded by Harpers Bizarre, #13 in 1967)

Fingertips

Stevie Wonder

1963

(#1 for 3 weeks) Henry Crosby, Clarence Paul

Fire And Rain

James Taylor

1970

(#3) James Taylor

Fire Lake

Bob Seger

1980

(#6)

First Noel, The

Traditional

Traditional, pub. 1833

First Time Ever I Saw You Face, The

Roberta Flack

1972

(#16) Ewan MacColl (d 1989), 1957 (to his wife-to-be) (on charts 18 weeks - double Grammy winner '72, song & record)

Five Foot Two

1925

Ray Henderson, Sam Lewis, Joe Young

Five Hundred Miles

Peter, Paul & Mary

Hedy West; based on "Railroader’s Lament"; also rec. by Bobby Bare (arr. Bobby Bare & Charlie Williams) (#10, 1963)

Five O'Clock World

Vogues, The

1965

(#4)

Flowers On the Wall

Statler Brothers, The

1965

(#4)

Fly Away

John Denver

1975

John Denver, on "Windsong"

Fly Like An Eagle

Steve Miller Band

1976

(#3) Charles D. Merriam

Fly Me to the Moon  

Tony Bennett

1965

(#84) Bart Howard, 1954; also rec. by Kaye Ballard, 1954, and Joe Jarnell, 1962

Follow Me

John Denver

John Denver

Follow That Dream

Elvis Presley

1962

(#15)

Follow the Drinkin’ Gourd

New Christy Minstrels

Paul Campbell (the Weaver’s collective pen name)

Folsom Prison Blues

Johnny Cash

1968

(#32) Johnny Cash

Fool Number One  

Brenda Lee

1961

(#3) Kathryn R. Fulton

Fool on the Hill

Sergio Mendez

1968

(#6) John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Fool Such As I, A

Elvis Presley

1959

(#2) Bill Trader, 1953

Fooled

Perry Como

1955

(#20) Mann Curtis, Doris Tauber

Fools Rush In  

Brook Benton

1960

(#24) Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom, 1940; popularized by Tony Martin

Footloose

Kenny Loggins

1989

(#1 for 3 weeks)

For All We Know  

Carpenters, The

1971

(#3) Robb Royer, Arthur James, Fred Karlin; from "Lovers And Other Strangers," Oscar winner 1971

For Baby (For Bobbie)

Peter, Paul & Mary

John Denver, 1965

For Emily (Wherever I May Find Her)

Simon & Garfunkel

1966

(#53) Paul Simon

For Lovin’ Me

Peter, Paul & Mary

1965

(#30) Gordon Lightfoot

For Me And My Gal

Judy Garland & Gene Kelly

1942

George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie, Ray Goetz, 1917

For My Good Fortune

Pat Boone

1958

(#23)

For Once In My Life  

Tony Bennett

1967

(#91) Ronald Miller, Orlando Murden (Stevie Wonder version, #2 in 1968)

For Sentimental Reasons

Sam Cooke

1957

Deke Watson, William Best, 1945 (#17)

For The Good Times

Ray Price

1970

(#11) Kris Kristofferson

For What It’s Worth

Buffalo Springfield

1967

(#7) Stephen Stills

For Your Eyes Only

Sheena Easton

1981

(#4)

For Your Love

Yardbirds, The

1965

(#6)

For Your Precious Love

Jerry Butler & The Impressions

1958

(#11) Ed Townsend

Forest Lawn

John Denver

1970

Tom Paxton

Forever

Little Dippers, The

1960

(#9) Buddy Killen; actually recorded by The Anita Kerr Singers

Forever and Ever Amen

Randy Travis

Forever In Blue Jeans

Neil Diamond

1979

(#20) Neil Diamond, Richard Bennett

Forgive My Heart

Nat "King" Cole

1955

(#13) Sammy Gallop, Chester Conn

Fortune in Dreams

Kay Starr

1954

(#17)

Forty Miles of Bad Road

Duane Eddy

1959

(#9) Duane Eddy, Al Casey

Four Strong Winds

Brothers Four, The

Ian & Sylvia (Tyson) their first writing effort

Four Walls  

Jim Reeves

1957

(#11) Marvin Moore, George Campbell

Fox on the Run

Sweet

1975

(#5) Brian Connelly, Stephen Priest, Andrea Scott, Michael Tucker

Frankie and Johnny

Brook Benton

1961

(#20) c 1870-75; first published 1912; Benton d 1988

Fraulein

Bobby Helms

1957

Free Bird

1973

Allan Collins, Ronnie Van Zant

Freight Train

Rusty Draper

1957

(#6) Words & Music by Elizabeth "Libby" Cotton (Woody Guthrie’s maid, written age 12)

Friendly Persuasion

Pat Boone

1956

(#5) Paul Webster & Dmitri Tiomkin

Froggy Went A Courtin’

Brothers Four, The

1961

(#32) ca 1580, author unknown

From A Distance

Bette Midler

1990

(#2)

From A Jack To A King

Ned Miller

1962

(#6)

From Me to You

Beatles, The

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

From the Vine Came the Grape

Gaylords, The

1954

(#7) Leonard Whitcup, Paul Cunningham, 1949

Frosty The Snowman

Gene Autry

1950

Jack Rollins (Walter E. Rollins?), Steve Nelson

Frozen Logger, The

Weavers, The

1951

James Stevens

Fun, Fun, Fun

Beach Boys, The

1964

(#5)

Funeral Song, The

Limelighters, The

Funny How Time Slips Away

Patsy Cline

1961

(#22) Willie Nelson

Funny Way of Laughin’

Burl Ives

1962

(#10) Hank Cochran; Grammy winner 1962

G.T.O.

Ronny & The Daytonas

1964

(#4)

Gal That Got Away, The

Frank Sinatra

1954

(#21)

Galveston

Glen Campbell

1969

(#4) Jim Webb

Galway Bay

1948

Arthur Colahan

Gambler, The

Kenny Rogers

1978

(#16) Dan Schlitz; Grammy winner, 1978 (C&W)

Game of Love

Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

1965

(#1)

Games People Play

Joe South

1969

(#12) Joe Souter (Joe South) & Allan Tuissaint; Grammy winner, 1969 (song)

Gang That Sang "Heart of My Heart", The

Don Cornell

1953

(#10) Ben Ryan, 1926

Garden of Eden, The

Joe Valino

1956

(#12) Denise Norwood

Garden Party

Rick Nelson

1972

(#8) Rick Nelson (after being booed at Madison Square Garden)

Garden Song, The (Inch by Inch)

Dave Mallet

1978

Dave Mallet

Gee Whittakers!

Pat Boone

1955

(#19)

Gee

The Crows

1954

(#14)

Gentle On My Mind

Glen Campbell

1967

(# 62) John Hartford; Grammy winner 1967 (C&W)

Georgia On My Mind  

Ray Charles

1960

(#1) w.Hoagy Carmichael, 1927, m. Stuart Gorrell, 1930; Charles’ version is Georgia’s official state song since 1979

Georgie Girl

Seekers, The

1966

(#2) Jim Dale, Tom Springfield

Get A Job

Silhouettes, The

1958

(#1) Earl Beal, Raymond Edwards, William F. Horton, Richard Lewis (one of the top ten one-hit wonders)

Get Back

Beatles, The

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Get Happy

Judy Garland

1930

Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen, in "Summer Stock;" previously rec. by Ruth Etting

Get Off of My Cloud

Rolling Stones, The

1965

(#1) Mick Jagger, Keith Richard

Get Over It

Eagles, The

1994

Don Henley, Glenn Frye

Get Together

Youngbloods, The

1967

(#62) Dino Valenti (also #5 in 1969)

Ghost In This House

Shenandoah

1990

Hugh Priestwood

Ghostbusters

Ray Parker, Jr.

1984

(#1) Ray Parker, Jr.

Gigi

Vic Damone

1957

(#16) Alan J. Lerner & Frederick Loewe, in Gigi; Oscar winner, 1958

Gilligan’s Island  

Gimme One Reason

Tracey Chapman

1998

Tracey Chapman

Girl from Ipanema, The

Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto

1964

(#5) Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes & Norman Gimbel; 2 Grammies '64 (record, album)

Girl Talk

Tony Bennett

1966

Mort Lindsey, 1964; in the movie "Harlow"

Girl

Beatles, The

1965

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon

Neil Diamond

Git Along, Little Dogie

Kingston Trio, The

1962

(as "Dogie’s Lament") Traditional, pub. 1893, possibly from 1880

Gitarzan

Ray Stevens

1969

(#8)

Give Me The Night

George Benson

1980

(#80)

Give My Regards to Broadway

George M. Cohan

1904

George M. Cohan; Cohan's theme song

Giving You The Best That I've Got

Anita Baker

1986

Anita Baker & Holland

Glad All Over

Dave Clark Five, The

1964

(#6) Dave Clark, Mike Smith

Gloria

Shadows of Knight, The

1966

(#10) Van Morrison

Glory of Love, The  

Benny Goodman

1936

William Hill

Glow-Worm, The  

MIlls Brothers, The

1952

(#1) Paul Lincke & Heinz Bolten-Backers; Eng. lyr Johnny Mercer

Go Away Little Girl

Steve Lawrence

1962

(#1) Carole King, Gerry Goffin

Go Jimmy Go

Jimmy Clanton

1959

(#5)

Go Now!

Moody Blues, The

1965

(#10)

Go Tell It On the Mountain

Peter, Paul & Mary

1964

Traditional, ca 1865

Go Where You Wanna Go

Mamas & Papas, The

1967

John Phillips

Go Your Own Way

Fleetwood Mac

1977

Lindsey Buckingham

God Bless America

Kate Smith

1939

Irving Berlin

God Bless the Child

Blood, Sweat & Tears

1969

Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday, 1941; also recorded by Aretha Franklin

God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen

Traditional

Traditional, pub. 1853

Goin’ Back to Texas

Goin’ Out Of My Head

Little Anthony & The Imperials

1964

(#6) Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein

Goin’ Up the Country

Canned Heat

1969

(#11)

Going to a Go-Go

Miracles, The

1965

(#11)

Golden Earrings

Peggy Lee

1948

Victor Young, Jay Livingston & Ray Evans; also rec. by Willie Nelson, 1983

Goldfinger

Shirley Bassey

1965

(#8)

Gone  

Ferlin Husky

1957

(#4)

Gone With The Wind

Mel Torme

1956

Herb Magidson & Allie Wrubel

Gonna Find Me a Bluebird

Marvin Rainwater

1957

(#18)

Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)

Bill Conti

1977

Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti, Carl Connors

Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now  

Patience & Prudence (McIntyre)

1956

(#11) Milton Kellom (Theresa Brewer version #25 in 1952) They were bandleader’s daughters, ages 11 & 14

Gonna Go Down The River

Kingston Trio, The

Buddy Mize, Dallas Frazier

Gonna Knock On Your Door

Eddie Hodges

1961

(#12)

Goober Peas

Kingston Trio, The

1959

Traditional, ca 1964; alludes primarily to Georgia's Civil War troops' poor food supplies

Good and Lonesome

Kay Starr

1955

(#17)

Good Day Sunshine

Beatles, The

1966

John Lennon & Paul McCartney

Good Enough for Now

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Good Golly Miss Molly

Little Richard

1958

(#10) Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco

Good Hearted Woman

Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

1971

(#25) Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

Good Life, The  

Tony Bennett

1963

(#18) Jack Reardon, Sacha Distel

Good Lovin’

Rascals, The

1966

(#1) Rudy Clark, Arthur Resnick (band was 3/4’s of Joey Dee’s "starlighters")

Good Luck Charm

Elvis Presley

1962

(#1) Wally Gold, Aaron Schroeder

Good Morning Starshine

Oliver

1969

(#3) Gerome Ragni, James Rado, in the musical "Hair"; Oliver d 2/14/00

Good News (Chariot’s Comin’)

Kingston Trio, The

1959

arranged by Lou Gottlieb of The Limelighters

Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight

McGuire Sisters, The

1954

(#7) James Hudson & Calvin Carter

Good Riddance (The Time of Your Life)

Green Day

Good Timin’

Jimmy Jones

1960

(#3) Clint Ballard Jr., Fred Tobias

Good Vibrations

Beach Boys, The

1966

Brian Wilson & Mike Wilson

Good-bye to Love

Carpenters, The

1972

(#7) Karen died 2/4/83

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road  

Elton John

1973

(#2) Elton John, Bernie Taupin

Goodbye, Cruel World

James Darren

1961

(#3) Gloria Shayne

Goodnight Irene

Gordon Jenkins with The Weavers

1950

(#1) Huddie Ledbetter, adp. John Lomax, 1936 (also Jerry Reed #79 in 1962); from Gussie Davis song of 1886?

Goodnight My Love, Pleasant Dreams

McGuire Sisters, The

1956

(#32) (also by The Fleetwoods, #32 in 1963)

Goodnight, Sweetheart

Rudy Vallee

1931

Ray Noble, James Campbell & Reg Connelly

Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight

McGuire Sisters, The

1954

(#7)

Goody Goody

Frankie Lymon

1957

(#20) Johnny Mercer, Mat Malneck, 1936; first rec. by Benny Goodman Orch. (Helen Ward vocal); Lymon d 1968 at 25

Gospel Changes

John Denver

1971

Jack Williams

Got to Get You Into My Life

Beatles, The

1966

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Gotta Travel On

Billy Grammer

1958

(#4) Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlick, David Lazar, Paul Six 1958 as "Done Laid Around"

Graceland

Paul Simon

1986

(#81) Paul Simon

Graduation Day  

Four Freshmen

1956

(#17) Noel & Joe Sherman

Grandfather’s Clock

1876

Henry Clay Work

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

Grandma’s Feather Bed

John Denver

Jim Connor

Grazing In The Grass

Hugh Masekela

1968

(#1) Philenon Hou, Harry Elston; later recorded by the Friends of Distinction

Great Balls of Fire

Jerry Lee Lewis

1957

Jack Hammer, Otis Blackwell (#2 for 4 weeks)

Great Mandella, The

Peter, Paul & Mary

1967

Peter Yarrow

Great Pretender, The  

Platters, The

1955

(#1) Buck Ram

Great Speckled Bird, The

Roy Acuff

Rev. Guy Smith

Green Door  

Jim Lowe

1956

(#1 for 3 weeks) Marvin Moore, Bob Davie

Green Eyes  

Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra

1941

Sold 90,000 copies in one week; vocals by Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell

Green Green Grass of Home

Tom Jones

1966

(#11) Curly Putnam

Green Green

New Christy Minstrels, The

1963

(#14) Randy Sparks, Barry McGuire

Green Leaves of Summer, The  

Brothers Four, The

1960

(#65) Dimiti Tiomkin, Paul Webster, from the movie The Alamo

Green Onions

Booker T. & The MG’s

1962

(#3) Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson, Jr., Lewis Steinberg

Green River

Credence Clearwater Revival

1969

(#2) John Fogarty

Green Years, The

Eddie Fisher

1954

(#8)

Greenback Dollar

Kingston Trio, The

1963

(#21) Hoyt Axton, Ken Ramsey, 1962

Green-Eyed Lady

Sugarloaf

1970

(#3)

Greenfields  

Brothers Four, The

1960

(#2) Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, Frank Miller (on charts 20 weeks)

Grenada

Frankie Laine

1954

(#17)

Groovin’

Rascals, The

1967

(#1 for 4 weeks...2nd release) Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere (band was 3/4’s of Joey Dee’s "starlighters")

Groovy Kind of Love

Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders

1966

Toni Wine, Carol Beyer

Guantanamera  

Sandpipers, The

1966

(#9) Pete Seeger, Hector Angulo

Guitar Boogie Shuffle

Virtues, The

1959

(#5)

Guitar Man, The

David Gates & Bread

David Gates

Gum Drop

Crew-Cuts, The

1955

(#10)

Guy Is A Guy , A

Doris Day

1952

(#1) Oscar Brand

Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves

Cher

1971

(#1 - her first as soloist) Words & Music by Robert Stone

Gypsy Rover, The  

Highwaymen, The

1961

(#42) (flip side, Cotton Fields, also charted)

Hail Hail The Gang’s All Here

1917

Theodore Morse, Dolly Terriss, Arthur Sullivan

Hair  

Cowsills, The

1969

(#2) Gerome Ragni, James Rado, Galt MacDermot, in Hair

Hajji Baba (Persian Lament)

Nat "King" Cole

1954

(#14)

Half As Lovely (Twice as True)

Frank Sinatra

1954

(#23)

Half As Much

Rosemary Clooney

1952

(#1) Curly Williams

Half Breed

Cher

1971

(#1) Mary Dean, All Capps

Hallelujah I'm a Bum (The Pius Itinerant)

New Christie Minstrels, The

1966

Harry Kirby McClintock, 1928

Handy Man

Jimmy Jones

1959

(#2) Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones(also rec. by Del Shannon, 1964, and #4 for James Taylor, 1977)

Hang On Sloopy

McCoys, The

1965

(#1) Bert Russell, Wes Farrell

Hang On The Bell, Nellie

Chad Mitchell Trio, The

Clive Erard, Ross Parker, Tommie O’Connor, 1948

Hannah Lee

Kingston Trio, The

1965

Richard Miles, Stan Jones

Happening, The

Supremes, The

1967

(#1) Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier (also Herb Alpert, #32 in 1967)

Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen

Neal Sedaka

1961

(#6)

Happy Birthday

Traditional

1893

Patty Smith Hill, Mildred J. Hill

Happy Christmas, Little Friend

Rosemary Clooney

1954

(#30)

Happy Days and Lonely Nights

The Fontane Sisters

1954

(#18)

Happy Days Are Here Again

Barbra Streisand

1994

Jack Yellin, Jimmy McHugh, Milton Ager; FDR's theme song

Happy Heart

Andy Williams

1969

(#22) Jackie Rae & Hans List

Happy Organ, The

Dave "Baby" Cortez

1959

(#1) Ken Wood, David Clowney

Happy Together

Turtles, The

1967

(#1 for 3 weeks) Gary Bonner, Alan Gordon; it’s about a love affair that never happened (i.e., "imagine")

Happy Wanderer, The  

Frank Weir

1954

(#4) Antonia Ridge, Friedrich Möller

Happy Whistler, The

Don Robertson

1956

(#6) Don Robertson

Harbor Lights  

Platters, The

1960

Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams, 1940 (#8) Originally recorded by Rudy Vallee

Hard Ain’t It Hard

Kingston Trio, The

1958

Woodie Guthrie

Hard Day’s Night

Beatles, The

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Hard Headed Woman

Elvis Presley

1958

(#1) Claude de Metruis

Hard To Get

Gisele MacKenzie

1955

(#4) Jack Segal

Hard to Say I’m Sorry

Chicago

1982

(#1) Peter Cetera, David Foster

Hard-Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)

Peggy Lee

1955

Jack Yellin, Milton Ager, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates, 1924; in Pete Kelly's Blues

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Traditional

Charles Wesley & Felix Mendelssohn; pub 1840

Harlem Nocturne

Viscounts, The

1965

(#39) Dick Rogers, Earle Hagen

Harper Valley P.T.A.

Jeannie C. Riley

1968

(#1) Tom T. Hall

Harrigan

1908

George M. Cohan

Hats Off to Larry

Del Shannon

1961

(#5)

Have Another Tequila, Sheila

Bobby Bare

1980

Shel Silverstein

Have I the Right?

Honeycombs, The

1964

(#5) Howard Blackley

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

Rod Stewart

1993

Van Morrison

Have You Ever Been Lonely

Jim Reeves

1966

George Brown, Peter DeRose, 1932; in Oklahoma Annie; rec by Ted Lewis, 1933 (#8)

Have You Ever Seen The Rain

Credence Clearwater Revival

1970

John Fogarty

Have You Never Been Mellow

Olivia Newton John

1975

John Farrar

Have You Seen Her

Chi-Lites, The

1971

(#3)

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas  

Judy Garland

1944

Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane; from the movie Meet Me In St. Louis

Haven’t Got Time for the Pain

Carly Simon

1974

(#14) Carly Simon is daugher of Simon & Schuster

Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au)

Andy Williams

1958

(#11) Al Hoffman, Charles King

He Touched Me

Barbra Streisand

1965

(#53)

He Was A Friend of Mine

Byrds, The

1966

He Will Break Your Heart

Jerry Butler

1960

(#7)

He  

McGuire Sisters, The

1955

(#10) Richard Mullan, Jack Richards (Al Hibbler version #4)

He’ll Have to Go

Jim Reeves

1959

(#2) Joe Allison, Audrey Allison

He’ll Have To Stay

Jeanne Black

1960

(#4)

He’s a Rebel

Crystals, The

1962

(#1) Gene Pitney

He’s Got The Whole World

Laurie London

1958

(#1 for 4 weeks) from traditional Spiritual, c 1927 (Laurie was male, age 13...only hit)

He’s So Fine

Chiffons, The

1963

(#1) Ronnie Mack

He’s Your Mailman

Parody to the tune of "Bye Bye Blackbird",

Heard It In A Love Song  

Marshall Tucker Band

1977

(#14)

Heart And Soul

Hoagy Carmichael

1932

Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser

Heart Full of Soul

Yardbirds, The

1965

(#9) Graham Gouldman

Heart of Gold

Neil Young

1972

(#1)

Heart of My Heart  

Don Cornell

1953

(#10) Ben Ryan, 1926; also recorded by The Four Aces, Johnny Desmond, Alan Dale

Heart of Stone