Mabellene |
Chuck Berry |
1955 |
(#5) Chuck Berry, Russell Fratto (also by Johnny Rivers, #12 in 1964) |
MacArthur Park |
Richard Harris |
1968 |
(#2) Jim Webb (also rec. by Donna Summer, 1978) |
Macho Man |
Village People. The |
1978 |
(#25) |
Mack the Knife (Moritat) |
Bobby Darin |
1959 |
(#1 for 9 wks) Bertolt Brecht (E. Marc Blitzstein) & Kurt Weill; in The Three Penny Opera; Grammy, ‘59 (best record) |
Madiera |
Limelighters, The |
|
|
Maggie May |
Rod Stewart |
1971 |
(#1 for 5 weeks) Martin Quittenton, Rod Stewart |
Magic Carpet Ride |
Steppenwolf |
1968 |
(#3) |
Magic Man |
Heart |
1976 |
Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson |
Magic Moments |
Perry Como |
1958 |
Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
Magic Touch, The |
Platters, The |
1956 |
(#4) Buck Ram (inst version by Hugo Winterhalter #22 in 1954) |
Magical Mystery Tour |
Beatles, The |
|
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Main Event, The |
Barbra Streisand |
1979 |
(#3) Paul Jabara, Bob Esty, Bruce Roberts; from the movie of the same name |
Mairzy Doats |
Burl Ives |
1964 |
Milton Drake, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston, 1943 |
Make Believe |
Jimmy Lunceford |
1936 |
Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern; from the musical "Showboat," 1927 |
Make Her Mine |
Nat "King" Cole |
1954 |
(#19) Sammy Gallop, Chester Conn |
Make It Easy on Yourself |
Walker Brothers, The |
1965 |
(#16) Hal David, Bert Bacharach (also Jerry Butler, #20 in 1962) |
Make Love to Me! |
Jo Stafford |
1954 |
(#1) Bill Norvas, Leon Roppolo, et al |
Make Me Your Baby |
Barbara Lewis |
1965 |
(#11) |
Make the World Go Away |
Eddy Arnold |
1965 |
(#6) Hank Cochran |
Makin’ Whooppee |
|
1928 |
Gus Cahn, Walter Donaldson |
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All |
Air Supply |
1983 |
(#2) Graham Russell |
Mama Don’t Allow |
Rooftop Singers, The |
1963 |
(#55) Charles Davenport, 1929 (also by The Limelighters) |
Mama Said |
Shirelles, The |
1961 |
(#3) |
Mama Told Me Not To Come |
Three Dog Night |
1970 |
(#1 for 2 weeeks) Randy Newman |
Mama Tried |
Merle Haggard |
1965 |
Merle Haggard |
Mamas, Don’t Let Your Babies |
Waylon Jennings |
1978 |
(#42) |
Mambo Italiano |
Rosemary Clooney |
1954 |
(#10) Bob Merrill |
Mambo Rock |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
1955 |
(#18) |
Man of La Mancha |
|
1965 |
Joe Darien, Mitch Leigh |
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The |
Gene Pitney |
1962 |
(#4) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me) |
Peggy Lee |
1948 |
Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour |
Mandy |
Barry Manilow |
1974 |
(#1) Scott English, Richard Kerr |
Maneater |
Hall & Oates |
1982 |
(#1) |
Manhattan |
Ella Fitzgerald |
1956 |
Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers |
Manhattan Serenade |
Jo Stafford |
1943 |
Harold Adamson & Louis Alter |
Manhattan Spiritual |
Reg Owen & His Orchestra |
1958 |
(#10) (instrumental) |
Margaritaville |
Jimmy Buffettt |
1977 |
(#8) Jimmy Buffett |
Margie |
Benny Goodman |
1938 |
Bennie Davis, Con Conrad & J.R. Robinson, 1920 |
Maria Elena |
Los Indios Trabajares |
1963 |
(#6) Eng. S.K. Russell, Lorenzo Barcelata; recorded earlier by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Helen O'Connell vocal, 1941 |
Maria |
Johnny Mathis |
1960 |
(#18) Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, from the Broadway play Westside Story |
Maria Elena |
Los Indios Trabajares |
1963 |
(#22) Lorenzo Barcelata |
Marianne |
Terry Gilkyson & The Easy Riders |
1957 |
(#4) Terry Gilkeyson (on charts 19 weeks) Pos. adapted from "Mary Ann" by Jamie Yamin (E. Joe Davis), 1945 |
Marie |
Bachelors, The |
1965 |
(#15) Irving Berlin, 1928 (also by The Four Tunes, #13 in 1953) |
Marvelous Toy, The |
Chad Mitchell Trio, The |
1963 |
(#43) also by Peter, Paul & Mary |
Mary In the Morning |
Al Martino |
1967 |
Johnny Cymbal, Mike Lendell |
Mary’s A Grand Old Name |
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1906 |
George M. Cohan |
Massachusetts |
Bee Gees, The |
1969 |
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb |
Matter of Trust, A |
Billy Joel |
1986 |
(#18) |
May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose |
Li’l Jimmy Dickens |
1965 |
(#15) (named because he’s only 4’11") |
May You Always |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1959 |
(#11) Larry Markes & Dick Charles |
Maybe Baby |
Buddy Holly |
1958 |
(#17) |
Maybe It Was Memphis |
Pam Tillis |
|
Michael Anderson |
Maybe You’ll Be There |
Jane Morgan |
1958? |
Sammy Gallop, Rube Bloom, 1947; rec. 1948 by Gordon Jenkins Orchestra, Charles Levere vocal |
Maybe |
Perry Como and Eddie Fisher |
1952 |
(#3) Allan Flynn, Frank Maddem |
McNamara’s Band |
|
1917 |
John Stanford, m Shamus O’Connor |
Me & Julio Down By the Schoolyard |
Paul Simon |
1972 |
(#22) Paul Simon |
Me & You & A Dog Named Boo |
|
1971 |
Kent LaVoie |
Me and Bobby McGee |
Janis Joplin |
1971 |
(#1) Kris Kristopherson, Fred L. Foster, 1969 |
Me And My Shadow |
Frank Sinatra |
1961 |
Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer, 1925; initially plugged by Al Jolson; identified with Ted Lewis |
Mean to Me |
Linda Ronstadt |
1984 |
Roy Turk, Fred Ahlert, 1929; previously recorded by Billie Holiday, 1937 |
Meet Me at Midnight Mary |
Joey Powers |
1963 |
(#10) |
Melancholy Me |
Eddy Howard |
1954 |
(#16) |
Melancholy Serenade |
Jackie Gleason |
1953 |
Jackie Gleason; vocal version rec. by Connie Francis, 1959 |
Mellow Yellow |
Donovan |
1966 |
(#2) Donovan; Paul McCartney sang backup |
Memories Are Made of This |
Dean Martin |
1955 |
(#1 for 6 weeks) Terry Gilkeyson, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller |
Memories Of You |
Four Coins, The |
1955 |
(#22) Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake, 1930 |
Memory |
|
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Trevor Nunn (after T.S. Eliot), Andrew Lloyd Weber; from the musical "Cats" |
Memphis |
Johnny Rivers |
1964 |
(#2) Chuck Berry; previously by Lonnie Mack, 1963 |
Mercy Mercy Mercy |
Buckinghams, The |
1967 |
(#5) Joe Zawinul |
Mermaid, The |
Limelighters, The |
|
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Merry Minuet, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
Sheldon Harnick (lyricist for "Fiddler on the Roof") song is from musical theater, but where? |
Message of Our Love |
Association, The |
|
Curt Boettcher, Tandyn Almer |
Michael Row The Boat Ashore |
Highwaymen, The |
1961 |
(#1) adapted from a 19th century slave song by Tony Saletan & The Weavers; also Trini Lopez ‘64 (#42) |
Michelle |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney; Grammy winner 1966 (song) |
Midnight at the Oasis |
Maria Muldaur |
1974 |
(#6) |
Midnight Blue |
Melissa Manchester |
1975 |
(#6) Melissa Muldaur, Carole Bayer Sager |
Midnight Confession |
Grass Roots, The |
1968 |
(#5) |
Midnight In Moscow |
Kenny Ball |
1962 |
(#3) Vassili Soloview-Sedoi; adapted by Kenny Ball |
Midnight Rider |
Allman Brothers, The |
|
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Midnight Special |
Limelighters, The |
|
adapted by Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) from traditional |
Midnight Train to Georgia |
Gladys Knight & The Pips |
1973 |
Jim Weatherly |
Mighty Mississippi |
|
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Minute By Minute |
Doobie Brothers, The |
1978 |
(#1) Abrams & Michael McDonald |
Mission Bell |
Donnie Brooks |
1960 |
(#7) |
Mississippi Squirel Revival |
Ray Stevens |
|
Ray Stevens |
Misty |
Johnny Mathis |
1959 |
(#12) Erroll Garner (#30, 1954) & Johnny Burke |
Mixed Emotions |
Rosemary Clooney |
1951 |
(#22) |
Mockin’bird Hill |
Les Paul & Mary Ford |
1950 |
Vaughn Horton (also by Patti Page, #2 in 1951) |
Mocking Bird, The |
Four Lads, The |
1958 |
(#32) |
Mockingbird |
James Taylor/Carly Simon |
1974 |
(#5) Carly Simon is daughter of publisher Simon & Schuster |
Moments to Remember |
Four Lads, The |
1955 |
(#1 for 6 wks, charted 25) Robert Allen & Al Stillman |
Mona Lisa |
Nat "King" Cole |
1950 |
(#1) Jay Livingston, Ray Evans; in Neptune’s Daughter; Oscar winner, 1950 (their 2nd) |
Monday Monday |
Mamas & Papas |
1966 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) John Phillips |
Money (That’s What I Want) |
Barrett Strong |
1960 |
(#23) |
Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket |
Dean Martin |
1954 |
(#23) |
Money |
Kingsmen, The |
1964 |
(#16) |
Monster Mash |
Bobby "Boris" Pickett |
1962 |
(#1) Bobby Pickett, Leonard Capizzi |
Montego Bay |
Bobby Bloom |
1970 |
(#8) |
Mony Mony |
Tommy James |
1968 |
(#3) |
Mood Indigo |
Duke Ellington |
1931 |
Duke Ellington, Irving Mills (Mitchell Parish?) & Albany Bigard; possibly by Parrish - Bigard only |
Moody River |
Pat Boone |
1961 |
(#1) Gary Bruce |
Moon Over Miami |
Ray Charles |
1956 |
Edgar Leslie, Joe Burke, 1935 |
Moon River |
Henry Mancini |
1961 |
(#11) Johnny Mercer, Henry Mancini; in Breakfast at Tiffany’s; Oscar & 2 Grammies (song, record) 1961 |
Moon Shadow |
Cat Stevens |
1971 |
(#30) |
Moonglow and Theme from "Picnic" |
Morris Stoloff & His Orchestra |
1956 |
(#1) "Moonglow" by Will Hudson, Eddie De Lange, & Irving Mills (‘34); DeLange dead 10 years before song hit |
Moonlight and Roses (Bring Mem'ries of You) |
Three Suns, The |
1954 |
(#24) Ben Black, Neil Moret, 1925 |
Moonlight And Roses |
Ray Coniff |
1962 |
Charles Daniels, 1904? Or (Black/Leamre/Moret) as per Platters, et al? |
Moonlight Bay |
|
1912 |
Edward Madden, Percy Wenrich |
Moonlight Becomes You |
Bing Crosby |
1942 |
Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen; written especially for Crosby in "Road to Morocco" |
Moonlight Feels Right |
Starbuck |
1976 |
(#3) Michael Blackman |
Moonlight Gambler |
Frankie Laine |
1956 |
(#3) Bob Hilliard, Philip Springer; Laine's last big hit |
Moonlight In Vermont |
Margaret Whiting |
1944 |
John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf (also by Willie Nelson, 1978) |
Moonlight Serenade |
Glenn Miller |
1939 |
Mitchell Parish (Later), Glenn Miller |
Moonshiner, The |
|
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Traditional |
More I See You, The |
Chris Montez |
1966 |
Mack Gordon, Harry Warren; previously recorded by Harry James (with Dick Haymes), 1945 |
More Than A Feeling |
Boston |
1976 |
Tom Scholz |
More Than I Can Say |
Leo Sayer |
1980 |
(#2) Sonny Curtiss (formerly of The Cricketts), Jerry Allison |
More Than You Know |
Woody Herman |
1948 |
Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans |
More |
Kai Winding |
1963 |
(#8) Norman Newell, Riz Ortolani, from the movie Mondo Cane |
More |
Perry Como |
1956 |
(#4) Tom Glazer, Alex Alstone |
Morning Has Broken |
Cat Stevens |
1972 |
(#6) Eleanor Farjeon, to traditional melody; arr.Cat Stevens |
Morning Side Of the Mountain, The |
Tommy Edwards |
1959 |
(#27) Dick Manning, Larry Stock |
Morning Train |
Sheena Easton |
1981 |
(#21) (on charts 21 weeks) |
Most of All |
Don Cornell |
1955 |
(#14) |
Mostly Martha |
Crew-Cuts, The |
1955 |
(#31) |
Mother and Child Reunion |
Paul Simon |
1972 |
(#4) Paul Simon |
Mother-in-Law |
Ernie K-Doe |
1961 |
(#1) Allen Toussaint |
Mountain Dew |
Lulu Belle & Scoty Wiseman |
1939 |
Orig. by Bascomb Lunsford, mid 1930s; Lulu Belle & Scoty Wiseman re-lyric, 1939 |
Mountain Music |
Alabama |
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Randy Owen |
Mountain of Love, A |
Johnny Rivers |
1964 |
(#9) Harold Dorman (also by Harold Dorman, #21 in 1960) |
Mountain’s High, The |
Dick & DeeDee |
1961 |
(#2) Dick St. John |
Mountains of Mourn, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
1960 |
Traditional Irish, ca 1910 |
Move It On Over |
Hank Williams |
1947 |
Hank Williams |
Movin' On |
Merle Haggard |
1975 |
Merle Haggard |
Movin’ Out |
Billy Joel |
1978 |
(#17) |
Mr. Bass Man |
Johnny Cymbal |
1963 |
Written about Fred Johnson of the Marcels, alluding to their "Blue Moon" |
Mr. Blue |
Fleetwoods, The |
1959 |
(#1) DeWayne Blackwell (on charts 20 weeks) |
Mr. Bojangles |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The |
1970 |
(#9) Jerry Jeff Walker, 1968 (his version #77 in 1968) |
Mr. Grinch |
|
|
Theodoe (Dr. Seuss) Geisel, Albert Hague; from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" |
Mr. Lee |
Bobbettes, The |
1957 |
(#6) 1st women's group to have a #1 R&B song and top 10 (#6) pop; they were 11-14 years old at the time |
Mr. Lonely |
Bobby Vinton |
1964 |
(#1) Gene Allen, Bobby Vinton |
Mr. Lucky |
Henry Mancini |
1960 |
(#21) Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, Henry Mancini |
Mr. Sandman |
Chordettes, The |
1954 |
(#1) Pat Ballard |
Mr. Tambourine Man |
Byrds, The |
1965 |
(#1) Bob Dylan; hit number one on 5/15/65 |
Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter |
Herman's Hermits |
1965 |
(#1) Trevor Peacock |
Mrs. Robinson |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1968 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Paul Simon; from the movie The Graduate; Grammy winner 1968 (record) |
M-T-A, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
(#15) Jacquiline Steiner, Bess Hawes (A.Lomax’s sis, of Almanac Singers), to "Ship That Never Returned" by Harry C.Work |
Mule Skinner Blues |
Fendermen, The |
1960 |
(#5) Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn, 1931 |
Music to Watch Girls By |
Andy Williams |
1966 |
Sid Kamin, Tony Velona |
Music! Music! Music! |
Teresa Brewer |
1951 |
(#1) Stephen Weiss, Bernie Baum |
Muskrat Ramble |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1954 |
(#10) Ray Bilbert, Eduard Ory, 1926 |
Must to Avoid, A |
Herman's Hermits |
1965 |
(#8) |
Mutual Admiration Society |
Teresa Brewer |
1956 |
(#21) Matt Dubey, Harold Kerr |
My Back Pages |
Byrds, The |
1967 |
(#30) |
My Blue Heaven |
Fats Domino |
1956 |
(#19) Walter Donaldson & George Whiting, 1927; Gene Austin’s version was top seller all time til White Christmas |
My Bonnie Lassie |
Ames Brothers, The |
1955 |
(#11) |
My Boomerang Won’t Come Back |
Charlie Drake |
1962 |
(#21) Max Diamond, Charlie Drake |
My Boy Lollipop |
Millie Small |
1964 |
(#2) Johnny Roberts, Robert Spenser, Morris Levy |
My Boyfriend’s Back |
Angels, The |
1963 |
(#1) Robert Feldman, Gerald Goldstein |
My Coloring Book |
Kitty Kallen |
1962 |
(#18) John Kander, Fred Ebb |
My Cup Runneth Over |
Ed Ames |
1967 |
(#8) Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt; from the musical "I Do, I Do" |
My Dad |
Paul Petersen |
1962 |
(#6) |
My Ding-A-Ling |
Chuck Berry |
|
|
My Eyes Adored You |
Frankie Valli |
1974 |
(#1) Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan |
My Friend |
Eddie Fisher |
1954 |
(#15) |
My Funny Valentine |
Frank Sinatra |
1954 |
Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, 1937; the first track on Sinatra's first LP album |
My Generation |
Who, The |
1965 |
Peter Townshend |
My Girl |
Temptations, The |
1965 |
(#1) |
My Guy |
Mary Wells |
1964 |
(#1) Smokie Robinson |
My Happiness |
Connie Francis |
1958 |
(#2 for 3 weeks, on charts 18) Betty Peterson, Barney Bergantine, 1933 |
My Heart Belongs to Me |
Barbra Streisand |
1977 |
(#4) Alan Gordon, Charlie Calello |
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own |
Connie Francis |
1960 |
(#1) Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller |
My Heart Is an Open Book |
Carl Dobkins, Jr. |
1959 |
(#3) Hal David, Lee Pockriss |
My Heart Reminds Me |
Kay Starr |
1957 |
(#9) Al Stillman, Camillo Bartoni |
My Heart Will Go On (Theme from "Titanic") |
Celine Dion |
1998 |
|
My Ideal |
Jimmy Dorsey |
1944 |
(#5) Richard Whiting & Newell Chase; vocal by Bob Eberle |
My Kind of Town |
Frank Sinatra |
1964 |
Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen |
My Last Date With You |
Floyd Cramer |
1960 |
(#2) Boudleaux Bryant & Skeeter Davis, Floyd Cramer |
My Life |
Billy Joel |
1978 |
(#3) |
My Little Town |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1975 |
(#9) Paul Simon |
My Love and Devotion |
Perry Como |
1952 |
(#22) Milton Carson |
My Love, Forgive Me (Amore Scusami) |
Robert Goulet |
1964 |
(#16) |
My Mama Don’t Know |
Ray Stevens |
|
|
My Maria |
|
1973 |
Daniel Moore |
My Old Flame |
Linda Ronstadt |
1984 |
Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow, from the movie Belle of the Nineties, 1934 |
My Old Man’s A Dustman |
Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan |
1960 |
Lonnie Donegan; revived by The Smothers Brothers |
My One and Only Heart |
Perry Como |
1953 |
(#11) Al Stillman, Robert Allen |
My One And Only Love |
Rick Nelson |
1953 |
Guy Wood, Robert Mellin |
My One Sin |
Nat "King" Cole |
1955 |
(#24) |
My Prayer |
Platters, The |
1956 |
(#1 for 5 weeks) Jimmy Kennedy, Georges Boulanger, 1939; based on Boulanger’s "Avant de Mourir", 1926 |
My Restless Lover |
Patti Page |
1954 |
(#21) |
My Romance |
Frank Sinatra |
1943 |
Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, in Jumbo |
My Sharona |
|
1979 |
Berton Averre, Douglas Fieger |
My Shy Violet |
Mills Brothers, The |
1968 |
(#73) |
My Special Angel |
Bobby Helms |
1957 |
(#7) Jimmy Duncan (also #7 for The Vogues in 1968) |
My Sweet Gypsy Rose |
Tony Orlando & Dawn |
1973 |
Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown |
My Sweet Lady |
John Denver |
1970 |
John Denver |
My Sweet Lord |
George Harrison |
1971 |
George Harrison; found guilty of unintentional copyright infringement vs. Ronald Mack’s "He’s So Fine" (Chiffons) |
My Tani |
Brothers Four, The |
1960 |
(#50) |
My Treasure |
Hilltoppers, The |
1955 |
(#31) |
My Way |
Elvis Presley |
1977 |
(#22) Paul Anka & Jacques Revaux (Sinatra version 1969 #27) original title "Comme d'Habitude" |
My Wild Irish Rose |
Chauncey Olcott |
1899 |
Chauncey Olcott |
My Woman, My Woman, My Wife |
Marty Robbins |
1970 |
Marty Robbins; Grammy winner, 1970 |
My World Is Empty Without You |
Supremes, The |
1966 |
(#5) |
Nadia’s Theme |
|
1976 |
Perry Botkin, Jr. & Barry De Vorzon; from the TV show The Young And The Restless |
Nadine (Is It You?) |
Chuck Berry |
1964 |
(#23) Chuck Berry |
Name Game, The |
Shirley Ellis |
1964 |
(#3) Lincoln Chase, Shirley Elliston |
Nancy (With the Laughing Face) |
Frank Sinatra |
1944 |
Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen |
Nature Boy |
Nat "King" Cole |
1948 |
Eden Ahbez |
Naughty Lady of Shady Lane, The |
Ames Brothers, The |
1954 |
(#3) Sid Tepper, Roy Bennett |
Navy Blue |
Diane Renay |
1964 |
(#6) |
Ne Me Quitte Pas |
|
|
Jacques Brel; see "If You Go Away" |
Near You |
Roger Williams |
1958 |
(#10) Kermit Goell, Francis Craig, 1947; Craig's recording was Nashville's 1st major hit |
Nearness of You, The |
Hoagy Carmichael |
1938 |
Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington |
Needles and Pins |
Searchers, The |
1964 |
(#13) Sony Bono, Jack Nitzsche; 1st by Jackie DeShannon; Searchers got name from John Wayne movie |
Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First) |
Roberta Flack |
1973 |
Jim Weatherly |
Nel Blu Never Can Say Goodbye |
Jackson Five, The |
1971 |
Clifton Davis |
Never My Love |
Association, The |
1967 |
(#2) (on charts 14 weeks) Don & Dick Addrissi; also 5th Dimension (‘71) also Blue Swede (‘71) |
Never on Sunday |
Chordettes, The |
1961 |
(#13) (also Don Costa, 1960 #19) Manos Hadjidakis, Bill Towne; in movie of same name, Oscar winner 1960 |
Never-Ending Song Of Love |
Delaney & Bonnie |
1971 |
(#13) Delaney Bramlett |
Nevertheless (I’m In Love With You) |
Frank Sinatra |
1950 |
Bert Kalmer, Harry Ruby |
Night |
Jackie Wilson |
1960 |
(#4) Johnny Lehman, Herb Miller; Wilson d 1975 of a stroke at age 34 |
Night And Day |
Frank Sinatra |
1942 |
Cole Porter, in The Gay DivorceÈ |
Night Before Christmas, The |
Rosemary Clooney |
1952 |
(#9) |
Night Chicago Died, The |
|
1974 |
Mitch Murray, Peter Callander |
Night Has A Thousand Eyes, The |
Bobby Vee |
1962 |
(#3) Marilyn Garrett, Dottie Wayne, Ben Weisman |
Night Life |
Ray Price |
1963 |
Willie Nelson |
Night Moves |
Bob Seger |
1976 |
(#4) Bob Seger; inspired by American Graffitti |
Night On Bald Mountain |
Fantasia |
1887 |
Modeste Mussorgsky |
Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia |
Vicki Lawrence |
1973 |
(#1) Bobby Russell (her only hit -- she was on Carol Burnett Show) |
Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down, The |
Joan Baez |
1971 |
(#3) Jaime Robbie Robertson |
Night Train |
Jimmy Smith |
1962 |
Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington & Lewis Simpkins, 1952 |
Nightengale Sang In Berkley Square, A |
Nat "King" Cole |
1943 |
Eric Maschwitz & Manning Sherwin; also rec. by Tony Bennett, 1992 |
Nights Are Forever Without You |
England Dan & John Ford Coley |
1976 |
(#10) |
Nights In White Satin |
Moody Blues, The |
1972 |
(#2) Justin Hayward |
Nine to Five |
Dolly Parton |
1980 |
(#1) |
Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown |
Rolling Stones, The |
1966 |
Mick Jagger, Keith Richard |
Ninety-Six Tears |
Question Mark And the Mysterions |
1966 |
Rudy Martins |
No Arms Can Ever Hold You |
Bachelors, The |
1964 |
(#27) (also by Georgie Shaw, #23 in 1955) |
No Chemise, Please |
Gerry Granahan |
1958 |
(#23) |
No Matter What Shape Your Stomach Is In |
T-Bones, The |
1965 |
(#3) from an Alka Seltzer commercial |
No More |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1955 |
(#17) Leo DeJohn, Julie DeJohn, Dux DeJohn |
No No Song, The |
Ringo Starr |
1975 |
(#3) Hoyt Axton, David Jackson |
No Not Much |
Four Lads, The |
1956 |
(#2 for 4 weeks, on charts 24) Al Stillman & Robert Allen |
No Other Arms (No Arms Can Ever Hold You) |
Pat Boone |
1955 |
(#26) |
No Other Love |
Perry Como |
1953 |
(#1) Bob Russell, Paul Weston (Jo Stafford version #8 1950) |
No Other Name |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1967 |
arr. Paul Stookey |
No Particular Place To Go |
Chuck Berry |
1964 |
(#10) |
No Time |
Guess Who, The |
1969 |
(#5) |
Nobody Does It Better |
Carly Simon |
1977 |
Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch; Carly Simon is daughter of Simon & Schuster |
Nobody Knows You (When You’re Down & Out) |
Eric Clapton |
1992 |
Jimmy Cox, 1923; on Unplugged; Bessie Smith’s last hit (1929); used in the movie "Me And Bessie" |
Nola |
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1916 |
m. Felix Arndt; lyrics added later by Sunny Skylar, and another version by James Burns |
Noodlin' Rag |
Perry Como |
1952 |
(#23) Allan Roberts, Robert Allen |
Norman |
Sue Thompson |
1961 |
(#3) |
North to Alaska |
Johnny Horton |
1960 |
(#4) Mike Phillips; Horton married Hank Williams’ widow, then died young himself in a plane crash |
Norwegian Wood |
Beatles, The |
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John Lennon & Paul McCartney |
Nothing from Nothing |
Billy Preston |
1974 |
(#1) Billy Preston |
Nothing’s Real Anymore |
Shel Silverstein |
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Shel Silverstein |
Now the Day Is Over |
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1869 |
Sabine Baring-Goiuld, Joseph Barnby |
Nowhere Man |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Nowhere to Run |
Martha & The Vandellas |
1965 |
(#8) |
Nuttin' for Christmas |
Barry Gordon & Art Mooney |
1955 |
(#6) |
O Come All Ye Faithful |
Traditional |
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F. Oakeley, J. Reading, pub. 1751 |
O Holy Night |
Traditional |
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J.S. Dwight, A.C. Adam, 19th century |
O Little Town of Bethlehem |
Traditional |
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Phillip Brooks, Lewis H. Redner, pub. 1868 |
Ode to Billie Joe |
Bobbie Gentry |
1967 |
(1 for 4 weeks, on charts for 14) Bobbie Gentry (Gentry married Jim Stafford, 1978, and retired) |
Oh Carol |
Neal Sedaka |
1959 |
(#9) Neil Sedaka; written for Carole King |
Oh Donna |
Ritchie Valens |
1958 |
(#2) Ritchie Valens |
Oh Girl |
Paul Young |
1990 |
(#8) Eugene Record |
Oh Happy Day |
Edwin Hawkins Singers |
1969 |
(#4) Adapted from trad. Negro spiritual by Nancy Reed, Don Koplow |
Oh Holy Night |
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John Sullivan Dwight, Adolph Adam, 1858 |
Oh Lord, Have Mercy On My Soul |
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Oh Lord, It’s Hard to be Humble |
Mac Davis |
1980 |
Mac Davis |
Oh Susanna |
Traditional |
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Stephen Foster, 1848 |
Oh Very Young |
Cat Stevens |
1974 |
(#10) |
Oh You Crazy Moon |
Mel Torme |
1960 |
Johnny Burkey & Jimmy Van Heusen |
Oh! My Papa (O Mein Papa) |
Eddie Fisher |
1953 |
(#4) Eng. John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons, Paul Burkhard |
Oh, Boy! |
Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
1957 |
(#10) |
Oh, Girl |
Chi-Lites, The |
1972 |
(#1) |
Oh, Lonesome Me |
Don Gibson |
1958 |
(#7) Don Gibson (on charts 21 weeks) |
Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin’ |
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1943 |
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II |
Oh, What a Night |
Dells |
1956 |
(#4) |
Ohio |
Crosby, Stills & Nash |
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Oh-Oh, I’m Falling in Love Again |
Jimmie Rodgers |
1958 |
(#7) |
Okie From Muskogie |
Merle Haggard |
1969 |
(#13) Merle Haggard, Roy Edward Burris |
Oklahoma! |
Gordon MacRae |
1943 |
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II |
Old Age Song |
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Old Black Joe |
Al Jolson |
1860 |
Stephen Collins Foster |
Old Black Magic |
Sammy Davis, Jr. |
1955 |
(#13) |
Old Buttermilk Sky |
Hoagy Carmichael |
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Old Cape Cod |
Patti Page |
1957 |
(#3) Claire Rothrock, Milt Yakus, Allen Jeffrey |
Old Chishold Trail |
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Traditional |
Old Devil Moon |
Frank Sinatra |
1955 |
E.Y. Harburg & Burton Lane |
Old Hippie |
Bellamy Brothers, The |
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Old Home Filler-Up Cafe |
C.W. McCall |
1974 |
(#54) |
Old Lamplighter, The |
Three Browns, The |
1960 |
(#5) Charles Tobias, Nat Simon |
Old Man River |
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1927 |
Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II, in Showboat |
Old Man |
Neil Young |
1973 |
Neil Young |
Old Piano Roll Blues, The |
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1950 |
Cy Coben |
Old Time Religion (Parody) |
Pete Seeger |
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Pete Seeger, based on traditional song dating from ca 1865 |
Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll |
Bob Seger |
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Old Buttermilk Sky |
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Omaha |
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1919 |
Horatio Nicholls, Worton David |
On A Carousel |
Hollies, The |
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A. Clarke, T. Hicks, G. Nash |
On A Clear Day |
Robert Goulet |
1965 |
Alan Jay Lerner & Burton Lane; from the movie of the same name |
On A Country Road |
James Taylor |
1970 |
James Taylor |
On A Slow Boat To China |
Kay Kyser Orchestra |
1948 |
Frank Loesser |
On And On |
Stephen Bishop |
1977 |
(#11) Stephen Bishop |
On Broadway |
Drifters, The |
1963 |
(#9) Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller (also George Benson #7 in 1978) |
On the Alamo |
The Norman Petty Trio |
1954 |
(#29) (instrumental) |
On the Atcheson, Topeka, And the Santa Fe |
Johnny Mercer? |
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On the Rebound |
Floyd Cramer |
1961 |
(#4) (instrumental) |
On the Road Again |
Willie Nelson |
|
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On the Street Where You Live |
Vic Damone |
1956 |
(#4) Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe, in My Fair Lady |
On the Sunny Side of the Street |
Jo Stafford |
1945 |
(#17) Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh, 1929 |
On the Wings of a Dove |
Ferlin Husky |
1957 |
(#47) |
On Top of Old Smokie |
Weavers, The |
1951 |
Traditional, adapted by The Weavers, based on "Little Mohee" ca 1916 |
On Top of Spaghetti |
Tom Glaser |
1963 |
(#14) Tom Glazer |
Once In A While |
Chimes, The |
1960 |
(#11) Bud Green, Michael Edwards (Tommy Dorsey #1 in 1937) Bud Green, Michael Edwards, 1937; from "I’ll Get By" |
Once Upon A Time |
Tony Bennett |
1962 |
Lee Adams, Charles Strouse; from the musical "All American" |
One Dyin' and a Buryin' |
Roger Miller |
1965 |
(#34) |
One Fine Day |
Chiffons, The |
1963 |
(#5) |
One for My Baby (& One for the Road) |
Frank Sinatra |
1943 |
Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen |
One Hand, One Heart |
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1957 |
Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein; from West Side Story |
One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) |
Barry Young |
1965 |
(#13) |
One in a Million |
Platters, The |
1956 |
(#20) |
One Kind Favor |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1964 |
based on "Blind Lemon" Jefferson’s "See That My Grave is Kept Clean, " ca 1927 & Bob Dylan's 1962 version |
One Less Bell to Answer |
Marilyn McCoo |
1970 |
Hal David, Burt Bacharach |
One Less Set of Footsteps |
Jim Croce |
1972 |
Jim Croce |
One Little Candle |
Perry Como |
1952 |
(#18) Joseph Roach, George Mysels |
One More Minute |
"Weird Al" Yankovic |
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"Weird Al" Yankovic |
One More Town |
Kingston Trio, The |
1962 |
(#97) Scott Weisman |
One of These Nights |
Eagles, The |
1975 |
(#1) Glenn Frey, Don Henley |
One Step At A Time |
Brenda Lee |
1957 |
(#43) |
One Tin Solder |
Coven |
1969 |
Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter; theme from the movie Billy Jack |
One Toke Over the Line |
Brewer & Shipley |
1971 |
(#10) |
One Track Mind |
Bobby Lewis |
1961 |
(#9) |
One |
Three Dog Night |
1969 |
(#5) |
One-Two-Three |
Len Barry |
1965 |
(#2) |
Only In America |
Jay & The Americans |
1963 |
(#25) |
Only Love Can Break A Heart |
Gene Pitney |
1962 |
(#2) Hal David, Burt Bacharach |
Only the Lonely |
Roy Orbison |
1960 |
(#2) Roy Orbison, Joe Melson |
Only the Strong Survive |
Jerry Butler |
1960 |
(#8) Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Butler |
Only Yesterday |
Carpenters, The |
1975 |
John Bettis, Richard Carpenter; Karen died 2/4/83 |
Only You |
Platters, The |
1955 |
(#5) Buck Ram, Ande Rand |
Ooh Baby Baby |
Miracles, The |
1965 |
(#16) |
Oop-Shoop |
Crew-Cuts, The |
1954 |
(#13) |
Open Up Your Heart (and Let the Sunshine In) |
Cowboy Church Sunday School, The |
1955 |
(#8) Stuart Hamblen |
Operator |
Jim Croce |
1971 |
Jim Croce |
Opus One |
Mills Brothers, The |
1944 |
Sy Oliver |
Orange Blossum Special |
Johnny Cash |
1965 |
(#80) |
Our Day Will Come |
Ruby & The Romantics |
1963 |
(#1) Mort Garson, Bob Hilliard |
Our Heartbreaking Waltz |
Teresa Brewer |
1954 |
(#23) |
Our House |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
1970 |
Graham Nash (about a house he & Joni Mitchell had owned in Laurel Canyon on Lookout Mountain Road) |
Our Love Is Here to Stay |
Nat "King" Cole |
1950 |
George Gershwin (and Vernon Duke), & Ira Gershwin; George’s last song; intro’d in Goldwin Follies, 1938) |
Our Way |
Penny Marshall & ? |
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Theme from LaVerne & Shirley |
Our Winter Love |
Bill Pursell |
1963 |
(#9) taught music at Vanderbilt |
Out And About |
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart |
1967 |
(#39) Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart |
Out of Nowhere |
Lena Horne |
1941 |
Edward Heyman, Johnny Green |
Out Of Sight |
James Brown & His Orchestra |
1964 |
(#24) |
Over and Over |
Dave Clark Five, The |
1965 |
(#1) Robert Byrd |
Over The Rainbow |
Judy Garland |
1939 |
E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen; in The Wizard of Oz; Oscar winner, 1939 (nearly dropped from film) |
Over There |
Nora Bayes |
1918 |
George M. Cohan, William Jerome |
Over Under Sideways Down |
Yardbirds, The |
1966 |
(#13) Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja |
Overs |
Simon & Garfunkel |
1968 |
Paul Simon; on Bookends |
Oyé Como Va |
Santana |
1971 |
(#13) Tito Puente |
P.S. I Love You |
Beatles, The |
1964 |
(#10) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
P.S. I Love You |
Hilltoppers, The |
1953 |
Johnny Mercer, Gordon Jenkins |
P.T. 109 |
Jimmy Dean |
1962 |
(#8) Marijohn Wilkin, Fred Burch |
Paint It Black |
Rolling Stones, The |
1966 |
Mick Jagger, Keith Richard |
Painted Tainted Rose |
Al Martino |
1963 |
Peter DeAngelis, Jean Sawyer |
Palisades Park |
Freddy Cannon |
1962 |
(#3) Words & Music by George Barris (The Gong Show) |
Papa Loves Mambo |
Perry Como |
1954 |
(#4) Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Bix Reichner |
Papa Was A Rolling Stone |
Temptations, The |
1972 |
(#1) Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield; Grammy winner 1972 (R&B) |
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1) |
James Brown |
1965 |
(#8) Grammy winner 1965 (R&B) |
Pa-Paya Mama |
Perry Como |
1953 |
(#11) Larry Coleman, Norman Gimbel & George Sandler |
Paper Doll |
Mills Brothers, The |
1942 |
Johnny Black, 1930; not published until 1942 |
Paper Roses |
Anita Bryant |
1960 |
(#5) Janice Torre, Fred Spielman, 1955 (also Marie Osmond, #5 in 1973) |
Paperback Writer |
Beatles, The |
1966 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Party Doll |
Buddy Knox |
1957 |
(#1) James Bowen, Buddy Knox |
Party Lights |
Claudine Clark |
1962 |
(#5) Claudine Clark |
Party’s Over, The |
Willie Nelson |
1967 |
Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne |
Patches (I’m Depending on You) |
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1970 |
General Johnson, Ronald Dunbar; Grammy winner 1970 (R&B) |
Patches |
Dickey Lee |
1962 |
(#6) Larry Kolber, Barry Mann |
Patricia |
Perez Prado |
1958 |
(#1) Perez Prado; in the movie La Dolce Vita |
Pay Me My Money Down |
Weavers, The |
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Lydia A. Parish (adapted from a Georgia Sea Islands slave song) |
Peace in the Valley |
Red Foley |
1951 |
Rev. Thomas A Dorsey; also recorded by Elvis Presley, 1957 (#25) |
Peace Train |
Cat Stevens |
1971 |
(#7) Cat Stevens |
Peaceful Easy Feeling |
Eagles, The |
1973 |
(#22) Jack Tempchin? Don Henley & Glenn Frey? |
Peg 'o My Heart |
Jerry Murad & the Harmonicats |
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Alfred Bryan & Fischer |
Peggy Sue |
Buddy Holly |
1957 |
(#3) Jerry Allison, Norman Petty, Buddy Holly |
Pennies From Heaven |
Bing Crosby |
1936 |
John Burke, Arthur Johnston; from the movie of the same name |
Pennsylvania 6-5000 |
Glenn Miller Orchestra |
1940 |
Jerry Gray |
Penny Lane |
Beatles, The |
1967 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
People Got to be Free |
Rascals, The |
1968 |
(#1 for 5 weeks) Edward Briganti, Jr. & Felix Cavaliere (3/4’s of Joey Dee’s "starlighters") |
People Will Say We’re In Love |
Gordon MacRae |
1943 |
Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers; from the musical "Oklahome" |
People |
Barbra Streisand |
1964 |
(#5) Bob Merrill & Jule Styne; from the movie "Funny Girl" |
Peppermint Twist |
Joey Dee & The Starlighters |
1961 |
(#1) Joey Dee, Harry Glover |
Perfidia |
Ventures, The |
1960 |
(#15) Alberto dominguez & Milton Leeds, 1941; originally in the movie "Stardust on the Stage" |
Personality |
Lloyd Price |
1959 |
(#2) Harold Logan, Lloyd Price |
Peter And the Wolf |
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1937 |
Serge Prokofieff |
Peter Cottontail |
Gene Autry |
1949 |
Steven Nelson, Walter E. Rollins |
Peter Gunn |
Ray Anthony & His Orchestra |
1959 |
(#8) Henry Mancini (his first big hit); Grammy winner 1959 |
Petite Fleur |
Chris Barber’s Jazz Band |
1959 |
(#5) (instrumental) Sidney Bechet, 1952; clarinet solo by Monty Sunshine |
Photograph |
Ringo Starr |
1973 |
(#1) George Harrison, Ringo Starr |
Piano Man, The |
Billy Joel |
1974 |
(#25) Billy Joel; song was actually true & autobiographical as "Bill Martin" in L.A. |
Picnic |
McGuire Sisters, The |
1956 |
(#13) Steve Allen, George Dunning |
Piece of My Heart |
Janis Joplin |
1968 |
Previously rec. by Erma Franklin, 1967 |
Pied Piper, The |
Crispain St. Peter |
1965 |
A. Kernfeld, Steve Duboff |
Pinball Wizard, The |
Who, The |
1975 |
Peter Townshend; from the rock opera "Tommy" |
Pink Shoe Laces |
Dodie Stevens |
1959 |
(#3) Mickie Grant |
Pipeline |
Chantay’s, The |
1963 |
(#4) |
Pirate Looks At 40, A |
Jimmy Buffettt |
1974 |
Jimmy Buffett |
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania |
Guy Mitchell |
1959 |
Bob Merrill |
Plastic Jesus |
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1967 |
George Cromarty, Ed Rush; from the movie Cool Hand Luke |
Play A Simple Melody |
Bing Crosby |
1931 |
Irving Berlin, 1914; from the Broadway show "Watch Your Step" |
Play Me Hearts and Flowers |
Johnny Desmond |
1955 |
(#6) Mann Curtis, Sanford Green |
Play Me |
Neil Diamond |
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Neil Diamond |
Play That Funky Music, White Boy |
Wild Cherry |
1976 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Robert Parissi |
Pleasant Valley Sunday |
Monkees, The |
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Please Come to Boston |
David Allan Coe |
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David Loggins |
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone |
Arlo Guthrie |
1982 |
Clare & Palmer |
Please Help Me, I’m Falling |
Hank Locklin |
1960 |
(#8) Hal Blair, Don Robertson |
Please Mister Please |
Olivia Newton-John |
1975 |
(#3) John Rostill, Bruce Welch |
Please Mr. Custer |
Larry Verne |
1960 |
(#1) Fred Darien, Al DeLory, Joseph Van Winkle |
Please Mr. Postman |
Marvelettes, The |
1961 |
(#1) Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Fred Garman |
Please Please Me |
Beatles, The |
1964 |
(#3) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Please Release Me |
Engelbert Humperdink |
1967 |
(#4) Eddie Miller, W.S. Stevenson |
Please Stay |
Drifters, The |
1961 |
(#14) Maurice Williams |
Poems, Prayers & Promises |
John Denver |
1971 |
John Denver |
Poetry In Motion |
Johnny Tillotson |
1960 |
(#2) Mike Anthony, Paul Kaufman |
Poetry Man |
Phoebe Snow |
1975 |
(#5) Phoebe Snow |
Poison Ivy |
Coasters, The |
1959 |
(#7) Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller |
Polk Salad Annie |
Tony Joe White |
1969 |
(#8) Tony Joe White |
Pony Time |
Chubby Checker |
1961 |
(#1) Don Covey, John Barry; artist real name Ernest Evans |
Poor Butterfly |
Hilltoppers, The |
1954 |
(#12) Johnny Golden, Raymond Hubbell, 1916 |
Poor Little Fool |
Ricky Nelson |
1958 |
(#1) Sharon Sheeley (Eddie Cochran’s girlfriend) |
Poor People of Paris, The |
Les Baxter with His Chorus & Orchestra |
1956 |
(#1) Eng. Jack Lawrence, Marguerite Monnot |
Poor Side of Town |
Johnny Rivers |
1966 |
Johnny Rivers, Lou Adler |
Popcicles, Icicles |
Mermaids, The |
1963 |
(#3) David Gates (later of Bread) |
Portrait of My Love |
Steve Lawrence |
1961 |
(#9) Cyril Ornadel, Norman Newell |
Positively 4th Street |
Bob Dylan |
1965 |
(#7) Bob Dylan |
Preacher And The Bear, The |
Phil Harris |
1947 |
George Fairman; arr Arthur Longbrake for Arthur Collins(1904) |
Pretend |
Nat "King" Cole |
1953 |
Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman, Frank Levere |
Pretty Ballerina |
Left Banke, The |
1967 |
(#15) Mike Brown |
Pretty Blue Eyes |
Steve Lawrence |
1959 |
(#9) Teddy Randazzo |
Pretty Boy Floyd |
Byrds, The |
1968 |
Woody Guthrie |
Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody, A |
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1919 |
Irving Berlin |
Pretty Little Angel Eyes |
Curtis Lee |
1961 |
(#7) |
Pretty Woman |
Roy Orbison |
1964 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) Roy Orbison, William Dees |
Primrose Lane |
Jerry Wallace with The Jewels |
1959 |
(#8) |
Prisoner of Love |
Billy Eckstine |
1945 |
Russ Columboa (first recorded), Leo Robin, Clarence Gaskill |
Private Dancer |
Tina Turner |
1985 |
(#7) |
Private Eyes |
Hall & Oates |
1981 |
(#1) |
Problems |
Everly Brothers, The |
1958 |
(#2) |
Promise Her Anything |
Dean Martin |
1957 |
Roy Alfred |
Promises |
Eric Clapton |
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Promises, Promises |
Dionne Warwick |
1968 |
Hal David, Burt Bacharach; from the musical of the same name |
Proud Mary |
Credence Clearwater Revival |
1969 |
(#2 for 3 weeks) John Fogarty (Ike & Tina Turner 1971 #4) |
Puff the Magic Dragon |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1963 |
(#2) Leonard Lipton, Peter Yarrow; Yarrow credited lyricist Lipton, who’d forgotten he wrote the 3-minute poem! |
Puppy Love |
Paul Anka |
1960 |
(#2) Paul Anka |
Purple People Eater, The |
Sheb Wooley |
1958 |
(#1 for 6 weeks) Sheb Wooley |
Pusher, The |
Steppenwolf |
1969 |
Hoyt Axton; used in the movie "Easy Rider" |
Pussycat |
Tom Jones |
1965 |
(#3) |
Put A Little Love In Your Heart |
Jackie DeShannon |
1969 |
Randy James Myers, Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday |
Put Another Log On The Fire |
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Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet |
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1910 |
Percy Wenrich, Stanley Murphy |
Put Your Arms Around Me |
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1910 |
Junie McCree, Albert Von Tilzer |
Put Your Hand in the Hand |
|
1971 |
Gene MacLellan |
Put Your Head on My Shoulder |
Paul Anka |
1959 |
(#2) Paul Anka |
Puttin’ On the Ritz |
Taco |
1983 |
(#4) Irving Berlin (#1 for Harry Richman, 1930) |
Quarter To Three |
Gary "U.S." Bonds |
1961 |
(#1) |
Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) |
Doris Day |
1956 |
(#2) Jay Livingston, Ray Evans; in The Man Who Knew Too Much; Oscar winner, 1956 |
Queen of the House |
Jody Miller |
1965 |
(#12) |
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars |
Tony Bennett |
1962 |
Antonio Carlos Jobim (Eng. Gene Lees) |
Quiet Village |
Martin Denny & His Orchestra |
1959 |
(#4) Les Baxter |
Race Is On, The |
Jack Jones |
1965 |
(#15) Don Rollins |
Racing With the Moon |
Vaughn Monroe |
1941 |
Vaughn Monroe, Pauline Pope, Johnny Watson |
Rag Doll |
Four Seasons, The |
1964 |
(#1) Robert Crewe, Robert Gaudio |
Rag Mop |
Ames Brothers, The |
1951 |
(#1) Johnny Lee Wills, Deacon Anderson |
Rags to Riches |
Tony Bennett |
1953 |
(#1) Richard Adler, Jerry Ross; backed by Percy Faith's orchestra |
Ragtime Cowboy Joe |
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1911 |
Lewis Muir, Grant Clarke, Maurice Abrahams |
Rain, Rain, Rain |
Frankie Laine & Four Lads |
1954 |
(#21) |
Rain, The Park & Other Things, The |
Cowsills, The |
1967 |
(#2) Artie Kornfield, Steve Duboff |
Rainbow Connection, The |
Kermit (aka Don Henson) |
1979 |
Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher |
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head |
B.J. Thomas |
1969 |
(#1 for 4 wks) Bert Bacharach & Hal David, in Burtch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Oscar winner 1969 |
Raindrops |
Dee Clark |
1961 |
(#2) Dee Clark |
Raining In My Heart |
Buddy Holly |
1959 |
(#88) (charted poshumously) |
Rainy Day People |
Gordon Lightfoot |
1975 |
(#26) Gordon Lightfoot |
Rainy Day Woman |
Bob Dylan |
1966 |
(#2) Bob Dylan |
Rainy Days & Mondays |
Carpenters, The |
1972 |
(#2) Paul Williams, Roger Nichols; Karen died 2/4/83 |
Rama Lama Ding Dong |
Edsels, The |
1961 |
(#21) |
Ramblin’ Man |
Allman Brothers, The |
1973 |
(#2) Dickey Betts |
Ramblin’ Rose |
Nat "King" Cole |
1962 |
Joe & Noel Sherman |
Ramona |
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Ramrod |
Duane Eddy |
1958 |
(#27) (instrumental) |
Raspberries, Strawberries |
Kingston Trio, The |
1959 |
(#70) |
Raunchy |
Bill Justis & His Orchestra |
1957 |
(#2) William Justis, Sidney Manker (also Billy Vaughn #10) |
Rave On |
Buddy Holly & The Crickets |
1958 |
(#37) |
Razzle-Dazzle |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
1955 |
(#15) Fred Ebb, John Kander |
Reach Out for Me |
Dionne Warwick |
1964 |
(#20) Hal David, Burt Bacharach |
Reason to Believe |
Carpenters, The |
1970 |
Tim Hardin (Hardin died in 1980 at 39) ; Karen died 2/4/83 |
Rebel Rouser |
Duane Eddy |
1958 |
(#6) |
Red Red Wine |
UB40 |
1988 |
(#1) |
Red River Rock |
Johnny & The Hurricanes |
1959 |
(#5) Based on Red River Valley, 1896 |
Red River Valley |
|
1896 |
Based on James Kerrigan’s "In the Bright Mohawk Valley" and that in turn on a Canadian folk song |
Red Roses For A Blue Lady |
Bert Kaempfert |
1965 |
(#11) Sid Tepper, Roy Brodsky, 1948; also Vaughn Monroe, 1948 |
Red Rubber Ball |
Cyrckle, The |
1966 |
(#2) Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley |
Red Sails In the Sunset |
Platters, The |
1960 |
(#36) Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams, 1935 (two #1s in 1936, #2 on Hit Parade, 1935) |
Reflections |
Supremes, The |
1967 |
(#2) Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier |
Remember (Walkin’ in the Sand) |
Shangri-Las, The |
1964 |
(#5) |
Remember Me, I'm the One Who Loves You |
Dean Martin |
1965 |
(#32) Al Dubin, Harry Warren (1937?) |
Remember |
Association, The |
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Gary Alexander |
Requiem For the Masses |
Association, The |
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Terry Kirkman |
Rescue Me |
Fontella Bass |
1965 |
(#4) |
Respect |
Aretha Franklin |
1966 |
Grammy winner 1966 (R&B) |
Restroom Door Said Gentlemen, The |
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Return to Me |
Dean Martin |
1958 |
(#4) Danny DiMinno, Carmen Lombardo |
Reuben James |
Kenny Rogers |
1969 |
(#26) Barry Etris, Alex Harvey |
Reveille Rock |
Johnny & The Hurricanes |
1959 |
(#25) (instrumental) |
Reverand Mr. Black, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
1963 |
(#8) Billy Ed Wheeler, J. Peters |
Rhapsody in Blue |
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1924 |
George Gershwin |
Rhiannon |
Fleetwood Mac |
1976 |
Stephanie "Stevie" Nicks |
Rhinestone Cowboy |
Glen Campbell |
1975 |
(#1) Larry Weiss |
Rhythm of the Rain |
Cascades, The |
1963 |
(#3) John Gummoc |
Rich Girl |
Hall & Oates |
1977 |
(#1) Daryl Hall |
Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay) |
Teresa Brewer |
1953 |
(#2) Larry Coleman, Joe Darion, Norman Gimbel |
Ride, The |
David Allan Coe |
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David Allan Coe |
Ride Captain Ride |
Blues Image |
1970 |
(#4) Frank Konte, Carlos Pibnera |
Ride Like the Wind |
Christopher Cross |
1980 |
(#2) Christopher Cross |
Riders In the Sky |
Vaughn Monroe |
1949 |
Stan Jones, from movie same name; also by Burl Ives, 1949; losely based on "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" |
Right Down the Line |
Gerry Rafferty |
1978 |
(#12) |
Right Field |
Peter, Paul & Mary |
1986 |
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Right Or Wrong |
Patsy Cline |
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Right Time of the Night |
Jennifer Warnes |
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Rikki Don’t Lose That Number |
Steely Dan |
1974 |
(#4) |
Ring of Fire |
Johnny Cash |
1963 |
(#17) Merle Kilgore, June Carter |
Ringo |
Lorne Green |
1964 |
(#1) Hal Blair, Don Robertson |
Rip It Up |
Little Richard |
1956 |
(#17) |
Rise |
Herb Alpert |
1979 |
(#1) Andy Armor, Randy Alpert (on charts 25 weeks, Alpert’s only #1) |
River Is Wide, The |
Kingston Trio, The |
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Traditional English folk tune, new lyric by Ovid Young |
River of No Return |
Tennessee Ernie Ford |
1954 |
(#30) in the Marilyn Monroe movie River of No Return |
River Stay Away From My Door |
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1931 |
Harry Woods, Mort Dixon |
Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay |
Danny & The Juniors |
1958 |
(#19) |
Rock And Roll Music |
Chuck Berry |
1957 |
(#2) Chuck Berry |
Rock And Roll Waltz |
Kay Starr |
1955 |
(#1 for 5 weeks) Dick Ware, Shorty Allen |
Rock Around the Clock |
Bill Haley |
1955 |
(#1 for 8 weeks) Mac Freedman & Jimmy DeKnight |
Rock Island Line |
Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan |
1956 |
(#8) Arr/Adapt by Lonnie Donegan from Huddie Ledbetter & The Weavers |
Rock Love |
Fontane Sisters, The |
1955 |
(#13) Henry Glover |
Rock Me Gently |
Andy Kim |
1974 |
Andy Kim |
Rock On |
David Essex |
1973 |
David Essex |
Rock the Boat |
Hues Corporation, The |
1974 |
(#1) Waldo Holmes |
Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
1955 |
(#23) |
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody |
Jerry Lewis |
1956 |
(#10) Sam Lewis, Joe Young, Jean Schwartz (Al Jolsen #1 in 1918) |
Rocka-Conga |
Applejacks, The |
1958 |
(#38) |
Rocket Man |
Elton John |
1972 |
(#6) |
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree |
Brenda Lee |
1960 |
(#14) |
Rockin’ Robin |
Bobby Day |
1958 |
(#2) Jimmie Thomas did NOT write--Leon & Irma Rene did; later #2 for Michael Jackson, 1972 |
Rocky Mountain High |
John Denver |
1972 |
(#9) (on charts 19 weeks) John Denver & Michael Taylor |
Rocky Raccoon |
Beatles, The |
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John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Roland, The Headless Thompson Gunner |
Warren Zevon |
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Warren Zevon |
Roll Over Beethoven |
Chuck Berry |
1956 |
(#29) Chuck Berry |
Rollin’ Around Up In Heaven |
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Room Without Windows, A |
Frank Sinatra |
1964 |
Ervin Drake, in the movie What Makes Sammy Run |
Rosanna |
Toto |
1982 |
(#2 for 5 weeks) |
Rose Marie |
Nelson Eddy |
1924 |
Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Rudolf Friml |
Rose of Washington Square |
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1920 |
Janes Hanley, Ballard MacDonald |
Rose, The |
Bette Midler |
1980 |
(#3) Linda Bloom, 1977; from the movie The Rose |
Roses Are Red, My Love |
Bobby Vinton |
1962 |
(#4) Al Byron, Paul Evans |
Round And Round |
Perry Como |
1957 |
(#1 - on charts 7 months) Leo Stallman, Joe Shapiro |
Route 66 |
Nat "King" Cole Trio |
1946 |
Bob Troup |
Rovin’ Gambler |
Brothers Four, The |
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arr & adp by Ron Green |
Row, Row, Row Your Boat |
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1852 |
earliest published words 1852, earliest published music 1881 |
Rubber Ball |
Bobby Vee |
1960 |
(#6) Anne Orlowski, Aaron Schroeder |
Rubber Duckie |
Jim Henson (as Ernie) |
1970 |
Jeffrey Moss |
Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town) |
Kenny Rogers |
1969 |
(#6) Mel Tillis |
Ruby (It’s You) |
Ray Charles |
1960 |
(#28) Mitchell Parrish, Heinz Roenheld (earlier instrumentals by Richard Hayman Orch., 1953 and by Les Baxter) |
Ruby Baby |
Dion |
1963 |
(#2) Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller |
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Raindeer |
Gene Autry |
1949 |
Johnny Marks |
Rum And Coca-Cola |
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1945 |
Sp. w.Clotilde Arias, Eng. Morrie Amsterdam, m. Jeri Sullavan, Paul Baron; based on a Lionel Belasco tune of 1906 |
Rumble |
Link Wray & His Ray Men |
1958 |
(#16) (instrumental) Link Wray, Mel Grant; Wray pioneered tremelo, distortion and feedback |
Run For the Roses |
Dan Fogelberg |
1982 |
(#18) |
Run For Your Life |
Beatles, The |
1965 |
John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
Run to Him |
Bobby Vee |
1961 |
(#2) Gerry Goffin, Jack Keller |
Runaround Sue |
Dion |
1961 |
(#1) Ernie Maresca, Dion DiMucci |
Runaway |
Del Shannon |
1961 |
(#1 for 4 weeks) Max Crook, Charles Westover; Shannon committed suicide 2/90 |
Running Bear |
Johnny Preston |
1959 |
(#1 for 3 weeks) J. P. "Big Bopper" Richard, also sang backup |
Running Scared |
Roy Orbison |
1961 |
(#1) Roy Orbison, Joe Melson |