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Written by Barry Kowal   
Feb 19, 2024 at 09:32 AM
INFORMATION FOR SONGS IN THE TOP 7000 PART III

 Welcome to the Top 5000. 2/7 finished 5/7 to go.

 A Michigan rocker is at position #4989 in the Top 7000.The song was first released as a track off this Michigan rocker's 1978 album "Stranger In Town". It was then released again as a track off of his 1981 live album "Nine Tonight".But this time it was also released as a single in "January of 1982" and it manages to place at position #4989.

A Dutch rock band,consisting members Rinus Gerritsen,George Kooymans.Barry Hay and Caesar Zuiderwijk founded in 1961 in The Hague have the song at position #4972.This is one of their two songs in the top 7000.

  Born Paul Frederic Simon on October 13,1941 in Newark,New Jersey.This garden state native first appearing at position #6944 in the countdown and now at position #4962 he makes his third of eight (8) appearances in the Top 7000. These eight appearances does not include any of his appearances alongside Art Garfunkel.Two (2) of the eight (8) songs are in the Top 1000 with one of them in the Top 500.Through his solo and collaborative work,he has earned 13 Grammys,including the Lifetime Achievement Award.In 2001,he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2006 was selected as one of the "100 People Who Shaped the World" by Time magazine.Among many other honors,he was named the first recipient of the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2003.

  Born on December 1,1938 in Santa Monica,California the recording act at position #4956 Places his first of two songs in the top 7000.This song peaked at #4 for two weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 beginning on October 19th,1959.
  The UK rock band from London at position #4969 make their third of eight (8) appearances in the Top 7000.The group has had five Top 10 singles on the US Billboard chart.Nine of their albums charted in the Top 40.In the UK,the group had seventeen Top 20 singles and five Top 10 albums.Four of their albums have been certified gold by the RIAA.Among numerous honours,they received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Service to British Music".In 1990,their first year of eligibility,the original four members of The group were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,as well as the UK Music Hall of Fame in November 2005.

   Making their second of five (5) appearances in the Top 7000 is the British rock group at position #4930".They have two (2) songs in the Top 1000.This group together with "The Jimi Hendrix Experience",made a significant impact upon the popular music of the time,and along with "Jimi Hendrix" popularised the use of the "wah-wah pedal".They provided a heavy yet technically proficient musical theme that foreshadowed and influenced the emergence of English bands such as "Led Zeppelin","Deep Purple",and "The Jeff Beck Group" in the late 1960s.The band's live performances influenced progressive rock acts such as "Rush",jam bands such as The "Allman Brothers Band","Grateful Dead","Phish" and heavy metal bands such as "Black Sabbath."Cream" was ranked #16 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock and Rolling Stone Magazine named them the sixty-sixth (66th) greatest artist of all time.

  Born Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor in Hounslow,London,England on April 10th,1979 The artist at position #4924 places her first of two (2) songs in the top 7000.On March 22, 2013 she performed outdoors at Old Republic Square in Almaty,Kazakhstan.

  The Chicago native at position #4923 makes his fourth of seven entrees in the Top 7000.

  The song at position #4917 is a song written by the outstanding songwriting duo of Gerry Goffin and Carole King.Canadian Michael Buble released a version of the song on deluxe editions of his hit album "Crazy Love".

   Born in 1953 in Lancashire,England this singer has a song that charted in both 1979 & 1989.The song appears at #4916.
  In 1979 the artist at position #4915 was given the opportunity to sing a song that was the theme tune for a new soap opera set at a women's prison: "Prisoner". The song,at #4915 was written by Allan Caswell and was released as a single in Australia. It reached number one on the singles chart and sold in excess of 80,000 copies in Australia.
    Ten years after this initial success, the song was issued in the UK for the first time. To coincide with the series' first broadcast on UK television the single was rush-released and reached number 3 instantly in the UK singles chart in 1989. She then performed "On the Inside" on "Top Of The Pops" and similar TV programmes throughout the UK.

   Born on November 5,1974 in Jacksonville,North Carolina,USA the singer at position #4913 makes his one and only appearance in the Top 7000.

   This Columbus,Georgia,USA native along with his band makes his one and only appearance in the Top 7000 at position #4905.

  Welcome to the Top 4900. 

At position #4899 is this Dayton,Ohio,USA funk band that places its first of two songs in the Top 7000.Both songs peaked at #1 on the US Billboard
Hot 100 during the 1970s.

 The recording act at position #4894 places their one and only entry in the Top 7000.

 This Georgia rock band at position #4888 places its first of three songs in the Top 7000.

 The recording act at position #4885 places its first of two songs in the Top 7000.

 The godfather of soul at position #4883 places his second of three songs in the Top 7000.

  Born Damien Leo Leith on the 18th of January in 1976 in Dublin.The Irish-born Australian idol winner for 2006 at position #4850 topped the Australia (ARIA) singles chart for four (4) weeks with this song beginning December 4,2006.

  The UK boy band featuring Gary Barlow (born January 20,1971 in Frodsham,Cheshire, England) at position #4834 makes eleven (11) appearances in the Top 7000.Four (4) of the eleven (11) songs are in the Top 1000.

  Born on June 15,1910 in London (died August 23, 1990 in Burbank,California),this British-born American songwriter has the song at position #4807.This is the song that US Cash Box Magazine ranked as #8 for the entire year of 1962.

   From 1965 the first record to reach the Top 10 (going to #9) on the Billboard Hot 100 for this New York City based group is the song at #4806.On September 4,1993 when Jim Abbott of the New York Yankees pitched a no-hitter,the song was played after the "Twisted Sister" song,"We're Not Gonna Take It".The song is also significantly featured in the Jim Sheridan movie "In America",as an Irish-immigrant family,having entered the U.S.A. on false pretenses,enters New York City for the first time,and was also the theme song to the ABC Family series "State of Grace".Other movies in which the song was featured include the 1999 comedy,"American Pie" and the 2006 movie,"Date Movie".The  song was ranked #216 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.The song was covered by Steve Tyrell in "Second Sight".

   The band "Chicago" from their album "Chicago 17" have the song at position #4805 with a song that was their third song to be released from the album.The song peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January of 1985.

  Welcome to the Top 4800.

The UK band at Position #4800 place seven (7) songs in the Top 7000.common with The Beatles,they came from Liverpool and were managed by Brian Epstein.They are most remembered for being the first act to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart with their first three single releases.It was a record that was not equaled for 20 years,until the mid-80s success of fellow Liverpool band "Frankie Goes to Hollywood"."Gerry & the Pacemakers" are the second most successful group from Liverpool to hit the US pop charts behind the Beatles.

  Born Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques on January 9,1973 in Kingston,Jamaica in the #4769 position has ten (10) songs in the Top 7000.Five are duets.One with Beyonce,one with Sia,one with Sasaha,one with Keyshia Cole and one now with Lil Jon.Of the ten (10) songs five are in the Top 1000.

  Born on July 22,1992 in Grand Prairie,Texas,USA is a recording act who places her third of eleven (11) songs in the Top 7000 at #4754.Once her and a Canadian superstar were an item.

  Glee Cast covers a Tina Turner song at position #4750.

  The LA based rock band at position #4746 place fifteen (15) songs in the Top 7000 with two of them in the Top 1000,and one of them in the Top 500.After Morrison's death in 1971,the remaining members continued as a trio until finally disbanding for good in 1973.Although The groups' active career ended in 1973,their popularity has persisted.According to the RIAA,they have sold over 32.5 million albums in the US alone.The band has sold over 75 million albums worldwide.Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger still tour sometimes with additional musicians as Manzarek-Krieger,performing Doors songs.In 1993,The Doors were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.In 1998, "Light My Fire" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame under the category Rock (track).In 2000,"The Doors" were ranked number 32 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Artists,and "Light My Fire" was ranked number seven on VH1's Greatest Rock Songs.In 2002,the group was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame under the category Rock (Album).In 2004,"Rolling Stone magazine" ranked The "Doors" #41 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.In 2007, the group received a lifetime achievement award at the 2007 Grammy Awards.In 2007,"The Doors" received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.In 2009,"Riders On The Storm" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame under the category Rock (track).The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine includes three studio albums by The Doors; "The Doors" at number 42, "L.A. Woman" at number 362 and "Strange Days" at number 407. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine includes two songs by The Doors:"Light My Fire" at number 35 and "The End" at number 328.The Doors were ranked number 20 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of Rock and Roll.The Recording Academy announced the 2010 Grammy Hall Of Fame Inductees,including The Doors' Riders On The Storm.
   The Doors were unusual among rock groups because they rarely used a bass guitar when playing live.Instead, Manzarek played the bass lines with his left hand on the newly invented Fender Rhodes Piano Bass,an offshoot of the Fender Rhodes electric piano,playing other keyboards with his right hand.On their studio albums The Doors did sometimes use bass players,such as Douglas Lubahn,Jerry Scheff,Harvey Brooks,Lonnie Mack,Larry Knechtel,Leroy Vinnegar and Ray Neopolitan.Many of The Doors' original songs were group compositions,with Morrison or Krieger contributing the lyrics and an initial melody, and the others providing harmonic and rhythmic suggestions, or even entire sections of songs, such as Manzarek's organ introduction to "Light My Fire".

  Born Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas on October 13,1980 in Glen Cove,Long Island,New York this female at position #4744 appears seven (7) times in the Top 7000.Along with this entry she does two (2) duets with Ja Rule,a duet with Fat Joe,a trio and another solo recording in the Top 7000.

 The artist/actress born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946 in El Centro,California at position #4727 has thirteen (13) songs in the Top 7000.Four (4) of the thirteen (13) were with her ex-husband Sonny and the other nine (9) she does solo.One (1) of the thirteen (13) songs is in the Top 100.She is the only female solo artist to reach the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in each of four decades (1960s,1970s,1980s and 1990s).She holds the Hot 100 record for the longest hit-making career span,with thirty-three (33) years between the release of her first and most recent #1 singles,in 1965 and 1998.

  The song at position #4726 is by an English indie rock band formed in 2002 in High Green,a suburb of Sheffield;the band consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Jamie Cook (lead guitar, backing vocals), Nick O'Malley (bass, backing vocals), and Matt Helders (drums, backing vocals). Former band member Andy Nicholson (bass guitar, backing vocals) left the band in 2006 shortly after its debut album was released.

 The song at position #4707 is the song that the "National Music Express" (United Kingdom) ranked as the #12 song for the entire year of 1955.From October 14 to November 11 (4 weeks) it was at the Top of the charts in the UK.It is also from the movie of the same name starring "Jimmy Stewart".

Born Gene Francis Alan Pitney on February 17,1940 in Hartford the capital and largest city of the US state of Connecticut (died on April 5,2006 in Cardiff,Wales,UK).This is the fourth of six entries in the countdown from this native Connecticut singer at position #4704.As a performer,he charted singles sixteen (16) "Top 40" hits in the U.S.,four in the "Top 10".In the UK he had 22 "Top 40" hits,and 11 "Top Tens"!He wrote the early 1960s hits "He's a Rebel"by "The Crystals",and "Hello Mary Lou",by "Rick Nelson".He was among a small group of early 1960s American acts such as Roy Orbison,Bobby Vinton,The Four Seasons Jan and Dean,Jay and the Americans,The Beach Boys and The Supremes who continued to enjoy hits after the British Invasion in the U.S. in 1964.

Welcome to the Top 4700.

 The British trio at #4696 place seven (7) songs in the Top 7000.The band consisted of Keith Emerson (keyboards),Greg Lake (guitar,bass guitar,vocals) and Carl Palmer (drums, percussion).

  The song at #4694 originally was a hit for Ben E.King in 1961. Ten years later on August 24,1971 Lady Soul took it to #1 on Radio station WABC in New York City.It spent two weeks at #1 and WABC ranked the song as the twentieth (20th) best song for the entire year of 1971.Lady Soul's
version earned a gold single for sales of over one million.New Orleans Dr. John played keyboards on the Queen of Soul's version.Her version was more intense than the original.Lady Soul also changed the lyrics slightly,from "A red rose up in Spanish Harlem" to "There's a rose in Black 'n Spanish Harlem.A rose in Black 'n Spanish Harlem."!!!!!
 The topic of the lyrics was not original to this song,however.A centuries-old Czech folk song,called "Rozmaranka",or "Na tom praeskem most?" contained the same symbolic idea of a flower growing neglected up through the city pavement and of
someone plucking it and cultivating it in his own garden.It is possible that
this theme existed in the folk songs of other nations also,and it may or may
not have been known to the writers of "Spanish Harlem".

  The Canadian singer Born Leslie Feist on February 13,1976 in Amherst,Nova Scotia (raised  in Calgary,Alberta)has the song in the #4689 position with one of her songs from "October of 2007".This song is from this singer's third studio album,"The Reminder". It is this singer's most successful single to date.The original song was written by Sally Seltmann,an Australian singer-songwriter who records under the name "New Buffalo",and Feist added and rewrote parts of the lyrics.At the 2008 Juno Awards in Calgary,she was the top winner with five awards,including Songwriter of the Year,Artist of the Year,Pop Album of the Year,Album of the Year and Single of the Year.

 At position #4685 this Montreal based rock band places it's second of four (4) songs in the Top 7000.

  The British musical duo,formed in 1980 by Scottish front woman Annie Lennox (born December 25,1954 in Aberdeen) and English musician Dave Stewart (born September 9,1952 in Sunderland),at position #4682 have six (6) songs in the Top 7000.These six (6) only include the duets songs and none of their solo acts or acts performed with other artists.

  Born on June 8,1977 in Atlanta,Georgia.The recording act at position #4650 places his second of fourteen (14) songs in the Top 7000.Three (3) of the 14 are in the Top 1000.

  The singer born John Alvin Ray on January 10, 1927 in Dallas,Oregon,U.S.A. (died February 24, 1990 in LA) is at position #4625 had some success in his native country but was a lot more popular in the UK and Australia.The song at position #4625 stayed at #1 in the UK between June 7 and June 28 in 1957 and was the National Music Express' (UK) eighth (8th) biggest song for the entire year of 1957.It was #32 for that year in Australia but didn't even chart in the year-end Top 100 in the USA.It only reached #18 on the Billboard Singles chart.He became deaf in his right ear at age 13 after an accident during a Boy Scout event.It was his participation in the "blanket toss," a sort of variation of the trampoline,that traumatized the youngster's inner ear.He later performed wearing a hearing aid.Surgery performed in New York in 1958 left him almost completely deaf in both ears,although hearing aids helped his condition.
  He had issues surface regarding his sexuality several times in his career,including two arrests for soliciting men for sex.He quietly pleaded guilty and paid a fine after the first arrest,in the restroom of the Stone Theatre burlesque house in Detroit,which was just prior to the release of his first record in 1951.He went to trial following the second arrest in 1959,also in Detroit,for soliciting an undercover officer in one of the city's gay bars.He was found not guilty.Despite these issues,he married Marilyn Morrison a short time after he gave his first New York concert,which was at the Copacabana in 1952.The wedding ceremony,attended by then New York mayor "Vincent R. Impellitteri",made the cover of the New York Daily News.Morrison,the daughter of a Los Angeles nightclub owner,was aware of the singer's sexuality from the start,telling a friend she would "straighten it out."The couple separated in 1953 and divorced in 1954.In the years hence,writers have noted that the marriage occurred under false pretenses,and that he had a long-term relationship with his manager,Bill Franklin.He also had a relationship with columnist Dorothy Kilgallen,whom he met following an appearance on "What's My Line?" in 1956.Kilgallen was a strong support for him during the 1959 solicitation trial.He drank regularly and his alcoholism caught up with him in 1960,when he was hospitalized for tuberculosis.He recovered but continued drinking,and was diagnosed with cirrhosis at age fifty.On February 24,1990,he died of liver failure at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.He is buried at Hopewell Cemetery near Hopewell,Oregon.For his contribution to the recording industry,he  has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard.

  At position #4616 is Michigan rocker Suzi Quatro going down to "Devil Gate Drive" from November of 1974."Devil Gate Drive" was Quatro's second (and final) number one single in the UK, spending two weeks at the top of the chart in 1974.The song was also featured on the show "Happy Days",during season 5,on the episode, "Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero, Part II".

  The song at position #4612 on October 25,1971 began a five (5) week run at the top of the Australian weekly singles chart. It was the eighth (8th) biggest song in Australia for the entire year of 1971.It was the artists second commercial single in the USA.Also,the song and its title serve as the theme song for,and title of,a long-running radio series broadcast of bluegrass music on WAMU-PBS and Bluegrass Country,hosted by Fred Bartenstein and produced for the International Bluegrass Music Museum,near the Ohio River in Owensboro,Kentucky.
 

  This Philadelphia recording act make their one and only entry in the Top 7000 at position #4605 with a song that peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1974.


 Welcome to the Top 4600.

  The British singer at position #4597 makes her one and only appearance in the Top 7000.

  A duet consisting of two American brothers places their fifth (5th) of 15 songs in the Top 7000 at position #4594.

  The Houston,Texas recording act places his second of three credited songs in the Top 7000 at position #4589.

  The Swedish singer at position #4583 makes her one and only appearance in the Top 7000.

  The Woodstock Festival was from Friday,August 15-Monday,August 18 in 1969. North of the border on Saturday,August 9th,1969 Montrealer Andy Kim began a two week run in the #1 position on the Canadian single charts by doing a cover of a song that was originally a hit for New Yorker (Woodstock was held in New York) Veronica Specter and the Ronettes back in 1963. This song is at position #4570.A little footnote:a Canadian Joni Mitchell writes a song about the Woodstock festival.

  On June 25,1977 George Michael celebrated his 14th birthday. Also on June 25th,1977 a Motown recording act moved into the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100.This song is at position #4566.

  This LA blues-rock band makes its second and final entry in the top 7000 at position #4557. This song has been called a "rural hippie anthem".It became one of the group's biggest hits and best-known songs. As with their previous other entry in the top 7000, the song was adapted from a 1920s blues song and sung in a countertenor-style by Alan Wilson.
  The members of the group consisted of Larry "The Mole" Taylor, Adolfo "Fito" de la Parra,Harvey "The Snake" Mandel,Dale Spalding and John Paulus.

   The New York City based recording act at position #4556 has seven (7) songs in the Top 7000 with one song in the Top 1000.The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

   This Australian female born on October 25,1941 in Melbourne at position #4545 has six (6) songs in the Top 7000 with one song in the Top 1000.She became the first Australian to have a #1 single in the United States,win a Grammy Award and host her own variety show on United States television.Born and raised in Australia,she became a naturalized United States citizen in 1974.In 2002,she retired from performing concerts and recording and was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2006.

  At position #4511 this UK rock band that recorded on the "Apple" label places their first of three songs in the Top 7000.The song at position #4511 peaked at #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on December 5,1970 and remained there for two weeks.

   The New York City rock band at position #4505 has two songs in the Top 7000.In 1989 the band opened for "The Rolling Stones" on their "Steel Wheels" tour.


Welcome to the Top 4500.

   A British pop group,formed in 1976 in Weston-super-Mare,by singer Phil Fursdon and Clive Wilson. The group was formerly known as Alive 'n' Rockin are at position #4482. They had the fourth (4th) biggest song for the entire year of 1979 in Australia (David Kent) with the song at position #4482.It began a four week run at #1 in Australia on  July 30,1979.It also ranked #27 for the entire year of 1979 in the UK.They have another song in the top 7000.

  A group that met as freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in Alabama in 1968,and signed with Motown in November,1972,at position #4477 have six (6) songs in the Top 7000.These six (6) songs do not include solo recordings by lead singer Lionel Richie.

  At position #4468 is a singer who was born in the US state of Indiana on October 3,1950 (died July 10th,1998 in LA from breast cancer).This is her one and only appearance in the top 6500.This song peaked at #1 in the UK during the week of April 28th,1985. Her son is the R&B singer and record producer,Marc Nelson.

   The lead singer of this sextet at position #4467 was born William John Clifton Haley Jr. In Highland Park,Michigan on July 6th,1925.He died on February 9th,1981.This is the second (2nd) of five (5) appearances for this sextet.One of his five (5) songs is in the Top 100.

  The former Beatle at #4464 born February 25,1943 in Liverpool,England,UK (died November 29,2001) has seven (7) songs in the Top 7000 with two (2) of those seven (7) in the Top 1000 and one (1)of them in the Top 200.

  The recording act at position #4461 makes it's second appearance in the Top 7000. The group makes six (6) appearances in the Top 7000.

  The song at position #4459 was by a singer who was born on May 5,1937 in Crawfordsville,Arkansas (died May 31,2000 in Dallas) This song was the song that Cash Box Magazine ranked as the #1 song for the entire year of 1976.

   The recording act from Berkley,California at position #4456 has ten (10) songs in the Top 7000 with two (2) of them in the Top 1000 and one (1) song in the Top 200.The band has consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong,bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool for the majority of its existence.The band has won four (4)Grammy Awards;Best Alternative Album for "Dookie", Best Rock Album for "American Idiot",Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams",and Best Rock Album for the second time for "21st Century Breakdown".


  The band named after the city that is known as the "cradle of liberty" at position #4442 place six (6) songs in the Top 7000. One of the six songs is in the Top 1000.

The song at position #4431 appears two times in the top 7000 by two different artists.It will appear again in the top 2000.

  Born March 13,1939 this Brooklyn born singer at position #4428 has eight (8) songs in the Top 7000.

  The song at position #4407 was Australia's #1 single for the entire year of 1958.The song was adapted by Gordon Parsons from the original poem "A Pub Without Beer" by Dan Sheahan of Ingham,North Queensland (originally from Newmarket,Ireland).In 1957,"A Pub With No Beer" became the first Australian single to go gold and was the biggest-selling record by an Australian at that time.In 1959,Dusty wrote and recorded a sequel"The Answer To A Pub With No Beer",explaining the reason for the beer delivery truck's failure to arrive and describing the townsmen's efforts to solve the problem.
    In May 2001,Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) celebrated its 75th anniversary by naming the Best Australian Songs of all time.As decided by a 100 strong industry panel,"A Pub With No Beer" was ranked fifth (5th) on the list.In June 2008, the song was included in the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry.

  On Saturday,October 11,1969 the song at position #4406 topped Cash Box Magazine's Singles Chart and stayed there for one week. This is his third of three (3) songs in the top 7000.The singer of the song born Robert Cabot "Bobby" Sherman, Jr. on July 22, 1943 in Santa Monica,California was a star in the Seattle based TV series "Here Come The Brides."

 Welcome to the Top 4400.

   The Boston based boy band at position #4397 has six (6) songs in the Top 7000.

  At #4395 Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship out of San Francisco make eleven (11) appearances in the Top 7000.One (1) of the eleven (11) songs is in the Top 1000.

  Back to back 70s New England covers of 60s songs. At position #4384 Boston born (March 12,1948) James Taylor in 1977 covers' Jimmy Jones' 1960 hit titled "Handy Man". At position #4383 Steven Tyler & his bean town rock band in the 1978 movie Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band cover the fab four's 1969 US #1 hit titled "Come Together".
Taylor was raised in Carrboro,North Carolina.He owns a home in the Town of Washington, Massachusetts in Berkshire County.A five (5) time Grammy Award winner,Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.Aerosmith is the best-selling American rock band of all time,having sold more than 150 million albums worldwide,including 66.5 million albums in the United States alone.They also hold the record for the most gold and multi-platinum albums by an American group.The band has scored 21 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100,nine #1 Mainstream Rock hits,four Grammy Awards,and ten MTV Video Music Awards.They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001,and in 2005 they were ranked #57 in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

   The song at position #4377 by this Baltimore group would be covered and released twelve years later by the King of Rock & Roll.That version can be found in the Top 1000 of this list.The recording act at position #4377 is generally acknowledged as R&B's first vocal group.These Baltimore natives blended rhythm with group harmonies.Dubbing themselves after Maryland's state bird,The group started the trend of bird groups (The Cardinals,The Crows,The Flamingos,The Larks,The Penguins,The Ravens,The Wrens, etc.).

    Making their first of five appearances in the Top 7000 at #4375 is a recording act that also has one song in the Top 1000.The lead singer of the group was born Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis to a Greek father and a Puerto Rican mother on April 3,1944 in New York City and was raised in Manhattan's then-notorious Hell's Kitchen.


 At position #4362 is a duet consisting of Dale Houston (born April 23,1940 in Seminary,Mississippi-died September 27,2007 of heart failure in Hattiesburg,Mississippi) from Ferriday,Louisiana and Grace Broussard from Prairieville,Louisiana.This song was #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 when President John F.Kennedy was assassinated.

Born on August 10th,1928 in Plainview,Texas (died June 13,2010 in Varina,Virginia,USA) is the singer at position #4333.Beginning November 6,1961 this song began a five week run  at #1 on the Billboard Magazine's (USA) Hot 100.This is the singer's one and only appearance in the entire top 7000.He is also known for his sausages.

  Written by Hank Williams but Originally a hit for Jo Stafford in 1952 (reaching #3 on the Billboard Weekly Singles chart) Liverpool's Gerry & The Pacemakers covered the song in 1964 and managed to place the song at position #4314. Nine years later in 1973 the Blue Ridge Rangers (lead singer former CCR singer John Fogerty) had a hit again with the song peaking at #16 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

  UK's T.Rex from 1971 has the song at #4312.It was the group's first number one on the UK Singles Chart,where it remained at the top for six (6) weeks beginning on March 20,1971;the single,however,did not fare as well in the US,where it only peaked at number seventy-two (72) on the Billboard Hot 100.The song reached #47 in Canada in June of 1971.It was also the first T. Rex single to feature both a bass guitar and drums.Its success was propelled by a legendary "Top of the Pops" appearance,where mainman "Marc Bolan" appeared in androgynous clothes and covered in glitter,further solidifying the style of glam rock,first pioneered with his previous single,"Ride a White Swan".

  The New York City doo-wop group at position #4302 places the first of three of their songs in the Top 7000.


 Welcome to the Top 4300.

  Born Trinidad Lopez III,on May 15,1937 in Dallas,Texas the singer of the song at position #4270 is a cover version of a 1962 song. The 1962 version is by a trio that was based out of New York City and is in the Top 400.
  Born Curtis James Jackson III on July 6, 1975 in Jamaica,Queens at position #4260 this New York City rapper places his third of ten (10) songs in the Top 7000.Three (3) of the ten (10) songs are duets.He does duets with Olivia,The Game & Nate Doog.One song is a trio with Justin Timberlake & Timbaland.His other three placements are solo acts.One (1) of the ten (10) songs is in the Top 1000.He ranked as the 6th best and most successful Hot 100 Artist of the 2000-2009 decade by Billboard Magazine. Billboard Magazine also named him the #1 Rap Song Artist of the 2000-2009 decade.His album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" was ranked as the twelfth (12th) best album of the 2000-2009 decade by Billboard Magazine.With his album "The Massacre" ranking as the 37th best album of the 2000-2009 decade by Billboard Magazine.

  A London soul band formed by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson have the song at position #4258.This song peaked at #3 in the UK and peaked at #2 in Belgium and The Netherlands.

  Born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8th,1985 in Honolulu,Hawaii one of the three  singers of this trio places his second of seventeen (17) songs in the top 7000 at position #4255.Seven (7) of the seventeen songs are in the top 1000 with five songs in the top 500 and three songs in the top 100.

 The song at position #4254 is a cover version of a 1966 song. The 1966 version was done by a group from Spain and it is higher up in the countdown.

  Born Sean John Combs on Tuesday,November 4,1969 in New York City (a.k.a P.Diddy) is making his third (third) of twelve (12) appearances in the Top 7000 at position #4250.Of the twelve (12) songs six (6) are duets and in four (4) of them he is part of a trio. Only in two of the twelve songs is he solo. He can be found four (4) times in the Top 1000 and once in the Top 100.This artist is one of the richest hip-hop performers,having a net worth estimated at US $346 million in 2006.  

Born in Burleson,Texas on April 24,1982;the first winner of  "American Idol" in 2002 (most successful of all the Idols) places her third of fourteen (14) songs in the top 7000 at position #4249.One of her fourteen (14) songs is in the top 300.

   The song at #4245 is a cover done by a British comedian and an alternative rock band.The original version went to #1 in the USA twenty-two (22) years earlier by a singer from Atlanta.That version of the song is in the Top 2000.This is his one and only appearance in the entire top 7000.

  The recording act at position #4236 was originally called the "Opposites" was composed of Phil Stewart and Ernie Bringas.They met at Inglewood High School in Inglewood,California.Later extra members joined their group.On February 8th,1964 the song at position #4236 began a two week run in the #4 position on the US Billboard Hot 100.

  The song in position #4214 would be covered twenty (20) years later by a sixteen (16) year old girl from Norwalk,California.That version of the song is in the Top 2000.

  The UK recording act at position #4203 on April 10,1965 began a two week run at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.The recording act at position #4203 was based around the comic antics of the 5-foot-3-inch-tall (1.60m) Freddie Garrity (born November 14,1936 in Manchester,Lancashire (died May 19,2006)) who was famous for bouncing around the stage with arms and legs flying.

 

 Welcome to the Top 4200.

  On November 9th,1985 the song in the #4194 position hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.It was performed by an artist who was born on April 17,1948, in Prague,then Czechoslovakia,today the Czech Republic.It was the theme to a very popular current TV show starring "Don Johnson"."Philip Michael Thomas" and "Edward James Olmos".This song is the last instrumental to have topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart to date.It also peaked at number five (5) in the UK.In 1986,the song at position #4194 won Grammy Awards for "Best Instrumental Composition" and "Best Pop Instrumental Performance." This song, along with Glenn Frey's number-two hit (Billboard Hot 100) "You Belong To The City",put the soundtrack album on the top of the U.S. album chart for eleven (11) weeks in 1985,making it the most successful TV soundtrack of all time until 2006 when Disney Channel's High School Musical beat its record.

  The recording act at position #4174 has six (6) songs in the Top 7000,one (1)song is in the Top 1000.He was born Steven Demetre Georgiou on July 21,1948 in London.He converted to Islam at the height of his fame,in December of 1977,and adopted his Muslim name,Yusuf Islam,the following year.In 1979,he auctioned all his guitars away for charity and left his music career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community.He has been given several awards for his work in promoting peace in the world,including 2003's World Award,the 2004 Man for Peace Award,and the 2007 Mediterranean Prize for Peace.In 2006,he returned to pop music with his first album of new pop songs in 28 years,entitled "An Other Cup".He now goes professionally by the single name Yusuf.The album,"Roadsinger",was released on May fifth (5th) in 2009.

  The song at #4173 by a band from Andover,Hampshire,England would be covered twenty-six (26) years later.The cover version of #4173 spent 14 weeks at #1 in The UK and is in the Top 200 of this list.The version at position #4173 is a song composed by Reg Presley.It was purportedly inspired by a television transmission of the Joystrings Salvation Army band,the song was first released as single in the UK in October 1967,peaking at #5 on the UK charts.It went on to reach #7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in the US on May 18,1968.This version features a string quartet and a 'tick tock' sound on percussion.

  The song at position #4168 is an R&B ballad written by Rhett Lawrence and Travon Potts,produced by Rhett Lawrence for this UK R&B girl group's" Greatest Hits' album in 1997.The song became the group's fourteenth top ten hit on the UK singles chart peaking at #4 and spent a total of thirteen (13) weeks on the chart,helping their Greatest Hits album go three times platinum.It also peaked at #3 in Sweden.The song came to US fame when an R&B singer Monica Denise Arnold born on October 24,1980 in Atlanta covered the song (with altered lyrics) and released it as the third single from her second studio album titled "The Boy Is Mine" (1998).On February 13,1999 the song began a four (4) week run in the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

  Born Quentin Dupieux on April 14,1974 in France he sings the song at #4155 and this is the song that the Official Chart Company (UK) ranked as the ninth (9th) biggest song in the UK for the entire year of 1999.

  From the 2005 movie "The Dukes Of Hazzard" Texan Jessica Simpson does a remake of a song that Nancy Sinatra took to #1 back in 1966.This song is at #4154.Jessica Simpson has six (6) songs in the top 7000. 


This Los Angeles born rapper makes his one and only entry in the Top 7000  at position #4153.

Born on September 27,1984 in Belleville,Ontario,Canada this sexy looking Canadian occupies the #4141 spot on the Top 7000.This is her second of eight (8) entries in the Top 7000. Four (4) of the eight (8) songs are in the Top 1000 and one (1) is in the Top 500.

  The recording act at position #4131 make their one and only entry in the Top 7000.

  This comedian makes his one and only entry in the Top 7000 at position #4124.

   Robert Anthony Plant born on August 20,1948 in West Bromwich,England at position #4106 you will find one of seven (7) songs in the Top 7000 for this former Led Zeppelin lead singer. One of his six (6) songs is a duet with Allison Krauss.In 2007 Plant released "Raising Sand",an album produced by T-Bone Burnett with American bluegrass soprano Alison Krauss,which won the 2009 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

  The song in position #4104 done by an electronic band from Erfurt,Germany is a cover/parody of a song recorded thirty (37) years earlier by a San Francisco Bay area psychedelic rock group.That version is higher up in the countdown.The song at position #4104 reached #3 in the UK and #10 in Australia(ARIA).

  Welcome to the Top 4100.


  Texan Kelly Clarkson has #4077 with one of her hits from 2003.The song is the second single from pop rock singer's debut album,"Thankful",and her third overall to date.The single was written by Jimmy Harry and produced by Clif Magness.The song is notable for being the first single in which Clarkson explores the "pop rock" element that would later define her career in singles like "Breakaway" and "Since U Been Gone",however the intro guitar riff gives the song a minor R&B element.It opens with a guitar chord strum,played backwards.The music video to the song features Clarkson driving in a car.During the chorus she is shown singing the song at position #34077 live.The car is presumably her ex's, at the end of the video she pushes it off a cliff.
   Although previous singles,"A Moment Like This" and "Miss Independent",had been hits,at this point in her career Clarkson was still being dismissed by critics who felt that she was still an American Idol product,and that her two hits had been flukes.They predicted that her career would go downhill with the release of the song at position #4077:and they were right,but only for a little while.The song at position #4077 was a mediocre hit, peaking at number fifty-eight (58) on the Billboard Hot 100.It also yielded disappointing results on several airplay charts,including the Top 40 Tracks and the Hot 100 Airplay,but did a little better by peaking at number fourteen on the Top 40 Mainstream.In the United Kingdom,the song at position #4077 was released as a double A-side single with "The Trouble with Love Is",where it also performed poorly,peaking at number thirty-five (35). It did,however,do a little better in Australia,coming in at number eleven and achieving gold status.
 The song at position #4077 was able to breakthrough on the charts in Canada,where it peaked at number two.After debuting at number fifty-eight (58),the song slowly began climbing up the Canadian Singles Chart.Eight weeks later,the song had made it into the top ten,and eleven weeks following its debut,the song reached the number two position. This came as a surprise to many critics and fans of Clarkson's in other countries around the world.In "High School Musical" auditions,Vanessa Hudgens sang an a capella version of the song.

   The song at position #4070 was to be covered nineteen (19) years later.The cover version is yet to come in the countdown. The 1974 version at position #4070 topped the Billboard Hot 100 during Christmas,1974.It was at #1 from December 21-December 28.The lyrics to the verses of the song were originally written as a poem by Chapin's wife,Sandy Chapin, who is credited as the song's co-writer.The poem itself was inspired by the awkward relationship between Sandy Chapin's first husband, James Cashmore, and his father, a New York City politician.She was also inspired by a country song she heard on the radio. More than a year later, after the birth of his own son,Harry added the music and the chorus. Label executive David Geffen selected the song as a single, over Chapin's objections.
  Chapin has two songs in the top 7000.This is his second and final appearance.

   The recording act at position #4059 was an American rock and roll and doo-wop group from the Harlem neighborhood in New York City.They were active from 1953 to 1962.The group was noted primarily for their song at position #4059,which was instrumental in attracting white audiences to listen to black rock and roll performers.Earl Carroll was the lead singer.He was born on November 2nd,1937 in New York City and he died on November 25th,2012 following a stroke and a battle with diabetes at a nursing home in New York City.This group has one other song in the top 7000.It is higher on the chart than this one.

Born John Robert "Joe" Cocker on May 20,1944 in Sheffield,England the recording act at #4058 has seven (7) songs in the Top 7000. One is a duet with Californian Jennifer Warnes. He is the recipient of several awards, including a 1983 Grammy Award for the song he does with Jennifer Warnes. He was ranked #97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.

  An Australian born in Montreal has her second of two songs in the Top 7000 at position #4053.

  Darren Costin,Dave Burnand,Bryan Hitt are the members of this British new wave group from London that record the song that occupies position
#4042.The name of the group means "Yellow Bell" in Chinese.It is also the first note in the Chinese musical scale.This group had much greater success in the USA than in their native UK. The song at position #4042 peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100.Because of not much success outside of the USA this is the groups' one and only entry in the top 7000.

   A disco group from Munich,Germany occupies position #4037.The song spent three (3) weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.They became the first German group to have a number one song on the American music charts.

  A  "ska band" from Camden Town,north London has one of their three songs in the Top 7000 at position #4034.The song peaked at #4
on the UK singles chart.

  In the top 7000 there four songs with the same title as the song at position #4020.Three of the songs charted in 1985.The other three songs
with the same title are yet to come in the Top 2000.Two of them are in the Top 1000.

    Lead singer Brenda Reid,her husband Herb Rooney,Carolyn Johnson and Lillian Walker from the borough of Queens in New York City are the members of the group that sing the song that occupies position #4011.The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard US Hot 100 for two (2) weeks beginning the week ending January 19,1963.

   The song at position #4004 is the song that some musicologists consider the beginning of rock & roll.When the king of rock & roll went into the "Sun Music Recording Studios" in Memphis,Tennessee on July 5,1954 and recorded this song,they claim rock & roll was born.Although at the time the song only charted locally in Memphis,it charted on both single and album charts later on.

   Paula Abdul with her second song to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 20,1989  and spent two (2) weeks at the top is the song at position
#4002.The song is about loyalty in a relationship.The female vocalist proclaims that,despite rumors that others may be interested in her,none of those matter because she will remain faithful to the man she loves; she will remain "forever ...l." The single version differs slightly from the album version,as it uses more of the background male vocal and denser instrumentation.
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