Welcome to the Top 5000. 3/13 finished 10/13 to go.

      At #5000 from the same home town as the Beatles' you will find this UK rock band's third of six (6) recordings in the Top 6500.

    At position #4995 the Jackson Five/Jacksons place their fourth (4th) of eight (8) songs in the top 6500.Two of the songs are in the top 1000. 

  The British rock band from Oxford,England  at position #4974 places it's third (3rd) of ten (10) songs in the top 6500.There are are two (2) songs in the top 1000.

  This R&B group from Allentown,Pennsylvania places radio station WABC from New York City's #14 song for the entire year of 1967 at position #4972.

  Born Usher Raymond IV on October 14, 1978 in Dallas who performs under the mononym Usher is one of the two artists at position #4958 has seventeen (17) songs in the Top 6500.However,of the seventeen (17) songs in one of them he is part of a trio that includes Ludacris & Lil' Jon.In another seven (7) songs he is half of a duet.One song is a duet with Alicia Keys,another is a duet with Young Jeezy,another with will.i.am,another with David Guetta,a duet with "Pitbull",a duet with P.Diddy and at position #4958 he does a duet with Justin Bieber.The other nine songs in the countdown he does solo.Of the seventeen (17) songs four (4) of them are in the Top 1000,with three (3) songs in the top 500 and one is in the Top 100.Billboard Magazine ranked this artist as the #1 Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade.On March 30,2010 he released his sixth studio album Raymond v. Raymond.It became his third consecutive album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart.

    Born on December 2,1978 in Victoria,British Columbia,Canada this Canadian singer of Portugese extraction places nine (9) songs in the Top 6500. Along with her duet at #4945 she has another duet with Timbaland in the countdown. She also is part of a trio that includes Justin Timberlake & Timbaland which is also in the Top 6500. Her other six entries are solo acts.She has two (2) songs in the Top 1000 and one song in the Top 500. 

  The southern California duo at position #4921 places it's second of three songs they have in the top 6500.

  This Philadelphia blue-eyed soul duo at position #4915 place eight (8) songs in the Top 6500.This duo has seven (7) RIAA platinum albums,along with six (6) RIAA gold albums.In 2003,they were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

  At #4914 this Great Lake state rock band managed to place eight (8) songs in the Top 6500.The band's name is a play on words of the Grand Trunk Railroad,a railroad line that ran through the band's home town of Flint,Michigan.

  The Australian singer at position #4908 places his third of four songs he has in the Top 6500.

   At position #4903 this New Jersey native places one of his 22 songs from the Top 6500 on the chart.

  Welcome to the Top 4700.

  Born Robert Thomas Velline on April 30,1943 in Fargo,.This North Dakota native at #4693 has seven (7) songs in the Top 6500.

     Making their second appearance in the Top 6500 this Jersey City,New Jersey jazz/R&B/soul/funk/disco group at position #4672 has five (5) songs in the Top 6500.

Born Ernest Evans on October 3,1941 in Andrews,South Carolina and raised in Philadelphia at #4667 this recording act places seven (7) songs in the Top 6500.Two (2) of the seven (7) are in the Top 1000,One song is in the Top 100.

At #4666 this southern California girl band places their first of five (5) songs in the Top 6500 with one (1) of them in the Top 1000.

  Born Robert Barisford Brown on February 5, 1969 in Roxbury,Massachusetts the recording act at #4652 has five (5) songs in the Top 6500.On one song he is accompanied by Glen Mederious.One song is in the Top 500.These five (5) songs do not include any songs with "New Edition".He was married to Whitney Houston from 1992-2007.

The Beatles have the song at #4646.You can find this song on the opposite side of the 45 RPM record "Ticket To Ride".

Born in Burleson,Texas on April 24,1982;the first winner of "American Idol" in 2002 (most successful of all the Idols) places her second of twelve (12) songs in the top 6500 at position #4634.One of her twelve (12) songs is in the top 200.

Born Victoria Louise "Pixie" Lott on January 12,1991 in Broomley,London, England this singer has had three #1s on the UK Official Chart.However, one of those three songs (the one that went to #1 on September 13,2009) is at position #4622.This is her one and only appearance in the Top 6500. Lott is in a relationship with fashion model Oliver Cheshire. 

  Born on August 13th,1938 in Detroit this R&B keyboard/composer at position #4603 peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with this happy instrumental on May 11th,1959.

   Born Lionel Brockman Richie on June 20, 1949 in Tuskegee,Alabama.The recording act at #4601 has nine (9) songs in the Top 6500.One of the songs is a duet with Diana Ross.Four (4) of the nine (9) songs are in the Top 1000.This does not include his songs with the Commodores.

 Welcome,now we start with the 4500s.We will look at the next 100 songs and highlight some of them.

  2000 songs finished 4500 more.4/13 finished 9/13 to go.

  Born on September 18th,1933 in Camas,Washington the singer at position #4590 places six (6) songs in the top 6500.

   At #4579 is this song by this Nashville,Tennessee based doo wop group.This song is only 1 minute 37 seconds long and is the shortest song ever to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.The lead singer was born on April 26,1938 in Lancaster,South Carolina.

   Born in Burbank,California on November 8,1948,the singer at position #4571 places her first of three songs in the top 6500.One of them is in the top 1000.She was married to Michael O'Keefe from 1991-1999.

   At #4560 this native American rock group based in Los Angeles had a song that Cash Box Magazine ranked as the #2 song for the entire year of 1974.

   Born Jewel Kitcher on May 23,1974 in Payson,Utah (raised in Homer,Alaska);the recording act at position #4552 has six (6) songs in the top 6500 with one of them in the top 500.

  The rock band at position #4551 places 9 songs in the Top 6500.The song at position #4551 peaked at #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at #1 on the Canadian RPM Weekly singles chart.

   Born December 30,1934 and died on February 8,1990 from the Great Lake States' second biggest city of Grand Rapids;the Michigan rocker at position #4544 places five (5) songs in the Top 6500.One of the five (5) songs is in the Top 500.

 At position #4539 a San Diego rock band places the second of four songs in the Top 6500.One song is in the Top 100.

 A Chicago based R&B group has their one and only song in the Top 6500 at position #4528.

  The UK rock band formed in 1971 at position #4511 places its second of two songs in the Top 6500.

  The Boston based boy band at position #4497 has six (6) songs in the Top 6500.

   The three sisters out of Oakland,California make their first appearance in the Top 6500 at position #4490.They have a total of six songs in the top 6500.

Lina Rafn born August 12th,1976 in Copenhagen,Denmark is the lead singer of the Copenhagen group that has the song at position #4488.The song went to #1 in Denmark and peaked at #2 in Ireland,Hungary and the UK.

Born on August 11th,1949 in Cleveland,Ohio (raised in Lyndhurst,Ohio) the singer at position #4486 places his first of three (3) songs in the top 6500.

  The San Francisco based rock band at position #4484 managed to place seven (7) songs in the Top 6500. Two (2) of the seven (7) are in the Top 1000.A USA Today opinion poll in 2005 asked respondents to weigh in on who they thought was the best American rock band in history;this band came in fifth (5th) place.

   Born Thomas Gregory Jackson on the 29th of April in 1947 in Dayton,Ohio,the recording act at position #4483 appears seven (7) times in the Top 6500.He is solo at #4483 but in his other six (6) entries he is accompanied by his back up group the "Shondells".

  Born on September 1,1965 in Long Jetty,New South Wales,Australia the artist at #4479 Is the artist who peaked at #4 on the Australian (ARIA) singles chart in June of 1990.He is more known for his acting,particularly for his roles in the Australian soap operas "Home And Away" and "Neighbours".

  Born Doris Elaine Higginsen,dauugher of a Barbadian Pentecostal minister in the borough of the Bronx in New York City on January 6th,1937 (died February 16th,2014) the singer at position #4464 places her one and only song in the top 6500. She sang back-up for the Rolling Stones,Humble Pie,Kevin Ayers,Pink Floyd (on their album "Dark Side Of The Moon"),George Harrison,Johnny Hallyday,Dusty Sprinfield,Nick Drake and Carly Simon. 

   Born on August 4th,1989 in Darwin,Northern Territory,Australia the recording act at position #4459 makes her one and only appearance in the Top 6500.She was the runner-up in 2006 for the fourth season of Australia Idol.

  The artist has received thirteen (13) ARIA Music Awards nominations, of which she has won two. In April 2013, she was ranked at number 16 on Hearld Sun's list of the "100 Greatest Australian Singers of All Time". 

  An LA alternative rock band places it's one and only song in the top 6500 at position #4439.One interpretation is that the song is about a man who is in love with alcohol. Group member Jonette Napolitano mentions this in her book titled "Rough Mix", that the song was written about her relationship with Marc Moreland of the band "Wall Of Voodoo".

  Born David Ian Jackson on August 11,1954 in Burton upon Trent,Staffordshire.You can find this Englishman at position #4424 with one of his hits from his 1979 album titled "Look Sharp".The song has been covered by Undeclinable Ambuscade,Wes Carr,Kid Courageous, Sugar Ray,Da Vinci's Notebook,James Michael and Goldfinger.The song is featured in the 1998 romantic comedy film starring Cameron Diaz,Matt Dillon & Ben Stiller titled "There's Something About Mary".

  Born Johnny Allen Hendrix on November 27,1942 in Seattle (died of a drug overdose on September 18,1970 in Kensington,London,England)the recording act at position #4409 places fourteen (14) songs in the Top 6500. Three (3) of the fourteen (14) are in the Top 1000 and one song in the Top 200.In 1966,Hendrix,who played and recorded with Little Richard's band from 1964 to 1965,said,"I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice.Hendrix won many of the most prestigious rock music awards in his lifetime,and has been posthumously awarded many more,including being inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005.An English Heritage blue plaque was erected in his name on his former residence at Brook Street in London in September of 1997.A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (at 6627 Hollywood Blvd.) was dedicated in 1994.In 2006,his debut US album,"Are You Experienced", was inducted into the United States National Recording Registry and Rolling Stone named Hendrix the top guitarist on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all-time in 2003.He was also the first person inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame.

  Born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8th,1985 in Honolulu,Hawaii one of the three  singers of this trio places his first of fifteen (14) songs in the top 6500 at position #4379.Six (6) of the fifteen songs are in the top 1000 with five songs in the top 500 and four songs in the top 100.

  The UK rock band from London at position #4365 make their fourth of nine (9) appearances in the Top 6500.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.

  Born Paul Frederic Simon on October 13,1941 in Newark,New Jersey.This garden state native first appearing at position #6066 in the countdown and now at position #4359 he makes his second of eight (8) apperances in the Top 6500. These eight appearances does not include any of his appearances along side 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 #4354 Places his first of two songs in the top 6500.This song peaked at #4 for two weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 beginning on October 19th,1959.

  Born Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor in Hounslow,London,England on April 10th,1979 The artist at position #4324 places her first of two (2) songs in the top 6500.On March 22, 2013 she performed outdoors at Old Republic Square in Almaty,Kazakhstan.

  The Chicago native at position #4323 makes his second of four entrees in the Top 6500.

  The song at position #4316 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 #4314.In 1979 the artist at position #4314 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 #4314 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 #4311 makes his one and only appearance in the Top 6500.

   This Columbus,Georgia,USA native along with his band makes his one and only appearance in the Top 6500 at position #4305.

Welcome to the 4100s.

  The UK band at Position #4198 place five (5) songs in the Top 4000.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 on July 22,1992 in Grand Prairie,Texas,USA is a recording act who places her first of two songs in the Top 6500 at #4159.Once her and a Canadian superstar were an item.

  Three sexy London ladies (Siobh'n Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan) place their second of three songs in the top 6500 at position #4156.In October of 2007 this song peaked at #1 on the Official Chart Company in the UK.

  Glee Cast cover a Tina Turner song at position #4154.

 The artist/actress born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946 in El Centro,California at position #4137 has eleven (12) songs in the Top 6500.Four (4) of the ten (10) were with her ex-husband Sonny and the other eight (8) she does solo.Two (2) of the ten (10) songs are in the Top 1000 and one of them 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 #4131 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 #4116 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 #4113.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.

 The British trio at #4104 place eight (8) songs in the Top 6500.The band consisted of Keith Emerson (keyboards),Greg Lake (guitar,bass guitar,vocals) and Carl Palmer (drums, percussion).

  Welcome,now we start with the 4000s. 5/13 finished 8/13 to go.

  The Canadian singer Born Leslie Feist on February 13,1976 in Amherst,Nova Scotia (raised  in Calgary,Alberta)has the song in the #4099 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.

    A Bay State band from Malden named "Extreme" headed by frontmen Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt,with one of their hits that peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October of 1991 holds down the #4097 position. 

  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 #4092 have six (6) songs in the Top 6500 with one song in the Top 1000.These six (6) only include the duets songs and none of their solo acts or acts performed with other artists.

    The Orlando,Florida boy band at position #4067 has ten (10) songs in the Top 6500 with one (1) of them in the Top 1000.According to the US Billboard 200,they are the first artist since Nigerian "Sade" to have each of their albums reach the top 10 on the chart.

    This native of Spring Hill,Nova Scotia,Canada with her song at #4060 on October 28th,1978 began a three (3) week run at #1 in Canada.She also managed to spend one week at the Top of the charts south of the border.

   The song at #4032 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 6500. 

  At position #4022 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".

  At position #4020 is a song that originally topped the Billboard Hot 100 for nine (9) weeks in 1981 by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie is covered thirteen (13) years later by Long Islander Mariah Carey & Luther Vandross have the song at position #4020.Walter Afanasieff produced Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey's cover of the song for Vandross' Epic Records released album "Songs",and it is known for being Carey's first "high-profile" duet (an earlier duet,"I'll Be There," was with the then-unknown background singer Trey Lorenz).At the 1995 Grammy Awards,the song was nominated in the new category of Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals,losing to "Funny How Time Slips Away" by Al Green and Lyle Lovett.Columbia Records later included the song on Carey's compilation album Greatest Hits (2001) and then again on her next compilation album,"The Ballads" (2008). 

  The song at position #4013 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.

  Born on June 8,1977 in Atlanta,Georgia.The recording act at position #4009 places his first of twelve (12) songs in the Top 6500.Four (4) of the 12 are in the Top 1000.