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INFORMATION FOR SONGS IN THE TOP 7000 PART V
2000s
Welcome to the Top 3000.
The song at position #2971 by this Toronto band will reappear in the Top 300 it will also be from the same year as the song at position #2971 but the next time it'll be recorded by an LA R&B/Doo Wop group.
The song at #2970 is a remake of a song that charted twenty (20) years earlier.The version that charted twenty (20) years earlier is in the Top 1000 of this list.On June 21,1980 the song at position #2970 began a three week run at the top of the UK single charts.
The song at #2956 reappears in the Top 1000.The recording in the Top 1000 is also from 1956 but the song is recorded by another artist from Tennessee.
Johnny Cash told Carl Perkins of a black airman whom he had met when serving in the military in Germany.He had referred to his military regulation air shoes as "blue suede shoes." Cash suggested that Carl write a song about the shoes.Carl replied, "I don't know anything about shoes.How can I write a song about shoes?" When Perkins played a dance on December 4,1955,he noticed a couple dancing near the stage.The girl was gorgeous,he thought,and the boy wore blue suede shoes.As they danced the boy cautioned his date "don't step on my suedes."Perkins was bewildered that a guy would value shoes over a beautiful girl.Perkins began working on a song based on that incident.His first thought was to frame it with a nursery rhyme.He considered,and quickly discarded "Little Jack Horner..." and "See a spider going up the wall...".Then settled on "One for the money..." Leaving his bed and working with his Les Paul guitar,he started with an A chord.After playing five chords while singing "Well,it's one for the money... Two for the show... Three to get ready... Now go, man, go!" and broke into a boogie rhythm.He quickly grabbed a brown paper potato sack and wrote the song down,writing the title out as "Blue Swede, S-U-A-D-E". "I couldn't even spell it right," he later said.According to Perkins,"On December 17, 1955,I wrote "Blue Suede Shoes"." I recorded it on December 19."Producer Sam Phillips suggested that Perkins's line "go boy go" be changed to "go cat go".
The 12-bar blues song is considered one of the first rockabilly (rock and roll) records and incorporated elements of blues,country and pop music of the time."Blue Suede Shoes" is often referred to in other songs including Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" with "I'm giving you the warning, don't you step on my blue suede shoes", "Blue Suede Shoes" was chosen as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.In 1986 Perkins Version was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame,and was included by the National Recording Preservation Board in the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2006.The board selects songs on an annual basis that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".In 2004, Perkins Version was ranked number 95 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.In 1999, National Public Radio included "Blue Suede Shoes" in the "NPR 100," in which NPR's music editors sought to compile the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century.The song is referenced in the Beastie Boys song "Johnny Ryall" from their album Paul's Boutique.The title character,a homeless man,"claims that he wrote the Blue Suede Shoes".
The recording act that retains the #2954 position was born on April 6th,1949 in Paris,France.On October 8th,1979 the song in the #2954 position which was written by the singer began a five (5) week run in the #1 position on the Australian singles chart and was the fourth (4th) biggest song for the entire year of 1979 in (Jimmy Barnes) Australia.The song was also a smash hit in France,and has become one of the biggest singles in that country.
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 #2947 position.
The Aberdeen,Washington rock band at #2838 have five (5) songs in the Top 7000.Three (3) of the five (5) are in the Top 1000, with two in the Top 300.The band's brief run ended with Cobain's death in April of 1994,but the band's influence and popularity endured in the years that followed.In 2002,"You Know You're Right,"an unfinished demo from the band's final recording session, topped radio playlists around the world.Since their debut,the band has sold over twenty-five million albums in the US alone, and over fifty million worldwide.
The song at position #2925 will reappear two (2) more times in the countdown. One of the cover versions of the song was released about a year after the version at position #2925 by a New York based psychedelic rock group.Then the other version yet to come was from 1987 and just like the 1966 version at position #2925 the song went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 but this time by a London based female singer.The version at position #2925 was #339 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004.
A remake of the song at position #2909 is done 35 years later by a Seattle based grunge band. The 1999 version is in the Top 300.The song at position #2909 was written by Wayne Cochran in 1962 and originally performed by Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders.Wayne Cochran was initially inspired to write the song after having lived near a dangerous highway where several accidents had occurred yearly.Cochran began writing the song in 1956.He came up with the song's chord progression,first verse,and chorus,although more than five years would pass before Cochran finished the song.Cochran based the rest of the song on an incident in which several teens were killed and two seriously injured when their car struck a flatbed logging truck.Sixteen-year-old Jeanette Clark was out on a date in Barnesville,Georgia on December 22, 1962, the Saturday before Christmas.She was with a group of friends in a 1954 Chevrolet. J. L. Hancock,also sixteen,was driving the car in heavy traffic and while traveling on Highway 341,collided with a trailer truck. Clark, Hancock and another teenager were killed and two other teens in the car were seriously injured.Cochran finished the song,which he titled and dedicated it to Clark.
The song caught the attention of record promoter Sonley Roush.Roush brought the song to a group that he managed (the group who sings the song at position #2909) with the idea of having them cover the song.The song was recorded in a tense four-hour session and led to a disagreement leading to the departure of the lead guitarist,Sid Holmes. On a concert trip to Ohio the band's car collided with a truck,killing Roush and severely injuring Wilson.In 1964,this group had the first real commercial success with the song.
Born on February 15th,1951 in the borough of the Bronx in New York City is the artist who sings the song at position #2905. For the song the singer won a grammy in 1983 for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance".This song also went to #1 on radio station 56 AM WHBQ from Memphis,Tennessee in August of 1982.This is the same radio station that Rick Dees worked at before relocating to Los Angeles.It is also the first radio station in the world to ever play an Elvis Presley record in 1954.
A group from Texas with their 1966 hit about a gal walkin' through the woods,who might get eaten' by a big bad wolf on her way to granny's house is the song in the #2904 position.The song is built around Charles Perrault's fairy tale, adapted by ending before the grandmother makes her entrance,and explicitly using the ambiguity of modern English between "wolf", the carnivore, and "wolf", a man with concealed sexual intentions.The singer remarks on "what big eyes" and "what full lips" Red has,and eventually on "what a big heart" he himself has.An added element is that he says (presumably aside, to the song's audience)that he is disguised in a "sheep suit" until he can demonstrate his good intentions, but he seems to be having a hard time suppressing his wolf call in favor of the baa-ing of a sheep.One of its signature lines is "you're ev'rything that a big bad wolf could want".This song reached #2 on the Billboard (USA) Hot 100 and reached #1 on the Cash Box (USA) Single Charts.
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The song in the #2899 position is the song that New York City radio station WABC ranked as the #4 song for the entire year of 1966 in the station's year end countdown.This song was written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick.The song was first recorded in 1965 by R&B/novelty artists The Olympics,but was only moderately successful at best,reaching number 81 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart.The tale is told that Felix Cavaliere heard it on a New York City radio station and the group added it to their concert repertoire. Co-producer Tom Dowd captured this live feel on the recording,even though the group did not think the performance held together well.Divining a mixture of garage rock and white soul,the group at position #2899's song jumped out of radios with a "One - Two - Three -" count-in,high-energy instrumentation,and insistent call-and-response vocals from Cavaliere and the band:
I was feelin' ... so-oo bad,
I asked my family doctor just what I had.
I said, "Doctor, [Doc-turrr ...]
"Mister M.D., [Doc-turrr ...]
"Now can you tell me,
What's ailin' me' " [Doc-turrr ...]
These were followed by an organ break from Cavaliere,and a full stop false ending that was suddenly popular at the time (cf."Rain" and "Monday, Monday")" all in two and a half minutes.This was the first of three #1 hits for the group on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA.
The song at position #2899 is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll,and was ranked number 325 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Writer Dave Marsh placed it at number 108 in his 1989 book The Heart of Rock and Soul:The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made,saying it is "the greatest example ever of a remake surpassing the quality of an original without changing a thing about the arrangement," and that this song all by itself is enough to dispel the idiotic notion that rock and roll is nothing more than white boys stealing from blacks."
This song has since been performed and recorded by a number of artists,including Tommy James and the Shondells (1966),Herbie Mann (1966),The Who (1965), and Bobby McFerrin (several versions).The Grateful Dead made it a workhorse of their concert rotation,sung in their early years by Ron "Pigpen" McKernan and then later sung by Bob Weir.The Weir rendition was recorded for the group's 1978 "Shakedown Street" album and came in for a good amount of criticism:Rolling Stone said it "feature(d) aimless ensemble work and vocals that Bob Weir should never have attempted." This song was the title song of a 2008 album by Australian singer David Campbell.The song was also featured in the 1986 third season "Atomic Shakespeare"/Taming of the Shrew episode of Moonlighting,with Bruce Willis singing the Cavaliere vocal,as well as the 1987 first season Wiseguy episode "No One Gets Out of Here Alive".
The song at position #2898 by this West Virginia R&B singer born William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. on July 4,1938 in Slab Fork would be covered fifteen (15) years later by a Sacramento based R&B group. Both versions would reach the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100.The version by the Golden State R&B group is yet to come in the countdown.The singer of the song at position #2898's childhood in the coal mining town of Slab Fork was the inspiration for this song,which he wrote after he had moved to Los Angeles and found himself missing the strong community ethic of his hometown.He lived in a decrepit house in the poor section of town.He recalled to "Songfacts" the original inspiration for the song; "I bought a little piano and I was sitting there just running my fingers up and down the piano.In the course of doing the music,that phrase crossed my mind,so then you go back and say, 'OK, I like the way that phrase, Lean On Me, sounds with this song.'"
Several members of the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band were used for the recording session in 1972.
The song was used in a 1970s drug awareness film titled "Dead Is Dead", hosted and produced by actor Godfrey Cambridge.This song was ranked at number 205 on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004.
The song by the white doo-wop group from South Beach,Staten Island,New York that retains the #2883 position was radio station WINS from New York City's #1 single for the entire year of 1958.The group who records the song at position #2883 members Vito Picone and Arthur Venosa co-wrote the lyrics.The music was adapted from "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." When released as a single in 1958,it topped both the R&B Best Sellers list and the Billboard Hot 100.However,it was the only song that this group ever charted.Reportedly the group refused to pay payola to a prominent New York disc Jockey.This led to their getting little airplay of their follow up recordings.
This song was at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100,when The King Of Pop Michael Jackson was born (August 29,1958).
This Los Angeles based quartet make their one and only entry in the top 7000 at position #2882 with this hit from 1958.
Deceased Nashville native makes his one and only entry in the top 7000 at position #2879,This song was the song that US Cash Box Magazine ranked as the #3 song for the entire year of 1966.
At 13 years old this Chicago native had a song that peaked at #3 in 1959 on the US Billboard Hot 100.She makes her one and only entry in the top 7000 at position #2877.
This Memphis,Tennessee,USA native makes his one and only entry in the top 7000 at position #2872.This song only peaked at #8 in 1980 on the US Billboard Hot 100.But the song went all the way to #1 in both Argentina and Australia.
This Atlanta based hip hop group makes their second of three appearances in the Top 7000 at position #2859.This song only peaked at #6 in 1993 on the US Billboard Hot 100.But the song went all the way to #4 in Canada.
This New York City based pop rock music group make their one and only entry in the Top 7000 at position #2857.In December of 1969 this song peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
This R&B vocal group formed in the United States Marine Corp make their one and only entry in the Top 7000 at position #2852.In July of 1963 this song peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The Aberdeen,Washington rock band at #2838 have five (5) songs in the Top 7000.Three (3) of the five (5) are in the Top 1000, with two in the Top 300.The band's brief run ended with Cobain's death in April of 1994,but the band's influence and popularity endured in the years that followed.In 2002,"You Know You're Right,"an unfinished demo from the band's final recording session, topped radio playlists around the world.Since their debut,the band has sold over twenty-five million albums in the US alone, and over fifty million worldwide.
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A rock group formed in 1979 in Calgary,Alberta,Canada has one of their four songs in the top 7000 at position #2794. The rock band consisted of Mike Reno (born in New Westminster,B.C.,Canada on January 8,1955 and previously with Moxy as Mike Rynoski) on lead vocals,Paul Dean (born in Vancouver, B.C. on February 19,1946; previously with Streetheart and Scrubbaloe Caine) on guitars and vocals, Jim Clench (formerly of April Wine and Bachman Turner Overdrive,who was born in Montreal May 1,1949 but was quickly replaced by Scott Smith born in Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada on February 13,1955) on bass guitar, Doug Johnson (born in New Westminster,B.C. on December 19, 1957) on keyboards, and Matt Frenette (born in Calgary on March 7,1954) on drums (also a former Streetheart alumnus).
The song at position #2794 peaked at #3 in Australia,#7 in Canada,#5 in New Zealand and #6 on US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
On Monday,August 31,1998 the song at position #2790 by this UK duo that consisted of vocalist Tunde Baiyewu and keyboard player Paul Tucker from Newcastle upon Tyne went to #1 on the Australian singles chart (ARIA) and spent a week at the top.It only ranked at #75 for the entire year of 1998 in the UK,but in Australia the song ranked at #11 for the entire year of 1998 according to ARIA.The duo scaled down their appearances in early 2003 because of what they called a "heavy promotional schedule" following the release of "Whatever Gets You Through The Day" in 2002. This led to both men pursuing individual projects.Baiyewu is now a solo artist,while Tucker joined a rock band,"The Orange Lights".
For the week of August 1,1963 the king of rock & roll held the #1 position in the UK with the song at position #2787. One thing is rather ironic.The king of rock & roll has more UK #1s than anyone else,while the fab 4 have the most #1s in the USA. Both have 21 respectively.
The song went to number nine on the Billboard Rhythm and Blues singles chart,becoming his last top ten single on the Rhythm and Blues charts.
In 1963,when this song was debuted to a British audience on the BBC television show "Juke Box Jury",the celebrity guest John Lennon voted the song "a miss" stating on the new song that the king of Rock & Roll was "like Bing Crosby now." The king originally recorded the song,and its flipside,"Please Don't Drag That String Around",for a full-length album that was scheduled for release in 1963,but RCA chose instead to release the album piecemeal on singles and as soundtrack album bonus tracks.
The song's opening lines emanate from Matt Monro's 1961 song "My Kind of Girl".
This group from Dublin,Ireland has the song at position #2785. The founding members of the group were Conleth (Con) Cluskey (born November 18,1941),Declan (Dec) Cluskey (born December 23,1942) and John Stokes (Sean James Stokes) (born August 13,1940}.The song at position #2785 went to #1 in the UK for the week beginning February 16th,1964.
The song at position #2784 is a remake of a song originally done by a Memphis based R&B duo 12 years earlier back in 1967.The 1967 version of the song is yet to come in the countdown.The singers of the song at position #2784 performed the song on an episode of the NBC comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live in late November 1978.
Bob Flick,John Paine,Mike Kirkland and Dick Foley met at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1956.They formed a folk singing group in 1957 that sing the song at position #2783.The song went to #1 in Norway and peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for four (4) weeks beginning the week ending April 18th,1960.This is the group's one and only appearance in the top 7000.
Born Robert Neale Lind on November 25,1942, in Baltimore,Maryland,USA is the folk singer who has the song at position #2779.This song peaked at #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two (2) weeks beginning the week ending March 12,1966 and peaked at #2 in Australia for three (3) weeks beginning the week of May 21,1966. This is the singer's one and only appearance in the top 7000.Florence Henderson performed the song on the first season of "The Muppet Show".
Born on November 18th,1954 in Worksop,Nottinghamshire,England,UK (raised in Doncaster,South Yorkshire,England) is the singer who records the song at position #2767.This song peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot for two (2) weeks beginning the week ending September 7th,1985. The song was originally written by David Foster and the singer of the song at position #2767 for the Canadian athlete Rick Hansen,who at the time was going around the world in his wheelchair to raise awareness for spinal cord injuries. His journey was called the "Man in Motion Tour." This is the artist's one and only appearance in the top 7000.
There are two more songs yet to come in the countdown that have the same title as the song at position #2763.One song is the same song,the other is a different arrangement. The song from 1966 is the same song,the song titled "Cherish" from 1985 is a different "Cherish" from the one at position #2763.The singer of the song at position #2763 was born David Bruce Cassidy on April 12,1950 in New York City (Died: November 21,2017 in Fort Lauderdale,Florida,USA).The song at position #2763 reached #3 in Canada.This song is widely regarded as one of the greatest love songs ever written.
The song at position #2749 was the artist's last song to reach the Top Ten (10) on the US Billboard Hot 100.This song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.This Philadelphia native appeared on many television shows,including the Red Skelton Show and the Danny Thomas Show.On Tuesday,October 6,1964,he was a guest star on an episode of the TV series,Combat!,playing opposite Vic Morrow.This was his first dramatic acting role.
In January 1968,it was announced in the UK music magazine,NME,that he had signed a long term recording contract with Reprise Records.The singer continued to perform in nightclubs,supper clubs and Las Vegas venues throughout the 1970s and 1980s (although his career was hindered by the fact that ABKCO Records did not release any of the Cameo-Parkway hits until 2005,forcing him to re-record his old hits which were issued by K-tel).
An LA alternative rock band places it's one and only song in the top 7000 at position #2739.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".
The song at position #2736 by this Philadelphia recording act was covered eight (8) years later by a British invasion group out of Manchester.The British recording is yet to come in the countdown.In May 1957,songwriter Bob Crewe saw a couple embracing through a window shade as he passed on a train.He quickly set about turning the image into a song. Frank Slay,who owned the small Philadelphia record label XYZ with Crewe,added lyrics, and they soon had a complete song ready to record.The story has frequently been reported that Slay heard The group who sings the song at position #2736 audition for Cameo-Parkway Records,for which he worked,and immediately decided that they were the perfect group for the song.However,Slay and Crewe were actually already familiar with the group,as this song was their third single with them.The song received a break when popular local disc jockey Hy Lit fell asleep with a stack of newly released records on his record player. This song happened to be the last to play,and so it repeated until he woke up.He began to play the song on his show.It became popular enough that Cameo-Parkway picked it up for national distribution,and it eventually reached number 3 on Billboard Top 100,while also hitting the top five on both the sales and airplay charts.It was the group's only top 40 hit.
From the motion picture "Calamity Jane" starring the singer at position #2721 stayed at #1 for three (3) weeks on the Billboard charts beginning February 17,1954. It spent five (5) weeks at #1 on Cash Box Magazine (USA),and on April 16,1954 began a nine (9) week run at #1 in the UK and it was the #1 single in the UK for the entire year of 1954.The song written in 1953 with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.The singer of the song was born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff on April 3,1924 in Cincinnati,Ohio.She died May 13,2019 in Carmel Valley,California,USA.
The song at position #2708 by this native Seattle singer born on January 26,1944 is the original version of this song.A little gal from Norfolk,Virginia covers this song thirteen (13) years later in 1981.That version can be found at position #2654. Then the song gets covered again in 2001 by a singer from Kingston,Jamaica and it goes to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on March 31,2001.That version is in the Top 1000 of this list. This song was written and composed by New York-born songwriter Chip Taylor,the song was originally offered to Connie Francis to sing,but she turned it down because she thought that it was too risque for her career.The song was next offered to Evie Sands,who recorded it for Cameo-Parkway Records in 1967,but the record label went bankrupt,stranding the song in limbo.A representative from publishing company April-Blackwood then pitched the song to Memphis producer Chips Moman and the singer at position #2708.The song was subsequently recorded by her and The Turnabouts and it became a #7 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in June of 1968.She received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary-Pop Vocal Performance,Female.The version at position #2304 peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.The version of the song at position #2304 is featured in the soundtrack of the movie,"Girl,Interrupted". That version is also played during a scene in the 1978 film "Fingers",where it is used to accentuate the conflicted nature of the main character played by Harvey Keitel.
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Deceased Philadelphia native and Villanova University alumnus makes his second of three entries in the Top 7000 at position #2699.The song peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks beginning December 29,1973.
This Lafayette,Tennessee,USA native makes her second of two entries in the Top 7000 at position #2698.The song peaked at
#1 on the US Cash Box Magazine's weekly singles chart for the week of September 10,1977.
This deceased Mexia,Texas,USA native makes his second of two entries in the Top 7000 at position #2693.The song peaked at
#1 on the US Cash Box Magazine's weekly singles chart for seven weeks beginning May 21,1955.
This Akron,Ohio,USA rock duo make their first of two entries in the Top 7000 at position #2690.The group consists of
Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums).
This Memphis,Tennessee,USA R&B duo make their one and only entry in the Top 7000 at position #2684.The song peaked at
#2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #2 in Canada on the RPM weekly singles chart in November of 1967.
This deceased Winchester,Virginia,USA native makes her one and only entry in the Top 7000 at position #2671.This song was ranked
by Billboard Magazine as the #2 song for the entire year of 1961 in their end of year countdown.
The song at position #2669 peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week of October 9,1976.New York City radio station WABC ranked this song as the #2 song for the entire year of 1976.
This Los Angeles native makes his second of two entries in the Top 7000 at position #2663.The song peaked at
#1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week of September 21,1974.New York City radio station WABC ranked
this song as the #2 song for the entire year of 1974.
This deceased Kenner,Louisiana,USA native makes his third of four entries in the Top 7000 at position #2644.The song peaked at
#1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 4 consecutive weeks beginning February 9,1959.
This Windsor,Ontario,Canada native makes her first of seven entries in the Top 7000 at position #2638.She has 4 songs in the Top 1000 with one song in the Top 100.
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The song at position #2599 is a cover of a song done fourteen (14) years earlier by part of the recording act at position #2599.The 1992 Version is in the Top 1000.After being invited to join the group on-stage at a New York concert in 2005,The female singer at position #2599 performed the track with the group and received a standing ovation.A recording of the song was later created,with the female on lead vocals,Bono supplying additional vocals,and the band performing the music.This recording was featured on the female singer's multi-platinum album "The Breakthrough", released in late 2005.It was released as the album's second international single in April 2006,having already been featured heavily on BBC Radio 1's playlist,and it has been a staple record on Capital FM's playlist since late January 2006.In May 2006,she performed the song at the finale of American Idol with finalist Elliott Yamin,ahead of its full release to American radio.It was also used by Fox for its end-of-season montage after game five of the 2006 World Series.On December 31, 2006,the song at position #2599 was announced by BBC Radio 1 to be the thirty-fifth (35th) highest-selling single of 2006 in the UK.It was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in December 2006.
A song produced by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller,and recorded by a folk rock band based out of Paisley,Renfrewshire,Scotland,has the song at position #2565.The nucleus of the group are Gerry Rafferty (born on April 16,1947) and Joe Egan (born on October 18,1946).The song peaked at #6 in the USA on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 12,1973 and at #8 on June 10,1973 in the UK on the Official chart. Gerry Rafferty died on January 4,2011 after suffering liver failure.
The song at position #2548 by this Philadelphia teenager born on September 9,1945 is the song that Radio Station WABC in New York City ranked as the #1 song for the entire year of 1962 in the station's year-end countdown.On March 27,1962 the song began a four (4) week run in the #1 position on Radio Station WABC.
This Los Angeles based recording act makes one of its two appearances in the top 7000 at position #2544.The song went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week during the week ending May 15,1976.The song also reached #1 in Canada on RPM. The song at position #2544 was used prominently in the movie "Despicable M",and its theme park attraction adaptation, "Despicable Me:Minion Mayhem". The song was also featured in the movie "Roll Bounce", appeared in TV ads for "Old Navy" and "Little Caesars Pizza" as well as the 1994 Stephen King miniseries
The Stand".
The song at position #2537 by this Detroit singer (born in Indianapolis) was Billboard Magazine's #1 single for the entire year of 1961.The song spent seven (7) weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song was written by Ritchie Adams and Malou Rene.This song was featured on the soundtrack for the 1978 film,"Animal House".On the original hit single version,the track begins with the singer singing "I couldn't sleep at all last night," and it appears this way on most oldies compilations.However,on some releases the song has a prelude,where the singer sings "Baby...Baby...you did something to me," followed by a musical cue into the first verse.The singer usually includes this prelude when he performs the song live.In 2018,Billboard magazine ranked this song as the 36th biggest song of all time that charted on the Billboard Hot 100,commemorating the 60th anniversary of the chart.
The song at position #2531 was covered twenty-two (22) years later and that 1988 version is in the Top 1000.The 1988 version spent six (6) weeks at #1 in Canada (David Kennedy) and was the #1 song for the entire year of 1988 in Canada.This song is a pop song written by Toni Wine and Carole Bayer Sager for the Screen Gems music publishing company.It is heavily based on the Rondo movement of Sonatina in G major, op. 36 no. 5 by Muzio Clementi.The song title was an early use of the then-new slang word "groovy". Wine, who was 17 years old when the song was written,says,"Carole came up with "Groovy kinda' groovy kinda' groovy" and we're all just saying,"Kinda groovy, kinda groovy, kinda" and I don't exactly know who came up with "Love," but it was "Groovy kind of love." And we did it.We wrote it in 20 minutes.It was amazing. Just flew out of four mouths, and at the piano, it was a real quick and easy song to write.
There are three (3) versions of the song at position #2530 in the Top 1000.The song at position #2530 by this Flint,Michigan band went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two (2) weeks beginning the week ending Saturday,May 4,1974.It was the cover of a song that went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of August 25,1962 and that version is in the Top 1000.It is also in the Top 1000 with a 1988 cover version of the song by a tiny Australian. The 1988 version was the #1 song for the entire year of 1987 in Australia (David Kent) and spent seven (7) weeks at #1 in Australia beginning August 10,1987.
A band out of Auckland,New Zealand with members Phil Judd,Tim and Neil Finn have the song at position #2527.The song spent eight (8) weeks at #1 in Australia beginning April 14,1980. In 2001 it was voted 11th best New Zealand song of all time by APRA.This is the group's second and final entry in the top 7000.
The song at position #2510 spent five (5) weeks at #1 in Canada (Ted Kennedy) beginning August 23,1980 and it was the #6 song for the entire year of 1980 in Canada.It also topped the UK singles chart.The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.Recorded between June and October of 1979,this song is a disco-influenced number,somewhat similar to the band's 1978 hit "Miss You" (yet to come in this countdown). The song is notable as one of the earliest songs by the group to show the growing rift between main songwriters Jagger and Richards.Although Richards plays guitar and added backing vocals towards the end of this track,he is noted to not have liked the direction in which Jagger was trying to take the band with disco-like compositions,although this may have been exaggerated by the press and Richards Hard-rock-oriented image.The song is based around a bass line played by Ronnie Wood.Also notable is Jagger's singing of the song in a falsetto,popular on many disco-era songs.Bassist Bill Wyman plays synthesizer on the record,while Jagger and Ian Stewart play electric piano.Noted jam band "Phish" occasionally covered the song,usually stretching it to the 15 minute mark.
On May 28th,1964 this UK singer at #2507 managed to take the song at position #2507 to the Top of the UK singles chart and stay there for four (4) weeks. The song ended up being the seventeenth (17th) biggest song for the entire year in the UK.
At position #2505 is the combination of a Minnesota based group and a female singer from Vancouver,Canada.Independently,both recording acts have songs in the Top 2000 with one in the Top 300. It was released as the lead single from the group's album "The Midsummer Station
and was used as the second single from the female's second studio album,"Kiss".The song was written by Matt Thiessen,Brian Lee and Adam Young of "Owl City".The song received generally positive reviews from music critics,with critics describing it as a "summer anthem".
The song attained commercial success worldwide,reaching No. 1 in Canada,New Zealand, and South Korea,while peaking inside the top ten in the United States,Japan,United Kingdom,the Netherlands and other countries.
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There have been three (3) songs with the same title as the song at position #2487 that have gone to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. All three songs,although they have the same title are three different songs.At #1324 you will find a song from 2006 with the same title as the song at #2487 that went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.There is one more song in the countdown with the same title from 1973 that went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 that is yet to come.
Smokin' "Joe Walsh" from 1978 discusses how life has been treating him in the song that he holds at position #2486.The song at position #2486 first appeared on the soundtrack to the film "FM".It was released as a single and appeared on Walsh's album "But Seriously, Folks...."He satirically reflects on the rockstar lifestyle ("My Maserati does 185 /I lost my license, now I don't drive").Antics of all rockers of the era are reflected,such as the nod to Keith Moon and others:"I live in hotels/Tear out the walls." The 1979 Rolling Stone Record Guide called it "riotous",and "(maybe) the most important statement on rock stardom anyone has made in the late Seventies."
The song at position #2486 has a notable style:a mid-tempo, reggae-like groove marked by bedrock guitar riffs,synthesizers and a confused delivery.Walsh's ARP Odyssey synthesizer riff accompanies the guitar solo in the middle of the song.The guitar solo in the outro is accompanied by the main riff and is longer than most radio stations allow. Bill Szymczyk and Jody Boyer perform the backing vocals.This song uses a call-and-response pattern.
Call: Joe Walsh: "Lucky I'm sane after all I've been through"
Response: Bill Szymczyk: "Everybody say, 'I'm cool'"
Response: Jody Boyer: "He's cool"
At the end of the song, (cannot be heard on the radio version) there is a clip of an inside joke stating "uh-oh, here comes a flock of waa waas", recorded from inside the studio. After the music has faded away into silence,there's a 10-second gap before the inside joke. That inside joke would also be included at the end of disc one of the Eagles' box set, Selected Works: 1972-1999.
Made after Walsh had joined The Eagles, the song at position #2486 was incorporated into that group's concert repertoire,appearing in shows at the time as well as reunion tours.It remains a staple of classic rock radio playlists.During live shows,Joe Walsh is known to change lyrics,such as 'Lock the doors in case I'm attacked' to 'Lock the doors and watch the war in Iraq!' to 'I watch the Lakers,they suck without Shaq!' and, more recently,'Lock the doors, and vote for Barack.' Also,he has changed the lyric "My Maserati does 185" to include "My Maserati does 800,603,495" instead. While performing it with the Eagles,he changes the line 'They write me letters tell me I'm great' to 'They write me letters tell me Glenn's great. There is also a recorded live version that's played occasionally on the radio where the lyrics are changed to "I have a limo, ride in the trunk, I lock the doors in case I get drunk" as well as,"They write Tim letters,tell Don Glenn's great."
The song by this Atlanta,Georgia recording act at position #2469 will appear two more times in the countdown. Yet to come are a 1969 and 1970 version of this song.One of the versions is in the Top 500.
Born on June 13,1940 in San Francisco this singer makes his one and only appearance in the top 7000 at position #2449. The song reached number five (5) on the United States Billboard Top 100 Sides pop chart and number two (2) on the Billboard R&B chart.
In 1964,this singer played nightly at the Condor Night Club in San Francisco where Carol Doda performed her topless Go-Go dancing shows.Mainly supporting himself as a singer in clubs by the late 1960s,he released another single in 1974 on Touch Records, but it met with little commercial success.He has performed at the Bay Area Music ("Bammy") Awards in recent years.
The song at position #2427 by this UK/US recording act is a cover of a song by a very popular male/female US duo that went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 14,1965 for three (3) weeks. That song is yet to come in the countdown.
This Australian alternative rock band from East Fremantle,Western Australia,Australia makes their one and only appearance in the Top 7000 at position #2420.In 2006 this song peaked at #6 on the weekly single charts in Australia (ARIA).
Three brothers from Wyckoff,New Jersey,USA are at position #2415.The song was released as the third official single off their third studio album,"A Little Bit Longer" on September 30,2008.Lyrically,the song is about being smitten by a girl for the first time and attracting feelings for said girl from that moment. The song has sold 857,000 copies in the US.
Born on July 30,1941 in Ottawa,Ontario,Canada is the recording act at position #2413.He has had two #1 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100;one in the 1950's and one in the 1970's.He is the only recording act to accomplish this feat.The song at position #2413 was the song that US Cash Box Magazine Ranked as the #5 song for the entire year of 1959 in their year-end chart.
The song at position #2412 would be covered eleven (11) years later. That version is yet to come in the countdown.The singer at position #2412 was born in Kingston upon Hull,in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England on February 2,1925,As a child he became a choirboy in St. Peter's Church and began a lifelong love of singing.The song at position #2412 spent ten weeks at the pole position in the UK,making it one of the biggest selling British records.That recording co-credits Mantovani and his Orchestra and Chorus. The singer at position #2412 was invited to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show as well as being one of the stars of the 1954 Royal Command Performance alongside Bob Hope,Frankie Howerd,Guy Mitchell,Norman Wisdom,Max Bygraves,Frankie Laine and Howard Keel.Like many others,his work was usurped by the tidal wave of rock and roll.All of his hits were released by the Decca record label in the UK.Nevertheless,when the hits dried up,he continued to perform regularly across the globe,despite keeping a home close to his roots in Hull.His only album chart entry was the Decca compilation which hit Number 19 on the separate mid price chart which ran in the UK during the early 1970s.
This recording act from London makes his one and only appearance in the Top 7000 at position #2407.In 1994 this song peaked at #1 in the UK,Scotland and New Zealand.
The singer nicknamed "The Black Moses" born on August 20th,1942 in Covington,Tennessee (voice for the chef on TV show "South Park") who died at 65 years of age on August 10,2008 in Memphis,has the song at position #2382.It is the theme to a 1971 motion picture about a detective starring Richard Roundtree.The song was also written by the chef.The song was released as a single (shortened and edited from the longer album version) two months after the movie's soundtrack by Stax Records' Enterprise label.This song went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 (USA) for two weeks beginning November 20,1971.In 1972 this song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song,with the chef becoming the first African American to win that honor (or any Academy Award in a non-acting category).Since then,the song has appeared in numerous television shows, commercials,and other movies,including the 2000 remake of the movie (starring Samuel Jackson & Vanessa Williams),for which the singer-writer at position #2382 re-recorded the song without making any changes to it.This song is sometimes considered more iconic than the movie for which it was written.This cat is a bad motherf................
At position #2381 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 #2381.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).
A 1978 cover of the song at position #2380 is yet to come in the countdown.The song at position #2380 is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band.It was released as the group's third single,in August 1964,and reached number 1 on the UK singles chart the following month,staying there for two weeks.It was the group's breakthrough hit,and established them as one of the top British invasion acts in the United States,reaching Number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 later in the year.The song at position #1998 was an early hit song built around power chords (parallel 5ths and octaves),and was heavily influential on later rock and roll musicians, particularly in the heavy metal genre.American musicologist Robert Walser wrote that it is,"the track which invented heavy metal"while critic Denise Sullivan of Allmusic writes,the song at position #1998 remains a blueprint song in the hard rock and heavy metal arsenal.
Rolling Stone magazine placed this song at number 82 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time and at number 4 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time in 2004.In early 2005,the song was voted the best British song of the 1955-1965 decade in a BBC radio poll.In March 2005,Q magazine (UK) placed it at number 9 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.In 2009 it was named the 57th Greatest Hard Rock Song by VH1.
A pop rock band formed in Colorado Springs,Colorado,USA places the fourth of seven entrees in the Top 7000 at position #2373.The band has three more songs all in the Top 300. The band consists of lead vocalist Ryan Tedder,guitarist Zach Filkins, guitarist Drew Brown,bassist and cellist Brent Kutzle,drummer Eddie Fisher and keyboardist Brian Willett. The song was digitally released in Australia on April 14,2014, and was serviced to contemporary hit radio in the United States on May 6 as the fifth overall single from the album "Native".
"Love Runs Out" was also one of the official theme songs of WrestleMania 35.
The song at position #2363 by this Rochester,New York native spent six (6) weeks at the top of the Billboard singles chart beginning August 24,1955 and is the song that knocked "Bill Haley & The Comets" "Rock Around The Clock" out of the #1 position.The song at position #2363 is about how a slave named Emily Morgan helped win the battle of San Jacinto,the decisive battle in the Texas Revolution.The song at position #2053 was featured in the motion picture "Giant".Actor James Dean,who starred in the movie,died when this song was atop the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1955.
On May 29,1999 the song at position #2361 began a two (2) week run in the #1 spot in the UK.
Born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta on March 28, 1986 of Italian American parents Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta (nee Bissett),in New York City,the recording act at Position #2360 manages to place nineteen (19) songs in the Top 7000,five (5) of the songs are in the Top 500 with one of them sitting very high in the Top 100.Stefani began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side.She soon signed with "Streamline Records",an imprint of "Interscope Records",upon its establishment in 2007. During her early time at "Interscope",she worked as a songwriter for fellow label artists and captured the attention of "Akon",who recognized her vocal abilities,and had her also sign to his own label,"Kon Live Distribution".
Born on December 2nd,1981 in Kentwood,Louisiana this artist has the title track from the album of the same name at position #2355 from her sixth studio album. The song at position #2355 was released on December 2,2008 by Jive Records as the second single from the album.The song was produced and co-written by Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco.When she first listened to the track,she felt inspired to create an album and a tour with a circus theme. Musically,the song at position #2355 is a pop song with influences of R&B and an electronic sound.The lyrics talk about her abilities as an entertainer and compares them to performing in a circus.
This song has received positive reviews from music critics,with most reviewers praising the song's production.The track has achieved commercial success as well,reaching the top ten in Australia,Canada,Denmark,New Zealand,Sweden and the United States.The song also reached the top twenty in many European countries.It sold 5.5 million copies worldwide, becoming the tenth best selling digital single of 2009.
From the 2000 movie "The Beach" starring Leonardo Di Caprio this UK/Canadian girl group has the song at position #2332.The video to this song is set in the beach and features clips from the "The Beach" movie. Part of the video was shot at night. The video was filmed on Holkham beach in Norfolk,England.On May 8,2000 the video won the Loaded Award as best single of the year.
Born in Maysville,Kentucky the singer of the song in the #2318 position had this song rank as the #2 song for the entire year 1954 in Cash Box (USA) Magazine's year-end countdown.For eight (8) weeks between September 25,1954 and November 20,1954 this song was the #1 song on the Cash Box Magazine's Singles Chart.
This song is a show tune written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.The song is from the musical play "Pajama Game".In the context of the show,Sid sings it to a recording device,telling himself that he's foolish to continue his advances to Babe.He plays the tape back,and after responding to his own comments,sings a duet with himself.
The singer at position #2318's career languished in the 1960s,partly due to problems related to depression and drug addiction.In 1968,her relationship with a young drummer ended after two years,and she became increasingly dependent on pills after a punishing tour.She joined the presidential campaign of close friend Bobby Kennedy,and was in The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles,California, when he was assassinated on June 5,1968.A month later she had a nervous breakdown onstage in Reno,Nevada and was hospitalized. She remained in therapy for eight years afterwards.
Her career revived in 1974,when her "White Christmas" co-star Bing Crosby asked her to appear with him at a show marking his 50th anniversary in show business.
She was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of 2001.Around this time,she gave her last concert,in Hawaii,backed by the Honolulu Symphony Pops;her last song she sang was "God Bless America".Despite surgery,she died six months later on June 29,2002,at her Beverly Hills home.Her nephew, actor George Clooney,was a pallbearer at her funeral,which was attended by numerous stars,including Al Pacino.She is buried at Saint Patrick's Cemetery in Maysville,Kentucky.
The song at #2310 is the first remake of the song. This song makes two more appearances in the Top 2000.The song was originally released in 1970
and was Cash Box Magazine's #1 single for the entire year of 1970.That version of the song is yet to come.The song was remade again in 2003 that version too is yet to come in the countdown.
This band from Portland,Oregon at position #2309 spent two (2) weeks at #1 on Cash Box Magazine's singles chart beginning January 11,1964.According to one of the Billboard year end charts (Top 100),it ranked the song at #2309 as the #1 song for the entire year of 1963.Radio Station CKLW from Windsor,Ontario,Canada ranked this song as the #6 song for the entire decade of the 1960s.The song was also ranked as the #19 song of all-time on New York City Radio Station WOR-FMs 1968 all-time countdown.
Born on March 20th,1942 in LA is the singer of the song at position #2308 with his one and only entry in the top 7000.For the week ending October 13,1958 this song peaked at #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100. This singer was discovered by Hawaii entrepreneur Kimo Wilder McVay while he was living in Honolulu,Hawaii,attending Punahou School.In 1958 he wrote and recorded this song;a song that was named after his then five-year-old sister.
This singer holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Missouri in Columbia.He was a professor and head of the Marketing Department at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.
Welcome to the Top 2300. The song at position #2291 topped the Canadian singles chart (Ted Kennedy) for the week of October 6,1973.The song also went to #1 just south of the border and in Norway and Sweden.The single was the first international release from this singer's album of the same title as the song at position #2291. The song tells the story of a young woman who is half white and half Cherokee.The song describes the troubles she faced,and the racism she experienced.White people often called her "Indian squaw" and the Native Americans never accepted her as one of their own,telling her that she was "white by law." The singer of the song at position #2291 herself is part Cherokee. On July 24,1979 the song at position #2287 began a four (4) week run in the #1 spot on Radio Station WABC from New York City.The song was also ranked at #2 on radio station WABC's year-end countdown for 1979.The inspiration for the singer at position #2287 to write the song came after one of her assistants was offended by a police officer who thought she was a street prostitute.A rough version of the song had originally been written a couple of years before its release.Neil Bogart,upon hearing it,wanted her to give it to Cher for her upcoming album.She refused and put it away for a couple of years. Born on September 12,1933 in Houston,Texas (USA's 4th largest city) is the singer who has the song at position #2285. This is his one and only entry in the top 7000.The song reached #2 on the US Cash Box Singles Chart and peaked at #3 on March 20,1965 for two weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100.On March 1, 2013,at 79 this singer died from complications of back surgery in Inglewood,California. The song at position #2281 was the #1 song in the UK for the entire year of 1965.This song was written by lyricist Frank Capano and composer Billy Uhr in the 1930s.The singer at position #2281 is best known as a comedian.The song at position #2281 spent 24 weeks in total on the chart, with five (5) of them at number 1. The song sold over a million copies in the UK becoming one of the biggest selling British singles of all time.In 2002 according to the website www.hart87, freeserve.co.uk/top100.html it was listed as the 19th best selling of all time in the UK with sales of 1,521,000. On November 8,1967 the song at position #2279 began a two (2) week run at the Top of the UK Singles Chart.This is a song written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod.Part of the song was written in the same bar of a Soho tavern where Karl Marx was supposed to have written "Das Kapital".The lyrics are a plea that an unnamed subject not break up with the singer.In 1967 the song was released as the group at position #2279's debut single. When it was first released it went nowhere.Luckily BBC's newly founded Radio 1 were looking to avoid any records being played by the pirate radio stations and they looked back at some recent releases that the pirate stations had missed.The song at position #1966 was one of them.The single then took off.The song also reached #1 on the Canadian RPM magazine charts on February 10,1968. The song at position #2274 topped the Cash Box Magazine's Singles chart for the week of April 2,1966.The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards during their 1965 tour of the United States.The song was recorded during the "Aftermath" sessions between December 3 and 8 in 1965 at RCA Recording Studios in Hollywood,California,at the conclusion of their fourth North American tour.The song talks of a difficult,spoiled girl who cannot appreciate life.Mick Jagger says he came up with the title first,and then wrote the lyrics around the title.The hypnotic riff Brian Jones is playing during the verses pays a tribute to Bo Diddley's song "Diddley Daddy",Diddley being a major influence on the group at position #1957's style.The song is also well-known for Bill Wyman's so-called "dive-bombing" bass line at the end of the song.Like many of this groups early recordings,this song has only been officially released in mono sound.A stereo mix of the song has turned up in private and bootleg collections,however. This was one of three songs ("I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and "As Tears Go By" being the other two) the group performed on their Ed Sullivan Show appearance in 1966,their first color broadcast on U.S. television.The Monkees' Song, "Your Auntie Grizelda",written in 1966, was influenced by this song.Tom Verlaine,lead guitarist and songwriter of "Television", noted that hearing this song during his adolescence inspired him to pick up the guitar. The song at position #2248 by this Santa Monica,California group is the song that Radio Station WABC from New York City ranked as the #1 song for the entire year of 1974 in their year-end countdown.The song at position #2248 is considered the first disco record to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States,though some consider this distinction to go to "Love's Theme" by Love Unlimited Orchestra (earlier that same year) or even The Sound Of Philadelphia (TSOP) by MFSB.The song at position #2248 was written by Waldo Holmes,who also wrote the Blacula songs.The song at position #2248 was first featured on this group's 1973 album,"Freedom for the Stallion" (an edited version later appeared on certain editions of the band's follow-up album,1974's "Rockin' Soul").It and was released as the second single from the album in early 1974 to follow-up Stallion's title song,which had peaked at #63 on the Billboard Hot 100. Initially, the song at position #2248" appeared as though it would flop,as months went by without any radio airplay or sales activity.Not until the song became a disco/club favorite in New York did Top 40 radio finally pick up on the song,leading the record to finally enter the Hot 100 and zip up the chart to #1 in July of 1974.The record also reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom.It is a heavy airplay favorite on oldie and adult-contemporary stations today. The song features a lead vocal by Fleming Williams,who left the group shortly after the song was recorded.According to The Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson,the lone female member of the group,H. Ann Kelly,had originally been pegged to sing lead,but this idea was discarded out of fear that groups with female lead singers were less commercially viable.The song also features an important post-Motown performance by James Jamerson. The recording act at position #2247 makes her one and only appearance in the Top 7000.This LA singer released this song as the soundtrack to the Tom Cruise film "Days Of Thunder". The song at position #2242 by this Canadian (born on April 7,1908 in Toronto/died February 9, 1976)spent nine (9) weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 beginning February 22,1960 and was the song that Radio Station KIMN from Denver ranked as the #1 song for the entire decade of the 1960s.It remains the longest-running number-one instrumental in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.It reached number two in the UK. It hit number one in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole".The artist won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for his recording.This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy.The artist re-recorded the song twice-first,in 1969,as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place 76". The song at position #2226 by this Aussie topped the Australian singles chart (ARIA) for the week of June 10,2002.Born Holly Rachel Vukadinovic (Serbian extraction) on May 11,1983 in Melbourne.She is an Australian model,actress and singer.She began her career as Felicity "Flick" Scully on the Australian soap opera "Neighbours".In 2002, she released her debut album, "Footprints", which yielded the song at position #2226. The song at position #2220 is a remake of a song done 34 years earlier by a native Bostonian.That song is yet to come in the Top 7000.The song at position #2220 is from the group's second album and it went to #1 in the UK.The band at position #2220 consists of Tom Fletcher (lead vocals and guitar), Danny Jones (lead vocals and guitar),Dougie Poynter (backing vocals and bass guitar) and Harry Judd (drums).They are managed by Prestige Management and were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label,"Super Records".The band rose to fame after fellow pop band Busted helped launch them by inviting them to tour in March 2004. The band's name originates from Marty McFly,the main character of the Back to the Future trilogy. Born Christopher Maurice "Chris" Brown on May 5, 1989 in Tappahannock,this native Virginian who makes up half of the duet at position #2218 has sixteen songs in the Top 7000. Seven (7) of the sixteen songs are duets.One of the duets is at #2218. The other duets are with Jordin Sparks,Young Thug,Drake,Benny Benassi.Lil Dicky & Pitbull. He has three (3) songs in the Top 1000.In 2009,this artist pleaded guilty to felony assault on singer Rihanna,and was sentenced to five years probation and six months of community service. The song at position #2213 is a cover of the 1967 song at position #2357.It is the only fab 4 cover to ever reach #1 in the USA. The song at position #2207 is a song that Record World Magazine ranked as the #1 song for the entire year of 1975.The song was written by the singer of the song and Bernie Taupin as a favour to the singer's,tennis star Billie Jean King.King was part of the Philadelphia Freedoms tennis team.The song features orchestral arrangements by Gene Page.This song plays in Philadelphia's Franklin Institute IMAX Theater before every show to express the city's love for freedom and impact on shaping the country. The song at position #2205 was the first song to be played on MTV on August 1,1981.Group member Trevor Horn has said that his lyrics were inspired by the J. G. Ballard short story "The Sound-Sweep",in which the title character-a mute boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it-comes upon an opera singer hiding in a sewer.He also felt "an era was about to pass." The theme of the song is thus nostalgia, which is also echoed in the tone of the music. (The vocals are initially limited in bandwidth,giving a "telephone" effect typical of early broadcasts.) The lyrics refer to a period of technological change in the 1960s,the desire to remember the past and the disappointment that children of the current generation would not appreciate the past.In the 1950s and early 1960s,radio was an important medium for many,through which "stars" were created. The song was written by Horn,Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley.Horn has claimed that Woolley was primarily responsible for the musical content,while Horn wrote most of the words.Woolley was responsible for the addition of the words 'put the blame on VTR'.The first version was recorded by Woolley & the Camera Club (with Thomas Dolby on keyboards) for his album "English Garden", which was a hit in Canada.The Buggles later recorded the song and it reached number one on the UK charts for the week of October 20,1979,the first-ever number one for the Island Records label.It also would top the Australian charts and stayed there for seven (7) weeks.
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The song at position #2182 is a remake of a song done seventeen (17) years earlier by a female Motown group.That version is yet to come in the countdown.The song at position #2182 reached number-one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks beginning in January of 1983.This song became the singer of the song at position #2182's first number-one solo hit in the UK and peaking two positions higher than the original song did in that country,the song reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100.Although the singer of the song at position #2182 had previously done covers as album tracks (of Genesis' "Behind the Lines" and The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" on Face Value), this song was the first cover he released as a single.The singer of the song at position #2182's version was the first track on the very first "Now That's What I Call Music CD" in the UK. On the second repeat of the chorus,he replaces "How Much More Can I Take" with "How Much More Must I Take."
A new wave group from Guildford,Surrey,England with members Howard Smith,Edward Bazalgette and Steve Smith have the song at position #2175.This is their one and only entry in the top 7000. This song peaked at #1 in Australia (Kent Music Report) for two weeks beginning June 23rd,1980.The song also went to #1 on radio station CHUM from Toronto,Canada.The song also reached #3 in the UK (Official Charts Company, #4 in Ireland and #9 in New Zealand.
"Turning Japanese" was believed to euphemistically refer to masturbation-i.e. the act causing the man to squint and therefore resemble a Japanese's person's eyes or possibly,referencing the British slang word "Jap's eye" (the urinary meatus) and the act of turning referring to the process of masturbation-but the song's author David Fenton denied that claim in an interview on VH1. "It could have been (turning) Portuguese, Lebanese, anything that fitted with that phrase.It has nothing to do with the Japanese." "The first time the idea of masturbation came up was when we were touring America. It was written that 'turning Japanese' was an English phrase for masturbation, which it wasn't."
Guitarist Rob Kemp went on to say, "It's a love song about somebody who had lost their girlfriend and was going slowly crazy, turning Japanese is just all the cliches of our angst... turning into something you never expected to."
On February 20,1989 the Scottish duo consisting of identical twin brothers,Charlie and Craig Reid who were born March 5,1962 in Leith with their song at position #2163 began a four (4) week in the #1 spot on the Australian singles chart.
The song is popular in Scotland,where at Hampden Park,every time the national football team scores,the song is played and sung along to by Scotland fans.This also occurs at Murrayfield Stadium when the Scotland rugby union team scores a try.The song receives
a similar kind of following at darts events when played as a "walk on" tune for Scottish player Robert Thornton.It was featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 film "Benny & Joon", when one of the film's stars, "Mary Stuart Masterson", kept on playing "Sunshine on Leith" while filming the movie and the filmmakers took special notice of this song in particular.As a result the original music video was re-edited with clips from the film. The inclusion of the song on the popular film helped popularize the song in the United States,where it is mistakenly but commonly regarded as a 1990s song,despite being recorded and released in 1988 in the UK.
In 2006, the song was featured as a running gag on the "Family Guy" season 4 episode "You May Now Kiss the... Uh... Guy Who Receives".The song was also the theme song for the Swedish TV-show,"High Chaparral".It was also featured repeatedly in the "How I Met Your Mother" episode "Arrivederci, Fiero" as a "cassingle" of the song becomes stuck in the tape deck of Marshall Eriksen's Pontiac Fiero,and remains there for the duration of 1994 to 2007.It was featured once again in "How I Met Your Mother" in the Season 5 episode "Duel Citizenship" as the road trip music for Ted and Marshall.
The song at position #2147 by this R&B group from Jersey City,New Jersey is the song that Radio station WABC from New York City ranked as the #1 song for the entire year of 1976 in the station's year-end coutdown.The song was written by this groups member Winfred "Blue" Lovett. The original demo of the song was recorded with The Manhattan's backing band,"Little Harlem." After hearing a tape of the recording,producer/arranger Bobby Martin decided to re-record the song with MFSB at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia.Released as a single,in both a version that included a mid-song rap spoken part (aimed toward the R&B market) and one that omitted it (aimed toward the pop market), over a year later,the song became a world-wide hit for the group.
The recording act at position #2143 has 15 entries in the Top 7000.This recording act had three number one singles on US Billboard's primary single charts.This is the first appearance of a Billboard weekly #1 single charts.The other two #1s of the US Billboard Hot 100 are in the Top 1000.
The recording act at position #2142 makes his second of two recordings in the Top 7000.Both songs were from 2010.
The song at position #2120 by this Motown recording act is the song that Billboard Magazine ranked at #2 for the entire year of 1965.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland,the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s.The song finds lead singer Levi Stubbs,assisted by the other three singers and The Andantes,pleadingly professing his love to a woman:"Sugar pie, honey bunch/ I'm weaker than a man should be!/.../I'm a fool in love,you see."Like most of his lead parts,Stubbs' vocals are recorded in a tone that straddles the line between singing and shouting,similar to the tone of a black Baptist preacher.The melodic and chord progressions are very similar to the Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go".
Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song #415 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004.The song has been covered extensively since 1965,including versions done for several television commercials.
The recording act at position #2117 makes his highest of his 8 entries in the Top 7000.This song was also his one and only #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The Oklahoma native at position #2114 makes his one and only appearance in the Top 7000.This song went to #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1965.
The New Jersey native at position #2111 makes his one and only solo appearance in the Top 7000.She does appear in the Top 7000 as a member of the hip hop group "Arrested Development".The song at position #2111 in 1995 peaked at #1 in Canada and went to #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
From Beverly Hill Cop II and his album "Faith" in 1987 George Michael has the #2105 song.This song became George Michael's second number-one single in the World after the song "I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)" (Duet With Aretha Franklin).Despite censorship and airplay issues,a censored version of the song's music video received ample airplay on North America's music channels,fueling its popularity there.The single eventually reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart,the week of August 8, 1987. Moreover,the single remained in the Top 10 for six weeks and the Top 40 for a total of 14 weeks, becoming one of the most popular dance-pop singles of the summer of 1987.It also climbed to #2 in Canada,where it ended up becoming the 9th most popular single of the year.The song charted up to #3 in Britain, where the song's reprise maintained an audience for many years thanks to BBC Radio 1 breakfast show host Simon Mayo using a looped version as backing music for his daily feature On This Day in History.The song also reached #1 in the Netherlands.In 2002,several years after the major controversy that followed the release of the song,the music video was featured at #3 on MTV2's countdown of The Most Controversial Videos Ever to Air on MTV. A very sexy song.
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The song at position #2088 was covered twenty-nine years later.The cover version went to #1 for three (3) weeks beginning August 29,1987.The 1987 version of the song at position #2088 is in the Top 1000.This Song is a Mexican folk song,originally from the state of Veracruz.Influenced by Spanish flamenco and a traditional mambo Latin rhythm,the song uses the violin,jarana jarocha,guitar,and harp.Lyrics to the song greatly vary,as performers often improvise verses while performing.However,versions (such as those by musical groups Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan and Los Pregoneros del Puerto) have survived because of the artists' popularity and have become the "definitive" versions.The traditional aspect of the song at position #2088 "lies in the tune itself,which remains the same through all versions.The name of the dance,which has no direct English translation,is presumably connected with the Spanish verb bambolear,meaning "to shake" or perhaps "to stomp".
The traditional of this song was often played during weddings in Veracruz,where the bride and groom performed the accompanying dance.Today this wedding tradition is mostly lost,but the dance survives through the popularity of ballet folklorico.The dance is performed in much the same way,displaying the newly-wed couple's unity through the performance of complicated,delicate steps in unison as well as through creation of a bow from a liston,a long red ribbon,using only their feet.The "arriba" (literally "up") part of the song suggests the nature of the dance,in which the footwork,called "zapateado",is done faster and faster as the music tempo accelerates.The repeated lyric,"Yo no soy marinero, soy capitan" (lit: "I am not a sailor, I am a captain"),refers to Veracruz's marine locale and the husband's promise that he will remain faithful to his wife.
Madonna at position #2076 from the movie "With Honors" is there with her 1994 hit
"I'll Remember".This song has characteristics of late Seventies styled songs.It utilizes a synthesized keyboard arrangement to bring about a continuously reverberating sound of heartbeat. Madonna's voice is supported by backing vocals.Contemporary critics praised the song,hailing it as one of Madonna's best works.After its release,the song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Madonna's fifth song to do so.It reached the top of the charts in Canada (Much Music for two (2) weeks) and Italy. In other nations it reached the top ten.
The song at position #2074 is a remake of a song done sixteen (16) years earlier by a Dutch group. Both versions of the song topped the Billboard Hot 100.The 1970 version is yet to come in the countdown.The song at position #2074 had been a part of this group's repertoire for several years before they actually recorded it.The team's three members, Sara Dallin,Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward,had the idea of turning the song into a dance music tune,but they met with resistance from their producers at the time,Steve Jolley and Tony Swain.The group brought the idea to the production trio of Stock Aitken Waterman,and it became the group's first collaboration with them.Dallin,Fahey and Woodward had nearly completed recording their third album titled "True Confessions" with Jolley and Swain.Stock,Aitken and Waterman also resisted the idea because they believed that the song would not make a good dance record.After persistence by the women,SAW relented and the result was a worldwide smash.This song not only went to number one in the U.S.,but also went to #1 in Canada,Australia,New Zealand,Switzerland, Mexico and South Africa.It hit number two in Germany and Hong Kong and was a top ten success in Italy,Austria,Belgium,Finland,France,Netherlands,Sweden,Venezuela,Norway, Portugal,Spain and their native UK (#8 on UK Singles Chart).It also went to number one for two weeks on the U.S. Dance chart.
Irish singer,a former "One Direction" member makes his one and only entry in the Top 7000 at position #2072. The song was written by him along with Alexander Izquierdo, John Ryan,Julian Bunetta,Ruth Anne Cunningham and Tobias Jesso Jr., while the production was handled by Bunetta.It was serviced to US contemporary hit radio on May 9,2017 as the second single from his debut solo album Flicker (2017).
#2072 peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart and number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100,becoming his highest-charting single in those countries.
The song at position #2070 is a cover of a song done ten (10) years earlier.That version is in a higher position in the Top 7000.The song at position #2070 was number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 (USA) for three weeks during 1978.The singer's recording,which was included as part of the "MacArthur Park Suite" on her double album Live and More,was eight minutes and forty seconds long on the album.The shorter seven-inch vinyl single version of the song was her first single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100.The 18-minute musical medley "MacArthur Park Suite" incorporated the songs "One of a Kind" and "Heaven Knows". This medley was also sold as a 12" (30 cm) vinyl recording,and it stayed at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart for five weeks in 1978.The versions of this medley in Live and More and in the 12" recording are notably different in choices of the lengths of the slices of the two accompanying songs.This song was not included on the compact
disc version of Live and More because there's not room for it on one CD. However,the song is available on her The Dance Collection CD that appeared in 1987.
The UK female group has the song at position #2068.This song spent 4 weeks at #1 in the UK. The song also reached number one in Ireland, and reached the top forty in Australia, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands. It also entered the top 100 in Brazil,France and Germany.
A singer born in Jacksonville,Florida on June 6,1939 makes his one and only appearance in the top 7000 at position #2065,with a song that peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two (2) weeks beginning June 26,1961.On radio station 77 WABC from New York City this song spent six (6) weeks at number one beginning June 21,1961.The song was number one on WABC when the very popular DJ "Dan Ingram" debuted airing on the station.
Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones covered this song for his 1976 solo album "Stone Alone".
The song was sung regularly by Bruce Springsteen as a show closer on his "Born to Run" tours and his "Darkness Tour".He also sung it when appearing at the Hammersmith Odeon London '75 concert,and he performed it in the 1979, "No Nukes" film.
In 2009 the singer of the song at position #2065 released a new album titled "Let Them Talk" and toured the UK as a special guest of Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.More recently, in 2010, this singer contributed duet vocals on the song "Umbrella In My Drink" on Southside Johnny's album "Pills and Ammo".
This New York City alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak (Lead Vocals,Guitar), Dylan Keefe (Bass), and Shlomi Lavie (Drums),recorded the song at position #2053. This song spent fifteen (15) weeks at number one on the US Billboard Magazine's "Modern Rock Tracks chart" (beating Oasis' 10-week run at #1 with "Wonderwall" in 1995). The song was also the band's only major hit,peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the week ending April 18th in 1998.
The song at position #2048 by this Chicago native (born December 1, 1933 died January 6, 2006)is the song that Radio Station CKLW from Windsor,Ontario,Canada ranked as the #1 song for the entire year of 1976 in their year-end countdown."The song at position #2048 written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff is a song performed on this singer's 1976 album "All Things in Time". The song reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the R&B and Easy Listening charts. It reached #1 on radio station WABC from New York City and it was the song the station ranked at #3 in their year-end countdown.The single also reached number four (4) on the Billboard dance chart.It was the first big hit for Philadelphia International to feature the reformulated MFSB,after many of the original members left Gamble and Huff for better opportunities. The song started the singers' live shows from 1977 on.
The single went on to sell over a million copies and was certified gold by the RIAA.The song at position #2048 has been covered by singers Michael Buble,Laura Pausini reggae legend John Holt and most recently the Dub Pistols (who use a sample of John Holt's version) on their "Speakers and Tweeters" album.This song was also featured on The "Proud Family Soundtrack".It can also be heard in the films,The Hot Chick (2002),Guess Who (2005),Disturbia (2007),Ice Age:Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009),Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns (2000),and on the TV sitcom That 70's Show (1998-2006).
At the same time the song at position #2041 was on the US charts there was another version of the same 1954 song on the charts.That other version is in the Top 1000 of this list.This song is a popular song from the 1953 musical "Kismet" and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest.Like all the music in that show,the melody was based on music composed by Alexander Borodin,in this case,the "Gliding Dance of the Maidens,"from the Polovetsian Dances.Richard Kiley and Doretta Morrow (Man of La Mancha and The King and I) performed the song in the original cast of "Kismet".Vic Damone and Ann Blyth performed the song in the 1955 film.It was not until 1955 that "Kismet",and thus the songs from the show,came to London.Keely Smith,Ray Conniff,Wes Montgomery, George Shearing,Curtis Counce,Isaac Hayes,Sun Ra, The Supremes (for their album I Hear A Symphony),Sarah Brightman,and Saint Etienne have also recorded cover versions of this standard.The song was also featured in the video game Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius for the PlayStation. Not only did it appear as background music in Parodius,it was also featured in Ape Escape 3 on the Saru-Mon's (Immobile) Castle stage.
In the 1999 film,"Breakfast of Champions", based on the book of the same name by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.,the song is used as a recurring motif.
The song at position #2012 by little Kylie Minogue spent six (6) weeks at #1 in Australia beginning March 14,1988.This song is a pop-dance song.The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman for Minogue's debut album "Kylie" in 1988.The song was released as the album's second single.It was a commercial success,reaching the top ten on the majority of the charts it entered,and along with Australia it reached number one in the United Kingdom (five weeks). The song became the highest selling single in Australia in 1988 and was named "Record of the Year" by the Japanese Phonographic Record Association.Do you feel lucky enough to know what song is at position #2012.
This Houston,Texas female group places a song that spent two weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in August,2001 is at #2004.
Born Ray Anthony on August 12th,1963 this Seattle rapper at #2003 has the song that spent five (5) weeks at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 beginning July 4th,1992. At the time of its original release,the song caused controversy with its outspoken and blatantly sexual lyrics about women,as well as specific references to the female anatomy which some people found objectionable. The video was briefly banned by MTV.
From 1974 The name of the UK Band that included Paul Rodgers is also the name of the song at position #2002 and also the same name as the album the song is off of.The song was co-written by the group's lead singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke,the song's meaning comes from the movie of the same name featuring Jeff Bridges and Barry Brown.The introductory three chords of the song are also in the movie.It is one of the few songs where the artist,album and song names are the same.Other examples include Black Sabbath, Blue Murder,Bad Religion, Visage,Motorhead,Iron Maiden,Metal Church,Minor Threat, Europe, Great Lake Swimmers,Another Black Day,Talk Talk,Bang Camaro,Wilco,Deicide,and Hellyeah.
Timothy McVeigh,the terrorist responsible for the April 19,1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City,was quoted as saying as he fled the site of the bombing that he thought of a specific lyric, "...dirty for dirty," heard towards the end of the song. Many websites describe this,but confuse that short phrase within a song as the title for another song.
This song is also heard in the 2006 episode of The CW series Supernatural,titled "Scarecrow". It can also be heard on an episode of The Simpsons where Ned Flanders moves to a new town and becomes a "rebel" by keeping an untrimmed mustache.Tori Amos performed the song at a number of concerts in 1994 and 1996.In the beginning of the final book of his Dark Tower series,The Dark Tower,Stephen King quotes the lines "I was born with a 6-gun in my hand,Behind a gun I'll make my final stand".
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