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I realize this breaks rule #2 of the "Chat Board Rules," but many of us have been posting here for 8+ years. I hope we've earned the right to do a "subjective opinion" thread, even if it's just this once.
I am curious to know what our fellow board members' top 10 all-time favorite songs are. I haven't come up with my own list yet, but as long as Pat is okay with it, I'd love to see what everyone's favorites are.
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1. "She Loves You" - The Beatles (Swan 4152, 1964)
2. "Where Were You When I Needed You" - Grass Roots (Dunhill 4029, 1966)
3. "Yesterday's Gone" - The Overlanders (Hickory 1258, 1964)
4. "Please Don't Ever Leave Me" - The Cyrkle (Columbia 43871, 1966)
5. "Mr. Tambourine Man" - The Byrds (Columbia 43271, 1965)
6. "Homburg" - Procol Harum (A&M 885, 1967)
7. "Little Picture Playhouse" - The Stillroven (August 101, 1967)
8. "Glass Of Champagne" - Sailor (Epic 50194, 1976)
9. "More" - Kai Winding (Verve 10295, 1963)
10. "The Sounds Of Silence" - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia 43396, 1965)
"Bubbling Under" the top ten:
11. "I Wanna Meet You" - The Cryan Shames (Columbia 43836, 1966)
12. "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" - The Byrds (Columbia 43332, 1965)
13. "Countdown" - Lindsey Buckingham (Reprise 18860, 1992)
14. "Green, Green" - New Christy Minstrels (Columbia 42805, 1963)
15. "Shame, Shame" - Magic Lanterns (Atlantic 2560, 1968)
16. "Half Past Midnight" - The Staccatos (Tower 322, 1967)
17. I Wanna Be With You" - Raspberries (Capitol 3473, 1972)
18. "Sugar On Sunday" - The Clique (White Whale 323, 1969)
19. "When You Walk In The Room" - The Searchers (Kapp 618, 1964)
20. "Never Been Any Reason" - Head East (A&M 1718, 1975)
21. "Cara-Lin" - The Strangeloves (Bang 508, 1965)
22. "See Forever Eyes" - Prism (Ariola America 7724, 1978)
23. "Bye, Bye Love" - The Everly Brothers (Cadence 1315, 1957)
24. "Carry The Torch" - Fire Town (Atlantic 89242, 1987)
25. "Anna" - Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar (Atco 6195, 1961)
26. "I Got You" - Split Enz (A&M 2252, 1980)
Mono 45 mixes preferred, where applicable. The Stillroven disc was a local Minneapolis-St. Paul hit.
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Great list, John! Interestingly, just recently someone asked if I would play "More" as a dinner/cocktail song at their wedding, but they specifically requested the Frank Sinatra cover.
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I'm actually doing a weekly feature on the radio show called "Ron's Dream Jukebox". I always wanted a jukebox as a kid, and if I had one, I would have loaded it up with 100 45s. What I've been doing for the last year and change is populating my dream jukebox, one 45 per week. (I'll reach the full 100 later this year right before my 45th birthday. I planned the timing pretty well.) My only criterion for eligibility is that it was available somewhere on a 7" 45. (And that I love the song, of course.)
71 weeks in, here's my Dream Jukebox so far:
A-1. SOMETHING ABOUT YOU - Level 42 (1986)
A-2. I'M THE MAN - Joe Jackson (1979)
A-3. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - Aretha Franklin (1968)
A-4. WHAT DO ALL THE PEOPLE KNOW - The Monroes (1982)
A-5. I KEEP FORGETTIN' (EVERY TIME YOU'RE NEAR) - Michael McDonald (1982)
A-6. LE BANANA SPLIT - Lio (1979)
A-7. JUST BE GOOD TO ME - S.O.S. Band (1983)
A-8. RIP IN HEAVEN - 'Til Tuesday (1989)
A-9. SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder (1972)
A-10. THE SALT IN MY TEARS - Martin Briley (1983)
A-11. DON'T SHED A TEAR - Paul Carrack (1987)
A-12. ROSANNA - Toto (1982)
A-13. SUZI FOUND A WEAPON - Randy Vanwarmer (1981)
A-14. THE RUBBERBAND MAN - Spinners (1976)
A-15. TIP OF MY TONGUE - Tubes (1983)
A-16. PICK UP THE PIECES - Average White Band (1975)
A-17. MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE - Arrows (1984)
A-18. PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG - Pigbag (1982)
A-19. WHISPER TO A SCREAM (BIRDS FLY) - Icicle Works (1984)
A-20. HERO TAKES A FALL - Bangles (1984)
A-21. TO SIR WITH LOVE - Lulu (1967)
A-22. BAKER STREET - Gerry Rafferty (1978)
A-23. PUMP UP THE VOLUME - M/A/R/R/S (1987)
A-24. PORTABLE RADIO - Daryl Hall and John Oates (1979)
A-25. GENIUS OF LOVE - Tom Tom Club (1982)
A-26. HEAD OVER HEELS - Go-Go's (1984)
A-27. HEAD OVER HEELS - Tears For Fears (1985)
A-28. GET ON THE GOOD FOOT - James Brown (1972)
A-29. A LOVER'S HOLIDAY - Change (1980)
A-30. FANTASY - Aldo Nova (1982)
A-31. FANTASY - Earth Wind And Fire (1978)
A-32. LOVE IS IN CONTROL - Donna Summer (1982)
A-33. JIVE TALKIN' - Bee Gees (1975)
A-34. I'LL FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER - Byrds (1965)
A-35. ON THE BORDER - Al Stewart (1977)
A-36. STAY IN TIME - Off Broadway USA (1980)
A-37. LADY LOVE ME - George Benson (1983)
A-38. YOU KEEP RUNNIN' AWAY - 38 Special (1982)
A-39. DRIVER'S SEAT - Sniff 'N' The Tears (1979)
A-40. WHO'S MAKING LOVE - Johnnie Taylor (1968)
A-41. LOVE WILL FIND A WAY - Pablo Cruise (1978)
A-42. MESSAGE OF LOVE - The Pretenders (1981)
A-43. AS - Stevie Wonder (1977)
A-44. MESSAGE TO MY GIRL - Split Enz (1984)
A-45. PHOTOGRAPH - Def Leppard (1983)
A-46. PEG - Steely Dan (1977)
A-47. UPSIDE DOWN - Diana Ross (1980)
A-48. LET'S GET SERIOUS - Jermaine Jackson (1980)
A-49. UNDERNEATH THE RADAR - Underworld (1989)
A-50. SEPTEMBER - Earth Wind And Fire (1978)
A-51. THE LOOK OF LOVE - ABC (1982)
A-52. NEVER BEEN ANY REASON - Head East (1975)
A-53. YOU NEED LOVE LIKE I DO (DON'T YOU) - Gladys Knight And The Pips (1970)
A-54. OVERKILL - Men At Work (1983)
A-55. MORE LOVE - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (1966)
A-56. RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES - Wax (1987)
A-57. THE SECOND TIME AROUND - Shalamar (1980)
A-58. NO MYTH - Michael Penn (1990)
A-59. USE ME - Bill Withers (1972)
A-60. CUDDLY TOY (FEEL FOR ME) - Roachford (1989)
A-61. GIRLS TALK - Dave Edmunds (1979)
A-62. PERFECT WAY - Scritti Politti (1985)
A-63. MOST OF ALL - Jody Watley (1988)
A-64. ANOTHER LOVER - Giant Steps (1988)
A-65. PIANO IN THE DARK - Brenda Russell (1988)
A-66. SLIPPERY WHEN WET - Commodores (1975)
A-67. ON THE LOOSE - Saga (1983)
A-68. LOVE IS ALIVE - Gary Wright (1976)
A-69. STAY WITH ME TONIGHT - Jeffrey Osborne (1984)
A-70. NEW GIRL NOW - Honeymoon Suite (1984)
A-71. SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOWN TO THE GROUND) - Jacksons (1979)
Don't know what's coming in the remaining 29 entries - I haven't mapped it all out in advance. I'd be hard pressed to whittle it down to just 10 songs...
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Thanks, Aaron! Strange coincidence there, regarding "More." That's got to be one you don't get requests for everyday/week/year/decade/century.
A friend had asked me to list a baker's dozen of my favorite singles several years ago, but I had a difficult time stopping at just thirteen, so I threw in an extra thirteen as sort of a buy-one-get-one-free bonus. You can view them pictorially at the link below, but please copy it and re-paste it in your browser (rather than just clicking on it) because the image size is 706kb. And since Ron already opened the "more than ten" floodgates, I edited my list to add the "overflow." :)
Yah Shure's all-time top 26 singles
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Awesome list, Ron! I do hope you update us with the remaining 29 records as you come up with them.
Very cool collage, John! I like the promo CD single you threw in there, too :) It's always fantastic to be able to see the record labels, and I appreciate you taking the time to scan and post them.
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Aaron, I made that collage back in 2009, so the only "heavy lifting" this time involved re-sizing and posting it. In doing so, I didn't get the chance to thoroughly peruse "Ron's Dream Jukebox" until now (agree that it's a great lineup... The Monroes!) and was quite pleasantly surprised to see that Ron and I share two songs between the two lists submitted thus far:
"I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" - The Byrds
"Never Been Any Reason" - Head East
Head East?? Who knew?!
In addition, Ron's number A61 on his dream jukebox ("Girls Talk") has occupied selection A8 on my Seeburg jukebox since 1979. When I compiled my original list, I soon realized I'd overlooked "Girls Talk," but didn't want to remake the collage and - more importantly - couldn't bring myself to have to drop one of the others from the list. Let's just sneak it in as a hitbound extra at #27. :)
Aaron, thanks for starting this thread. It's really interesting to see where the "sweet spot" favorite years fall among the board's wide range of contributors.
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I like so many different types of music that the only list I've ever really compiled were my top 5 favorite rock songs. These are my "turn it up!" songs, the ones that always make me reach for the volume control:
1) The Beatles - Revolution
2) Def Leppard - Rock It
3) Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
4) Billy Squier - Everybody Wants You
5) Whitesnake - In The Still Of The Night
...Yes, it leans 80s. Guilty as charged; I was a teenager in the 80s, so no one should be shocked. ;-)
What IS shocking is that neither of my all-time favorite artists show up on the list: Thomas Dolby, and Prince! I didn't feel either of them had a song that fits this collection.
To do a "complete" list of favorite songs, I'd have to include:
Percy Faith's Theme From A Summer Place,
Nine Inch Nails' Closer,
Snowfall by Claude Thornhill,
Louis Prima's Jump Jive & Wail,
Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye & Kimbra...
It would just be impossible to get the list narrowed down to anything manageable.
...I love music!!!
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Interesting list, Gene! Good thing Casey wasn't counting them down or he'd be wearing a neck brace as a result of that NIN-Percy Faith-Whitesnake segment. :)
Also interesting that you determined your list on a "crank-'em!" basis. My own criteria was based on songs I had to play at least two or three or more times in a row (which, in turn, explained why those original styrene "Green, Green" and "Tambourine Man" grooves turned white within weeks.)
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Finally able to whittle down my list--in alphabetical order:
America - Simon & Garfunkel (1968)
And You And I - Yes (1972)
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass (1972)
Daisy Jane - America (1975)
Darling Be Home Soon - Lovin' Spoonful (1967)
Deeper And Deeper - Freda Payne (1970)
Dialogue (Part I & II) - Chicago (1972)
Don't Forget To Dance - The Kinks (1983)
God Only Knows - Beach Boys (1966)
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End - The Beatles (1969)
Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1971)
Haven't Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon (1974)
Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears (1985)
Heart Of The Night - Poco (1979)
Hey Hey What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin (1970)
Hold Your Head Up - Argent (1972)
Home And Dry - Gerry Rafferty (1979)
I Know A Heartache When I See One - Jennifer Warnes (1979)
I Don't Care Anymore - Phil Collins (1983)
Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley (1970)
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac (1975)
Like It Or Not - Genesis (1981)
Listen To What The Man Said - Paul McCartney & Wings (1975)
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder (1974)
Look Out Any Window - Bruce Hornsby & The Range (1988)
Love's Lines, Angles & Rhymes - Fifth Dimension (1971)
Mind Games - John Lennon (1973)
Mothers Little Helper - Rolling Stones (1966)
Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac (1976)
Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five - Paul McCartney & Wings (1974)
One Of A Kind (Love Affair) - The Spinners (1973)
Out In The Country - Three Dog Night (1970)
Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt (1978)
Pretty Ballerina - Left Banke (1967)
Reflections - Diana Ross & The Supremes (1967)
Rocket Man - Elton John (1972)
Sail On Sailor - Beach Boys (1975)
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) - Four Tops (1966)
She's A Rainbow - Rolling Stones (1968)
Silver Bird - Mark Lindsay (1970)
Since I Lost My Baby - The Temptations (1965)
Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John (1975)
Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson (1977)
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)
Temptation Eyes - Grass Roots (1971)
The Way I Want To Touch You - Captain & Tennille (1975)
The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys - Traffic (1971)
Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again - Barry Manilow (1976)
Walk Like A Man - Four Seasons (1963)
Walk Away Renee - Four Tops (1967)
Walk On The Ocean - Toad The Wet Sprocket (1993)
You Know What I Mean - The Turtles (1967)
I reserve the right to modify these without notice. Use only as directed. :)
Edited by sriv94 on 25 February 2013 at 6:05pm
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Great lists, everyone! Interesting, Doug, you're the same age I am. And, like yourself, it is HARD to come up with a Top 10...so I'm gonna bend the rules and turn this list into my (naturally) Top 40:
1) I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart (1967)
2) I Wanna Be With You - The Raspberries (1972)
3) Baby Blue - Badfinger (1972)
4) Cherish - The Association (1966)
5) Never Be Anyone Else But You - Ricky Nelson (1958)
6) Dizzy - Tommy Roe (1969)
7) This Magic Moment - Jay & The Americans (1968)
8) Can I Get To Know You Better - The Turtles (1966)
9) For Bobbi - The Mitchell Trio (1965)
10) Yesterday Once More - The Carpenters (1973)
11) Three Times In Love - Tommy James (1980)
12) Hearts In Her Eyes - The Searchers (1979)
13) She Loves You - The Beatles (1964)
14) A World Of Our Own - The Seekers (1965)
15) Yellow Balloon - The Yellow Balloon (1967)
16) Heaven Knows - The Grass Roots (1969)
17) Rock N Roll Girl - The Beat (1979)
18) Sugar, Sugar - The Archies (1969)
19) Too Late - Shoes (1979)
20) Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan (1973)
21) Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell (1968)
22) Julie - Bobby Fuller Four (1966)
23) Back Of My Hand (I've Got Your Number) - The Jags (1980)
24) Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley (1956)
25) Love American Style - The Cowsills (1969)
26) All About You - Bangles (1984)
27) Oh, Boy! - Off Broadway, USA (1980)
28) Carpet Man - The 5th Dimension (1968)
29) Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song) - The Buckinghams (1967)
30) Martian Hop - The Ran-Dells (1963)
31) A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You - The Monkees (1967)
32) Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse (1970)
33) (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson (1967)
34) Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran (1959)
35) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters (1958)
36) Anna - The Spongetones (1987)
37) Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe (1979)
38) Bend Me, Shape Me - The American Breed (1967)
39) I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie (1969)
40) Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds (1979)
I can't believe how difficult it was to get this list down to 40 (although I guess I do have a Top 10, as I ranked them, but didn't feel it was representative of my tastes quite enough). There were so many songs I thought would be on here but weren't. It looks like I skewed either late 60's or 1979. Strange.
By the way, Head East's "Never Been Any Reason" is probably in my Top 200 - must be a Midwestern thing??
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Raising hand, also 47!
I know there's no way on earth i'd be able to whittle mine
down to 10 or even 40. There's just so many... and so
many genres/moods.
But i love reading everyone else's lists!!!
I see so many and think "uh-huh, yup, me too..." ... or
"OMG i might have forgot to list that!"
Now the fun part is going to be looking up some of the
tunes i might not know!
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Since I just can't do 10 songs out of literally
thousands, my list would change from hour to hour. But,
if I were to randomly come up with a list of any ten
songs, they might be:
Light My Fire - The Doors - 45 version
Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
Magic - Pilot
Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch
Got To Be There - Michael Jackson
Mickey - Toni Basil
Hero Hakes A fall - Bangles
Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
Downtown - Petula Clark
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
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I don't know... Off the top of my head, these are ten
songs I not only jam out to, really get into when I
listen to them, but also catch myself singing them when
I'm not listening to them, even if I haven't heard them
for a long time. I don't think I could rank a very
favorite song, so these are in no particular order:
- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson (the
album version... never fails to at least get my foot
tapping)
- Alphabet St. - Prince (the album version)
- Niagara - Barbra Streisand (maybe my favorite melody of
any song, ever)
- All Through the Night - Cyndi Lauper (again, the melody
on the chorus is really appealing to me for some
reason... sometimes I just hum it without singing the
words)
- Fountain of Sorrow - Joan Baez (from her "Diamonds and
Rust" album, one of my two favorite albums)
- Close to the Borderline - Billy Joel (from my other
very favorite album, "Glass Houses")
- 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon (which I
hardly EVER listen to for some reason, but it's one of
those that takes me back to a really specific time and
place, and a happy place at that)
- Play a Simple Melody - Bing & Gary Crosby (phenomenally
good, if you like Dixieland)
- I Had the Craziest Dream - Harry James Orchestra with
Helen Forrest (again, that melody, but Helen Forrest also
had one of the most gorgeous voices I've ever heard)
- Deep in a Dream - Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest (lots
of versions of this song, but this uptempo version is my
favorite, again with the great Helen Forrest)
Subject to change without notice. :D
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Good topic, Aaron.
I naturally selected 30 songs from the 70's to the 90's. Sorry, it's difficult for me to select" My Top 10." My selections were very famous songs only. I feel that I tend to like songs of superb melody and great performance. Since I'm not able to comprehend meanings of lyric perfectly. But, melodies are universal!
Stay Awhile - BELLS (1971)
Puppy Love - DONNY OSMOND (1972)
Paper Roses - MARIE OSMOND (1973)
A Little Bit More - DR. HOOK (1976)
Nobody Does It Better - CARLY SIMON (1977)
Margaritaville - JIMMY BUFFETT (1977)
As - STEVIE WONDER (1978)
Count On Me - JEFFERSON STARSHIP (1978)
Emotion - SAMANTHA SANG (1978)
Hopelessly Devoted To You - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (1978)
Take The Long Way Home - SUPERTRAMP (1979)
Just When I Needed You Most - RANDY VANWARMER (1979)
Never Knew Love Like This Before - STEPHANIE MILLS (1980)
On The Radio - DONNA SUMMER (1980)
All Out Of Love - AIR SUPPLY (1980)
One Hundred Ways - QUINCY JONES feat.JAMES INGRAM (1982)
Cum On Feel The Noize - QUIET RIOT (1983)
My Ever Changing Moods - STYLE COUNCIL (1984)
Don't Answer Me - ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (1984)
Cherish - KOOL & THE GANG (1985)
Glory Of Love - PETER CETERA (1986)
Always - ATLANTIC STARR (1987)
One More Try - GEORGE MICHAEL (1988)
Could've Been - TIFFANY (1988)
I Still Believe - BRENDA K. STARR (1988)
Born To Be My Baby - BON JOVI (1989)
Love Will Lead You Back - TAYLOR DAYNE(1990)
Because I Love You (The Postman Song) - STEVIE B (1990)
I'll Be There - ESCAPE CLUB (1991)
Power Of Love - CELINE DION (1994)
How Do I Live - LeANN RIMES (1997)
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I'd have a hard time ranking the all-time favorites, but what I will do is go year-by-year starting with 1970 and listing my 5, 10 (or more) favorites from that year. This is easier because I kinda compiled these lists as each year actually ended (well, starting in 1973). Here are the '70s. Eventually, I'll type up the '80s
1970:
1 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse (hence, my moniker!) This probably would be my #1 favorite of all time, if I had to narrow it down to one.
2 My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
3 (You've Got Me) Dangling on a String - Chairmen of the Board
4 No Matter What - Badfinger
5 Tears of a Clown - Miracles
6 I Think I Love You - Partridge Family
7 Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond
8 Every Little Move She Makes - Tony Burrows
9 Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairmen of the Board
10 Come and Get It - Badfinger
1971:
1 What Is Life - George Harrison
2 Happy XMas - John Lennon
3 Layla (Part 2 - the instrumental part) - Derek & the Dominoes
4 Could It Be Magic - Featherbed (featuring Barry Manilow)
5 Summer Days - Partridge Family
1972 (the year I started listening to radio):
1 Without You - Nilsson
2 Something's Wrong With Me - Austin Roberts
3 Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan
4 Run To Me - Bee Gees
5 Play Me - Neil Diamond
6 Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone
7 Do Ya - The Move
8 How Do You Do - Mouth & MacNeal
9 It Never Rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond
10 Black and White - Three Dog Night
1973:
1 Tie a Yellow Ribbon - Tony Orlando & Dawn
2 Photograph - Ringo Starr
3 Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Tony Orlando & Dawn
4 Last Song - Edward Bear
5 Let's Pretend - Raspberries
6 Pretty Lady - Lighthouse
7 D'Yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin
8 I Wanna Be With You - Raspberries
9 Step Into Christmas - Elton John
10 Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery
(Runners up:)
11 Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest
12 My Maria - BW Stevenson
13 Little Willy - Sweet
14 Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat - DeFranco Familiy
15 Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
16 Avenging Annie - Andy Pratt
17 Touch Me in the Morning - Diana Ross
18 Drivin' Around - Raspberries
19 Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend - Lobo
1974:
1 Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim
2 Billy, Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
3 Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks (hey I was a kid back then!)
4 Who Do You Think You Are - Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
5 Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight) - Tony Orlando & Dawn
6 Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton
7 The Air That I Breathe - Hollies
8 The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch
9 You Won't See Me - Anne Murray
10 Dark Lady - Cher
11 The Show Must Go On - Three Dog Night
12 The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk
13 Beach Baby - First Class
14 Waterloo - Abba
15 Mandy - Barry Manilow
16 The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
17 Piano Man - Billy Joel
18 Band on the Run - Paul McCartney
19 Star - Stealers Wheel
20 Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede (TIE)
1975:
1 Killer Queen - Queen
2 Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow
3 Sky High - Jigsaw
4 I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow
5 The Proud One - Osmonds
6 Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
7 Rocky - Austin Roberts
8 We May Never Love Like This Again - Maureen McGovern
9 Bad Time - Grand Funk
10 SOS - ABBA
11 Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille
12 The Hungry Years - Neil Sedaka
13 Ding Dong; Ding Dong - George Harrison
14 The Immigrant - Neil Sedaka
15 He Don't Love You - Tony Orlando & Dawn
16 Rendezvous - Hudson Brothers
17 Look in My Eyes Pretty Woman - Tony Orlando & Dawn
18 Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka
19 The Hustle - Van McCoy
20 You - George Harrison
#9 Dream - John Lennon (TIE)
1976:
1 Love Fire - Jigsaw
2 Wham Bam Shang-a-Lang - Silver
3 Did You Boogie (With Your Baby) - Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids (without Wolfman Jack!)
4 Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean
5 Falling Apart at the Seams - Marmalade
6 Save Your Kisses for Me - Brotherhood of Man
7 Is It So Wrong - Richard Kerr
8 Lost in France - Bonnie Tyler
9 Paloma Blanca - George Baker Selection
10 If You Know What I Mean - Neil Diamond
11 Livin' Thing - ELO
12 Rock 'n Roll Love Letter - Bay City Rollers
13 Highfly - John Miles
14 This One's For You - Barry Manilow
15 Where Did Our Love Go - J. Geils Band
16 Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck
17 Weekend in New England - Barry Manilow
18 More More More - Andrea True Connection
19 Never Gonna Fall in Love Again - Eric Carmen
20 You're My Best Friend - Queen
I'm Mandy Fly Me - 10cc (TIE)
1977:
1 Living Next Door to Alice - Smokie
2 I Think We're Alone Now - Rubinoos
3 Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy
4 That's Rock 'n Roll - Shaun Cassidy
5 Romeo - Mr. Big
6 Spring Rain - Silvetti
7 Here Comes Summer - Wildfire
8 Cherry Baby - Starz
9 Carolina's Comin' Home - Shaun Cassidy (shoulda been a single!)
10 Don't Worry Baby - BJ Thomas
11 I'm Dreaming - Jennifer Warnes
12 Boats Against the Current - Eric Carmen
13 Red Light Spells Danger - Billy Ocean
14 Daybreak - Barry Manilow
15 Tightrope - ELO
16 Rich Girl - Hall & Oates
17 Give a Little Bit - Supertramp
18 Love Is All That Matters - Eric Carmen
19 Still the Lovin' Is Fun - BJ Thomas
20 Money Money Money - ABBA
Amarillo - Neil Sedaka (TIE)
1978:
1 Can't Smile Without You - Barry Manilow
2 Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel
3 Love Is In the Air - John Paul Young
4 Somewhere in the Night - Barry Manilow
5 Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill
6 Since You Been Gone - Head East
7 Ego - Elton John
8 Copacabana - Barry Manilow
9 It's a Heartache - Bonnie Tyler
10 Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet
11 Street Corner Serenade - Wet Willie
12 Make You Feel Love Again - Wet Willie
13 Fool (If You Think It's Over) - Chris Rea
14 Can We Still Be Friends - Todd Rundgren
15 I Will Still Love You - Stonebolt
16 Part-Time Love - Elton John
17 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmerelda
18 I Do - J. Geils Band (studio version)
19 Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf
20 Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
Take a Chance on Me - ABBA (TIE)
1979:
1 Different Worlds - Maureen McGovern
2 Just When I Needed You Most - Randy Vanwarmer
3 Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
4 If You Remember Me - Chris Thompson
5 Lady - Little River Band
6 Chiquitita - ABBA
7 Ships - Barry Manilow
8 Don't Cry Out Loud - Melissa Manchester
9 I'll Never Love This Way Again - Dionne Warwick
10 I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love - Rita Coolidge
11 Theme From Ice Castles - Melissa Manchester
12 Get Used to It - Roger Voudouris
13 I Don't Wanna Lose You - Hall & Oates
14 Angeleyes - ABBA
15 Cruel to Be Kind - Nick Lowe
16 Can You Read My Mind - Maureen McGovern
17 Every Time I Think of You - Babys
18 Don't You Write Her Off - McGuinn, Clark & Hillman
19 So Good, So Right - Brenda Russell
20 Shadows in the Moonlight - Anne Murray
One Way or Another - Blondie (TIE)
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Like Mark I can't really pick just ten. However, here are ten from the first half of the '80s that I always turn the volume up for (in no particular order):
1. Train In Vain (Stand By Me) - The Clash
2. Hot In The City - Billy Idol
3. Breaking Away - Balance
4. Personally - Karla Bonoff
5. Boulevard - Jackson Browne
6. Sometimes A Fantasy (commercial 45 with the cold ending) - Billy Joel
7. Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
8. He Can't Love You - Michael Stanley Band
9. Just Got Lucky - JoBoxers
10. Radio Ga-Ga (45 edit) - Queen
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Since we're on a personal note I do see Three Dog Night and Gilbert O'Sullivan on the lists. I'd have to say thet for the former "Pieces of April" would have to be my #1 favorite. Backstory: I was the morning DJ on WFCS, the FM station at Central CT State College in 1974. A girl called the request line and asked me to play some Three Dog Night songs. It was her favorite group. We spoke for a while, I put down the phone and asked some other staffers if they knew this girl Peggy. They said she won on the trivia show frequently. I asked if she looked good they said she did. I asked her if she wanted to meet and we did. That was on April 19,1974. Good memory? Maybe. We got married on April 19, 1975 and had 13 years before amicably divorcing.
I went to a respected hospital in New England for a third opinion by arrangement of my doctor. I saw a world renowned oncologist who specialized in multiple myeloma. He made small talk and I related the above story. He never heard of Three Dog Night.....Hey, I missed Woodstock. That does something to you.
One day I was in the waiting room at my local cancer center waiting for a blood draw. Someone in an adjacent reception area had an iPad or XM playing oldies. I heard The Animals "House of the Rising Sun". Not exactly a positive song for that environment. After the blood test it played "Alone Again (Naturally)"...
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Damn! I have just too many favorites to list here.
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Great lists! I realized that I never finished up the rest of Ron's Dream Jukebox, so here are the remaining 29 entries:
A-72. I CAN'T LET GO - Hollies (1966)
A-73. BRANDY (YOU'RE A FINE GIRL) - Looking Glass (1972)
A-74. BUST A MOVE - Young MC (1989)
A-75. WHAT IS LIFE - Olivia Newton-John (1972)
A-76. DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE - Jane Child (1990)
A-77. TAKIN' IT EASY - Seals And Crofts (1978)
A-78. DON'T TREAT ME BAD - Firehouse (1991)
A-79. CRAZY HORSES - Osmonds (1972)
A-80. CHAMELEON - Herbie Hancock (1974)
A-81. YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT - Captain And Tennille (1978)
A-82. I WISH - Stevie Wonder (1977)
A-83. HOME AND DRY - Gerry Rafferty (1979)
A-84. THIS BEAT GOES ON/SWITCHIN' TO GLIDE - Kings (1980)
A-85. CHANGE OF HEART - Change (1984)
A-86. ANOTHER NAIL IN MY HEART - Squeeze (1980)
A-87. KAYLEIGH - Marillion (1985)
A-88. EARN ENOUGH FOR US - XTC (1986)
A-89. MAGIC - Olivia Newton-John (1980)
A-90. SAUSALITO SUMMERNIGHT - Diesel (1981)
A-91. MAMA USED TO SAY - Junior (1982)
A-92. ONE SIMPLE THING - Stabilizers (1987)
A-93. AH LEAH - Donnie Iris (1980)
A-94. IT'S A MIRACLE - Barry Manilow (1975)
A-95. DANCE ACROSS THE FLOOR - Jimmy Bo Horne (1978)
A-96. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER - Al Green (1974)
A-97. APACHE - Incredible Bongo Band (1973)
A-98. FREE RIDE - Edgar Winter Group (1973)
A-99. SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED (I'M YOURS) - Stevie Wonder (1970)
A-100. LE FREAK - Chic (1978)
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