I hope you don't mind if I choose to remain anonymous,
For all intents and purposes you can call me
Colourzone (with a U.K. ou).
It was sometime in 1972 when my family first arrived to
For all intents and purposes you can call me
Colourzone (with a U.K. ou).
It was sometime in 1972 when my family first arrived to
New York City.
We migrated from Mexico and at first it was a bit of culture shock.
I am the son of an Italian mother and a Mexican father.
In many ways a blessing for being able to learn 2 languages and
also 2 cultures,
actually 3 if you added my new American culture too.
actually 3 if you added my new American culture too.
I was in my early teens and my very first recollection of music in
the Big Apple was from a small table top
Panasonic AM/FM Radio we kept over the fridge
the Big Apple was from a small table top
Panasonic AM/FM Radio we kept over the fridge
in our tiny 2 bedroom apartment in Astoria, Queens.
The mix of music on the radio was eclectic, a bit of Rock,
a bit of Soul, Country and a bit of Funk.
Everything a growing boy needs to develop
a good musical base.
Although it was '72 the radio was still playing music
from previous years, which came in very
useful for me to gain knowledge of everything
from a couple of years prior.
Here are the top 100 Billboard singles charts from
1970 to 1975 (Pre-Disco).
Everything a growing boy needs to develop
a good musical base.
Although it was '72 the radio was still playing music
from previous years, which came in very
useful for me to gain knowledge of everything
from a couple of years prior.
Here are the top 100 Billboard singles charts from
1970 to 1975 (Pre-Disco).
1970
1 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel
2 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" The Carpenters
3 "American Woman" The Guess Who
4 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B.J. Thomas
5 "War" Edwin Starr
6 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Diana Ross
7 "I'll Be There" The Jackson 5
8 "Get Ready" Rare Earth
9 "Let It Be" The Beatles
10 "Band of Gold" Freda Payne
11 "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" Three Dog Night
12 "Everything Is Beautiful" Ray Stevens
13 "Make It with You" Bread
14 "Hitchin' a Ride" Vanity Fare
15 "ABC" The Jackson 5
16 "The Love You Save" The Jackson 5
17 "Cracklin' Rosie" Neil Diamond
18 "Candida" Dawn
19 "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" Sly & the Family Stone
20 "Spill the Wine" Eric Burdon & War
21 "O-o-h Child" Five Stairsteps
22 "Spirit in the Sky" Norman Greenbaum
23 "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" Melanie
24 "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" The Temptations
25 "Love on a Two-Way Street" The Moments
26 "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" The Poppy Family
27 "All Right Now" Free
28 "I Want You Back" The Jackson 5
29 "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" Bobby Sherman
30 "Green-Eyed Lady" Sugarloaf
31 "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" Stevie Wonder
32 "Ride Captain Ride" Blues Image
33 "Venus" Shocking Blue
34 "Instant Karma!" John Lennon
35 "Patches" Clarence Carter
36 "Lookin' out My Back Door" Creedence Clearwater Revival
37 "Rainy Night in Georgia" Brook Benton
38 "Something's Burning" Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
39 "Give Me Just a Little More Time" Chairmen of the Board
40 "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" Edison Lighthouse
41 "The Long and Winding Road" The Beatles
42 "Snowbird" Anne Murray
43 "Reflections of My Life" Marmalade
44 "Hey There Lonely Girl" Eddie Holman
45 "The Rapper" The Jaggerz
46 "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" The Hollies
47 "Tighter, Tighter" Alive N Kickin'
48 "Come and Get It" Badfinger
49 "Cecilia" Simon & Garfunkel
50 "Love Land" Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
51 "Turn Back the Hands of Time" Tyrone Davis
52 "Lola" The Kinks
53 "In the Summertime" Mungo Jerry
54 "Indiana Wants Me" R. Dean Taylor
55 "(I Know) I'm Losing You" Rare Earth
56 "Easy Come, Easy Go" Bobby Sherman
57 "Express Yourself" Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
58 "Still Water (Love)" The Four Tops
59 "Make Me Smile" Chicago
60 "The House of the Rising Sun" Frijid Pink
61 "25 or 6 to 4" Chicago
62 "My Baby Loves Lovin'" White Plains
63 "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" The Friends of Distinction
64 "United We Stand" The Brotherhood of Man
65 "We've Only Just Begun" The Carpenters
66 "Arizona" Mark Lindsay
67 "Fire and Rain" James Taylor
68 "Groovy Situation" Gene Chandler
69 "Evil Ways" Santana
70 "No Time" The Guess Who
71 "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" The Delfonics
72 "The Wonder of You" Elvis Presley
73 "Up Around the Bend" Creedence Clearwater Revival
74 "(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?" Ronnie Dyson
75 "I Just Can't Help Believing" B.J. Thomas
76 "It's a Shame" The Spinners
77 "For the Love of Him" Bobbi Martin
78 "Mississippi Queen" Mountain
79 "I Want to Take You Higher" Ike & Tina Turner
80 "The Letter" Joe Cocker
81 "Ma Belle Amie" Tee Set
82 "The Bells" The Originals
83 "Yellow River" Christie
84 "Somebody's Been Sleeping" 100 Proof (Aged in Soul)
85 "Vehicle" The Ides of March
86 "Gimme Dat Ding" The Pipkins
87 "Lay a Little Lovin' On Me" Robin McNamara
88 "Up the Ladder to the Roof" The Supremes
89 "Travelin' Band" Creedence Clearwater Revival
90 "Come Saturday Morning" The Sandpipers
91 "Psychedelic Shack" The Temptations
92 "Without Love (There Is Nothing)" Tom Jones
93 "Are You Ready?" Pacific Gas & Electric
94 "Woodstock" Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
95 "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" Dionne Warwick
96 "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma" The New Seekers
97 "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" Joe South
98 "The Thrill Is Gone" B.B. King
99 "It's Only Make Believe" Glen Campbell
100 "Call Me" Aretha Franklin
1971
1 "Joy to the World" Three Dog Night
2 "Maggie May"/"Reason to Believe" Rod Stewart
3 "It's Too Late"/"I Feel the Earth Move" Carole King
4 "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds
5 "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" Bee Gees
6 "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" Paul Revere & the Raiders
7 "Go Away Little Girl" Donny Osmond
8 "Take Me Home, Country Roads" John Denver
9 "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations
10 "Knock Three Times" Tony Orlando and Dawn
11 "Me and Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin
12 "Tired of Being Alone" Al Green
13 "Want Ads" Honey Cone
14 "Smiling Faces Sometimes" The Undisputed Truth
15 "Treat Her Like a Lady" Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
16 "You've Got a Friend" James Taylor
17 "Mr. Big Stuff" Jean Knight
18 "Brown Sugar" The Rolling Stones
19 "Do You Know What I Mean" Lee Michaels
20 "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" Joan Baez
21 "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye
22 "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Paul & Linda McCartney
23 "Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers
24 "Signs" Five Man Electrical Band
25 "She's a Lady" Tom Jones
26 "Superstar" Murray Head & The Trinidad Singers
27 "I've Found Someone Of My Own" The Free Movement
28 "Amos Moses" Jerry Reed
29 "Temptation Eyes" The Grass Roots
30 "Superstar" The Carpenters
31 "My Sweet Lord" George Harrison
32 "Sweet and Innocent" Donny Osmond
33 "Put Your Hand in the Hand" Ocean
34 "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" Daddy Dewdrop
35 "For All We Know" The Carpenters
36 "Help Me Make It Through the Night" Sammi Smith
37 "Rainy Days and Mondays" The Carpenters
38 "If You Could Read My Mind" Gordon Lightfoot
39 "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" Cher
40 "Never Can Say Goodbye" The Jackson 5
41 "Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson
42 "Don't Pull Your Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
43 "It Don't Come Easy" Ringo Starr
44 "Mr. Bojangles" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
45 "I Love You for All Seasons" The Fuzz
46 "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get" The Dramatics
47 "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" Carly Simon
48 "If You Really Love Me" Stevie Wonder
49 "Spanish Harlem" Aretha Franklin
50 "I Don't Know How to Love Him" Helen Reddy
51 "Yo-Yo" The Osmonds
52 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Aretha Franklin
53 "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" The Partridge Family
54 "Draggin' the Line" Tommy James
55 "Proud Mary" Ike & Tina Turner
56 "Beginnings"/"Colour My World" Chicago
57 "Stay Awhile" The Bells
58 "Sweet City Woman" The Stampeders
59 "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" Lobo
60 "Another Day"/"Oh Woman, Oh Why" Paul McCartney
61 "If" Bread
62 "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" Marvin Gaye
63 "One Toke Over the Line" Brewer & Shipley
64 "She's Not Just Another Woman" 8th Day
65 "Bring the Boys Home" Freda Payne
66 "I Just Want to Celebrate" Rare Earth
67 "Never Ending Song of Love" Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
68 "Easy Loving" Freddie Hart
69 "Liar" Three Dog Night
70 "Stick-Up" The Honey Cone
71 "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" Mac and Katie Kissoon
72 "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" Andy Williams
73 "Wild World" Cat Stevens
74 "When You're Hot, You're Hot" Jerry Reed
75 "Funky Nassau" The Beginning of the End
76 "If Not for You" Olivia Newton-John
77 "Groove Me" King Floyd
78 "Watching Scotty Grow" Bobby Goldsboro
79 "Woodstock" Matthews Southern Comfort
80 "Amazing Grace" Judy Collins
81 "I Hear You Knocking" Dave Edmunds
82 "Lonely Days" Bee Gees
83 "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" The Fortunes
84 "Won't Get Fooled Again" The Who
85 "Trapped By a Thing Called Love" Denise LaSalle
86 "Mama's Pearl" The Jackson 5
87 "Timothy" The Buoys
88 "I Woke Up In Love This Morning" The Partridge Family
89 "Theme from Shaft" Isaac Hayes
90 "If I Were Your Woman" Gladys Knight & the Pips
91 "I Am...I Said" Neil Diamond
92 "The Wedding Song (There Is Love)" Paul Stookey
93 "Don't Knock My Love" Wilson Pickett
94 "Love Her Madly" The Doors
95 "Here Comes the Sun" Richie Havens
96 "Sweet Mary" Wadsworth Mansion
97 "Right on the Tip of My Tongue" Brenda & the Tabulations
98 "One Less Bell to Answer" The 5th Dimension
99 "Riders on the Storm" The Doors
100 "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" Perry Como
1972
1 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Roberta Flack
2 "Alone Again (Naturally)" Gilbert O'Sullivan
3 "American Pie" Don McLean
4 "Without You" Harry Nilsson
5 "The Candy Man" Sammy Davis, Jr.
6 "I Gotcha" Joe Tex
7 "Lean on Me" Bill Withers
8 "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" Mac Davis
9 "Brand New Key" Melanie
10 "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" Wayne Newton
11 "Let's Stay Together" Al Green
12 "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" Looking Glass
13 "Oh Girl" The Chi-Lites
14 "Nice to Be With You" Gallery
15 "My Ding-a-Ling" Chuck Berry
16 "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" Luther Ingram
17 "Heart of Gold" Neil Young
18 "Betcha by Golly, Wow" The Stylistics
19 "I'll Take You There" The Staple Singers
20 "Ben" Michael Jackson
21 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Robert John
22 "Outa-Space" Billy Preston
23 "Slippin' Into Darkness" War
24 "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" The Hollies
25 "How Do You Do" Mouth & MacNeal
26 "Song Sung Blue" Neil Diamond
27 "A Horse with No Name" America
28 "Popcorn" Hot Butter
29 "Everybody Plays the Fool" The Main Ingredient
30 "Precious and Few" Climax
31 "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" The 5th Dimension
32 "Nights in White Satin" The Moody Blues
33 "Go All the Way" Raspberries
34 "Too Late to Turn Back Now" Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
35 "Back Stabbers" The O'Jays
36 "Down by the Lazy River" The Osmonds
37 "Sunshine" Jonathan Edwards
38 "Starting All Over Again" Mel and Tim
39 "Day After Day" Badfinger
40 "Rocket Man" Elton John
41 "Rockin' Robin" Michael Jackson
42 "Beautiful Sunday" Daniel Boone
43 "Scorpio" Dennis Coffey
44 "Morning Has Broken" Cat Stevens
45 "City of New Orleans" Arlo Guthrie
46 "Garden Party" Ricky Nelson
47 "I Can See Clearly Now" Johnny Nash
48 "Burning Love" Elvis Presley
49 "Clean Up Woman" Betty Wright
50 "Hold Your Head Up" Argent
51 "Jungle Fever" The Chakachas
52 "Everything I Own" Bread
53 "In the Rain" The Dramatics
54 "Look What You Done for Me" Al Green
55 "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." Donna Fargo
56 "Get It On" T. Rex
57 "Mother and Child Reunion" Paul Simon
58 "Where Is the Love" Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
59 "I'm Still in Love with You" Al Green
60 "Layla" Derek and the Dominos
61 "Day Dreaming" Aretha Franklin
62 "The Way of Love" Cher
63 "Black and White" Three Dog Night
64 "Sylvia's Mother" Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
65 "Hurting Each Other" The Carpenters
66 "Coconut" Harry Nilsson
67 "Puppy Love" Donny Osmond
68 "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" Jim Croce
69 "Hot Rod Lincoln" Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
70 "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" Sonny & Cher
71 "Joy" Apollo 100
72 "Anticipation" Carly Simon
73 "Never Been to Spain" Three Dog Night
74 "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" Charley Pride
75 "School's Out" Alice Cooper
76 "Saturday in the Park" Chicago
77 "Drowning in the Sea of Love" Joe Simon
78 "Use Me" Bill Withers
79 "Family Affair" Sly & the Family Stone
80 "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" Jimmy Castor Bunch
81 "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" Redbone
82 "Freddie's Dead" Curtis Mayfield
83 "Power of Love" Joe Simon
84 "Ain't Understanding Mellow" Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager
85 "Taxi" Harry Chapin
86 "Don't Say You Don't Remember" Beverly Bremers
87 "Sealed with a Kiss" Bobby Vinton
88 "I Saw the Light" Todd Rundgren
89 "Motorcycle Mama" Sailcat
90 "Day by Day" Original Cast of Godspell
91 "Roundabout" Yes
92 "Doctor My Eyes" Jackson Browne
93 "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" The New Seekers
94 "Vincent" Don McLean
95 "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" The Detroit Emeralds
96 "Speak to the Sky" Rick Springfield
97 "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" The Hillside Singers
98 "Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love" Love Unlimited
99 "Get on the Good Foot" James Brown
100 "Pop That Thang" The Isley Brothers
1973
1 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" Tony Orlando and Dawn
2 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" Jim Croce
3 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Roberta Flack
4 "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye
5 "My Love" Paul McCartney & Wings
6 "Why Me" Kris Kristofferson
7 "Crocodile Rock" Elton John
8 "Will It Go Round in Circles" Billy Preston
9 "You're So Vain" Carly Simon
10 "Touch Me in the Morning" Diana Ross
11 "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" Vicki Lawrence
12 "Playground in My Mind" Clint Holmes
13 "Brother Louie" Stories
14 "Delta Dawn" Helen Reddy
15 "Me and Mrs. Jones" Billy Paul
16 "Frankenstein" Edgar Winter Group
17 "Drift Away" Dobie Gray
18 "Little Willy" Sweet
19 "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder
20 "Half-Breed" Cher
21 "That Lady" The Isley Brothers
22 "Pillow Talk" Sylvia
23 "We're an American Band" Grand Funk Railroad
24 "Right Place Wrong Time" Dr. John
25 "Wildflower" Skylark
26 "Superstition" Stevie Wonder
27 "Loves Me Like a Rock" Paul Simon
28 "The Morning After" Maureen McGovern
29 "Rocky Mountain High" John Denver
30 "Stuck in the Middle with You" Stealers Wheel
31 "Shambala" Three Dog Night
32 "Love Train" The O'Jays
33 "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" Barry White
34 "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" Tony Orlando and Dawn
35 "Keep on Truckin'" Eddie Kendricks
36 "Dancing in the Moonlight" King Harvest
37 "Danny's Song" Anne Murray
38 "Monster Mash" Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
39 "Natural High" Bloodstone
40 "Diamond Girl" Seals and Crofts
41 "Long Train Runnin'" The Doobie Brothers
42 "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" George Harrison
43 "If You Want Me to Stay" Sly & the Family Stone
44 "Daddy's Home" Jermaine Jackson
45 "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" Gladys Knight & the Pips
46 "I'm Doin' Fine Now" New York City
47 "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" The Spinners
48 "Daniel" Elton John
49 "Midnight Train to Georgia" Gladys Knight & the Pips
50 "Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple
51 "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
52 "Behind Closed Doors" Charlie Rich
53 "Your Mama Don't Dance" Loggins and Messina
54 "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" Chicago
55 "The Cisco Kid" War
56 "Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney & Wings
57 "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" Hurricane Smith
58 "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" Johnnie Taylor
59 "Sing" The Carpenters
60 "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" The Four Tops
61 "Dueling Banjos" Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
62 "Higher Ground" Stevie Wonder
63 "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" Al Green
64 "My Maria" B.W. Stevenson
65 "Superfly" Curtis Mayfield
66 "Get Down" Gilbert O'Sullivan
67 "Last Song" Edward Bear
68 "Reelin' in the Years" Steely Dan
69 "Hocus Pocus" Focus
70 "Yesterday Once More" The Carpenters
71 "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Bette Midler
72 "Clair" Gilbert O'Sullivan
73 "Do It Again" Steely Dan
74 "Kodachrome" Paul Simon
75 "Why Can't We Live Together" Timmy Thomas
76 "So Very Hard to Go" Tower of Power
77 "Do You Wanna Dance?" Bette Midler
78 "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" Johnny Rivers
79 "Ramblin' Man" The Allman Brothers Band
80 "Masterpiece" The Temptations
81 "Peaceful" Helen Reddy
82 "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" The Spinners
83 "Funny Face" Donna Fargo
84 "Funky Worm" Ohio Players
85 "Angie" The Rolling Stones
86 "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" Blue Ridge Rangers
87 "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" Lobo
88 "Break Up to Make Up" The Stylistics
89 "Daisy a Day" Jud Strunk
90 "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" Deodato
91 "Stir It Up" Johnny Nash
92 "Money" Pink Floyd
93 "Gypsy Man" War
94 "The World Is a Ghetto" War
95 "Yes We Can Can" The Pointer Sisters
96 "Free Ride" Edgar Winter Group
97 "Space Oddity" David Bowie
98 "It Never Rains in Southern California" Albert Hammond
99 "The Twelfth of Never" Donny Osmond
100 "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" The Temptations
1974
1 "The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand
2 "Seasons in the Sun" Terry Jacks
3 "Love's Theme" Love Unlimited Orchestra
4 "Come and Get Your Love" Redbone
5 "Dancing Machine" The Jackson 5
6 "The Loco-Motion" Grand Funk Railroad
7 "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" MFSB
8 "The Streak" Ray Stevens
9 "Bennie and the Jets" Elton John
10 "One Hell of a Woman" Mac Davis
11 "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" Aretha Franklin
12 "Jungle Boogie" Kool & the Gang
13 "Midnight at the Oasis" Maria Muldaur
14 "You Make Me Feel Brand New" The Stylistics
15 "Show and Tell" Al Wilson
16 "Spiders and Snakes" Jim Stafford
17 "Rock On" David Essex
18 "Sunshine on My Shoulders" John Denver
19 "Sideshow" Blue Magic
20 "Hooked on a Feeling" Blue Swede
21 "Billy Don't Be a Hero" Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
22 "Band on the Run" Paul McCartney and Wings
23 "The Most Beautiful Girl" Charlie Rich
24 "Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce
25 "Annie's Song" John Denver
26 "Let Me Be There" Olivia Newton-John
27 "Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot
28 "(You're) Having My Baby" Paul Anka
29 "Rock Me Gently" Andy Kim
30 "Boogie Down" Eddie Kendricks
31 "You're Sixteen" Ringo Starr
32 "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" Olivia Newton-John
33 "Dark Lady" Cher
34 "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" Gladys Knight & the Pips
35 "Feel Like Makin' Love" Roberta Flack
36 "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" The Main Ingredient
37 "Nothing from Nothing" Billy Preston
Tie "Rock Your Baby" George McCrae
39 "Top of the World" The Carpenters
40 "The Joker" Steve Miller Band
41 "I've Got to Use My Imagination" Gladys Knight & the Pips
42 "The Show Must Go On" Three Dog Night
43 "Rock the Boat" The Hues Corporation
44 "Smokin' in the Boys Room" Brownsville Station
45 "Living for the City" Stevie Wonder
46 "The Night Chicago Died" Paper Lace
47 "Then Came You" Dionne Warwick & The Spinners
48 "The Entertainer" Marvin Hamlisch
49 "Waterloo" ABBA
50 "The Air That I Breathe" The Hollies
51 "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" Steely Dan
52 "Mockingbird" Carly Simon & James Taylor
53 "Help Me" Joni Mitchell
54 "You Won't See Me" Anne Murray
Tie "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" Barry White
56 "Tell Me Something Good" Rufus & Chaka Khan
57 "You and Me Against the World" Helen Reddy
58 "Rock and Roll Heaven" The Righteous Brothers
59 "Hollywood Swinging" Kool & the Gang
60 "Be Thankful for What You Got" William DeVaughn
61 "Hang on in There Baby" Johnny Bristol
62 "Eres tú" Mocedades
63 "Takin' Care of Business" Bachman-Turner Overdrive
64 "Radar Love" Golden Earring
65 "Please Come to Boston" Dave Loggins
66 "Keep On Smilin'" Wet Willie
67 "Lookin' for a Love" Bobby Womack
68 "Put Your Hands Together" The O'Jays
69 "On and On" Gladys Knight & the Pips
70 "Oh Very Young" Cat Stevens
71 "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" Helen Reddy
72 "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Elton John
73 "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" Chicago
74 "Oh My My" Ringo Starr
75 "For the Love of Money" The O'Jays
76 "I Shot the Sheriff" Eric Clapton
77 "Jet" Paul McCartney and Wings
78 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Elton John
79 "Tubular Bells" Mike Oldfield
80 "A Love Song" Anne Murray
81 "I'm Leaving It Up to You" Donny and Marie Osmond
82 "Hello It's Me" Todd Rundgren
83 "I Love" Tom T. Hall
84 "Clap for the Wolfman" The Guess Who featuring Wolfman Jack
85 "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" Jim Croce
Tie "The Lord's Prayer" Sister Janet Mead
87 "Trying To Hold On To My Woman" Lamont Dozier
88 "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" Stevie Wonder
89 "A Very Special Love Song" Charlie Rich
90 "My Girl Bill" Jim Stafford
91 "Helen Wheels" Paul McCartney and Wings
Tie "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
93 "Wildwood Weed" Jim Stafford
94 "Beach Baby" The First Class
95 "Me and Baby Brother" War
96 "Rockin' Roll Baby" The Stylistics
97 "I Honestly Love You" Olivia Newton-John
98 "Call on Me" Chicago
99 "Wild Thing" Fancy
100 "Mighty Love" The Spinners
1975
1 "Love Will Keep Us Together" Captain & Tennille
2 "Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell
3 "Philadelphia Freedom" Elton John
4 "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" Freddy Fender
5 "My Eyes Adored You" Frankie Valli
6 "Shining Star" Earth, Wind & Fire
7 "Fame" David Bowie
8 "Laughter in the Rain" Neil Sedaka
9 "One of These Nights" Eagles
10 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" John Denver
11 "Jive Talkin'" Bee Gees
12 "Best of My Love" Eagles
13 "Lovin' You" Minnie Riperton
14 "Kung Fu Fighting" Carl Douglas
15 "Black Water" The Doobie Brothers
16 "The Ballroom Blitz" Sweet
17 "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" B.J. Thomas
18 "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" Tony Orlando and Dawn
19 "At Seventeen" Janis Ian
20 "Pick Up the Pieces" Average White Band
21 "The Hustle" Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony
22 "Lady Marmalade" Labelle
23 "Why Can't We Be Friends" War
24 "Love Won't Let Me Wait" Major Harris
25 "Boogie On Reggae Woman" Stevie Wonder
26 "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" Freddy Fender
27 "Fight the Power" The Isley Brothers
28 "Angie Baby" Helen Reddy
29 "Jackie Blue" Ozark Mountain Daredevils
30 "Fire" Ohio Players
31 "Magic" Pilot
32 "Please Mr. Postman" The Carpenters
33 "Sister Golden Hair" America
34 "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Elton John
35 "Mandy" Barry Manilow
36 "Have You Never Been Mellow" Olivia Newton-John
37 "Could It Be Magic" Barry Manilow
38 "Cat's in the Cradle" Harry Chapin
39 "Wildfire" Michael Martin Murphey
40 "I'm Not Lisa" Jessi Colter
41 "Listen to What the Man Said" Wings
42 "I'm Not in Love" 10cc
43 "I Can Help" Billy Swan
44 "Fallin' in Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
45 "Feelings" Morris Albert
46 "Chevy Van" Sammy Johns
47 "When Will I Be Loved" Linda Ronstadt
48 "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" Barry White
49 "Please Mr. Please" Olivia Newton-John
50 "You're No Good" Linda Ronstadt
51 "Dynomite" Bazuka
52 "Walking in Rhythm" The Blackbyrds
53 "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" Gladys Knight & the Pips
54 "Midnight Blue" Melissa Manchester
55 "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" Sugarloaf
56 "Poetry Man" Phoebe Snow
57 "How Long?" Ace
58 "Express" B.T. Express
59 "That's the Way of the World" Earth, Wind & Fire
60 "Lady" Styx
61 "Bad Time" Grand Funk
62 "Only Women Bleed" Alice Cooper
63 "Doctor's Orders" Carol Douglas
64 "Get Down Tonight" KC and the Sunshine Band
65 "You Are So Beautiful" Joe Cocker
66 "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" Paul Anka & Odia Coates
67 "Feel Like Makin' Love" Bad Company
68 "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" James Taylor
69 "Dance with Me" Orleans
70 "Cut the Cake" Average White Band
71 "Never Can Say Goodbye" Gloria Gaynor
72 "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" Paul Anka
73 "Morning Side of the Mountain" Donny & Marie Osmond
74 "Some Kind of Wonderful" Grand Funk Railroad
75 "When Will I See You Again" The Three Degrees
76 "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" Joe Simon
77 "I'm Sorry" John Denver
78 "Killer Queen" Queen
79 "Shoeshine Boy" Eddie Kendricks
80 "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" B.T. Express
81 "Can't Get It Out of My Head" Electric Light Orchestra
82 "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" Al Green
83 "Lonely People" America
84 "You Got the Love" Rufus
85 "The Rockford Files" Mike Post
86 "It Only Takes a Minute" Tavares
87 "No No Song" Ringo Starr
88 "Junior's Farm" Paul McCartney & Wings
89 "Bungle in the Jungle" Jethro Tull
90 "Long Tall Glasses" Leo Sayer
91 "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" Elton John
92 "Misty" Ray Stevens
93 "Bad Blood" Neil Sedaka & Elton John
94 "Only Yesterday" The Carpenters
95 "I'm on Fire" Dwight Twilley Band
96 "Only You (And You Alone)" Ringo Starr
97 "Third Rate Romance" Amazing Rhythm Aces
98 "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" Bachman–Turner Overdrive
99 "Swearin' to God" Frankie Valli
100 "Get Dancin'" Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
1 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel
2 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" The Carpenters
3 "American Woman" The Guess Who
4 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B.J. Thomas
5 "War" Edwin Starr
6 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Diana Ross
7 "I'll Be There" The Jackson 5
8 "Get Ready" Rare Earth
9 "Let It Be" The Beatles
10 "Band of Gold" Freda Payne
11 "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" Three Dog Night
12 "Everything Is Beautiful" Ray Stevens
13 "Make It with You" Bread
14 "Hitchin' a Ride" Vanity Fare
15 "ABC" The Jackson 5
16 "The Love You Save" The Jackson 5
17 "Cracklin' Rosie" Neil Diamond
18 "Candida" Dawn
19 "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" Sly & the Family Stone
20 "Spill the Wine" Eric Burdon & War
21 "O-o-h Child" Five Stairsteps
22 "Spirit in the Sky" Norman Greenbaum
23 "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" Melanie
24 "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" The Temptations
25 "Love on a Two-Way Street" The Moments
26 "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" The Poppy Family
27 "All Right Now" Free
28 "I Want You Back" The Jackson 5
29 "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" Bobby Sherman
30 "Green-Eyed Lady" Sugarloaf
31 "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" Stevie Wonder
32 "Ride Captain Ride" Blues Image
33 "Venus" Shocking Blue
34 "Instant Karma!" John Lennon
35 "Patches" Clarence Carter
36 "Lookin' out My Back Door" Creedence Clearwater Revival
37 "Rainy Night in Georgia" Brook Benton
38 "Something's Burning" Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
39 "Give Me Just a Little More Time" Chairmen of the Board
40 "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" Edison Lighthouse
41 "The Long and Winding Road" The Beatles
42 "Snowbird" Anne Murray
43 "Reflections of My Life" Marmalade
44 "Hey There Lonely Girl" Eddie Holman
45 "The Rapper" The Jaggerz
46 "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" The Hollies
47 "Tighter, Tighter" Alive N Kickin'
48 "Come and Get It" Badfinger
49 "Cecilia" Simon & Garfunkel
50 "Love Land" Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
51 "Turn Back the Hands of Time" Tyrone Davis
52 "Lola" The Kinks
53 "In the Summertime" Mungo Jerry
54 "Indiana Wants Me" R. Dean Taylor
55 "(I Know) I'm Losing You" Rare Earth
56 "Easy Come, Easy Go" Bobby Sherman
57 "Express Yourself" Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
58 "Still Water (Love)" The Four Tops
59 "Make Me Smile" Chicago
60 "The House of the Rising Sun" Frijid Pink
61 "25 or 6 to 4" Chicago
62 "My Baby Loves Lovin'" White Plains
63 "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" The Friends of Distinction
64 "United We Stand" The Brotherhood of Man
65 "We've Only Just Begun" The Carpenters
66 "Arizona" Mark Lindsay
67 "Fire and Rain" James Taylor
68 "Groovy Situation" Gene Chandler
69 "Evil Ways" Santana
70 "No Time" The Guess Who
71 "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" The Delfonics
72 "The Wonder of You" Elvis Presley
73 "Up Around the Bend" Creedence Clearwater Revival
74 "(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?" Ronnie Dyson
75 "I Just Can't Help Believing" B.J. Thomas
76 "It's a Shame" The Spinners
77 "For the Love of Him" Bobbi Martin
78 "Mississippi Queen" Mountain
79 "I Want to Take You Higher" Ike & Tina Turner
80 "The Letter" Joe Cocker
81 "Ma Belle Amie" Tee Set
82 "The Bells" The Originals
83 "Yellow River" Christie
84 "Somebody's Been Sleeping" 100 Proof (Aged in Soul)
85 "Vehicle" The Ides of March
86 "Gimme Dat Ding" The Pipkins
87 "Lay a Little Lovin' On Me" Robin McNamara
88 "Up the Ladder to the Roof" The Supremes
89 "Travelin' Band" Creedence Clearwater Revival
90 "Come Saturday Morning" The Sandpipers
91 "Psychedelic Shack" The Temptations
92 "Without Love (There Is Nothing)" Tom Jones
93 "Are You Ready?" Pacific Gas & Electric
94 "Woodstock" Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
95 "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" Dionne Warwick
96 "Look What They've Done to My Song Ma" The New Seekers
97 "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" Joe South
98 "The Thrill Is Gone" B.B. King
99 "It's Only Make Believe" Glen Campbell
100 "Call Me" Aretha Franklin
1971
1 "Joy to the World" Three Dog Night
2 "Maggie May"/"Reason to Believe" Rod Stewart
3 "It's Too Late"/"I Feel the Earth Move" Carole King
4 "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds
5 "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" Bee Gees
6 "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" Paul Revere & the Raiders
7 "Go Away Little Girl" Donny Osmond
8 "Take Me Home, Country Roads" John Denver
9 "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations
10 "Knock Three Times" Tony Orlando and Dawn
11 "Me and Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin
12 "Tired of Being Alone" Al Green
13 "Want Ads" Honey Cone
14 "Smiling Faces Sometimes" The Undisputed Truth
15 "Treat Her Like a Lady" Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
16 "You've Got a Friend" James Taylor
17 "Mr. Big Stuff" Jean Knight
18 "Brown Sugar" The Rolling Stones
19 "Do You Know What I Mean" Lee Michaels
20 "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" Joan Baez
21 "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye
22 "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Paul & Linda McCartney
23 "Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers
24 "Signs" Five Man Electrical Band
25 "She's a Lady" Tom Jones
26 "Superstar" Murray Head & The Trinidad Singers
27 "I've Found Someone Of My Own" The Free Movement
28 "Amos Moses" Jerry Reed
29 "Temptation Eyes" The Grass Roots
30 "Superstar" The Carpenters
31 "My Sweet Lord" George Harrison
32 "Sweet and Innocent" Donny Osmond
33 "Put Your Hand in the Hand" Ocean
34 "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" Daddy Dewdrop
35 "For All We Know" The Carpenters
36 "Help Me Make It Through the Night" Sammi Smith
37 "Rainy Days and Mondays" The Carpenters
38 "If You Could Read My Mind" Gordon Lightfoot
39 "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" Cher
40 "Never Can Say Goodbye" The Jackson 5
41 "Rose Garden" Lynn Anderson
42 "Don't Pull Your Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
43 "It Don't Come Easy" Ringo Starr
44 "Mr. Bojangles" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
45 "I Love You for All Seasons" The Fuzz
46 "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get" The Dramatics
47 "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" Carly Simon
48 "If You Really Love Me" Stevie Wonder
49 "Spanish Harlem" Aretha Franklin
50 "I Don't Know How to Love Him" Helen Reddy
51 "Yo-Yo" The Osmonds
52 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Aretha Franklin
53 "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" The Partridge Family
54 "Draggin' the Line" Tommy James
55 "Proud Mary" Ike & Tina Turner
56 "Beginnings"/"Colour My World" Chicago
57 "Stay Awhile" The Bells
58 "Sweet City Woman" The Stampeders
59 "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" Lobo
60 "Another Day"/"Oh Woman, Oh Why" Paul McCartney
61 "If" Bread
62 "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" Marvin Gaye
63 "One Toke Over the Line" Brewer & Shipley
64 "She's Not Just Another Woman" 8th Day
65 "Bring the Boys Home" Freda Payne
66 "I Just Want to Celebrate" Rare Earth
67 "Never Ending Song of Love" Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
68 "Easy Loving" Freddie Hart
69 "Liar" Three Dog Night
70 "Stick-Up" The Honey Cone
71 "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" Mac and Katie Kissoon
72 "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" Andy Williams
73 "Wild World" Cat Stevens
74 "When You're Hot, You're Hot" Jerry Reed
75 "Funky Nassau" The Beginning of the End
76 "If Not for You" Olivia Newton-John
77 "Groove Me" King Floyd
78 "Watching Scotty Grow" Bobby Goldsboro
79 "Woodstock" Matthews Southern Comfort
80 "Amazing Grace" Judy Collins
81 "I Hear You Knocking" Dave Edmunds
82 "Lonely Days" Bee Gees
83 "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" The Fortunes
84 "Won't Get Fooled Again" The Who
85 "Trapped By a Thing Called Love" Denise LaSalle
86 "Mama's Pearl" The Jackson 5
87 "Timothy" The Buoys
88 "I Woke Up In Love This Morning" The Partridge Family
89 "Theme from Shaft" Isaac Hayes
90 "If I Were Your Woman" Gladys Knight & the Pips
91 "I Am...I Said" Neil Diamond
92 "The Wedding Song (There Is Love)" Paul Stookey
93 "Don't Knock My Love" Wilson Pickett
94 "Love Her Madly" The Doors
95 "Here Comes the Sun" Richie Havens
96 "Sweet Mary" Wadsworth Mansion
97 "Right on the Tip of My Tongue" Brenda & the Tabulations
98 "One Less Bell to Answer" The 5th Dimension
99 "Riders on the Storm" The Doors
100 "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)" Perry Como
1972
1 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Roberta Flack
2 "Alone Again (Naturally)" Gilbert O'Sullivan
3 "American Pie" Don McLean
4 "Without You" Harry Nilsson
5 "The Candy Man" Sammy Davis, Jr.
6 "I Gotcha" Joe Tex
7 "Lean on Me" Bill Withers
8 "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" Mac Davis
9 "Brand New Key" Melanie
10 "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" Wayne Newton
11 "Let's Stay Together" Al Green
12 "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" Looking Glass
13 "Oh Girl" The Chi-Lites
14 "Nice to Be With You" Gallery
15 "My Ding-a-Ling" Chuck Berry
16 "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" Luther Ingram
17 "Heart of Gold" Neil Young
18 "Betcha by Golly, Wow" The Stylistics
19 "I'll Take You There" The Staple Singers
20 "Ben" Michael Jackson
21 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Robert John
22 "Outa-Space" Billy Preston
23 "Slippin' Into Darkness" War
24 "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" The Hollies
25 "How Do You Do" Mouth & MacNeal
26 "Song Sung Blue" Neil Diamond
27 "A Horse with No Name" America
28 "Popcorn" Hot Butter
29 "Everybody Plays the Fool" The Main Ingredient
30 "Precious and Few" Climax
31 "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" The 5th Dimension
32 "Nights in White Satin" The Moody Blues
33 "Go All the Way" Raspberries
34 "Too Late to Turn Back Now" Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
35 "Back Stabbers" The O'Jays
36 "Down by the Lazy River" The Osmonds
37 "Sunshine" Jonathan Edwards
38 "Starting All Over Again" Mel and Tim
39 "Day After Day" Badfinger
40 "Rocket Man" Elton John
41 "Rockin' Robin" Michael Jackson
42 "Beautiful Sunday" Daniel Boone
43 "Scorpio" Dennis Coffey
44 "Morning Has Broken" Cat Stevens
45 "City of New Orleans" Arlo Guthrie
46 "Garden Party" Ricky Nelson
47 "I Can See Clearly Now" Johnny Nash
48 "Burning Love" Elvis Presley
49 "Clean Up Woman" Betty Wright
50 "Hold Your Head Up" Argent
51 "Jungle Fever" The Chakachas
52 "Everything I Own" Bread
53 "In the Rain" The Dramatics
54 "Look What You Done for Me" Al Green
55 "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." Donna Fargo
56 "Get It On" T. Rex
57 "Mother and Child Reunion" Paul Simon
58 "Where Is the Love" Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
59 "I'm Still in Love with You" Al Green
60 "Layla" Derek and the Dominos
61 "Day Dreaming" Aretha Franklin
62 "The Way of Love" Cher
63 "Black and White" Three Dog Night
64 "Sylvia's Mother" Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
65 "Hurting Each Other" The Carpenters
66 "Coconut" Harry Nilsson
67 "Puppy Love" Donny Osmond
68 "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" Jim Croce
69 "Hot Rod Lincoln" Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
70 "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" Sonny & Cher
71 "Joy" Apollo 100
72 "Anticipation" Carly Simon
73 "Never Been to Spain" Three Dog Night
74 "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" Charley Pride
75 "School's Out" Alice Cooper
76 "Saturday in the Park" Chicago
77 "Drowning in the Sea of Love" Joe Simon
78 "Use Me" Bill Withers
79 "Family Affair" Sly & the Family Stone
80 "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" Jimmy Castor Bunch
81 "The Witch Queen of New Orleans" Redbone
82 "Freddie's Dead" Curtis Mayfield
83 "Power of Love" Joe Simon
84 "Ain't Understanding Mellow" Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager
85 "Taxi" Harry Chapin
86 "Don't Say You Don't Remember" Beverly Bremers
87 "Sealed with a Kiss" Bobby Vinton
88 "I Saw the Light" Todd Rundgren
89 "Motorcycle Mama" Sailcat
90 "Day by Day" Original Cast of Godspell
91 "Roundabout" Yes
92 "Doctor My Eyes" Jackson Browne
93 "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" The New Seekers
94 "Vincent" Don McLean
95 "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)" The Detroit Emeralds
96 "Speak to the Sky" Rick Springfield
97 "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" The Hillside Singers
98 "Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love" Love Unlimited
99 "Get on the Good Foot" James Brown
100 "Pop That Thang" The Isley Brothers
1973
1 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" Tony Orlando and Dawn
2 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" Jim Croce
3 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Roberta Flack
4 "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye
5 "My Love" Paul McCartney & Wings
6 "Why Me" Kris Kristofferson
7 "Crocodile Rock" Elton John
8 "Will It Go Round in Circles" Billy Preston
9 "You're So Vain" Carly Simon
10 "Touch Me in the Morning" Diana Ross
11 "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" Vicki Lawrence
12 "Playground in My Mind" Clint Holmes
13 "Brother Louie" Stories
14 "Delta Dawn" Helen Reddy
15 "Me and Mrs. Jones" Billy Paul
16 "Frankenstein" Edgar Winter Group
17 "Drift Away" Dobie Gray
18 "Little Willy" Sweet
19 "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder
20 "Half-Breed" Cher
21 "That Lady" The Isley Brothers
22 "Pillow Talk" Sylvia
23 "We're an American Band" Grand Funk Railroad
24 "Right Place Wrong Time" Dr. John
25 "Wildflower" Skylark
26 "Superstition" Stevie Wonder
27 "Loves Me Like a Rock" Paul Simon
28 "The Morning After" Maureen McGovern
29 "Rocky Mountain High" John Denver
30 "Stuck in the Middle with You" Stealers Wheel
31 "Shambala" Three Dog Night
32 "Love Train" The O'Jays
33 "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" Barry White
34 "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" Tony Orlando and Dawn
35 "Keep on Truckin'" Eddie Kendricks
36 "Dancing in the Moonlight" King Harvest
37 "Danny's Song" Anne Murray
38 "Monster Mash" Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
39 "Natural High" Bloodstone
40 "Diamond Girl" Seals and Crofts
41 "Long Train Runnin'" The Doobie Brothers
42 "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" George Harrison
43 "If You Want Me to Stay" Sly & the Family Stone
44 "Daddy's Home" Jermaine Jackson
45 "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" Gladys Knight & the Pips
46 "I'm Doin' Fine Now" New York City
47 "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" The Spinners
48 "Daniel" Elton John
49 "Midnight Train to Georgia" Gladys Knight & the Pips
50 "Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple
51 "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
52 "Behind Closed Doors" Charlie Rich
53 "Your Mama Don't Dance" Loggins and Messina
54 "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" Chicago
55 "The Cisco Kid" War
56 "Live and Let Die" Paul McCartney & Wings
57 "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?" Hurricane Smith
58 "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" Johnnie Taylor
59 "Sing" The Carpenters
60 "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" The Four Tops
61 "Dueling Banjos" Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
62 "Higher Ground" Stevie Wonder
63 "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" Al Green
64 "My Maria" B.W. Stevenson
65 "Superfly" Curtis Mayfield
66 "Get Down" Gilbert O'Sullivan
67 "Last Song" Edward Bear
68 "Reelin' in the Years" Steely Dan
69 "Hocus Pocus" Focus
70 "Yesterday Once More" The Carpenters
71 "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Bette Midler
72 "Clair" Gilbert O'Sullivan
73 "Do It Again" Steely Dan
74 "Kodachrome" Paul Simon
75 "Why Can't We Live Together" Timmy Thomas
76 "So Very Hard to Go" Tower of Power
77 "Do You Wanna Dance?" Bette Midler
78 "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" Johnny Rivers
79 "Ramblin' Man" The Allman Brothers Band
80 "Masterpiece" The Temptations
81 "Peaceful" Helen Reddy
82 "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" The Spinners
83 "Funny Face" Donna Fargo
84 "Funky Worm" Ohio Players
85 "Angie" The Rolling Stones
86 "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" Blue Ridge Rangers
87 "Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend" Lobo
88 "Break Up to Make Up" The Stylistics
89 "Daisy a Day" Jud Strunk
90 "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" Deodato
91 "Stir It Up" Johnny Nash
92 "Money" Pink Floyd
93 "Gypsy Man" War
94 "The World Is a Ghetto" War
95 "Yes We Can Can" The Pointer Sisters
96 "Free Ride" Edgar Winter Group
97 "Space Oddity" David Bowie
98 "It Never Rains in Southern California" Albert Hammond
99 "The Twelfth of Never" Donny Osmond
100 "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" The Temptations
1974
1 "The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand
2 "Seasons in the Sun" Terry Jacks
3 "Love's Theme" Love Unlimited Orchestra
4 "Come and Get Your Love" Redbone
5 "Dancing Machine" The Jackson 5
6 "The Loco-Motion" Grand Funk Railroad
7 "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" MFSB
8 "The Streak" Ray Stevens
9 "Bennie and the Jets" Elton John
10 "One Hell of a Woman" Mac Davis
11 "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" Aretha Franklin
12 "Jungle Boogie" Kool & the Gang
13 "Midnight at the Oasis" Maria Muldaur
14 "You Make Me Feel Brand New" The Stylistics
15 "Show and Tell" Al Wilson
16 "Spiders and Snakes" Jim Stafford
17 "Rock On" David Essex
18 "Sunshine on My Shoulders" John Denver
19 "Sideshow" Blue Magic
20 "Hooked on a Feeling" Blue Swede
21 "Billy Don't Be a Hero" Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
22 "Band on the Run" Paul McCartney and Wings
23 "The Most Beautiful Girl" Charlie Rich
24 "Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce
25 "Annie's Song" John Denver
26 "Let Me Be There" Olivia Newton-John
27 "Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot
28 "(You're) Having My Baby" Paul Anka
29 "Rock Me Gently" Andy Kim
30 "Boogie Down" Eddie Kendricks
31 "You're Sixteen" Ringo Starr
32 "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" Olivia Newton-John
33 "Dark Lady" Cher
34 "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" Gladys Knight & the Pips
35 "Feel Like Makin' Love" Roberta Flack
36 "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" The Main Ingredient
37 "Nothing from Nothing" Billy Preston
Tie "Rock Your Baby" George McCrae
39 "Top of the World" The Carpenters
40 "The Joker" Steve Miller Band
41 "I've Got to Use My Imagination" Gladys Knight & the Pips
42 "The Show Must Go On" Three Dog Night
43 "Rock the Boat" The Hues Corporation
44 "Smokin' in the Boys Room" Brownsville Station
45 "Living for the City" Stevie Wonder
46 "The Night Chicago Died" Paper Lace
47 "Then Came You" Dionne Warwick & The Spinners
48 "The Entertainer" Marvin Hamlisch
49 "Waterloo" ABBA
50 "The Air That I Breathe" The Hollies
51 "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" Steely Dan
52 "Mockingbird" Carly Simon & James Taylor
53 "Help Me" Joni Mitchell
54 "You Won't See Me" Anne Murray
Tie "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" Barry White
56 "Tell Me Something Good" Rufus & Chaka Khan
57 "You and Me Against the World" Helen Reddy
58 "Rock and Roll Heaven" The Righteous Brothers
59 "Hollywood Swinging" Kool & the Gang
60 "Be Thankful for What You Got" William DeVaughn
61 "Hang on in There Baby" Johnny Bristol
62 "Eres tú" Mocedades
63 "Takin' Care of Business" Bachman-Turner Overdrive
64 "Radar Love" Golden Earring
65 "Please Come to Boston" Dave Loggins
66 "Keep On Smilin'" Wet Willie
67 "Lookin' for a Love" Bobby Womack
68 "Put Your Hands Together" The O'Jays
69 "On and On" Gladys Knight & the Pips
70 "Oh Very Young" Cat Stevens
71 "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" Helen Reddy
72 "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Elton John
73 "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" Chicago
74 "Oh My My" Ringo Starr
75 "For the Love of Money" The O'Jays
76 "I Shot the Sheriff" Eric Clapton
77 "Jet" Paul McCartney and Wings
78 "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Elton John
79 "Tubular Bells" Mike Oldfield
80 "A Love Song" Anne Murray
81 "I'm Leaving It Up to You" Donny and Marie Osmond
82 "Hello It's Me" Todd Rundgren
83 "I Love" Tom T. Hall
84 "Clap for the Wolfman" The Guess Who featuring Wolfman Jack
85 "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" Jim Croce
Tie "The Lord's Prayer" Sister Janet Mead
87 "Trying To Hold On To My Woman" Lamont Dozier
88 "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" Stevie Wonder
89 "A Very Special Love Song" Charlie Rich
90 "My Girl Bill" Jim Stafford
91 "Helen Wheels" Paul McCartney and Wings
Tie "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
93 "Wildwood Weed" Jim Stafford
94 "Beach Baby" The First Class
95 "Me and Baby Brother" War
96 "Rockin' Roll Baby" The Stylistics
97 "I Honestly Love You" Olivia Newton-John
98 "Call on Me" Chicago
99 "Wild Thing" Fancy
100 "Mighty Love" The Spinners
1975
1 "Love Will Keep Us Together" Captain & Tennille
2 "Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell
3 "Philadelphia Freedom" Elton John
4 "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" Freddy Fender
5 "My Eyes Adored You" Frankie Valli
6 "Shining Star" Earth, Wind & Fire
7 "Fame" David Bowie
8 "Laughter in the Rain" Neil Sedaka
9 "One of These Nights" Eagles
10 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" John Denver
11 "Jive Talkin'" Bee Gees
12 "Best of My Love" Eagles
13 "Lovin' You" Minnie Riperton
14 "Kung Fu Fighting" Carl Douglas
15 "Black Water" The Doobie Brothers
16 "The Ballroom Blitz" Sweet
17 "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" B.J. Thomas
18 "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" Tony Orlando and Dawn
19 "At Seventeen" Janis Ian
20 "Pick Up the Pieces" Average White Band
21 "The Hustle" Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony
22 "Lady Marmalade" Labelle
23 "Why Can't We Be Friends" War
24 "Love Won't Let Me Wait" Major Harris
25 "Boogie On Reggae Woman" Stevie Wonder
26 "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" Freddy Fender
27 "Fight the Power" The Isley Brothers
28 "Angie Baby" Helen Reddy
29 "Jackie Blue" Ozark Mountain Daredevils
30 "Fire" Ohio Players
31 "Magic" Pilot
32 "Please Mr. Postman" The Carpenters
33 "Sister Golden Hair" America
34 "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Elton John
35 "Mandy" Barry Manilow
36 "Have You Never Been Mellow" Olivia Newton-John
37 "Could It Be Magic" Barry Manilow
38 "Cat's in the Cradle" Harry Chapin
39 "Wildfire" Michael Martin Murphey
40 "I'm Not Lisa" Jessi Colter
41 "Listen to What the Man Said" Wings
42 "I'm Not in Love" 10cc
43 "I Can Help" Billy Swan
44 "Fallin' in Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
45 "Feelings" Morris Albert
46 "Chevy Van" Sammy Johns
47 "When Will I Be Loved" Linda Ronstadt
48 "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" Barry White
49 "Please Mr. Please" Olivia Newton-John
50 "You're No Good" Linda Ronstadt
51 "Dynomite" Bazuka
52 "Walking in Rhythm" The Blackbyrds
53 "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" Gladys Knight & the Pips
54 "Midnight Blue" Melissa Manchester
55 "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" Sugarloaf
56 "Poetry Man" Phoebe Snow
57 "How Long?" Ace
58 "Express" B.T. Express
59 "That's the Way of the World" Earth, Wind & Fire
60 "Lady" Styx
61 "Bad Time" Grand Funk
62 "Only Women Bleed" Alice Cooper
63 "Doctor's Orders" Carol Douglas
64 "Get Down Tonight" KC and the Sunshine Band
65 "You Are So Beautiful" Joe Cocker
66 "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" Paul Anka & Odia Coates
67 "Feel Like Makin' Love" Bad Company
68 "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" James Taylor
69 "Dance with Me" Orleans
70 "Cut the Cake" Average White Band
71 "Never Can Say Goodbye" Gloria Gaynor
72 "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" Paul Anka
73 "Morning Side of the Mountain" Donny & Marie Osmond
74 "Some Kind of Wonderful" Grand Funk Railroad
75 "When Will I See You Again" The Three Degrees
76 "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" Joe Simon
77 "I'm Sorry" John Denver
78 "Killer Queen" Queen
79 "Shoeshine Boy" Eddie Kendricks
80 "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" B.T. Express
81 "Can't Get It Out of My Head" Electric Light Orchestra
82 "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" Al Green
83 "Lonely People" America
84 "You Got the Love" Rufus
85 "The Rockford Files" Mike Post
86 "It Only Takes a Minute" Tavares
87 "No No Song" Ringo Starr
88 "Junior's Farm" Paul McCartney & Wings
89 "Bungle in the Jungle" Jethro Tull
90 "Long Tall Glasses" Leo Sayer
91 "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" Elton John
92 "Misty" Ray Stevens
93 "Bad Blood" Neil Sedaka & Elton John
94 "Only Yesterday" The Carpenters
95 "I'm on Fire" Dwight Twilley Band
96 "Only You (And You Alone)" Ringo Starr
97 "Third Rate Romance" Amazing Rhythm Aces
98 "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" Bachman–Turner Overdrive
99 "Swearin' to God" Frankie Valli
100 "Get Dancin'" Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
These are the songs that basically shaped my musical future.
