Here’s a growing list of charting singles (and B-Sides that charted) from rock and pop music from the 50s through the 80s – the BEST music ever made!
Entries are: Year • Artist • Track Title • Genre • Album • B-Side
(If a non-album single, then [Single]. If the charting track was the B-Side, then [B-Side]. Any “UK” entry designates a single different from its US counterpart).
August 04
1964 • The Kinks • “You Really Got Me” [UK] • Garage Rock • The Kinks • “It’s All Right”
1964 • Solomon Burke • “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love” [UK] • Soul • [Single] • “Looking For My Baby”
1966 • The Temptations • “Beauty Is Only Skin Deep” • Soul • [Single] • “You’re Not An Ordinary Girl”
1967 • The Small Faces • “Itchycoo Park” [UK] • Britbeat • [Single] • “I’m Only Dreaming”
1972 • Procol Harum • “Conquistador” [UK] • Prog Rock • Procol Harum Live: In Concert With The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra • “A Salty Dog”
1972 • 10cc • “Donna” [UK] • Doo Wop Parody • 10cc • “Hot Rock Sun”
1972 • Jim Croce • “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” [UK] • Folk-Pop • You Don’t Mess Around With Jim • “Photographs And Memories”
1972 • Rod Stewart • “You Wear It Well” [UK] • Folk-Rock • Never A Dull Moment • “Los Paraguayos”
1976 • The Doobie Brothers • “Wheels Of Fortune” • Pop-Rock • Takin’ It To The Streets • “Slat Key Soquel Rag”
August 05
1966 • The Small Faces • “All Or Nothing” [UK] • Britbeat • [Single] • “Understanding”
1966 • The Beatles • “Eleanor Rigby” [UK] • Baroque Pop • Rubber Soul • “Yellow Submarine” [Double A-Side]
1966 • The Beatles • “Yellow Submarine” [UK] • Psychedelic Pop • Magical Mystery Tour • “Eleanor Rigby” [Double A-Side]
1974 • Billy Preston • “Nothing From Nothing” • Funk • The Kids And Me • “My Soul Is A Witness”
1980 • Elton John • “Sartorial Eloquence” [UK] • Pop-Rock • 21 At 33 • “White Man Danger” / “Cartier”
1986 • The Pretenders • “Don’t Get Me Wrong” [UK] • Post-Punk • Get Close • “Dance!”
1991 • R.E.M. • “Near Wild Heaven” • Alt. Pop-Rock • Out Of Time • “Pop Song ’89” [Live Acoustic]
1992 • Madonna • “Rain” • Dance-Pop • Erotica • “Waiting”
1997 • Aerosmith • “Hole In My Soul” • Power Ballad • Nine Lives • “Falling Off”
August 06
1965 • The Small Faces • “Whatcha Gonna Do About It” [UK] • Britbeat • The Small Faces • “What’s A Matter Baby”
1966 • The Byrds • “5 D (Fifth Dimension)” [UK] • Folk-Rock • Fifth Dimension • “Captain Soul” [Instrumental]
1971 • James Taylor • “You’ve Got A Friend” [UK] • Folk-Rock • Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon • “You Can Close Your Eyes”
1971 • Tommy James • “Draggin’ The Line” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Christian Of The World • “Bits And Pieces”
1973 • Eagles • “Outlaw Man” • Country-Rock • Desperado • “Certain Kind Of Fool”
1976 • Manfred Mann’s Earth Band • “Blinded By The Light” [UK] • Art Rock • The Roaring Silence • “Starbird No.2”
1976 • ABBA • “Dancing Queen” • Euro-Pop • Arrival • “That’s Me”
1976 • War • “Summer” [UK] • Funk • Greatest Hits • “All Day Music”
1977 • Little River Band • “Help Is On Its Way” • Pop-Rock • Diamantina Cocktail • “The Inner Light”
1981 • The Rolling Stones • “Start Me Up” • Blues-Rock • Tattoo You • “No Use In Crying”
1982 • Steve Miller Band • “Keeps Me Wondering Why” [UK] • Album Rock • Abracadabra • “Get On Home”
1982 • The Cars • “Think It Over” [UK] • New Wave Synth-Pop • Shake It Up • “I’m Not The One”
1983 • Stray Cats • “(She’s) Sexy + 17” • Rockabilly • Rant N’ Rave With The Stray Cats • “Looking Better Every Beer”
1984 • Tears For Fears • “Mothers Talk” [UK] • New Wave Synth-Pop • Songs From The Big Chair • “Sea Song”
1988 • Rod Stewart • “Forever Young” [UK] • Blues-Rock • Out Of Order • “Days Of Rage”
1990 • The Human League • “Heart Like A Wheel” [UK] • New Wave Synth-Pop • Romantic? • “Rebound”
August 07
1964 • Stevie Wonder • “Hey Harmonica Man” [UK] • Soul-Pop • Stevie At The Beach • “This Little Girl”
1964 • The Yardbirds • “I Wish You Would” • Blues-Rock • [Single] • “A Certain Girl”
1969 • Marvin Gaye • “That’s The Way Love Is” • Soul • M.P.G. • “Gonna Keep Tryin’ Till I Win Your Love”
1970 • Bobby Bloom • “Montego Bay” • Bubblegum • Montego Bay • “Try A Little Harder”
1970 • The Five Stairsteps • “O-o-h Child” [UK] • Chicago Soul • [Single] • [B-Side]
1970 • Bobby Bloom • “Montego Bay” • Bubblegum • Montego Bay • “Try A Little Harder”
1970 • Black Sabbath • “Paranoid” [UK] • Hard Rock • Paranoid • “The Wizards”
1971 • Lighthouse • “One Fine Morning” • Brass-Rock • One Fine Morning • “Little Kind Words”
1975 • The Who • “Slip Kid” • British Rock • The Who By Numbers • “Dreaming From The Waist”
1977 • 10cc • “People In Love” [UK] • Art Pop-Rock • Deceptive Bends • “I’m So Laid Back I’m Laid Out”
1981 • Foreigner • “Urgent” [UK] • Hard Rock • 4 • “Girl On The Moon”
1981 • Greg Kihn • “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)” [UK] • Power Pop • Rockihnroll • “When The Music Starts”
1990 • The Black Crowes • “Hard To Handle” [UK] • Southern Rock • Shake Your Money Maker • “Jealous Again” [Acoustic]
August 08
1958 • The Kingston Trio • “Tom Dooley” • Folk-Pop • The Kingston Trio • “Ruby Red”
1961 • Elvis Presley • “Little Sister” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • [B-Side]
1961 • Elvis Presley • “(Marie’s The Name) His Latest Flame” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Little Sister”
1966 • The Beatles • “Yellow Submarine” • Psychedelic Pop • Magical Mystery Tour • “Eleanor Rigby”
1966 • The Beatles • “Eleanor Rigby” • Baroque Pop • Rubber Soul • [B-Side]
1967 • Elvis Presley • “There’s Always Me” • Pop Ballad • Something For Everybody • “Judy”
1967 • Elvis Presley • “Judy” • Pop Ballad • Something For Everybody • [B-Side]
1967 • Aretha Franklin • “Take A Look” • Soul • Take A Look • “Follow Your Heart”
1968 • The Band • “The Weight” • Roots Rock • Music From Big Pink • “I Shall Be Released”
1969 • Creedence Clearwater Revival • “Bad Moon Rising” [UK] • Roots Rock • Green River • “Lodi”
1973 • Bob Dylan • “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” • Folk-Rock • Pat Garret & Billy The Kid • “Turkey Chase”
1978 • The Who • “Who Are You?” • Prog Rock • Who Are You? • “Had Enough”
1979 • Foreigner • “Double Vision” [UK] • Arena Rock • Double Vision • “Lonely Children”
1980 • David Bowie • “Ashes To Ashes” [UK] • Glam Rock • Scary Monsters • “Move On”
1980 • The Clash • “Bankrobber” [UK] • Punk-Rock • [Single] • “Rockers Galore… UK Tour”
1983 • UB40 • “Red Red Wine” [UK] • Reggae-Pop • Labour Of Love • “Sufferin'”
1986 • Genesis • “Throwing It All Away” • Prog Rock • Invisible Touch • “Do The Neurotic”
1994 • Everything But The Girl • “Missing” [UK] • Electro-Dance • Amplified Heart • “Missing” [Dance Mix]
August 09
1963 • Jan & Dean • “Honolulu Lulu” • Surfer Rock • Surf City And Other Swingin’ Cities • “Someday (You’ll Go Walking By)”
1967 • The Association • “Never My Love” • Sunshine Pop • Insight Out • “Requiem For The Masses”
1968 • Mama Cass With The Mamas And Papas • “Dream A Little Dream Of Me” [UK] • Pop-Folk • The Papas & The Mamas • “Midnight Voyage”
1982 • Duran Duran • “Save A Prayer” [UK] • New Wave Synth-Pop • Rio • “Hold Back the Rain”
1983 • The Fixx • “One Thing Leads To Another” • Techno-Pop • Reach The Beach • “Opinions”
1994 • Elton John • “Circle Of Life” • Pop-Rock • The Lion King[Sndtrk] • “Circle Of Life” [Carmen Twillie & Cast]
August 10
1958 • Jerry Lee Lewis • “Break Up!” • Rockabilly • [Single] • “I’ll Make It All Up To You”
1958 • Jerry Lee Lewis • “I’ll Make It All Up To You” • Rockabilly • [Single] • [B-Side]
1965 • Elvis Presley • “I’m Yours” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “(It’s A) Long, Lonely Highway”
1965 • Elvis Presley • “(It’s A) Long Lonely Highway” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • [B-Side]
1968 • Marvin Gaye • “Chained” • Soul-Blues-Funk • In The Groove • “At Last (I Found A Love)”
1972 • Simon & Garfunkel • “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her” [Live]• Folk-Pop • Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits • “America”
1973 • Grand Funk Railroad • “We’re An American Band” [UK] • Blues-Rock • We’re An American Band • “Creepin'”
1973 • 10cc • “The Dean And I” [UK] • Art Pop-Rock • 10cc • “Bee in My Bonnet”
1973 • Eagles • “Tequila Sunrise” [UK] • Soft Country-Rock • Desperado • “Twenty-One”
1974 • Kiss • “Strutter” • Hard Rock • Kiss • “100,000 Years”
1979 • Suzy And The Red Stripes • “Seaside Woman” [UK] • Reggae-Pop • [Single] • “B-Side To Seaside”
1979 • Smokey Robinson • “Cruisin'” • Smooth Soul • Where There’s Smoke… • “Ever Had A Dream”
1985 • J. Geils Band • “Fright Night” • Pop-Rock • Fright Night[Sndtrk] • “Boppin’ Tonight” [Fabulous Fontaines]
1987 • The Cars • “You Are The Girl” • New Wave Pop-Rock • Door To Door • “Ta Ta Wayo Wayo”
1987 • Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield • “What Have I Done To Deserve This?” [UK] • Club Dance • Actually • “A New Life” [Pet Shop Boys]
1998 • The Rolling Stones • “Out Of Control” [UK] • Blues-Rock • Bridges To Babylon • “Out Of Control” [Remix]
2004 • Jimmy Buffett with Martina McBride • “Trip Around The Sun” • Country-Rock • License To Chill • “Trip Around The Sun”
