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).
May 25
1961 • Marvin Gaye • “Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide” • Soul • The Soulful Moods Of Marvin Gaye • “Never Let You Go (Sha-Lu Bop)”
1971 • Elvis Presley • “Life” • Gospel-Pop • [Single] • “Only Believe”
1973 • George Harrison • “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Living In The Material World • “Miss O’Dell”
1973 • Mott The Hoople • “Honaloochie Boogie” [UK] • Glam Rock • Mott • “Rose”
1979 • Robert Palmer • “Bad Case Of Lovin’ You (Doctor, Doctor)” [UK] • Rock ‘n Roll • Secrets • “Love Can Run Faster”
1979 • Dave Edmunds • “Girls Talk” [UK] • Pub Rock • Repeat When Necessary • “Bad Is Bad”
1992 • The Cure • “Friday I’m In Love” • Jangle Pop • Wish • “Halo”
1997 • Sublime • “Wrong Way” • Ska Punk • Sublime • “Wrong Way” [Album Version]
May 26
1961 • Jerry Lee Lewis • “Cold, Cold Heart” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • “It Won’t Happen With Me”
1962 • Brian Hyland • “Sealed With A Kiss” • Teen Idol • [Single] • “Summer Job”
1965 • Elvis Presley • “(Such An) Easy Question” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “It Feels So Right”
1967 • The Hollies • “Carrie Anne” • Pop-Rock • Evolution • “Signs That Will Never Change”
1967 • The Hollies • “Carrie Anne” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Evolution • “Signs That Will Never Change”
1971 • The Doobie Brothers • “Nobody” • Pop-Rock • The Doobie Brothers • “Slippery Paul”
1975 • Glen Campbell • “Rhinestone Cowboy” • Country-Pop • Rhinestone Cowboy • “Lovelight”
1978 • The Cars • “My Best Friend’s Girl” [UK] • New Wave Pop-Rock • The Cars • “Moving In Stereo”
1978 • Cheap Trick • “Surrender” [UK] • Power Pop • Heaven Tonight • “Auf Wiedersehen”
1978 • The Rolling Stones • “Miss You” [UK] • Disco-Pop • Some Girls • “Far Away Eyes”
1978 • Talking Heads • “Pulled Up” [UK] • New Wave Pop-Rock • Talking Heads: 77 • “Don’t Worry About The Government”
1978 • Todd Rundgren • “Can We Still Be Friends?” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Hermit Of Mink Hollow • “Determination”
1982 • Marshall Crenshaw • “Someday, Someway” • Power Pop/Rockabilly • Marshall Crenshaw • “You’re My Favorite Waste Of Time”
1982 • J. Geils Band • “Angel In Blue” • Blues-Rock • Freeze-Frame • “River Blindness”
1984 • Bon Jovi • “She Don’t Know Me” • Glam-Metal • Bon Jovi • “Burning For Love”
1987 • Richard Marx • “Don’t Mean Nothing” • AA Pop-Rock • Richard Marx • “The Flame Of Love”
1987 • Whitesnake • “Is This Love” [UK] • Power Ballad • Whitesnake • “Bad Boys”
May 27
1957 • The Del-Vikings • “Whispering Bells” • Doo Wop • [Single] • “Don’t Be A Fool”
1958 • The Crickets • “Think It Over” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • “Fool’s Paradise”
1966 • The Beatles • “Paperback Writer” [UK] • Power Pop • [Single] • “Rain”
1966 • The Beatles • “Rain” [UK] • Pop-Rock • [Single] • [B-Side]
1966 • The Yardbirds • “Over, Under, Sideways, Down” [UK] • Blues Rock • Roger The Engineer • “Jeff’s Boogie”
1966 • Simon & Garfunkel • “I Am A Rock” [UK] • Folk-Pop • Sounds Of Silence • “Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall”
1966 • The Animals • “Don’t Bring Me Down” [UK] • Blues-Rock • [Single] • “Cheating”
1971 • Boz Scaggs • “Near You” • Blues-Rock • Moments • “Downright Women”
1976 • Aerosmith • “Last Child” • Funk Rock • Rocks • “Combination”
1976 • KC & The Sunshine Band • “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Your Booty” • Disco • Part 3 • “Boogie Shoes”
1977 • Garland Jeffreys • “35 Millimeter Dreams” [UK] • Album Rock • Ghost Writer • “Ghost Writer”
1977 • The Sex Pistols • “God Save The Queen” [UK] • Punk-Rock • Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols • “No Feeling”
1977 • Supertramp • “Give A Little Bit” • Prog/Art Rock • Even In The Quietest Moments • “Downstream”
1977 • Elvis Costello • “Alison” [UK] • New Wave Pop-Rock • My Aim Is True • “Welcome To The Working Week”
1977 • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers • “Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll” [UK] • Album Rock • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers • “Fooled Again (I Don’t Like It)”
1982 • Billy Idol • “Hot In The City” • Hard Rock • Billy Idol • “Hole In The Wall”
1983 • Bryan Adams • “Cuts Like A Knife” • Pop-Rock • Cuts Like A Knife • “Lonely Nights”
1986 • Janet Jackson • “Nasty” [UK] • Dance-Pop • Control • “You’ll Never Find (A Love Like Mine)”
1986 • Bruce Hornsby & The Range • “Every Little Kiss” • Pop-Rock • The Way It Is • “The Red Plains”
May 28
1965 • Roger Miller • “Engine Engine #9” [UK] • Country-Pop • The 3rd Time Around • “The Last Word in Lonesome is Me”
1965 • The Supremes • “Back In My Arms Again” [UK] • Soul-Pop • More Hits By The Supremes • “Whisper You Love Me Boy”
1965 • Donovan • “Colours” [UK] • Psychedelic-Pop • Fairytale • “To Sing For You”
1965 • The Moody Blues • “From the Bottom of My Heart (I Love You)” [UK] • British Beat • [Single] • “And My Baby’s Gone”
1968 • Blood, Sweat & Tears • “I Can’t Quit Her” • Pop-Rock • Child Is Father To The Man • “House In The Country”
1969 • Neil Diamond • “Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)” • Soft Rock • Neil Diamond • “Dig In”
1969 • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles • “Doggone Right” • Soul – Pop • Time Out For Smokey Robinson & The Miracles • “Here I Go Again”
1971 • Carole King • “It’s Too Late” [UK] • Female Vocalist • Tapestry • “I Feel The Earth Move” [Double A-Side]
1971 • Carole King • “I Feel The Earth Move” [UK] • Folk-Pop • Tapestry • “It’s Too Late” [Double A-Side]
1971 • The Bee Gees • “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Trafalgar • “Country Woman”
1971 • The Carpenters • “Rainy Days And Mondays” [UK] • Soft Pop • Carpenters • “Saturday”
1971 • Marvin Gaye • “What’s Goin’ On” [UK] • Soul • What’s Goin’ On • “God Is Love”
1976 • Rod Stewart • “Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright)” [UK] • Blues-Rock • A Night On The Town • “The Ball Trap”
1978 • Donna Summer • “Last Dance” [UK] • Disco • [Single] • “With Your Love”
1982 • Van Halen • “Dancing In The Street” [UK] • Arena Rock • Diver Down • “Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now”
1982 • Bow Wow Wow • “I Want Candy” [UK] • New Wave Pop-Rock • I Want Candy • “King Kong”
1982 • The Cars • “Since You’re Gone” [UK] • Rock Ballad • Shake It Up • “Maybe Baby”
1982 • After The Fire • “Der Kommissar” [UK] • Synth-Pop • ATF • “Nobody Else But You”
1982 • A Flock Of Seagulls • “Space Age Love Song” [UK] • New Wave Synth-Pop • A Flock Of Seagulls • “Windows”
1985 • Sting • “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free” • Pop-Rock • The Dream Of The Blue Turtles • “Another Day”
1988 • Neil Young & The Bluenotes • “This Note’s For You” • Blues-Rock • This Note’s For You • “This Note’s For You” [LP Version]
1989 • Jason Donovan • “Sealed With A Kiss” [UK] • Psychedelic-Pop • Ten Good Reasons • “Just Call Me Up”
May 29
1964 • Peter & Gordon • “Nobody I Know” [UK] • Merseybeat • [Single] • “You Don’t Have To Tell Me”
1964 • Jackie DeShannon • “When You Walk In The Room” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Jackie DeShannon • “Till You Say You’ll Be Mine”
1964 • The Dave Clark Five • “Can’t You See She’s Mine” • Brit Beat • Return! • “No Time To Lose”
1967 • Cream • “Strange Brew” • Blues-Rock • Disraeli Gears • “Tales Of Brave Ulysses”
1967 • Lulu • “The Boat That I Row” • Pop-Rock • Love Loves To Love Lulu • “Dreary Nights And Days”
1967 • The Tremeloes • “Silence Is Golden” • Brit Beat • Chip, Dave, Alan And Rick • “Let Your Hair Hang Down”
1971 • Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway • “You’ve Got A Friend” • Pop-Soul • Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway • “Gone Away”
1971 • James Taylor • “You’ve Got A Friend” • Folk-Rock • Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon • “You Can Close Your Eyes”
1972 • Paul McCartney & Wings • “Mary Had A Little Lamb” • Pop/Children’s • [Single] • “Little Woman In Love”
1978 • The Cars • “Just What I Needed” • New Wave Pop-Rock • The Cars • “I’m In Touch With Your World”
1979 • The Records • “Teenarama” [UK] • Power Pop • Shades In Bed • “Held Up High”
1981 • Toni Basil • “Mickey” [UK] • Pop-Dance • Word Of Mouth • “Hanging Around”
1982 • Survivor • “Eye Of The Tiger” • Album Rock • Eye Of The Tiger • “Take You On A Saturday”
1985 • Fine Young Cannibals • “Johnny Come Home” [UK] • R&B Ska • Fine Young Cannibals • “Good Times And Bad”
1989 • Guns N’ Roses • “Sweet Child O’ Mine” [UK] • Hard Rock • Appetite For Destruction • “It’s So Easy” [Live]
May 30
1960 • The Kingston Trio • “Bad Man Blunder” • Folk-Pop • String Along • “The Escape Of Old John Webb”
1966 • The Beatles • “Paperback Writer” • Power Pop • [Single] • “Rain”
1966 • The Beatles • “Rain” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • [B-Side]
1967 • The Rascals • “You Better Run” • Blue-Eyed Soul • Groovin’ • “Love Is A Beautiful Thing”
1968 • Amboy Dukes • “Journey To The Center Of The Mind” • Psychedelic • Journey To The Center Of The Mind • “Mississippi Murderer”
1969 • Procol Harum • “A Salty Dog” [UK] • Prog Rock • A Salty Dog • “Long Gone Geek”
1969 • The Beatles • “The Ballad Of John And Yoko” [UK] • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Old Brown Shoe”
1969 • The Beatles • “Old Brown Shoe” [UK] • Pop-Rock • [Single] • [B-Side]
1969 • The Bee Gees • “Tomorrow Tomorrow” [UK] • Psychedelic Pop • [Single] • “Sun In My Morning”
1969 • Sly & The Family Stone • “I Want To Take You Higher” [UK] • Soul-Funk • Stand! • [B-Side]
1969 • Sly & The Family Stone • “Stand!” [UK] • Soul-Funk • Stand! • “I Want To Take You Higher”
1975 • Smokey [Smokie] • “If You Think You Know How To Love Me” [UK] • Soft Rock • [Single] • “‘Tis Me”
1975 • Lynyrd Skynyrd • “Saturday Night Special” [UK] • Southern Rock • Nuthin’ Fancy • “Made In The Shade”
1975 • The Doobie Brothers • “Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)” [UK] • Gospel-Pop • Stampede • “Slat Key Soquel Rag”
1978 • Pablo Cruise • “Love Will Find A Way” • Yacht Rock • Worlds Away • “Always Be Together”
1980 • Queen • “Play The Game” [UK] • Glam Rock • The Game • “A Human Body”
1981 • Phil Collins • “In The Air Tonight” • Pop-Rock • Face Value • “The Roof Is Leaking”
1986 • Bananarama • “Venus” [UK] • New Wave Dance-Pop • True Confessions • “White Train”
1987 • George Michael • “I Want Your Sex (Rhythm 1: Lust)” [UK] • Dance-Pop • Faith • “”I Want Your Sex” (“Rhythm Two: Brass in Love”)”
1988 • Robert Palmer • “Simply Irresistible” [UK] • Adult Contemporary • Heavy Nova • “Nova”
May 31
1968 • Donovan • “Hurdy, Gurdy Man” • Psychedelic-Pop • The Hurdy Gurdy Man • “Teen Angel”
1974 • Chicago • “Call On Me” • Jazz-Rock • Chicago VII • “Prelude To Aire”
1975 • The Isley Brothers • “Fight The Power Part 1” • Soul-Funk • The Heat Is On • “Fight The Power Part 2”
1976 • The Beatles • “Got To Get You Into My Life” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Helter Skelter”
1976 • The Beatles • “Helter Skelter” • Hard Rock/Proto-Metal • [Single] • [B-Side]
1977 • Suzy And The Red Stripes • “Seaside Woman” • Reggae-Pop • [Single] • “B-Side To Seaside”
1985 • Sting • “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free” [UK] • Pop-Rock • The Dream Of The Blue Turtles • “Another Day”
1985 • Bruce Springsteen • “Glory Days” • Heartland Rock • Born In the U.S.A. • “Stand On It”
1994 • Pink Floyd • “Take It Back” • Prog Rock • The Division Bell • “Astronomy Domine” [Live]
1995 • Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson • “Scream” • New Jack Swing • HIStory: Past, Present, Future, Book I • “Childhood”
