Here’s a sampling 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).
October 05
1960 • Johnny Burnette • “You’re Sixteen” • Teen Idol • [Single] • “I Beg Your Pardon”
1962 • The Beatles • “Love Me Do” [UK] • Brit Beat • Please Please Me • “P.S. I Love You”
1962 • The Beatles • “P.S. I Love You” [UK] • Brit Beat • Please Please Me • [B-Side]
1973 • The Who • “5:15” [UK] • Hard Rock • Quadrophenia • “Water”
1976 • The Doobie Brothers • “It Keeps You Runnin'” • Blue-Eyed Soul • Takin’ It To The Streets • “Turn It Loose”
1979 • The Cars • “Double Life” [UK] • New Wave Pop-Rock • Candy-O • “Got A Lot On My Head”
1979 • Queen • “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” [UK] • Rockabilly • The Game • “We Will Rock You” [Live]
1979 • Moon Martin • “Rolene” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Escape From Domination • “Dangerous”
1981 • U2 • “Gloria” • Alt. Pop-Rock • October • “I Will Follow” [Live]
1982 • The Time • “Gigolos Get Lonely Too” • Soul-Funk • What Time Is It? • “I Don’t Wanna Leave You”
1982 • J. Geils Band • “I Do” [Live]• Boogie Rock • Showtime! • “Sanctuary” [Live]
1983 • Michael Jackson • “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” • Dance-Pop • Thriller • “Working Day And Night” [The Jacksons]
1985 • Phil Collins And Marilyn Martin • “Separate Lives (Love Theme From White Nights)” • Pop Duet Ballad • White Nights[Sndtrk] • “I Don’t Want To Know” [Phil Collins]
1987 • Sammy Hagar • “Eagles Fly” • Hard Rock • I Never Said Goodbye • “Hands And Knees”
1987 • The Cure • “Just Like Heaven” [UK] • Alt. Pop-Rock • Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me • “Snow In Summer”
1987 • Michael Jackson • “Smooth Criminal” • Dance-Pop • Bad • “Smooth Criminal” [Instrumental]
1991 • John (Cougar) Mellencamp • “Get A Leg Up” • Roots Rock • Whenever We Wanted • “Whenever We Wanted”
1992 • The Cure • “A Letter To Elise” • Pop-Rock • Wish • “The Big Hand”
1992 • Spin Doctors • “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” • Alt Pop-Rock • Pocket Full of Kryptonite • “What Time Is It? / Freeway Of Plains” [Live]
October 06
1956 • Elvis Presley • “Anyway You Want Me (That’s How I Will Be)” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • [B-Side]
1956 • Elvis Presley • “Love Me Tender” • Soft Ballad • Elvis • “Anyway You Want Me (That’s How I Will Be)”
1961 • Mary Wells • “Strange Love” • Soul – Pop • The One Who Really Loves You • “Come To Me”
1965 • The Supremes • “I Hear A Symphony” • Soul – Pop • I Hear A Symphony • “Who Could Ever Doubt My Love”
1965 • The Yardbirds • “I’m A Man” • Blues Rock • Having A Rave Up • “Still I’m Sad”
1966 • The Seekers • “Georgy Girl” [UK] • Folk-Pop • Come The Day • “The Last Thing On My Mind”
1966 • Martha & The Vandellas • “I’m Ready For Love” • Soul – Dance • Watchout! • “He Doesn’t Love Her Anymore”
1967 • Episode Six • “I Can See Through You” [UK] • Psychedelic Pop • [Single] • “When I Fall In Love”
1969 • The Beatles • “Come Together” • Pop-Rock • Abbey Road • “Something” [Double A-Side]
1969 • The Beatles • “Something” • Pop-Rock • Abbey Road • “Come Together” [Double A-Side]
1970 • Elvis Presley • “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me” • Pop Ballad • That’s The Way It Is • “Patch It Up”
1972 • Steely Dan • “Do It Again” • Jazz-Rock • Can’t Buy A Thrill • “Fire In The Hole”
1972 • Chicago • “Dialogue (Part I & II)” • Horn-Rock • Chicago V • “Now That You’ve Gone”
1974 • Frank Zappa • “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” • Art Rock • Apostrophe (*) • “Cosmik Debris”
1977 • Aerosmith • “Draw The Line” • Hard Rock • Draw The Line • “Bright Light Fright”
1978 • The Moody Blues • “Driftwood” • Prog Rock • Octave • “I’m Your Man”
1978 • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers • “Listen To Her Heart” [UK] • Album Rock • You’re Gonna Get It! • “I Don’t Know What to Say to You”
1978 • The Boomtown Rats • “Rat Trap” [UK] • Post-Punk • A Tonic For The Troops • “So Strange”
1981 • Stevie Nicks With Don Henley • “Leather And Lace” • Pop-Rock • Bella Donna • “Bella Donna” [Stevie Nicks]
1981 • Journey • “Don’t Stop Believin'” • Power Ballad • Escape • “Natural Thing”
1982 • Madonna • “Everybody” • Dance-Pop • Madonna • “Everybody” [Instrumental Version]
1986 • Huey Lewis & The News • “Hip To Be Square” • Pop-Rock • Fore! • “Some Of My Lies Are True” [Remix]
1992 • Elton John • “The Last Song” • Pop-Rock • The One • “The Man Who Never Died” [Remix]
1996 • Matchbox Twenty • “Back 2 Good” • Alt. Rock • Yourself Or Someone Like You • [None]
1998 • Eagle-Eye Cherry • “Save Tonight” • Alt. Pop-Rock • Desireless • “Conversation”
2003 • Blondie • “Good Boys” • New Wave Pop-Rock • The Curse Of Blondie • [None]
October 07
1960 • The Drifters • “Save The Last Dance For Me” [UK] • Soul • [Single] • “Nobody But Me”
1963 • Freddie & The Dreamers • “I’m Telling You Now” • Merseybeat • [Single] • “What Have I Done to You?”
1964 • The Beefeaters • “Please Let Me Love You” • Folk-Rock • [Single] • “Don’t Be Long”
1964 • Sonny & Cher • “Baby Don’t Go” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Walkin’ The Quetzal”
1965 • Lou Christie • “Lightnin’ Strikes” • Pop-Rock • Lightnin’ Strikes • “Cryin’ In The Streets”
1966 • The Hollies • “Stop Stop Stop” [UK] • Pop-Rock • For Certain Because • “It’s You”
1966 • The Four Tops • “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” [UK] • Soul-Gospel • [Single] • “Until You Love Someone”
1966 • The Hollies • “Stop Stop Stop” • Pop-Rock • Stop! Stop! Stop! • “It’s You”
1966 • The Moody Blues • “Boulevard De La Madelaine” [UK] • British Beat • [Single] • “This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)”
1969 • Bob Dylan • “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You” • Folk-Rock • Nashville Skyline • “Country Pie”
1969 • The Jackson 5 • “I Want You Back” • Soul – Pop • Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 • “Who’s Lovin’ You”
1970 • Steve Miller Band • “Miller’s, Steve, Midnight Tango” • Album Rock • Number 5 • “Going To Mexico”
1971 • Hot Tuna • “Been So Long” • Folk-Rock • [Single] • “Candy Man”
1971 • Michael Jackson • “Got To Be There” • Soul – Pop • Got To Be There • “Maria (You Were the Only One)”
1971 • The Chi-Lites • “Have You Seen Her” • Soul (Chicago Smooth) • (For God’s Sake) Give More Power To The People • “Yes I’m Ready (If I Don’t Get To Go)”
1972 • Timmy Thomas • “Why Can’t We Live Together” • Soul • Why Can’t We Live Together • “Funky Me”
1977 • Steve Miller Band • “Swingtown” • Album Rock • Book Of Dreams • “Winter Time”
1977 • Queen • “We Are The Champions” [UK] • Arena Rock • News Of The World • “We Will Rock You”
1982 • Toto • “Africa” • Pop-Rock • Toto IV • “We Made It”
2006 • Pearl Jam • “Gone” • Grunge Rock • Pearl Jam • “Come Back” [Live] / “Gone” [Live]
October 08
1963 • Sam Cooke • “Little Red Rooster” • Soul • Night Beat • “You Gotta Move”
1965 • The Gentrys • “Keep On Dancing” [UK] • Garage Rock • Keep On Dancing • “Make Up Your Mind”
1970 • Lynn Anderson • “Rose Garden” • Country-Pop • Rose Garden • “Nothing Between Us”
1971 • The Undisputed Truth • “Smiling Faces Sometimes” [UK] • Psychedelic Soul • The Undisputed Truth • “You Got The Love That I Need”
1973 • Loggins & Messina • “My Music” • Country-Rock • Full Sail • “A Love Song”
1976 • Eric Clapton • “Hello Old Friend” [UK] • Country-Rock • No Reason To Cry • “All Our Past Times”
1980 • Irene Cara • “Out Here On My Own” [UK] • Pop Balad • Fame[Sndtrk] • “Fame” [Full Orchestration]
1982 • Steve Miller Band • “Give It Up” [UK] • Album Rock • Abracadabra • “Rock ‘N’ Me”
1982 • Thompson Twins • “Lies” [UK] • Dance-Pop • Quick Step & Side Kick • “Beach Culture”
1982 • Hall & Oates • “Maneater” [UK] • Blue-Eyed Soul • H20 • “Delayed Reaction”
1996 • Matchbox Twenty • “Long Day” • Alt. Rock • Yourself Or Someone Like You • [None]
2002 • Nirvana • “You Know You’re Right” • Grunge • Nirvana • [None]
2002 • Pearl Jam • “I Am Mine” • Grunge Rock • Riot Act • “Down”
October 09
1964 • Manfred Mann • “Sha La La” [UK] • Rock ‘n’ Roll • Mann Made Hits • “John Hardy”
1964 • Martha & The Vandellas • “Dancing In The Street” [UK] • Soul-Dance • [Single] • “There He Is (At My Door)”
1964 • Jan & Dean • “Sidewalk Surfin'” • Surf Pop • Ride The Wild Surf • “When It’s Over”
1964 • Roger Miller • “Chug-A-Lug” [UK] • Country-Pop • Roger And Out • “Reincarnation”
1967 • The Yardbirds • “Ten Little Indians” • Pychedelic Rock • [Single] • “Drinking Muddy Water”
1970 • Edwin Starr • “War” [UK] • Soul-Funk • War & Peace • “He Who Picks A Rose”
1970 • Eric Clapton • “After Midnight” [UK] • Blues-Rock • Eric Clapton • “Easy Now”
1971 • Focus • “Hocus Pocus” [UK] • Prog. Rock • Moving Waves • “Janis”
1981 • Prince • “Controversy” [UK] • Dance-Pop • Controversy • “When You Were Mine”
1984 • Huey Lewis & The News • “Walking On A Thin Line” • Pop-Rock • Sports • “The Only One”
2000 • U2 • “Beautiful Day” • Alt. Pop-Rock • All That You Can’t Leave Behind • “Summer Rain” / “Always”
October 10
1966 • The Beach Boys • “Good Vibrations” • Psychedelic Pop • [Single} • “Let’s Go Away For Awhile”
1969 • Smith • “Baby It’s You” [UK] • Blue-Eyed Soul • A Group Called Smith • “I Don’t Believe (I Believe)”
1969 • The Band • “Up On Cripple Creek” [UK] • Roots Rock • The Band • “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
1972 • The Hollies • “Long Dark Road” • Pop-Rock • Distant Light • “Indian Girl”
1973 • Steely Dan • “My Old School” • Pop-Rock • Countdown To Ecstasy • “Pearl Of The Quarter”
1978 • The Cars • “My Best Friend’s Girl” • New Wave Pop-Rock • The Cars • “Don’t Cha Stop”
1980 • The Cars • “Touch And Go” [UK] • New Wave Pop-Rock • Panorama • “Down Boys”
1980 • Stephanie Mills • “Never Knew Love Like This Before” [UK] • R&B Disco • Sweet Sensation • “Still Mine”
1980 • XTC • “Towers Of London” [UK] • Post-Punk • Black Sea • “Set Myself On Fire” [Live]
1987 • Bourgeois Tagg • “I Don’t Mind At All” • Pop-Rock • Yoyo • “Pencil & Paper”
1988 • Keith Richards • “Take It So Hard” [UK] • Hard Rock • Talk Is Cheap • “I Could Have Stood You Up”
1988 • The Moody Blues • “No More Lies” • Prog Rock • Sur La Mer • “River Of Endless Love”
2005 • U2 • “All Because Of You” [UK] • Alt. Pop-Rock • How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb • “She’s A Mystery To Me” [Live]
2012 • Blondie • “Dead Air” • Dance-Pop • [Web Download Single] • [None]
2012 • Blondie • “Bride Of Infinity” • Dance-Pop • [Web Download Single] • [None]
2012 • Blondie • “Rock On” • Dance-Pop • [Web Download Single] • [None]
October 11
1963 • Martha & The Vandellas • “Heat Wave” [UK] • Soul – Dance • Heat Wave • “A Love Like Yours (Don’t Come Knockin’ Every Day)”
1968 • Bonzo Dog Band • “I’m The Urban Spaceman” [UK] • Psychedelic Pop • Tadpoles • “Canyons Of Your Mind”
1968 • Steve Miller Band • “Living In The U.S.A.” [UK] • Album Rock • Sailor • “Quicksilver Girl”
1971 • Nilsson • “Without You” • Power Ballad • Nilsson Schmilsson • “Gotta Get Up”
1971 • John Lennon • “Imagine” • Soft Pop • Imagine • “It’s So Hard”
1974 • Lynyrd Skynyrd • “Sweet Home Alabama” [UK] • Southern Rock • Second Helping • “Take Your Time”
1974 • Queen • “Killer Queen” [UK] • Glam Rock • Sheer Heart Attack • “Flick Of The Wrist”
1975 • John Lennon • “Imagine” [UK] • Soft Pop • [Single] • “Working Class Hero”
1980 • Kool & The Gang • “Celebration” • Disco-Funk • Celebrate! • “Morning Star”
1985 • Thompson Twins • “King For A Day” [UK] • New Wave Synth-Pop • Here’s To Future Days • “Rollunder”
1992 • Madonna • “Erotica” • Dance-Pop • Erotica • “Erotica” [Instrumental]
2012 • The Rolling Stones • “Doom And Gloom” • Blues-Rock • GRRR! • [None]
