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).
December 23
1960 • Aretha Franklin • “Won’t Be Long” • Soul • Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo • “Right Now”
1966 • Buffalo Springfield • “For What It’s Worth (Stop, Hey What’s That Sound)” • Folk-Rock • Buffalo Springfield • “Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It”
1967 • The Rolling Stones • “She’s A Rainbow” • Baroque Pop • Their Satanic Majesties Request • “2000 Light Years From Home”
1968 • The Marvelettes • “I’m Gonna Hold On Long As I Can” • Soul – Pop • Sophisticated Soul • “Don’t Make Hurting Me A Habit”
1971 • The Carpenters • “Hurting Each Other” • Soft Pop • [Single] • “Maybe It’s You”
1974 • George Harrison • “Ding Dong, Ding Dong” • Holiday Pop • Dark Horse • “Hari’s on Tour (Express)”
1985 • The Bangles • “Manic Monday” • Pop-Rock • Different Light • “In A Different Light”
December 24
1974 • Cher • “Dark Lady” • Pop-Rock • Dark Lady • “Two People Clinging To A Thread”
1988 • Duran Duran • “All She Wants Is” • New Wave Synth-Pop • Big Thing • “I Believe / All I Need to Know”
December 25
1982 • The Who • “Eminence Front” • British Rock • It’s Hard • “One At A Time”
December 26
1963 • The Beatles • “I Saw Her Standing There” • Brit Beat • Please Please Me • [B-Side]
1963 • The Beatles • “I Want To Hold Your Hand” • Power Pop • Meet The Beatles! • “I Saw Her Standing There”
1988 • Fine Young Cannibals • “She Drives Me Crazy” [UK] • Blue-Eyed Soul • The Raw And The Cooked • “Pull The Sucker Off”
2006 • David Gilmour • “Arnold Layne” • Prog Rock • Remember That Night • “Dark Globe”
December 27
1963 • The Dave Clark Five • “Glad All Over” • Brit Beat • Glad All Over • “I Know You”
1966 • The Marvelettes • “Hunter Gets Captured By The Game” • Soul-Pop • The Marvelettes • “I Think I Can Change You”
1972 • Grateful Dead • “Sugar Magnolia” • Folk-Rock • Europe ’72 • “Mr. Charlie”
1988 • Mike + The Mechanics • “The Living Years” • Rock Ballad • Living Years • “Too Many Friends”
1994 • The Human League • “Tell Me When” • New Wave Synth-Pop • Octopus • “Tell Me When” [Remix]
December 28
1962 • Dion • “Ruby Baby” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • Ruby Baby • “He’ll Only Hurt You”
1964 • The Zombies • “Tell Her No” • Pop-Rock • The Zombies • “Leave Me Be”
1969 • The Temptations • “Psychedelic Shack” • Psychedelic Soul • Psychedelic Shack • “That’s The Way Love Is”
1970 • John Lennon • “Mother” • Pop-Rock • John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band • “Why”
1975 • Creedence Clearwater Revival • “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” • Swamp Rock • Cosmo’s Factory • “Good Golly Miss Molly”
1978 • The Trammps • “Disco Inferno” • Disco • Disco Inferno • “You Touch My Hot Line”
December 29
1965 • The Supremes • “My World Is Empty Without You” • Soul-Pop • I Hear A Symphony • “Everything Is Good About You”
1966 • Sonny & Cher • “The Beat Goes On” • Pop-Rock • In Case You’re In Love • “Love Don’t Come”
1970 • Creedence Clearwater Revival • “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?” • Swamp Rock • Pendulum • “Hey Tonight” [Double A-Side]
1980 • Pat Benatar • “Treat Me Right” • Hard Rock • Crimes Of Passion • “Never Wanna Leave You”
