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).
July 17
1962 • Mary Wells • “You Beat Me To The Punch” • Soul-Pop • The One Who Really Loves You • “Old Love (Let’s Try Again)”
1962 • Elvis Presley • “Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • [B-Side]
1962 • Elvis Presley • “She’s Not You” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • “Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello”
1965 • The Righteous Brothers • “Unchained Melody” • Blue-Eyed Soul • Just Once In My Life • [B-Side]
1967 • The Beatles • “All You Need Is Love” • Pop-Rock • Magical Mystery Tour • “Baby You’re A Rich Man”
1967 • The Beatles • “Baby You’re A Rich Man” • Pop-Rock • Magical Mystery Tour • [B-Side]
1972 • Bread • “Mother Freedom” • Soft Rock • Baby I’m-A Want You • “Live In Your Love”
1972 • Yes • “America” • Prog Rock • Keys To The Ascension • “Total Mass Retain”
1973 • Paul Simon • “Loves Me Like A Rock” • Folk-Pop • There Goes Rhymin’ Simon • “Learn How To Fall”
1978 • Donna Summer • “Je T’aime…Moi Non Plus” • Disco • [Single] • “Je T’aime…Moi Non Plus (Part 2)”
1981 • Electric Light Orchestra • “Hold On Tight” [UK] • Prog. Rock • Time • “When Time Stood Still”
1995 • Hootie & The Blowfish • “Only Wanna Be With You” • Pop-Rock • Cracked Rear View • “Use Me” / “Only Wanna Be With You” [Live]
1995 • R.E.M. • “Tongue” [UK] • Alt. Pop-Rock • Monster • “Tongue” [Instrumental]
July 18
1960 • The Ventures • “Walk, Don’t Run” • Rock ‘n’ Roll Instrumental • Walk, Don’t Run • “Home”
1966 • The Beach Boys • “God Only Knows” • Pop Ballad • Pet Sounds • [B-Side]
1966 • Simon & Garfunkel • “Bright Green Pleasure Machine” • Baroque-Pop • Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme • [B-Side]
1966 • The Beach Boys • “Wouldn’t It Be Nice?” • Pop-Rock • Pet Sounds • “God Only Knows”
1966 • Simon & Garfunkel • “The Dangling Conversation” • Folk-Pop • Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme • “Bright Green Pleasure Machine”
1969 • Steve Miller Band • “My Dark Hour” [UK] • Psych Rock • Brave New World • “Song For Our Ancestors”
1975 • David Bowie • “Fame” [UK] • Glam Rock • Young Americans • “Right”
1975 • The Carpenters • “Solitaire” • Soft Pop • [Single] • “Love Me For What I Am”
1980 • Talking Heads • “Cities” [UK] • Funk-Rock • Fear Of Music • “Cities” [Live]
1981 • Soft Cell • “Tainted Love” [UK] • Synth-Pop • Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret • “Where Did Our Love Go”
1984 • Prince & The Revolution • “Let’s Go Crazy” • R&B-Pop • Purple Rain • “Erotic City”
1988 • The Beach Boys • “Kokomo” • Calypso-Pop • Still Cruisin’ • “Tutti Frutti” [Little Richard]
1994 • Hootie & The Blowfish • “Hold My Hand” • Pop-Rock • Cracked Rear View • “I Go Blind”
2000 • Pearl Jam • “Light Years” • Grunge Rock • Binaural • “Grievance” / “Soon Forget”
July 19
1952 • Hank Williams, Sr, • “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” • Country-Cajun • Honky Tonkin’ • “Window Shopping”
1954 • Elvis Presley • “That’s All Right” • Rockabilly • {Single] • “Blue Moon Of Kentucky”
1954 • Elvis Presley • “Blue Moon Of Kentucky” • Rockabilly • [Single] • [B-Side]
1965 • The Beatles • “I’m Down” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • [B-Side]
1965 • The Beatles • “Help!” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “I’m Down”
1968 • The Hollies • “Do the Best You Can” • Pop-Rock • Dear Eloise/King Midas in Reverse • “Elevated Observations”
1968 • The Beach Boys • “Do It Again” [UK] • Pop-Rock • 20/20 • “Wake The World”
1968 • The Moody Blues • “Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)” • Symphonic Rock • Days Of Future Passed • “Another Morning”
1972 • The Doobie Brothers • “Listen To The Music” • Pop-Rock • Toulouse Street • “Toulouse Street”
1990 • Phil Collins • “Something Happened On The Way To Heaven” • Pop-Rock • …But Seriously • “Lionel (Do You Remember?)” [Demo]
1993 • Madonna • “Rain” [UK] • Dance-Pop • Erotica • “Open Your Heart”
1993 • Tears For Fears • “Cold” [UK] • Synth-Pop • Elemental • “New Star”
1993 • Billy Joel • “The River Of Dreams” [UK] • Pop-Rock • River Of Dreams • “The Great Wall Of China”
July 20
1959 • Buddy Holly • “Peggy Sue Got Married” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Crying, Waiting, Hoping”
1964 • The Beatles • “And I Love Her” • Brit Beat • A Hard Day’s Night • “If I Fell”
1964 • The Beatles • “If I Fell” • Pop Ballad • Something New • [B-Side]
1965 • The Lovin’ Spoonful • “Do You Believe In Magic?” • Folk-Rock • Do You Believe In Magic • “On The Road Again”
1985 • Phil Collins • “Don’t Lose My Number” • Pop-Rock • No Jacket Required • “We Said Hello Goodbye”
1987 • Michael Jackson • “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” • Pop Ballad • Bad • “Baby Be Mine”
1995 • Pink Floyd • “Wish You Were Here” [Live][UK] • Prog Rock • Pulse • “Coming Back to Life” / “Keep Talking”
July 21
1958 • Eddie Cochran • “Summertime Blues” • Rockabilly • C’mon Everybody • “Love Again”
1961 • The Supremes • “Buttered Popcorn” • Soul-Pop • Meet The Supremes • “Who’s Lovin’ You”
1965 • Barry McGuire • “Eve Of Destruction” • Folk-Rock • Eve Of Destruction • “What Exactly’s The Matter With Me”
1966 • The Cyrkle • “Turn-Down Day” • Folk-Pop • Red Rubber Ball • “Big Little Woman”
1978 • 10cc • “Dreadlock Holiday” [UK] • Art Pop-Rock • Bloody Tourists • “Nothing Can Move Me”
1986 • Huey Lewis & The News • “Stuck With You” • Pop-Rock • Fore! • “Don’t Ever Tell Me That You Love Me”
1992 • Nirvana • “Lithium” • Grunge • Nevermind • “Been A Son” / “Curmudgeon”
1994 • The Pretenders • “I’ll Stand By You” • Post-Punk • Last of The Independents • “Rebel Rock Me”
July 22
1963 • The Beach Boys • “Little Deuce Coupe” • Hot Rod Rock • Surfer Girl • [B-Side]
1963 • The Beach Boys • “Surfer Girl” • Surf Ballad • Surfer Girl • “Little Deuce Coupe”
1966 • The Mamas & The Papas • “I Saw Her Again” [UK] • Sunshine Pop • The Mamas & The Papas • “Even If I Could”
1983 • The Hollies • “Stop! In The Name Of Love” [UK] • Pop-Rock • What Goes Around • “Musical Pictures”
1985 • UB40 (with Chrissie Hynde) • “I Got You Babe” [UK] • Reggae-Pop • Little Baggariddim • “Labour Of Love (Theme From)” [UB40]
1999 • Days Of The New • “Enemy” • Alt. Acoustic Rock • Days of the New II • “Enemy” [Album Edit]
1999 • Len • “Steal My Sunshine” • Indie Pop/Trip Hop • You Can’t Stop The Bum Rush • “It’s Down to This” / “Drunc’n Moves “
July 23
1962 • Marvin Gaye • “Stubborn Kind Of Fellow” • Soul • That Stubborn Kinda Fellow • “It Hurt Me Too”
1965 • Wilson Pickett • “In The Midnight Hour” [UK] • Soul • In The Midnight Hour • “I’m Not Tired”
1965 • The Marvelettes • “Danger! Heartbreak Dead Ahead” • Soul-Pop • The Marvelettes’ Greatest Hits • “Your Cheating Ways”
1965 • The Miracles • “The Tracks Of My Tears” [UK] • Soul Ballad • Going To A Go-Go • “A Fork In The Road”
1965 • Lee Dorsey • “Ride Your Pony” [UK] • New Orleans R&B • Ride Your Pony • “The Kitty Cat Song”
1965 • The Beatles • “I’m Down” [UK] • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • [B-Side]
1965 • The Beatles • “Help!” [UK] • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “I’m Down”
1968 • Jr. Walker & The All Stars • “Hip City – Pt. 2” • Soul • Home Cookin’ • “Hip City – Pt. 1”
1973 • Cher • “Half-Breed” • Pop-Rock • Half-Breed • “Melody”
1973 • Steely Dan • “Show Biz Kids” • Jazz-Rock • Countdown To Ecstasy • “Razor Boy”
1976 • Paul McCartney & Wings • “Let ‘Em In” • Pop-Rock • Wings At The Speed Of Sound • “Beware My Love”
1977 • Foreigner • “Cold As Ice” • Arena Rock • Foreigner • “I Need You”
1980 • Pointer Sisters • “He’s So Shy” • Soul • Special Things • “Movin’ On”
1981 • The Moody Blues • “The Voice” • Prog Rock • Long Distance Voyager • “22,000 Days”
1982 • Pink Floyd • “When The Tigers Broke Free” [UK] • Symphonic Rock • [Single] • “Bring The Boys Back Home”
1982 • Huey Lewis & The News • “Workin’ For A Livin'” • Pop-Rock • Picture This • “Working For A Livin'” [Live]
1983 • ZZ Top • “Sharp Dressed Man” • Southern Rock • Eliminator • “I Got The Six”
1984 • The Cars • “Drive” • New Wave Pop-Rock • Heartbeat City • “Stranger Eyes”
1985 • Madonna • “Into The Groove” • Dance-Pop • Like A Virgin • “Shoo Bee Doo”
1990 • Mariah Carey • “Vision Of Love” [UK] • R&B-Dance • Mariah Carey • “Sent From Above”
2001 • R.E.M. • “All the Way to Reno (You’re Gonna Be a Star)” • Alt. Rock • Reveal • “165 Hillcrest”
2001 • The Human League • “All I Ever Wanted” [UK] • New Wave Synth-Pop • Secrets • “All I Ever Wanted” [Remix]