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).
July 07
1962 • Jerry Lee Lewis • “Sweet Little Sixteen” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • “How’s My Ex Treating You”
1967 • The Beatles • “Baby You’re A Rich Man” [UK] • Pop-Rock • [Single] • [B-Side]
1967 • Dave Davies • “Death Of A Clown” [UK] • Folk-Rock • Something Else By The Kinks • “Love Me ‘Til The Sun Shines”
1967 • The Beatles • “All You Need Is Love” [UK] • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Baby You’re A Rich Man”
1968 • Simon & Garfunkel • “Fakin’ It” • Folk-Pop • Bookends • “You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies”
1969 • John Lennon • “Give Peace A Chance” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Remember Love”
1977 • Steve Miller Band • “Jungle Love” • Album Rock • Book Of Dreams • “Wish Upon A Star”
1978 • The Who • “Who Are You?” [UK] • Prog Rock • Who Are You? • “Had Enough”
1979 • Supertramp • “Goodbye Stranger” • Prog/Art Pop-Rock • Breakfast in America • “Even In The Quietest Moments”
1981 • Soft Cell • “Tainted Love” [UK] • Synth-Pop • Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret • “Where Did Our Love Go”
1982 • Janet Jackson • “Young Love” • Post-Disco Dance-Funk • Janet Jackson • “The Magic Is Working”
1997 • Michael Jackson • “Ghosts” [UK] • New Jack Swing • Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix • “HIStory” [Double A-Side]
July 08
1965 • Jr. Walker & The All Stars • “Shake And Fingerpop” • Soul • Shotgun • “Cleo’s Back”
1966 • Gary Lewis & The Playboys • “My Heart’s Symphony” • Brit Beat • (You Don’t Have To) Paint Me A Picture • “Tina (I Held You In My Arms)”
1966 • The Lovin’ Spoonful • “Summer In The City” [UK] • Folk-Rock • Hums Of The Lovin’ Spoonful • “Bald Headed Lena”
1966 • Jr. Walker & The All Stars • “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” • Soul • Road Runner • “Nothing But Soul”
1968 • The Beach Boys • “Do It Again” • Pop-Rock • 20/20 • “Wake The World”
1972 • The Who • “Join Together” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Baby Don’t You Do It”
1975 • The Doobie Brothers • “Sweet Maxine” • Pop-Rock • Stampede • “Double Dealin’ Four Flusher”
1977 • Jackson Browne • “The Pretender” [UK] • Folk-Rock • The Pretender • “Daddy’s Tune”
1977 • Pablo Cruise • “Watcha Gonna Do?” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Place In The Sun • “Atlanta June”
1980 • Pat Benatar • “You Better Run” • Hard Rock • Crimes Of Passion • “Out-A-Touch”
1981 • R.E.M. • “Radio Free Europe” • Alt. Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Sitting Still”
1981 • R.E.M. • “Sitting Still” • Alt. Pop-Rock • [Single] • [B-Side]
1981 • Stevie Nicks With Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers • “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” • Pop-Rock • Bella Donna • “Kind Of Woman” [Stevie Nicks]
1983 • R.E.M. • “Radio Free Europe” • Alt. Pop-Rock • Murmur • “There She Goes Again”
1985 • Tina Turner • “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” • Power Ballad • Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome[Sndtrk] • “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)” [Instrumental]
1993 • 10,000 Maniacs • “Few And Far Between” • Folk-Rock • Our Time In Eden • “Candy Everybody Wants / To Sir With Love / Let The Mystery Be”
1996 • Cocteau Twins • “Violaine” [UK] • Dream Pop • Milk And Kisses • “Smile” / “Tranquil Eye”
July 09
1964 • Sam Cooke • “Good Times” • Soul • Ain’t That Good News • “Tennessee Waltz”
1965 • Sonny & Cher • “I Got You Babe” • Baroque Pop • Look At Us • “It’s Gonna Rain”
1965 • The Four Tops • “It’s The Same Old Song” • Soul-Pop • The Four Tops’ Second Album • “Your Love Is Amazing”
1966 • The Happenings • “See You In September” • Pop Standard • The Happenings • “He Thinks He’s a Hero”
1968 • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell • “You’re All I Need To Get By” • Soul-Pop • You’re All I Need • “Two Can Have A Party”
1971 • The Grass Roots • “Sooner or Later” [UK] • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “I Can Turn Off the Rain”
1971 • Aretha Franklin • “Spanish Harlem” • Soul • [Single] • “Think”
1972 • King Harvest • “Dancing In The Moonlight” • Pop-Rock • Dancing In The Moonlight • “Lady, Come On Home”
1976 • David Bowie • “Suffragette City” • Glam Rock • [Single] • “Stay”
1976 • Ramones • “Blitzkrieg Bop” [UK] • Punk-Rock • Ramones • “Havana Affair”
1980 • Carly Simon • “Jesse” • Pop-Rock • Come Upstairs • “Stardust”
1981 • Journey • “Who’s Crying Now” • Hard Rock • Escape • “Mother, Father”
1982 • Survivor • “Eye Of The Tiger” [UK] • Album Rock • Eye Of The Tiger • “Take You On A Saturday”
1982 • Jackson Browne • “Somebody’s Baby” [UK] • Folk-Rock • Fast Times At Ridgemont High[Sndtrk] • “The Crow On The Cradle” [Jackson Browne, Graham Nash And David Lindley]
1990 • Madonna • “Hanky Panky” [UK] • Dance-Pop • I’m Breathless • “More”
1996 • Alanis Morissette • “You Learn” • Alt Pop-Rock • Jagged Little Pill • “You Oughta Know”
July 10
1961 • Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs • “Come And Get It” • Doo Wop • [Single] • “Some Day”
1963 • Martha & The Vandellas • “Heat Wave” • Soul-Dance • Heat Wave • “A Love Like Yours (Don’t Come Knockin’ Every Day)”
1964 • The Beatles • “A Hard Day’s Night” [UK] • Brit Beat • A Hard Day’s Night • “Things We Said Today”
1964 • The Four Tops • “Baby I Need Your Loving” • Soul-Pop • The Four Tops • “Call On Me”
1964 • Manfred Mann • “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” [UK] • Rock ‘n’ Roll • The Manfred Mann Album • “What You Gonna Do?”
1965 • Wilson Pickett • “In The Midnight Hour” • Soul • In The Midnight Hour • “I’m Not Tired”
1967 • The Monkees • “Pleasant Valley Sunday” • Pop-Rock • Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. • “Words”
1967 • Bobbie Gentry • “Ode To Billie Joe” • Country Ballad • Ode To Billie Joe • “Mississippi Delta”
1970 • Jimmy Cliff • “You Can Get It If You Really Want” [UK] • Pop-Reggae • [Single] • “Be Aware”
1970 • The Who • “Summertime Blues” [UK] • Hard Rock • Live At Leeds • “Heaven And Hell”
1972 • Pink Floyd • “Free Four” • Prog Rock • Obscured By Clouds • “Stay”
1974 • America • “Tin Man” • Soft Rock • Holiday • “In The Country”
1978 • Little River Band • “Reminiscing” • Pop-Rock • Sleeper Catcher • “So Many Paths”
1981 • Squeeze • “Tempted” [UK] • Pop-Rock • East Side Story • “Yap, Yap, Yap”
1981 • Rick James • “Super Freak” • Funk • Street Songs • “Super Freak (Part 2)”
1984 • Huey Lewis & The News • “If This Is It” • Pop-Rock • Sports • “Change Of Heart”
1985 • Prince & The Revolution • “Pop Life” • Pop-Rock • Around The World In A Day • “Hello”
1987 • Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes • “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life” • Pop-Rock • Dirty Dancing[Sndtrk] • “Love Is Strange” [Mickey & Sylvia]
1993 • Steve Miller Band • “Wide River” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Wide River • “Stranger Blues”
1996 • Journey • “When You Love A Woman” • Pop-Rock • Trial By Fire • “Message Of Love”
2002 • Rush • “Secret Touch” • Prog/Art Rock • Vapor Trails • “Secret Touch” [Album Version]
July 11
1962 • The Marvelettes • “Beechwood 4-5789” • Soul-Pop • Playboy • “Someday, Someway”
1969 • Donovan • “Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)” • Psychedelic-Pop • Barabajagal • “Trudi”
1969 • David Bowie • “Space Oddity” [UK] • Psychedelic Rock • Space Oddity • “Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud”
1969 • Diana Ross & The Supremes • “No Matter What Sign You Are” [UK] • Soul-Pop • Let The Sunshine In • “The Young Folks”
1969 • The Box Tops • “Soul Deep” [UK] • Blue-Eyed Soul • Dimensions • “The Happy Song”
1970 • The Who • “Summertime Blues” • Hard Rock • Live At Leeds • “Heaven And Hell”
1972 • The Supremes • “Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love” • Soul-Pop • Floy Joy • “The Wisdom Of Time”
1973 • Seals & Crofts • “Diamond Girl” [UK] • Soft Rock • Diamond Girl • “Wisdom”
1975 • ZZ Top • “Tush” [UK] • Southern Rock • Fandango! • “Got Me Under Pressure”
1975 • The Isley Brothers • “Fight The Power Part 1” [UK] • Soul-Funk • The Heat Is On • “Fight The Power Part 2”
1976 • Orleans • “Dance With Me” [UK] • Soft Rock • Let There Be Music • “Let There Be Music”
1979 • Donna Summer • “Sunset People” • Disco • Bad Girls • “Our Love”
1980 • Cheap Trick • “Everything Works If You Let It” [UK] • Hard Rock • Roadie[Sndtrk] • “Heaven Tonight”
1980 • Billy Joel • “It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Glass Houses • “Through The Long Night”
1988 • Michael Jackson • “Another Part Of Me” • Dance-Pop • Bad • “Another Part Of Me” [Instrumental]
2005 • R.E.M. • “Wanderlust” [UK] • Alt. Rock • Around The Sun • “The Outsiders”
2013 • Pearl Jam • “Mind Your Manners” • Punk Rock • Lightning Bolt • [None]
July 12
1963 • The Crystals • “Then He Kissed Me” • Girl Group Pop • [Single] • “Brother Julius”
1963 • The Essex • “Easier Said Than Done” [UK] • Soul-Pop • Easier Said Than Done • “Are You Going May Way”
1965 • The Beach Boys • “California Girls” • Pop-Rock • Summer Days (And Summer Nights!) • “Let Him Run Wild”
1966 • Chris Farlowe • “Out Of Time” • Power Ballad • The Art Of Chris Farlowe • “Baby Make It Soon”
1972 • Michael Jackson • “Ben” • Soul Ballad • Ben • “You Can Cry On My Shoulder”
1973 • Edgar Winter Group • “Free Ride” • Blues-Rock • They Only Come Out At Night • “When It Comes”
1974 • Wet Willie • “Keep On Smilin'” [UK] • Southern Rock • Keep On Smilin’ • “Soul Jones”
1974 • Cat Stevens • “Another Saturday Night” • Folk-Pop • Saturnight • “Home In The Sky”
1976 • J. Geils Band • “(Ain’t Nothin’ But A) House Party” [Live]• Blues-Rock • Blow Your Face Out • “Give It To Me”
1979 • KC & The Sunshine Band • “Please Don’t Go” • Love Ballad • Do You Wanna Go Party • “I Bet’cha Didn’t Know That”
1982 • Michael Jackson • “Human Nature” • Dance-Pop • Thriller • “Baby Be Mine”
1982 • Blondie • “War Child” [UK] • New Wave Pop-Rock • The Hunter • “Walk Like Me”
1983 • Frank Stallone • “Far From Over” • Dance-Rock • Staying Alive[Sndtrk] • “Waking Up”
1999 • David Gray • “Babylon” [UK] • Alt. Pop-Rock • White Ladder • “Lead Me Upstairs” / “New Horizons”
1999 • David Gray • “Babylon” • Alt. Pop-Rock • White Ladder • “Lead Me Upstairs”
July 13
1956 • Elvis Presley • “Don’t Be Cruel” • Rockabilly • [Single] • “Hound Dog”
1956 • Elvis Presley • “Hound Dog” • Rockabilly • [Single] • [B-Side]
1962 • The Orlons • “The Wah Watusi” [UK] • Pop-R&B • The Wah Watusi • “Holiday Hill”
1964 • The Dave Clark Five • “Because” • Brit Beat • American Tour • “Theme Without A Name”
1964 • The Beatles • “A Hard Day’s Night” • Brit Beat • A Hard Day’s Night • “I Should Have Known Better”
1964 • The Beatles • “I Should Have Known Better” • Brit Beat • A Hard Day’s Night • [B-Side]
1967 • The Byrds • “Lady Friend” • Folk-Rock • [Single] • “Old John Robertson”
1967 • The Byrds • “Old John Robertson” • Folk-Rock • The Notorious Byrd Brothers • [B-Side]
1972 • Chicago • “Saturday In The Park” • Horn-Rock • Chicago V • “Alma Mater”
1973 • J. Geils Band • “Make Up Your Mind” • Blues-Rock • Bloodshot • “Southside Shuffle”
1974 • Dionne Warwick & The Spinners • “Then Came You” • Philly Soul • New And Improved[The Spinners} • “Just As Long As We Have Love”
1979 • Chic • “Good Times” [UK] • Disco • Risque • “Warm Summer Night”
1979 • The Boomtown Rats • “I Don’t Like Mondays” [UK] • Post-Punk • The Fine Art Of Surfacing • “It’s All The Rage”
1979 • The Flying Lizards • “Money (That’s What I Want)” • Post-Punk • The Flying Lizards • “Money B”
1979 • Dire Straits • “Lady Writer” [UK] • New Wave/Post-Punk • Communiqué • “Where Do You Think You’re Going?”
1981 • Duran Duran • “Girls On Film” [UK] • New Wave Synth-Pop • Duran Duran • “Faster Than Light”
1982 • Glenn Frey • “The One You Love” • Pop-Rock • No Fun Aloud • “All Those Lies”
1992 • Nirvana • “Lithium” [UK] • Grunge • Nevermind • “Been A Son”
1992 • Michael Jackson • “Jam” • Pop-Soul • Dangerous • “Rock With You” [Remix]
1992 • Genesis • “Jesus He Knows Me” [UK] • Prog Rock • We Can’t Dance • “Hearts On Fire”
1992 • Madonna • “This Used To Be My Playground” [UK] • Dance-Pop • [Single] • “This Used To Be My Playground” [Long Version]
2004 • Metallica • “Some Kind Of Monster” • Nu Metal • St. Anger • “The Four Horsemen” [Live]
