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).
June 22
1951 • Hank Williams Sr. • “Hey, Good Lookin'” • Country Classics • [Single] • “My Heart Would Know”
1962 • Sam Cooke • “Bring It On Home To Me” [UK] • Soul • [Single] • [B-Side]
1962 • James Brown • “Night Train” [UK] • Funk • James Brown Presents His Band • “Why Does Everything Happen to Me”
1971 • Elvis Presley • “I’m Leavin'” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single} • “Heart Of Rome”
1973 • Earth, Wind & Fire • “Evil” • Soul-Funk • Head To The Sky • “Clover”
1973 • The Velvet Underground • “I’m Waiting For The Man” [UK] • Alt. Rock • The Velvet Underground & Nico • “Run Run Run” / “Candy”
1973 • David Bowie • “Life On Mars?” [UK] • Glam Rock • [Single] • “The Man Who Sold the World”
1974 • Andy Kim • “Rock Me Gently” • Pop-Rock • Andy Kim • “Rock Me Gently” [Instrumental]
1979 • Triumph • “Hold On” [UK] • Arena Rock • Just A Game • “Just A Game”
1981 • Foreigner • “Urgent” • Hard Rock • 4 • “Girl On The Moon”
1988 • A-ha • “The Living Daylights” [UK] • New Wave/Synth-Pop • Stay On These Roads • “The Living Daylights” [Instrumental]
1998 • Metallica • “Fuel” • Thrash Metal • Reload • “Sad But True” [Live] / “Nothing Else Matters” Live]
1998 • Matchbox Twenty • “3 A.M.” [UK] • Alt. Rock • Yourself Or Someone Like You • “Push” [Acoustic]
1999 • Christine Aguilera • “Genie In A Bottle” • Dance-Pop • Christine Aguilera • “We’re A Miracle”
June 23
1959 • Elvis Presley • “A Big Hunk O’ Love” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • “My Wish Came True”
1959 • Elvis Presley • “My Wish Came True” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • [B-Side]
1965 • The Contours • “First I Look At The Purse” • Soul – Pop • [Single] • “Searching For A Girl”
1965 • The Miracles • “The Tracks Of My Tears” • Soul Ballad • Going To A Go-Go • “A Fork In The Road”
1967 • Scott McKenzie • “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)” [UK] • Folk-Pop • Voice Of Scott McKenzie • “What’s The Difference”
1967 • Soul Brothers Six • “Some Kind Of Wonderful” [UK] • Philly Soul • [Single] • “I’ll Be Loving You”
1972 • Electric Light Orchestra • “10538 Overture” [UK] • Prog. Rock • No Answer • “First Movement (Jumping Biz)”
1972 • Johnny Nash • “I Can See Clearly Now” • Reggae Pop • I Can See Clearly Now • “How Good It I”
1972 • Alice Cooper • “School’s Out” [UK] • Heavy Metal • School’s Out • “Gutter Cat”
1972 • Chi Coltrane • “Thunder And Lightning” • Blue-Eyed Soul • Coltrane, Chi • “Time To Come In”
1975 • Elton John • “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” • Pop-Rock • Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy • “House Of Cards”
1975 • AC/DC • “High Voltage” • Hard Rock • High Voltage • “Soul Stripper”
1978 • Willie Nelson • “Georgia On My Mind” [UK] • Country Ballad • Stardust • “On The Sunny Side Of The Street”
1979 • Donna Summer • “Bad Girls” • Disco • Bad Girls • “On My Honor”
1980 • Pink Floyd • “Comfortably Numb” • Prog Rock • The Wall • “Hey You”
1980 • The Rolling Stones • “Emotional Rescue” • Dance-Rock • Emotional Rescue • “Down In The Hole”
1984 • John Waite • “Missing You” • Power Pop • No Brakes • “For Your Love”
1986 • Madonna • “Papa Don’t Preach” [UK] • Dance-Pop • True Blue • “Ain’t No Big Deal”
1987 • Madonna • “Who’s That Girl” • Dance-Pop • Who’s That Girl[Sndtrk] • “White Heat”
1988 • Bruce Springsteen • “Tougher Than The Rest” [UK] • Heartland Rock • Tunnel Of Love • “Roulette”
1992 • Sting With Eric Clapton • “It’s Probably Me” • Pop-Rock • Lethal Weapon 3[Sndtrk] • “It’s Probably Me” [Album Edit]
1996 • Matchbox Twenty • “Real World” • Alt. Rock • Yourself Or Someone Like You • “Long Day” [Live] / “3AM” [Live]
2003 • Metallica • “St. Anger” • Thrash Metal • St. Anger • “Commando” / “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World”
June 24
1966 • Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs • “Lil’ Red Riding Hood” [UK] • Garage Rock • Lil’ Red Riding Hood • “Love Me Like Before”
1967 • Jefferson Airplane • “White Rabbit” • Psychedelic Rock • Surrealistic Pillow • “Plastic Fantastic Lover”
1967 • The Who • “Pictures Of Lily” • Power Pop • [Single] • “Doctor, Doctor”
1972 • Neil Young & Graham Nash With The Stray Gators • “War Song” • Folk-Rock • [Single] • “The Needle And The Damage Done” [Neil Young]
1974 • The Doobie Brothers • “Eyes Of Silver” • Pop-Rock • What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits • “You Just Can’t Stop It”
1974 • Lynyrd Skynyrd • “Sweet Home Alabama” • Southern Rock • Second Helping • “Take Your Time”
1977 • Heart • “Barracuda” [UK] • Adult Contemporary • Little Queen • “Cry To Me”
1977 • Bob Seger • “Get Out Of Denver” [UK] • Rock ‘n’ Roll • Seven • “Rosalie”
1978 • Eddie Money • “Two Tickets To Paradise” • Power Pop • Eddie Money • “Don’t Worry”
1980 • Jackson Browne • “Boulevard” • Folk-Rock • Hold Out • “Call It A Loan”
1985 • Dire Straits • “Money For Nothing” • New Wave/Post-Punk • Brothers In Arms • “Love Over Gold” [Live]
1997 • Sister Hazel • “All For You” • Indie Rock/Jangle Pop • Somewhere More Familiar • “Happy”
1997 • Shawn Colvin • “Sunny Came Home” • Folk-Rock • A Few Small Repairs • “What I Get Paid For”
June 25
1963 • The Temptations • “Farewell My Love” • Soul • [Single] • “May I Have This Dance”
1970 • The Supremes • “Everybody’s Got The Right To Love” • Soul-Pop • [Single] • “But I Love You More”
1971 • Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds • “Don’t Pull Your Love” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds • “Funk-In-Wagnal”
1971 • The Who • “Won’t Get Fooled Again” [UK] • Hard Rock • Who’s Next • “I Don’t Even Know Myself”
1976 • James Taylor • “Shower The People” [UK] • Folk-Rock • In The Pocket • “I Can Dream Of You”
1976 • Steely Dan • “Kid Charlemagne” • Jazz-Rock • The Royal Scam • “Green Earrings”
1976 • Todd Rundgren • “Love Of The Common Man” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Faithful • “Good Vibrations”
1980 • Diana Ross • “Upside Down” • Disco • Diana • “Friend To Friend”
1982 • Toto • “Africa” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Toto IV • “We Made It”
1982 • Dexy’s Midnight Runners • “Come On Eileen” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Too-Rye-Ay • “Dubious”
1993 • AC/DC • “Big Gun” [UK] • Hard Rock • Last Action Hero[Sndtrk] • “Back In Black” [Live]
2007 • Rush • “The Larger Bowl (A Pantoum)” • Prog/Art Rock • Snakes & Arrows • [None]
June 26
1964 • The Rolling Stones • “It’s All Over Now” [UK] • Blues-Rock • 12 X 5 • “Good Times, Bad Times”
1964 • The Nashville Teens • “Tobacco Road” [UK] • Garage Rock • Tobacco Road • “I Like It Like That”
1976 • Peter Frampton • “Baby, I Love Your Way” [Live]• Arena Rock • Frampton Comes Alive! • “It’s A Plain Shame” [Live]
1979 • The Clash • “Gates Of The West” • Punk-Rock • The Cost Of Living • “Groovy Times”
1982 • Fleetwood Mac • “Hold Me” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Mirage • “Eyes Of The World”
1982 • The Go-Go’s • “Vacation” • New Wave Pop-Rock • Vacation • “Beatnik Beach”
1990 • Madonna • “Hanky Panky” • Dance-Pop • I’m Breathless • “More”
2000 • Metallica • “I Disappear” • Thrash Metal • Mission: Impossible II[Sndtrk] • “I Disappear” [Instrumental]
June 27
1969 • Tommy James & The Shondells • “Crystal Blue Persuasion” [UK] • Psychedelic Pop • [Single] • “I’m Alive”
1969 • Jane Birkin And Serge Gainsbourg • “Je T’aime…Moi Non Plus” [UK] • Baroque Pop • [Single] • “Jane B.”
1973 • Aerosmith • “Dream On” • Power Ballad • Aerosmith • “Somebody”
1980 • Kiss • “Talk To Me” [UK] • Hard Rock • Dynasty • “She’s So European”
1980 • Joy Division • “Love Will Tear Us Apart” [UK] • Post-Punk • [Single] • “These Days”
1983 • Eurythmics • “Who’s That Girl?” [UK] • Synth-Pop • Touch • “You Take Some Lentils… And You Take Some Rice”
1983 • Bananarama • “Cruel Summer” [UK] • New Wave Dance-Pop • Bananarama • “Cairo”
1986 • The Monkees • “That Was Then, This Is Now” • Pop-Rock • Then & Now…The Best Of The Monkees • “(Theme From) The Monkees”
1987 • Los Lobos • “La Bamba” • Chicano Roots Rock • La Bamba[Sndtrk] • “Chalena”
1995 • Pearl Jam • “Oceans” • Grunge Rock • Ten • “Why Go” [Live] / “Deep” [Live] / “Alive” [Live]
June 28
1968 • Diana Ross & The Supremes • “Some Things You Never Get Used To” [UK] • Soul-Pop • [Single] • “You’ve Been So Wonderful To Me”
1968 • The Moody Blues • “Voices In The Sky” [UK] • Prog Rock • In Search Of The Lost Chord • “Dr. Livingstone, I Presume”
1968 • The Small Faces • “The Universal” [UK] • Psychedelic Folk • [Single] • “Donkey Rides, A Penny, A Glass”
1973 • America • “Muskrat Love” • Soft Rock • Hat Trick • “Cornwall Blank”
1974 • Paul McCartney & Wings • “Band On The Run” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Band On The Run • “Zoo Gang”
1974 • Andy Kim • “Rock Me Gently” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Andy Kim • “Rock Me Gently” [Instrumental]
1974 • Carl Douglas • “Kung Fu Fighting” [UK] • Disco • [Single] • “Gamblin’ Man”
1986 • John (Cougar) Mellencamp • “Rumbleseat” • Roots Rock • Scarecrow • “Cold Sweat”
1988 • Huey Lewis & The News • “Perfect World” • Pop-Rock • Small World • “Slammin'”
1993 • Michael Jackson • “Will You Be There” • Pop-Soul • Dangerous • “Will You Be There” [Instrumental]
1993 • Kim Wilde • “If I Can’t Have You” [UK] • Disco • [Single] • “Never Felt So Alive”
1999 • R.E.M. • “Suspicion” • Electro-Pop • Up • “Perfect Circle”
