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).
November 10
1961 • Jan & Dean • “A Sunday Kind Of Love” • Pop-Rock • Jan & Dean’s Golden Hits • “Poor Little Puppet”
1961 • Patsy Cline • “Crazy” [UK] • Country-Pop • Patsy Cline Showcase • “Who Can I Count On?”
1967 • The Monkees • “Daydream Believer” [UK] • Psychedelic Pop • The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees • “Goin’ Down”
1967 • The Monkees • “Goin’ Down” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. • [B-Side]
1967 • The Moody Blues • “Nights In White Satin” [UK] • Prog Rock • Days Of Future Passed • “Cities”
1967 • Strawberry Alarm Clock • “Incense And Peppermints” [UK] • Psychedelic Pop • Incense And Peppermints • “The Birdman Of Alkatrash”
1967 • Gladys Knight & The Pips • “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” [UK] • Southern Soul • Everybody Needs Love • “It’s Time To Go Now”
1968 • The Who • “Magic Bus” [UK] • Psychedelic Rock • Magic Bus • “Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde”
1971 • Badfinger • “Day After Day” • Power Pop • Straight Up • “Money”
1972 • The Bee Gees • “Alive” • Pop-Rock • To Whom It May Concern • “Paper Mache, Cabbages And Kings”
1977 • Paul McCartney & Wings • “Girls School” [UK] • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Mull Of Kintyre”
1978 • Rod Stewart • “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” [UK] • Disco-Pop • Blondes Have More Fun • “Dirty Weekend”
1978 • Toto • “Hold The Line” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Toto • “Takin’ It Back”
1978 • 10cc • “Reds In My Bed” [UK] • Reggae-Pop • Bloody Tourists • “Take These Chains”
1980 • The Cars • “Don’t Tell Me No” • New Wave Pop-Rock • Panorama • “Don’t Go To Pieces”
1980 • Eddie Rabbitt • “I Love A Rainy Night” • Country-Pop • Horizon • “Short Road To Love”
1981 • The Moody Blues • “Talking Out Of Turn” • Prog Rock • Long Distance Voyger • “Veteran Cosmic Rocker”
1990 • AC/DC • “Moneytalks” [UK] • Hard Rock • The Razor’s Edge • “Mistress For Christmas”
1991 • Bryan Adams • “There Will Never Be Another Tonight” • Pop-Rock • Waking Up The Neighbors • “Into The Fire” [Live]
November 11
1957 • Jerry Lee Lewis • “Great Balls Of Fire” • Rockabilly • [Single] • “You Win Again”
1965 • Gary Lewis & The Playboys • “She’s Just My Style” • Pop-Rock • She’s Just My Style • “I Won’t Make That Mistake Again”
1966 • The Small Faces • “My Mind’s Eye” • Britbeat • From The Beginning • “I Can’t Dance With You”
1966 • The Who • “La-La-La-Lies” [UK] • British Rock • The Who Sings My Generation • “The Good’s Gone”
1969 • Elvis Presley • “Don’t Cry Daddy” • Country-Rock • [Single] • “Rubberneckin'”
1970 • Alice Cooper • “I’m Eighteen” • Heavy Metal • Love It To Death • “Is It My Body”
1972 • Bread • “Sweet Surrender” • Soft Rock • Guitar Man • “Make It By Yourself”
1975 • Aerosmith • “You See Me Crying” • Power Ballad • Toys In The Attic • “Toys In The Attic”
1977 • Paul McCartney & Wings • “Mull Of Kintyre” [UK] • Scottish Folk-Pop • [Single] • “Girls School”
1977 • Supertramp • “Babaji” [UK] • Prog/Art Rock • Even In The Quietest Moments • “From Now On”
1978 • Rose Royce • “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore” • Disco • Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! • “Do It, Do It”
1978 • Elton John • “Part-Time Love” • Pop-Rock • A Single Man • “I Cry At Night”
1983 • Yes • “Owner Of A Lonely Heart” • Dance-Rock • 90125 • “Our Song”
1983 • Michael Jackson • “Thriller” [UK] • Disco-Funk • Thriller • “Things I Do For You” [The Jacksons]
1984 • Thompson Twins • “Hold Me Now” • Synth-Pop • Into The Gap • “Let Loving Start”
1986 • Elvis Costello & The Attractions • “I Want You” [UK] • New Wave Pop-Rock • Blood & Chocolate • “I Hope You’re Happy Now” [Elvis Costello]
1991 • Michael Jackson • “Black Or White” • Pop-Soul • Dangerous • “Black Or White” [Instrumental]
1992 • Genesis • “Never A Time” • Prog Rock • We Can’t Dance • “Way Of The World”
1997 • Metallica • “The Memory Remains” • Thrash Metal • Reload • “For Whom the Bell Tolls (Haven’t Heard It Yet Mix)”
November 12
1958 • Ritchie Valens • “Donna” • Rock Ballad • Ritchie Valens • “La Bamba”
1958 • Ritchie Valens • “La Bamba” • Tejano Rock • Ritchie Valens • [B-Side]
1971 • America • “A Horse With No Name” [UK] • Folk-Rock • America • “Everyone I Meet Is From California / Sandman”
1971 • Lighthouse • “One Fine Morning” [UK] • Brass-Rock • One Fine Morning • “Little Kind Words”
1971 • Bob Dylan • “George Jackson” • Folk-Rock • [Single] • “George Jackson” [Acoustic]
1975 • The Doobie Brothers • “I Cheat The Hangman” • Pop-Rock • Stampede • “Music Man”
1976 • Queen • “Somebody To Love” [UK] • Glam Rock • A Day At The Races • “White Man”
1976 • ABBA • “Dancing Queen” [UK] • Euro-Pop • Arrival • “That’s Me”
1979 • Kenny Rogers • “Coward Of The County” • Country-Pop • Kenny • “I Want To Make You Smile”
1982 • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers • “You Got Lucky” [UK] • Album Rock • Long After Dark • “Between Two Worlds”
1982 • Madness • “Our House” [UK] • Ska • Presents The Rise & Fall • “Walking With Mr. Wheeze”
1982 • The Pretenders • “Back On The Chain Gang” • Post-Punk • Learning To Crawl • “My City Was Gone”
1982 • The Pretenders • “My City Was Gone” • Post-Punk • Learning To Crawl • [B-Side]
1986 • Madonna • “Open Your Heart” • Dance-Pop • True Blue • “White Heat”
1987 • Kiss • “Reason To Live” • Hard Rock • Crazy Nights • “Thief In The Night”
2001 • Matchbox Twenty • “Last Beautiful Girl” • Alt. Rock • Mad Season • [None]
November 13
1964 • The Ronettes • “Walking In The Rain” [UK] • Girl Group Pop • Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica • “How Does It Feel?”
1964 • The Rolling Stones • “Little Red Rooster” [UK] • Blues-Rock • The Rolling Stones Now! • “Off The Hook”
1964 • Martha & The Vandellas • “Wild One” • Soul – Dance • Dance Party • “Dancing Slow”
1964 • The Moody Blues • “Go Now!” [UK] • British Beat • The Magnificent Moodies • “It’s Easy Child”
1965 • The Lovin’ Spoonful • “You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice” • Folk-Rock • Daydream • “My Gal”
1968 • Tommy Roe • “Dizzy” • Bubblegum Pop • Dizzy • “The You I Need”
1970 • The Bee Gees • “Lonely Days” [UK] • Pop-Rock • 2 Years On • “Man For All Seasons”
1970 • The Carpenters • “We’ve Only Just Begun” [UK] • Soft Pop • Close To You • “All Of My Life”
1970 • The Jackson 5 • “I’ll Be There” [UK] • Soul Ballad • Third Album • “One More Chance”
1978 • J. Geils Band • “One Last Kiss” • Blues-Rock • Sanctuary • “Revenge”
1981 • The Go-Go’s • “We Got The Beat” [UK] • New Wave Pop-Rock • Beauty And The Beat • “Skidmarks On My Heart”
1981 • Bryan Adams • “Lonely Nights” [UK] • Pop-Rock • You Want It, You Got It • “Don’t Look Now”
1984 • Foreigner • “I Want To Know What Love Is” • Power Ballad • Agent Provocateur • “Street Thunder (Marathon Theme)”
1989 • Bad English • “When I See You Smile” [UK] • Power Ballad • Bad English • “Rockin’ Horse”
1992 • Whitney Houston • “I Will Always Love You” • Pop Ballad • The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album • “Jesus Loves Me”
1992 • Guns N’ Roses • “Yesterdays” • Hard Rock • Use Your Illusion II • “Yesterdays” [Live]
2011 • The Rolling Stones • “No Spare Parts” • Hard Rock • [Single] • “Before They Make Me Run”
2012 • Blondie • “Practice Makes Perfect” • Dance-Pop • [Single] • [None]
November 14
1960 • Jerry Lee Lewis • “When I Get Paid” • Rock ‘n’ Roll • [Single] • “Love Made A Fool Of Me”
1966 • Otis Redding • “Try A Little Tenderness” • Soul • Complete And Unbelievable…The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul • “I’m Sick Y’All”
1967 • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell • “If I Could Build My Whole World Around You” • Soul – Pop • United • “If This World Were Mine”
1967 • Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell • “If This World Were Mine” • Soul-Pop • United • [B-Side]
1969 • The Marmalade • “Reflections Of My Life” [UK] • Psychedelic Pop • Reflections Of My Life • “Rollin’ My Thing”
1969 • Marvin Gaye • “That’s The Way Love Is” [UK] • Soul • M.P.G. • “Gonna Keep Tryin’ Till I Win Your Love”
1975 • Natalie Cole • “Inseparable” • Soul-Jazz • Inseparable • “Joey”
1975 • ABBA • “Mamma Mia” [UK] • Euro-Pop • ABBA • “Tropical Loveland”
1977 • Paul McCartney & Wings • “Girls School” • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Mull Of Kintyre”
1978 • Neil Young • “Comes A Time” • Folk-Rock • Comes A Time • “Motorcycle Mama”
1980 • Dire Straits • “Romeo And Juliet” [UK] • New Wave/Post-Punk • Making Movies • “Solid Rock”
1980 • Supertramp • “Dreamer” [UK] • Prog/Art Rock • Paris • “You Started Laughing (When I Held You In My Arms)”
1983 • The Moody Blues • “Sitting At The Wheel” [UK] • Prog Rock • The Present • “Going Nowhere”
1988 • Phil Collins • “Two Hearts” [UK] • Pop Ballad • Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[Sndtrk] • “The Robbery” [Anne Dudley]
1989 • Neil Young • “Rockin’ In The Free World” • Heartland Rock • Freedom • “Rockin’ In The Free World” [Live Version]
November 15
1957 • Buddy Holly • “Peggy Sue” [UK] • Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Everyday”
1963 • The Hollies • “Stay” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Stay With The Hollies • “Now’s The Time”
1963 • The Dave Clark Five • “Glad All Over” [UK] • Brit Beat • Glad All Over • “I Know You”
1965 • Paul Revere & The Raiders • “Just Like Me” • Garage Rock • [Single] • “B.F.D.R.F. Blues”
1966 • Elvis Presley • “If Every Day Was Like Christmas” • Holiday Pop • [Single] • “How Would You Like To Be”
1968 • The Iveys • “Maybe Tomorrow” • Baroque Pop • [Single] • “And Her Daddy’s A Millionaire”
1968 • James Brown • “Say It Loud (I’m Black And I’m Proud), Pt. 1” [UK] • Funk • Say It Loud – I’m Black And I’m Proud • “Say It Loud (I’m Black And I’m Proud), Pt. 2”
1970 • Spirit • “Mr. Skin” • Psychedelic Rock • Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus • “Soldier”
1972 • The Doobie Brothers • “Jesus Is Just Alright” • Pop-Rock • Toulouse Street • “Rockin’ Down The Highway”
1972 • The Doobie Brothers • “Rockin’ Down The Highway” • Pop-Rock • Toulouse Street • [B-Side]
1974 • The Doobie Brothers • “Black Water” • Roots Rock • What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits • “Song To See You Through”
1974 • Billy Swan • “I Can Help” [UK] • Blue-eyed soul • I Can Help • “Ways Of A Woman In Love”
1975 • 10cc • “Art For Arts Sake” • Art Pop-Rock • How Dare You? • “Get It While You Can”
1975 • Eagles • “Take It To The Limit” • Country-Rock • One Of These Nights • “After The Thrill Is Gone”
1975 • Pink Floyd • “Have A Cigar” • Prog Rock • Wish You Were Here • “Welcome to the Machine”
1975 • 10cc • “Art For Arts Sake” • Art Pop-Rock • How Dare You? • “Get It While You Can”
1976 • George Harrison • “This Song” • Pop-Rock • Thirty-Three & 1/3 • “Learning How to Love You”
1978 • Kenny Rogers • “The Gambler” • Country-Pop • The Gambler • “Momma’s Waiting”
1982 • John Lennon • “Love” • Pop-Rock • John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band • “Gimme Some Truth”
1984 • The Honeydrippers • “Sea Of Love” [UK] • Roots Rock • The Honeydrippers, Vol. I • “Rockin’ At Midnight”
1990 • Jane’s Addiction • “Been Caught Stealing” • Alt. Funk-Rock • Ritual De Lo Habitual • “Had A Dad”
1992 • Madonna • “Bye Bye Baby” • Dance-Pop • Erotica • “Rain”
1999 • Bryan Adams • “The Best Of Me” • Pop-Rock • The Best Of Me • “Inside Out” / “How Do You Feel Tonight”
November 16
1964 • Peter & Gordon • “I Go To Pieces” • Merseybeat • I Go To Pieces • “Love Me Baby”
1964 • Aretha Franklin • “Winter Wonderland” • Holiday Pop • [Single] • “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)”
1966 • Paul Revere & The Raiders • “Good Thing” • Garage Rock • The Spirit Of ’67 • “Undecided Man”
1967 • Aretha Franklin • “Mockingbird” • Soul • Runnin’ Out Of Fools • “A Mother’s Love”
1973 • Golden Earring • “Radar Love” [UK] • Hard Rock • Moontan • “Just Like Vince Taylor”
1973 • John Lennon • “Mind Games” [UK] • Pop-Rock • Mind Games • “Meat City”
1973 • Eagles • “Outlaw Man” [UK] • Country-Rock • Desperado • “Certain Kind Of Fool”
1974 • Jefferson Starship • “Ride The Tiger” • Arena Rock • Dragon Fly • “Devil’s Den”
1977 • Lynyrd Skynyrd • “What’s Your Name” • Southern Rock • Street Survivors • “I Know A Little”
1979 • Pink Floyd • “Another Brick In The Wall, Part II” [UK] • Prog Rock • The Wall • “One Of My Turns”
1979 • Paul McCartney • “Wonderful Christmastime” [UK] • Holiday Pop • [Single] • “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reggae”
1981 • Tommy Tutone • “867-5309 / Jenny” • Power Pop • Tommy Tutone – 2 • “Not Say Goodbye”
1982 • Duran Duran • “My Own Way” [UK] • New Wave Synth-Pop • Rio • “Like An Angel”
1984 • John Lennon & Yoko Ono • “Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him” • Pop-Rock • Double Fantasy • “It’s Alright” [Yoko Ono]
1985 • Phil Collins And Marilyn Martin • “Separate Lives (Love Theme From White Nights)” [UK] • Pop Duet Ballad • White Nights[Sndtrk] • “Only You Know And I Know” [Phil Collins]
1987 • R.E.M. • “The One I Love” [UK] • Alt. Pop-Rock • Document • “Last Date”
1987 • R.E.M. • “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” • Alt. Pop-Rock • Document • “Last Date”
1992 • Ace Of Base • “All That She Wants” [UK] • Europop/Reggae • Happy Nation • “Fashion Party”
1993 • Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting • “All For Love” • Pop-Rock • Three Musketeers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[Sndtrk] • “All For Love” [Instrumental]
1998 • Metallica • “Turn The Page” • Thrash Metal • Garage, Inc. • “Bleeding Me”
1999 • R.E.M. • “The Great Beyond” • Alt. Pop-Rock • [Single] • “Man On The Moon” [Live]
