1960
Elvis Presley is discharged from the Army and immediately scores a
series of hit singles and albums upon his return with a slightly less
menacing, more mature persona.
The attempted mainstream watering down of rock continues with the
birth of dance records, specifically the twist which has adults taking
part as well as kids and becomes the most widespread dance craze since
the Charleston ruled the 20's.
Motown Records makes its first splash with "Shop Around" a #1 R&B
hit by The Miracles.
Roy Orbison has his first major hit with "Only The Lonely" and helps
to alter rock songwriting of the 60's to focus on more introspective
issues.
The Ventures hit instrumental "Walk - Don't Run" leads to the
creation of surf-rock which brings the electric guitar back into
prominence.
TOP HITS OF 1960
1960
Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison
Chain Gang - Sam Cooke
Save The Last Dance For Me - Drifters
Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
Walk, Don't Run - Ventures
Red Rubber Ball - Bobby Vee
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland
Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers
Good Timin' - Jimmy Jones
You Talk Too Much - Joe Jones
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley
1961
- Rock's second era begins in earnest with the debut of Del Shannon's
"Runaway" which is the first pure unadorned and uptempo rocker to hit #1
on the Pop Charts in almost a year. The song also introduces the "musitron",
an early form of the synthesizer.
- The Marvelettes "Please Mr. Postman" becomes the first #1 Pop hit
released on a black owned and operated label - Motown.
- A widespread revival of the mid-50's vocal group sound results in
the re-appearance on the charts and airwaves of dozens of songs from
1954-1957 and the brief resurgence of similarly styled newer groups.
- "Frat Rock" begins to show up with Gary "US" Bonds hit "Quarter To
Three" with its emphasis on a frenzied atmosphere rather than on
intricate production.
- Soul music starts gaining a foothold with hits by Sam Cooke, James
Brown, Solomon Burke and former Drifters lead signer Ben E. King, who's
"Stand By Me" is a #1 R&B record.
- Elvis Presley gives his last live performance for eight years.
1961 TOP HITS
1961
Runaround Sue - Dion
Tossin' & Turnin' - Bobby Lewis
Runaway - Del Shannon
Blue Moon - Marcels
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Shirelles
Please Mr. Postman - Marvellettes
The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Tokens
Quarter To Three - Gary "U.S." Bonds
Shop Around - Miracles
Surfin' -The Beach Boys
Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
The Wanderer - Dion
1962
- Motown continues to expand its power-base scoring #1 R&B hits by
both Mary Wells and the Contours and while attracting musical talent
from all over Detroit that will soon result in the label becoming the
biggest in the country.
- Southern soul has its first major hit with the instrumental "Green
Onions" by Booker T. & The MG's.
- Ray Charles successfully melds country music with soul and crosses
into the pop realm with the album "Modern Sounds In Country & Western
Music".
- The surf music craze, begun by instrumentalists in the previous few
years, adds vocals when the Beach Boys score their first hit "Surfin'
Safari".
- Surf-rock guitarist Dick Dale debuts the new Fender Reverb
amplifier.
- The pacific-northwest becomes a hotbed for "garage bands" such as
The Sonics, The Kingsmen and The Wailers which signals a more rebellious
youthful aesthetic coming back to rock.
- The Four Seasons greaser vocal harmonies explodes on the scene with
three consecutive #1 hits in the waning months of the year.
- 50's legends Fats Domino, Clyde McPhatter, The Everly Brothers,
LaVern Baker and Bo Diddley score their final major hits after a decade
in the spotlight.
- Marking drastic change from only a few years back female artists
account for nearly half of all Number One R&B hits in the calendar year.
1962 TOP SONGS
1962
Peppermint Twist - Joey Dee & the Starlighters
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Soldier Boy - Shirelles
Hey Baby - Bruce Channel
The Locomotion - Little Eva
Sherry - Four Seasons
He's A Rebel - Crystals
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka
Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson
Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler
Telstar - Tornadoes
Johnny Angel - Shelly Fabares
1963
- Surf-rock lands dozens of guitar led instrumentals on the charts
while the Beach Boys dominate the airwaves with a string of hit singles
and three Top Ten albums in this year alone and are joined on the scene
by Jan & Dean who notch the only surf rock #1 hit with "Surf City".
- The Girl Group sound explodes as Phil Spector becomes the dominant
producer in rock churning out hits by the Ronettes, Crystals and Darlene
Love, while others such as Lesley Gore and The Chiffons top the charts
as well.
- Motown leads a revitalization of R&B with huge successes by Martha &
The Vandellas, The Miracles, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye and the first hit
by the 12 year genius "Little" Stevie Wonder.
- James Brown's album "Live At The Apollo" becomes the first LP by a
pure R&B artist to hit the Top Five on the album charts and introduces
the chitlin' circuit show and raw soul music to America.
- Wolfman Jack begins broadcasting via a half million watt radio
station, XERF out of Mexico. The powerful "border radio" stations are
famous for their wild on-air activities and powerful broadcast signals
that allow them to be heard across the entire North American continent,
making Wolfman Jack the most famous rock 'n' roll DJ in the world.
- Early records by a British group called the Beatles fail to make an
impact in America when they are released by various companies who note
the limited interest and decline to pick up their distribution option.
1963 TOP SONGS
1963
He's So Fine - Chiffons
Surf City - Jan & Dean
It's My Party - Leslie Gore
Be My Baby - Ronettes
Wipe Out - Surfaris
If I Had A Hammer - Trini Lopez
Da Doo Ron Ron - Crystals
Walk Like A Man - Four Seasons
Heat Wave - Martha & the Vandellas
Up On The Roof - Drifters
I Can't Stay Mad At You - Skeeter Davis
Only In America - Jay & the Americans
1964
- Rock 'n' roll has its first major shakeup in nearly a decade when in
late January "I Want To Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles tops the US Pop
charts.
- In February The Beatles appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show receives
record ratings as Beatlemania explodes worldwide.
- Four of the six #1 records between February and June are by the
Beatles, a feat surpassed only by Elvis Presley in 1956.
- Bands from England flood American shores with the Merseybeat sound
overtaking the airwaves through June, resulting in the term "The British
Invasion". By summer however American acts regain their footing with the
two resident hit-makers The Beach Boys and The Four Seasons topping the
charts in July.
- The Beatles first film, "A Hard Day's Night" opens to rave reviews
as the Beatles abandon their pop-band image for more complex songs on
the soundtrack.
- The next wave of the British Invasion featuring groups based in
blues and R&B such as the Rolling Stones, Kinks and Animals follows by
mid-summer and their raunchier style quickly makes the more restrained
pop-sounding Merseybeat bands obsolete.
- The second musical explosion of the year happens when Motown strikes
back with its biggest hits to date by the Temptations, Four Tops and its
newest group The Supremes who score three #1's in the final five months
of the year.
- The Rhythm & Blues Charts are discontinued for 1964 as Billboard
magazine feels they've become indistinguishable from the Pop Charts. In
just over a year they'll resume publication of The R&B Charts when the
style of music becomes more popular than ever.
- Feminist stances are taken in Dionne Warwick's "Don't Make Me Over"
and Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me", marking the first time in
mainstream rock that hit records espouse those emerging viewpoints.
- Sam Cooke, soul music's biggest star, is shot and killed by a woman
at a hotel on December 10th. It is rock music's most publicized casualty
since Buddy Holly's death in early 1959.
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TOP SONGS OF 1964
1964
Fun Fun Fun - Beach Boys
She Loves You - Beatles
I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles
Baby Love - Supremes
Dawn - Four Seasons
I Get Around - Beach Boys
A Hard Day's Night - Beatles
Under The Boardwalk - Drifters
You Really Got Me - Kinks
House Of The Rising Sun - Animals
She's Not There - Zombies
Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five
Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Dancin' In The Street - Martha & the Vandellas
WABC-AM TOP 100 CHART OF 1964
- 1 "Hello
Dolly"........................................Louis Armstrong
- 2 "I Want to Hold Your
Hand"...........................The Beatles
- 3 "She Loves
You"......................................The Beatles
- 4 "Where Did Our Love
Go"..............................The Supremes
- 5 "Chapel of
Love".....................................The Dixie Cups
- 6 "Pretty
Woman".......................................Ray Orbison
- 7 "Rag
Doll"...........................................The Four Seasons
- 8 "A Hard Day's
Night".................................The Beatles
- 9 "Everybody Loves
Somebody"...........................Dean Martin
- 10 "Do Wah Diddy Diddy"................................Manfred
Mann
- 11 "I Get
Around"......................................The Beach Boys
- 12 "A World Without
Love"..............................Peter and Gordon
- 13 "Do You Want to Know a
Secret"......................The Beatles
- 14 "The House of the Rising
Sun".......................The Animals
- 15
"Dawn"..............................................The Four Seasons
- 16 "She's Not
There"...................................The Zombies
- 17 "Baby
Love".........................................The Supremes
- 18 "Under the
Boardwalk"...............................The Drifters
- 19 "Dancing in the
Street".............................Martha and the Vandellas
- 20 "Twist and
Shout"...................................The Beatles
- 21 "My
Guy"............................................Mary Wells
- 22 "Leader of the
Pack"................................The Shangri-Las
- 23 "Can't Buy Me
Love".................................The Beatles
- 24 "Remember (Walkin' in
the Sand)"....................The Shangri-Las
- 25
"Java"..............................................Al Hirt
- 26 "Love Me
Do"........................................The Beatles
- 27 "Please Please
Me"..................................The Beatles
- 28 "Last
Kiss".........................................J. Frank Wilson and the
Cavaliers
- 29 "You Don't Own
Me"..................................Lesley Gore
- 30 "Time Is on My
Side"................................The Rolling Stones
- 31 "My Boy
Lollipop"...................................Little Millie Small
- 32 "Love Me With All Your
Heart".......................The Ray Charles Singers
- 33 "Forget
Him"........................................Bobby Rydell
- 34 "There! I've Said It
Again".........................Bobby Vinton
- 35 "Shoop Shoop Song
(It's in His Kiss)"...............Betty Everett
- 36 "A Summer
Song".....................................Chad and Jeremy
- 37
"Ronnie"............................................The Four Seasons
- 38
"Because"...........................................The Dave Clark Five
- 39 "Since I Fell For
You"..............................Lenny Welch
- 40 "Louie
Louie".......................................The Kingsmen
- 41 "You Really Got
Me".................................The Kinks
- 42
"Memphis"...........................................Johnny Rivers
- 43
"People"............................................Barbra Streisand
- 44 "Bread and
Butter"..................................The Newbeats
- 45 "My Love Forgive
Me"................................Robert Goulet
- 46 "Don’t Let The Sun Catch You
Crying"................Gerry and the Pacemakers
- 47 "Walk On
By"........................................Dionne Warwick
- 48 "I Only Want To Be With
You"........................Dusty Springfield
- 49 "I Feel
Fine".......................................The Beatles
- 50 "Wishin' and Hopin'
"...............................Dusty Springfield
- 51 "Mr.
Lonely"........................................Bobby Vinton
- 52 "It Hurts To Be In
Love"............................Gene Pitney
- 53 "Glad All
Over".....................................The Dave Clark Five
- 54 "Ringo".............................................Lorne
Greene
- 55 "Anyone Who Had A
Heart"............................Dionne Warwick
- 56
"Dominique".........................................The Singing Nun
- 57 "Come See About
Me".................................The Supremes
- 58 "Let It Be
Me"......................................Betty Everett and Jerry Butler
- 59 "Goin' Out Of My
Head"..............................Little Anthony and the Imperials
- 60 "Can't You See That She's
Mine".....................The Dave Clark Five
- 61 "Bits and
Pieces"...................................The Dave Clark Five
- 62 "Popsicles and
Icicles".............................The Murmaids
- 63 "Come A Little Bit
Closer"..........................Jay and The Americans
- 64
"Suspicion".........................................Terry Stafford
- 65 "Walking In The
Rain"...............................The Ronettes
- 66 "We'll Sing In The
Sunshine"........................Gale Garnett
- 67 "GTO"...............................................Ronny
and The Daytonas
- 68 "How Do You Do
It"..................................Gerry and the Pacemakers
- 69 "What Kind Of Fool Do You Think
I Am"...............The Tams
- 70 "Wives and
Lovers"..................................Jack Jones
- 71 "Navy
Blue".........................................Diane Renay
- 72 "Have I The
Right"..................................The Honeycombs
- 73 "Girl From Ipanema".................................Getz/Gilberto
- 74 "Surfin'
Bird"......................................The Trashmen
- 75 "She's A
Woman".....................................The Beatles
- 76 "I'm On The
Outside"................................Little Anthony and the Imperials
- 77 "People
Say"........................................The Dixie Cups
- 78 "Little
Children"...................................Billy J. Kramer
- 79 "I'm Into Something
Good"...........................Herman's Hermits
- 80 "Hey Little
Cobra"..................................The Rip Chords
- 81 "California
Sun"....................................The Rivieras
- 82 "Little Old Lady From
Pasadena".....................Jan and Dean
- 83 "Save It For
Me"....................................The Four Seasons
- 84 "I Wanna Love Him So
Bad"...........................The Jelly Beans
- 85 "C'mon and
Swim"....................................Bobby Freeman
- 86
"Stay"..............................................The Four Seasons
- 87 "Needles and
Pins"..................................The Searchers
- 88 "Romeo and
Juliet"..................................The Reflections
- 89
"Funny".............................................Joe Hinton
- 90 "Who Do You
Love"...................................The Sapphires
- 91
"Somewhere".........................................The Tymes
- 92 "Love Potion Number
9"..............................The Searchers
- 93 "Steal
Away"........................................Jimmy Hughes
- 94 "Keep On
Pushing"...................................The Impressions
- 95 "P.S. I Love
You"...................................The Beatles
- 96 "Rip Van
Winkle"....................................The Devotions
- 97 "I'm Leaving It Up To
You"..........................Dale and Grace
- 98 "Tell
Me"...........................................The Rolling Stones
- 99 "Fun Fun
Fun".......................................The Beach Boys
- 100 "I Have A
Boyfriend"...............................The Chiffons
1965
- Bob Dylan "plugs in" at the Newport Folk Festival marking the shift
from acoustic folkie to rock 'n' roller.
- Folk-rock is ushered in by The Byrds doing a cover of "Mr.
Tambourine Man" which help introduce its author Bob Dylan to a wider
audience.
- Protest-rock follows focusing on such topics as the escalating war
in Vietnam with "Eve Of Destruction" by Barry McGuire, to the civil
rights battles in America exemplified by "People Get Ready" by the
Impressions, to simple anti-authority songs such as the Rolling Stones
surly #1 hit "Satisfaction".
- Martha & The Vandellas "Dancing In Streets" is used as a rallying
cry when racial riots ignite in Watts during the summer and Los Angeles
DJ The Magnificent Montague's slogan, "Burn Baby Burn" takes on new
meaning as the community goes up in flames.
- Blues-rock hits its high point with The Yardbirds, The Who, The
Pretty Things and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band turning out acclaimed
records in the aggressive style.
- Southern soul scores its first major breakthroughs with Wilson
Pickett, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke and Joe Tex notching huge hits that
cut across racial boundaries.
- James Brown makes a startling and abrupt shift from pure soul to a
rhythm-based new invention of his own making called "funk" with the hits
"Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" and "I Got You".
- The Beatles and Elvis Presley, the two biggest names in rock
history, meet for the only time at Presley's Los Angeles home. While
there John Lennon boldly asks his idol why he doesn't record rock 'n'
roll anymore.
- The first rock concert movie "The T.A.M.I. Show" is filmed in Santa
Monica featuring The Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, Supremes, Jan & Dean,
Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Chuck Berry and a show stopping performance by
James Brown.
- Alan Freed, who coined the term "rock 'n' roll" and introduced it to
white America a decade earlier, dies broke and forgotten at age 44 of
alcoholism.
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TOP SONGS OF 1965
1965
I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
Help! - Beatles
Wouldn't It Be Nice--Beach Boys
Help Me Rhonda - Beach Boys
Let's Hang On - Four Seasons
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
Just Like Me--Paul Revere and the Raiders
Turn Turn Turn - Byrds
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Stop! In the Name Of Love - Supremes
Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds
I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
Hang On Sloopy - McCoys
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
WABC-AM --NYC 1965 TOP 100 CHART
- 1 "(I Can't Get No)
Satisfaction"......................The Rolling Stones
- 2
"Help"...............................................The Beatles
- 3 "I Can't Help
Myself"................................The Four Tops
- 4
"Downtown"...........................................Petula Clark
- 5
"1-2-3"..............................................Len Barry
- 6 "Lover's
Concerto"...................................The Toys
- 7 "Let's Hang
On"......................................The Four Seasons
- 8 "I Got You
Babe".....................................Sonny and Cher
- 9 "Come See About
Me"..................................The Supremes
- 10 "Stop! In the Name of
Love".........................The Supremes
- 11 "You've Lost That Lovin'
Feeling"...................The Righteous Brothers
- 12 "Wooly
Bully".......................................Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
- 13 "Love Potion No.
9".................................The Searchers
- 14 "I Hear a
Symphony".................................The Supremes
- 15 "Help Me
Rhonda"....................................The Beach Boys
- 16 "I Feel
Fine".......................................The Beatles
- 17 "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely
Daughter"...........Herman's Hermits
- 18 "This Diamond
Ring".................................Gary Lewis and the Playboys
- 19 "The Name
Game".....................................Shirley Ellis
- 20 "Hang On Sloopy"....................................The
McCoys
- 21 "Mr. Tambourine
Man"................................The Byrds
- 22
"Yesterday".........................................The Beatles
- 23 "Get Off of My
Cloud"...............................The Rolling Stones
- 24 "Eight Days a
Week".................................The Beatles
- 25 "Ticket to
Ride"....................................The Beatles
- 26 "I'm Henry VII, I
Am"...............................Herman's Hermits
- 27 "Eve of
Destruction"................................Barry McGuire
- 28 "I'm Telling You
Now"...............................Freddie and the Dreamers
- 29 "Mr.
Lonely"........................................Bobby Vinton
- 30 "Cara,
Mia".........................................Jay and the Americans
- 31 "Taste of
Honey"....................................Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
- 32 "Go
Now!"...........................................The Moody Blues
- 33 "Unchanined
Melody".................................The Righteous Brothers
- 34 "Like a Rolling
Stone"..............................Bob Dylan
- 35 "Game of
Love"......................................Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders
- 36 "Goldfinger"........................................Shirley
Bassey
- 37 "The "In"
Crowd"....................................The Ramsey Lewis Trio
- 38 "What's New
Pussycat"...............................Tom Jones
- 39 "Back in My Arms
Again".............................The Supremes
- 40 "My
Girl"...........................................The Temptations
- 41 "Keep On
Dancing"...................................The Gentry's
- 42 "She's Not
There"...................................The Zombies
- 43 "I'm A Happy
Man"...................................The Jive Five
- 44 "California
Girls"..................................The Beach Boys
- 45 "You Were On My
Mind"...............................The We Five
- 46 "Rescue
Me".........................................Fontella Bass
- 47 "Goin' Out Of My
Head"..............................Little Anthony
- 48 "Can't You Hear My
Heartbeat".......................Herman's Hermits
- 49 "Bye Bye
Baby"......................................The Four Seasons
- 50 "I'll Never Find Another
You".......................The Seekers
- 51 "It's The Same Old
Song"............................The Four Tops
- 52 "She's A
Woman".....................................The Beatles
- 53 "King of the
Road"..................................Roger Miller
- 54 "Count Me
In".......................................Gary Lewis and the Playboys
- 55 "I Know A
Place"....................................Petula Clark
- 56 "Turn Turn
Turn"....................................The Byrds
- 57 "Save Your Heart For
Me"............................Gary Lewis and the Playboys
- 58 "Darling Take Me
Back"..............................Lenny Welch
- 59 "Yes, I'm
Ready"....................................Barbara Mason
- 60 "The
Mouse".........................................Soupy Sales
- 61
"Silhouettes".......................................Herman's Hermits
- 62
"Shotgun"...........................................Jr. Walker and the All
Stars
- 63 "My Love Forgive
Me"................................Robert Goulet
- 64 "The Birds and the
Bees"............................Jewel Akens
- 65 "I Got
You".........................................James Brown
- 66 "Catch Us If You
Can"...............................The Dave Clark Five
- 67 "Keep Searchin'
"...................................Del Shannon
- 68 "Tired Of Waiting For
You"..........................The Kinks
- 69 "Wonderful
World"...................................Herman's Hermits
- 70 "Time Is On My
Side"................................The Rolling Stones
- 71 "Land Of 1000
Dances"...............................Cannibal and the Headhunters
- 72 "Nothing But
Heartaches"............................The Supremes
- 73 "The Boy From New York
City"........................The Ad Libs
- 74 "Tell Her
No".......................................The Zombies
- 75 "You Really Got
Me".................................The Kinks
- 76 "You're The
One"....................................The Vogues
- 77
"Shake".............................................Sam Cooke
- 78 "Crying In The
Chapel"..............................Elvis Presley
- 79 "For Your
Love".....................................The Yardbirds
- 80 "Red Roses For A Blue
Lady".........................Bert Kaempfert
- 81 "Don't Think
Twice".................................The Wonder Who
- 82 "Ringo".............................................Lorne
Greene
- 83 "Concrete and
Clay".................................Unit Four Plus Two
- 84 "Everyone's Gone To The
Moon".......................Jonathan King
- 85 "Let's Lock The
Door"...............................Jay and the Americans
- 86 "Over and
Over".....................................The Dave Clark Five
- 87 "I Can Never Go Home
Anymore".......................The Shangri-Las
- 88 "Walking In The
Rain"...............................The Ronettes
- 89 "Hurt So
Bad".......................................Little Anthony
- 90 "I
Do"..............................................The Marvelows
- 91 "Papa's Got A Brand New
Bag"........................James Brown
- 92 "Ferry Cross the
Mersey"............................Garry and the Pacemakers
- 93 "Hold What You've
Got"..............................Joe Tex
- 94 "Nowhere To
Run"....................................Martha and the Vandellas
- 95 "Just A
Little".....................................The Beau Brummels
- 96 "Seventh
Son".......................................Johnny Rivers
- 97 "It's Not
Unusual"..................................Tom Jones
- 98 "I'm Into Something
Good"...........................Herman's Hermits
- 99 "We Can Work It
Out"................................The Beatles
- 100 "You've Got To Hide
Your Love Away"................The Silkie
1966
- The Beatles perform their final live concert at Candlestick Park in
San Francisco, on August 29th.
- Complexity in rock reaches new heights with the Beatles "Rubber
Soul" album and is quickly responded to by the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds"
which ignites the studio-era of rock 'n' roll as records become artistic
statements.
- Southern soul music gets its first Pop #1 with Percy Sledge's "When
A Man Loves A Woman".
- After releasing his classic "Blonde On Blonde" album, Bob Dylan goes
into seclusion in upstate New York for over a year following a
motorcycle accident.
- Riots break out on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles where rock 'n'
roll club patrons and authorities clash.
- Psychedelic rock music begins its meteoric climb as the Byrds "Eight
Miles High", The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" and The Count Five's
"Psychotic Reaction" bring the avant garde sound to the world.
- Rock 'n' roll proves too popular for mainstream television not to
take advantage of and so a show based on a rock band called "The Monkees"
debuts in the fall to high ratings. Debate rages over their
qualifications as a real group despite the fact their first record hit
#1 before the show was even on the air.
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TOP SONGS OF 1966
1966
The Sounds Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
We Can Work It Out - Beatles
You Keep Me Hanging On - Supremes
Good Lovin' - Young Rascals
Gloria - Shadows Of Knight
Reach Out And I'll Be There - Four Tops
Wild Thing - Troggs
Summer In The City - Lovin' Spoonful
Last Train To Clarksville - Monkees
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
Monday Monday - Mama & Papas
Kicks - Paul Revere & the Raiders
This Ole Heart Of Mine - Isley Brothers
WABC-AM---NYC-- TOP 100 Chart of 1966
- 1 "The Ballad of the Green
Berets".....................S/Sgt. Barry Sadler
- 2 "You Can't Hurry
Love"...............................The Supremes
- 3 "Strangers in the
Night".............................Frank Sinartra
- 4 "Good Lovin'
".......................................The Young Rascals
- 5 "Reach Out, I'll Be
There"...........................The Four Tops
- 6 "Last Train to
Clarksville"..........................The Monkees
- 7
"Cherish"............................................The Association
- 8 "We Can Work it
Out".................................The Beatles
- 9 "Turn! Turn!
Turn!"..................................The Byrds
- 10 "Monday,
Monday"....................................The Mamas and the Papas
- 11 "(You're My) Soul and
Inspritation".................The Righteous Brothers
- 12 "The Sounds of
Silence".............................Simon and Garfunkel
- 13 "California Dreamin'
"..............................The Mamas and the Papas
- 14 "Summer in the
City"................................The Lovin' Spoonful
- 15 " A Taste of
Honey".................................Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
- 16 "Born
Free".........................................Roger Williams
- 17 "Lightning
Strikes".................................Lou Christie
- 18 "Paint It
Black"....................................The Rolling Stones
- 19 "See You In
September"..............................The Happenings
- 20 "Red Rubber
Ball"...................................The Cyrkle
- 21 "96
Tears"..........................................? And the Mysterians
- 22 "Hanky
Panky".......................................Tommy James and the Shondells
- 23 "You Keep Me Hangin'
On"............................The Supremes
- 24 "19th Nervous
Breakdown"............................The Rolling Stones
- 25 "These Boots Are Made
for Walkin' ".................Nancy Sinatra
- 26 "Winchester
Cathedral"..............................The New Vaudeville Band
- 27 "Wild
Thing"........................................The Troggs
- 28 "A Groovy Kind of
Love".............................The Mindbenders
- 29 "Lil' Red Riding
Hood"..............................Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
- 30 "Walk Away
Renee"...................................The Left Banke
- 31 "Sloop John
B"......................................The Beach Boys
- 32 "Nowhere
Man".......................................The Beatles
- 33 "Well Respected
Man"................................The Kinks
- 34
"Sunny".............................................Bobby Hebb
- 35 "When A Man Loves A
Woman"..........................Percy Sledge
- 36 "Let's Hang
On".....................................The Four Seasons
- 37 "Good
Vibrations"...................................The Beach Boys
- 38 "Sunshine
Superman".................................Donovan
- 39 "Paperback
Writer"..................................The Beatles
- 40 "I Hear a
Symphony".................................The Supremes
- 41
"Daydream"..........................................The Lovin' Spoonful
- 42 "Yellow
Submarine"..................................The Beatles
- 43 "Uptight (Everything's
Alright)"....................Stevie Wonder
- 44 "I Got
You".........................................James Brown
- 45 "Rainy Day Women #12 &
35"..........................Bob Dylan
- 46 "Mr. Dieingly
Sad"..................................The Critters
- 47 "Bang
Bang".........................................Cher
- 48 "Mother's Little
Helper"............................The Rolling Stones
- 49 "Devil With A Blue Dress
On"........................Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
- 50 "I Am A
Rock".......................................Simon and Garfunkel
- 51 "Over and
Over".....................................The Dave Clark Five
- 52 "My
Love"...........................................Petula Clark
- 53 "You Don't Have To Say You Love
Me".................Dusty Springfield
- 54 "As Tears Go
By"....................................The Rolling Stones
- 55
"Kicks".............................................Paul Revere and the
Raiders
- 56 "Wouldn't It Be
Nice"...............................The Beach Boys
- 57 "Younger
Girl"......................................The Critters
- 58 "They're Coming To Take Me
Away"....................Napoleon XIV
- 59 "I've Got You Under My
Skin"........................The Four Seasons
- 60 "Time Won't Let
Me".................................The Outsiders
- 61 "Black is
Black"....................................Los Bravos
- 62 "Sweet
Pea".........................................Tommy Roe
- 63 "The
Duck"..........................................Jackie Lee
- 64 "Barbara
Ann".......................................The Beach Boys
- 65 "The Pied
Piper"....................................Crispian St. Peters
- 66 "What Becomes Of The
Brokenhearted".................Jimmy Ruffin
- 67 "Along Comes
Mary"..................................The Association
- 68 "1-2-3"
............................................Len Barry
- 69 "Poor Side Of
Town".................................Johnny Rivers
- 70 "Elusive
Butterfly".................................Bob Lind
- 71 "Homeward
Bound"....................................Simon and Garfunkel
- 72 "Listen
People".....................................Herman's Hermits
- 73 "Little
Girl".......................................Syndicate of Sound
- 74 "Mellow
Yellow".....................................Donovan
- 75 "Rescue
Me".........................................Fontella Bass
- 76 "Don't Think
Twice".................................The Wonder Who
- 77 "Psychotic
Reaction"................................Count Five
- 78 "Secret Agent
Man"..................................Johnny Rivers
- 79 "She's Just My
Style"...............................Gary Lewis and the Playboys
- 80 "I Saw Her
Again"...................................The Mamas and Papas
- 81 "Cherry
Cherry".....................................Neil Diamond
- 82 "No Matter What
Shape"..............................The T-Bones
- 83 "Beauty Is Only Skin
Deep"..........................The Temptations
- 84 "Don't Mess With
Bill"..............................The Marvelettes
- 85 "My World Is Empty Without
You".....................The Supremes
- 86 "Bang
Bang".........................................Joe Cuba Sextet
- 87 "Dirty
Water".......................................The Standells
- 88
"Gloria"............................................The Shadows of Knight
- 89 "Bus
Stop"..........................................The Hollies
- 90 "You Didn't Have To Be So
Nice".....................The Lovin' Spoonful
- 91 "Ebb
Tide"..........................................The Righteous Brothers
- 92 "Did You Ever Have To Make Up
Your Mind"............The Lovin' Spoonful
- 93 "England
Swings"....................................Roger Miller
- 94 "Lover's
Concerto"..................................The Toys
- 95 "The Men in My Little Girl's
Life"..................Mike Douglas
- 96 "Shake me Wake
Me"..................................The Four Tops
- 97 "I'm Your
Puppet"...................................James and Bobby Purify
- 98 "Stop Stop
Stop"....................................The Hollies
- 99 "You've Got To Hide
Your Love Away".................The Silkie
- 100 "Flowers On The
Wall"..............................The Statler Brothers
1967
- Rock music becomes the counter-culture seal of approval as
psychedelia hits and San Francisco becomes the focal point of the new
rock era with groups such as the Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother & The
Holding Company and The Grateful Dead enter into the mainstream.
- The Summer Of Love kicks off with the first rock festival at
Monterey, California featuring explosive performances by The Who, Otis
Redding and the American debut of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
- Aretha Franklin dominates their airwaves with her first soul records
on her way to becoming the most popular female singer in rock history.
- The Doors first album hits #2 and its lead single "Light My Fire"
reaches #1 , making it the most successful debuts of the late 60's.
- The Kinks are prevented from appearing in America, a ban that lasts
three years at the height of their popularity.
- The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album becomes a
cultural benchmark and even wins the Grammy for "Album Of The Year", the
first rock record given that award.
- Otis Redding dies in a plane crash December 10th, just 3 days after
recording what would be his biggest hit, "Dock Of The Bay". He was just
26 years old.
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TOP SONGS OF 1967
1967
Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
I Was Made To Love Her - Stevie Wonder
Hereos and Villians - Beach Boys
The Letter - Boxtops
Happy Together - Turtles
Daydream Believer - Monkees
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Light My Fire - Doors
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Good Thing- Paul Revere and The Raiders
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Gladys Knight & the Pips
Him or Me ( What is it Going To Be?) - Paul Revere and The
Raiders
Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
WABC-AM-- NYC RADIO 77 TOP 100
Of 1967
- 1 "To Sir With
Love"...................................Lulu
- 2 "Light My
Fire"......................................The Doors
- 3 "Can't Take My Eyes Off
of You"......................Frankie Valli
- 4 "Happy
Together".....................................The Turtles
- 5 "Groovin'
"..........................................The Young Rascals
- 6 "The
Letter".........................................The Box Tops
- 7
"Windy"..............................................The Association
- 8 "Georgy
Girl"........................................The Seekers
- 9 "Little Bit Of
Soul".................................The Music Explosion
- 10
"Respect"...........................................Aretha Franklin
- 11 "Ode to Billie
Joe".................................Bobbie Gentry
- 12 "I'm a
Believer"....................................The Monkees
- 13 "Somethin'
Stupid"..................................Nancy and Frank Sinatra
- 14 "Apples, Peaches,
Pumkin Pie".......................Jay and the Techniques
- 15 "Expressway to Your
Heart"..........................The Soul Survivors
- 16 "All You Need is
Love"..............................The Beatles
- 17 "How Can I Be
Sure".................................The Young Rascals
- 18 "I Think We're Alone
Now"...........................Tommy James and the Shondells
- 19 "The
Happening".....................................Diana Ross and the Supremes
- 20 "Penny
Lane"........................................The Beatles
- 21 "I've Been Lonely Too
Long".........................The Young Rascals
- 22 "Ruby
Tuesday"......................................The Rolling Stones
- 23 "Kind of a
Drag"....................................The Buckinghams
- 24 "Jimmy
Mack"........................................Martha and the Vandellas
- 25
"Reflections".......................................Diana Ross and the
Supremes
- 26 "Love is Here and Now You're
Gone"..................Diana Ross and the Supremes
- 27 "I Got
Rhythm"......................................The Happenings
- 28 "Little Bit Me, A
Little Bit You"...................The Monkees
- 29 "Never My Love"
....................................The Association
- 30 "This Is My
Song"...................................Petula Clark
- 31 "I Was Made to Love
Her"............................Stevie Wonder
- 32 "Snoopy vs. the Red
Baron"..........................The Royal Guardsmen
- 33 "Gimme Some Lovin'
"................................The Spencer Davis Group
- 34 "Pleasant Valley
Sunday"............................The Monkees
- 35 "A Whiter Shade of
Pale"............................Procol Harum
- 36 "She'd Rather Be With
Me"...........................The Turtles
- 37 "Soul
Man"..........................................Sam and Dave
- 38 "Dedicated to the One I
Love".......................The Mamas and the Papas
- 39 "It Must Be
Him"....................................Vikki Carr
- 40 "There's a Kind of
Hush"............................Herman's Hermits
- 41
"Bernadette"........................................The Four Tops
- 42 "Come Back When Your
Grow Up".......................Bobby Vee
- 43 "The Rain, The Park &
Other Things".................The Cowsills
- 44 "Gimme A Little
Sign"...............................Brenton Wood
- 45 "Incense and
Peppermints"...........................The Strawberry Alarm Clock
- 46 "Sock It To Me,
Baby"...............................Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
- 47 "Baby, I Love
You"..................................Aretha Franklin
- 48 "I Wanna
Testify"...................................The Parliaments
- 49 "You're My
Everything"..............................The Temptations
- 50 "Tell It Like It
Is"................................Aaron Neville
- 51 "Let's Live For
Today"..............................The Grass Roots
- 52 "Sweet Soul
Music"..................................Arthur Conley
- 53 "Come On Down To My
Boat"...........................Every Mother's Son
- 54 "A Girl Like
You"...................................The Young Rascals
- 55 "Somebody To
Love"..................................The Jefferson Airplane
- 56 "Sunday Will Never Be
The Same".....................Spanky and Our Gang
- 57 "Funky
Broadway"....................................Wilson Pickett
- 58 "Standing in The Shadows Of
Love"...................The Four Tops
- 59
"Dandelion".........................................The Rolling Stones
- 60 "Society's
Child"...................................Janis Ian
- 61 "Girl, You'll Be A Woman
Soon"......................Neil Diamond
- 62 "Please Love Me
Forever"............................Bobby Vinton
- 63 "Release
Me"........................................Engelbert Humperdinck
- 64
"98.6"..............................................Keith
- 65 "Don't Let The Rain Fall Down
On Me"................The Critters
- 66 "Alfie".............................................Dionne
Warwick
- 67 "Then You Can Tell Me
Goodbye"......................The Casinos
- 68 "Friday On My
Mind".................................The Easybeats
- 69 "San Francisco, Wear Some
Flowers"..................Scott McKenzie
- 70 "Daydream
Believer".................................The Monkees
- 71 "People Are
Strange"................................The Doors
- 72 "We Ain't Got Nothing'
Yet".........................The Blues Magoos
- 73 "C'mon
Marianne"....................................The Four Seasons
- 74 "White
Rabbit"......................................The Jefferson Airplane
- 75 "Up Up and
Away"....................................The Fifth Dimension
- 76 "Hey
Leroy".........................................Jimmy Castor
- 77 "Winchester
Cathedral"..............................The New Vaudeville Band
- 78 "That's
Life".......................................Frank Sinatra
- 79 "Creeque
Alley".....................................The Mamas and Papas
- 80 "Ain't No Mountain
High Enough".....................Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
- 81 "Pata Pata".........................................Miriam
Makeba
- 82 "Good
Thing"........................................Paul Revere and The Raiders
- 83 "Soul
Finger".......................................The Barkays
- 84 "Make Me
Yours".....................................Bettye Swann
- 85 "California
Nights".................................Lesley Gore
- 86 "Natural
Woman".....................................Aretha Franklin
- 87 "I Heard It Throught
The Grapevine".................Gladys Knight and the Pips
- 88 "59th Street Bridge
Song"...........................Harper's Bazarre
- 89 "Word Of
Love"......................................The Mamas and Papas
- 90 "Tell It To The
Rain"...............................The Four Seasons
- 91 "All I
Need"........................................The Temptations
- 92 "Stand By
Me".......................................Spyder Turner
- 93 "Devil With A Blue Dress
On"........................Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels
- 94
"Mirage"............................................Tommy James and The
Shondells
- 95 "Close Your
Eyes"...................................Peaches and Herb
- 96 "Portrait Of My
Love"...............................The Tokens
- 97
"Lady"..............................................Jack Jones
- 98 "Mercy Mercy
Mercy".................................Cannonball Adderly
- 99 "Boogaloo Down
Broadway"............................Fantastic Johnny C
- 100 "Higher and
Higher"................................Jackie Wilson
1968
- After struggling to compete with rock music since its inception, the
pop music industry gains a footing by churning out young artists in an
image conscious fashion attempting to lure younger teens, a style that
came to be known as "bubblegum" which quickly began infiltrating the AM
airwaves.
- Cutting edge rock music responds by appearing on the newly created
FM radio outlets, considered an "underground" means of dispersal
favoring longer singles, more controversial material and less
restrictive styles.
- Soul music has its biggest year ever with all 20 R&B #1 hits that
year falling into the "soul" category as the music takes on a greater
overall prominence in society following the assassination of Civil
Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
- Motown responds to the growing influence of deeper soul and the
psychedelic soul of Sly and The Family Stone by pushing its own artists
towards a less pop-friendly style, resulting in major hits by Marvin
Gaye and The Temptations.
- Turbulence within the Beatles doesn't hurt their appeal as they
score their biggest single ever, "Hey Jude", and use their creative
differences to their advantage by releasing a double LP comprised of
each members individual contributions that comes to be known as "The
White Album".
- After defining the harder blues based rock "super-group", Cream
gives its final performance in November at the Royal Albert Hall in
England and breaks up shortly thereafter.
- The term "heavy metal" first appears in the Steppenwolf song "Born
To Be Wild".
- After spending most of the decade wallowing in lackluster film
projects Elvis Presley returns to prominence in a highly rated
television show later dubbed "The '68 Comeback Special" in which,
dressed head to toe in leather, he performs his old hits in explosive
fashion. The sit-down segment of the show is later used as the prototype
for MTV's "Unplugged" series.
-
TOP SONGS OF 1968
1968
Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells
Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
Hey Jude - Beatles
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
(Sittin' On The) Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Hello, I Love You - Doors
WABC-AM-NYC Radio 77 TOP 100 of 1968
- 1 "Hey
Jude"...........................................The Beatles
- 2 "Young
Girl".........................................Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
- 3 "People Got to Be
Free"..............................The Rascals
- 4 "Mrs.
Robinson"......................................Simon and Garfunkel
- 5 "Love is
Blue".......................................Paul Mauriat
- 6 "Beautiful
Morning"..................................The Rascals
- 7 "Those Were the
Days"................................Mary Hopkin
- 8 "MacArthur
Park".....................................Richard Harris
- 9 "This Guy's in Love With
You"........................Herb Alpert
- 10 "Simon
Says"........................................The 1910 Fruitgum Company
- 11
"Honey".............................................Bobby Goldsboro
- 12 "Cry Like a
Baby"...................................The Box Tops
- 13 "Born to Be
Wild"...................................Steppenwolf
- 14 "Love
Child"........................................Diana Ross and the Supremes
- 15 "Tighten
Up"........................................Archie Bell and the Drells
- 16 "Stoned Soul
Picnic"................................The Fifth Dimension
- 17 "Green
Tambourine"..................................The Lemon Pipers
- 18 "Judy in Disguise (with
Glasses)"...................John Fred and his Playboy Band
- 19 "Lady
Willpower"....................................Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
- 20 "Harper Valley P.T.A."..............................Jeannie
C. Riley
- 21 "Lady
Madonna"......................................The Beatles
- 22 "Hello I Love
You"..................................The Doors
- 23 "Light My
Fire".....................................Jose Feliciano
- 24 "Valleri"...........................................The
Monkees
- 25 "Turn Around, Look at
Me"...........................The Vogues
- 26 "Woman,
Woman"......................................The Union Gap
- 27 "Jumpin' Jack
Flash"................................The Rolling Stones
- 28 "Hurdy Gurdy
Man"...................................Donovan
- 29 "Little Green
Apples"...............................O. C. Smith
- 30 "Midnight
Confessions"..............................The Grass Roots
- 31 "Mony Mony".........................................Tommy
James and the Shondells
- 32 "Bend Me, Shape
Me".................................The American Breed
- 33 "Reach Out of the
Darkness".........................Friend and Lover
- 34 "(Sittin' on) The Dock
of the Bay"..................Otis Redding
- 35
"Spooky"............................................The Classics IV
- 36 "Sunshine of Your
Love".............................Cream
- 37 "Yummy Yummy
Yummy".................................The Ohio Express
- 38
"Hush"..............................................Deep Purple
- 39 "Angel of the
Morning"..............................Merrilee Rush
- 40 "Theme from Valley of the
Dolls"....................Dionne Warwick
- 41 "Magic Carpet
Ride".................................Steppenwolf
- 42 "1-2-3 Red
Light"...................................The 1910 Fruitgum Company
- 43 "I've Gotta Get a
Message to You"...................The Bee Gees
- 44 "Baby, Now That I've Found
You".....................The Foundations
- 45 "Hello,
Goodbye"....................................The Beatles
- 46 "Since You've Been
Gone"............................Aretha Franklin
- 47
"Fire"..............................................The Crazy World of Arthur
Brown
- 48 "The
Horse".........................................Cliff Nobles and Company
- 49 "The Good, The Bad and the
Ugly"....................Hugo Montenegro
- 50 "Classical
Gas".....................................Mason Williams
- 51 "Chain of
Fools"....................................Aretha Franklin
- 52 "Daydream
Believer".................................The Monkees
- 53 "I Heard it Through the
Grapevine"..................Gladys Knight and the Pips
- 54 "The Mighty
Quinn"..................................Manfred Mann
- 55 I Wish It Would
Rain"...............................The Temptations
- 56 "Elenore"...........................................The
Turtles
- 57 "Nobody But
Me".....................................The Human Beinz
- 58 "Cowboys to
Girls"..................................The Intruders
- 59 "White
Room"........................................Cream
- 60 "Love Is All
Around"................................The Troggs
- 61 "Just Dropped
In"...................................The First Edition
- 62 "Dance to the
Music"................................Sly and the Family Stone
- 63 "The
Unicorn".......................................The Irish Rovers
- 64 "The Look of
Love"..................................Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
- 65 "The Fool on the
Hill"..............................Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
- 66 "Who's Making
Love".................................Johnny Taylor
- 67 "Grazing in the
Grass"..............................Hugh Masekela
- 68 "Chewy
Chewy".......................................The Ohio Express
- 69 "For Once in My
Life"...............................Stevie Wonder
- 70 "Abraham, Martin and
John"..........................Dion
- 71 "The Ballad of Bonnie and
Clyde"....................Georgie Fame
- 72 "Dream a Little Dream of
Me"........................Mama Cass
- 73 "I Second That
Emotion".............................Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
- 74 "Different
Drum"....................................The Stone Poneys
- 75
"Stormy"............................................The Classics IV
- 76 "The Time Has Come
Today"...........................The Chambers Brothers
- 77
"Think".............................................Aretha Franklin
- 78 "Over
You"..........................................Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
- 79 "Do You Know the Way to San
Jose"...................Dionne Warwick
- 80
"Delilah"...........................................Tom Jones
- 81 "My Baby Must Be a
Magician"........................The Marvelettes
- 82 "Girl
Watcher"......................................The O'Kaysions
- 83 "Both Sides
Now"....................................Judy Collins
- 84 "Summertime
Blues"..................................Blue Cheer
- 85 "My Special
Angel"..................................The Vogues
- 86 "You're All I Need to
Get By".......................Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
- 87 "I Love How You Love
Me"............................Bobby Vinton
- 88
"Playboy"...........................................Gene and Debbie
- 89 "La La Means I Love
You"............................The Delfonics
- 90 "Nothing Like The Real
Thing".......................Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
- 91 "We’re a
Winner"....................................The Impressions
- 92 "Hold Me
Tight".....................................Johnny Nash
- 93 "Indian
Lake".......................................The Cowsills
- 94 "Will You Still Love Me
Tomorrow"...................The Four Seasons
- 95 "Pictures of Matchstick
Men"........................The Status Quo
- 96
"Susan".............................................The Buckinghams
- 97 "Court of
Love".....................................The Unifics
- 98 "Goin' Out of My
Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You"...The Lettermen
- 99 "Wichita
Lineman"...................................Glen Campbell
- 100 "Do It
Again"......................................The Beach Boys
1969
- On January 29th, The Beatles perform in public for the final time as
a group in an impromptu rooftop jam session in England. They record
their final sides together in August of that year.
- Hard-rock fully emerges from the experimentation's of the past few
years as Led Zeppelin releases their first two albums.
- The Who release "Tommy", the first widely successful "rock-opera".
- Diana Ross leaves the Supremes, who were the most successful female
and black group in history, for a solo career.
- FM radio's incursions continue with each new station playing only
one or two "formats" which has the unfortunate result of splitting music
on stylistic and often racial grounds rather than the previously
all-inclusive policy of AM radio.
- Elvis Presley scores his 18th, and final, #1 Pop Hit of his career.
He'd score 36 different #1 hits on all American charts combined, a
record for rock performers.
- The Doors lead singer Jim Morrison is arrested for indecent exposure
during a concert in Miami.
- "Kick Out The Jams" by The MC5 introduces the prototype for punk
rock.
- The Isley Brothers, who's ten year career to date has resulted in
only three large hits, start their own label, T-Neck, and score a major
smash with the single "It's Your Thing", their first funk record as that
style replaces soul music as the predominant force on the R&B Charts.
- Two highly publicized rock concerts mark the end of the decade as
first the music festival Woodstock in upstate New York marks the
spiritual conclusion to the
- sixties and then in December, a concert at the Altamont Speedway in
California headlined by the Rolling Stones turns disastrous as a man is
killed by the Hell's Angels hired for security for the event.
- Wynonie Harris, who in 1948 may have been the first true rock
singer, dies at the age of 53.
TOP SONGS OF 1969
1969
Pinball Wizard - The Who
Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
Get Back - Beatles
Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & the Supremes
Touch Me - Doors
Cloud Nine - Temptations
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Get Together - Youngbloods
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - Fifth Dimension
My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
WABC-AM---NYC--RADIO 77 --TOP 100 Of
1969
- 1 "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine
In".......................The Fifth Dimension
- 2 "Sugar,
Sugar".......................................The Archies
- 3 "Honky Tonk
Women"...................................The Rolling Stones
- 4 "Get
Back"...........................................The Beatles
- 5 "Crimson and
Clover".................................Tommy James and the Shondells
- 6
"Dizzy"..............................................Tommy Roe
- 7
"Jean"...............................................Oliver
- 8 "Build Me Up,
Buttercup".............................The Foundations
- 9 "Touch
Me"...........................................The Doors
- 10
"Hair"..............................................The Cowsills
- 11 "Sweet
Caroline"....................................Neil Diamond
- 12 "Crystal Blue
Persuasion"...........................Tommy James and the Shondells
- 13 "Everyday
People"...................................Sly and the Family Stone
- 14 "Good Morning
Starshine"............................Oliver
- 15 "In the Year
2525"..................................Zager and Evans
- 16 "I Can't Get Next to
You"...........................The Temptations
- 17 "Love Theme from Romeo
and Julliet".................Henry Mancini
- 18 "Proud
Mary"........................................Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 19 "Spinning
Wheel"....................................Blood, Sweat and Tears
- 20
"One"...............................................Three Dog Night
- 21 "Love (Can Make You
Happy)".........................Mercy
- 22
"Traces"............................................The Classics IV
- 23 "You’ve Made Me So Very
Happy"......................Blood, Sweat and Tears
- 24 "This Magic
Moment".................................Jay and the Americans
- 25 "Worst That Could
Happen"...........................The Brooklyn Bridge
- 26 "I Heard it Through the
Grapevine"..................Marvin Gaye
- 27 "It's Your
Thing"...................................The Isley Brothers
- 28 "A Boy Named
Sue"...................................Johnny Cash
- 29 "Wedding Bell
Blues"................................The Fifth Dimension
- 30 "Get
Together"......................................The Youngbloods
- 31 "Easy to Be
Hard"...................................Three Dog Night
- 32 "Little
Woman"......................................Bobby Sherman
- 33 "I'm Gonna Make You
Love Me"........................The Supremes & The Temptations
- 34 "These
Eyes"........................................The Guess Who
- 35 "Baby, It's
You"....................................Smith
- 36 "I'll Never Fall in Love
Again".....................Tom Jones
- 37 "My Cheri
Amour"....................................Stevie Wonder
- 38 "Hooked on a
Feeling"...............................B.J. Thomas
- 39 "Smile a Little Smile For
Me".......................The Flying Machine
- 40 "Baby, I Love
You"..................................Andy Kim
- 41 "Time of the
Season"................................The Zombies
- 42 "Suspicious
Minds"..................................Elvis Presley
- 43 "25
Miles"..........................................Edwin Starr
- 44 "Hot Fun in the
Summertime".........................Sly and the Family Stone
- 45 "Love Me
Tonight"...................................Tom Jones
- 46 "What Does it Take (to Win Your
Love)"..............Jr. Walker and the All Stars
- 47 "Grazing in the
Grass"..............................Friends of Distinction
- 48 "Bad Moon
Rising"...................................Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 49 "Green
River".......................................Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 50 "Only the Strong
Survive"...........................Jerry Butler
- 51 "The
Boxer".........................................Simon and Garfunkel
- 52 "Oh Happy
Day"......................................The Edwin Hawkins Singers
- 53 "Games People
Play".................................Joe South
- 54 "Put a Little Love In
Your Heart"...................Jackie DeShannon
- 55 "I'm Gonna Make You
Mine"...........................Lou Christie
- 56 "Come
Together".....................................The Beatles
- 57 "I'm Living in
Shame"...............................Diana Ross and the Supremes
- 58 "Wichita
Lineman"...................................Glen Campbell
- 59
"Something".........................................The Beatles
- 60 "More Today Than
Yesterday".........................The Spiral Staircase
- 61 "For Once In My
Life"...............................Stevie Wonder
- 62 "In the
Ghetto".....................................Elvis Presley
- 63 "Things I'd Like to
Say"............................The New Colony Six
- 64
"Atlantis"..........................................Donovan
- 65 "Sweet Cherry
Wine".................................Tommy James and the Shondells
- 66
"Galveston".........................................Glen Cambell
- 67 "Hawaii
Five-O".....................................The Ventures
- 68 "My Whole World
Ended"..............................David Ruffin
- 69 "Soulful
Strut".....................................Young Holt Unlimited
- 70 "I Started a
Joke"..................................The Bee Gees
- 71
"Tracy".............................................The Cufflinks
- 72 "And When I
Die"....................................Blood, Sweat and Tears
- 73 "You Showed
Me".....................................The Turtles
- 74 "Time Is
Tight".....................................Booker T. and the M.G.'s
- 75 "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
"..........................The Crazy Elephant
- 76 "I've Gotta Be
Me"..................................Sammy Davis, Jr.
- 77 "Run Away Child, Running
Wild"......................The Temptations
- 78 "My Pledge of
Love".................................The Joe Jeffrey Group
- 79 "The River Is
Wide".................................The Grass Roots
- 80 "I'd Wait a Million
Years"..........................The Grass Roots
- 81
"Laughing"..........................................The Guess Who
- 82 "Love
Child"........................................Diana Ross and the Supremes
- 83 "Too Busy Thinking About My
Baby"...................Marvin Gaye
- 84 "Quentin's
Theme"...................................The Charles Randolph Grean Sound
- 85 "Color Him
Father"..................................The Winstons
- 86 "That's the Way Love
Is"............................Marvin Gaye
- 87 "Lay Lady
Lay"......................................Bob Dylan
- 88
"Stormy"............................................The Classics IV
- 89 "Abraham, Martin and
John"..........................Dion
- 90 "Rock
Me"...........................................Steppenwolf
- 91 "The
Israelites"....................................Desmond Dekker and the Aces
- 92 "You've Lost That Lovin'
Feeling"...................Dionne Warwick
- 93 "Cloud
Nine"........................................The Temptations
- 94 "Take a Letter
Maria"...............................R. B. Greaves
- 95 "Can I Change My
Mind"..............................Tyrone Davis
- 96 "This Girl Is a Woman
Now"..........................Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
- 97 "Eli's
Coming"......................................Three Dog Night
- 98 "Don’t Give In to
Him"..............................Gary Pucket and the Union Gap
- 99
"Cinnamon"..........................................Derek
- 100 "This Girl's in Love With
You".....................Dionne Warwick
I say The 1960's did flow over into the early 1970's
so here is some facts on that era!!!
1970
TOP SONGS OF 1970
1970
Let It Be - Beatles
I Want You Back - Jackson Five
ABC - Jackson Five
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
Ohio - Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
Evil Ways - Santana
War - Edwin Starr
Lola - Kinks
Fire And Rain - James Taylor
Signed Sealed Delivered, I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
All Right Now - Free
WABC-AM--NYC- RADIO 77 TOP 100 Of 1970
- 1 "Raindrops Keep Fallin'
On My Head"..................B.J. Thomas
- 2 "Let It
Be"..........................................The Beatles
- 3 "Band of
Gold".......................................Freda Payne
- 4 "I'll Be
There"......................................The Jackson Five
- 5 "Close To
You".......................................The Carpenters
- 6 "The Love You
Save"..................................The Jackson Five
- 7 "Bridge Over Troubled
Water"..........................Simon and Garfunkel
- 8 "Ball of
Confusion"..................................The Temptations
- 9 "Signed, Sealed and
Delivered".......................Stevie Wonder
- 10
"War"...............................................Edwin Starr
- 11 "Make it With
You"..................................Bread
- 12 "Ain't No Mountain
High Enough".....................Diana Ross
- 13 "I Want You
Back"...................................The Jackson Five
- 14 "A B
C".............................................The Jackson Five
- 15 "Spirit in the
Sky".................................Norman Greenbaum
- 16 "We've Only Just
Begun".............................The Carpenters
- 17
"Venus".............................................Shocking Blue
- 18 "Cracklin'
Rosie"...................................Neil Diamond
- 19 "Which Way You Goin'
Billy?"........................The Poppy Family
- 20
"Candida"...........................................Dawn
- 21 "Thank You (For Letting Me Be
Myself Again)"........Sly and the Family Stone
- 22 "Hey There Lonely
Girl".............................Eddie Holman
- 23
"Patches"...........................................Clarence Carter
- 24 "Leaving on a Jet
Plane"............................Peter, Paul and Mary
- 25 "Spill the
Wine"....................................Eric Burdon and War
- 26 "American
Woman"....................................The Guess Who
- 27 "Instant
Karma".....................................John Lennon
- 28
"Cecelia"...........................................Simon and Garfunkel
- 29 "Indiana Wants
Me"..................................R. Dean Taylor
- 30 "The
Rapper"........................................The Jaggerz
- 31 "Mama Told
Me"......................................Three Dog Night
- 32 "Someday We'll Be
Together".........................Diana Ross and the Supremes
- 33 "Turn Back the Hands of
Time".......................Tyrone Davis
- 34 "In the
Summertime".................................Mungo Jerry
- 35 "Reflections of My
Life"............................Marmalade
- 36 "Get
Ready".........................................Rare Earth
- 37 "Hitching a
Ride"...................................Vanity Fare
- 38 "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary
Goes)"...............Edison Lighthouse
- 39 "Ooh
Child".........................................The Five Stairsteps
- 40 "Easy Come Easy
Go".................................Bobby Sherman
- 41 "For the Love of
Him"...............................Bobbie Martin
- 42 "Long and Winding
Road".............................The Beatles
- 43 "Love on a Two Way
Street"..........................The Moments
- 44 "Fire and
Rain".....................................James Taylor
- 45 "Looking Out My Back
Door"..........................Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 46 "Everything is
Beautiful"...........................Ray Stevens
- 47 "Tighter and
Tighter"...............................Alive and Kicking
- 48 "Julie, Do You Love
Me".............................Bobby Sherman
- 49 "Express
Yourself"..................................Charles Wright & the 103rd St. Band
- 50 "5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of
Love)"..................The Presidents
- 51 "Ride Captain
Ride".................................The Blues Image
- 52 "Don't Play That
Song"..............................Aretha Franklin
- 53 "Why Can't I Touch
You".............................Ronnie Dyson
- 54 "Whole Lotta
Love"..................................Led Zeppelin
- 55 "All Right
Now".....................................Free
- 56 "I Think I Love
You"................................The Partridge Family
- 57 "I'll Never Fall in Love
Again".....................Dionne Warwick
- 58 "Come and Get
It"...................................Badfinger
- 59 "Lay
Down"..........................................Melanie
- 60 "Call Me Super
Bad".................................James Brown
- 61 "Somebody's Been
Sleeping"..........................100 Proof
- 62 "He Ain't Heavy; He's
My Brother"...................The Hollies
- 63 "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him
Goodbye"....................Steam
- 64 "Holly
Holy"........................................Neil Diamond
- 65 "Give Me Just a Little More
Time"...................The Chairmen of the Board
- 66 "No
Time"...........................................The Guess Who
- 67 "Up Around the
Bend"................................Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 68 "Ma Belle Amie".....................................The
Tee Set
- 69 "Without
Love"......................................Tom Jones
- 70 "Look What They've Done to My
Song Ma"..............New Seekers
- 71
"Arizona"...........................................Mark Lindsay
- 72 "25 or 6 to
4"......................................Chicago
- 73 "Down on the
Corner"................................Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 74 "Traveling
Band"....................................Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 75
"Snowbird"..........................................Anne Murray
- 76 "Psychedelic
Shack".................................The Temptations
- 77
"Vehicle"...........................................The Ides of March
- 78 "It Don't Matter to
Me".............................Bread
- 79 "House of the Rising
Sun"...........................Frijid Pink
- 80 "United We
Stand"...................................The Brotherhood of Man
- 81 "Come
Together".....................................The Beatles
- 82 "Green Eyed
Lady"...................................Sugar Loaf
- 83 "Jam Up and Jelly
Tight"............................Tommy Roe
- 84 "Up the Ladder and to the
Roof".....................The Supremes
- 85 "Take a Letter
Maria"...............................R. B. Greaves
- 86 "Didn't I (Blow Your
Mind This Time)"...............The Delfonics
- 87 "Rainy Night in
Georgia"............................Brook Benton
- 88 "The Wonder of
You".................................Elvis Presley
- 89 "Lay a Little Lovin' On
Me".........................Robin McNamara
- 90 "Tears of a
Clown"..................................Miracles
- 91 "Montego
Bay".......................................Bobby Bloom
- 92 "Eli's
Coming"......................................Three Dog Night
- 93 "Evil
Ways".........................................Santana
- 94 "Winter World of
Love"..............................Engelbert Humperdinck
- 95 "Groovy
Situation"..................................Gene Chandler
- 96 "My Baby Loves Lovin'
".............................White Plains
- 97 "Still
Water".......................................The Four Tops
- 98 "Peace Will
Come"...................................Melanie
- 99
"Woodstock".........................................Crosby, Stills, Nash and
Young
- 100 "Somethings
Burning"...............................Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
1971
TOP SONGS OF 1971
1971
Joy to The World - Three Dog Night
Indian Reservation - The Raiders
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Imagine - John Lennon
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
It's Too Late - Carole King
It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson Five
Signs - Five Man Electrical Band
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
Peace Train - Cat Stevens
WABC-AM--NYC-RADIO 77 TOP 100 OF 1971
1 "Joy to the
World"...................................Three Dog Night
2 "One Bad
Apple"......................................The Osmonds
3 "Maggie
May".........................................Rod Stewart
4 "It's Too
Late"......................................Carole King
5 "Knock Three
Times"..................................Dawn
6 "Indian
Reservation".................................The Raiders
7
"Shaft"..............................................Isaac Hayes
8 "Want
Ads"...........................................Honey Cone
9 "What's Going
On"....................................Marvin Gaye
10 "Just My
Imagination"...............................The Temptations
11 "Never Can Say
Goodbye".............................The Jackson Five
12 "Rose
Garden".......................................Lynn Anderson
13 "Jesus Christ
Superstar"............................Murray Head
14 "Gypsies; Tramps &
Thieves".........................Cher
15 "Mr. Big
Stuff".....................................Jean Knight
16
"Superstar".........................................The Carpenters
17 "Go Away Little
Girl"...............................Donny Osmond
18 "Uncle Albert/Admiral
Halsey".......................Paul McCartney
19 "Treat Her Like a
Lady".............................Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
20 "Spanish
Harlem"....................................Aretha Franklin
21 "Mama's
Pearl"......................................The Jackson Five
22 "Have You Seen
Her".................................The Chi-Lites
23 "Yo Yo".............................................The
Osmonds
24 "One Less Bell to
Answer"...........................The Fifth Dimension
25 "How Can You Mend a Broken
Heart"...................The Bee Gees
26 "Put Your Hand in The
Hand".........................Ocean
27 "I Feel the Earth
Move".............................Carole King
28 "Don't Pull Your
Love"..............................Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
29 "My Sweet
Lord".....................................George Harrison
30 "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be
Wanted"................The Partridge Family
31 "Rainy Day's and
Monday's"..........................The Carpenters
32 "Stay
Awhile".......................................Bells
33 "Family
Affair".....................................Sly and the Family Stone
34 "Proud
Mary"........................................Ike and Tina Turner
35 "Stick
Up"..........................................Honey Cone
36 "Lonely
Days".......................................The Bee Gees
37 "For All We
Know"...................................The Carpenters
38 "Brown
Sugar".......................................The Rolling Stones
39
"Imagine"...........................................John Lennon
40 "The Night They Drove Old Dixie
Down"...............Joan Baez
41 "Mercy Mercy Me (The
Ecology)"......................Marvin Gaye
42 "Bridge Over Troubled
Water"........................Aretha Franklin
43 "Take Me Home Country
Roads"........................John Denver
44 "Got To Be
There"...................................Michael Jackson
45 "It Don't Come
Easy"................................Ringo Starr
46 "She's a
Lady"......................................Tom Jones
47 "Bring the Boys
Home"...............................Freda Payne
48 "I Think I Love
You"................................The Partridge Family
49 "You've Got a
Friend"...............................James Taylor
50 "Ain't No
Sunshine".................................Bill Withers
51 "It's
Impossible"...................................Perry Como
52 "Love
Story"........................................Andy Williams
53 "Smiling Faces
Sometimes"...........................The Undisputed Truth
54 "Hot
Pants".........................................James Brown
55 "Chick a
Boom"......................................Daddy Dewdrop
56 "I Am, I
Said"......................................Neil Diamond
57 "Stoned
Love".......................................The Supremes
58 "Me and Bobby
McGee"................................Janis Joplin
59 "Baby I'm a Want
You"...............................Bread
60 "Do You Know What I
Mean"...........................Lee Michaels
61 "What the World Needs Now is
Love"..................Tom Clay
62 "Sweet and
Innocent"................................Donny Osmond
63 "Mr. Bojangles".....................................Nitty
Gritty Dirt Band
64 "Draggin' the
Line".................................Tommy James
65 "Reason to
Believe".................................Rod Stewart
66 "Tears of a
Clown"..................................Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
67
"Free"..............................................Chicago
68 "Immigrant
Song"....................................Led Zeppelin
69 "Story in Your
Eyes"................................The Moody Blues
70 "Peace
Train".......................................Cat Stevens
71 "Don't Let The Green Grass Fool
You"................Wilson Pickett
72
"Scorpio"...........................................Dennis Coffey
73 "Love the One You're
With"..........................Isley Brothers
74 "Black Magic
Woman".................................Santana
75 "What You See is What You
Get"......................The Dramatics
76 "Your
Song".........................................Elton John
77 "If I Were Your
Woman"..............................Gladys Knight and the Pips
78 "I've Found Someone of My
Own"......................Free Movement
79 "Thin Line Between Love and
Hate"...................The Persuaders
80 "That's the Way I've Always Heard
it Should Be".....Carley Simon
81 "She's Not Just Another
Woman"......................Eighth Day
82 "Pay to the
Piper"..................................Chairmen of the Board
83 "Trapped By a Thing Called
Love"....................Denise La Salle
84 "Make it
Funky".....................................James Brown
85
"Cherish"...........................................David Cassidy
86 "Hymn
43"...........................................Jethro Tull
87 "Won't Get Fooled
Again"............................The Who
88 "Funky
Nassau"......................................Beginning of the End
89 "Brand New
Key".....................................Melanie
90 "Rock
Steady".......................................Aretha Franklin
91 "Stoney
End"........................................Barbra Streisand
92 "Inner City
Blues"..................................Marvin Gaye
93 "If You Could Read My
Mind".........................Gordon Lightfoot
94 "All I Ever Need is
You"............................Sonny and Cher
95 "Another
Day".......................................Paul McCartney
96 "River Deep, Mountain
High".........................The Supremes and The Four Tops
97 "American
Pie"......................................Don McLean
98
"Signs".............................................Five Man Electrical Band
99 "If You Really Love
Me".............................Stevie Wonder
100 "Sweet City
Woman".................................The Stampeders
1972
TOP SONGS OF 1972
1972
American Pie - Don McLean
Rocket Man - Elton John
Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne
Go All The Way - Raspberries
Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress - Hollies
Listen To The Music - Doobie Brothers
Layla - Derek & the Dominoes
Back Stabbers - O'Jays
Day After Day - Badfinger
A Horse With No Name - America
Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues
Saturday In The Park - Chicago
1973
TOP SONGS OF 1973
1973
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Do It Again - Steely Dan
You're So Vain - Carly Simon
Photograph - Ringo Starr
Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting - Elton John
Live And Let Die - Wings
Kodachrome - Paul Simon
Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers Band
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
1974
TOP SONGS OF 1974
1974
Waterloo - Abba
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
Beach Baby - First Class
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton
Whatever Gets You Through The Night - John Lennon
Sweet Hone Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS
THE SIXTIES
1960 - Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show following his
Army stint.
1961 - Big soul hits for groups like The Shirelles, The Marvelettes.
Dion splits from The Belmonts.
1962 - The Supremes have their first record released by Motown. The
Twist takes off.
1963 - Surf music rules the airwaves.
1964 - The Beatles hit America leading the British Invasion.
1965 - Bob Dylan plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival spawning
Folk-Rock.
1966 - The Monkees TV series begins. The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album
arrives.
1967 - Monterey Pop Festival begins the open air Rock festival
concept. The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper is unleashed. Cream issues their first
two albums.
1968 - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention release We're Only In It
For The Money.
1969 - Woodstock Music & Arts Festival draws half a million fans to
Max Yasgar's farm in New York. The Who's rock opera Tommy is introduced.
1970 - Deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin within a month of each
other. The Grateful Dead release both Workingman's Dead and American
Beauty. The Beatles break up.
1971 - Deaths of Jim Morrison (The Doors) and Duane Allman (Allman
Bros. Band). Songwriter Carole King releases her Tapesty album.
1972 - Smokey Robinson leaves The Miracles to go solo.
1973 - Led Zeppelin's tour is a record breaker. Pink Floyd release
Dark Side Of The Moon.
1974 - Bob Dylan & The Band tour together.
1975 - Rod Stewart officially quits The Faces. Bruce Springsteen
releases Born To Run.
1976 - Stevie Wonder's album release Songs In The Key Of Life would
win five Grammy awards. Frampton Comes Alive is released.
1977 - The Disco influence is felt as Saturday Night Fever becomes a
best selling album. Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell is released. Elvis Presley
dies.
1978 - Van Halen release their first album.
1979 - The Who release two movies, go on tour, and eleven fans are
trampled to death at their Cincinnati concert.
1980 - John Lennon is murdered in front of his New York apartment.
1981 - Paul McCartney's Wings disbands after over 20 hits.
1982 - The Eagles disband until hell freezes over. Michael Jackson's
Thriller album is released late in the year.
1983 - David Bowie's "Let's Dance" hits Number One with Stevie Ray
Vaughan on guitar.
1984 - Jackie Wilson succumbs to a long illness.
1985 - "We Are The World" is recorded by 46 U.S. artists in support of
suffering people in the USA and Africa.
1986 - The Rolling Stones are awarded a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
1987 - Billy Joel tours and records an album in Russia.
1988 - Whitney Houston earns her seventh consecutive Number One
single. Superstar ensemble The Traveling Wilburys release an album, just
before Roy Orbison's passing.
1989 - Milli Vanilli wins 1989 Best New Artist Grammy, only to have
the award taken back when it is revealed that they did not sing on their
own debut album.
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