Little Richard is easily the best thing to happen to music in this era. Macca > Liam, but that's about it.

The best things in life are free
But you can give them to the birds and bees


#100.



Barrett Strong - "Money (That's What I Want)"
(317 Points, 7 Votes)

Year: 1960

US Chart Position: #13 Pop, #2 R&B

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #13 (year), #232 (decade), #943 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 1

Ranked Highest By: Terremoto (#29)

Johnny Remind Me?
Good to see it anyway.

"More of a gospel-infused R&B ballad than a straight-up 12-bar blues, [the song]'s famous stop-and-start soul chord progression has become a standard for blues, jazz, soul, and folk artists." -AMG


#99.



Ray Charles - "Drown in My Own Tears"
(317 Points, Six Votes)

Year: 1956

US Chart Position: #1 R&B

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: Would've been #992

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Ultimate Hits Collection

Ranked Highest By: Bobzilla (#4)



whoops, fixed

EVERY TIME IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'M FALLING DOWN
ALL ALONE....


#98.



Patsy Cline - "I Fall to Pieces"
(320 Points, Five Votes)

Year: 1961

US Chart Position: #12 Pop, #6 AC, #1 Country

UK Chart Position: #87 ('91)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #5 (year), #109 (decade), #342 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: [urlhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000BWVO3/qid=1140900298/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-0550951-6854530?s=music&v=glance&n=5174]Greatest Hits[/url]

Ranked Highest By: Coolrock (#17)

Mmmm....FEELS GOOD!!


#97.



Jerry Lee Lewis - "Great Balls of Fire"
(322 Points, Six Votes)

Year: 1957

US Chart Position: #2 Pop, #1 Country

UK Chart Position: #1

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #4 (year), #15 (decade), #89 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: Would've been #893

Can Be Most Easily Found On: 25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings

Ranked Highest By: Agrimorfee (#27)

She had the longest blackest hair
The prettiest green eyes anywhere


#96.



Elvis Presley - "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister"
(322 Points, Five Votes, One #1)

Year: 1961

US Chart Position: #4 Pop, #2 AC ((MTN)HLF), #5 (LS)

UK Chart Position: #1 / #3 ('05)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #12 (year), #227 (decade), #908 (all-time) (LS)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Elvis 30 #1 Hits

Ranked Highest By: Gareth Kenan Investigates (#1)





"helped usher in a new era of pop composition that combined Latin, R&B, jazz, and mainstream pop elements." -AMG


#95.



Sam Cooke - "Cupid"
(324 Points, Four Votes)

Year: 1961

US Chart Position: #17

UK Chart Position: #7

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Greatest Hits

Ranked Highest By: No Magnets (#8)

Well a-bless a-my soul what's wrong with me...


#94.



Elvis Presley - "All Shook Up"
(330 Points, 7 Votes)

Year: 1957

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #1 / #41 ('77)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #14 (year), #94 (decade), #894 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Elvis 30 #1 Hits

Ranked Highest By: Agrimorfee (#10)

Have I ever told you
How good it feels to hold you
It isn't easy to explain


#93.



The Ronettes - "Baby I Love You"
(331 Points, Seven Votes)

Year: 1963

US Chart Position: #24

UK Chart Position: #11

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #40 (year), #471 (decade), #2303 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Back to Mono

Ranked Highest By: The Good Dr. Bill (#33)





Probably the freakiest song on the list...


#92.



The Viscounts - "Harlem Nocturne"
(336 Points, Six Votes)

Year: 1960

US Chart Position: #17

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the 50s

Ranked Highest By: Bobzilla (#14)

Ronnettes link is farked. Regrettably.

"What key? What key?"


#91.



Little Stevie Wonder - "Fingertips, Pt. II'
(337 Points, Six Votes)

Year: 1963

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #34 (year), #383 (decade), #1848 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: The Definitive Collection

Ranked Highest By: D Dewey (#20)

Dum de-lum, de-laaaa...


#90.



Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - "Mickey's Monkey"
(338 Points, Seven Votes)

Year: 1963

US Chart Position: #8 Pop, #3 R&B

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Ultimate Collection

Ranked Highest By: Throughsilver (#30)





"Really weird sonics involved. It doesn't "act" like songs I usually associate with this period." -Terremoto


#89.



The Jaynetts - "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses"
(341 Points, Four Votes)

Year: 1963

US Chart Position: #2

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #20 (year), #276 (decade), #1124 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Girl Group Greats

Ranked Highest By: Velocity (#4)

LOOK OUT LOOK OUT LOOK OUT LOOK OUT


#88.



The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"
(345 Points, Six Votes)

Year: 1964

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #11 / #3 ('72) / #7 ('76) / #47 ('76 again??)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #13 (year), #134 (decade), #454 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Myrmidons of Melodrama

Ranked Highest By: The Good Dr. Bill (#2)










CRIMINALLY LOW

I know you love that song, and I know you're doing all the work here, but I hate that track with the fiery hate of a thousand suns.

well then, remind me to jizz in your lowfat milk next time I'm over your place.

And that, my friends, is why I'll never fall for the leader of this pack.

"A dividing line between all that came before and all that followed" - The Billboard Book of Number One Hits


#87.



Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"
(356 Points, Six Votes)

Year: 1954

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #1

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #1 (year), #6 (decade), #50 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: Would've been #676

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the 50s

Ranked Highest By: Dano (#7)





The one that STARTED IT ALL or something...


#86.



Elvis Presley - "That's All Right Mama" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
(368 Points, Eight Votes)

Year: 1954

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #2 (year), #13 (decade), #81 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: The Sun Sessions

Ranked Highest By: jmmrsn (#30)

The movie's over, it's four o clock, and we're in trouble deep...


#85.



The Everly Brothers - "Wake Up, Little Suzie"
(380 Points, Nine Votes)

Year: 1957

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #2

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #8 (year), #52 (decade), #382 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: Would've been #808

Can Be Most Easily Found On: All-Time Original Hits

Ranked Highest By: abpos (#6)





The best holiday song of the rock era?


#84.



Darlene Love - "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
(385 Points, Five Votes)

Year: 1963

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: Would've been #982

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Back to Mono

Ranked Highest By: Norton (#6)

Surprising inclusion, esp. for top 100. Mind you, a pleasant surprise.

Someone once told me that I look like a black version of her.

We walked the loneliest mile
We smiled without any style
We kiss altogether wrong
No intention


#83.



Roy Orbison - "Only the Lonely"
(386 Points, Seven Votes)

Year: 1960

US Chart Position: #2

UK Chart Position: #1

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #2 (year), #50 (decade), #111 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time List: #259

Can Be Most Easily Found On: The All-Time Greatest Hits

Ranked Highest By: Undercooked Sausagė (#9)



indeed. Mad deserving, though.





The coolest surf-rock tune Tarantino has yet to get his hands on...


#82.



The Ventures - "Walk, Don't Run"
(389 Points, Six Votes)

Year: 1960

US Chart Position: #2

UK Chart Position: #8

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #12 (year), #228 (decade), #910 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Walk, Don't Run: The Best of the Ventures

Ranked Highest By: The Good Dr. Bill (#6)

Una poca de gracia y otra cosita
Y arriba y arriba


#81.



Ritche Valens - "Donna" / "La Bamba"
(393 Points, Eight Votes)

Year: 1958

US Chart Position: #2 (Donna), #22 (La Bamba)

UK Chart Position: #29 / #49 (LB '87)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #12 (year), #73 (decade), #649 (all-time) (Donna), #3 (year), #20 (decade), #131 (all-time) (La Bamba)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: The Ritchie Valens Story

Ranked Highest By: Agrimorfee (#22)

I can't believe how many lame-ass movies pull their titles from oldies songs. Then again, maybe it lends some insight into why they're such lame-ass movies.

Quite abatch of sons I was expecting to see much higher up, shame my #1 is already kicked the bucket, glad it made the 100 though. Another 3 Elvis singles to come? Lots of 60's stuff too. Lots.

Y'know you drive me up the wall
The way you make good for all the nasty tricks you pull
Seems like we're making up more than we're making love


#80.



Patsy Cline - "Crazy"
(398 Points, Nine Votes)

Year: 1960

US Chart Position: #9 Pop, #2 AC, #2 Country

UK Chart Position: #79 ('87) / #14 ('90)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #4 (year), #60 (decade), #145 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Greatest Hits

Ranked Highest By: Midnite Vulture (#7)

Now woman, now woman don't ya treat me this-a way
'Coz I'll be back on my feet someday


79.



Ray Charles - "Hit the Road Jack"
(398 Points, Seven Votes)

Year: 1961

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #6

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #8 (year), #189 (decade), #697 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Ultimate Hits Collection

Ranked Highest By: Voodoodaddy (#23)





He really did sorta look like Kevin Spacey...


#78.



Bobby Darin - "Mack the Knife"
(399 Points, Seven Votes)

Year: 1959

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #1

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #6 (year), #55 (decade), #423 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: The Hit Singles Collection

Ranked Highest By: Ghost Town of My Brain (#2)

Could somebody be very gentle and upload a package with this for me?

# 228 Little Willie John - I'm shakin'
# 218 The Drifters - There goes my baby
# 204 The Clovers - One Mint Julep
# 141 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Shop Around
# 093 The Ronettes - Baby I love you
# 090 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Mickey's Monkey

i don't know if there is more people having trouble and finding "expired" or "blocked" when trying to retrieve a file from ysi. You could also use "bigupload.com", "rapidshare.de", "megaupload.com", "savefile.com"...
I like the first one the best. Although it's not so fast, the files stay for 30 days after the last download, but if they stay active, they may live forever on the server...
I'd recommend this for a possible "SOMB 250 top singles '50-'64"compilation.

Here's a recap up to 101 for people.

#250 The Lively Ones - "Surf Rider"
#249 Jan & Dean - "Dead Man's Curve"
#248 Al Casey and the KC-Ettes - "Surfin' Hootenanny" / "Easy Pickin'"
#247 The Isley Brothers - "Twist and Shout"
#246 Frank Sinatra - "Witchcraft"
#245 Bobby Day - "Rockin' Robin"
#244 Percy Mayfield - "Please Send Me Someone to Love"
#243 The Four Seasons - "Rag Doll"
#242 Bobby Darin - "Dream Lover"
#241 The Del Vikings - "Come Go With Me"
#240 Elvis Presley - "Good Rockin' Tonight"
#239 Wilbert Harrison - "Kansas City"
#238 The Exciters - "Tell Him"
#237 Webb Pierce - "There Stands the Glass"
#236 The Beatles - "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You"
#235 Huey "Piano" Smith - "High Blood Pressure" / "Don't You Just Know It"
#234 Mary Wells - "My Guy" / "Oh Little Boy (What Did You Do to Me?)"
#233 Veronica - "Why Don't They Let Us Fall in Love?"
#232 Marvin Gaye - "Pride and Joy"
#231 Lavern Baker - "I Cried a Tear"
#230 Terry Stafford - "Suspicion"
#229 The Ronettes - "Walking in the Rain"
#228 Little Willie John - "I'm Shakin'"
#227 Dionne Warwick - "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
#226 Little Willie John - "I'm Shakin'"
#225 The Monotones - "The Book of Love"
#224 Jackie Wilson - "Lonely Teardrops"
#223 Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers - "I'm in Love With You"
#222 The Chordettes - "Mr. Sandman"
#221 Bobby Bland - "Turn on Your Love Light"
#220 Tarheel Slim - "No. 9 Train"
#219 Bobby Vee - "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"
#218 The Drifters - "There Goes My Baby"
#217 The Cadets - "Stranded in the Jungle"
#216 The Beach Boys - "Dance, Dance, Dance"
#215 Solomon Burke - "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love"
#214 Little Willie John - "Fever"
#213 George Jones - "White Lightning"
#212 Lonnie Donegan - "Rock Island Line"
#211 Ritchie Valens - "Come on Let's Go"
#210 Smiley Lewis - "I Hear You Knockin'"
#209 Millie - "My Boy Lollipop"
#208 Roy Orbison - "Crying"
#207 Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - "Dance to the Bop" / "I Got It"
#206 The Crystals - "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)"
#205 Jack Scott - "Leroy"
#204 The Clovers - "One Mint Julep"
#203 The Five Satins - "In the Still of the Night"
#202 Little Willie John - "Need Your Love So Bad" / "Home At Last"
#201 Carl Perkins - "Gone, Gone, Gone" / "Let the Jukebox Keep on Playing"
#200 The Supremes - "Baby Love"
#199 The Reflections - "(Just Like) Romeo & Juliet"
#198 The Valentinos - "Lookin' for a Love"
#197 Eddie Cochran - "C'mon Everybody"
#196 Gene Pitney - "Town Without Pity"
#195 The Skyliners - "Since I Don't Have You"
#194 Gloria Jones - "Tainted Love"
#193 Muddy Waters - "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man"
#192 Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go"
#191 The Beatles - "From Me to You" / "Thank You Girl"
#190 Elmore James - "Dust My Broom"
#189 Irma Thomas - "Wish Someone Would Care"
#188 Elvis Presley - "Can't Help Falling in Love"
#187 The Rivieras - "California Sun"
#186 Big Mama Thorton - "Hound Dog"
#185 Roy Orbison - "Blue Bayou"
#184 Buddy Holly & the Crickets - "Everyday"
#183 Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"
#182 The Drifters - "On Broadway"
#181 Chuck Berry - "Rock and Roll Music"
#180 The Supremes - "Come See About Me"
#179 Al Caiola - "Theme from The Magnificent Seven"
#178 T-Bone Walker - "Strollin' With Bones"
#177 Link Wray - "Rawhide"
#176 Bob Dylan - "All I Really Wanna Do" / "Oxford Town" / "Spanish Harlem Incident"
#175 Jerry Lee Lewis - "Breathless" / "Down the Line"
#174 The Yardbirds - "I Wish You Would" / "A Certain Girl'
#173 Ruby & the Romantics - "Our Day Will Come"
#172 James Brown - "Night Train"
#171 Bobby Vinton - "Blue Velvet"
#170 The Marvelettes - "Please Mr. Postman"
#169 Dusty Springfield - "I Only Wanna Be With You"
#168 Ben E. King - "Spanish Harlem" / "First Taste of Love"
#167 Lesley Gore - "You Don't Own Me"
#166 The Penguins - "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine?)"
#165 Petula Clark - "Downtown"
#164 Little Eva - "The Loco-Motion"
#163 Big Bopper - "Chantilly Lace"
#162 The Platters - "The Great Pretender"
#161 The Drifters - "Save the Last Dance for Me"
#160 Ray Charles - "I Can't Stop Loving You"
#159 Hank Williams, Sr. - "Dear John" / "Cold, Cold Heart"
#158 The Beach Boys - "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" / "She Knows Me Too Well"
#157 The Crystals - "He's Sure the Boy I Love"
#156 Mickey & Sylvia - "Love is Strange"
#155 Little Richard - "Lucille"
#154 Peter & Gordon - "A World Without Love"
#153 Charlie Feathers - "Can't Hardly Stand It"
#152 The Robins - "Smokey Joe's Cafe"
#151 The Chords - "Sh-Boom"
#150 Irma Thomas - "It's Raining"
#149 Big Joe Turner - "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
#148 John Leyton - "Tell Laura I Love Her"
#147 Gene Pitney - "It Hurts to Be in Love"
#146 The Beach Boys - "Surfer Girl" / "Little Deuce Coupe"
#145 Little Richard - "Good Golly Miss Molly"
#144 The Everly Brothers - "When Will I Be Loved?"
#143 Duane Eddy - "Rebel-Rouser"
#142 The Beatles - "And I Love Her" / "If I Fell"
#141 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - "Shop Around"
#140 Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - "Race With the Devil" / "Gonna Back Up Baby"
#139 Rick Nelson - "Travelin' Man" / "Hello, Mary Lou"
#138 Shirley Bassey - "Goldfinger"
#137 The Beatles - "Please Please Me" / "Ask Me Why"
#136 Anton Karas - "Theme from The Third Man"
#135 John Lee Hooker - "I'm in the Mood"
#134 Chuck Berry - "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man"
#133 Ray Charles - "I Got a Woman"
#132 The Johnny Burnette Trio - "Train Kept a-Rollin'"
#131 The Surfaris - "Wipe Out"
#130 James Brown - "Please, Please, Please"
#129 Little Richard - "Keep-a-Knockin'"
#128 Fats Domino - "Ain't That a Shame"
#127 Martha & the Vandellas - "Dancin' in the Street"
#126 Danny & the Juniors - "At the Hop"
#125 The Marcels - "Blue Moon"
#124 The Chips - "Rubber Biscuit"
#123 Ron Grainer (BBC Workshops) - "Theme from Dr. Who"
#122 James Brown - "Think"
#121 The Dixie Cups - "Chapel of Love"
#120 Chris Montez - "Let's Dance"
#119 The Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
#118 Gene Chandler - "Duke of Earl"
#117 Roy Orbison - "In Dreams"
#116 The Rolling Stones - "Not Fade Away" / "Little By Little"
#115 The Shangri-Las - "Give Him a Great Big Kiss"
#114 Little Richard - "Long Tall Sally" / "Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin')"
#113 Buddy Holly & the Crickets - "Oh Boy" / "Not Fade Away"
#112 John Barry Orchestra - "James Bond Theme"
#111 Frankie Ford - "Sea Cruise"
#110 The Shadows - "Apache"
#109 Fats Domino - "I'm Walkin'"
#108 The Chiffons - "One Fine Day"
#107 John Leyton - "Johnny Remember Me"
#106 Sam Cooke - "Twistin' the Night Away"
#105 The Zombies - "Tell Her No"
#104 Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
#103 Dion & the Belmonts - "Runaround Sue"
#102 Sam Cooke - "Wonderful World"
#101 Howlin' Wolf - "Spoonful"

I'm in for 24 from this 150 and another 6 from the next batch.

GDB, do you still hate all these Sam Cooke songs?

I always liked "Wonderful World". "Twistin' the Night Away" is pretty great too. "Cupid" and one or two still to come are pretty so-so.

BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-BA-HU-MA-MA-MOW-BA-BA-HU-MA-MA-MOW


#77.



The Trashmen - "Surfin' Burd"
(406 Points, Seven Votes)

Year: 1964

US Chart Position: #4

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Full Metal Jacket OST

Ranked Highest By: Agrimorfee (#20) (real high vote most likely missing)






Some say it's a sign of weakness
For a man to beg
Then weak I'd rather be
If it means havin' you to keep


#76.



The Four Tops - "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'"
(411 Points, 7 Votes)

Year: 1964

US Chart Position: #11

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #19 (year), #194 (decade), #714 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: The Ultimate Collection

Ranked Highest By: Voodoodaddy (#6)

The Trashmen - "Surfin' Burd"
(406 Points, Seven Votes)

Year: 1964

US Chart Position: #4

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Full Metal Jacket OST

Ranked Highest By: Agrimorfee (#20) (real high vote most likely missing)







Note to TV news anchors:

This song should be played behind all " Bird Flu" news footage.

The Trashmen: brilliant name. The story on this song at the time was that it was recorded by a bunch of LA session guys who were just fucking about after they had already finished working on the tracks for some other " legit" surf music. I dunno if that's true, but that's the way the DJ intro'd it. Like everything else in pop music, it's probably total bullshit.

BTW, this is an outstanding and most interesting list, and, once again, insightful, clever, and intensive, (almost) completely error-free work by Dr. Bill, or whatever the fuck he's calling himself today.
Interesting period in music. Even the shitty songs (not too many here. yet.) have a certain naivete coupled with a dash of rebellion, coupled with some kind of crazed belief ( post WW2, probably) that the world was going to be a wonderful place somehow, especially if you were a goddam teenager. I can see how JFK slid right into this mix. Completely inneffective President, but a wonderful symbolic figurehead, especially for da youth. Kids really did think they could effect some real change.
Ha ha. Suckers!
Or as John F. Kennedy was overheard saying as he stepped off the plane in Dallas,
" I need this job like a hole in the head."



p.s.: What does "real high vote most likely missing" mean?

I just tried upping 4 of them from my own CD collection but in my first attempt at YSI the files came up as unavailable. It seemed simple enough...pick the file, email it to myself, then copy and paste here...right? But when I checked the link YSI emailed to me....it was unvailable. I feel so inadequate. Any help?

A couple of the lists posted early on were lost when the board crashed and were neer re-posted. So their lists have been tabbed but I can't see where they ranked things.



whatever, ignore him, it's just a lurker

I'm still looking for #141. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - "Shop Around" ... but I have a feeling it's gonna be like that George Jones song earlier, just un-YSI-able.

Ick. Criminally high. Yuck. Pooey. Pah.

True enough..a lurker....but you have to start somewhere.

He didn't mean you, RH--he meant the lurker you quoted in your post.

Oh...good...I feel better...thanks.....
Looking forward to participating in the tabulation for '64 to '75.....

The penal system has definitely gotten significantly more uptight since the 50s...


#75.



Elvis Presley - "Jailhouse Rock" / "Treat Me Nice"
(417 Points, Eight Votes)

Year: 1957

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #1 / #18 (EP '58) / #42 ('71) / #44 ('77) / #1 ('05)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #7 (year), #31 (decade), #199 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: Would've been #726

Can Be Most Eaisly Found On: Elvis 30 #1 Hits

Ranked Highest By: Agrimorfee & RadioHitchcock (#17)





Tall and tan and young and lovely...


#74.



Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - "The Girl from Ipanema"
(419 Points, Six Votes)

Year: 1963

US Chart Position: #5 Pop, #1 AC

UK Chart Position: #29

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #12 (year), #175 (decade), #611 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Getz/Gilberto

Ranked Highest By: Undercooked Sausagė (#2) (also ranked #4 by No Magnets and #9 by Undo)







Don't want your loooooovin' anynmore
Don't want your kiiiiiiiiisses that's for sure


#73.



The Everly Brothers - "Cathy's Clown"
(421 Points, Ten Votes)

Year: 1960

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #1

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #5 (year), #101 (decade), #272 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: All-Time Original Hits

Ranked Highest By: The Good Dr. Bill (#11)

WOOOOOOO! Soooo sexy. So awesome. Those of you who didn't vote for it obviously have no penis.

Peaches and shit


#72.



Ray Charles - "Georgia on My Mind"
(421 Points, Seven Votes)

Year: 1960

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #24

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #6 (year), #115 (decade), #371 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Ultimate Hits Collection

Ranked Highest By: Midnite Vulture (#9)

One of my favorite discoveries of this poll

George Thorogood's got nothing on this one...


#71.



The Champs - "Tequilla"
(425 Points, Nine Votes)

Year: 1958

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #5 / #82 ('87)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #13 (year), #77 (decade), #690 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the 50s

Ranked Highest By: Agrimorfee (#18)

[quote name='The Good Dr Bill' date='Feb 26 2006, 01:27 PM' post='29680']
The penal system has definitely gotten significantly more uptight since the 50s...
#75.



Hey hey....my birthday song (see my thread)......

I'm a man
I spell it

M

A

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#70.



Muddy Waters - "Mannish Boy"
(426 Points, Seven Votes)

Year: 1955

US Chart Position: #5 R&B

UK Chart Position: #51 ('88)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #5 (year), #36 (decade), #248 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Anthology 1947 - 1972

Ranked Highest By: Voodoodaddy (#9)

"[The artist]'s breathless, panting vocal made the inane lyrics seem loaded with sexual dynamite and an easy target for outraged moralists nationwide" -AMG


#69.



Gene Vincent - "Woman Love" / "Be Bop a Lula"
(428 Points, Seven Votes)

Year: 1956

US Chart Position: #7 Pop, #5 Country (BBAL)

UK Chart Position: #16

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #6 (year), #21 (decade), #134 (all-time) (BBAL)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: The Screaming End: The Best of Gene Vincent

Ranked Highest By: jmmrsn & TerryKath'sBrain (#10)

Something's not right about 69's YSIs....

Push 'em back, push 'em back
Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy back


#68.



The Beach Boys - "Be True to Your School" / "In My Room"
(434 Points, Six Votes)

Year: 1963

US Chart Position: #6 (BTtYS) / #23 (IMR)

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #14 (year), #215 (decade), #836 (all-time) (IMR)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of the Beach Boys

Ranked Highest By: Undercooked Sausagė (#6) (also ranked #8 by Midnite Vulture)

I just wish I could have found a bigger version of it