The Best Singles of All Time 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and No. 1s (10CD Box Set Compilation) (1999)

The Sixties

1-1 The Kinks– You Really Got Me
1-2 The Hollies– He Ain''t Heavy, He''s My Brother
1-3 The Animals– House Of The Rising Sun
1-4 Neil Sedaka– Oh Carol
1-5 The Everly Brothers*– All I Have To Do Is Dream
1-6 Lesley Gore– Its My Party
1-7 Byrds*– Mr Tambourine Man
1-8 Donovan– Mellow Yellow
1-9 Scott McKenzie– San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
1-10 Nilsson*– Everybody''s Talking
1-11 Zager And Evans*– In The Year 2525 (Exordium And Terminus)
1-12 Danny & The Juniors– At The Hop
1-13 Amii Stewart– Knock On Wood
1-14 Dion (3)– Runaround Sue
1-15 Small Faces– Lazy Sunday
1-16 The Archies– Sugar Sugar
1-17 BJ Thomas*– Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
1-18 Del Shannon– Runaway
1-19 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap– Young Girl
1-20 The Drifters– Save The Last Dance For Me
2-1 The McCoys– Hang On Sloopy
2-2 The Turtles– Happy Together
2-3 Gerry & The Pacemakers– You''ll Never Walk Alone
2-4 The Coasters– Yakety Yak
2-5 Frankie Avalon– Venus
2-6 Paul Anka– Diana
2-7 Eddie Cochran– Summertime Blues
2-8 Bobby Pickett– Monster Mash
2-9 Bobby Vee– The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
2-10 Sheb Wooley– The Purple People Eater
2-11 Duane Eddy– Rebel Rouser
2-12 Chuck Berry– Johnny B Goode
2-13 The Crew Cuts– Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)
2-14 Little Richard– Long Tall Sally
2-15 Tammy Wynette– Stand By Your Man
2-16 The Troggs– Wild Thing
2-17 The Shirelles– Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
2-18 Bing Crosby– White Christmas
2-19 Jerry Lee Lewis– Whole Lotta Shakin'' Going On
2-20 The Champs– Tequila

The Seventies
3-1 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel– Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
3-2 Ike & Tina Turner– Nutbush City Limits
3-3 Starbuck (2)– Moonlight Feels Right
3-4 Deep Purple– Smoke On The Water
3-5 Meat Loaf– Dead Ringer For Love
3-6 Doctor Hook And The Medicine Show*– Sylvia''s Mother
3-7 David Essex– Rock On
3-8 Santana– Well All Right
3-9 Sweet*– The Ballroom Blitz
3-10 Carl Douglas– Kung Fu Fighting
3-11 Byrds*– Eight Miles High
3-12 The Emotions– Best Of My Love
3-13 George McCrae– Rock Your Baby
3-14 Chicago (2)– If You Leave Me Now
3-15 Hot Chocolate– You Sexy Thing
3-16 The Kinks– Lola
3-17 Daddy Cool (5)– Eagle Rock
3-18 Freda Payne– Band Of Gold
3-19 Paper Lace– Billy Don''t Be A Hero
3-20 La Belle*– Lady Marmalade
4-1 Silver Convention– Fly Robin Fly
4-2 Wild Cherry– Play That Funky Music
4-3 Johnny Nash– I Can See Clearly Now
4-4 Boston– More Than A Feeling
4-5 The O''Jays– Love Train
4-6 The Real Thing– You To Me Are Everything
4-7 Glen Campbell– Rhinestone Cowboy
4-8 Minnie Riperton– Loving You
4-9 Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs*– Most People I Know (Think That I''m Crazy)
4-10 Andy Gibb– I Just Want To Be Your Everything
4-11 Van Morrison– Brown Eyed Girl
4-12 Billy Paul– Me & Mrs Jones
4-13 Kate Bush– Wuthering Heights
4-14 David Soul– Don''t Give Up On Us
4-15 Maria Muldaur– Midnight At The Oasis
4-16 Gary Glitter– I''m The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)
4-17 Three Degrees*– When Will I See You Again
4-18 Nilsson*– Without You
4-19 Fleetwood Mac– Albatross
4-20 Gloria Gaynor– Never Can Say Goodbye

 

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The Eighties
5-1 Daryl Hall & John Oates– Man Eater
5-2 The Eurythmics*– Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
5-3 Lou Reed– Walk On The Wild Side
5-4 Rick Astley– Never Gonna Give You Up
5-5 Starship (2)– Nothing''s Gonna Stop Us Now
5-6 Toto– Africa
5-7 Stars On 45– Stars On 45
5-8 Sade– Smooth Operator
5-9 Billy Ocean– When The Going Gets Tough
5-10 Simple Minds– Don''t You Forget About Me
5-11 Lisa Stansfield– All Around The World
5-12 Cyndi Lauper– True Colors
5-13 Terence Trent D''Arby– Sign Your Name
5-14 Paul Young– Wherever I Lay My Hat (That''s My Home)
5-15 The Proclaimers– I''m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
5-16 The Pointer Sisters*– I''m So Excited
5-17 Fairground Attraction– Perfect
5-18 Adam & The Ants*– Stand & Deliver
5-19 Soul II Soul– Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)
5-20 Black Lace– Agadoo
6-1 The Romantics– What I Like About You
6-2 Kenny Loggins– Footloose
6-3 The Hooters– All You Zombies
6-4 Loverboy– Turn Me Loose
6-5 Cheap Trick– The Flame
6-6 REO Speedwagon– Keep On Loving You
6-7 Bertie Higgins– Key Largo
6-8 Rick Springfield– Jessie''s Girl
6-9 Mr Mister*– Broken Wings
6-10 Ray Parker Jr*– The Other Woman
6-11 The Thompson Twins*– Hold Me Now
6-12 Kelly Marie– Feels Like I''m In Love
Remix [uncredited] – Dave Ford, Pete Hammond
6-13 Limahl– Never Ending Story
6-14 The Korgis– Everybody''s Got To Learn Sometime
6-15 Phyllis Nelson– Move Closer
6-16 Paul Hardcastle– Nineteen
6-17 Grandmaster Flash Feat. Melle Mel– White Lines (Don''t Do It)
6-18 Samantha Fox– Nothing''s Gonna Stop Me Now
6-19 Mondo Rock– State Of The Heart
6-20 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra– Hooked On Classics

The Nineties
7-1 Paula Abdul– Opposites Attract
7-2 MC Hammer– U Can''t Touch This
7-3 Belinda Carlisle– Leave A Light On
7-4 C&C Music Factory*– Gonna Make You Sweat
7-5 Babylon Zoo– Spaceman
7-6 Take That– Back For Good
7-7 Merril Bainbridge– Mouth
7-8 Marc Almond & Gene Pitney– Something''s Gotten Hold Of My Heart
7-9 Julian Lennon– Saltwater
7-10 Robert Miles– Children
7-11 M-People*– Moving On Up
7-12 Ultra-Nate*– Free
7-13 Cut ''N'' Move– Give It Up
7-14 Jamiroquai– Cosmic Girl
7-15 Groove Theory– Tell Me
7-16 Deacon Blue– Real Gone Kid
7-17 Allure (3)– All Cried Out (Dance Version)
Remix [uncredited] – Hex Hector
7-18 Sunscreem– Love U More
7-19 F.C.B.– Excalibur
7-20 Human Nature– Wishes
8-1 Los Del Rio– Macarena
8-2 Snap*– Rhythm Is A Dancer
8-3 La Bouche– Be My Lover
8-4 The Real McCoy*– Another Night
8-5 Taylor Dayne– Love Will Lead You Back
8-6 Martika– Martika''s Kitchen
8-7 Crash Test Dummies– Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
8-8 Kriss Kross*– Jump
8-9 The Spin Doctors*– Little Miss Can''t Be Wrong
8-10 Big Audio Dynamite– Rush
8-11 Bad English– When I See You Smile
8-12 Unique II– Break My Stride
8-13 New Kids On The Block– Step By Step
8-14 Living Colour– Love Rears Its Ugly Head
8-15 Culture Beat– Mr Vain
8-16 Zhane*– Hey Mr DJ
8-17 Roachford– Lay Your Love On Me
8-18 Diana King– Shy Guy
8-19 3T– Anything
8-20 Puff Johnson– Over & Over

No. 1s
9-1 Cyndi Lauper– Girls Just Want To Have Fun
9-2 N-Trance– Stayin'' Alive
9-3 Starship (2)– We Built This City
9-4 Londonbeat– I''ve Been Thinking About You
9-5 Kylie Minogue– I Should Be So Lucky
9-6 Toni Basil– Mickey
9-7 Wa Wa Nee– Stimulation
9-8 Don McLean– American Pie
9-9 The Shangri-Las– Leader Of The Pack
9-10 Paper Lace– The Night Chicago Died
9-11 Martika– Love… Thy Will Be Done
9-12 Coolio Feat. L.V.*– Gangsta''s Paradise
9-13 Shaggy– Boombastic
9-14 The Vapors– Turning Japanese
9-15 Adam And The Ants– Ant Music
9-16 No Mercy– When I Die
9-17 CDB– Let''s Groove
9-18 Dolly Parton– 9 To 5
9-19 Australian Crawl– Reckless
9-20 Shakin'' Stevens– This Ole House
10-1 Paul Lekakis– Boom Boom (Let''s Go Back To My Room)
10-2 Stars On 54– If You Could Read My Mind
10-3 Bonnie Tyler– Total Eclipse Of The Heart
10-4 Jennifer Rush– The Power Of Love
10-5 Nena– 99 Red Balloons
10-6 Barry Blue– Dancing On A Saturday Night
10-7 Genghis Khan*– Moscow
10-8 Boris Gardiner– I Wanna Wake Up With You
10-9 Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs– Sugar Shack
10-10 Mary MacGregor– Torn Between Two Lovers
10-11 Joe Dolce– Shaddap Your Face
10-12 Twenty 4 Seven– Slave To The Music
10-13 Billy Ocean– Get Outta My Dreams
10-14 NKOTB*– I''ll Be Loving You
10-15 Dion (3)– The Wanderer
10-16 Jim Croce– Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
10-17 Daryl Braithwaite– The Horses
10-18 Dave Dobbyn– Slice Of Heaven
10-19 Sam & Dave– Soul Man
10-20 M (2)– Pop Music