New update, with some semi-final blank-filling inserts by myself
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1945 Joe Liggins, “The Honeydripper”
1946 Lennie Tristano, “What is This Thing Called Love”
1947 Louis Armstrong, “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and
Blue”
1948 The Orioles, "It's Too Soon to Know"
1949 Louis Jordan, “(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse”
1950 Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers [a.k.a. Professor
Longhair]: “Bald Head”
1951 Wynonie Harris, “Bloodshot Eyes”
1952 Moondog, "Theme"
1953 The “5” Royales, “Laundromat Blues”
1954 The Five Keys, "Ling, Ting, Tong" or Lonnie Donegan Skiffle
Group, “Rock Island Line” or Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, "Every
Street's A Boulevard" or Doris Day, "Secret Love"
1955 Elvis Presley, “Mystery Train”
1956 Stan Freberg, “Heartbreak Hotel/Rock Island Line”
1957 Screamin' Jay Hawkins, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" or Milt
Franklyn et al., What's Opera Doc? OST
1958 Domenico Modoguno, “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)” or
Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns, "Don't You Just Know It?" or Edgar
Varese, "Poeme Electronique"
1959 The Flamingoes, "I Only Have Eyes For You" or John
Coltrane, “Naima”
1960 Karlheinz Stockhausen, “Kontakte (Edit)”
1961 Tod Dockstader, “Apocalypse Pt. 2”
1962 Chris Kenner, "Land of a Thousand Dances" or The
Trashmen, “Surfin’ Bird” or the Beatles, “Love Me Do”
1963 Ray Charles, "Ol' Man River"
1964 John Coltrane, “Acknowledgement”
1965 Bob Dylan, “Desolation Row”
1966 The Shangri-La’s “Past, Present and Future” or Bob
Dylan, “Leapord-Skin Pillbox Hat” or The Beach Boys, “God Only Knows”
or Diana Ross and the Supremes, “You Can't Hurry Love”
1967 The Velvet Underground & Nico, “Femme Fatale” or the
Beatles, “Strawberry Fields Forever”
1968 Os Mutantes, "Panis et Circenses" or Serge Gainsbourg, "Bonnie
and Clyde" or the Velvet Underground, “Sister Ray” or Marvin Gaye and
Tammi Terrell, "You're All I Need to Get By"
1969 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, “Pachuco Cadaver” or Glen
Campbell, “Wichita Lineman” or Archies, “Sugar Sugar” or Jackson
5, “I Want You Back”
1970 The Stooges, “1970” or the Stooges, “TV Eye”
1971 The Beach Boys, “Til I Die”
1972 Arthur, “Goodbye to Love” or T. Rex, “Telegram Sam” or Roxy
Music, “Virginia Plain” or Yes, “Close to the Edge” or T. Rex, “Metal
Guru”
1973 T. Rex, “20th Century Boy”
1974 Elton John, “Bennie and the Jets” or Alice Cooper, “Teenage
Lament” or Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Sweet Home Alabama”
1975 Judy Collins, “Send in the Clowns” or Jonathan Richman & the
Modern Lovers, “Road Runner (Once)”
1976 Boson, “More Than a Feeling” or the Sex Pistols, “Anarchy in the
UK” or the Modern Lovers, “Roadrunner (Twice)” or ABBA, “Dancing
Queen” or Junior Murvin, "Police & Thieves"
1977 Donna Summer, “I Feel Love” or Althea & Donna, “Uptown Top
Ranking”
1978 Boney M, “Rasputin” or Kraftwerk, “The Robots” or the
Undertones, “Teenage Kicks”
1979 Chic, “I Want Your Love” or M, “Pop Muzik” or Chic, “Good Times”
1980 Motorhead, “Ace of Spades” or Joy Division, “Atmosphere”
1981 Human League, “Love Action” or Tom Tom Club, “Genius of Love” or
Funky 4 + 1, “That’s the Joint” or Grand Wizard Theodore & the
Fantastic Romantic 5, “Can I Get a Soul Clapp ‘Fresh Out the Pack’”
or “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5” or the
Specials, "Ghost Town"
1982 Trio, “Da Da Da” or Associates, “Party Fears Two” or Human
League, “Don’t You Want Me” or Michael Jackson, “Billie Jean” or
Rockers Revenge, “Walking on Sunshine”
1983 The Smiths, “Hand in Glove” or The Fall, “Wings/Kicker
Conspiracy”
1984 Shannon, “Let the Music Play” or Colourbox, “Say You”
1985 The Fall, “L.A.” or the Jesus & Mary Chain, “Never Understand”
or Madonna, “Into the Groove”
1986 The Smiths, “Panic” or New Order, “Bizarre Love Triangle”
1987 M/A/R/R/S, “Pump Up the Volume” or Prince, "Housequake"
1988 A Guy Called Gerald, “Voodoo Ray” or Dinosaur Jr., “Freak Scene”
or The Pixies, “Debaser” or Poison, “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”
1989 The B-52’s, “Love Shack” or They Might Be Giants, “Birdhouse in
Your Soul” or Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”
1990 My Bloody Valentine, “Soon” or Deee-Lite, “Groove Is In the
Heart”
1991 Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
1992 The Magnetic Fields, “100,000 Fireflies”
1993 The House Crew, “Euphoria (Nino’s Dream)”
1994 UK Apachi/Shy FX, “Original Nuttah”
1995 Pulp, “Common People”
1996 Blackstreet, “No Diggity” or Spice Girls, “Wannabe”
1997 The Beta Band, “Dry the Rain”
1998 Britney Spears, “…Baby One More Time”
1999 Sigur Ros, “Svefn-G-Englar”
2000 Radiohead, “Everything in Its Right Place” or Eminem, “Stan” or
Sweet Female Attitude, “Flowers”
2001 Missy Elliott: “Get Ur Freak On” or Daft Punk, “Digital Love”
2002 The Streets, "Weak Become Heroes" or Wilco, “I Am Trying to
Break Your Heart”
I’m not counting “Tears of a Clown” as 1965 because it wasn’t a hit
until five years later. Sorry.
― M Matos, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
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