Sunday, January 15, 2017

200 ESSENTIAL UK & US #1 SINGLES.PART 2:  XXVI - L. Continues next week. 

Caffé Latté presents…
THE 200 MOST ESSENTIAL BRITISH &
AMERICAN
#1 SINGLES
Hundreds of songs have topped the charts in Britain and America- the 2 key markets of rock music- since “Rock Around The Clock” reached #1 in 1955. The 200 that matter the most are presented here in chronological order, from that watershed disc through to 2016.
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Flag of the United States of America
SATISFACTION
 Rolling Stones
1965- 2 weeks
Satisfaction-us.jpg
WHERE DID OUR 
LOVE GO Supremes
1964 - 2 weeks 
 Supremes-where-did-our-love-go-45cover.png
KEEP ON RUNNING
 Spencer Davis Group
1966- 1 week
The Second Album (The Spencer Davis Group album).jpeg
THE HOUSE OF THE
RISING SUN Animals
1964- 3 weeks
 The Animals (American album).jpg
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY 
YOU LOVE ME
Dusty Springfield
1966- 1 week
035 Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me.jpg
OH, PRETTY WOMAN
Roy Orbison
1964- 3 weeks
 Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
PAINT IT, BLACK
Rolling Stones
1966- 1 week
RStones-PiB-Decca.jpg
YOU'VE LOST THAT
LOVIN' FEELIN'
Righteous Brothers
1965- 2 weeks
 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers
SUNNY AFTERNOON
The Kinks
1966- 1 week
SunnyAfternoon45.jpg
MY GIRL Temptations
1965- 1 week
 Tempts-mygirl-cover.jpg
ELEANOR RIGBY Beatles
1966- 4 weeks
Eleanor rigby single usa.jpg
I CAN'T HELP MYSELF
Four Tops
1965- 2 weeks
 Secondalbum.jpg
REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE
Four Tops
1966- 3 weeks
 Four-tops-reach-out-1966.jpg
MR TAMBOURINE MAN
Byrds
1965- 1 week
 Byrds-MrTambourineMan.jpg
GOOD VIBRATIONS
Beach Boys
1966- 2 weeks
 Good Vibrations single.jpg
SATISFACTION
Rolling Stones
1965- 4 weeks
 RollingStonesOutofourHeadsalbumcover.jpg
I'M A BELIEVER Monkees
1967- 4 weeks
The Monkees single 02 I'm a Believer.jpg
YESTERDAY Beatles
1965- 4 weeks
 Beatles-singles-yesterday.jpg
A WHITER SHADE OF PALE
Procol Harum
1967-  6 weeks
Procol Harum.png
THE SOUND OF SILENCE 
Simon & Garfunkel
1966- 2 weeks
 Soundofsilence.jpg
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
Beatles
1967- 3 weeks
All You Need Is Love (Beatles single - cover art).jpg
PAINT IT, BLACK
Rolling Stones
1966- 2 weeks
 
SAN FRANCISCO
Scott McKenzie
1967- 4 weeks
GOOD VIBRATIONS
Beach Boys
1966- 1 weeks
 Beachboys smile cover.jpg
MASSACHUSETTS
Bee Gees
1967- 4 weeks
RESPECT
Aretha Franklin
1967- 2 weeks
 Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You.jpg
WHAT A 
WONDERFUL WORLD
Louis Armstrong
1968- 4 weeks
Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World.jpg
LIGHT MY FIRE Doors
1967- 3 weeks
 Lightmyfire67.jpg
JUMPIN' JACK FLASH
Rolling Stones
1968- 2 weeks
 Jackflash1.jpg
THE DOCK OF THE BAY
Otis Redding
1968- 4 weeks
 Dockofthebay.jpg
HEY JUDE Beatles
1968- 2 weeks
Hey Jude Beatles.jpg
HEY JUDE Beatles
1968- 9 weeks
 
I HEARD IT THROUGH
THE GRAPEVINE
Marvin Gaye
1969- 3 weeks
I Heard It Through The Grapevine / In The Groove (Stereo) - Marvin Gaye
LOVE CHILD Supremes
1968- 2 weeks
 Lovechild-single-supremes.png
BAD MOON RISING
Creedence 
Clearwater Revival
1969- 3 weeks
Creedence Clearwater Revival 1968.jpg
 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
Marvin Gaye
1968- 7 weeks
 I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
BRIDGE OVER 
TROUBLED WATER 
Simon & Garfunkel
1970- 3 weeks
 Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
Sly & The Family Stone
1955- 4 weeks
Epic-sly-everyday-people.jpg
THE TEARS OF A CLOWN
Smokey Robinson
& The Miracles
1970- 1 week
 
I WANT YOU BACK
 Jackson 5
1970- 1 week
 Iwantyoubacksingle.jpg
WOODSTOCK
 Matthews' Southern 
Comfort
1970- 3 weeks
Ian Matthews 1970.jpg
BRIDGE OVER
TROUBLED WATER
Simon & Garfunkel
1970- 6 weeks
Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970).png
VOODOO CHILE 
Jimi Hendrix
1970- 1 week
 Voodoo Child Slight Return cover.jpg
LET IT BE Beatles
1970- 2 weeks
Letitbe single.jpg
MY SWEET LORD
George Harrison
1971- 5 weeks
 Mysweetlord1971single.jpg
CLOSE TO YOU Carpenters
1970- 4 weeks
 CloseToYou.jpg
GET IT ON T. Rex
1971- 4 weeks
 T.Rex Get It On single cover.jpg
WAR Edwin Starr
1970- 3 weeks
 Edwin-starr-war-single-1970.jpg
MAGGIE MAY
Rod Stewart
1971- 5 weeks
MY SWEET LORD
George Harrison
1970- 4 weeks
All Things Must Pass 1970 cover.jpg
Now that the dust has settled on another year, this is a look back on the 200 #1 singles that have mattered most on the UK and US Top 40 Pop charts. The songs are listed in chronological order from 1955 to the present day, starting with "Rock Around The Clock" at the dawn of the Rock Era.

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