100 SONGS THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING. This post: RAPPER'S DELIGHT. Continues tomorrow.

Caffè Lattè pays tribute to 100 songs that innovated, changed the rules, defied convention and had a significant impact on the evolution of pop and rock music, presented in chronological order…

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100 SONGS THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

1979

💥65 Rapper’s Delight

The Sugarhill Gang

Just as punk was a new expression for rock fans, a new urban attitude was emerging on the street. The Sugarhill Gang did not invent rap. Nor did the group create the first hip hop recording. What “Rapper’s Delight” did achieve was crossover to the mainstream. Some labelled the single ‘disco’, peaking at #14 on Billboard’s Disco Chart. The disc also reached #4 Soul and #36 Pop. The crossover track became the first rap hit. Its appeal spread beyond America. “Rapper’s Delight” cracked the charts in Britain (#3), Canada (#1), Europe, New Zealand and Australia. The trio from Harlem was named after its label: Sugar Hill Records. Label boss Sylvia Robinson tapped into the new trend on the streets. She recruited Big Bank Hank, Master Gee and Wonder Mike. Each member raps on the song. The track is built around Chic’s “Good Times”. Initially, that group’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards were uncredited. Permission to sample the track had not been requested. This was later rectified. Rap had arrived. It would be some time before it was ubiquitous as it is today, but it all started here.

1979-     Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

               Good Times

1978-     Wuthering Heights

1977-     Stayin’ Alive

              Heroes

               I Feel Love

1976-     Dancing Queen

              Anarchy In The U.K.

              Blitzkrieg Bop

1975-     Gloria

              Bohemian Rhapsody

              Love To Love You Baby

              Autobahn

              No Woman, No Cry Live

1973-     Personality Crisis

              Living For the City

              Time

              Soul Makossa

1972-    I Am Woman

1971-    American Pie

              Imagine

             Theme From ‘Shaft’

             What’s Going On

             The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

1969-   Whole Lotta Love

1968-   Helter Skelter

            Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

            Folsom Prison Blues Live

1967-   Sunshine Of Your Love

             A Day In The Life

             Respect

             Light My Fire

            Venus In Furs
             Strawberry Fields Forever

1966-   Good Vibrations

            Tomorrow Never Knows

            Eight Miles High

1965-   The Sounds Of Silence

            My Generation

            Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag

            (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction

            I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)

1964-  You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’

           You Really Got Me

           The House Of The Rising Sun

           Where Did Our Love Go

1963-  I Want To Hold Your Hand

           Blowin’ In The Wind

           Be My Baby

1962- Misirlou

1961- Crazy

1960- The Twist

          Cathy’s Clown

1959- There Goes My Baby

          What’d I Say (Parts 1 & 2)
1957- Great Balls Of Fire
          Jailhouse Rock

          You Send Me

          That’ll Be The Day

1955- Tutti Frutti

           Maybellene

1955- Rock Around The Clock

1954- That’s All Right Mama

1951- Rocket 88