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My friends of the ELT. Several weeks ago I discovered almost at the same time two incredible resources to the cause of Awesome music. One was Songza, shown to me by Lychee, which allowed me to get almost any music I wanted on demand (even if most of the songs are shit versions recorded by drunken hooligans at screaming concerts on their cell phones). The other I found at my dad’s place- a book compilation list of all the Top 40 Billboard hits from 1955 to 1988. With these, I spent the next while compiling the list you see below, based on two criteria: :1. Is the song fun to listen to? :2. When you read the title, does a part of the song start playing in your head?

In addition to the Billboard hits, I threw in some of my own favorites that never made the top 40 (or did so after ’88), as well as a few others that seemed important enough to include. I bring you this massive piece of work for two reasons; One, to bring back the memory of an age when guitar was king, when bands actually needed to sing, and when slow and smooth was just as fine as fast and intense. Two, because I need your help- in many cases, songs here simply have similar titles to ones I remember, or were covers of versions I remember which didn’t make the 40, and thus I need some added assistance in sorting the wheat from the chaff. You may also want to post songs you think should be added which I may have missed. (Note- if a band name appears on the list with no songs to its name, it basically means “all their songs”, or if they have more than ten I recall.) But for good or evil, here it is. The Big List.

Dancing Queen- ABBA

You Shook Me All Night Long- AC/DC

How Long- Ace

Dream On- Aerosmith

Take On Me- A-ha

-Air Supply

Never Gonna Give You Up- Rick Astley

Feel Like Makin’ Love- Bad Company

Do They Know It’s Christmas?- Band Aid

Saturday Night- Bay City Rollers

-The Beach Boys

-The Beatles

Jive Talkin’

How Deep Is Your Love

Stayin’ Alive

Night Fever- All by the Bee Gees

Don’t Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult

Helicopter- Bloc Party

(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay- Michael Bolton?

Hot Rod Lincoln- Johnny Bond/Commander Cody

More Than A Feeling- Boston

If

Make It With You- Both by Bread

Doctor My Eyes- Jackson Browne

Video Killed The Radio Star- The Buggles

Mr. Tambourine Man- The Byrds

We’ve Only Just Begun

For All We Know

Rainy Days and Mondays

Top Of The World

Only Yesterday

Please Mr. Postman- All by the Carpenters

Cat’s In The Cradle- Harry Chapin

The Twist- Chubby Checker

Oh Girl- The Chi-Lites

25 or 6 to 4

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

Saturday In The Park

Baby, What A Big Surprise

You’re The Inspiration- All by Chicago

I Shot The Sheriff

Lay Down Sally- Both by CLAPTON!

Rock The Casbah- The Clash

Easy

Brick House

Three Times A Lady- All by the Commodores

Hair- The Cowsills

Bad Moon Rising

Fortunate Son

Down On The Corner

Travelin’ Band

Have You Ever Seen The Rain- All by CCR

Leroy Brown

I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song

You Don’t Mess Around with Jim- All by Jim Croce

White Christmas- Bing Crosby

Our House- Crosby, Stills & Nash

(I Just) Died In Your Arms- Cutting Crew

You Spin Me Right ‘Round- Dead Or Alive

Smoke On The Water- Deep Purple

Whip It- Devo

She Blinded Me With Science- Thomas Dolby

Listen To The Music

Long Train Runnin’

China Grove

Black Water

Takin’ It To The Streets- All by the Doobie Brothers

Kung Fu Fighting- Carl Douglas

Operation: Ground and Pound

Fury of the Storm

Through the Fire and the Flames

Storm The Burning Fields- All by Dragonforce

-The Eagles

Shining Star

Sing A Song

Got To Get You Into My Life

September

After The Love Has Gone- All by Earth, Wind, and Fire

Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)- Edison Lighthouse

Can’t Get It Out Of My Head

Don’t Bring Me Down

Evil Woman

Four Little Diamonds

Livin’ Thing

Telephone Line- All by ELO

The Final Countdown- Europe

Signs- Five Man Electrical Band

Salty Dog

Seven Deadly Sins

Screaming at the Wailing Wall

Drunken Lullabies

Irish Drinking Song

What’s Left of the Flag- All by Flogging Molly

Build Me Up Buttercup- The Foundations Respect Think- Both by Aretha Franklin How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You I Heard It Through The Grapevine- both by Marvin Gaye I Will Survive- Gloria Gaynor Lonely Boy Thank You For Being A Friend- Both by Andrew Gold We’re An American Band- Grand Funk Railroad Welcome To The Jungle- Guns ‘n Roses Rock Around The Clock- Bill Haley & his Comets It Never Rains In Southern California- Albert Hammond Theme From Shaft- Isaac Hayes Boogie Nights The Groove Line- Both by Heatwave Dirty Laundry New York Minute All She Wants To Do Is Dance- All by Don Henley The Air That I Breathe- The Hollies Rock The Boat- The Hues Corporation Two Minutes To Midnight Mother Russia- Both by Iron Maiden Billie Jean Beat It Thriller- All by Michael Jackson Super Freak- Rick James -Billy Joel -Elton John Don’t Stop Believin’ Any Way You Want It Wheel In The Sky- All by Journey Carry On Wayward Son Dust In The Wind- Both by Kansas That’s The Way (I Like It) (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty I’m Your Boogie Man- All by KC & The Sunshine Band Boogie Down- Eddie Kendricks Dancing In The Moonlight- King Harvest Rock And Roll All Nite- KISS Midnight Train To Georgia- Gladys Knight & the Pips Celebration- Kool & the Gang Autobahn Home Computer Numbers- All by Kraftwerk Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin Green Tambourine- The Lemon Pipers The Power Of Love- Huey Lewis & the News If You Could Read My Mind The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald- both by Gordon Lightfoot Funky Town- Lipps Inc. The Loco-Motion- Little Eva Reminiscing Lady- Both by the Little River Band Your Mama Don’t Dance- Loggins & Messina Brandy (You’re A Fine Girl)- Looking Glass Do You Believe In Magic Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind Summer In The City- All by The Lovin’ Spoonful Sweet Home Alabama Free Bird- Both by Lynyrd Skynyrd California Dreamin’ Monday, Monday- Both by The Mamas & The Papas Do Wah Diddy Diddy- Manfred Mann I Write The Songs Copacabana- Both by Barry Manilow Heat Wave Dancin’ In The Street- Both By Martha Reeves and the Vandellas Convoy- C.W. McCall Live And Let Die Band On The Run Listen To What The Man Said Silly Love Songs Maybe I’m Amazed Ebony And Ivory- All by Paul McCartney & The Wings The Hustle- Van McCoy Hang On Sloopy- The McCoys San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)- Scott McKenzie Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band- Meco Land Down Under Who Can It Be Now- Both by Men At Work Ooo Baby Baby I Second That Emotion The Tears Of A Clown- All by The Miracles Last Train To Clarksville Daydream Believer- Both by The Monkees Brown-Eyed Girl Domino- Both by Van Morrison In The Summertime- Mungo Jerry Always Something There To Remind Me- Naked Eyes I Can See Clearly Now- Johnny Nash Makin’ It- David Naughton Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain On The Road Again Always On My Mind- All by Willie Nelson 99 Luftballons- Nena Mr. Bojangles- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Undercover Angel- Alan O’Day Yummy Yummy Yummy- Ohio Express Back Stabbers Love Train- Both by The “Mighty, Mighty” O’Jays One Tin Soldier- The Original Caste Dance With Me Still The One- Both by Orleans Bad Case Of Lovin’ You (Doctor, Doctor)- Robert Palmer The Night Chicago Died- Paper Lace Ghostbusters- Ray Parker Jr. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do- The Partridge Family -Peter, Paul, and Mary Monster Mash- Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd Baby Come Back- Player Don’t Stand So Close To Me Every Breath You Take- Both by Police -Elvis Presley Little Red Corvette Raspberry Beret- Both by Prince -Queen Cum On Feel The Noize- Quiet Riot Step By Step- Eddie Rabbitt Come And Get Your Love- Redbone We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful- Reel Big Fish Keep On Loving You Take It On The Run I Do’wanna Know Can’t Fight This Feeling Time For Me To Fly- All by REO Speedwagon Stuck On You Say You, Say Me Dancing On The Ceiling- All by Lionel Richie You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin- The Righteous Brothers Secret Agent Man- Johnny Rivers Turn The Beat Around- Vicki Sue Robinson (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction Paint It, Black Ruby Tuesday Jumpin’ Jack Flash- All by The Rolling Stones Car Wash- Rose Royce Ain’t No Mountain High Enough- Diana Ross Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron Snoopy’s Christmas- Both by The Royal Guardsmen Tell Me Something Good- Ask Rufus Smooth Operator- Sade The Ballad Of The Green Berets The “A” Team Theme- Both by SSgt Barry Sadler Soul Man- Sam & Dave Smoke From A Distant Fire- The Sandford/Townsend Band You Make Me Feel Like Dancing- Leo Sayer Believe It or Not- Joey Scarbury Rock You Like A Hurricane- Scorpions Against The Wind- Bob Seger Fly, Robin, Fly- Silver Convention The Sound Of Silence Scarborough Fair Mrs. Robinson The Boxer Bridge Over Troubled Water Cecilia- All by Simon & Garfunkel Dance To The Music Everyday People- Both by Sly & the Family Stone Could It Be I’m Falling In Love The Rubberband Man Working My Way Back To You- All by Spinners Born In The U.S.A.- Bruce Springsteen Afternoon Delight- the Starland Vocal Band War- Edwin Starr We Built This City- (Jefferson) Starship Stuck In The Middle With You- Stealers Wheel Born To Be Wild Magic Carpet Ride- Both by Steppenwolf Peace Train- Cat Stevens Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright) The First Cut Is The Deepest- Both by Rod Stewart Rock This Town- Stray Cats Come Sail Away Mr. Roboto- Both by Styx Green-Eyed Lady- Sugarloaf Take The Long Way Home- Supertramp Stop! In The Name Of Love You Keep Me Hangin’ On Someday We’ll Be Together My World Is Empty Without You- All by The Supremes Eye Of The Tiger- Survivor More Than A Woman- Tavares Fire And Rain Country Road You’ve Got A Friend How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) Shower The People Handy Man Your Smiling Face- All by James Taylor

My Girl

All I Need

You’re My Everything

Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)

Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone- All by The Temptations

The Boys Are Back In Town- Thin Lizzie

The Lion Sleeps Tonight- The Tokens

Africa- Toto

Disco Inferno- The Trammps

Band-Girls-Money- Tsar

What’s Love Got To Do With It- Tina Turner

Happy Together- The Turtles

We’re Not Gonna Take It- Twisted Sister

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For- U2?

Hitchin’ A Ride- Vanity Faire

Turning Japanese- The Vapors

-Village People

Everybody Have Fun Tonight

Let’s Go- Both by Wang Chung

Why Can’t We Be Friends- War

Ring My Bell- Anita Ward

Dueling Banjos- Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell

Pinball Wizard- The Who

Play That Funky Music- Wild Cherry

Break My Stride- Matthew Wilder

Ain’t No Sunshine

Lean On Me- Both by Bill Withers

-Stevie Wonder

Owner Of A Lonely Heart- Yes

In The Year 2525- Zager & Evans

Clearly, I am a connoisseur of music. That, or I have far, far, FAR too much time on my hands.

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