
The Rolling Stones “Street Fighting Man” (1968)ġ40. James Brown “Prisoner of Love” (1963)ġ39.
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Maurice & Mac “You Left the Water Running” (1968)ġ37. Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)ġ36. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “Your Precous Love” (1967)ġ30.Ğlvis Presley “ Don’t Be Cruel” (1956)ġ31.Ĝhan Romero “Hippy Hippy Shake” (1959)ġ32.ěruce Springsteen “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984)ġ35. The Four Tops “Standing in the Shadows of Love” (1966)ġ27.Ěretha Franklin “Ain’t No Way” (1968)ġ29. Thomas “Rock and Roll Lullaby” (1972)ġ25.Ĝreedence Clearwater Revival “ Proud Mary” (1969)ġ26. The Rivingtons “The Bird’s the Word” (1963)ġ21. The Schoolboys “Please Say You Want Me” (1957)ġ18.ĝon Henley “The Boys of Summer” (1984)ġ20. Martha & the Vandellas “ Dancing in the Street” (1964)ġ16. The Clash “White Man in Hammersmith Palais” (1978)ġ08. The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (1960)ġ07. The Bobby Fuller Four “I Fought the Law” (1966)ġ05. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “If I Could Build My World Around You” (1967)ġ02. Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1976)ġ01. The Stanley Brothers “Rank Strangers” (1960)ġ00. Otis Redding & Carla Thomas “Tramp” (1967)ĩ7.ĝarlene Love “A Fine, Fine Boy” (1963)ĩ8.Ĝyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (1983)ĩ9. The Animals “ The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)ĩ3.Ĝarl Perkins “ Blue Suede Shoes” (1956)ĩ5. Mickey & Sylvia “Love Is Strange” (1957)ĩ1. Jerry Butler “Only the Strong Survive” (1969)ĩ0. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “ The Message” (1982)Ĩ9. The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back” (1969)Ĩ5. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (1967)Ĩ2.ěobby “Blue” Bland “Ain’t Nothin’ You Can Do” (1964)Ĩ4. Sham the Sham & the Pharoahs “Wooly Bully” (1965)ħ9. Grandmaster Melle Mel “White Lines (Don’t Do It)” (1983)ħ8. The Beach Boys “Don’t Worry, Baby” (1964)ħ6. The Police “ Every Breath You Take” (1983)ħ5. Little Richard “Good Golly Miss Molly” (1958)ħ1. Noland Strong & the Diablos “The Wind” (1954)ħ0. Sam & Dave “When Something Is Wrong with My Baby” (1967)Ħ7. The Beatles “I Saw Her Standing There” (1964)Ħ5. The Crystals “Then He Kissed Me” (1963)Ħ0.Ĝhuck Berry “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956)Ħ1.Ĝlarence Carter “The Dark End of the Street” (1969)Ħ2.ěuddy Holly & the Crickets “Rave On” (1958)Ħ3.Ğlvis Presley “Good Rockin’ Tonight” (1954)Ħ4. Sly & the Family Stone “Dance to the Music” (1968)ĥ9. The Rolling Stones “Get Off of My Cloud” (1965)ĥ7. Ray Charles “Hit the Road Jack” (1961)ĥ6. The Temptations “Since I Lost My Baby” (1965)ĥ4. Martha & the Vandellas “Heat Wave” (1963)ĥ1.Ĝhuck Berry “Back in the U.S.A.” (1959)ĥ2.Ěretha Franklin “Chain of Fools” (1967)ĥ3. Little Willie John “Need Your Love So Bad’ (1956)ĥ0. The Miracles “The Tracks of My Tears” (1965)Ĥ9. Stevie Wonder “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” (1965)Ĥ6. Jackie Wilson “Lonely Teardrops” (1958)Ĥ4. Roy Orbison “ (Oh) Pretty Woman” (1964)Ĥ2. The Skyliners “Since I Don’t Have You” (1959)ģ9. Otis Redding “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” (1965)ģ6. Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs “Stay” (1960)ģ5. Sam Cooke “ A Change Is Gonna Come” (1965)ģ3.ěuddy Holly & the Crickets “ That’ll Be the Day” (1957)ģ4.

Percy Sledge “ When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)ģ2. The Drifters “There Goes My Baby” (1959)ģ1. Marvin Gaye “ What’s Going On” (1971)Ģ6.Ĝreedence Clearwater Revival “Who’ll Stop the Rain” (1970)ģ0. The Countours “Do You Love Me” (1962)Ģ2.ĝarlene Love “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” (1963)Ģ3. Sly & The Family Stone “ Everyday People” (1968)ġ8.Ěretha Franklin “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman” (1967)ġ9. Otis Redding “ (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)ġ6.

Jerry Lee Lewis “ Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (1957)ġ5. Martha & the Vandellas “Nowhere to Run” (1965)ġ3.ěig Joe Turner “Shake, Rattle and Roll” (1954)ġ4. The Rolling Stones “ (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)ħ.ěob Dylan “ Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)ġ0. The Righteous Brothers “ You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1965)Ħ. James Brown “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (1965)Ĥ.ğour Tops “ Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)ĥ. Marvin Gaye “ I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)ģ. No, I’m not Dave Marsh, but his book was my first foray into best-of lists. This book, published in 1989, is pretty much responsible for Dave’s Music Database. Dave Marsh The Heart of Rock & Soul: 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made
