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1
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1
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1
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Rolling Stones--Honky Tonk Women
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2
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1
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2
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Cowsills--Hair
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3
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1
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1/3
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Beatles--Something/Come Together
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4
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1
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1
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Beatles--Get Back
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5
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1
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1
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Archies--Sugar, Sugar
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6
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1
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1
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Tommy James & the Shondells--Crimson and Clover
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7
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2
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5
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Three Dog Night--One
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8
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1
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1
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Tommy Roe--Dizzy
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9
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1
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1
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Zager & Evans--In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
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10
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1
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3
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Bobby Sherman--Little Woman
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11
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1
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3/---
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Elvis Presley--In the Ghetto/Any Day Now
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12
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2
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1
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5th Dimension--Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
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13
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3
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7
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Tommy James & the Shondells--Sweet Cherry Wine
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14
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2
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3
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Zombies--Time of the Season
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15
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2
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22
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Buchanan Brothers--Medicine Man
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16
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4
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4
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Three Dog Night--Easy to Be Hard
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17
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2
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2
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Oliver--Jean
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18
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2
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3
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Foundations--Build Me Up Buttercup
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19
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4
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2
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Creedence Clearwater Revival--Proud Mary
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20
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3
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1
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Elvis Presley--Suspicious Minds
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21
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3
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2
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Creedence Clearwater Revival--Bad Moon Rising
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22
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4
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38
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Perry Como--Seattle
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23
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2
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9
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Andy Kim--Baby, I Love You
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24
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3
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7
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Donovan--Atlantis
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25
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2
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28
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Box Tops--Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March
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26
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3
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1
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Marvin Gaye--I Heard it Through the Grapevine
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27
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2
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2
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Johnny Cash--A Boy Named Sue
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28
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3
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2
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R.B. Greaves--Take a Letter Maria
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29
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1
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1
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Peter, Paul & Mary--Leaving On a Jet Plane
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30
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4
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2
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Mercy--Love (Can Make You Happy)
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31
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2
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22
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Neil Diamond--Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
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32
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3
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2
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Tommy James & the Shondells--Crystal Blue Persuasion
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33
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4
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20
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Paul Revere & the Raiders--Let Me
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34
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3
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1
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Henry Mancini & His Orchestra--Love Theme From Romeo &
Juliet
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35
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4
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3
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Oliver--Good Morning Starshine
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36
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3
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9
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Cuff Links--Tracy
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37
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3
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53
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Tommy Roe--Jack and Jill
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38
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4
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1
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5th Dimension--Wedding Bell Blues
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39
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3
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15
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Billy Joe Royal--Cherry Hill Park
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40
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6
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2
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Creedence Clearwater Revival--Green River
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41
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3
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9
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Desmond Dekker & the Aces--Israelites
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42
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4
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22
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Clique--Sugar on Sunday
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43
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5
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6
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Tom Jones--I'll Never Fall in Love Again
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44
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2
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4
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Led Zeppelin--Whole Lotta Love
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45
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6
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4
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Neil Diamond--Sweet Caroline
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46
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4
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3
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Creedence Clearwater Revival--Down on the Corner
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47
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4
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19
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Crow--Evil Woman Don't You Play Your Games With Me
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48
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5
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6
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Booker T & the MGs--Time is Tight
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49
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8
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---
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Bards--Tunesmith
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50
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8
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1
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Sly & the Family Stone--Everyday People
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The second column is the peak position on the Fabulous
Fifty, and the third column is peak position at Billboard.
Overall this looks like a reasonable chart. The number ones are mostly at the top,
followed by a lot of twos, threes and fours, with a few fives, sixes and eights
toward the bottom.
In my post of the 1968 year-end survey, I said “the only records that reached the top
two during the year that are not listed here are the ones that were in the top
three positions on the final survey of the year: Dusty Springfield’s ‘Son-of-a Preacher
Man,’ Leapy Lee’s ‘Little Arrows,’ and Bobby Vinton’s ‘I Love How You Love Me.’” Interestingly, none of those three appear in
this one either; I guess having their chart runs split between two years kept
them from making the final list for either.
The only other records that reached the top two during 1969 that do not
appear here are “Touch Me” by the Doors and “Rainbow Ride” by Andy Kim, both of
which debuted in December 1968 and peaked at number two in early 1969. It seems like “Touch Me,” at least, should be
here, but “Rainbow Ride” sank fast after its one week at number two.
Here's a purely statistical ranking of 1969's KJR Fab 50 songs, with a full weight given to peak position, a three-quarter weight given to number of weeks on the chart, and a 50% weight given to average position.
ReplyDeleteFirst number: statistical ranking
Second number: KJR ranking
Third number: peak position and (weeks at peak position)
Fourth number: weeks on chart
1 1 1 (6) 19 Rolling Stones--Honky Tonk Women
2 5 1 (3) 20 Archies--Sugar, Sugar
3 3 1 (8) 14 Beatles--Something/Come Together
4 4 1 (5) 14 Beatles--Get Back
5 8 1 (5) 15 Tommy Roe--Dizzy
6 2 1 (4) 18 Cowsills--Hair
7 10 1 (1) 16 Bobby Sherman--Little Woman
8 6 1 (8) 13 Tommy James & the Shondells--Crimson and Clover
9 11 1 (3) 14 Elvis Presley--In the Ghetto
10 12 2 (3) 17 5th Dimension--Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
11 7 2 (3) 16 Three Dog Night--One
12 9 1 (5) 12 Zager & Evans--In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
13 13 3 (3) 14 Tommy James & the Shondells--Sweet Cherry Wine
14 18 2 (1) 13 Foundations--Build Me Up Buttercup
15 14 2 (3) 13 Zombies--Time of the Season
16 17 2 (2) 13 Oliver--Jean
17 22 4 (5) 16 Perry Como--Seattle
18 15 2 (2) 13 Buchanan Brothers--Medicine Man
19 21 3 (1) 14 Creedence Clearwater Revival--Bad Moon Rising
20 29 1 (2) 12 Peter, Paul & Mary--Leaving on a Jet Plane
21 16 4 (2) 14 Three Dog Night--Easy to Be Hard
22 33 4 (1) 15 Paul Revere & the Raiders--Let Me
23 20 3 (3) 13 Elvis Presley--Suspicious Minds
24 25 2 (3) 12 Box Tops--Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March
25 36 3 (2) 14 Cuff Links--Tracy
26 31 2 (1) 13 Neil Diamond--Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
27 43 5 (1) 15 Tom Jones--I'll Never Fall in Love Again
28 26 3 (3) 11 Marvin Gaye--I Heard it Through the Grapevine
29 30 4 (3) 13 Mercy--Love (Can Make You Happy)
30 28 3 (1) 13 R.B. Greaves--Take a Letter Maria
31 --- 4 (2) 13 New Colony Six--Things I'd Like to Say
32 37 3 (1) 12 Tommy Roe--Jack and Jill
33 --- 2 (1) 11 Doors--Touch Me
34 --- 5 (1) 15 Jackie DeShannon--Put a Little Love in Your Heart
35 39 3 (1) 12 Billy Joe Royal--Cherry Hill Park
36 34 3 (1) 13 Henry Mancini & His Orchestra--Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet
37 23 2 (2) 10 Andy Kim--Baby, I Love You
38 32 3 (1) 12 Tommy James & the Shondells--Crystal Blue Persuasion
39 42 4 (1) 13 Clique--Sugar on Sunday
40 --- 5 (1) 13 Paul Revere & the Raiders--Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon
41 19 4 (1) 13 Creedence Clearwater Revival--Proud Mary
42 27 2 (1) 10 Johnny Cash--A Boy Named Sue
43 40 6 (2) 13 Creedence Clearwater Revival--Green River
44 --- 3 (1) 12 Smith--Baby It's You
45 38 4 (2) 12 5th Dimension--Wedding Bell Blues
46 --- 5 (1) 16 Mama Cass--It's Getting Better
47 41 3 (1) 11 Desmond Dekker & the Aces--Israelites
48 47 4 (1) 13 Crow--Evil Woman Don't You Play Your Games With Me
49 45 6 (1) 13 Neil Diamond--Sweet Caroline
50 24 3 (1) 9 Donovan--Atlantis
Songs on the statistical ranking not on the KJR ranking:
ReplyDelete31 4 (2) 13 New Colony Six--Things I'd Like to Say
33 2 (1) 11 Doors--Touch Me
34 5 (1) 15 Jackie DeShannon--Put a Little Love in Your Heart
40 5 (1) 13 Paul Revere & the Raiders--Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon
44 3 (1) 12 Smith--Baby It's You
46 5 (1) 16 Mama Cass--It's Getting Better
Songs on the KJR ranking not on the statistical ranking:
35 4 (1) 10 Oliver--Good Morning Starshine
44 2 (3) 8 Led Zeppelin--Whole Lotta Love
46 4 (1) 10 Creedence Clearwater Revival--Down on the Corner
48 5 (1) 12 Booker T. & the MG's--Time is Tight
49 8 (1) 12 Bards--Tunesmith
50 8 (1) 8 Sly & the Family Stone--Everyday People
The KJR ranking omitted songs with higher peak positions or were on the charts longer than some of the songs on the KJR ranking. However, those songs seem to have had more staying power over the years (with "Down on the Corner" and "Everyday People" as good examples. Maybe KJR sensed that these songs were underrated on the weekly surveys.
The statistical ranking with all the other numbers was hard to read. Here is that ranking with just the KJR ranking for comparison:
ReplyDelete1 1 Rolling Stones--Honky Tonk Women
2 5 Archies--Sugar, Sugar
3 3 Beatles--Something/Come Together
4 4 Beatles--Get Back
5 8 Tommy Roe--Dizzy
6 2 Cowsills--Hair
7 10 Bobby Sherman--Little Woman
8 6 Tommy James & the Shondells--Crimson and Clover
9 11 Elvis Presley--In the Ghetto
10 12 5th Dimension--Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
11 7 Three Dog Night--One
12 9 Zager & Evans--In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
13 13 Tommy James & the Shondells--Sweet Cherry Wine
14 18 Foundations--Build Me Up Buttercup
15 14 Zombies--Time of the Season
16 17 Oliver--Jean
17 22 Perry Como--Seattle
18 15 Buchanan Brothers--Medicine Man
19 21 Creedence Clearwater Revival--Bad Moon Rising
20 29 Peter, Paul & Mary--Leaving on a Jet Plane
21 16 Three Dog Night--Easy to Be Hard
22 33 Paul Revere & the Raiders--Let Me
23 20 Elvis Presley--Suspicious Minds
24 25 Box Tops--Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March
25 36 Cuff Links--Tracy
26 31 Neil Diamond--Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show
27 43 Tom Jones--I'll Never Fall in Love Again
28 26 Marvin Gaye--I Heard it Through the Grapevine
29 30 Mercy--Love (Can Make You Happy)
30 28 R.B. Greaves--Take a Letter Maria
31 --- New Colony Six--Things I'd Like to Say
32 37 Tommy Roe--Jack and Jill
33 --- Doors--Touch Me
34 --- Jackie DeShannon--Put a Little Love in Your Heart
35 39 Billy Joe Royal--Cherry Hill Park
36 34 Henry Mancini & His Orchestra--Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet
37 23 Andy Kim--Baby, I Love You
38 32 Tommy James & the Shondells--Crystal Blue Persuasion
39 42 Clique--Sugar on Sunday
40 --- Paul Revere & the Raiders--Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon
41 19 Creedence Clearwater Revival--Proud Mary
42 27 Johnny Cash--A Boy Named Sue
43 40 Creedence Clearwater Revival--Green River
44 --- Smith--Baby It's You
45 38 5th Dimension--Wedding Bell Blues
46 --- Mama Cass--It's Getting Better
47 41 Desmond Dekker & the Aces--Israelites
48 47 Crow--Evil Woman Don't You Play Your Games With Me
49 45 Neil Diamond--Sweet Caroline
50 24 Donovan--Atlantis
Thanks for the analysis, Gene. Looks like the New Colony Six got shafted, but overall, as I said above, it seems like a reasonable chart. I wonder exactly how KJR went about compiling it.
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