| The Fifties | ||||
| A1 | Johnny Ray* – |
Just Walkin' In The Rain
Written-By – Bragg*, Riley* |
2:39 | |
| A2 | Guy Mitchell – |
Singing The Blues
Written-By – Endsley* |
2:26 | |
| A3 | Lonnie Donegan – |
Cumberland Gap
Arranged By – Donegan* Written By – Lonnie Donegan Written-By – Trad.* |
1:57 | |
| A4 | Russ Hamilton – |
We Will Make Love
Written-By – Hulme* |
2:43 | |
| A5 | Jerry Lee Lewis – |
Great Balls Of Fire
Written-By – Hammer*, Blackwell* |
1:51 | |
| A6 | Tommy Steele – |
Nairobi
Written-By – Merrill* |
2:02 | |
| A7 | Everly Brothers, The* – |
All I Have To Do Is Dream
Written-By – Bryant* |
2:16 | |
| B1 | Tommy Edwards – |
It's All In The Game
Written-By – Sigman*, Dawes* |
2:35 | |
| B2 | Lord Rockingham's XI – |
Hoots Mon
Written-By – Robertson* |
2:15 | |
| B3 | Platters, The – |
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Written-By – Kern*, Harbach* |
2:35 | |
| B4 | Marty Wilde – |
Teenager In Love
Written-By – Pomus*, Shuman* |
2:20 | |
| B5 | Browns, The (3) – |
Three Bells
Written-By – Reisseld*, Gilles* |
2:50 | |
| B6 | Emile Ford And The Checkmates* – |
What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?
Written-By – Johnson*, Monaco*, McCarthy* |
2:05 | |
| B7 | Neil Sedaka – |
Oh! Carol
Written-By – Sedaka* Written-by [Uncreditd] – Greenfield* |
2:16 | |
| 1960 | ||||
| C1 | Anthony Newley – |
Why?
Written-By – De Angelis*, Marcucci* |
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| C2 | Perry Como – |
Delaware
Written-By – Gordon* |
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| C3 | Johnny Preston – |
Running Bear
Written-By – Richardson* |
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| C4 | Lonnie Donegan – |
My Old Man's A Dustman
Written-By – Donegan*, Buchanon* |
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| C5 | Jimmy Jones – |
Good Timin'
Written-By – Bullard Jnr*, Tobias* |
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| C6 | Duane Eddie* – |
Because They're Young
Written-By – Schroeder*, Costa*, Gold* |
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| C7 | Johnny Tillotson – |
Poetry In Motion
Written-By – Anthony*, Kaufman* |
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| 1961 | ||||
| D1 | Petula Clark – |
Sailor
Written-By – West*, Busch*, Scharfenberger* |
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| D2 | Allisons, The – |
Are You Sure?
Written-By – Allison*, Allison* |
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| D3 | Marcels, The – |
Blue Moon
Written-By – Hart/Rogers* |
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| D4 | Floyd Cramer – |
On The Rebound
Written-By – Cramer* |
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| D5 | Billy Fury – |
Halfway To Paradise
Written-By – King/Goffin* |
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| D6 | Eden Kane – |
Well, I Ask You
Written-By – Vandyke* |
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| D7 | Jimmy Dean – |
Big Bad John
Written-By – Dean* |
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| 1962 | ||||
| E1 | Karl Denver – |
Wimoweh
Written-By – Campbell*, Linda* |
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| E2 | Bruce Channel – |
Hey! Baby
Written-By – Channel*, Cobb* |
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| E3 | Joe Brown – |
Picture Of You
Written-By – Beveridge*, Oakman* |
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| E4 | Tornados, The – |
Telstar
Written-By – Meek* |
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| E5 | Little Eva – |
The Locomotion
Written-By – King/Goffin* |
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| E6 | Carole King – |
It Might As Well Rain Until September
Written-By – King/Gofiin* |
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| E7 | Mark Wynter – |
Venus In Blue Jeans
Written-By – Greenfield*, Keller* |
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| 1963 | ||||
| F1 | Springfields, The – |
Island Of Dreams
Written-By – Springfield* |
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| F2 | Jet Harris And Tony Meehan – |
Diamonds
Written-By – Lordan* |
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| F3 | Brian Poole and The Tremeloes* – |
Twist And Shout
Written-By – Russel*, Jedley* |
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| F4 | Searchers, The – |
Sweets For My Sweet
Written-By – Pomus*, Shuman* |
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| F5 | Heinz – |
Just Like Eddie
Written-By – Goddard* |
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| F6 | Chuck Berry – |
Memphis Tennessee
Written-By – Berry* |
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| F7 | Dusty Springfield – |
I Only Want To Be With You
Written-By – Raymonde*, Hawker* |
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| 1964 | ||||
| G1 | Searchers, The – |
Needles And Pins
Written-By – Nitzsche*, Bono* |
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| G2 | Bachelors, The – |
Diane
Written-By – Rappee*, Pollack* |
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| G3 | Four Pennies, The – |
Juliet
Written-By – Fryer*, Morton*, Wilsh* |
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| G4 | Jim Reeves – |
I Won't Forget You
Written-By – Howard* |
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| G5 | Kinks, The – |
You Really Got Me
Written-By – Davies* |
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| G6 | Sandie Shaw – |
Always Something There To Remind Me
Written-By – Bacharach, David* |
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| G7 | Rockin' Berries, The – |
He's In Town
Written-By – King/Goffin* |
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| 1965 | ||||
| H1 | Kinks, The – |
Tired Of Waiting For You
Written-By – Davies* |
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| H2 | Unit 4+2* – |
Contrete And Clay
Written-By – Parker*, Moeller* |
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| H3 | Them (3) – |
Here Comes The Night
Written-By – Berns* |
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| H4 | Roger Miller – |
King Of The Road
Written-By – Miller* |
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| H5 | Jackie Trent – |
Where Are You Now My Love?
Written-By – Trent*, Hatch* |
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| H6 | Byrds, The – |
Mr. Tambourine Man
Written-By – Dylan* |
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| H7 | Ivy League, The – |
Tossing And Turning
Written-By – Carter*, Lewis*, Ford* |
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| 1966 | ||||
| I1 | Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass* – |
Spanish Flea
Written-By – Wechter* |
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| I2 | Overlanders, The – |
Michelle
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney |
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| I3 | Crispian St. Peters – |
You Are On My Mind
Written-By – Fricker* |
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| I4 | Mindbenders, The – |
A Groovy Kind Of Love
Written-By – Bayer*, Wine* |
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| I5 | Walker Brothers, The – |
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
Written-By – Crewe/Gaudio* |
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| I6 | Dusty Springfield – |
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
Written-By – Donnaggio*, Napier, Bell*, Wickman*, Pallavicini* |
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| I7 | Los Bravos – |
Black Is Black
Written-By – Grainger*, Wadey*, Hayes* |
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| 1967 | ||||
| J1 | Sandie Shaw – |
Puppet On A String
Written-By – Martin, Coulter* |
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| J2 | Procul Harum* – |
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Written-By – Brooker*, Reid* |
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| J3 | Jimi Hendrix Experience, The – |
Hey Joe
Written-By – Roberts* |
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| J4 | Scott Mackenzie* – |
San Fransisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
Written-By – Phillips* |
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| J5 | Bee Gees – |
Massachussetts
Written-By – R. Gibb, B. Gibb, M. Gibb* |
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| J6 | Foundations, The – |
Baby Now That I've Found You
Written-By – Macleod/Macaulay* |
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| J7 | Long John Baldry – |
Let The Heartaches Begin
Written-By – Macleod/Macaulay* |
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| 1968 | ||||
| K1 | Manfred Mann – |
The Mighty Quinn
Written-By – Dylan* |
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| K2 | Ester And Abi Ofarim* – |
Cinderalla Rockerfella
Written-By – Williams* |
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| K3 | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – |
The Legend Of Xanadu
Written-By – Howard Blaikley |
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| K4 | Gary Puckett And The Union Gap* – |
Young Girl
Written-By – Fuller* |
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| K5 | Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, The – |
Fire
Written-By – Brown*, Finesilver*, Ker*, Crane* |
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| K6 | Joe Cocker – |
With A Little Help From My Friends
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney |
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| K7 | Georgie Fame – |
The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde
Written-By – Murray/Callander* |
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| 1969 | ||||
| L1 | Fleetwood Mac – |
Albertross
Written-By – Green* |
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| L2 | Marmalade* – |
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney |
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| L3 | Move, The – |
Blackberry Way
Written-By – Wood* |
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| L4 | Thunderclap Newman – |
Something In The Air
Written-By – Keen* |
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| L5 | Zager And Evans* – |
In The Year 2525
Written-By – Zager, Evans* |
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| L6 | Johnny Cash – |
A Boy Named Sue
Written-By – Silverstein* |
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| L7 | Tremaloes, The* – |
Call Me Number One
Written-By – Hawkes*, Blaikley* |
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| 1970 | ||||
| M1 | Pickettywitch – |
That Same Old Feeling
Written-By – MacLeod/Macauly* |
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| M2 | Frijid Pink – |
House Of The Rising Sun
Adapted By – Price* |
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| M3 | Christie – |
Yellow River
Written-By – Christie* |
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| M4 | Mr. Bloe – |
Groovin' With Mr. Bloe
Written-By – Gentry*, Laguna*, Naumann* |
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| M5 | Mungo Jerry – |
In The Summertime
Written-By – Dorset* |
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| M6 | Hotlegs – |
Neanderthal Man
Written-By – Stewart*, Godley*, Creme* |
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| M7 | Jimi Hendrix Experience, The – |
Voodoo Chile
Written-By – Hendrix* |
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| 1971 | ||||
| N1 | Mixtures, The – |
The Pushbike Song
Written-By – E. Jones*, I. Jones* |
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| N2 | T. Rex – |
Hot Love
Written-By – Bolan* |
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| N3 | Lynn Anderson – |
Rose Garden
Written-By – South* |
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| N4 | New Seekers, The – |
Never-Ending Song Of Love
Written-By – Bramlett* |
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| N5 | Rod Stewart – |
Maggie May
Written-By – Quittenton*, Stewart* |
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| N6 | Slade – |
Coz I Love You
Written-By – Lea*, Holder* |
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| N7 | John Kongos – |
Togoloshe Man
Written-By – Kongos* |
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| 1972 | ||||
| O1 | Chicory Tip – |
Son Of My Father
Written-By – Moroder*, Holm*, Bellotte* |
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| O2 | Harry Nilsson – |
Without You
Written-By – Nilsson* |
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| O3 | Vicky Leandros – |
Come What May
Written-By – Monro*, Panas*, Newell*, Desla* |
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| O4 | Elton John – |
Rocket Man
Written-By – Taupin, John* |
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| O5 | Lieutenant Pigeon – |
Mouldy Old Dough
Written-By – Fletcher*, Woodward* |
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| O6 | Peter Skellern – |
You're A Lady
Written-By – Skellern* |
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| O7 | New Seekers, The – |
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
Written-By – Backer*, Davis*, Cook/Greenaway* |
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| 1973 | ||||
| P1 | Strawbs, The* – |
Part Of The Union
Written-By – Ford*, Hudson* |
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| P2 | Focus (2) – |
Sylvia
Written-By – Van Leer* |
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| P3 | Peters And Lee* – |
Welcome Home
Written By – Aeldone, Blackburn, Dupree |
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| P4 | Carpenters, The* – |
Yesterday Once More
Written-By – Bettis*, Carpenter* |
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| P5 | Bobby Pickett And Crypt Kickers, The – |
Monster Mash
Written-By – Pickett*, Capizzi* |
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| P6 | Sweet, The – |
Ballroom Blitz
Written-By – Chapman, Chinn* |
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| P7 | Status Quo – |
Caroline
Written-By – Young*, Rossi* |
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All tracks except B3, B5 & B7 have been electronically re-processed for stereo.
All credits taken from the rear sleeve as opposed to the disc labels as they appear erroneous.
Errors on the disc labels:
A3 - Credits Donegan as the writer.
B7 - Greenfield not credited at all.
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Popular Music's Golden Hit Parade (Box, RE + 8xLP, Comp) | Sélection Du Reader's Digest | RDS 9031 to RDS 9038 | France | 1979 | ![]() |
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| Popular Music's Golden Hit Parade (Box + 8xLP, Comp + LP, Bon) | Sélection Du Reader's Digest, Polydor | RDS 9031 to RDS 9039, RDS 9039 | France | 1978 | ||
| Popular Music's Golden Hit Parade (8xLP, Comp + Box) | Reader's Digest | DRDS 2224 to DRDS 2231 | Netherlands | 1976 |