Music

1943

Top 100

Jan 2 - 9 "White Christmas" Bing Crosby

Jan 16 – Feb 6, 27 "There Are Such Things" Tommy Dorsey

Feb 13 – 20 "I Had the Craziest Dream" Harry James

Mar 6 – May 22, Jun 5 "I've Heard That Song Before" Harry James

May 29 "That Old Black Magic" Glenn Miller

Jun 12 - 26 "Taking a Chance on Love" Benny Goodman

Jul 3 - 17 "Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" The Song Spinners

Jul 24 – Aug 14 "You'll Never Know" Dick Haymes

Aug 21 – Sep 4 "In the Blue of Evening" Tommy Dorsey

Sep 11 – Oct 23 "Sunday, Monday or Always" Bing Crosby

Oct 30 "Pistol Packin' Mama" Al Dexter

Nov 6 – Dec 25 "Paper Doll" Mills Brothers

R&B

Jan 16 See See Rider Blues Bea Booze 4 weeks*

Jan 23 What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again) Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 1 week

Jan 30 That Ain't Right Nat King Cole Trio 1 week

Feb 13 Apollo Jump Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra 2 weeks

Mar 6 Don't Stop Now Bonnie Davis and the Bunny Banks Trio 5 weeks*

Mar 27, May 29 Don't Get Around Much Anymore The Ink Spots 2 weeks*

Apr 17 I've Heard That Song Before Harry James and His Orchestra 1 week

Apr 24 I Can't Stand Losing You The Ink Spots 7 weeks*

(Never No Lament) Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 3 weeks*

Jul 17 You'll Never Know Dick Haymes 4 weeks

Aug 14 Don't Cry Baby Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra 14 weeks*

Sep 25 A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship) Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 1 week

Oct 2 Sentimental Lady Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 1 week

Nov 20 All for You The Nat King Cole Trio 2 weeks*

Dec 18 Shoo-Shoo Baby Ella Mae Morse 2 weeks*

Dec 25 Sweet Slumber Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra 1 week

1944

Top 100

Jan 1 - 22 "Paper Doll" Mills Brothers

Jan 29 – Feb 26 "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart)" Glen Gray

Mar 4 – Apr 15 "Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)" Jimmy Dorsey

Apr 22 - 29 "It's Love-Love-Love" Guy Lombardo

May 6 – Jun 3 "I Love You" Bing Crosby

Jun 10 – 24, Jul 8 "I'll Get By (As Long As I Have You)" Harry James

Jul 1, 15 - 29 "I'll Be Seeing You" Bing Crosby

Aug 5 – Sep 30 "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby

Oct 7, 21 – 28, Nov 25 – Dec 2 "You Always Hurt the One You Love" Mills Brothers

October 14, Nov 4 - 18 "I'll Walk Alone" Dinah Shore

Dec 9 - 16 "I'm Making Believe" The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

Dec 23 - 30 "Don't Fence Me In" Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters

R&B

Jan 1 Ration Blues Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 1 week

Jan 15 Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 8 weeks*

Jan 22, Jul 15 G.I. Jive Johnny Mercer with Paul Weston And His Orchestra 1 week, 6 Weeks

Mar 11 Solo Flight Benny Goodman and His Orchestra 1 week

Mar 25 Cow-Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay) The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald 1 week

Apr 1 Main Stem Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 4 weeks*

Apr 15 When My Man Comes Home Buddy Johnson and His Band 1 week

Apr 29 Straighten Up and Fly Right The Nat King Cole Trio 10 weeks*

Aug 19 Till Then The Mills Brothers 1 week

Sep 2 Hamp's Boogie Woogie Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra 6 weeks*

Sep 30 I'm Lost Benny Carter and His Orchestra 2 weeks*

Oct 21 Gee-Baby - Ain’t I Good to You The Nat King Cole Trio 4 weeks

Nov 18 Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald 11 weeks*

1946
Top 100
Jan 5 - 12 "Symphony" Freddy Martin
Jan 19 "I Can't Begin to Tell You" Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro
Jan 26 – Feb 23 "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Vaughn Monroe
Mar 2 "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" Betty Hutton Mar 9 "Personality" Johnny Mercer
Mar 16 – Apr 20 "Oh! What It Seemed to Be" Frankie Carle
Apr 27 "I'm a Big Girl Now" Sammy Kaye
May 4 - 18 "Prisoner of Love" Perry Como
May 25 – Jul 27 "The Gypsy" The Ink Spots
Aug 3 "Surrender" Perry Como
Aug 10 – Sep 7, 21, Oct 5 - 12 "To Each His Own" Eddy Howard
Sep 14 - 28 "Five Minutes More" Frank Sinatra
Oct 19 – Dec 7 "Rumors are Flying" Frankie Carle
Dec 14 - 21 "Old Buttermilk Sky" Kay Kyser
Dec 28 "The Old Lamp-Lighter" Sammy Kaye

R&B
Jan 12 Buzz Me Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 9 weeks
Mar 16 Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra 16 weeks*
Mar 23 Don’t Worry 'bout That Mule Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 1 week
Jun 29 The Gypsy The Ink Spots 3 weeks*
Jul 10 Stone Cold Dead in the Market Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 5 weeks
Aug 24 Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 18 weeks*
Nov 23 Ain’t That Just Like a Woman Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 2 weeks*

Top Singles
1 Perry Como Prisoner Of Love
2 Eddy Howard To Each His Own
3 The Ink Spots The Gypsy
4 Frank Sinatra Five Minutes More
5 Frankie Carle Rumors Are Flying
6 Frankie Carle Oh! What It Seemed To Be
7 Johnny Mercer Personality
8 Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters South America, Take It Away
9 Dinah Shore The Gypsy
10 Frank Sinatra Oh! What It Seemed To Be
11 Perry Como Surrender
12 Betty Hutton Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
13 Vaughn Monroe Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
14 Freddy Martin To Each His Own
15 Kay Kyser Ol' Buttermilk Sky
16 The Ink Spots To Each His Own
17 Freddy Martin Symphony
18 Sammy Kaye The Old Lamplighter
19 Bing Crosby and Carmen Cavallaro I Can't Begin To Tell You
20 Sammy Kaye I'm A Big Girl Now
21 Bing Crosby Symphony
22 Dinah Shore Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
23 Sammy Kaye The Gypsy
24 Dinah Shore Laughing On The Outside Crying On The Inside
25 Tex Beneke and The Glenn Miller Orchestra Five Minutes More
26 Andy Russell Laughing On The Outside Crying On The Inside
27 Perry Como They Say It's Wonderful
28 Tex Beneke and The Glenn Miller Orchestra Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
29 Tony Martin To Each His Own
30 Les Brown You Won't Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart
31 Benny Goodman Symphony
32 Charlie Spivak Oh! What It Seemed To Be
33 Freddy Martin Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
34 Kay Kyser The Old Lamplighter
35 Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest Oh! What It Seemed To Be
36 Andrews Sisters and Les Paul Trio Rumors Are Flying
37 Perry Como Dig You Later A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba
38 Jo Stafford Symphony
39 Modernaires and Paula Kelly To Each His Own
40 Bing Crosby Sioux City Sue
41 The King Cole Trio I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
42 Guy Lombardo Managua, Nicaragua
43 Vaughn Monroe How Soon
44 Bing Crosby The Whiffenpoof Song
45 Dusty Fletcher Open The Door, Richard
46 Eddy Howard I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
47 Peggy Lee Golden Earrings
48 Kay Kyser Ol' Buttermilk Sky

1947
Top 100
Jan 4 – Feb 8 "The Old Lamp-Lighter" Sammy Kaye
Feb 15 "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" The King Cole Trio
Feb 22 "Open the Door, Richard" Count Basie
Mar 1 - 8 "Managua, Nicaragua" Freddy Martin
Mar 15 – May 31 "Heartaches" Ted Weems
Jun 7 - 14 "Mam'selle" Art Lund
Jun 21, Jul 19 – Aug 2 "Peg o' My Heart" The Harmonicats
Jun 28 – Jul 12 "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)" Perry Como
Aug 9 – Sep 13 "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" Tex Williams
Sep 20 – Dec 6 "Near You" Francis Craig Dec 13 - 27 "Ballerina" Vaughn Monroe

R&B
Jan 17 Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 17 weeks*
Apr 16 Texas and Pacific Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 2 weeks*
May 17 I Want to Be Loved Savannah Churchill and the Sentimentalists 8 weeks*
May 24 Old Maid Boogie Eddie Vinson and His Orchestra 2 weeks*
Jun 28 Jack You’re Dead Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 7 weeks*
Aug 30 Boogie Woogie Blue Plate Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 14 weeks*
Nov 22 Snatch and Grab It Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends 12 weeks*

Top 47
1 Francis Craig Near You
2 The Harmonicats Peg O' My Heart
3 Ted Weems Heartaches
4 Ray Noble and Buddy Clark Linda
5 Tex Williams Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette
6 Vaughn Monroe I Wish I Didn't Love You So
7 The Three Suns Peg O' My Heart
8 Al Jolson Anniversary Song
9 Larry Green Near You
10 Sammy Kaye That's My Desire
11 Vaughn Monroe Ballerina
12 Art Lund Mam'selle
13 Freddy Martin Managua, Nicaragua
14 Perry Como Chi-Baba Chi-Baba
15 Red Ingle and Jo Stafford Timtayshun
16 Ted Weems and Perry Como I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
17 The Andrews Sisters Near You
18 Sammy Kaye The Old Lamplighter
19 Perry Como When You Were Sweet Sixteen
20 Jack Owens How Soon
21 Arthur Godfrey Too Fat Polka
22 Eddy Howard I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder
23 Eddy Howard My Adobe Hacienda
24 Hoagy Carmichael Huggin' And Chalkin'
25 Hoagy Carmichael Ol' Buttermilk Sky
26 The King Cole Trio I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
27 Dick Haymes Mam'selle
28 Vaughn Monroe You Do
29 Guy Lombardo Anniversary Song
30 Bing Crosby White Christmas
31 Dinah Shore Anniversary Song
32 Mills Brothers Across The Alley From The Alamo
33 Andrews Sisters and Danny Kaye Civilization Bongo Bongo Bongo
34 Kay Kyser The Old Lamplighter
35 Art Lund Peg O' My Heart
36 Count Basie Open The Door, Richard
37 Margaret Whiting You Do
38 Dorothy Shay Feudin' And Fightin'
39 Charlie Spivak Linda
40 Guy Lombardo Managua, Nicaragua
41 Tex Beneke and The Glenn Miller Orchestra Anniversary Song
42 Bing Crosby The Whiffenpoof Song
43 Vaughn Monroe How Soon
44 Dusty Fletcher Open The Door, Richard
45 Eddy Howard I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
46 Peggy Lee Golden Earrings
47 Kay Kyser Ol' Buttermilk Sky

1948
Top 100
Jan 3 – Feb 14 "Ballerina" Vaughn Monroe
Feb 21 – Mar 6 "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" Art Mooney
Mar 13 – May 8 "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" Peggy Lee
May 15 – Jun 26 "Nature Boy" King Cole
Jul 3 – Aug 7 "Woody Wood-Pecker" Kay Kyser
Aug 14 - 21 "You Call Everybody Darlin'" Al Trace
Aug 28 – Oct 2, 23 - 30 "Twelfth Street Rag" Pee Wee Hunt
Oct 9 - 16 "A Tree in the Meadow" Margaret Whiting
Nov 6 – Dec 25 "Buttons and Bows" Dinah Shore

R&B
Jan 21 I Love You Yes I Do Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats 3 weeks*
Mar 20 King Size Papa Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends 9 weeks
May 22 Tomorrow Night Lonnie Johnson 7 weeks*
Jun 19 Good Rockin' Tonight Wynonie Harris 1 week
Jul 10 Long Gone (Parts I & II) Sonny Thompson 3 weeks*
Jul 10 Run Joe Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 2 weeks*
Jul 24 I Can't Go on Without You Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats 8 weeks
Sep 4 Messin' Around Memphis Slim and His House Rockers 2 weeks*
Sep 11 My Heart Belongs to You Arbee Stidham 1 week
Sep 14 Pretty Mama Blues Ivory Joe Hunter 3 weeks
Oct 2 Corn Bread Hal Singer Sextette 4 weeks*
Oct 2 Late Freight Sonny Thompson Quintet 1 week
Oct 9 Am I Asking Too Much Dinah Washington 1 week
Nov 6 Blues After Hours Pee Wee Crayton 3 weeks*
Nov 27 It's Too Soon to Know The Orioles 1 week
Dec 4 Chicken-Shack Boogie Amos Milburn 5 weeks*
Dec 4 Bewildered Red Miller Trio 5 weeks*
Dec 18 'Long About Midnight Roy Brown 1 week
Dec 25 Bewildered Amos Milburn 3 weeks*

1 Pee Wee Hunt Twelfth Street Rag
2 Peggy Lee Manana
3 Bing Crosby Now Is The Hour
4 Margaret Whiting A Tree In The Meadow
5 Jon and Sondra Steele My Happiness
6 Ken Griffin and Jerry Wayne You Can't Be True, Dear
7 Dick Haymes Little White Lies
8 Al Trace You Call Everybody Darlin'
9 The Pied Pipers My Happiness
10 Art Mooney I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
11 Doris Day It's Magic
12 Gordon Jenkins Maybe You'll Be There
13 Vaughn Monroe Ballerina
14 The King Cole Trio Nature Boy
15 Kay Kyser Woody Woodpecker
16 Doris Day and Buddy Clark Love Somebody
17 Gracie Fields Now Is The Hour
18 Francis Craig Beg Your Pardon
19 Ken Griffin You Can't Be True, Dear
20 The Andrews Sisters Toolie Oolie Doolie
21 Dinah Shore Buttons & Bows
22 Peggy Lee Golden Earrings
23 Art Mooney Baby Face
24 Arthur Godfrey Too Fat Polka
25 Ella Fitzgerald My Happiness
26 Perry Como Because
27 Sammy Kaye Serenade Of The Bells
28 Tommy Dorsey Until
29 Spike Jones Williams Tell Overture
30 Frankie Carle Beg Your Pardon
31 Tex Beneke St. Louis Blues March
32 Primo Scala Underneath The Arches
33 Kay Kyser On a Slow Boat to China
34 Sportsmen and Mel Blanc Woody Woodpecker
35 Ray Noble I'll Dance at Your Wedding
36 Freddy Martin The Dicky-Bird Song
37 Russ Morgan and Mill Herth I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover
38 Vaughn Monroe How Soon
39 Jo Stafford Serenade Of The Bells

1949

Top 100

Jan 1, 15 "Buttons and Bows" Dinah Shore

Jan 8 "All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" Spike Jones

Jan 22 – Mar 5 "A Little Bird Told Me" Evelyn Knight

Mar 12 – May 7 "Cruising Down the River" Blue Barron

May 14 – Jul 23 "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" Vaughn Monroe

Jul 30 – Aug 27 "Some Enchanted Evening" Perry Como

Sep 3 - 24 "You're Breaking My Heart" Vic Damone

Oct 1 – Nov 19 "That Lucky Old Sun" Frankie Laine

Nov 26 – Dec 31 "Mule Train" Frankie Laine

R&B

Feb 19 Boogie Chillen John Lee Hooker 1 week

Feb 19 The Deacon's Hop Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 1 week

May 5 The Huckle-Buck Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers 14 weeks*

Jun 4 Trouble Blues The Charles Brown Trio 15 weeks

Aug 20 Ain't Nobody’s Business (Parts 1 & 2) Jimmy Witherspoon 1 week

Sep 10 Roomin' House Boogie Amos Milburn 2 weeks

Sep 17 All She Wants to Do Is Rock Wynonie Harris 2 weeks*

Sep 17 Tell Me So The Orioles 1 week

Sep 24 Baby Get Lost Dinah Washington 2 weeks

Oct 8 Beans and Corn Bread Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 1 week

Oct 15 Saturday Night Fish Fry Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 12 weeks*

Dec 24 For You My Love Larry Darnell 8 weeks*

1950

Top 100

Jan 7 "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Gene Autry

Jan 14 – Feb 4 "I Can Dream, Can't I?" The Andrews Sisters

Feb 11 "Rag Mop" Ames Brothers

Feb 18 – Mar 11 "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley

Mar 18 – Apr 8 "Music! Music! Music!" Teresa Brewer

Apr 15 - 22 "If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked a Cake)" Eileen Barton

Apr 29 – Jul 8 "The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas

Jul 15 – Aug 12 "Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole

Aug 19 – Nov 11 "Goodnight, Irene" Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers

Nov 18 - 25 "Harbor Lights" Sammy Kaye

Dec 2 - 23 "The Thing" Phil Harris

Dec 30 "The Tennessee Waltz" Patti Page

R&B

18 February: "I Almost Lost My Mind" — Ivory Joe Hunter (5 weeks)*

4 March: "Double Crossing Blues" — Johnny Otis Quintette, the Robins, and Little Esther (9 weeks)

15 April: "Mistrustin' Blues" — Little Esther with Mel Walker and the Johnny Otis Orchestra (4 weeks)

13 May: "I Need You So" — Ivory Joe Hunter (2 weeks)

27 May: "Pink Champagne" — Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers (13 weeks)*

8 July: "Cupid Boogie" — Johnny Otis Orchestra, Little Esther, and Mel Walker (1 week)

19 August: "Hard Luck Blues" — Roy Brown (3 weeks)

2 September: "Mona Lisa" — Nat "King" Cole (4 weeks)

9 September: "Blue Light Boogie" (Parts 1 & 2) — Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (7 weeks)

28 October: "Blue Shadows" — Lowell Fulson (4 weeks)

4 November: "Anytime — Any Place — Anywhere" — Joe Morris and His Orchestra (4 weeks)*

25 November: "Please Send Me Someone to Love" — Percy Mayfield (2 weeks)*

9 December: "Teardrops from My Eyes" — Ruth Brown (11 weeks)*

1951

Top 100

Jan 6 – Feb 24 "The Tennessee Waltz" Patti Page

Mar 3 – 17 – Apr 14 "If" Perry Como

Mar 10 "Be My Love" Mario Lanza

Apr 21 – Jun 16 "How High the Moon" Les Paul and Mary Ford

Jun 23 – Jul 21 "Too Young" Nat King Cole

Jul 28 – Sep 1 "Come on-a My House" Rosemary Clooney

Sep 8 – Oct 27 "Because of You" Tony Bennett

Nov 3 = Dec 8 "Cold, Cold Heart" Tony Bennett

Dec 15 - 22 "(It’s No) Sin" Eddy Howard

Dec 29 "Cry" Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads

R&B

6 January: "Bad, Bad Whiskey" — Amos Milburn (3 weeks)*

3 March: "Black Night" — Charles Brown (14 weeks)

9 June: "Rocket 88" — Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats (5 weeks)

9 June: "Chica Boo" — Lloyd Glenn (2 weeks)

30 June: "Sixty Minute Man" — The Dominoes (14 weeks)*

1 September: "Don’t You Know I Love You" — The Clovers (2 weeks)

22 September: "The Glory of Love" — The Five Keys (4 weeks)*

3 November: "'T' 99 Blues" — Jimmie Nelson and the Peter Rabbit Trio (1 week)

10 November: "Fool, Fool, Fool" — The Clovers (6 weeks)*

10 November: "I Got Loaded" — "Peppermint" Harris (2 weeks)*

17 November: "I'm in the Mood" — John Lee Hooker (4 weeks)*

8 December: "Because of You" — Tab Smith and His Orchestra (2 weeks)

29 December: "Flamingo" — Earl Bostic and His Orchestra (4 weeks)*

1952

Top 100

Jan 5 – Mar 8 "Cry" Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads

Mar 15 – May 10 "Wheel of Fortune" Kay Starr

May 17 – Jun 14 "Blue Tango" Leroy Anderson

Jun 21 - 28 "Here in My Heart" Al Martino

Jul 5 "Delicado" Percy Faith

Jul 12 – Sep 6 "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" Vera Lynn

Sep 13 – Oct 11 "You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford

Oct 18 – Nov 15 "I Went to Your Wedding" Patti Page

Nov 22 "It's in the Book (Parts 1 & 2)" Johnny Standley

Nov 29 – Dec 20 "Why Don't You Believe Me?" Joni James

Dec 27 "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Jimmy Boyd

R&B

January 12 "Weepin' & Cryin'" — Griffin Brothers Orchestra (3 weeks)

January 12 "Cry" — Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads (1 week)

February 2 "3 o’Clock Blues" — B.B. King (5 weeks)

March 15 "Night Train" — Jimmy Forrest (7 weeks)

March 15 "Booted" — Roscoe Gordon (1 week)

May 3 "5–10–15 Hours" — Ruth Brown (7 weeks)

June 14 "Have Mercy Baby" — The Dominoes (10 weeks)*

June 21 "Goin' Home" — Fats Domino (1 week)

July 12 "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" — Lloyd Price (7 weeks)*

August 23 "Mary Jo" — Four Blazes (3 weeks)

September 6 "Ting-a-Ling" — The Clovers(1 week)

September 27 "My Song" — Johnny Ace (9 weeks)

September 27 "Juke" — Little Walter (8 weeks)*

November 8 "Five Long Years" — Eddie Boyd (7 weeks)*

November 8 "You Know I Love You" — B.B. King (2 weeks)*

December 27 "I Don't Know" — Willie Mabon and His Combo (8 weeks)

1953

Top 100

Jan 3 "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Jimmy Boyd

Jan 10 – Feb 7 "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" Perry Como

Feb 14 – Mar 14 "Till I Waltz Again with You" Teresa Brewer

Mar 21 – May 9 "The Doggie in the Window" Patti Page

May 16 – Jul 18 "The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)" Percy Faith

Jul 25 – Aug 1 "I'm Walking Behind You" Eddie Fisher

Aug 8 – Oct 3, Nov 7 - 14 "Vaya con Dios (May God Be with You)" Les Paul and Mary Ford

Nov 21 – Dec 26 "Rags to Riches" Tony Bennett

R&B

21 February: "Baby Don't Do It" — The "5" Royales (3 weeks)

7 March: "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" — Ruth Brown (5 weeks)

18 April: "Hound Dog" — Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton" (7 weeks)

30 May "I'm Mad" — Willie Mabon and His Combo" (2 weeks)

13 June: "Help Me Somebody" — The "5" Royales (5 weeks)*

4 July: "Please Love Me" — B.B. King (3 weeks)*

18 July: "The Clock" — Johnny Ace (5 weeks)*

22 August: "Crying in the Chapel" — The Orioles (5 weeks)*

19 September: "Shake a Hand" — Faye Adams (10 weeks)*

21 November: "Money Honey" — The Drifters (11 weeks)

5 December: "Honey Hush" — Big Joe Turner (8 weeks)

1954

Top 100

Jan 2 – Feb 20 "Oh! My Pa-Pa (O Mein Papa)" Eddie Fisher

Feb 27 – Mar 6, 20 "Secret Love" Doris Day

Mar 13, 27 – Apr 3 "Make Love to Me" Jo Stafford

Apr 10 – May 29 "Wanted" Perry Como

Jun 5 – Jul 31 "Little Things Mean a Lot" Kitty Kallen

Aug 7 – Sep 18 "Sh-Boom" The Crew-Cuts

Sep 2 – Oct 30 "Hey There" Rosemary Clooney

Nov 6 "This Ole House" Rosemary Clooney

Nov 13 - 27 "I Need You Now" Eddie Fisher

Dec 4 - 25 "Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes

R&B

30 January: "The Things That I Used to Do" — Guitar Slim (14 weeks)

6 February: "I'll Be True" — Faye Adams (1 week)

27 March: "You'll Never Walk Alone" — Roy Hamilton (8 weeks)

22 May: "Work With Me, Annie" — The Midnighters (7 weeks)

12 June: "Shake, Rattle and Roll" — Big Joe Turner (3 weeks)

10 July: "Honey Love" — The Drifters (8 weeks)

4 September: "Oh What a Dream" — Ruth Brown (8 weeks)

25 September: "Annie Had a Baby" — The Midnighters (2 weeks)

16 October: "Hurts Me to My Heart" — Faye Adams (5 weeks)

20 November: "Mambo Baby" — Ruth Brown (1 week)

27 November: "Hearts of Stone" — The Charms (9 weeks)

25 December: "You Upset Me Baby" — B.B. King (2 weeks)

1955

Top 100

Jan 1 – 15 "Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes

Jan 22 – 29 "Let Me Go, Lover" Joan Weber

Feb 5 "Hearts of Stone" Fontane Sisters

Feb 12 – Mar 19 "Sincerely" McGuire Sisters

Mar 26 – Apr 23 "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" Bill Hayes

Apr 30 – Jul 2 "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" Pérez Prado

Jul 9 – Aug 27 "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets

Sep 3 – Oct 1, 15 "The Yellow Rose of Texas" Mitch Miller

Oct 8, 22 "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" Four Aces

Oct 29 – Nov 19 "Autumn Leaves" Roger Williams

Nov 26 – Dec 31 "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie

R&B

15 January: "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" — The Penguins (3 weeks)

22 January: "Sincerely" — The Moonglows (2 weeks)*

12 February: "Pledging My Love" — Johnny Ace (10 weeks)*

9 April: "The Wallflower" — Etta James (4 weeks)*

23 April: "My Babe" — Little Walter (5 weeks)*

7 May: "I Got a Woman" — Ray Charles (1 week)

21 May: "Unchained Melody" — Roy Hamilton (3 weeks)

11 June: "Ain't That a Shame" — Fats Domino (1 week)

18 June: "Unchained Melody" — Al Hibbler (1 week)

25 June: "Bo Diddley" — Bo Diddley (2 weeks)*

6 August: "A Fool for You" — Ray Charles (1 week)

20 August: "Maybellene" — Chuck Berry (11 weeks)

22 October: "Only You (and You Alone)" — The Platters (7 weeks)

29 October: "All by Myself" — Fats Domino (3 weeks)

17 December: "Hands Off" — Jay McShann and His Orchestra (3 weeks)

31 December: "Poor Me" — Fats Domino (1 week)

31 December: "Adorable" — The Drifters (1 week)

1956

Top 100

Jan 7 "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie

Jan 14 – Feb 11 "Memories Are Made of This" Dean Martin

Feb 18 - 25 "The Great Pretender" The Platters

Mar 3 - 17 "Rock and Roll Waltz" Kay Starr

Mar 24 – Apr 28 "The Poor People of Paris" Les Baxter

May 5 – Jun 16 "Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley

Jun 23 – Jul 28 "The Wayward Wind" Gogi Grant

Aug 4 - 11 "I Almost Lost My Mind" Pat Boone

Aug 18 – Sep 8 "My Prayer" The Platters

Sep 15 – Oct 27 "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley

Nov 3 – Nov 17 "Green Door" Jim Lowe

Nov 24 – Dec 1 "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley

Dec 8 - 29 "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell

R&B

7 January: "The Great Pretender" — The Platters (11 Weeks) *

7 January: "At My Front Door" — The El Dorados (1 Week) *

17 March: Why Do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers (5 Weeks)

24 March: Drown in My Own Tears - Ray Charles (2 Weeks)

14 April: Long Tall Sally - Little Richard (8 Weeks)

19 May: I'm in Love Again - Fats Domino (9 Weeks)*

21 July: Fever - Little Willie John (5 Weeks)

28 July: Treasure of Love - Clyde McPhatter (1 Week)

4 August: Rip It Up - Little Richard (2 Weeks)

18 August: My Prayer - The Platters (2 Weeks)

25 August: Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) - Bill Doggett (13 Weeks)*

1 September: Let the Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee (3 Weeks)*

15 September: Hound Dog/Don’t Be Cruel - Elvis Presley (6 Weeks)*

13 November: Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino (11 Weeks)*

1957

Top 100

Jan 5 – Feb 2 "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell

Feb 9 "Don't Forbid Me" Pat Boone

Feb 16 – Mar 23 "Young Love" Tab Hunter

Mar 30 – Apr 13 "Butterfly" Andy Williams

Apr 20 – Jun 3 "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley

Jun 10 – Jul 8 "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone

Jul 15 – Aug 26 "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" Elvis Presley

Sep 2 - 30 "Tammy" Debbie Reynolds

Oct 7 – 14 "Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers

Oct 21 - 28 "Wake Up Little Susie" Everly Brothers

Nov 4 – Dec 9 "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley

Dec 16 - 23 "You Send Me" Sam Cooke

Dec 30 "April Love" Pat Boone

R&B

1/5 Since I Met You Baby - Ivory Joe Hunter (3 Weeks)

1/26 Blue Monday - Fats Domino (8 Weeks)*

3/9 Jim Dandy - LaVern Baker (1 Week)

3/16 Love Is Strange - Mickey and Sylvia (2 Weeks)

3/23 I'm Walkin' - Fats Domino (6 Weeks)

4/27 Lucille - Little Richard (2 Weeks)

4/29 School Day - Chuck Berry (5 Weeks)*

4/29 All Shook Up - Elvis Presley (4 Weeks)

6/3 Young Blood - The Coasters (1 Week)

6/10 Searchin' - The Coasters (12 Weeks)

6/17 C.C. Rider - Chuck Willis (2 Weeks)*

7/29 Short Fat Fannie - Larry Williams (1 Week)

8/19 Send For Me - Nat "King" Cole (2 Weeks)

9/2 Further Up the Road - Bobby "Blue" Bland (2 Weeks)*

9/2 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Elvis Presley (1 Week)

9/9 Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis (2 Weeks)

9/16 Long Lonely Nights - Clyde McPhatter (1 Week)

9/23 Diana - Paul Anka (2 Weeks)

9/30 Mr. Lee - The Bobbettes (4 Weeks)*

10/7 Honeycomb - Jimmie Rodgers (2 Weeks)

10/21 Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley (5 Weeks)

10/28 Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers (1 Week)

11/25 You Send Me - Sam Cooke (6 Weeks)

1958

Top 100

Jan 6 – Feb 17 "At the Hop" Danny and the Juniors

Feb 24 – Mar 3 "Get a Job" The Silhouettes

Mar 10 "Don't" Elvis Presley

Mar 17 – Apr 14 "Tequila" The Champs

Apr 21 "Twilight Time" The Platters

Apr 28 – May 12 "Witch Doctor" David Seville

May 19 – Jun 2 "All I Have To Do Is Dream" Everly Brothers

Jun 9 – Jul 14 "The Purple People Eater" Sheb Wooley

Jul 21 "Yakety Yak" The Coasters

Jul 28 "Patricia" Perez Prado

Aug 4 - 11 "Poor Little Fool" Ricky Nelson

Aug 18 – Sep 1 - 22 "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" Domenico Modugno

Aug 25 "Little Star" The Elegants

Sep 29 – Nov 3 "It's All in the Game" Tommy Edwards

Nov 10, 24 "It's Only Make Believe" Conway Twitty

Nov 17 "Tom Dooley" The Kingston Trio

Dec 1 - 15 "To Know Him Is to Love Him" Teddy Bears

Dec 22 - 29 "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" David Seville and The Chipmunks

R&B

Jan 6 At the Hop Danny & The Juniors

*Jan 6 - 13 Raunchy Ernie Freeman

Jan 7 I'll Come Running Back to You Sam Cooke

Jan 20 Raunchy Bill Justis and His Orchestra

Feb 3 – Mar 3 Get A Job The Silhouettes

Mar 10 - 24 Sweet Little Sixteen Chuck Berry

Mar 31 – Apr 21 Tequila The Champs

Apr 28 – May 12 Twillight Time The Platters

*May 5 - 19 Wear My Ring Around Your Neck Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires

May 19 All I have to Do Is Dream The Everly Brothers

May 26 Witch Doctor The Music of David Saville

Jun 23 – Aug 4 Yakety Yak The Coasters

*Jun 23 What Am I Living For Chuck Willis

*Aug 4 Splish Splash Bobby Darin

Aug 11 - 18 Patricia Perez Prado and His Orch.

Aug 25 Just A Dream Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets

Sep 1 - 22 Little Star The Elegants

*Sep 1 When Kalin Twins

Sep 29 – Oct 13 It's All In the Game Tommy Edwards

*Oct 6 - 20 Rock-in-Robin Bobby Day

Oct 27 – Dec 1 Topsy II Cozy Cole

Dec 8 A Lover's Question Clyde McPhatter

Dec 15 Lonely Teardrops Jackie Wilson

1959

Top 100

Jan 5 – 12 "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" David Seville and The Chipmunks

Jan 19 – Feb 2 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" The Platters

Feb 9 – Mar 2 "Stagger Lee" Lloyd Price

Mar 9 – Apr 6 "Venus" Frankie Avalon

Apr 13 – May 4 "Come Softly to Me" The Fleetwoods

May 11 "The Happy Organ" Dave "Baby" Cortez

May 18 - 25 "Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison

Jun 1 – Jul 6 "The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton

Jul 13 – Aug 3 "Lonely Boy" Paul Anka

Aug 10 - 17 "A Big Hunk o' Love" Elvis Presley

Aug 24 – Sep 14 "The Three Bells" The Browns

Sep 21 - 28 "Sleep Walk" Santo & Johnny

Oct 5 – Nov 9, Nov 23 – Dec 7 "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin

Nov 16 "Mr. Blue" The Fleetwoods

Dec 14 - 21 "Heartaches by the Number" Guy Mitchell

Dec 28 "Why" Frankie Avalon

R&B

Jan 5 - 26 Lonely Teardrops Jackie Wilson

Feb 2 Try Me James Brown and His Famous Flames

Feb 9 – Mar 2 Stagger Lee Lloyd Price

Mar 9 – May 4 It's Just a Matter of Time Brook Benton

May 11 – Jun 22 Kansas City Wilbert Harrison

Jun 29 – Jul 20 Personality Lloyd Price

Jul 27 There Goes My Baby The Drifters

Aug 3 What'd I Say (Part 1) Ray Charles

Aug 10 - 31 Thank You Pretty Baby Brook Benton

Sep 7 – 14, 28 I'm Gonna Get Married Lloyd Price

Sep 21 I Want to Walk You Home Fats Domino

Oct 5, Oct 26 – Nov 9 Poison Ivy The Coasters

Oct 12 Sea of Love Phil Phillips

Oct 19 You Better Know It Jackie Wilson

Nov 16 So Many Ways Brook Benton

Nov 23 - 30 Don't You Know Della Reese

Dec 7, 28 The Clouds The Spacemen

Dec 14 - 21 So Many Ways Brook Benton

1960

Top 100

Jan 4 - 11 "El Paso" Marty Robbins

Jan 18 – Feb 1 "Running Bear" Johnny Preston

Feb 8 - 15 "Teen Angel" Mark Dinning

Feb 22 – Apr 18 "Theme from A Summer Place" Percy Faith

Apr 25 – May 16 "Stuck on You" Elvis Presley

May 23 – Jun 20 "Cathy's Clown" The Everly Brothers

Jun 27 – Jul 4 "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" Connie Francis

Jul 11 "Alley Oop" Hollywood Argyles

Jul 18 – Aug 1 "I'm Sorry" Brenda Lee

Aug 8 "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" Brian Hyland

Aug 15 – Sep 12 "It's Now or Never" Elvis Presley

Sep 19 "The Twist" Chubby Checker

Sep 26 – Oct 3 "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" Connie Francis

Oct 10 "Mr. Custer" Larry Verne

Oct 17, Oct 31 – Nov 7 "Save the Last Dance for Me" The Drifters

Oct 24 "I Want to Be Wanted" Brenda Lee

Nov 14 "Georgia on My Mind" Ray Charles

Nov 21 "Stay" Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs

Nov 28 – Dec 26 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" Elvis Presley

R&B

Jan 4 The Clouds The Spacemen

Jan 11 – Feb 1 Smokie (Part 2) Bill Black's Combo

Feb 8 – Apr 11 Baby (You've Got What It Takes) Brook Benton and Dinah Washington

Apr 18 Fannie Mae Buster Brown

Apr 25 – May 18 White Silver Sands Bill Black's Combo

May 23 – Jun 6 Doggin' Around Jackie Wilson

Jun 13 Cathy's Clown The Everly Brothers

Jun 20 – Jul 4, 18 A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall In Love) Brook Benton and Dinah Washington

Jul 11 There's Something On Your Mind (Part 2) Bobby Marchan

Jul 25 This Bitter Earth Dinah Washington

Aug 2 - 22 A Woman, A Lover A Friend Jackie Wilson

Aug 29 – Oct 24 Kiddio Brook Benton

Oct 31 Save the Last Dance For Me The Drifters

Nov 7, 21, Dec 5 Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go Hank Ballard & the Midnighters

Nov 14, 28, Dec 12 - 26 He Will Break Your Heart (He Don't Love You, Like I Love You) Jerry Butler

1961

Album

Jan 2 G.I. Blues Elvis Presley/Soundtrack

Jan 9 The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back Bob Newhart (Mono)

Jan 9 - 16 String Along The Kingston Trio (Stereo)

Jan 16, Feb 13 – Feb 27 Wonderland By Night Bert Kaempfert (Mono)

Jan 23 Exodus (film) Soundtrack

Jan 30 – Feb 6, Jul 3 Exodus Soundtrack (Mono)

Jan 30 – Mar 6, May 22, 29 - Jun 26 Exodus Soundtrack (Stereo)

Mar 13 – Apr 24, May 1- 22, Jul 10 Calcutta Lawrence Welk

May 1 - 15 G.I. Blues Elvis Presley/Soundtrack (Mono)

May 29 The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart Bob Newhart (Mono)

Jun 5 – Jul 10 Camelot The Original Broadway Cast (Mono)

Jul 17 – Aug 14 Stars of A Summer Night Various Artists

Jul 24 Carnival The Original Broadway Cast (Mono)

Aug 21 – Sep 4 Something for Everybody Elvis Presley (Mono)

Aug 21 – Sep 4 Stars of A Summer Night Various Artists (Stereo)

Sep 11 – Nov 6 Judy at Carnegie Hall Judy Garland (Mono) (Stereo)

Nov 13 Stars of A Summer Night Various Artists (Stereo)

Nov 20 – Dec 4 Stereo 35/MM Enoch Light & The Light Brigade (Stereo)

Dec 11 - 25 Blue Hawaii Elvis Presley/Soundtrack (Mono) (Stereo)

Top 100

Jan 2 "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" Elvis Presley

Jan 9 - 23 "Wonderland by Night" Bert Kaempfert

Jan 30 – Feb 6 "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" The Shirelles

Feb 13 - 20 "Calcutta" Lawrence Welk

Feb 27 – Mar 13 "Pony Time" Chubby Checker

Mar 20 - 27 "Surrender" Elvis Presley

Apr 3 - 17 "Blue Moon" The Marcels

Apr 24 – May 15 "Runaway" Del Shannon

May 22 "Mother-in-Law" Ernie K-Doe

May 29 – Jun 12 "Travelin' Man" Ricky Nelson

Jun 5 "Running Scared" Roy Orbison

Jun 19 "Moody River" Pat Boone

Jun 26 – Jul 3 "Quarter to Three" Gary U.S. Bonds

Jul 10 – Aug 21 "Tossin' and Turnin'" Bobby Lewis

Aug 28 "Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)" Joe Dowell

Sep 4 - 11 "Michael" The Highwaymen

Sep 18 – Oct 2 "Take Good Care of My Baby" Bobby Vee

Oct 9 - 16 "Hit the Road Jack" Ray Charles

Oct 23 - 30 "Runaround Sue" Dion

Nov 6 – Dec 4 "Big Bad John" Jimmy Dean

Dec 11 "Please Mr. Postman" The Marvelettes

Dec 18 - 25 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" The Tokens

R&B

Jan 1 - 8 He Will Break Your Heart (He Don't Love You, Like I Love You) Jerry Butler

Jan 16 – Mar 6 Shop Around The Miracles

Mar 13 - 20 Pony Time Chubby Checker

Mar 27 I Pity the Fool Bobby "Blue" Bland

Apr 3 - 10 Blue Moon The Marcels

Apr 17 One Mint Julep Ray Charles

Apr 24 – May 22 Mother-In-Law Ernie K-Doe

May 29 – Jun 19 Stand By Me Ben E. King

Jun 26 Every Beat Of My Heart The Pips

Jul 3 – Sep 4 Tossin' and Turnin' Bobby Lewis

Sep 11 - 25 My True Story The Jive Five

Oct 2 - 30 Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles

Nov 6 Ya Ya Lee Dorsey

Nov 13 – Dec 25 Please Mr. Postman The Marvelettes

1962

Album

Jan 6 Blue Hawaii Elvis Presley/ Soundtrack Blue Hawaii Elvis Presley/Soundtrack

Jan 13 Blue Hawaii Elvis Presley/ Soundtrack Holiday Sing Along with Mitch Mitch Miller

Jan 20 – Feb 3, Apr 28 Blue Hawaii Elvis Presley/ Soundtrack Stereo 35/MM Enoch Light & the Light Brigade

Feb 10 – Apr 21 Blue Hawaii Elvis Presley/ Soundtrack Breakfast at Tiffany's Henry Mancini/Soundtrack

May 5 – Jun 16, Sep 29 – Oct 13 West Side Story Soundtrack West Side Story Soundtrack

Jun 23 Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles

Jun 30 Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles Breakfast at Tiffany's Henry Mancini/Soundtrack

Jul 7 – Sep 22 Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles West Side Story Soundtrack

Oct 20 – Nov 24 Peter, Paul and Mary Peter, Paul and Mary West Side Story Soundtrack

Dec 1 - 8 My Son, the Folk Singer Allan Sherman West Side Story Soundtrack

Dec 15 - 29 The First Family Vaughn Meader West Side Story Soundtrack

Top 100

Jan 6 "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" The Tokens

Jan 13 - 20 "The Twist" Chubby Checker

Jan 27 – Feb 10 "Peppermint Twist - Part I" Joey Dee and the Starliters

Feb 17 – Mar 3 "Duke of Earl" Gene Chandler

Mar 10 - 24 "Hey! Baby" Bruce Channel

Mar 31 "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" Connie Francis

Apr 7 - 14 "Johnny Angel" Shelley Fabares

Apr 21 - 28 "Good Luck Charm" Elvis Presley

May 5 - 19 "Soldier Boy" The Shirelles

May 26 "Stranger on the Shore" Mr. Acker Bilk

Jun 2 - 30 "I Can't Stop Loving You" Ray Charles

Jul 7 "The Stripper" David Rose

Jul 14 – Aug 4 "Roses Are Red (My Love)" Bobby Vinton

Aug 11 - 18 "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" Neil Sedaka

Aug 25 "The Loco-Motion" Little Eva

Sep 1 - 8 "Sheila" Tommy Roe

Sep 15 – Oct 13 "Sherry" The Four Seasons

Oct 20 - 27 "Monster Mash" Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers

Nov 3 - 10 "He's a Rebel" The Crystals

Nov 17 – Dec 15 "Big Girls Don't Cry" The Four Seasons

Dec 22 - 29 "Telstar" The Tornados

R&B

Jan 6 - 13 Unchain My Heart Ray Charles

Jan 20 – Feb 10 I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) Barbara George

Feb 17 – Mar 17 Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler

Mar 24 – Apr 7 Twistin' the Night Away Sam Cooke

Apr 14 - 21 Soul Twist King Curtis

Apr 28 – May 19 Mashed Potato Time Dee Dee Sharp

May 26 – Jul 28 I Can't Stop Loving You Ray Charles

Aug 4 - 18 You'll Lose a Good Thing Barbara Lynn

Aug 25 – Sep 8 The Loco-Motion Little Eva

Sep 15, 29, Oct 13, 27 Green Onions Booker T. & the MG's

Sep 22 You Beat Me To the Punch Mary Wells

Oct 6 Sherry The Four Seasons

Oct 20 – Nov 10 Do You Love Me The Contours

Nov 17 – Dec 1 Big Girls Don't Cry The Four Seasons

Dec 8, Dec 22 - 29 Release Me Esther Phillips

Dec 15 You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles

1963

Album

Jan 5 – Mar 2 The First Family Vaughn Meader West Side Story Soundtrack

Mar 9 My Son, the Celebrity Allan Sherman Jazz Samba Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd

Mar 16 – Apr 13 Songs I Sing on the Jackie Gleason Show Frank Fontaine West Side Story Soundtrack

Apr 20 - 27 West Side Story Soundtrack West Side Story Soundtrack

May 4 – Jul 13 Days of Wine and Roses Andy Williams Days of Wine and Roses Andy Williams

Jul 20 – Aug 10 Days of Wine and Roses Andy Williams West Side Story Soundtrack

Aug 17 Days of Wine and Roses Andy Williams

Aug 24 Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius Little Stevie Wonder

Aug 31 – Oct 19 My Son, the Nut Allan Sherman

Oct 26 Peter, Paul and Mary Peter, Paul and Mary

Nov 2 – Nov 30 In the Wind Peter, Paul and Mary

Dec 7 - 28 The Singing Nun Soeur Sourire, the Singing Nun

Top 100

Jan 5 "Telstar" The Tornados

Jan 12 - 19 "Go Away Little Girl" Steve Lawrence

Jan 26 – Feb 2 "Walk Right In" The Rooftop Singers

Feb 9 - 23 "Hey Paula" Paul & Paula

Mar 2 - 15 "Walk Like a Man" The Four Seasons

Mar 23 "Our Day Will Come" Ruby & the Romantics

Mar 30 – Apr 20 "He's So Fine" The Chiffons

Apr 27 – May 11 "I Will Follow Him" Little Peggy March

May 18 - 25 "If You Wanna Be Happy" Jimmy Soul

Jun 1 - 8 "It's My Party" Lesley Gore

Jun 15 - 29 "Sukiyaki" Kyu Sakamoto

Jul 6 - 13 "Easier Said Than Done" The Essex

Jul 20 - 27 "Surf City" Jan and Dean

Aug 3 "So Much in Love" The Tymes

Aug 10 - 24 "Fingertips Pt. 2" Little Stevie Wonder

Aug 31 – Sep 14 "My Boyfriend's Back" The Angels

Sep 21 – Oct 5 "Blue Velvet" Bobby Vinton

Oct 12 – Nov 9 "Sugar Shack" Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs

Nov 16 "Deep Purple" Nino Tempo and April Stevens

Nov 23 - 30 "I'm Leaving It Up to You" Dale & Grace

Dec 7 - 28 "Dominique" The Singing Nun

R&B

Jan 5 - 12 You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles

Jan 19 – Feb 9 Two Lovers Mary Wells

Feb 16 You've Really Got a Hold on Me The Miracles

Feb 23 – Mar 2 Hey Paula Paul & Paula

Mar 9 - 16 That's the Way Love Is Bobby "Blue" Bland

Mar 23 - 30 Our Day Will Come Ruby & the Romantics

Apr 6 - 27 He's So Fine The Chiffons

May 4 - 18 Baby Workout Jackie Wilson

May 25 I Will Follow Him Little Peggy March

Jun 1 If You Wanna Be Happy Jimmy Soul

Jun 8 Another Saturday Night Sam Cooke

Jun 15 - 29 It's My Party Lesley Gore

Jul 6 - 13 Hello Stranger Barbara Lewis

Jul 20 - 27 Easier Said Than Done The Essex

Aug 3 – Sep 7 Fingertips (Part 2) Little Stevie Wonder

Sep 14 – Oct 5 (Love is Like a) Heat Wave Martha & the Vandellas

Oct 12, 26 – Nov 2 Cry Baby Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters

Oct 19 Part Time Love Little Johnny Taylor

Nov 9 It's All Right The Impressions

Nov 23 Sugar Shack Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs

1964

Album

Jan 4 – Feb 8 The Singing Nun Soeur Sourire, The Singing Nun

Feb 15 – Apr 25 Meet the Beatles! The Beatles

May 2 - 30 The Beatles' Second Album The Beatles

Jun 6 – Jul 18 Hello, Dolly! Original Cast

Jul 25 – Oct 24 A Hard Day's Night The Beatles

Oct 31 – Nov 28 People Barbra Streisand

Dec 5 - 26 Beach Boys Concert The Beach Boys

Hot 100

Jan 4 - 25 "There! I've Said It Again" Bobby Vinton

Feb 1 – Mar 14 "I Want to Hold Your Hand" The Beatles

Mar 21 - 28 "She Loves You" The Beatles

Apr 4 – May 2 "Can't Buy Me Love" The Beatles

May 9 "Hello, Dolly!" Louis Armstrong

May 16 - 23 "My Guy" Mary Wells

May 30 "Love Me Do" The Beatles

Jun 6 - 20 "Chapel of Love" The Dixie Cups

Jun 27 "A World Without Love" Peter & Gordon

Jul 4 - 11 "I Get Around" The Beach Boys

Jul 18 - 25 "Rag Doll" The Four Seasons

Aug 1 - 8 "A Hard Day's Night" The Beatles

Aug 15 "Everybody Loves Somebody" Dean Martin

Aug 22 - 29 "Where Did Our Love Go" The Supremes

Sep 5 - 19 "The House of the Rising Sun" The Animals

Sep 26 – Oct 10 "Oh, Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison

Oct 17 - 24 "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" Manfred Mann

Oct 31 – Nov 21 "Baby Love" The Supremes

Nov 28 "Leader of the Pack" The Shangri-Las

Dec 5 "Ringo" Lorne Greene

Dec 12 "Mr. Lonely" Bobby Vinton

Dec 19 "Come See About Me" The Supremes

Dec 26 "I Feel Fine" The Beatles

1965

Album

Jan 2 Roustabout Elvis Presley/Soundtrack

Jan 9 – Mar 6 Beatles '65 The Beatles

Mar 13, Apr 10 – Jul 3 Mary Poppins Soundtrack

Mar 20 – Apr 3 Goldfinger Soundtrack

Jul 10 – Aug 14 Beatles VI The Beatles

Aug 21 – Sep 4 Out of Our Heads The Rolling Stones

Sep 11 – Nov 6 Help! The Beatles/Soundtrack

Nov 13 - 20 The Sound of Music Soundtrack

Nov 27 – Dec 25 Whipped Cream and Other Delights Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

Top 100

Jan 2 - 9 "I Feel Fine" The Beatles

Jan 16 "Come See About Me" The Supremes

Jan 23 - 30 "Downtown" Petula Clark

Feb 6 - 13 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers

Feb 20 - 27 "This Diamond Ring" Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Mar 6 "My Girl" The Temptations

Mar 13 - 20 "Eight Days a Week" The Beatles

Mar 27 – Apr 3 "Stop! In the Name of Love" The Supremes

Apr 10 - 17 "I'm Telling You Now" Freddie and the Dreamers

Apr 24 "Game of Love" Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders

May 1 - 15 "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" Herman's Hermits

May 22 "Ticket to Ride" The Beatles

May 29 – Jun 5 "Help Me Rhonda" The Beach Boys

Jun 12 "Back in My Arms Again" The Supremes

Jun 19, Jul 3 "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" The Four Tops

Jun 26 "Mr. Tambourine Man" The Byrds

Jul 10 - 31 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones

Aug 7 "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" Herman's Hermits

Aug 14 - 28 "I Got You Babe" Sonny and Cher

Sep 4 - 18 "Help!" The Beatles

Sep 25 "Eve of Destruction" Barry McGuire

Oct 2 "Hang on Sloopy" The McCoys

Oct 9 - 30 "Yesterday" The Beatles

Nov 6 - 13 "Get Off of My Cloud" The Rolling Stones

Nov 20 - 27 "I Hear a Symphony" The Supremes

Dec 4 - 18 "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" The Byrds

Dec 25 "Over and Over" The Dave Clark Five

R&B

Jan 30 – Mar 6 My Girl The Temptations

Mar 13 - 27 Shotgun Jr. Walker & the All-Stars

Apr 3, 17 - 24 Got To Get You Off My Mind Solomon Burke

Apr 10 Shotgun Jr. Walker & the All-Stars

May 1 - 15 We're Gonna Make It Little Milton

May 22 I'll Be Doggone Marvin Gaye

May 29 Back in My Arms Again The Supremes

Jun 5 – Jul 31 I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) The Four Tops

Aug 7 In the Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett

Aug 14 – Oct 2 Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1) James Brown

Oct 9 - 23 I Want To (Do Everything For You) Joe Tex

Oct 30 – Nov 20 Rescue Me Fontella Bass

Nov 27 Ain't That Peculiar Marvin Gaye

Dec 4 - 25 I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown

1966

Album

Jan 1, Feb 19 – 26 Whipped Cream and Other Delights Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass

Jan 8 – Feb 12 Rubber Soul The Beatles

Mar 5 Going Places Herb Alpert and His Tijuana Brass

Mar 12 – Apr 9 Ballads of The Green Berets SSgt. Barry Sadler

Apr 16 – May 14 Going Places Herb Alpert and His Tijuana Brass

May 21 If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears The Mamas & the Papas

May 28 – Jul 16, Sep 3 What Now My Love Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

Jul 23 Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra

Jul 30 – Aug 27 Yesterday and Today The Beatles

Sep 10 – Oct 15 Revolver The Beatles

Oct 22 - 29 Supremes A' Go-Go The Supremes

Nov 5 Dr. Zhivago Soundtrack

Nov 12 – Dec 31 The Monkees The Monkees

Hot 100

Jan 1 "The Sound of Silence" Simon and Garfunkel

Jan 8 – 15, 29 "We Can Work It Out" The Beatles

Jan 22 "The Sound of Silence" Simon and Garfunkel

Feb 5 - 12 "My Love" Petula Clark

Feb 19 "Lightnin' Strikes" Lou Christie

Feb 26 "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" Nancy Sinatra

Mar 5 – Apr 2 "Ballad of the Green Berets" SSgt Barry Sadler

Apr 9 - 23 "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" The Righteous Brothers

Apr 30 "Good Lovin'" The Young Rascals

May 7 - 21 "Monday, Monday" The Mamas & the Papas

May 28 – Jun 4 "When a Man Loves a Woman" Percy Sledge

Jun 11 - 18 "Paint It, Black" The Rolling Stones

Jun 25, Jul 9 "Paperback Writer" The Beatles

Jul 2 "Strangers in the Night" Frank Sinatra

Jul 16 - 23 "Hanky Panky" Tommy James and the Shondells

Jul 30 – Aug 6 "Wild Thing" The Troggs

Aug 13 - 27 "Summer in the City" The Lovin' Spoonful

Sep 3 "Sunshine Superman" Donovan

Sep 10 - 17 "You Can't Hurry Love" The Supremes

Sep 24 – Oct 8 "Cherish" The Association

Oct 15 - 22 "Reach Out I'll Be There" The Four Tops

Oct 29 "96 Tears" ? & the Mysterians

Nov 5 "Last Train to Clarksville" The Monkees

Nov 12 "Poor Side of Town" Johnny Rivers

Nov 19 - 26 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Supremes

Dec 3, 17 - 24 "Winchester Cathedral" The New Vaudeville Band

Dec 10 "Good Vibrations" The Beach Boys

Dec 31 "I'm a Believer" The Monkees

R&B

Jan 1, 15 I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown

Jan 8 A Sweet Woman Like You Joe Tex

Jan 22 – Feb 19 Uptight (Everything's Alright) Stevie Wonder

Feb 26 – Mar 5 Baby Scratch My Back Slim Harpo

Mar 12 – Apr 23 634-5789 (Soulsville U.S.A.) Wilson Pickett

Apr 30 Get Ready The Temptations

May 7 - 28 When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge

Jun 4 - 11 It's a Man's Man's Man's World James Brown

Jun 18 Hold On! I'm a Comin' Sam & Dave

Jun 25 – Jul 16, Jul 30 – Aug 20 Ain't Too Proud to Beg The Temptations

Jul 23 Let's Go Get Stoned Ray Charles

Aug 27 Blowin' in the Wind Stevie Wonder

Sep 3 - 10 You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes

Sep 17 Land Of a Thousand Dances Wilson Pickett

Sep 24 – Oct 22 Beauty Is Only Skin Deep The Temptations

Oct 29 – Nov 5 Reach Out I'll Be There The Four Tops

Nov 12 Love Is a Hurtin' Thing Lou Rawls

Nov 19 Knock On Wood Eddie Floyd

Nov 26 – Dec 17 You Keep Me Hangin' On The Supremes

Dec 24 - 31 (I Know) I'm Losing You The Temptations

1967

Album

Jan 7 – Jun 10 The Monkees The Monkees

Jun 17 Sounds Like... Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

Jun 24 Headquarters The Monkees

Jul 1 – Oct 7 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles

Oct 14 - 21 Ode to Billie Joe Bobbie Gentry

Oct 28 – Nov 25 Diana Ross and The Supremes Greatest Hits The Supremes

Dec 2 - 30 Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. The Monkees

Top 100

Jan 7 – Feb 11 "I'm a Believer" The Monkees

Feb 18 - 25 "Kind of a Drag" The Buckinghams

Mar 4 "Ruby Tuesday" The Rolling Stones

Mar 11 "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" The Supremes

Mar 18 "Penny Lane" The Beatles

Mar 25 – Apr 8 "Happy Together" The Turtles

Apr 15 – May 6 "Somethin' Stupid" Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra

May 13 "The Happening" The Supremes

May 20 – 27, Jun 17 - 24 "Groovin'" The Young Rascals

Jun 3 - 10 "Respect" Aretha Franklin

Jul 1 - 22 "Windy" The Association

Jul 29 – Aug 12 "Light My Fire" The Doors

Aug 19 "All You Need Is Love" The Beatles

Aug 26 – Sep 16 "Ode to Billie Joe" Bobbie Gentry

Sep 23 – Oct 14 "The Letter" Box Tops

Oct 21 – Nov 18 "To Sir, with Love" Lulu

Nov 25 "Incense and Peppermints" Strawberry Alarm Clock

Dec 2 - 23 "Daydream Believer" The Monkees

Dec 30 "Hello, Goodbye" The Beatles

R&B

Jan 7 – Feb 4 Tell It Like It Is Aaron Neville

Feb 11 – Mar 4 Are You Lonely for Me Freddie Scott

Mar 11 - 18 Love Is Here and Now You're Gone The Supremes

Mar 25 – May 6 I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) Aretha Franklin

May 13 Jimmy Mack Martha & the Vandellas

May 20 – Jul 8 Respect Aretha Franklin

Jul 15, Aug 5 – 19 I Was Made to Love Her Stevie Wonder

Jul 22 - 29 Make Me Yours Bettye Swann

Aug 26 – Sep 2 Baby I Love You Aretha Franklin

Sep 9 - 23 Cold Sweat James Brown

Sep 30 Funky Broadway Wilson Pickett

Oct 7 (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Jackie Wilson

Oct 14 – Nov 25 Soul Man Sam & Dave

Dec 2 – 30 I Heard It Through the Grapevine Gladys Knight & the Pips

1968

Album

Jan 6 – Feb 24 Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles

Mar 2 - 30 Blooming Hits Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra

Apr 6 – May 18 The Graduate Simon & Garfunkel/Soundtrack

May 25 – Jun 8, 29 – Jul 20 Bookends Simon & Garfunkel

Jun 15 - 22 The Graduate Simon & Garfunkel/Soundtrack

Jul 27 – Aug 3 The Beat of the Brass Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

Aug 10 - 31 Wheels of Fire Cream

Sep 7 – 21, Oct 5 Waiting for the Sun The Doors

Sep 28 Time Peace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits The Rascals

Oct 12 – Nov 9 Cheap Thrills Big Brother and the Holding Company

Nov 16 - 23 Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix Experience

Nov 30 – Dec 14 Cheap Thrills Big Brother and the Holding Company

Dec 21 Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell

Dec 28 The Beatles (White Album) The Beatles

Top 100

Jan 6 - 13 "Hello Goodbye" The Beatles

Jan 20 - 27 "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" John Fred and His Playboy Band

Feb 3 "Green Tambourine" The Lemon Pipers

Feb 10 – Mar 9 "Love is Blue" Paul Mauriat

Mar 16 – Apr 6 "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding

Apr 13 – May 11 "Honey" Bobby Goldsboro

May 18 - 25 "Tighten Up" Archie Bell & the Drells

Jun 1 - 15 "Mrs. Robinson" Simon and Garfunkel

Jun 22 – Jul 13 "This Guy's in Love with You" Herb Alpert

Jul 20 - 27 "Grazing in the Grass" Hugh Masekela

Aug 3 - 10 "Hello, I Love You" The Doors

Aug 17 – Sep 14 "People Got to Be Free" The Rascals

Sep 21 "Harper Valley PTA" Jeannie C. Riley

Sep 28 – Nov 23 "Hey Jude" The Beatles

Nov 30 – Dec 7 "Love Child" Diana Ross & the Supremes

Dec 14 - 28 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye

R&B

Jan 6 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Gladys Knight & the Pips

Jan 13 "I Second That Emotion" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

Jan 20 – Feb 10 "Chain of Fools" Aretha Franklin

Feb 17 – Mar 2 "I Wish It Would Rain" The Temptations

Mar 9 "We're a Winner" The Impressions

Mar 16 - 30 "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding

Apr 6 - 20 "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" Aretha Franklin

Apr 27 – May 4 "I Got the Feelin'" James Brown

May 11 "Cowboys to Girls" The Intruders

May 17 - 24 "Tighten Up" Archie Bell & the Drells

Jun 1 "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" Stevie Wonder

Jun 8 "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Jun 15 - 29 "Think" Aretha Franklin

Jul 6 "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" The Temptations

Jul 13 – Aug 3 "Grazing in the Grass" Hugh Masekela

Aug 10 - 24 "Stay in My Corner" The Dells

Aug 31 – Sep 28 "You're All I Need to Get By" Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

Oct 5 – Nov 9 "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (Part 1)" James Brown

Nov 16 "Hey, Western Union Man" Jerry Butler

Nov 23 – Dec 7 "Who's Making Love" Johnnie Taylor

Dec 14 - 28 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye

1969

Album

Jan 4 – Feb 1, 15 – Mar 1 The Beatles (White Album) The Beatles

Feb 8 TCB Diana Ross & The Supremes and The Temptations

Mar 8 – 22, Apr 5 Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell

Mar 29, Apr 12 – 19, Jul 26 – Aug 16 Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat, and Tears

Apr 26 – Jul 19 Hair Original Cast

Aug 23 – Sep 13 At San Quentin Johnny Cash

Sep 20 - 27 Blind Faith Blind Faith

Oct 4 - 25 Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival

Nov 1 – Dec 20 Abbey Road The Beatles

Dec 27 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin

Top 100

Jan 4 - 25 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye

Feb 1 - 8 "Crimson and Clover" Tommy James & the Shondells

Feb 15 – Mar 8 "Everyday People" Sly & the Family Stone

Mar 15 – Apr 5 "Dizzy" Tommy Roe

Apr 12 – May 17 "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" The Fifth Dimension

May 24 – Jun 21 "Get Back" The Beatles with Billy Preston

Jun 28 – Jul 5 "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" Henry Mancini

Jul 12 – Aug 16 "In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)" Zager and Evans

Aug 23 – Sep 13 "Honky Tonk Women" The Rolling Stones

Sep 20 – Oct 11 "Sugar, Sugar" The Archies

Oct 18 - 25 "I Can't Get Next to You" The Temptations

Nov 1 "Suspicious Minds" Elvis Presley

Nov 8 - 22 "Wedding Bell Blues" The Fifth Dimension

Nov 29 "Come Together" / "Something" The Beatles

Dec 6 - 13 "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" Steam

Dec 20 "Leaving on a Jet Plane" Peter, Paul and Mary

Dec 27 "Someday We'll Be Together" Diana Ross & The Supremes

R&B

Jan 4 - 25 I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye

Feb 1 - 15 Can I Change My Mind Tyrone Davis

Feb 22 – Mar 1 Everyday People Sly & the Family Stone

Mar 8 - 15 Give It Up Or Turnit a Loose James Brown

Mar 22 - 29 Run Away Child, Running Wild The Temptations

Apr 5 - 12 Only the Strong Survive Jerry Butler

Apr 19 – May 10 It's Your Thing The Isley Brothers

May 17 - 31 The Chokin' Kind Joe Simon

Jun 7 – Jul 12 Too Busy Thinking About My Baby Marvin Gaye

Jul 19 – 26 What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) Jr. Walker & the All-Stars

Aug 2 - 9 Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have a Mother For Me) James Brown

Aug 16 Choice Of Colors The Impressions

Aug 23 – Sep 20 Share Your Love With Me Aretha Franklin

Sep 27 Oh What a Night The Dells

Oct 04 – Nov 1 I Can't Get Next to You The Temptations

Nov 8 – Dec 6 Baby I'm For Real The Originals

Dec 13 - 27 Someday We'll Be Together Diana Ross & the Supremes

1970

Album

Jan 3 – 10, Jan 24 Abbey Road The Beatles

Jan 17, 31 – Feb 28 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin

Mar 7 – May 9 Bridge over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel

May 16 Déjà Vu Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)

May 23 – Jun 6 McCartney Paul McCartney

Jun 13 – Jul 4 Let It Be The Beatles

Jul 11 – Aug 1 Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More Soundtrack

Aug 8 – 15 Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 Blood, Sweat & Tears

Aug 22 – Oct 17 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival

Oct 24, Nov 28 – Dec 26 Abraxas Santana

Oct 31 – Nov 21 Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin

Top 100

Jan 3 - 24 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B. J. Thomas

Jan 31 "I Want You Back" The Jackson 5

Feb 7 "Venus" The Shocking Blue

Feb 14 - 21 "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" / "Everybody Is a Star" Sly & the Family Stone

Feb 28 – Apr 4 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon and Garfunkel

Apr 11 - 18 "Let It Be" The Beatles

Apr 25 – May 2 "ABC" The Jackson 5

May 9 - 23 "American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight" The Guess Who

May 30 – Jun 6 "Everything is Beautiful" Ray Stevens

Jun 13 - 20 "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue" The Beatles

Jun 27 – Jul 4 "The Love You Save" The Jackson 5

Jul 11 - 18 "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" Three Dog Night

Jul 25 – Aug 15 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" The Carpenters

Aug 22 "Make It With You" Bread

Aug 29 – Sep 12 "War" Edwin Starr

Sep 19 – Oct 3 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Diana Ross

Oct 10 "Cracklin' Rosie" Neil Diamond

Oct 17 – Nov 14 "I'll Be There" The Jackson 5

Nov 21 – Dec 5 "I Think I Love You" The Partridge Family

Dec 12 - 19 "The Tears of a Clown" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

Dec 26 "My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" George Harrison

R&B

Jan 3 Someday We'll Be Together Diana Ross & the Supremes

Jan 10 – 31 I Want You Back The Jackson 5

Feb 7 – Mar 7 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / Everybody is a Star Sly & the Family Stone

Mar 14 Rainy Night In Georgia Brook Benton

Mar 21 - 28 Call Me Aretha Franklin

Apr 4 – 25 ABC The Jackson 5

May 2 - 9 Turn Back the Hands Of Time Tyrone Davis

May 16 – Jun 13 Love On a Two-Way Street The Moments

Jun 20 – Jul 25 The Love You Save The Jackson 5

Aug 1 – Sep 5 Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Stevie Wonder

Sep 12 – 26 Don't Play That Song (You Lied) Aretha Franklin

Oct 3 Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross

Oct 10 – Nov 14 I'll Be There The Jackson 5

Novr 21 - 28 Super Bad (Part 1) James Brown

Dec 5 - 19 The Tears of a Clown Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

Dec 26 Stoned Love The Supremes

1971

Album

Jan 2 – Feb 13 All Things Must Pass George Harrison

Feb 20 Jesus Christ Superstar Original Cast

Feb 27 – Apr 24 Pearl Janis Joplin

May 1 - 8 Jesus Christ Superstar Original Cast

May 15 4 Way Street Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

May 22 – Jun 12 Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones

Jun 19 – Sep 25 Tapestry Carole King

Oct 2 - 23 Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart

Oct 30 Imagine John Lennon

Nov 6 Shaft Isaac Hayes/Soundtrack

Nov 13 – Dec 11 Santana III Santana

Dec 18 - 25 There's a Riot Goin' On Sly & the Family Stone

Top 100

Jan 2 - 16 "My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" George Harrison

Jan 23 – Feb 6 "Knock Three Times" Dawn

Feb 13 – Mar 13 "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds

Mar 20 - 27 "Me and Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin

Apr 3 - 10 "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations

Apr 17 – May 22 "Joy to the World" Three Dog Night

May 29 – Jun 5 "Brown Sugar" The Rolling Stones

Jun 12 "Want Ads" The Honey Cone

Jun 19 – Jul 17 "It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move" Carole King

Jul 24 "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" The Raiders

Jul 31 "You've Got a Friend" James Taylor

Aug 7 - 28 "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" Bee Gees

Sep 4 "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney

Sep 11 - 25 "Go Away Little Girl" Donny Osmond

Oct 2 - 30 "Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe" Rod Stewart

Nov 6 - 13 "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" Cher

Nov 20 - 27 "Theme from Shaft" Isaac Hayes

Dec 4 - 18 "Family Affair" Sly & the Family Stone

Dec 25 "Brand New Key" Melanie

R&B

Jan 2 - 16 "Groove Me" King Floyd

Jan 23 "If I Were Your Woman" Gladys Knight & the Pips

Jan 30 "Groove Me" King Floyd

Feb 6 - 13 "(Do The) Push and Pull" Rufus Thomas

Feb 20 - 27 "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone" Johnnie Taylor

Mar 6 - 20 "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations

Mar 27 – Apr 24 "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye

May 1 - 15 "Never Can Say Goodbye" The Jackson 5

May 22, Jun 5 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Aretha Franklin

May 29, Jun 12 - 19 "Want Ads" The Honey Cone

June 26 "Don't Knock My Love" Wilson Pickett

Jul 3 - 31 "Mr. Big Stuff" Jean Knight

Aug 7 "Hot Pants (Part 1)" James Brown

Aug 14 - 21 "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" Marvin Gaye

Aug 28 – Sep 11 "Spanish Harlem" Aretha Franklin

Sep 18 - 25 "Stick-Up" The Honey Cone

Oct 2 - 9 "Make It Funky (Part 1)" James Brown

Oct 16 - 23 "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" The Persuaders

Oct 30 "Trapped By a Thing Called Love" Denise LaSalle

Nov 6 - 13 "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" Marvin Gaye

Nov 20 - 27 "Have You Seen Her" The Chi-Lites

Dec 4 - 25 "Family Affair" Sly & the Family Stone

1972

Album

Jan 1 - 15 Music Carole King

Jan 22 – Mar 4 American Pie Don McLean

Mar 11 - 18 Harvest Neil Young

Mar 25 – Apr 22 America America

Apr 29 – May 27 First Take Roberta Flack

Jun 3 - 10 Thick as a Brick Jethro Tull

Jun 17 – Jul 8 Exile on Main St. The Rolling Stones

Jul 15 – Aug 12 Honky Château Elton John

Aug 19 – Oct 14 Chicago V Chicago

Oct 21 – Nov 11 Superfly Curtis Mayfield/Soundtrack

Nov 18 – Dec 2 Catch Bull at Four Cat Stevens

Dec 9 - 30 Seventh Sojourn The Moody Blues

Top 100

Jan 1 - 8 "Brand New Key" Melanie

Jan 15 – Feb 5 "American Pie" Don McLean

Feb 12 "Let's Stay Together" Al Green

Feb 19 – Mar 11 "Without You" Nilsson

Mar 18 "Heart of Gold" Neil Young

Mar 25 – Apr 8 "A Horse With No Name" America

Apr 15 – May 20 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" Roberta Flack

May 27 "Oh Girl" The Chi-Lites

Jun 3 "I'll Take You There" The Staple Singers

Jun 10 – Jun 24 "The Candy Man" Sammy Davis, Jr.

Jul 1 "Song Sung Blue" Neil Diamond

Jul 8 - 22 "Lean on Me" Bill Withers

Jul 29 – Aug 19, Sep 2 - 9 "Alone Again (Naturally)" Gilbert O'Sullivan

Aug 26 "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" Looking Glass

Sep 16 "Black and White" Three Dog Night

Sep 23 – Oct 7 "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" Mac Davis

Oct 14 "Ben" Michael Jackson

Oct 21 - 28 "My Ding-a-Ling" Chuck Berry

Nov 4 - 25 "I Can See Clearly Now" Johnny Nash

Dec 2 "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" The Temptations

Dec 9 "I Am Woman" Helen Reddy

Dec 16 - 30 "Me and Mrs. Jones" Billy Paul

R&B

Jan 1 Family Affair Sly & the Family Stone

Jan 8 – Mar 4 Let's Stay Together Al Green

Mar 11 Talking Loud and Saying Nothing, Pt. 1 James Brown

Mar 18 I Gotcha Joe Tex

Mar 25 – Apr 15 In the Rain The Dramatics

Apr 22 - 29 Day Dreaming Aretha Franklin

May 6 - 27 I'll Take You There The Staple Singers

Jun 3 - 10 Oh Girl The Chi-Lites

Jun 17 Woman's Gotta Have It Bobby Womack

Jun 24 Lean On Me Bill Withers

Jul 1 Outa-Space Billy Preston

Jul 8 - 29 (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right Luther Ingram

Aug 5 Where Is the Love Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Aug 12 - 19 I'm Still in Love With You Al Green

Aug 26 – Sep 2 Power Of Love Joe Simon

Sep 9 Back Stabbers The O'Jays

Sep 16 – Oct 7 Get On the Good Foot James Brown

Oct 14 – Nov 11 I'll Be Around The Spinners

Nov 18 - 25 If You Don't Know Me by Now Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Dec 2 You Ought to Be With Me Al Green

Dec 9 - 30 Me and Mrs. Jones Billy Paul

1973

Album

Jan 6 Seventh Sojourn The Moody Blues

Jan 13 – Feb 10 No Secrets Carly Simon

Feb 17 - 24 The World Is a Ghetto War

Mar 3 - 10 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Elton John

Mar 17 - 31 Dueling Banjos Eric Weissberg

Apr 7 - 14 Lady Sings the Blues Diana Ross/Soundtrack

Apr 21 Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper

Apr 28 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd

May 5 Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite Elvis Presley

May 12 - 19 Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin

May 26 1967–1970 The Beatles

Jun 2 - 16 Red Rose Speedway Paul McCartney & Wings

Jun 23 – Jul 21 Living in the Material World George Harrison

Jul 28 – Aug 11, 25 – Sep 1 Chicago VI Chicago

Aug 18 A Passion Play Jethro Tull

Sep 8 – Oct 6 Brothers and Sisters The Allman Brothers Band

Oct 13 – Nov 3 Goats Head Soup The Rolling Stones

Nov 10 – Dec 29 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John

Top 100

Jan 6 - 20 "You're So Vain" Carly Simon

Jan 27 "Superstition" Stevie Wonder

Feb 3 - 17 "Crocodile Rock" Elton John

Feb 24 – Mar 17, 31 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" Roberta Flack

Mar 24 "Love Train" The O'Jays

Apr 7 - 14 "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" Vicki Lawrence

Apr 21 – May 12 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" Dawn featuring Tony Orlando

May 19 "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder

May 26 "Frankenstein" The Edgar Winter Group

Jun 2 - 23 "My Love" Paul McCartney and Wings

Jun 30 "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" George Harrison

Jul 7 - 14 "Will It Go Round in Circles" Billy Preston

Jul 21 - 28 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" Jim Croce

Aug 4 - 11 "The Morning After" Maureen McGovern

Aug 18 "Touch Me in the Morning" Diana Ross

Aug 25 – Sep 1 "Brother Louie" Stories

Sep 8, 22 "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye

Sep 15 "Delta Dawn" Helen Reddy

Sep 29 "We're an American Band" Grand Funk

Oct 6 - 13 "Half-Breed" Cher

Oct 20 "Angie" The Rolling Stones

Oct 27 – Nov 3 "Midnight Train to Georgia" Gladys Knight & the Pips

Nov 10 - 17 "Keep on Truckin' (Part 1)" Eddie Kendricks

Nov 24 "Photograph" Ringo Starr

Dec 1 - 8 "Top of the World" The Carpenters

Dec 15 - 22 "The Most Beautiful Girl" Charlie Rich

Dec 29 "Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce

R&B

Jan 6 - 20 "Superstition" Stevie Wonder

Jan 27 – Feb 3 "Why Can't We Live Together" Timmy Thomas

Feb 10 "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" The Spinners

Feb 17 – Mar 10 "Love Train" The O'Jays

Mar 17 – Apr 7 "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" Gladys Knight & the Pips

Apr 14 - 21 "Masterpiece" The Temptations

Apr 28 – May 5 "Pillow Talk" Sylvia

May 12 "Funky Worm" The Ohio Players

May 19 "Leaving Me" The Independents

May 26 – Jun 2 "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" Barry White

Jun 9 - 30 "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" The Spinners

Jul 7 - 14 "Doing It to Death" Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s

Jul 21 - 28 "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" Johnnie Taylor

Aug 4 - 11 "Angel" Aretha Franklin

Aug 18 – Sep 22 "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye

Sep 29 "Higher Ground" Stevie Wonder

Oct 6 - 13 "Keep on Truckin'" Eddie Kendricks

Oct 20 – Nov 10 "Midnight Train to Georgia" Gladys Knight & the Pips

Nov 17 "Space Race" Billy Preston

Nov 24 – Dec 1 "The Love I Lost" Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Dec 8 - 22 "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)" The Staple Singers

Dec 29 "Living for the City" Stevie Wonder

1974

Album

Jan 5 The Singles: 1969-1973 The Carpenters

Jan 12 – Feb 9 You Don't Mess Around With Jim Jim Croce

Feb 16 – Mar 9 Planet Waves Bob Dylan

Mar 16 - 23 The Way We Were Barbra Streisand

Mar 30 – Apr 6 John Denver's Greatest Hits John Denver

Apr 13 Band on the Run Paul McCartney & Wings

Apr 20 John Denver's Greatest Hits John Denver

Apr 27 Chicago VII Chicago

May 4 – Jun 1 The Sting Soundtrack

Jun 8 - 15 Band on the Run Paul McCartney & Wings

Jun 22 - 29 Sundown Gordon Lightfoot

Jul 6 Band on the Run Paul McCartney & Wings

Jul 13 – Aug 3 Caribou Elton John

Aug 10 Back Home Again John Denver

Aug 17 – Sep 7 461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton

Sep 14 - 21 Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder

Sep 28 Bad Company Bad Company

Oct 5 Endless Summer The Beach Boys

Oct 12 If You Love Me, Let Me Know Olivia Newton-John

Oct 19 Not Fragile Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Oct 26 Can't Get Enough Barry White

Nov 2 So Far Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)

Nov 9 Wrap Around Joy Carole King

Nov 16 Walls and Bridges John Lennon

Nov 23 It's Only Rock 'n' Roll The Rolling Stones

Nov 30 – Dec 28 Greatest Hits Elton John

Top 100

Jan 5 "Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce

Jan 12 "The Joker" Steve Miller Band

Jan 19 "Show and Tell" Al Wilson

Jan 26 "You're Sixteen" Ringo Starr

Feb 2 "The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand

Feb 9 "Love's Theme" Love Unlimited Orchestra

Feb 16 - 23 "The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand

Mar 2 - 16 "Seasons in the Sun" Terry Jacks

Mar 23 "Dark Lady" Cher

Mar 30 "Sunshine on My Shoulders" John Denver

Apr 6 "Hooked on a Feeling" Blue Swede

Apr 13 "Bennie and the Jets" Elton John

Apr 20 - 27 "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" MFSB featuring The Three Degrees

May 4 - 11 "The Loco-Motion" Grand Funk

May 18 – Jun 1 "The Streak" Ray Stevens

Jun 8 "Band on the Run" Paul McCartney and Wings

Jun 15 - 22 "Billy Don't Be a Hero" Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods

Jun 29 "Sundown" Gordon Lightfoot

Jul 6 "Rock the Boat" Hues Corporation

Jul 13 - 20 "Rock Your Baby" George McCrae

Jul 27 – Aug 3 "Annie's Song" John Denver

Aug 10 "Feel Like Makin' Love" Roberta Flack

Aug 17 "The Night Chicago Died" Paper Lace

Aug 24 – Sep 7 "(You're) Having My Baby" Paul Anka and Odia Coates

Sep 14 "I Shot the Sheriff" Eric Clapton

Sep 21 "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" Barry White

Sep 28 "Rock Me Gently" Andy Kim

Oct 5 - 12 "I Honestly Love You" Olivia Newton-John

Oct 19 "Nothing From Nothing" Billy Preston

Oct 26 "Then Came You" Dionne Warwicke and Spinners

Nov 2 "You Haven't Done Nothin'" Stevie Wonder

Nov 9 "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Nov 16 "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" John Lennon

Nov 23 - 30 "I Can Help" Billy Swan

Dec 7 - 14 "Kung Fu Fighting" Carl Douglas

Dec 21 "Cat's in the Cradle" Harry Chapin

Dec 28 "Angie Baby" Helen Reddy

R&B

Jan 5 Living for the City Stevie Wonder

Jan 12 Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) Aretha Franklin

Jan 19 I've Got to Use My Imagination Gladys Knight & the Pips

Jan 26 Livin' For You Al Green

Feb 2 Let Your Hair Down The Temptations

Feb 9 - 23 Boogie Down Eddie Kendricks

Mar 2 - 9 Mighty Love The Spinners

Mar 16 - 30 Lookin' For A Love Bobby Womack

Apr 6 - 13 Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me Gladys Knight & the Pips

Apr 20 TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) MFSB with The Three Degrees

Apr 27 – May 4 The Payback, Pt. 1 James Brown

May 11 Dancing Machine The Jackson 5

May 18 - 25 I'm in Love Aretha Franklin

Jun 1 Be Thankful for What You Got William DeVaughn

Jun 8 Hollywood Swinging Kool & the Gang

Jun 15 Sideshow Blue Magic

Jun 22 - 29 Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man) The Impressions

Jul 6 - 13 Rock Your Baby George McCrae

Jul 20 - 27 My Thang (Part 1) James Brown

Aug 3 - 31 Feel Like Makin' Love Roberta Flack

Sep 7 - 21 Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe Barry White

Sep 28 – Oct 5 You Haven't Done Nothin' Stevie Wonder

Oct 12 Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part 1) James Brown

Oct 19 Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) B.T. Express

Oct 26 Higher Plane Kool & the Gang

Nov 2 - 9 Let's Straighten It Out Latimore

Nov 16 - 23 Woman to Woman Shirley Brown

Nov 30 – Dec 7 I Feel a Song (In My Heart) Gladys Knight & the Pips

Dec 14 You Got the Love Rufus

Decr 21 She's Gone Tavares

Dec 28 Boogie on Reggae Woman Stevie Wonder

1975

Albums

Jan 4 – Feb 1 Greatest Hits Elton John

Feb 8 Fire Ohio Players

Feb 15 Heart Like a Wheel Linda Ronstadt

Feb 22 AWB Average White Band

Mar 1 - 8 Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan

Mar 15 Have You Never Been Mellow Olivia Newton-John

Mar 22 – Apr 26 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin

May 3 - 10 Chicago VIII Chicago

May 17 - 31 That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire/Soundtrack

Jun 7 – Jul 12 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John

Jul 19 Venus and Mars Wings

Jul 26 – Aug 23 One of These Nights Eagles

Aug 30 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John

Sep 6, 27, Nov 1 Red Octopus Jefferson Starship

Sep 13 The Heat Is On The Isley Brothers

Sep 20 Between the Lines Janis Ian

Oct 4 - 11 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd

Oct 18 - 25 Windsong John Denver

Nov 8 - 22 Rock of the Westies Elton John

Nov 29 Red Octopus Jefferson Starship

Dec 6 Still Crazy After All These Years Paul Simon

Dec 13 - 27 Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits Chicago

Top 100

Jan 4 - 11 "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Elton John

Jan 18 "Mandy" Barry Manilow

Jan 25 "Please Mr. Postman" The Carpenters

Feb 1 "Laughter in the Rain" Neil Sedaka

Feb 8 "Fire" Ohio Players

Feb 15 "You're No Good" Linda Ronstadt

Feb 22 "Pick Up the Pieces" The Average White Band

Mar 1 "Best of My Love" Eagles

Mar 8 "Have You Never Been Mellow" Olivia Newton-John

Mar 15 "Black Water" The Doobie Brothers

Mar 22 "My Eyes Adored You" Frankie Valli

Mar 29 "Lady Marmalade" LaBelle

Apr 5 "Lovin' You" Minnie Riperton

Apr 12 - 19 "Philadelphia Freedom" Elton John Band

Apr 26 "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" B. J. Thomas

May 3 - 17 "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" Tony Orlando and Dawn

May 24 "Shining Star" Earth, Wind & Fire

May 31 "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" Freddy Fender

Jun 7 "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" John Denver

Jun 14 "Sister Golden Hair" America

Jun 21 – Jul 12 "Love Will Keep Us Together" Captain & Tennille

Jul 19 "Listen to What the Man Said" Paul McCartney and Wings

Jul 26 "The Hustle" Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony

Aug 2 "One of These Nights" Eagles

Aug 9 - 16 "Jive Talkin'" Bee Gees

Aug 23 "Fallin' in Love" Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

Aug 30 "Get Down Tonight" KC and the Sunshine Band

Sep 6 - 13 "Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell

Sep 20, Oct 4 "Fame" David Bowie

Sep 27 "Calypso" / "I'm Sorry" John Denver

Oct 11 - 25 "Bad Blood" Neil Sedaka

Nov 1 - 15 "Island Girl" Elton John

Nov 22 "That's the Way (I Like It)" KC and the Sunshine Band

Nov 29 – Dec 13 "Fly, Robin, Fly" Silver Convention

Dec 20 "That's the Way (I Like It)" KC and the Sunshine Band

Dec 27 "Let's Do It Again" The Staple Singers

R&B

Jan 4 "Boogie On Reggae Woman" Stevie Wonder

Jan 11 "Kung Fu Fighting" Carl Douglas

Jan 18 "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" Barry White

Jan 25 – Feb 1 "Fire" The Ohio Players

Feb 8 "Happy People" The Temptations

Feb 15 "Love Unlimited" Love Unlimited

Feb 22 "Lady Marmalade" LaBelle

Mar 1 "Shame, Shame, Shame" Shirley & Company

Mar 8 "Express" B.T. Express

Mar 15 "Supernatural Thing (Part I)" Ben E. King

Mar 22 - 29 "Shining Star" Earth, Wind & Fire

Apr 5 "Shoeshine Boy" Eddie Kendricks

Apr 12 - 19 "L-O-V-E (Love)" Al Green

Apr 26 "Shakey Ground" The Temptations

May 3 "What Am I Gonna Do Without You" Barry White

May 10 - 17 "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)" Joe Simon

May 24 "Baby That's Backatcha" Smokey Robinson

May 31 "Spirit of the Boogie" Kool & the Gang

Jun 7 "Love Won't Let Me Wait" Major Harris

Jun 14 "Rockin' Chair (song)" Gwen McCrae

Jun 21 "Give the People What They Want" The O'Jays

Jun 28 "Look at Me (I'm in Love)" The Moments

Jul 5 "Slippery When Wet" The Commodores

Jul 12 "The Hustle" Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony

Jul 19 – Aug 2 "Fight the Power (Part 1)" The Isley Brothers

Aug 9 "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and Sharon Paige

Aug 16 "Dream Merchant" The New Birth

Aug 23 "Get Down Tonight" KC & the Sunshine Band

Aug 30 "Your Love" Graham Central Station

Sep 6 - 13 "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)" The Pointer Sisters

Sep 20 "It Only Takes a Minute" Tavares

Sep 27 "Do It Any Way You Wanna" People's Choice

Oct 4 - 11 "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" Natalie Cole

Oct 18 "They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)" The Spinners

Oct 25 "To Each His Own" Faith, Hope & Charity

Nov 1 "Sweet Sticky Thing" The Ohio Players

Nov 8 "Low Rider" War

Nov 15 "Fly, Robin, Fly" Silver Convention

Nov 22, Dec 13 "Let's Do It Again" The Staple Singers

Nov 29 "That's the Way (I Like It)" KC & the Sunshine Band

Dec 6 "I Love Music (Part 1)" The O'Jays

Dec 20 "Full of Fire" Al Green

Dec 27 "Love Rollercoaster" The Ohio Players

1976

Album

Jan 3 - 10 Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits Chicago

Jan 17 - 31 Gratitude Earth, Wind & Fire

Feb 7 – Mar 6 Desire Bob Dylan

Mar 13 – Apr 3, 17 Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) Eagles

Apr 10 Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton

Apr 24, May 29, Jun 19 –Jul 17 Wings at the Speed of Sound Wings

May 1 - 8 Presence Led Zeppelin

May 15 – 22, Jun 5 - 12 Black and Blue The Rolling Stones

Jul 24, Aug 14 - 28 Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton

Jul 31 – Aug 7 Breezin' George Benson

Sep 4 Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac

Sep 11 – Oct 9 Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton

Oct 16 – Dec 25 Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder

Top 100

Jan 3 "Saturday Night" Bay City Rollers

Jan 10 "Convoy" C.W. McCall

Jan 17 "I Write the Songs" Barry Manilow

Jan 24 "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" Diana Ross

Jan 31 "Love Rollercoaster" Ohio Players

Feb 7 - 21 "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" Paul Simon

Feb 28 "Theme from S.W.A.T." Rhythm Heritage

Mar 6 "Love Machine (Part 1)" The Miracles

Mar 13 - 27 "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" The Four Seasons

Apr 3 - 24 "Disco Lady" Johnnie Taylor

May 1 "Let Your Love Flow" Bellamy Brothers

May 8 "Welcome Back" John Sebastian

May 15 "Boogie Fever" The Sylvers

May 22 "Silly Love Songs" Wings

May 29 – Jun 5 "Love Hangover" Diana Ross

Jun 12 – Jul 3 "Silly Love Songs" Wings

Jul 10 - 17 "Afternoon Delight" Starland Vocal Band

Jul 24 - 31 "Kiss and Say Goodbye" The Manhattans

Aug 7 - 28 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Elton John and Kiki Dee

Sep 4 "You Should Be Dancing" Bee Gees

Sep 11 "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" KC and the Sunshine Band

Sep 18 – Oct 2 "Play That Funky Music" Wild Cherry

Oct 9 "A Fifth of Beethoven" Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band

Oct 16 "Disco Duck (Part 1)" Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots

Oct 23 - 30 "If You Leave Me Now" Chicago

Nov 6 "Rock'n Me" Steve Miller Band

Nov 13 – Dec 25 "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" Rod Stewart

R&B

Jan 3 Walk Away From Love David Ruffin

Jan 10, 31 Sing a Song Earth, Wind & Fire

Jan 17 - 24 Wake Up Everybody (Part 1) Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

Feb 7 Turning Point Tyrone Davis

Feb 14 Inseparable Natalie Cole

Feb 21 - 28 Sweet Thing Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

Mar 6 Boogie Fever The Sylvers

Mar 13 – Apr 17 Disco Lady Johnnie Taylor

Apr 24 – May 1 Livin' for the Weekend The O'Jays

May 8 Movin' Brass Construction

May 15 Love Hangover Diana Ross

May 22 Kiss and Say Goodbye The Manhattans

May 29 I Want You Marvin Gaye

Jun 5 Young Hearts Run Free Candi Staton

Jun 12 I'll Be Good to You The Brothers Johnson

Jun 19 Sophisticated Lady (She's A Different Lady) Natalie Cole

Jun 26 – Jul 17 Something He Can Feel Aretha Franklin

Jul 24 - 31 You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine Lou Rawls

Aug 7 - 14 Getaway Earth, Wind & Fire

Aug 21 Who'd She Coo? The Ohio Players

Aug 28, Sep 18 – Oct 2 (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty KC & the Sunshine Band

Sep 4 - 11 Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry

Oct 9 - 16 Just To Be Close To You The Commodores

Oct 23 The Rubberband Man The Spinners

Oct 30 Message in Our Music The O'Jays

Nov 6 - 13 Love Ballad L.T.D.

Nov 20 You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.

Nov 27 – Dec 18 Dazz Brick

Dec 25 Car Wash Rose Royce

1977

Album

Jan 1 – 8, 29 Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder

Jan 15, Feb 5 Hotel California Eagles

Jan 22 Wings over America Wings

Feb 12 – Mar 19 A Star Is Born Barbra Streisand/Soundtrack

Mar 26, Apr 16 – May 14 Hotel California Eagles

Apr 2 – 9, May 21 – Jul 9, 23 – Nov 26 Rumours Fleetwood Mac

Jul 16 Barry Manilow Live Barry Manilow

Dec 3 - 31 Simple Dreams Linda Ronstadt

Top 100

Jan 1 "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" Rod Stewart

Jan 8 "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.

Jan 15 "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" Leo Sayer

Jan 22 "I Wish" Stevie Wonder

Jan 29 "Car Wash" Rose Royce

Feb 5 - 12 "Torn Between Two Lovers" Mary MacGregor

Feb 19 "Blinded by the Light" Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Feb 26 "New Kid in Town" Eagles

Mar 5 - 19 "Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" Barbra Streisand

Mar 26 – Apr 2 "Rich Girl" Daryl Hall and John Oates

Apr 9 "Dancing Queen" ABBA

Apr 16 "Don't Give Up on Us" David Soul

Apr 23 "Don't Leave Me This Way" Thelma Houston

Apr 30 "Southern Nights" Glen Campbell

May 7 "Hotel California" Eagles

May 14 "When I Need You" Leo Sayer

May 21 – Jun 4 "Sir Duke" Stevie Wonder

Jun 11 "I'm Your Boogie Man" KC and the Sunshine Band

Jun 18 "Dreams" Fleetwood Mac

Jun 25 "Got to Give It Up (Part 1)" Marvin Gaye

Jul 2 "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)" Bill Conti

Jul 9 "Undercover Angel" Alan O'Day

Jul 16 "Da Doo Ron Ron" Shaun Cassidy

Jul 23 "Looks Like We Made It" Barry Manilow

Jul 30 – Aug 13 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" Andy Gibb

Aug 20 – Sep 10, 24 "Best of My Love" The Emotions

Sep 17 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" Andy Gibb

Oct 1 - 8 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" Meco

Oct 15 – Dec 17 "You Light Up My Life" Debby Boone

Dec 24 - 31 "How Deep Is Your Love" Bee Gees

R&B

Jan 1 Car Wash Rose Royce

Jan 8 Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet Tender Love) The O'Jays

Jan 15 – Feb 12 I Wish Stevie Wonder

Feb 19 Don't Leave Me This Way Thelma Houston

Feb 26 – Mar 26 I've Got Love on My Mind Natalie Cole

Apr 2 Tryin' To Love Two William Bell

Apr 9 - 16 At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up) Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

Apr 23 The Pride (Part 1) The Isley Brothers

Apr 30 – May 14 Got to Give It Up (Part 1) Marvin Gaye

May 21 Whodunit Tavares

May 28 Sir Duke Stevie Wonder

Jun 4 - 11 Got to Give It Up (Part 1) Marvin Gaye

Jun 18 Break It To Me Gently Aretha Franklin

Jun 25 – Jul 9, 23 Best Of My Love The Emotions

Jul 16 Easy The Commodores

Jul 30 Slide Slave

Aug 6 Strawberry Letter 23 The Brothers Johnson

Aug 13 - Sep 17 Float On The Floaters

Sep 24 Keep It Comin' Love KC & the Sunshine Band

Oct 1 – 29 It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me Barry White

Nov 5 - 12 (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again L.T.D.

Nov 19 – Dec 31 Serpentine Fire Earth, Wind & Fire

1978

Album

Jan 7 - 14 Rumours Fleetwood Mac

Jan 21 – Jul 1 Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack

Jul 8 City to City Gerry Rafferty

Jul 15 - 22 Some Girls The Rolling Stones

Jul 29 – Sep 9, Sep 23 – 30, Oct 14 - 28 Grease Soundtrack

Sep 16 – Oct 7 Don't Look Back Boston

Nov 4 Living in the USA Linda Ronstadt

Nov 11 Live and More Donna Summer

Nov 18 – Dec 30 52nd Street Billy Joel

Top 100

Jan 7 "How Deep Is Your Love" Bee Gees

Jan 14 - 28 "Baby Come Back" Player

Feb 4 - 25 "Stayin' Alive" Bee Gees

Mar 4 - 11 "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" Andy Gibb

Mar 18 – May 6 "Night Fever" Bee Gees

May 13 "If I Can't Have You" Yvonne Elliman

May 20 - 27 "With a Little Luck" Wings

Jun 3 "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams

Jun 10 "You're the One That I Want" John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

Jun 17 – Jul 29 "Shadow Dancing" Andy Gibb

Aug 5 "Miss You" The Rolling Stones

Aug 12 - 19 "Three Times a Lady" Commodores

Aug 26 – Sep 2 "Grease" Frankie Valli

Sep 9 - 23 "Boogie Oogie Oogie" A Taste of Honey

Sep 30 – Oct 21 "Kiss You All Over" Exile

Oct 28 "Hot Child in the City" Nick Gilder

Nov 4 "You Needed Me" Anne Murray

Nov 11 - 25 "MacArthur Park" Donna Summer

Dec 2 - 16 "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond

Dec 9, 23 - 30 "Le Freak" Chic

R&B

Jan 7 - 14 "Ffun" Con Funk Shun

Jan 21 - 28 "Our Love" Natalie Cole

Feb 4 - 11 "(Theme Song From) Which Way Is Up? Stargard

Feb 18 "Too Hot ta Trot" The Commodores

Feb 25 "It's You That I Need" Enchantment

Mar 4 - 18 "Flash Light" Parliament

Mar 25 "Bootzilla" Bootsy's Rubber Band

Apr 1 - 8 "The Closer I Get to You" Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Apr 15 – May 6 "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams

May 13 - 20 "Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 1)" The Isley Brothers

May 27 – Jun 24 "Use ta Be My Girl" The O'Jays

Jul 1 "Stuff Like That" Quincy Jones

Jul 8 - 15 "Close the Door" Teddy Pendergrass

Jul 22 - 29 "You and I" Rick James

Aug 5 "Boogie Oogie Oogie" A Taste Of Honey

Aug 12 - 19 "Three Times a Lady" The Commodores

Aug 26 – Sep 2 "Get Off" Foxy

Sep 9 - 16 "Holding On (When Love Is Gone)" L.T.D.

Sep 23 "Got to Get You into My Life" Earth, Wind & Fire

Sep 30 – Nov 4 "One Nation Under a Groove (Part 1)" Funkadelic

Nov 11 - 25 "I'm Every Woman" Chaka Khan

Dec 2 - 30 "Le Freak" Chic