Martha & the Vandellas “Nowhere to Run” (1965)ġ3.ěig Joe Turner “Shake, Rattle and Roll” (1954)ġ4. The Rolling Stones “ (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)ħ.ěob Dylan “ Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)ġ0. The Righteous Brothers “ You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1965)Ħ. James Brown “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (1965)Ĥ.ğour Tops “ Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)ĥ. Marvin Gaye “ I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)ģ. No, I’m not Dave Marsh, but his book was my first foray into best-of lists. This book, published in 1989, is pretty much responsible for Dave’s Music Database. Dave Marsh: The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made (1998)ĭave Marsh The Heart of Rock & Soul: 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.1998: Shania Twain “You’re Still the One”.1997: Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “ I’ll Be Missing You”.1994: Boyz II Men “ I’ll Make Love to You”.1991: Nirvana “ Smells Like Teen Spirit”.1990: Sinéad O’Connor “ Nothing Compares 2 U”.1987: Guns N’ Roses “ Sweet Child O’ Mine”.with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “ Walk This Way” 1983: The Police “ Every Breath You Take”.1981: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “ I Love Rock and Roll”.1976: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes “Wake Up Everybody”.1974: The Raspberries “Overnite Sensation (Hit Record)”.1972: The Rolling Stones “Tumbling Dice”.1971: The Who “ Won’t Get Fooled Again”.1970: Creedence Clearwater Revival “Who’ll Stop the Rain”/ “Travelin’ Band”.1968: The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”.1966: Four Tops “ Reach Out (I’ll Be There)”.1965: The Rolling Stones “ (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”.1964: The Righteous Brothers “ You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”.1960: Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs “Stay”.1957: Jerry Lee Lewis “ Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”.1956: Elvis Presley “ Heartbreak Hotel”.1954: Elvis Presley “That’s All Right, Mama”.To determine the songs of the year from 98, the songs appearing in either addition of Heart of Rock & Soul were ranked based on overall status in Dave’s Music Database. A new edition in 1998 added another 101 songs to the original list. In 1989, Marsh published The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made, the book I attribute to starting my fascination with music lists. The #1 songs from each year are listed below.
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You can see the full lists for each year here. It included lists of the best songs each year from 1955 to 1980. Rock critic Dave Marsh published Book of Rock Lists in 1981.