Soul Music of the 60s & 70s: Top 1,000

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Top 1,000 Soul Countdown: #1 - #10

#1 - Staple Singers:  I'll Take You There  (1972)

#2 - Marvin Gaye:  Let's Get It On  (1973)

#3 - Aretha Franklin:  Respect  (1967)

#4 - Dionne Warwick & the Spinners:  Then Came You (1974)

#5 - Jackson Five:  I Want You Back  (1970)

#6 - Dusty Springfield:  Son of a Preacher Man (1969)

#7 - Aretha Franklin:  A Natural Woman  (1967)

#8 - Five Stairsteps:  Ooh Child  (1970)

#9 - Main Ingredient:  Just Don't Wanna Be Lonely  (1974)

#10 - Sam Cooke:  A Change is Gonna Come  (1965)
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Monday, April 14, 2014

Top 1,000 Soul Countdown: Extras (#1's by Decade and Genre)

Top Songs by Decade:  Pop, Rock, and Soul


1950's

Pop:        Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife  (1959)
Rock:      Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode (1958)
Soul:        Drifters - There Goes My Baby (1959)  

1960's
Pop:        Kinks - Waterloo Sunset  (1967)
Rock:      Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (1969)
Soul:        Aretha Franklin - Respect (1967)

1970's
Pop:        Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Rock:      Elvis Presley - Burning Love  (1971)
Soul:        ???????

1980's
Pop:        Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill  (1985) 
Rock:      The Clash - London Calling (1980)
Soul:        Terrence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well 

1990's

Pop:        Bjork - Human Behavior  (1993)
Rock:      Kid Rock - Bawitdaba  (1998)
Soul:        Bone, Thugs N Harmony - Tha Crossroads  (1996)

2000's

Pop:        Bob Dylan - Ain't Talkin'  (2006)
Rock:      White Stripes - Seven Nation Army  (2003)
Soul:        Outkast - Hey Ya  (2003)

2010's

Pop:        Lucinda Williams - Blessed  (2011)
Rock:      Arcade Fire - Reflektor (2013)
Soul:       Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (2013)

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Friday, April 4, 2014

Top 1,000 Soul Countdown #11 - #20

#11 - Percy Sledge:  When a Man Loves a Woman  (1966)


#12 - Sly & the Family Stone:  Hot Fun in the Summertime  (1969)

#13 - Ben E. King:  Stand By Me  (1961)

#14 - Gladys Knight & the Pips:  Midnight Train to Georgia  (1973)

#15 - Stylistics:  Rockin' Roll Baby  (1974)

#16 - Freddie Scott:  Hey Girl  (1963)

#17 - Aretha Franklin:  Spanish Harlem (1971)

#18 - Four Tops:  Reach Out I'll Be There  (1966)

#19 - Jackie Wilson:  Higher and Higher  (1967)

#20 - Beginning of the End:  Funky Nassau  (1971)


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