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Greatest Songs of the |
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Artist |
Song |
Comment |
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ABBA |
Dancing Queen |
Male/female/female/male: A-B-B-A |
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ABC |
When Smokey Sings |
Tribute to Smokey Robinson Jr. |
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Abecedarians |
Smiling Monarchs |
'85 |
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Adam Ant |
Desperate But Not Serious |
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Adorable |
Sunshine Smile |
~1990 |
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Aerosmith |
Dream On |
Wildly overrated group |
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A-ha |
Take On Me |
An all-time seminal video |
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Alien Sex Fiend |
I Walk the Line |
Goth anthem / '86 |
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Gregg Allman |
Midnight Rider |
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Allman Brothers |
Jessica |
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Melissa |
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Whipping Post |
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Marc Almond |
Jacky |
Formerly of Soft Cell |
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Alphaville |
Forever Young |
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Altered Images |
Dead Pop Stars |
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Amboy Dukes |
Journey to the Center of the Mind |
Ted Nugent's last gasp |
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And Also the Trees |
Bullet Head |
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Angel and the Reruns |
Buffy Come Back |
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The Animals |
Boom Boom |
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Don't Bring Me Down |
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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood |
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House of the Rising Sun |
Song dates back to Civil War |
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It's My Life |
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See See Rider |
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Sky Pilot |
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Animotion |
Obsession |
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Argent |
Hold Your Head Up |
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Art of Noise |
Legs |
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Peter Gunn Theme |
Featuring Duane Eddy |
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The Atlantics |
Bombora |
'63 / Sydney / instrumental |
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B-52's |
53 Miles West of Venus |
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Channel Z |
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Give Me Back My Man |
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Lava |
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First two albums |
Party Out of Bounds |
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are stunning: |
Planet Claire (12" Mix) |
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total breakthroughs |
Private Idaho |
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into a new space |
Quiche Lorraine |
Masterpiece |
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Rock Lobster |
Masterpiece |
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Strobe Light |
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Bad Manners |
You Fat Bastard |
Vocalist: Buster Bloodvessel |
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Joan Baez |
The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down |
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George Baker Selection |
Little Green Bag |
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Baltimora |
Tarzan Boy |
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Afrika Bambaataa |
Planet Rock |
'82 |
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Bananarama |
Cruel Summer |
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I Heard a Rumour |
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Robert DeNiro's Waiting |
About sexual trauma |
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Venus |
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The Band |
The Weight |
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The Bangles |
A Hazy Shade of Winter |
Written by Paul Simon |
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In Your Room |
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Manic Monday |
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Walk Like an Egyptian |
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Barenaked Ladies |
Lovers in a Dangerous Time |
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The Bar-Kays |
Soul Finger |
Crashed with Otis Redding |
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The Bats |
North by North |
From New Zealand |
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Bauhaus |
Bela Lugosi's Dead |
Goth masterpiece |
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Dancing |
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In the Flat Field |
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The Beach Boys |
Good Vibrations |
Masterpiece |
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Sloop John B |
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The Beau Brummels |
Laugh, Laugh |
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The (English) Beat |
Can't Get Used to Losing You |
Cover of . . . Andy Williams !?! |
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I Confess |
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Masterpiece album: |
Mirror in the Bathroom |
Masterpiece |
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'I Just Can't Stop It' |
Save It For Later |
Masterpiece |
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Twist and Crawl |
'80 |
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The Beatles |
(Too many to list: 125 / |
At least 50 masterpieces / Shakespeares of modern era |
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Jeff Beck Group |
Beck's Bolero |
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The Bee Gees |
Lonely Days |
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The Bees |
Voices Green & Purple |
'66 / garage-psychedelia |
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Beginning of the End |
Funky Nassau |
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Adrian Belew |
Oh Daddy |
'89 |
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Archie Bell & the Drells |
Tighten Up |
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Belle and Sebastian |
Lazy Line Painter Jane |
'97 / From Glasgow |
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Belly |
Feed the Tree |
'93 |
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Pat Benatar |
Le Belle Age |
Overall, a wasted talent |
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Brook Benton |
Rainy Night in Georgia |
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Berlin |
Sex (I'm a Bitch) |
'83 |
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Chuck Berry |
Maybelline |
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Plastic Bertrand |
Ca Plane Pour Moi |
("This Life's For Me") |
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The Big Bopper |
Chantilly Lace |
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Big Country |
In a Big Country |
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Big Star |
September Gurls |
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Blancmange |
Blind Vision |
Quintessential new wave single |
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Fred Blassie |
Pencil Neck Geek |
Novelty |
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Bleach |
Trip and Slide (and Live) |
'92 (UK indie) |
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Blind Faith |
Sea of Joy |
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Blondie |
Atomic |
Their best single |
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Dreaming |
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In the Sun |
Overall an overrated group |
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Pretty Baby |
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Rapture |
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Blood Sweat and Tears |
Lucretia MacEvil |
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Blue Cheer |
Summertime Blues |
San Francisco / '68 |
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Blue Oyster Cult |
Don't Fear the Reaper |
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Blues Magoos |
Gotta Get Away |
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(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet |
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Tobacco Road |
'66 |
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Blueshift Signal |
Seven Natural Scenes |
90s UK indie |
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Blur |
Advert |
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There's No Other Way |
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Perhaps the greatest |
Park Life |
Masterpiece single & album |
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group of the 90s. |
Pop Scene |
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She's So High |
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Sing |
'91 / on Trainspotting |
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Trimm Trabb |
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Trouble in the Message Centre |
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The Bollock Brothers |
Harley David (Son of a Bitch) |
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The Bongos |
Numbers With Wings |
'83 / Hoboken, New Jersey |
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Booker T & the MG's |
Green Onions |
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Time is Tight |
Masterpiece |
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Bouquet of Veal |
Dwarf Tossin' |
Novelty |
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Bryan Bowers |
The Scotsman |
(Dr. Demento) |
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David Bowie |
Ashes to Ashes |
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Heroes |
Masterpiece / |
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Scary Monsters |
'80 |
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Space Oddity |
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Bow Wow Wow |
Do You Wanna Hold Me? |
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The Box Tops |
Cry Like a Baby |
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The Letter |
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Billy Bragg |
Sexuality |
'91 |
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Train Train |
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You Woke Up My Neighbourhood |
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The Breeders |
Cannonball |
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Bronski Beat |
Small Town Boy |
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James Brown |
I Got You (I Feel Good) |
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Papa's Got a Brand New Bag |
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Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud |
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Bubble Puppy |
Hot Smoke & Sasafras |
'69 |
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Lindsey Buckingham |
Trouble |
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The Buckinghams |
Kind of a Drag |
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Buffalo Springfield |
For What It's Worth |
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The Buggles |
Video Killed the Radio Star |
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Eric Burdon & War |
Spill the Wine |
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Kate Bush |
Running Up That Hill |
Wrote 100 songs by age 15 |
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Wuthering Heights |
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The Buzzcocks |
Boredom |
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The Byrds |
Eight Miles High |
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Have You Seen Her Face |
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Mr. Tambourine Man |
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So You Want to be a Rock 'n Roll Star |
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Cabaret Voltaire |
Nag Nag Nag |
'79 |
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Red Mask |
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Meryn Cadell |
The Sweater |
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The Cadets |
Stranded in the Jungle |
'56 |
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The Cadillacs |
Speedoo |
'55 |
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Calico Wall |
Flight Reaction |
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I'm a Living Sickness |
'67 / Minneapolis |
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Glen Campbell |
By the Time I Get to Phoenix |
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Wichita Lineman |
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Can |
Halleluhwah (Hallelujah) |
1971 |
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Mother Sky |
From Cologne, Germany |
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Canned Heat |
Going Up the Country |
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Let's Work Together |
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On the Road Again |
'68 |
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Cannibal & the Headhunters |
Land of 1000 Dances |
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Clarence Carter |
Patches |
'70 |
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Johnny Cash |
Folsom Prison Blues |
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Ring of Fire |
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Cashman & West |
American City Suite |
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The Castaways |
Liar, Liar |
'65 |
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Catherine Wheel |
I Want to Touch You |
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The Cavemen |
It's Trash |
Proto-punk / Florida |
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The Chambers Brothers |
Time Has Come Today |
(Long version @ 11:03) |
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The Chameleons |
In Shreds |
Masterpiece / ~'83 |
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The Champs |
Tequila |
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The Chantays |
Pipeline |
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Harry Chapin |
Taxi |
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Tracy Chapman |
Fast Cars |
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The Charlatans |
The Only One I Know |
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Sproston Green |
'90 |
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Ray Charles |
Hit the Road, Jack |
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I Got a Woman |
~'54 |
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What'd I Say |
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Cheap Trick |
I Want You to Want Me (Live at Budukan) |
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Chubby Checker |
The Twist |
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Cheech & Chong |
Black Lassie |
Novelty |
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Chicago |
Beginnings |
Overall a disappointing career |
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Questions 67 & 68 |
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The Chills |
Pink Frost |
Masterpiece |
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Satin Doll |
From New Zealand |
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Chocolate Watch Band |
Sweet Young Thing |
'66 / aka Chocolate Watchband |
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The Chords |
Sh-Boom |
'54 / Arguably the 'first song' of the rock & roll era |
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Chumbawamba |
Tubthumping |
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The Church |
Under the Milky Way |
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Dave Clark Five |
Try Too Hard |
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The Clash |
Complete Control |
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The Guns of Brixton |
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I'm So Bored With the USA |
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London Calling |
Masterpiece single & album |
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Straight to Hell |
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What's My Name |
Stunning album: 'The Clash' |
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White Man in Hammersmith Palais |
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The Clean |
At the Bottom |
From New Zealand |
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Patsy Cline |
Crazy |
Masterpiece |
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I Fall to Pieces |
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Sweet Dreams |
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Walkin' After Midnight |
'58 |
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The Coasters |
Along Came Jones |
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Charlie Brown |
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Yakety Yak |
'58 |
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Eddie Cochran |
Summertime Blues |
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Joe Cocker |
Cry Me a River |
By & large a total bore |
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The Cocteau Twins |
Carolyn's Fingers |
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Iceblink Luck |
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Sugar Hiccup |
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David Allen Coe |
The Rodeo Song |
(Dr. Demento) |
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Coldplay |
One I Love |
2002 |
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Dave & Ansel Collins |
Double Barrel |
'I am the magnificent W-O-O-O' |
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Edwyn Collins |
A Girl Like You |
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Judy Collins |
Both Sides Now |
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Send in the Clowns |
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Colourbox |
Just Give 'em Whiskey |
~82 |
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Looks Like We're Shy By One Horse |
On the renowned 4AD label |
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The Contours |
Do You Love Me? |
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The Cords |
Ghost Power |
~'68 |
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Dave 'Baby' Cortez |
The Happy Organ |
'59 |
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The Count Five |
Psychotic Reaction |
Masterpiece |
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The Cowboy Junkies |
Misguided Angel |
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Sweet Jane |
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Country Joe & the Fish |
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin-to-Die Rag |
'67 |
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The Cowsills |
Hair |
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The Rain, the Park, & Other Things |
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The Cramps |
Goo Goo Muck |
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The Cranberries |
Dreams |
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The Cranes |
Brighter |
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Shining Road |
'94 |
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Sixth of May |
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Crazy World of Arthur Brown |
Fire |
'68 |
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Cream |
Badge |
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Crossroads |
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Strange Brew |
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Sunshine of Your Love |
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Tales of Brave Ulysses |
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White Room |
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The Creation |
Making Time |
'66 |
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Creedence Clearwater Revival |
I Put a Spell on You |
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Suzie Q |
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Crosby, Stills & Nash |
Marrakesh Express |
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Suite: Judy Blue Eyes |
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Crosby & Nash |
Immigration Man |
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Crowded House |
Silent House |
Co-written w/ Dixie Chicks |
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The Crystals |
Da Doo Ron Ron |
'62 |
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He's a Rebel |
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Then He Kissed Me |
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The Cult |
She Sells Sanctuary |
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The Culture Club |
Church of the Poison Mind |
'83 |
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The Cure |
Apart |
1 of the 10 greatest groups ever |
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At Night |
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Caterpillar |
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Charlotte Sometimes |
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Cold |
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Cut |
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In effect, banned |
Descent |
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from American rock radio, |
Disintegration |
Masterpiece |
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to make way for |
End |
Masterpiece |
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numbnuts like |
Fascination Street (Extended Mix) |
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Tawm Peddy |
The Figurehead |
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and Bawb Sager. |
A Forest (Tree Mix) |
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From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea |
Masterpiece |
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In Your House |
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Just Like Heaven |
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Killing an Arab |
Reflection on Camus' The Stranger |
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Let's Go to Bed |
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The Love Cats |
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Lovesong |
Desecrated by 311 |
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One Hundred Years |
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Open |
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Belittled by Rolling Stone |
Pictures of You |
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('Disinformation Digest') |
Play for Today |
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'those with high IQs |
Pornography |
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and low self-esteem' |
Prayers for Rain |
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Primary |
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A Short Term Effect |
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The Snakepit |
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Splintered in Her Head |
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A Strange Day |
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Wailing Wall |
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The Walk |
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Why Can't I Be You? (Extended) |
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Tim Curry |
I Do the Rock |
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Dick Dale & the Del-Tones |
Let's Go Trippin' |
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Misirlou |
~62 |
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The Damned |
Alone Again Or |
'Love' cover |
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The Girl Goes Down |
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Terrence Trent D'Arby |
Sign Your Name |
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Wishing Well |
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Bobby Darin |
Mack the Knife |
Masterpiece |
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David & David |
Welcome to the Boomtown |
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Spencer Davis Group |
Gimme Some Lovin' |
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I'm a Man |
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Dead Can Dance |
Avatar |
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Dead Kennedys |
Holiday in Cambodia |
Masterpiece |
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Police Truck |
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Dead or Alive |
You Spin Me Around (Like a Record) |
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Death in June |
Heaven Street (Mk II) |
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Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich |
Zabadak |
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Deee-Lite |
Groove Is in the Heart |
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Deep Purple |
Hush |
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Smoke on the Water |
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Woman from Tokyo |
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The Del-Vetts |
Last Time Around |
Chicago garage / '66 |
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Desmond Dekker & the Aces |
The Israelites |
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The Delfonics |
La-La Means I Love You |
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John Denver |
Rocky Mountain High |
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Depeche Mode |
Behind the Wheel / Route 66 |
Masterpiece |
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Blasphemous Rumours |
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1 of the top 10 groups ever |
Enjoy the Silence |
Masterpiece |
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Everything Counts (7:23 Version) |
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Primarily a singles band |
Get the Balance Right |
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with two albums |
Happiest Girl |
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far beyond the pale: |
If You Want |
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'Music for the Masses' |
I Just Can't Get Enough |
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and 'Violator' |
It's Called a Heart |
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I Want You Now |
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Leave in Silence |
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Trashed on the cover |
Lie to Me |
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of Rolling Stone |
Little 15 |
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('Tractor-Pull Press') |
Master and Servant |
Masterpiece (S&M style) |
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as a bunch of 'weanies'. |
More than a Party |
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Never Let Me Down Again |
Masterpiece |
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People are People |
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Personal Jesus |
Covered by Johnny Cash |
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Beatles-level originality, |
Policy of Truth |
Masterpiece |
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but virtually banned |
A Question of Time |
Masterpiece |
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from American rock radio. |
Sea of Sin |
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Shake the Disease |
Masterpiece |
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Shout (Rio Mix) |
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Somebody |
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Something to Do |
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Strangelove |
Masterpiece |
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Walking in My Shoes |
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World in My Eyes |
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Derek & the Dominos |
Layla |
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The Deviants |
I'm Coming Home |
'67 |
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Neil Diamond |
Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show |
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Holly Holy |
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Solitary Man |
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The Diamonds |
Little Darlin' |
'57 |
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Manu Dibango |
Soul Makossa |
'72 / Cameroon |
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Bo Diddley |
Bo Diddley |
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Road Runner |
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Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy |
Television, the Drug of a Nation |
Considered too intelligent for |
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Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band |
Whispering/Cherche La Femme/Se Si Bone |
'77 |
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Bill Doggett |
Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) |
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Thomas Dolby |
She Blinded Me With Silence |
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Fats Domino |
I'm Walkin' |
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Donovan |
Atlantis |
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Hurdy Gurdy Man |
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Season of the Witch |
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Sunshine Superman |
'66 |
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The Doors |
Back Door Man |
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Break On Through |
Masterpiece |
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The Crystal Ship |
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The End |
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Gloria |
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Hello, I Love You |
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L.A. Woman |
Masterpiece |
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Light My Fire |
Masterpiece |
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Love Her Madly |
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Love Me Two Times |
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Moonlight Drive |
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Moving Much Too Fast |
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People Are Strange |
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Riders on the Storm |
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Roadhouse Blues |
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Soul Kitchen |
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Strange Days |
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Touch Me |
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Waiting for the Sun |
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The Wasp (Texas Radio |
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When the Music's Over |
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Wishful, Sinful |
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The Dream Warriors |
My Definition (Of a Bombastic Jazz Style) |
'90 |
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The Drifters |
On Broadway |
Masterpiece |
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Up On the Roof |
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Drowning Pool |
Italian Pop Song |