Top Pop Singles 1955-2015

CONTENTSAuthor’s Note . 5What’s New With This Edition . 6Researching Billboard’s Pop Charts . 7Explanation of Artist And Song Awards . 10User’s Guide . 11THE ARTIST SECTION .15An alphabetical listing, by artist, of every song that charted onBillboard’s pop singles charts from 1/1/1955 through 12/26/2015.THE SONG TITLE SECTION .979An alphabetical listing, by song title, of every song that charted onBillboard’s pop singles charts from 1/1/1955 through 12/26/2015.THE BACK SECTIONSTHE TOP ARTISTS: . 1121The Top 500 Artists In Rank Order . 1123The Top 500 Artists In A-Z Order . 1128The Top 50 Artists By Decade . 1130The Top Artists Achievements: . 1134Most Chart HitsMost Top 40 HitsMost Top 10 HitsMost #1 HitsMost Weeks At The #1 PositionMost #2 HitsMost #3 HitsMost Platinum Hits / Most Gold HitsMost Digital Platinum Hits / Most Digital Gold HitsMost #1 UK / Cash Box / Music Vendor Record World HitsMost “Classics”The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees & Inductees . 1136The “24 Hit” Club . 1139American Idol 2002-2016 . 1140THE TOP HITS: . 1141The Top 200 Hits 1955-2015. 1142The Top 25 #1 Hits Of Each Decade . 1146Top 50 Record Labels . 1149The Honor Roll Of Hits . 1150The Singles Of Longevity By Decade. 1154Rare Non-Charted EP’s. 1155THE #1 HITS . 1159A chronological listing, by peak date, of every title to top Billboard’s pop singles charts.3

DEBUT PEAK WKSDATEPOS CHRARTISTSong TitleHRH Honor Roll of HitsUK #1in Britain CD Cassette Picture Sleeve 12" "45"§ "24 Hit" ClubLabel & NumberSongwriter.B-sideACTION BRONSONBorn Arian Arslani on 12/2/1983 in Flushing, Queens, New York. White male rapper. Influenced by Ghostface Killah.4/11/15911FEAT.: A AP Rocky1Baby Blue .Arian Arslani/Chancelor Bennett/Zane Lowe/Mark RonsonViceACTION BRONSON Featuring Chance The RapperACT I3/31/731013R&B vocal group from Detroit, Michigan: Raeford Gerald, Reggie Ross, George Barker and Roger Terry.1Friends Or Lovers .Raeford Gerald.I Never Had A Love Like YoursSpring 132ADAM ANT11/13/82 1980 Ant MusicBorn Stuart Leslie Goddard on 11/3/1954 in Marylebone, London, England. Formed romantic-punk group Adam And The Ants in 1976. Three original Ants left to joinBow Wow Wow; Ant headed new lineup in 1980. Ant went solo in 1982. Acted in the movies World Gone Wild and Slam Dance, and several TV shows, includingThe Equalizer.Goody Two ShoesUK2 .Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni.Crackpot HistoryEpic 03367Desperate But Not Serious.Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni.Place In The CountryEpic 03688Strip .Adam Ant/Marco Pirroni.Yours, Yours, Yours Epic 04337vRoom At The Top .Adam Ant/Andre Cymone/Marco Pirroni.Bruce Lee MCA 53679Wonderful.Adam Ant/Bonnie Hayes/Marco Pirroni.Goes Around v Capitol 58239 CLASSIC NON-HOT 100 SONGS 1981 Prince Charming1981 Stand And Deliver[Adam & The Ants (all 3)]ADAMS, Amy12/8/07 1034Born on 8/20/1974 in Vicenza, Italy (American parents); raised in Castle Rock, Colorado. Pop singer/actress.1That’s How You Know.Alan Menken/Stephen SchwartzWalt Disneyfrom the movie Enchanted starring AdamsADAMS, Bryan§1980s: 46 / 1990s: 11 / All-Time: 74Born on 11/5/1959 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada (to British parents). Rock singer/songwriter/guitarist. Lead singer of Sweeney Todd from 1976-77. Teamedwith Jim Vallance in 1977 in successful songwriting partnership. Cameo appearance as a gas station attendant in the 1989 movie Pink Cadillac.TOP HITS: 1)(Everything I Do) I Do It For You 2)Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? 3)All For Love 4)Heaven 5)Can’t Stop This Thing We Started3/13/823/12/836/11/839/3/8311/3/84 9/14/8511/23/85 513151715148910Summer Of ‘69Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance.The Best Was Yet To Come A&M 2739One Night Love Affair.Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance.Lonely Nights A&M 2770It’s Only Love .Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance.The Only One (Adams) A&M 27913/28/8761611Heat Of The Night6/13/878/22/876/29/9126321312 Hearts On Fire .Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance.The Best Was Yet To Come A&M 29481213 Victim Of Love .Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance.Into The Fire A&M 2964v322 14 (Everything I Do) I Do It For YouUK16Bryan Adams/Michael Kamen/Mutt Lange.(album version) AC8A&M 15679/14/9112/21/91 3/14/928/1/9210/23/9311/27/93 21311311715➊320 1520202822 20Can’t Stop This Thing We StartedCB1Bryan Adams/Mutt Lange.(Everything I Do) I Do It For YouThere Will Never Be Another Tonight .Bryan Adams/Mutt Lange/Jim Vallance.Heat Of The Night (live)Thought I’d Died And Gone To Heaven .Bryan Adams/Mutt Lange.Summer Of ‘69 (live)Do I Have To Say The Words?.Bryan Adams/Mutt Lange/Jim Vallance.Cuts Like A Knife (live)Please Forgive MeBryan Adams.Can’t Stop This Thing We Started (live)All For LoveBryan Adams/Michael Kamen/Mutt Lange.(instrumental)4/15/95➊52421Have You Ever Really Loved A 4/12/975912/27/97 428/3/02 1233456716171819122320 2324251093262728Lonely Nights .Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance.Don’t Look NowStraight From The HeartBryan Adams/Eric Kagna.One Good ReasonCuts Like A Knife.Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance.Lonely NightsThis Time .Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance.Fits Ya GoodRun To YouBryan Adams/Jim Vallance.I’m Ready MSR4Somebody .Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance.Long Gone MSR2HeavenBryan Adams/Jim Vallance.Heaven “Live”ASCAP #67recorded in 1983 for the movie A Night In Heaven starring Christopher AtkinsBRYAN ADAMS/TINA TURNERASCAP #61from the movie Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves starring Kevin CostnerBRYAN ADAMS ROD STEWART STINGfrom the movie The Three Musketeers starring Kiefer Sutherland and Charlie SheenBryan Adams/Michael Kamen/Mutt Lange.Low Life AC5from the movie Don Juan DeMarco starring Johnny DeppRock Steady .Bryan Adams/Gretchen Peters.Come To Me (Raitt) [L]BONNIE RAITT BRYAN ADAMSThe Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You .Bryan Adams/Mutt Lange.Hey ElvisLet’s Make A Night To Remember .Bryan Adams/Mutt Lange.StarI Finally Found SomeoneBryan Adams/Marvin Hamlisch/Mutt Lange/Barbra Streisand.Evergreen (Spanish version - Streisand)BARBRA STREISAND and BRYAN ADAMSfrom the movie The Mirror Has Two Faces starring Streisand and Jeff BridgesI’ll Always Be Right There .Bryan Adams/Michael Kamen/Mutt Lange [Air]Back To You .Bryan Adams/Eliot Kennedy [Air-L]Here I Am.Bryan Adams/Gretchen Peters/Hans Zimmerfrom the animated movie Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron 1996 18 Til I DieA&M 2921Bryan Adams/Jim Vallance.Another Day the first “45" also issued as a cassette single1985 Christmas Time [X]A&M 2359 A&M 2536 A&M 2553 A&M 2574A&M 2686A&M 2701 A&M 2729 v v vA&M 1576A&M 1588A&M 1592A&M 1611A&M 0422A&M 0476vA&M 1028 Capitol 58500p A&M 1578v A&M 1862 Columbia 78480A&MA&MA&MCLASSIC NON-HOT 100 SONGS 1987 Into The Fire1984 Kids Wanna RockADAMS, FayeBorn Faye Tuell on 5/22/1923 in Newark, New Jersey. Female R&B singer. 1953 I’ll Be True.RB11954 Hurts Me To My Heart.RB520CLASSIC NON-HOT 100 SONGS 1957 Keeper Of My Heart1953 Shake A Hand.RB10

§ "24 Hit" ClubDEBUT PEAK WKSDATEPOS CHRARTISTSong Title12/9/721113BENNETT, Tony (cont’d)38 Living Together, Growing Together .Burt Bacharach/Hal David.The Good Things In Life (Bennett)10/1/1187139Body And Soul .Frank Eyton/Johnny Green/Edward Heyman/Robert SourRPM10/8/11121140The Lady Is A Tramp.Lorenz Hart/Richard RodgersRPM3/26/55421HRH Honor Roll of HitsUK #1in Britain CD Cassette Picture Sleeve 12" "45"Label & NumberSongwriter.B-sideMGM/Verve 10690TONY BENNETT With The Mike Curb Congregationfrom the movie Lost Horizon starring Peter FinchTONY BENNETT & AMY WINEHOUSEGrammy: Pop Duo/Group PerformanceTONY BENNETT with LADY GAGA Close Your EyesTERRITORIAL HIT [STL] .Bernice Petkere.It’s Too Soon To Know 1960 The Best Is Yet To Come19581986 How Do You Keep The1999Music Playing?1968Columbia 40427 CLASSIC NON-HOT 100 SONGS Love Look Away1962 Once Upon A Time1967 They Can’t Take That AwayMood Indigo1993 Steppin’ Out With My BabyFrom MeMy Favorite Things1961 Tender Is The Night1966 The Very Thought Of YouBENSON, GeorgeAll-Time: 405Born on 3/22/1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. R&B-jazz guitarist. Played guitar from age eight. Played in Brother Jack McDuff‘s trio in 1963. House musician atCTI Records to early 1970s. Influenced by Wes Montgomery. Member of Fuse One.TOP HITS: 1)Give Me The Night 2)Turn Your Love Around 3)On Broadway 4)This Masquerade 5)Love Ballad9/6/696/21/751131052212My Woman’s Good To Me.Billy Sherrill/Glen Sutton.Jackie AllSupership .William Eaton/Arthur Jenkins/Ralph MacDonald/William Salter.My Latin BrotherCTI/A&M 1076CTI 256/12/7610193This MasqueradeWarner reezin’ .Bobby Womack.Six To Four [I]Everything Must Change .Bernard Ighner.The Wind And I (aka Hot Stuff)Gonna Love You More.Morris Albert.Valdez In The CountryThe Greatest Love Of All .Linda Creed/Michael Masser.Ali’s Theme (Michael Masser) 3/11/787188On 3910Love Ballad.Skip Scarborough.You’re Never Too Far From Me Warner 8759Give Me The NightRod Temperton.Dinorah, Dinorah RB3Warner 4950561109466110111213Love X Love .Rod Temperton.Love DanceTurn Out The Lamplight.Rod Temperton.Midnight Love AffairLove All The Hurt Away.Sam Dees.Whole Lot Of Me (Franklin)52214Turn Your Love AroundBill Champlin/Jay Graydon/Steve Lukather.Nature Boy RB1Warner 498462/20/82525/14/83437/23/833012/15/84 484/6/85 1028/8/98 1019101313616151617181920Never Give Up On A Good Thing .Michael Garvin/Tom Shapiro.Livin’ Inside Your LoveInside Love (So Personal) .Kashif.In Search Of A DreamLady Love Me (One More Time) .James Newton-Howard/David Paich.Being With You20/20 .Randy Goodrum/Steve Kipner.Shark BiteI Just Wanna Hang Around You .Cruz Sembello/Danny Sembello/Jon Sembello/Michael Sembello.Beyond The Sea (La Mer)Standing Together .Steven Dubin/Manuel Seal.(2 versions) / You Can Do It, Baby Warner 50005 Warner 29649Warner 29563 Warner 29120Warner 29042 GRP 310910/24/81 1983 Being With YouGEORGE “BAD” BENSONGrammy: Record of the YearLeon Russell.LadyRIAA #313from the movie The Greatest starring Muhammad AliGrammy: R&B Male VocalARETHA FRANKLIN AND GEORGE BENSONGrammy: R&B Song 1980 Off BroadwayGrammy: Pop InstrumentalJerry Leiber/Barry Mann/Mike Stoller/Cynthia Weil.We As LoveWarner 8268Warner 8360Warner 8377Arista 0251[L] Warner 8542Warner 49570Warner 49637Arista 0624CLASSIC NON-HOT 100 SONGS 1976 Theme From Good King BadGrammy: R&B InstrumentalGrammy: R&B InstrumentalBENSON, Jo Jo — see SCOTT, PeggyBENTLEY, Dierks§Born on 11/20/1975 in Phoenix, Arizona; raised in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Country singer/songwriter/guitarist.All-Time: 312AWARDS: CMA: Horizon 2005 OPRY: 2005TOP HITS: 1)What Was I Thinkin’ 2)Drunk On A Plane 3)Come A Little Closer 4)Feel That Fire 8/26/063/10/078/18/074/19/0810/25/08 11 5/26/1211/17/12 23552119991083944336640275210820 101619201816122015212020111202020161920182 rr 123456789101112131415161718192021222324What Was I Thinkin’Brett Beavers/Dierks Bentley/Deric Ruttan.Whiskey Tears CW1Capitol 77963My Last Name.Harley Allen/Dierks BentleyCapitolHow Am I Doin’ .James Beavers/Dierks BentleyCapitolLot Of Leavin’ Left To Do.Brett Beavers/Dierks Bentley/Deric Ruttan.Come A Little Closer Capitol 70013Come A Little Closer .Brett Beavers/Dierks Bentley.Lot Of Leavin’ Left To Do CWCapitol 7001Settle For A Slowdown.Brett Beavers/Dierks Bentley/Tony Martin.I Love My Life (Jamie O’Neal) CW2Capitol 7003Every Mile A Memory.Brett Beavers/Dierks Bentley/Steve Bogard CW1CapitolLong Trip Alone .Brett Beavers/Dierks Bentley/Steve BogardCapitol1Free And Easy (Down The Road I Go) .Brett Beavers/Dierks Bentley/Robbie Harrington/

Billboard’s pop singles charts from 1/1/1955 through 12/26/2015. THE SONG TITLE SECTION. 979 An alphabetical listing, by song title, of every song that charted on Billboard’s pop singles charts from 1/1/1955 through 12/26/2015.