# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | Dancing in the Street- producer:
- William Stevenson
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Motown Record Corporation (in 1964) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1964)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (number: 7), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 40) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 130)
- recording of:
- Dancing in the Street
- writer:
- Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter and William Stevenson
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing , FCG Music, Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., MG III Music, NMG Music, Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | 3.6 | 2:36 |
2 | Reach Out, I’ll Be There- producer:
- Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
- instruments:
- The Funk Brothers (in 1966)
- background vocals:
- The Andantes (in 1966), Marlene Barrow (in 1966), Renaldo Benson (in 1966), Louvain Demps (in 1966), Abdul "Duke" Fakir (in 1966), Jackie Hicks (in 1966) and Lawrence Payton (in 1966)
- lead vocals:
- Levi Stubbs (in 1966)
- recorded at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1966)
- part of:
- The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 78) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 206)
- recording of:
- Reach Out, I’ll Be There (in 1966)
- lyricist:
- Eddie Holland
- composer:
- Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
- publisher:
- Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Four Tops | 4 | 2:54 |
3 | Get Ready | The Temptations | | 2:40 |
4 | It Takes Two | Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston | 5 | 2:56 |
5 | You Can’t Hurry Love | Diana Ross & The Supremes | | 2:41 |
6 | Come on Over to My Place | The Drifters | | 2:27 |
7 | Baby, Now That I’ve Found You | The Foundations | 4 | 2:35 |
8 | Ain’t Too Proud to Beg | The Temptations | | 2:31 |
9 | Soul Man | Sam & Dave | | 2:36 |
10 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder | 4.5 | 4:04 |
11 | Love Machine (album version) | The Miracles | | 6:55 |
12 | Twenty Five Miles | Edwin Starr | | 3:18 |
13 | (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher- producer:
- Carl Davis
- bass:
- James Jamerson (on 1967-07-06)
- drums (drum set):
- Richard "Pistol" Allen (on 1967-07-06)
- guitar:
- Robert White (on 1967-07-06)
- keyboard:
- Johnny Griffith (on 1967-07-06)
- lead vocals:
- Jackie Wilson (on 1967-07-06)
- performer:
- Jackie Wilson
- arranger:
- Sonny Sanders
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Brunswick Recording Corporation (in 1967)
- recorded at:
- Columbia Recording Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1967-07-06)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 246)
- recording of:
- (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (on 1967-07-06)
- writer:
- Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner and Carl Smith
- publisher:
- Chevis Publishing Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Mijac Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. , Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. , ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス , ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Jackie Wilson | 5 | 2:56 |
14 | Shout (Pts. 1 & 2) | The Isley Brothers | | 4:27 |
15 | Stop Her on the Sight (S.O.S.) | Edwin Starr | | 2:15 |
16 | The Night | Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons | | 3:21 |
17 | Under My Thumb | Wayne Gibson | | 3:09 |
18 | Tainted Love | Gloria Jones | 5 | 2:11 |
19 | Sliced Tomatoes | Just Brothers | | 2:21 |
20 | The Snake | Al Wilson | | 3:29 |
21 | Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) | Frank Wilson | | 2:23 |
22 | There’s a Ghost in My House | R. Dean Taylor | | 2:25 |
23 | River Deep Mountain High- cover recording of:
- River Deep – Mountain High
- writer:
- Jeff Barry (in 1966), Ellie Greenwich (in 1966) and Phil Spector (in 1966)
- publisher:
- ABKCO Music, Inc. , Leiber Stoller Songs Ltd., Mecolico Music, Mother Bertha Music Inc., Trio Music , Trio Music Company, Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 , フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and 日本アブコ音楽出版
| The Supremes & Four Tops | | 3:08 |
24 | This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) | The Isley Brothers | 4.35 | 2:49 |
25 | Uptight (Everything’s Alright) | Stevie Wonder | | 2:54 |
26 | Stop! In the Name of Love | The Supremes | 4.15 | 2:51 |
27 | Saturday Night at the Movies | The Drifters | | 2:27 |
28 | Build Me Up Buttercup | The Foundations | 4 | 3:00 |
29 | He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’ | The Velvelettes | 4 | 2:28 |
30 | Nowhere to Run | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | | 2:55 |
31 | Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone | The Temptations | 4 | 6:58 |
32 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) | Stevie Wonder | 4.2 | 2:38 |
33 | I Want You Back- producer:
- The Corporation
- bass guitar:
- Wilton Felder (in 1969-07)
- drums (drum set):
- Gene Pello and Johnny Jackson (in 1969-07)
- guitar:
- Donald Peake, David T. Walker and Tito Jackson (in 1969-07)
- guitar [lead guitar]:
- Louis Shelton (in 1969-07)
- keyboard:
- Clarence McDonald and Ronnie Rancifer (in 1969-07)
- percussion:
- Sandra Crouch and Marlon Jackson (in 1969-07)
- piano:
- Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Joe Sample and Ronnie Rancifer (in 1969-07)
- background vocals:
- Jackie Jackson , Michael Jackson , Keith Washington, Jermaine Jackson (in 1969-07), Marlon Jackson (in 1969-07) and Tito Jackson (in 1969-07)
- lead vocals:
- Michael Jackson (in 1969-07)
- vocals:
- Jackie Jackson (in 1969-07)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Motown Record Corporation (in 1969)
- recorded at:
- The Sound Factory West in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1969-07, from 1969-07 until 1969-09)
- music videos:
- I Want You Back by The Jackson 5
- part of:
- The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 104) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 120)
- recording of:
- I Want You Back (in 1969-07)
- writer:
- Deke Richards , Berry Gordy, Fonce Mizell and Freddie Perren
- publisher:
- Jobete Music Co., Inc., イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| The Jackson 5 | 4.25 | 2:58 |
34 | My Guy | Mary Wells | | 2:52 |
35 | The Tracks of My Tears | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | | 2:53 |
36 | Too Many Fish in the Sea | The Marvelettes | | 2:28 |
37 | I’ll Pick a Rose for My Rose | Marv Johnson | | 2:38 |
38 | Twist & Shout- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1962 (number: 3)
- cover recording of:
- Twist and Shout
- writer:
- Bert Russell (in 1961-02) and Phil Medley (in 1961-02)
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing , EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , Progressive Music Publishing Company Inc., Progressive Music, Inc , Robert Mellin Ltd., Robert Mellin, Inc., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. , Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell
- part of:
- Baby It’s You!
| The Isley Brothers | | 2:29 |
39 | Love Man | Otis Redding | | 2:19 |
40 | Nutbush City Limits | Ike & Tina Turner | | 2:54 |
41 | Money (That’s What I Want) | Barrett Strong | 3.85 | 2:36 |
42 | Love on a Mountain Top | Robert Knight | | 2:28 |
43 | I Got You (I Feel Good)- recorded in:
- Miami, Florida, United States (on 1965-05-06)
- producer:
- James Brown
- alto saxophone:
- Nat Jones (on 1965-05-06) and Maceo Parker (on 1965-05-06)
- bass:
- Bernard Odum (on 1965-05-06)
- drums (drum set):
- Melvin Parker (on 1965-05-06)
- guitar:
- Alphonso "Country" Kellum (on 1965-05-06) and Jimmy Nolen (on 1965-05-06)
- organ:
- Nat Jones (on 1965-05-06)
- tenor saxophone:
- Al "Brisco" Clark (on 1965-05-06), St. Clair Pinckney (on 1965-05-06) and Eldee Williams (on 1965-05-06)
- trombone:
- Levi Rasbury (on 1965-05-06)
- trumpet:
- Joe Dupars (on 1965-05-06), Mike Ridley (on 1965-05-06) and Ron Tooley (on 1965-05-06)
- lead vocals:
- James Brown (on 1965-05-06)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- PolyGram Records, Inc. (in 1965), Universal Records Inc. (in 1965) and PolyGram Inc. (in 1988)
- recorded at:
- Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States (on 1965-05-06)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 78)
- cover recording of:
- I Found You (on 1965-05-06)
- lyricist and composer:
- James Brown
- publisher:
- Fort Knox Music Co, Hudson Bay Music Inc., Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Trio Music Co., Inc. and Try Me Inc.
| James Brown | 4.6 | 2:48 |
44 | Land of 1000 Dances | Wilson Pickett | | 2:22 |
45 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine- producer:
- Norman Whitfield
- drums (drum set):
- Richard "Pistol" Allen (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10) and Uriel Jones (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- instruments:
- The Funk Brothers (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- organ:
- Earl Van Dyke (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- background vocals:
- The Andantes (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- lead vocals:
- Marvin Gaye (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- orchestra:
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- recorded at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 80) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 119)
- recording of:
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- writer:
- Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , EMI Songs Scandinavia AB, Jobete Music, Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobette-Carlin Music Ltd., Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部
- recording of:
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (on 1967-04-10)
- writer:
- Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , EMI Songs Scandinavia AB, Jobete Music, Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobette-Carlin Music Ltd., Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部
| Marvin Gaye | 3.9 | 3:12 |
46 | Ain’t No Mountain High Enough | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | 4.75 | 2:28 |
47 | Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine) | James Brown | | 5:16 |
48 | Proud Mary | Ike & Tina Turner | 4.5 | 4:55 |
49 | Needle in a Haystack | The Velvelettes | | 2:25 |
50 | Do You Love Me | The Contours | 4.35 | 2:53 |
51 | Everybody Needs Somebody to Love | Solomon Burke | | 2:42 |
52 | Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 4 | 2:21 |
53 | Heaven Must Have Sent You | The Elgins | 2 | 2:33 |
54 | Rockin’ Robin | Michael Jackson | 4.6 | 2:32 |
55 | Breakin’ Down the Walls of Heartache | Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon | | 2:35 |
56 | My Man, a Sweet Man | Millie Jackson | | 2:34 |
57 | Hit the Road, Jack | Ray Charles | | 1:56 |
58 | Jimmy Mack | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | | 2:51 |
59 | Baby Love | The Supremes | 4.65 | 2:36 |
60 | Abc | The Jackson 5 | 4.1 | 2:58 |
61 | Respect | Aretha Franklin | | 2:24 |
62 | Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow- cover recording of:
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow
- lyricist:
- Gerry Goffin
- composer:
- Carole King
- publisher:
- Lushmole Music, Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. , イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
- recording of:
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow
- lyricist:
- Gerry Goffin
- composer:
- Carole King
- publisher:
- Lushmole Music, Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. , イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| The Shirelles | | 2:39 |
63 | Hold On, I’m Comin’ | Sam & Dave | | 2:31 |
64 | Hard to Handle | Otis Redding | | 2:18 |
65 | (What a) Wonderful World | Sam Cooke | | 2:05 |
66 | Be My Baby- engineer:
- Larry Levine
- producer:
- Phil Spector
- vocals:
- Ronnie Spector (in 1963-07)
- arranger:
- Jack Nitzsche
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Phil Spector Records (in 1963)
- recorded at:
- Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1963-07)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 22) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 22)
- recording of:
- Be My Baby (in 1963-07)
- writer:
- Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
- publisher:
- ABKCO Music, Inc. , Carlin Music Corporation, Mother Bertha Music Inc., Trio Music Co., Inc. and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
- sub-publisher:
- ABKCO Japan Publishing, Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group Japan , Fujipacific Music inc. (until 2014-12-31), EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division (until 2021-06-30), Fujipacific Music, Inc. (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| The Ronettes | 4 | 2:40 |
67 | (I Get the) Sweetest Feeling | Jackie Wilson | | 2:54 |
68 | Band of Gold | Freda Payne | 4.5 | 2:53 |
69 | Then He Kissed Me- engineer:
- Larry Levine (in 1963-07)
- producer:
- Phil Spector
- lead vocals:
- LaLa Brooks (in 1963-07)
- arranger:
- Jack Nitzsche (in 1963-07)
- recorded at:
- Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1963-07)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1963 (number: 11) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 493)
- recording of:
- Then He Kissed Me (in 1963-07)
- writer:
- Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
- publisher:
- ABKCO Music, Inc. , Malt Shoppe Music, Mother Bertha Music Inc., Steeplechase Music, Trio Music Co., Inc. and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
| The Crystals | 5 | 2:36 |
70 | Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett | 4 | 3:04 |