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- "Ain't No Sunshine" • Artist: Bill Withers • Year: 1971 • Total weeks on Billboard Hot 100: 16 • Number of times covered: 231. Theo Wargo / Getty Images.
- "Can't Help Falling In Love"• Artist: Elvis Presley • Year: 1961 • Total weeks on Billboard Hot 100: 14 • Number of times covered: 365. Keystone / Getty Images.
- "I Want to Hold Your Hand" • Artist: The Beatles • Year: 1963 • Total weeks on Billboard Hot 100: 15 • Number of times covered: 173. Keystone / Getty Images.
- "The Sound of Silence" • Artist: Simon & Garfunkel • Year: 1965 • Total weeks on Billboard Hot 100: 14 • Number of times covered: 201. Frazer Harrison / Getty Images.
- Talking Heads. By Dave Sitek. When I was a kid, I was really into hardcore punk. Hardcore was very rigid. Talking Heads was the first band I remember telling my punk friends about, saying, "Yo, check this out!
- Carl Perkins. By Tom Petty. Carl Perkins' songs will outlive us all. On tracks like "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Honey Don't!" he took that country-picking thing into the rock world.
- Curtis Mayfield. By Boz Scaggs. If, in the late Fifties and early Sixties, you were drawn to that place on the AM radio dial where the rhythms, the grooves and the beautiful sounds of African-American soul were playing, you would have found Curtis Mayfield.
- R.E.M. By Colin Meloy. I first heard R.E.M. in 1986, a song tacked on to the end of a demos collection of a Eugene, Oregon, band that my uncle, then in school at U of O, sent to me for Christmas.
Feb 16, 2024 · To create the new version of the RS 500 we convened a poll of more than 250 artists, musicians, and producers — from Angelique Kidjo to Zedd, Sam Smith to Megan Thee Stallion, M. Ward...
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These all-time rankings are based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 (from its launch on Aug. 4, 1958 through Oct. 10, 2015) and Billboard 200 (from Aug. 17, 1963 — when we ...
"For the first time in 17 years, we’ve completely remade our list of the best songs ever. More than 250 artists, writers, and industry figures helped us choose a brand-new list full of historic...
The top 100 songs of all time span decades and encompass a variety of genres, from rock and pop to soul and hip-hop, reflecting the greatest hits of all time. This list includes timeless classics such as “Imagine” by John Lennon, “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen, and “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan.
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Jan 1, 2023 · This new list was compiled our staff and key contributors, and it encompasses 100 years of pop music as an ongoing global conversation, where iconic Indian playback singer Lata Mangeshkar...
