Top Ten Singles

[teamsaint]

Teenage Kicks. The Undertones.
Rave on. Buddy Holly.
Lets spend the Night together. Strolling Bones.
Man out of Time. Elvis Costello.
Down in the Tube Station at midnight. The Jam.
Substitute. The Who.
Making Plans for Nigel. XTC.
Rock Lobster. B 52s.
7 Minutes to Midnight. Wah! Heat.
Ironmasters. The men They Couldn't Hang.

On the Bench. X Offender . Blondie.
I Feel Fine. The Beatles.

Not very easy to choose !!

[Richard Tarleton]

Stones The Last Time
Stones Brown Sugar (Bobby Keys's sax solo - )
Mr Dylan Desolation Row (does that count as a single? Charlie McCoy's guitar descant ....)
Mr Dylan She Belongs to Me
George Thorogood Move It On Over
S&G Sound of Silence
Carlos Santana Samba Pa Ti
Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire
The Crystals Da Doo Ron Ron
ZZ Top Gimme All Your Lovin

Taht's for the next hour or two anyway

[Beef Oven!]

All bought by me except #6, bought by my dad, #5 by my God-mother and #10 bought by my sister. American Pie was one of the first singles I ever bought.

1. Teenage Kicks- The Undertones
2. Come Back - The Mighty Wah!
3. Love Machine - The Miracles
4. You Make Me Feel Brand New - The Stylistics
5. Bernadette - The Four Tops
6. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
7. American Pie - Don Mclean
8. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
9. Heaven Knows I'm miserable now - The Smiths
10. Hello Goodbye - The Beatles

And try watching this without singing along.....

[AmpH]

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Dusty Springfield - I only want to be with you
The Faces - Pool Hall Richard
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Peter Gabriel - D.I.Y.
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Magazine - Shot by both Sides
Ramones - Rockaway Beach

[Beef Oven!]

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Dusty Springfield - I only want to be with you
The Faces - Pool Hall Richard
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Peter Gabriel - D.I.Y.
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Magazine - Shot by both Sides
Ramones - Rockaway Beach

Bang goes the brown, that's another one down.....

[AmpH]

Bang goes the brown, that's another one down.....

...... and all so delightfully un - PC

[teamsaint]

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
Buddy Holly - Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Dusty Springfield - I only want to be with you
The Faces - Pool Hall Richard
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Peter Gabriel - D.I.Y.
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Magazine - Shot by both Sides
Ramones - Rockaway Beach

a totally splendid list Amph. And welcome back.

I felt bad not having Dusty in, Pool Hall Richard......very under rated rocker.
Rockaway beach........one of their very best.......Shot by Both sides..wonderful.

You can do a playlist for my party any time !!

[Mary Chambers]

My favourite single was Alfred Deller singing Purcell's Music for a While

[cloughie]

What a daft idea ts - Ten only covers one artist!

However in no particular order:

Bob Dylan:Like a Rolling Stone
Animals:House of the Rising Sun
Procol Harum:Whiter Shade of Pale
Mamas & Papas:California Dreaming
Beach Boys:Good Vibrations
Manfred Mann:Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Aretha Franklin:Respect
Roberta Flack:Very first time I saw your face
Judy Collins:Both Sides Now
Hollies:I can't let go
Beatles:Ticket to Ride
Rolling Stones:It's all over now
Cream:Sunshine of your love
Alan Price Set:I put a spell on you

I could keep on by it's not truly my top 10 - I Doubt if a Top 100 would cover it!


Then there's no Dusty, Roy Orbison, Don McLean, Carpenters, Simon & Garfunkel, Byrds, Kinks, Lovin' Spoonful, Black Betty, Theme from Shaft, Rhythm Stick, Parisian Walkways...

[teamsaint]

Course its a daft idea, cloughie !!

But my counting is spot on !!
here is a great story concerning "Its all over Now".

The Valentinos' original version of the song was played to the Rolling Stones during their first North American tour in June 1964 by New York radio DJ Murray the K. Murray the K had an extended series of interviews with the Stones on his WINS Swinging Soiree hit radio show following his similar success as the first radio DJ in the USA to have the Beatles with him on the air (February 1964). He played the Valentinos' song to the Stones, who "raved on it" and said "it was their kind of song". He also played the Stones' "King Bee" (their Slim Harpo cover) the same night and remarked on their ability to achieve an authentic blues sound. After hearing "It's All Over Now" by the Womacks (aka the Valentinos) on the WINS show, the band recorded their version nine days later at Chess Studios in Chicago. Years later, Bobby Womack said in an interview that he had told his manager he did not want the Rolling Stones to record their version of the song, and that he had told Mick Jagger to get his own song. His manager convinced him to let the Rolling Stones record the song. Six months later on receiving the royalty check for the song he told his manager that Mick Jagger could have any song he wanted.

somewhere there is film of Bobby telling that story. He tells it good !!

[AmpH]

a totally splendid list Amph. And welcome back.

I felt bad not having Dusty in, Pool Hall Richard......very under rated rocker.
Rockaway beach........one of their very best.......Shot by Both sides..wonderful.

You can do a playlist for my party any time !!

Cheers ts. I would happily partake of some Jam and Rock Lobster myself anytime !!

[cloughie]

Course its a daft idea, cloughie !!

But my counting is spot on !!
here is a great story concerning "Its all over Now".

The Valentinos' original version of the song was played to the Rolling Stones during their first North American tour in June 1964 by New York radio DJ Murray the K. Murray the K had an extended series of interviews with the Stones on his WINS Swinging Soiree hit radio show following his similar success as the first radio DJ in the USA to have the Beatles with him on the air (February 1964). He played the Valentinos' song to the Stones, who "raved on it" and said "it was their kind of song". He also played the Stones' "King Bee" (their Slim Harpo cover) the same night and remarked on their ability to achieve an authentic blues sound. After hearing "It's All Over Now" by the Womacks (aka the Valentinos) on the WINS show, the band recorded their version nine days later at Chess Studios in Chicago. Years later, Bobby Womack said in an interview that he had told his manager he did not want the Rolling Stones to record their version of the song, and that he had told Mick Jagger to get his own song. His manager convinced him to let the Rolling Stones record the song. Six months later on receiving the royalty check for the song he told his manager that Mick Jagger could have any song he wanted.

somewhere there is film of Bobby telling that story. He tells it good !!

..and the Stones didn't do straight covers anyway - their version was sufficiently different from the Valentinos. Their 'Not Fade Away' very far away from the Buddy Holly and they put their own stamp on 'Little Red Rooster' which was probably the last time they did a cover for a single for many a year. I should really have included the Shadows 'Apache' in my 10+ as it was probably the real start of my pop/rock journey.

[jean]

My favourite single was Alfred Deller singing Purcell's Music for a While

And mine was him singing Dowland's Fine Knacks for Ladies, with In Darkness let me Dwell on the other side.

[Bryn]

Laurie Anderson - O Superman
Zappa - Bolero/Stairway to Heaven
Nut Rocker - Bee Bumble and the Stingers
Pipeline - The Chantays

Um, that's it ... , except:

Handel
Beethoven
Brahms
Satie
Ravel
Chopin

[EdgeleyRob]

The Who - Substitute
ToTo - Africa
The Jam- Eton Rifles
Barry White - You're the First, the Last, My Everything
Dire Straits - Tunnel of Love
Bob Dylan - Hurricane
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Bob Marley & the Wailers - No Woman No Cry
The Police - Invisible Sun
Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good