My Top Songs of All Ti9me 776-800

776. Hello Hooray                                               Alice Cooper
777. Flavor of the Week                                      American Hi Fi
778. Tell Me Something Good                             Rufus
779. Cruel Summer                                             Bananarama
780. Turn Around Look At Me                           Vogues
781. Georgy Girl                                                 Seekers
782. Everywhere                                                 Fleetwood Mac
783. Its Wonderful                                              Young Rascals
784. Hungry                                                        Paul Revere and the Raiders
785. PYT(Pretty Young Thing)                            Michael Jackson
786. Its My Life                                                   Bon Jovi
787. Love Machine                                              Miracles
788. Woman Woman                                           Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
789. 19th Nervous Breakdown                            Rolling Stones
790. For Your Love                                             Yardbirds
791. Takin' Care of Business                                Bachman Turner Overdrive
792. What You Need                                           INXS
793. Strange Way                                                 Firefall
794. Manic Monday                                             Bangels
795. FM                                                               Steely Dan
796. Everybody Plays the Fool                              Main Ingredient
797. Boogie Oogie Oogie                                      A Taste of Honey
798. We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet                               Blues Magoos
799. Suite Judy Blue Eyes                                      Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
800. I Got You Babe                                             Sonny and Cher

The Bangels hit Billboard's Top 100 12 times from 1986-1996 including two #1 hits--Walk Like an Egyptian and Eternal Flame. This is the first of three Bangels songs on my list and was written by Prince. For most of their career the band has been Susanna Hoffs, the Peterson sisters(Debbie and Vicki) and Michael Steel but is now just the first three. A new album, "Sweetheart of the Sun" is due out September 27th.

The Main Ingredient hit the Top 100 11 times from 1970-75 and Everybody Plays the Fool was their highest charting hit, peaking at #3. It is the first of 4 songs by Main Ingredient on my list however. After 5 minor hits in 1970-71 lead singer Donald McPherson died unexpectedly and Cuba Gooding joined the group as lead and the band enjoyed a good run from through 1975. Not long later the band broke up. The band has gotten together a couple of times since and Gooding has attempted solo efforts. Original member Tony Silvester died in 2006 and I don't believe the band is currently active.

We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet was the only big hit by the Bronx-based Blues Magoos and it peaked at #5 on Billboard in December 1966. They had 4 minor hits--none of which made the Top 40. The band is credited with being in the forefront of the psychedelic music trend. The band broke up in 1968. Lead singer Peppy Castro and the rest of the band went their separate ways--neither meeting with any success. Castro charted again in 1981 with the group Balance with "Breaking Away". Three original members inclusing Castro reunited for two concerts in 2008-2009.

A Taste of Honey was a four person band founded by Perry Kibble and Donald Johnson and included Janice Johnson and Hazel Payne. Boogie Oogie Oogie topped the charts for 3 weeks in 1978. The band had three additional Top 100 hits from 1979-82 including the #3 smash Sukiyaki but in 1980 Johnson and Payne reformed the group as a duo. Johnson and Payne reunited in 2004 for a PBS special in New Jersey which I saw. KC and the Sunshine Band was the lead attraction. The bands websight only talks of Janice Johnson and there is nothing listed since 2008.

My Top Songs of All Time 801-825

Sorry for the delay between posts but here is the next group:

801 Sweet Child of Mine                                             Guns and Roses
802 I'm Every Woman                                                 Chaka Khan
803 Tired of Waiting for You                                       Kinks
804 Hey Baby, They're Playing Our Song                    Buckinghams
805 Want Ads                                                             Honeycone
806 Philadelphia Freedom                                           Elton John
807 War                                                                      Edwin Starr
808 Montego Bay                                                        Bobby Bloom
809 Spooky                                                                Classics IV
810 Rainy Day Women 12 & 35                                  Bob Dylan
811 Seven Rooms of Gloom                                        Four Tops
812 All Out of Love                                                    Air Supply
813 All the Things She Said                                         Simple Minds
814 Sock It to Me Baby                                             Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
815 Turn Turn Turn                                                     Byrds
816 Cherry Cherry                                                     Neal Diamond
817 Peace Train                                                         Cat Stevens
818 Get Dancin'                                                          Disco Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes
819 Truckin                                                                Grateful Dead
820 Keep On Lovin' You                                            REO Speedwagon
821 Keep On Rockin' in the Free World                     Neil Young
822 Tumblin' Dice                                                       Rolling Stones
823 Dancin' in the Dark                                              Bruce Springsteen
824 Alone Again Naturally                                          Gilbert O'Sullivan
825 Dream On                                                           Aerosmith

The Classics IV had 5 Top 40 hits from 1968-73 of which Spooky was the second biggest(after Traces). It is the first of 3 Classivs IV songs on my survey. The band was fronted by Dennis Yost who many credit with being the originator of southern soft rock. Yost suffered a brain tumor in 2006 and died in 2008. The band seems to have a vey limited tour schedule today.

Edwin Starr had 4 Top 4 hits of which the anti-Vietnam anthem War was the biggest--hitting #1 for three weeks in 1970.  Others include Agent Double-O-Soul, 25 Miles and Stop the War Now. The song was originally an album track by the Temptations. It is the first of two Edwin Starr songs on my survey. Starr moved to England in 1973 and mpassed away in 2003.

Mitch Ryder(born William Levise) and the Detroit Wheels burst onto the charts in 1966 and had six top 40 hits in 1966-67. Taking some dubious advice from producer Bob Crewe he left the Detroit Wheels at the end of 1967 and never charted again. Sock It to Me Baby which peaked at #6 was banned from some radio stations for sexually suggestive lyrics. Devil with a Blue Dress On was their biggest hit and their first hit, Jenny Take a Ride was released as a single on the advice of  Keith Richard and Brian Jones. Mitch tried touring for some time but I cannot find a record of him touring today.

Gilbert  O'Sullivan had 5 Topt 40 hits including the Blockbuster #1 hit Alone Again Naturally which spend 6 weeks ay #1 in 1972. It is his only song on my survey. Gilbert just released an album in 2011 and has an active international touring schedule.

Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes was a band fronted by Sir Monti Rock III (Joseph Montanez) who prior to this was a talk show regular. The disco hit peaked at #10 in 1974. It was one of two hits by the band and the only one to zappear in my survey.


 

Two T205s

Two of my favorite 205s--the best 2nd baseman in history and one of the best center fielders

My Two Favorite 1888 Allen & Ginter N28s

                                            My two favorite N28s--Cap Anson, the greatest player
                                            of the 19th century and Mike "King" Kelly--the most colorful.

1938 Goudey Foxxes

Two cards of Hall-of-Famer Jimmy Foxx from the 1938 Goudey set

My Top Songs of All Time 826-850

826. I Started a Joke                                                        Bee Gees
827. Kings                                                                       Steely Dan
828. Don't Stop Believin'                                                  Journey
829. Complicated                                                            Avril Lavigne
830. Golden Years                                                          David Bowie
831. Jimmy Mack                                                            Martha and the Vandellas
832. You Can't Hurry Love                                              Supremes
833. Call Me                                                                   Blondie
834. Treat Her Like a Lady                                             Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
835. Summer Sand                                                          Tony Orlando & Dawn
836. Play That Funky Music                                            Wild Cherry
837. Miss Me Blind                                                         Culture Club  
838. I Was Made to Love Her                                         Stevie Wonder
839. Silhouettes                                                               Herman's Hermits
840. Hold On (I'm Comin')                                              Sam & Dave
841. Party All the Time                                                    Eddie Murphy
842. Gangster's Paradise                                                  Coolio
843. Wishing Well                                                            Terence Trent D'arby
844. The Weight                                                              Band
845. Oh Shiela                                                                 Ready for the World
846. You Made Me So Very Happy                                Blood, Sweat & Tears
847. Goin' Up in Smoke                                                   Eddie Kendricks
848.. My Happy Ending                                                   Avril Lavigne
849. If You Don't Know Me By Now                              Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
850. One Night in Bangkok                                              Murray Head

Kings is the 23rd highest ranking song(of 30) by my favorite band of all time--Steely Dan. Once again Steely Dan's upcoming tour will have them performing an entire album and other hits and their first album "Can't Buy a Thrill" which includes Kings, Reelin' in the Years and Do It Again will be performed. I will be going. Now is Kings about Richard the Lionhearter and King John of Magna Carta fame or Nixon and Kennedy?? hmmmm.

Blood, Sweat and Tears has had over 130 people in the band over the years. Its most famous member is David Clayton Thomas and even he is not a founding member. It had three songs hit #2--You Made Me So Very Happy(the only BS&T song to hit my list), Spinning Wheel and And When I Die. Under founding member Bob Columby, the band still tours--recently with Chuck Negron of 3 Dog Night fame. I saw them at St. Lawrence Univ. in 1972 and they refused to play Spinning Wheel and called it a dumb, meaningless song.

I Started a Joke is the second of 6 Bee Gees songs on my list. With 49 Top 100 songs, the Bee Gees(Brothers Gibb) habe to be considered among the greatest bands of all time. They had 8 number one songs--mostly from the Disco era and many from Saturday Night Live. Most of my favorite Bee Gees songs are from the 1960s with "I Gotta Get a Message to You" my favorite. The two surviving members of the Bee Gees occasionally perform today.

The Corrnelius Brothers & Sister Rose had 5 hits in 1971-73 and Treat Her Like a Lady(which peaked at #3) was their second biggest(Too Late to Turn Back Now hit #2 and is further up my survey. After the group broke up in 1976, Carter Cornelius joined a black Hebrew sect and adopted the name of Prince Gideon Israel. He died at age 43. Edward Cornelius became a born again Christian and a pastor. Rose still performs today.

Herman's Hermits formed in 1963 when lead singer Peter Noone was only 15. They had 19 hits including two#1 hits Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter(sung previously in a British TV play) and I'm Herry the 8th I Am(song in a music hall previously). The band didn't like either of these songs and didn't record either in England. Peter Noone left the band in 1971 and still tours today. A competing Herman's Hermits band also tours(mainly in Europe) led by one of its founding members. There continues to be controversy around the group as to how many of their songs employed session museums. Jimmy Page played on at least a couple I believe including this song Silhouettes. This is the 2nd of 6 HH sonhs on my list--the highest being No Milk Today.

My Top Songs of All Time 851-875

851.Mr. Businessman                                                 Ray Stevens
852.All Night Long                                                     Lionel Ritchie
853.Material Girl                                                        Madonna
854.Coconut                                                              Nilsson
855.She's a Beauty                                                     Tubes
856.Funk 49                                                               James Gang
857.Reflections                                                           Supremes
858.Show Me(You Really Love Me)                          Cover Girls
859.Sounds of Silence                                                 Simon & Garfunkle
860.Obsession                                                            Animotion
861.Wild World                                                          Cat Stevens
862.Dazz                                                                     Brick
863.Ironic                                                                   Alais Morisette
864. Fast Car                                                              Tracy Chapman
865.Never                                                                   Heart
866.Back Stabbers                                                      OJays
867.Modern Love                                                        David Bowie
868.With or Without You                                             U2
869.Crystal Blue Persuasion                                         Tommy James & the Shondells
870.D'yer Maker                                                         Led Zeppelin
871.Rebel Rebel                                                          David Bowie
872.Take a Letter Maria                                              RB Greaves
873.Flaslight                                                                Parliament
874.Eighteen                                                               Alice Cooper
875.Is She Really Going Out With Him?                      Joe Jackson

Born Stan Georgiou, Cat Stevens had 14 Top 100 hits. His biggest hits wer Morning Has Broken(#6 on Billboard Hot 100), Another Saturday Night(#6) and Peace Train(#7). Wild World is the first of two hits by Cat Stevens on my list. In 1977, Cat converted to Islam and took name Yusuf Islam and dedicated himself to various eductional and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community and has been give several awards for promoting peace. He has begun recording again under the name Yusuf and released his latest album in 2009.

Ray Stevens is a 72-year old country-novelty singer who has an amazing 28 Top 100 songs led by the #1 smashes The Streak and Everything is Beautiful. The only song of his to make my survey is the more serious Mr. Businessman which peaked at #28 on Billboard. Ray is extremely active today and somewhat controvertial recording "God Save Arizona" and playing at various Tea Party rallies and conservative causes. He is also in the process of recording and releasing the Encyclopedia of Musical Comedy Recordings--a 100-song collection.

The James Gang had four songs on Billboards Top 100 from 1970-1976 and has three songs on my survey of which the highest rated is Walk Away. The band was led in its most popular years by Joe Walsh who later went on to join the Eagles. Band member Glen Schwartz founded Pacific Gas and Electric(Are You Ready?) and guitarist Dominic Troiano later joined Guess Who.

(Harry) Nilsson had 10 Top 100 Hits of which the #1 smash Without You was the biggest. This is the first of three hits of his on my survey--the others being Without You and Everybody's Talkin'. Nilsson died of heart failure in 1994 at age 53.

My Top Songs of All Time 876-900

876. Younger Girl                                               Critters
877. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'                         Crazy Elephant
878. Be My Lover                                               La Bouche
879. Dirty Water                                                 Standells
880. Der Komissar                                              After the Fire
881. Change of the Guard                                    Steely Dan
882. Once in a Lifetime                                        Talking Heads
883. Lets Go Crazy                                              Prince
884. Inner City Blues                                            Marvin Gaye
885. Are You Ready                                            Pacific Gas and Electric
886. I Keep Forgettin                                          Michael McDonald
887 Sunday Bloody Sunday                                 U2
888 Love the One You're With                            Steven Stills
889. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head            BJ Thomas
890. Vogue                                                          Madonna
891. Somebody's Watchin Me                              Rockwell
892. Lets Hang On                                               Four Seasons
893. System of Survival                                        Earth, Wind & Fire
894. Second Time Around                                   Shalamar
895. Little Child                                                   Curtis Mayfield
896. Stand Up                                                     Ludacris
897.You Know What I Mean                              Turtles
898. Cousin Dupree                                             Steely Dan
899. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel              Tavares
900. Elected                                                        Alice Cooper

The Younger Girl is the first of two hits on my survey by the Plainfield, New Jersey based band The Critters.The band charted four time in 1966-67 with The Younger Girl (peaked at #42 and originally recorded by the Lovin' Spoonful), Mr Dieingly Sad(higher on my list and a #17 hit), Bad Misunderstanding(#55), and Don't Let the Rain Fall Down on Me(#39). Lead singer Bob Guccione(and two other band members) joined the Army. Later Guccione toured with the Four Seasons and Tommy James and the Shondells while guitarist Jim Ryan youred with Carly Simon.

Crazy Elephant was a true one-hit wonder as Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' was their only song to chart--peaking at #12. The band was a studio band creater by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz. Former Cadillacs lead singer Robert Spencer was on lead vocals while Jerry Levine of Ohio Express fame(Yummy Yummy Yummy and Chewy Chewy) did background vocals.

La Bouche had four hoits in the mid-1990s of which Be My Lover was the biggest)peaking at #6 and the only song they did to make my survey. The group was formed in 1994 by Lance McCray and Melanie Thornton. Thornton left the group in 2000 to pursue a solo career and the group shortly folded. Thornton died in a plane crash in 2001.

The Standells are a punk rock group from Los Angeles and are sometimes referred to as the Godfathers of Punk Rock. They charted four times in 1966-67. Dirth Water waws their biggest hit, charting at #11 and their only song to make my survey. Lead vocalist Dick Dodd was an original Mouseketeer on the Mickey Mouse Club. The sonfg Dirty Water is played after every victory of the Red Sox,  Celtics, Bruins and Northeastern hockey win. The band is still active today led by original Standell Larry Tamblyn.

After the Fire is a British new wave-progressive rock band with one big hit(Der Komissar) and one minor hit. The band was founded in 1978 and charted in 1983 nwith both songs but the band dissolved around this time. There are mini-tours going on with original members.

Pacific Gas & Electric had one major hit(Are You Ready? which peaked at #14 in 1970 and two minor hits which peaked in the 90s. The group was founded by drummer/lead singer Charlie Allen. Other members includeed Glenn Schwartz from the James Gang, Frank Cook from Canned Heat and guitarist Tom Marshall. The band has a sad history however--Cook suffered a debilitating injury and had to leave the group, Marsghall became hopeless, Schwartz feft the group and Allen died at age 48.


                                        

Two Beautiful Jackie Robinson Cards

Above are my two favorite Jackie Robinson cards--the 1948 Leaf and the 1952 Topps--both in beautiful NM-MT condition

Halle Petro and the Jilt at the City Winery tomorrow night(4/23)

One of the best new bands to come on the scene in years is playing at the City Winery tomorrow night in New York City(4/23). The band is Halle Petro and the Jilt. Halle has an incredible voice and her bands style encompasses blues, country, jazz and rock. She lists her influences as among others Al Green, Otis Redding, Stevie Nicks, the Bee Gees and Patty Griffin. The show is at 9pm. If you are in or around the city check it out.

See halleandthejilt.com for more details.

My Top Songs of All Time 901-925

901 I Just Want to Celebrate                          Rare Earth
902 Unwell                                                    Third Eye Blind
903 The Boys of Summer                               Don Henley
904 No Matter What                                     Badfinger
905 Lowdown                                               Chicago
906 Pay to the Piper                                      Chairman of the Board
907 A Groove Will Make You Move             Jimmy Castor Bunch
908 Last Train to Clarksville                           Monkees
909 Dreams                                                   Fleetwood Mac
910 Breakfast at Tiffanys                                Deep Blue Something
911 Gey Outa My Dreams, Get Into My Car  Billy Ocean
912 Bang a Gong                                           T Rex
913 She'd Rather Be With Me                        Turtles
914 Mustang Sally                                          Wilson Pickett
915 You Wear It Well                                     Rod Stewart
916 Century's End                                           Steely Dan
917 I've Got to Use My Imagination                Gladys Knight and the Pips
918 Me and You and a Dog Naled Boo           Lobo
919 Bullet with Butterfly Wings                         Smashing Pumpkins
920 Satisfaction                                               Rolling Stones
921 Good Thing                                              Fine Young Cannibals
922 Rock Me Gently                                      Andy Kim
923 To  Sir With Love                                    Lulu
924 What Does It Take to Win Your Love      Jr Walker & the All Stars
925 Tha Rain, the Park and Other Things        Cowsills

Roland LaVoie or Lobo was one of my favorite singers of the 1970s--not so much this song which peaked at #5 but I'd Love You to Want Me(#2), Don't Expect Me to be Your Friend(#8) and How Can I Tell Her?(22) which are all higher on the charts. Lobo had 16 Top 100 hits in the 1970s and is currently semi-retired and lives in Florida. Last summer I walked into the Crimson Moon Cafe in Dahlonega, Georgia and talked about the red Georgia clay on my feet. Tom and Julie then started their first set with Me and You and a Dog Named Boo.

Badfinger was a UK band most popular 1969-72. They had 4 big hits and hit the Top 100 7 times. There was a close affiliation with the Beatles as Paul McCartney wrote their #7 hit Come and Get It and George Harrison played guitar on and produced their biggest hit--the #4 smash Day After Day. Also during this time singer-guitarist Pete Ham wrote the #1 hit Without You for Harry Nilsson. Sadly, Ham committed suicide in 1975 and Bassist Tony Evans did the same in 1983.

Who can forget the lyrics "You're dirty sweet and you're my girl"? T. Rex was founded by singer and guitarist Marc Bolan in 1967. Bang a Gong was their only big hit which peaked at #10   in 1972. The two singers for the Turtles sang background on this song.They had 3 other minor hits. The band dissolved after Bolan was killed in a car accident in 1977. Ironically another member of the band was also killed in a separate car accident in 1981.

Rare Earth formed as the Sunliners in 1960 and changed their name to Rare Earth in 1968 after signed by Motown's Rare Earth division. The band jokingly suggested the band change its name to Rare Earth and Motown agreed!   While this is the only Rare Earth song on my survey they had big hits covering two Temptations songs--Get Ready(#4) and I Know I'm Losing You(#7). In total they had 9 Top 100 hits. They also lost a number of their members at an early age. 

Chairmen of the Board was a soul band who had six Top 100 hits in the  early 1970s including Pay to the Piper(peaked at #13)   and their #3 smash Give Me Just a Little More Time which is further up my survey. The band was led by lead singer General Norman Johnson who recently passed away at age 57.

2 1909 Ramly's (T204) PSA 8 Hall-of-Famers

Two PSA 8 Hall-of-Famers from one of the most beautiful sets ever made.

My Top Songs of All Time 926-950

926. What I Am                                               Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians
927. One Hand in My Pocket                           Alanis Morisette
928. Rock of Ages                                           Def Leppard
929. Volunteers                                                Jefferson Airplane
930. You Little Trustmaker                               Tymes
931. Respectable                                              Outsiders
932. Solitary Man                                             Neal Diamond
933. White Rabbit                                            Jefferson Airplane
934. The Letter                                                Boxtops
935. Rhiannon                                                 Fleetwood Mac
936. Always Something There to Remind Me   Naked Eyes
937. Come and Get Your Love                        Redbone
938. Silence is Golden                                       Tremeloes
939. Bust a Move                                             Young MC
940.We Connect                                               Stacy Q
941. Sylvia's Mother                                          Dr. Hook
942. Life in a Northern Town                              Dream Academy
943. Drift Away                                                 Dobie Gray
944. Paradise by the Dashboard Lights               Meat Loaf
945. All Day Music                                            War
946. No Love At All                                          BJ Thomas
947. Rock the Boat                                            Hues Corporation
948. Whip It                                                      Devo
949. Since You've Been Gone                            Aretha Franklin
950. See You in September                               Happenings

The Hues Corporation was a trio from Santa Monica, Cal formed in 1969 and had 5 Top 100 hits over that time. Rock the Boat which hit number 1 was of curse the biggest and was the second disco song to hit #1 on the pop chart. The group named themselver after the (Howard) Hughes Corporation but due to the hue of their skin they decided on Hues Corporation. The original proposed name was "The Children of Howard Hues".

The Boxtops had 10 Top 100 songs from 1967-1970 with their #1 smash The Letter being the biggest followed by their #2 hit Cry Like a Baby. This blue-eyed soul band developed a large following in indie and alternative music and as recently as 1996 had an album of new material. Lead singer Alex Chilton went on to the band Big Star and performed as a solo artist. He recently passed away.

The Tymes also had 10 Top 100 hits including their #1 hit in 1963 So Much in Love. Three of the original four members are performing today. You Little Trustmaker is their only song on my survey.

Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians had 3 Top 100 hits of wihich What I Am was the biggest--hitting #3 on the Top 100. Edie married Paul Simon and plays with her stepson(Paul's son) in the band Heavy Circle. The band released an album in 2008 which Sean Lennon played on.

My Top Songs of All Time 951-975

951. Turn-Down Day                                   Cyrkle
952. King Kong                                            Jimmy Castor Bunch
953. Aqarius/Let the Sunshine In                   5th Dimension
954. Girlfriend                                              Pebbles
955. You Showed Me                                  Turtles
956. Life's Been Good                                  Joe Walsh
957. Mama's Pearl                                        Jackson 5
958. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me             Diana Ross ad the Supremes & the Temptations
959. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da                Police
960. Get Down                                             War
961. I Feel for You                                        Chaka Khan
962. Back on the Chain Gang                         Pretenders
963. Break Up to Make Up                           Stylistics
964. I Still Haven't Foung What I'm Lookin' For U2
965. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better                     Byrds
966. Leavin' on a Jet Plane                              Peter, Paul & May
967. Vehicle                                                   The Ides of March
968. It's Too Late                                           Carole King
969. Eleanor Rigby                                         Beatles
970. My Life                                                  Billy Joel
971. Laughter in the Rain                                Neal Sedaka
972. I Want You Back                                   Jackson 5
973. We're an American Band                        Grand Funk Railroad
974. Higher Love                                            Steve Winwood
975. Everyday People                                     Sly and the Family Stone

This is the first of four songs on my countdown by the r&b group from Philadelphia The Stylistics led by the incredible voice of Russell Thomphins, Jr. The band had a string of hits in the early 1970s but when producer Thom Bell left the group the group faded. Today the group has splintered into two separate groups and both tour.

The Illonois-based Ides of March are not one hit wonders but Vehicle was their only hit to make the top 40, peaking at #2 in 1970. Vocalist/gitarist Jim Peterich went on to co-found the band Survivor(Eye of the Tiger). The band remnis on tour today.

Get Down by War is the third on nine songs on my countdown by War. The song was never rteleased as a single but their is a live version on one of my old 8 tracks that I love. Four original member of War now play in the Low Rider Band which doesn't seem to do too many gigs while original member Lonnie Jordan remains with War.

You Showed Me is the second of five songs on my list from The Turtles who had a great string of hits in the mid-to-late 1960s. For most of the time since the two singers(Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman) have toured as Flo & Eddie and the Turtles. This summer Flo & Eddie and the Turtles are touring on the Happy Together tour with the Buckinghams, the Grass Roots, Mark Lindsay(lead singer of aul Revre and the Raiders) and the Association. That is a can't miss event!

My Top Songs of All Time 976-1,000

976 River Deep Mountain High                 Ike and Tina Turner
977 Sussudio                                            Phil Collins
978 The Rain                                            Oran "Juice" Jones
979 Ticket to Ride                                    Beatles
980 I Want to Take You Higher                Sly and the Family Stone
981 Jesus is Just All Right                          Doobie Brothers
982 Neither One of Us                              Gladys Knight and the Pips
983 Just Seven Numbers                           Four Tops
984 Sloop John B                                     Beach Boys
985 So Emotional                                     Whitney Houston
986 I'm a Believer                                     Monkees
987 I'm Telling You Now                          Freddie and the Dreamers
988 Young Girl                                         Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
989 Superstar                                           Carpenters
990 Workin' My Way Back                      Four Seasons
991 Doo Wah Diddy                                Manfred Mann
992 Just a Little                                        Beau Brummels
993 Dandelion                                         Rolling Stones
994 Whatcha See is Whatcha Get            Dramatics
995 My Maria                                          BW Stevenson
996 Roxanne                                            Police
997 I Feel Fine                                          Beatles
998 How Can I Be Sure?                          Young Rascals
999 Naughty Girls Need Love Too            Samantha Fox
1000 When Smokey Sings                         ABC

Oran "Juice" Jones is truly a one-hit wonder with his #9 hit in 1986 The Rain----I saw you and him walkin in the rain....Alas after one hit and apparently a bit of a struggle he stopped recording to take care of his mother and raise a family. His two children are apparently very active in the music world.

I thought the Beau Brummels growing up were an English group but they were actually a San Francisco band who patterned their music after the British invasion and whose sound can remind one of the Beatles or Zombies. They were also credited for setting the foundation of the San Francisco sound. Just a Little and Laugh Laugh are both great songs.

Just Seven Numbers is the first of 8 songs on my list by the Four Tops--one of the great bands of all time. I believe 3 of the original Four Tops have passed away including most recently their fabulous lead singer Levi Stubbs.

Speaking of which, I heard a couple of months ago that Ron Banks the voice of the Detroit-based Dramatics passed away. Up much higher on my survey is their classic song "In the Rain"

Sadly this list has another song from an artist who left us far too early. BW Stevenson passed away at 38. My Maria was his one top 40 hit.

My Top Songs of All Time 1001-1025

1001 More Today Than Yesterday                       Spiral Staircase
1002 A Lovers Concerto                                      Toys
1003 Midnight at the Oasis                                    Maria Muldauer
1004 Wrapped Around Your Finger                      Police
1005 Black Friday                                                Steely Dan
1006 Light My Fire                                               Doors
1007 Daddy Don't Live in That New York City     Steely Dan
1008 Walkin in Rhythm                                         Blackbyrds
1009 It Don't Come Easy                                      Ringo Starr
1010 Walk This Way                                            Aerosmith
1011 California Girls                                             Beach Boys
1012 Sweet Soul Music                                        Arthur Conley
1013 Electric Avenue                                            Eddie Grant
1014 Emma                                                          Hot Chocolate
1015 One Monkey Don' Stop No Show               Honey Cone
1016 I'll Be Around                                              Spinners
1017 Signed Sealed Delivered                              Stevie Wonder
1018 She's My Girl                                              Turtles
1019 Just Like Me                                               Paul Revere & the Raiders
1020 Kung Fuu Fighting                                       Carl Douglas
1021 Last Dance                                                  Donna Summer
1022 Holiday                                                       Madonna
1023 The Love You Save                                    Jackson Five
1024 Only Wanna Be With You                          Hootie and the Blowfish
1025 White Wedding                                          Billy Idol


I can't miss a chance to talk about my all time favorite group Steely Dan who scores twice in the grouping. Both Black Friday and Daddy Don't Live in that New York City No More are from the album Katy Lied--Steely Dan's fourth album. This just might be their greatest album ever--in addition to these two I have four other songs from this album in my countdown--Any World That I'm Welcome To(formerly my son's #1 song of all time--he was 7 yrs old),Doctor Wu, Your Gold Teeth and Rose Darlin'. This was not one of Steely Dan's favorite albums as Fagan and Becker were not happy with the sound quality due to an equipment malfunction with the noise reduction system. Michael McDonald sang background on a number of songs on this album.

On a different note, Honey Cone charts for the first time with their smash One Monkey Don't Stop No Show. Further up the charts is Want Ads--an even bigger hit my the group. Edna Wright, the voice of Honey Cone, still performs today with two other gals in an act entitled Edna Wright and Honey Cone.

Arthur Conley was discovered by the great Otis Redding and his song Sweet Soul Music pays tribute to some of the great acts of the late 60s--Lou Rawls, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and James Brown. After some minor hits Arthur spent his life in Europe and died at a young age a few years ago.
                          

My Top Songs of All Time 1026-1050

1026 Gudby to Jane                                       Slade
1027 Band of Gold                                         Freda Payne
1028 My Name Is.....                                     Eminem
1029 Machine Head                                       Bush
1030 Baba O'Reilly                                        Who
1031 Come on Down to My Boat                   Every Mothers Son
1032 Good Thing                                            Paul Revere and the Raiders
1033 Sweet Caroline                                       Neil Diamond
1034 Hot in Here                                           Nellie
1035 Eight Days a Week                                Beatles
1036 Mexico                                                 James Taylor
1037 Opportunities                                        Pet Shop Boys
1038 Walk Away from Love                         David Ruffin
1039 I Am I Said                                          Neil Diamond
1040 Home At Last                                      Steely Dan
1041 Opus 17                                               Four Seasons
1042 I Saw Her Again                                  The Mamas and the Papas
1043 Hotel California                                    Eagles
1044 New York New York                         Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
1045 Stop                                                     Moody Blues
1046 Never Gonna Give You Up                   Rick Astley
1047 Ohio                                                     Crosby Stills Nash & Young
1048 King for a Day                                      Thompson Twins
1049 The Other Woman                                Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio
1050 I Can See for Miles                              Who

This is the first entry for my favorite band of all time--Steely Dan--who has an incredible 30 songs in my countdown--far more than any other musical act. I consider Donald Fagen a musical genius and saw him recently in NYC where Steely Dan was as good as ever. Home at Last is from their CD Aja--which is one of my favorite Steely Dan CDs.

I loved Paul Revere and the Raiders since the mid-1960s was on the TV every day. Good Thing is the first of four from this band in the countdown. The band is still on tour today with the legendary Paul Revere still the frontman--two other Raiders have been in the band for over 30 years. Mark Lindsey, original lead singer is still alive and well.

Many think of Every Mothers Son as a one hit wonder with their #6 smash  in 1967 Come On Down to My Boat. However they did have 5 other songs which quickly hit the top 100. However the band was done in 1968. The band was led by the Larden Brothers out of New York City and Dennios Larden went on to play with Ricky Nelson's Stone Canyon Band.

Who can forget Rick Astley's famous video of Never Gonna Give You Up.....or the parody of the video--very funny.

The Pet Shop Boys and the Thompson Twins were two of my favorite bands to come out of the 1980s.and this represents the first of 4 songs in my countdown for the Pet Shop Boys led by the very talented and innovative Neil Tennant and the first of five by the Thompson Twins led by Tom Bailey.