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.