TOM'S MUSIC PLACE
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Best of 1971.
Best of 1970.
1. The Beatles - Let It Be
2. Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
3. Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
4. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
5. The Jackson 5 - ABC
6. Freda Payne - Band Of Gold
7. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
8. Santana - Evil Ways
9. The 5th Dimension - One Less Bell To Answer
10. Tony Orlando And Dawn - Knock Three Times
11. Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
12. The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
13. Vanity Fare - Hitchin' A Ride
14. The Guess Who - Hand Me Down World
15. Three Dog Night - Celebrate
16. Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain
17. The Carpenters - Close To You
18. James Taylor - Fire And Rain
19. The Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
20. Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
21. Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Love This Way Again
22. Peter, Paul, And Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane
23. Steven Stills - Love The One You're With
24. Bread - Make It With You
25. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangles
26. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
27. The Moody Blues - Question
28. B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
29. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
30. Free - All Right Now
31. Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
32. The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion
33. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop The Rain
34. Edwin Starr - War
35. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child
36. Shocking Blue - Venus
37. Eric Burdon - Tobacco Road
38. B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
39. Smokey Robinson - The Tears Of A Clown
40. Crosby Stills Nash And Young - Teach Your Children
41. Anne Murray - Snowbird
42. Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life
43. The Doors - Peace Frog
44. Minnie Ripperton - Rainy Day In Centerville
45. Barclay James Harvest - Taking Some Time On
46. Fairport Convention - Dirty Linen
47. Parliament - Put Love In Your Life
48. Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry)If There's A Hell Below, We're
All Going To Go
49. Pink Floyd - Fat Old Sun
50. Steppenwolf - Ball Crusher
1. John Lennon - Imagine
2. Rod Stewart - Maggie May
3. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
4. Santana - Black Magic Woman
5. Melanie - Brand New Key
6. Bread - I'm A Want You
7. Tommy James - Draggin' The Line
8. Sly And The Family Affair - Family Affair
9. The Carpenters - For All We Know
10. The Osmonds - One Bad Apple
11. T. Rex - Get It On
12. Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
13. Paul Revere and The Raiders - Indian Reservation
14. Black Sabbath - Iron Man
15. Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
16. Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On
17. Carole King - It's Too Late
18. Elton John - Your Song
19. Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee
20. Cat Stevens - Peace Train
21. Ike And Tina Turner - Proud Mary
22. The Carpenters - Rainy Days And Monday
23. Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
24. Tom Jones - She's A Lady
25. Five Man Electrical Band - Signs
26. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
27. Peter Nero - Summer Of 42
28. Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
29. Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman
30. The Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love And Hate
31. Paul McCartney - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
32. Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
33. Don McClean - American Pie
34. Helen Reddy - I Am Woman
35. James Taylor - You've Got A Friend
36. Poco - Kind Woman
37. Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride
38. John Cale - The Of Mirrors In The Palace Of Versailles
39. Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
40. Atomic Rooster - Break The Ice
41. Flamin' Grooves - City Lights
42. Gene Clark - For A Spanish Guitar
43. Hawkwind - Master Of The Universe
44. Pink Floyd - A Pillow Of Winds
45. Focus - Hocus Pocus
46. Genesis - The Fountain Of Salmacis
47. King Crimson - Prelude: Song Of The Gulls
48. Renaissance - Face Of Yesterday
49. Leon Russell - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
50. Roy Harper - One Man Rock And Roll Band
Best of 1972.
Best of 1973.
1. Carly Simon - You're So Vain
2. America - A Horse With No Name
3. Stevie Wonder - Supersition
4. Derek and The Dominos - Layla
5. Looking Glass - Brandy
6. Seals And Crofts - Summer Breeze
7. Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
8. Elton John - Crocodile Rock
9. Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes
10. Steely Dan - Do It Again
11. Bread - Diary
12. Roberta Flack - The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face
13. Argent - Hold Your Head Up
14. The Carpenters - Hurting Each Other
15. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
16. Donna Fargo - The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA
17. The Spinners - I'll Be Around
18. Raspberries - Go All The Way
19. Al Green - Let's Stay Together
20. The Hollies - Long Cool Woman(In A Black Dress)
21. Billy Paul - Me And Mrs. Jones
22. Chuck Berry - My Ding A Ling
23. Bill Withers - Lean On Me
24. Jim Croce - Operator
25. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
26. Yes - Roundabout
27. Alice Cooper - School's Out
28. Bee Gees - Run To Me
29. Chicago - Saturday In The Park
30. David Bowie - Starman
31. Harry Nilsson - Without You
32. Sammy Davis Jr. - The Candy Man
33. Eagles - Take It Easy
34. Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man
35. Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
36. Harry Chapin - Taxi
37. Donny Hathaway/Roberta Flack - Where Is The Love
38. Mac Davis - Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me
39. Doobie Brothers - Jesus Is Just Alright
40. The Dramatics - In The Rain
41. Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle
42. Donny Osmond - Puppy Love
43. Isley Brothers - Lay Away
44. Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
45. The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa
46. Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotised
47. Mott The Hoople - One Of The Boys
48. Dusty Springfield - Come For A Dream
49. Tim Buckley - Get On Top
50. Gil Scott-Heron - Angel Dust
1. Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
2. Rolling Stones - Angie
3. Tony Orlando And Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon
4. Doobie Brothers - China Grove
5. Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
6. The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
7. Seals And Crofts - Diamond Girl
8. Elton John - Daniel
9. Aerosmith - Dream On
10. Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn
11. Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein
12. Cher - Half Breed
13. Steve Miller - The Joker
14. Paul Simon - Kodachrome
15. Marvin Gaye - Lets Get In On
16. Eddie Kendricks - Keep On Trucking
17. Bachman Turner Overdrive - Let It Ride
18. The O'Jays - Love Train
19. Gladys Knight And The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
20. Wings - Live and Let Die
21. Pink Floyd - Money
22. Maureen McGovern - The Morning After
23. Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl
24. Paul McCartney - My Love
25. Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy
26. Ringo Starr- Photograph
27. Vicki Lawrence - The Nights The Lights Went Out In Georgia
28. Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
29. Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
30. David Essex - Rock On
31. Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years
32. Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle
33. Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
34. The Isley Brothers - Who's That Lady
35. Loggins And Messina - Your Mama Don't Dance
36. The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
37. Barbara Streisand - The Way We Were
38. Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
39. Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
40. Eagles - Tequila Sunrise
41. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
42. ZZ Top - La Grange
43. Styx - Lady
44. 10cc - Rubber Bullets
45. Hall And Oates - She's Gone
46. Billy Joel - Piano Man
47. Roxy Music - Street Life
48. The Who - Quadrophenia
49. The Band - The Weight
50. Earth Wind And Fire - Keep Your Head To The Sky
Best of 1974.
Best of 1975.
1. Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun
2. Abba - Honey, Honey
3. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
4. The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe
5. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
6. Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
7. The Doobie Brothers - Black Water
8. Paper Lace - Billy Don't Be A Hero
9. Harry Chapin - Cats In The Cradle
10. Supertramp - Dreamer
11. Carly Simon - Haven't Got Time For The Pain
12. Olivia Newton John - If You Love Me
13. Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff
14. Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis
15. Pilot - Magic
16. Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
17. Dave Loggins - Please Come To Boston
18. Golden Earring - Radar Love
19. Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat
20. Ray Stevens - The Streak
21. Lynryd Skynrd - Sweet Home Alabama
22. Rufus - Tell Me Something Good
23. Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
24. Billy Preston - Nothing From Nothing
25. Minnie Ripperton - Lovin' You
26. Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
27. Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
28. Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On
29. Badfinger - Without You
30. Todd Rundgren - The Spark Of Life
31. Aerosmith - Seasons Of Wither
32. Robin Trower - Little Bit Of Sympathy
33. Chicago - Wishing You Were Here
34. Bad Company - Can't Get Enough
35. Supertramp - School
36. Roxy Music - The Thrill Of It All
37. Ohio Players - Fire
38. Waylon Jennings - Rainy Day Woman
39. Dolly Parton - Love Is Like A Butterfly
40. ELO - Can't Get It Out Of My Head
41. Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
42. Lou Reed - Animal Language
43. Styx - The Serpent Is Rising
44. Leonard Cohen - There Is A War
45. James Brown - My Thang
46. Robert Wyatt - Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
47. Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris
48. Blue Oyster Cult - Career Of Evil
49. Frank Zappa - Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
50. Aretha Franklin - The Masquerade Is Over
1. 10cc - I'm Not In Love
2. KC and The Sunshine Band - That's The Way(I Like It)
3. Olivia Newton John - Have You Never Been Mellow
4. Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good
5. Abba - SOS
6. Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You
7. Bee Gees - Jive Talkin'
8. Van McCoy - The Hustle
9. Earth Wind And Fire - Shining Star
10. Barry Manilow - Mandy
11. Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly
12. Eric Carmen - All By Myself
13. Janis Ian - At Seventeen
14. C.W. McCall - Convoy
15. Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine
16. AC/DC - Its A Long Way To The Top
17. Jefferson Starship - Miracles
18. Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
19. The Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster
20. Nazareth - Love Hurts
21. Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
22. Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
23. Phoebe Snow - Poetry Man
24. Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
25. Elton John - Somebody Saved My Life Tonight
26. Foghat - Slowride
27. The Who - Squeeze Box
28. Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
29. ELO - Strange Magic
30. Billy Joel - New York State Of Mind
31. Captain And Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
32. Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
33. David Bowie - Young Americans
34. Heart - Magic Man
35. Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
36. Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
37. Bad Company - Feel Like Making Love
38. Fleetwood Mac - Over My Head
39. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
40. Rush - Fly By Night
41. Styx - Light Up
42. Bob Seger - Katmandu
43. Eagles - One Of These Nights
44. Kansas - Song For America
45. Patti Smith - Gloria
46. Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
47. Jeff Beck - Scatterbrain
48. The Marshall Tucker Band - Fire On The Mountain
49. The Sweet - Fox On The Run
50. George Baker Selection - Paloma Blanca
Best of 1976.
Best of 1977.
1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Abba - Knowing Me, Knowing You
3. Heart - Crazy On You
4. Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back In Town
5. Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do
6. Gary Wright - Dream Weaver
7. Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
8. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light
9. Kiss - Beth
10. The Bellamy Brothers - Let You Love Flow
11. Paul McCartney - Let Em In
12. Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
13. Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
14. Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely
15 Andrea True Connection - More More More
16. Brass Construction - Movin'
17. Orleans - Still The One
18. Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald
19. Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
20. Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
21. Boz Scaggs - Lowdown
22. Walter Murphy - A Fifth Of Beethoven
23. Boston - More Than A Feeling
24. Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
25. Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
26. The Carpenters - There's A Kind Of Hush
27. Steve Miller - Take The Money And Run
28. Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany
29. Alan Parsons Project - A Dream Within A Dream
30. Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene 4
31. Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
32. Bob Seger - Night Moves
33. Boney M. - Sunny
34. Styx - Crystal Ball
35. Rose Royce - Car Wash
36. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
37. Triumph - 24 Hours A Day
38. Linda Ronstadt - That'll Be The Day
39. The Runaways - Cherry Bomb
40. Aerosmith - Back In The Saddle
41. The Isley Brothers - Harvest For The World
42. Sweet - Action
43. Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets
44. Rick Dees - Disco Duck
45. Jeff Beck - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
46. Poco - Rose Of Cimarron
47. Uriah Heep - Weep In Silence
48. Warren Zevon - Frank And Jesse James
49. Judas Priest - Victim Of Changes
50. Robin Trower - Long Misty Days
1. Alan Parsons Project - I Robot
2. Eagles - Hotel California
3. Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night
4. Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun
5. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
6. Bill Conti - Theme From Rocky
7. Meco - Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band
8. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
9. Mary MacGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers
10. Hall And Oates - Sara Smile
11. The Carpenters - All You Get From Love Is A Love Song
12. Heart - Barracuda
13. Ram Jam - Black Betty
14. Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
15. Commodores - Brick House
16. Chicago - Baby What A Big Surprise
17. Chic - Dance, Dance, Dance
18. Foreigner - Cold As Ice
19. Rush - Closer To The Heart
20. Paul Crazy - I Go Crazy
21. Boz Scaggs - Miss Sun
22. Supertramp - Give A Little Bit
23. Brothers Johnson - Strawbetty Letter 23
24. Styx - The Grand Illusion
25. Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better
26. Atlanta Rhythm Section - So Into You
27. Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
28. Steely Dan - Peg
29. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
30. Jennifer Warnes - Right Time Of The Night
31. Rita Coolidge - (Your Love Has Lifted Me)Higher And Higher
32. Queen - We Will Rock You
33. Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
34. Olivia Newton John - Sam
35. Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
36. Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner
37. The Trammps - Disco Inferno
38. Kiss - Christine Sixteen
39. Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou
40. Leo Sayer - When I Need You
41. David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us
42. Andy Gibb - I Just Want To Be Your Everything
43. Barbra Streisand - Evergreen
44. Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again
45. ELO - Summer And Lightning
46. Earth Wind And Fire - Serpentine Fire
47. Roberta Flack - The Closer I Get To You
48. Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
49. Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life
50. Bob Marley - Exodus
Best of 1978.
Best of 1979.
1. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
2. John Travolta/Olivia Newton John - You're The One That I Want
3. Village People - YMCA
4. Kansas - Dust In The Wind
5. Player - Baby Come Back
6. Abba - Take A Chance On Me
7. Earth Wind And Fire - Fantasy
8. Chic - Good Times
9. A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
10. Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing
11. Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
12. Eddie Money - Baby Hold On
13. Styx - Blue Collar Man
14. Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon
15. Dionne Warwick - Deja Vu
16. Boston - Don't Look Back
17. Gerry Rafferty - Right Down The Line
18. Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
19. Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You
20. Heart - Heartless
21. Supertramp - Fool's Overture
22. Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
23. Toto - Hold The Line
24. Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman
25. Pablo Cruise - Love Will Find A Way
26. Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good
27. The Cars - Good Times Roll
28. Rolling Stones - Miss You
29. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
30. ELO - Turn To Stone
31. The Who - Who Are You
32. Firefall - Strange Way
33. Journey - Lights
34. George Benson - On Broadway
35. Alan Parsons - In The Lap Of The Gods
36. Jefferson Starship - Love Too Good
37. Foreigner - Blue Morning, Blue Day
38. Moody Blues - Steppin' In A Slide Zone
39. Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen
40. Ace Frehley - Snow Blind
41. Paul Stanley - Love In Chains
42. Gene Simmons - Radioactive
43. Peter Criss - You Matter To Me
44. Rush - Circumstances
45. Kate Bush - Hammer Horror
46. George Thorogood - Move It On Over
47. The Jacksons - Shake Your Body(To The Ground)
48. Willie Nelson - Stardust
49. Wings - With A Little Luck
50. Patti Smith - Because The Night
1. Santana - Aqua Marine
2. Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
3. Blondie - Heart Of Glass
4. Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
5. The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes
6. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
7. M - Pop Muzik
8. Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
9. Chic - Le Freak
10. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
11. Exile - Kiss You All Over
12. Earth Wind And Fire - Boogie Wonderland
13. Supertramp - Breakfast In America
14. Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
15. Olivia Newton John - Deeper Than The Night
16. Van Halen - Dance The Night Away
17. Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell
18. Village People - In The Navy
19. Poco - Heart Of The Night
20. AC/DC - Highway To Hell
21. Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin' You
22. Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
23. The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
24. The Police - Message In A Bottle
25. Suzi Quatro - Stumblin' In
26. The Knack - My Sharona
27. Sister Sledge - We Are Family
28. Kenny Rodgers - You Decorated My Life
29. Kermit The Frog - The Rainbow Connection
30. Roxy Music - Manifesto
31. Rickie Lee Jones - Chuck E's In Love
32. Alan Parsons Project - Damned If I Do
33. Abba - Does Your Mother Know
34. The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night
35. Heart - Straight On
36. ELO - Don't Bring Me Down
37. Kansas - On The Other Side
38. The Cars - Candy-O
39. Joy Division - Shadowplay
40. ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses
41. Cheap Trick - Dream Police
42. Peaches And Herb - Reunited
43. Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
44. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
45. Tom Petty And The Heartbreaker - Refugee
46. Styx - Lights
47. Toto - Hydra
48. Pat Travers - Crash And Burn
49. Billy Joel - Big Shot
50. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell