BILLBOARD #1 POP HITS 1941-1976
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1941
Song of the Volga
Boatmen
Glenn Miller
Piano Concerto
in B Flat
Freddy Martin
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Glenn Miller
1942
A String of Pearls
Glenn Miller
Blues in the Night
Woody Herman
Moonlight Cocktail
Glenn Miller
Jingle Jangle Jingle
Kay Kyser
1943
There Are Such Things
Tommy Dorsey
I Had the Craziest
Dream
Harry James
I’ve
Heard That Song Before
Harry James
That Old Black Magic
Glenn Miller
Taking a Chance
on Love
Benny Goodman
Comin’
in on a Wing and a Prayer
The Song Spinners
In the Blue of Evening
Tommy Dorsey
Sunday, Monday or
Always
Bing Crosby
1944
It’s Love-Love-Love
Guy Lombardo
I’ll Be Seeing You
Bing Crosby
Swinging on a Star
Bing Crosby
You
Always Hurt the One You Love
Mills Brothers
I’m Making Believe
The Ink Spots
1945
Rum and Coca-Cola
The Andrews Sisters
My
Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time
Les Brown
On
the Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe
Johnny Mercer
Till the End of Time
Perry Como
It’s
Been a Long, Long Time
Harry James
1946
I Can’t
Begin to Tell You
Bing Crosby
Let
It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Vaughn Monroe
Doctor, Lawyer,
Indian Chief
Betty Hutton
Oh! What It Seemed
to Be
Frankie Carle
Rumors are Flying
Frankie Carle
Old Buttermilk Sky
Kay Kyser
The Old Lamp-Lighter
Sammy Kaye
1947
I Love You For Sentimental
Reasons
The King Cole Trio
Open the Door, Richard
Count Basie
Managua, Nicaragua
Freddy Martin
Peg o’ My Heart
The Harmonicats
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!
Tex Williams
1948
I’m
Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover
Art Mooney
You Call Everybody
Darlin’
Al Trace
Twelfth Street Rag
Pee Wee Hunt
A Tree in the Meadow
Margaret Whiting
1949
All I Want for
Christmas
Spike Jones
A Little Bird Told
Me
Evelyn Knight
Cruising Down
the River
Blue Barron
Cruising Down
the River
Russ Morgan
Riders in the Sky
Vaughn Monroe
Some Enchanted Evening
Perry Como
You’re Breaking
My Heart
Vic Damone
That Lucky Old Sun
Frankie Laine
1950
Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer
Gene Autry
I Can Dream, Can’t
I?
The Andrews Sisters
Chattanoogie Shoe
Shine Boy
Red Foley
Music! Music! Music!
Teresa Brewer
If
I Knew You Were Comin’
Eileen Barton
The Third Man Theme
Anton Karas
The Tennessee Waltz
Patti Page
1951
How High the Moon
Les Paul and Mary Ford
Come on-a My House
Rosemary Clooney
Cry
Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
1952
Auf Wiederseh’n
Sweetheart
Vera Lynn
I Went to Your Wedding
Patti Page
Why Don’t
You Believe Me?
Joni James
I Saw
Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Jimmy Boyd
1953
Don’t
Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
Perry Como
Till I Waltz
Again with You
Teresa Brewer
The Doggie in the
Window
Patti Page
The Song from
Moulin Rouge
Percy Faith
I’m Walking
Behind You
Eddie Fisher
Vaya con Dios
Les Paul and Mary Ford
St. George and
the Dragonet
Stan Freberg
1954
Little Things Mean
a Lot
Kitty Kallen
This Ole House
Rosemary Clooney
1955
Hearts of Stone
Fontane Sisters
Ballad of Davy Crockett
Bill Hayes
Cherry
Pink & Apple Blossom White
Pérez Prado
Rock Around the Clock
Bill Haley & His Comets
Yellow Rose of
Texas
Mitch Miller
Love is
a Many-Splendored Thing
Four Aces
Sixteen Tons
Tennessee Ernie Ford
1956
Memories Are Made
of This
Dean Martin
Rock & Roll Waltz
Kay Starr
Lisbon Antigua
Nelson Riddle
Poor People of Paris
Les Baxter
Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley
I
Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Elvis Presley
Singing the Blues
Guy Mitchell
1957
Love Letters In
the Sand
Pat Boone
That’ll Be the Day
The Crickets
Wake Up Little Susie
Everly Brothers
When
the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano
Pat Boone
1958
At the Hop
Danny and the Juniors
All I Have
to Do Is Dream
Everly Brothers
The Purple People Eater
Sheb Wooley
Hard Headed Woman
Elvis Presley
It’s All in
the Game
Tommy Edwards
It’s Only Make
Believe
Conway Twitty
To Know Him
is to Love Him
Teddy Bears
Christmas Don’t
Be Late
The Chipmunks
1959
Smoke Gets in Your
Eyes
The Platters
Come Softly to Me
The Fleetwoods
The Happy Organ
Dave “Baby” Cortez
The Battle of
New Orleans
Johnny Horton
A Big Hunk o’
Love
Elvis Presley
Heartaches by the
Number
Guy Mitchell
1960
A Summer Place
Percy Faith
Everybody’s
Somebody’s Fool
Connie Francis
I’m Sorry
Brenda Lee
Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
Brian Hyland
It’s Now or Never
Elvis Presley
My
Heart Has a Mind of Its Own
Connie Francis
Save the Last
Dance for Me
The Drifters
I Want to Be Wanted
Brenda Lee
Georgia on My Mind
Ray Charles
Are You Lonesome
Tonight?
Elvis Presley
1961
Wonderland by Night
Bert Kaempfert
Will You
Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
Quarter to Three
Gary U.S. Bonds
Michael Row
the Boat Ashore
The Highwaymen
Take Good Care
of My Baby
Bobby Vee
Please Mr. Postman
The Marvelettes
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Tokens
1962
Peppermint Twist
The Starlighters
Don’t
Break the Heart that Loves You
Connie Francis
Stranger on the Shore
Acker Bilk
I Can’t Stop
Loving You
Ray Charles
Roses Are Red My Love
Bobby Vinton
Breaking Up
Is Hard to Do
Neil Sedaka
Big Girls Don’t
Cry
The Four Seasons
1963
Go Away Little Girl
Steve Lawrence
Walk Right In
The Roofop Singers
Walk Like a Man
The Four Seasons
Our Day Will Come
Ruby & the Romantics
I Will Follow Him
Little Peggy March
If You Wanna Be Happy
Jimmy Soul
Easier Said Than Done
The Essex
Fingertips Pt. 2
Little Stevie Wonder
My Boyfriend’s Back
The Angels
Deep Purple
Nino Tempo & April Stevens
I’m Leaving
It Up to You
Dale & Grace
1964
There I’ve
Said it Again
Bobby Vinton
I Want to Hold
Your Hand
The Beatles
A World Without Love
Peter & Gordon
A Hard Day’s Night
The Beatles
Everybody Loves Somebody
Dean Martin
Where Did Our Love
Go
The Supremes
The House
of the Rising Sun
The Animals
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Manfred Mann
Leader of the Pack
The Shangri-Las
1965
Come See About Me
The Supremes
You’ve
Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
The Righteous Brothers
This Diamond Ring
Gary Lewis & the Playboys
Stop! In the
Name of Love
The Supremes
I’m Telling You
Now
Freddie & the Dreamers
Game of Love
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely
Daughter
Herman’s Hermits
Back in My Arms Again
The Supremes
I Can’t Help Myself
The Four Tops
Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones
I’m Henry VIII,
I Am
Herman’s Hermits
Eve of Destruction
Barry Mcguire
Get Off My Cloud
The Rolling Stones
I Hear a Symphony
The Supremes
Over & Over
The Dave Clark Five
1966
The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel
We Can Work it Out
The Beatles
Lightning Strikes
Lou Christie
These
Boots are Made for Walkin’
Nancy Sinatra
Ballad of the
Green Berets
Sgt. Barry Sadler
You’re My Soul &
Inspiration
The Righteous Brothers
Monday, Monday
The Mamas & the Papas
When a Man Loves
a Woman
Percy Sledge
Paint it Black
The Rolling Stones
Hanky Panky
Tommy James & the Shondells
Summer in the City
The Lovin’ Spoonful
You Can’t Hurry
Love
The Supremes
Reach Out I’ll
Be There
The Four Tops
Last Train to Clarksville
The Monkees
Poor Side of Town
Johnny Rivers
You Keep Me Hangin’
On
The Supremes
Winchester Cathedral
The New Vaudeville Band
1967
Kind of a Drag
The Buckinghams
Ruby Tuesday
The Rolling Stones
Love
is Here & Now You’re Gone
The Supremes
Somethin’ Stupid
Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra
All You Need is Love
The Beatles
Ode to Billie Joe
Bobby Gentry
Incense & Peppermints
Strawberry Alarm Alock
1968
Judy in Disguise
John Fred & His Playboy Band
Green Tambourine
The Lemon Pipers
The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
Tighten Up
Archie Bell & the Drells
Mrs. Robinson
Simon & Garfunkel
This Guy’s
in Love With You
Herb Alpert
Grazing in the Grass
Hugh Mazakela
People Got to be Free
The Rascals
Harper Valley PTA
Jeannie C. Riley
I Heard
it Through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
1969
Crimson & Clover
Tommy James & the Shondells
Everyday People
Sly & the Family Stone
Aquarius /
Let the Sun Shine In
The Fifth Dimension
Theme from Romeo
and Juliet
Henry Mancini
In the Year 2525
Zager & Evans
Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones
I Can’t
Get Next to You
The Temptations
Suspicious Minds
Elvis Presley
Wedding Bell Blues
The Fifth Dimension
Na
Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
Steam
Leaving on a Jet
Plane
Peter, Paul & Mary
Someday We’ll
Be Together
The Supremes
1970
Raindrops
Keep Fallin’ on My Head
B. J. Thomas
Thank You / Everybody Is a Star
Sly & the Family Stone
Bridge over Troubled
Water
Simon & Garfunkel
American Woman / No Sugar Tonight
The Guess Who
Everything is Beautiful
Ray Stevens
The Long &
Winding Road
The Beatles
The Love You Save
The Jackson 5
Mama Told Me
Not to Come
Three Dog Night
Ain’t
No Mountain High Enough
Diana Ross
I Think I Love You
The Partridge Family
The Tears of a Clown
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
My Sweet Lord
George Harrison
1971
One Bad Apple
The Osmonds
Just My Imagination
The Temptations
Joy to the World
Three Dog Night
Brown Sugar
The Rolling Stones
It’s Too Late / I Feel
the Earth Move
Carole King
Indian Reservation
The Raiders
You’ve Got a Friend
James Taylor
How
Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
Bee Gees
Uncle Albert/Admiral
Halsey
Paul McCartney
Go Away Little Girl
Donny Osmond
Maggie May / Reason to Believe
Rod Stewart
Family Affair
Sly & the Family Stone
1972
The
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roberta Flack
I’ll Take You There
The Staple Singers
The Candy Man
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Alone Again Naturally
Gilbert O’Sullivan
Brandy You’re a Fine Girl
Looking Glass
Baby, Don’t
Get Hooked on Me
Mac Davis
I Can See Clearly
Now
Johnny Nash
Papa Was a Rollin’
Stone
The Temptations
1973
Killing
Me Softly with His Song
Roberta Flack
The
Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Vicki Lawrence
Tie
a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ol’ Oak Tree
Tony Orlando &Dawn
You
Are the Sunshine of My Life
Stevie Wonder
Frankenstein
The Edgar Winter Group
Will It Go
Round in Circles
Billy Preston
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Jim Croce
The Morning After
Maureen McGovern
Touch Me in the
Morning
Diana Ross
We’re an American
Band
Grand Funk
Midnight Train to
Georgia
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Keep on Truckin’
Eddie Kendricks
The
Most Beautiful Girl
Charlie Rich
1974
The Way We Were
Barbra Streisand
Love’s Theme
Love Unlimited Orchestra
The Way We Were
Barbra Streisand
Seasons in the Sun
Terry Jacks
Sunshine on My Shoulders
John Denver
Hooked on a Feeling
Blue Swede
The Sound of Philadelphia
MFSB
Billy Don’t
Be a Hero
Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
Rock the Boat
Hues Corporation
Feel Like Makin’
Love
Roberta Flack
The Night Chicago Died
Paper Lace
You’re Having
My Baby
Paul Anka
I Shot the Sheriff
Eric Clapton
Can’t
Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
Barry White
I Honestly Love You
Olivia Newton-John
Nothing From Nothing
Billy Preston
Then Came You
Dionne Warwicke & Spinners
You Haven’t
Done Nothin’
Stevie Wonder
You Ain’t
Seen Nothing Yet
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Whatever
Gets You thru the Night
John Lennon
Cat’s in the Cradle
Harry Chapin
1975
Lucy in
the Sky with Diamonds
Elton John
Laughter in the Rain
Neil Sedaka
Pick Up the Pieces
The Average White Band
Have You Never
Been Mellow
Olivia Newton-John
Black Water
The Doobie Brothers
My Eyes Adored You
Frankie Valli
Philadelphia Freedom
Elton John
Somebody
Done Somebody Wrong Song
B. J. Thomas
He Don’t Love You
Like I Love You
Tony Orlando & Dawn
Shining Star
Earth, Wind & Fire
Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Freddy Fender
Thank God
I’m a Country Boy
John Denver
Love Will Keep
Us Together
Captain & Tennille
Listen to
What the Man Said
Wings
The Hustle
Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony
Fallin’ in Love
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
Get Down Tonight
KC & the Sunshine Band
Rhinestone Cowboy
Glen Campbell
Calypso / I'm Sorry
John Denver
That’s the Way I Like
It
KC & the Sunshine Band
Let’s Do It Again
The Staple Singers
1976
Saturday Night
Bay City Rollers
I Write the Songs
Barry Manilow
Do
You Know Where You’re Going To
Diana Ross
Love Rollercoaster
Ohio Players
50 Ways to
Leave Your Lover
Paul Simon
Theme From “S.W.A.T.”
Rhythm Heritage
Oh, What a Night
The Four Seasons
Let Your Love Flow
Bellamy Brothers
Afternoon Delight
Starland Vocal Band
Kiss & Say Goodbye
The Manhattans
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
Elton John & Kiki Dee
You Should Be Dancing
Bee Gees
Shake Your Booty
KC & the Sunshine Band
Play That Funky Music
Wild Cherry
A Fifth of Beethoven
Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band
Disco Duck
Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots
Rock’n Me
Steve Miller Band
Tonight’s the Night
Rod Stewart