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Vol 32 Issue 39/08_23_2026
Celebrating the Music of the Golden Era of the 45 (1950-1989)




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1 1 Valleri The Monkees 5
2 2 10538 Overture Electric Light Orchestra 7
3 9 Shake It Up Tonight Cheryl Lynn 7
4 6 Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler 6
5 7 Kodachrome Paul Simon 6
6 10 Alfie Dionne Warwick 5
7 5 Questions 67 And 68 Chicago Transit Authority 7
8 8 The Kids are Alright The Who 7
9 3 Hang It Up Patrice Rushen 10
10 11 Bon Voyage Kim Carnes 8
11 13 Apache The Shadows 4
12 4 I'm on Fire Dwight Twilley Band 10
13 14 Operator Jim Croce 4
14 17 Tumbling Dice Linda Rondstadt 3
15 18 Sweet Mary Wadsworth Mansion 3
16 19 Sorrow David Bowie 3
17 26 Uncle Albert/Albert Hasley Paul & Linda McCartney 2
18 27 I Feel Love Donna Summer 2
19 20 A Trick of the Tail Genesis 5
20 16 Dreamer Supertramp 8
21 15 Spinning Wheel Blood Sweat & Tears 8
22 22 Old Brown Shoe The Beatles 6
23 21 Lazy Sunday Small Faces 5
24 23 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Freddy Cannon 3
25 30 Yesterday’s Rain Spanky and Our Gang 2
26 12 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 10
27 29 Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa Gene Pitney 2
28 -- Peg Steely Dan 1
29 31 Child Of Clay Jimmie Rodgers 2
30 24 Heartbeat King Crimson 6
31 -- King of Pain The Police
BUBBLING UNDER
32 The Passenger Siouxsie And The Banshees
33 I Will Always Think About You New Colony Six
34 The Red Balloon Dave Clark Five
35 Little Bit Of Love Brenda and the Tabulations
36 One Thing Leads to Another The Fixx
37 You’re A Lady Peter Skellern
38 All Summer Long Beach Boys
39 When You Walk In The Room Jackie DeShannon
40 Lucky Man Emerson Lake & Palmer
HITBOUNDS
hb Mama Used to Say Junior
hb Juke Box Jive The Rubbettes
hb Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Neil Sedaka
hb Sweet Lorraine Uriah Heep
hb Legs ZZ Top
hb Another 45 Miles Golden Earring
hb Shut Off the Lights Betty Davis
hb Riki Tiki Tavi Donovan
hb America Yes
hb Summer Madness Kool & the Gang
hb Candy Store Rock Led Zepplin
hb Going Up the Country Canned Heat
hb A Letter to Myself Chi-lites
hb Lady Godiva Peter & Gordon

Songs that have made the Top 31 so far this year.

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ARTIST
1 1 Greatest Motion Picture Hits Dionne Warwick
2 2 Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 3 Something Else The Kinks
4 4 Hey Jude The Beatles
5 5 Faster Then The Speed of Night Bonnie Tyler
6 7 Living in the USA Linda Ronstadt
7 10 Out of the Blue Electric Light Orchestra
8 8 Wheels of Fire Cream
9 13 Sunflower The Beach Boys
10 6 Flowers Rolling Stones
11 12 Minute By Minute Doobie Brothers
12 18 Barking At Airplanes Kim Carnes
13 9 Patrice Patrice Rushen
14 20 These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry
15 23 Plastic Letters Blondie
16 19 Catch a Fire The Wailers
17 15 Nick of Time Bonnie Raitt
18 11 Beatles For Sale The Beatles
19 21 Parallelograms Linda Perhacs
20 25 Around The World In A Day Prince And The Revolution
21 29 On Time Grand Funk Railroad
22 22 Close to the Edge Yes
23 26 Waiting For The Sun The Doors
24 24 Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers Elvis Costello And The Attractions
25 28 This Kind of Lovin’ The Whispers
25 31 Blue Gene Gene Pitney
26 -- Thriller Michael Jackson
28 30 Like an Old Fashioned Watlz Sandy Denny
29 -- Smokin' Humble Pie
30 -- Lawyers in Love Jackson Browne
31 -- There's a Party Going On Wanda Jackson

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