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- 13th Floor Elevators, The psychedelic sounds of 13th Floor Elevators (Sunspots, 1966);
- MC5, Kick out the jams (Wrong, 1969);
- Adriano Correia de Oliveira, O canto e as armas (Orfeu, 1969);
- Afterglow, Afterglow (Sundazed, 1968);
- Al Wilson, Searching for the dolphins (Soul City, 1969);
- Alexander "Skip" Spence, Oar (Sundazed, 1969);
- Amon Düül II, Phallus Dei (Liberty, 1969);
- Andrew Hill, Point of departure (Blue Note, 1964);
- Andromeda, Andromeda (Angel Air, 1969);
- António Carlos Jobim, Wave (Polygram, 1967);
- Arcadium, Breathe awhile (Akarma, 1969);
- Archie Shepp, Kwanza (Impulse, 1969);
- Argent, Argent (BSO, 1969);
- Art, Supernatural fairy tales (Fontana, 1969);
- Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, A night in Tunisia (EMI, 1960);
- Arthur Brown, The crazy world of Arthur Brown (Polydor, 1967);
- Arzachel, Arzachel (Akarma, 1969);
- The Association, Renaissance (Collectors’ Choice Music, 1967);
- Astrud Gilberto, Beach samba (Verve, 1967);
- Bakerloo, Bakerloo (Akarma, 1969);
- The Band, Music from big pink (Capitol, 1968);
- The Band, The Band (Toshiba, 1969);
- The Battered Ornaments, A meal we can shake hands with in the dark (Repertoire, 1969);
- The Beach Boys, Surfin' safari (Capitol, 1962);
- The Beach Boys, Surfer girl (Capitol, 1963);
- The Beach Boys, Little deuce coupe (Capitol, 1963);
- The Beach Boys, Today (Capitol, 1965);
- The Beach Boys, Pet sounds (Capitol, 1966);
- The Beach Boys, Smiley smile (Capitol, 1967);
- The Beach Boys, Wild honey (Capitol, 1968);
- The Beach Boys, Friends (Capitol, 1968);
- The Beach Boys, 20/20 (Capitol, 1969);
- The Beatles, A hard day’s night (Parlophone, 1964);
- The Beatles, Help! (Parlophone, 1965);
- The Beatles, Rubber soul (Parlophone, 1965);
- The Beatles, Revolver (Parlophone, 1966);
- The Beatles, Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (EMIv);
- The Beatles, Magical mystery tour (EMI, 1967);
- The Beatles, The Beatles (Apple, 1968);
- The Beatles, Abbey Road (Apple, 1969);
- Bee Gees, First (RSO, 1967);
- Bee Gees, Horizontal (Polydor, 1968);
- Bee Gees, Odessa (Polydor, 1969);
- Bert Jansch, Bert Jansch (Transatlantic, 1965);
- Big Brother & The Holding Company, Cheap thrills (Columbia, 1968);
- Bill Evans Trio, Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside, 1961);
- Bill Evans Trio, Waltz for Debby (Riverside, 1961);
- Billy Nicholls, Would you believe (Castle, 1968);
- Blind Faith, Blind Faith (Polydor, 1969);
- Blodwyn Pig, Ahead rings out (BGO, 1969);
- Blonde on Blonde, Contrasts (Sanctuary, 1969);
- Blood, Sweat & Tears, Child is father to the man (Columbia, 1968);
- Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blood, Sweat & Tears (Columbia, 1969);
- Blue Cheer, Vincebus eruptum (Universal, 1967);
- Blue Cheer, New! Improved! (Akarma, 1969);
- Blue Mitchell, The thing to do (Blue Note, 1964);
- The Blues Magoos, Psychedelic lollipop (Repertoire, 1966);
- Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1962);
- Bob Dylan, The freewheelin´ Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1963);
- Bob Dylan, The times they are a-changin' (Columbia, 1964);
- Bob Dylan, Another side of Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1964);
- Bob Dylan, Bringing it all back home (Columbia, 1965);
- Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisted (Columbia, 1965);
- Bob Dylan, Blonde on blonde (Columbia, 1966);
- Bob Dylan, Nashville skyline (Columbia, 1969);
- Bobby Hutcherson, Dialogue (Blue Note, 1965);
- The Bonzo Dog Band, Gorilla (BGO, 1967);
- Booker T. & The MG's, Green onions (Atlantic, 1962);
- Brian Auger & The Trinity, Definitely what!... (Disconforme, 1969);
- Bridget St. John, Ask me no questions (Cherry Red, 1969);
- Buddy Emmons, Steel guitar jazz (Verve/Mercury, 1963);
- Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield (Atco, 1966);
- Buffalo Springfield, Again (ATCO, 1967);
- The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia, 1965);
- The Byrds, Turn! Turn! Turn! (Columbia, 1965);
- The Byrds, Fifth dimension (Columbia, 1966);
- The Byrds, Younger than yesterday (Columbia, 1967);
- The Byrds, The notorious Byrd brothers (Columbia, 1968);
- The Byrds, Sweetheart of the rodeo (Columbia, 1968);
- The Byrds, Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde (Columbia, 1969);
- The Byrds, Ballad of Easy Rider (Columbia, 1969);
- Can, Monster movie (Spoon, 1969);
- Canned Heat, Boogie with Canned Heat (EMI, 1968);
- Canned Heat, Living the blues (Akarma, 1968);
- Canned Heat, Hallelujah (BGO, 1969);
- Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Mercy, mercy, mercy! Live at The Club (Capitol, 1967);
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Safe as milk (Buddah, 1967);
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Strictly personal (Liberty, 1968);
- Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Trout mask replica (Reprise, 1969);
- Caravan, Caravan (Verve, 1968);
- Charles Mingus, The black saint and the sinner lady (Impulse!, 1963);
- Charles Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Impulse!, 1963);
- Charlie Haden, Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse! , 1969);
- Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority (Columbia, 1969);
- Chick Corea, Inner space (Atlantic, 1967);
- Chick Corea, Sundance (Charly, 1969);
- Chicken Shack, O.K. Ken? (Blue Horizon, 1969);
- Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan (Capitol, 1961);
- Clark Hutchinson, A=MH2 (Repertoire, 1969);
- Climax Blues Band, Plays on (C-Five, 1969);
- Clouds, The clouds scrapbook (BGO, 1969);
- Colosseum, Those who are about to die salute you (Fontana, 1969);
- Colosseum, Valentyne Suite (Castle, 1969);
- Cream, Fresh cream (Polydor, 1966);
- Cream, Disraeli gears (Polydor, 1967);
- Cream, Wheels of fire (Polydor, 1968);
- Creation, We are paintermen (Repertoire, 1967);
- Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy, 1968);
- Crosby, Stills & Nash, Crosby, Stills & Nash (Atlantic, 1969);
- David Ackles, David Ackles (Elektra, 1968);
- David Bowie, Space oddity (EMI, 1969);
- Davy Graham, Folk, blues & beyond... (DECCA, 1964);
- Davy Graham, Midnight man (Fledgling, 1966);
- Davy Graham/Shirley Collins, Folk roots, new routes (Fledg'ling UK, 1964);
- Deep Purple, Shades of Deep Purple (EMI, 1968);
- Deep Purple, Concerto for Group and Orchestra (Warner Bros., 1969);
- Deep Purple, Deep Purple (EMI, 1969);
- Deep Purple, The book of Taliesyn (EMI, 1969);
- Dexter Gordon, Go (Blue Note, 1962);
- Dexter Gordon, Our man in Paris (Blue Note, 1963);
- Dizzy Gillespie, Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1967);
- Donald Byrd, A new perspective (Blue Note, 1963);
- Donovan, Sunshine superman (PYE, 1966);
- The Doors, The Doors (Elektra, 1966);
- The Doors, Strange days (Elektra, 1967);
- The Doors, Waiting for the sun (Elektra, 1968);
- The Doors, The soft parade (Elektra, 1969);
- Duke Ellington, Money jungle (Blue Note, 1962);
- Duke Ellington/John Coltrane, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse, 1962);
- Duncan Browne, Give me take you (Immidiate, 1968);
- Dusty Springfield, A girl called Dusty (Philips, 1964);
- Dusty Springfield, Dusty (Mercury, 1964);
- Dusty Springfield, Where am I going (Philips, 1967);
- Dusty Springfield, The look of love (Philips, 1967);
- Dusty Springfield, Dusty in Memphis (Mercury, 1969);
- Earth Opera, Earth Opera (Elektra, 1968);
- East of Eden, Mercator projected (DECCA, 1969);
- Eire Apparent, Sunrise (Sequel, 1969);
- The Electric Prunes, I had too much to dream (Last night) (Rhino, 1967);
- Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera (Repertoire, 1967);
- The End, Introspection (DECCA, 1969)
- Eric Dolphy, Out there (Universal, 1960);
- Eric Dolphy, Out to lunch (Blue Note, 1964);
- Eyes of Blue, In fields of Ardath (Black Rose, 1969);
- Fairport Convention, Fairport Convention (Polydor, 1968);
- Fairport Convention, What we did on our holidays (Island, 1969);
- Fairport Convention, Unhalfbricking (Island, 1969);
- Fairport Convention, Liege & lief (Island, 1969);
- Family, Music in a doll's house (Reprise, 1968);
- Family, Family entertainment (See for Miles, 1969);
- The Five Day Week Straw People, The Five Day Week Straw People (Akarma, 1968);
- Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (Blue Horizon, 1968);
- Fleetwood Mac, Mr.Wonderful (Blue Horizon, 1968);
- Fleetwood Mac, English rose (Epic, 1969);
- Fleetwood Mac, Then play on (Reprise, 1969);
- The Flock, The Flock (Sony, 1969);
- Forest, Forest (BGO, 1969);
- Frank Zappa,, Absolutely free (Ryko, 1967);
- Frank Zappa,, Lumpy gravy (Ryko, 1967);
- Frank Zappa, Uncle Meat (Ryko, 1969);
- Frank Zappa, Hot rats (Ryko, 1969);
- Freddie Hubbard, Open Sesame (Blue Note, 1960);
- Freddie Hubbard, Ready for Freddie (Blue Note, 1961);
- Freddie Hubbard, The body & the soul (Impulse!, 1963);
- Free, Free (A&M, 1969);
- Free, Tons of sobs (Fontana, 1968);
- The Fugs, The Fugs (Fugs, 1966);
- Gene Clark, Gene Clark with The Gosdin Brothers (Columbia, 1967);
- George Benson, It's uptown (Columbia, 1965);
- George Benson, Shape of things to come (A&M, 1968);
- George Benson, Giblet gravy (Verve, 1968);
- George Harrison, Wonderwall music (Apple, 1968);
- George Harrison, Electronic sounds (Apple, 1969);
- George Russell Sextet, Ezz-thetics (Riverside, 1961);
- Giles, Giles & Fripp, The cheerful insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp (DECCA, 1968);
- Grachan Moncur III, Some other stuff (Blue Note, 1964);
- Grant Green, Idle moments (Blue Note, 1964);
- Grateful Dead, Anthem of the sun (Rhino, 1968);
- Grateful Dead, Aoxomoxoa (Warner, 1969);
- Grateful Dead, Live/Dead (Warner, 1969);
- Hank Mobley, Soul station (Blue Note, 1960);
- Herbie Hancock, Takin' off (Blue Note, 1962);
- Herbie Hancock, Inventions and dimensions (Blue Note, 1963);
- Herbie Hancock, Empyrean isles (Blue Note, 1964);
- Herbie Hancock, Maiden voyage (Blue Note, 1965);
- The Herd, Paradise lost (Repertoire, 1968);
- High Tide, Sea shanties (Repertoire, 1969);
- Holger Czukay, Canaxis (Spoon, 1969);
- Horace Parlan, Happy frame of mind (Blue Note, 1963);
- Horace Silver Quintet, Song for my father (Blue Note, 1964);
- Horace Silver Quintet/J.J. Johnson, The Cap Verdean blues (Blue Note, 1965);
- Humble Pie, As safe as yesterday is (Immediate, 1969);
- Igginbottom, Igginbottom’s wrench (Angel Air, 1969);
- Ike Quebec, Blue and sentimental (Blue Note, 1962);
- Ike Quebec, It might a well be spring (Blue Note, 1964);
- The Incredible String Band, The Incredible String Band (Elektra, 1966);
- The Incredible String Band, 5000 spirits or the cayers of the onion (Elektra, 1967);
- The Incredible String Band, The hangman's beautiful daughter (Elektra, 1968);
- The Incredible String Band, The big huge (Elektra, 1968);
- The Incredible String Band, Changing horses (Hannibal, 1969);
- Iron Butterfly, In-a-gadda-da-vida (Atco, 1968);
- Isaac Hayes, Hot buttered soul (Stax, 1969);
- Jack McDuff, Down home style (Blue Note, 1969);
- Jackie McLean, Destination out! (Blue Note, 1963);
- Jackson C. Frank, Jackson C. Frank (Columbia, 1965);
- Jefferson Airplane, Takes off (RCA, 1966);
- Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic pillow (RCA, 1967);
- Jefferson Airplane, Crown of creation (RCA, 1968);
- Jefferson Airplane, Volunteers (RCA, 1969);
- Jesse Colin Young, The soul of a city boy (Capitol, 1964);
- Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are you experienced? (Polydor, 1967);
- Jimi Hendrix Experience, Axis, bold as love (Polydor, 1967);
- Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric ladyland (Polydor, 1968);
- Jimmy McGriff, Electric funk (Blue Note, 1969);
- Jimmy Smith/Wes Montgomery, The dynamic duo (Verve, 1966);
- Joe Henderson, Page one (Blue Note, 1963);
- Joe Henderson, Inner urge (Blue Note, 1964);
- John Coltrane, Giant steps (Atlantic, 1960);
- John Coltrane, Coltrane plays the blues (WEA, 1960);
- John Coltrane, My favorite things (Audiophile, 1960);
- John Coltrane, Africa/Brass (Impulse!, 1961);
- John Coltrane, Olé (Atlantic, 1962);
- John Coltrane, Impressions (Impulse!, 1963);
- John Coltrane, Stardust (Prestige, 1963);
- John Coltrane, A love supreme (Impulse!, 1964);
- John Coltrane, Ascension (Impulse! , 1965);
- John Coltrane, Meditations (Impulse!, 1966);
- John Coltrane, A love supreme (Impulse!, 1966);
- John Coltrane Quartet, Crescent (Impulse!, 1964);
- John Fahey, The dance of death & other plantation favorites (Takoma, 1964);
- John Martyn, The tumbler (Fontana, 1969);
- John Mayall, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (DECCA, 1966);
- John Mayall, A hard road (London, 1967);
- John Mayall, Crusade (DECCA, 1967);
- John Mayall, The blues alone (DECCA, 1967);
- John Mayall, Bare wires (London, 1968);
- John Mayall, Blues from Laurel Canyon (DECCA, 1968);
- John McLaughlin, Extrapolation (Polygram, 1969);
- Johnny Cash, Ride this train (Columbia, 1960).
- Johnny Cash, Orange blossom special (Columbia, 1965);
- Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash at Folsom prison (Columbia, 1968);
- Johnny Winter, The progressive blues experiment (BGO, 1969);
- Joni Mitchell, Song to a seagull (Reprise, 1968);
- Joni Mitchell, Clouds (Reprise, 1969);
- José Afonso, Cantares de andarilho (Movieplay, 1968);
- Kaleidoscope, Side trips (Epic, 1967);
- Karen Dalton, It's so hard to tell who's going to love you the best (Capitol, 1969);
- Kenny Burrell, Midnight blue (Blue Note, 1963);
- Kenny Dorham, Whistle stop (Blue Note, 1961);
- Kevin Ayers, Joy of a toy (EMI, 1969);
- King Crimson, In the court of the crimson king (EG, 1969);
- The Kinks, Face to face (Essential, 1966);
- The Kinks, Something else (Essential, 1967);
- The Kinks, The Kinks are Village Green Preservation Society (Essential, 1968);
- The Kinks, Arthur or the decline and fall of the british empire (Essential, 1969);
- La Monte Young, The black record (Edition X, 1969);
- Larry Young, Unity (Blue Note, 1966);
- Laura Nyro, Eli and the thirteenth confession (Columbia, 1968);
- Laura Nyro, New York tendaberry (Columbia, 1969);
- Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin (Atlantic, 1969);
- Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II (Atlantic, 1969);
- Lee Morgan, The sidewinder (Blue Note, 1963);
- Lee Morgan, In search of the new land (Blue Note, 1964);
- Leonard Cohen, Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia, 1968);
- Leonard Cohen, Songs from a room (Columbia, 1969);
- Love, Da Capo (Elektra, 1966);
- Love, Forever changes (Elektra, 1967);
- The Lovin' Spoonful, Daydream (Buddah, 1966);
- The Lovin' Spoonful, Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful (Buddah, 1966);
- Lucky Thompson Quartet, Lucky strikes (Prestige, 1964);
- Luiz Bonfá, Plays and sings Bossa Nova (Verve, 1963);
- The Mamas & The Papas, If you can believe your eyes and ears (Dunhill, 1966);
- Manfred Mann, The five faces of Manfred Mann (EMI, 1964);
- The Meters, The Meters (Sundazed, 1969);
- Miles Davis, Someday my prince will come (Columbia, 1961);
- Miles Davis, ’Round about midnight (Columbia, 1962);
- Miles Davis, E.S.P. (Columbia, 1965);
- Miles Davis, Miles smiles (Columbia, 1966);
- Miles Davis, In Berlin (Sony BMG, 1966);
- Miles Davis, Filles de Kilimanjaro (Columbia, 1968);
- Miles Davis, Nefertiti (Columbia, 1968);
- Miles Davis, In a silent way (Columbia, 1969);
- Moby Grape, Moby Grape (Sundazed, 1967);
- The Monks, Black monk time (Repertoire, 1966);
- The Moody Blues, Days of future passed (DECCA, 1967);
- The Moody Blues, In search of the lost chord (DECCA, 1968);
- The Moody Blues, To our children's children's children (DECCA, 1969);
- The Mothers of Invention, Freak out! (Rykodisc, 1966);
- The Mothers of Invention, We're only in it for the money (Verve, 1968);
- The Move, The Move (Repertoire, 1968);
- Music Emporium, Music Emporium (Sundazed, 1969);
- The Music Machine, Turn on (Repertoire, 1966);
- Os Mutantes, Os Mutantes (Omplatten, 1969);
- Nazz, Nazz (Castle, 1968);
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Everybody knows this is nowhere (Reprise, 1969);
- The Nice, The thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (Immediate, 1967);
- The Nice, Ars longa vita brevis (Immediate, 1968);
- The Nice, The Nice (Essential, 1969);
- Nick Drake, Five leaves left (Island, 1969);
- Nico, Chelsea girl (Verve, 1967);
- Nico, The marble index (Sundazed, 1968);
- Nirvana (UK), All of us (Island, 1968);
- Open Mind, Open Mind (Philips, 1969);
- Ornette Coleman Double Quartet, Free jazz (Atlantic, 1961);
- Oscar Peterson Trio, Night train (Verve, 1962);
- Otis Redding, The soul album (Stax/Volt, 1966);
- Otis Redding, Dock of the bay (Atco, 1968);
- Paul Desmond, Bossa Antigua (BMG, 1964);
- Pearls Before Swine, One nation underground (ESP-Disk, 1967);
- The Pentangle, Basket of light (Sanctuary, 1969);
- The Pentangle, The Pentangle (Transatlantic, 1968);
- The Pentangle, Sweet child (Transatlantic, 1968);
- Peter, Paul & Mary, See what tomorrow brings (Warner Bros. , 1965);
- Pharoah Sanders, Karma (Impulse! , 1969);
- Pierre Henry, Le voyage, d'après le livre des morts tibétain (ECM, 1962);
- Pierre Henry, Messe de Liverpool (Philips, 1967);
- Pierre Henry, Messe pour le temps présent (Philips, 1967);
- Pink Floyd, The piper at the gates of dawn (EMI, 1967);
- Pink Floyd, A saucerful of secrets (EMI, 1968);
- Pink Floyd, More (EMI, 1969);
- Pink Floyd, Ummagumma (EMI, 1969);
- The Pretty Things, S.F. Sorrow (Snapper, 1969);
- Procol Harum, A whiter shade of pale (Repertoire, 1967);
- Procol Harum, Shine on brightly (Repertoire, 1968);
- Procol Harum, A salty dog (Repertoire, 1968);
- Pussy, Pussy plays (Edsel, 1969);
- Quicksilver Messenger Service, Happy trails (Repertoire, 1969);
- Ravi Shankar/Yehudi Menuhin, West meets east (Angel, 1967);
- Renaissance, Renaissance (Island, 1969);
- Robert Johnson, King of the delta blues singers (Columbia, 1961);
- The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones (England's newest hitmakers) (Abkco, 1964);
- The Rolling Stones, 12 X 5 (London Records, 1964);
- The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones N°2 (DECCA, 1965);
- The Rolling Stones, Now! (Abkco, 1965);
- The Rolling Stones, Out of our heads (Abkco, 1965);
- The Rolling Stones, December's Children (And everybody's) (London Records, 1965);
- The Rolling Stones, Aftermath (DECCA, 1966);
- The Rolling Stones, Between the buttons (Abkco, 1967);
- The Rolling Stones, Their satanic majesties request (Abkco, 1967);
- The Rolling Stones, Beggars banquet (DECCA, 1968);
- The Rolling Stones, Let it bleed (Abkco, 1969);
- Roy Harper, Sophisticated beggar (Sundown, 1967);
- Sam Rivers, Contours (Blue Note, 1965);
- The Savage Rose, In the plain (Polydor, 1969);
- Scott Walker, Scott (Fontana, 1967);
- Scott Walker, Scott 2 (Fontana, 1968);
- Scott Walker, Scott 3 (Fontana, 1969);
- Scott Walker, Scott 4 (Fontana, 1969);
- Silver Apples, Silver Apples (MCA, 1968);
- Simon & Garfunkel, Sounds of silence (Columbia, 1966);
- Simon & Garfunkel, Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme (Columbia, 1966);
- Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends (Columbia, 1968);
- Skin Alley, Skin Alley (Akarma, 1969);
- Sonny Rollins, The bridge (RCA, 1962);
- The Small Faces, The Small Faces (DECCA, 1966);
- The Small Faces, From the beginning (DECCA, 1967);
- The Small Faces, Ogden's nut gone flake (EMI, 1968);
- Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Make it happen (Motown, 1963);
- Soft Machine, Soft Machine (Probe, 1968);
- Soft Machine, Volume Two (One Way, 1969);
- Spirit, Spirit (Epic Legacy, 1968);
- Spirit, The family that plays together (Ode, 1969);
- Spooky Tooth, It's all about (Edsel, 1968);
- Spooky Tooth/Pierre Henry, Ceremony, An electronic mass (Edsel, 1969);
- Stan Getz, Getz Au Go Go (Verve, 1964);
- Stan Getz/João Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto (Verve, 1963);
- Status Quo, Picturesque matchstickable messages from the Status Quo (Essential, 1968);
- Status Quo, Spare parts (Sanctuary, 1968);
- Steve Miller Band, Children of the future (Capitol, 1968);
- Steve Miller Band, Sailor (Capitol, 1968);
- Stevie Wonder, For once in my life (Tamla Motown, 1968);
- Stevie Wonder, My cherie amour (Tamla Motown, 1969);
- The Stooges, The Stooges (WEA, 1969);
- Strawberry Alarm Clock, Incense and peppermints (Big Beat, 1967);
- Tea & Symphony, An asylum for the musically insane (Si-Wan, 1969);
- The Temptations, Cloud nine (Tamla Motown, 1969);
- Terry Riley, Reed streams (Mass Arts, 1966);
- Terry Riley, A rainbow in curved air (Columbia, 1967);
- Thelonious Monk, Monk's dream (Columbia, 1962);
- Thelonious Monk, Big band and quartet in concert (Columbia, 1964);
- Thelonious Monk, Straight, no chaser (Columbia, 1967);
- Thelonious Monk, Underground (Columbia, 1968);
- Them, The angry young Them (DECCA, 1965);
- Them, Them again (DECCA, 1966);
- Tim Buckley, Tim Buckley (Elektra, 1966);
- Tim Buckley, Goodbye and hello (Elektra, 1967);
- Tim Buckley, Happy sad (Elektra, 1969);
- Tim Hardin, 1 (Verve, 1966);
- Tina Brooks, True blue (Blue Note, 1960);
- Tom Rush, Circle game (Elektra, 1968);
- Townes Van Zandt, Our mother the mountain (Tomato, 1969);
- Townes Van Zandt, Townes van Zandt (Tomato, 1969);
- Traffic, Mr Fantasy (Island, 1967);
- Traffic, Last exit (Fontana, 1969);
- Tyrannosaurus Rex, My people were Fair and had sky in their hair... (A&M, 1967);
- Tyrannosaurus Rex, Prophets, seers & sages, the angels of the ages (A&M, 1968);
- Tyrannosaurus Rex, Unicorn (A&M, 1969);
- Ultimate Spinach, Ultimate Spinach (Akarma, 1968);
- Ultimate Spinach, Behold & see (Akarma, 1968);
- Ultimate Spinach, Ultimate Spinach III (Akarma, 1969);
- The United States of America, The United States of America (Edsel, 1968);
- Van der Graaf Generator, The aerosol grey machine (Fontana, 1969);
- Van der Graaf Generator, The least we can do is wave to each other (Virgin, 1969);
- Van Morrison, Blowin' your mind! (Epic/Legacy, 1967);
- Van Morrison, Astral weeks (Warner Bros. , 1968);
- Vanilla Fudge, Vanilla Fudge (Atco, 1967);
- Vanilla Fudge, Near the beginning (Repertoire, 1969);
- The Velvet Underground, White light/White heat (Polydor, 1968);
- The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground (Polydor, 1969);
- The Velvet Underground/Nico, The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve/MGM, 1967);
- Wayne Shorter, Speak no evil (Blue Note, 1964);
- Wayne Shorter, Schizophrenia (Blue Notev);
- White Noise, An electric storm (Island, 1969);
- The Who, My generation (Brunswick, 1965);
- The Who, A quick one (Reaction, 1966);
- The Who, The Who sell out (MCA, 1967);
- The Who, Tommy (Polydor, 1969);
- Wooden O, A handful of pleasant delites (Akarma, 1969).
- Xhol Caravan, Electrip (Garden of Delights, 1969);
- The Yardbirds, For your love, heart full of soul & others (Sunspots, 1965);
- The Yardbirds, Roger the engineer (Warner Bros., 1966);
- The Yardbirds, Little games (EMI, 1967);
- Yes, Yes (Atlantic, 1969);
- The Youngbloods, Elephant Mountain (Edsel, 1969);
- The Zombies, Odessey & oracle (Repertoire, 1967).

1. Like A Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan
2. Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones
3. Imagine, John Lennon
4. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
5. Respect, Aretha Franklin
6. Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys
7. Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry
8. Hey Jude, The Beatles
9. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana
10. What'd I Say, Ray Charles
11. My Generation, The Who
12. A Change Is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke
13. Yesterday, The Beatles
14. Blowin' In The Wind, Bob Dylan
15. London Calling, The Clash
16. I Want to Hold Your Hand, The Beatles
17. Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix
18. Maybellene, Chuck Berry
19. Hound Dog, Elvis Presley
20. Let It Be, The Beatles
21. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
22. Be My Baby, The Ronettes
23. In My Life, The Beatles
24. People Get Ready, The Impressions
25. God Only Knows, The Beach Boys
26. A Day in the Life, The Beatles
27. Layla, Derek and the Dominos
28. (Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay, Otis Redding
29. Help!, The Beatles
30. I Walk The Line, Johnny Cash
31. Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
32. Sympathy For The Devil, The Rolling Stones
33. River Deep - Mountain High, Ike and Tina Turner
34. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', The Righteous Brothers
35. Light My Fire, The Doors
36. One, U2
37. No Woman, No Cry, Bob Marley And The Wailers
38. Gimme Shelter, The Rolling Stones
39. That'll Be The Day, Buddy Holly and The Crickets
40. Dancing in the Street, Martha and The Vandellas
41. The Weight, The Band
42. Waterloo Sunset, The Kinks
43. Tutti-Frutti, Little Richard
44. Georgia On My Mind, Ray Charles
45. Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley
46. Heroes, David Bowie
47. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel
48. All Along The Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix
49. Hotel California, The Eagles
50. The Tracks of My Tears, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
51. The Message, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
52. When Doves Cry, Prince
53. Anarchy in the U.K., The Sex Pistols
54. When A Man Loves A Woman, Percy Sledge
55. Louie Louie, The Kingsmen
56. Long Tall Sally, Little Richard
57. Whiter Shade Of Pale, Procol Harum
58. Billie Jean, Michael Jackson
59. The Times They Are A-Changin', Bob Dylan
60. Let's Stay Together, Al Green
61. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On, Jerry Lee Lewis
62. Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley
63. For What It's Worth, Buffalo Springfield
64. She Loves You, The Beatles
65. Sunshine Of Your Love, Cream
66. Redemption Song, Bob Marley And The Wailers
67. Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley
68. Tangled Up In Blue, Bob Dylan
69. Crying, Roy Orbison
70. Walk On By, Dionne Warwick
71. California Girls, The Beach Boys
72. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, James Brown
73. Summertime Blues, Eddie Cochran
74. Superstition, Stevie Wonder
75. Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin
76. Strawberry Fields Forever, The Beatles
77. Mystery Train, Elvis Presley
78. I Got You (I Feel Good), James Brown
79. Mr. Tambourine Man, The Byrds
80. I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Marvin Gaye
81. Blueberry Hill, Fats Domino
82. You Really Got Me, The Kinks
83. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), The Beatles
84. Every Breath You Take, The Police
85. Crazy, Patsy Cline
86. Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen
87. Ring Of Fire, Johnny Cash
88. My Girl, The Temptations
89. California Dreamin', The Mamas and The Papas
90. In The Still of the Nite, The Five Satins
91. Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley
92. Blitzkrieg Bop, The Ramones
93. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2
94. Good Golly, Miss Molly, Little Richard
95. Blue Suede Shoes, Carl Perkins
96. Great Balls Of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis
97. Roll Over Beethoven, Chuck Berry
98. Love And Happiness, Al Green
99. Fortunate Son, Creedence Clearwater Revival
100. You Can't Always Get What You Want, The Rolling Stones
101. Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Jimi Hendrix
102. Be-Bop-A-Lula, Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
103. Hot Stuff, Donna Summer
104. Living For The City, Stevie Wonder
105. The Boxer, Simon and Garfunkel
106. Mr. Tambourine Man, Bob Dylan
107. Not Fade Away, Buddy Holly and The Crickets
108. Little Red Corvette, Prince
109. Brown Eyed Girl, Van Morrison
110. I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now), Otis Redding
111. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Hank Williams
112. That's All Right, Elvis Presley
113. Up On The Roof, The Drifters
114. Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home), The Crystals
115. You Send Me, Sam Cooke
116. Honky Tonk Women, The Rolling Stones
117. Take Me to the River , Al Green
118. Shout (Parts 1 and 2), The Isley Brothers
119. Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac
120. I Want You Back, The Jackson 5
121. Stand by me, Ben E. King
122. House Of The Rising Sun, The Animals
123. It's A Man's Man's Man's World, James Brown
124. Jumpin' Jack Flash, The Rolling Stones
125. Will You Love Me Tomorrow, The Shirelles
126. Shake, Rattle & Roll, Big Joe Turner
127. Changes, David Bowie
128. Rock & Roll Music, Chuck Berry
129. Born To Be Wild, Steppenwolf
130. Maggie May, Rod Stewart
131. With Or Without You, U2
132. Who Do You Love, Bo Diddley
133. Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who
134.In the Midnight Hour, Wilson Pickett
135. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, The Beatles
136. Your Song, Elton John
137. Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles
138. Family Affair, Sly and the Family Stone
139. I Saw Her Standing There,The Beatles
140. Kashmir, Led Zeppelin
141. All I Have to Do Is Dream, The Everly Brothers
142. Please, Please, Please, James Brown
143. Purple Rain, Prince
144. I Wanna Be Sedated, The Ramones
145. Everyday People, Sly and the Family Stone
146. Rock Lobster, The B-52's
147. Lust For Life, Iggy Pop
148. Me And Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin
149. Cathy's Clown,The Everly Brothers
150. Eight Miles High,The Byrds
151. Earth Angel, The Penguins
152. Foxey Lady, Jimi Hendrix
153. A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles
154. Rave on, Buddy Holly and The Crickets
155. Proud Mary, Creedence Clearwater Revival
156. The Sounds of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
157. I Only Have Eyes for You, The Flamingos
158. (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock, Bill Haley and his Comets
159. I'm Waiting For The Man, The Velvet Underground
160. Bring The Noise, Public Enemy
161. I Can't Stop Loving You, Ray Charles
162. Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor
163. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
164. Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash
165. Fast Car, Tracy Chapman
166. Lose Yourself, Eminem
167. Let's Get It On, Marvin Gaye
168. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone, The Temptations
169. Losing My Religion, R.E.M.
170. Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell
171. Dancing Queen, ABBA
172. Dream On, Aerosmith
173. God Save the Queen, The Sex Pistols
174. Paint It, Black, The Rolling Stones
175. I Fought The Law, The Bobby Fuller Four
176. Don't Worry Baby, The Beach Boys
177. Free Fallin', Tom Petty
178. September Gurls, Big Star
179. Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division
180. Hey Ya!, OutKast
181. Green Onions, Booker T. and The MG's
182. Save The Last Dance For Me, The Drifters
183. The Thrill Is Gone, B.B. King
184. Please Please Me, The Beatles
185. Desolation Row, Bob Dylan
186. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You), Aretha Franklin
187. Back in Black, AC/DC
188. Who'll Stop The Rain,Creedence Clearwater Revival
189. Stayin' Alive,The Bee Gees
190. Knocking On Heaven's Door, Bob Dylan
191. Free Bird, Lynyrd Skynyrd
192. Wichita Lineman, Glen Campbell
193. There Goes My Baby, The Drifters
194. Peggy Sue, Buddy Holly
195. Maybe, The Chantels
196. Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns N' Roses
197. Don't Be Cruel, Elvis Presley
198. Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix
199. Flash Light, Parliament
200. Loser, Beck
201. Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order
202. Come Together, The Beatles
203. Positively 4th Street, Bob Dylan
204. Try a Little Tenderness, Otis Redding
205. Lean On Me, Bill Withers
206. Reach Out, I'll Be There, The Four Tops
207. Bye Bye Love, The Everly Brothers
208. Gloria, Them
209. In My Room, The Beach Boys
210. 96 Tears, ? and the Mysterians
211. Caroline, No, The Beach Boys
212. 1999, Prince
213. Your Cheatin' Heart, Hank Williams
214. Rockin' in the Free World, Neil Young
215. Sh-Boom, The Chords
216. Do You Believe In Magic, The Lovin' Spoonful
217. Jolene, Dolly Parton
218. Boom Boom, John Lee Hooker
219. Spoonful, Howlin' Wolf
220. Walk Away Renee, The Left Banke
221. Walk On the Wild Side, Lou Reed
222. Oh, Pretty Woman, Roy Orbison
223. Dance To The Music, Sly and the Family Stone
224. Good Times, Chic
225. Hoochie Coochie Man, Muddy Waters
226. Moondance, Van Morrison
227. Fire And Rain, James Taylor
228. Should I Stay Or Should I Go, The Clash
229. Mannish Boy, Muddy Waters
230. Just Like A Woman, Bob Dylan
231. Sexual Healing, Marvin Gaye
232. Only The Lonely, Roy Orbison
233. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, The Animals
234. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better, The Byrds
235. I Got A Woman, Ray Charles
236. Everyday, Buddy Holly and The Crickets
237. Planet Rock, Afrika Bambaataa and The Soul Sonic Force
238. I Fall To Pieces, Patsy Cline
239. The Wanderer, Dion
240. Son Of A Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
241. Stand!, Sly and the Family Stone
242. Rocket Man, Elton John
243. Love Shack, The B-52's
244. Gimme Some Lovin', The Spencer Davis Group
245. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,The Band
246. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher, Jackie Wilson
247. Hot Fun In The Summertime,Sly and the Family Stone
248. Rappers Delight, The Sugarhill Gang
249. Chain Of Fools, Aretha Franklin
250. Paranoid, Black Sabbath
251. Mack the Knife, Bobby Darin
252. Money Honey, The Drifters
253. All The Young Dudes, Mott the Hoople
254. Highway to Hell, AC/DC
255. Heart Of Glass, Blondie
256. Paranoid Android, Radiohead
257. Wild Thing, The Troggs
258. I Can See For Miles, The Who
259. Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley
260. Oh, What A Night, The Dells
261. Higher Ground, Stevie Wonder
262. Ooo Baby Baby, Smokey Robinson
263. He's A Rebel, The Crystals
264. Sail Away, Randy Newman
265. Tighten Up, Archie Bell and The Drells
266. Walking In The Rain, The Ronettes
267. Personality Crisis, New York Dolls
268. Sunday Bloody Sunday, U2
269. Roadrunner, The Modern Lovers
270. He Stopped Loving Her Today, George Jones
271. Sloop John B,The Beach Boys
272. Sweet Little Sixteen, Chuck Berry
273. Something, The Beatles
274. Somebody To Love, Jefferson Airplane
275. Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen
276. I'll Take You There, The Staple Singers
277. Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie
278. Pictures Of You, The Cure
279. Chapel of Love, The Dixie Cups
280. Ain't No Sunshine, Bill Withers
281. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life, Stevie Wonder
282. Help Me, Joni Mitchell
283. Call Me, Blondie
284. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding?, Elvis Costello and the Attractions
285. Smoke Stack Lightning, Howlin' Wolf
286. Summer Babe, Pavement
287. Walk This Way, Run-DMC
288. Money (That's What I Want), Barrett Strong
289. Can't Buy Me Love,The Beatles
290. Stan, Eminem
291. She's Not There, The Zombies
292. Train In Vain, The Clash
293. Tired Of Being Alone, Al Green
294. Black Dog, Led Zeppelin
295. Street Fighting Man, The Rolling Stones
296. Get Up, Stand Up, Bob Marley And The Wailers
297. Heart of Gold, Neil Young
298. One Way Or Another,Blondie
299. Sign 'O' The Times, Prince
300. Like a Prayer, Madonna
301. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?, Rod Stewart
302. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, Willie Nelson
303. Ruby Tuesday, The Rolling Stones
304. With a Little Help From My Friends, The Beatles
305. Say It Loud -- I'm Black and Proud, James Brown
306. That's Entertainment, The Jam
307. Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
308. Lonely Teardrops, Jackie Wilson
309. What's Love Got To Do With It, Tina Turner
310. Iron Man, Black Sabbath
311. Wake Up Little Susie, The Everly Brothers
312.In Dreams, Roy Orbison
313. I Put A Spell On You, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
314. Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd
315. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, The Animals
316. Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
317. Many Rivers To Cross, Jimmy Cliff
318. Alison, Elvis Costello
319. School's Out, Alice Cooper
320. Heartbreaker, Led Zeppelin
321. Cortez the Killer, Neil Young
322. Fight The Power, Public Enemy
323. Dancing Barefoot, Patti Smith
324. Baby Love, The Supremes
325. Good Lovin', The Young Rascals
326. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, James Brown
327. For Your Precious Love, Jerry Butler and The Impressions
328. The End, The Doors
329. That's the Way of the World, Earth, Wind and Fire
330. We Will Rock You, Queen
331. I Can't Make You Love Me, Bonnie Raitt
332. Subterranean Homesick Blues, Bob Dylan
333. Spirit In The Sky, Norman Greenbaum
334. Wild Horses, The Rolling Stones
335. Sweet Jane, The Velvet Underground
336. Walk This Way, Aerosmith
337. Beat It, Michael Jackson
338. Maybe I'm Amazed, Paul McCartney
339. You Keep Me Hanging On, The Supremes
340. Baba O'Riley, The Who
341. The Harder They Come, Jimmy Cliff
342. Runaround Sue, Dion
343. Jim Dandy, LaVern Baker
344. Piece of My Heart, Big Brother And The Holding Company
345. La Bamba, Ritchie Valens
346. California Love, Dr. Dre and 2Pac
347. Candle In The Wind, Elton John
348. That Lady (Part 1 and 2), The Isley Brothers
349. Spanish Harlem, Ben E. King
350. The Locomotion, Little Eva
351. The Great Pretender, The Platters
352. All Shook Up, Elvis Presley
353. Tears In Heaven, Eric Clapton
354. Watching The Detectives, Elvis Costello
355. Bad Moon Rising, Creedence Clearwater Revival
356. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This), Eurythmics
357. Little Wing, Jimi Hendrix
358. Nowhere to Run, Martha and The Vandellas
359. Got My Mojo Working, Muddy Waters
360. Killing Me Softly With His Song, Roberta Flack
361. Complete Control, The Clash
362. All You Need Is Love, The Beatles
363. The Letter, The Box Tops
364. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan
365. Unchained Melody, The Righteous Brothers
366. How Deep Is Your Love, The Bee Gees
367. White Room, Cream
368. Personal Jesus, Depeche Mode
369. I'm A Man, Bo Diddley
370. The Wind Cries Mary, Jimi Hendrix
371. I Can't Explain, The Who
372. Marquee Moon, Television
373. Wonderful World, Sam Cooke
374. Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Chuck Berry
375. Another Brick in the Wall part 2, Pink Floyd
376. Fake Plastic Trees, Radiohead
377. Hit The Road Jack, Ray Charles
378. Pride (In The Name Of Love), U2
379. Radio Free Europe, R.E.M.
380. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
381. Tell It Like It Is, Aaron Neville
382. Bitter Sweet Symphony, The Verve
383. Whipping Post, The Allman Brothers Band
384. Ticket to Ride, The Beatles
385. Ohio, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
386. I Know You Got Soul, Eric B and Rakim
387. Tiny Dancer, Elton John
388. Roxanne, The Police
389. Just My Imagination, The Temptations
390. Baby I Need Your Loving, The Four Tops
391. Band of Gold, Freda Payne
392. O-O-H Child, The Five Stairsteps
393. Summer In The City, The Lovin' Spoonful
394. Can't Help Falling In Love, Elvis Presley
395. Remember (Walkin' In the Sand), The Shangri-Las
396. Thirteen, Big Star
397. (Don't Fear) The Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult
398. Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd
399. Enter Sandman, Metallica
400. Kicks, Paul Revere and The Raiders
401. Tonight's the Night, The Shirelles
402. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), Sly & The Family Stone
403. C'mon Everybody, Eddie Cochran
404. Visions Of Johanna, Bob Dylan
405. We've Only Just Begun, The Carpenters
406. I Believe I Can Fly, R. Kelly
407. In Bloom, Nirvana
408. Sweet Emotion, Aerosmith
409. Crossroads, Cream
410. Monkey Gone to Heaven, Pixies
411. I Feel Love, Donna Summer
412. Ode To Billie Joe, Bobbie Gentry
413. The Girl Can't Help It, Little Richard
414. Young Blood, The Coasters
415. I Can't Help Myself, The Four Tops
416. The Boys Of Summer, Don Henley
417. Fuck Tha Police, N.W.A.
418. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Crosby, Stills and Nash
419. Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang,Dr. Dre
420. It's Your Thing, The Isley Brothers
421. Piano Man, Billy Joel
422. Lola, The Kinks
423. Blue Suede Shoes, Elvis Presley
424. Tumbling Dice, The Rolling Stones
425. William, It Was Really Nothing, The Smiths
426. Smoke On The Water, Deep Purple
427. New Year's Day, U2
428. Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly, Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels
429. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, Solomon Burke
430. White Man in Hammersmith Palais, The Clash
431. Ain't It A Shame, Fats Domino
432. Midnight Train To Georgia, Gladys Knight and the Pips
433. Ramble On, Led Zeppelin
434. Mustang Sally, Wilson Pickett
435. Beast of Burden,The Rolling Stones
436. Alone Again Or, Love
437. Love Me Tender, Elvis Presley
438. I Wanna Be Your Dog, The Stooges
439. Pink Houses, John Cougar Mellencamp
440. Push It, Salt-N-Pepa
441. Come Go With Me, The Del-Vikings
442. Keep A Knockin', Little Richard
443. I Shot The Sheriff, Bob Marley and The Whailers
444. I Got You Babe, Sonny and Cher
445. Come As You Are, Nirvana
446. Pressure Drop, Toot and the Maytals
447. Leader Of The Pack, The Shangri-Las
448. Heroin, The Velvet Underground
449. Penny Lane, The Beatles
450. By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Glen Campbell
451. The Twist, Chubby Checker
452. Cupid, Sam Cooke
453. Paradise City, Guns N' Roses
454. My Sweet Lord, George Harrison
455. All Apologies, Nirvana
456. Stagger Lee, Lloyd Price
457. Sheena Is a Punk Rocker, Ramones
458. Soul Man, Sam and Dave
459. Rollin' Stone, Muddy Waters
460. One Fine Day, The Chiffons
461. Kiss, Prince
462. Respect Yourself, The Staple Singers
463. Rain, The Beatles
464. Standing in the Shadows of Love, The Four Tops
465. Surrender, Cheap Trick
466. Runaway, Del Shannon
467. Welcome To The Jungle, Guns N' Roses
468. Search and Destroy, The Stooges
469. It's Too Late, Carole King
470. Free Man in Paris, Joni Mitchell
471. On The Road Again, Willie Nelson
472. Where Did Our Love Go, The Supremes
473. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man, Aretha Franklin
474. One Nation Under A Groove, Funkadelic
475. Sabotage, Beastie Boys
476. I Want to Know What Love Is, Foreigner
477. Super Freak, Rick James
478. White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane
479. Lady Marmalade, Labelle
480. Into The Mystic, Van Morrison
481. Young Americans, David Bowie
482. I'm Eighteen, Alice Cooper
483. Just Like Heaven, The Cure
484. I Love Rock 'n Roll, Joan Jett
485. Graceland, Paul Simon
486. How Soon Is Now?, The Smiths
487. Under The Boardwalk,The Drifters
488. Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win), Fleetwood Mac
489. I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor
490. Brown Sugar, The Rolling Stones
491. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me, Dusty Springfield
492. Running on Empty, Jackson Browne
493. Then He Kissed Me, The Crystals
494.Desperado, The Eagles
495. Shop Around, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
496. Miss You, The Rolling Stones
497. Buddy Holly, Weezer
498. Rainy Night In Georgia, Brook Benton
499. The Boys Are Back In Town, Thin Lizzy
500. More Than A Feeling, Boston

This is Jimbalaya - The Contoured Tears Of A Clown ...
It's basically a dubby/downbeat remix of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown.

I also used the introduction of Contours - Do You Love Me and the main beat from Disrupt - Bauhelm Dub to create the music that Smokey Robinson's vocals sit in.

There's some serious bass in there, so get this out of a good set of speakers if you can!

1. How did you get into 29? Anita Baker
She was a regular on the radio station I use to listen to at night.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? The Emotions
These girls are my mom's favorite. She loves ballads and more than likely "Don't Ask My Neighbor" was the first song I heard by them.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? Kirk Franklin
"Someone asked a question, why do we sing? When we lift our hands to Jesus what do we really mean? Someone may be wondering when we sing our song, at times we maybe crying and nothing even wrong. I sing because I'm happy, I sing because I'm free."

4. How did you get into 49? The Williams Brothers
On accident I downloaded one of their songs and their words touch me so that I needed more!

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Patti LaBelle
I have never bought an Patti Labelle album. My mom owned "Flame" or something like that. It was a really good CD but Patti isn't an artist I actually buy full albums of.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? Dionne Warwick
That's hard because Dionne is a legend. I suppose if I must pick one "Don't Make Me Over". Wonderful lyrics but delivered with such class.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? Williams Bell
"A Tribute to the King" it's a song dedicated to Otis Redding.

8. What is your favorite song by 15? R Kelly
"Imagine That" love that guitar towards the end reminds me of the Isley Brothers.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? The Isley Brothers
Voyage to Atlantis

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Yolanda Adams
All of them!

11. What is the worst song by 40? Smoke Norful
None, that I can think of. No song about God can be too bad, can it?

12. What is your favorite song by 10? Smokey Robinson
Cruisin

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? Betty Wright
On vacation with the fam, listening to her hit those Minnie Riperton high notes. Greatest memory ever!

14. What is your favorite song by 38?Michael Jackson
The Way you Make Me Feel, brings back memories of dancing in the basement with my sister and dad.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? Vanessa Bell Armstrong
"For God So Loved The World" makes me think of when we had church in my house. That is some great times!

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? Nancy Wilson
Nope

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? Juanita Bynum
"You Are My Peace"

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? Marvin Gaye
War is not the answer for only love can conquer hate.


19. Who is a favorite member of 1? Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin is only one person. Although her voice and keyboard skills is too much talent for one person. :)

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? The Temptations
"Beauty's only skin deep", I have memories from that song.lol :) Funny story

21. What is a good memory involving 27? Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
The music of the Miracles will forever be great memories of listening to their greatest hits, cleaning the house on Saturday mornings.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? Alicia Keys
Lovin' You, it was a bonus song from her first CD. That's when I knew she would be a solid artist.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? Shirley Caesar
"No Charge"

24. What is your favorite album by 18? Rachelle Ferrell
"I Can Explain" her voice shines and the lyrics are just as strong

25. What is your favorite song by 21? Natalie Cole
I've Got Love On My Mind

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? Gladys Knight & The Pips
Midnight Train to Georgia...I'm guessing because a lot of these artist I grew up listening to.

27. What is your favorite album by 3? Luther Vandross
This may be weird but he has one of the greatest Christmas albums EVER! Other than that I love "Dance With My Father" it is so many strong songs on that album.

28. What is you favorite song by 2? Whitney Houston
"I Will Always Love You", her voice control and the tone of the voice is beyond words.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? Teena Marie
The first time I ever really paid attention to her voice is on the duet with Rick James "Fire and Desire" She shines like only she can.

30. What is you favorite song by 8? Phyllis Hyman
"Meet Me On The Moon", I love the lyrics and her performance is truly a Phyllis Hyman performance.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? The Dells
I've never seen them live. Which is really a shame since I am in Chicago and they are based in Chicago.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?Gerald Levert
Mr Too Damn Good

33. How did you get into 12? Jennifer Hudson
When she first auditioned for American Idol. I was hooked! I followed her career ever since. Even when she had the little crappy website and no movie offers.lol When she was singing in churches. I'm very proud of her :) That's a Chicago GIRL!

34. What is the worst song by 45? Jill Scott
I don't know if it is so bad but I can no longer listen to "Golden" but it's nothing Jill did just something somebody else did to it.lol

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? Ashanti
I currently love "Good, Good"

36. What is the first song you ever heard by 48? Donny Hathaway
"A Song For You"

37. How many times have you seen 42 live?Beyonce
NEVER, and I don't think I could stand her concert actually. That girl can't sing but she does have nice dance songs.

38. What is your favorite song by 36? Jean Carne
I love LOVE, her cover of Aretha Franklin's "Ain't No Way"

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? Norah Jones
Whatever was her first song. Possibly "Don't Know Why"

40. What is your favorite album by 7? Stevie Wonder
"Songs in the Key of Life"

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? Angie Stone
Brotha

42. What is your favorite album by 41? Queen Latifah
The Dana Owens Album. Latifah, has such a warm tone. Reminds me of a Dinah Washington

43. What is your favorite song by 24? Kanye West
Family Business

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? Rev Clay Evans
Meeting him and seeing him preach. He's an excellent preacher! One of the best! Up there with Rev. CL Franklin.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? Sam Cooke
Wonderful, when he was with the Soul Stirrers other than that "A Change is Gonna Come"

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? Mariah Carey
"Emotions" I'm a sucker for those high notes.lol

47. What is your favorite album by 4? Chaka Khan
"Funk This" or any album with RUFUS

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? Al Green
Solo artist

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? Prince
I don't know but I remember the Batman album.lol Just a memory.

50. What is your favorite song by 20? Babyface
"What If"

List the first 40 songs that come up on shuffle and answer the questions.

1. One Way or Another - Blondie
2. A Winter's Tale - Queen
3. She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
4. Closer - Nine Inch Nails
5. Waiting for the Day - Erasure
6. Time (Clock of the Heart) - Culture Club
7. Rough Sex - Lords of Acid
8. Tie Your Mother Down - Queen
9. Let's Go Crazy - Prince
10. Numb - Pet Shop Boys
11. Possession - Sarah McLachlan
12. Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters
13. Cold Day in July - Dixie Chicks
14. Flamboyant (Scissor Sisters remix) - Pet Shop Boys
15. Come to My Window - Melissa Etheridge
16. Just Good Friends - Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder
17. Oh L'amour - Erasure
18. Rocket Man - Elton John
19. Something - The Beatles
20. When I Think of You - Janet Jackson
21. Never Gonna Get It - En Vogue
22. Love Song - The Cure
23. Ordinary World - Duran Duran
24. Mamma Mia - ABBA
25. The Beautiful Ones - Prince
26. Me and You - Camouflage
27. Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
28. Wake Up - Alanis Morissette
29. Adiemus - Adiemus
30. I Can't Feel You - Camouflage
31. China Girl - David Bowie
32. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
33. Your Woman - White Town
34. Erlkönig - Franz Schubert
35. Bück Dich - Rammstein
36. DARE - Gorillaz
37. Everything for Free - K's Choice
38. Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra
39. Like A Virgin - Madonna
40. Human - The Human League

1. Which song do you prefer, #1 or #40?
I like them both, but I like 40 more I think

2. Have you ever listened to #12 continuously on repeat?
Possibly - I know when I first got that CD I listened to the whole thing continuously

3. What album is #26 from?
Sensor

4. What do you think about the artist who did #15?
She's pretty cool, I'm not a huge fan but I like the songs I know

5. Is #19 one of your favorite songs?
I looove that song but I'm not sure if I'd count it as a favorite or not. I have like a zillion favorite songs

6. Who does #38 remind you of?
My friend Roni 'cause she got me into that song

7. Does #20 have better lyrics or music?
I've never paid close attention to the lyrics, sooo I'll say music

8. Do any of your friends like #3?
I dunno, but they should!

9. Is #33 from a movie soundtrack?
That'd be a pretty weird movie

10. Is #18 overplayed on the radio?
On some of the classic rock stations, yes

11. What does #21 remind you of?
4th grade, when En Vogue was actually popular XD

12. Which song do you prefer, #5 or #22?
Definitely 22

13. What album is #17 from?
Wonderland

14. When did you first hear #39?
I dunno, when I was 10 or 11 I guess, 'cause that's when I got into 80s music (when it actually was the 80s I just heard my parents' music)

15. When did you first hear #7?
Probably when I was 12 or 13, on this old "alternative 80s" radio show I used to listen to

16. What album is #8 from?
A Day at the Races

17. Do any of your friends like #14?
Nah prolly not. My friends do not appreciate PSB like I do

18. What color does #4 remind you of?
I dunno, black? NIN reminds me of my goth phase, haha

19. Have you ever blasted #11 on your stereo?
Not that I can recall

20. What genre is #37?
Alternative rock

21. Can you play #13 on any instrument?
If I spent some time tinkering around at the piano I could prolly work out the melody

22. What is your favorite lyric from #30?
I don't really pay attention to the lyrics to that song

23. What is your favorite lyric from #23?
"Here beside the news of holy war and holy need, ours is just a little sorrowed talk"

24. Would you recommend #24 to your friends?
Hahaha my friends all know that song. Most of them have seen Priscilla Queen of the Desert

25. Is #2 a good song to dance to?
I guess if you dance like... ballet or something

26. Do you ever hear #16 on the radio?
I'd lol hard if I ever heard that on the radio

27. Is #32 more of a nighttime or daytime song?
Day - pretty much all Motown is daytime music to me

28. Does #36 have any special meaning to you?
It brings back a few memories, but not ones I'd call "special"

29. Do any of your friends like #31?
Yeah a few of 'em do

30. Is #25 a fast or slow song?
Slow

31. Is #35 a happy or sad song?
I suppose that depends on your attitude towards buttsex

32. What is one of your favorite lyrics from #9?
"Let's look for the purple banana till they put us in the truck." Possibly the best lyric ever written about bananas

33. Is #34 better to listen to alone or with friends?
Alone - my friends do not understand German and I'd end up trying to translate it for them, and they'd be like, DUDE I DO NOT CARE

34. When did you first hear #27?
Prolly when I was in middle school

35. Name 3 other songs by the artist who did #29?
Amate Adea, Cantus Inaequalis, In Caelum Fero

36. Do you know all the words to #6?
I think so

37. Does #28 have better lyrics or music?
Lyrics

38. What album is #10 from?
Fundamental



BlondieQueenCyndi LauperNine Inch NailsErasureCulture ClubLords of AcidPrincePet Shop BoysSarah McLachlanScissor SistersDixie ChicksMelissa EtheridgeMichael JacksonStevie WonderElton JohnThe BeatlesJanet JacksonEn VogueThe CureDuran DuranABBACamouflageSmashing PumpkinsAlanis MorissetteAdiemusDavid BowieSmokey Robinson & The MiraclesWhite TownFranz SchubertRammsteinGorillazK's ChoiceElectric Light OrchestraMadonnaThe Human League

Top 50 meme (I assume this is the top 50 scrobbled artists overall when I found this)

1. How did you get into 29? (Tie at 28: Stevie Wonder and The Divine Comedy)
Stevie Wonder I've been familiar with as a teenage listening to oldies radio. With the Divine Comedy, I can't quite pinpoint the instance I've started listening, but I first heard of them by listening to their music online. Probably in 2006.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Snow Patrol)
Run, or maybe Spitting Games. No, I'm pretty sure it's Run.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (Three-way tie at 31: Aberfeldy, The Moody Blues, and The Velvelettes)

Of all the songs of all these artists:

The spoken words at the end of Nights In White Satin:
"Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colors from our sight
Red is grey and yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion"

4. How did you get into 49? (sigh... another three way tie, at 47: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Mates of State, and Harvey Danger)
Oldies Radio, a mix tape from a friend of mine, and the internet.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Dusty Springfield)
Surprisingly none, but I do want to get Dusty In Memphis sometime. Preferably the extended edition.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (The Essex Green)
My stats say New Orleans, but the one I've enjoyed more is the very catchy and lyrically interesting Our Lady in Havana.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (yet another three way tie, at 37: The Spinners, Phish, and Rufus Wainwright, three artists probably never uttered in the same sentence before!)

Surprisingly, no. There's probably a Rufus Wainwright song out there that I haven't listened to yet that will, though.

8. What is your favorite song by 15? (Taylor Hicks)
Hmm, would that include his Idol performances, or just his originals. Actually, never mind, even if the former are included, his best ever will have to be his rendition of Georgia on My Mind.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Super Furry Animals)
Tough one, but it'd probably be Slow Life.


10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (The Beatles)
Oh, certainly. I think just about any song on Abbey Road will do just that.

11. What is the worst song by 40? (Martha Reeves & The Vandellas)
Speaking of Abbey Road, the song Something was covered by Martha and the Vandellas, and it was a very trite, almost emotionless version of an amazing song, so this would have to be their worst.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Yes)
And You And I. This may actually be one of the best pieces of music ever written.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Summer Hymns)
Seeing them live at a bar in Madison and hearing their live performance ofPity and Envy.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (back to the combo of The Spinners, Phish, and Rufus Wainwright)

Spinners: Probably It's A Shame.
Phish: Divided Sky
Rufus Wainwright: Either Release The Stars, or Rules and Regulations.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Pearl Jam)
I'm having trouble thinking of one; almost all of the Pearl Jam songs I like are rather darker, like Jeremy and Black. So I'll have to say no right now.

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? (tie between Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Paul Revere & the Raiders)
Nope.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Otis Redding)
Hmm... I remember listening to Try a Little Tenderness at a somewhat young age, so I'll count that one.

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? (The Ladybug Transistor)

from Splendor in the Grass:

The first time I was ever kissed, the very first person I did miss
the first time I said goodbye, the first time I felt I’d die
the first time I felt shame, the first time I was to blame
If I had one wish I’d ask to relieve splendor in the grass

(technically this is a Jackie DeShannon song, but I've listened to the Ladybug Transistor version so much more that it seems like the most natural version to me.)

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Belle and Sebastian)

Actually I don't have a favorite. I confess, Stuart Murdoch is the only one I know the name of automatically (I know, I'm a bad fan )

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? (The Ditty Bops)
Really, everything they've done. Waking Up in the City especially has this effect (it also happens to be my most scrobbled track as well)

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (The Byrds)
I've mentioned oldies radio a lot; apparently one of the stations I listened to often would only play the track Eight Miles High late at night; the dark, psychedelic effect was very eerie and interesting whenever I was half awake and about to fall asleep.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Edwin Starr)
War, of course. Edwin's done a lot of great songs, actually, but he will be most remembered for this early 70s classic.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (back to the Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Mates of State, and Harvey Danger tie)

SR&TM: I'm not certain, but I think it's either You Really Got a Hold on Me, or Track of My Tears.
MoS:No idea.
Harvey Danger: Little Round Mirrors.

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (The Marvelettes)
I'm not really sure; their greatest hits albums generally are more or less the same, and all their original albums were pretty much poorly arranged (not unlike most pop albums of the time, this being before it was normal that the LP was seen as an art form rather than a collection of songs).

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Neil Young)
Very tough question. I'll go with Out on the Weekend.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (tie at 25 between Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Paul Revere & the Raiders)
ELP: Lucky Man.
PR&TR: Good Thing.

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (of Montreal)
Satanic Panic in the Attic.

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (U2)
Very tough question. With or Without you, One Tree Hill, and Ultraviolet(Light My Way) are all ones that could possibly be the best.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (back to the three-way tie (at 31) of Aberfeldy, The Moody Blues, and The Velvelettes)
Aberfeldy: Not sure.
The Moody Blues: Go Now.
The Velvelettes: Needle in a Haystack. The surprising thing is, this very commercial-sounding song of theirs, which was a minor hit, never, ever gets played on oldies radio, nor is anything else by the Velvelettes for that matter. Granted, they weren't one of Motown's first-string bands, but they were still pretty darn good.

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (Marvin Gaye)
He sang many excellent songs, but I Heard it Through the Grapevine is still probably the best. Yeah, I know, I'm going with the easy, familiar song again, but it really is that great of a song.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Queen)
Unfortunately I never got a chance (and would have been too young anyway). Oh yeah, I guess they still are touring again, but without Freddy it's probably not the same.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (wow, a 4-way tie at 43: Radiohead, The Raspberries, The New Pornographers, and Led Zeppelin )

Fake Plastic Trees, Tonight, The Laws Have Changed, and... I can't think of one for Led Zeppelin.

33. How did you get into 12? (Pink Floyd)
I'm not really sure, although classic rock radio certainly played a role.

34. What is the worst song by 45? (back to the 4-way tie of Radiohead, The Raspberries, The New Pornographers, and Led Zeppelin )

I like everything I've heard from all these bands.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (Brenda Holloway)
When I'm Gone. Another Motown artist who almost never gets radio play anymore; I actually first heard this track of hers on a Motown complation LP that we somehow had at our house. We lacked a record player at that time, but I was so fascinated by this and a couple other albums that I had to bring them on this one trip to visit relatives, and played it there. That was a neat experience, even though this particular track of Holloway's wasn't that great. Interestingly enough, this compilation was produced in the 60s by Motown, and meant to be of their then-current hits. It had lots of familiar songs, of course, but also ones that would now be considered obscure, despite being hits. This speaks volumes of how oldies radio needs to expand its horizons beyond their standard repertoire.

36. What is the first song you ever heard by 48? (back to the Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Mates of State, and Harvey Danger tie)

Already answered, on question 23.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Another tie, at 41: Architecture in Helsinki and The Who)
None for either.

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (sigh...yet another tie (at 35): The Supremes, and Van Morrison)

The Supremes: Forever Came Today.
Van Morrison: Tupelo Honey. Another song that may be one of the best musical creations ever.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Stevie Wonder and The Divine Comedy)
Stevie Wonder's first song I heard was My Cherie Amour. The Divine Comedy's first for me was Something for the Weekend.

40. What is you favorite album by 7? (The Four Tops)
Another group that's known less for their albums than for their songs. The one album of theirs I own, which is a compilation, is The Ultimate Collection, which is pretty good. Actually, they did have one original album in the 60s called Reach Out that is considered pretty good, although for some reason it contains two covers of songs by the Monkees, which I've steered clear from even listening to, despite my curiosity.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (Back to the three-way tie of Aberfeldy, The Moody Blues, and The Velvelettes)
Hypnotized by Aberfeldy. In Your Wildest Dreams by the Moody Blues. And for the Velvelettes, oddly enough Lonely Lonely Girl am I, despite it's dark-sounding title, is actually upbeat enough that it gets me in a good mood.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Architecture in Helsinki and The Who)
I have neither of the albums from either artist.

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (The Flaming Lips)
I haven't yet decided on a favorite.

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (the 4-way tie at 43: Radiohead, The Raspberries, The New Pornographers, and Led Zeppelin)

Listening to any of these bands generally is a good experience, but I can't think of a specific memory.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (tie: The Supremes, and Van Morrison)
I already answered, but I'll just mention Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison again because it's really that good. Also, Sweet Thing from him is also excellent.

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Laura Nyro)
Her rendition of Up On the Roof can always make me happy.

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (The Temptations)
I have their 5-cd Greatest Hits box set (entitled Emperors of Soul), but I can't give it an unqualified recommendation because the last cd in the set is very superfluous (at this point in their career, Melvin Franklin and Otis Williams were the only original members, and they rarely sang lead, so it's really not the same. So instead, I'd say my favorite album by the Temptations would be Wish it Would Rain, another original album that was actually good by Motown LP standards.)

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (back to the combo of The Spinners, Phish, and Rufus Wainwright)
Of the two bands, I have no favorites.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (the last for the 4-way tie: Radiohead, The Raspberries, The New Pornographers, and Led Zeppelin)
Radiohead: Optimistic.
The Raspberries: Go All the Way
The New Pronographers: Jackie
Led Zeppelin: Yep, it's StairWay to Heaven.

50. What is your favorite song by 20? (CAKE)
What a coincidence, Italian Leather Sofa by them is playing right now. I'll go with that.

There a few lessons to be learned from this meme: Oldies radio stations need to expand their playlists, songs don't always convey the same mood as their titles suggest, popular bands should quit after most of their members are dead or left the band, sometimes the cover versions of songs are better than the originals, and I need to get more plays in so that I have fewer artist ties!

The History and Evolution of Rhythm and Blues

Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences, first performed by African American artists.
In 1947, the term rhythm and blues was coined as a musical marketing term in the United States by Jerry Wexler of Billboard magazine.

Late 1940s
It replaced the term race music (which originally came from within the black community, but was deemed offensive in the postwar world. In that year, Louis Jordan dominated the top five listings of the R&B charts with three songs, and two of the top five songs were based on the boogie-woogie rhythms that had come to prominence during the 1940s. Jordan's band, the Tymphany Five(formed in 1938), consisted of him on saxophone and vocals, along with musicians on trumpet, tenor saxophone, piano, bass and drums. Lawrence Cohn described the music as "grittier than his boogie-era jazz-tinged blues". Writer/Producer Robert Palmer described it as "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat". Jordan's music, along with that of Big Joe Turner and Wynonie Harris, is now also referred to as jump blues.
In 1948, rca victor was marketing black music under the name Blues and Rhythm. That year found the Wynonie Harris song Good Rockin Tonight in the #2 spot, following band leader Sonny Thompson's Long Gone at #1.
In 1949, the term rhythm and blues replaced the Billboard category Harlem Hit Parade. Also in that year, "The Huckle-Buck", recorded by band leader and saxophonist Paul Williams, was the #1 R&B tune, remaining on top of the charts for nearly the entire year. Written by musician and arranger Andy Gibson, the song was described as a "dirty boogie" because it was risque and raunchy. When Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers toured, the concerts were sweaty riotous affairs that got shut down on more than one occasion. Their lyrics, which were written by Roy Alfred, were mildly sexually suggestive. One teenager from Philadelphia said "That Hucklebuck was a very nasty dance." Also in 1949, a new version of a 1920s blues song, "Ain't Nobody's Business" was a #4 hit for Jimmy Witherspoon, and Louis Jordan and the Tymphany Five once again made the top 5 with "Saturday Night Fish Fry".

Early to mid 1950s
Working with African American musicians, Greek American Johnny Otis produced many R&B hits in 1951, including: "Double Crossing Blues", "Mistrustin' Blues" and "Cupid's Boogie", all of which hit number one that year. Otis scored ten top ten hits that year. Other hits include: "Gee Baby", "Mambo Boogie" and "All Nite Long". The Clovers, a vocal trio who sang a distinctive sounding combination of blues and gospel, had the #5 hit of the year with "Don't You Know I Love You" on Atlantic Records. Also in July 1951, Cleveland, Ohio DJ Alan Freed started a late-night radio show called "The Moondog Rock Roll House Party" on WJW-AM (850). Freed's show was sponsored by Fred Mintz, whose R&B record store had a primarily African American clientele. Freed began referring to the rhythm and blues music he played as rock and roll.
Ruth Brown, on the Atlantic Records label, placed hits in the top 5 every year from 1951 through 1954: "Teardrops from My Eyes", "Five, Ten, Fifteen Hours", "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" and "What a Dream". Faye Adams‘s "Shake a Hand" made it to #2 in 1952. In 1953, the R&B record-buying public made Big Mama Thornton's original recording of Lieber and Stoller's Hound Dog the #3 hit that year. That same year The Orioles, a doo-wop group, had the #4 hit of the year with Crying in the Chapel.

Mid to late 1950s
Ray Charles came to national prominence in 1955 with "I Got A Woman". It was an upfront use of gospel music conventions in an R&B context. Big Bill Broonzy said of Charles' music: "He's mixing the blues with the spirituals... I know that's wrong." At the urging of Leonard Chess at Chess Records, Chuck Berry had reworked a fiddle tune with a long history, "Ida Red". The resulting "Maybellene" was not only a #3 hit on the R&B charts that year, but it also reached into the top 30 on the pop charts. Alan Freed, who had moved to the much larger market of New York City, helped the record become popular with white teenagers. Freed had been given part of the writers' credit by Chess in return for his promotional activities; a common practice at the time.
Two Elvis Presley records made the R&B top five in 1957: "Jailhouse Rock"/"Treat Me Nice" at #1, and "All Shook Up" at #5, an unprecedented acceptance of a non-African American artist into a music category known for being created by blacks.
Nat King Cole, a former jazz pianist who had had #1 and #2 hits on the pop charts in the early 1950s ("Mona Lisa" at #2 in 1950 and "Too Young" at #1 in 1951), had a record in the top 5 in the R&B charts in 1958, "Looking Back"/"Do I Like It".
In 1959, two black-owned record labels, one of which would become hugely successful, made their debut: Sam Cooke's Sar, and Berry Gordy's Motown Records.[26] Brook Benton was at the top of the R&B charts in 1959 and 1960 with one #1 and two #2 hits. Benton had a certain warmth in his voice that attracted a wide variety of listeners, and his ballads led to comparisons with performers such as Cole, Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett.

1960s and 1970s
Sam Cooke‘s #5 hit "Chain Gang" is indicative of R&B in 1960. By the early 1960s, the music industry category previously known as rhythm and blues was being called soul music, and similar music by white artists was labeled blue eyed soul. Sam Cooke, Nina Simone, Jackie Wilson,James Brown, Little Richardand Etta James were early popular stars of the soul genre. During the 1960s Beatles boom, both Charles and Brown claimed that they had always really been R&B singers. Little Richard proclaimed himself the "king of rockin' and rollin', rhythm and blues soulin'", because his music embodied elements of all three, and because he inspired artists in all three genres. Solomon Burke's early recordings for Atlantic Records codified the soul style, and his early 1960s songs "Cry To Me", "Just Out of Reach" and "Down In The Valley" are considered classics of the genre.
In 1961, Stax Records introduced Memphis soul with the Mar-Keys' "Last Night", an instrumental featuring horns, electric organ, and drums. The record label also released Carla Thomas's "Gee Whiz", which featured violins, piano, drums and backup singers. That same year, Motown had its first million-seller with Smokey Robinson and the Miracles's "Shop Around".
Stax Records produced key soul recordings by Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Don Covay (who also recorded in New York City for Atlantic Records). Joe Tex's 1965 "The Love You Save" is a classic soul recording. An important center of soul music recording was Florence, Alabama, where the Fame Studios operated. Jimmy Hughes, Percy Sledge and Arthur Alexander recorded at Fame, and Aretha Franklin recorded in the area later in the 1960s. Aretha Franklin's 1967 recordings, such as "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) ", "Respect" (originally sung by Otis Redding), and "Do Right Woman-Do Right Man", are considered the apogee of the soul music genre, and were among its most commercially successful productions.
Motown Records also contributed to the soul canon, although at the time, the Detroit-based label described itself as a manufacturer of pop music. Music by Motown artists such as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and Marvin Gaye did much to popularise the style, and the overall Motown sound did much to define what later became known as northern soul. In Chicago, Curtis Mayfield created the sweet soul sound that later earned him a reputation as the Godfather of northern soul.
By the early 1970s, soul music had been influenced by psychedelic rock and other genres. The social and political ferment of the times inspired artists like Gaye and Curtis Mayfield to release album-length statements with hard-hitting social commentary. Artists like James Brown led soul towards funk music, which became typified by 1970s bands like Parliament-Funkadelic. By the end of the 1970s, disco and funk were dominating the charts.


1980s
With the transition from soul and disco to R&B in the early to mid 1980s, new stars such as Prince and Michael Jackson rose in popularity. Jackson's Thriller re-popularized black music with pop audiences after a post-disco backlash among United States mainstream audiences.
Female R&B singers such as Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson became very popular during second half of the 1980s, and Tina Turner came back with a series of hits with crossover appeal. Also popular was New Edition, a group of teenagers who served as the prototype for later boy bands.
In 1986, Teddy Riley began producing R&B recordings that included influences from the increasingly popular genre of hip hop. This combination of R&B style and hip hop rhythms was termed new jack swing, and was applied to artists such as Keith Sweat, Guy, Jodeci, Bell Biv DeVoe, and the popular late 1980s/early 1990s work of Michael Jackson. Another popular, but short-lived group (with more pronounced R&B roots) was Levert.

1990s
During the early 1990s, new jack swing/R&B group Boyz II Men, the most successful R&B male vocal group of all time, re-popularized classic soul-inspired vocal harmonies. Several similar groups (such as Shai, Soul for Real, Az Yet, All-4-One, and Dru Hill) followed in their footsteps. Boyz II Men and several of their competitors benefited from producers such as Babyface and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. As a solo artist, Babyface and contemporaries such as Brian McKnight eschewed prominent hip hop influences, and recorded in a smooth, soft style of R&B.
In contrast to the works of Boyz II Men, Babyface, and similar artists Other R&B artists from this same period began adding even more of a rap/hip hop sound to their work.
The synthesizer-heavy rhythm tracks of new jack swing was replaced by grittier East Coast hip hop-inspired backing tracks, resulting in a genre labeled hip hop soul by producer Sean Combs. Hip hop soul artists such as Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, Monica, Brandy, Ginuwine and Aaliyah brought more of hip hop slang, style, and attitude to R&B music. This subgenre includes a heavy gospel influence in terms of vocal inflections and sounds. The style became less popular by the end of the 1990s, but later experienced a resurgence.
During the mid 1990s, Mariah Carey, girl groups TLC, En Vogue and SWV and Boyz II Men brought contemporary R&B to the mainstream.
Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men and TLC released albums in 1994 and 1995—Daydream, II, and CrazySexyCool respectively — that sold over ten million copies, earning them diamond RIAA certification.
Other top-selling R&B artists from this era included Vanessa L. Williams, Toni Braxton, Ginuwine, Mary J. Blige, Brandy, Monica, Usher and R. Kelly, and groups En Vogue, Blackstreet, Salt-N-Pepa, SWV, Jodeci/K-Ci & JoJo and Destiny's Child in the late 1990s.
In the late 1990s, neo soul (which added 1970s soul influences to the hip hop soul blend) arose, led by artists such as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell.

The 2000s and the nu soul
By the 2000s, the cross-pollination between R&B and hip hop had increased. Mainstream modern R&B has a sound more based on rhythm than hip hop soul had, and lacks the hardcore and soulful urban "grinding" feel on which hip-hop soul relied. That rhythmic element descends from new jack swing. R&B began to focus more on solo artists rather than groups as the 2000s progressed.
But soulful R&B continues to be popular, with artists such as Alicia Keys,Joss Stone, Corinne Bailey Rae, Amy Winehouse and John Legend, showcasing classic influences in their work. Their genre is called "nu soul" and it's a 1970s-influenced soul music with influences from jazz, funk and hip hop.

Edited, Created and Invented by: Big Sexy Shaq

HEADLINE: Big Sexy Shaq is a wild inventive g*****, and he won't tell a soul about it or his methods, until NOW.

Tom Samuels is recording the Bible and is turning it into a noise track. Here is how he is doing it. He records selections from the Bible, in the precise order that they appear in the NEW TESTAMENT, and he is simultaneously creating a supplementary noisertainment track. What is noisertainment? FIND OUT BY PLAYING (THE BUTTON) INTRODUCTORY NOISERTAINMENT Track ONE and reading SIMULTANEOUSLY!

Tom Samuels reports: Introductory NOISERTAINMENT Track ONE

TOM SAMUELS RECORDS THE BIBLE
The Bible begins with the phrase "So let it happen". No it didn't. Ok, so I don't know much about the Bible. I am still recording it, and hopefully, during my trip through Luke (I am already done with Matthew and Mark!), I will attain KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE BIBLE. It's a lot like meditating on the Buddha. When you meditate on the Buddha, you get deep knowledge on the existence of things, but... when you meditate on Christ, you attain KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE BIBLE. This book is nothing amazing. In general, it is just the word "Christ" repeated in many different settings... sort of like people who get pissed off a lot. Well that's not me. That's definitely not me.

The Bible was written by nutty, nutty woodpeckers who liked to piss a lot of people off and generate a lot of the word "Christ", or rather, archetype "Christ". It is worth a listen, FROM ME, because I make it fun to listen to, as you can hear FROM ME right now as you're listening to the recording I provided for you, right now.

Universe's reaction is LAUGHTER

I laugh a lot, but only when I'm alone. I tighten up when I'm around people, but when I'm by myself, I laugh at everything. It's all funny to me. Especially the Bible. I'm sorry, but it's true humorless Christians. The Bible is REALLY FUNNY.

Is Tom Samuels snobby?

Uh yes. Was there ever any question about this? Oh, well, there is up there. Yes, he is, and he is not open to shitty creative projects, but loves nutty ideas. So if you want to improve the life of Tom Samuels, tell him some really strange things about the stars and the Earth, and how fingernail clippers will never amount to toenail clippers. I also hate proportional jokes. I hate jokes. Stop telling me jokes. Stop giving me humor. Talk about the toenail clippers.

Why does "sexual orientation" always CUM up?
It's in our language for you to come over to me now. Get it? I studied Speed Seduction (www.speedseduction.biz) to learn how to seduce audiences, not women. I just don't have the balls for it, but I happen to live in God's Ballpit. (reference to earlier material)

Imagining the Bible as a sex object is not a sin
Yes, this one. Uh, well, Tom. It happens no matter what. Remember? Come to me, God? Remember? That's how the Bible works.

Tom Samuels and his Accessibility
Tom Samuels recently sung 12 songs in about four minutes at an open mic in Allentown, PA. If you want to hunt me down, here I am. The crowd, of course, did not get me. I sung these songs from the heart, but I just switched in and out of them so fast, and then I cried and said "I JUST DON'T KNOW THE WORDS!". Not my exact words, but it was all REALLY funny, because I am a LIVING EXAMPLE OF THE STANDARDS MERGING WITH THE AVANT-GARDE.

Meta-Projects and Tom Samuels
This project, the Newspaper project, this Newspaper project is a demonstration of Tom Samuels and his distaste for form. Tom Samuels is no longer writing entries on how music sucks. He is currently living in Engl... no, that's not what I want to say. I want to say that I am not writing at all. This isn't writing, it's typing. Huh? No, the audience isn't confused. They're not confused... yet. Oh, wait, yes they are. Plays on tension is who Tom Samuels is on a deep level. Open up to it.

This Newspaper project is designed to get me talking about the Introductory tracks, such as...

"'Cause My Baby Says It's So", written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin

No, wrong copy and paste.

How about this?

ArnieKleinberg Re(2): I like to tickle you

NO. TURNS AWAY. I appreciate the support. Thank you, ArnieKleinberg. By the way, I was NOT the first to send the message "I like to tickle you". Sorry, can't play along. I'm rigid on that one. I'm GAYG GJSgjisasygugusy NO. THOUGHTS, GO AWAY. *bats them away with a broom*

Introductory NOISERTAINMENT Track ONE

I will create some connections between Looney Tunes and Tom Samuels, and you will be amazed.

Bipolar Connections between Looney Tunes and Tom Samuels

Um, we all... have... bipolar personality disorder. I think? How about this... WHO CARES!? I don't need another label. I get enough as a white human being... ugh... hate it.. life. It sucks no matter what. Oh YES the suicidal thoughts, like Elmer Fudd. He is always suicidal and cries because he can't get where he wants. Isn't he a tad like you and me? (The Beatles reference). Yes. We are all nothingpeople. NOTHING but NO SENSE OF SELF. Sorry. Meaning is a Grand Illusion. I've surpassed the worst writers ever. Haven't I? I've completely degraddedegdegrassiDegrassi you through my writing.

Newspaper Mini-version of The Bible Project

Considering this idea sucks, and that idea sucks and all the ideas suck, let's agree on something. If Tom Samuels is wildly creative, what else is he gonna do? Get a job? No Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, I will NOT get a job, even though you keep insisting on it after all these years.

Got a Job

Watch them do it again! Watch? Christ, Tom. What is wrong with you? I will answer you under the next headline.

Audio Blackface and "Sounding Black"

I MOS CERTAINLY MOS CERTAINLY MOSSS MOSSS MOSSS CERTAINLY DO NOT KNOW. Do you?

STOP MAKING MUSIC: Tom Samuels's LATEST BOOK

I am releasing a book called the STOP MAKING MUSIC WORKBOOK. You are given my entries, my famous entries, only the best ones, such as "Would you say Coldplay is funk?". There's none better than that name in my eyes, and in my heart. I LOVE LOVE LOVE that one. Picture a heart when I say LOVE, and you'll get close to the truth. I LOVE you know which one.

False Goodbyes in Entertainment: A History

I tell you I'm leaving a lot. People always seem to think I have left whereverwhereveeevereveeever I am, because I don't ever "enter" any structure that says I am here. Get it? I hate structure.

Tom Samuels's Agitation and Lying and Dancing Around My Hatred of Structure

I dance around it. I am able to get by because assholes are accepted in society. I'm not an asshole to everyone, but... I could be! I am very good at hiding it in certain situations, such as in my schooling. I'm not far away from graduating. Only problem is... I went a bit off the deep end and landed in a hospital. What kind? Doesn't matter to you.

Adolf Hitler and Erections

I heard this one off of History channel. Hitler would get erections in his speeches. Art is sexual... unless you're asexual, like Tom Samuels. He likes sex with the ladies undergarments, yes in deed he does he does. I wonder what I'm talking about!

Tom Samuels and His Self-Consciousness

Tom Samuels is nothing but self-consciousness. No wonder he's not famous. He's so self-aware and aware that the self is crappy and aware that the SELF of ALL is CRAPPY that there's no way an audience of SELVES could respect him. Talent is not important in today's entertainment industry. It's suckuppiness. That penis at the end is no accident.

Tom Samuels on Modern Comedians
As it says on the recording, they all suck. He has a point here. Jon Stewart proved how much he sucked when his writers striked, or stroked, or stroke, whichever way of saying that he sucks is the fucking funniest. The writers stroked themselves and Jon Stewart proved that he sucked himself.

Larry David sucks. Always. I get compared to him a lot. The voices in my head compare me to him and say that we get similar ideas. FUCK YOU COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS. COMPARE ME TO CHAPLIN. Charlie Chaplin is not alive, Tom. We can't compare you to anyone else. Bah, sorry audience. I didn't mean to butt in. Voices of the butt-in. Butt chakra (look up Chakras on the internet, or buy Chakra Meditations from Stephane Hemon at www.ideagasms.org)

Christmas as two colors.

Green and red. Look at those colors at any time, and meditate on them. The heart and the root and the root heart root heart root heart root heart root heart root. Merry Christmas!

Last.fm is Frightening

Please don't delete my elder entries. I know that I did wrong. I know that I was a troll. I am not a troll any more. NOW, I work for Christ. No, I don't. Any group or organization or club or whatever Groucho Marx said is not worthwhile because they wouldn't have me as a member because I wouldn't have it any other way because the group sucks any way. ALL GROUPS SUBLIMINAL HATE ADVERTISING HATAETHEATAEHTEAHAETHTHEATERE THERE I HATE THE THEATER. I admitted it. I will not be a public performer. EVER. Oops, I already am, which is how YOU are reading this.

Abstract Noise and Tom Samuels's singing style

Merzbow and Big Sexy Shaq's new stuff are a lot alike. We both get Aleister Crowley's magick. We both love harsh sounding shit, and we agree that music any other way is shit shit shit reinforced a million times only 30 seconds into the songs.

We differ in intensity of our destruction. Merzbow is shy about singing and being a showman. I'm willing to introduce Irving Berlin songs into my reoriproerpeoppoitpeople twar. People twar. Thank you. I'm willing to destroy those songs with noise coming from my mouth.

NOISE COMING FROM MY MOUTH. Nothing wrong with that.

I AM NOTHING LIKE MERZBOW. I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY COOL TO ASSOCIATE MY NAME WITH HIS. Uh......... no? I don't like people, remember?

Presentability and Tom Samuels: Why He Sounds the Way he Does
He is a noise man 333. with hearts. Noise with heart and then the heart gets taken away from you and then it's noise and then noise man 333 and it keeps going until you're fractionated into HATING FORM. FRACTIONATION. LOOK IT UP. I LEARNED THE TERM FROM Ross Jeffries of SPEED SEDUCTION (www.speedseduction.biz)

Do you ever confuse Radiohead with classical music? I do, because I'm pretty dumb.
Yes, you heard a short riff from George Gershwin's "An American in Paris". THAT'S THE BEST JOKE OF THE NIGHT! GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE!

Songs sung by Tom Samuels in Bigsexyshaq NEWSPAPER Volume 1:

"Merrily We Roll Along", or "Merry Melodies Theme song", written by Charlie Tobias, Murray Mencher and Eddie Cantor, then by Carl Stalling
"White Christmas", written by Irving Berlin
"Mem'ries of One Sweet Kiss", written by Al Jolson and Dave Dreyer
"I'm Sittin' on Top of the World", written by Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
"Last.fm Sucks", written by Big Sexy Shaq based on an idea presented by Benladen2.
"'Cause My Baby Says It's So", written by Harry Warren and Al Dubin
"It's All Right", written by Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions or Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions