Record World
Record World magazine was one of three major weekly music industry trade magazines in the United States, with Billboard and Cashbox. It was founded in 1946 as Music Vendor. In 1964, it was changed to Record World under the ownership of Sid Parnes and Bob Austin. It ceased publication on April 10, 1982.
History
Growth
Music Vendor published its first music chart for the week ending October 4, 1954.Record World was housed in New York City at 1700 Broadway, at 53rd Street, across the street from the Ed Sullivan Theater. Its West Coast editorial offices were located in Los Angeles on Sunset and Vine.
Peak
Record World showed musical diversity by printing a "Non-Rock" survey, comparable to Billboards "Easy Listening" / "Adult Contemporary" chart. This chart began in the February 4, 1967, issue, with the first No. 1 being Ed Ames' "My Cup Runneth Over". The chart ended on April 1, 1972, having morphed to the name "The MOR Chart" by 1971. Several titles of interest appeared on this 40-position list without making the Billboard Easy Listening survey. The chart returned with a weekly top-50 "A/C Chart" on February 16, 1980. Record World initiated first annual jazz award in 1968.Contributors
Staffers included Mike Sigman, editor-in-chief ; Howie Levitt, managing editor ; Pat Baird, who went on to key publicity positions at both RCA and BMI; associate editor Allen Levy, who went to become a public relations person for United Artists Records, ASCAP and A&M, and who is now a professor of mass communication at Chapman University.Dede Dabney
Dede Dabney was from Philadelphia. She, the daughter of a pharmacist, came on board in 1972. She had a weekly column called "Soul Truth". She communicated weekly by phone to major figures in radio programming to get and give information. These figures included Frankie Crocker of WBLS-FM, New York, E. Rodney Jones of WVON, Chicago, and Joe "Butterball" Tamburro of WDAS, Philadelphia. When an artist or group's record was mentioned in "Dede's Ditties to Watch", it was one that was watched.Marie Ratliff
Marie Ratliff hailed from Missouri. Following a weekend visit to the Grand Ole Opry, she moved to Nashville. She started out in the music business in a part-time role, handling the mail for artists Skeeter Davis and Ralph Emery. Not too long after that role, she got a job at Key Talent and Newkeys Music as office manager. She was pictured with other Newkeys staff in the 9 July 1966 issue of Record World. She also worked with Tom T. Hall.Later at some stage, she was employed at Record World and at some stage became the country chart manager. Her role there was selecting and maintaining the reporting panels for radio and retail. It seems that her name appeared as a columnist on 23 June 1970. It was Country Hot Line By MARIE RATLIFF & CHUCK NEESE. Prior to that the magazine didn't name the contributor.
In 1982, she was working as VP for MAF Advertising, which was the in-house publishing company for the group Alabama. In 1986, she joined the staff of Billboard as country charts manager. Her column at Billboard was called Country Corner. In 1991 she was working for Amusement Business as the manager at Boxscore / Touring database manager. By 1998 she had retired.
Others
Other staff included writers Vince Aletti ; Marc Kirkeby ; Jeffrey Peisch ; Dave McGee ; Laurie Lennard ; columnist Sophia Midas; chart editor and assistant editor Fred Goodman.Charts
100 Top Pops
With the 11 April 1964 issue, the magazine was still called Music Vendor. The national top 100 singles chart was called Music Vendor 100 Top Pop. At some stage prior to 6 June 1964, the magazine had changed its name to Record World, and the national top 100 singles chart was called 100 Top Pops.R&B
In 1978, Record World changed the R&B title to Black-Oriented.List of number-one singles
Here is a list of all the songs that reached number one on the Music Vendor/Record World chart, obtained from the cited sources. In total, 658 songs reached number one on the chart. In the early history of the chart, multiple versions of the same song charted as one entry, so the most successful recording of these songs is listed. An asterisk denotes a nonconsecutive run at number one."The Twist", by Chubby Checker, is the only song to hit number one in two different chart runs. The record holder for the most weeks at number one is Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life", which stayed on top for 13 weeks. "I Love Rock 'n Roll", by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, was the last song to top the chart before the magazine ceased publication.
| Song | Artist/band name | Label | Chart date song reached number one | Weeks at #1 |
| "Hey There" | Rosemary Clooney | Columbia | October 4, 1954 | 3 |
| "If I Give My Heart to You" | Doris Day | Columbia | October 25, 1954 | 3 |
| "I Need You Now" | Eddie Fisher | RCA Victor | November 15, 1954 | 1 |
| "Papa Loves Mambo" | Perry Como | RCA Victor | November 22, 1954 | 1 |
| "Mr. Sandman" | The Chordettes | Cadence | November 29, 1954 | 3 |
| "Let Me Go, Lover!" | Joan Weber | Columbia | December 20, 1954 | 3 |
| "Hearts Of Stone" | The Fontane Sisters | Dot | January 10, 1955 | 6 |
| "Sincerely" | The McGuire Sisters | Coral | February 21, 1955 | 5 |
| "The Crazy Otto" | Johnny Maddox and the Rhythmasters | Dot | March 28, 1955 | 3 |
| "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" | Bill Hayes | Cadence | April 18, 1955 | 1 |
| "The Wallflower " | Georgia Gibbs | Mercury | April 25, 1955 | 1 |
| "Cherry Pink " | Perez Prado Orchestra | RCA Victor | May 2, 1955 | 8 |
| "Unchained Melody" | Les Baxter Orchestra | Capitol | June 27, 1955 | 3 |
| " Rock Around the Clock" | Bill Haley & His Comets | Decca | July 18, 1955 | 4 |
| "Ain't That a Shame" | Pat Boone | Dot | August 15, 1955 | 2 |
| "The Yellow Rose of Texas" | Mitch Miller Orchestra | Columbia | August 29, 1955 | 7 |
| "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" | The Four Aces | Decca | October 17, 1955 | 2 |
| "Autumn Leaves" | Roger Williams | Kapp | October 31, 1955 | 3 |
| "Sixteen Tons" | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Capitol | November 21, 1955 | 7 |
| "Memories Are Made of This" | Dean Martin | Capitol | January 13, 1956 | 5 |
| "The Great Pretender" | The Platters | Mercury | February 17, 1956 | 3 |
| "Rock and Roll Waltz" | Kay Starr | RCA Victor | March 9, 1956 | 2 |
| "The Poor People of Paris" | Les Baxter | Capitol | March 23, 1956 | 4 |
| "Blue Suede Shoes" | Carl Perkins | Sun | April 20, 1956 | 1 |
| "Heartbreak Hotel" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | April 27, 1956 | 7 |
| "The Wayward Wind" | Gogi Grant | Era | June 15, 1956 | 8 |
| "My Prayer" | The Platters | Mercury | August 10, 1956 | 3 |
| "Canadian Sunset" | Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra | RCA Victor | September 1, 1956 | 1 |
| "Don't Be Cruel" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor] | September 8, 1956 | 8 |
| "Just Walkin' in the Rain" | Johnnie Ray | Columbia | November 3, 1956 | 4* |
| "Love Me Tender" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | November 17, 1956 | 1 |
| "Singing the Blues" | Guy Mitchell | Columbia | December 8, 1956 | 7 |
| "Young Love" | Tab Hunter | Dot | January 26, 1957 | 7 |
| "Marianne" | Terry Gilkyson | Columbia | March 16, 1957 | 2 |
| "Butterfly" | Andy Williams | Cadence | March 30, 1957 | 1 |
| "Teen-Age Crush" | Tommy Sands | Capitol | April 6, 1957 | 1 |
| "Party Doll" | Buddy Knox | Roulette | April 13, 1957 | 1 |
| "Little Darlin'" | The Diamonds | Mercury | April 20, 1957 | 1 |
| "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | April 27, 1957 | 6 |
| "Love Letters in the Sand" | Pat Boone | Dot | June 8, 1957 | 7* |
| "Bye Bye Love" | The Everly Brothers | Cadence | July 20, 1957 | 1 |
| " Teddy Bear" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | August 3, 1957 | 4 |
| "Tammy" | Debbie Reynolds | Coral | August 26, 1957 | 3 |
| "Diana" | Paul Anka | ABC-Paramount | September 16, 1957 | 3 |
| "Honeycomb" | Jimmie Rodgers | Roulette | October 7, 1957 | 2 |
| "Wake Up Little Susie" | The Everly Brothers | Cadence | October 21, 1957 | 5 |
| "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | Keen | November 25, 1957 | 4 |
| "Raunchy" | Bill Justis | Phillips International | December 23, 1957 | 1 |
| "At the Hop" | Danny and the Juniors | ABC-Paramount | December 30, 1957 | 6 |
| "The Stroll" | The Diamonds | Mercury | February 10, 1958 | 2 |
| "Sugartime" | The McGuire Sisters | Coral | February 24, 1958 | 1 |
| "Catch a Falling Star" | Perry Como | RCA Victor | March 3, 1958 | 2 |
| "Tequila" | The Champs | Challenge | March 17, 1958 | 4 |
| "He's Got the Whole World " | Laurie London | Capitol | April 14, 1958 | 2 |
| "Twilight Time" | The Platters | Mercury | April 28, 1958 | 3 |
| "All I Have to Do Is Dream" | The Everly Brothers | Cadence | May 19, 1958 | 4 |
| "The Purple People Eater" | Sheb Wooley | MGM | June 16, 1958 | 3 |
| "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | ATCO | July 7, 1958 | 1 |
| "Patricia" | Perez Prado | RCA Victor | July 14, 1958 | 4 |
| "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu " | Domenico Modugno | Decca | August 11, 1958 | 6 |
| "It's All in the Game" | Tommy Edwards | MGM | September 22, 1958 | 6 |
| "It's Only Make Believe" | Conway Twitty | MGM | November 3, 1958 | 3 |
| "Tom Dooley" | The Kingston Trio | Capitol | November 24, 1958 | 1 |
| "To Know Him Is to Love Him" | The Teddy Bears | Dove | December 1, 1958 | 3 |
| "The Chipmunk Song " | The Chipmunks | Liberty | December 22, 1958 | 3 |
| "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | The Platters | Mercury | January 12, 1959 | 4 |
| "Stagger Lee" | Lloyd Price | ABC-Paramount | February 9, 1959 | 3 |
| "Donna" | Ritchie Valens | Del-Fi | March 2, 1959 | 1 |
| "Venus" | Frankie Avalon | Chancellor | March 9, 1959 | 4 |
| "Come Softly to Me" | The Fleetwoods | Dolton | April 6, 1959 | 3 |
| " A Fool Such as I" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | April 27, 1959 | 2 |
| "The Happy Organ" | Dave "Baby" Cortez | Clock | May 11, 1959 | 1 |
| "Kansas City" | Wilbert Harrison | Fury | May 18, 1959 | 2 |
| "The Battle of New Orleans" | Johnny Horton | Columbia | June 1, 1959 | 6 |
| "Lonely Boy" | Paul Anka | ABC-Paramount | July 13, 1959 | 3 |
| "My Heart Is an Open Book" | Carl Dobkins Jr. | Decca | August 3, 1959 | 3 |
| "The Three Bells" | The Browns | RCA Victor | August 24, 1959 | 5 |
| "Mack The Knife" | Bobby Darin | ATCO | September 28, 1959 | 6 |
| "Mr. Blue" | The Fleetwoods | Dolton | November 9, 1959 | 2 |
| "Don't You Know?" | Della Reese | RCA Victor | November 23, 1959 | 2 |
| "Heartaches by the Number" | Guy Mitchell | Columbia | December 7, 1959 | 3 |
| "Why" | Frankie Avalon | Chancellor | December 28, 1959 | 1 |
| "El Paso" | Marty Robbins | Columbia | January 4, 1960 | 2 |
| "Running Bear" | Johnny Preston | Mercury | January 18, 1960 | 3 |
| "Teen Angel" | Mark Dinning | MGM | February 8, 1960 | 2 |
| "He'll Have to Go" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor | February 22, 1960 | 3* |
| "Theme from A Summer Place" | Percy Faith and his Orchestra | Columbia | February 29, 1960 | 5 |
| "Greenfields" | The Brothers Four | Columbia | April 18, 1960 | 1 |
| "Stuck on You" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | April 25, 1960 | 3 |
| "Cathy's Clown" | The Everly Brothers | Warner Bros. | May 16, 1960 | 4 |
| "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" | Connie Francis | MGM | June 13, 1960 | 3 |
| "Alley Oop" | The Hollywood Argyles | Lute | July 4, 1960 | 1 |
| "I'm Sorry" | Brenda Lee | Decca | July 11, 1960 | 3 |
| "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" | Brian Hyland | Leader | August 1, 1960 | 2 |
| "It's Now or Never" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | August 15, 1960 | 3 |
| "The Twist" | Chubby Checker | Parkway | September 5, 1960 | 2 |
| "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" | Connie Francis | MGM | September 19, 1960 | 4 |
| "Save the Last Dance for Me" | The Drifters | Atlantic | October 17, 1960 | 5 |
| "Last Date" | Floyd Cramer | RCA Victor | November 21, 1960 | 1 |
| "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | November 28, 1960 | 4 |
| "Wonderland by Night" | Bert Kaempfert | Decca | December 26, 1960 | 3 |
| "Exodus" | Ferrante and Teicher | United Artists | January 16, 1961 | 1 |
| "Calcutta" | Lawrence Welk | Dot | January 23, 1961 | 6 |
| "Surrender" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | March 6, 1961 | 3 |
| "Blue Moon" | The Marcels | Colpix | March 27, 1961 | 3 |
| "Runaway" | Del Shannon | Bigtop | April 17, 1961 | 4 |
| "Mother-in-Law" | Ernie K-Doe | Minit | May 15, 1961 | 1 |
| "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" | Gene McDaniels | Liberty | May 22, 1961 | 1 |
| "Travelin' Man" | Ricky Nelson | Imperial | May 29, 1961 | 4 |
| "Quarter to Three" | Gary U.S. Bonds | Legrand | June 26, 1961 | 4 |
| "Tossin' and Turnin'" | Bobby Lewis | Beltone | July 24, 1961 | 4 |
| "Michael" | The Highwaymen | United Artists | August 21, 1961 | 4 |
| "Take Good Care of My Baby" | Bobby Vee | Liberty | September 18, 1961 | 2 |
| "Crying" | Roy Orbison | Monument | October 2, 1961 | 1 |
| "Runaround Sue" | Dion | Laurie | October 9, 1961 | 3 |
| "Big Bad John" | Jimmy Dean | Columbia | October 30, 1961 | 6 |
| "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | The Tokens | RCA Victor | December 11, 1961 | 4 |
| "The Twist" | Chubby Checker | Parkway | January 8, 1962 | 3 |
| "Duke of Earl" | Gene Chandler | Vee-Jay | January 29, 1962 | 5 |
| "Hey! Baby" | Bruce Channel | Smash | March 5, 1962 | 3 |
| "Good Luck Charm" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | March 26, 1962 | 3 |
| "Johnny Angel" | Shelley Fabares | Colpix | April 16, 1962 | 1 |
| "Mashed Potato Time" | Dee Dee Sharp | Cameo | April 23, 1962 | 1 |
| "Soldier Boy" | The Shirelles | Scepter | April 30, 1962 | 2 |
| "Stranger on the Shore" | Mr. Acker Bilk | ATCO | May 19, 1962 | 2 |
| "I Can't Stop Loving You" | Ray Charles | ABC-Paramount | June 2, 1962 | 5 |
| "The Stripper" | David Rose | MGM | July 7, 1962 | 1 |
| "Roses Are Red " | Bobby Vinton | Epic | July 14, 1962 | 5 |
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | Neil Sedaka | RCA Victor | August 18, 1962 | 1 |
| "The Loco-Motion" | Little Eva | Dimension | August 25, 1962 | 2 |
| "Ramblin' Rose" | Nat King Cole | Capitol | September 8, 1962 | 1 |
| "Sherry" | The Four Seasons | Vee-Jay | September 15, 1962 | 5 |
| "Monster Mash" | Bobby Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers | Garpax | October 20, 1962 | 2 |
| "He's a Rebel" | The Crystals | Philles | November 3, 1962 | 1 |
| "Big Girls Don't Cry" | The Four Seasons | Vee-Jay | November 10, 1962 | 6 |
| "Return to Sender" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | December 22, 1962 | 1 |
| "Telstar" | The Tornadoes | London | December 29, 1962 | 2 |
| "Go Away Little Girl" | Steve Lawrence | Columbia | January 12, 1963 | 3 |
| "Walk Right In" | The Rooftop Singers | Vanguard | February 2, 1963 | 1 |
| "Hey Paula" | Paul and Paula | Philips | February 9, 1963 | 4 |
| "Walk Like a Man" | The Four Seasons | Vee-Jay | March 9, 1963 | 2 |
| "The End of the World" | Skeeter Davis | RCA Victor | March 23, 1963 | 1 |
| "Our Day Will Come" | Ruby and the Romantics | Kapp | March 30, 1963 | 1 |
| "He's So Fine" | The Chiffons | Laurie | April 6, 1963 | 3 |
| "I Will Follow Him" | Little Peggy March | RCA Victor | April 27, 1963 | 3 |
| "If You Wanna Be Happy" | Jimmy Soul | S.P.Q.R. | May 18, 1963 | 2 |
| "It's My Party" | Lesley Gore | Mercury | June 1, 1963 | 3 |
| "Sukiyaki" | Kyu Sakamoto | Capitol | June 22, 1963 | 2 |
| "Blue On Blue" | Bobby Vinton | Epic | July 6, 1963 | 1 |
| "Easier Said Than Done" | The Essex | Roulette | July 13, 1963 | 2 |
| "Surf City" | Jan and Dean | Liberty | July 27, 1963 | 1 |
| "So Much In Love" | The Tymes | Parkway | August 3, 1963 | 1 |
| "Fingertips " | Little Stevie Wonder | Tamla | August 10, 1963 | 3 |
| "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!" | Allan Sherman | Warner Bros. | August 31, 1963 | 1 |
| "My Boyfriend's Back" | The Angels | Smash | September 7, 1963 | 2 |
| "Blue Velvet" | Bobby Vinton | Epic | September 21, 1963 | 2 |
| "Sally, Go 'Round the Roses" | The Jaynetts | Tuff | October 5, 1963 | 1 |
| "Sugar Shack" | Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs | Dot | October 12, 1963 | 5 |
| "Deep Purple" | Nino Tempo and April Stevens | ATCO | November 16, 1963 | 1 |
| "I'm Leaving It Up to You" | Dale and Grace | Montel | November 23, 1963 | 1 |
| "Dominique" | The Singing Nun | Philips | November 30, 1963 | 4 |
| "Louie, Louie" | The Kingsmen | Wand | December 28, 1963 | 1 |
| "There! I've Said It Again" | Bobby Vinton | Epic | January 4, 1964 | 2 |
| "Popsicles and Icicles" | The Murmaids | Chattahoochee | January 18, 1964 | 1 |
| "I Want To Hold Your Hand" | The Beatles | Capitol | January 25, 1964 | 9 |
| "She Loves You" | The Beatles | Swan | March 28, 1964 | 1 |
| "Twist and Shout" | The Beatles | Tollie | April 4, 1964 | 1 |
| "Can't Buy Me Love" | The Beatles | Capitol | April 11, 1964 | 4 |
| "Hello, Dolly!" | Louis Armstrong | Kapp | May 9, 1964 | 3 |
| "Love Me Do" | The Beatles | Tollie | May 30, 1964 | 1 |
| "Chapel of Love" | The Dixie Cups | Red Bird | June 6, 1964 | 4 |
| "I Get Around" | The Beach Boys | Capitol | July 4, 1964 | 2 |
| "Rag Doll" | The Four Seasons | Philips | July 18, 1964 | 2 |
| "A Hard Day's Night" | The Beatles | Capitol | August 1, 1964 | 3 |
| "Where Did Our Love Go" | The Supremes | Motown | August 22, 1964 | 2 |
| "The House of the Rising Sun" | The Animals | MGM | September 5, 1964 | 3 |
| "Bread and Butter" | The Newbeats | Hickory | September 26, 1964 | 1 |
| "Oh, Pretty Woman" | Roy Orbison | Monument | October 3, 1964 | 1 |
| "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" | Manfred Mann | Ascot | October 10, 1964 | 2 |
| "Last Kiss" | J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers | Josie | October 24, 1964 | 2 |
| "Baby Love" | The Supremes | Motown | November 7, 1964 | 4 |
| "Leader of the Pack" | The Shangri-Las | Red Bird | December 5, 1964 | 1 |
| "Mr. Lonely" | Bobby Vinton | Epic | December 12, 1964 | 2 |
| "Come See About Me" | The Supremes | Motown | December 26, 1964 | 2* |
| "I Feel Fine" | The Beatles | Capitol | January 2, 1965 | 2 |
| "Love Potion No. 9" | The Searchers | Kapp] | January 23, 1965 | 1 |
| "Downtown" | Petula Clark | Warner Bros. | January 30, 1965 | 1 |
| "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" | The Righteous Brothers | Philles | February 6, 1965 | 3 |
| "This Diamond Ring" | Gary Lewis and the Playboys | Liberty | February 27, 1965 | 2 |
| "Eight Days a Week" | The Beatles | Capitol | March 13, 1965 | 3 |
| "Stop! In the Name of Love" | The Supremes | Motown | April 3, 1965 | 1 |
| "I'm Telling You Now" | Freddie and the Dreamers | Tower | April 10, 1965 | 2 |
| "Game Of Love" | Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders | Fontana | April 24, 1965 | 1 |
| "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" | Herman's Hermits | MGM | May 1, 1965 | 3 |
| "Ticket to Ride" | The Beatles | Capitol | May 22, 1965 | 1 |
| "Help Me, Rhonda" | The Beach Boys | Capitol | May 29, 1965 | 2 |
| "Wooly Bully" | Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs | MGM | June 12, 1965 | 1 |
| "I Can't Help Myself " | The Four Tops | Motown | June 19, 1965 | 1 |
| "Mr. Tambourine Man" | The Byrds | Columbia | June 26, 1965 | 1 |
| " Satisfaction" | The Rolling Stones | London | July 3, 1965 | 3 |
| "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am" | Herman's Hermits | MGM | July 24, 1965 | 3 |
| "I Got You Babe" | Sonny and Cher | ATCO | August 14, 1965 | 4 |
| "Help!" | The Beatles | Capitol | September 11, 1965 | 1 |
| "Eve of Destruction" | Barry McGuire | Dunhill | September 18, 1965 | 2 |
| "Hang On Sloopy" | The McCoys | Bang | October 2, 1965 | 2 |
| "Yesterday" | The Beatles | Capitol | October 16, 1965 | 2 |
| "A Lover's Concerto" | The Toys | DynoVoice | October 30, 1965 | 2 |
| "I Hear a Symphony" | The Supremes | Motown | November 13, 1965 | 3 |
| "Let's Hang On!" | The Four Seasons | Philips | December 4, 1965 | 1 |
| "Turn! Turn! Turn!" | The Byrds | Columbia | December 11, 1965 | 2 |
| "Over and Over" | The Dave Clark Five | Epic | December 25, 1965 | 1 |
| "I Got You " | James Brown | King | January 1, 1966 | 1 |
| "We Can Work It Out" | The Beatles | Capitol | January 8, 1966 | 2 |
| "The Sound of Silence" | Simon and Garfunkel | Columbia | January 22, 1966 | 2 |
| "Barbara Ann" | The Beach Boys | Capitol | February 5, 1966 | 2 |
| "My Love" | Petula Clark | Warner Bros. | February 19, 1966 | 1 |
| "Lightnin' Strikes" | Lou Christie | MGM | February 26, 1966 | 1 |
| "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" | Nancy Sinatra | Reprise | March 5, 1966 | 1 |
| "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" | SSgt. Barry Sadler | RCA Victor | March 12, 1966 | 3 |
| "Nowhere Man" | The Beatles | Capitol | April 2, 1966 | 2 |
| " Soul and Inspiration" | The Righteous Brothers | Verve | April 16, 1966 | 2 |
| "Good Lovin'" | The Young Rascals | Atlantic | April 30, 1966 | 2 |
| "Monday, Monday" | The Mamas and the Papas | Dunhill | May 14, 1966 | 2 |
| "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Percy Sledge | Atlantic | May 28, 1966 | 2 |
| "A Groovy Kind of Love" | The Mindbenders | Fontana | June 11, 1966 | 1 |
| "Paint It Black" | The Rolling Stones | London | June 18, 1966 | 1 |
| "Strangers in the Night" | Frank Sinatra | Reprise | June 25, 1966 | 1 |
| "Paperback Writer" | The Beatles | Capitol | July 2, 1966 | 1 |
| "Hanky Panky" | Tommy James and the Shondells | Roulette | July 9, 1966 | 2 |
| "Wild Thing" | The Troggs | Fontana | July 23, 1966 | 2 |
| "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" | Napoleon XIV | Warner Bros. | August 6, 1966 | 1 |
| "Li'l Red Riding Hood" | Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs | MGM | August 13, 1966 | 1 |
| "Summer in The City" | The Lovin' Spoonful | Kama Sutra | August 20, 1966 | 1 |
| "Sunny" | Bobby Hebb | Philips | August 27, 1966 | 1 |
| "Sunshine Superman" | Donovan | Epic | September 3, 1966 | 1 |
| "Yellow Submarine" | The Beatles | Capitol | September 10, 1966 | 1 |
| "See You in September" | The Happenings | B.T. Puppy | September 17, 1966 | 1 |
| "You Can't Hurry Love" | The Supremes | Motown | September 24, 1966 | 2 |
| "Cherish" | The Association | Valiant | October 8, 1966 | 2 |
| "96 Tears" | ? and the Mysterians | Cameo | October 22, 1966 | 1 |
| "Last Train to Clarksville" | The Monkees | Colgems | October 29, 1966 | 2 |
| "Poor Side of Town" | Johnny Rivers | Imperial | November 12, 1966 | 1 |
| "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | The Supremes | Motown | November 19, 1966 | 2* |
| "Good Vibrations" | The Beach Boys | Capitol | November 26, 1966 | 1 |
| "Winchester Cathedral" | The New Vaudeville Band | Fontana | December 10, 1966 | 1 |
| "Mellow Yellow" | Donovan | Epic | December 17, 1966 | 2 |
| "I'm A Believer" | The Monkees | Colgems | December 31, 1966 | 5* |
| "That's Life" | Frank Sinatra | Reprise | December 31, 1966 | 1 |
| "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" | The Royal Guardsmen | Laurie | January 7, 1967 | 1 |
| "Georgy Girl" | The Seekers | Capitol | February 11, 1967 | 1 |
| "Kind Of A Drag" | The Buckinghams | USA | February 18, 1967 | 1 |
| "Ruby Tuesday" | The Rolling Stones | London | February 25, 1967 | 1 |
| "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" | The Supremes | Motown | March 4, 1967 | 2 |
| "Penny Lane" | The Beatles | Capitol | March 18, 1967 | 2 |
| "Happy Together" | The Turtles | White Whale | April 1, 1967 | 2 |
| "Somethin' Stupid" | Frank and Nancy Sinatra | Reprise | April 15, 1967 | 3* |
| "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" | The Monkees | Colgems | April 29, 1967 | 1 |
| "The Happening" | The Supremes | Motown | May 13, 1967 | 1 |
| "Groovin'" | The Young Rascals | Atlantic | May 20, 1967 | 2 |
| "Respect" | Aretha Franklin | Atlantic | June 3, 1967 | 3 |
| "She'd Rather Be With Me" | The Turtles | White Whale | June 24, 1967 | 1 |
| "Windy" | The Association | Warner Bros. | July 1, 1967 | 2 |
| "Little Bit O' Soul" | The Music Explosion | Laurie | July 15, 1967 | 1 |
| "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" | Frankie Valli | Philips | July 22, 1967 | 2 |
| "Light My Fire" | The Doors | Elektra | August 5, 1967 | 1 |
| "All You Need Is Love" | The Beatles | Capitol | August 12, 1967 | 2 |
| "Ode To Billie Joe" | Bobbie Gentry | Capitol | August 26, 1967 | 4 |
| "The Letter" | The Box Tops | Mala | September 23, 1967 | 4 |
| "To Sir With Love" | Lulu | Epic | October 21, 1967 | 3 |
| "Soul Man" | Sam and Dave | Stax | November 11, 1967 | 1 |
| "Incense And Peppermints" | Strawberry Alarm Clock | Uni | November 18, 1967 | 2 |
| "Daydream Believer" | The Monkees | Colgems | December 2, 1967 | 3 |
| "Hello, Goodbye" | The Beatles | Capitol | December 23, 1967 | 4 |
| "Judy In Disguise " | John Fred and his Playboy Band | Paula | January 20, 1968 | 2 |
| "Bend Me, Shape Me" | The American Breed | Acta | February 3, 1968 | 1 |
| "Green Tambourine" | The Lemon Pipers | Buddah | February 10, 1968 | 1 |
| "Love Is Blue" | Paul Mauriat | Philips | February 17, 1968 | 3 |
| " Valley Of The Dolls" | Dionne Warwick | Scepter | March 9, 1968 | 2 |
| "Simon Says" | 1910 Fruitgum Company | Buddah | March 23, 1968 | 1 |
| "Valleri" | The Monkees | Colgems | March 30, 1968 | 2 |
| "Young Girl" | Gary Puckett and the Union Gap | Columbia | April 13, 1968 | 1 |
| "Honey" | Bobby Goldsboro | United Artists | April 20, 1968 | 5 |
| "Tighten Up" | Archie Bell and the Drells | Atlantic | May 25, 1968 | 1 |
| "Mrs. Robinson" | Simon and Garfunkel | Columbia | June 1, 1968 | 3 |
| "This Guy's In Love With You" | Herb Alpert | A&M | June 22, 1968 | 4 |
| "Grazing In The Grass" | Hugh Masekela | Uni | July 20, 1968 | 3 |
| "Lady Willpower" | Gary Puckett and the Union Gap | Columbia | August 10, 1968 | 1 |
| "Hello, I Love You" | The Doors | Elektra | August 17, 1968 | 1 |
| "People Got To Be Free" | The Rascals | Atlantic | August 24, 1968 | 2 |
| "Harper Valley P.T.A." | Jeannie C. Riley | Plantation | September 7, 1968 | 3 |
| "Hey Jude" | The Beatles | Apple | September 28, 1968 | 4 |
| "Those Were The Days" | Mary Hopkin | Apple | October 26, 1968 | 4 |
| "Love Child" | Diana Ross and the Supremes | Motown | November 23, 1968 | 4 |
| "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | December 21, 1968 | 1 |
| "For Once In My Life" | Stevie Wonder | Tamla | December 28, 1968 | 1 |
| "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" | Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations | Motown | January 4, 1969 | 3 |
| "Soulful Strut" | Young-Holt Unlimited | Brunswick | January 25, 1969 | 1 |
| "Crimson and Clover" | Tommy James and the Shondells | Roulette | February 1, 1969 | 2 |
| "Everyday People" | Sly and the Family Stone | Epic | February 15, 1969 | 1 |
| "Build Me Up Buttercup" | The Foundations | Uni | February 22, 1969 | 2 |
| "You Showed Me" | The Turtles | White Whale | March 8, 1969 | 1 |
| "Proud Mary" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Fantasy | March 15, 1969 | 1 |
| "Dizzy" | Tommy Roe | ABC | March 22, 1969 | 2 |
| "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" | The 5th Dimension | Soul City | April 5, 1969 | 4 |
| "Hair" | The Cowsills | MGM | May 3, 1969 | 3 |
| "Get Back" | The Beatles | Apple | May 24, 1969 | 4 |
| "Bad Moon Rising" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Fantasy | June 21, 1969 | 1 |
| "In The Ghetto" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | June 28, 1969 | 1 |
| "Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet" | Henry Mancini | RCA Victor | July 5, 1969 | 1 |
| "One" | Three Dog Night | Dunhill | July 12, 1969 | 1 |
| "In The Year 2525" | Zager and Evans | RCA Victor | July 19, 1969 | 4 |
| "Crystal Blue Persuasion" | Tommy James and the Shondells | Roulette | August 9, 1969 | 1 |
| "Honky Tonk Women" | The Rolling Stones | London | August 16, 1969 | 3 |
| "A Boy Named Sue" | Johnny Cash | Columbia | September 6, 1969 | 1 |
| "Sugar, Sugar" | The Archies | Calendar | September 13, 1969 | 3 |
| "Easy To Be Hard" | Three Dog Night | Dunhill | October 4, 1969 | 2 |
| "Jean" | Oliver | Crewe | October 18, 1969 | 1 |
| "Suspicious Minds" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | October 25, 1969 | 2 |
| "Something"/"Come Together" | The Beatles | Apple | November 8, 1969 | 5 |
| "Wedding Bell Blues" | The 5th Dimension | Soul City | November 22, 1969 | 1 |
| "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" | Steam | Fontana | December 13, 1969 | 1 |
| "Leaving On A Jet Plane" | Peter, Paul, and Mary | Warner Bros. | December 20, 1969 | 2 |
| "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" | B.J. Thomas | Scepter | January 3, 1970 | 3 |
| "Venus" | Shocking Blue | Colossus | January 24, 1970 | 3 |
| "Thank You..."/"Everybody Is A Star" | Sly and the Family Stone | Epic | February 14, 1970 | 2 |
| "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Simon and Garfunkel | Columbia | February 28, 1970 | 3 |
| "The Rapper" | The Jaggerz | Kama Sutra | March 21, 1970 | 2 |
| "ABC" | The Jackson 5 | Motown | April 4, 1970 | 2* |
| "Let It Be" | The Beatles | Apple | April 11, 1970 | 3 |
| "Spirit In The Sky" | Norman Greenbaum | Reprise | May 2, 1970 | 2 |
| "American Woman"/"No Sugar Tonight" | The Guess Who | RCA Victor | May 16, 1970 | 1 |
| "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" | Tyrone Davis | Dakar | May 23, 1970 | 2 |
| "Cecilia" | Simon and Garfunkel | Columbia | June 6, 1970 | 1 |
| "The Long And Winding Road"/"For You Blue" | The Beatles | Apple | June 13, 1970 | 2 |
| "The Love You Save" | The Jackson 5 | Motown | June 27, 1970 | 1 |
| "Mama Told Me " | Three Dog Night | Dunhill | July 4, 1970 | 3 |
| "Band Of Gold" | Freda Payne | Invictus | July 25, 1970 | 1 |
| " Close To You" | The Carpenters | A&M | August 1, 1970 | 2 |
| "Make It With You" | Bread | Elektra | August 15, 1970 | 1 |
| "Signed, Sealed, Delivered " | Stevie Wonder | Tamla | August 22, 1970 | 1 |
| "Spill The Wine" | Eric Burdon and War | MGM | August 29, 1970 | 1 |
| "War" | Edwin Starr | Gordy | September 5, 1970 | 1 |
| "In The Summertime" | Mungo Jerry | Janus | September 12, 1970 | 1 |
| "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Diana Ross | Motown | September 19, 1970 | 1 |
| "Looking Out My Back Door" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Fantasy | September 26, 1970 | 1 |
| "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" | Bobby Sherman | Metromedia | October 3, 1970 | 1 |
| "Cracklin' Rosie" | Neil Diamond | Uni | October 10, 1970 | 1 |
| "I'll Be There" | The Jackson 5 | Motown | October 17, 1970 | 4 |
| "We've Only Just Begun" | The Carpenters | A&M | November 14, 1970 | 1 |
| "I Think I Love You" | The Partridge Family | Bell | November 21, 1970 | 4 |
| "My Sweet Lord" | George Harrison | Apple | December 19, 1970 | 3 |
| "Knock Three Times" | Dawn | Bell | January 9, 1971 | 4 |
| "Lonely Days" | Bee Gees | ATCO | February 6, 1971 | 1 |
| "Rose Garden" | Lynn Anderson | Columbia | February 13, 1971 | 1 |
| "One Bad Apple" | The Osmonds | MGM | February 20, 1971 | 4 |
| "Me and Bobby McGee" | Janis Joplin | Columbia | March 20, 1971 | 1 |
| "Just My Imagination " | The Temptations | Gordy | March 27, 1971 | 1 |
| "Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted" | The Partridge Family | Bell | April 3, 1971 | 1 |
| "She's A Lady" | Tom Jones | Parrot | April 10, 1971 | 1 |
| "Joy To The World" | Three Dog Night | Dunhill | April 17, 1971 | 5 |
| "Brown Sugar" | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones | May 22, 1971 | 3 |
| "Want Ads" | The Honey Cone | Hot Wax | June 12, 1971 | 2 |
| "It Don't Come Easy" | Ringo Starr | Apple | June 26, 1971 | 1 |
| "It's Too Late" | Carole King | Ode | July 3, 1971 | 2 |
| "Indian Reservation" | The Raiders | Columbia | July 17, 1971 | 3 |
| "Mr. Big Stuff" | Jean Knight | Stax | August 7, 1971 | 1 |
| "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" | Bee Gees | ATCO | August 14, 1971 | 1 |
| "Draggin' The Line" | Tommy James | Roulette | August 21, 1971 | 1 |
| "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | John Denver | RCA Victor | August 28, 1971 | 2 |
| "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" | Paul and Linda McCartney | Apple | September 11, 1971 | 1 |
| "Spanish Harlem" | Aretha Franklin | Atlantic | September 18, 1971 | 1 |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | Joan Baez | Vanguard | September 25, 1971 | 1 |
| "Maggie May"/"Reason To Believe" | Rod Stewart | Mercury | October 2, 1971 | 1 |
| "Superstar" | The Carpenters | A&M | October 9, 1971 | 1 |
| "Yo-Yo" | The Osmonds | MGM | October 16, 1971 | 2 |
| "Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves" | Cher | Kapp | October 30, 1971 | 1 |
| "Theme From Shaft" | Isaac Hayes | Enterprise | November 6, 1971 | 2 |
| "Imagine" | John Lennon | Apple | November 20, 1971 | 1 |
| "Family Affair" | Sly and the Family Stone | Epic | November 27, 1971 | 2 |
| "Have You Seen Her" | The Chi-Lites | Brunswick | December 11, 1971 | 2 |
| "Brand New Key" | Melanie | Neighborhood | December 25, 1971 | 1 |
| "American Pie" | Don McLean | United Artists | January 1, 1972 | 5 |
| "Day After Day" | Badfinger | Apple | February 5, 1972 | 2 |
| "Without You" | Harry Nilsson | RCA Victor | February 19, 1972 | 2 |
| "Hurting Each Other" | The Carpenters | A&M | March 4, 1972 | 1 |
| "Precious and Few" | Climax | Rocky Road | March 11, 1972 | 1 |
| "Heart Of Gold" | Neil Young | Reprise | March 18, 1972 | 1 |
| "A Horse With No Name" | America | Warner Bros. | March 25, 1972 | 3 |
| "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | Roberta Flack | Atlantic | April 15, 1972 | 5 |
| "Oh Girl" | The Chi-Lites | Brunswick | May 20, 1972 | 2 |
| "I'll Take You There" | The Staple Singers | Stax | June 3, 1972 | 1 |
| "The Candy Man" | Sammy Davis Jr. | MGM | June 10, 1972 | 2 |
| "Song Sung Blue" | Neil Diamond | Uni | June 24, 1972 | 2 |
| "Outa-Space" | Billy Preston | A&M | July 8, 1972 | 1 |
| "Lean On Me" | Bill Withers | Sussex | July 15, 1972 | 1 |
| "Too Late To Turn Back Now" | Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose | United Artists | July 22, 1972 | 1 |
| "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" | Wayne Newton | Chelsea | July 29, 1972 | 2 |
| "Alone Again "< |