| 634-5789 |
Wilson Pickett |
1966 |
Al Jackson makes quarter notes sound wonderful. Great grooving. |
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$2.99 |
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| Addicted To Love |
Robert Palmer |
1986 |
Might as well face it: "The lights are on/But you're not home." |
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$3.99 |
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| Against The Wind |
Bob Seger |
1980 |
Some truths never change, and never will. Thoughtful song. |
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$4.99 |
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| All I Have To Do Is Dream |
Everly Brothers |
1958 |
These guys could sing! Buddy Harman on drums. |
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$2.99 |
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| All I've Got To Do |
Beatles |
1964 |
From the With The Beatles CD. A great lesser known Lennon song. |
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$2.99 |
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| Another One Bites The Dust |
Queen |
1980 |
Queen bass player John Deacon wrote this number one hit. |
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$2.99 |
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| Baby I Need Your Loving |
Four Tops |
1964 |
Motown magic, not to mention a classic. |
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$2.99 |
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| Back In Love Again |
L.T.D. |
1977 |
If you like funky drumming, here it is! Highly recommended chart!. |
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$3.99 |
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| Bad Case Of Loving You |
Robert Palmer |
1979 |
"Doctor, Doctor, give me the news - I got a bad case of lovin' you..." |
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$4.99 |
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| Bad Is Bad |
Huey Lewis & The News |
1984 |
From Sports. VERY funny song, VERY easy chart. |
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$3.99 |
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| Because |
Dave Clark Five |
1964 |
The DC5's first rock ballad. Dave Clark is rich today. |
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$3.99 |
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| Being With You |
Smokey Robinson |
1981 |
Smooth as silk, nice drumming. |
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$3.99 |
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| Birthday |
Beatles |
1968 |
Made up in the studio. From the White Album. Nothing but fun. |
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$3.99 |
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| Breaking Up Is Hard To Do |
Neil Sedaka |
1962 |
Yes it is. This was a hit twice for Neil. "They say that breaking up is hard to do/now I know, I know that it's true..." |
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$2.99 |
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| The Breakup Song |
Greg Kihn |
1981 |
New Wave. "They don't write 'em like that anymore." |
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$3.99 |
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| Brown Eyed Girl |
Van Morrison |
1967 |
A chart by one of my all time favorites-- Van the Man. A real classic. |
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$2.99 |
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| Calendar Girl |
Neil Sedaka |
1961 |
Marching snare drum on this early hit. |
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$2.99 |
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| California Sun |
Rivieras |
1964 |
Great basic early R&R. High energy and fun. |
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$1.99 |
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| Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe |
Barry White |
1974 |
I polled one of my classes as to who had the sexiest voice. Guess who won? |
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| Cathy's Clown |
Everly Brothers |
1960 |
The Everly Brothers' biggest hit. Great drumming. Buddy was prolific then. |
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$2.99 |
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| Celebration |
Kool & The Gang |
1980 |
Played everywhere: weddings, political conventions, parties...funerals.... |
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$4.99 |
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| Centerfield |
John Fogerty |
1985 |
"Put me in coach..." The best baseball song ever written. |
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$4.99 |
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| Century's End |
Donald Fagen |
1988 |
Tight and crisp funk shuffle, from the movie Bright Lights, Big City. |
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$4.99 |
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| Chain Gang |
Sam Cooke |
1960 |
Sam Cooke had 29 Top 10 hits. Easy chart with use of accents. |
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$2.99 |
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| Chain of Fools |
Aretha Franklin |
1967 |
The Muscle Shoals session musicians tear it up behind Aretha. Roger Hawkins is the soulful drummer. |
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$3.99 |
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| Chapel Of Love |
Dixie Cups |
1964 |
Nice shuffle, with big band-like set-ups. |
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$2.99 |
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| Cherish |
Kool & The Gang |
1985 |
One of many hits. Easy chart. |
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$2.99 |
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| Clocks |
Coldplay |
2002 |
One of the top groups of the last decade, Coldplay's "Clocks" won the Record of the Year Grammy in 2003. |
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$3.99 |
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| Cold Sweat - Part 1 |
James Brown |
1967 |
Could this be the funkiest thing ever recorded? I think it is. |
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$2.99 |
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| Colour My World |
Chicago |
1971 |
Piano+Bass+Drums+Flute+Voice = pretty ballad. Wedding hit. |
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$2.99 |
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| Come See About Me |
Supremes |
1964 |
Their third #1 already. They were just getting started. |
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$3.99 |
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| Communication Breakdown |
Led Zeppelin |
1969 |
Early Led Zep. Bonham of course. Pure energy. |
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$3.99 |
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| Consider Me Gone |
Sting |
1985 |
Sting gets jazzy. Omar Hakim manning the drums. Cool, man, just cool. |
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$4.99 |
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| Cool Change |
The Little River Band |
1979 |
Australian band that hit it big. Medium tempo 16th note feel.
This is a cool chart of a cool song with some cool fills. |
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$3.99 |
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| Crazy |
Patsy Cline |
1961 |
Buddy Harman on drums in this Willie Nelson penned hit. |
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$2.99 |
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| Crazy For You |
Madonna |
1985 |
Hit from the movie Vision Quest. Jonathan Moffett drums. |
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$3.99 |
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| Crossfire |
Scorpions |
1982 |
Quasi military drumming: Herman Rarebell. |
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$2.99 |
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| Cry Like A Baby |
Box Tops |
1968 |
Quintessential '60s song: horns, strings, electric sitar, all at once! |
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$3.99 |
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| Crying |
Roy Orbison |
1961 |
Great song. "I was alright for a while..." The one and only Roy. |
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$3.99 |
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| Dance To The Music |
Sly & The Family Stone |
1968 |
Solid drumming from Gregg Errico on their 1st hit. |
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$3.99 |
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| Dancing In The Dark |
Bruce Springsteen |
1984 |
"You can't start a fire without a spark...This gun's for hire..." |
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$4.99 |
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| Dancing Queen |
ABBA |
1977 |
This Swedish band made a lot of money in the '70s. Worldwide. |
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$3.99 |
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| Devoted To You |
Everly Brothers |
1958 |
A top 10 hit here for the Everly Brothers. |
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$1.99 |
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| Dizzy |
Tommy Roe |
1969 |
Pretty interesting drumming actually, from Hal Blaine. |
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$2.99 |
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| Do You Want To Know A Secret? |
Beatles |
1964 |
George sings this, but John wrote it. |
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$2.99 |
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| (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay |
Otis Redding |
1968 |
Otis had his biggest hit after he died in a plane crash. Tragic. This is classic soul. |
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$2.99 |
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| Don't Be Cruel |
Elvis Presley |
1956 |
#1 for 11 weeks, early R&R classic, D.J. Fontana on drums |
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$2.99 |
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| Don't Bring Me Down |
ELO |
1979 |
Easy chart that is fun to play. |
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$2.99 |
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| Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood |
Animals |
1965 |
The Animals were cool, and very blues based. Chas Chandler, the bass player (who recently died) discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix. |
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$2.99 |
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| Don't Stand So Close To Me |
Police |
1981 |
Reggae-rock as played by Stewart Copeland. Breakthrough drumming. |
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$4.99 |
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| Don't Stop |
Fleetwood Mac |
1977 |
"Yesterday's gone." Good advice: Think about today. Shuffle feel. |
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$3.99 |
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| Don't Stop Believin' |
Journey |
1981 |
Steve Smith, one of the best drummers on the planet. |
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$3.99 |
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| Draggin' The Line |
Tommy James |
1971 |
Hal Blaine drums, while Tommy James sings bizarre lyrics. |
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$2.99 |
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| Emotional Rescue |
Rolling Stones |
1980 |
All 5:39 of it. "You will be mine, you will be mine all mine." |
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$4.99 |
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| Every Little Thing |
Beatles |
1964 |
Ringo on Tympani? This has a great hook, from John & Paul. |
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$2.99 |
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| Every Time You Go Away |
Paul Young |
1985 |
#1 hit written by Daryl Hall. Retro Motown. |
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$3.99 |
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| Expressway To Your Heart |
Soul Survivors |
1967 |
This Top 10 hit had a great original drum beat. Get this chart, it's a lot of FUN! |
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$2.99 |
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| Father Figure |
George Michael |
1988 |
Freudian rock goes to #1. George, you can shave now. |
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$3.99 |
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| Fields Of Gold |
Sting |
1995 |
Very pretty song. And an easy chart. |
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$2.99 |
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| Finish What Ya Started |
Van Halen |
1988 |
"That ain't the way to treat the broken hearted..." Brother Alex does the drumming. |
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$4.99 |
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| Flying |
Beatles |
1968 |
Their only instrumental, from Magical Mystery Tour. |
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$2.99 |
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| Free Fallin' |
Tom Petty |
1990 |
"I'm a bad boy..." Stan Lynch drums. |
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$2.99 |
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| Get Closer |
Linda Ronstadt |
1982 |
One of her many hits, this one is in 7/4. Russ Kunkel on drums. |
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$2.99 |
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| Gimme All Your Lovin' |
ZZ Top |
1983 |
I love their cool old roadsters, don't you? Fun chart. |
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$4.99 |
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| Glad All Over |
Dave Clark Five |
1964 |
Not quite the Beatles, but fresh and fun. Their first hit. Chunka chunka. |
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$3.99 |
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| Glory Days |
Bruce Springsteen |
1985 |
Good rock song about nostalgia. |
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$4.99 |
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| Good Luck Charm |
Elvis Presley |
1962 |
Happy brush shuffle. |
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$2.99 |
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| Good Times Bad Times |
Led Zeppelin |
1969 |
Classic drumming from John Bonham. Still sounds great! |
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$3.99 |
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| Got To Be Real |
Cheryl Lynn |
1979 |
This is really good funky drumming. Highly recommended chart! |
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$3.99 |
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| Grazing In The Grass |
Hugh Masekela |
1968 |
Grooving instrumental, jazz-rock, easy chart, fun to play. |
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$2.99 |
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| Green Onions |
Booker T. & The MGs |
1962 |
The coolest, Al Jackson on drums. Memphis magic. |
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$1.99 |
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| Green River |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
1969 |
Swamp rock, from CCR Chronicles. Organic rock and roll with wonderful lyrics. John Fogerty is a wonderful storyteller. |
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$2.99 |
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| Hang On To Your Love |
Sade |
1985 |
Big dance hit (but not as big as the macarena). |
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$2.99 |
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| Hard Day's Night |
Beatles |
1964 |
Title track. Opening chord: G7 (add9sus4). Ringo on drums, naturally. |
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$2.99 |
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| Have You Ever Seen The Rain |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
1971 |
From CCR Chronicles, one of their many hits. |
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$3.99 |
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| He's So Fine |
Chiffons |
1963 |
#1 for 4 weeks, nice popping drum fills. |
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$2.99 |
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| Heart And Soul |
Huey Lewis & The News |
1983 |
FromSports. I like this band. Nice hook. |
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$3.99 |
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| Heart Of Rock And Roll |
Huey Lewis & The News |
1984 |
From Sports. Do you know what the heart of R&R is? The beat! |
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$4.99 |
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| Here Comes The Sun |
Beatles |
1969 |
From Abby Road. Some of Ringo's finest drumming. Nice meter changes, fills. |
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$3.99 |
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| Hey Nineteen |
Steely Dan |
1981 |
Model for solid drumming. "Make tonight a wonderful thing..." |
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$3.99 |
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| Hip Hug-Her |
Booker T. & The MGs |
1967 |
Get the Best of Booker T. & The MGs. Funky stuff. Al Jackson on drums. |
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$2.99 |
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| Hip To Be Square |
Huey Lewis & The News |
1986 |
Yes it is. Solid song with solid drumming. |
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$4.99 |
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| Hold On I'm Comin' |
Sam & Dave |
1966 |
Ditto to above. Al Jackson does the drumming. |
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$2.99 |
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| Honky Tonk Women |
Rolling Stones |
1969 |
"Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues." BIG HIT, cool chart. |
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$3.99 |
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| Hot Fun In The Summertime |
Sly & The Family Stone |
1969 |
Vigorous triplet feel. Nice song from Sly. Their drummer Gregg Errico was SOOOO SOLID. A lot to emulate on this chart. |
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$2.99 |
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| How 'Bout Us |
Champaign |
1981 |
Nice 16th note groove. "Some people are made for each other..." |
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$4.99 |
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| How Deep Is Your Love |
Bee Gees |
1977 |
From Saturday Night Fever. #1 for three weeks. |
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$2.99 |
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| Hurts So Good |
John Cougar |
1982 |
Kenny Aronoff switches hands, makes 8th notes sound so good. |
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$4.99 |
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| I Believe I Can Fly |
R. Kelly |
1996 |
Real easy chart, with some pretty inspiring lyrics. From the movie Space Jam. |
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$2.99 |
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| I Can't Go For That |
Hall & Oates |
1981 |
Easy to play, but it grooves. |
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$1.99 |
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| I Can't Help Myself |
Four Tops |
1965 |
"Sugar pie honey bunch." From the Detroit clubs to the top of the charts. |
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$2.99 |
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| I Can't Tell You Why |
Eagles |
1980 |
Rock ballad about broken romance. Nice fills at the end. |
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$3.99 |
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| I Fall To Pieces |
Patsy Cline |
1961 |
Brush in one hand, crosstick in the other. Buddy Harman on drums again. |
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$1.99 |
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| I Fought The Law |
Bobby Fuller 4 |
1966 |
Texas R&R. Bobby died mysteriously in L.A. that same year. Nevertheless, this is a FUN SONG. |
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$2.99 |
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| I Found Somebody |
Glenn Frey |
1982 |
Both charts from the No Fun Allowed album. Happy song. |
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$2.99 |
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| I Got You (I Feel Good) |
James Brown |
1965 |
Classic JB, this put him on the map. |
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$3.99 |
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| I Heard It Through The Grapevine |
Marvin Gaye |
1968 |
"Betcha wondrin' how I knew..." What can I say? Another soul classic. |
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$2.99 |
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| I Just Called To Say I Love You |
Stevie Wonder |
1984 |
Grammy winner from the movie Woman In Red. |
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| I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round) |
Alicia Bridges |
1978 |
"I want some action (pronounced ack-shawn)." BIG dance hit and a fun chart. |
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$3.99 |
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| I Say A Little Prayer |
Aretha Franklin |
1968 |
Top 10 hit for the Queen of soul. Roger Hawkins does some fine drumming. |
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$4.99 |
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| I Second That Emotion |
Smokey Robinson |
1967 |
"America's greatest poet," says Bob Dylan. Very cool drumming. |
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$3.99 |
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| I Should Have Known Better |
Beatles |
1964 |
Great song, from A Hard Day's Night. Early Beatles were fabulous for sure. |
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$1.99 |
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| I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For |
U2 |
1987 |
Have you tried looking in the closet? Bad joke. Good chart though, from the Irish supergroup that Kevin loves. |
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$4.99 |
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| I Wanna Get Next To You |
Rose Royce |
1977 |
Nice delicate 16th groove. From the movie Car Wash. |
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$2.99 |
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| I Want To Know What Love Is |
Foreigner |
1985 |
Huge hit, Dennis Elliot drums, big choir in background. |
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$3.99 |
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| I Wish It Would Rain |
Temptations |
1968 |
"Sunshine, blue sky, please go away..." Light and funky at the same time. |
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$2.99 |
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| I'll Take You There |
Staple Singers |
1972 |
#1 funky song with Roger Hawkins again. Very nice!!!!! |
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$3.99 |
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| I'm Into Something Good |
Herman's Hermits |
1964 |
Carole King wrote hundreds like this. Nice shuffle. British Invasion hit. |
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$3.99 |
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| I'm So Excited |
Pointer Sisters |
1984 |
JR Robinson on drums, playing this exciting song. |
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$4.99 |
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| I'm Your Puppet |
James & Bobby Purify |
1966 |
Totally fine drumming by Roger Hawkins. Cool stuff. |
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$3.99 |
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| If I Fell |
Beatles |
1964 |
Great song, from A Hard Day's Night. Harmonically interesting. |
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$2.99 |
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| Immigrant Song |
Led Zeppelin |
1971 |
From Led Zepelin III. Hard, driving drumming. |
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$2.99 |
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| In A Big Country |
Big Country |
1983 |
Scottish band, nice drumming by Mark Brzezicki. |
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$3.99 |
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| In Dreams |
Roy Orbison |
1963 |
What a beautiful, haunting song! Buddy Harman on drums. |
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$2.99 |
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| In My House |
Mary Jane Girls |
1985 |
Move over Spice Girls: here's Rick James' sultry girl group. |
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$3.99 |
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| In My Life |
Beatles |
1965 |
From Rubber Soul, a beautiful song, perhaps John's greatest.. |
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$1.99 |
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| In My Room |
Beach Boys |
1963 |
Where Brian would go when Mike Love got on his nerves. Lot of interesting stories there. |
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$1.99 |
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| In The Midnight Hour |
Wilson Pickett |
1965 |
Soul classic. Steve Cropper (of the MGs) co-wrote this. |
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$2.99 |
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| Is This Love |
Whitesnake |
1987 |
Ansley Dunbar drumming. |
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$3.99 |
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| It Keeps You Runnin' |
Doobie Brothers |
1977 |
Michael McDonald has got a voice. Solid feel on this chart. |
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$1.99 |
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| It's Now Or Never |
Elvis Presley |
1960 |
The King's biggest hit. |
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$2.99 |
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| It's Only Love |
Beatles |
1965 |
You know me...Can't get enough Beatles. From Help. |
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$1.99 |
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| Jacob's Ladder |
Huey Lewis & The News |
1987 |
Bruce Hornsby wrote this #1 hit. Solid. |
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$3.99 |
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| Jeopardy |
Greg Kihn Band |
1981 |
New Wave dance hit. Nice groove. |
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$3.99 |
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| Joanna |
Kool & The Gang |
1983 |
All Kool & The Gang charts can be found on their Greatest Hits album. |
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$3.99 |
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| Jump |
Van Halen |
1984 |
Might as well. Hot song. Alex on drums. |
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$4.99 |
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| Just My Imagination |
Temptations |
1971 |
Beautiful and delicate, a dreamy classic. Tympani & harp. |
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$2.99 |
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| Kiss You All Over |
Exile |
1978 |
Pure '70s. Four on the floor, solid eighth note rock. |
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$3.99 |
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| Knock On Wood |
Eddie Floyd |
1966 |
Memphis soul classic. |
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$2.99 |
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| La Grange |
ZZ Top |
1974 |
Inspired by John Lee Hooker, this shuffle rocks hard. |
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$4.99 |
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| Last Night |
Mar-Keys |
1961 |
Great early R&R instrumental. Easy drum chart. |
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$1.99 |
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| Late In The Evening |
Paul Simon |
1980 |
Steve Gadd's drumming sizzles- see the movie One Trick Pony. |
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$2.99 |
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| Let's Go |
Cars |
1979 |
New wave fun stuff, unpretentious rock, lots of fun fills. |
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$4.99 |
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| The Letter |
Box Tops |
1967 |
Blue-eyed soul from Memphis: "Gimme a ticket for an air-o-plane..." |
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$1.99 |
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| Life In The Fast Lane |
Eagles |
1977 |
This song will "surely make you lose your mind." |
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$4.99 |
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| The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
Tokens |
1961 |
One of the most unusual pop hits. Originated in Africa! |
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$2.99 |
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| Little Sister |
Elvis Presley |
1961 |
Elvis rocks! This song proves it. |
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$2.99 |
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| The Loco-Motion |
Little Eva |
1962 |
Carole King penned this, her babysitter sang it, and it rocks. |
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$1.99 |
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| Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) |
Hollies |
1972 |
"Saturday night I was downtown, working for the FBI." Cool song. |
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$3.99 |
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| Long Distance Runaround |
Yes |
1972 |
Progressive rock band that has been around. Bill Bruford drums. |
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$3.99 |
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| The Long Run |
Eagles |
1980 |
Don Henley drums and sings. |
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$3.99 |
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| Love Me Do |
Beatles |
1964 |
From the 1st album. John on harmonica. Remember that cymbal crash? |
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$3.99 |
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| Love WIll Keep Us Alive |
Eagles |
1995 |
From the Hell Freezes Over CD. |
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$3.99 |
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| Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' |
Journey |
1979 |
Journey's first hit, with Steve Smith on drums. |
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$3.99 |
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| Maneater |
Hall & Oates |
1982 |
"Watch out boy, she'll chew you up." |
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$3.99 |
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| Michelle |
Beatles |
1965 |
Also from Rubber Soul, a trend setting album. |
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$1.99 |
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| More Than A Feeling |
Boston |
1976 |
Does this bring back memories or what? Best of the '70s. |
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$0.99 |
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| More Than A Woman |
Bee Gees |
1977 |
Easy chart from Saturday Night Fever. |
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$2.99 |
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| Mustang Sally |
Wilson Pickett |
1965 |
An absolutely funky soul classic. Al Jackson on drums. |
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$3.99 |
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| My Brave Face |
Paul McCartney |
1989 |
Nice song from Paul, and clever drumming from Chris Whitten. |
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$4.99 |
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| My Girl |
Temptations |
1965 |
Pure pop heaven. One of the most gorgeous songs ever recorded! |
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$3.99 |
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| My Guy |
Mary Wells |
1962 |
Smokey Robinson wrote this hit a year before he wrote the classic "My Girl," which is right above. |
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$4.99 |
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| My Hometown |
Bruce Springsteen |
1986 |
From Born In The U.S.A. Great lyrical song. Max Weinberg drums. |
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$3.99 |
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| Needles And Pins |
Searchers |
1964 |
This was Liverpool's 2nd favorite band. Good chart. |
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$2.99 |
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| New World Man |
Rush |
1982 |
Their only Top 40 hit; Neil Peart doing his thing. |
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$4.99 |
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| No Reply |
Beatles |
1965 |
They had the best bridges in rock history. This is one of them. |
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$2.99 |
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| Nothing Else Matters |
Metallica |
1993 |
Lars Ulrich here. |
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$3.99 |
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| Oh, Pretty Woman |
Roy Orbison |
1964 |
His biggest ever. Van Halen covered. Buddy Harman drums. |
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$3.99 |
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| On Broadway |
Drifters |
1963 |
I love the Drifters; best doo-wop of all time! Classic song about show biz dreams: "They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway." |
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$1.99 |
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| One Fine Day |
Chiffons |
1963 |
Carole King penned this effervescent hit. Pop magic. |
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$3.99 |
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| One More Try |
George Michael |
1988 |
Big year for George. Maybe he can afford a shaver now. |
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$2.99 |
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| One Of A Kind (Love Affair) |
Spinners |
1973 |
Nice easy chart with an undeniable groove. |
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$2.99 |
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| The One You Love |
Glenn Frey |
1982 |
Easy rock ballad. |
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$2.99 |
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| Only The Lonely |
Roy Orbison |
1960 |
The one and only Roy. His first big hit. Buddy Harman on drums. |
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$2.99 |
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| Only The Lonely |
The Motels |
1981 |
Not the Orbison song, but a big hit by the IA new wave band. |
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$3.99 |
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| Our Lips Are Sealed |
Go-Go's |
1981 |
All girl group from IA makes it big. |
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$4.99 |
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| Out Of Sight |
James Brown |
1964 |
Yes it is. JB's first foray in the pop Top 40. Great rhythm punches. |
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$2.99 |
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| P.S. I Love You |
Beatles |
1964 |
Get the Please Please Me CD. Fun chart to play. |
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$3.99 |
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| Papa's Got A Brand New Bag |
James Brown |
1965 |
This was the crossover hit that made JB a big star. |
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$1.99 |
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| Peaceful, Easy Feeling |
Eagles |
1973 |
"I like the way your sparkling earrings lay against your skin so brown." |
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$3.99 |
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| Peg |
Steely Dan |
1975 |
Masters of the studio, with Rick Marotta drumming. |
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$2.99 |
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| Perfect Strangers |
Deep Purple |
1984 |
Same titled comeback CD. Meter changes are fun. Heavy sound. |
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$4.99 |
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| Please Please Me |
Beatles |
1962 |
From their 1st album, their first UK #1. Raw and fresh! |
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$2.99 |
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| Poison Ivy |
Coasters |
1959 |
They did nothing but funny songs and this is one of them. "You're going to need an ocean/of calamine lotion." |
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$2.99 |
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| Poor Tom |
Led Zeppelin |
1970 |
This was meant for the Led Zep III album but was released years later on the Coda album. |
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$2.99 |
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| Pour Some Sugar On Me |
Def Leppard |
1988 |
Anyone notice that Rick plays better now, with one arm? |
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$3.99 |
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| Raindrops |
Dee Clark |
1961 |
Great song. Get out your brushes out for this classic. |
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$2.99 |
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| Respect |
Aretha Franklin |
1967 |
Absolutely an unquestionable classic! Roger Hawkins on drums. |
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$3.99 |
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| Respect Yourself |
Staple Singers |
1971 |
Memphis soul classic. Roger Hawkins on drums. |
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$4.99 |
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| Rhythm Of Love |
Yes |
1988 |
Alan White on drums. |
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$4.99 |
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| Rhythm Of The Rain |
Cascades |
1963 |
Hal Blaine on drums. Nice easy chart that flows along. |
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$1.99 |
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| Rock And Roll Girls |
John Fogerty |
1985 |
Great stripped down basic rocker with nice lyrics. |
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$4.99 |
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| Rock Of Ages |
Def Leppard |
1983 |
Rick Allen with his spandex-laden pals, playing with both arms. |
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$4.99 |
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| Rock Steady |
Aretha Franklin |
1971 |
Bernard Purdie is great. If you don't believe it, just ask him. |
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$3.99 |
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| Rock The Boat |
Hues Corporation |
1974 |
Sounds even better now than way back then. Good production. |
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$2.99 |
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| Runaway |
Del Shannon |
1961 |
"I WA WA WA WA Wonder." 1961 was a good year for R&R. Cool song! |
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$2.99 |
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| San Francisco |
Scott McKenzie |
1967 |
"Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair." Hal Blaine drumming. |
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$3.99 |
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| Satisfaction |
Rolling Stones |
1965 |
"I can't get no...." The Stones' first #1. Charlie Watts on drums. Easy chart. |
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$2.99 |
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| Shining Star |
Manhattans |
1981 |
Worldwide hit, with a huge hook. They can tour forever on this. |
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$3.99 |
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| Shotgun |
Jr. Walker & The All Stars |
1965 |
Oh yeah, this is good. Totally mesmerizing. "It's party time." Junior Walker can wail like crazy on the sax. |
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$2.99 |
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| Shout |
The Isley Brothers |
1959 |
They made it up on the spot at a concert. Fun for all. Thanks for the the request Barbara! |
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$2.99 |
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| Shout At The Devil |
Motley Crue |
1985 |
Tommy Lee rocks the drums, the other guys are shouting at you-know-who. |
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$4.99 |
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| Smells Like Teen Spirit |
Nirvana |
1992 |
Let's hear it for dead rock stars. He can't tour, can he? |
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$3.99 |
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| Soul Man |
Sam & Dave |
1967 |
Soul classic with Al Jackson playing solid, as usual. |
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$2.99 |
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| Spinning Wheel |
Blood Sweat & Tears |
1970 |
Great jazz-rock drumming by Bobby Colomby. |
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$4.99 |
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| Splish Splash |
Bobby Darin |
1958 |
From the guy who did "Mack The Knife." |
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$2.99 |
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| Spooky |
Classics IV |
1968 |
Cool sound, from The Very Best Of Classics IV. |
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$2.99 |
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| Start Me Up |
Rolling Stones |
1981 |
Dirty rock song becomes computer commercial. |
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$4.99 |
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| Stayin' Alive |
Bee Gees |
1978 |
From the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. R&R Hall Of Fame. |
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$3.99 |
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| Steppin' Out |
Joe Jackson |
1982 |
Moving tune, and very, very tight. |
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$3.99 |
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| Streets Of Philadelphia |
Bruce Springsteen |
1994 |
Oscar winner, from the movie of the same name. |
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$2.99 |
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| Sugar Shack |
Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs |
1963 |
"There's a crazy little house beyond the tracks/And everybody calls it the Sugar Shack." Coffee houses are popular again. |
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$2.99 |
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| Sunday Bloody Sunday |
U2 |
1983 |
Irish band's early album hit, has lots of energy, creative drumming. |
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$4.99 |
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| Surfin' Safari |
Beach Boys |
1962 |
"Let's go surfin' now/Everybody's learnin' how..." Early Beach Boys. |
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$2.99 |
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| Sweet Dreams |
Patsy Cline |
1963 |
She had a haunting voice. Go rent the video of the same title. Easy country shuffle on this one. |
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$2.99 |
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| Sweet Home Alabama |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
1974 |
Southern rock at its finest. "Turn it up!" A real classic. |
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$4.99 |
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| Sweetest Taboo |
Sade |
1986 |
Cool groove, hypnotizing song, tricky drum part. |
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$2.99 |
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| Take My Breath Away |
Berlin |
1986 |
From Top Gun. Nice easy chart. |
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$2.99 |
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| Takin' It To The Streets |
Doobie Brothers |
1976 |
From the Best Of The Doobies. This has to be in the pocket, or else. |
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$3.99 |
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| Taste Of Honey |
Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass |
1965 |
Hal Blaine gives some very tasty drumming! Nice brushwork with setups and fills. |
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$2.99 |
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| Tell Me What You See |
Beatles |
1965 |
Lesser known song from the Help CD. |
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$2.99 |
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| Tequila Sunrise |
Eagles |
1977 |
"Take another shot of courage..." Smooth California rock. |
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$3.99 |
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| Things Have Changed |
Bob Dylan |
2000 |
Dylan wrote this for the movie Wonder Boys. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in a movie. |
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$4.99 |
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| Things We Said Today |
Beatles |
1964 |
Great song, from A Hard Day's Night. Minor verse into major chorus. |
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$2.99 |
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| ('Til) I Kissed You |
Everly Brothers |
1959 |
Don & Phil again. 4 stroke ruffs all over the place. Buddy Harman on drums. |
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$2.99 |
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| Time After Time |
Cyndi Lauper |
1984 |
Can You believe Miles Davis made a cover of this? Quirky. |
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$3.99 |
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| Time Is Tight |
Booker T. & The MGs |
1969 |
The MGs were on most of the great STAX soul records. |
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$3.99 |
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| Time Out Of Mind |
Steely Dan |
1981 |
From the Gaucho CD. Rick Marotta drums. |
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$3.99 |
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| Tom Sawyer |
Rush |
1981 |
Famous fills by Neil Peart. Landmark song from Canadians. Full 4 page chart. |
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$4.99 |
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| Tomorrow Never Knows |
Beatles |
1966 |
From Revolver, the Beatles' 1st psychadelic recording. |
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$2.99 |
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| Too Hot |
Kool & The Gang |
1980 |
Drummer: George Brown. |
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$3.99 |
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| Touch And Go |
Cars |
1980 |
The strangest hit from the Cars, in 5/4 time. |
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$4.99 |
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| Travelin' Man |
Ricky Nelson |
1961 |
Did you know Ricky had 35 Top 40 hits? This was his biggest. |
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$2.99 |
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| True |
Spandau Ballet |
1983 |
Good chart to read, with lots of punches and rests. |
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$4.99 |
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| Twist And Shout |
Beatles |
1964 |
A R&R moment. John screams this, Ringo drums. Let's rock. |
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$3.99 |
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| Unchained Melody |
Righteous Bros. |
1965 |
Hal Blaine on drums. Pretty song from the movie "Ghost." |
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$3.99 |
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| Up On The Roof |
The Drifters |
1963 |
"When this old world starts getting me down..." Absolute R&R classic.
This song officially endorsed by Billy Joel. |
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$2.99 |
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| Urgent |
Foreigner |
1981 |
Guess who plays sax on this? (Hint: See "Shotgun," 1965) |
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$3.99 |
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| Venus |
Shocking Blue |
1970 |
Did you know this band was from Denmark? Phonetic singing. Now it's used pretty famously in cosmetic commercials. |
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$3.99 |
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| Waiting For A Girl Like You |
Foreigner |
1981 |
Great rock ballad. Very cool touches on the drums. |
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$3.99 |
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| Walk Like A Man |
Four Seasons |
1963 |
"My cool father, said give her up, don't bother/the world ain't comin' to an end. He said to walk like a man..." Great song. |
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$3.99 |
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| Walk Right Back |
Everly Brothers |
1961 |
Very clever drumming by Buddy Harman. |
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$2.99 |
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| Walkin' After Midnight |
Patsy Cline |
1957 |
Thanks to commercial this is popular once again. Great singer. |
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$1.99 |
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| Walking The Dog |
Rufus Thomas |
1963 |
R&B classic from a Memphis legend. |
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$2.99 |
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| The Way It Is |
Bruce Hornsby |
1986 |
Syncopated piano riff later sampled by Tupac Shakur. Went to number one. |
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$2.99 |
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| We Gotta Get Out Of This Place |
Animals |
1965 |
Chas Chandler, the bass player (who recently died) discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix. Speaking of which, this song is written around the repeating bass guitar riff. Very intense, driving song, giving Eric Burden a chance to growl. |
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$2.99 |
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| What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted |
Jimmy Ruffin |
1966 |
Reflective sad song: "I know I've got to find/Some kind of peace of mind." Jimmy's brother David sang for the Temptations. |
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$2.99 |
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| What's Love Got To Do WIth It |
Tina Turner |
1984 |
From Simply The Best. Easy chart with meter changes. |
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$2.99 |
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| Wild Side |
Motley Crue |
1987 |
From the Girls, Girls, Girls CD. Actually, this is interesting. |
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$4.99 |
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| Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow |
Shirelles |
1961 |
1st ever girl group #1 song. New York studio craftmanship. 1st Carole King hit. Girl group classic. |
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$2.99 |
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| Wipeout |
Surfaris |
1963 |
Every drummer gets asked at some point: "Can you play 'Wipeout'?" Here's your chance to learn how! |
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$3.99 |
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| Woman |
John Lennon |
1981 |
Nice tune, even if it is written about Yoko. |
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$3.99 |
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| Words Of Love |
Beatles |
1964 |
Beatles cover Buddy Holly. Ringo plays drums and drum case on this track! |
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$2.99 |
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| Working In The Coal Mine |
Lee Dorsey |
1966 |
Neat linear groove. That New Orleans influence. Creative drumming! |
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$2.99 |
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| You Can't Get What You Want |
Joe Jackson |
1984 |
Very funky drumming. Joe Jackson is a very eclectic musician. |
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$3.99 |
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| You Really Got A Hold On Me |
The Beatles |
1963 |
The Beatles, especially John, loved Smokey Robinson, who wrote this. |
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$2.99 |
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| You're Only Lonely |
J.D. Souther |
1979 |
A la Roy Orbison, a nice rock ballad. Rolls along easily. |
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$2.99 |
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| You're The First, The Last, My Everything |
Barry White |
1975 |
One of a kind. Barry White was born with that foghorn voice. |
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$3.99 |
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| You're The Inspiration |
Chicago |
1985 |
Great song. Please get this, I guarantee you will love it! |
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$3.99 |
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| Your Love Is King |
Sade |
1984 |
Sexy and cool, triplet feel. |
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$2.99 |
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