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Billboard Hot 100 – top-ten singles, 1962–1990

Billboard Hot 100 – top-ten singles, 1958–1961

Billboard Hot 100 – top-ten singles, 1962–1990

Billboard Hot 100 – top-ten singles, 1991–2019

Billboard Hot 100 – top-ten singles, 2020–2050

1962

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1962
January 6	"When I Fall in Love"	The Lettermen	7	January 27	3
	"Unchain My Heart"	Ray Charles	9	January 13	2
January 13	"I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)"	Barbara George	3	January 27	6
	"When the Boy in Your Arms"	Connie Francis	10	January 13	1
January 20	"Norman"	Sue Thompson	3	February 24	7
January 27	"The Wanderer"	Dion	2	February 24	7
	"Baby It's You"	The Shirelles	8	February 3	2
February 3	"Duke of Earl"	Gene Chandler	1	February 17	8
	"Break It to Me Gently"	Brenda Lee	4	March 3	7
February 10	"A Little Bitty Tear"	Burl Ives	9	February 10	2
	"Dear Lady Twist"	Gary U.S. Bonds	9	February 24	3
February 17	"Crying in the Rain"	The Everly Brothers	6	March 3	5
February 24	"Hey! Baby"	Bruce Channel	1	March 10	8
March 3	"Midnight in Moscow"	Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen	2	March 17	7
	"Chip Chip"	Gene McDaniels	10	March 3	1
March 10	"Don't Break the Heart That Loves You"	Connie Francis	1	March 31	6
	"Let Me In"	The Sensations	4	March 17	4
	"Her Royal Majesty"	James Darren	6	March 17	3
	"What's Your Name"	Don and Juan	7	March 17	4
March 17	"Percolator (Twist)"	Billy Joe and the Checkmates	10	March 17	1
March 24	"Dream Baby"	Roy Orbison	4	March 31	3
	"Slow Twistin'"	Chubby Checker	3	April 14	7
	"Twistin' the Night Away"	Sam Cooke	9	March 24	2
March 31	"Johnny Angel"	Shelley Fabares	1	April 7	9
	"Good Luck Charm"	Elvis Presley	1	April 21	7
April 7	"Young World"	Rick Nelson	5	April 21	4
	"Love Letters"	Ketty Lester	5	April 14	3
	"Mashed Potato Time"	Dee Dee Sharp	2	May 5	9
April 14	"Lover Please"	Clyde McPhatter	7	April 21	4
April 21	"Soldier Boy"	The Shirelles	1	May 5	8
	"Shout"	Joey Dee and the Starliters	6	May 5	4
	"Stranger on the Shore"	Mr. Acker Bilk	1	May 26	11
April 28	"Twist, Twist, Senora"	Gary U.S. Bonds	9	May 12	3
May 5	"PT-109"	Jimmy Dean	8	May 26	3
May 12	"She Cried"	Jay and the Americans	5	May 19	3
	"Old Rivers"	Walter Brennan	5	May 26	4
	"Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out)"	Ernie Maresca	6	May 19	3
May 19	"Everybody Loves Me But You"	Brenda Lee	6	May 26	3
	"Funny Way of Laughin'"	Burl Ives	10	May 19	1
May 26	"I Can't Stop Loving You"	Ray Charles	1	June 2	11
	"Lovers Who Wander"	Dion	3	June 9	4
June 2	"The One Who Really Loves You"	Mary Wells	8	June 9	3
	"(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valence"	Gene Pitney	4	June 16	5
June 9	"It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'"	Johnny Tillotson	3	June 16	6
	"Second Hand Love"	Connie Francis	7	June 9	3
	"Palisades Park"	Freddy Cannon	3	June 23	7
	"Playboy"	The Marvelettes	7	June 23	5
June 16	"The Stripper"	David Rose and His Orchestra	1	July 7	9
June 23	"Cindy's Birthday"	Johnny Crawford	8	June 23	2
	"That's Old Fashioned"	The Everly Brothers	9	June 23	1
June 30	"Roses Are Red (My Love)"	Bobby Vinton	1	July 14	10
	"Al di là"	Emilio Pericoli	6	July 7	3
July 7	"Wolverton Mountain"	Claude King	6	July 21	4
	"Snap Your Fingers"	Joe Henderson	8	July 7	1
	"Johnny Get Angry"	Joanie Sommers	7	July 21	2
July 14	"The Wah-Watusi"	The Orlons	2	July 21	6
	"Sealed with a Kiss"	Brian Hyland	3	July 28	6
	"Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)"	Dee Dee Sharp	9	July 14	3
July 21	"Speedy Gonzales"	Pat Boone	6	July 28	5
July 28	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"	Neil Sedaka	1	August 11	7
	"Ahab the Arab"	Ray Stevens	5	August 4	5
August 4	"The Loco-Motion"	Little Eva	1	August 25	7
	"Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight)"	Richard Chamberlain	10	August 4	1
August 11	"You'll Lose a Good Thing"	Barbara Lynn	8	August 11	1
	"Things"	Bobby Darin	3	August 25	5
August 18	"You Don't Know Me"	Ray Charles	2	September 8	5
	"Little Diane"	Dion	8	August 18	3
August 25	"Sheila"	Tommy Roe	1	September 1	6
	"Party Lights"	Claudine Clark	5	September 1	3
	"She's Not You"	Elvis Presley	5	September 8	5
September 1	"Vacation"	Connie Francis	9	September 1	2
September 8	"Ramblin' Rose"	Nat King Cole	2	September 22	8
	"Teen Age Idol"	Rick Nelson	5	September 22	4
September 15	"Sherry"	The Four Seasons	1	September 15	7
	"Green Onions"	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	3	September 29	6
	"Patches"	Dickey Lee	6	October 6	7
	"Rinky Dink"	Dave "Baby" Cortez	10	September 15	1
September 22	"Let's Dance"	Chris Montez	4	October 6	5
	"You Belong to Me"	The Duprees	7	September 22	2
	"You Beat Me to the Punch"	Mary Wells	9	September 22	2
September 29	"Monster Mash"	Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers	1	October 20	7
	"Alley Cat"	Bent Fabric	7	September 29	3
October 6	"Venus in Blue Jeans"	Jimmy Clanton	7	October 6	1
	"I Remember You"	Frank Ifield	5	October 13	4
October 13	"Do You Love Me"	The Contours	3	October 20	5
	"If I Had a Hammer"	Peter, Paul and Mary	10	October 13	1
October 20	"He's a Rebel"	The Crystals	1	November 3	7
	"Only Love Can Break a Heart"	Gene Pitney	2	November 3	4
October 27	"All Alone Am I"	Brenda Lee	3	November 10	7
	"Gina"	Johnny Mathis	6	November 17	5
November 3	"Big Girls Don't Cry"	The Four Seasons	1	November 17	10
	"Limbo Rock"	Chubby Checker	2	December 22	12
	"Next Door to an Angel"	Neil Sedaka	5	November 17	5
	"Return to Sender"	Elvis Presley	2	November 17	10
November 10	"Popeye (The Hitchhiker)"	Chubby Checker	10	November 10	1
November 17	"Bobby's Girl"	Marcie Blane	3	December 1	8
	"Don't Hang Up"	The Orlons	4	December 8	6
	"The Cha-Cha-Cha"	Bobby Rydell	10	November 17	1
November 24	"Ride!"	Dee Dee Sharp	5	December 8	4
December 1	"The Lonely Bull"	The Tijuana Brass	6	December 8	3
December 8	"Telstar"	The Tornados	1	December 22	8
	"Release Me"	"Little Esther" Phillips	8	December 22	4
December 15	"Go Away Little Girl"	Steve Lawrence	1	January 12	9
December 22	"You Are My Sunshine"	Ray Charles	7	December 29	2
	"Love Came to Me"	Dion	10	December 22	1
December 29	"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"	Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans	8	January 12	3
	"Hotel Happiness"	Brook Benton	3	January 19	4

References

1963

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1963
January 5	"Pepino the Italian Mouse"	Lou Monte	5	January 12	3
	"Tell Him"	The Exciters	4	January 19	5
January 12	"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes"	Bobby Vee	3	February 2	6
	"Two Lovers"	Mary Wells	7	January 19	4
	"My Dad"	Paul Petersen	6	January 26	4
January 19	"Hey Paula"	Paul & Paula	1	February 9	9
January 26	"Walk Right In"	The Rooftop Singers	1	January 26	7
	"It's Up to You"	Rick Nelson	6	February 2	2
February 2	"Loop de Loop"	Johnny Thunder	4	February 9	3
	"Up on the Roof"	The Drifters	5	February 9	3
February 9	"Walk Like a Man"	The Four Seasons	1	March 2	7
	"Ruby Baby"	Dion	2	February 23	6
	"You've Really Got a Hold on Me"	The Miracles	8	February 9	3
	"Rhythm of the Rain"	The Cascades	3	March 9	9
February 16	"From a Jack to a King"	Ned Miller	6	February 16	3
February 23	"You're the Reason I'm Living"	Bobby Darin	3	March 16	7
	"Blame It on the Bossa Nova"	Eydie Gormé	7	March 2	5
	"Wild Weekend"	The Rebels	8	March 9	3
March 2	"What Will My Mary Say"	Johnny Mathis	9	March 9	4
March 9	"Our Day Will Come"	Ruby & the Romantics	1	March 23	6
	"The End of the World"	Skeeter Davis	2	March 23	6
March 16	"He's So Fine"	The Chiffons	1	March 30	9
March 23	"South Street"	The Orlons	3	April 13	5
	"In Dreams"	Roy Orbison	7	March 30	3
March 30	"Baby Workout"	Jackie Wilson	5	April 13	5
	"Our Winter Love"	Bill Pursell	9	March 30	2
April 6	"Can't Get Used to Losing You"	Andy Williams	2	April 13	7
	"Young Lovers"	Paul & Paula	6	April 20	4
April 13	"I Will Follow Him"	Little Peggy March	1	April 27	8
	"Puff, the Magic Dragon"	Peter, Paul and Mary	2	May 11	6
	"Do the Bird"	Dee Dee Sharp	10	April 13	2
April 20	"Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)"	The Cookies	7	April 27	3
	"Pipeline"	The Chantays	4	May 4	5
April 27	"On Broadway"	The Drifters	9	April 27	2
	"Watermelon Man"	Mongo Santamaría	10	April 27	2
May 4	"If You Wanna Be Happy"	Jimmy Soul	1	May 18	6
	"Surfin' U.S.A."	The Beach Boys	3	May 25	6
May 11	"Foolish Little Girl"	The Shirelles	4	May 25	3
	"The Reverend Mr. Black"	The Kingston Trio	8	May 18	4
	"Losing You"	Brenda Lee	6	May 25	4
May 18	"I Love You Because"	Al Martino	3	June 1	6
May 25	"Two Faces Have I"	Lou Christie	6	June 1	3
	"Take These Chains from My Heart"	Ray Charles	8	May 25	1
	"It's My Party"	Lesley Gore	1	June 1	7
	"Another Saturday Night"	Sam Cooke	10	May 25	1
June 1	"Da Doo Ron Ron"	The Crystals	3	June 8	4
	"You Can't Sit Down"	The Dovells	3	June 15	5
	"Sukiyaki"	Kyu Sakamoto	1	June 15	8
June 8	"Still"	Bill Anderson	8	June 8	3
	"Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer"	Nat King Cole	6	June 29	3
June 15	"Blue on Blue"	Bobby Vinton	3	July 6	5
	"Hello Stranger"	Barbara Lewis	3	June 22	5
	"Eighteen Yellow Roses"	Bobby Darin	10	June 15	1
June 22	"One Fine Day"	The Chiffons	5	July 13	4
June 29	"Easier Said Than Done"	The Essex	1	July 6	7
	"Memphis"	Lonnie Mack	5	July 20	5
	"Surf City"	Jan and Dean	1	July 20	7
July 6	"So Much in Love"	The Tymes	1	August 3	7
	"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"	Rolf Harris	3	July 13	5
July 13	"Wipe Out"	The Surfaris	2	August 10	7
July 20	"Fingertips – Part 2"	Little Stevie Wonder	1	August 10	7
	"(You're the) Devil in Disguise"	Elvis Presley	3	August 10	6
	"Pride and Joy"	Marvin Gaye	10	July 20	1
July 27	"Blowin' in the Wind"	Peter, Paul and Mary	2	August 17	7
	"Just One Look"	Doris Troy	10	July 27	2
August 3	"Judy's Turn to Cry"	Lesley Gore	5	August 17	5
August 10	"Candy Girl"	The Four Seasons	3	August 24	5
	"More"	Kai Winding	8	August 24	4
August 17	"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)"	Allan Sherman	2	August 24	6
	"My Boyfriend's Back"	The Angels	1	August 31	9
August 24	"Denise"	Randy & the Rainbows	10	August 24	2
August 31	"If I Had a Hammer"	Trini Lopez	3	September 7	5
	"Mockingbird"	Inez and Charlie Foxx	7	September 7	3
September 7	"Blue Velvet"	Bobby Vinton	1	September 21	8
	"(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave"	Martha and the Vandellas	4	September 21	6
	"The Monkey Time"	Major Lance	8	September 7	2
	"Hey Girl"	Freddie Scott	10	September 7	1
September 14	"Then He Kissed Me"	The Crystals	6	September 14	4
	"Surfer Girl"	The Beach Boys	7	September 14	2
	"Sally Go 'Round the Roses"	The Jaynetts	2	September 28	6
September 21	"Mickey's Monkey"	The Miracles	8	September 21	2
	"Cry Baby"	Garnet Mimms	4	October 12	6
September 28	"Be My Baby"	The Ronettes	2	October 12	6
	"Wonderful! Wonderful!"	The Tymes	7	September 28	2
October 5	"Sugar Shack"	Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs	1	October 12	10
	"Busted"	Ray Charles	4	October 19	6
October 12	"Mean Woman Blues"	Roy Orbison	5	November 2	5
	"Donna the Prima Donna"	Dion	6	October 26	4
October 19	"Deep Purple"	Nino Tempo & April Stevens	1	November 16	7
	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	Peter, Paul and Mary	9	October 26	2
October 26	"Washington Square"	The Village Stompers	2	November 23	7
November 2	"I Can't Stay Mad at You"	Skeeter Davis	7	November 2	2
	"It's All Right"	The Impressions	4	November 9	5
	"Maria Elena"	Los Indios Tabajaras	6	November 16	4
November 9	"I'm Leaving It Up to You"	Dale and Grace	1	November 23	7
	"Bossa Nova Baby"	Elvis Presley	8	November 16	4
November 16	"She's a Fool"	Lesley Gore	5	December 7	4
	"Everybody"	Tommy Roe	3	December 7	6
	"500 Miles Away from Home"	Bobby Bare	10	November 16	1
November 23	"Dominique"	The Singing Nun	1	December 7	9
November 30	"(Down at) Papa Joe's"	The Dixiebelles	9	November 30	1
December 7	"Louie Louie"	The Kingsmen	2	December 14	9
	"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"	The Caravelles	3	December 21	4
	"Be True to Your School"	The Beach Boys	6	December 21	4
	"Walking the Dog"	Rufus Thomas	10	December 7	2
December 14	"Since I Fell for You"	Lenny Welch	4	December 28	6
	"Drip Drop"	Dion	6	December 28	3
	"There! I've Said It Again"	Bobby Vinton	1	January 4	9
December 21	"Popsicles and Icicles"	The Murmaids	3	January 11	6
December 28	"Forget Him"	Bobby Rydell	4	January 18	5
	"Talk Back Trembling Lips"	Johnny Tillotson	7	January 4	3

References

1964

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1964
January 4	"Quicksand"	Martha and the Vandellas	8	January 4	1
	"The Nitty Gritty"	Shirley Ellis	8	January 11	3
	"Midnight Mary"	Joey Powers	10	January 4	2
January 11	"Surfin' Bird"	The Trashmen	4	January 25	5
January 18	"Hey Little Cobra"	The Rip Chords	4	February 8	6
	"Out of Limits"	The Marketts	3	February 1	5
	"Drag City"	Jan and Dean	10	January 18	2
January 25	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	The Beatles	1	February 1	12
	"Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um"	Major Lance	5	February 8	6
February 1	"You Don't Own Me"	Lesley Gore	2	February 1	5
	"Anyone Who Had a Heart"	Dionne Warwick	8	February 15	3
	"For You"	Rick Nelson	6	February 15	3
February 8	"She Loves You"	The Beatles	1	March 21	11
February 15	"Java"	Al Hirt	4	February 29	6
	"What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)"	The Tams	9	February 22	2
February 22	"Dawn (Go Away)"	The Four Seasons	3	February 22	6
	"California Sun"	The Rivieras	5	February 29	4
	"Navy Blue"	Diane Renay	6	March 14	5
February 29	"Please Please Me"	The Beatles	3	March 14	7
	"Stop and Think It Over"	Dale & Grace	8	March 7	2
March 7	"Fun, Fun, Fun"	The Beach Boys	5	March 21	4
	"See the Funny Little Clown"	Bobby Goldsboro	9	March 14	2
March 14	"I Love You More and More Every Day"	Al Martino	9	March 21	2
March 21	"Twist and Shout"	The Beatles	2	April 4	7
	"Hello, Dolly!"	Louis Armstrong	1	May 9	11
March 28	"Suspicion"	Terry Stafford	3	April 11	7
	"My Heart Belongs to Only You"	Bobby Vinton	9	March 28	2
	"Glad All Over"	The Dave Clark Five	6	April 25	5
April 4	"Can't Buy Me Love"	The Beatles	1	April 4	6
	"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"	Betty Everett	6	April 11	3
April 11	"Don't Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)"	The Serendipity Singers	6	May 2	6
April 18	"Do You Want to Know a Secret"	The Beatles	2	May 9	5
	"Dead Man's Curve"	Jan and Dean	8	May 9	5
April 25	"Bits and Pieces"	The Dave Clark Five	4	May 2	5
	"My Guy"	Mary Wells	1	May 16	8
May 2	"Ronnie"	The Four Seasons	6	May 16	4
May 9	"White on White"	Danny Williams	9	May 16	2
May 16	"Love Me Do"	The Beatles	1	May 30	6
	"It's Over"	Roy Orbison	9	May 23	3
May 23	"Chapel of Love"	The Dixie Cups	1	June 6	7
	"Love Me with All Your Heart"	The Ray Charles Singers	3	June 13	6
	"(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet"	The Reflections	6	May 30	3
	"A World Without Love"	Peter and Gordon	1	June 27	8
May 30	"Little Children"	Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas	7	June 13	3
	"Walk On By"	Dionne Warwick	6	June 13	5
June 6	"P.S. I Love You"	The Beatles	10	June 6	1
June 13	"People"	Barbra Streisand	5	June 27	5
	"I Get Around"	The Beach Boys	1	July 4	8
June 20	"My Boy Lollipop"	Millie Small	2	July 4	5
	"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"	Gerry and the Pacemakers	4	July 4	5
	"Diane"	The Bachelors	10	June 20	1
June 27	"Memphis"	Johnny Rivers	2	July 11	6
	"Bad to Me"	Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas	9	June 27	2
July 4	"Rag Doll"	The Four Seasons	1	July 18	7
	"Can't You See That She's Mine"	The Dave Clark Five	4	July 18	4
July 11	"The Girl from Ipanema"	Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto	5	July 18	4
	"No Particular Place to Go"	Chuck Berry	10	July 11	4
July 18	"The Little Old Lady from Pasadena"	Jan and Dean	3	August 1	5
	"Dang Me"	Roger Miller	7	August 1	4
	"Keep On Pushing"	The Impressions	10	July 18	2
July 25	"A Hard Day's Night"	The Beatles	1	August 1	8
	"Wishin' and Hopin'"	Dusty Springfield	6	August 1	5
August 1	"Everybody Loves Somebody"	Dean Martin	1	August 15	8
	"Where Did Our Love Go"	The Supremes	1	August 22	9
August 8	"Under the Boardwalk"	The Drifters	4	August 22	5
	"I Wanna Love Him So Bad"	The Jelly Beans	9	August 8	2
August 15	"C'mon and Swim"	Bobby Freeman	5	August 29	5
	"The House of the Rising Sun"	The Animals	1	September 5	8
August 22	"Because"	The Dave Clark Five	3	September 12	5
	"Walk, Don't Run '64"	The Ventures	8	August 22	2
	"How Do You Do It?"	Gerry and the Pacemakers	9	September 5	3
August 29	"Bread and Butter"	The Newbeats	2	September 19	7
September 5	"G.T.O."	Ronny & the Daytonas	4	September 26	6
September 12	"Remember (Walking in the Sand)"	The Shangri-Las	5	September 26	6
	"Oh, Pretty Woman"	Roy Orbison	1	September 26	8
September 19	"Do Wah Diddy Diddy"	Manfred Mann	1	October 17	9
	"Dancing in the Street"	Martha and the Vandellas	2	October 17	7
September 26	"It Hurts to Be in Love"	Gene Pitney	7	October 3	4
	"Save It for Me"	The Four Seasons	10	September 26	2
October 3	"We'll Sing in the Sunshine"	Gale Garnett	4	October 17	6
October 10	"Last Kiss"	J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers	2	October 17	8
	"A Summer Song"	Chad & Jeremy	7	October 17	3
October 17	"When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)"	The Beach Boys	9	October 17	2
	"Let It Be Me"	Betty Everett and Jerry Butler	5	November 7	5
October 24	"Baby Love"	The Supremes	1	October 31	8
	"Have I the Right?"	The Honeycombs	5	November 14	5
October 31	"Little Honda"	The Hondells	9	October 31	1
	"Chug-a-Lug"	Roger Miller	9	November 7	2
November 7	"Leader of the Pack"	The Shangri-Las	1	November 28	5
	"Come a Little Bit Closer"	Jay and the Americans	3	November 21	4
	"The Door Is Still Open to My Heart"	Dean Martin	6	November 14	3
November 14	"She's Not There"	The Zombies	2	December 12	8
	"Ringo"	Lorne Greene	1	December 5	7
November 21	"You Really Got Me"	The Kinks	7	November 28	5
	"Time Is on My Side"	The Rolling Stones	6	December 5	6
November 28	"Mr. Lonely"	Bobby Vinton	1	December 12	9
	"Mountain of Love"	Johnny Rivers	9	December 5	2
December 5	"Come See About Me"	The Supremes	1	December 19	9
	"I'm Gonna Be Strong"	Gene Pitney	9	December 12	3
December 12	"I Feel Fine"	The Beatles	1	December 26	7
	"Dance, Dance, Dance"	The Beach Boys	8	December 19	3
December 19	"Goin' Out of My Head"	Little Anthony and the Imperials	6	December 26	5
December 26	"She's a Woman"	The Beatles	4	December 26	2
	"The Jerk"	The Larks	7	January 16	5

References

1965

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1965
January 2	"Love Potion No. 9"	The Searchers	3	January 16	5
	"Amen"	The Impressions	7	January 9	2
	"The Wedding"	Julie Rogers	10	January 2	2
January 9	"Downtown"	Petula Clark	1	January 23	9
	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	The Righteous Brothers	1	February 6	9
January 16	"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"	Marvin Gaye	6	January 30	4
	"Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)"	Del Shannon	9	January 30	3
January 23	"The Name Game"	Shirley Ellis	3	January 30	6
January 30	"Hold What You've Got"	Joe Tex	5	January 30	3
	"This Diamond Ring"	Gary Lewis & the Playboys	1	February 20	9
	"All Day and All of the Night"	The Kinks	7	February 6	4
February 6	"My Girl"	The Temptations	1	March 6	8
	"Shake"	Sam Cooke	7	February 27	4
February 13	"The Jolly Green Giant"	The Kingsmen	4	March 6	5
	"I Go to Pieces"	Peter and Gordon	9	February 20	3
February 20	"The Boy from New York City"	The Ad Libs	8	February 27	2
February 27	"Tell Her No"	The Zombies	6	February 27	2
	"King of the Road"	Roger Miller	4	March 20	7
March 6	"Eight Days a Week"	The Beatles	1	March 13	5
	"The Birds and the Bees"	Jewel Akens	3	March 20	6
	"Ferry Cross the Mersey"	Gerry and the Pacemakers	6	March 20	4
March 13	"Stop! In the Name of Love"	The Supremes	1	March 27	8
	"Can't You Hear My Heartbeat"	Herman's Hermits	2	March 27	6
	"Hurt So Bad"	Little Anthony and the Imperials	10	March 13	1
March 20	"Goldfinger"	Shirley Bassey	8	March 27	3
	"Shotgun"	Jr. Walker & the All Stars	4	April 3	6
March 27	—	—	—	—	—
April 3	"I'm Telling You Now"	Freddie and the Dreamers	1	April 10	6
	"Nowhere to Run"	Martha and the Vandellas	8	April 10	3
	"Red Roses for a Blue Lady"	Vic Dana	10	April 3	2
April 10	"Game of Love"	Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders	1	April 24	5
	"I Know a Place"	Petula Clark	3	May 1	6
April 17	"Tired of Waiting for You"	The Kinks	6	April 24	3
	"The Clapping Song"	Shirley Ellis	8	April 24	2
	"Go Now"	The Moody Blues	10	April 17	1
April 24	"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"	Herman's Hermits	1	May 1	7
	"I'll Never Find Another You"	The Seekers	4	May 15	6
	"Silhouettes"	Herman's Hermits	5	May 15	5
May 1	"Count Me In"	Gary Lewis & the Playboys	2	May 8	5
	"The Last Time"	The Rolling Stones	9	May 1	2
May 8	"Ticket to Ride"	The Beatles	1	May 22	6
	"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"	Sounds Orchestral	10	May 8	1
May 15	"Help Me, Rhonda"	The Beach Boys	1	May 29	7
	"I'll Be Doggone"	Marvin Gaye	8	May 15	1
	"Just Once in My Life"	The Righteous Brothers	9	May 15	2
	"Wooly Bully"	Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs	2	June 5	9
May 22	"Back in My Arms Again"	The Supremes	1	June 12	5
	"Crying in the Chapel"	Elvis Presley	3	June 12	7
May 29	"Just a Little"	The Beau Brummels	8	June 5	3
	"It's Not Unusual"	Tom Jones	10	May 29	2
June 5	"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"	Four Tops	1	June 19	10
	"Engine Engine Number 9"	Roger Miller	7	June 12	3
June 12	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	The Byrds	1	June 26	7
	"Wonderful World"	Herman's Hermits	4	July 10	5
June 19	"For Your Love"	The Yardbirds	6	July 3	3
	"Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte"	Patti Page	8	June 26	2
June 26	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"	The Rolling Stones	1	July 10	9
	"The Seventh Son"	Johnny Rivers	7	July 3	6
July 3	"Yes, I'm Ready"	Barbara Mason	5	July 31	6
	"What the World Needs Now Is Love"	Jackie DeShannon	7	July 24	5
July 10	"Cara Mia"	Jay and the Americans	4	July 31	5
	"You Turn Me On"	Ian Whitcomb & Bluesville	8	July 17	3
July 17	"I'm Henry VIII, I Am"	Herman's Hermits	1	August 7	6
	"What's New Pussycat?"	Tom Jones	3	July 31	5
July 24	—	—	—	—	—
July 31	"Save Your Heart for Me"	Gary Lewis & the Playboys	2	August 21	5
	"I Like It Like That"	The Dave Clark Five	7	August 7	2
August 7	"I Got You Babe"	Sonny & Cher	1	August 14	7
	"Don't Just Stand There"	Patty Duke	8	August 14	3
August 14	"Unchained Melody"	The Righteous Brothers	4	August 28	5
	"It's the Same Old Song"	Four Tops	5	August 28	4
	"California Girls"	The Beach Boys	3	August 28	5
	"Down in the Boondocks"	Billy Joe Royal	9	August 28	3
August 21	"Help!"	The Beatles	1	September 4	6
August 28	"Like a Rolling Stone"	Bob Dylan	2	September 4	5
	"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"	Mel Carter	8	August 28	2
	"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"	James Brown	8	September 4	3
September 4	"You Were on My Mind"	We Five	3	September 25	6
	"Eve of Destruction"	Barry McGuire	1	September 25	7
September 11	"It Ain't Me Babe"	The Turtles	8	September 18	3
	"The 'In' Crowd"	Ramsey Lewis Trio	5	October 9	6
September 18	"Catch Us If You Can"	The Dave Clark Five	4	September 25	4
	"Hang On Sloopy"	The McCoys	1	October 2	7
	"Heart Full of Soul"	The Yardbirds	9	September 25	2
September 25	"Laugh at Me"	Sonny	10	September 25	2
October 2	"Yesterday"	The Beatles	1	October 9	6
	"Treat Her Right"	Roy Head & the Traits	2	October 16	5
	"You've Got Your Troubles"	The Fortunes	7	October 9	2
	"Baby Don't Go"	Sonny & Cher	8	October 9	3
October 9	"Do You Believe in Magic"	The Lovin' Spoonful	9	October 16	2
October 16	"A Lover's Concerto"	The Toys	2	October 30	6
	"Keep on Dancing"	The Gentrys	4	October 30	4
	"Just a Little Bit Better"	Herman's Hermits	7	October 16	2
October 23	"Get Off of My Cloud"	The Rolling Stones	1	November 6	6
	"Everybody Loves a Clown"	Gary Lewis & the Playboys	4	November 6	4
	"Positively 4th Street"	Bob Dylan	7	November 6	3
	"You're the One"	The Vogues	4	November 13	5
October 30	"1-2-3"	Len Barry	2	November 20	7
November 6	"Rescue Me"	Fontella Bass	4	November 20	6
	"A Taste of Honey"	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass	7	November 27	6
November 13	"I Hear a Symphony"	The Supremes	1	November 20	6
	"Let's Hang On!"	The Four Seasons	3	December 11	8
	"Ain't That Peculiar"	Marvin Gaye	8	November 20	4
November 20	"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)"	The Byrds	1	December 4	8
November 27	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	James Brown	3	December 18	7
	"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"	The Silkie	10	November 27	1
December 4	"I Can Never Go Home Anymore"	The Shangri-Las	6	December 11	4
	"Over and Over"	The Dave Clark Five	1	December 25	6
December 11	"I Will"	Dean Martin	10	December 11	2
December 18	"Make the World Go Away"	Eddy Arnold	6	December 25	3
	"England Swings"	Roger Miller	8	December 18	3
	"Fever"	The McCoys	7	December 25	3
December 25	"The Sound of Silence"	Simon & Garfunkel	1	January 1	5
	"Ebb Tide"	The Righteous Brothers	5	January 8	4

References

1966

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1966
January 1	"We Can Work It Out"	The Beatles	1	January 8	7
January 8	"She's Just My Style"	Gary Lewis & the Playboys	3	January 8	5
	"Flowers on the Wall"	The Statler Brothers	4	January 8	2
	"Five O'Clock World"	The Vogues	4	January 15	6
	"Day Tripper"	The Beatles	5	January 22	3
January 15	"The Men In My Little Girl's Life"	Mike Douglas	6	February 5	4
	"As Tears Go By"	The Rolling Stones	6	January 29	3
	"No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)"	The T-Bones	3	February 5	6
January 22	"A Must to Avoid"	Herman's Hermits	8	January 22	3
	"You Didn't Have to Be So Nice"	The Lovin' Spoonful	10	January 22	1
January 29	"Barbara Ann"	The Beach Boys	2	January 29	4
	"My Love"	Petula Clark	1	February 5	6
	"Jenny Take a Ride"	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	10	January 29	1
February 5	"Lightnin' Strikes"	Lou Christie	1	February 19	6
	"Crying Time"	Ray Charles	6	February 19	3
February 12	"Uptight (Everything's Alright)"	Stevie Wonder	3	February 12	4
	"My World Is Empty Without You"	The Supremes	5	February 19	4
	"Don't Mess with Bill"	The Marvelettes	7	February 26	3
February 19	"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"	Nancy Sinatra	1	February 26	7
	"Ballad of the Green Berets"	S/Sgt. Barry Sadler	1	March 5	9
February 26	"California Dreamin'"	The Mamas & the Papas	4	March 12	7
	"Elusive Butterfly"	Bob Lind	5	March 12	5
	"Working My Way Back to You"	The Four Seasons	9	March 5	2
March 5	"Listen People"	Herman's Hermits	3	March 12	4
March 12	"19th Nervous Breakdown"	The Rolling Stones	2	March 19	6
	"Nowhere Man"	The Beatles	3	March 26	5
	"I Fought the Law"	The Bobby Fuller Four	9	March 12	2
	"Homeward Bound"	Simon & Garfunkel	5	March 26	4
March 19	"Daydream"	The Lovin' Spoonful	2	April 9	7
March 26	"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration"	The Righteous Brothers	1	April 9	8
April 2	"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"	Cher	2	April 23	6
	"Sure Gonna Miss Her"	Gary Lewis & the Playboys	9	April 9	2
April 9	"Secret Agent Man"	Johnny Rivers	3	April 23	5
	"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"	B. J. Thomas	8	April 9	3
April 16	"Time Won't Let Me"	The Outsiders	5	April 16	3
	"Good Lovin'"	The Young Rascals	1	April 30	7
	"Kicks"	Paul Revere & the Raiders	4	May 14	6
April 23	"Sloop John B"	The Beach Boys	3	May 7	5
	"Monday, Monday"	The Mamas & the Papas	1	May 7	8
April 30	"Leaning on the Lamp Post"	Herman's Hermits	9	May 7	2
May 7	"Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35"	Bob Dylan	2	May 21	5
	"Gloria"	The Shadows of Knight	10	May 7	2
May 14	"How Does That Grab You, Darlin?"	Nancy Sinatra	7	May 14	2
	"Message to Michael"	Dionne Warwick	8	May 14	2
	"When a Man Loves a Woman"	Percy Sledge	1	May 28	6
May 21	"A Groovy Kind of Love"	The Mindbenders	2	May 28	5
	"Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart"	The Supremes	9	May 28	2
May 28	"Paint It Black"	The Rolling Stones	1	June 11	7
	"I Am a Rock"	Simon & Garfunkel	3	June 11	6
	"Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?"	The Lovin' Spoonful	2	June 11	6
	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"	James Brown	8	June 4	3
June 4	"Green Grass"	Gary Lewis & the Playboys	8	June 18	3
	"Strangers in the Night"	Frank Sinatra	1	July 2	7
June 11	"Barefootin'"	Robert Parker	7	June 18	4
June 18	"Cool Jerk"	The Capitols	7	July 2	4
	"Red Rubber Ball"	The Cyrkle	2	July 9	6
June 25	"Paperback Writer"	The Beatles	1	June 25	5
	"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"	Dusty Springfield	4	July 16	5
	"Sweet Talking Guy"	The Chiffons	10	June 25	1
July 2	"Hanky Panky"	Tommy James and the Shondells	1	July 16	6
July 9	"Wild Thing"	The Troggs	1	July 30	6
	"Little Girl"	Syndicate of Sound	8	July 9	2
	"Along Comes Mary"	The Association	7	July 16	2
July 16	"Li'l Red Riding Hood"	Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs	2	August 6	7
	"Hungry"	Paul Revere & the Raiders	6	July 30	3
July 23	"The Pied Piper"	Crispian St. Peters	4	July 23	5
	"I Saw Her Again"	The Mamas & the Papas	5	July 30	4
	"Sweet Pea"	Tommy Roe	8	July 30	4
July 30	"Summer in the City"	The Lovin' Spoonful	1	August 13	7
	"Mother's Little Helper"	The Rolling Stones	8	August 13	4
	"Somewhere, My Love"	Ray Conniff	9	August 13	3
August 6	"They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!"	Napoleon XIV	3	August 13	3
August 13	"Sunny"	Bobby Hebb	2	August 20	6
August 20	"See You in September"	The Happenings	3	August 27	5
	"I Couldn't Live Without Your Love"	Petula Clark	9	August 20	2
	"Sunshine Superman"	Donovan	1	September 3	7
August 27	"You Can't Hurry Love"	The Supremes	1	September 10	8
	"Yellow Submarine"	The Beatles	2	September 17	6
	"Summertime"	Billy Stewart	10	August 27	2
September 3	"Land of a Thousand Dances"	Wilson Pickett	6	September 10	3
	"Working in the Coal Mine"	Lee Dorsey	8	September 3	2
	"Blowin' in the Wind"	Stevie Wonder	9	September 3	1
September 10	"Bus Stop"	The Hollies	5	September 17	4
	"Guantanamera"	The Sandpipers	9	September 17	2
September 17	"Cherish"	The Association	1	September 24	6
	"Wouldn't It Be Nice"	The Beach Boys	8	September 17	2
September 24	"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"	The Temptations	3	October 1	3
	"Black Is Black"	Los Bravos	4	October 1	3
	"96 Tears"	? and the Mysterians	1	October 29	9
	"Reach Out I'll Be There"	Four Tops	1	October 15	7
October 1	"Cherry, Cherry"	Neil Diamond	6	October 15	3
October 8	"Last Train to Clarksville"	The Monkees	1	November 5	9
	"Psychotic Reaction"	Count Five	5	October 15	3
	"I've Got You Under My Skin"	The Four Seasons	9	October 15	2
October 15	"Walk Away Renée"	The Left Banke	5	October 29	4
	"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"	Jimmy Ruffin	7	October 29	4
October 22	"Poor Side of Town"	Johnny Rivers	1	November 12	7
	"Dandy"	Herman's Hermits	5	November 5	4
	"See See Rider"	The Animals	10	October 22	2
October 29	"Hooray for Hazel"	Tommy Roe	6	November 5	2
	"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?"	The Rolling Stones	9	October 29	2
November 5	"If I Were a Carpenter"	Bobby Darin	8	November 5	3
November 12	"Good Vibrations"	The Beach Boys	1	December 10	7
	"Winchester Cathedral"	The New Vaudeville Band	1	December 3	10
	"You Keep Me Hangin' On"	The Supremes	1	November 19	6
	"Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly"	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	4	November 26	7
	"I'm Your Puppet"	James & Bobby Purify	6	November 26	4
November 19	"Rain on the Roof"	The Lovin' Spoonful	10	November 19	1
November 26	"Lady Godiva"	Peter and Gordon	6	December 10	3
	"Mellow Yellow"	Donovan	2	December 10	7
	"Born Free"	Roger Williams	7	December 17	4
December 3	—	—	—	—	—
December 10	"Stop Stop Stop"	The Hollies	7	December 10	1
	"I'm Ready for Love"	Martha and the Vandellas	9	December 10	1
	"That's Life"	Frank Sinatra	4	December 24	6
December 17	"I'm a Believer"	The Monkees	1	December 31	12
	"Sugar Town"	Nancy Sinatra	5	December 31	6
	"A Place in the Sun"	Stevie Wonder	9	December 24	3
December 24	"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron"	The Royal Guardsmen	2	December 31	8
	"(I Know) I'm Losing You"	The Temptations	8	December 31	2
December 31	"Tell It Like It Is"	Aaron Neville	2	January 28	8
	"Good Thing"	Paul Revere & the Raiders	4	January 14	6

References

1967

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1967
January 7	"Words of Love"	The Mamas & the Papas	5	January 21	5
	"Standing in the Shadows of Love"	Four Tops	6	January 21	5
January 14	"Georgy Girl"	The Seekers	2	February 4	8
January 21	"Nashville Cats"	The Lovin' Spoonful	8	January 28	2
	"Tell It to the Rain"	The Four Seasons	10	January 21	1
January 28	"Kind of a Drag"	The Buckinghams	1	February 18	7
	"(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet"	Blues Magoos	5	February 11	5
February 4	"98.6"	Keith	7	February 11	3
February 11	"Ruby Tuesday"	The Rolling Stones	1	March 4	7
	"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"	The Supremes	1	March 11	7
	"The Beat Goes On"	Sonny & Cher	6	February 25	4
February 18	"Gimme Some Lovin'"	The Spencer Davis Group	7	February 25	3
February 25	"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"	The Casinos	6	March 11	4
	"Baby I Need Your Lovin'"	Johnny Rivers	3	March 11	5
March 4	"Sock It to Me-Baby!"	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	6	March 25	4
March 11	"Penny Lane"	The Beatles	1	March 18	5
	"Happy Together"	The Turtles	1	March 25	9
	"My Cup Runneth Over"	Ed Ames	8	March 25	3
	"Dedicated to the One I Love"	The Mamas & the Papas	2	March 25	6
March 18	"There's a Kind of Hush"	Herman's Hermits	4	March 25	4
March 25	"For What It's Worth"	Buffalo Springfield	7	March 25	2
April 1	"Bernadette"	Four Tops	4	April 8	5
	"This Is My Song"	Petula Clark	3	April 15	5
	"Strawberry Fields Forever"	The Beatles	8	April 1	1
	"Somethin' Stupid"	Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra	1	April 15	9
	"Western Union"	Five Americans	5	April 22	5
April 8	"I Think We're Alone Now"	Tommy James and the Shondells	4	April 22	6
	"A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You"	The Monkees	2	April 29	6
April 15	"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)"	Aretha Franklin	9	April 15	2
	"Jimmy Mack"	Martha and the Vandellas	10	April 15	3
April 22	"Sweet Soul Music"	Arthur Conley	2	May 13	7
April 29	"The Happening"	The Supremes	1	May 13	6
May 6	"Don't You Care"	The Buckinghams	6	May 13	3
	"Close Your Eyes"	Peaches & Herb	8	May 6	3
	"You Got What It Takes"	The Dave Clark Five	7	May 13	3
	"I'm a Man"	The Spencer Davis Group	10	May 6	1
May 13	"Groovin'"	The Young Rascals	1	May 20	9
	"I Got Rhythm"	The Happenings	3	May 27	6
May 20	"Respect"	Aretha Franklin	1	June 3	7
	"Release Me"	Engelbert Humperdinck	4	May 27	5
May 27	"Him or Me – What's It Gonna Be?"	Paul Revere & the Raiders	5	June 10	3
	"Creeque Alley"	The Mamas & the Papas	5	June 3	3
	"Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"	Neil Diamond	10	May 27	1
June 3	"Somebody to Love"	Jefferson Airplane	5	June 17	4
	"All I Need"	The Temptations	8	June 17	3
June 10	"She'd Rather Be With Me"	The Turtles	3	June 17	4
	"Little Bit O' Soul"	The Music Explosion	2	July 8	9
June 17	"Windy"	The Association	1	July 1	9
	"Mirage"	Tommy James and the Shondells	10	June 17	1
June 24	"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"	Scott McKenzie	4	July 1	5
	"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"	Frankie Valli	2	July 22	8
	"Sunday Will Never Be the Same"	Spanky and Our Gang	9	June 24	1
	"Let's Live for Today"	The Grass Roots	8	July 1	3
July 1	"Come on Down to My Boat"	Every Mother's Son	6	July 8	4
	"Don't Sleep in the Subway"	Petula Clark	5	July 8	3
July 8	"Up, Up and Away"	The 5th Dimension	7	July 8	4
	"The Tracks of My Tears"	Johnny Rivers	10	July 8	1
July 15	"Light My Fire"	The Doors	1	July 29	9
	"C'mon Marianne"	The Four Seasons	9	July 15	3
	"A Whiter Shade of Pale"	Procol Harum	5	July 29	7
July 22	"I Was Made to Love Her"	Stevie Wonder	2	July 29	7
July 29	"Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"	The Buckinghams	5	August 12	4
	"White Rabbit"	Jefferson Airplane	8	July 29	2
August 5	"All You Need Is Love"	The Beatles	1	August 19	7
	"Pleasant Valley Sunday"	The Monkees	3	August 19	5
August 12	"Carrie Anne"	The Hollies	9	August 12	1
	"A Girl Like You"	The Young Rascals	10	August 12	2
August 19	"Baby I Love You"	Aretha Franklin	4	September 9	5
	"Ode to Billie Joe"	Bobbie Gentry	1	August 26	9
	"Cold Sweat"	James Brown	7	August 26	3
August 26	"Reflections"	Diana Ross & the Supremes	2	September 9	7
	"You're My Everything"	The Temptations	6	September 16	5
September 2	"Come Back When You Grow Up"	Bobby Vee	3	September 9	7
September 9	"The Letter"	The Box Tops	1	September 23	8
	"Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie"	Jay & the Techniques	6	September 23	5
	"San Franciscan Nights"	Eric Burdon & the Animals	9	September 16	2
September 16	"Funky Broadway"	Wilson Pickett	8	September 30	3
September 23	"Never My Love"	The Association	2	October 7	8
	"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"	Jackie Wilson	6	October 7	4
	"I Dig Rock and Roll Music"	Peter, Paul and Mary	9	September 23	2
September 30	"Brown Eyed Girl"	Van Morrison	10	September 30	1
October 7	"Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)"	Bill Cosby	4	October 14	3
	"How Can I Be Sure"	The Young Rascals	4	October 21	4
	"Gimme Little Sign"	Brenton Wood	9	October 14	3
October 14	"To Sir With Love"	Lulu	1	October 21	9
	"Soul Man"	Sam & Dave	2	November 4	8
October 21	"Expressway to Your Heart"	The Soul Survivors	4	November 4	6
	"It Must Be Him"	Vikki Carr	3	November 4	6
	"Your Precious Love"	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	5	November 4	5
October 28	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"	Aretha Franklin	8	November 4	3
	"Incense and Peppermints"	Strawberry Alarm Clock	1	November 25	9
November 4	"The Rain, The Park & Other Things"	The Cowsills	2	December 2	8
	"Please Love Me Forever"	Bobby Vinton	6	November 18	5
November 11	—	—	—	—	—
November 18	"I Say a Little Prayer"	Dionne Warwick	4	December 9	6
	"I Can See for Miles"	The Who	9	November 25	3
November 25	"Daydream Believer"	The Monkees	1	December 2	10
December 2	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Gladys Knight & the Pips	2	December 16	9
	"An Open Letter to My Teenage Son"	Victor Lundberg	10	December 2	2
December 9	"I Second That Emotion"	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	4	December 16	7
	"Hello, Goodbye"	The Beatles	1	December 30	8
	"In and Out of Love"	Diana Ross & the Supremes	9	December 9	2
December 16	"Boogaloo Down Broadway"	The Fantastic Johnny C.	7	December 23	4
	"You Better Sit Down Kids"	Cher	9	December 23	2
December 23	"Woman, Woman"	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	4	January 13	8
December 30	"Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"	John Fred & His Playboy Band	1	January 20	8
	"Chain of Fools"	Aretha Franklin	2	January 20	7
	"Bend Me, Shape Me"	The American Breed	5	January 27	7
	"Skinny Legs and All"	Joe Tex	10	December 30	3

References

1968

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1968
January 6	—	—	—	—	—
January 13	"Green Tambourine"	The Lemon Pipers	1	February 3	7
January 20	"If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	10	January 20	2
January 27	"Spooky"	Classics IV	3	February 10	7
February 3	"Love Is Blue"	Paul Mauriat	1	February 10	10
	"Nobody but Me"	The Human Beinz	8	February 3	4
	"Goin' Out of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off You"	The Lettermen	7	February 10	4
	"I Wish It Would Rain"	The Temptations	4	February 17	7
February 10	—	—	—	—	—
February 17	"(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls"	Dionne Warwick	2	February 24	7
	"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"	Otis Redding	1	March 16	11
	"I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"	Boyce and Hart	8	February 24	4
February 24	"Simon Says"	1910 Fruitgum Company	4	March 9	6
March 2	"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"	The First Edition	5	March 16	4
	"Bottle of Wine"	The Fireballs	9	March 2	1
	"Everything That Touches You"	The Association	10	March 2	2
March 9	"La-La (Means I Love You)"	The Delfonics	4	April 6	6
March 16	"Valleri"	The Monkees	3	March 30	5
	"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone"	Aretha Franklin	5	March 30	7
	"I Thank You"	Sam & Dave	9	March 23	2
March 23	"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"	Georgie Fame	7	April 13	6
March 30	"Young Girl"	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	2	April 6	8
	"Lady Madonna"	The Beatles	4	April 20	7
April 6	"Cry Like a Baby"	The Box Tops	2	April 27	6
	"Honey"	Bobby Goldsboro	1	April 13	10
April 13	"Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)"	Manfred Mann	10	April 13	2
April 20	"Dance to the Music"	Sly and the Family Stone	8	April 20	2
	"I Got the Feelin'"	James Brown	6	April 27	3
April 27	"Tighten Up"	Archie Bell & the Drells	1	May 18	9
May 4	"Cowboys to Girls"	The Intruders	6	May 18	5
	"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"	Hugo Montenegro	2	June 1	7
	"A Beautiful Morning"	The Rascals	3	May 25	7
	"The Unicorn"	The Irish Rovers	7	May 25	4
May 11	"Mrs. Robinson"	Simon & Garfunkel	1	June 1	7
May 18	"Love Is All Around"	The Troggs	7	May 18	1
	"Do You Know the Way to San Jose"	Dionne Warwick	10	May 18	3
May 25	"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	8	May 25	2
	"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"	Stevie Wonder	9	May 25	1
June 1	"Yummy Yummy Yummy"	Ohio Express	4	June 15	5
	"Mony Mony"	Tommy James and the Shondells	3	June 15	5
June 8	"This Guy's in Love with You"	Herb Alpert	1	June 22	8
	"MacArthur Park"	Richard Harris	2	June 22	5
	"Think"	Aretha Franklin	7	June 15	4
June 15	"The Look of Love"	Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66	4	July 6	5
June 22	"Angel of the Morning"	Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts	7	June 29	4
	"Reach out of the Darkness"	Friend & Lover	10	June 22	3
June 29	"The Horse"	Cliff Nobles & Co.	2	June 29	6
	"Here Comes the Judge"	Shorty Long	8	July 6	3
July 6	"Jumpin' Jack Flash"	The Rolling Stones	3	July 6	6
	"Grazing in the Grass"	Hugh Masekela	1	July 20	7
	"Lady Willpower"	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	2	July 20	6
July 13	"Stoned Soul Picnic"	The 5th Dimension	3	July 27	7
	"Indian Lake"	The Cowsills	10	July 13	3
July 20	"Hurdy Gurdy Man"	Donovan	5	August 3	5
	"Classical Gas"	Mason Williams	2	August 3	6
	"Hello, I Love You"	The Doors	1	August 3	9
July 27	—	—	—	—	—
August 3	"Turn Around, Look at Me"	The Vogues	7	August 17	4
	"Sunshine of Your Love"	Cream	5	August 31	5
August 10	"People Got to Be Free"	The Rascals	1	August 17	9
August 17	"Born to Be Wild"	Steppenwolf	2	August 24	6
	"Light My Fire"	José Feliciano	3	August 31	6
August 24	"I Can't Stop Dancing"	Archie Bell & the Drells	9	August 24	3
	"Stay in My Corner"	The Dells	10	August 24	3
August 31	"You Keep Me Hangin' On"	Vanilla Fudge	6	August 31	1
	"Harper Valley PTA"	Jeannie C. Riley	1	September 21	9
	"You're All I Need to Get By"	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	7	September 14	3
September 7	"The House That Jack Built"	Aretha Franklin	6	September 7	3
	"1, 2, 3, Red Light"	1910 Fruitgum Company	5	September 14	5
September 14	"Hush"	Deep Purple	4	September 21	3
	"Hey Jude"	The Beatles	1	September 28	14
September 21	"The Fool on the Hill"	Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66	6	September 28	2
	"I've Gotta Get a Message to You"	Bee Gees	8	September 28	6
September 28	"Fire"	The Crazy World of Arthur Brown	2	October 19	7
	"Girl Watcher"	The O'Kaysions	5	October 5	5
	"Slip Away"	Clarence Carter	6	October 5	3
October 5	"Little Green Apples"	O. C. Smith	2	October 26	8
	"I Say a Little Prayer"	Aretha Franklin	10	October 5	1
October 12	"Midnight Confessions"	The Grass Roots	5	November 2	5
	"My Special Angel"	The Vogues	7	October 12	2
	"Over You"	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	7	October 26	4
October 19	"Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud"	James Brown	10	October 19	1
October 26	"Those Were the Days"	Mary Hopkin	2	November 2	7
	"Elenore"	The Turtles	6	November 2	4
November 2	"Hold Me Tight"	Johnny Nash	5	November 9	5
	"Love Child"	Diana Ross & the Supremes	1	November 30	11
	"White Room"	Cream	6	November 9	5
November 9	"Magic Carpet Ride"	Steppenwolf	3	November 30	7
November 16	"Who's Making Love"	Johnnie Taylor	5	December 7	8
	"Abraham, Martin and John"	Dion	4	December 14	7
November 23	"Wichita Lineman"	Glen Campbell	3	January 11	9
November 30	"For Once in My Life"	Stevie Wonder	2	December 28	8
December 7	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Marvin Gaye	1	December 14	11
	"Stormy"	Classics IV	5	December 28	5
December 14	"I Love How You Love Me"	Bobby Vinton	9	December 14	4
December 21	"Both Sides, Now"	Judy Collins	8	December 21	1
December 28	"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"	Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations	2	January 11	8
	"Cloud Nine"	The Temptations	6	January 4	3

References

1969

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1969
January 4	"Soulful Strut"	Young-Holt Unlimited	3	January 18	5
	"Hooked on a Feeling"	B. J. Thomas	5	January 11	5
January 11	"Crimson and Clover"	Tommy James and the Shondells	1	February 1	11
January 18	"Touch Me"	The Doors	3	February 15	8
	"The Worst That Could Happen"	The Brooklyn Bridge	3	February 1	7
	"Son of a Preacher Man"	Dusty Springfield	10	January 18	2
January 25	"Everyday People"	Sly and the Family Stone	1	February 15	9
	"I Started a Joke"	Bee Gees	6	February 8	3
February 1	"Build Me Up Buttercup"	The Foundations	3	February 22	8
February 8	"Hang 'Em High"	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	9	February 8	2
	"Can I Change My Mind"	Tyrone Davis	5	February 22	3
February 15	"You Showed Me"	The Turtles	6	March 1	3
February 22	"This Magic Moment"	Jay and the Americans	6	March 8	4
	"Proud Mary"	Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	March 8	7
	"I'm Livin' in Shame"	Diana Ross & the Supremes	10	February 22	1
March 1	"Baby, Baby Don't Cry"	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	8	March 1	2
	"Dizzy"	Tommy Roe	1	March 15	9
March 8	"This Girl's in Love with You"	Dionne Warwick	7	March 8	3
	"Indian Giver"	1910 Fruitgum Company	5	March 22	4
March 15	"Traces"	Classics IV	2	March 29	4
	"Time of the Season"	The Zombies	3	March 29	6
March 22	"Runaway Child, Running Wild"	The Temptations	6	March 29	4
March 29	"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"	The 5th Dimension	1	April 12	11
	"Galveston"	Glen Campbell	4	April 12	6
	"My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)"	David Ruffin	9	March 29	2
	"Only the Strong Survive"	Jerry Butler	4	April 19	6
April 5	"You've Made Me So Very Happy"	Blood, Sweat & Tears	2	April 12	6
April 12	"It's Your Thing"	The Isley Brothers	2	May 3	7
	"Hair"	The Cowsills	2	May 10	8
	"Twenty-Five Miles"	Edwin Starr	6	April 26	3
April 19	"Rock Me"	Steppenwolf	10	April 19	1
April 26	"Time Is Tight"	Booker T. & the M.G.'s	6	May 3	3
	"Sweet Cherry Wine"	Tommy James and the Shondells	7	May 3	3
May 3	"Hawaii Five-O"	The Ventures	4	May 10	3
	"The Boxer"	Simon & Garfunkel	7	May 17	4
May 10	"Atlantis"	Donovan	7	May 24	4
	"Get Back"	The Beatles with Billy Preston	1	May 24	9
May 17	"Love (Can Make You Happy)"	Mercy	2	May 31	6
	"Gitarzan"	Ray Stevens	8	May 31	3
	"These Eyes"	The Guess Who	6	May 31	5
May 24	"Oh Happy Day"	Edwin Hawkins Singers	4	May 31	4
May 31	"In the Ghetto"	Elvis Presley	3	June 14	5
	"Grazing in the Grass"	The Friends of Distinction	3	June 7	5
June 7	"Bad Moon Rising"	Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	June 28	6
	"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"	Henry Mancini	1	June 28	8
	"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby"	Marvin Gaye	4	June 28	5
June 14	"One"	Three Dog Night	5	June 28	7
June 21	"Good Morning Starshine"	Oliver	3	July 12	6
	"Spinning Wheel"	Blood, Sweat & Tears	2	July 5	7
June 28	"Israelites"	Desmond Dekker & the Aces	9	June 28	1
July 5	"Crystal Blue Persuasion"	Tommy James and the Shondells	2	July 26	9
	"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)"	Zager and Evans	1	July 12	9
	"Color Him Father"	The Winstons	7	July 19	3
July 12	"The Ballad of John and Yoko"	The Beatles	8	July 12	4
	"What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)"	Jr. Walker & the All Stars	4	August 9	6
July 19	"My Cherie Amour"	Stevie Wonder	4	July 26	5
July 26	"Baby, I Love You"	Andy Kim	9	July 26	4
August 2	"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"	Kenny Rogers and The First Edition	6	August 2	3
	"Sweet Caroline"	Neil Diamond	4	August 16	6
	"Honky Tonk Women"	The Rolling Stones	1	August 23	11
August 9	"A Boy Named Sue"	Johnny Cash	2	August 23	7
	"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"	Jackie DeShannon	4	August 30	6
August 16	—	—	—	—	—
August 23	"Green River"	Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	September 27	8
	"Polk Salad Annie"	Tony Joe White	8	August 23	1
	"Get Together"	The Youngbloods	5	September 6	5
	"Laughing"	The Guess Who	10	August 23	1
August 30	"Sugar, Sugar"	The Archies	1	September 20	12
	"Lay Lady Lay"	Bob Dylan	7	September 6	3
September 6	"Easy to Be Hard"	Three Dog Night	4	September 27	7
	"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"	Tom Jones	6	September 13	4
September 13	"I Can't Get Next to You"	The Temptations	1	October 18	11
September 20	"Jean"	Oliver	2	October 4	7
	"Little Woman"	Bobby Sherman	3	October 4	7
September 27	"Hot Fun in the Summertime"	Sly and the Family Stone	2	October 18	7
	"Oh, What a Night"	The Dells	10	September 27	2
October 4	"Everybody's Talkin'"	Nilsson	6	October 11	2
October 11	"This Girl Is a Woman Now"	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap	9	October 11	1
October 18	"Suspicious Minds"	Elvis Presley	1	November 1	6
	"That's the Way Love Is"	Marvin Gaye	7	October 18	1
	"Wedding Bell Blues"	The 5th Dimension	1	November 8	8
	"Tracy"	The Cuff Links	9	October 25	3
October 25	"Baby It's You"	Smith	5	November 1	4
	"I'm Gonna Make You Mine"	Lou Christie	10	October 25	1
November 1	"Come Together"	The Beatles	1	November 29	9
November 8	"And When I Die"	Blood, Sweat & Tears	2	November 29	7
	"Something"	The Beatles	3	November 15	3
	"Smile a Little Smile for Me"	The Flying Machine	5	November 22	4
November 15	"Take a Letter Maria"	R. B. Greaves	2	November 22	7
November 22	"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"	Steam	1	December 6	8
	"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday"	Stevie Wonder	7	December 13	5
November 29	"Leaving on a Jet Plane"	Peter, Paul and Mary	1	December 20	10
	"Down on the Corner" / "Fortunate Son"	Creedence Clearwater Revival	3	December 20	8
	"Eli's Comin'"	Three Dog Night	10	November 29	2
December 6	"Someday We'll Be Together"	Diana Ross & the Supremes	1	December 27	9
December 13	"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"	B. J. Thomas	1	January 3	13
	"Backfield in Motion"	Mel and Tim	10	December 13	1
December 20	"Holly Holy"	Neil Diamond	6	December 27	3
December 27	"I Want You Back"	The Jackson 5	1	January 31	9
	"Whole Lotta Love"	Led Zeppelin	4	January 31	7

References

1970

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1970
January 3	"Venus"	Shocking Blue	1	February 7	9
	"La La La (If I Had You)"	Bobby Sherman	9	January 10	2
January 10	"Jam Up and Jelly Tight"	Tommy Roe	8	January 17	3
January 17	"Don't Cry Daddy" / "Rubberneckin'"	Elvis Presley	6	January 31	3
	"Midnight Cowboy"	Ferrante & Teicher	10	January 17	1
January 24	"Without Love (There Is Nothing)"	Tom Jones	5	January 31	3
	"I'll Never Fall in Love Again"	Dionne Warwick	6	February 7	4
January 31	"Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" / "Everybody Is a Star"	Sly and the Family Stone	1	February 14	7
February 7	"Hey There Lonely Girl"	Eddie Holman	2	February 21	6
	"No Time"	The Guess Who	5	February 28	4
	"Jingle Jangle"	The Archies	10	February 7	1
February 14	"Psychedelic Shack"	The Temptations	7	February 28	3
	"Travelin' Band" / "Who'll Stop The Rain"	Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	March 7	5
	"Arizona"	Mark Lindsay	10	February 14	1
February 21	"Bridge over Troubled Water"	Simon & Garfunkel	1	February 28	10
	"Rainy Night in Georgia"	Brook Benton	4	March 7	5
February 28	"Ma Belle Amie"	Tee Set	5	March 14	3
March 7	"The Rapper"	The Jaggerz	2	March 21	6
	"Give Me Just a Little More Time"	Chairmen of the Board	3	March 21	4
	"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"	The Hollies	7	March 21	4
March 14	"Evil Ways"	Santana	9	March 21	2
March 21	"Instant Karma!"	John Lennon	3	March 28	8
	"Let It Be"	The Beatles	1	April 11	11
	"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)"	Edison Lighthouse	5	March 28	7
	"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"	The Delfonics	10	March 21	1
March 28	"ABC"	The Jackson 5	1	April 25	9
	"Spirit in the Sky"	Norman Greenbaum	3	April 18	8
	"Come and Get It"	Badfinger	7	April 18	6
April 4	"The House of the Rising Sun"	Frijid Pink	7	April 4	2
	"Easy Come, Easy Go"	Bobby Sherman	9	April 11	2
April 11	—	—	—	—	—
April 18	"Love or Let Me Be Lonely"	The Friends of Distinction	6	May 2	4
	"American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight"	The Guess Who	1	May 9	8
	"Up the Ladder to the Roof"	The Supremes	10	April 18	1
April 25	"Turn Back the Hands of Time"	Tyrone Davis	3	May 23	6
May 2	"Vehicle"	The Ides of March	2	May 23	5
May 9	"Everything Is Beautiful"	Ray Stevens	1	May 30	6
	"Reflections of My Life"	Marmalade	10	May 9	3
May 16	"Cecilia"	Simon & Garfunkel	4	May 30	5
	"Up Around the Bend" / "Run Through the Jungle"	Creedence Clearwater Revival	4	June 6	5
May 23	"Love on a Two-Way Street"	The Moments	3	May 30	5
May 30	"Which Way You Goin' Billy?"	The Poppy Family	2	June 6	5
	"The Letter"	Joe Cocker	7	May 30	4
June 6	"Get Ready"	Rare Earth	4	June 13	5
	"Make Me Smile"	Chicago	9	June 6	2
	"The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"	The Beatles	1	June 13	6
June 13	"The Love You Save"	The Jackson 5	1	June 27	9
June 20	"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"	Three Dog Night	1	July 11	9
	"Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)"	The Temptations	3	June 27	9
	"Hitchin' a Ride"	Vanity Fare	5	June 27	4
	"Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)"	Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers	6	July 11	6
June 27	"Ride Captain Ride"	Blues Image	4	July 11	5
	"The Wonder of You" / "Mama Liked the Roses"	Elvis Presley	9	June 27	3
July 4	"Band of Gold"	Freda Payne	3	July 25	8
July 11	"(They Long to Be) Close to You"	The Carpenters	1	July 25	11
July 18	"O-o-h Child"	Five Stairsteps	8	July 18	4
	"Gimme Dat Ding"	The Pipkins	9	July 18	1
	"Make It with You"	Bread	1	August 22	10
July 25	"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"	Stevie Wonder	3	August 8	6
August 1	"Spill the Wine"	Eric Burdon and War	3	August 22	7
	"Tighter, Tighter"	Alive N Kickin'	7	August 8	4
August 8	—	—	—	—	—
August 15	"In the Summertime"	Mungo Jerry	3	September 12	6
	"War"	Edwin Starr	1	August 29	8
August 22	"Patches"	Clarence Carter	4	September 19	6
	"I Just Can't Help Believing"	B. J. Thomas	9	August 22	1
August 29	"(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?"	Ronnie Dyson	8	August 29	2
	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"	Diana Ross	1	September 19	9
	"25 or 6 to 4"	Chicago	4	September 12	5
September 5	"Lookin' Out My Back Door" / "Long As I Can See the Light"	Creedence Clearwater Revival	2	October 3	7
September 12	"Julie Do Ya Love Me"	Bobby Sherman	5	September 19	6
September 19	"Candida"	Tony Orlando and Dawn	3	October 3	8
September 26	"Cracklin' Rosie"	Neil Diamond	1	October 10	7
	"Snowbird"	Anne Murray	8	September 26	2
	"(I Know) I'm Losing You"	Rare Earth	7	October 3	3
October 3	"I'll Be There"	The Jackson 5	1	October 17	11
	"All Right Now"	Free	4	October 17	6
October 10	"Green-Eyed Lady"	Sugarloaf	3	October 17	8
	"We've Only Just Begun"	The Carpenters	2	October 31	9
October 17	"Fire and Rain"	James Taylor	3	October 31	8
October 24	"Indiana Wants Me"	R. Dean Taylor	5	November 7	6
	"Lola"	The Kinks	9	October 24	3
October 31	"It's Only Make Believe"	Glen Campbell	10	October 31	1
November 7	"I Think I Love You"	The Partridge Family	1	November 21	11
November 14	"The Tears of a Clown"	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	1	December 12	10
	"Somebody's Been Sleeping"	100 Proof (Aged in Soul)	8	November 14	2
	"Gypsy Woman"	Brian Hyland	3	December 5	8
	"It Don't Matter to Me"	Bread	10	November 14	1
November 21	"Montego Bay"	Bobby Bloom	8	November 28	2
November 28	"Heaven Help Us All"	Stevie Wonder	9	November 28	2
December 5	"One Less Bell to Answer"	The 5th Dimension	2	December 26	10
	"No Matter What"	Badfinger	8	December 5	4
	"Share the Land"	The Guess Who	10	December 5	2
December 12	"My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity"	George Harrison	1	December 26	10
	"Black Magic Woman"	Santana	4	January 9	7
	"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"	Chicago	7	January 2	5
December 19	"Knock Three Times"	Tony Orlando and Dawn	1	January 23	11
	"Stoned Love"	The Supremes	7	December 19	5
December 26	—	—	—	—	—

References

1971

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1971
January 2	"Domino"	Van Morrison	9	January 2	1
January 9	"Lonely Days"	Bee Gees	3	January 30	7
	"Stoney End"	Barbra Streisand	6	January 23	4
January 16	"Groove Me"	King Floyd	6	January 30	6
January 23	"Your Song"	Elton John	8	January 23	4
	"Rose Garden"	Lynn Anderson	3	February 13	6
	"It's Impossible"	Perry Como	10	January 23	1
January 30	"I Hear You Knocking"	Dave Edmunds	4	February 13	5
	"One Bad Apple"	The Osmonds	1	February 13	9
February 6	"If I Were Your Woman"	Gladys Knight & the Pips	9	February 13	2
February 13	"Mama's Pearl"	The Jackson 5	2	February 27	5
February 20	"If You Could Read My Mind"	Gordon Lightfoot	5	February 20	5
	"Sweet Mary"	Wadsworth Mansion	7	February 27	3
	"Mr. Bojangles"	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	9	February 20	3
February 27	"Amos Moses"	Jerry Reed	8	February 27	2
	"Me and Bobby McGee"	Janis Joplin	1	March 20	8
March 6	"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"	The Temptations	1	April 3	9
	"She's a Lady"	Tom Jones	2	March 20	8
	"For All We Know"	The Carpenters	3	March 13	7
March 13	"Proud Mary"	Ike & Tina Turner	4	March 27	5
	"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" / "Hey Tonight"	Creedence Clearwater Revival	8	March 13	1
	"Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"	The Partridge Family	6	March 27	6
March 20	"What's Going On"	Marvin Gaye	2	April 10	8
	"Help Me Make It Through the Night"	Sammi Smith	8	March 27	3
March 27	"What Is Life"	George Harrison	10	March 27	1
April 3	"(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story"	Andy Williams	9	April 3	1
	"Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why"	Paul McCartney	5	April 17	5
April 10	"Joy to the World"	Three Dog Night	1	April 17	11
	"One Toke Over the Line"	Brewer & Shipley	10	April 10	2
April 17	"Put Your Hand in the Hand"	Ocean	2	May 1	7
April 24	"Never Can Say Goodbye"	The Jackson 5	2	May 8	7
	"I Am... I Said"	Neil Diamond	4	May 8	4
	"If"	Bread	4	May 15	5
	"Stay Awhile"	The Bells	7	May 1	4
May 1	"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)"	Daddy Dewdrop	9	May 8	5
May 8	"Bridge over Troubled Water" / "A Brand New Me"	Aretha Franklin	6	June 5	6
	"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo"	Lobo	5	May 15	5
May 15	"Brown Sugar"	The Rolling Stones	1	May 29	8
May 22	"Want Ads"	Honey Cone	1	June 12	8
	"It Don't Come Easy"	Ringo Starr	4	June 5	7
May 29	"Sweet and Innocent"	Donny Osmond	7	June 5	5
June 5	"Rainy Days and Mondays"	The Carpenters	2	June 19	7
	"It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move"	Carole King	1	June 19	10
June 12	"Treat Her Like a Lady"	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	3	July 3	7
	"I'll Meet You Halfway"	The Partridge Family	9	June 12	2
June 19	"Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)"	The Raiders	1	July 24	9
June 26	"Don't Pull Your Love"	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	4	July 17	6
	"When You're Hot, You're Hot"	Jerry Reed	9	June 26	3
July 3	"You've Got a Friend"	James Taylor	1	July 31	8
July 10	"Mr. Big Stuff"	Jean Knight	2	August 14	8
	"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be"	Carly Simon	10	July 10	2
July 17	"Draggin' the Line"	Tommy James	4	August 14	6
	"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"	Bee Gees	1	August 7	10
July 24	"Take Me Home, Country Roads"	John Denver	2	August 28	8
	"Sooner or Later"	The Grass Roots	9	July 31	2
July 31	"What the World Needs Now Is Love/Abraham, Martin and John"	Tom Clay	8	August 14	3
August 7	"Beginnings" / "Colour My World"	Chicago	7	August 14	3
	"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"	Marvin Gaye	4	August 21	4
August 14	"Signs"	Five Man Electrical Band	3	August 28	5
August 21	"Sweet Hitch-Hiker"	Creedence Clearwater Revival	6	August 21	2
	"Liar"	Three Dog Night	7	August 28	3
August 28	"Smiling Faces Sometimes"	The Undisputed Truth	3	September 4	6
	"Spanish Harlem"	Aretha Franklin	2	September 11	6
	"Go Away Little Girl"	Donny Osmond	1	September 11	9
September 4	"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"	Paul and Linda McCartney	1	September 4	7
	"Ain't No Sunshine"	Bill Withers	3	September 18	6
	"I Just Want to Celebrate"	Rare Earth	7	September 11	4
September 11	"Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe"	Rod Stewart	1	October 2	11
September 18	"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"	Joan Baez	3	October 2	8
	"Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get"	The Dramatics	9	September 25	2
September 25	"Superstar"	The Carpenters	2	October 16	8
October 2	"Yo-Yo"	The Osmonds	3	October 16	8
	"Do You Know What I Mean"	Lee Michaels	6	October 9	5
October 9	"If You Really Love Me"	Stevie Wonder	8	October 16	3
	"Sweet City Woman"	The Stampeders	8	October 23	3
October 16	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"	Cher	1	November 6	9
October 23	"Theme from Shaft"	Isaac Hayes	1	November 20	9
October 30	"Imagine"	John Lennon	3	November 13	6
	"Peace Train"	Cat Stevens	7	November 6	5
	"I've Found Someone of My Own"	The Free Movement	5	November 13	3
November 6	"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"	Marvin Gaye	9	November 6	2
November 13	"Have You Seen Her"	The Chi-Lites	3	December 11	8
November 20	"Baby I'm-a Want You"	Bread	3	November 27	5
	"Family Affair"	Sly and the Family Stone	1	December 4	9
	"Got to Be There"	Michael Jackson	4	December 11	9
November 27	"Rock Steady"	Aretha Franklin	9	November 27	2
	"Desiderata"	Les Crane	8	December 4	3
December 4	"An Old Fashioned Love Song"	Three Dog Night	4	December 18	5
December 11	"All I Ever Need Is You"	Sonny & Cher	7	December 25	3
	"Brand New Key"	Melanie	1	December 25	10
December 18	"American Pie"	Don McLean	1	January 15	11
	"Cherish"	David Cassidy	9	December 25	4
December 25	"Scorpio"	Dennis Coffey	6	January 8	6
	"Hey Girl" / "I Knew You When"	Donny Osmond	9	January 15	4

References

1972

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1972
January 1	"Sunshine"	Jonathan Edwards	4	January 15	6
January 8	"Let's Stay Together"	Al Green	1	February 12	9
	"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)"	The New Seekers	7	January 15	3
January 15	"Clean Up Woman"	Betty Wright	6	January 29	3
January 22	"Day After Day"	Badfinger	4	February 5	4
	"You Are Everything"	The Stylistics	9	January 22	2
	"Sugar Daddy"	The Jackson 5	10	January 22	2
January 29	"Never Been to Spain"	Three Dog Night	5	February 12	4
February 5	"Without You"	Nilsson	1	February 19	9
	"Precious and Few"	Climax	3	February 26	7
	"Hurting Each Other"	The Carpenters	2	February 26	6
	"Joy"	Apollo 100	6	February 26	4
February 12	"Down by the Lazy River"	The Osmonds	4	March 4	6
February 19	"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"	Robert John	3	March 11	8
	"Everything I Own"	Bread	5	March 4	6
February 26	"Sweet Seasons"	Carole King	9	March 4	6
March 4	"Heart of Gold"	Neil Young	1	March 18	8
	"Bang a Gong (Get It On)"	T. Rex	10	March 4	2
March 11	"A Horse with No Name"	America	1	March 25	10
	"The Way of Love"	Cher	7	March 25	3
March 18	"Mother and Child Reunion"	Paul Simon	4	April 1	4
	"Puppy Love"	Donny Osmond	3	April 1	5
March 25	"Jungle Fever"	The Chakachas	8	March 25	3
	"I Gotcha"	Joe Tex	2	May 6	10
April 1	"Rockin' Robin"	Michael Jackson	2	April 22	8
	"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	Roberta Flack	1	April 15	11
April 8	"In the Rain"	The Dramatics	5	April 22	4
April 15	"Betcha by Golly, Wow"	The Stylistics	3	May 6	6
	"Day Dreaming"	Aretha Franklin	5	May 6	5
	"A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done"	Sonny & Cher	8	April 29	3
April 22	"Doctor My Eyes"	Jackson Browne	8	May 6	3
April 29	"Look What You Done for Me"	Al Green	4	May 27	6
May 6	"I'll Take You There"	The Staple Singers	1	June 3	8
	"Back Off Boogaloo"	Ringo Starr	9	May 13	3
May 13	"Oh Girl"	The Chi-Lites	1	May 27	7
May 20	"Tumbling Dice"	The Rolling Stones	7	May 27	3
	"Morning Has Broken"	Cat Stevens	6	May 27	4
May 27	"The Candy Man"	Sammy Davis Jr.	1	June 10	7
	"Sylvia's Mother"	Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show	5	June 3	4
	"Hot Rod Lincoln"	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	9	June 3	2
June 3	"Nice to Be with You"	Gallery	4	June 24	5
June 10	"Song Sung Blue"	Neil Diamond	1	July 1	6
	"Outa-Space"	Billy Preston	2	July 8	6
	"(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All"	The 5th Dimension	8	June 17	3
June 17	"Troglodyte (Cave Man)"	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	6	June 24	4
	"Lean on Me"	Bill Withers	1	July 8	7
June 24	"Too Late to Turn Back Now"	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	2	July 15	8
July 1	"Rocket Man"	Elton John	6	July 15	4
	"I Need You"	America	9	July 1	2
	"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast"	Wayne Newton	4	August 5	8
July 8	"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"	Luther Ingram	3	August 5	8
July 15	"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)"	Looking Glass	1	August 26	10
	"Alone Again (Naturally)"	Gilbert O'Sullivan	1	July 29	11
	"Where Is the Love"	Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway	5	August 12	6
July 22	"How Do You Do"	Mouth & MacNeal	8	July 22	4
	"School's Out"	Alice Cooper	7	July 29	4
July 29	"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"	The Hollies	2	September 2	8
August 5	"Layla"	Derek and the Dominos	10	August 5	1
August 12	"I'm Still in Love with You"	Al Green	3	September 2	6
August 19	"Hold Your Head Up"	Argent	5	August 26	3
	"Coconut"	Nilsson	8	August 26	2
	"Goodbye to Love"	The Carpenters	7	August 26	3
August 26	"You Don't Mess Around with Jim"	Jim Croce	8	September 2	3
	"Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me"	Mac Davis	1	September 23	9
September 2	"Rock and Roll Part 2"	Gary Glitter	7	September 9	4
	"Back Stabbers"	The O'Jays	3	October 7	7
September 9	"Black and White"	Three Dog Night	1	September 16	5
	"Saturday in the Park"	Chicago	3	September 23	4
September 16	"Honky Cat"	Elton John	8	September 23	2
September 23	"Ben"	Michael Jackson	1	October 14	7
	"Everybody Plays the Fool"	The Main Ingredient	3	October 14	6
	"Go All the Way"	Raspberries	5	October 7	5
September 30	"Use Me"	Bill Withers	2	October 14	5
	"Burning Love"	Elvis Presley	2	October 28	6
	"Popcorn"	Hot Butter	9	October 21	4
October 7	"My Ding-a-Ling"	Chuck Berry	1	October 21	6
October 14	"Nights in White Satin"	The Moody Blues	2	November 4	7
October 21	"Garden Party"	Rick Nelson	6	November 4	4
October 28	"I Can See Clearly Now"	Johnny Nash	1	November 4	8
	"Freddie's Dead"	Curtis Mayfield	4	November 4	4
	"Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues"	Danny O'Keefe	9	November 4	2
November 4	"I'll Be Around"	The Spinners	3	November 18	5
	"I'd Love You to Want Me"	Lobo	2	November 18	5
November 11	"I Am Woman"	Helen Reddy	1	December 9	8
	"Convention '72"	The Delegates	8	November 18	2
	"Witchy Woman"	Eagles	9	November 18	2
November 18	"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"	The Temptations	1	December 2	6
	"Summer Breeze"	Seals and Crofts	6	November 25	3
November 25	"If You Don't Know Me by Now"	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	3	December 9	5
	"You Ought to Be with Me"	Al Green	3	December 23	7
	"If I Could Reach You"	The 5th Dimension	10	November 25	1
December 2	"It Never Rains in Southern California"	Albert Hammond	5	December 16	6
	"Ventura Highway"	America	8	December 9	3
December 9	"Me and Mrs. Jones"	Billy Paul	1	December 16	8
	"Clair"	Gilbert O'Sullivan	2	December 30	7
	"I'm Stone in Love with You"	The Stylistics	10	December 9	2
December 16	—	—	—	—	—
December 23	"Funny Face"	Donna Fargo	5	January 6	4
	"You're So Vain"	Carly Simon	1	January 6	11
	"Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"	Johnny Rivers	6	January 20	6
December 30	"Superfly"	Curtis Mayfield	8	January 13	4
	"Your Mama Don't Dance"	Loggins and Messina	4	January 27	6

References

1973

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1973
January 6	"Superstition"	Stevie Wonder	1	January 27	6
January 13	"Crocodile Rock"	Elton John	1	February 3	9
	"Keeper of the Castle"	Four Tops	10	January 13	1
January 20	"Why Can't We Live Together"	Timmy Thomas	3	February 10	5
	"Oh, Babe, What Would You Say?"	Hurricane Smith	3	February 17	5
January 27	"Trouble Man"	Marvin Gaye	7	February 3	3
	"The World Is a Ghetto"	War	7	February 10	3
February 3	"Do It Again"	Steely Dan	6	February 10	4
	"Hi, Hi, Hi"	Paul McCartney and Wings	10	February 3	1
February 10	"Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend"	Lobo	8	February 17	4
	"Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"	The Spinners	4	March 3	6
February 17	"Dueling Banjos"	Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell	2	February 24	6
	"Killing Me Softly with His Song"	Roberta Flack	1	February 24	9
	"Rocky Mountain High"	John Denver	9	March 3	4
February 24	"Last Song"	Edward Bear	3	March 3	6
	"Love Train"	The O'Jays	1	March 24	6
March 3	"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"	Deodato	2	March 31	6
March 10	"The Cover of Rolling Stone"	Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show	6	March 17	3
	"Daddy's Home"	Jermaine Jackson	9	March 17	2
March 17	"Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"	Gladys Knight & the Pips	2	April 7	6
	"Danny's Song"	Anne Murray	7	April 14	6
March 24	"Break Up to Make Up"	The Stylistics	5	April 7	4
	"Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)"	Four Tops	4	April 7	6
March 31	"Sing"	The Carpenters	3	April 21	6
	"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"	Vicki Lawrence	1	April 7	7
April 7	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"	Tony Orlando and Dawn	1	April 21	11
	"The Cisco Kid"	War	2	April 28	6
April 14	"Call Me (Come Back Home)"	Al Green	10	April 14	1
April 21	"Little Willy"	Sweet	3	May 5	7
	"Masterpiece"	The Temptations	7	April 28	2
	"The Twelfth of Never"	Donny Osmond	8	April 28	4
April 28	"You Are the Sunshine of My Life"	Stevie Wonder	1	May 19	7
	"Stuck in the Middle with You"	Stealers Wheel	6	May 12	4
May 5	"Drift Away"	Dobie Gray	5	May 12	4
	"Frankenstein"	The Edgar Winter Group	1	May 26	7
May 12	"Daniel"	Elton John	2	June 2	7
May 19	"My Love"	Paul McCartney and Wings	1	June 2	9
	"Pillow Talk"	Sylvia	3	June 9	7
	"Wildflower"	Skylark	9	May 26	2
May 26	"Hocus Pocus"	Focus	9	June 2	3
June 2	"I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby"	Barry White	3	June 23	6
	"Playground In My Mind"	Clint Holmes	2	June 16	8
June 9	"Long Train Runnin'"	The Doobie Brothers	8	June 30	3
June 16	"Will It Go Round in Circles"	Billy Preston	1	July 7	8
	"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)"	George Harrison	1	June 30	7
	"Kodachrome"	Paul Simon	2	July 7	7
June 23	"Right Place, Wrong Time"	Dr. John	9	June 30	4
June 30	"Shambala"	Three Dog Night	3	July 28	6
July 7	"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"	Jim Croce	1	July 21	8
	"Yesterday Once More"	The Carpenters	2	July 28	6
July 14	"Smoke on the Water"	Deep Purple	4	July 28	5
July 21	"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"	Bette Midler	8	July 21	2
	"Natural High"	Bloodstone	10	July 21	1
July 28	"Diamond Girl"	Seals and Crofts	6	July 28	2
	"The Morning After"	Maureen McGovern	1	August 4	6
August 4	"Live and Let Die"	Paul McCartney and Wings	2	August 11	7
	"Touch Me in the Morning"	Diana Ross	1	August 18	8
	"Brother Louie"	Stories	1	August 25	8
August 11	"Let's Get It On"	Marvin Gaye	1	September 8	13
	"Uneasy Rider"	Charlie Daniels	9	August 11	3
	"Monster Mash"	Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers	10	August 11	1
August 18	"Get Down"	Gilbert O'Sullivan	7	August 18	3
	"Delta Dawn"	Helen Reddy	1	September 15	8
	"Feelin' Stronger Every Day"	Chicago	10	August 18	2
August 25	"Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"	Tony Orlando and Dawn	3	September 15	6
September 1	"Loves Me Like a Rock"	Paul Simon	2	October 6	7
September 8	"We're an American Band"	Grand Funk Railroad	1	September 29	6
	"Gypsy Man"	War	8	September 15	2
	"Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"	Al Green	10	September 8	2
September 15	—	—	—	—	—
September 22	"Half-Breed"	Cher	1	October 6	8
	"Higher Ground"	Stevie Wonder	4	October 13	6
	"That Lady"	The Isley Brothers	6	October 6	6
September 29	"My Maria"	B. W. Stevenson	9	September 29	1
	"Ramblin' Man"	The Allman Brothers Band	2	October 13	6
October 6	"Angie"	The Rolling Stones	1	October 20	7
	"Keep on Truckin'"	Eddie Kendricks	1	November 10	10
October 13	"Midnight Train to Georgia"	Gladys Knight & the Pips	1	October 27	8
October 20	"Heartbeat (It's a Love Beat)"	The DeFranco Family	3	November 17	7
	"Paper Roses"	Marie Osmond	5	November 3	6
October 27	—	—	—	—	—
November 3	"Space Race"	Billy Preston	4	November 24	6
	"All I Know"	Art Garfunkel	9	November 10	2
November 10	"Photograph"	Ringo Starr	1	November 24	6
	"Top of the World"	The Carpenters	1	December 1	8
November 17	"Just You 'n' Me"	Chicago	4	December 8	6
	"I Got a Name"	Jim Croce	10	November 17	1
November 24	"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"	Elton John	2	December 8	7
	"The Love I Lost"	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	7	December 8	3
December 1	"The Most Beautiful Girl"	Charlie Rich	1	December 15	6
December 8	"Hello It's Me"	Todd Rundgren	5	December 22	4
	"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)"	Helen Reddy	3	December 29	5
December 15	"Time in a Bottle"	Jim Croce	1	December 29	7
	"The Joker"	Steve Miller Band	1	January 12	8
	"If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)"	The Staple Singers	9	December 22	2
December 22	"Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up"	Barry White	7	January 12	4
December 29	"Show and Tell"	Al Wilson	1	January 19	7
	"Smokin' in the Boys Room"	Brownsville Station	3	January 19	5

References

1974

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1974
January 5	"Living for the City"	Stevie Wonder	8	January 12	3
	"I've Got to Use My Imagination"	Gladys Knight & the Pips	4	January 19	6
January 12	"You're Sixteen"	Ringo Starr	1	January 26	7
	"Let Me Be There"	Olivia Newton-John	6	February 9	7
	"Helen Wheels"	Paul McCartney and Wings	10	January 12	1
January 19	"The Way We Were"	Barbra Streisand	1	February 2	9
	"Love's Theme"	The Love Unlimited Orchestra	1	February 9	7
January 26	"The Americans"	Byron MacGregor	4	February 9	4
February 2	"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)"	Aretha Franklin	3	February 23	6
	"Spiders & Snakes"	Jim Stafford	3	March 2	7
February 9	"Jungle Boogie"	Kool & the Gang	4	March 9	7
February 16	"Boogie Down"	Eddie Kendricks	2	March 9	6
	"Rock On"	David Essex	5	March 9	5
February 23	"Seasons in the Sun"	Terry Jacks	1	March 2	8
March 2	"Dark Lady"	Cher	1	March 23	6
	"Put Your Hands Together"	The O'Jays	10	March 2	1
March 9	"Mockingbird"	Carly Simon and James Taylor	5	March 23	6
	"Sunshine on My Shoulders"	John Denver	1	March 30	7
March 16	"Jet"	Paul McCartney and Wings	7	March 30	3
March 23	"Bennie and the Jets"	Elton John	1	April 13	9
	"Hooked on a Feeling"	Blue Swede	1	April 6	7
	"Eres tú"	Mocedades	9	March 23	2
March 30	"Come and Get Your Love"	Redbone	5	April 13	5
	"The Lord's Prayer"	Sister Janet Mead	4	April 13	4
April 6	"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)"	MFSB featuring The Three Degrees	1	April 20	6
	"You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"	Gladys Knight & the Pips	3	April 27	5
April 13	"Oh My My"	Ringo Starr	5	April 27	3
April 20	"The Loco-Motion"	Grand Funk Railroad	1	May 4	6
	"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"	Jim Croce	9	April 27	2
April 27	"Dancing Machine"	The Jackson 5	2	May 18	9
	"Lookin' for a Love"	Bobby Womack	10	April 27	1
May 4	"The Streak"	Ray Stevens	1	May 18	8
	"Tubular Bells"	Mike Oldfield	7	May 11	2
	"The Show Must Go On"	Three Dog Night	4	May 25	4
	"Just Don't Want to Be Lonely"	The Main Ingredient	10	May 4	1
May 11	"The Entertainer"	Marvin Hamlisch	3	May 18	7
	"(I've Been) Searchin' So Long"	Chicago	9	May 11	3
	"Midnight at the Oasis"	Maria Muldaur	6	June 1	6
May 18	"Band on the Run"	Paul McCartney and Wings	1	June 8	7
	"You Make Me Feel Brand New"	The Stylistics	2	June 15	8
May 25	"Help Me"	Joni Mitchell	7	June 8	3
June 1	"Sundown"	Gordon Lightfoot	1	June 29	7
	"Billy Don't Be a Hero"	Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods	1	June 15	7
	"Oh Very Young"	Cat Stevens	10	June 1	1
June 8	"For the Love of Money"	The O'Jays	9	June 15	2
June 15	"Be Thankful for What You Got"	William DeVaughn	4	June 29	3
June 22	"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"	Olivia Newton-John	5	June 29	4
	"Hollywood Swinging"	Kool & the Gang	6	July 6	3
June 29	"Rock the Boat"	The Hues Corporation	1	July 6	5
	"Rock Your Baby"	George McCrae	1	July 13	5
	"Annie's Song"	John Denver	1	July 27	7
July 6	"You Won't See Me"	Anne Murray	8	July 13	3
	"On and On"	Gladys Knight & the Pips	5	July 13	3
July 13	"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"	Elton John	2	July 27	5
	"The Air That I Breathe"	The Hollies	6	August 3	4
	"Rock and Roll Heaven"	The Righteous Brothers	3	July 20	4
July 20	"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"	Steely Dan	4	August 3	3
July 27	"Feel Like Makin' Love"	Roberta Flack	1	August 10	6
	"Please Come to Boston"	Dave Loggins	5	August 10	4
	"Call on Me"	Chicago	6	August 10	4
August 3	"The Night Chicago Died"	Paper Lace	1	August 17	6
	"Sideshow"	Blue Magic	8	August 10	3
August 10	"Waterloo"	ABBA	6	August 24	3
	"Wildwood Weed"	Jim Stafford	7	August 24	4
	"Tell Me Something Good"	Rufus and Chaka Khan	3	August 24	6
August 17	"(You're) Having My Baby"	Paul Anka and Odia Coates	1	August 24	6
	"I'm Leaving It Up to You"	Donny and Marie Osmond	4	September 14	5
August 24	"I Shot the Sheriff"	Eric Clapton	1	September 14	5
	"Rock Me Gently"	Andy Kim	1	September 28	6
	"Keep On Smilin'"	Wet Willie	10	August 24	1
August 31	"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe"	Barry White	1	September 21	4
	"You and Me Against the World"	Helen Reddy	9	September 7	3
September 7	"Nothing from Nothing"	Billy Preston	1	October 19	7
	"Then Came You"	Dionne Warwick & Spinners	1	October 26	8
September 14	"Clap for the Wolfman"	The Guess Who	6	October 5	4
September 21	"I Honestly Love You"	Olivia Newton-John	1	October 5	5
	"You Haven't Done Nothin'"	Stevie Wonder	1	November 2	7
	"Hang On in There Baby"	Johnny Bristol	8	October 5	3
September 28	"Beach Baby"	The First Class	4	October 5	3
	"Another Saturday Night"	Cat Stevens	6	October 12	3
	"Sweet Home Alabama"	Lynyrd Skynyrd	8	October 26	4
October 5	"Earache My Eye"	Cheech & Chong	9	October 12	2
October 12	"The Bitch Is Back"	Elton John	4	November 2	5
	"Never My Love"	Blue Swede	7	October 19	2
	"Can't Get Enough"	Bad Company	5	November 2	4
October 19	"Jazzman"	Carole King	2	November 9	4
	"Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)"	Tony Orlando and Dawn	7	October 26	3
	"Love Me for a Reason"	The Osmonds	10	October 19	2
October 26	"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"	Bachman–Turner Overdrive	1	November 9	5
	"Stop and Smell the Roses"	Mac Davis	9	October 26	2
November 2	"Whatever Gets You thru the Night"	John Lennon	1	November 16	3
	"Tin Man"	America	4	November 9	4
November 9	"Back Home Again"	John Denver	5	November 9	3
	"My Melody of Love"	Bobby Vinton	3	November 16	5
	"Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)"	B. T. Express	2	November 16	7
	"Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)"	Reunion	8	November 16	2
	"Carefree Highway"	Gordon Lightfoot	10	November 9	2
November 16	"I Can Help"	Billy Swan	1	November 23	6
	"Longfellow Serenade"	Neil Diamond	5	November 23	3
	"Everlasting Love"	Carl Carlton	6	November 23	3
November 23	"Kung Fu Fighting"	Carl Douglas	1	December 7	8
	"When Will I See You Again"	The Three Degrees	2	December 14	6
	"Cat's in the Cradle"	Harry Chapin	1	December 21	6
November 30	"Angie Baby"	Helen Reddy	1	December 28	6
December 7	"Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)"	Al Green	7	December 21	3
	"You're the First, the Last, My Everything"	Barry White	2	January 4	7
December 14	"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"	Elton John	1	January 4	6
	"Junior's Farm"	Paul McCartney and Wings	3	January 11	6
December 21	—	—	—	—	—
December 28	"Laughter in the Rain"	Neil Sedaka	1	February 1	7
	"Only You"	Ringo Starr	6	January 11	3
	"Boogie On Reggae Woman"	Stevie Wonder	3	February 1	8

References

1975

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1975
January 4	"Please Mr. Postman"	The Carpenters	1	January 25	5
	"Mandy"	Barry Manilow	1	January 18	5
January 11	"One Man Woman/One Woman Man"	Paul Anka and Odia Coates	7	January 25	3
January 18	"Morning Side of the Mountain"	Donny and Marie Osmond	8	January 25	3
	"Never Can Say Goodbye"	Gloria Gaynor	9	January 25	2
January 25	"Fire"	Ohio Players	1	February 8	4
	"You're No Good"	Linda Ronstadt	1	February 15	5
	"Pick Up the Pieces"	Average White Band	1	February 22	7
February 1	"Best of My Love"	Eagles	1	March 1	6
	"Some Kind of Wonderful"	Grand Funk Railroad	3	February 22	5
February 8	"Black Water"	The Doobie Brothers	1	March 15	7
	"Lonely People"	America	5	March 8	6
	"Get Dancin'"	Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes	10	February 8	1
February 15	"My Eyes Adored You"	Frankie Valli	1	March 22	8
	"#9 Dream"	John Lennon	9	February 22	2
February 22	"Have You Never Been Mellow"	Olivia Newton-John	1	March 8	7
	"Nightingale"	Carole King	9	March 1	2
March 1	"Lady Marmalade"	Labelle	1	March 29	7
	"Lady"	Styx	6	March 8	3
March 8	"Lovin' You"	Minnie Riperton	1	April 5	8
	"Can't Get It Out of My Head"	Electric Light Orchestra	9	March 15	2
March 15	"Express"	B. T. Express	4	March 29	5
	"Don't Call Us, We'll Call You"	Sugarloaf	9	March 29	3
March 22	"You Are So Beautiful"	Joe Cocker	5	March 29	3
	"Poetry Man"	Phoebe Snow	5	April 12	4
	"No No Song" / "Snookeroo"	Ringo Starr	3	April 5	5
March 29	"Philadelphia Freedom"	The Elton John Band	1	April 12	9
April 5	"(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"	B. J. Thomas	1	April 26	7
April 12	"Chevy Van"	Sammy Johns	5	May 3	4
	"What Am I Gonna Do with You"	Barry White	8	April 19	3
	"Once You Get Started"	Rufus featuring Chaka Khan	10	April 12	1
April 19	"He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"	Tony Orlando and Dawn	1	May 3	7
	"Supernatural Thing (Part 1)"	Ben E. King	5	April 26	2
	"Emma"	Hot Chocolate	8	April 26	2
	"Before the Next Teardrop Falls"	Freddy Fender	1	May 31	8
April 26	"Walking in Rhythm"	The Blackbyrds	6	May 10	4
May 3	"Jackie Blue"	The Ozark Mountain Daredevils	3	May 17	4
	"Shining Star"	Earth, Wind & Fire	1	May 24	5
	"Long Tall Glasses"	Leo Sayer	9	May 3	2
	"Only Yesterday"	The Carpenters	4	May 24	5
May 10	"I Don't Like to Sleep Alone"	Paul Anka and Odia Coates	8	May 24	4
May 17	"Thank God I'm a Country Boy"	John Denver	1	June 7	5
	"How Long"	Ace	3	May 31	4
May 24	"Bad Time"	Grand Funk Railroad	4	June 7	4
	"Old Days"	Chicago	5	June 7	4
May 31	"Sister Golden Hair"	America	1	June 14	4
	"When Will I Be Loved"	Linda Ronstadt	2	June 21	7
June 7	"I'm Not Lisa"	Jessi Colter	4	June 21	5
	"Love Won't Let Me Wait"	Major Harris	5	June 21	5
June 14	"Love Will Keep Us Together"	Captain & Tennille	1	June 21	6
	"Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)"	Joe Simon	8	June 21	3
June 21	"Wildfire"	Michael Martin Murphey	3	June 21	4
	"The Hustle"	Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony	1	July 26	6
	"Listen to What the Man Said"	Paul McCartney and Wings	1	July 19	7
	"Cut the Cake"	Average White Band	10	June 21	2
June 28	"Magic"	Pilot	5	July 12	4
July 5	"One of These Nights"	Eagles	1	August 2	10
	"Please Mr. Please"	Olivia Newton-John	3	August 9	8
July 12	"Swearin' to God"	Frankie Valli	6	July 26	3
	"I'm Not in Love"	10cc	2	July 26	5
July 19	"Jive Talkin'"	Bee Gees	1	August 9	8
	"Rockin' Chair"	Gwen McCrae	9	August 2	3
July 26	"Someone Saved My Life Tonight"	Elton John	4	August 16	6
	"Midnight Blue"	Melissa Manchester	6	August 9	4
August 2	"Dynomite"	Bazuka	10	August 2	1
August 9	"Rhinestone Cowboy"	Glen Campbell	1	September 6	9
	"Why Can't We Be Friends?"	War	6	August 23	4
	"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"	James Taylor	5	August 30	5
	"The Rockford Files Theme"	Mike Post	10	August 9	2
August 16	"Fallin' in Love"	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	1	August 23	6
August 23	"Get Down Tonight"	KC and the Sunshine Band	1	August 30	4
	"At Seventeen"	Janis Ian	3	September 13	6
August 30	"Fight the Power (Part 1)"	The Isley Brothers	4	September 27	5
September 6	"Fame"	David Bowie	1	September 20	6
	"Could It Be Magic"	Barry Manilow	6	September 20	4
September 13	"I'm Sorry" / "Calypso"	John Denver	1	September 27	9
	"Run Joey Run"	David Geddes	4	October 4	4
	"Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"	Freddy Fender	8	September 27	3
September 20	"Feel Like Makin' Love"	Bad Company	10	September 20	2
September 27	"The Ballroom Blitz"	Sweet	5	October 18	5
October 4	"Mr. Jaws"	Dickie Goodman	4	October 11	2
	"Bad Blood"	Neil Sedaka	1	October 11	5
	"Dance with Me"	Orleans	6	October 18	3
	"Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady"	Helen Reddy	8	October 11	3
	"Rocky"	Austin Roberts	9	October 11	2
October 11	"Miracles"	Jefferson Starship	3	October 18	6
	"Lyin' Eyes"	Eagles	2	November 8	6
October 18	"Feelings"	Morris Albert	6	October 25	6
	"They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)"	The Spinners	5	October 25	4
	"Who Loves You"	The Four Seasons	3	November 15	7
October 25	"Island Girl"	Elton John	1	November 1	7
	"It Only Takes a Minute"	Tavares	10	October 25	1
November 1	"Heat Wave"	Linda Ronstadt	5	November 15	3
	"This Will Be"	Natalie Cole	6	November 22	5
November 8	"The Way I Want to Touch You"	Captain & Tennille	4	November 29	5
November 15	"That's the Way (I Like It)"	KC and the Sunshine Band	1	November 22	9
	"Low Rider"	War	7	November 29	4
November 22	"Fly, Robin, Fly"	Silver Convention	1	November 29	7
	"Sky High"	Jigsaw	3	December 6	5
	"Let's Do It Again"	The Staple Singers	1	December 27	7
November 29	"Nights on Broadway"	Bee Gees	7	December 13	4
December 6	"Saturday Night"	Bay City Rollers	1	January 3	6
	"My Little Town"	Simon & Garfunkel	9	December 13	2
December 13	"Love Rollercoaster"	Ohio Players	1	January 31	10
	"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"	Diana Ross	1	January 24	7
	"Fox on the Run"	Sweet	5	January 17	6
December 20	"I Write the Songs"	Barry Manilow	1	January 17	11
December 27	"Convoy"	C. W. McCall	1	January 10	7
	"I Love Music"	The O'Jays	5	January 24	6

References

1976

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1976
January 3	—	—	—	—	—
January 10	"Love to Love You Baby"	Donna Summer	2	February 7	7
	"Times of Your Life"	Paul Anka	7	February 7	5
January 17	"You Sexy Thing"	Hot Chocolate	3	February 7	8
	"Walk Away from Love"	David Ruffin	9	January 24	3
January 24	"Sing a Song"	Earth, Wind & Fire	5	February 7	4
January 31	"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"	Paul Simon	1	February 7	6
February 7	"Theme from S.W.A.T."	Rhythm Heritage	1	February 28	6
	"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"	Neil Sedaka	8	February 21	3
February 14	"Love Machine"	The Miracles	1	March 6	6
	"Evil Woman"	Electric Light Orchestra	10	February 14	2
February 21	"All by Myself"	Eric Carmen	2	March 6	6
	"Take It to the Limit"	Eagles	4	March 13	5
February 28	"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"	The Four Seasons	1	March 13	6
	"Dream Weaver"	Gary Wright	2	March 27	8
	"Lonely Night"	Captain & Tennille	3	March 27	8
	"Love Hurts"	Nazareth	8	March 13	3
March 6	—	—	—	—	—
March 13	"Sweet Thing"	Rufus featuring Chaka Khan	5	April 3	4
	"Junk Food Junkie"	Larry Groce	9	March 20	2
March 20	"Dream On"	Aerosmith	6	April 10	4
	"Disco Lady"	Johnnie Taylor	1	April 3	8
March 27	"Let Your Love Flow"	The Bellamy Brothers	1	May 1	7
	"Right Back Where We Started From"	Maxine Nightingale	2	May 1	8
	"Money Honey"	Bay City Rollers	9	April 3	2
April 3	"Golden Years"	David Bowie	10	April 3	2
April 10	"Boogie Fever"	The Sylvers	1	May 15	7
	"Only Sixteen"	Dr. Hook	6	April 17	3
	"Sweet Love"	Commodores	5	April 24	4
April 17	"Show Me the Way"	Peter Frampton	6	May 8	5
	"Bohemian Rhapsody"	Queen	9	April 24	3
April 24	"Welcome Back"	John Sebastian	1	May 8	7
	"Fooled Around and Fell in Love"	Elvin Bishop	3	May 22	6
May 1	"Love Hangover"	Diana Ross	1	May 29	9
May 8	"Silly Love Songs"	Wings	1	May 22	11
	"Get Up and Boogie"	Silver Convention	2	June 12	9
May 15	"Happy Days"	Pratt & McClain	5	June 5	5
	"Shannon"	Henry Gross	6	June 5	6
May 22	"Misty Blue"	Dorothy Moore	3	June 12	8
	"Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again"	Barry Manilow	10	May 22	2
May 29	"Sara Smile"	Hall & Oates	4	June 26	7
June 5	"Shop Around"	Captain & Tennille	4	July 10	7
	"Fool to Cry"	The Rolling Stones	10	June 5	2
June 12	"More, More, More"	The Andrea True Connection	4	July 17	6
June 19	"Afternoon Delight"	Starland Vocal Band	1	July 10	8
	"I'll Be Good to You"	The Brothers Johnson	3	July 10	7
June 26	"Kiss and Say Goodbye"	The Manhattans	1	July 24	9
July 3	"Love Is Alive"	Gary Wright	2	July 31	7
July 10	"Got to Get You into My Life"	The Beatles	7	July 24	5
July 17	"Moonlight Feels Right"	Starbuck	3	July 31	4
	"Rock and Roll Music"	The Beach Boys	5	August 14	6
July 24	"Get Closer"	Seals and Crofts	6	July 24	4
	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"	Elton John & Kiki Dee	1	August 7	8
	"Let Her In"	John Travolta	10	July 24	1
July 31	"Let 'Em In"	Wings	3	August 14	7
August 7	"You Should Be Dancing"	Bee Gees	1	September 4	7
	"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"	Lou Rawls	2	September 4	8
August 14	"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"	England Dan & John Ford Coley	2	September 25	10
	"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"	KC and the Sunshine Band	1	September 11	11
	"Turn the Beat Around"	Vicki Sue Robinson	10	August 14	2
August 21	—	—	—	—	—
August 28	"Play That Funky Music"	Wild Cherry	1	September 18	10
	"A Fifth of Beethoven"	Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band	1	October 9	10
	"This Masquerade"	George Benson	10	August 28	2
September 4	"Lowdown"	Boz Scaggs	3	October 9	8
September 11	"Summer"	War	7	September 25	4
September 18	"Devil Woman"	Cliff Richard	6	September 25	5
	"If You Leave Me Now"	Chicago	1	October 23	9
September 25	"Disco Duck"	Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots	1	October 16	10
October 2	"Still the One"	Orleans	5	October 23	4
October 9	"She's Gone"	Hall & Oates	7	October 30	5
October 16	—	—	—	—	—
October 23	"Love So Right"	Bee Gees	3	November 20	8
	"Rock'n Me"	Steve Miller Band	1	November 6	5
October 30	"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"	Gordon Lightfoot	2	November 20	6
	"Muskrat Love"	Captain & Tennille	4	November 20	8
	"Magic Man"	Heart	9	November 6	2
November 6	"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"	Rod Stewart	1	November 13	11
	"Just to Be Close to You"	Commodores	7	November 27	4
November 13	"The Rubberband Man"	The Spinners	2	December 4	9
	"Do You Feel Like We Do"	Peter Frampton	10	November 13	2
November 20	"Beth" / "Detroit Rock City"	Kiss	7	December 4	3
November 27	"More Than a Feeling"	Boston	5	December 25	6
	"Nadia's Theme"	Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr.	8	December 11	4
December 4	"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"	Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.	1	January 8	8
	"You Are the Woman"	Firefall	9	December 11	3
December 11	"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"	Leo Sayer	1	January 15	8
	"Nights Are Forever Without You"	England Dan & John Ford Coley	10	December 11	2
December 18	"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"	Elton John	6	December 25	5
December 25	"I Wish"	Stevie Wonder	1	January 22	8
	"Dazz"	Brick	3	January 29	8
	"Car Wash"	Rose Royce	1	January 29	9
	"After the Lovin'"	Engelbert Humperdinck	8	January 22	5

References

1977

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1977
January 1	—	—	—	—	—
January 8	"Stand Tall"	Burton Cummings	10	January 8	2
January 15	"Hot Line"	The Sylvers	5	January 29	4
January 22	"New Kid in Town"	Eagles	1	February 26	7
	"Blinded by the Light"	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	1	February 19	8
	"Torn Between Two Lovers"	Mary MacGregor	1	February 5	10
January 29	"Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)"	Barbra Streisand	1	March 5	13
	"Walk This Way"	Aerosmith	10	January 29	2
February 5	"Enjoy Yourself"	The Jacksons	6	February 19	4
February 12	"I Like Dreamin'"	Kenny Nolan	3	March 12	7
	"Lost Without Your Love"	Bread	9	February 19	2
February 19	"Fly Like an Eagle"	Steve Miller Band	2	March 12	6
	"Night Moves"	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	4	March 12	6
February 26	"Dancing Queen"	ABBA	1	April 9	8
	"Weekend in New England"	Barry Manilow	10	February 26	2
March 5	"Year of the Cat"	Al Stewart	8	March 5	2
March 12	"Rich Girl"	Hall & Oates	1	March 26	6
	"Go Your Own Way"	Fleetwood Mac	10	March 12	2
March 19	"Don't Give Up on Us"	David Soul	1	April 16	7
	"Don't Leave Me This Way"	Thelma Houston	1	April 23	8
March 26	"The Things We Do for Love"	10cc	5	April 16	5
April 2	"Southern Nights"	Glen Campbell	1	April 30	8
	"Hotel California"	Eagles	1	May 7	8
	"I've Got Love on My Mind"	Natalie Cole	5	April 30	6
	"Maybe I'm Amazed"	Wings	10	April 2	1
April 9	"So Into You"	Atlanta Rhythm Section	7	April 30	6
April 16	—	—	—	—	—
April 23	"When I Need You"	Leo Sayer	1	May 14	7
	"Right Time of the Night"	Jennifer Warnes	6	May 7	4
April 30	"Sir Duke"	Stevie Wonder	1	May 21	8
	"Tryin' to Love Two"	William Bell	10	April 30	1
May 7	"Couldn't Get It Right"	Climax Blues Band	3	May 21	6
	"I Wanna Get Next to You"	Rose Royce	10	May 7	2
May 14	"I'm Your Boogie Man"	KC and the Sunshine Band	1	June 11	6
	"Got to Give It Up"	Marvin Gaye	1	June 25	9
May 21	"Dreams"	Fleetwood Mac	1	June 18	7
	"Gonna Fly Now"	Bill Conti	1	July 2	8
	"Lucille"	Kenny Rogers	5	June 18	6
May 28	"Lonely Boy"	Andrew Gold	7	June 11	5
	"Feels Like the First Time"	Foreigner	4	June 18	5
June 4	—	—	—	—	—
June 11	"Undercover Angel"	Alan O'Day	1	July 9	7
June 18	"Angel in Your Arms"	Hot	6	July 16	6
June 25	"Da Doo Ron Ron"	Shaun Cassidy	1	July 16	7
	"Jet Airliner"	Steve Miller Band	8	July 9	4
July 2	"Looks Like We Made It"	Barry Manilow	1	July 23	5
	"I Just Want to Be Your Everything"	Andy Gibb	1	July 30	16
	"Margaritaville"	Jimmy Buffett	8	July 23	5
July 9	"My Heart Belongs to Me"	Barbra Streisand	4	July 30	6
July 16	"I'm in You"	Peter Frampton	2	July 30	6
	"Do You Wanna Make Love"	Peter McCann	5	August 6	6
July 23	"Best of My Love"	The Emotions	1	August 20	12
July 30	"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"	Rita Coolidge	2	September 10	7
	"Whatcha Gonna Do?"	Pablo Cruise	6	August 20	5
August 6	"Easy"	Commodores	4	August 27	6
	"You and Me"	Alice Cooper	9	August 13	3
August 13	"You Made Me Believe in Magic"	Bay City Rollers	10	August 13	2
August 20	"Just a Song Before I Go"	Crosby, Stills & Nash	7	August 27	3
August 27	"Handy Man"	James Taylor	4	September 10	4
	"Float On"	The Floaters	2	September 17	5
	"Don't Stop"	Fleetwood Mac	3	September 24	6
	"Strawberry Letter 23"	The Brothers Johnson	5	September 24	6
September 3	"Telephone Line"	Electric Light Orchestra	7	September 24	5
September 10	"Smoke from a Distant Fire"	Sanford-Townsend Band	9	September 17	2
September 17	"Keep It Comin' Love"	KC and the Sunshine Band	2	October 1	7
	"Star Wars (Main Title)"	London Symphony Orchestra	10	September 17	1
September 24	"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band"	Meco	1	October 1	6
	"That's Rock 'n' Roll"	Shaun Cassidy	3	October 22	7
	"Cold as Ice"	Foreigner	6	October 22	5
October 1	"Nobody Does It Better"	Carly Simon	2	October 22	8
October 8	"You Light Up My Life"	Debby Boone	1	October 15	14
	"Boogie Nights"	Heatwave	2	November 12	9
	"Brick House"	Commodores	5	November 5	5
October 15	"I Feel Love"	Donna Summer	6	November 12	5
October 22	"Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing)"	Johnny Rivers	10	October 22	1
October 29	"It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me"	Barry White	4	November 12	5
	"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"	Crystal Gayle	2	November 26	10
November 5	"Baby, What a Big Surprise"	Chicago	4	December 3	6
	"Heaven On The 7th Floor"	Paul Nicholas	6	November 26	6
November 12	"How Deep Is Your Love"	Bee Gees	1	December 24	17
	"We're All Alone"	Rita Coolidge	7	November 26	6
November 19	"Blue Bayou"	Linda Ronstadt	3	December 17	8
November 26	"It's So Easy"	Linda Ronstadt	5	December 10	6
December 3	"(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again"	L.T.D.	4	December 24	7
December 10	"You Make Loving Fun"	Fleetwood Mac	9	December 17	2
December 17	"Baby Come Back"	Player	1	January 14	10
	"Here You Come Again"	Dolly Parton	3	January 14	6
December 24	"Sentimental Lady"	Bob Welch	8	January 7	4
	"Slip Slidin' Away"	Paul Simon	5	January 28	6
December 31	—	—	—	—	—

References

1978

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1978
January 7	"You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"	Rod Stewart	4	January 14	5
	"Hey Deanie"	Shaun Cassidy	7	January 14	3
January 14	"Come Sail Away"	Styx	8	January 28	3
	"We Will Rock You" / "We Are the Champions"	Queen	4	February 4	7
January 21	"Short People"	Randy Newman	2	January 28	5
	"Stayin' Alive"	Bee Gees	1	February 4	13
January 28	"Just the Way You Are"	Billy Joel	3	February 18	8
	"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"	Andy Gibb	1	March 4	11
February 4	"Sometimes When We Touch"	Dan Hill	3	March 4	8
	"Emotion"	Samantha Sang	3	March 18	10
February 11	"Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)"	Chic	6	February 25	7
February 18	—	—	—	—	—
February 25	"Night Fever"	Bee Gees	1	March 18	13
	"Lay Down Sally"	Eric Clapton	3	April 1	11
March 4	"I Go Crazy"	Paul Davis	7	March 18	5
March 11	"Can't Smile Without You"	Barry Manilow	3	April 22	10
March 18	—	—	—	—	—
March 25	"If I Can't Have You"	Yvonne Elliman	1	May 13	10
	"Thunder Island"	Jay Ferguson	9	April 1	3
April 1	"Dust in the Wind"	Kansas	6	April 15	7
April 8	"Jack and Jill"	Raydio	8	April 15	4
April 15	"The Closer I Get to You"	Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway	2	May 13	8
	"We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again"	England Dan & John Ford Coley	9	April 15	2
	"Our Love"	Natalie Cole	10	April 15	2
April 22	"With a Little Luck"	Wings	1	May 20	8
April 29	"You're the One That I Want"	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	1	June 10	9
	"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"	Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams	1	June 3	8
May 6	"Count On Me"	Jefferson Starship	8	May 13	4
May 13	"Imaginary Lover"	Atlanta Rhythm Section	7	June 3	4
May 20	"Shadow Dancing"	Andy Gibb	1	June 17	12
	"Feels So Good"	Chuck Mangione	4	June 10	5
May 27	"On Broadway"	George Benson	7	June 10	4
June 3	"Take a Chance on Me"	ABBA	3	July 8	8
	"This Time I'm in It for Love"	Player	10	June 3	2
June 10	"Baker Street"	Gerry Rafferty	2	June 24	9
	"It's a Heartache"	Bonnie Tyler	3	June 24	6
June 17	"You Belong to Me"	Carly Simon	6	June 24	4
	"Love Is Like Oxygen"	Sweet	8	June 24	3
June 24	"Use ta Be My Girl"	The O'Jays	4	July 8	7
	"Still the Same"	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	4	July 22	7
	"Dance With Me"	Peter Brown	8	July 8	4
July 1	"The Groove Line"	Heatwave	7	July 15	5
July 8	"Miss You"	The Rolling Stones	1	August 5	9
July 15	"Last Dance"	Donna Summer	3	August 12	7
July 22	"Grease"	Frankie Valli	1	August 26	8
	"Three Times a Lady"	Commodores	1	August 12	11
July 29	"Love Will Find a Way"	Pablo Cruise	6	August 26	5
August 5	"Hot Blooded"	Foreigner	3	September 9	8
August 12	"Boogie Oogie Oogie"	A Taste of Honey	1	September 9	12
	"Copacabana (At the Copa)"	Barry Manilow	8	August 12	2
	"Magnet and Steel"	Walter Egan	8	August 26	4
	"An Everlasting Love"	Andy Gibb	5	September 23	8
August 19	—	—	—	—	—
August 26	"Hopelessly Devoted to You"	Olivia Newton-John	3	September 23	8
September 2	"Kiss You All Over"	Exile	1	September 30	12
	"Shame"	Evelyn "Champagne" King	9	September 9	3
September 9	"Summer Nights"	John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	5	September 30	7
	"Got to Get You into My Life"	Earth, Wind & Fire	9	September 16	2
September 16	"Don't Look Back"	Boston	4	October 7	6
September 23	"Hot Child in the City"	Nick Gilder	1	October 28	9
	"Reminiscing"	Little River Band	3	October 28	7
September 30	"Love Is in the Air"	John Paul Young	7	October 14	5
October 7	"You Needed Me"	Anne Murray	1	November 4	8
	"Whenever I Call You "Friend""	Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks	5	October 28	7
October 14	—	—	—	—	—
October 21	"MacArthur Park"	Donna Summer	1	November 11	9
October 28	"Double Vision"	Foreigner	2	November 18	6
	"How Much I Feel"	Ambrosia	3	November 18	7
November 4	"Beast of Burden"	The Rolling Stones	8	November 11	2
	"Get Off"	Foxy	9	November 11	2
November 11	"I Just Wanna Stop"	Gino Vannelli	4	December 9	8
November 18	"You Don't Bring Me Flowers"	Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand	1	December 2	10
	"You Never Done It Like That"	Captain & Tennille	10	November 18	2
November 25	"Le Freak"	Chic	1	December 9	15
	"I Love the Nightlife"	Alicia Bridges	5	December 23	7
	"Time Passages"	Al Stewart	7	December 9	4
December 2	"My Life"	Billy Joel	3	January 6	10
	"Sharing the Night Together"	Dr. Hook	6	January 6	7
December 9	"(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away"	Andy Gibb	9	December 16	6
December 16	"Too Much Heaven"	Bee Gees	1	January 6	9
December 23	"Y.M.C.A."	Village People	2	February 3	12
	"Hold the Line"	Toto	5	January 13	6
December 30	—	—	—	—	—

References

1979

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1979
January 6	"Ooh Baby Baby"	Linda Ronstadt	7	January 20	4
January 13	"Promises"	Eric Clapton	9	January 20	2
January 20	"A Little More Love"	Olivia Newton-John	3	February 17	10
	"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"	Rod Stewart	1	February 10	12
January 27	"Every 1's a Winner"	Hot Chocolate	6	February 10	4
	"September"	Earth, Wind & Fire	8	February 10	3
February 3	"Fire"	The Pointer Sisters	2	February 24	8
	"I Will Survive"	Gloria Gaynor	1	March 10	13
February 10	"Lotta Love"	Nicolette Larson	8	February 17	4
February 17	"Somewhere in the Night"	Barry Manilow	9	February 17	2
	"I Was Made for Dancin'"	Leif Garrett	10	February 17	2
February 24	"Tragedy"	Bee Gees	1	March 24	9
March 3	"Heaven Knows"	Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams	4	March 17	5
	"What a Fool Believes"	The Doobie Brothers	1	April 14	9
March 10	"Shake Your Groove Thing"	Peaches & Herb	5	March 17	5
	"Sultans of Swing"	Dire Straits	4	April 7	7
March 17	"What You Won't Do for Love"	Bobby Caldwell	9	March 24	3
March 24	—	—	—	—	—
March 31	"Knock on Wood"	Amii Stewart	1	April 21	6
	"Don't Cry Out Loud"	Melissa Manchester	10	March 31	1
April 7	"Music Box Dancer"	Frank Mills	3	May 5	5
	"Heart of Glass"	Blondie	1	April 28	7
	"Lady"	Little River Band	10	April 7	2
April 14	"Reunited"	Peaches & Herb	1	May 5	10
	"Stumblin' In"	Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman	4	May 12	7
April 21	"I Want Your Love"	Chic	7	May 5	4
April 28	"Goodnight Tonight"	Wings	5	May 19	6
	"In the Navy"	Village People	3	May 19	6
May 5	"Take Me Home"	Cher	8	May 12	3
	"He's the Greatest Dancer"	Sister Sledge	9	May 12	3
May 12	"Hot Stuff"	Donna Summer	1	June 2	14
	"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"	The Jacksons	7	May 19	5
May 19	"Love You Inside Out"	Bee Gees	1	June 9	5
May 26	"We Are Family"	Sister Sledge	2	June 16	7
	"Just When I Needed You Most"	Randy VanWarmer	4	June 16	6
	"Love Is the Answer"	England Dan & John Ford Coley	10	May 26	2
June 2	"The Logical Song"	Supertramp	6	June 16	6
June 9	"Ring My Bell"	Anita Ward	1	June 30	11
	"Chuck E.'s In Love"	Rickie Lee Jones	4	July 7	6
	"She Believes in Me"	Kenny Rogers	5	July 7	7
June 16	"Boogie Wonderland"	Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions	6	July 14	6
June 23	"Bad Girls"	Donna Summer	1	July 14	10
	"You Take My Breath Away"	Rex Smith	10	June 23	2
June 30	—	—	—	—	—
July 7	"Makin' It"	David Naughton	5	July 21	6
	"I Want You to Want Me"	Cheap Trick	7	July 21	5
July 14	"Shine a Little Love"	Electric Light Orchestra	8	July 21	3
	"Gold"	John Stewart	5	August 4	5
July 21	"Good Times"	Chic	1	August 18	9
July 28	"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"	Dr. Hook	6	August 11	4
	"The Main Event"/"Fight"	Barbra Streisand	3	August 11	7
August 4	"My Sharona"	The Knack	1	August 25	12
August 11	"You Can't Change That"	Raydio	9	August 18	2
August 18	"After the Love Has Gone"	Earth, Wind & Fire	2	September 15	9
	"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"	Charlie Daniels	3	September 15	7
	"Mama Can't Buy You Love"	Elton John	9	August 25	3
August 25	"Don't Bring Me Down"	Electric Light Orchestra	4	September 8	6
	"Lead Me On"	Maxine Nightingale	5	September 15	5
	"Sad Eyes"	Robert John	1	October 6	9
September 1	"I'll Never Love This Way Again"	Dionne Warwick	5	October 20	9
September 8	"Lonesome Loser"	Little River Band	6	September 29	6
September 15	"Sail On"	Commodores	4	October 13	7
September 22	"Rise"	Herb Alpert	1	October 20	9
September 29	"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"	Michael Jackson	1	October 13	6
October 6	"Pop Muzik"	M	1	November 3	9
	"Dim All the Lights"	Donna Summer	2	November 10	9
October 13	—	—	—	—	—
October 20	"Heartache Tonight"	Eagles	1	November 10	9
	"Still"	Commodores	1	November 17	13
October 27	"Tusk"	Fleetwood Mac	8	November 3	5
	"You Decorated My Life"	Kenny Rogers	7	November 17	5
November 3	"Babe"	Styx	1	December 8	11
	"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"	Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer	1	November 24	9
November 10	"Please Don't Go"	KC and the Sunshine Band	1	January 5	11
November 17	—	—	—	—	—
November 24	"Send One Your Love"	Stevie Wonder	4	December 22	10
December 1	"Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"	Rupert Holmes	1	December 22	10
	"Ships"	Barry Manilow	9	December 1	2
December 8	"You're Only Lonely"	J. D. Souther	7	December 15	4
	"Do That to Me One More Time"	Captain & Tennille	1	February 16	14
December 15	"Take the Long Way Home"	Supertramp	10	December 15	3
December 22	"Ladies' Night"	Kool & the Gang	8	January 12	5
December 29	—	—	—	—	—

References

1980

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1980
January 5	"Rock with You"	Michael Jackson	1	January 19	9
	"Coward of the County"	Kenny Rogers	3	January 26	8
	"We Don't Talk Anymore"	Cliff Richard	7	January 19	4
January 12	—	—	—	—	—
January 19	"Cruisin'"	Smokey Robinson	4	February 2	7
	"Cool Change"	Little River Band	10	January 19	1
January 26	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"	Queen	1	February 23	12
	"The Long Run"	Eagles	8	February 2	3
	"Sara"	Fleetwood Mac	7	February 2	5
February 2	"Yes, I'm Ready"	Teri DeSario with K.C.	2	March 1	7
	"Don't Do Me Like That"	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	10	February 2	2
February 9	"Longer"	Dan Fogelberg	2	March 15	7
February 16	"On the Radio"	Donna Summer	5	March 8	6
	"Desire"	Andy Gibb	4	March 8	8
February 23	—	—	—	—	—
March 1	"Working My Way Back to You/Forgive Me, Girl"	The Spinners	2	March 29	8
	"Another Brick in the Wall"	Pink Floyd	1	March 22	12
March 8	"Him"	Rupert Holmes	6	March 29	5
	"The Second Time Around"	Shalamar	8	March 22	4
March 15	"Too Hot"	Kool & the Gang	5	April 5	5
March 22	"How Do I Make You"	Linda Ronstadt	10	March 22	3
March 29	"Call Me"	Blondie	1	April 19	12
	"Ride Like the Wind"	Christopher Cross	2	April 26	9
April 5	"Special Lady"	Ray, Goodman & Brown	5	April 19	4
April 12	"With You I'm Born Again"	Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright	4	April 19	6
	"I Can't Tell You Why"	Eagles	8	April 19	4
	"Off the Wall"	Michael Jackson	10	April 12	2
April 19	"Lost in Love"	Air Supply	3	May 3	6
	"Fire Lake"	Bob Seger	6	May 3	4
April 26	"You May Be Right"	Billy Joel	7	May 3	4
	"Sexy Eyes"	Dr. Hook	5	May 24	6
May 3	"Hold On (To My Love)"	Jimmy Ruffin	10	May 3	2
May 10	"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer"	Kenny Rogers with Kim Carnes	4	May 24	5
May 17	"Funkytown"	Lipps Inc.	1	May 31	9
	"Biggest Part of Me"	Ambrosia	3	June 7	8
May 24	"Stomp!"	The Brothers Johnson	7	May 24	2
	"Hurt So Bad"	Linda Ronstadt	8	May 24	3
	"Cars"	Gary Numan	9	June 7	5
May 31	"Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)"	Wings	1	June 28	11
	"Against the Wind"	Bob Seger	5	June 14	6
June 7	"The Rose"	Bette Midler	3	June 28	8
	"Little Jeannie"	Elton John	3	July 19	11
June 14	"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"	Billy Joel	1	July 19	11
	"Steal Away"	Robbie Dupree	6	July 12	7
June 21	"She's Out of My Life"	Michael Jackson	10	June 21	2
June 28	"Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time"	The Spinners	4	July 19	7
July 5	"Let's Get Serious"	Jermaine Jackson	9	July 12	3
July 12	"Magic"	Olivia Newton-John	1	August 2	9
	"Let Me Love You Tonight"	Pure Prairie League	10	July 12	2
July 19	"Shining Star"	The Manhattans	5	July 19	5
July 26	"Tired of Toein' the Line"	Rocky Burnette	8	July 26	2
	"Take Your Time (Do It Right)"	The S.O.S. Band	3	August 16	7
August 2	"Emotional Rescue"	The Rolling Stones	3	September 6	8
	"Sailing"	Christopher Cross	1	August 30	7
August 9	"Upside Down"	Diana Ross	1	September 6	14
August 16	"Let My Love Open the Door"	Pete Townshend	9	August 16	3
	"More Love"	Kim Carnes	10	August 16	3
August 23	"Fame"	Irene Cara	4	September 13	6
	"All Out of Love"	Air Supply	2	September 13	10
August 30	"Give Me the Night"	George Benson	4	September 27	7
September 6	"Late in the Evening"	Paul Simon	6	September 27	7
	"Lookin' for Love"	Johnny Lee	5	September 20	5
September 13	"Another One Bites the Dust"	Queen	1	October 4	15
	"Drivin' My Life Away"	Eddie Rabbitt	5	October 4	6
September 20	"One in a Million You"	Larry Graham	9	September 20	2
September 27	"I'm Alright"	Kenny Loggins	7	October 11	5
October 4	"Woman in Love"	Barbra Streisand	1	October 25	11
	"Xanadu"	Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra	8	October 11	3
October 11	"Real Love"	The Doobie Brothers	5	October 25	5
October 18	"He's So Shy"	The Pointer Sisters	3	October 25	5
October 25	"Lady"	Kenny Rogers	1	November 15	13
	"The Wanderer"	Donna Summer	3	November 15	6
	"Never Knew Love Like This Before"	Stephanie Mills	6	November 15	5
November 1	"I'm Coming Out"	Diana Ross	5	November 15	6
	"Master Blaster (Jammin')"	Stevie Wonder	5	December 6	8
November 8	—	—	—	—	—
November 15	"More Than I Can Say"	Leo Sayer	2	December 6	9
	"(Just Like) Starting Over"	John Lennon	1	December 27	14
November 22	"Dreaming"	Cliff Richard	10	November 22	3
November 29	"Love on the Rocks"	Neil Diamond	2	January 10	10
December 6	"Hungry Heart"	Bruce Springsteen	5	December 27	8
December 13	"Guilty"	Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb	3	January 10	7
	"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"	Pat Benatar	9	December 20	4
December 20	"Every Woman in the World"	Air Supply	5	January 31	8
December 27	"The Tide Is High"	Blondie	1	January 31	10
	"Tell It Like It Is"	Heart	8	January 10	4

References

1981

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1981
January 3	—	—	—	—	—
January 10	"Passion"	Rod Stewart	5	February 7	6
January 17	"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"	The Police	10	January 17	2
January 24	"I Love a Rainy Night"	Eddie Rabbitt	1	February 28	9
	"It's My Turn"	Diana Ross	9	January 24	3
January 31	"Celebration"	Kool & the Gang	1	February 7	7
	"9 to 5"	Dolly Parton	1	February 21	9
	"I Made It Through the Rain"	Barry Manilow	10	January 31	1
February 7	"Woman"	John Lennon	2	March 21	12
	"Givin' It Up for Your Love"	Delbert McClinton	8	February 21	5
February 14	"Keep On Loving You"	REO Speedwagon	1	March 21	9
	"Hey Nineteen"	Steely Dan	10	February 14	2
February 21	"The Best of Times"	Styx	3	March 21	10
	"Same Old Lang Syne"	Dan Fogelberg	9	February 21	2
February 28	"The Winner Takes It All"	ABBA	8	March 14	4
March 7	"Crying"	Don McLean	5	March 21	6
	"Hello Again"	Neil Diamond	6	March 28	5
March 14	"Rapture"	Blondie	1	March 28	8
March 21	"What Kind of Fool"	Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb	10	March 21	3
March 28	"Just the Two of Us"	Grover Washington Jr. & Bill Withers	2	May 2	11
	"Kiss on My List"	Hall & Oates	1	April 11	8
April 4	"While You See a Chance"	Steve Winwood	7	April 18	5
April 11	"Morning Train (Nine to Five)"	Sheena Easton	1	May 2	6
	"Don't Stand So Close to Me"	The Police	10	April 11	3
April 18	"Angel of the Morning"	Juice Newton	4	May 2	6
	"Being with You"	Smokey Robinson	2	May 23	10
April 25	—	—	—	—	—
May 2	"Bette Davis Eyes"	Kim Carnes	1	May 16	14
	"Living Inside Myself"	Gino Vannelli	6	May 30	7
	"I Can't Stand It"	Eric Clapton	10	May 2	2
May 9	"Take It on the Run"	REO Speedwagon	5	May 30	6
	"Sukiyaki"	A Taste of Honey	3	June 13	8
May 16	"Too Much Time on My Hands"	Styx	9	May 23	3
May 23	"Stars on 45 (Medley)"	Stars on 45	1	June 20	8
	"Watching the Wheels"	John Lennon	10	May 23	2
May 30	"A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)"	Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio	4	June 20	6
June 6	"America"	Neil Diamond	8	June 13	4
	"Sweetheart"	Franke and the Knockouts	10	June 6	2
June 13	"All Those Years Ago"	George Harrison	2	July 4	6
June 20	"The One That You Love"	Air Supply	1	July 25	8
	"You Make My Dreams"	Hall & Oates	5	July 4	6
	"Jessie's Girl"	Rick Springfield	1	August 1	12
June 27	"Elvira"	The Oak Ridge Boys	5	July 25	8
July 4	"Believe It or Not (Theme from The Greatest American Hero)"	Joey Scarbury	2	August 15	10
	"I Don't Need You"	Kenny Rogers	3	August 15	8
July 11	"Slow Hand"	The Pointer Sisters	2	August 29	11
July 18	"The Boy from New York City"	The Manhattan Transfer	7	August 8	6
July 25	"Hearts"	Marty Balin	8	August 8	4
August 1	"Queen of Hearts"	Juice Newton	2	September 19	10
August 8	"Endless Love"	Diana Ross and Lionel Richie	1	August 15	13
August 15	"(There's) No Gettin' Over Me"	Ronnie Milsap	5	September 5	8
August 22	"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"	Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty	3	September 5	10
	"Lady (You Bring Me Up)"	Commodores	8	September 5	6
August 29	"Urgent"	Foreigner	4	September 5	7
	"Who's Crying Now"	Journey	4	October 3	8
September 5	—	—	—	—	—
September 12	"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"	Christopher Cross	1	October 17	12
	"Step by Step"	Eddie Rabbitt	5	October 17	8
September 19	—	—	—	—	—
September 26	"Start Me Up"	The Rolling Stones	2	October 31	11
October 3	"Hold On Tight"	Electric Light Orchestra	10	October 3	2
October 10	"For Your Eyes Only"	Sheena Easton	4	October 17	5
	"Private Eyes"	Hall & Oates	1	November 7	9
October 17	"Hard to Say"	Dan Fogelberg	7	October 31	4
	"The Night Owls"	Little River Band	6	November 7	6
October 24	"I've Done Everything for You"	Rick Springfield	8	November 7	4
October 31	"Tryin' to Live My Life Without You"	Bob Seger	5	November 7	5
November 7	"Here I Am"	Air Supply	5	November 21	6
	"Waiting for a Girl Like You"	Foreigner	2	November 28	15
November 14	"Physical"	Olivia Newton-John	1	November 21	15
	"Hill Street Blues Theme"	Mike Post and Larry Carlton	10	November 14	2
November 21	"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"	The Police	3	December 5	4
November 28	"Oh No"	Commodores	4	December 5	4
	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"	Diana Ross	7	December 19	6
December 5	"Let's Groove"	Earth, Wind & Fire	3	December 19	9
	"Young Turks"	Rod Stewart	5	December 19	6
December 12	"Harden My Heart"	Quarterflash	3	February 13	12
	"Don't Stop Believin'"	Journey	9	December 19	4
December 19	"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)"	Hall & Oates	1	January 30	12
	"Leather and Lace"	Stevie Nicks and Don Henley	6	January 23	8
December 26	"Trouble"	Lindsey Buckingham	9	January 16	5

References

1982

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1982
January 2	—	—	—	—	—
January 9	"Centerfold"	The J. Geils Band	1	February 6	12
	"Turn Your Love Around"	George Benson	5	February 6	6
January 16	"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)"	Juice Newton	7	February 13	7
January 23	—	—	—	—	—
January 30	"Hooked on Classics"	Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	10	January 30	2
February 6	"Shake It Up"	The Cars	4	February 27	7
February 13	"Open Arms"	Journey	2	February 27	10
	"Sweet Dreams"	Air Supply	5	March 20	7
February 20	"That Girl"	Stevie Wonder	4	March 20	9
	"Leader of the Band"	Dan Fogelberg	9	March 6	4
February 27	"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	1	March 20	12
March 6	"Mirror Mirror"	Diana Ross	8	March 6	3
	"Take It Easy on Me"	Little River Band	10	March 6	2
March 13	"We Got the Beat"	The Go-Go's	2	April 10	9
March 20	"Make a Move on Me"	Olivia Newton-John	5	April 3	5
	"Pac-Man Fever"	Buckner & Garcia	9	March 27	3
March 27	"Chariots of Fire"	Vangelis	1	May 8	9
	"Freeze Frame"	The J. Geils Band	4	April 10	8
April 3	"Don't Talk to Strangers"	Rick Springfield	2	May 22	11
	"Key Largo"	Bertie Higgins	8	April 17	4
April 10	"Do You Believe in Love"	Huey Lewis and the News	7	April 17	4
April 17	—	—	—	—	—
April 24	"Ebony and Ivory"	Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder	1	May 15	12
	"'65 Love Affair"	Paul Davis	6	May 22	7
	"867-5309/Jenny"	Tommy Tutone	4	May 22	8
May 1	"I've Never Been to Me"	Charlene	3	May 22	6
May 8	"Did It in a Minute"	Hall & Oates	9	May 22	4
May 15	"The Other Woman"	Ray Parker Jr.	4	June 12	7
May 22	"Don't You Want Me"	The Human League	1	July 3	12
	"Get Down on It"	Kool & the Gang	10	May 22	2
May 29	"Always on My Mind"	Willie Nelson	5	June 12	6
June 5	"Heat of the Moment"	Asia	4	June 26	6
	"Rosanna"	Toto	2	July 3	11
June 12	"Crimson and Clover"	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	7	June 19	3
	"It's Gonna Take a Miracle"	Deniece Williams	10	June 12	2
June 19	"Let It Whip"	Dazz Band	5	July 17	6
	"Hurts So Good"	John Cougar	2	August 7	16
June 26	"Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me"	Juice Newton	7	July 10	4
July 3	"Eye of the Tiger"	Survivor	1	July 24	15
	"Caught Up in You"	38 Special	10	July 3	3
July 10	"Tainted Love"	Soft Cell	8	July 17	3
July 17	"Hold Me"	Fleetwood Mac	4	July 24	10
	"Only the Lonely"	The Motels	9	July 17	4
July 24	"Abracadabra"	Steve Miller Band	1	September 4	14
	"Keep the Fire Burnin'"	REO Speedwagon	7	August 14	6
July 31	"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"	Chicago	1	September 11	12
	"Even the Nights Are Better"	Air Supply	5	September 4	8
August 7	—	—	—	—	—
August 14	"Vacation"	The Go-Go's	8	August 21	4
	"Wasted on the Way"	Crosby, Stills & Nash	9	August 21	5
August 21	"Take It Away"	Paul McCartney	10	August 21	5
August 28	—	—	—	—	—
September 4	"You Should Hear How She Talks About You"	Melissa Manchester	5	September 18	5
September 11	"Jack & Diane"	John Cougar	1	October 2	10
September 18	"Eye in the Sky"	The Alan Parsons Project	3	October 16	8
September 25	"Who Can It Be Now?"	Men at Work	1	October 30	9
	"Somebody's Baby"	Jackson Browne	7	October 16	6
	"Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)"	Donna Summer	10	September 25	1
October 2	"I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)"	Michael McDonald	4	October 23	7
October 9	"You Can Do Magic"	America	8	October 16	6
	"I Ran (So Far Away)"	A Flock of Seagulls	9	October 23	4
October 16	"Heart Attack"	Olivia Newton-John	3	November 6	7
October 23	"Up Where We Belong"	Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes	1	November 6	7
October 30	"Heartlight"	Neil Diamond	5	November 13	6
November 6	"Gloria"	Laura Branigan	2	November 27	10
	"Truly"	Lionel Richie	1	November 27	10
November 13	"Muscles"	Diana Ross	10	November 13	6
November 20	"Mickey"	Toni Basil	1	December 11	10
	"Maneater"	Hall & Oates	1	December 18	13
	"Steppin' Out"	Joe Jackson	6	December 11	8
November 27	"The Girl Is Mine"	Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney	2	January 8	10
December 4	"Dirty Laundry"	Don Henley	3	January 8	10
December 11	"Sexual Healing"	Marvin Gaye	3	January 29	10
	"Rock This Town"	Stray Cats	9	December 11	5
December 18	—	—	—	—	—
December 25	"Down Under"	Men at Work	1	January 15	10

References

1983

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1983
January 1	—	—	—	—	—
January 8	—	—	—	—	—
January 15	"Africa"	Toto	1	February 5	6
	"Baby, Come to Me"	Patti Austin and James Ingram	1	February 19	9
	"Rock the Casbah"	The Clash	8	January 22	5
	"Heartbreaker"	Dionne Warwick	10	January 15	2
January 22	—	—	—	—	—
January 29	"Shame on the Moon"	Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band	2	February 26	8
	"You and I"	Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle	7	February 12	6
February 5	"You Can't Hurry Love"	Phil Collins	10	February 5	3
February 12	"Stray Cat Strut"	Stray Cats	3	February 26	5
February 19	"Billie Jean"	Michael Jackson	1	March 5	11
	"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"	Culture Club	2	March 26	9
	"Hungry Like the Wolf"	Duran Duran	3	March 26	9
February 26	"We've Got Tonight"	Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton	6	March 26	7
	"Pass the Dutchie"	Musical Youth	10	February 26	2
March 5	"Back on the Chain Gang"	The Pretenders	5	March 19	5
March 12	"You Are"	Lionel Richie	4	March 26	4
	"Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)"	Journey	8	March 19	7
March 19	"One on One"	Hall & Oates	7	April 9	6
	"Mr. Roboto"	Styx	3	April 16	8
March 26	"Twilight Zone"	Golden Earring	10	March 26	2
April 2	—	—	—	—	—
April 9	"Come On Eileen"	Dexys Midnight Runners	1	April 23	6
	"Jeopardy"	The Greg Kihn Band	2	May 7	7
	"Beat It"	Michael Jackson	1	April 30	10
April 16	"Der Kommissar"	After the Fire	5	April 30	5
April 23	"Let's Dance"	David Bowie	1	May 21	10
	"She Blinded Me with Science"	Thomas Dolby	5	May 14	8
April 30	"Overkill"	Men at Work	3	June 4	8
	"Little Red Corvette"	Prince	6	May 21	6
May 7	"I Won't Hold You Back"	Toto	10	May 7	1
May 14	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"	Irene Cara	1	May 28	14
	"Solitaire"	Laura Branigan	7	May 21	4
May 21	"My Love"	Lionel Richie	5	June 11	5
	"Time (Clock of the Heart)"	Culture Club	2	June 18	9
May 28	"Straight from the Heart"	Bryan Adams	10	May 28	2
June 4	—	—	—	—	—
June 11	"Always Something There to Remind Me"	Naked Eyes	8	June 11	2
	"Don't Let It End"	Styx	6	July 2	5
	"Affair of the Heart"	Rick Springfield	9	June 18	3
June 18	"Electric Avenue"	Eddy Grant	2	July 2	8
	"Family Man"	Hall & Oates	6	June 25	3
June 25	"Every Breath You Take"	The Police	1	July 9	13
	"Never Gonna Let You Go"	Sérgio Mendes	4	July 9	8
	"Too Shy"	Kajagoogoo	5	July 9	4
July 2	"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"	Michael Jackson	5	July 16	6
	"She's a Beauty"	The Tubes	10	July 2	1
July 9	"Come Dancing"	The Kinks	6	July 16	3
	"Our House"	Madness	7	July 23	4
July 16	"Is There Something I Should Know?"	Duran Duran	4	August 6	6
July 23	"Stand Back"	Stevie Nicks	5	August 20	6
	"She Works Hard for the Money"	Donna Summer	3	August 6	8
July 30	"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"	Eurythmics	1	September 3	9
August 6	"Maniac"	Michael Sembello	1	September 10	9
August 13	"It's a Mistake"	Men at Work	6	August 20	4
	"(Keep Feeling) Fascination"	The Human League	8	August 20	3
August 20	"Puttin' On the Ritz"	Taco	4	September 3	6
	"I'll Tumble 4 Ya"	Culture Club	9	August 27	4
August 27	"China Girl"	David Bowie	10	August 27	1
September 3	"The Safety Dance"	Men Without Hats	3	September 10	7
	"Tell Her About It"	Billy Joel	1	September 24	7
	"Human Nature"	Michael Jackson	7	September 17	4
September 10	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	Bonnie Tyler	1	October 1	11
September 17	"Making Love Out of Nothing at All"	Air Supply	2	October 8	9
	"Don't Cry"	Asia	10	September 17	2
September 24	"(She's) Sexy + 17"	Stray Cats	5	October 1	4
October 1	"King of Pain"	The Police	3	October 8	5
	"True"	Spandau Ballet	4	October 8	6
	"Islands in the Stream"	Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton	1	October 29	12
	"Far from Over"	Frank Stallone	10	October 1	2
October 8	"One Thing Leads to Another"	The Fixx	4	November 5	7
October 15	"All Night Long (All Night)"	Lionel Richie	1	November 12	13
October 22	"Delirious"	Prince	8	October 22	4
	"Burning Down the House"	Talking Heads	9	October 22	1
	"Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)"	Sheena Easton	9	October 29	3
October 29	"Uptown Girl"	Billy Joel	3	November 12	10
November 5	"Say Say Say"	Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson	1	December 10	13
November 12	"Cum On Feel the Noize"	Quiet Riot	5	November 19	5
	"Suddenly Last Summer"	The Motels	9	November 19	2
November 19	"Love Is a Battlefield"	Pat Benatar	5	December 10	7
	"Say It Isn't So"	Hall & Oates	2	December 17	10
November 26	"Heart and Soul"	Huey Lewis and the News	8	November 26	2
	"Crumblin' Down"	John Cougar Mellencamp	9	November 26	3
	"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"	Michael Jackson	10	November 26	1
December 3	"Church of the Poison Mind"	Culture Club	10	December 3	3
December 10	"Union of the Snake"	Duran Duran	3	December 24	6
December 17	"Owner of a Lonely Heart"	Yes	1	January 21	10
	"Twist of Fate"	Olivia Newton-John	5	January 7	7
December 24	"Undercover of the Night"	The Rolling Stones	9	December 24	3
	"Break My Stride"	Matthew Wilder	5	January 21	7
December 31	—	—	—	—	—

References

1984

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1984
January 7	"Talking in Your Sleep"	The Romantics	3	January 28	7
	"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"	Elton John	4	January 28	6
January 14	"Karma Chameleon"	Culture Club	1	February 4	9
	"Running with the Night"	Lionel Richie	7	February 4	5
January 21	"Joanna"	Kool & the Gang	2	February 11	6
January 28	"That's All"	Genesis	6	February 11	4
February 4	"Think of Laura"	Christopher Cross	9	February 4	2
	"Pink Houses"	John Cougar Mellencamp	8	February 11	2
February 11	"Jump"	Van Halen	1	February 25	10
February 18	"99 Luftballons"	Nena	2	March 3	6
	"Thriller"	Michael Jackson	4	March 3	5
	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"	Cyndi Lauper	2	March 10	8
	"Let the Music Play"	Shannon	8	February 25	3
February 25	"Nobody Told Me"	John Lennon	5	March 3	4
	"Wrapped Around Your Finger"	The Police	8	March 3	2
	"An Innocent Man"	Billy Joel	10	February 25	1
March 3	"Somebody's Watching Me"	Rockwell	2	March 24	8
	"I Want a New Drug"	Huey Lewis and the News	6	March 24	5
March 10	"Here Comes the Rain Again"	Eurythmics	4	March 31	7
	"Footloose"	Kenny Loggins	1	March 31	11
March 17	"New Moon on Monday"	Duran Duran	10	March 17	1
March 24	"Automatic"	The Pointer Sisters	5	April 14	6
	"Adult Education"	Hall & Oates	8	April 7	4
	"Got a Hold on Me"	Christine McVie	10	March 24	1
March 31	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"	Phil Collins	1	April 21	10
	"Miss Me Blind"	Culture Club	5	April 21	6
April 7	"Hello"	Lionel Richie	1	May 12	10
April 14	"Hold Me Now"	Thompson Twins	3	May 5	7
April 21	"Love Somebody"	Rick Springfield	5	May 5	5
	"They Don't Know"	Tracey Ullman	8	April 28	3
April 28	"You Might Think"	The Cars	7	April 28	4
	"To All the Girls I've Loved Before"	Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson	5	May 19	6
May 5	"Let's Hear It for the Boy"	Deniece Williams	1	May 26	9
May 12	"Oh Sherrie"	Steve Perry	3	June 9	7
	"Time After Time"	Cyndi Lauper	1	June 9	9
May 19	—	—	—	—	—
May 26	"The Reflex"	Duran Duran	1	June 23	8
	"Sister Christian"	Night Ranger	5	June 9	4
	"Breakdance"	Irene Cara	8	June 9	3
June 2	"The Heart of Rock & Roll"	Huey Lewis and the News	6	June 9	7
June 9	"Self Control"	Laura Branigan	4	June 30	6
	"Jump (For My Love)"	The Pointer Sisters	3	July 7	8
June 16	"Dancing in the Dark"	Bruce Springsteen	2	June 30	9
	"Borderline"	Madonna	10	June 16	1
June 23	"When Doves Cry"	Prince and the Revolution	1	July 7	11
	"Eyes Without a Face"	Billy Idol	4	July 14	6
June 30	"Almost Paradise... Love Theme from Footloose"	Mike Reno and Ann Wilson	7	July 14	4
July 7	"Legs"	ZZ Top	8	July 21	4
July 14	"Ghostbusters"	Ray Parker Jr.	1	August 11	10
July 21	"State of Shock"	The Jacksons	3	August 4	6
	"Sad Songs (Say So Much)"	Elton John	5	August 11	5
	"Infatuation"	Rod Stewart	6	July 28	4
July 28	"What's Love Got to Do with It"	Tina Turner	1	September 1	10
August 4	"Stuck on You"	Lionel Richie	3	August 25	7
	"Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us"	Ollie & Jerry	9	August 4	1
	"I Can Dream About You"	Dan Hartman	6	August 18	4
August 11	"Sunglasses at Night"	Corey Hart	7	September 1	5
August 18	"Missing You"	John Waite	1	September 22	9
	"If Ever You're in My Arms Again"	Peabo Bryson	10	August 18	3
August 25	"She Bop"	Cyndi Lauper	3	September 8	8
September 1	"Let's Go Crazy"	Prince and the Revolution	1	September 29	9
	"If This Is It"	Huey Lewis and the News	6	September 15	4
September 8	"The Warrior"	Scandal featuring Patty Smyth	7	September 22	5
	"Drive"	The Cars	3	September 29	7
September 15	"The Glamorous Life"	Sheila E.	7	October 6	5
September 22	"I Just Called to Say I Love You"	Stevie Wonder	1	October 13	10
	"Cruel Summer"	Bananarama	9	September 29	2
September 29	"Cover Me"	Bruce Springsteen	7	October 20	4
October 6	"Hard Habit to Break"	Chicago	3	October 20	6
	"Lucky Star"	Madonna	4	October 20	5
October 13	"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"	Billy Ocean	1	November 3	7
October 20	"On the Dark Side"	John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band	7	October 27	3
	"Purple Rain"	Prince and the Revolution	2	November 17	7
	"I'm So Excited"	The Pointer Sisters	9	October 27	2
October 27	"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"	Wham!	1	November 17	8
	"Some Guys Have All the Luck"	Rod Stewart	10	October 27	1
November 3	"Blue Jean"	David Bowie	8	November 3	2
	"Better Be Good to Me"	Tina Turner	5	November 24	5
	"I Feel for You"	Chaka Khan	3	November 24	9
November 10	"Out of Touch"	Hall & Oates	1	December 8	9
	"Desert Moon"	Dennis DeYoung	10	November 10	1
November 17	"Strut"	Sheena Easton	7	November 24	3
	"All Through the Night"	Cyndi Lauper	5	December 8	5
	"Penny Lover"	Lionel Richie	8	December 1	4
November 24	—	—	—	—	—
December 1	"The Wild Boys"	Duran Duran	2	December 15	8
	"No More Lonely Nights"	Paul McCartney	6	December 8	5
December 8	"Sea of Love"	The Honeydrippers	3	January 5	6
	"Cool It Now"	New Edition	4	January 5	6
	"We Belong"	Pat Benatar	5	January 5	7
December 15	"Like a Virgin"	Madonna	1	December 22	9
December 22	"All I Need"	Jack Wagner	2	January 12	6
	"Valotte"	Julian Lennon	9	January 12	4
December 29	—	—	—	—	—

References

1985

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1985
January 5	"Run to You"	Bryan Adams	6	January 19	4
	"You're the Inspiration"	Chicago	3	January 19	6
January 12	"Born in the U.S.A."	Bruce Springsteen	9	January 19	2
January 19	"I Want to Know What Love Is"	Foreigner	1	February 2	8
	"Easy Lover"	Philip Bailey and Phil Collins	2	February 2	8
	"Careless Whisper"	Wham! featuring George Michael	1	February 16	9
January 26	"The Boys of Summer"	Don Henley	5	February 9	4
	"Loverboy"	Billy Ocean	2	February 23	5
	"I Would Die 4 U"	Prince and the Revolution	8	February 2	3
February 2	"Method of Modern Love"	Hall & Oates	5	February 16	4
	"Neutron Dance"	The Pointer Sisters	6	February 16	6
February 9	—	—	—	—	—
February 16	"Can't Fight This Feeling"	REO Speedwagon	1	March 9	8
	"The Heat Is On"	Glenn Frey	2	March 16	6
	"California Girls"	David Lee Roth	3	March 2	5
February 23	"Sugar Walls"	Sheena Easton	9	March 2	3
March 2	"The Old Man Down the Road"	John Fogerty	10	March 2	1
March 9	"Material Girl"	Madonna	2	March 23	6
	"Too Late for Goodbyes"	Julian Lennon	5	March 23	5
	"Misled"	Kool & the Gang	10	March 9	1
March 16	"One More Night"	Phil Collins	1	March 30	6
	"Lovergirl"	Teena Marie	4	March 30	5
	"Private Dancer"	Tina Turner	7	March 23	3
	"Relax"	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	10	March 16	2
March 23	"High on You"	Survivor	8	March 23	2
	"Only the Young"	Journey	9	March 23	1
March 30	"We Are the World"	USA for Africa	1	April 13	8
	"Crazy for You"	Madonna	1	May 11	9
	"Nightshift"	Commodores	3	April 20	6
April 6	"I'm on Fire"	Bruce Springsteen	6	April 13	4
	"Rhythm of the Night"	DeBarge	3	April 27	7
April 13	"Obsession"	Animotion	6	May 4	5
	"Missing You"	Diana Ross	10	April 13	2
April 20	"Don't You (Forget About Me)"	Simple Minds	1	May 18	8
	"One Night in Bangkok"	Murray Head	3	May 18	6
April 27	"Some Like It Hot"	The Power Station	6	May 11	5
	"All She Wants to Do Is Dance"	Don Henley	9	May 4	2
May 4	"Smooth Operator"	Sade	5	May 18	5
May 11	"Everything She Wants"	Wham!	1	May 25	6
	"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"	Tears for Fears	1	June 8	8
May 18	"Axel F"	Harold Faltermeyer	3	June 1	5
May 25	"Suddenly"	Billy Ocean	4	June 8	4
	"Things Can Only Get Better"	Howard Jones	5	June 15	6
June 1	"Heaven"	Bryan Adams	1	June 22	6
	"In My House"	Mary Jane Girls	7	June 8	5
	"Fresh"	Kool & the Gang	9	June 8	2
June 8	"Walking on Sunshine"	Katrina and the Waves	9	June 22	3
June 15	"Sussudio"	Phil Collins	1	July 6	6
	"Angel"	Madonna	5	June 29	4
June 22	"Raspberry Beret"	Prince and the Revolution	2	July 20	6
	"A View to a Kill"	Duran Duran	1	July 13	6
	"The Search Is Over"	Survivor	4	July 13	5
June 29	"Would I Lie to You?"	Eurythmics	5	July 13	4
July 6	"You Give Good Love"	Whitney Houston	3	July 27	6
	"Everytime You Go Away"	Paul Young	1	July 27	8
	"Voices Carry"	'Til Tuesday	8	July 13	2
July 13	"Glory Days"	Bruce Springsteen	5	August 3	5
	"The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"	Cyndi Lauper	10	July 13	1
July 20	"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"	Sting	3	August 3	6
	"Shout"	Tears for Fears	1	August 3	7
July 27	"Sentimental Street"	Night Ranger	8	July 27	2
	"Never Surrender"	Corey Hart	3	August 17	6
	"Get It On (Bang a Gong)"	The Power Station	9	August 3	3
August 3	"The Power of Love"	Huey Lewis and the News	1	August 24	8
	"Who's Holding Donna Now"	DeBarge	6	August 10	3
August 10	"Freeway of Love"	Aretha Franklin	3	August 31	6
August 17	"St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"	John Parr	1	September 7	7
	"Summer of '69"	Bryan Adams	5	August 31	4
	"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"	Tina Turner	2	September 14	6
August 24	"What About Love?"	Heart	10	August 24	1
August 31	"Cherish"	Kool & the Gang	2	September 21	7
	"You're Only Human (Second Wind)"	Billy Joel	9	August 31	2
	"Money for Nothing"	Dire Straits	1	September 21	8
September 7	"Don't Lose My Number"	Phil Collins	4	September 28	4
	"Pop Life"	Prince and the Revolution	7	September 21	3
September 14	"Freedom"	Wham!	3	September 28	4
	"Invincible (Theme from The Legend of Billie Jean)"	Pat Benatar	10	September 14	1
September 21	"Oh Sheila"	Ready for the World	1	October 12	6
	"Dress You Up"	Madonna	5	October 5	4
September 28	"Take On Me"	A-ha	1	October 19	7
	"Saving All My Love for You"	Whitney Houston	1	October 26	7
	"Lonely Ol' Night"	John Cougar Mellencamp	6	October 12	5
October 5	"Dancing in the Street"	Mick Jagger and David Bowie	7	October 12	3
	"Part-Time Lover"	Stevie Wonder	1	November 2	8
October 12	"Miami Vice Theme"	Jan Hammer	1	November 9	7
October 19	"Fortress Around Your Heart"	Sting	8	October 26	3
	"Head over Heels"	Tears for Fears	3	November 9	6
October 26	"I'm Goin' Down"	Bruce Springsteen	9	October 26	1
	"You Belong to the City"	Glenn Frey	2	November 16	7
November 2	"We Built This City"	Starship	1	November 16	7
	"Lovin' Every Minute of It"	Loverboy	9	November 2	1
	"Be Near Me"	ABC	9	November 9	3
November 9	"Separate Lives"	Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin	1	November 30	9
	"Lay Your Hands on Me"	Thompson Twins	6	November 23	4
November 16	"Broken Wings"	Mr. Mister	1	December 7	9
	"Never"	Heart	4	December 7	5
November 23	"Who's Zoomin' Who"	Aretha Franklin	7	November 30	3
November 30	"Election Day"	Arcadia	6	December 14	5
	"Party All the Time"	Eddie Murphy	2	December 28	9
	"Sleeping Bag"	ZZ Top	8	December 14	4
December 7	"Say You, Say Me"	Lionel Richie	1	December 21	9
December 14	"Alive and Kicking"	Simple Minds	3	December 28	6
	"I Miss You"	Klymaxx	5	December 28	7
December 21	"That's What Friends Are For"	Dionne and Friends	1	January 18	10
	"Small Town"	John Cougar Mellencamp	6	December 28	5
December 28	"Tonight She Comes"	The Cars	7	January 11	4

References

1986

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1986
January 4	—	—	—	—	—
January 11	"Talk to Me"	Stevie Nicks	4	January 25	6
	"Walk of Life"	Dire Straits	7	January 25	4
January 18	"Burning Heart"	Survivor	2	February 1	6
January 25	"I'm Your Man"	Wham!	3	February 1	4
	"My Hometown"	Bruce Springsteen	6	January 25	2
	"Spies Like Us"	Paul McCartney	7	February 8	3
February 1	"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"	Billy Ocean	2	February 15	5
	"Go Home"	Stevie Wonder	10	February 1	1
February 8	"How Will I Know"	Whitney Houston	1	February 15	6
	"Kyrie"	Mr. Mister	1	March 1	7
	"Living in America"	James Brown	4	March 1	5
	"Conga"	Miami Sound Machine	10	February 8	2
February 15	"The Sweetest Taboo"	Sade	5	March 1	4
	"Sara"	Starship	1	March 15	7
February 22	"Life in a Northern Town"	The Dream Academy	7	February 22	3
	"Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)"	Mike + The Mechanics	6	March 8	4
March 1	"Secret Lovers"	Atlantic Starr	3	March 22	6
	"These Dreams"	Heart	1	March 22	6
March 8	"King for a Day"	Thompson Twins	8	March 22	3
March 15	"R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock)"	John Cougar Mellencamp	2	April 5	5
	"Rock Me Amadeus"	Falco	1	March 29	7
	"Nikita"	Elton John	7	March 22	4
March 22	"What You Need"	INXS	5	April 12	5
	"Kiss"	Prince and the Revolution	1	April 19	7
March 29	"Let's Go All the Way"	Sly Fox	7	April 12	4
	"This Could Be the Night"	Loverboy	10	March 29	1
April 5	"Manic Monday"	The Bangles	2	April 19	5
	"Addicted to Love"	Robert Palmer	1	May 3	7
April 12	"West End Girls"	Pet Shop Boys	1	May 10	7
	"Harlem Shuffle"	The Rolling Stones	5	May 3	5
	"Tender Love"	Force M.D.'s	10	April 12	2
April 19	"Why Can't This Be Love"	Van Halen	3	May 17	5
April 26	"What Have You Done for Me Lately"	Janet Jackson	4	May 17	6
	"Your Love"	The Outfield	6	May 10	4
	"Take Me Home"	Phil Collins	7	May 10	5
May 3	"Greatest Love of All"	Whitney Houston	1	May 17	7
May 10	"Bad Boy"	Miami Sound Machine	8	May 10	3
	"If You Leave"	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	4	May 31	5
May 17	"Live to Tell"	Madonna	1	June 7	6
May 24	"On My Own"	Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald	1	June 14	7
	"I Can't Wait"	Nu Shooz	3	June 14	5
	"All I Need Is a Miracle"	Mike + The Mechanics	5	June 7	4
May 31	"Something About You"	Level 42	7	May 31	3
	"Is It Love"	Mr. Mister	8	May 31	1
	"Be Good to Yourself"	Journey	9	May 31	1
June 7	"Crush on You"	The Jets	3	June 21	5
	"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"	Billy Ocean	1	July 5	7
	"A Different Corner"	George Michael	7	June 14	4
June 14	"No One Is to Blame"	Howard Jones	4	July 5	5
June 21	"Holding Back the Years"	Simply Red	1	July 12	6
	"Who's Johnny"	El DeBarge	3	July 5	5
	"Nothin' at All"	Heart	10	June 21	1
June 28	"Invisible Touch"	Genesis	1	July 19	6
	"Nasty"	Janet Jackson	3	July 19	6
	"Sledgehammer"	Peter Gabriel	1	July 26	7
July 5	"Danger Zone"	Kenny Loggins	2	July 26	6
July 12	"Your Wildest Dreams"	The Moody Blues	9	July 12	2
	"Tuff Enuff"	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	10	July 12	1
July 19	"Glory of Love"	Peter Cetera	1	August 2	6
	"Love Touch"	Rod Stewart	6	August 9	4
July 26	"Papa Don't Preach"	Madonna	1	August 16	7
	"Mad About You"	Belinda Carlisle	3	August 9	6
	"Modern Woman"	Billy Joel	10	July 26	1
August 2	"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"	Jermaine Stewart	5	August 9	4
	"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"	Pet Shop Boys	10	August 2	1
August 9	"Higher Love"	Steve Winwood	1	August 30	6
	"Venus"	Bananarama	1	September 6	7
	"Rumors"	Timex Social Club	8	August 16	4
August 16	"Dancing on the Ceiling"	Lionel Richie	2	September 13	8
	"Take My Breath Away"	Berlin	1	September 13	7
	"The Edge of Heaven"	Wham!	10	August 16	2
August 23	—	—	—	—	—
August 30	"Friends and Lovers"	Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson	2	September 27	7
	"Sweet Freedom"	Michael McDonald	7	August 30	3
	"Stuck with You"	Huey Lewis and the News	1	September 20	7
September 6	"Words Get in the Way"	Miami Sound Machine	5	September 20	3
	"Walk This Way"	Run–D.M.C.	4	September 27	5
September 13	"Baby Love"	Regina	10	September 13	2
September 20	"Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)"	Glass Tiger	2	October 11	5
	"Dreamtime"	Daryl Hall	5	October 4	4
September 27	"When I Think of You"	Janet Jackson	1	October 11	6
	"Two of Hearts"	Stacey Q	3	October 11	4
	"Love Zone"	Billy Ocean	10	September 27	1
October 4	"Throwing It All Away"	Genesis	4	October 11	4
	"Typical Male"	Tina Turner	2	October 18	6
October 11	"Heartbeat"	Don Johnson	5	October 18	3
	"True Colors"	Cyndi Lauper	1	October 25	6
October 18	"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"	Robert Palmer	2	November 8	5
	"All Cried Out"	Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam	8	October 25	3
	"A Matter of Trust"	Billy Joel	10	October 18	1
October 25	"Amanda"	Boston	1	November 8	6
	"Human"	The Human League	1	November 22	7
	"Sweet Love"	Anita Baker	8	November 1	2
November 1	"True Blue"	Madonna	3	November 15	5
	"Take Me Home Tonight"	Eddie Money	4	November 15	3
November 8	"You Give Love a Bad Name"	Bon Jovi	1	November 29	6
	"Word Up!"	Cameo	6	November 22	5
	"The Rain"	Oran "Juice" Jones	9	November 15	2
November 15	"The Next Time I Fall"	Peter Cetera and Amy Grant	1	December 6	6
November 22	"Hip to Be Square"	Huey Lewis and the News	3	December 6	5
	"The Way It Is"	Bruce Hornsby and the Range	1	December 13	8
	"Love Will Conquer All"	Lionel Richie	9	November 29	3
November 29	"Walk Like an Egyptian"	The Bangles	1	December 20	8
December 6	"Everybody Have Fun Tonight"	Wang Chung	2	December 27	7
	"To Be a Lover"	Billy Idol	6	December 20	3
December 13	"Notorious"	Duran Duran	2	January 10	6
	"Shake You Down"	Gregory Abbott	1	January 17	8
	"Stand by Me"	Ben E. King	9	December 20	4
December 20	"C'est la Vie"	Robbie Nevil	2	January 17	7
December 27	"Control"	Janet Jackson	5	January 24	6
	"War"	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	8	December 27	3
	"Don't Get Me Wrong"	The Pretenders	10	December 27	2

References

1987

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1987
January 3	—	—	—	—	—
January 10	"At This Moment"	Billy Vera and the Beaters	1	January 24	6
	"Is This Love"	Survivor	9	January 17	3
January 17	"Open Your Heart"	Madonna	1	February 7	6
	"Land of Confusion"	Genesis	4	January 31	4
January 24	"Someday"	Glass Tiger	7	January 24	3
	"Change of Heart"	Cyndi Lauper	3	February 14	5
	"Victory"	Kool & the Gang	10	January 24	1
January 31	"Livin' on a Prayer"	Bon Jovi	1	February 14	7
	"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)"	Samantha Fox	4	February 14	4
February 7	"Keep Your Hands to Yourself"	The Georgia Satellites	2	February 21	5
	"Will You Still Love Me?"	Chicago	3	February 21	4
	"We're Ready"	Boston	9	February 14	2
February 14	"Jacob's Ladder"	Huey Lewis and the News	1	March 14	6
	"Ballerina Girl"	Lionel Richie	7	February 21	3
February 21	"You Got It All"	The Jets	3	March 7	4
	"Love You Down"	Ready for the World	9	February 21	1
February 28	"Somewhere Out There"	Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram	2	March 14	5
	"Respect Yourself"	Bruce Willis	5	March 7	4
	"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)"	Beastie Boys	7	March 7	2
	"Big Time"	Peter Gabriel	8	March 7	4
March 7	"Mandolin Rain"	Bruce Hornsby and the Range	4	March 21	5
	"Let's Wait Awhile"	Janet Jackson	2	March 21	5
March 14	"Lean on Me"	Club Nouveau	1	March 21	6
	"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"	Starship	1	April 4	8
March 21	"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"	Genesis	3	April 4	4
	"Come Go with Me"	Exposé	5	April 4	5
March 28	"The Final Countdown"	Europe	8	March 28	2
	"Don't Dream It's Over"	Crowded House	2	April 25	7
	"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"	Aretha Franklin and George Michael	1	April 18	7
April 4	"Let's Go!"	Wang Chung	9	April 11	2
April 11	"Sign o' the Times"	Prince	3	April 25	5
	"Midnight Blue"	Lou Gramm	5	April 18	3
	"The Finer Things"	Steve Winwood	8	April 18	4
April 18	"Looking for a New Love"	Jody Watley	2	May 2	6
	"(I Just) Died in Your Arms"	Cutting Crew	1	May 2	6
April 25	"La Isla Bonita"	Madonna	4	May 2	4
	"With or Without You"	U2	1	May 16	8
May 2	"Stone Love"	Kool & the Gang	10	May 2	1
May 9	"Heat of the Night"	Bryan Adams	6	May 16	4
	"The Lady in Red"	Chris de Burgh	3	May 23	6
	"Big Love"	Fleetwood Mac	5	May 30	5
May 16	"You Keep Me Hangin' On"	Kim Wilde	1	June 6	6
	"Talk Dirty to Me"	Poison	9	May 16	2
	"Always"	Atlantic Starr	1	June 13	7
May 23	—	—	—	—	—
May 30	"Head to Toe"	Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam	1	June 20	7
	"Right on Track"	Breakfast Club	7	May 30	1
	"I Know What I Like"	Huey Lewis and the News	9	May 30	1
	"Wanted Dead or Alive"	Bon Jovi	7	June 6	5
June 6	"In Too Deep"	Genesis	3	June 27	5
	"Diamonds"	Herb Alpert featuring Janet Jackson	5	June 20	4
	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	Whitney Houston	1	June 27	9
June 13	"Just to See Her"	Smokey Robinson	8	July 4	4
June 20	"Alone"	Heart	1	July 11	8
	"Songbird"	Kenny G	4	July 11	4
June 27	"Shakedown"	Bob Seger	1	August 1	7
July 4	"Don't Disturb This Groove"	The System	4	July 18	4
	"Point of No Return"	Exposé	5	July 18	4
	"Funkytown"	Pseudo Echo	6	July 18	3
July 11	"Something So Strong"	Crowded House	7	July 25	3
	"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"	U2	1	August 8	7
July 18	"I Want Your Sex"	George Michael	2	August 8	6
	"Rhythm Is Gonna Get You"	Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine	5	August 1	4
July 25	"Heart and Soul"	T'Pau	4	August 8	5
August 1	"Cross My Broken Heart"	The Jets	7	August 1	3
	"Luka"	Suzanne Vega	3	August 22	5
	"Wot's It to Ya"	Robbie Nevil	10	August 1	2
August 8	"Who's That Girl"	Madonna	1	August 22	6
August 15	"La Bamba"	Los Lobos	1	August 29	7
	"Don't Mean Nothing"	Richard Marx	3	August 29	4
	"Only in My Dreams"	Debbie Gibson	4	September 5	5
August 22	"Rock Steady"	The Whispers	7	August 29	3
	"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"	Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett	1	September 19	6
August 29	"Didn't We Almost Have It All"	Whitney Houston	1	September 26}}	7
	"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"	Starship	9	August 29	1
	"Can't We Try"	Dan Hill and Vonda Shepard	6	September 12	4
September 5	"Here I Go Again"	Whitesnake	1	October 10	7
	"Doing It All for My Baby"	Huey Lewis and the News	6	September 19	3
September 12	"When Smokey Sings"	ABC	5	September 19	4
	"I Heard a Rumour"	Bananarama	4	September 26	6
September 19	"Lost in Emotion"	Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam	1	October 17	6
	"Touch of Grey"	Grateful Dead	9	September 26	2
September 26	"Carrie"	Europe	3	October 10	5
	"U Got the Look"	Prince	2	October 17	6
October 3	"Who Will You Run To"	Heart	7	October 3	3
	"Paper in Fire"	John Cougar Mellencamp	9	October 3	3
	"One Heartbeat"	Smokey Robinson	10	October 3	1
October 10	"Bad"	Michael Jackson	1	October 24	5
	"Casanova"	LeVert	5	October 31	4
October 17	"Causing a Commotion"	Madonna	2	October 24	5
October 24	"I Think We're Alone Now"	Tiffany	1	November 7	6
	"Mony Mony"	Billy Idol	1	November 21	6
	"Let Me Be the One"	Exposé	7	October 31	3
	"Little Lies"	Fleetwood Mac	4	November 7	5
October 31	"Breakout"	Swing Out Sister	6	November 14	4
	"Brilliant Disguise"	Bruce Springsteen	5	November 21	5
November 7	"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"	Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes	1	November 28	6
	"It's a Sin"	Pet Shop Boys	9	November 14	2
November 14	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	Belinda Carlisle	1	December 5	6
	"Should've Known Better"	Richard Marx	3	December 12	5
November 21	"I've Been in Love Before"	Cutting Crew	9	November 21	2
	"Faith"	George Michael	1	December 12	9
November 28	"We'll Be Together"	Sting	7	December 5	4
	"Shake Your Love"	Debbie Gibson	4	December 19	7
December 5	"Is This Love"	Whitesnake	2	December 19	7
	"So Emotional"	Whitney Houston	1	January 9	8
	"The One I Love"	R.E.M.	9	December 5	1
	"Don't You Want Me"	Jody Watley	6	December 19	6
December 12	"Got My Mind Set on You"	George Harrison	1	January 16	8
December 19	"Catch Me (I'm Falling)"	Pretty Poison	8	December 19	3
	"Valerie"	Steve Winwood	9	December 19	1
December 26	"The Way You Make Me Feel"	Michael Jackson	1	January 23	6
	"Cherry Bomb"	John Cougar Mellencamp	8	January 9	3
	"Need You Tonight"	INXS	1	January 30	8

References

1988

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1988
January 2	—	—	—	—	—
January 9	"Tell It to My Heart"	Taylor Dayne	7	January 23	4
January 16	"Could've Been"	Tiffany	1	February 6	6
	"Hazy Shade of Winter"	The Bangles	2	February 6	5
	"Candle in the Wind"	Elton John	6	January 23	3
January 23	"Seasons Change"	Exposé	1	February 20	6
	"I Want to Be Your Man"	Roger	3	February 13	5
January 30	"Hungry Eyes"	Eric Carmen	4	February 13	5
February 6	"What Have I Done to Deserve This?"	Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield	2	February 20	5
	"Say You Will"	Foreigner	6	February 20	4
	"Tunnel of Love"	Bruce Springsteen	9	February 6	1
	"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"	Prince	10	February 6	1
February 13	"Don't Shed a Tear"	Paul Carrack	9	February 13	3
	"She's Like the Wind"	Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser	3	February 27	6
February 20	"Father Figure"	George Michael	1	February 27	6
	"Never Gonna Give You Up"	Rick Astley	1	March 12	7
February 27	"I Get Weak"	Belinda Carlisle	2	March 19	5
	"Can't Stay Away from You"	Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine	6	March 5	3
March 5	"Just Like Paradise"	David Lee Roth	6	March 12	3
	"Endless Summer Nights"	Richard Marx	2	March 26	6
	"Man in the Mirror"	Michael Jackson	1	March 26	7
	"I Found Someone"	Cher	10	March 5	1
March 12	"Out of the Blue"	Debbie Gibson	3	April 9	5
	"I Want Her"	Keith Sweat	5	April 2	5
March 19	"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"	Billy Ocean	1	April 9	7
March 26	"Rocket 2 U"	The Jets	6	April 2	4
	"Hysteria"	Def Leppard	10	March 26	1
April 2	"Devil Inside"	INXS	2	April 16	5
	"Girlfriend"	Pebbles	5	April 23	5
	"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"	Whitney Houston	1	April 23	6
April 9	"Wishing Well"	Terence Trent D'Arby	1	May 7	6
April 16	"Angel"	Aerosmith	3	April 30	5
	"I Saw Him Standing There"	Tiffany	7	April 23	3
	"Some Kind of Lover"	Jody Watley	10	April 16	1
April 23	"Anything for You"	Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine	1	May 14	7
	"Pink Cadillac"	Natalie Cole	5	May 7	4
	"Prove Your Love"	Taylor Dayne	7	May 7	3
April 30	—	—	—	—	—
May 7	"Always on My Mind"	Pet Shop Boys	4	May 21	4
	"Shattered Dreams"	Johnny Hates Jazz	2	May 14	6
	"Electric Blue"	Icehouse	7	May 21	3
	"Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)"	Samantha Fox	3	June 4	6
May 14	"One More Try"	George Michael	1	May 28	7
	"I Don't Want to Live Without You"	Foreigner	5	May 28	4
May 21	"Wait"	White Lion	8	May 21	2
	"Everything Your Heart Desires"	Hall & Oates	3	June 11	5
	"Two Occasions"	The Deele	10	May 21	1
May 28	"Together Forever"	Rick Astley	1	June 18	6
	"Piano in the Dark"	Brenda Russell	6	June 4	2
June 4	"Foolish Beat"	Debbie Gibson	1	June 25	6
	"Make It Real"	The Jets	4	June 25	5
June 11	"Dirty Diana"	Michael Jackson	1	July 2	5
	"Circle in the Sand"	Belinda Carlisle	7	June 18	2
	"The Valley Road"	Bruce Hornsby and the Range	5	July 2	5
June 18	"The Flame"	Cheap Trick	1	July 9	6
	"Alphabet St."	Prince	8	June 25	2
June 25	"Mercedes Boy"	Pebbles	2	July 9	5
	"Pour Some Sugar on Me"	Def Leppard	2	July 23	7
July 2	"Nothin' but a Good Time"	Poison	6	July 9	3
	"New Sensation"	INXS	3	July 23	5
July 9	"Hold On to the Nights"	Richard Marx	1	July 23	6
	"Nite and Day"	Al B. Sure!	7	July 16	2
July 16	"Roll with It"	Steve Winwood	1	July 30	7
	"Hands to Heaven"	Breathe	2	August 6	6
	"Make Me Lose Control"	Eric Carmen	3	August 13	6
July 23	"Sign Your Name"	Terence Trent D'Arby	4	August 13	5
	"Rush Hour"	Jane Wiedlin	9	July 30	2
July 30	"1-2-3"	Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine	3	August 20	5
	"I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That"	Elton John	2	August 27	6
August 6	"I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love"	Chicago	3	August 27	5
	"Monkey"	George Michael	1	August 27	6
August 13	"Just Got Paid"	Johnny Kemp	10	August 13	1
August 20	"Sweet Child o' Mine"	Guns N' Roses	1	September 10	7
	"Fast Car"	Tracy Chapman	6	August 27	4
August 27	"Simply Irresistible"	Robert Palmer	2	September 10	6
	"Perfect World"	Huey Lewis and the News	3	September 10	5
	"Love Will Save the Day"	Whitney Houston	9	August 27	1
September 3	"When It's Love"	Van Halen	5	September 10	3
	"If It Isn't Love"	New Edition	7	September 17	4
	"I'll Always Love You"	Taylor Dayne	3	September 24	6
September 10	"Don't Worry, Be Happy"	Bobby McFerrin	1	September 24	6
	"Nobody's Fool"	Kenny Loggins	8	September 17	3
September 17	"Love Bites"	Def Leppard	1	October 8	6
	"It Would Take a Strong Strong Man"	Rick Astley	10	September 17	1
September 24	"One Good Woman"	Peter Cetera	4	October 1	3
	"Don't Be Cruel"	Cheap Trick	4	October 8	5
October 1	"Red Red Wine"	UB40	1	October 15	6
	"I Hate Myself for Loving You"	Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	8	October 1	3
	"What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)"	Information Society	3	October 22	6
October 8	"A Groovy Kind of Love"	Phil Collins	1	October 22	6
	"Please Don't Go Girl"	New Kids on the Block	10	October 8	1
October 15	"Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?"	Steve Winwood	6	October 29	3
	"Don't Be Cruel"	Bobby Brown	8	October 15	2
	"Wild, Wild West"	The Escape Club	1	November 12	7
October 22	"Kokomo"	The Beach Boys	1	November 5	5
	"The Loco-Motion"	Kylie Minogue	3	November 12	6
October 29	"Never Tear Us Apart"	INXS	7	November 5	3
	"One Moment in Time"	Whitney Houston	5	November 12	4
	"Bad Medicine"	Bon Jovi	1	November 19	6
November 5	"Desire"	U2	3	November 26	5
November 12	"Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley"	Will to Power	1	December 3	6
	"Kissing a Fool"	George Michael	5	November 26	4
November 19	"How Can I Fall?"	Breathe	3	December 3	5
	"Look Away"	Chicago	1	December 10	8
November 26	"I Don't Want Your Love"	Duran Duran	4	December 3	4
	"Giving You the Best That I Got"	Anita Baker	3	December 17	7
December 3	"Waiting for a Star to Fall"	Boy Meets Girl	5	December 17	6
	"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"	Poison	1	December 24	8
December 10	"My Prerogative"	Bobby Brown	1	January 14	7
	"Welcome to the Jungle"	Guns N' Roses	7	December 24	4
	"Walk on Water"	Eddie Money	9	December 24	4
December 17	—	—	—	—	—
December 24	"Two Hearts"	Phil Collins	1	January 21	7
	"In Your Room"	The Bangles	5	January 7	4
	"Don't Rush Me"	Taylor Dayne	2	January 21	7
December 31	—	—	—	—	—

References

1989

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1989
January 7	"Armageddon It"	Def Leppard	3	January 21	5
	"Smooth Criminal"	Michael Jackson	7	January 14	3
January 14	"I Remember Holding You"	Boys Club	8	January 14	1
	"Put a Little Love in Your Heart"	Annie Lennox & Al Green	9	January 14	2
	"The Way You Love Me"	Karyn White	7	February 4	4
January 21	"When I'm with You"	Sheriff	1	February 4	5
	"When the Children Cry"	White Lion	3	February 4	4
January 28	"Straight Up"	Paula Abdul	1	February 11	7
	"Born to Be My Baby"	Bon Jovi	3	February 18	5
	"Wild Thing"	Tone Lōc	2	February 18	6
	"All This Time"	Tiffany	6	February 11	3
February 4	—	—	—	—	—
February 11	"The Lover in Me"	Sheena Easton	2	March 4	5
	"I Wanna Have Some Fun"	Samantha Fox	8	February 11	1
	"She Wants to Dance with Me"	Rick Astley	6	February 25	3
	"Walking Away"	Information Society	9	February 18	3
February 18	"Lost in Your Eyes"	Debbie Gibson	1	March 4	7
	"What I Am"	Edie Brickell & New Bohemians	7	March 4	3
	"You Got It (The Right Stuff)"	New Kids on the Block	3	March 11	5
February 25	"The Living Years"	Mike + The Mechanics	1	March 25	6
March 4	"Roni"	Bobby Brown	3	March 18	4
	"Surrender to Me"	Ann Wilson & Robin Zander	6	March 11	2
	"Paradise City"	Guns N' Roses	5	March 11	3
March 11	"Girl You Know It's True"	Milli Vanilli	2	April 1	7
	"My Heart Can't Tell You No"	Rod Stewart	4	April 1	5
March 18	"Eternal Flame"	The Bangles	1	April 1	6
	"The Look"	Roxette	1	April 8	7
	"Don't Tell Me Lies"	Breathe	10	March 18	1
March 25	"She Drives Me Crazy"	Fine Young Cannibals	1	April 15	7
	"Walk the Dinosaur"	Was (Not Was)	7	April 1	3
	"You're Not Alone"	Chicago	10	March 25	1
April 1	"Stand"	R.E.M.	6	April 8	4
	"Dreamin'"	Vanessa Williams	8	April 8	2
April 8	"Like a Prayer"	Madonna	1	April 22	7
	"Funky Cold Medina"	Tone Lōc	3	April 29	5
April 15	"Superwoman"	Karyn White	8	April 15	1
	"You Got It"	Roy Orbison	9	April 15	1
	"Your Mama Don't Dance"	Poison	10	April 15	1
April 22	"I'll Be There for You"	Bon Jovi	1	May 13	6
	"Heaven Help Me"	Deon Estus & George Michael	5	April 29	2
	"Second Chance"	.38 Special	6	May 6	4
April 29	"Real Love"	Jody Watley	2	May 20	6
	"After All (Love Theme from Chances Are)"	Cher & Peter Cetera	6	May 13	4
	"Forever Your Girl"	Paula Abdul	1	May 20	6
May 6	"Soldier of Love"	Donny Osmond	2	June 3	6
	"Room to Move"	Animotion	9	May 6	1
May 13	"Rock On"	Michael Damian	1	June 3	5
	"Patience"	Guns N' Roses	4	June 3	5
	"Wind Beneath My Wings"	Bette Midler	1	June 10	7
May 20	"Every Little Step"	Bobby Brown	3	June 10	6
May 27	"I'll Be Loving You (Forever)"	New Kids on the Block	1	June 17	6
	"Close My Eyes Forever"	Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne	8	June 17	4
June 3	"Buffalo Stance"	Neneh Cherry	3	June 24	6
June 10	"Satisfied"	Richard Marx	1	June 24	5
	"Where Are You Now?"	Jimmy Harnen with Synch	10	June 10	1
June 17	"Baby Don't Forget My Number"	Milli Vanilli	1	July 1	6
	"Good Thing"	Fine Young Cannibals	1	July 8	6
	"This Time I Know It's for Real"	Donna Summer	7	June 24	3
	"Cry"	Waterfront	10	June 17	2
June 24	"Miss You Like Crazy"	Natalie Cole	7	July 8	4
July 1	"If You Don't Know Me by Now"	Simply Red	1	July 15	6
	"Express Yourself"	Madonna	2	July 15	5
	"I Drove All Night"	Cyndi Lauper	6	July 8	2
July 8	"Toy Soldiers"	Martika	1	July 22	6
	"What You Don't Know"	Exposé	8	July 15	3
July 15	"Batdance"	Prince	1	August 5	6
	"The Doctor"	The Doobie Brothers	9	July 15	1
	"So Alive"	Love and Rockets	3	August 5	6
July 22	"On Our Own"	Bobby Brown	2	August 5	6
	"Lay Your Hands on Me"	Bon Jovi	7	July 29	4
July 29	"Once Bitten, Twice Shy"	Great White	5	August 12	5
	"I Like It"	Dino	7	August 12	4
	"Right Here Waiting"	Richard Marx	1	August 12	7
August 5	"Cold Hearted"	Paula Abdul	1	September 2	8
August 12	"Don't Wanna Lose You"	Gloria Estefan	1	September 16	8
August 19	"Hangin' Tough"	New Kids on the Block	1	September 9	6
	"Secret Rendezvous"	Karyn White	6	August 26	3
August 26	"The End of the Innocence"	Don Henley	8	August 26	2
	"Friends"	Jody Watley featuring Eric B. & Rakim	9	August 26	2
	"Angel Eyes"	Jeff Healey Band	5	September 2	4
September 2	"Heaven"	Warrant	2	September 23	7
	"Shower Me with Your Love"	Surface	5	September 16	4
September 9	"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"	Milli Vanilli	1	September 23	6
	"If I Could Turn Back Time"	Cher	3	September 23	5
	"18 and Life"	Skid Row	4	September 23	5
September 16	"Cherish"	Madonna	2	October 7	5
September 23	"Miss You Much"	Janet Jackson	1	October 7	8
September 30	"One"	Bee Gees	7	September 30	1
	"Kisses on the Wind"	Neneh Cherry	8	September 30	1
	"Lovesong"	The Cure	2	October 21	4
October 7	"Mixed Emotions"	The Rolling Stones	5	October 14	3
	"Bust a Move"	Young MC	7	October 14	4
	"It's No Crime"	Babyface	7	October 28	4
October 14	"Sowing the Seeds of Love"	Tears for Fears	2	October 28	5
	"Listen to Your Heart"	Roxette	1	November 4	6
October 21	"Cover Girl"	New Kids on the Block	2	November 4	4
	"Love in an Elevator"	Aerosmith	5	October 28	3
	"When I Looked at Him"	Exposé	10	October 21	1
October 28	"Dr. Feelgood"	Mötley Crüe	6	October 28	2
	"When I See You Smile"	Bad English	1	November 11	6
	"Rock Wit'cha"	Bobby Brown	7	November 4	3
November 4	"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me"	Paula Abdul	3	December 2	6
	"Love Shack"	The B-52's	3	November 18	6
November 11	"Blame It on the Rain"	Milli Vanilli	1	November 25	6
	"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)"	New Kids on the Block	8	November 18	2
November 18	"We Didn't Start the Fire"	Billy Joel	1	December 9	8
	"Angelia"	Richard Marx	4	December 2	4
	"Poison"	Alice Cooper	7	November 25	3
	"Back to Life"	Soul II Soul	4	December 16	7
November 25	"Don't Know Much"	Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville	2	December 23	8
	"Another Day in Paradise"	Phil Collins	1	December 23	10
December 2	—	—	—	—	—
December 9	"With Every Beat of My Heart"	Taylor Dayne	5	December 16	6
	"Pump Up the Jam"	Technotronic	2	January 20	9
December 16	"Rhythm Nation"	Janet Jackson	2	January 6	6
	"Living in Sin"	Bon Jovi	9	December 16	3
	"Just Like Jesse James"	Cher	8	December 23	5
December 23	"This One's for the Children"	New Kids on the Block	7	January 6	4
December 30	—	—	—	—	—

References

1990

Top-ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top-ten	Ref.
1990
January 6	"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"	Michael Bolton	1	January 20	6
	"Everything"	Jody Watley	4	January 20	5
January 13	"Just Between You and Me"	Lou Gramm	6	January 27	4
January 20	"Downtown Train"	Rod Stewart	3	January 27	5
	"Free Fallin'"	Tom Petty	7	January 27	3
	"Two to Make It Right"	Seduction	2	February 10	6
	"Love Song"	Tesla	10	January 20	1
January 27	"Opposites Attract"	Paula Abdul with The Wild Pair	1	February 10	7
	"I Remember You"	Skid Row	6	February 3	3
February 3	"Janie's Got a Gun"	Aerosmith	4	February 10	3
February 10	"What Kind of Man Would I Be?"	Chicago	5	February 24	3
	"Dangerous"	Roxette	2	March 3	5
	"Escapade"	Janet Jackson	1	March 3	8
	"All or Nothing"	Milli Vanilli	4	February 24	4
February 17	"Tell Me Why"	Exposé	9	February 17	1
	"We Can't Go Wrong"	The Cover Girls	8	March 3	3
February 24	"Roam"	The B-52's	3	March 10	5
	"Here We Are"	Gloria Estefan	6	March 3	3
	"Price of Love"	Bad English	5	March 10	4
March 3	"Black Velvet"	Alannah Myles	1	March 24	7
	"No More Lies"	Michel'le	7	March 10	3
March 10	"I Go to Extremes"	Billy Joel	6	March 17	3
	"Love Will Lead You Back"	Taylor Dayne	1	April 7	6
March 17	"I Wish It Would Rain Down"	Phil Collins	3	March 31	4
	"Just a Friend"	Biz Markie	9	March 17	1
	"C'mon and Get My Love"	D Mob featuring Cathy Dennis	10	March 17	1
March 24	"I'll Be Your Everything"	Tommy Page	1	April 14	5
	"All Around the World"	Lisa Stansfield	3	April 7	7
	"Keep It Together"	Madonna	8	March 31	2
	"Get Up! (Before the Night Is Over)"	Technotronic	7	April 7	4
March 31	"Don't Wanna Fall in Love"	Jane Child	2	April 14	6
	"Here and Now"	Luther Vandross	6	April 21	5
April 7	"Nothing Compares 2 U"	Sinéad O'Connor	1	April 21	10
	"Forever"	Kiss	8	April 21	3
April 14	"I Wanna Be Rich"	Calloway	2	May 5	6
April 21	"How Can We Be Lovers?"	Michael Bolton	3	May 5	4
	"Without You"	Mötley Crüe	8	April 28	2
	"Whole Wide World"	A'Me Lorain	9	April 28	2
April 28	"Whip Appeal"	Babyface	6	April 28	2
	"All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You"	Heart	2	May 26	8
May 5	"Vogue"	Madonna	1	May 19	8
	"What It Takes"	Aerosmith	9	May 5	3
	"Alright"	Janet Jackson	4	June 2	7
May 12	"Hold On"	Wilson Phillips	1	June 9	9
	"Sending All My Love"	Linear	5	May 19	5
	"Poison"	Bell Biv DeVoe	3	June 9	10
May 19	"It Must Have Been Love"	Roxette	1	June 16	9
May 26	"U Can't Touch This"	MC Hammer	8	June 16	5
	"This Old Heart of Mine"	Rod Stewart with Ronald Isley	10	May 26	1
June 2	"Ooh La La (I Can't Get Over You)"	Perfect Gentlemen	10	June 2	1
June 9	"Step by Step"	New Kids on the Block	1	June 30	7
June 16	"Ready or Not"	After 7	7	June 23	3
	"Do You Remember?"	Phil Collins	4	June 30	4
June 23	"Hold On"	En Vogue	2	July 21	7
	"I'll Be Your Shelter"	Taylor Dayne	4	July 14	4
June 30	"She Ain't Worth It"	Glenn Medeiros featuring Bobby Brown	1	July 21	7
	"Cradle of Love"	Billy Idol	2	August 4	8
July 7	"Rub You the Right Way"	Johnny Gill	3	August 4	6
July 14	"Enjoy the Silence"	Depeche Mode	8	July 14	3
	"The Power"	Snap!	2	August 11	6
July 21	"Vision of Love"	Mariah Carey	1	August 4	7
	"Girls Nite Out"	Tyler Collins	6	August 4	3
	"When I'm Back on My Feet Again"	Michael Bolton	7	August 4	3
July 28	"Hanky Panky"	Madonna	10	July 28	1
August 4	"If Wishes Came True"	Sweet Sensation	1	September 1	7
	"Unskinny Bop"	Poison	3	September 1	8
August 11	"Come Back to Me"	Janet Jackson	2	August 18	5
	"King of Wishful Thinking"	Go West	8	August 11	2
	"Do Me!"	Bell Biv DeVoe	3	September 8	9
August 18	"Blaze of Glory"	Jon Bon Jovi	1	September 8	8
	"Have You Seen Her"	MC Hammer	4	September 15	6
August 25	"Release Me"	Wilson Phillips	1	September 15	7
	"Jerk Out"	The Time	9	August 25	2
	"Epic"	Faith No More	9	September 8	2
September 1	"Tonight"	New Kids on the Block	7	September 8	3
September 8	"(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"	Nelson	1	September 29	7
September 15	"Thieves in the Temple"	Prince	6	September 22	3
	"Close to You"	Maxi Priest	1	October 6	7
September 22	"Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"	Phil Collins	4	October 6	4
	"Praying for Time"	George Michael	1	October 13	6
September 29	"Oh Girl"	Paul Young	8	October 6	3
	"My, My, My"	Johnny Gill	10	September 29	1
October 6	"I Don't Have the Heart"	James Ingram	1	October 20	7
	"Ice Ice Baby"	Vanilla Ice	1	November 3	7
October 13	"Black Cat"	Janet Jackson	1	October 27	5
	"Romeo"	Dino	6	October 20	2
	"Everybody Everybody"	Black Box	8	October 20	3
October 20	"Giving You the Benefit"	Pebbles	4	October 27	4
	"Can't Stop"	After 7	6	October 27	3
October 27	"Love Takes Time"	Mariah Carey	1	November 10	7
	"Suicide Blonde"	INXS	9	October 27	2
November 3	"Pray"	MC Hammer	2	November 10	4
	"More Than Words Can Say"	Alias	2	November 24	5
	"Cherry Pie"	Warrant	10	November 3	1
November 10	"Groove Is in the Heart"	Deee-Lite	4	November 17	5
	"Knockin' Boots"	Candyman	9	November 10	2
	"Something to Believe In"	Poison	4	December 8	6
November 17	"I'm Your Baby Tonight"	Whitney Houston	1	December 1	8
	"Because I Love You (The Postman Song)"	Stevie B	1	December 8	10
	"From a Distance"	Bette Midler	2	December 15	10
November 24	"Feels Good"	Tony! Toni! Toné!	9	November 24	2
December 1	"The Way You Do the Things You Do"	UB40	6	December 15	5
	"Impulsive"	Wilson Phillips	4	December 22	7
December 8	"Tom's Diner"	DNA featuring Suzanne Vega	5	December 22	6
	"Justify My Love"	Madonna	1	January 5	8
December 15	"Freedom! '90"	George Michael	8	December 22	3
	"High Enough"	Damn Yankees	3	January 12	8
December 22	"Sensitivity"	Ralph Tresvant	4	January 26	8
December 29	—	—	—	—	—

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