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Vol 32 Issue 40/08_30_2026
Celebrating the Music of the Golden Era of the 45 (1950-1989)




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TITLE
ARTIST
WKS
1 1 Valleri The Monkees 6
2 6 Alfie Dionne Warwick 6
3 2 10538 Overture Electric Light Orchestra 8
4 4 Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler 7
5 5 Kodachrome Paul Simon 7
6 8 The Kids are Alright The Who 8
7 3 Shake It Up Tonight Cheryl Lynn 8
8 17 Uncle Albert/Albert Hasley Paul & Linda McCartney 3
9 7 Questions 67 And 68 Chicago Transit Authority 8
10 18 I Feel Love Donna Summer 3
11 13 Operator Jim Croce 5
12 15 Sweet Mary Wadsworth Mansion 4
13 11 Apache The Shadows 5
14 14 Tumbling Dice Linda Rondstadt 4
15 16 Sorrow David Bowie 4
16 10 Bon Voyage Kim Carnes 9
17 12 I'm on Fire Dwight Twilley Band 11
18 19 A Trick of the Tail Genesis 6
19 25 Yesterday’s Rain Spanky and Our Gang 3
20 24 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Freddy Cannon 4
21 27 Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa Gene Pitney 3
22 28 Peg Steely Dan 2
23 29 Child Of Clay Jimmie Rodgers 3
25 9 Hang It Up Patrice Rushen 11
24 31 King of Pain The Police 2
26 -- One Thing Leads to Another The Fixx 1
27 -- Lady Godiva Peter & Gordon 1
28 -- Summer Madness Kool & the Gang 1
29 -- The Passenger Siouxsie And The Banshees 1
30 -- Legs ZZ Top 1
31 -- I Will Always Think About You New Colony Six 1
BUBBLING UNDER
32 Little Bit Of Love Brenda and the Tabulations
33 Another 45 Miles Golden Earring
34 The Red Balloon Dave Clark Five
35 All Summer Long Beach Boys
36 Lucky Man Emerson Lake & Palmer
37 Going Up the Country Canned Heat
38 Riki Tiki Tavi Donovan
39 America Yes
40 When You Walk In The Room Jackie DeShannon
HITBOUNDS
HB A Letter to Myself Chi-lites
HB Sweet Lorraine Uriah Heep
HB Mr Penguin Lunar Funk
HB Jolene Dolly Parton
HB Meant It For A Minute Carlene Carter
HB Calendar Girl Neil Sedaka
HB Let's Start the Dance Hamilton Bohannon
HB Johnny Angel Shelley Fabares
HB Wet Dream Max Romeo
HB Working on My Tan Tim Curry

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

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ALBUM
ARTIST
1 1 Greatest Motion Picture Hits Dionne Warwick
2 3 Something Else The Kinks
3 4 Hey Jude The Beatles
4 2 Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival
5 6 Living in the USA Linda Ronstadt
6 5 Faster Then The Speed of Night Bonnie Tyler
7 7 Out of the Blue Electric Light Orchestra
8 11 Minute By Minute Doobie Brothers
9 12 Barking At Airplanes Kim Carnes
10 9 Sunflower The Beach Boys
11 15 Plastic Letters Blondie
12 8 Wheels of Fire Cream
13 23 Waiting For The Sun The Doors
14 16 Catch a Fire The Wailers
15 20 Around The World In A Day Prince And The Revolution
16 10 Flowers Rolling Stones
17 26 Thriller Michael Jackson
18 30 Lawyers in Love Jackson Browne
19 21 On Time Grand Funk Railroad
20 25 Blue Gene Gene Pitney
21 19 Parallelograms Linda Perhacs
22 22 Close to the Edge Yes
23 25 This Kind of Lovin’ The Whispers
24 -- The Rocky Horror Picture Show Original (Movie) Sound Track
25 29 Smokin' Humble Pie
26 13 Patrice Patrice Rushen
27 31 There's a Party Going On Wanda Jackson
28 14 These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry
29 -- Here You Come Again Dolly Parton
30 -- Mystery Girl Roy Orbison
31 -- Songs the Lord Taught Us The Cramps

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