When it Come to Record Collecting, 45’s Rule!

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	Artist	Song Title	Year	Rank
	The Beatles	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1964	1
	Elvis Presley	Hound Dog/ Don't Be Cruel	1956	2
	The Beatles	Yesterday	1965	3
	Led Zeppelin	Stairway to Heaven	1971	4
	The Five Satins	In the Still of the Night	1956	5
	Beatles	Hey Jude/Revolution	1968	6
	Bill Haley & His Comets	Rock Around the Clock	1955	7
	Don McLean	American Pie	1971	8
	Beach Boys	Don't Worry Baby	1964	9
	Elvis Presley	All Shook Up	1957	10
	The Platters	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	1958	11
	Roy Orbison	Crying	1961	12
	Patsy Cline	Crazy	1961	13
	Marcels	Blue Moon	1961	14
	John Lennon	Imagine	1971	15
	Gene Chandler	Duke of Earl	1962	16
	Marty Robbins	El Paso	1959	17
	The Penguins	Earth Angel	1954	18
	Buddy Holly & Crickets	That Will Be the Day	1957	19
	Danny & The Juniors	At the Hop	1957	20
	Chubby Checker	The Twist	1960	21
	The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	1961	22
	Simon & Garfunkel	Sounds of Silence	1965	23
	The Rolling Stones	Satisfaction	1965	24
	Elton John	Candle in the Wind	1973	25
	Michael Jackson	Billy Jean	1983	26
	Abba	Dancing Queen	1977	27
	The Platters	The Great Pretender	1955	28
	Bobby Darin	Mack the Knife	1959	29
	John R. Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	1956	30
	Beach Boys	Califonia Girls	1965	31
	Louis Armstrong	What a Wonderful World	1967	32
	Nilsson	Without You	1969	33
	Derek & The Dominos	Layla	1972	34
	Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run	1975	35
	Steppenwolf	Born to be Wild	1968	36
	Nat King Cole	The Christmas Song	1961	37
	Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto	The Girl From Ipanema	1964	38
	Bob Dylan	Like a Rolling Stone	1965	39
	Led Zeppelin	Whole Lotta Love	1969	40
	Fifth Dimension	Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In	1969	41
	The Bee Gees	Night Fever	1978	42
	Leroy Anderson	Blue Tango	1952	43
	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	1953	44
	Supremes	I Hear a Symphony	1965	45
	Frank Sinatra	Strangers in the Night	1966	46
	Aretha Franklin	Respect	1967	47
	Rod Stewart	Maggie May	1971	48
	Santana	Black Magic Woman	1971	49
	Janis Joplin	Me and Bobby McGee	1971	50
	George Jones	He Stopped Loving Her Today	1980	51
	Patti Page	The Tennessee Waltz	1950	52
	Ray Charles	Georgia on My Mind	1960	53
	Patsy Cline	I Fall to Pieces	1961	54
	The Shirelles	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	1961	55
	The Doors	Light My Fire	1967	56
	Moody Blues	Nights in White Satin	1972	57
	Billy Joel	Piano Man	1974	58
	Beatles	She Loves You	1964	59
	Association	Cherish	1966	60
	Tammy Wynette	Stand By Your Man	1968	61
	Nat King Cole	Mona Lisa	1950	62
	Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode	1958	63
	Four Seasons	Sherry	1962	64
	Van Morrison	Brown Eyed Girl	1967	65
	Marvin Gaye	Heard it Through the Grapevine	1968	66
	Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Woman	1969	67
	Jackson Five	I'll Be There	1970	68
	Temptations	Just My Imagination	1971	69
	John Denver	Rocky Mountain High	1971	70
	Allman Brothers Band	Ramblin' Man	1973	71
	The Eagles	Take it Easy	1977	72
	Meat Loaf	Paradise by the Dashboard Light	1978	73
	Gloria Gayner	I Will Survive	1979	74
	Lester Flat & Earl Scruggs	Foggy Mountain Breakdown	1949	75
	The Chordettes	Mr. Sandman	1954	76
	Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill	1956	77
	Ritchie Valens	Donna/ La Bamba	1958	78
	The Isley Brothers	Shout	1959	79
	Percy Faith	Theme From A Summer Place	1960	80
	Peter, Paul & Mary	Blowin' in the Wind	1963	81
	Shangri-las	Leader of the Pack	1964	82
	Mamas & Papas	California Dreamin'	1966	83
	Monkees	I’m a Believer	1967	84
	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Suite Judy Blue Eyes	1969	85
	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	1970	86
	Guess Who	American Woman	1970	87
	Don McLean	Vincent	1972	88
	Fleetwood Mac	Rhiannon	1976	89
	Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson	Mama's Don't Let Your Babies…	1978	90
	Cyndi Lauper	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	1983	91
	U2	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	1987	92
	Guns 'N Roses	Welcome to the Jungle	1988	93
	Java	Al Hirt	1964	94
	Dean Martin	Everybody Loves Somebody	1964	95
	Jefferson Airplane	Somebody to Love	1967	96
	Jimmy Buffett	Margaritaville	1977	97
	Madonna	Like a Virgin	1984	98
	Bon Jovi	Livin' On a Prayer	1987	99
	The Grateful Dead	Uncle John's Band	1970	100