Chart Breaker: Greatest Hits of the 50’s and 60’s

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Leader of the Pack phonographic copyright (℗) by: Red Bird (in 1964) part of: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 316) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 447) recording of: Leader of the Pack writer: Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and George “Shadow” Morton publisher: Robert Mellin Music Publishing Corp., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), Tender Tunes Inc., Trio Music Company, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and ミュージカル・ライツ・東京 (Musical Lights Tokyo)	Shangri‐Las	5	2:48
2	C’mon Everybody recording of: C’mon Everybody writer: Jerry Capehart and Eddie Cochran (US rock and roll musician active in 1950s) publisher: EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Unart Catalog Inc., Metric Music Co (publisher) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label)	Eddie Cochran		1:55
3	I’m Gonna Be Strong recording of: I’m Gonna Be Strong lyricist: Cynthia Weil composer: Barry Mann publisher: Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)	Gene Pitney		2:12
4	Fever double bass [bass]: Joe Mondragon (on 1958-05-19) drums (drum set): Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-05-19) finger snaps: Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1958-05-19) and Howard Roberts (jazz guitarist, educator, session musician and producer) (on 1958-05-19) vocals: Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1958-05-19) conductor: Jack Marshall (US jazz guitarist, composer, arranger & record producer) (on 1958-05-19) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1958) cover recording of: Fever (on 1958-05-19) writer: Eddie Cooley and John Davenport (songwriter Otis Blackwell) publisher: Carlin Music Corp., Chrysalis Songs, Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc., Jay & Cee Music, Lark Music Ltd., Trio Music (publisher), Trio Music Co., Inc. and Trio Music Company part of: The Adjustment Bureau	Peggy Lee	4.25	3:19
5	Born to Be With You recording of: Born to Be With You lyricist and composer: Don Robertson (“Happy Whistler” songwriter)	The Chordettes		2:48
6	Devoted to You recording of: Devoted to You lyricist and composer: Boudleaux Bryant publisher: Acuff-Rose (BMI)	The Everly Brothers		2:23
7	Cherry Pie	Skip & Flip		2:04
8	Tom Dooley recording of: Tom Dooley lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)	The Kingston Trio	4	3:01
9	Hurt recorded at: PJ's in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1969-04) live cover recording of: Hurt (in 1969-04) writer: Jimmie Crane and Al Jacobs publisher: Deb‐Mi Publishing Co. (ASCAP‐affiliated), EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Miller Music Corp.	Timi Yuro		2:28
10	Those Oldies but Goodies	Little Caesar & The Romans		3:11
11	Peppermint Twist, Part 1 recording of: Peppermint Twist writer: Joey Dee and Henry Glover publisher: FROST Music Corp	Joey Dee & the Starliters		2:01
12	Red Hot recording of: Red Hot writer: W. R. Emerson (rock ’n’ roll on Sun, Vee‐Jay & Chess Records) publisher: Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated)	Billy Lee Riley		2:31
13	Venus vocals: Frankie Avalon (American actor, singer) conductor and chorus master: Peter de Angelis phonographic copyright (℗) by: Chancellor Records Inc. (in 1959) recording of: Venus lyricist and composer: Ed Marshall publisher: EMI April Music Inc., Kirshner Songs, Inc., Larsdale, Rambed and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) sub-publisher: ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department)	Frankie Avalon	4.5	2:22
14	La Bamba recording engineer: Larry Levine and Stan Ross (recording engineer, mixer & producer) producer: Bob Keane phonographic copyright (℗) by: Del-Fi Records Inc. (in 1958) part of: Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1958 (recordings) (number: 19), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 142) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 346) recording of: La bamba (additional lyrics by Ritchie Valens) (on 1958-11-17) miscellaneous support: Ritchie Valens (task: adapted by) additional lyricist: Ritchie Valens writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) publisher: Carlin Music Corporation and EMI Longitude Music version of: La bamba	Ritchie Valens	4.65	2:03
15	Summer in the City recording of: Summer in the City writer: Steve Boone, John Sebastian and Mark Sebastian publisher: Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Gallo Music Publishing, Mark Sebastian Music, Robbins Music Corp., Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., Trio Music (publisher) and Trio Music Co., Inc.	Lovin’ Spoonful		2:39
16	Don’t Think Twice cover recording of: Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right lyricist: Bob Dylan (in 1962) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) (in 1962) and Bob Dylan (in 1962) arranger: Paul Clayton (in 1962) and Bruce Langhorne (in 1962) publisher: Budde Musikverlag (German publisher), Neue Welt Musikverlag, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Witmark & Sons Essex Music, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991), Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records, Inc. (not a label) (in 1965) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present) version of: Who’s Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I’m Gone)	Wonder Who		3:01
17	My True Story part of: Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 36) recording of: My True Story writer: Phil Belmonte, Eugene Pitt and Oscar Waltzer publisher: EMI Grove Park Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label)	The Jive Five		2:34
18	Take the Last Train Home	King Curtis		1:55
19	Rockin’ Robin phonographic copyright (℗) by: Class (1950s-1960s US) (in 1958) part of: Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1958 (recordings) (number: 29) recording of: Rockin’ Robin lyricist and composer: Jimmie Thomas publisher: Recordo Music Pub. part of: Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott) cover recording of: Rockin’ Robin lyricist and composer: Jimmie Thomas publisher: Recordo Music Pub. part of: Baby It’s You! (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)	Bobby Day	3.15	2:32
20	Bridget the Midget recording of: Bridget the Midget (Queen of the Blues) writer: Ray Stevens (US singer‐songwriter & comedian)	Ray Stevens		3:38

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