louis's top 101
People love lists, I’m told. The ten best this, the fity most embarrassing that… so why not contribute my own? It’d be as good a way as any to air the skeletons piled up in my cupboard, demonstrate the catholicity of my musical tastes, and live a little while longer the fantasy that my opinion matters to people other than myself. So there it is, plucked from the ether, my Top 101 singles, or songs that should have been singles, the 101 I could remember at this particular moment, listed in no particular order. It goes without saying that I reserve the right to change my mind at any time and alter this list without warning or prejudice to my reputation...
| Friday On My Mind, The Easybeats |
| If She Doesn’t Smile, It’ll Rain, Fantastic Something |
| I Only Have Eyes For You, The Flamingoes [sic] |
| She’s Not There, The Zombies |
| Looking For A Fox, Clarence Carter |
| Ba-Ba Boom, The Ethiopians |
| Groovin', The Young Rascals |
| Cécile, Claude Nougaro |
| Wouldn’t It Be Nice, Beach Boys |
| Late Night City, Comateens |
| Sunrain, Ash Ra Tempel |
| Let Her Dance, Bobby Fuller Four |
| Sheena Is A Punk Rocker, Ramones |
| Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime, The Korgis |
| Love Will Keep Us Together, Captain & Tennille |
| Woodstock, Matthews Southern Comfort |
| Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Ian Dury & The Blockheads |
| Fever, Alvin Robinson |
| I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Electric Prunes |
| Come And Get Me, Jackie de Shannon |
| Alfie, Cilla Black |
| No Milk Today, Herman’s Hermits |
| See Emily Play, Pink Floyd |
| Time Goes By So Slow, The Distractions |
| Ever Fallen In Love, The Buzzcocks |
| You Only Get What You Give, New Radicals |
| Marabouts, Eggstone |
| Tears Of A Clown, Bertrand Burgalat |
| You Won’t Get Me Home, Fatima Mansions |
| Are You Happy?, Microdisney |
| Doctor Wu, Steely Dan |
| I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do), Hall & Oates |
| Forget-me-Nots, Patrice Rushen |
| You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It), The Undertones |
| Teenage Kicks, The Undertones |
| Dream Sequence, The Unknowns |
| Cast Your Fate To The Wind, Sounds Orchestral |
| Tout Bas, Blue Stars, feat. Blossom Dearie |
| Quiet Village, Les Baxter Orchestra |
| Clouds Across The Moon, Rah Band |
| Sail On Sailor, Beach Boys |
| Borzeguim, A.C. Jobim |
| Charlie Was A Good Boy, The Dogs |
| Blue Bayou, Roy Orbison |
| O que foi feito devera, Elis Regina & Milton Nascimento |
| It’s Over, Roy Orbison |
| Bus Stop, Hollies |
| Waterloo Sunset, The Kinks |
| Where Have All The Good Times Gone, The Kinks |
| Chalkhills And Children, XTC |
| Friends of Mine, The Zombies |
| She’s Like A Rainbow, Rolling Stones |
| Walk Out To Winter, Aztec Camera |
| Cruel, Prefab Sprout |
| Witchi-Tai-To, Harpers Bizarre |
| Snow Queen, Roger Nichols & The Circle Of Friends |
| The Way That It Shows, Richard Thompson |
| Reza, Edu Lobo e Tamba Trio |
| Runaway, Del Shannon |
| New York’s A Lonely Town, The Tradewinds |
| River Man, Nick Drake |
| Nomads, High Llamas |
| Hanging On The Telephone, The Nerves |
| Dynamite, The DB’s |
| The Beast With Three Backs, Momus |
| Ame Câline, Michel Polnareff |
| Looking With My Eyes, Dionne Warwick |
| Fool Killer, Gene Pitney |
| Don’t Look Back, The Remains |
| Hey Girl, Freddie Scott |
| It Might As Well Rain Until September, Carole King |
| Do You Wanna Dance?, The Beach Boys |
| Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder), The Beach Boys |
| The Last Balloon, XTC |
| We’ll Build A House, Martin Newell |
| The Model, Kraftwerk |
| Only The Lonely, Frank Sinatra |
| Where Or When, Dion & The Belmonts |
| The Train From Kansas City, The Shangri-La’s |
| You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling, Righteous Brothers |
| My Friend The Sun, Family |
| Let’s Go Trippin’, Dick Dale |
| La Scoumoune, François de Roubaix |
| What A Fool Believes, Doobie Brothers |
| Beeswing, Richard Thompson |
| Par Hasard, Mikado |
| Cherish, The Association |
| Cathy’s Clown, Everly Brothers |
| Well Allright, Buddy Holly |
| Baby It’s You, The Shirelles |
| Magic Hollow, The Beau Brummels |
| Pretty Ballerina, The Left Banke |
| A Salty Dog, Procol Harum |
| International Jet Set, The Specials |
| The Last Picture Of Summer, The Lotus Eaters |
| I Think We’re Alone Now, Tommy James & The Shondells |
| Mrs. Bluebird, Eternity’s Children |
| Bedazzled, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore |
| You Can’t Judge A Book (By Looking At The Cover), Bo Diddley |
| Hideaway, Georgie Fame |
| Humiliation, Stackridge |
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Now who and what did I forget???
Louis
