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Welcome to Louis's top 101

People love lists, I’m told. The 10 best this, the 50 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

…all comments and messages of indignation should be posted on the board.

Now who and what did I forget???

Louis

 
 
 


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