(Finished January 19th, 2026) Part 3 of The 40s and 50s: Two, Three or More of the Best Songs From Each Year

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Let's go back to the 40s and 50s. I will share two, three or more of the best songs from each year of that decade. Billboard started keeping track of this in 1946 and that's the year I started with.

1957 (cont):

Just an absolutely amazing song. 35) Marty Robbins "A White Sport Coat and Pink Carnation":

36) Sam Cooke "You Send Me":

Still has a place on my iPod. 37) Fats Domino "Blueberry Hill":

1958) 

Also this song has a place on my iPod, although it's a much more recent addition. 38) Domenico Modugno "Volare (Nel blue, dipinto di blu)":

39) The Champs "Tequila":

40) Sheb Wooley "The Purple People Eater":

41) The Everly Brothers featuring The Crickets "Bird Dog":

42) The Silhouettes "Get A Job":

43) Danny and the Juniors "At The Hop":

44) The Coasters "Yakety Yak":

45) Monotones "Book of Love":

46) Little Anthony and the Imperials "Tears On My Pillow":

47) Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire":

Bonus: I've never seen this movie, but I love this clip with Dennis Quaid":

48) The Chordettes "Lollipop":

49) The Teddy Bears "To Know Him Is To Love Him":

50) Buddy Holly "Peggy Sue":

51) The Everly Brothers "All I Have To Do Is Dream":

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(Finished January 17th, 2026) Part 10 of The Greatest Songs of All-Time

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Okay I'm trying this again. This is the definitive, last, final blog series of themusicaddict's greatest songs of all-time. But of course I will continue to add songs as I think of songs and new songs are released. For instance a couple of Chappell Roan songs will be somewhere on this list.

Songs from nearly all genres will be represented on this list, even disco.

154) Huey Lewis and the News "The Power of Love":

It's a musicaddict law that everytime I post this song I have to post this video. 155) Electric Light Orchestra "Don't Bring Me Down":

156) My Chemical Romance "Welcome To The Black Parade":

157) Kelsea Ballerini "I Miss Me More":

158) Boston "More Than A Feeling":

159) Alan Jackson "Here In The Real World":

160) Rush "Tom Sawyer":

161) The Cure "Just Like Heaven":

Bonus video: Robert Smith and Olivia Rodrigo "Just Like Heaven":

162) Aretha Franklin "Respect":

163) Madonna and Jonathan Pryce "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You":

164) John Lennon "Imagine":

165) Olivia Newton John and Electric Light Orchestra "Xanadu":

166) Whitney Houston "One Moment In Time":

167) Nancy Sinatra "These Boots Are Made For Walking":

168) Duran Duran "Come Undone":

169) Jackyl "Down On Me":

170) Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson "Beauty and The Beast":

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(Finished January 15th, 2026) Part 1 of Let's Enjoy Some of the Best Songs of 1986

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I have been working a lot of hours of late so I haven't had as much time to blog. My busy schedule should calm down soon and hopefully I can go back to a more regular blogging schedule. 

What were some of the biggest hits from 40 years ago? Well let's go back and find out. For the most part I have stayed away from the biggest hits of that year. But these are still some pretty great songs.  

One of the most beautiful and powerful songs of all-time. 1) Lionel Richie "Say You, Say Me":

2) Whitney Houston "How Will I Know":

3) Prince and the Revolution "Kiss":

4) Janet Jackson "Nasty":

5) DeBarge "Who's Johnny":

6) Billy Ocean "Love Zone":

7) Cameo "Word Up":

8) Gregory Abbott "Shake You Down":

9) Ready For The World "Love You Down":

10) The Forester Sisters "Just In Case":

11) Alabama "She and I":

12) Hank Williams Jr. "Ain't Misbehavin":

13) Restless Heart "That Rock Won't Roll":

The song is from 1986, this duet is from 2023. 14) Reba McEntire featuring Cody Johnson Whoever's In New England":

I don't ever remembering seeing this video for this song before. 15) Dan Seals "Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold":

16) Bon Jovi "Livin On A Prayer":

17) The Cutting Crew "I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight":

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(Finished January 12th, 2026) Part 5 of The Best Love Songs

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These are some of the best songs of all-time. The good, the bad, the sad, the happy, the up, the down, the fun, the brutal, the sexy and the oh my that's not sexy at all. This is inspired by a NPR story about love songs. And yes I know that this blog series could literally turn into hundreds of blogs.

69) Air Supply "Making Love Out Of Nothing":

70) Boy Meets Girl "Waiting For A Star To Fall":

71) The Bangles "Eternal Flame":

72) The Thompson Twins "You Take Me Up":

73) The Guess Who "Undun":

74) David Foster "Love Theme From "St. Elmo's Fire":

One of the most breathtakingly beautiful songs of all-time. 75) Simon and Garfunkel "Scarborough Fair":

76) The Manhattans "Kiss and Say Goodbye":

77) Styx "Don't Let It End":

78) Billy Paul "Me and Ms. Jones":

79) Toto "I Won't Hold You Back":

80) Survivor "The Search Is Over";

81) Don Henley and Patti Smyth "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough":

82) Chris De Burgh "Lady In Red":

83) Patrick Swayze "She's Like The Wind":

84) George Michael "One More Try":

85) Billy Ocean "The Colour of Love":

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(Finished January 10th, 2026) Part 2 of The 40s and 50s: Two or Three of the Best Songs From Each Year

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Let's go back to the 40s and 50s, two or three of the best songs from each year of that decade. Billboard started keeping track of this in 1946 and that's the year I started with.

1954) 

18) The Crew-Cuts with David Carroll "Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)":

19) Dean Martin "That's Amore":

1955) 

20) Bill Haley and his Comets "Rock Around The Clock":

21) Bill Hayes "The Ballad of Davy Crockett":

22) Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons":

Wow, 1956 was such a great year. This is the first year when I recognize several songs. Thus I'm going to give this year more than three songs. 

1956) 

23) Elvis Presley "Don't Be Cruel":

24) Doris Day "Que Sera Sera":

25) The Platters "The Great Pretender":

26) Johnnie Ray "Walkin' In The Rain":

27) Patience and Prudence "Tonight You Belong To Me":

28) Gene Vincent "Be-Bop-A-Lula":

29) Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers "Why Do Fools Fall In Love":

30) Vic Damone "On The Street Where You Live":

31) Fats Domino "Blueberry Hill":

32) Gogi Grant "The Wayward Wind":

1957) 

33) Elvis Presley "All Shook Up"

34) The Everly Brothers "Bye Bye Love":

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(Finished January 7th, 2026) Part 5 of The Super S's of the Seventies

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Rock legends from the 70s with names start with S- either last name or band name. Originally I was going to include musicians whose first name starts with s on this list. That's why Stevie Wonder is here. However once you put the great Stevie Wonder on a list you- or at least I- don't take him off. Enjoy some memories- for those of you old enough- and some nostalgia.

69) Starland Vocal Band "Afternoon Delight":

70) Boz Scaggs "It's Over":

71) Steely Dan "Pretzel Logic":

72) Cat Stevens "Peace Train":

73) Donna Summer "Dim All The Lights":

74) Ringo Starr "Back Off Boogaloo":

75) Styx "Blue Collar Man":

76) Al Stewart "Time Passages":

77) Scorpions "Loving You Sunday Morning":

78) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young "Teach Your Children":

79) Billy Swan "I Can Help":

80) Donna Summer with Brooklyn Dreams "Heaven Knows":

81) Steely Dan "Rikki Don't Lose That Number":

82) Supertramp "Ain't Nobody But Me":

83) The Stylistics "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart):

84) Rod Stewart "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)":

85) Stevie Wonder "I Wish":

86) Stackridge "Humiliation":

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(Finished January 5th, 2026) Part 12 of My All-Time Favorite, Not Necessarily Best, 1280ish Songs

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January 5th, 2026 update. These blogs are a long ways from being complete. I have updated them to focus on the fact that these are my favorite songs, not necessarily the best. I have also update the number of songs to 1280- which is much more realistic than the previously listed 680 songs. I will eventually have to update that number as well as I keep on finding favorite new songs. 

These aren't the best songs in my opinion, these are my favorite songs. There aren't a lot of differences between the two lists, but there are differences. For instance I love "We Built This City", but a lot of people don't consider that song as the best. But because the song rocks so hard it's easily one of my all-time favorite songs. 

Yes my projected number of favorite songs has doubled and will continue to rise likely. There are just so many great songs out there.

188) Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters":

189) Brooks and Dunn "Brand New Man":

190) The 1975 "Chocolate":

Such a pretty song. 191) Gerry and the Pacemakers "Ferry Across The Mersey":

Another pretty song. 192) The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations":

This is the best thing about a baby that will just not go to sleep at 3:00am. I remember those days and I have no desire to relive them. 193) The Talking Heads "Stay Up Late":

194) Chappelle Roan "Pink Pony Club":

195) Marc Chesnutt "Almost Goodbye":

196) Steely Dan "Hey 19":

197) Whitesnake "In The Still of the Night":

198) The Beastie Boys "Girls":

199) Alanis Morissette "You Oughta Know":

200) Big and Rich "Live This Life":

201) James Ingram and Linda Ronstadt "Somewhere Out There":

202) The Glenn Miller Band "In The Mood":

203) Lin Manuel-Miranda et. al "Alexander Hamilton":

204) Fitz and the Tantrums "Out of My League":

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