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Hurdy Gurdy Man

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I figure the top five bands most necessary for any classic rock radio station are,in no particular order,Beatles,Stones,Zep,Pink Floyd,and the Who.Then maybe Claption 6th and Dylan at No.7...certainly Jimi Hendrix,Black Sabbath and AC/DC could quite possibly round out the rest of the top ten...anyone agree or disagree here?
 
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Why would anyone staple radios together?. Is it for better stereo effects?

Anyhow-I'd substitute Queen over AC/DC or Black Sabbath
 

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  1. 11 million:

  2. “Every Breath You Take” (The Police)


    10 million:


  3. “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (The Righteous Brothers, Hall & Oates)


    9 million:


  4. “Yesterday” (The Beatles, Ray Charles)
  5. “Baby, I Need Your Loving” (Four Tops, Johnny Rivers)


    8 million:


  6. “Brown-Eyed Girl” (Van Morrison)
  7. “Act Naturally” (Buck Owens, The Beatles)


    7 million:


  8. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (Simon & Garfunkel, Aretha Franklin)
  9. “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” (Otis Redding)
  10. “Stand by Me” (Ben E. King, John Lennon)
  11. “When a Man Loves a Woman” (Percy Sledge, Michael Bolton)
  12. “Your Song” (Elton John)
  13. “Never My Love” (The Association)


    6 million:


  14. “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” (The Rolling Stones)
  15. “I Will Always Love You” (Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton)
  16. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight, Creedence Clearwater Revival)
  17. “Oh, Pretty Woman” (Roy Orbison, Van Halen)
  18. “Layla” (Derek & the Dominos, Eric Clapton)
  19. “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (The Everly Brothers)
  20. “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (Ray Charles, Don Gibson, Conway Twitty)
  21. “Georgia on My Mind” (Ray Charles, Willie Nelson)
  22. “Mrs. Robinson” (Simon & Garfunkel, The Lemonheads)
  23. “Strangers in the Night” (Frank Sinatra)
  24. “Only You and You Alone” (The Platters)
  25. “Wind Beneath My Wings” (Bette Midler, Gary Morris)
  26. “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher” (Jackie Wilson, Rita Coolidge)
  27. “Save the Last Dance for Me” (The Drifters)
  28. “On Broadway” (The Drifters, George Benson)
  29. “Daniel” (Elton John)
  30. “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” (Frankie Valli)
  31. “Up, Up and Away” (The Fifth Dimension)
  32. “Twilight Time” (The Platters)
  33. “Oh Girl” (The Chi-Lites, Paul Young)
  34. “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” (Neil Sedaka)
  35. “Michelle” (The Beatles, The Overlanders)
  36. “How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You” (Marvin Gaye, James Taylor)
  37. “Rhythm of the Rain” (The Cascades, Dan Fogelberg)
  38. “Oh Lonesome Me” (Don Gibson)


    5.8 million:


  39. “Working My Way Back to You” (The Four Seasons, The Spinners)


    5 million:


  40. “Imagine” (John Lennon)
  41. “Let It Be” (The Beatles, Aretha Franklin)
  42. “The House of the Rising Sun” (The Animals)
  43. “Suspicious Minds” (Elvis Presley, Fine Young Cannibals)
  44. “Proud Mary” (Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ike & Tina Turner)
  45. “Honky Tonk Women” (The Rolling Stones)
  46. “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (Roberta Flack, The Fugees)
  47. “The Sound of Silence” (Simon & Garfunkel)
  48. “Always on My Mind” (Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, Pet Shop Boys)
  49. “You Send Me” (Sam Cooke)
  50. “How Deep Is Your Love” (Bee Gees)
  51. “You’re Still the One” (Shania Twain)
  52. “Dreams” (Fleetwood Mac)
  53. “The Rose” (Bette Midler)
  54. “California Girls” (The Beach Boys, David Lee Roth)
  55. “The Letter” (The Box Tops, Joe Cocker)
  56. “Happy Together” (The Turtles)
  57. “You Can’t Hurry Love” (The Supremes, Phil Collins)
  58. “Something” (The Beatles)
  59. “Cherish” (The Association)
  60. “Up on the Roof” (The Drifters)
  61. “Everybody’s Talkin’” (Harry Nilsson)
  62. “Amazed” (Lonestar)
  63. “Release Me” (Engelbert Humperdinck, Little Esther Phillips)
  64. “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” (Glen Campbell, Isaac Hayes)
  65. “Scarborough Fair” (Simon & Garfunkel)
  66. “Born Free” (Roger Williams)
  67. “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” (Elton John, George Michael & Elton John)
  68. “Don’t Stop” (Fleetwood Mac)
  69. “Angel of the Morning” (Merrillee Rush & the Turnabouts, Juice Newton)
  70. “Hooked on a Feeling” (Blue Swede, B.J. Thomas)
  71. “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” (The Police)
  72. “Gentle on My Mind” (Glen Campbell)
  73. “Sometimes When We Touch” (Dan Hill)
  74. “And I Love Her” (The Beatles)
  75. “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight” (England Dan & John Ford Coley)
  76. “Canadian Sunset” (Hugo Winterhalter with Eddie Heywood)
  77. “Sunny” (Bobby Hebb)
  78. “Goin’ Out of My Head” (Little Anthony & The Imperials)
  79. “To Love Somebody” (Bee Gees, Michael Bolton)
  80. “Born on the Bayou” (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
  81. “The Heart of the Matter” (Don Henley)
  82. “Traces” (Classics IV)
  83. “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” (Casinos, Eddy Arnold)
  84. “More” (Perry Como, Marcello Ciorciolini)
 

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I figure the top five bands most necessary for any classic rock radio station are,in no particular order,Beatles,Stones,Zep,Pink Floyd,and the Who.Then maybe Claption 6th and Dylan at No.7...certainly Jimi Hendrix,Black Sabbath and AC/DC could quite possibly round out the rest of the top ten...anyone agree or disagree here?

I disagree.
 

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Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty), Nights in White Satin (Moody Blues) and Come up and see me (Make me Smile) (Steve Harley) - UK Radio (2) staples for many years.
 

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