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| RECORD OF THE YEAR ... ARTIST(S) | YEAR | SONG OF THE YEAR ... SONGWRITER(S) |
|---|---|---|
| Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) ... Domenico Modugno | 1958 | Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) ... Domenico Modugno |
| Mack The Knife ... Bobby Darin | 1959 | The Battle of New Orleans ... Jimmy Driftwood |
| The Theme From “A Summer Place” ... Percy Faith | 1960 | Theme From Exodus ... Ernest Gold |
| Moon River ... Henry Mancini | 1961 | Moon River ... Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer |
| I Left My Heart In San Francisco ... Tony Bennett | 1962 | What Kind Of Fool Am I ... Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley |
| Days Of Wine And Roses ... Henry Mancini | 1963 | Days Of Wine And Roses ... Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer |
| The Girl From Ipanema ... Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto | 1964 | Hello, Dolly ... Jerry Herman |
| Taste Of Honey ... Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass | 1965 | The Shadow Of Your Smile ... Johnny Mandel/Paul Francis Webster |
| Strangers In The Night ... Frank Sinatra | 1966 | Michelle ... John Lennon/Paul McCartney |
| Up-Up And Away ... The 5th Dimension | 1967 | Up-Up And Away ... Jim Webb |
| Mrs. Robinson ... Simon & Garfunkel | 1968 | Little Green Apples ... Bobby Russell |
| Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In ... The 5th Dimension | 1969 | Games People Play ... Joe South |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water ... Simon & Garfunkel | 1970 | Bridge Over Troubled Water ... Paul Simon |
| It’s Too Late ... Carole King | 1971 | You’ve Got A Friend ... Carole King |
| The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ... Roberta Flack | 1972 | The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ... Ewan MacColl |
| Killing Me Softly With His Song ... Roberta Flack | 1973 | Killing Me Softly With His Song ... Norman Gimbel/Charles Fox |
| I Honestly Love You ... Olivia Newton-John | 1974 | The Way We Were ... Marvin Hamlisch/Alan & Marilyn Bergman |
| Love Will Keep Us Together ... The Captain & Tennille | 1975 | Send In The Clowns ... Stephen Sondheim |
| This Masquerade ... George Benson | 1976 | I Write The Songs ... Bruce Johnston |
| Hotel California ... Eagles | 1977 | Evergreen ... B. Streisand/P. Williams & You Light Up My Life … J. Brooks |
| Just The Way You Are ... Billy Joel | 1978 | Just The Way You Are ... Billy Joel |
| What A Fool Believes ... Doobie Brothers | 1979 | What A Fool Believes ... Michael McDonald/Kenny Loggins |
| Sailing ... Christopher Cross | 1980 | Sailing ... Christopher Cross |
| Bette Davis Eyes ... Kim Carnes | 1981 | Bette Davis Eyes ... Donna Weiss & Jackie De Shannon |
| Rosanna ... Toto | 1982 | Always On My Mind ... Johnny Christopher/Mark James/Wayne Thompson |
| Beat It ... Michael Jackson | 1983 | Every Breath You Take ... Sting |
| What’s Love Got To Do With It ... Tina Turner | 1984 | What’s Love Got To Do With It ... Graham Lyle/Terry Britten |
| We Are The World ... USA for Africa | 1985 | We Are The World ... Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie |
| Higher Love ... Steve Winwood | 1986 | That’s What Friends Are For ... Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager |
| Graceland ... Paul Simon | 1987 | Somewhere Out There ... James Horner/Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil |
| Don’t Worry Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin | 1988 | Don’t Worry Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin |
| Wind Beneath My Wings ... Bette Midler | 1989 | Wind Beneath My Wings ... Larry Henley/Jeff Silbar |
| Another Day In Paradise ... Phil Collins | 1990 | From A Distance ... Julie Gold |
| Unforgettable ... Natalie Cole with Nat “King” Cole | 1991 | Unforgettable ... Irving Gordon |
| Tears In Heaven ... Eric Clapton | 1992 | Tears In Heaven ... Eric Clapton |
| I Will Always Love You ... Whitney Houston | 1993 | A Whole New World (Aladdin’s Theme) ... Alan Menken/Tim Rice |
| All I Wanna Do ... Sheryl Crow | 1994 | Streets Of Philadelphia ... Bruce Springsteen |
| Kiss From A Rose ... Seal | 1995 | Kiss From A Rose ... Seal |
| Change The World ... Eric Clapton | 1996 | Change The World ... Gordon Kennedy/Wayne Kirkpatrick/Tommy Sims |
| Sunny Came Home ... Shawn Colvin | 1997 | Sunny Came Home ... Shawn Colvin/John Leventhal |
| My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion | 1998 | My Heart Will Go On ... James Horner/Will Jennings |
| Smooth ... Santana Feat. Rob Thomas | 1999 | Smooth ... Itaal Shur/Rob Thomas |
| Beautiful Day ... U2 | 2000 | Beautiful Day ... Paul Hewson/Dave Evans/Adam Clayton/Larry Mullen |
| Walk On ... U2 | 2001 | Fallin’ ... Alicia Keys |
| Don’t Know Why ... Norah Jones | 2002 | Don’t Know Why ... Jesse Harris |
| Clocks ... Coldplay | 2003 | Dance With My Father ... Richard Marx/Luther Vandross |
| Here We Go Again ... Ray Charles with Norah Jones | 2004 | Daughters ... John Mayer |
| Boulevard Of Broken Dreams ... Green Day | 2005 | Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own … U2 |
| Not Ready To Make Nice ... Dixie Chicks | 2006 | Not Ready To Make Nice ... Dixie Chicks/Dan Wilson |
| Rehab ... Amy Winehouse | 2007 | Rehab ... Amy Winehouse |
| Please Read The Letter ... Alisson Krauss & Robert Plant | 2008 | Viva La Vida ... Guy Berryman/Jon Buckland/Will Champion/Chris Martin |
| Use Somebody ... Kings Of Leon | 2009 | Singles Ladies (Put A Ring On It) ... Harrell/Knowles/Nash/Stewart |
| Need You Now … Lady Antebellum | 2010 | Need You Now … Charles Kelley/Dave Haywood/Hillary Scott/Josh Kear |
| Rolling In The Deep … Adele | 2011 | Rolling In The Deep … Adele Adkins/Paul Epworth |
| Somebody That I Used To Know … Gotye Feat. Kimbra | 2012 | We Are Young … Nate Ruess/Jack Antonoff/Jeff Bhasker/Andrew Dost |
| Get Lucky … Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams | 2013 | Royals … Joel Little/Ella Yelich-O’Connor |
| Stay With Me … Sam Smith | 2014 | Stay With Me … James Napier/William Phillips/Sam Smith |
| Uptown Funk … Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars | 2015 | Thinking Out Loud … Ed Sheeran/Amy Wadge |
| Hello … Adele | 2016 | Hello … Adele Adkins/Greg Kurstin |
| 24K Magic … Bruno Mars | 2017 | That’s What I Like … Peter Hernandez/Philip Lawrence |
| This Is America … Childish Gambino | 2018 | This Is America … Donald Glover |
| Bad Guy … Billie Eilish | 2019 | Bad Guy … Billie Eilish O’Connell/Finneas O’Connell |
| Everything I Wanted … Billie Eilish | 2020 | I Can’t Breathe … Dernst Emile II/Gabriella Wilson/Tiara Thomas |
| Leave The Door Open … Silk Sonic | 2021 | Leave The Door Open … Brandon Anderson/Peter Hernandez |
| About Damn Time … Lizzo | 2022 | Just Like That … Bonnie Raitt |
| Flowers … Miley Cyrus | 2023 | What Was I Made For? … Billie Eilish O’Connell/Finneas O’Connell |
| Not Like Us ... Kendrick Lamar | 2024 | Not Like Us ... Kendrick Lamar |
| Luther ... Kendrick Lamar | 2025 | Wildflower ... Billie Eilish O'Connell/Finneas O'Connell |
YEAR
Record of the Year … Artist(s)
Song of the Year … Songwriter(s)
| YEAR | RECORD OF THE YEAR ... ARTIST(S) | SONG OF THE YEAR ... SONGWRITER(S) |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | R: Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) ... Domenico Modugno | S: Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) ... Domenico Modugno |
| 1959 | R: Mack The Knife ... Bobby Darin | S: The Battle of New Orleans ... Jimmy Driftwood |
| 1960 | R: The Theme From “A Summer Place” ... Percy Faith | S: Theme From Exodus ... Ernest Gold |
| 1961 | R: Moon River ... Henry Mancini | S: Moon River ... Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer |
| 1962 | R: I Left My Heart In San Francisco ... Tony Bennett | S: What Kind Of Fool Am I ... Leslie Bricusse/Anthony Newley |
| 1963 | R: Days Of Wine And Roses ... Henry Mancini | S: Days Of Wine And Roses ... Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer |
| 1964 | R: The Girl From Ipanema ... Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto | S: Hello, Dolly ... Jerry Herman |
| 1965 | R: Taste Of Honey ... Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass | S: The Shadow Of Your Smile ... Johnny Mandel/Paul Francis Webster |
| 1966 | R: Strangers In The Night ... Frank Sinatra | S: Michelle ... John Lennon/Paul McCartney |
| 1967 | R: Up-Up And Away ... The 5th Dimension | S: Up-Up And Away ... Jim Webb |
| 1968 | R: Mrs. Robinson ... Simon & Garfunkel | S: Little Green Apples ... Bobby Russell |
| 1969 | R: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In ... The 5th Dimension | S: Games People Play ... Joe South |
| 1970 | R: Bridge Over Troubled Water ... Simon & Garfunkel | S: Bridge Over Troubled Water ... Paul Simon |
| 1971 | R: It’s Too Late ... Carole King | S: You’ve Got A Friend ... Carole King |
| 1972 | R: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ... Roberta Flack | S: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ... Ewan MacColl |
| 1973 | R: Killing Me Softly With His Song ... Roberta Flack | S: Killing Me Softly With His Song ... Norman Gimbel/Charles Fox |
| 1974 | R: I Honestly Love You ... Olivia Newton-John | S: The Way We Were ... Marvin Hamlisch/Alan & Marilyn Bergman |
| 1975 | R: Love Will Keep Us Together ... The Captain & Tennille | S: Send In The Clowns ... Stephen Sondheim |
| 1976 | R: This Masquerade ... George Benson | S: I Write The Songs ... Bruce Johnston |
| 1977 | R: Hotel California ... Eagles | S: Evergreen ... B. Streisand/P. Williams & You Light Up My Life … J. Brooks |
| 1978 | R: Just The Way You Are ... Billy Joel | S: Just The Way You Are ... Billy Joel |
| 1979 | R: What A Fool Believes ... Doobie Brothers | S: What A Fool Believes ... Michael McDonald/Kenny Loggins |
| 1980 | R: Sailing ... Christopher Cross | S: Sailing ... Christopher Cross |
| 1981 | R: Bette Davis Eyes ... Kim Carnes | S: Bette Davis Eyes ... Donna Weiss & Jackie De Shannon |
| 1982 | R: Rosanna ... Toto | S: Always On My Mind ... Johnny Christopher/Mark James/Wayne Thompson |
| 1983 | R: Beat It ... Michael Jackson | S: Every Breath You Take ... Sting |
| 1984 | R: What’s Love Got To Do With It ... Tina Turner | S: What’s Love Got To Do With It ... Graham Lyle/Terry Britten |
| 1985 | R: We Are The World ... USA for Africa | S: We Are The World ... Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie |
| 1986 | R: Higher Love ... Steve Winwood | S: That’s What Friends Are For ... Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager |
| 1987 | R: Graceland ... Paul Simon | S: Somewhere Out There ... James Horner/Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil |
| 1988 | R: Don’t Worry Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin | S: Don’t Worry Be Happy ... Bobby McFerrin |
| 1989 | R: Wind Beneath My Wings ... Bette Midler | S: Wind Beneath My Wings ... Larry Henley/Jeff Silbar |
| 1990 | R: Another Day In Paradise ... Phil Collins | S: From A Distance ... Julie Gold |
| 1991 | R: Unforgettable ... Natalie Cole with Nat “King” Cole | S: Unforgettable ... Irving Gordon |
| 1992 | R: Tears In Heaven ... Eric Clapton | S: Tears In Heaven ... Eric Clapton |
| 1993 | R: I Will Always Love You ... Whitney Houston | S: A Whole New World (Aladdin’s Theme) ... Alan Menken/Tim Rice |
| 1994 | R: All I Wanna Do ... Sheryl Crow | S: Streets Of Philadelphia ... Bruce Springsteen |
| 1995 | R: Kiss From A Rose ... Seal | S: Kiss From A Rose ... Seal |
| 1996 | R: Change The World ... Eric Clapton | S: Change The World ... Gordon Kennedy/Wayne Kirkpatrick/Tommy Sims |
| 1997 | R: Sunny Came Home ... Shawn Colvin | S: Sunny Came Home ... Shawn Colvin/John Leventhal |
| 1998 | R: My Heart Will Go On ... Celine Dion | S: My Heart Will Go On ... James Horner/Will Jennings |
| 1999 | R: Smooth ... Santana Feat. Rob Thomas | S: Smooth ... Itaal Shur/Rob Thomas |
| 2000 | R: Beautiful Day ... U2 | S: Beautiful Day ... Paul Hewson/Dave Evans/Adam Clayton/Larry Mullen |
| 2001 | R: Walk On ... U2 | S: Fallin’ ... Alicia Keys |
| 2002 | R: Don’t Know Why ... Norah Jones | S: Don’t Know Why ... Jesse Harris |
| 2003 | R: Clocks ... Coldplay | S: Dance With My Father ... Richard Marx/Luther Vandross |
| 2004 | R: Here We Go Again ... Ray Charles with Norah Jones | S: Daughters ... John Mayer |
| 2005 | R: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams ... Green Day | S: Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own … U2 |
| 2006 | R: Not Ready To Make Nice ... Dixie Chicks | S: Not Ready To Make Nice ... Dixie Chicks/Dan Wilson |
| 2007 | R: Rehab ... Amy Winehouse | S: Rehab ... Amy Winehouse |
| 2008 | R: Please Read The Letter ... Alisson Krauss & Robert Plant | S: Viva La Vida ... Guy Berryman/Jon Buckland/Will Champion/Chris Martin |
| 2009 | R: Use Somebody ... Kings Of Leon | S: Singles Ladies (Put A Ring On It) ... Harrell/Knowles/Nash/Stewart |
| 2010 | R: Need You Now … Lady Antebellum | S: Need You Now … Charles Kelley/Dave Haywood/Hillary Scott/Josh Kear |
| 2011 | R: Rolling In The Deep … Adele | S: Rolling In The Deep … Adele Adkins/Paul Epworth |
| 2012 | R: Somebody That I Used To Know … Gotye Feat. Kimbra | S: We Are Young … Nate Ruess/Jack Antonoff/Jeff Bhasker/Andrew Dost |
| 2013 | R: Get Lucky … Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams | S: Royals … Joel Little/Ella Yelich-O’Connor |
| 2014 | R: Stay With Me … Sam Smith | S: Stay With Me … James Napier/William Phillips/Sam Smith |
| 2015 | R: Uptown Funk … Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars | S: Thinking Out Loud … Ed Sheeran/Amy Wadge |
| 2016 | R: Hello … Adele | S: Hello … Adele Adkins/Greg Kurstin |
| 2017 | R: 24K Magic … Bruno Mars | S: That’s What I Like … Peter Hernandez/Philip Lawrence |
| 2018 | R: This Is America … Childish Gambino | S: This Is America … Donald Glover |
| 2019 | R: Bad Guy … Billie Eilish | S: Bad Guy … Billie Eilish O’Connell/Finneas O’Connell |
| 2020 | R: Everything I Wanted … Billie Eilish | S: I Can’t Breathe … Dernst Emile II/Gabriella Wilson/Tiara Thomas |
| 2021 | R: Leave The Door Open … Silk Sonic | S: Leave The Door Open … Brandon Anderson/Peter Hernandez |
| 2022 | R: About Damn Time … Lizzo | S: Just Like That … Bonnie Raitt |
| 2023 | R: Flowers … Miley Cyrus | S: What Was I Made For? … Billie Eilish O’Connell/Finneas O’Connell |
| 2024 | R: Not Like Us ... Kendrick Lamar | S: Not Like Us ... Kendrick Lamar |
| 2025 | R: Luther ... Kendrick Lamar | S: Wildflower ... Billie Eilish O'Connell/Finneas O'Connell |
Source 1958-2023: Pop Annual 1950-2023
Source 2024 & 2025: Grammy.com
Deja Vu
On a brisk mid-January day, a disco groove ascended to the top of Billboard’s “Hot 100” chart. Now, exactly 49 years later, a fresh funky track, a bit reminiscent of that classic hit, has debuted at #1, with that same irresistible invitation to the dance floor.
“You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” by Leo Sayer
peaked at #1 on 1/15/77 (“Pop Annual 1950-2023“)
“I Just Might” by Bruno Mars
debuted at #1 on 1/24/26 (Billboard.com)
The Source
Sure, you hear music facts like these all the time. But did you know that Record Research is the original source for authoritative chart data? Our founder, Joel Whitburn, introduced the world to his reliable research of the music charts with the publication of his first book in 1970.
Since then, Record Research has meticulously examined thousands of charts, tracking the rise and fall of every entry, and preserving everything from one-hit wonders to timeless classics. Each book represents a decades of rigorous investigation, transforming raw numbers into meaningful music history. Along the way, Record Research helped introduce chart-research standards such as "Song and Artist Rankings," "Peak Position," and "Debut Date" into the cultural lexicon.
For more than 50 years, Joel Whitburn ensured that America’s music history wasn’t left to fading memories, but carefully documented and preserved. Today, Record Research proudly continues that legacy, expanding its reach as the definitive source for music-chart data.
From collectors and DJs to music historians and lifelong fans, Record Research has long been a trusted companion because behind every song is a story worth keeping.
Music isn’t just data. It’s memory.
And nobody keeps those memories alive quite like Record Research. Dive in and discover your music’s history.
Posted 1/23/26 on home page.
When It's In the News,
Be In the Know
“Beth” by Kiss debuted on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 chart on September 4, 1976, and climbed to position 7. It ranks as the band’s highest-charting hit and was written by Peter Criss, Bob Ezrin, and Stan Penridge. For three of its 21 weeks was on the chart, “Beth” shared its listing with “Detroit Rock City,” the flip side of vinyl 7” single (Casablanca 863), a certified gold seller.
Find this and more in our Top Pop Singles 1955-1989 book, featuring Kiss’ chart history and much more, plus detailed information on 25,552 songs by 5817 artists.
When It's In The News, Be In The Know
“Beth” by Kiss debuted on Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 on September 4, 1976, and climbed to position 7. It ranks as Kiss’ highest-charting hit and was written by Peter Criss, Bob Ezrin, and Stan Penridge. For three of the 21 weeks that “Beth” was on the chart, it shared its listing with “Detroit Rock City,” the flip side of vinyl 7” single (Casablanca 863), a certified gold seller.
Find this and more in our Top Pop Singles 1955-1989 book, featuring Kiss’ chart history and much more, plus detailed information on 25,552 songs by 5817 artists.
Posted 1/16/26 on home page.
In 1965, Joel Whitburn envisioned a new hobby and ended up creating an entirely novel trade. He turned to his prized collection of Billboard magazines and began documenting the journey of each song, from its entrance on the Hot 100 chart to its exit. With his exacting eye, Joel checked the title, artist and label listed for every chart entry against the actual records from his vast music collection. Week by week, position by position, he noted each song’s debut date, peak position, weeks on the chart, and much more. He was inventing music-chart data.
Five years later, after repeated requests from collector colleagues for his personal “record-keeping,” Joel typed out the research that he had painstakingly written on 3” x 5” index cards. He arranged it into an artist-by-artist listing in a slim, gold paperback, simply titled Record Research.
That book, now known as Top Pop Singles and in its 17th edition spanning two volumes, spawned a business of the same name and provided the first look at music history through the lens of chart performance. Joel added the concepts of “debut dates” and “peak positions” to the music lexicon.
He had the ultimate heart for the charts, self-publishing 173 of the nearly 200 books that he authored. Joel presented his findings in a variety of formats: by artist, by month, by year, by rank, and so on. His Record Research not only covered the pop charts – back to 1890 – but also those of Adult Contemporary, Christmas, Country, Dance-Disco, R&B and Rock.
After thoroughly documenting the history of Billboard’s charts, Joel turned his gaze to the charts of other major music trade publications: Cash Box, Gavin Report, Radio & Records, and Record World/Music Vendor. And while he was ever cataloguing and adding to his music archive, Joel also applied his findings as producer of the Billboard Top Hits series with Rhino Records, turning out 150 music compilations.
Joel was at his desk, dreaming up a new project, on his final day in 2022. The bookshelf behind him was laden with his creations, volumes which fostered many a heart for the charts.
Music industry veteran Seymour Stein started working at Billboard magazine in New York as a teenager. In 1966, he formed Sire Productions with record producer Richard Gottehrer, which eventually lead to Sire Records. A huge fan of the Record Research books, Seymour and Joel Whitburn became fast friends, sharing a mutual passion for music and the charts.
Seymour had a great eye for talent and signed many artists, including the Ramones, Talking Heads, The Pretenders and Madonna. Here’s a sampling of some of Sire’s biggest chart hits through the decades …
1970s
Hocus Pocus – Focus
Couldn’t Get It Right – Climax Blues Band
Rockaway Beach – Ramones
Rivers Of Babylon – Boney M
Pop Muzik – M
1980s
Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Genius Of Love – Tom Tom Club
Back On The Chain Gang – Pretenders
Burning Down The House – Talking Heads
I Melt With You – Modern English
Like A Virgin – Madonna
White Horse – Laid Back
People Are People – Depeche Mode
Chains Of Love – Erasure
1990s
I’ll Be Your Everything – Tommy Page
Constant Craving – k.d. lang
Far Behind – Candlebox
Kiss From A Rose – Seal
And the award goes to ...
Oscar-Winning Charttoppers
Hit #1 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” Chart
1955* – Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing … Four Aces
1969 – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head … B.J. Thomas
1971 – Theme From Shaft … Isaac Hayes
1972 – The Morning After … Maureen McGovern
1973 – The Way We Were … Barbra Streisand
1976 – Evergreen … Barbra Streisand
1977 – You Light Up My Life … Debby Boone
1981 – Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) … Christopher Cross
1982 – Up Where We Belong … Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
1983 – Flashdance…What A Feeling … Irene Cara
1984 – I Just Called To Say I Love You … Stevie Wonder
1985 – Say You, Say Me … Lionel Richie
1986 – Take My Breath Away … Berlin
1987 – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life … Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
1992 – A Whole New World (Aladdin’s Theme) … Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
1997 – My Heart Will Go On … Celine Dion
2002 – Lose Yourself … Eminem
2018 – Shallow … Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
* #1 on all 4 pop charts prior to debut of “Hot 100” in 1958
Remembering Burt Bacharach, 1928-2023, & His Best-Known Compositions on the Charts
1958
Magic Moments – Perry Como
The Story Of My Life – Marty Robbins
Another Time, Another Place – Patti Page
The Blob – The Five Blobs
1959
With Open Arms – Jane Morgan
1961
Tower Of Strength – Gene McDaniels
Please Stay – The Drifters
1962
Only Love Can Break A Heart – Gene Pitney
(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance – Gene Pitney
Baby It’s You – The Shirelles (later Smith)
Make It Easy On Yourself – Jerry Butler
Any Day Now – Chuck Jackson (later Ronnie Milsap)
1963
Blue On Blue – Bobby Vinton
Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa – Gene Pitney
Don’t Make Me Over – Dionne Warwick
1964
Wishin’ And Hopin’ – Dusty Springfield
Walk On By – Dionne Warwick
Anyone Who Had A Heart – Dionne Warwick
Wives And Lovers – Jack Jones
1965
What’s New Pussycat? – Tom Jones
What The World Needs Now Is Love – Jackie DeShannon
1966
Message To Michael – Dionne Warwick
Trains And Boats And Planes – Dionne Warwick
1967
I Say A Little Prayer – Dionne Warwick
Alfie – Dionne Warwick
The Look Of Love – Dusty Springfield (also Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66)
1968
This Guy’s In Love With You – Herb Alpert
Do You Know The Way To San Jose – Dionne Warwick
Promises, Promises – Dionne Warwick
1970
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head – B.J. Thomas
(They Long To Be) Close To You – Carpenters
One Less Bell To Answer – 5th Dimension
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Dionne Warwick
Everybody’s Out Of Town – B.J. Thomas
1981
Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) – Christopher Cross
Stronger Than Before – Carole Bayer Sager
1982
Heartlight – Neil Diamond
Making Love – Roberta Flack
1983
Always Something There To Remind Me – Naked Eyes (& others prior)
1986
That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne & Friends
On My Own – Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
1987
Love Power – Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osborne