| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Oh Pretty Woman- producer:
- Fred Foster
- 12 string guitar [12 string guitar Epiphone] and lead vocals:
- Roy Orbison (on 1964-08-01)
- double bass [upright bass]:
- Bob Moore (on 1964-08-01)
- drums (drum set):
- Buddy Harman (on 1964-08-01)
- guitar:
- Jerry Kennedy (on 1964-08-01), Wayne Moss (on 1964-08-01) and Billy Sanford (on 1964-08-01)
- harmonica:
- Charlie McCoy (on 1964-08-01)
- percussion:
- Paul Garrison (on 1964-08-01)
- piano:
- Floyd Cramer (on 1964-08-01)
- saxophone:
- Boots Randolph (on 1964-08-01)
- vocals:
- Roy Orbison
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Orbison Records, Orbison Records, Inc. and Monument Record Corp. (in 1964)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (number: 20), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 59), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 222)
- recording of:
- Oh, Pretty Woman (on 1964-08-01)
- lyricist and composer:
- Bill Dees and Roy Orbison
- publisher:
- Acuff-Rose Music Limited , Barbara Orbison Music Company, Roy Orbison Music Company, Universal/MCA Music Ltd. , Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (on 1964-08-26) and Acuff-Rose (in 1972)
| Roy Orbison | 4.2 | 3:03 |
| 2 | Apache | The Shadows | 4.65 | 2:56 |
| 3 | Needles and Pins | The Searchers | 4 | 2:15 |
| 4 | Mr. Tambourine Man- recorded in:
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1965-01-20)
- producer:
- Terry Melcher
- 12 string guitar:
- Jim McGuinn (on 1965-01-20)
- bass guitar:
- Chris Hillman (on 1965-01-20)
- drums (drum set):
- Michael Clarke (on 1965-01-20)
- guitar:
- David Crosby (on 1965-01-20)
- tambourine:
- Gene Clark (on 1965-01-20)
- vocals:
- Gene Clark (on 1965-01-20), David Crosby (on 1965-01-20), Chris Hillman (on 1965-01-20) and Jim McGuinn (on 1965-01-20)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Columbia Records (in 1965) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (in 1965)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (number: 10), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 79) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 230)
- cover recording of:
- Mr. Tambourine Man (on 1965-01-20)
- lyricist and composer:
- Bob Dylan (from 1964-02 until 1964-04)
- publisher:
- Blossom Music Ltd., M. Witmark & Sons, Sony Music Publishing , Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Bros. Music , Warner Brothers Music Ltd. , Warner/Chappell (from 1964 until 1992) and Special Rider Music (from 1992 to present)
| The Byrds | 4.15 | 2:22 |
| 5 | Do You Love Me | The Tremeloes | | 2:26 |
| 6 | I Like It | Gerry & the Pacemakers | 2 | 2:17 |
| 7 | Poor Me | Adam Faith | | 1:50 |
| 8 | You’re My World | Cilla Black | | 3:01 |
| 9 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine- producer:
- Norman Whitfield
- bass [1962 Fender Precision Bass]:
- James Jamerson (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- congas and tambourine:
- Jack Ashford (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- drums (drum set):
- Uriel Jones (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- French horn:
- Don Ozga (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10) and Edwin Jones (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- guitar [1964 Gibson Firebird III]:
- Eddie Willis (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- guitar [Fender Telecaster with Jazzmaster Neck]:
- Joe Messina (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- Hammond organ [B-3]:
- Earl Van Dyke (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- instruments:
- The Funk Brothers (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- tom-tom:
- Richard "Pistol" Allen (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- Wurlitzer electric piano:
- Johnny Griffith (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- background vocals:
- The Andantes (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10), Marlene Barrow (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10), Louvain Demps (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10) and Jackie Hicks (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- lead vocals:
- Marvin Gaye (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- orchestra:
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- strings arranger:
- Paul Riser (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- orchestrator:
- Paul Riser (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Motown Record Company (in 1968)
- recorded at and mixed at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- part of:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 80), Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 93), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 119) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 307)
- cover recording of:
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- writer:
- Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , EMI Songs Australia, EMI Songs Scandinavia AB, Jobete Music , Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobette-Carlin Music Ltd., Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部
| Marvin Gaye | 4.05 | 3:14 |
| 10 | Reach Out, I’ll Be There- producer:
- Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
- instruments:
- The Funk Brothers (in 1966)
- background vocals:
- The Andantes (in 1966), Marlene Barrow (in 1966), Renaldo Benson (in 1966), Louvain Demps (in 1966), Abdul “Duke” Fakir (in 1966), Jackie Hicks (in 1966) and Lawrence Payton (in 1966)
- lead vocals:
- Levi Stubbs (in 1966)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Motown Record Company (in 1966)
- recorded at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1966)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 78) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 206)
- recording of:
- Reach Out, I’ll Be There (in 1966)
- lyricist:
- Eddie Holland
- composer:
- Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
- publisher:
- EMI Songs, EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Four Tops | 4 | 3:00 |
| 11 | You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’- engineer:
- Larry Levine
- producer:
- Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson and Phil Spector
- vocals:
- Bobby Hatfield (from 1964-08 until 1964-11) and Bill Medley (from 1964-08 until 1964-11)
- arranger:
- Jack Nitzsche and Gene Page
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Spectrum Music and Polydor International (in 1964)
- recorded at:
- Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1964-08 until 1964-11)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 34)
- recording of:
- You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (from 1964-08 until 1964-11)
- writer:
- Barry Mann, Phil Spector and Cynthia Weil
- publisher:
- ABKCO Music Publishing Pty Ltd, ABKCO Music, Inc. , Columbia Music , EMI Music Publishing , EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd , Mother Bertha Music Inc., Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Inc. and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc.
- sub-publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing Germany , Screen Gems-Columbia Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., 日本アブコ音楽出版 , イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30), ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| The Righteous Brothers | 3 | 3:45 |
| 12 | The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore | The Walker Brothers | 3.5 | 3:04 |
| 13 | You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield | 3.7 | 2:52 |
| 14 | I’m Into Something Good | Herman’s Hermits | 4.35 | 2:35 |
| 15 | Runaway | Del Shannon | 4.4 | 2:22 |
| 16 | Baby Love | The Supremes | | 2:39 |
| 17 | Puppet on a String | Sandie Shaw | | 2:27 |
| 18 | Tell Laura I Love Her | Ricky Valance | | 2:44 |
| 19 | Walkin’ Back to Happiness | Helen Shapiro | 2 | 2:31 |
| 20 | It’s Not Unusual | Tom Jones | 4.5 | 2:05 |
| 21 | I Remember You | Frank Ifield | | 2:02 |
| 22 | Three Steps to Heaven | Eddie Cochran | 3 | 2:26 |
| 23 | Blue Moon- producer:
- Danny and Stu
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- EMI Records Ltd. (in 1961, in 2004)
- cover recording of:
- Blue Moon
- lyricist:
- Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
- composer:
- Richard Rodgers (in 1934)
- publisher:
- EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Music Publishing , EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. , EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son P/L, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation, SBK United Partnership Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス
- sub-publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing Belgium NV and Francis Day Editions
- part of:
- New York, New York
| The Marcels | 3 | 2:22 |
| 24 | House of the Rising Sun | The Animals | 4.25 | 4:31 |
| 25 | You Really Got Me- producer:
- Shel Talmy (in 1964-07)
- additional piano:
- Perry Ford (in 1964-07)
- bass guitar:
- Pete Quaife (in 1964-07)
- drums (drum set):
- Bobby Graham (in 1964-07)
- guitar:
- Harry Fryer (in 1964-07)
- guitar [lead guitar]:
- Dave Davies (in 1964-07)
- guitar [rhythm guitar], harmonica, keyboard and lead vocals:
- Ray Davies (in 1964-07)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. (in 1964)
- miscellaneous support:
- PRT Records (task: Courtesy of / c/o Celebrity Licensing, Inc.)
- recorded at:
- IBC Studios in London , England, United Kingdom (in 1964-07)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (number: 13), NME: 50 Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time (number: 20), VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (number: 57), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 82), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 162) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 176)
- recording of:
- You Really Got Me (in 1964-07)
- lyricist and composer:
- Ray Davies
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , Edward Kassner Music Co. Ltd. and Jay Boy
| The Kinks | 4.25 | 2:16 |
| 26 | Telstar | The Tornadoes | 3.35 | 3:17 |