| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | House of the Rising Sun | The Animals | 4.05 | 4:30 |
| 2 | I’m a Believer | The Monkees | 4.85 | 2:46 |
| 3 | Respect | Aretha Franklin | | 2:27 |
| 4 | Soul Man | Sam & Dave | 4.5 | 2:37 |
| 5 | Knock on Wood | Eddie Floyd | 4 | 3:04 |
| 6 | In the Midnight Hour (45 version) | Wilson Pickett | | 2:40 |
| 7 | My Girl | Otis Redding | 4.35 | 2:55 |
| 8 | Under the Boardwalk | The Drifters | 4.5 | 2:38 |
| 9 | I Got You Babe (45 version) | Sonny & Cher | 4.35 | 3:10 |
| 10 | Bus Stop | The Hollies | | 2:55 |
| 11 | A House Is Not a Motel | Love | 4.5 | 3:32 |
| 12 | China Cat Sunflower | Grateful Dead | 4 | 3:42 |
| 13 | No Fun | The Stooges | 4 | 5:16 |
| 14 | Bad to Me | Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | 3 | 2:21 |
| 15 | Alfie | Cilla Black | | 2:39 |
| 16 | What’cha Gonna Do About It (single version) | Doris Troy | | 1:52 |
| 17 | Have I the Right | The Honeycombs | 3 | 2:58 |
| 18 | Ferry Cross the Mersey | Gerry & the Pacemakers | | 2:25 |
| 19 | Just a Little | The Beau Brummels | | 2:26 |
| 20 | Shakin’ All Over | Johnny Kidd & the Pirates | 3.5 | 2:21 |
| 21 | Stand by Me- recorded in:
- New York, New York, United States (on 1960-10-27)
- vocals:
- Ben E. King (on 1960-10-27)
- conductor:
- Stan Applebaum (on 1960-10-27)
- arranger:
- Stan Applebaum
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- H.H.O. Ltd
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 1), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 121) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 131)
- recording of:
- Stand by Me (on 1960-10-27)
- publisher:
- Mike Stoller
- writer:
- Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
- publisher:
- Hornall Brothers Music , Jerry Leiber Music, Leiber Stoller Songs Ltd., Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Trio Music and Unichappell Music
| Ben E. King | 4.65 | 2:55 |
| 22 | For What It’s Worth | Buffalo Springfield | 4 | 2:34 |
| 23 | (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay- producer:
- Jerry Bruckheimer, Steve Cropper and Don Simpson
- bass guitar:
- Donald “Duck” Dunn (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- drums (drum set):
- Al Jackson, Jr. (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- guitar:
- Steve Cropper (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- keyboard:
- Isaac Hayes (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07) and Booker T. Jones (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- trumpet:
- Wayne Jackson (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- vocals:
- Otis Redding (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- whistling:
- Otis Redding (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1968)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 26), The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 38) and Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 45)
- recording of:
- (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay (from 1967-11-22 until 1967-12-07)
- writer:
- Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
- publisher:
- East Publishing Inc., East/Memphis Music Corp., Irving Music , Irving Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division, Warner Bros. , Warner Bros. Music Ltd. , Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division, Yamaha Music EH(CM) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc.
| Otis Redding | 4.45 | 2:47 |
| 24 | Daydream Believer | The Monkees | 5 | 3:00 |
| 25 | Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett | 4 | 3:08 |
| 26 | Hi Ho Silver Lining | Jeff Beck | 2 | 2:56 |
| 27 | He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother- producer:
- Ron Richards
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- EMI Records Ltd. (in 1969) and The Hollies Ltd. (from 1969 until 1970)
- recorded at:
- Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London , England, United Kingdom (on 1969-06-25)
- cover recording of:
- He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother (on 1969-06-25)
- writer:
- Bob Russell and Bobby Scott
- publisher:
- Amber Leigh Music Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Cyril Shane Music, Harrison Music Corp., Heath Levy Music, Jenny Music Inc., Music Sales Corporation and ミュージック・セールス
| The Hollies | 4.2 | 4:19 |
| 28 | You Keep Me Hangin’ On | Vanilla Fudge | | 2:56 |
| 29 | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | The Animals | 3.85 | 2:26 |
| 30 | Alone Again Or | Love | 4.25 | 3:14 |
| 31 | Both Sides Now | Judy Collins | | 3:14 |
| 32 | Phantasmagoria in Two | Tim Buckley | | 3:29 |
| 33 | Kites | Simon Dupree & the Big Sound | | 3:44 |
| 34 | Excerpt From a Teenage Opera | Keith West | | 4:42 |
| 35 | No Milk Today | Herman’s Hermits | 4.6 | 2:57 |
| 36 | Do You Want to Know a Secret? | Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas | 3 | 2:04 |
| 37 | Got to Get You Into My Life | Cliff Bennett & the Rebel Rousers | | 2:31 |
| 38 | Living in the Past | Jethro Tull | | 3:21 |
| 39 | Kick Out the Jams | MC5 | | 2:48 |
| 40 | 1969 | The Stooges | 4.35 | 4:06 |
| 41 | I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin | 4.4 | 3:32 |
| 42 | Walk On By- vocals:
- Dionne Warwick
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- WEA International Inc. (in 1984)
- part of:
- The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 51) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 70)
- recording of:
- Walk On By
- lyricist:
- Hal David
- composer:
- Burt Bacharach
- publisher:
- Blue Seas Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (Hal David), Carlin Music Corporation, Casa David, Copyright Control , JAC Music Co., Inc., New Hidden Valley Music Co., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Windswept Music (London) Ltd., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
- sub-publisher:
- フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 and フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部
- part of:
- Baby It’s You!
| Dionne Warwick | 4.5 | 2:55 |
| 43 | When a Man Loves a Woman- recording of:
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- writer:
- Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright
- publisher:
- Mijac Music, Pronto Music, Inc. , Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell North America, Warner/Chappell, Pronto Music (from 1966 to present), Quinvy Music Publishing Company, Inc. (from 1966 to present), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (from 1966 to present), Pronto (in 1972) and Quinvy (in 1972)
| Percy Sledge | 5 | 2:56 |
| 44 | Everybody Needs Somebody to Love | Solomon Burke | 5 | 2:46 |
| 45 | Saturday Night at the Movies | The Drifters | 5 | 2:28 |
| 46 | Walk Like a Man | Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons | | 2:18 |
| 47 | Cathy’s Clown | The Everly Brothers | 3.5 | 2:24 |
| 48 | Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) | Peter Sarstedt | | 4:45 |
| 49 | You’ll Never Walk Alone | Gerry & the Pacemakers | | 2:40 |
| 50 | You’re My World | Cilla Black | | 2:59 |
| 51 | Walkin’ Back to Happiness | Helen Shapiro | | 2:31 |
| 52 | The Young Ones | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | 2.65 | 3:11 |
| 53 | Spanish Harlem | Ben E. King | 5 | 2:52 |
| 54 | Last Night | The Mar‐Keys | 4 | 2:37 |
| 55 | Poor Me | Adam Faith | | 1:47 |
| 56 | Sixteen Reasons | Connie Stevens | 4 | 1:57 |
| 57 | Hello Little Girl | The Fourmost | | 1:52 |
| 58 | Moon River (from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”) | Danny Williams | 3.5 | 2:36 |
| 59 | Just One Look | The Hollies | | 2:28 |
| 60 | Green Onions | Booker T. & the M.G.’s | 4.15 | 2:55 |
