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13 | (4) |
| Author's Note |
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17 | (2) |
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Terraplane Blues Robert Johnson (1937) |
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19 | (2) |
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Rolling Stone Muddy Waters (1950) |
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21 | (2) |
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Tutti-Frutti Little Richard (1955) |
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23 | (2) |
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Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley (1956) |
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25 | (2) |
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Fever Little Willie John (1956) |
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27 | (2) |
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In the Still of the Nite The Five Satins (1956) |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (2) |
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Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On Jerry Lee Lewis (1957) |
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33 | (2) |
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Peggy Sue Buddy Holly (1957) |
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35 | (2) |
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At the Hop Danny and the Juniors (1957) |
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37 | (2) |
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Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry (1958) |
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39 | (2) |
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All I Have to Do Is Dream The Everly Brothers (1958) |
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41 | (2) |
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I've Had It The Bell Notes (1959) |
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43 | (2) |
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Crossfire Johnny and the Hurricanes (1959) |
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45 | (2) |
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Memphis, Tennessee Chuck Berry (1959) |
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47 | (2) |
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Runaway Del Shannon (1961) |
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49 | (2) |
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Stand By Me Ben E. King (1961) |
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51 | (2) |
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I'll Try Something New The Miracles (1962) |
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53 | (2) |
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You Belong to Me The Duprees (1962) |
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55 | (2) |
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Please Please Me The Beatles (1963) |
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57 | (2) |
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Sally Go 'Round the Roses The Jaynetts (1963) |
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59 | (2) |
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Louie Louie The Kingsmen (1963) |
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61 | (2) |
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Fun, Fun, Fun The Beach Boys (1964) |
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63 | (2) |
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I Get Around/Don't Worry Baby The Beach Boys (1964) |
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65 | (2) |
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Dancing in the Street Martha and the Vandellas (1964) |
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67 | (2) |
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You Really Got Me The Kinks (1964) |
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69 | (2) |
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Baby Please Don't Go/Gloria Them (1964) |
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71 | (2) |
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A Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke (1964) |
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73 | (2) |
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I Can't Explain The Who (1965) |
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75 | (2) |
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The Last Time The Rolling Stones (1965) |
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77 | (2) |
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Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan (1965) |
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79 | (2) |
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Ticket to Ride The Beatles (1965) |
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81 | (2) |
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Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds (1965) |
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83 | (2) |
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(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction The Rolling Stones (1965) |
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85 | (2) |
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In the Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett (1965) |
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87 | (2) |
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Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan (1965) |
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89 | (2) |
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Day Tripper The Beatles (1965) |
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91 | (2) |
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Going to A Go-Go The Miracles (1965) |
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93 | (2) |
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Oh How Happy Shades of Blue (1966) |
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95 | (2) |
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River Deep, Mountain High Ike and Tina Turner (1966) |
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97 | (3) |
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Reach Out I'll Be There The Four Tops (1966) |
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100 | (3) |
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Knock on Wood Eddie Floyd (1966) |
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103 | (2) |
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Good Vibrations The Beach Boys (1966) |
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105 | (2) |
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Gimme Some Lovin' The Spencer Davis Group (1966) |
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107 | (2) |
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For What It's Worth Buffalo Springfield (1967) |
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109 | (2) |
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I Never Loved A Man Aretha Franklin (1967) |
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111 | (2) |
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The Love I Saw in You Was Just A Mirage Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (1967) |
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113 | (2) |
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Waterloo Sunset The Kinks (1967) |
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115 | (3) |
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The Crystal Ship The Doors (1967) |
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118 | (2) |
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Heroes and Villains The Beach Boys (1967) |
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120 | (2) |
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Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison (1967) |
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122 | (2) |
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(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Jackie Wilson (1967) |
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124 | (2) |
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I Can See for Miles The Who (1967) |
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126 | (2) |
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(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding (1968) |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (2) |
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All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968) |
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133 | (2) |
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Dark Star Grateful Dead (1968) |
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135 | (2) |
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Hey Jude The Beatles (1968) |
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137 | (2) |
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye (1968) |
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139 | (2) |
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Honky Tonk Women/You Can't Always Get What You Want The Rolling Stones (1969) |
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141 | (2) |
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Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969) |
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143 | (2) |
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Foggy Notion Velvet Underground (1969) |
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145 | (3) |
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Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Sly and the Family Stone (1969) |
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148 | (2) |
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Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine (Part 1) James Brown (1970) |
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150 | (3) |
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Drowning in the Sea of Love Joe Simon (1971) |
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153 | (2) |
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All Down the Line The Rolling Stones (1972) |
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155 | (2) |
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Knockin' on Heaven's Door Bob Dylan (1973) |
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157 | (2) |
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You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974) |
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159 | (2) |
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No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley and the Wailers (1975) |
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161 | (2) |
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Hurricane Bob Dylan (1975) |
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163 | (2) |
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Gloria Patti Smith Group (1976) |
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165 | (3) |
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Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols (1976) |
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168 | (3) |
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Marquee Moon Television (1977) |
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171 | (2) |
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Handy Man James Taylor (1977) |
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173 | (2) |
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Roadrunner Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (1977) |
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175 | (2) |
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Holidays in the Sun The Sex Pistols (1977) |
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177 | (2) |
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We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions Queen (1977) |
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179 | (3) |
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Another Girl, Another Planet The Only Ones (1978) |
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182 | (2) |
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Take Me to the River Talking Heads (1978) |
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184 | (2) |
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Sultans of Swing Dire Straits (1979) |
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186 | (2) |
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Ring My Bell Anita Ward (1979) |
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188 | (3) |
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Funkytown Lipps, Inc. (1980) |
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191 | (3) |
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Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division (1980) |
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194 | (2) |
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Walking on Thin Ice Yoko Ono (1981) |
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196 | (3) |
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Radio Free Europe R.E.M. (1981) |
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199 | (2) |
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When You Were Mine Prince (1981) |
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201 | (3) |
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The Message Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1982) |
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204 | (3) |
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I Melt with You Modern English (1982) |
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207 | (3) |
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210 | (2) |
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Atomic Dog George Clinton (1983) |
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212 | (2) |
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Middle of the Road The Pretenders (1983) |
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214 | (2) |
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When Doves Cry Prince (1984) |
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216 | (2) |
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Pride (In the Name of Love) U2 (1984) |
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218 | (3) |
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Shout Tears for Fears (1984) |
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221 | (2) |
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Fall Down Tramaine (1985) |
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223 | (2) |
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Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel (1986) |
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225 | (2) |
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The One I Love R.E.M. (1987) |
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227 | (3) |
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Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys (1988) |
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230 | (2) |
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Rockin' in the Free World Neil Young (1989) |
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232 | (2) |
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Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana (1991) |
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