The Lists Project: 100 songs

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Here it is universe, the 100 songs I feel everyone should hear before they die. I went with my gut, and only allowed myself one song per artist. Not always going with the obvious choices either. I'll be explaining why these songs over the next few months in my column. To make everyone happy, and for those who wish to follow along, I've made the list as a Spotify playlist. The only caveat is the Spotify list is missing two songs, due to the limitations of their catalog (Sledgehammer & Ticket to Ride). Link to it is below the list. Enjoy! Note: this list is in no particular order, even though it is numbered.


  1. Walk On By - Dionne Warwick
  2. My World Fell Down — Sagittarius 
  3. God Only Knows — The Beach Boys
  4. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams— Tony Bennett
  5. One for my Baby — Frank Sinatra
  6. Lush Life — John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
  7. Good Golly Miss Molly — Little Richard
  8. Johnny B. Goode — Chuck Berry
  9. Bo Diddley — Bo Diddley
  10. Rave On — Buddy Holly
  11. Rumble — Link Wray
  12. I’m a Fool To Want You — Billie Holiday 
  13. What’d I Say — Ray Charles
  14. Waterloo Sunset — The Kinks
  15. Don’t Forget Me — Harry Nilsson
  16. Blizkreg Bop — Ramones
  17. You Don’t Own Me — Lesley Gore
  18. Psycho — The Sonics
  19. Dig Me Out — Sleater-Kinney
  20. Superfly — Curtis Mayfield 
  21. Theme From Shaft — Isaac Hayes
  22. Peter Gunn — Henry Mancini
  23. Sweet Jane — The Velvet Underground
  24. Peaches en Regalia — Frank Zappa
  25. Shake Some Action — The Flaming Groovies
  26. Gimme Shelter— The Rolling Stones
  27. How High The Moon — Ella Fitzgerald 
  28. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long — Otis Redding
  29. Fujiyama Mama — Wanda Jackson
  30. Take Five — The Dave Brubeck Quartet 
  31. Ana Ng — They Might Be Giants
  32. Where Is My Mind? — Pixies
  33. Long Skirt/Short Jacket — Cake
  34. Rock Lobster — The B-52’s 
  35. Teenage Kicks — The Undertones
  36. Saturday Night Fish Fry — Louis Jordan
  37. Smokestack Lighting — Howling Wolf 
  38. Is She Really Going Out With Him? — Joe Jackson
  39. Sing, Sing, Sing — Benny Goodman
  40. But Not For Me — Chet Baker
  41. I’m In The Mood For Love — Louis Armstrong
  42. So What — Miles Davis
  43. Blister In The Sun — Violent Femmes
  44. Better Get Hit In Yo Soul — Charles Mingus
  45. Autumn Leaves — Nat King Cole
  46. Take The A Train — Duke Ellington
  47. Watching The Detectives — Elvis Costello
  48. The Passenger — Iggy Pop
  49. Itchycoo Park — Small Faces
  50. Cecilia — Simon & Garfunkel 
  51. Ticket To Ride — The Beatles
  52. Eight Miles High — The Byrds 
  53. I Want To Take You Higher — Sly & The Family Stone
  54. Buddy Holly — Weezer
  55. Catch The Wind — Donovan 
  56. A New England — Billy Bragg 
  57. Walkin’ After Midnight — Patsy Cline
  58. I Walk The Line — Johnny Cash
  59. Seldgehammer — Peter Gabriel 
  60. The Moon is High (And So Am I) — Roger Miller
  61. It’s Over — Roy Orbison
  62. London Calling — The Clash 
  63. Punk Rock Girl — The Dead Milkmen
  64. The Ballad of El Goodo — Big Star
  65. Friday On My Mind — The Easybeats
  66. I Am The Cosmos — Chris Bell
  67. Miserlou — Dick Dale 
  68. You’re My Favorite Waste of Time — Marshall Crenshaw
  69. Bring It On Home To Me — Sam Cooke
  70. Some Velvet Morning — Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood 
  71. Across 110th Street — Bobby Womack 
  72. Fox On The Run — Sweet
  73. Let’s Stay Together — Al Green
  74. Baby, I Love You — The Ronettes
  75. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) — Darleen Love
  76. He’s a Rebel — The Crystals 
  77. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine — James Brown 
  78. Out In The Streets — The Shangri-Las 
  79. Superstition — Stevie Wonder
  80. When You Walk In The Room — Jackie DeShannon
  81. Green Onions — Booker T & The MGs. 
  82. Knock on Wood — Eddie Floyd 
  83. Hold On I’m Coming — Sam & Dave
  84. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place — The Animals 
  85. Corcovado — Astrud Gilbreto 
  86. Never, Never Gonna Give You Up — Barry White 
  87. My Generation — The Who
  88. Powerhouse — Raymond Scott
  89. What’s Going On — Marvin Gaye 
  90. Just a Friend — Biz Markie
  91. Lay Lady Lay — Bob Dylan 
  92. French Navy — Camera Obscura 
  93. Pleasant Valley Sunday — The Monkees 
  94. Time Has Come Today — The Chambers Brothers
  95. Every Day’s a Holiday, Every Night’s a Party — The Saints 
  96. Any Day Now — Chuck Jackson
  97. Life On Mars — David Bowie 
  98. Crawfish — Elvis Presley 
  99. Mini Sikrt — Esquivel 
  100. Bernadette — The Four Tops 
https://open.spotify.com/user/lewriterboy/playlist/4vZ1FyXjgMkroteemrkiIy



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