The 1950's - The Birth of Rock and Roll:

  1   Bill Haley & his Comets - Rock Around the Clock - 1955

  2   Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock - 1957

  3   Jo Stafford - You Belong to Me - 1952

  4   Doris Day

       Que sera sera (Whatever will be will be) - 1956

  5   Rocco Granata - Marina - 1959

  6   The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley - 1958

  7   Anton Karas - Third Man Theme - 1950

  8   Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife - 1959

  9   Al Martino - Here in My Heart - 1952

10   Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa - 1950

11   Teresa Brewer

       (Put Another Nickel In) Music! Music! Music! - 1950

12   Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz - 1950

13   Les Paul & Mary Ford

       Vaya Con Dios (may God Be With You) - 1953

14   Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill - 1956

15   Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire - 1957

16   The Chordettes - Mister Sandman - 1954

17   Nat King Cole - Too Young - 1951

18   Vera Lynn - Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart - 1952

19   Doris Day - Secret Love - 1954

20   Elvis Presley - Hound Dog - 1956

21   Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons - 1955

22   Nat King Cole - Unforgettable - 1951

23   The Crew-Cuts

       Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream) - 1954

24   The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) - 1955

25   Paul Anka - Diana - 1957

26   Tony Bennett - Stranger in Paradise - 1953

27   The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - 1959

28   Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel - 1956

29   Johnnie Ray - Cry - 1951

30   Perez Prado

       Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White - 1955

31   Perry Como

       Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - 1953

32   Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat Song - 1957

33   Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel - 1956

34   Domenico Modugno - Volare - 1958

35   Elvis Presley - All Shook Up - 1957

36   Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean a Lot - 1954

37   Pat Boone - Love Letters in the Sand - 1957

38   Dean Martin - Memories Are Made of This - 1956

39   The Kalin Twins - When - 1958

40   Frankie Avalon - Venus - 1959

41   The Platters - The Great Pretender - 1956

42   Doris Day - Bewitched (bothered & bewildered) - 1950

43   Phil Harris - The Thing - 1950

44   Four Aces - Love is a Many Splendoured Thing - 1955

45   Rosemary Clooney - Hey There - 1954

46   The Diamonds - Little Darlin' - 1957

47   Patti Page

       How Much is That Doggy in the Window? - 1953

48   Eddie Fisher - I'm Walking Behind You - 1953

49   Guy Mitchell - Singing The Blues - 1956

50   Elvis Presley

       (Now & then There's) A Fool Such As I - 1959

51   The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog - 1958

52   Dean Martin - That's Amore - 1953

53   Perez Prado - Patricia - 1958

54   Don Cornell - Hold My Hand - 1954

55   Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High the Moon - 1951

56   The Crickets - That'll Be the Day - 1957

57   Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano - 1954

58   Percy Faith

       The Song From Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart)

59   Frankie Laine - I Believe - 1953

60   Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers - Goodnight, Irene - 1950

61   Les Paul & Mary Ford - Mockin' Bird Hill - 1951

62   Champs - Tequila - 1958

63   Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode - 1958

64   Jimmy Boyd - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - 1952

65   Percy Faith - Delicado - 1952

66   Johnnie Ray - Just Walkin' in the Rain - 1956

67   Four Aces - Three Coins in the Fountain - 1954

68   Al Hibbler - Unchained Melody - 1955

69   Perry Como - Wanted - 1954

70   The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do is Dream - 1958

71   Tony Bennett - Because of You - 1951

72   Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe - 1958

73   Eddie Fisher - I Need You Now - 1954

74   Eddie Fisher - Oh My Papa (O Mein Papa) - 1954

75   Kay Starr - Wheel of Fortune - 1952

76   The Platters - My Prayer - 1956

77   Mario Lanza - Be My Love - 1951

78   Debbie Reynolds - Tammy - 1957

79   Cliff Richard - Living Doll - 1959

80   Tony Bennett - Rags to Riches - 1953

81   Johnny Horton - Battle of New Orleans - 1959

82   Paul Anka - Lonely Boy - 1959

83   Rosemary Clooney - Half As Much - 1952

84   The Andrews Sisters - I Can Dream, Can't I? - 1950

85   Perry Como - If (They Made Me a King) - 1951

86   Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender - 1956

87   Billy Eckstine - My Foolish Heart - 1950

88   Little Richard - Long Tall Sally - 1956

89   Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - 1957

90   Billy Vaughn - Sail Along Silvery Moon - 1958

91   The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love - 1957

92   Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol - 1959

93   Nat King Cole - Pretend - 1953

94   Four Aces - Mister Sandman - 1955

95   Tony Bennett - Cold, Cold Heart - 1951

96   Tommy Edwards - It's All in the Game - 1958

97   Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House - 1954

98   Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

       Why Do Fools Fall in Love? - 1956

99   Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - 1957

100 Mel Blanc - I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat - 1951

 

The 1960's - Expanding The Boundaries of Rock:

1   The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1967

  2   The Beatles - Abbey Road - 1969

  3   The Beatles - Revolver - 1966

  4   The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) - 1968

  5   Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 2 - 1969

  6   The Beatles - Rubber Soul - 1965

  7   The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - 1964

  8   Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story - 1962

  9   The Doors - The Doors - 1967

10   The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed - 1969

11   The Beatles - Help! - 1965

12   Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? - 1967

13   Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited - 1965

14   Richard Rodgers - The Sound Of Music - 1965

15   The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds - 1966

16   Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland - 1968

17   Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - 1966

18   Original Cast - Hair - 1969

19   Cream - Disraeli Gears - 1967

20   The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet - 1968

21   The Beatles - Beatles For Sale - 1965

22   Bob Newhart

      The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart - 1960

23   Ray Charles

      Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music - 1962

24   Maurice Jarre - Doctor Zhivago - 1966

25   The Rolling Stones - Aftermath - 1966

26   Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz & Gilberto - 1964

27   The Beatles - With The Beatles - 1963

28   The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour - 1968

29   Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home - 1965

30   The Beatles - Meet The Beatles! - 1964

31   Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin - 1969

32   John Coltrane - Love Supreme - 1964

33   The Who - Tommy - 1969

34   Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - 1963

35   Herb Alpert - Going Places - 1966

36   Simon & Garfunkel - The Graduate - 1968

37   The Monkees - More Of The Monkees - 1967

38   Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall - 1961

39   The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones - 1964

40   Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding - 1968

41   Blood Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears - 1969

42   Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii - 1961

43   The Monkees - The Monkees - 1967

44   Cream - Wheels of Fire - 1968

45   Disney - Mary Poppins - 1965

46   Herb Alpert - What Now My Love - 1966

47   Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash At San Quentin - 1969

48   The Doors - Waiting For The Sun - 1968

49   The Band - The Band - 1969

50   The Velvet Underground

      The Velvet Underground & Nico 1967

51   Original Cast - The Sound Of Music - 1960

52   Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love - 1967

53   Blind Faith - Blind Faith - 1969

54   The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons - 1967

55   Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash - 1969

56   Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - 1968

57   Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba - 1962

58   LOVE - Forever Changes - 1967

59   James Brown - Live at the Apollo - 1963

60   Otis Redding - Otis Blue - 1965

61   Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline - 1969

62   The Beatles - Yellow Submarine - 1969

63   The Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads - 1965

64   Iron Butterfly - In-a-gadda-da-vida - 1969

65   The Beatles - Please Please Me - 1963

66   Frank Sinatra - Nice 'N' Easy - 1960

67   Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back! - 1960

68   Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends - 1968

69   Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River - 1969

70   Elvis Presley - GI Blues - 1960

71   Simon & Garfunkel

      Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme - 1966

72   Original Cast - Camelot - 1961

73   Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain - 1960

74   Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow - 1967

75   Barbra Streisand - The Barbra Streisand Album - 1963

76   Henry Mancini - Breakfast At Tiffany's - 1962

77   The Rolling Stones

      Their Satanic Majesties Request - 1968

78   Herb Alpert - Whipped Cream & Other Delights - 1966

79   Otis Redding - Dock Of The Bay - 1968

80   Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority - 1969

81   Aretha Franklin

      I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - 1967

82   Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis - 1969

83   Vaughan Meader - The First Family - 1962

84   Barbra Streisand - Funny Girl - 1969

85   Joan Baez - Joan Baez - 1960

86   Peter, Paul & Mary - Peter, Paul & Mary - 1963

87   Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly! - 1964

88   John Coltrane - Giant Steps - 1960

89   Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night - 1966

90   Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison - 1968

91   Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits - 1967

92   Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther - 1964

93   Jimi Hendrix - Smash Hits - 1968

94   Bee Gees - Best Of The Bee Gees - 1969

95   The Beatles - 'Yesterday' ... & Today - 1966

96   The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed - 1968

97   Cream - Goodbye - 1969

98   Original Cast - West Side Story - 1962

99   The Monkees - Headquarters - 1967

100 Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence - 1966

 

The 1970's - Rock Becomes Big Business:

1 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water - 1970

2 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 1977

3 Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever - 1978

4 Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon - 1973

5 Led Zeppelin - Four Symbols (Led Zeppelin 4) - 1971

6 Pink Floyd - The Wall - 1979

7 Eagles - Hotel California - 1976

8 The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers - 1971

9 Grease: The Original Soundtrack - 1978

10 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - 1975

11 Neil Young - Harvest - 1972

12 John Lennon - Imagine - 1971

13 The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street - 1972

14 Supertramp - Breakfast In America - 1979

15 Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life - 1976

16 Carole King - Tapestry - 1971

17 The Beatles - Let It Be - 1970

18 Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy - 1973

19 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - 1973

20 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu - 1970

21 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 3 - 1970

22 Michael Jackson - Off The Wall - 1979

23 Wings - Band On The Run - 1974

24 Queen - A Night At The Opera - 1975

25 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass - 1970

26 Deep Purple - Machine Head - 1972

27 Santana - Abraxas - 1970

28 Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti - 1975

29 Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell - 1977

30 The Who - Who's Next - 1971

31 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run - 1975

32 Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks - 1975

33 Bob Dylan - Desire - 1976

34 The Beatles  - The Beatles 1967-1970 - 1973

35 Abba - Arrival - 1976

36 Billy Joel - 52nd Street - 1978

37 Janis Joplin - Pearl - 1971

38 Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar - 1971

39 The Beatles - The Beatles 1962-1966 - 1973

40 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory - 1970

41 Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown - 1979

42 Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story - 1971

43 Elton John

    Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy - 1975

44 The Rolling Stones - Some Girls - 1978

45 Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 1970

46 Cat Stevens - Teaser & The Firecat - 1971

47 Eagles - The Long Run - 1979

48 The Sex Pistols

    Never Mind The Bullocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - 1977

49 Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits - 1972

50 Rod Stewart - Blondes Have More Fun - 1979

51 Elton John - Greatest Hits - 1974

52 David Bowie - The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The                 Spiders From Mars - 1972

53 The Clash - London Calling - 1979

54 Deep Purple - Made In Japan - 1973

55 Neil Young - After The Goldrush - 1970

56 Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive - 1976

57 Blondie - Parallel Lines - 1978

58 The Rolling Stones - Goat's Head Soup - 1973

59 Pink Floyd - Animals - 1977

60 Deep Purple - Burn - 1974

61 Dire Straits - Dire Straits - 1978

62 Abba - Greatest Hits - 1976

63 Don McLean - American Pie - 1972

64 John Lennon - The Plastic Ono Band - 1971

65 Original Soundtrack - Woodstock - 1970

66 Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick - 1972

67 Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells - 1974

68 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Pendulum - 1971

69 Billy Joel - The Stranger - 1977

70 Paul McCartney - Ram - 1971

71 Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing - 1975

72 Elton John

    Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player - 1973

73 Boney M - Night Flight To Venus - 1978

74 Electric Light Orchestra - Discovery - 1979

75 Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock - 1970

76 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On? - 1971

77 Cat Stevens - Catch Bull At Four - 1972

78 Rod Stewart - A Night On The Town - 1976

79 Boston - Boston - 1976

80 Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door - 1979

81 Bruce Springsteen

    Darkness On The Edge Of Town - 1978

82 Eagles - Greatest Hits 1971-1975 - 1976

83 Joni Mitchell - Blue - 1971

84 Elvis Costello - This Year's Model - 1978

85 Jethro Tull - Aqualung - 1971

86 Steely Dan - Aja - 1977

87 Paul Simon - Paul Simon - 1972

88 Paul McCartney - McCartney - 1970

89 Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac - 1975

90 George Harrison - The Concert For Bangladesh - 1972

91 Elton John - Caribou - 1974

92 Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise - 1976

93 Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record - 1976

94 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs - 1974

95 Creedence Clearwater Revival

    Willy & The Poor Boys - 1970

96 Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson

    A Star Is Born - 1977

97 Elton John - Honky Chateau - 1972

98 Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard - 1974

99 Wings - Venus & Mars - 1975

100  Rod Stewart - Foot Loose & Fancy Free - 1977

 

The 1980's - CD's, Synths, and the Rise of MTV:

1   Michael Jackson - Thriller - 1982

  2   Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms - 1985

  3   U2 - The Joshua Tree - 1987

  4   Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA - 1984

  5   Michael Jackson - Bad - 1987

  6   Prince - Purple Rain - 1984

  7   The Police - Synchronicity - 1983

  8   Paul Simon - Graceland - 1986

  9   Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston - 1986

10   Phil Collins - No Jacket Required - 1985

11   Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction - 1987

12   Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down - 1983

13   George Michael - Faith - 1987

14   Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet - 1986

15   Original Soundtrack - Dirty Dancing - 1987

16   Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman - 1988

17   Def Leppard - Hysteria - 1987

18   AC/DC - Back In Black - 1980

19   Madonna - True Blue - 1986

20   U2 - Rattle & Hum - 1988

21   Whitney Houston - Whitney - 1987

22   John Lennon - Double Fantasy - 1980

23   Madonna - Like A Prayer - 1989

24   Original Soundtrack - Flashdance - 1983

25   Phil Collins - ... But Seriously - 1989

26   Madonna - Like A Virgin - 1984

27   Prince - Sign 'O' The Times - 1987

28   Culture Club - Colour By Numbers - 1983

29   Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair - 1985

30   The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You - 1981

31   Bryan Adams - Reckless - 1985

32   Peter Gabriel - So - 1986

33   Barbra Streisand - Guilty - 1980

34   Bruce Springsteen - The River - 1980

35   Men At Work - Business As Usual - 1982

36   Paul McCartney - Tug Of War - 1982

37   The Police - Ghost In The Machine - 1981

38   Bob Marley - Legend, The Best Of Bob Marley - 1984

39   Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love - 1987

40   The Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill - 1986

41   Phil Collins - Face Value - 1981

42   Sting - The Dream Of The Blue Turtles - 1985

43   Original Soundtrack - Footloose - 1984

44   Sting - ...Nothing Like The Sun - 1987

45   U2 - The Unforgettable Fire - 1984

46   Toto - Toto IV - 1982

47   David Bowie - Let's Dance - 1983

48   Wham! - Make It Big - 1984

49   Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked - 1989

50   Roxy Music - Avalon - 1982

51   INXS - Kick - 1988

52   ZZ Top - Eliminator - 1983

53   U2 - War - 1983

54   Asia - Asia - 1982

55   Tina Turner - Private Dancer - 1984

56   The Human League - Dare! - 1981

57   The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead - 1986

58   Billy Joel - Glass Houses - 1980

59   Foreigner - 4 - 1981

60   Bon Jovi - New Jersey - 1988

61   Queen - Queen's Greatest Hits I - 1981

62   The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta - 1980

63   Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline - 1987

64   Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual - 1984

65   Pink Floyd - The Final Cut - 1983

66   The Cure - Disintegration - 1989

67   Traveling Wilburys - Volume I - 1988

68   Original Soundtrack - Top Gun - 1986

69   REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity - 1981

70   Foreigner - Agent Provocateur - 1985

71   Sade - Promise - 1985

72   Janet Jackson - Control - 1986

73   Prince - Batman - 1989

74   Prince - Lovesexy - 1988

75   Sade - Diamond Life - 1984

76   Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody - 1988

77   The Eurythmics - Be Yourself Tonight - 1985

78   Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love - 1985

79   Dire Straits - Love Over Gold - 1982

80   Bruce Springsteen - Live 1975-1985 - 1986

81   Van Halen - 5150 - 1986

82   The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue - 1980

83   Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl - 1989

84   Van Halen - 1984 (mcmlxxxiv) - 1984

85   Genesis - Genesis - 1983

86   Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 - 1989

87   Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra

       Xanadu - 1980

88   Queen - The Game - 1980

89   Paul Young - No Parlez - 1983

90   Billy Joel - An Innocent Man - 1983

91   Prince - Around The World In A Day - 1985

92   Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night - 1987

93   Abba - Super Trouper - 1980

94   Dire Straits - Making Movies - 1980

95   Prince - 1999 - 1982

96   Electric Light Orchestra - Time - 1981

97   Simon & Garfunkel - The Concert In Central Park - 1982

98   The Eurythmics - Touch - 1983

99   Genesis - Invisible Touch - 1986

100 Huey Lewis & The News - Sports - 1984

 

The 1990's - The Internet and Digital Music:

 1   Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill 

  2   Nirvana - Nevermind 

  3   Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard 

  4   Metallica - Metallica 

  5   Santana - Supernatural 

  6   REM - Automatic For The People 

  7   U2 - Achtung Baby 

  8   Celine Dion - Falling Into You 

  9   Eric Clapton - Unplugged 

10   Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 

11   Spice Girls - Spice 

12   The Fugees - The Score 

13   Shania Twain - Come On Over 

14   Celine Dion - Let's Talk About Love 

15   Radiohead - OK Computer 

16   REM - Out Of Time 

17   Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got 

18   Mariah Carey - Daydream 

19   Celine Dion & James Horner - Titanic 

20   Guns n' Roses - Use Your Illusion II 

21   Mariah Carey - Music Box 

22   Pearl Jam - Ten 

23   Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 

24   The Backstreet Boys - Millennium 

25   Michael Jackson - Dangerous 

26   Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication 

27   Michael Jackson - History - Past, Present & Future

28   The Smashing Pumpkins

       Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness 

29   No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom 

30   Madonna - Ray Of Light 

31   Nirvana - In Utero 

32   The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land 

33   Nirvana - Unplugged In New York 

34   Celine Dion -  All The Way... A Decade Of Songs 

35   Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 

36   Pearl Jam - Vs 

37   U2 - Zooropa 

38   Abba - Gold, Greatest Hits 

39   Green Day - Dookie 

40   Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik 

41   Metallica - Load 

42   Pink Floyd - The Division Bell 

43   Madonna - The Immaculate Collection 

44   Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell II, Back Into Hell 

45   Bon Jovi - Crossroad - The Best Of Bon Jovi 

46   Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin 

47   MC Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em 

48   Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbours 

49   REM - Monster 

50   Bryan Adams - So Far So Good 

51   Janet Jackson - Janet 

52   The Cranberries - No Need To Argue 

53   Pink Floyd - P.U.L.S.E. 

54   Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey 

55   Celine Dion - The Colour Of My Love 

56   The Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys 

57   The Verve - Urban Hymns 

58   Guns n' Roses - Use Your Illusion I 

59   U2 - Pop 

60   Moby - Play 

61   REM - New Adventures In Hi-Fi 

62   Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View 

63   Depeche Mode - Violator 

64   Mariah Carey - Butterfly 

65   The Beatles - Anthology 1 

66   Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 

67   Aerosmith - Get A Grip 

68   Roxette - Joyride 

69   Soundgarden - Superunknown 

70   Pearl Jam - Vitalogy 

71   Beck - O-De-Lay 

72   Madonna - I'm Breathless 

73   The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge 

74   Bon Jovi - These Days 

75   Live - Throwing Copper 

76   Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind 

77   Spice Girls - Spiceworld 

78   The Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty 

79   Massive Attack - Mezzanine 

80   Sting - The Soul Cages 

81   Oasis - Be Here Now 

82   Def Leppard - Adrenalize 

83   The Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back 

84   Dire Straits - On Every Street 

85   Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All 

86   Creed - Human Clay 

87   Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith & Devotion 

88   New Kids On The Block - Step By Step 

89   Radiohead - The Bends 

90   Aqua - Aquarium 

91   Pearl Jam - No Code 

92   Alanis Morissette - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie 

93   Mariah Carey - Number Ones 

94   Andrea Bocelli - Romanza 

95   Paul Simon - The Rhythm Of The Saints 

96   Genesis - We Can't Dance 

97   Alannah Myles - Alannah Myles 

98   Oasis - Definitely Maybe 

99   Peter Gabriel - Us 

100 Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo & Luciano Pavarotti           The 3 Tenors In Concert 1994 

Disco-

a)One of the interesting foundations for Disco music was the reserved social norms in the 60s. During the beginning of the decade, homosexuality and other preferences were looked down upon by the public and media, so gays would go to underground nightclubs to dance and celebrate their freedom. A lot of disco music started to gain a popular trend throughout the U.S, and a lot of the genre deals with acceptance of all people. 

b)There are several origins of Disco in the U.S, the three major ones being New York, Chicago, and Miami. Each city had different styles and approaches to Disco. 

c)Due to the 60s revolution with Disco, sexual expression and drug use became much more accepted during music events like Disco clubs, and STD's started trending and spreading very quickly. At the time, people had less knowledge of diseases like these or were less informed about them, and it killed many people.

Metal-a)As metal grew massive popularity in the 80s, MTV started to play metal videos and gained mainstream for groups and bands. 

b)There was a lot of rivalries in Rock n' Roll. There were many fights between fans from different Rock bands and groups. One of the people interviewed on the documentary even said that he threatened to kill a man because he was harassing his wife. 

c)A major result for decline in Metal bands during the 80s was that groups would overindulge in an expensive lifestyle and cause them to become in massive debt. This lead to the scattering of many popular bands. 

80s Pop-a)Pop in the 80s celebrated a lot of the success and good times experienced by the wealthy, but there was a lot of artists that also emphasized the need for financial restructure for the many people that lived in poverty.

b)MTV gained its popularity in the 80s, and it received criticism because people thought that music videos took away from the music itself, and that it was killing radio stars. 

c)In addition to poverty being addressed, rising issues like STD's and excessive drug use in America were also being addressed in songs. 

Grunge-a)One of the biggest stars in Punk Rock and Grunge, Kurt Cobain committed suicide on April 8, 1994. 

b)Despite that Nirvana was one of the most commercially successful Punk Bands in the late 80s and 90s, they spent a decade performing before they gained massive popularity.

c)One of the major reasons why Nirvana was so popular was because how well the performers' personalities and music connected with the adolescent audiences listening to them. 

Hip Hop-a)Hip Hop originates to the Bronx, where poverty was at an all time high in the 1980s. The music that people created helped them cope with the financial crisis that surrounded them. 

b)The average person on the Forbes Hip Hop Kings list has made around 25 million a year, which adds up to a total of 4.5 billion dollars in the past decade. 

c)Many Hip Hop cash kings have started to recognize the founding fathers of Hip Hop, for instance, Macklemore's piece, "Downtown", he included Hip Hop giants like Grandmaster Cas, Como De, and Nelly Mel. 

1) Disco started in New York and spread to Miami, Chicago and the other major cities in the U.S. Each city had different sounds of disco; for an example Philadelphia's disco sound had a more sophisticated tone with strings, otherwise known as "classical disco". Cities like Miami's sound was heavily based on captivating grooves and melodies. One of the big instigators for disco at the time was how society was shaped in the 60s. One of the interviewees said that coming out as gay was looked down upon in the 60s, so gay couples would go to night clubs were they could dance. Eventually, a whole spectrum of sexualities and races were seen upon the dance floor, the music that was played "...was something that we all need during this time of darkness" (Disco-Mentary). Eventually by the 70s, Disco had made it into the mainstream, being consistently played on records and the radio. 

2) By the late 80s, many Heavy Metal artists say that they overindulged and the lifestyle stopped becoming fun as a result. The bands would spend all their money, and if they stopped making income at a steady rate, they would be in serious debt. One of the artists said that he had to sell his mansion and rent out an apartment because of how much debt him and his band was in.

3)Despite that MTV was massively popular to the mainstream audiences in the 80s, it received a lot of controversy and criticism. People said that it destroyed the individual's response to the song, and that visual image takes the listeners imagination away. However, it was perceived at the time that video was killing the radio star, but many musicians made famous from radio who agreed to do music videos for MTV gave their music a direct gateway to mainstream audience and even more popularity. 

4)Many of the decade's biggest stars gained success by giving voice to the economic and political issues in the U.S. Artists like Tracey Chapman hit it big about song dealing with the poverty in America. Her optimism about the need for social changes evoked the the revolutionary spirit of the 60s. 

5)Grunge-Rock bands like Nirvana became so commercially successful because of how their music connected to their audience and how well the audience was able to relate to their pieces and the performers. One of the commentators said that "...and here is a guy who looks like them, comes from them, sings for them, sings about them and to them, and all of a sudden, you have a Nirvana shirt on". 

6)A lot of the political issues concerning the Bronx were was one of the major foundational elements for the culture of Hip Hop. One of the interviewees said that people in this area of NYC created Hip Hop to cope with the hard times of poverty and other economic issues. Another person in the documentary said that the four major elements of Hip Hop culture consists of DJ'ing, MC'ing, breakdancing, and graffiti. 

1)Between 1960 through 1963, the Beatles work rigorously to earn basic necessities. playing both day and night and performing lengthy residencies in Hamburg. They spent a lot of time working on their group sound play several sets of repertoire a night and fine tuning their skills that captivated the audiences on the dance floor. From 1961 to 1962, the Beatles moved at a frenetic pace, rarely taking a night off. Hours went in collecting records, playing songs., working on vocal harmonies, and composing their own songs. The Beatles released their debut album Please Please Me after several years of hard work and dedication; George Harrison wasn't even 20 at the time when the album got released. 

2)While many teenagers went into the work force during WW1 and WW2, many teens of the 50s and the 60s experienced new independence, enjoying more leisure time and spending. When the Beatles appeared as guests on the Ed Sullivan Show in America, young people saw something new: a pop act that had a group, that seemed close, like peers. The Beatles image appealed to a lot of adolescents, many of whom wanted to form their own groups or gangs. Rock bands popped up everywhere across the country after the Ed Sullivan performance. 

3)One of the iconic and famous things the Beatles are known for is their "look" and their humorous and approachable style. When the band had first formed in the late 1950s, they dressed like typical teenagers, and their manager Brian Epstein suggested they wear suits with ties in the mid 1960s, which they did. Over the course of the time in the band, The Beatles changed their styles depending on how the world changed. Gradually, each member developed their own style; they would wear psychedelic clothes that exemplified new trends, changed their hairstyles, and grew mustaches and beards.  

4)From the time the band had formed, all of the members were studying African American music such as American Rhythm and Blues, Southern Soul, Motown, etc. Many of the covers that they recorded early were predominantly songs that were composed and made famous by African Americans. Also, when the Beatles toured America, they explicitly stated that they would not perform for segregated audiences.

5)The Beatles received a crucial amount of helpful guidance from their manager, Brain Epstein. In a documentary, Paul McCartney states that "He had a vision of us that was beyond the vision we had of ourselves". Producer George Martin was a self described "schoolmaster" top the Beatles when they recorded their first albums, he helped the Beatles discover their creative potential in the recording studio and on the stage. 

6)By 1966, the Beatles were long finished with multi night theatre engagements and were taking the stage now at sports stadiums. There were many technical issues and physical dangers that The Beatles faced which made them very wary of touring at the end of Summer in 1966. If it rained, they could possibly face actual electrocution, and the roaring sounds of the audience displaced the poor microphones that they used at the time. Audiences would swarm them everywhere they went, from blocking roads and rushing over to their vehicles every chance they got. Eventually, The Beatles announced they would no longer tour and spend their time composing new material in the studio. 

 

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