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This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
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We all know "Got My Mojo Workin'" by Muddy Waters. The 1957 classic is now a blues standard. But few know that Muddy done stole it from Newark soul singer Ann Cole who opened for him on a tour, did the song, Muddy heard it, loved it, and ran right home to record it. Cole went on to be but a footnote in blues history. Her last hit, "Don't Stop The Wedding," was in 1962. In 1963, she was in a horrible car accident that ended her career and put her in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. She died of heart failure in 1986 at 52. Her original "Got My Mojo Workin'" hits #5.
It's amazing that an innocuous little 1973 pop song by New Jersey Hall of Famer Tony Orlando--about an ex-con wanting to know if his girlfriend still loved him--proved to be such a cultural milestone in 1979 when President Carter did everything he could to get the American hostages home from Iran and millions of people across the country, indeed, tied yellow ribbons around the trees in front of their homes. It enters the Hot 100 at #10.
2
Land of Hope and Dreams
Bruce Springsteen
NEW
3
Summer Wind
Frank Sinatra
▼ Last Month: 2
4
Good Lovin'
The Rascals
▲ Last Month: 6
5
Got My Mojo Workin'
Ann Cole
NEW
6
Jungle Boogie
Kool & The Gang
NEW
7
Legendary
Bon Jovi
NEW
8
Because The Night
Patti Smith Group
▲ Last Month: 15
9
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Whitney Houston
NEW
10
Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree
Tony Orlando & Dawn
NEW
| # | Song / Artist | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| 11 |
At 17
Janis Ian
|
▼ 7 |
| 12 |
Isn't It A Pity
Bettye LaVette
|
▼ 8 |
| 13 |
New Jersey Wife
Dion
|
▼ 9 |
| 14 |
Graceland
Paul Simon
|
▼ 11 |
| 15 |
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
|
▼ 14 |
| 16 |
Numbers With Wings
The Bongos
|
▲ 43 |
| 17 |
Talk To Me
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
|
SAME |
| 18 |
Big Girls Don't Cry
The Four Seasons
|
SAME |
| 19 |
Poetry Man
Phoebe Snow
|
SAME |
| 20 |
It Might As Well Be Spring
Sarah Vaughan
|
SAME |
| 21 |
You Don't Own Me
Leslie Gore
|
SAME |
| 22 |
My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own
Connie Francis
|
SAME |
| 23 |
Peppermint Twist
Joey Dee & The Starlighter
|
SAME |
| 24 |
I Think We're Alone Now
Tommy James & The Shondells
|
SAME |
| 25 |
Shout
The Isley Brothers
|
SAME |
| 26 |
Buffen It
Mark Mulch
|
▲ 27 |
| 27 |
Love Is Strange
Mickey & Sylvia
|
▲ 32 |
| 28 |
Rhapsody In Blue (One For Jeff)
Ricky Byrd
|
SAME |
| 29 |
You'd See The Things That I See (John & Paul)
Steve Forbert
|
NEW |
| 30 |
Rapper's Delight
Sugar Hill Gang
|
SAME |
| 31 |
I Wanna Be Around
Tony Bennett
|
▲ 37 |
| 32 |
Woke Up This Morning
Alabama 3
|
▼ 5 |
| 33 |
One Way Or Another
Blondie
|
▲ 38 |
| 34 |
Brand New Key
Melanie
|
SAME |
| 35 |
One In A Million
Trixter
|
NEW |
| 36 |
Chocolate Jesus
Eddie Skuller
|
▲ 45 |
| 37 |
Do You Know The Way To San Jose
Dionne Warwick
|
▲ 46 |
| 38 |
In A Lonely Place
The Smithereens
|
▲ 47 |
| 39 |
All Fall Down
Richard Barone
|
▼ 26 |
| 40 |
La Vida Es Un Carnaval
Celia Cruz
|
SAME |
| 41 |
Deep In The Heart Of Country
Uncle Floyd
|
SAME |
| 42 |
Long Way Down
Dean DeLeo
|
SAME |
| 43 |
Murder By Numbers
Christian McBride
|
▲ 59 |
| 44 |
Lucky 13
DD Verni
|
SAME |
| 45 |
Rotten To The Core
Overkill
|
▼ 35 |
| 46 |
13 Days
Fear Of Falling
|
▲ 53 |
| 47 |
This Misery
J. Howard Duff
|
▲ 50 |
| 48 |
The Gang's All Here
Skid Row
|
SAME |
| 49 |
One O'Clock Jump
Count Basie
|
SAME |
| 50 |
Loss
Rhonette Smith
|
NEW |
| # | Song / Artist | Previous |
|---|---|---|
| 51 |
Shining Through
Mike Daly's Lost'n'Found
|
NEW |
| 52 |
Send It To Me
Williams Honor
|
SAME |
| 53 |
My Boyfriend
The Cucumbers
|
NEW |
| 54 |
Funky Broadway
Wilson Pickett
|
SAME |
| 55 |
The Boxer
Simon & Garfunkel
|
SAME |
| 56 |
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Les Paul & Mary Ford
|
▼ 36 |
| 57 |
Serenade To A Cuckoo
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
|
NEW |
| 58 |
A Bed's Lament
Gregory Corso
|
NEW |
| 59 |
Bad Love
Femme Fatale
|
NEW |
| 60 |
Under The Wire
John O'Gallagher
|
NEW |
| 61 |
Good Crook
Chris Vincent
|
NEW |
| 62 |
I Think I Love You
The Partridge Family
|
▲ 76 |
| 63 |
Deliver Me From Nowhere
Jason Didner
|
▲ 69 |
| 64 |
Song To The Pharoah Kings
Return To Forever
|
SAME |
| 65 |
The Triumphant Dance Of The Butterfly
Buster Williams
|
SAME |
| 66 |
Superstar
Nat Adderley, Jr.
|
SAME |
| 67 |
Interstate Love Song
Stone Temple Pilots
|
SAME |
| 68 |
Long Ones
Lauryn Hill
|
SAME |
| 69 |
Win Or Lose
Ali Auburn
|
NEW |
| 70 |
Runaround
Blues Traveler
|
SAME |
| 71 |
Wildwood Boogie
Charlie Gracie
|
SAME |
| 72 |
On My Way To Cape May
Al Alberts
|
SAME |
| 73 |
Lies
The Knickerbockers
|
SAME |
| 74 |
Ain't Nobody Gonna Steal My Jelly Role
Billy Hector
|
SAME |
| 75 |
Diamond Dogs
The Weeklings
|
SAME |
| 76 |
Bitter Fruit
Stevie Van Zandt
|
▲ 94 |
| 77 |
Freedom
Richie Havens
|
SAME |
| 78 |
Ladies First
Queen Latifah
|
SAME |
| 79 |
Real
Rory D'Lasnow
|
SAME |
| 80 |
Brooklyn Can Wait
Jake Thistle
|
▲ 84 |
| 81 |
Businessman
Gregory McLoughlin
|
NEW |
| 82 |
Palisades Park
Freddie Cannon
|
SAME |
| 83 |
Blues In The 21st
Jimmy Vivino
|
SAME |
| 84 |
One Last Dance
Pete Muller
|
NEW |
| 85 |
On And On Forever
Lips Of Strangers
|
NEW |
| 86 |
Holy City
Enoch Smith, Jr.
|
NEW |
| 87 |
Pig Iron Tough
The Lucky Losers
|
NEW |
| 88 |
Over You Under You
Eric Roberson
|
▲ 99 |
| 89 |
Whole Lotta Nothin'
Matt O'Ree Band
|
SAME |
| 90 |
Garden State Parkway Boogie
Holme
|
▲ 98 |
| 91 |
You Enjoy Yourself
Phish
|
▲ 97 |
| 92 |
Come On Venus
Deena
|
NEW |
| 93 |
Ice Cream On The Beach
Annabelle Chairlegs
|
SAME |
| 94 |
Cherish
David Cassidy
|
NEW |
| 95 |
I'm Coming Home
Patriarchs In Black
|
NEW |
| 96 |
Jersey Bounce
Carrie Jackson
|
▼ 60 |
| 97 |
New Jerzey
Almondmilkhoney
|
▼ 51 |
| 98 |
Pillow Talk
Sylvia
|
▼ 33 |
| 99 |
The Skin I'm In
Blues People
|
▼ 31 |
| 100 |
Hoboken
Sly Stone
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NEW |
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