Dave Marsh's "1001 greatest singles ever made"

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Dave Marsh is a longtime rock critic. He wrote this book because he argues that the usual focus of rock critics on albums rather than individual songs shortchanges whole genres like R&B, pop, dance, and country and gives undue credit to genres like prog rock.

This is for SINGLES…so if a song wasn’t released as a radio single (Led Zeppelin’s "Stairway to Heaven") it doesn’t appear. Also, Marsh is VERY specific about particular renditions…so if a cut says "live" or 12" mix, he’s claiming that rendition as the superior one.

NOTE: There are more than 1001 singles here because in 1998 Marsh wrote a supplement of 101 records he felt he would like to consider as taking place of some of the entries (he didn’t specify which ones). I have tacked them on at the end. Source: http://rateyourmusic.com/lists/list_view?list_id=55437&show=100&start=0

"Nobody whistles albums…." Dave Marsh

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  1. 251.
    All Day and All of the Night (single)
    by The Kinks

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  2. 252.
    Purple Haze (single)
    by Jimi Hendrix

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  3. 253.
    Wavelength (single)
    by Van Morrison

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  4. 254.
    I'm So Young (single)
    by The Students

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  5. 255.
    Summertime-Billy Stewart (single)
    by Billy Stewart

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  6. 256.
    Maggie Mae (single)
    by Rod Stewart

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  7. 257.
    I Second that Emotion (single)
    by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

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  8. 258.
    True Blue - Madonna (single)
    by Madonna

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  9. 259.
    Help! (single)
    by The Beatles

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  10. 260.
    Slippin' into Darkness (single)
    by War

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  11. 261.
    It's Like That (single)
    by Run D.M.C.

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  12. 262.
    Hold What You've Got (single)
    by Joe Tex

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  13. 263.
    Who Do You Love? (single)
    by Bo Diddley

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  14. 264.
    Sherry - The Four Seasons (single)
    by The Four Seasons

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  15. 265.
    ?
    Village of Love (single)
    by Nathaniel Meyer

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  16. 266.
    My Town-Michael Stanley Band (single)
    by Michael Stanley Band

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  17. 267.
    Small Town (single)
    by John Cougar Mellencamp

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  18. 268.
    Starting all Over Again-Mel & Tim (single)
    by Mel & Tim

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  19. 269.
    Bring the Boys Back Home (single)
    by Freda Payne

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  20. 270.
    Lies-The Knickerbockers (single)
    by The Knickerbockers

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  21. 271.
    Hold Back the Night (single)
    by The Trammps

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  22. 272.
    Please, Please, Please (single)
    by James Brown & the Famous Flames

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  23. 273.
    Reet Petite (single)
    by Jackie Wilson

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  24. 274.
    Having a Party (single)
    by Sam Cooke

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  25. 275.
    If You Don't Know Me by Now - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (single)
    by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

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  26. 276.
    Chapel of Love (single)
    by The Dixie Cups

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  27. 277.
    Carol (single)
    by Chuck Berry

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  28. 278.
    Long Tall Sally (single)
    by Little Richard

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  29. 279.
    Tighten Up (single)
    by Archie Bell and the Drells

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  30. 280.
    It's the Same Old Song (single)
    by The Four Tops

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  31. 281.
    Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen (single)
    by Bruce Springsteen

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  32. 282.
    Papa Don't Preach (single)
    by Madonna

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  33. 283.
    The Stroll (single)
    by The Diamonds

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  34. 284.
    I Don't Know What you Got [But it's got Me] (single)
    by Little Richard

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  35. 285.
    Freddie's Dead (single)
    by Curtis Mayfield

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  36. 286.
    Wild Weekend (single)
    by The Rockin' Rebels

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  37. 287.
    I'm not a Juvenile Delinquent (single)
    by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers

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  38. 288.
    Help Me Rhonda (single)
    by The Beach Boys

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  39. 289.
    Kiss Me Baby (single)
    by The Beach Boys

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  40. 290.
    You Don't Miss Your Water (single)
    by William Bell

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  41. 291.
    Living for the City (single)
    by Stevie Wonder

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  42. 292.
    Sincerely (single)
    by The Moonglows

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  43. 293.
    Oh, What a Night (single)
    by The Dells

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  44. 294.
    ?
    Psychotic Reaction (single)
    by The Count Five

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  45. 295.
    I Believe to my Soul (single)
    by Ray Charles

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  46. 296.
    Midnight Train to Georgia (single)
    by Gladys Knight & The Pips

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  47. 297.
    ?
    Let them Talk (single)
    by Little Willie John

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  48. 298.
    War (single)
    by Edwin Starr

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  49. 299.
    Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (single)
    by The Temptations

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  50. 300.
    That's All Right, Mama (single)
    by Elvis Presley

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