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Among My Souvenirs

In 1959, Connie Francis recorded the song peaking at number seven on the Hot 100.

Angelo Cifelli

In 1967, Cifelli and Petrillo co-wrote "Tell It to the Rain", a hit for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons which reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Cainon Lamb

"Let It Go" (featuring Lil' Kim & Missy Elliott) (co-produced by Missy Elliott) #1 for 8 weeks on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Chart; #7 on the Billboard Hot 100

Da REAList

Da REAList spawned three singles: The album's lead single, "Put It on Ya", became one of Plies biggest hits, reaching number 31 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 8 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

Good to Go Lover

The album spanned one big hit "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent", reaching number 1 on both the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts and number 42 on the pop chart.

Have You Ever?

It was released as the album's third single during the fall of 1998 and became Norwood's second song to reach the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 following the worldwide number-one success of "The Boy Is Mine".

How Much I Feel

The song, written by David Pack, was released in the summer of 1978 as the lead single from their third album, Life Beyond L.A., peaking at position 3 on the Hot 100 chart.

It's for You

In 1971 Springwell, a five-man outfit from Allen Park MI, had a regional hit with "It's for You" which reached #60 on the Hot 100 in Billboard: the track, recorded at Eastern Sound Studio in Toronto, reached #21 in Canada.

Jeffrey Gaines

"Scares Me More" featured an acoustic live version of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes", which Gabriel had taken to number 26 on the Hot 100 in 1986.

Lightnin' Strikes

It was a hit in 1966, making it first to No. 1 in Canada in January 1966 on the RPM Top Singles chart, then to No. 1 in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in February and No. 11 on the UK Record Retailer chart.

Like This and Like That

It was released as the album's second single on double A-side single with "Before You Walk out of My Life" in early 1996 (see 1996 in music) and became Monica's second number-one hit on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while it also reached number 7 on the Hot 100 chart.

Papa Don't Take No Mess

An edited version of the song released as a two-part single in 1974 was Brown's final number one R&B hit and peaked at number thirty-one on the Hot 100.

Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic

The album's first single, "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold", achieved modest success, peaking at number 63 on the Hot 100.

Sofia Shinas

Her first single, "The Message", reached #20 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play chart and was a crossover pop hit, peaking at #75 on the Hot 100 chart.

The Leif Garrett Collection

The Leif Garrett Collection is an album by Leif Garrett released in 1998 and features all 10 of his US Hot 100 hit singles plus two additional cuts ("New York City Nights" and "You Had To Go and Change On Me").

The Music Explosion

 2 Hot 100 1967 hit "Little Bit O' Soul" that received gold record status by the R.I.A.A..

The Rugbys

They were then signed to Shelby Singleton's Nashville, Tennessee, record label, Amazon Records, which re-released the single "You, I" in 1969, and the song became a national hit, climbing to #24 on the Hot 100 and #21 on the Cash Box magazine charts.

Toby Beau

The second album would score a Hot 100 single in the cover of John D. Loudermilk's "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," but otherwise the album remained a financial disappointment to the band, and less than a year after the release, Zipper, Rose, and Young departed, leaving Silva at the helm with one album left on the contract.

With Every Beat of My Heart

Written by Arthur Baker, Lotti Golden, and Tommy Faragher, the single reached the number five spot on Billboard's Hot 100 becoming Dayne's fifth consecutive top 10 single in the United States.

You're the Apple of My Eye

Recorded after they were denied the opportunity to record another Blackwell song, "Don't Be Cruel", "You're the Apple of My Eye" was The Four Lovers' first exposure to U.S. national publicity, reaching the #62 position on the Billboard Hot 100 and earning the quartet an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.


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1910 Fruitgum Company

The group's Hot 100 hits were "Simon Says", "May I Take A Giant Step", "1, 2, 3, Red Light", "Goody Goody Gumdrops", "Indian Giver", "Special Delivery", and "The Train".

Addictiv

Her 2009 hit single "Over It" produced by world renowned DJ/Producer Cajjmere Wray, peaked at number 59 on the Canadian Hot 100 and the video was added out of the box to heavy rotation on MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic and MuchVibe.

Amy Grant discography

Heart in Motion produced the hit singles "Baby Baby", "Every Heartbeat", "That's What Love Is For" and "Good for Me", all of which made it into the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100, with the first two reaching No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.

Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley

The song combines elements of two previously recorded rock songs: "Baby, I Love Your Way", a #12 Billboard Hot 100 hit from 1976 by the British-born singer Peter Frampton; and American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's song "Free Bird", which hit #19 on the Hot 100 chart in 1975.

Bryan-Michael Cox

Cox is appropriately named one of Billboard’s “Top 10 Producers of the Decade” and sits on Billboard’s “Hot R&B Song of the Decade List”, “Hot 100 Songs of the Decade List”, “Top 200 Albums of the Decade List” and is a 2009 Georgia Music Hall of Fame inductee.

Cass Daley

"The Old Piano Roll Blues" peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and stayed on the chart for ten weeks in 1950, and "Aba Daba Honeymoon" peaked at #23 in 1951, and charted for three weeks.

Cool Places

The hit followed on from the success of their previous single and only other Hot 100 entry "I Predict".

Definition of a Band

The first single "What Kind of Man Would I Be" (charted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 2 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks) was directed by art director Frank Kozik.

Frozen Ghost

"Should I See", an anti-censorship song, became a minor hit in the United States, reaching number 69 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles in 1987.

Funky Divas

The second single, "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" (a cover of the Aretha Franklin hit from the film Sparkle), also became a top ten hit on the US Hot 100 (and also their fifth #1 single in the US R&B chart).

Gabe Lopez

Known in Los Angeles for performing in noted venues such as The Roxy Theatre, The House of Blues, and The Derby and voted one of Music Connection Magazine's Hot 100 Artists, Lopez first came to international prominence as a producer and songwriter for American Idols Jim Verraros and Angela Peel, as well as for international RaggaHop star Ms. Triniti.

George Lamond

His second album, 1992's In My Life, included a remake of the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back", in addition to the single "Where Does That Leave Love?" (#59 Hot 100, 1992), which made an impact on sales and radio but less of an impact in the clubs or charts as previous releases.

Go West Young Man

Michael W. Smith most notably performed "Place in This World", which peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and "For You" on various shows, for example The Arsenio Hall Show, to promote the album.

Greatest Stories Live

"A Better Place to Be" was released as a single, and did manage to crack the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

I Knew You When

Donny Osmond released a version in 1972 as the B-side of "Hey Girl" that went to #9 on the Hot 100 as a double-sided hit.

I'll Be Good to You

Thirteen years later in 1989, it became a number one R&B hit again, with Chaka Khan and Ray Charles doing the lead vocals on Quincy Jones' Back on the Block album, and went to number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.

I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter

In January 1963 the original B-side of "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter": "Al di là", picked up enough airplay to reach #90 on the Billboard Hot 100 (#87 in Cash Box).

In a Word or 2

Two singles found some success on the charts, the Prince-produced "Born 2 B.R.E.E.D." reached to 89 on the Billboard Hot 100, while "Full Term Love" peaked at 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has appeared on the Class Act soundtrack.

Into the Skyline

The album got to #8 in the UK Album Chart, whilst in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, "You Lied to Me" was a Top 40 hit, and "Irresistible" made the Adult Contemporary Top Ten; however, the album descended the chart rapidly.

Jack Rhodes

Leon Payne (Rhodes' step-brother) wrote "I Love You Because", which has been covered by — among others — Elvis Presley (Elvis Presley LP, 1956), Al Martino (Billboard Hot 100 #3, 1963), Jim Reeves (UK Singles Chart #5, 1964), Johnny Cash, Matt Monro and Slim Whitman.

Love or Let Me Be Lonely

The song returned to the charts in the summer of 1982 in a version by Paul Davis, which reached number 40 on the Hot 100 and number 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Marc Nelson

The album featured Nelson's biggest solo hit, 15 Minutes, which reached #4 on the R&B charts and #27 on the Hot 100.

N.O.R.E.

The reggaeton single "Oye Mi Canto", was released in 2004 and became a major hit, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

New Kind of Feeling

In the U.S., both of the album's singles, "Shadows in the Moonlight" and "I Just Fall in Love Again", topped both the country and A/C singles charts; both songs also charted in the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Shadows in the Moonlight" reaching number 25,and "Broken Hearted Me" reaching number 12.

Ooh It's Kinda Crazy

The single however seemed a bit of a letdown abroad, not charting in the United Kingdom or Asia, or the Hot 100.

Outside of a Small Circle of Friends

Billboard wrote that the record "should put folkster Ochs high on the Hot 100" and the Cleveland Press said that if radio stations "give it a chance, this will be a giant record".

Paper Roses

According to Curb in the book Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits by Fred Bronson, when Curb was looking for country songs for Marie to record for her first album, Sonny James suggested that Marie sing "Paper Roses."

Respect Yourself

Actor Bruce Willis, with help from June Pointer of The Pointer Sisters, reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100, number 20 on the Hot Black Singles chart and number 22 on the Adult Contemporary chart (1987)

Robin McNamara

Together with McNamara's then songwriting partner Jim Cretecos, they wrote a song called "Lay a Little Lovin' on Me" which McNamara took to #11 on Billboard's Hot 100 survey in the summer of 1970.

Samantha Sang

It peaked at #56 on the Hot 100, and was followed into the charts by her cover of Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour".

Sometime Samurai

The song was released as the first promotional single in the spring of 2005 and became one of Tei's most successful songs in Japan reaching the top ten on the Tokio Hot 100 radio chart.

Suicide Blonde

It reached the top 10 on the US Hot 100 (#9) and Australia in 1990 and reached a peak of #11 in the UK.

The BusBoys

A follow-up song, "Cleanin' Up the Town," written for the soundtrack to the 1984 film Ghostbusters, was a minor hit for the group, reaching #68 on Billboards Hot 100 Singles chart in the United States.

The Cup of Life

However, after the success of "Livin' la Vida Loca", it re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999, and reached number forty-five.

The First Night

It, however, became Monica's sixth domestic top 10 hit of her career (following Top 10 singles "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)", "Before You Walk Out of My Life", "For You I Will") and her second number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 since "The Boy Is Mine" in early 1998.

The Mocking Bird

The first version, made April 16, 1952, was released on Columbia's Okeh label in 1952 (reaching #23 on the Billboard chart that year) and re-released four years later on Columbia (#67 on the 1956 chart.) A new recording was made in 1958, entering the Billboard Hot 100 list on November 24, 1958, eventually reaching #32 on that chart.

The Royalettes

The Royalettes' biggest hit was "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" in 1965, charting at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #28 on the Billboard R&B chart.

This One's for the Children

Taken from the group's holiday album, Merry, Merry Christmas, the single peaked at #7 on the Hot 100 Singles Chart in December 1989, and #9 on the UK singles chart in December 1990.

Timmy T

Timmy got a record deal with Quality Records, and "Time After Time" went on to peak at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Tired of Toein' the Line

By peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, "Tired of Toein' the Line" tied "You're Sixteen" as the highest-charting Hot 100 single from a member of the Burnette family.

Tommy Roe

Roe guest-starred in an episode of the American sitcom, Green Acres, called "The Four of Spades", which first aired on 8 November 1969, one week to the day before the Hot 100 debut of his final Top 10 single, a track co-written with Freddy Weller, "Jam Up and Jelly Tight", which became his fourth gold record, peaking at number 8 in the U.S. and number 5 in Canada.

Traci Hale

Her best known compositions include "Case of the Ex", as recorded by Mýa, and Rihanna's "What's My Name?", which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Trinidad James

His debut single, "All Gold Everything" has charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B/Hip-Hop charts.

What Kind of Man Would I Be?

A slightly remixed version of the song was included on the 1989 compilation album Greatest Hits 1982-1989, and a single release of that remix peaked at #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on February 24, 1990, and remains their final single to reach the top 20 of the Hot 100 to date.

World in My Eyes

Reaching No.17 in UK, and only No.52 on the Hot 100, it is the least successful single from Violator.