For those that grew up on music lists, a simple Top 10 by a distinguished artist or DJ was often all it took for fanboys & girls to drop everything and go for a sprint to his or her nearest record shop or library, pre-internet.
Morrissey's Top 13 singles of alltime reads as such:
1 - New York Dolls - 'Jet Boy'
2 - Sparks - 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both of Us'
3 - The Sundown Playboys - 'Saturday Nite Special'
4 - Bob & Marcia - 'Young, Gifted and Black'
5 - The Tams - 'Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy'
6 - Buffy Sainte-Marie - 'Soldier Blue'
7 - Al Martino - 'Granada'
8 - Shocking Blue - 'Mighty Joe'
9 - The Crystals - 'All Grown Up'
10 -Paul Jones - 'I've Been A Bad, Bad Boy'
11 - The Supremes - 'I'm Livin' In Shame'
12 - Roxy Music - 'Do The Strand'
13 - Mr Bloe - 'Groovin With Mr Bloe'
courtesy of XFM
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