1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die - Robert Dimery

1001 SONGS
YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU
DIE
GENERAL EDITOR ROBERT DIMERY
PREFACE BY TONY VISCONTI
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CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Pre-Fifties
O sole mio
St. Louis Blues
Allons à Lafayette
Lágrimas negras
Pokarekare
St. James Infirmary Blues

El manisero
Minnie the Moocher
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Mal hombre
Hula Girl
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)
Cross Road Blues
Hellhound on My Trail
Strange Fruit
Over the Rainbow
The Gallis Pole
Mbube
Java Jive
Gloomy Sunday
Guantanamera
God Bless the Child
Stormy Weather
Rum and Coca-Cola
This Land Is Your Land
Lili Marleen
(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
Al gurugu
La vie en rose
La mer
White Christmas
Good Rockin’ Tonight
Nature Boy
Saturday Night Fish Fry
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

Chapter 2: The Fifties
Autumn Leaves
Summertime
Goodnight, Irene
Mambo No. 5
Rocket 88
Cry
How High the Moon
London Is the Place for Me
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Dust My Broom
Foi Deus
Le gorille
Singin’ in the Rain
Just Walkin’ in the Rain
Please Love Me
Crying in the Chapel
Riot in Cell Block No. 9
Love for Sale
The Wind
My Funny Valentine
Shake, Rattle and Roll
(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock
I Get Along Without You Very Well
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Tutti Frutti
Only You (and You Alone)
Cry Me a River
Sixteen Tons
I’m a Man

Blue Monday
Burundanga
Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
Be-Bop-A-Lula
Heartbreak Hotel
Blueberry Hill
Hound Dog
Honey Hush
I Walk the Line
Knoxville Girl
Ella
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
Folsom Prison Blues
I Put a Spell on You
Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody
Rock Island Line
Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On
That’ll Be the Day
Little Darlin’
Great Balls of Fire
When I Fall in Love
You Send Me
It’s Only Make Believe
Johnny B. Goode
Move It!
La Bamba
Yakety Yak
At the Hop

Stagger Lee
Summertime Blues
Dans mon île
Lonesome Town
Fever
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
Le poinçonneur des Lilas
Nel blu dipinto di blu
All I Have to Do Is Dream
To Know Him Is to Love Him
Brand New Cadillac
What’d I Say (Parts 1 & 2)
I Only Have Eyes for You
Ne me quitte pas
Shout (Parts 1 & 2)
Mack the Knife
It Ain’t Necessarily So
Chapter 3: The Sixties
Wondrous Place
Save the Last Dance for Me
Chaje shukarije
Oh Carolina
The Click Song (Qongqothwane)
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Love Hurts
September Song
Shakin’ All Over
Non, je ne regrette rien
Spanish Harlem
Mad About the Boy

Lazy River
Back Door Man
The Red Rooster
Johnny Remember Me
I Fall to Pieces
Stand by Me
Blue Moon
Crazy
Tous les garçons et les filles
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
Boom Boom
He’s a Rebel
Do You Love Me
Your Cheating Heart
Cry Baby
La javanaise
Harlem Shuffle
On Broadway
Louie Louie
One Fine Day
In Dreams
Sally Go ’Round the Roses
Be My Baby
Surfin’ Bird
Sapore di sale
Leader of the Pack
Les copains d’abord
Samba malato
Walk On By
Don’t Gimme No Lip Child

E se domani
The Girl from Ipanema
A Change Is Gonna Come
Dancing in the Street
I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
You Really Got Me
The House of the Rising Sun
Go ’Way from My Window
Amsterdam
La paloma
Sinnerman
The Irish Rover
Needle of Death
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
La bohème
California Dreamin’
Ticket to Ride
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
The Tracks of My Tears
Mr. Tambourine Man
Like a Rolling Stone
People Get Ready
Who Do You Love
The Carnival Is Over
Psycho
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)
Stop! In the Name of Love
Subterranean Homesick Blues
The Sounds of Silence

My Generation
Unchained Melody
Et moi et moi et moi
Stay with Me
Al-atlal
You’re Gonna Miss Me
Substitute
Eight Miles High
Sunny Afternoon
Paint It Black
Summer in the City
God Only Knows
(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone
Mas que nada
El muerto vivo
Tomorrow Is a Long Time
Eleanor Rigby
River Deep—Mountain High
7 and 7 Is
96 Tears
Pushin’ Too Hard
Psychotic Reaction
Reach Out (I’ll Be There)
Good Vibrations
Dead End Street
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Any More
Season of the Witch
Friday on My Mind
I’m a Believer
Dirty Water

I Feel Free
You Keep Me Hangin’ On
Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
Tomorrow Never Knows
The End
Electricity
Corcovado
Heroin
Chelsea Girls
For What It’s Worth
The Look of Love
I’d Rather Go Blind
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher
Strawberry Fields Forever
White Rabbit
Purple Haze
I’m a Man
Venus in Furs
Fire
Waterloo Sunset
Ode to Billie Joe
The Dark End of the Street
Suzanne
Respect
Montague Terrace (in Blue)
A Day in the Life
Alone Again Or
Tin Soldier
See Emily Play
A Whiter Shade of Pale

The Tears of a Clown
Sunshine of Your Love
Cold Sweat
The First Cut Is the Deepest
I Say a Little Prayer
The Snake
Oh Happy Day
Israelites
Wichita Lineman
I Heard It through the Grapevine
America
Ain’t Got No; I Got Life
Piece of My Heart
Say It Loud—I’m Black and I’m Proud
Hard to Handle
A minha menina
Sympathy for the Devil
Pressure Drop
Cyprus Avenue
Hey Jude
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
The Pusher
The Weight
Days
My Way
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
I’m Just a Prisoner (of Your Good Lovin’)
She Moves through the Fair
Many Rivers to Cross
In the Ghetto

Oh Well, Parts 1 & 2
The Real Thing
Sister Morphine
Okie from Muskogee
Heartbreaker
Is That All There Is?
Sweetness
Suspicious Minds
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Pinball Wizard
Je t’aime . . . moi non plus
Is It Because I’m Black?
I Want to Take You Higher
The Court of the Crimson King
Whole Lotta Love
I Wanna Be Your Dog
Kick Out the Jams
I Want You Back
The Thrill Is Gone
Chapter 4: The Seventies
Up Around the Bend
Layla
War Pigs
When the Revolution Comes
Band of Gold
Love the One You’re With
Fire and Rain
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Black Night
War

(To Be) Young, Gifted and Black
Ball of Confusion
Avec le temps
The Man Who Sold the World
Awaiting on You All
Northern Sky
Maybe I’m Amazed
Into the Mystic
Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
Ohio
The Only Living Boy in New York
In a Broken Dream
Oh Lonesome Me
54-46 Was My Number
Working Class Hero
Box of Rain
Life on Mars?
Bang a Gong (Get It On)
Blackwater Side
I Don’t Want to Talk About It
A Case of You
Crayon Angels
Famous Blue Raincoat
Chalte Chalte
Maggie May
Imagine
Laughing
When the Levee Breaks
Surf’s Up
Theme from Shaft

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
It’s Too Late
Dum Maro Dum
Tired of Being Alone
Won’t Get Fooled Again
Vincent
City of New Orleans
Peace Train
Superstar
A Nickel and a Nail
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
I’ll Take You There
Soul Makossa
Superstition
Elected
Sam Stone
Willin’
It’s a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl
Sail Away
Silver Machine
Tumbling Dice
Thirteen
Big Eyed Beans from Venus
Rocket Man
Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Rocky Mountain High
The Night
Reelin’ in the Years
Always on My Mind

Most People I Know . . .
Taj Mahal
Walk on the Wild Side
Virginia Plain
You’re So Vain
Today I Started Loving You Again
Il mio canto libero
Superfly
Crazy Horses
All the Young Dudes
Personality Crisis
The Ballroom Blitz
Jolene
Next
20th Century Boy
Rock On
Search and Destroy
Desperado
Child’s Christmas in Wales
Solid Air
I Know What I Like (in Your Wardrobe)
Cum on Feel the Noize
Living for the City
I Can’t Stand the Rain
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Future Days
Essiniya
Carpet Crawlers
Águas de março
Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City

(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night
Sweet Home Alabama
Piss Factory
Evie
Free Man in Paris
I Will Always Love You
The Grand Tour
Withered and Died
Louisiana 1927
You Haven’t Done Nothin’
This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us
Only Women Bleed
Jive Talkin’
Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Boulder to Birmingham
Fight the Power (Parts 1 & 2)
That’s the Way (I Like It)