BMI's Top 100 Songs

[NightTrain]

According to the BMI web site at http://www.bmi.com/awards/1999/top100.asp following is a list of the
BMI Top 100 songs, and the names of the people who wrote them:

8 Million Performances:

1) You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Barry Mann
Phil Spector
Cynthia Weil

7 Million Performances:

2) Never My Love
Donald Addrisi
Richard Addrisi

3) Yesterday
John Lennon (PRS)
Paul McCartney (PRS)

4) Stand By Me
Ben E. King
Jerry Leiber*
Mike Stoller*

6 Million Performances:

5) Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
Bob Crewe
Bob Gaudio

6) (Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay
Steve Cropper
Otis Redding

7) Mrs. Robinson
Paul Simon

8) Baby, I Need Your Loving
Lamont Dozier
Brian Holland
Eddie Holland

9) Rhythm Of The Rain
John Gummoe

10) Georgia On My Mind
Hoagy Carmichael
Stuart Gorrell

5 Million Performances:

11) Killing Me Softly With His Song
Charles Fox
Norman Gimbel

12) More
Marcello Ciorciolini (SIAE)
Norman Newell (PRS)
Nino Oliviero (SIAE)
Riz Ortolani (SIAE)

13) I Will Always Love You
Dolly Parton

14) When A Man Loves A Woman
Calvin Lewis
Andrew J. Wright

15) Every Breath You Take
Sting (PRS)

16) Gentle On My Mind
John Hartford

17) Something
George Harrison (PRS)

18) Sounds Of Silence
Paul Simon

19) Bridge Over Troubled Water
Paul Simon

20) By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Jim Webb

21) Angel Of The Morning
Chip Taylor

22) Cherish
Terry Kirkman

23) You Can't Hurry Love
Lamont Dozier
Brian Holland
Eddie Holland

24) Proud Mary
John Fogerty

25) Sunny
Bobby Hebb

26) Oh Pretty Woman
William Dees
Roy Orbison

27) Everybody's Talkin'
Fred Neil

28) I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Barrett Strong
Norman Whitfield

29) Goin' Out Of My Head
Teddy Randazzo
Bobby Weinstein

30) Suspicious Minds
Mark James

31) Scarborough Fair
Art Garfunkel
Paul Simon

32) Traces
Buddy Buie
J.R. Cobb
Emory Gordy, Jr.

33) All I Have To Do Is Dream
Boudleaux Bryant

34) Only You
Ande Rand
Buck Ram*

35) Canadian Sunset
Norman Gimbel
Eddie Heywood

36) Oh Girl
Eugene Record

37) Your Song Elton John (PRS)
Bernie Taupin

38) How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Lamont Dozier
Brian Holland
Eddie Holland

39) (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher
Gary Jackson
Raynard Miner
Carl William Smith

40) I Can't Stop Loving You
Don Gibson

41) Wind Beneath My Wings
Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar*

42) Michelle
John Lennon (PRS)
Paul McCartney (PRS)

43) Up, Up and Away
Jimmy Webb

44) Happy Together
Garry Bonner & Alan Gordon

45) On Broadway
Jerry Leiber
Barry Mann
Mike Stoller
Cynthia Weil

46) Twilight Time
Al Nevins
Morty Nevins
Buck Ram

47) Strangers in the Night
Bert Kaempfert
Charles Singleton
Eddie Snyder

48) Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Howard Greenfield
Neil Sedaka

49) Save the Last Dance for Me
Doc Pomus
Mort Shuman

4 Million Performances:

50) For the Good Times - Kris Kristofferson
51) We've Only Just Begun Roger Nichols & Paul Williams
52) What a Wonderful World Lou Adler, Herb Alpert & Sam Cooke
53) Snowbird Gene MacLellan
54) Everlasting Love Buzz Cason & Mac Gayden
55) My Special Angel Jimmy Duncan
56) The Most Beautiful Girl Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill & Norro Wilson
57) Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
58) Girl From Ipanema Vinicius DeMoraes (SACEM), Norman Gimbel, &
Antonio Carlos Jobim
59) My Cherie Amour Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby*, & Stevie Wonder*
60) Always on My Mind Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher & Mark James
61) Windy Ruthann Friedman
62) If You Don't Know Me By Now Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
63) Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett
64) Spanish Eyes Bert Kaempfert (GEMA), Charles Singleton, & Eddie
Snyder
65) Daydream Believer John Stewart
66) Daniel Elton John (PRS) and Bernie Taupin
67) Take It Easy Glenn Frey & Jackson Browne*
68) Let Your Love Flow Larry Williams
69) The Rose Amanda McBroom
70) The Heart of the Matter Don Henley, J.D. Souther, & Mike
Campbell*
71) Don't Be Cruel Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
72) Listen to the Music Tom Johnston
73) A Groovy Kind of Love Carole Bayer Sager & Toni Wine
74) Crying Joe Melson & Roy Orbison
75) Put A Little Love In Your Heart Jackie DeShannon, Jimmy Holiday &
Randy Myers
76) Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me Elton John (PRS) & Bernie Taupin*
77) Help Me Make It Through the Night Kris Kristofferson
78) Best of My Love Glenn Frey, Don Henley & J.D. Souther
79) The Letter Wayne Carson
80) Dreams Stevie Nicks
81) Mr. Bojangles Jerry Jeff Walker
82) Fire and Rain James Taylor*
83) Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye John D. Loudermilk
84) Hooked on a Feeling Mark James
85) Blue Bayou Joe Melson & Roy Orbison
86) Born Free John Barry & Don Black (PRS)
87) Release Me Eddie Miller, Dub Williams & Robert Yount
88) It's Just a Matter of Time Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks &
Clyde Otis
89) Let It Be John Lennon (PRS) & Paul McCartney (PRS)
90) I'd Really Love to See You Tonight Parker McGee
91) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction Mick Jagger (PRS) & Keith Richards
(PRS)
92) Up on the Roof Gerry Goffin & Carole King
93) Layla Eric Clapton & Jim Gordon
94) I Honestly Love You Peter Allen & Jeff Barry
95) California Girls Mike Love & Brian Wilson
96) Imagine John Lennon
97) You Send Me Sam Cooke
98) How Deep Is Your Love Barry, Maurice & Robin Gibb
99) I Never Promised You A Rose Garden Joe South
100) Sometimes When We Touch Dan Hill (SOCAN)* & Barry Mann

* Share not licensed by BMI

Letters in parantheses connote original membership in another
performing rights organization.

[Burma Jones]

1. Soooo, what would this list look like without..........

Las Vegas', Atlantic City's and Branson's Cheesy Lounge Singers?????

[salvorhardin]

2. Guaging from the number of entries on the list

it'd look like a Simon and Garfunkle concert.