The middle section - quite a variety here but this is definitely the most predictable third, containing most of the rock and jazz canon.
1938 - Count Basie Orchestra - Jumpin' at the Woodside - 3.83
1939 - Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra - Strange Fruit - 4.26
1940 - Woody Guthrie - I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore - 3.77
1941 - Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday (The Famous Hungarian Suicide Song) - 3.92
1942 - Lead Belly - Rock Island Line (Railroad Song) - 3.76
1943 - Lead Belly - Irene -3.71
1944 - Lead Belly - (Black Gal) Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - 3.97
1945 - Dizzy Gillespie - Salt Peanuts - 3.84
1946 - Charlie Parker Septet - A Night in Tunisia - 3.87
1947 - Édith Piaf - La vie en rose - 3.85
1948 - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - I Saw the Light - 3.89
1949 - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - 3.88
1950 - Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boy - Foggy Mountain Breakdown - 3.85
1951 - The Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' at Midnight - 3.97
1952 - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive - 3.81
1953 - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton - Hound Dog - 3.90
1954 - Elvis Presley - That's All Right - 3.90
1955 - Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two - Folsom Prison Blues - 4.08
1956 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You - 4.08
1957 - Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue - 3.96
1958 - Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode - 4.12
1959 - Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five - 4.26
1960 - The Miles Davis Quartet - It Never Entered My Mind (Parts 1 & 2) - 4.27
1961 - John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (Parts I & II) - 4.22
1962 - Dick Dale and The Del-Tones - Miserlou - 4.18
1963 - The Ronettes - Be My Baby - 4.36
1964 - The Beach Boys - I Get Around - 4.20
1965 - Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone - 4.26
1966 - The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice - 4.48
1967 - The Beatles - Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever - 4.45
1968 - Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Parts One & Two) - 4.48
1969 - King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King - 4.35
1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 4.24
1971 - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - 4.34
1972 - David Bowie - Starman - 4.38
1973 - David Bowie - Life on Mars? - 4.45
1974 - Pink Floyd - Time - 4.31
1975 - Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run - 4.20
1976 - David Bowie - Station to Station - 4.26
1977 - David Bowie - "Heroes" - 4.46
1978 - Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights - 4.37
1979 - Joy Division - Transmission - 4.21
1980 - Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - 4.36
1981 - Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime - 4.44
Previously - Rateyourmusic top singles Part 1 - 1888 to 1937
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| 1978 - Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights | 4 |
| 1976 - David Bowie - Station to Station | 3 |
| 1967 - The Beatles - Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever | 3 |
| 1963 - The Ronettes - Be My Baby | 3 |
| 1969 - King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King | 2 |
| 1961 - John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (Parts I & II) | 2 |
| 1977 - David Bowie - "Heroes" | 2 |
| 1968 - Nina Simone - Sinnerman (Parts One & Two) | 2 |
| 1965 - Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone | 2 |
| 1956 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You | 2 |
| 1954 - Elvis Presley - That's All Right | 1 |
| 1957 - Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue | 1 |
| 1962 - Dick Dale and The Del-Tones - Miserlou | 1 |
| 1964 - The Beach Boys - I Get Around | 1 |
| 1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid | 1 |
| 1966 - The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice | 1 |
| 1939 - Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra - Strange Fruit | 1 |
| 1950 - Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boy - Foggy Mountain Breakdown | 1 |
| 1974 - Pink Floyd - Time | 1 |
| 1941 - Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday (The Famous Hungarian Suicide Song) | 1 |
| 1945 - Dizzy Gillespie - Salt Peanuts | 1 |
| 1980 - Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) | 0 |
| 1979 - Joy Division - Transmission | 0 |
| 1971 - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On | 0 |
| 1975 - Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run | 0 |
| 1973 - David Bowie - Life on Mars? | 0 |
| 1972 - David Bowie - Starman | 0 |
| 1981 - Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime | 0 |
| 1955 - Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two - Folsom Prison Blues | 0 |
| 1940 - Woody Guthrie - I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore | 0 |
| 1942 - Lead Belly - Rock Island Line (Railroad Song) | 0 |
| 1943 - Lead Belly - Irene | 0 |
| 1944 - Lead Belly - (Black Gal) Where Did You Sleep Last Night? | 0 |
| 1946 - Charlie Parker Septet - A Night in Tunisia | 0 |
| 1947 - Édith Piaf - La vie en rose | 0 |
| 1948 - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - I Saw the Light | 0 |
| 1949 - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | 0 |
| 1951 - The Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' at Midnight | 0 |
| 1952 - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive | 0 |
| 1953 - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton - Hound Dog | 0 |
| 1958 - Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode | 0 |
| 1959 - Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five | 0 |
| 1960 - The Miles Davis Quartet - It Never Entered My Mind (Parts 1 & 2) | 0 |
| 1938 - Count Basie Orchestra - Jumpin' at the Woodside | 0 |
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