by Lisa Fagan

Created on: July 04, 2008

I'll list the best that I can, though not in any particular order.

1. Frank Sinatra: Strangers in the Night, Summer Wind, High Hopes, My Kind of Town, New York, New York; My Way, and That's Life.

2. Elvis: Don't Be Cruel, Heartbreak Hotel, All Shook Up, Jailhouse Rock, Hard Headed Woman, A Fool Such As I, A Big Hunk of Love, It's Now or Never, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Can't Help Falling in Love, Return to Sender, In the Ghetto, Suspicious Minds, Kentucky Rain, and Burnin Love.

3. The Beatles: Yesterday, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Can't Buy Me Love, And I Love Her, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Michelle, Day Tripper, We Can Work it Out, Paperback Writer, Yellow Submarine, Eleanor Rigby, Penny Lane, All You Need is Love, Hello Goodbye, Hey Jude, Come Together, Something, Let it Be, and The Long and Winding Road.

4. Diana Ross: With the Supremes: Where Did Our Love Go?, Baby Love, Come See About Me, Stop! In the Name of Love, Back in My Arms Again, Nothing But Heartaches, I Hear a Symphony, My World is Empty Without You, Love is Like an Itching in My Heart, You Can't Hurry Love, You Keep Me Hangin On, Love is Here and Now You're Gone, The Happening, Reflections, Love Child, and Someday We'll Be Together. On her own: Reach Out and Touch, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Remember Me, Touch Me in the Morning, Do You Know Where You're Going To? (Theme from Mahognany), Love Hangover, Upside Down, and Missing You.

5. Barbra Streisand: People, Stoney End, Woman in Love.

6. Nat King Cole: Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer, Ramblin Rose, Mona Lisa.

7. Carly Simon: That's the Way I've Always Heard it Should Be, Anticipation, You're So Vain.

8. Carole King: It's Too Late, So Far Away, I Feel The Earth Move, Sweet Seasons.

9, The Carpenters: Close to You, We've Only Just Begun, For All We Know, Rainy Days and Mondays, Superstar, Hurting Each Other, It's Going to Take Some Time, Goodbye to Love, Sing (from Sesame Street), Yesterday Once More, Top of the World, Please Mr. Postman, Only Yesterday.

10. Linda Ronstadt: Different Drum (with the Stone Poneys), A Long Long Time, You're No Good, Blue Bayou.

11. Perry Como: Round and Round, It's Impossible, Catch a Falling Star.

12. Barry Manilow: Mandy, I Write the Songs, Weekend in New England, Looks Like We Made It, Copacabana.

13. The Bee Gees: To Love Somebody, Gotta Get a Message to You, I Started a Joke, Lonely Days, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? Stayin Alive, Night Fever, Too Much Heaven, How Deep is Your Love?

14. John Denver: Take Me Home Country Road, Rocky Mountain High, Sunshine, Annie's Song, Thank God I'm a Country Boy, Calypso.

15. Neil Sedaka: Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen; Breakin Up is Hard to Do, Laughter in the Rain.

16. Frankie Valli: With the Four Seasons: Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry, Walk Like a Man, Dawn Go Away, Rag Doll, Let's Hang On, Opus 17, C'Mon Marianne: On his own: Can't Take My Eyes Off of You, Grease, My Eyes Adored You.

17. The Captain and Tennille: Love Will Keep Us Together, The Way I Wanna Touch You, Shop Around, Muskrat Love, Do it To Me One More Time.

18. The Beach Boys: Surfin U.S.A., California Girls, Surfin Safari, Little Deuce Coupe, Barbara Ann, Good Vibrations.

This is the best that I can come up with. But these songs are just timeless classics and have sold millions.

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