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#	Song / Artist	Average Rating	#Pf	Hi	Lo	σ	0-19	20-39	40-59	60-79	80-100
1	A Little Less Conversation0001A Little Less Conversation Elvis Presley	41.0	5	72	28	21.8	0	4	0	1	0
2	Come Together0001Come Together The Beatles	62.1	7	85	26	17.1	0	2	1	1	3
3	Eleanor Rigby0001Eleanor Rigby The Beatles	51.8	4	82	36	20.0	0	2	1	0	1
4	For Once In My Life0001For Once In My Life Stevie Wonder	35.6	6	72	14	17.2	1	2	1	1	0
5	Hard To Handle0001Hard To Handle Otis Redding The Black Crowes	43.0	3	66	31	21.3	0	2	0	1	0
6	Heat Wave0001Heat Wave Martha and the Vandellas Linda Ronstadt	43.8	5	61	34	17.0	0	2	2	1	0
7	How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)0001How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) Marvin Gaye James Taylor	30.6	5	68	15	14.6	2	2	0	1	0
8	MacArthur Park0001MacArthur Park Richard Harris Donna Summer	31.5	2	36	27	22.5	0	2	0	0	0
9	My Cherie Amour0001My Cherie Amour Stevie Wonder	29.0	4	48	18	15.8	1	2	1	0	0
10	My Girl0001My Girl The Temptations	33.6	5	63	6	16.8	1	2	1	1	0
11	This Old Heart Of Mine0001This Old Heart Of Mine The Isley Brothers	31.0	2	35	27	18.5	0	2	0	0	0
12	What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted0001What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted Jimmy Ruffin	31.0	2	35	27	19.5	0	2	0	0	0
13	A Day In The Life0001A Day In The Life The Beatles	37.0	1	37	37	20.0	0	1	0	0	0
14	A Natural Woman0001A Natural Woman Aretha Franklin	63.4	5	89	38	16.8	0	1	1	1	2
15	Aint No Mountain High Enough0001Ain't No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Diana Ross	37.8	5	51	8	15.0	1	1	3	0	0
16	Anyone Who Had A Heart0001Anyone Who Had A Heart Dionne Warwick	40.7	3	49	33	19.3	0	1	2	0	0
17	Back In The USSR0001Back In The U.S.S.R. The Beatles	28.0	1	28	28	21.0	0	1	0	0	0
18	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do0001Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Neil Sedaka	37.0	3	59	17	18.7	1	1	1	0	0
19	Cant Buy Me Love0001Can't Buy Me Love The Beatles	36.0	1	36	36	15.0	0	1	0	0	0
20	Cant Help Falling In Love0001Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley UB40	66.0	4	93	21	16.8	0	1	0	1	2
21	Crazy0001Crazy Patsy Cline	34.0	2	43	25	16.5	0	1	1	0	0
22	Everybodys Talkin0001Everybody's Talkin' Nilsson	22.0	1	22	22	17.0	0	1	0	0	0
23	Feeling Good0001Feeling Good Nina Simone	55.1	8	77	37	21.7	0	1	4	2	0
24	Fly Me To The Moon0001Fly Me To The Moon Frank Sinatra	29.0	1	29	29	19.0	0	1	0	0	0
25	Get Ready0001Get Ready The Temptations Rare Earth	43.0	2	54	32	21.5	0	1	1	0	0
26	Got To Get You Into My Life0001Got To Get You Into My Life The Beatles Earth, Wind & Fire	38.0	1	38	38	16.0	0	1	0	0	0
27	Here There And Everywhere0001Here, There & Everywhere The Beatles	39.0	1	39	39	13.0	0	1	0	0	0
28	I Can't Help Myself Sugar Pie Honey Bunch0001I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) The Four Tops	34.2	5	82	6	13.8	2	1	1	0	1
29	I Heard It Through The Grapevine0001I Heard It Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye	47.1	7	78	11	17.6	1	1	3	2	0
30	I Saw Her Standing There0001I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles	25.0	1	25	25	13.0	0	1	0	0	0
31	I Should Have Known Better0001I Should Have Known Better The Beatles	35.0	1	35	35	19.0	0	1	0	0	0
32	Im Into Something Good0001I'm Into Something Good Herman's Hermits	25.0	1	25	25	21.0	0	1	0	0	0
33	In My Life0001In My Life The Beatles	23.0	2	33	13	12.0	1	1	0	0	0
34	Its a Mans Mans Mans World0001It's A Man's Man's Man's World James Brown	64.8	4	85	24	17.3	0	1	0	1	2
35	Letter0001The Letter The Box Tops	46.0	3	66	27	18.3	0	1	1	1	0
36	Moon River0001Moon River Andy Williams	46.3	3	70	26	19.7	0	1	1	1	0
37	Oh No Not My Baby0001Oh No Not My Baby Maxine Brown	23.0	1	23	23	19.0	0	1	0	0	0
38	Paint It Black0001Paint It, Black The Rolling Stones	53.3	3	88	30	20.0	0	1	1	0	1
39	Piece Of My Heart0001Piece Of My Heart Janis Joplin	52.1	8	65	38	22.1	0	1	6	1	0
40	Rescue Me0001Rescue Me Fontella Bass	22.0	1	22	22	14.0	0	1	0	0	0
41	Ring Of Fire0001Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash	38.5	2	51	26	28.0	0	1	1	0	0
42	River Deep Mountain High0001River Deep - Mountain High Ike & Tina Turner	67.0	3	86	36	15.7	0	1	0	1	1
43	Ruby Tuesday0001Ruby Tuesday The Rolling Stones	28.0	1	28	28	19.0	0	1	0	0	0
44	Shop Around0001Shop Around Smokey Robinson and the Miracles	49.8	4	76	35	21.0	0	1	2	1	0
45	Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay0001(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding	45.3	4	80	12	16.8	1	1	0	1	1
46	Son Of A Preacher Man0001Son Of A Preacher Man Dusty Springfield	41.5	4	70	10	16.8	1	1	0	2	0
47	Stand By Me0001Stand By Me Ben E. King	61.2	6	89	30	16.8	0	1	1	2	1
48	Suspicious Minds0001Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley	46.3	3	56	38	20.0	0	1	2	0	0
49	Sweet Caroline0001Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond	26.0	1	26	26	25.0	0	1	0	0	0
50	Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye0001Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye The Casinos	29.0	1	29	29	14.0	0	1	0	0	0
51	Think0001Think Aretha Franklin	69.8	4	84	36	17.8	0	1	0	1	2
52	Time Of The Season0001Time Of The Season The Zombies	48.0	2	71	25	22.5	0	1	0	1	0
53	To Love Somebody0001To Love Somebody The Bee Gees	68.8	5	87	35	18.8	0	1	0	3	1
54	Tobacco Road0001Tobacco Road The Nashville Teens	50.0	2	65	35	21.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	Unchained Melody0001Unchained Melody The Righteous Brothers	44.0	4	77	5	19.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	Under My Thumb0001Under My Thumb The Rolling Stones	23.0	1	23	23	19.0	0	1	0	0	0
57	When A Man Loves A Woman0001When A Man Loves A Woman Percy Sledge	56.1	8	91	19	18.3	1	1	3	2	1
58	Where Did Our Love Go0001Where Did Our Love Go The Supremes	35.0	1	35	35	20.0	0	1	0	0	0
59	With A Little Help From My Friends0001With A Little Help From My Friends The Beatles Joe Cocker	55.5	5	74	30	22.0	0	1	1	2	0
60	You Cant Hurry Love0001You Can't Hurry Love The Supremes Phil Collins	25.7	3	41	14	16.0	1	1	1	0	0
61	You Dont Have To Say You Love Me0001You Don't Have To Say You Love Me Dusty Springfield	65.0	4	90	33	16.5	0	1	1	0	2
62	You Really Got Me0001You Really Got Me The Kinks	16.5	2	23	10	18.0	1	1	0	0	0
63	Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher0001(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher Jackie Wilson	31.0	1	31	31	16.0	0	1	0	0	0
64	A Change Is Gonna Come0001A Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke	63.8	6	75	57	23.0	0	0	2	3	0
65	A Whiter Shade Of Pale0001A Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum	56.0	1	56	56	24.0	0	0	1	0	0
66	Aint No Way0001Ain't No Way Aretha Franklin	59.0	2	64	54	20.5	0	0	1	1	0
67	Aint Too Proud To Beg0001Ain't Too Proud To Beg The Temptations	52.8	5	84	19	17.4	1	0	2	1	1
68	All Along The Watchtower0001All Along The Watchtower Bob Dylan The Jimi Hendrix Experience	77.0	1	77	77	19.0	0	0	0	1	0
69	All My Loving0001All My Loving The Beatles	58.0	1	58	58	22.0	0	0	1	0	0
70	As Long As He Needs Me0001As Long As He Needs Me From: Oliver!	75.5	2	80	71	17.5	0	0	0	1	1
71	At Last0001At Last Etta James	60.0	1	60	60	21.0	0	0	0	1	0
72	Baby I Love You0001Baby, I Love You Aretha Franklin	56.0	1	56	56	18.0	0	0	1	0	0
73	Baby I Need Your Loving0001Baby I Need Your Loving The Four Tops	65.5	2	76	55	17.0	0	0	1	1	0
74	Baby What You Want Me To Do0001Baby What You Want Me To Do Jimmy Reed	59.0	1	59	59	19.0	0	0	1	0	0
75	Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down0001Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Cher	84.0	1	84	84	12.0	0	0	0	0	1
76	Bare Necessities0001The Bare Necessities Phil Harris	66.0	1	66	66	23.0	0	0	0	1	0
77	Beggin0001Beggin' The Four Seasons	61.0	1	61	61	23.0	0	0	0	1	0
78	Blackbird0001Blackbird The Beatles	72.0	2	72	72	16.0	0	0	0	1	0
79	Bold As Love0001Bold As Love The Jimi Hendrix Experience	43.0	1	43	43	27.0	0	0	1	0	0
80	Born To Be Wild0001Born To Be Wild Steppenwolf	69.0	1	69	69	23.0	0	0	0	1	0
81	Boxer0001The Boxer Simon and Garfunkel	62.0	2	70	54	21.5	0	0	1	1	0
82	Bring It On Home To Me0001Bring It On Home To Me Sam Cooke	57.3	4	66	45	22.3	0	0	1	2	0
83	Build Me Up Buttercup0001Build Me Up Buttercup The Foundations	93.0	1	93	93	14.0	0	0	0	0	1
84	Chain Of Fools0001Chain Of Fools Aretha Franklin	57.4	5	84	40	17.0	0	0	3	1	1
85	Come See About Me0001Come See About Me The Supremes	80.0	1	80	80	11.0	0	0	0	0	1
86	Cry Baby0001Cry Baby Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters Janis Joplin	69.0	2	69	69	19.0	0	0	0	1	0
87	Crying0001Crying Roy Orbison	70.0	2	74	66	17.0	0	0	0	2	0
88	Dancing In The Street0001Dancing In The Street Martha and the Vandellas	56.0	2	67	45	19.5	0	0	1	1	0
89	Day Tripper0001Day Tripper The Beatles	64.0	1	64	64	23.0	0	0	0	1	0
90	Daydream0001Daydream Lovin' Spoonful	77.0	1	77	77	17.0	0	0	0	1	0
91	Daydream Believer0001Daydream Believer The Monkees	9.0	1	9	9	14.0	1	0	0	0	0
92	Dazed And Confused0001Dazed And Confused Led Zeppelin	76.5	2	88	65	20.0	0	0	0	1	1
93	Do You Love Me0001Do You Love Me The Contours	54.0	1	54	54	19.0	0	0	1	0	0
94	Don’t Make Me Over0001Don’t Make Me Over Dionne Warwick	82.0	1	82	82	10.0	0	0	0	0	1
95	Dont Let The Sun Catch You Crying0001Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying Gerry and the Pacemakers	50.0	1	50	50	22.0	0	0	1	0	0
96	Dont Play That Song0001Don't Play That Song Ben E. King	73.0	2	75	71	17.5	0	0	0	2	0
97	Dont Rain On My Parade0001Don't Rain On My Parade Barbra Streisand	91.0	1	91	91	13.0	0	0	0	0	1
98	Dumb Blonde0001Dumb Blonde Dolly Parton	41.0	1	41	41	20.0	0	0	1	0	0
99	Eight Days A Week0001Eight Days A Week The Beatles	3.0	1	3	3	10.0	1	0	0	0	0
100	Fixing A Hole0001Fixing A Hole The Beatles	62.0	1	62	62	19.0	0	0	0	1	0

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