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#	Song / Artist	Average Rating	#Pf	Hi	Lo	σ	0-19	20-39	40-59	60-79	80-100
1	A Change Is Gonna Come0001A Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke	63.8	6	75	57	23.0	0	0	2	3	0
2	A Day In The Life0001A Day In The Life The Beatles	37.0	1	37	37	20.0	0	1	0	0	0
3	A Little Less Conversation0001A Little Less Conversation Elvis Presley	41.0	5	72	28	21.8	0	4	0	1	0
4	A Natural Woman0001A Natural Woman Aretha Franklin	63.4	5	89	38	16.8	0	1	1	1	2
5	A Whiter Shade Of Pale0001A Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum	56.0	1	56	56	24.0	0	0	1	0	0
6	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
7	Aint No Way0001Ain't No Way Aretha Franklin	59.0	2	64	54	20.5	0	0	1	1	0
8	Aint Too Proud To Beg0001Ain't Too Proud To Beg The Temptations	52.8	5	84	19	17.4	1	0	2	1	1
9	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
10	All My Loving0001All My Loving The Beatles	58.0	1	58	58	22.0	0	0	1	0	0
11	Anyone Who Had A Heart0001Anyone Who Had A Heart Dionne Warwick	40.7	3	49	33	19.3	0	1	2	0	0
12	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
13	At Last0001At Last Etta James	60.0	1	60	60	21.0	0	0	0	1	0
14	Baby I Love You0001Baby, I Love You Aretha Franklin	56.0	1	56	56	18.0	0	0	1	0	0
15	Baby I Need Your Loving0001Baby I Need Your Loving The Four Tops	65.5	2	76	55	17.0	0	0	1	1	0
16	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
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	Bad Moon Rising0001Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival	n/a	1			n/a
19	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
20	Bare Necessities0001The Bare Necessities Phil Harris	66.0	1	66	66	23.0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Beggin0001Beggin' The Four Seasons	61.0	1	61	61	23.0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Blackbird0001Blackbird The Beatles	72.0	2	72	72	16.0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Bold As Love0001Bold As Love The Jimi Hendrix Experience	43.0	1	43	43	27.0	0	0	1	0	0
24	Born To Be Wild0001Born To Be Wild Steppenwolf	69.0	1	69	69	23.0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Boxer0001The Boxer Simon and Garfunkel	62.0	2	70	54	21.5	0	0	1	1	0
26	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
27	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
28	Build Me Up Buttercup0001Build Me Up Buttercup The Foundations	93.0	1	93	93	14.0	0	0	0	0	1
29	Cant Buy Me Love0001Can't Buy Me Love The Beatles	36.0	1	36	36	15.0	0	1	0	0	0
30	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
31	Chain Of Fools0001Chain Of Fools Aretha Franklin	57.4	5	84	40	17.0	0	0	3	1	1
32	Come See About Me0001Come See About Me The Supremes	80.0	1	80	80	11.0	0	0	0	0	1
33	Come Together0001Come Together The Beatles	62.1	7	85	26	17.1	0	2	1	1	3
34	Crazy0001Crazy Patsy Cline	34.0	2	43	25	16.5	0	1	1	0	0
35	Cry Baby0001Cry Baby Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters Janis Joplin	69.0	2	69	69	19.0	0	0	0	1	0
36	Cry To Me0001Cry To Me Solomon Burke	n/a	1			n/a
37	Crying0001Crying Roy Orbison	70.0	2	74	66	17.0	0	0	0	2	0
38	Dancing In The Street0001Dancing In The Street Martha and the Vandellas	56.0	2	67	45	19.5	0	0	1	1	0
39	Day Tripper0001Day Tripper The Beatles	64.0	1	64	64	23.0	0	0	0	1	0
40	Daydream0001Daydream Lovin' Spoonful	77.0	1	77	77	17.0	0	0	0	1	0
41	Daydream Believer0001Daydream Believer The Monkees	9.0	1	9	9	14.0	1	0	0	0	0
42	Dazed And Confused0001Dazed And Confused Led Zeppelin	76.5	2	88	65	20.0	0	0	0	1	1
43	Do You Love Me0001Do You Love Me The Contours	54.0	1	54	54	19.0	0	0	1	0	0
44	Don’t Make Me Over0001Don’t Make Me Over Dionne Warwick	82.0	1	82	82	10.0	0	0	0	0	1
45	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
46	Dont Play That Song0001Don't Play That Song Ben E. King	73.0	2	75	71	17.5	0	0	0	2	0
47	Dont Rain On My Parade0001Don't Rain On My Parade Barbra Streisand	91.0	1	91	91	13.0	0	0	0	0	1
48	Dumb Blonde0001Dumb Blonde Dolly Parton	41.0	1	41	41	20.0	0	0	1	0	0
49	Eight Days A Week0001Eight Days A Week The Beatles	3.0	1	3	3	10.0	1	0	0	0	0
50	Eleanor Rigby0001Eleanor Rigby The Beatles	51.8	4	82	36	20.0	0	2	1	0	1
51	Everybodys Talkin0001Everybody's Talkin' Nilsson	22.0	1	22	22	17.0	0	1	0	0	0
52	Feeling Good0001Feeling Good Nina Simone	55.1	8	77	37	21.7	0	1	4	2	0
53	Fixing A Hole0001Fixing A Hole The Beatles	62.0	1	62	62	19.0	0	0	0	1	0
54	Fly Me To The Moon0001Fly Me To The Moon Frank Sinatra	29.0	1	29	29	19.0	0	1	0	0	0
55	Fool In Love0001Fool In Love Ike & Tina Turner	82.0	2	83	81	13.5	0	0	0	0	2
56	For Once In My Life0001For Once In My Life Stevie Wonder	35.6	6	72	14	17.2	1	2	1	1	0
57	Fortunate Son0001Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival	55.0	1	55	55	24.0	0	0	1	0	0
58	Georgia On My Mind0001Georgia On My Mind Ray Charles	66.8	6	87	43	21.0	0	0	2	1	1
59	Get Ready0001Get Ready The Temptations Rare Earth	43.0	2	54	32	21.5	0	1	1	0	0
60	Gimme Shelter0001Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones	49.0	2	79	19	18.5	1	0	0	1	0
61	God Only Knows0001God Only Knows The Beach Boys	60.0	2	76	44	25.0	0	0	1	1	0
62	Golden Slumbers0001Golden Slumbers The Beatles	63.0	1	63	63	21.0	0	0	0	1	0
63	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
64	Groovy Kind Of Love0001Groovy Kind Of Love The Mindbenders Phil Collins	41.0	1	41	41	24.0	0	0	1	0	0
65	Happy Together0001Happy Together The Turtles	53.5	3	56	51	20.5	0	0	2	0	0
66	Hard Times No One Knows Better Than I0001Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) Ray Charles	63.0	1	63	63	25.0	0	0	0	1	0
67	Hard To Handle0001Hard To Handle Otis Redding The Black Crowes	43.0	3	66	31	21.3	0	2	0	1	0
68	Heat Wave0001Heat Wave Martha and the Vandellas Linda Ronstadt	43.8	5	61	34	17.0	0	2	2	1	0
69	Here Comes The Sun0001Here Comes The Sun The Beatles	43.0	1	43	43	19.0	0	0	1	0	0
70	Here There And Everywhere0001Here, There & Everywhere The Beatles	39.0	1	39	39	13.0	0	1	0	0	0
71	Hey Jude0001Hey Jude The Beatles	52.0	2	56	48	25.0	0	0	2	0	0
72	Hold On Im Comin0001Hold On, I'm Comin' Sam and Dave	70.0	1	70	70	16.0	0	0	0	1	0
73	Homeward Bound0001Homeward Bound Simon and Garfunkel	87.0	1	87	87	17.0	0	0	0	0	1
74	Honky Tonk Women0001Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones	53.0	1	53	53	21.0	0	0	1	0	0
75	House Of Rising Sun0001House Of The Rising Sun The Animals	84.5	4	94	75	14.0	0	0	0	1	1
76	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
77	I Believe To My Soul0001I Believe To My Soul Ray Charles	58.0	2	68	48	20.0	0	0	1	1	0
78	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
79	I Dont Need No Doctor0001I Don't Need No Doctor Ray Charles	45.0	1	45	45	17.0	0	0	1	0	0
80	I Fall To Pieces0001I Fall To Pieces Patsy Cline	51.0	1	51	51	16.0	0	0	1	0	0
81	I Got You I Feel Good0001I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown	13.0	1	13	13	15.0	1	0	0	0	0
82	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
83	I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)0001I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) Aretha Franklin	78.5	2	80	77	14.0	0	0	0	1	1
84	I Saw Her Standing There0001I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles	25.0	1	25	25	13.0	0	1	0	0	0
85	I Say A Little Prayer0001I Say A Little Prayer Dionne Warwick	33.5	2	48	19	14.5	1	0	1	0	0
86	I Should Have Known Better0001I Should Have Known Better The Beatles	35.0	1	35	35	19.0	0	1	0	0	0
87	I Thank The Lord For The Night Time0001I Thank The Lord For The Night Time Neil Diamond	68.0	1	68	68	21.0	0	0	0	1	0
88	I Want To Hold Your Hand0001I Want To Hold Your Hand The Beatles	43.0	2	74	12	22.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	I Will0001I Will The Beatles	68.0	1	68	68	21.0	0	0	0	1	0
90	Id Rather Go Blind0001I'd Rather Go Blind Etta James	58.0	1	58	58	22.0	0	0	1	0	0
91	If Ever I Would Leave You0001If Ever I Would Leave You From: Camelot	55.0	1	55	55	19.0	0	0	1	0	0
92	If I Can Dream0001If I Can Dream Elvis Presley	61.5	2	72	51	21.0	0	0	1	1	0
93	If I Fell0001If I Fell The Beatles	57.0	1	57	57	18.0	0	0	1	0	0
94	Ill Never Fall In Love Again0001I'll Never Fall In Love Again Bobbie Gentry Dionne Warwick	40.0	1	40	40	20.0	0	0	1	0	0
95	Im A Believer0001I'm A Believer The Monkees Smash Mouth	10.0	1	10	10	15.0	1	0	0	0	0
96	Im A Woman0001I'm A Woman Peggy Lee	78.5	2	88	69	13.5	0	0	0	1	1
97	Im Gonna Make You Love Me0001I'm Gonna Make You Love Me The Supremes & The Temptations	54.0	2	58	50	19.0	0	0	2	0	0
98	Im Into Something Good0001I'm Into Something Good Herman's Hermits	25.0	1	25	25	21.0	0	1	0	0	0
99	Impossible Dream0001The Impossible Dream Richard Kiley	11.0	1	11	11	8.0	1	0	0	0	0
100	In My Life0001In My Life The Beatles	23.0	2	33	13	12.0	1	1	0	0	0

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