Singles Released This Week (September 1 – 7)

September 1

• (1961) Aretha Franklin • “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody” • R&B • The Electrifying Aretha Franklin • B-Side: “Operation Heartbreak”
• (1961) Jerry Lee Lewis • “Save The Last Dance For Me” • Rock • [Single] • B-Side: “As Long As I Live”
• (1967) The Byrds [UK] • “Lady Friend” • Rock • [Single] • B-Side: “Old John Robertson”
• (1967) The Temptations [UK] • “You're My Everything” • R&B • With A Lot O' Soul • B-Side: “I've Been Good To You”
• (1967) The Temptations [UK] • “I've Been Good To You” • R&B • Gettin' Ready • B-Side: “[B-Side]”
• (1972) Carpenters [UK] • “Goodbye To Love” • Pop • A Song For You • B-Side: “Crystal Lullaby”
• (1972) David Bowie [UK] • “John, I'm Only Dancing” • Rock • [Single] • B-Side: “Hang On To Yourself”
• (1974) Rush • “Finding My Way” • Rock • Rush • B-Side: “Need Some Love”
• (1986) The Bangles • “Walk Like An Eqyptian” • New Wave • Different Light • B-Side: “Angels Don't Fall In Love”
• (1993) Billy Joel • “The River Of Dreams” • Rock • River Of Dreams • B-Side: “The Great Wall Of China”
• (1993) Billy Joel • “The River Of Dreams” • Rock • River Of Dreams • B-Side: “The Great Wall Of China”

September 2

• (1957) The Everly Brothers • “Wake Up Little Susie” • Rock • [Single] • B-Side: “Maybe Tomorrow”
• (1957) The Crickets • “That'll Be The Day” • Rock • That'll Be The Day • B-Side: “Rock Around With Ollie Vee”
• (1964) Marvin Gaye • “Baby Don't You Do It” • R&B • [Single] • B-Side: “Walk On The Wild Side”
• (1966) The Supremes [UK] • “You Can't Hurry Love” • R&B • The Supremes A Go-Go • B-Side: “Put Yourself In My Place”
• (1966) Marvin Gaye [UK] • “Little Darling (I Need You)” • R&B • Moods Of Marvin Gaye • B-Side: “Hey Diddle Diddle”
• (1967) The Rolling Stones • “Dandelion” • Rock • [Single] • B-Side: “We Love You”
• (1967) The Rolling Stones • “We Love You” • Rock • [Single] • B-Side: “[B-Side]”
• (1968) The Byrds • “I Am A Pilgrim” • Rock • Sweetheart Of The Rodeo • B-Side: “Pretty Boy Floyd”
• (1981) Prince • “Controversy” • Rock • Controversy • B-Side: “When You Were Mine”
• (1986) Peter Gabriel • “In Your Eyes” • Rock • So • B-Side: “In Your Eyes [Special Mix]”
• (1989) Tina Turner • “The Best” • R&B • Foreign Affair • B-Side: “Bold And Reckless”

September 3

• (1968) Elvis Presley • “Almost In Love” • Rock • [Single] • B-Side: “A Little Less Conversation”
• (1968) Elvis Presley • “A Little Less Conversation” • Rock • [Single] • B-Side: “[B-Side]”
• (1969) James Brown • “Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), Pt. 1” • R&B • Say It Loud – I'm Black And I'm Proud • B-Side: “Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), Pt. 2”
• (1971) Carpenters [UK] • “Superstar” • Easy Listening • Carpenters • B-Side: “For All We Know”
• (1974) Elton John • “The Bitch Is Back” • Rock • Caribou • B-Side: “Cold Highway”
• (1976) Bay City Rollers [UK] • “I Only Want To Be With You” • Rock • Dedication • B-Side: “Write a Letter”
• (1984) Cyndi Lauper • “All Through The Night” • Rock • She's So Unusual • B-Side: “Witness”
• (1985) R.E.M. • “Driver 8” • Rock • Fables Of The Reconstruction • B-Side: “Crazy”
• (1991) R.E.M. • “Shiny Happy People” • Rock • Out Of Time • B-Side: “Forty Second Song”

September 4

• (1964) The Moody Blues [UK] • “Steal Your Heart Away” • Rock • [Single] • B-Side: “Lose Your Money (But Don't Lose Your Mind)”
• (1964) Roy Orbison [UK] • “Oh, Pretty Woman” • Rock • [Single] • B-Side: “Yo Te Amo María”
• (1970) Dusty Springfield [UK] • “How Can I Be Sure” • Pop • [Single] • B-Side: “Spooky”
• (1976) ABBA • “Fernando” • R&B • Greatest Hits • B-Side: “Rock Me”
• (1977) Donna Summer • “I Remember Yesterday” • R&B • I Remember Yesterday • B-Side: “Back In Love Again”
• (1979) J. D. Souther • “You're Only Lonely” • Rock • You're Only Lonely • B-Side: “Songs Of Love”
• (1982) The Who • “Athena” • Rock • It's Hard • B-Side: “It's Your Turn”
• (1982) The Who [UK] • “Athena” • Rock • It's Hard • B-Side: “A Man Is A Man”
• (2007) Matchbox Twenty • “How Far We've Come” • Rock • Exile On Mainstream • B-Side: “[None]”

September 5

• (1962) Elvis Presley • “Return To Sender” • Rock • Girls! Girls! Girls! • B-Side: “Where Do You Come From”
• (1962) Elvis Presley • “Where Do You Come From” • Rock • Girls! Girls! Girls! • B-Side: “[B-Side]”
• (1969) The Isley Brothers [UK] • “I Turned You On” • R&B • The Brothers: Isley • B-Side: “I Know Who You Been Socking It To”
• (1979) The Kinks • “Catch Me Now I'm Falling” • Rock • Low Budget • B-Side: “Low Budget”
• (1980) Genesis [UK] • “Misunderstanding” • Rock • Duke • B-Side: “Evidence Of Autumn”
• (1983) Culture Club [UK] • “Karma Chameleon” • Rock • Colour By Numbers • B-Side: “That's The Way (I'm Only Trying To Help You)”
• (1986) Paul Simon • “You Can Call Me Al” • Folk • Graceland • B-Side: “Gumboots”
• (1994) R.E.M. • “What's The Frequency, Kenneth?” • Rock • Monster • B-Side: “What's the Frequency, Kenneth? [Instrumental Version]”
• (2011) Bon Iver • “Holocene” • Rock • Bon Iver, Bon Iver • B-Side: “Come Talk To Me”

September 6

• (1959) The Miracles • “Bad Girl” • R&B • [Single] • B-Side: “I Love Your Baby”
• (1961) Jan & Dean • “Wanted, One Girl” • Rock • [Single] • B-Side: “Something A Little Bit Different”
• (1963) Dave Clark Five [UK] • “Do You Love Me?” • Rock • Glad All Over • B-Side: “Chaquita”
• (1966) The Byrds • “Mr. Spaceman” • Rock • Fifth Dimension • B-Side: “What's Happening?!?!”
• (1966) The Byrds • “What's Happening?!?!” • Rock • Fifth Dimension • B-Side: “[B-Side]”
• (1966) Peter & Gordon [UK] • “Lady Godiva” • Rock • Lady Godiva • B-Side: “Morning's Calling”
• (1969) The Monkees • “Good Clean Fun” • Rock • The Monkees Present • B-Side: “Mommy And Daddy”
• (1969) The Monkees • “Mommy And Daddy” • Rock • The Monkees Present • B-Side: “[B-Side]”
• (1982) Culture Club [UK] • “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?” • Rock • Kissing To Be Clever • B-Side: “[Dub Version] / Love Is Cold”
• (1983) Cyndi Lauper • “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” • Rock • She's So Unusual • B-Side: “Right Track Wrong Train”
• (1998) Days Of The New • “Shelf In The Room” • Rock • Days Of The New • B-Side: “Whimsical / Versions”

September 7

• (1957) Sam Cooke • “You Send Me” • R&B • Sam Cooke • B-Side: “Summertime”
• (1957) Sam Cooke • “Summertime” • R&B • Sam Cooke • B-Side: “[B-Side]”
• (1964) The Zombies • “She's Not There” • Rock • The Zombies • B-Side: “You Make Me Feel Good”
• (1965) Bob Dylan • “Positively 4th Street” • Folk • [Single] • B-Side: “From A Buick 6”
• (1967) Aretha Franklin • “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” • R&B • Aretha: Lady Soul • B-Side: “Baby, Baby, Baby”
• (1971) The Supremes • “Touch” • R&B • Touch • B-Side: “It's So Hard for Me to Say Good-bye”
• (1973) Chicago • “Just You 'N' Me” • Rock • Chicago VI • B-Side: “Critic's Choice”
• (1973) Elton John [UK] • “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” • Rock • Goodbye Yellow Brick Road • B-Side: “Young Man's Blues”
• (1975) Eagles • “Lyin' Eyes” • Rock • One Of These Nights • B-Side: “Too Many Hands”
• (1983) Madonna • “Holiday” • Rock • Madonna • B-Side: “I Know It”
• (1984) Billy Ocean • “Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)” • R&B • [Single] • B-Side: “Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) [Instrumental]”
• (1984) Vanity • “Pretty Mess” • R&B • Wild Animal • B-Side: “Mechanical Emotion”
• (1987) Michael Jackson • “Bad” • R&B • Bad • B-Side: “I Can't Help It”
• (1987) When In Rome [UK] • “The Promise” • Rock • When In Rome • B-Side: “Tonight”
• (1993) Kim Wilde • “If I Can't Have You” • R&B • [Single] • B-Side: “If I Can't Have You [Remix]”
• (1994) Weezer • “Buddy Holly” • Rock • Weezer (Blue Album) • B-Side: “[None]”
• (2004) Shania Twain • “Party For Two” • Country • [Single] • B-Side: “[None]”