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Top 100: 20 to 11.

20. Ooh My Head - Ritchie Valens. Led Zeppelin stole it, renamed it and claimed it as their own, 15 years after Valens died at age 17.

19. Me and Mrs Jones - Billy Paul. Early 1970s-baroque horn-punctuated soul from heyday of Philadelphia International Records.

18. Witchita Lineman - Glenn Campbell. Otherworldly Jimmy Webb genius, violins riding high like the wind in the wires.

17. Cry Softly Lonely One - Roy Orbison. More crystal-shattering vocal impossibilities from the three-octave master.

16. Halfway to Paradise - Ben E. King. Goffin/King composition was halfway to heaven; Ben E. King took it all the way.

15. Everlovin' Man - The Loved Ones. Cyclonic rhythm and blues on steroids.

14. Back to the Wall - Divinyls. Defiant late-1980s ultimatum by one of the sexiest voices ever to ride around a turntable.

13. Summertime - Zombies. Accompanying Colin Blunstone's burnished vocals, Rod Argent's Hohner Pianet turns out notes that hang in the air like dust motes in a shaft of sunlight. (Previously reviewed here.)

12. Three Steps to Heaven - Eddie Cochran. Arguably the best rocker ever to lay down a track.

11. What a Diff'rence a Day Makes - Dinah Washington. 'Sun and flowers/Where there used to be rain ...' Enough said.

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