Yet another great lyricist.
45 HOWARD GREENFIELD
Born 15th March 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 4th March 1986 after complications with AIDS in Los Angeles. With childhood friend Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield crafted some of the greatest pop songs in history, and was yet another great partnership to come from the legendary Brill Building. After years off success they split in 1973, although he'd written with others to great effect, later that decade they began writing together again. Unfortunately he lost his battle with AIDS in the mid 80's, but this great lyricist's work lives on as demonstrated in 2005 when Peter Kay and Tony Christie made Is The Way To Amarillo the biggest hit of the year.
|
NO. OF HITS |
44 |
|
NO. OF NO.1'S |
2 |
|
NO. OF TOP TENS |
19 |
|
WEEKS ON CHART |
459 |
|
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TITLE |
ARTIST |
POS |
WKS |
|
1 |
Is This The Way To Amarillo (1) |
Peter Kay/Tony Christie |
1 |
28 |
|
2 |
Stupid Cupid (1) |
Connie Francis |
1 |
19 |
|
3 |
Cradle Of Love (2) |
Johnny Preston |
2 |
16 |
|
4 |
Oh! Carol (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
3 |
31 |
|
|
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
3 |
18 |
|
5 |
My Heart Has A Mind Of It's Own (3) |
Connie Francis |
3 |
15 |
|
6 |
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (1) |
Partridge Family |
3 |
13 |
|
7 |
Venus In Blue Jeans (3) |
Mark Wynter |
4 |
15 |
|
8 |
Counting Teardrops (4) |
Emile Ford |
4 |
12 |
|
9 |
Warpaint (4) |
Brook Brothers |
5 |
14 |
|
10 |
Where The Boys Are (1) |
Connie Francis |
5 |
14 |
|
11 |
Baby Roo (1) |
Connie Francis |
5 |
14 |
|
12 |
Everybody's Somebody's Fool (3) |
Connie Francis |
5 |
13 |
|
13 |
Crying In The Rain (5) |
Everly Brothers |
6 |
15 |
|
14 |
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
7 |
30 |
|
15 |
Stairway To Heaven (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
8 |
15 |
|
16 |
Calendar Girl (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
8 |
14 |
|
17 |
(Is This The Way) To The World Cup (9) |
Tony Christie |
8 |
5 |
|
18 |
Little Devil (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
9 |
26 |
|
19 |
I Go Ape (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
9 |
13 |
|
20 |
Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart (3) |
Connie Francis |
12 |
11 |
|
21 |
Crying In The Rain (5) |
Aha |
13 |
7 |
|
22 |
Is This The Way To Amarillo (1) |
Tony Christie |
18 |
13 |
|
23 |
Fallin' (1) |
Connie Francis |
20 |
5 |
|
24 |
King Of Clowns (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
23 |
11 |
|
25 |
OVER TO YOU JOHN (Medley) |
JIVE BUNNY |
28 |
5 |
|
26 |
Next Door To An Angel (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
29 |
4 |
|
27 |
Is This The Way To Amarillo (1) |
Santa |
30 |
1 |
|
28 |
Our Last Song Together (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
31 |
8 |
|
29 |
Love Will Keep Us Together (1) |
Captain & Tennile |
32 |
5 |
|
30 |
What Am I Gonna Do (1) |
Emile Ford |
33 |
6 |
|
31 |
The Queen Of 1964 (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
35 |
5 |
|
32 |
Town Crier (6) |
Craig Douglas |
36 |
4 |
|
33 |
It Hurts To Be In Love (7) |
Gene Pitney |
36 |
4 |
|
34 |
Foolish Little Girl (7) |
Shirelles |
38 |
5 |
|
35 |
Let's Go Steady Again (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
42 |
3 |
|
36 |
The Other Side Of Me (1) |
Andy Williams |
42 |
3 |
|
37 |
You Mean Everything To Me (1) |
Neil Sedaka |
45 |
3 |
|
38 |
ROCK 'N' ROLL DANCE PARTY (Medley) |
JIVE BUNNY |
48 |
2 |
|
39 |
Puppet Man (1) |
Tom Jones |
49 |
2 |
|
40 |
Girls, Girls, Girls (4) |
Steve Lawrence |
49 |
1 |
|
41 |
Another Sleepless Night (1) |
Jimmy Clanton |
50 |
1 |
|
42 |
Oh! Carol (1) |
General Saint |
54 |
5 |
|
43 |
Back To School Again (8) |
Four Tops |
62 |
2 |
|
44 |
You Never Done It Like That (1) |
Captain & Tennile |
63 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
459 |
(1) with Neil Sedaka
(2) with Neil Sedaka/Jackie Fautheree/Wayne Gray
(3) with Jack Keller
(4) with Barry Mann
(5) with Carole King
(6) with Kenny Karen
(7) with Helen Miller
(8) with Louis St. Louis
(9) with Neil Sedaka/Big George/Stinger