VA - 1000 Original Hits Collection [1970-1979] (2001)

'' 1000 Original Hits '' is the title of a compilation series published by EMI Plus (Europe). This release contains portions of this series, released in 2001, containing works performed from 1970 to 1979.

Tracklist:

1000 Original Hits 1970 (2001)

1. Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime [03:28]
2. B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head [02:53]
3. Freda Payne - Band Of Gold [02:51]
4. The Beach Boys - Cotton Fields [02:57]
5. Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam [04:38]
6. Blue Mink - Good Morning Freedom [02:48]
7. Canned Heat - Let's Work Together [02:46]
8. The Shocking Blue - Never Marry A Railroad Man [03:00]
9. Herman's Hermits - Years May Come, Years May Go [03:33]
10. The Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding [02:09]
11. Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking [02:50]
12. The Tee-Set - She Likes Weeds [03:32]
13. Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful [03:28]
14. The Hollies - Gasoline Alley Bred [03:53]
15. Al Martino - Spanish Eyes [03:47]
16. Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell - All I Have To Do Is Dream[02:31]
17. Tom Jones - I (Who Have Nothing) [02:56]
18. The George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag [03:15]
19. Shirley Bassey - Something [03:30]

1000 Original Hits 1971 (2001)

1. Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Thing [03:00]
2. Tom Jones - She's a Lady [02:52]
3. Greyhound - Black And White [02:54]
4. Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary [03:20]
5. Helen Reddy - I Don't Know How To Love Him [03:12]
6. The Fortunes - Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again [02:47]
7. Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump [04:48]
8. Focus - Hocus Pocus [03:28]
9. Collective Consciousness Society (C.C.S.) - Tap Turns On The Water[03:37]
10. Atomic Rooster - The Devil's Answer [03:25]
11. The Buoys - Give Up Your Guns [04:12]
12. Blue Mink - The Bannerman [03:17]
13. Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel [02:47]
14. The Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go [03:13]
15. Engelbert Humperdinck - Another Time, Another Place [03:01]
16. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangles [05:09]
17. Cilla Black - Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)[02:22]
18. Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die [02:33]
19. Benny Hill - Ernie, The Fastest Milkman In Town [03:46]
20. The English Congregation - Softly Whispering I Love You [02:57]

1000 Original Hits 1972 (2001)

1. Don McLean - American Pie [04:05]
2. Lindsey De Paul - Sugar Me [03:31]
3. Joe Tex - I Gotcha [02:27]
4. Earth & Fire - Memories [03:18]
5. Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture [05:33]
6. Hawkwind - Silver Machine [04:34]
7. The Raspberries - Go All The Way [03:18]
8. 10cc - Donna [02:51]
9. Hot Butter - Popcorn (Instrumental) [02:29]
10. The Fortunes - Storm In A Tea Cup [03:27]
11. Donnie Elbert - Where Did Our Love Go [03:17]
12. The Hollies - Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) [02:55]
13. Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough [02:40]
14. The Les Humphries Singers - Mexico [04:01]
15. Alex Harvey - You Make My Life So Beautiful [03:18]
16. New World - Sister Jane [03:33]
17. Gary Glitter - Rock & Roll (Part 1) [03:00]
18. Tom Jones - The Young New Mexican Puppeteer [04:32]
19. Hurricane Smith - Oh Babe, What Would You Say [03:26]
20. Lynsey De Paul - Getting A Drag [03:03]

1000 Original Hits 1973 (2001)

1. Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.) - Roll Over Beethoven [06:41]
2. Focus - Sylvia [03:23]
3. Wizzard - See My Baby Jive [04:57]
4. Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits [02:55]
5. 10cc - Rubber Bullets [05:14]
6. Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time) [04:34]
7. Blue Suede - Hooked On A Feeling [02:47]
8. Golden Earring - Radar Love [05:02]
9. Suzi Quatro - Can The Can [03:31]
10. Cozy Powell - Dance With The Devil [03:20]
11. Mud - Dyna-Mite [02:54]
12. Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am!) [03:24]
13. New York City - I'm Doin' Fine Now [02:40]
14. Al Wilson - Show and Tell [03:25]
15. Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn [03:07]
16. Lynsey De Paul - Won't Somebody Dance With Me [03:46]
17. Leo Sayer - The Show Must Go On [02:50]
18. Kenny - Heart Of Stone [02:53]
19. Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together [04:49]
20. Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie [04:54]

1000 Original Hits 1974 (2001)

1. Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancing [03:46]
2. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby [05:31]
3. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting [03:07]
4. Pilot - Magic [03:02]
5. Mud - Tiger Feet [03:48]
6. Suzi Quatro - Devil Gate Drive [03:44]
7. Cunningham - Norma Jean Wants To Be A Moviestar [03:37]
8. 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle [03:48]
9. Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently [03:26]
10. Kenny - The Bump [02:32]
11. Leo Sayer - One Man Band [03:31]
12. Sweet Sensation - Sad Sweet Dreamer [03:23]
13. Hot Chocolate - Emma [03:49]
14. Lulu & David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World [03:45]
15. Ken Boothe - Everything I Own [03:43]
16. John Holt - Help Me Make It Through The Night [03:02]
17. Ray Stevens - The Streak [03:13]
18. B.T. Express - Do It ('Till You're Satisfied) [05:48]
19. The First Class - Beach Baby [04:50]
20. Paul Anka & Odia Coates - (You're) Having My Baby [02:31]

1000 Original Hits 1975 (2001)

1. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me)[03:54]
2. Jim Gilstrap - Swing Your Daddy [02:50]
3. Mac & Katie Kissoon - Sugar Candy Kisses [03:14]
4. Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From [03:13]
5. Mud - Oh Boy [02:47]
6. Pilot - January [03:27]
7. George McCrae - It's Been So Long [03:47]
8. Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing [04:03]
9. Steeleye Span - All Around My Hat [04:05]
10. Billie Jo Spears - Blanket On The Ground [03:33]
11. Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy [03:12]
12. Typically Tropical - Barbados [04:04]
13. Chris Spedding - Motor Bikin' [02:33]
14. Sayer Leo - Moonlighting [04:03]
15. The George Baker Selection - Una Paloma Blanca [02:44]
16. Bimbo Jet - El Bimbo [02:27]
17. The Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces [03:55]
18. KC & The Sunshine Band - That's The Way I Like It [03:01]
19. Paul Davidson - Midnight Rider [03:12]
20. Minnie Riperton - Loving You [03:19]

1000 Original Hits 1976 (2001)

1. Harpo - Moviestar [03:16]
2. Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancin' [03:35]
3. The Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel [03:28]
4. The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything [03:20]
5. David Dundas - Jeans On [03:14]
6. Johnny Wakelin - In Zaire [03:16]
7. Osibisa - Sunshine Day [04:56]
8. KC & The Sunshine Band - Keep It Comin' Love [03:48]
9. Brass Construction - Movin' [03:46]
10. Jesse Green - Nice And Slow [03:04]
11. Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue [03:33]
12. Barry Biggs - Sideshow [03:26]
13. Little River Band - It's A Long Way There [04:09]
14. The Sylvers - Boogie Fever [03:27]
15. The Wurzels - Combine Harvester [03:10]
16. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Here Comes The Sun [02:55]
17. Jimmy James & The Vagabonds - Now Is The Time [03:31]
18. Fox - S s s Single Bed [03:46]
19. Mud - Lean On Me [04:53]
20. Pussycat - Mississippi [04:30]

1000 Original Hits 1977 (2001)

1. Mink DeVille - Spanish Stroll [03:36]
2. Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat [04:33]
3. David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us [03:33]
4. Hot Chocolate - So You Win Again [04:25]
5. The Stranglers - No More Heroes [03:25]
6. Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right [04:53]
7. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water [03:54]
8. Shalamar - Uptown Festival [04:17]
9. T-Connection - Do What You Wanna Do [03:27]
10. Tavares - Whodunit [03:32]
11. The Racing Cars - They Shoot Horses Don't They [03:33]
12. Leo Sayer - When I Need You [04:06]
13. Mighty Sparrow & Bryon Lee - Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart[02:40]
14. Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue [02:32]
15. Dutch Rhythm Steel Band - January February [02:47]
16. Peter Brown - Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me [08:57]
17. The Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway [03:13]
18. Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - The Floral Dance [02:48]
19. David Parton - Isn't She Lovely [04:01]
20. Mr. Big - Romeo [02:26]

1000 Original Hits 1978 (2001)

1. Foxy - Get Off [05:41]
2. Nick Gilder - Hot Child In The City [03:04]
3. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street [05:57]
4. Rachel Sweet - B-A-B-Y [03:00]
5. Leo Sayer - I Can't Stop Loving You [03:30]
6. The Babys - Isn't It Time [03:57]
7. Motors - Airport [04:26]
8. Racey - Lay Your Love On Me [03:10]
9. Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City [03:34]
10. Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner [03:54]
11. Wreckless Eric - Reconnez Cherire [03:13]
12. The Tavares - More Than A Woman [03:14]
13. Scott Fitzgerald & Yvonne Keeley - If I Had Words [03:48]
14. Peter Tosh - Don't Look Back (You've Gotta Walk) [03:41]
15. A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie [05:26]
16. John Travolta - Greased Lightnin' [03:12]
17. Suzi Quatro - If You Can't Give Me Love [03:49]
18. Lene Lovich - Lucky Number [02:45]
19. The Shirts - Tell Me Your Plans [03:03]
20. The Shadows - Don't Cry For Me Argentina [03:26]

1000 Original Hits 1979 (2001)

1. KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go [03:46]
2. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell [04:05]
3. Racey - Some Girls [03:23]
4. The Beat - Tears Of A Clown [02:39]
5. The Knack - My Sharona [03:58]
6. Shalamar - The Second Time Around [03:38]
7. Real Thing - Can You Feel The Force [04:03]
8. Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood [03:42]
9. Dr. Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman [02:55]
10. The Shadows - Theme From The Deer Hunter [03:26]
11. Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket [04:35]
12. Generation X - King Rocker [02:16]
13. Special A.K.A. - Gangsters [02:45]
14. The Selecter - On My Radio [03:04]
15. Errol Dunkley - O.K. Fred [03:43]
16. The Specials - A Message To Rudy [02:52]
17. Dr. Feelgood - Milk And Alcohol [02:34]
18. Duncan Browne - Wild Places [05:51]
19. Rocky Burnette - Tired Of Toein' The Line [03:39]
20. Gonzales - I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet [04:07]