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Top 20 Musical Groups

1
The Beatles

1960 - 1970

John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr

78 Top 100 Hits
22 #1's

Love Me Do (1964)
She Loves You (1964)
I Want to Hold Your Hand (1964)
Can't Buy Me Love (1964)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
I Feel Fine (1964)
Eight Days a Week (1965)
Ticket to Ride (1965)
Help! (1965)
Yesterday (1965)
We Can Work It Out (1965)
Paperback Writer (1966)
Penny Lane (1967)
All You Need Is Love (1967)
Hello, Goodbye (1967)
Hey Jude (1968)
Get Back (1969)
The Ballad of John and Yoko (1969)
Something (1969)
Come Together (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
The Long and Winding Road (1970)

2
The Rolling Stones

1962 - Present

Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
Charlie Watts
Ronnie Wood

58 Top 100 Hits
8 #1's

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965)
Get Off of My Cloud (1965)
Paint It Blac" (1966)
Ruby Tuesday (1967)
Honky Tonk Women (1969)
Brown Sugar (1971)
Angie (1973)
Miss You (1978)

Jumpin Jack Flash (1968)

3
The Temptations

1960 - Present

Otis Williams
Ron Tyson
Terry Weeks
Larry Braggs
Willie Green

53 Top 100 Hits
15 #1's

The Way You Do the Things You Do (1964)
My Girl (1964)
Get Ready (1966)
Ain't Too Proud to Beg (1966)
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep (1966)
(I Know) I'm Losing You (1966)
I Wish It Would Rain (1964)
I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) (1968)
Run Away Child, Running Wild (1969)
I Can't Get Next to You (1969)
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (1971)
Masterpiece (1973)
Let Your Hair Down (1973)
Happy People (1974)
Shakey Ground (1975)

Cloud Nine (1968)
Ball of Confusion (1970)
Treat Her Like A Lady (1984)

4
Chicago

1967 - Present

Robert Lamm
Lee Loughnane
James Pankow
Walter Parazaider
Tris Imboden
Keith Howland
Lou Pardini
Walfredo Reyes, Jr.
Jeff Coffey

50 Top 100 Hits
7 #1's

Call on Me (1974)
Wishing You Were Here (1974)
If You Leave Me Now (1976
Hard to Say I'm Sorry (1982)
You're the Inspiration (1984)
Look Away (1988)
Here in My Heart (1997)

Movin In (1970)
Colour My World (1971)
I'm A Man (1971)
Hard Habit To Break (1984)
Will You Still Love Me? (1986)
I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love (1988)
What Kind of Man Would I Be (1989)

5
The Miracles

1955 - 2011

Smokey Robinson
Claudette Robinson
Ronald White
Pete Moore
Bobby Rogers
Marv Tarplin

47 Top 100 Hits
5 #1's

Shop Around (1960)
You've Really Got A Hold On Me (1962)
I Second That Emotion (1967)
The Tears of a Clown (1970)
Love Machine - Pt. I (1976)

6
The Isley Brothers

1954 - Present

Ronald Isley
Ernie Isley
Rudolph Isley
Chris Jasper
O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
Vernon Isley
Marvin Isley

42 Top 100 Hits
7 #1's

It's Your Thing (1969)
Fight the Power (Part 1) (1975)
The Pride (Part 1) (1977)
Take Me to the Next Phase (Part 1) (1978)
I Wanna Be with You (Part 1) (1979)
Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love) (Parts 1 & 2) (1980)
Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) (1996)

Summer Breeze (1974)
Hello It's Me (1974)
Living For The Love of You (1975)
Footsteps In The Dark (Pts 1 & 2) (1978)
Groove With You (1978)
Choosey Lover (1983)
Between The Sheets (1983)
Let's Make Love Tonight (1984)
Caravan of Love (1985)
Mission To Please You (1996)

7
Bee Gees

1958 - 2012

Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb

41 Top 100 Hits
9 #1's

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (1971)
Jive Talkin' (1975)
You Should Be Dancing (1976)
How Deep Is Your Love (1977)
Stayin' Alive (1977)
Night Fever (1978)
Too Much Heaven (1978)
Tragedy (1979)
Love You Inside Out (1979)

More Than A Woman (1977)

8
Four Tops

1953 - Present

Abdul "Duke" Fakir
Ronnie McNeir
Lawrence Payton, Jr.
Harold Bonhart

40 Top 100 Hits
3 #1's

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) (1965)
Reach Out I'll Be There (1966)
When She Was My Girl (1981)

Still Water (1970)
Ain't No Woman (Like the One_I've Got) (1973)

9
Kool & the Gang

1964 - Present

Robert Bell
Ronald Bell
Amir Bayyan
Curtis Williams
Dennis Thomas
George Brown
Lavell Evans
Louis Taylor
Shawn McQuiller
Timothy Horton
Michael Ray

32 Top 100 Hits
7 #1's

Hollywood Swinging (1974)
Higher Plane (1974)
Ladies' Night (1979)
Celebration (1980)
Joanna (1983)
Fresh (1984)
Cherish (1985)

Jungle Boogie (1973)
Too Hot (1979)
Get Down On It (1981)
Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It) (1981)

10
Earth, Wind & Fire

1970 - Present

Maurice White
Philip Bailey
Verdine White
Ralph Johnson
Larry Dunn
Al McKay
Andrew Woolfolk

32 Top 100 Hits
9 #1's

Shining Star (1975)
Sing a Song (1975)
Gratitude (1976)
Serpentine Fire (1977)
Got to Get You into My Life (1978)
September (1978)
Let's Groove (1981)
System of Survival (1987)
Thinking of You (1988)

Power (1972)
Reasons (1975)
That's the Way of the World (1975)
Imagination (1976)
Fantasy (1978)
I'll Write a Song For You (1977)
Boogie Wonderland (1979)

11
The Spinners

1954 - Present

Henry Fambrough
Charlton Washington
Marvin Taylor
Jessie Robert Peck
Ronnie Moss

30 Top 100 Hits
8 #1'S

I'll Be Around (1972)
Could It Be I'm Falling In Love? (1972)
One Of A Kind (Love Affair) (1973)
Mighty Love (Part 1) (1974)
Then Came You (1974)
Games People Play (1975)
The Rubberband Man (1976)
Working My Way Back To You / "Forgive Me, Girl (1979)

It's A Shame (1970)
How Could I Let You Get Away (1972)
Love Don't Love Nobody (1974)
Sadie (1975)

12
The Drifters

1953 - Present

Clyde McPhatter
William "Chick" Anderson
Charlie White
David Baldwin
James "Wrinkle" Johnson
David "Little Dave" Baughan

30 Top 100 Hits
5 #1'S

Money Honey (1953)
Honey Love (1954)
Adorable (1955)
There Goes My Baby (1959)
Save The Last Dance For Me (1960)

13
The O'Jays

1958 - Present

Eddie Levert
Walter Williams
Bill Isles
Bobby Massey
William Powell

29 Top 100 Hits
8 #1'S

Back Stabbers (1972)
Love Train (1973)
Give the People What They Want (1975)
I Love Music (Part I) (1975)
Message in Our Music (1975)
Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet, Tender, Love) (1975)
Use ta Be My Girl (1978)
Lovin' You (1987)

For the Love of Money (1974)
Let Me Make Love to You (1975)
Brandy (1978)
Stairway to Heaven (1996)

14
Aerosmith

1970 - Present

Steven Tyler
Joe Perry
Brad Whitford
Tom Hamilton
Joey Kramer

29 Top 100 Hits
11 #1's

Love in an Elevator (1989)
Janie's Got a Gun (1989)
What It Takes (1990)
The Other Side (1990)
Livin' on the Edge (1993)
Cryin' (1993)
Deuces Are Wild (1994)
Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees) (1997)
Pink (1997)
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (1998)
Jaded (2001)

15
The Doobie Brothers

1970 - Present

Tom Johnston
Patrick Simmons
John McFee
John Cowan
Bill Payne
Marc Russo
Ed Toth
Tony Pia
Michael McDonald

27 Top 100 Hits
2 #1'S

Black Water (1974)
What a Fool Believes (1979)

Listen To The Music (1972)
Long Train Running (1973)
Real Love (1980)

16
The Pointer Sisters

1969 - Present

Ruth Pointer
Issa Pointer
Sadako Pointer
Bonnie Pointer
Anita Pointer
June Pointer

27 Top 100 Hits
6 #1'S

How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side) (1975)
Fire (1978)
He's So Shy (1980)
Automatic (1984)
Automatic (Extended Mix) (1984)
Neutron Dance (1984)
Neutron Dance (Extended Mix) (1984)
Dare Me (1985)
Dare Me (Extended Mix) (1985)

Jump (For My Love) (1984)

17
Journey

1973 - Present

Neal Schon
Gregg Rolie
Ross Valory
George Tickner
Prairie Prince

26 Top 100 Hits
2 #1'S

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (1983)
When You Love a Woman (1996)

Don't Stop Believin' (1981)
Faithfully (1983)

18
Commodores

1968 - Present

Lionel Richie
Thomas McClary
William King
Andre Callahan
Michael Gilbert
Milan Williams

25 Top 100 Hits
7 #1'S

Slippery When Wet (1975)
Easy (1977)
Too Hot ta Trot (1978)
Three Times a Lady (1978)
Still (1979)
Lady (You Bring Me Up) (1981)
Nightshift (1985)

Just to Be Close to You (1976)
Brick House (1977)
Sweet Love (1977)
Oh No (1981)

19
Eagles

1971 - 2016

Glenn Frey
Don Henley
Bernie Leadon
Randy Meisner
Don Felder
Joe Walsh
Timothy B. Schmit

21 Top 100 Hits
6 #1'S

The Best of My Love (1974)
One of These Nights (1975)
New Kid in Town (1976)
Hotel California (1977)
Heartache Tonight (1979)
Love Will Keep Us Alive (1994)

Desperado (1973)
Take It To The Limit (1974)
Life In The Fast Lane (1977)

20
Boyz II Men

1985 - Present

Nathan Morris
Shawn Stockman
Wanya Morris
Marc Nelson
Michael McCary

20 Top 100 Hits
8 #1'S

It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday (1991)
Uhh Ahh (1991)
End of the Road (1992)
I'll Make Love to You (1994)
On Bended Knee (1994)
One Sweet Day (1995)
4 Seasons of Loneliness (1997)
A Song for Mama (1997)