Lou Reed’s 100 favourite songs of all time:
1. Lonely Woman – ‘Ornette Coleman’
Outcast – ‘Eddie And Ernie’
Rahsaan Roland Kirk – ‘Old Rugged Cross’
Ray Charles – ‘Night Time Is The Right Time’
Little Richard – ‘The Girl Can’t Help It’
The Excellents – ‘Coney Island Baby’
Lorraine Ellison – ‘Stay With Me’
Elvis Presley – ‘Mystery Train’
Carl Perkins – ‘Honey Don’t’
Chuck Berry – ‘Little Queenie’
Billy Lee Riley – ‘Red Hot’
Wanda Jackson – ‘Let’s Have A Party’
Nolan Strong & The Diablos – ‘The Wind’
Roy Orbison – ‘Crying’
Roy Orbison – ‘Ooby Dooby’
Elvis Presley – ‘That’s Alright Mama’
Fats Domino – ‘The Fat Man’
Dion & The Belmonts – ‘I Wonder Why’
Hank Williams – ‘I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry’
Bo Diddley – ‘Bring It To Jerome’
Bo Diddley – ‘Bo Diddley’
Chris Connor – ‘When Sunny Gets Blue’
Chet Baker – ‘My Funny Valentine’
Jimmy Scott – ‘Someone To Watch Over Me’
Lillian Leach and the Mellows – ‘Smoke From Your Cigarette’
Little Richard – ‘Lucille’
Otis Redding – ‘I’ve Been Loving You Too Long’
Jimi Hendrix – ‘Are You Experienced?’
Ike and Tina Turner – ‘It’s Gonna Work Out Fine’
Ike and Tina Turner – ‘River Deep, Mountain High’
Sam Cooke – ‘Mean Old World’
Otis Redding – ‘Try A Little Tenderness’
Jerry Lee Lewis – ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On’
J.J. Cale – ‘Crazy Mama’
Ry Cooder – ‘Little Sister’
Question Mark & The Mysterians – ’96 Tears’
Cannibal and the Headhunters – ‘Land of a Thousand Dances’
Huey Piano Smith & The Clowns – ‘Don’t You Just Know It’
Bobby Charles – ‘See You Later, Alligator’
Clarence Frogman Henry – ‘Ain’t got No Home’
Jimmy Reed – ‘Big Boss Man’
Jimmy Reed – ‘Hush Hush’
John Lee Hooker – ‘Boogie Chillun’
Albert King – ‘Born Under a Bad Sign’
Booker T. & the MGs – ‘Green Onions’
Wilson Pickett – ‘Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won’t Do)’
Sam & Dave – ‘Soul Man’
The Youngbloods – ‘Sunlight’
The Left Banke – ‘Walk Away Renee’
The Left Banke – ‘Pretty Ballerina’
The Students – ‘So Young’
Jackie and the Starlites – ‘Valerie’
The Easybeats – ‘Falling Off the Edge of the World’
The Cadillacs – ‘Gloria’
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters – ‘Work With Me Annie’
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters – ‘Annie Had A Baby’
Little Richard – ‘Tutti Frutti’
B. B. King – ‘Rock Me Baby’
Al Green – ‘Belle’
Al Green – ‘Georgia Boy’
Ricky Nelson – ‘My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It’
Ricky Nelson – ‘Hello Mary Lou’
James Brown – ‘There Was A Time’
Laurie Anderson – ‘Superman’
Kate Bush – ‘Wuthering Heights’
The Beach Boys – ‘God Only Knows’
Link Wray – ‘Rumble’
Ann Peebles – ‘Can’t Stand the Rain’
Skeeter Davis – ‘The End of the World’
Bob Dylan – ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’
Bob Dylan – ‘It’s Alright Ma’
Bob Dylan – ‘Foot of Pride’
Peter Gabriel – ‘Solsbury Hill’
The Carpenters – ‘Superstar’
Charlie Dore – ‘Pilot of the Airwaves’
The Rolling Stones – ‘Start Me Up’
Bobby Bland – ‘Turn On Your Love Light’
Solomon Burke – ‘Keep A Light In the Window’
James Brown – ‘Think’
Sly & The Family Stone – ‘Everyday People’
Sly & The Family Stone – ‘Everybody’s A Star’
Etta James – ‘I’d Rather Go Blind’
Carla Thomas – ‘Gee Whiz’
Clarence Carter – ‘Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street)’
Aretha Franklin – ‘I Never Loved A Man’
Johnny Taylor – ‘Who’s Making Love’
James & Bobby Purify – ‘I’m Your Puppet’
Aaron Neville – ‘Tell It Like It Is’
Lee Dorsey – ‘Get Out My Life Woman’
Fats Domino – ‘Ain’t That A Shame’
James & Bobby Purify – ‘Shake A Tail Feather’
Detroit – ‘Rock & Roll’
U2 – ‘Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out’
John Lennon – ‘Mother’
John Lennon – ‘Jealous Guy’
Moe Tucker – ‘Spam Again’
Stevie Wonder – ‘Livin’ For The City’
Marvin Gaye – ‘What’s Going On’
The Commodores – ‘Night Shift’
100. The Chi