It breaks one’s heart omitting so many songs from a tiny top ten list of all times. This list is a journey of sixty years from the nineteen fifties to the present. Each song perhaps has been the favourite of a decade. In the fifties it was Chubby Checker and in the sixties perhaps all the songs of the Beatles. Unfortunately we can take only take one from each artiste or we would be doing injustice to the other great singers and groups of all time.
1. Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock
The song was released on September 24, 1957. The song was written Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was released along with the movie of the same name. The song was a number one hit in both the USA and the UK. The song because of its sales equal to four million copies is ranked as double platinum. It is known as one of the songs that shaped Rock and Roll.
2. Chubby Checker – Twist
Chubby Checker introduced his version of the Twist on the Clay Cole Show. The recording of the song was a super hit for the singer. It started a new dance system called the Twist which became popular all over the world. The song was released in July 1960. The song topped the Billboard twice. It has been said that before the Twist was introduced by Chubby Checker adults refrained from dancing on the floor to music loved by teenagers. The song changed all that; everyone was dancing, all over the world to it.
3. Beatles — Yesterday
This song was recorded for the Beatles Album Help in 1965. The song has a record 1600 versions. The song has been credited to the team of Lennon and McCartney although it was only written by Paul McCartney.. It has been voted the best song of the twentieth century. It has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of fame. Actually the song had been finished in a preliminary version but it was never considered for the next two albums released Beatles for Sale and A Hard Day’s Night.
4. Rolling Stones — Satisfaction
This song was released in 1965 by the English band, The Rolling Stones. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. This song gave the Rolling Stones their first hit in the Unites States of America in the form of a number one. It became a number one in the UK later in the year.
5. Simon & Garfunkel — Bridge over troubled water
This was released on January 26, 1970 and was soon the Billboard number one hit. It won the Grammy for the Best Album and the song of the year in 1971. The album was a great testimony to the partnership of this singing duo. They produced many memorable songs together after this before branching off into solo careers.
Chubby Checker introduced his version of the Twist on the Clay Cole Show. The recording of the song was a super hit for the singer. It started a new dance system called the Twist which became popular all over the world. The song was released in July 1960. The song topped the Billboard twice. It has been said that before the Twist was introduced by Chubby Checker adults refrained from dancing on the floor to music loved by teenagers. The song changed all that; everyone was dancing, all over the world to it.
This song was released on April 20, 1992. It is regarded as the first single in the genre of Eurodance. It was sung by singer Thea Austin and Rapper Durron Butler. It topped the European charts and was in the
This song has moved many on the dance floor. It was released in 1980 on February 18. It was an immediate success on the Charts in Europe, USA and the UK. It was Lipps Inc’s single success on the US charts. The lyrics yearn for an atmosphere that will, ‘keep me movin’, keep me grooving.’ The writer producer was Steven Greenberg.
This is a British contribution and the only song which hit the charts for MARRS. This was released on August 3, 1987. The song was written by Steve Young and Martyn Young. It was produced by John Fryer and Martyn Young. This is regarding as a stepping stone to the future British music industry of in house music. This was a purposeful attempt to create a dance song on the basis of the American sudden craze for in house created music. The song was involved in a long drawn plagiarism suit. The mastermind behind the song was AR Kane but he never made another song under the label MARRS.
This song was a world wide super seller for Dr Albans a Nigerian who had settled in Sweden. It was released in 1992 on Dr Albans own label dr records. This has been classified variously as a Eurodance song or as hip hop reggae. He was studying to be a dentist in Sweden and working as a DJ to supplement his income. He was noticed thus and made a hit single with Leila K a rap queen. The successful singles selling a million copies were NO Coke and Hello Africa. He followed it up with a hit album One Life which contained this ever popular number named It’s My Life. The song is still a favourite on the dance floors of the world.
This is definitely the number one game. This MMORPG has been a gold mine for Blizzard Entertainment. The game has come a long way to the latest expansion called Cataclysm since starting in 1994 with WarCraft: Orcs and Humans. This MMORPG has gained an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records for the maximum number of subscribers. It has more than 12 million subscribers and is growing daily. A subscription fee has to be paid every month through credit card for continuance after the fortnight or month package sold with the software. It is so popular that advertisers of unrelated goods use it and a good example it Toyota trucks.
This is the number two MMORPG. It is a very popular role playing game developed originally in 1991 by Square now called Square Enix. Over the years it has migrated to Sony and Nintendo. The protagonist is Cecil a Dark Knight who has a worthy adversary in Golbez. The musical score plays an important part in this latest version and the original score is by Nobuo Uematsu. This game introduced the successful active time battle (ATB) system. The many features which unfold as one plays makes the game very interesting include magic. Magic which is white for good and black for bad and the Ninjutsu together with Summon Monster support.
Eve online has been developed by CCCP Games. It is a great treat for players who like science fiction and space ship and new planets. It is the single environment player driven power of the trapped colonists which makes the game so interesting. The game is distributed by Atari. The latest version of Eve Online is called Incursion. The story is placed 21000 years in the future from today where humans have exhausted all the natural resources on Earth and have to colonize other stars of the Milky Way. The exact date of the entire game is in 23341 AD. 
Rift has been developed by Trion Worlds. It is a very popular game right now. It is a star addition to MMORPGs. The game is set on Telara which is the central world in this fantasy. There is a death god called Regulos who has initiated attacks on Telara with other worlds. The Guardians and the Defiant are in turn combating Regulos. The players have to adopt the role or avatar of Ascended who have to give battle to Regulos. There are four roles to choose from Warrior, Rogue, Cleric and Mage. All in all it is a good fantasy game.
This ranks as number 5. It is loved by comic readers of all generations and includes the all time favorites of Superman, Batman and Robin and Wonder Woman. The developer of the game is Sony Online Entertainment. Thanks to them all the DC superheroes like Flash and Green Lantern walk virtual reality. Lex Luthor, Batman all battle against each other and other villains. Players can choose the character they want to be and collect the uniform, the powers of that character.
This is a very popular song from the high selling Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon. The released in 1973. The distinctive sound of the song depends on the clever splicing of several different sounds into one track. The different sounds are of coins clinking, cash registers ringing, currency notes being torn and the clear hard sounds of the guitar. This was one of the songs which made the album such a super hit.
This song written by Axl Rose who is also the lead singer of the band Guns n Roses was released in 1992. It is a very long song with lengthy orchestral arrangements. The ending guitar solo by Slash is considered one of the best amongst guitar solos in a song. The popular video of the song shows Axl getting married to his girl friend before a storm ruins the wedding.
The authenticity of this ranking cannot be disputed by anyone in the world on a top ten chart. There might be demands of placing it at number one. The song was released in1977 and was written by Don Henley, Don Felder and Glenn Frey. The song sold a million copies within three months of its release. The Eagles also won the album of the year Grammy in 1978. The song’s solo is ranked number eight.
Have you seen the rain was released in 1971 and was written by John Fogerty for the band Credence Clearwater Revival. It records the end of personal idealism of the band a nostalgia for the good times that do not last too long. The song keeps getting revived and replayed in movies and televisions shows. It is from the album Pendulum.
This is an example of alternative rock and the British invasion of the American Rock scene. Viva la Vida is the collective writing effort of the entire band of Cold Play. The song was released in 2008 and won the Grammy for the Song of the year in 2009. It was a hit in both the UK and the USA. It is one of the few songs which have had 4 million paid downloads. Viva la Vida means ‘long live life’ in Spanish.
Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds were an amazing pair in this timeless classic. Gene Kelley’s dancing feet seemed to have a life of their own and many reviewers tagged him as being a genius and brilliant. The music, specially the title number, has our feet tapping and our bodies swaying. The plot was the conventional plot of boy meets loses and finds girl, but the music – just brilliant.
Julie Andrews dancing on the Swiss mountains to the sounds of “The Hills are alive” is one of the immemorial scenes in movie history. The movie had simplicity to it which was enhanced by an extraordinary score from Rodgers & Hammerstein. It was one of the most popular musicals ever made and won five Academy Awards.
Lerner and Loewe’s musical play was adapted into a fabulous film by George Cukor and performed with great elan by Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. Rex Harrison as a misogynist arrogant professor of phonetics was an absolute casting success. Somehow you could not imagine anyone else being able to sing “Why can’t the English” more wryly and with such dry sarcasm. This film also went on to win several awards and achieved great box office success.
A classic musical and above all a film which has charmed children of all ages, even though initially it was a box office failure. It was MGM’s most expensive film at that time, but as more and more re-releases came on the scene the film began to charm audiences and songs such as “Over the Rainbow” and “There is no place like Home” became part of folklore.
Set in the city of Berlin in the year 1930, Cabaret is the story of a young American cabaret dancer. There is exuberance to the musical numbers and a dancing feel to all of them. This is mainly due to the fact that most of them are a part of the stage performances of the cabaret. Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey starred in this film.
Numb is Linkin Parks most famous song ever from Linkin Parks second album “Meteora”. This nu metal song is a brilliant song which topped the charts for 12 whole weeks, which makes it the most successful and only song that stood on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for 2 years.
Written and composed by Linkin Park, Papercut is the first single from Linkin Park in their first ever album Hybrid Theory. Papercut was a song that was written by Chester from experience of his childhood drug abuse and constant fighting. It’s a song about a strong individual who looks out for himself, who is haunted by paranoia.
Linkin Park had a great start with its first album named “Hybrid Theory”. Experiment with their music and the inclusion of a mixer with a rapper is what gave them the reputation they have today. In the End was another great song from their first album. The song was written to show persons failure and telling people that in the end all will be alright.
The Catalyst is the 14th single from Linkin Parks latest album “A Thousand Suns”. In this experimental album, Linkin Park got great reviews from the critics and had topped the US billboard Rock Song chart and got #20 spot in Billboard Hot Digital Songs.
I’m sure all of you must have seen the Transformers movie! Linkin Park provided the theme song for it, giving it some extra advertisement to the already great song. What Ive Done is Linkin Parks first single from their third album “Minutes To Midnight”.
Anaconda is undoubtedly the best snake movies of all times. The script of the movie and acting skills of every actor has taken the movie to great height. The setting of the film has added to the acting skills and technical brilliance of the entire movie. Though the entire movie has several praiseworthy moments, the death scene at the end deserves special mention.
Snakes on a Plane has received a widespread popularity among the audiences and garnered huge success in the box office. Apart from the presence of hundreds of snakes in the movie, Samuel L. Jackson’s work is also known to be a reason behind the grand success of the movie.
Though the film does not have snakes in all part, the brilliant way of introducing snakes in different sections of the movie makes it a must watch. The scenes that involved the cobras and Indy have received an unforgettable place in the hearts of people.
Directed by Dwight H. Little, the sequel of the film Anaconda has also received success in the box office. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid is a horror thriller movie which rotates around the lives of a group of explorer searching for one sacred flower which will give human beings healthier and longer life. It is during their forest expedition that they will have to face tough challenges from the giant snake Anaconda.
When it is about snake movies, Python deserves special mention. The horror movie, which was actually made for airing in television, has grabbed the attention of people of different age groups. Wil Wheaton and Jenny McCary showcased excellent performance in the movie.
Few basic cable shows can count more than a million viewers every week. Chelsea Handler’s irreverent look at celebrity news boasts well over one million viewers every night. Chelsea herself is the main attraction—a lot like the irreverent, plain-speaking, tough-talking, very quick-witted surfer girl next door. But she is wise enough to surround herself with equally quick-witted “round table” participants who keep a live audience and an at-home audience belly laughing for a solid half hour. Even competing head-to-head with Conan O’Brien, Chelsea has held her audience and barely missed a beat. In addition to owning E! television, Chelsea also writes wonderfully funny best-selling books and collections of stories.
Most viewers have forgotten that Kathy Griffin made her television debut on Brooke Shields’s old show “Suddenly Susan,” where she played Vickie Groener, Susan’s smart-mouthed colleague. In those days, few people knew that the part challenged Griffin simply to play herself. Since then, Griffin has parlayed her reality show, “My Life on the D-List” to a Bravo ratings bonanza, collecting two Emmy Awards and legions of loyal fans along the way. Her stand-up performances, scathing satires of big-time Hollywood celebrities, sell-out big arenas around the country; and her comedy albums and DVDs score huge sales in stores and via download. Griffin has elevated being a dork to the status of art.
A trailblazer for women in comedy, Ellen DeGeneres seldom goes out on the road or plays Las Vegas any more, but she remains the woman most rising comedy stars credit with their inspiration and courage to take the stage. DeGeneres carved-out a permanent place for herself in show business history when she publicly declared her lesbianism and began openly dealing with gay issues in her routines. The quality of her work, however, has sustained her popularity. Her daytime television program has won twelve Emmys, and she won a Saturn Award for her voice-over work in Disney’s Finding Nemo. She shows she still has the old comic flair, making guest appearances on “The Tonight Show” and “The Late Show with David Letterman.” For one season, she served as a judge on the Fox Network hit American Idol, but she politely withdrew at the end of one season, agreeing with Fox programming executives that “it was not a good fit.”
Arguably the best of the rising stars in comedy, Jen Kirkman worked her way up through the ranks at open-mic nights and doing weekend stands at the country’s better comedy clubs. She landed her first steady comedy gig as a writer and roundtable regular with E! Television’s “Chelsea Lately,” the late-night comedy-talk show that has become a springboard for many of comedy’s most promising young woman stars. With Chelsea and company, Kirkman worked as a writer and regular roundtable participant, winning the notice of producers at HBO and Cartoon Network, who hired her for voice-over work. Kirkman still tours regularly, headlining major venues around the country.
Before settling into her comedy groove, Lonnie Love was an auto worker and an electrical engineer at Xerox Corporation. Well-known at comedy clubs in the greater Los Angeles area, Lonnie gained nationwide notoriety as a finalist on “Star Search” in 2003; she ultimately placed second in one of the closest votes in the program’s history. In 2009, both Comedy Central and Variety magazine included her in their prestigious lists of “Top 10 Comics to Watch.” In May, 2010, Love did her first hour-long special on Comedy Central, titling it “America’s Sister” and winning critical acclaim for her performance.
Call of Duty have always been a favorite among the game geeks since the first series. They were voted the best action/shooting game multiple times throughout their franchise.
The Need For Speed Hot Pursuit I and II have been very successful and the recent NFS games proved to be not so successful. Electronic Arts came up with the all new NFS Hot Pursuit III and let me tell you that ITS AWESOME.
Definitely one of the best games of 2010. The predecessor was one of the best multiplayer shooting games ever to be made, rivaling neck on with Call of Duty, Medal Of Honor and Counter Strike. With its realistic graphics and war like gameplay experience, this game is in my opinion one of the best FPS game.
If you liked the movie “death race”, then i’m sure that you will love this game. Blur is a new game that has a high level graphics and a difficult game to play, which makes it challenging. Its like Need For Speed, but with weapons. Yea, weapons! This game is not about speed only. You need to sway away from your opponents weapons and shoot your rivals to get to the top.
Its always nice to kill zombies. Left 4 Dead series is a great example of how fun killing zombies can be! The sequel to the run away hit Xbox game Dead Rising is an addictive adventure game. The combats are bloody and awesome. The weapon combinations are fun to use. The only problem is that the game takes a lot of time in loading.
This show is about a genius practitioner who is a diagnostician. The story revolves around Gregory House, M.D. Gregory House. M.D. usually takes cases that he finds interesting. His diagnosis theories are different, following differential diagnosis methods. These theories are ridiculed and misunderstood by other practitioners. House usually refuses to normal diagnosed case. He picks up those cases that have been to other doctors before, but the treatment was unsuccessful. House’s diagnosis is based on details and treatment after he understands the problems of the patient accurately. The events in the series revolve around the diagnosis, which makes this medical drama very interesting.
This show is about six friends who are trying to find something in their lives. For some it is love, for others it is just about facing the real world every day. However, this becomes impossible without each other for them. ‘Friends’ is a comedy series that you won’t be able to leave for anything once you start watching it. It started in 1994 and ran for consistent 10 years, ending in 2004. The subtitle song ‘With a Little Help from My Friends’ is written by Beatles. These six friends casted in the shows live in New York, living their lives in the constant journey of joys and sorrows with each other’s help.
The Simpsons is an animated series which revolves around a family life and events. The Simpsons Family resides in the Middle American town. The family has Homer, the father and Marge Simpson, the mother and the housewife, three children, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. Bart is a trouble-maker. He causes trouble in almost every situation intentionally or unintentionally. Marge is a typical Housewife. Lisa is a little activist and Maggie doesn’t communicate with family except for sucking a pacifier to express whenever she wants to say something. Homer has a very comic personality. He works as a safety inspector. The family also owns a dog and a cat. These pets have their significant roles in every season of the series. This comedy series has excelled better than any drama series on air since it has started. Its 22nd season has aired on September, 26, 2010.
This TV shows is one of the best in Horror/ Thriller series till date. The story revolves around two brothers, Sam and Dean. Both want to follow different paths in their lives where they encounter terrifying events and mysteries that they have to solve. Sam and Dean are following their father’s obsession to hunt down the Supernatural. They have been taught the same by their father to avenge their mother’s death, which resulted by an evil force itself. Sam is desperate to start a new life away from his family’s black past while Dean is interested in evil Hunt. The supernatural events revolving in the show run is a partial sequence, giving a meaning to the entire storyline and space to a new story for every episode.
This medical drama mixed with bizarre events and endless comedy is very different from any previous ones that you might have seen. The show revolves around a new intern, John Dorian and his unpredictable decisions. The strange staff adds up to the comical events to treating the patients. You will never know which events can turn up making you laugh in this TV show. The med students are focused with different motto and targets which are not exactly ethical or evil. The casts and events make this show incredibly different and refreshing.
