I have several of their albums - they are under-rated.  Style very similar to 5th Dimension with similar classic harmony.  Way too bad about Harry Ellston.  I could listen to the Friends 24/7.

You didn't see this "confession" BUT, I kind of enjoy listening to Morris Albert's corny, 1975 cut, "Feelings."

Thx aflem.  Only having the Top 10 made the decision-making process difficult, at best,  BUT you helped fill out several that I would have like to have added, including the three Theme songs.

When Ron initiated this brilliant website, timeline was the '50s thru the '70s and Ron closely monitored that.  He started the site in the late '90s - twenty years after the latest of his declared timeline of the '70s (someone feel free to help me with the exact date).  Ron retired, Lorne, bless his heart, continued the concept as a sponsor and I know, at some point, there was a little discussion about being a little more flexible with the dateline.  Until now, I hadn't heard any complaints about that and I have seen several discussions referencing past Ron's timeline.  Me, personally, despite being a very young rocker (1948 was a great year), I am happy to see the dateline flexibility.  It's like I tell my listeners during my broadcast: There's way too much great music out there not enough time to listen to it all, but I'll die trying.  And as Lorne pointed out, there are many references to the "Good Ol' Rock 'n Roll Days" in the newer music which helps me better appreciate the legacy of the earlier music.
NOTE: I miss "It's Me Karen"

I'm kind of surprised I haven't seen this song:  Chuck Berry's Top hit, #1 for two consecutive week, My Ding-A-Ling.  Bizarre song for such a colorful, talented artist.
 

I read the Billboard obit article - interesting.  I, personally, think his Gimme Little Sign was better than Oogum Boogum.  I played both back-to-back just to "re-enlighten" the songs in my feeble mind.  I still think Gimme is better and I'm not sure why.  Could be the organ solo in Gimme or it could be the memories - I had just shipped off to U.S. Air Force basic training when Gimme came out and it was hot, hot.  Fond memories often supercede the musicological analysis.  Anyway, despite Wood's brief entry into the charts, his few hits were great.
Kind of interesting that his name, originally, is Brenton Woods and he is credited with that name as the performer, contrasting his songwriter accreditation to his stage name, Alfred Smith.
 

Stranger things have happened.  Many decades ago, I attended a small but highly respected university in Michigan whose academic strengths are engineering and bio sci emphasis in nursing, forestry.  Despite it's relatively small enrollment (<4500) at the time, the University was once one of the top NCAA hockey schools in the country.  All that said, most "hockey jocks" attended the University's school of business.  Once in a awhile, one of the jocks graduated in engineering.  While I was there, one of the top hockey jocks graduated in nuclear physics.  Now THAT was a shocker!!  Kind of like Mickey Dolenz.

Send In The Clowns - Judy Collins (and Barbra Streisand)
I thought that you'd want what I want
Sorry, my dear
But where are the clowns?
Quick, send in the clowns
Don't bothеr, they're herе
 

Super great talents who bring a glimmer of hope to these impoverished people who have lost not only their entire life savings but lost relatives in the destructive forces of nature.  Reminds us of Bangladesh (1971), Live Aid and Farm Aid (1985), Convert for Ukraine (2022) to name a few.

A great memorial to Johnny Cash, an iconic statue of Cash, was unveiled today in the United States Capitol Visitors Center. 
A fitting tribute to The Man In Black!!
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=%5Byoutube%5Dbx1c0R9ZRUw%5B%2Fyoutube%5D#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:fe4f1b3f,vid:bx1c0R9ZRUw,st:0


Some say he was country - I say, "No, he was Johnny Cash."  He touched on and inspired other artists from nearly every music genre.  But his final album, American IV: The Man Comes Around, includes IMHO, a song which epitomizes his far-reaching, fascinating breadth of genres: Hurt. 
Hurt is a song written by Trent Rezner, singer/songwriter with hard core American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails The song includes references to self-harm and heroin addiction, although the overall meaning of the song is disputed.  The song received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Song in 1996.
 
Fast forward six years to 2002, when Johnny Cash covered the song, Hurt, accompanied by an evocative music video. The music video, capturing the essence of the life of Johnny Cash, is considered one of the greatest of all time by several critics.  Though there are scenes in the video which show Johnny with his custom black Martin D1 acoustic in his hands, he did not play it.  The songwriter, Trent Reznor, praised Cash's interpretation of his song for its "sincerity and meaning", going so far as to say, "That song isn't mine anymore."  Reznor's comment was complimentary.  Johnny Cash passed away just months after his recording of this song – many call this his last great hurrah!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI

 

So, is Mike Love a one-man-show (with his X number of accompanying troubadours) able to use the official registered name, "Beach Boys?"  Does he record under his name as well or does he have the where with-all to record using either the Beach Boys or Mike Love as the artist?
 

What about aliases for songwriting:
Elton John's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", composers: "Ann Orson/Carte Blanche" aliases Elton John and Bernie Taupin
 

The little boy might shame John Bonham.  Or not.
Yes, and you can't fault the kids' taste in music!!!
I guess there a lot of young people that are "wanna-be Led Zepps."  A band that comes to mind are the Greta Van Fleets, from Frankenmuth, MI (where my wife grew up but w-a-y before the Fleets) who, when still in high school (ages 14-17), their debut single,"Highway Tune", topped the Billboard U.S. Mainstream and Active Rock charts in September 2017 for four weeks in a row.  Their second album, "From The Fires", they went on to win the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.  Critics were frequently comparing them with Led Zepp from the release of Highway Tune.  In a 2017 interview, Fleet's lead vocalist commented on his study of Robert Plant's vocal styles, allegedly unknowingly mimicking Plant's vocals. In a 2018,  Plant said of Greta Van Fleet, "they are Led Zeppelin I", in an off-handed way, complimented the lead singer's mimicking of his voice as "a beautiful little singer."  Okayyyy
 

According to "Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits" (Copyright 1991, author: Fred Bronson), The Beatles' "Yesterday" made #12 of the Top 100 Songs of 1965.
That citation said, I totally agree that there appears to be inconsistencies in the numbers.  Similarly, with the RRHOF and artists are inducted into that.  I know that, historically, that inconsistency has been hashed out many times before here on this app.

The problem is that Billboard is the one who developed the ratings and are the gold standard when citing charts in America, e.g. Wikipedia references Billboard charts in their documentation when discussing popularity in their discussions.

For point of clarity:
I want to thank Lorne for clarifying a few points. and I, personally, want to apologize for instigating the uproar.  I thought hard about how to make my point and, in the end, I guess I should have let it be.
I hold in high regard aflem's comments and input on this board.  I wasn't intentionally denigrating his comment or his YouTube reference.  I was trying to say that if I know a particular piece of music, then I will purchase it and own the rites to listening to it.  YouTube, Sirius, any of the electronic venues limit the "open range" listening opportunities as opposed to purchasing and including the songs in a "personal library" of music that I can experiment with when assembling playlists - that's all.  I spend of time organizing and reorganizing playlists in my library that's why I like to include the songs on my library.

Regarding my comment, " And I DO purchase it, not pirate it from some unknown site.":  I didn't even mean to imply that anyone was pirating and I am sorry that that comment was misinterpreted.  I was simply clarifying that I, personally, do not pirate, instead I purchase all the music that I include in my library.  In no way did I intentionally castigate any one else's method of acquisition.

And, aflem, thanks for making that opportunity available for people to listen to that so that, as in your case, people could listen and appreciate great music that they may not have heard and maybe appreciated.  I frequently listen to a song on YouTube to check it out and, if I like it, I will purchase it for my library.  I have a handful of songs that I would love to get my hands on but, to my knowledge, have never made it to the recording studio, some of which were played impromptu on a television show or a live radio show.  I would guess the copyright of that performance would be owned by the TV or radio station.

In these days of miscommunication and abhorrently deceitful rumor circulation, I'm sensitive to th