Listeners All Time  Top 100
BBC Eastern Counties 2021 / 2022

1. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
2. Change – The Glow Of Love
3. Billy Paul – Me and Mrs Jones
4. Phyllis Hyman – You Know How To Love Me
5. Lonnie Hill – Galveston Bay
6. Alex O Neal – If You We’re Here Tonight
7. Luther Vandross – Dance With My Father
8. Anita Baker -Sweet Love
9. Maze – Joy and Pain
10. Harold Melvin -Wake Up Everybody
11. Donald Byrd – Love Has Come Around
12. Alex O’Neal – What’s Missing
13. Teddy Pendergass- Love TKO
14. Earth Wind and Fire – That’s The Way Of The World
15. Sounds of Blackness – Optimistic
16. Crusaders – Street Life
17. Keni Burke – Rising To The Top
18. Luther Vandross – Never Too Much
19. Atlantic Starr – Circles
20. Quincy Jones – Secret Garden
21. Freez – Southern Freeze
22. Billy Griffin – Hold Me Tighter In The Rain
23. Luther Vandross – Superstar
24. O jays – Darlin Darlin Baby
25. Roy Ayers – Running Away
26. McFadden and Whitehead – Ain’t No Stopping Us
27. Michael Jackson – Rock With You
28. Harold Melvin – Love I Lost
29. Greg Henderson – Dreaming
30. Driza Bone – Real Love
31. Four Tops – Reach Out I’ll Be There
32. O jays – Back Stabbers
33. Temptations – Papa Was A Rolling Stone
34. Loose Ends – Hangin On A String
35. OJays – Put Our Heads Together
36. Evelyn C King – Love Come Down
37. Booker Newbury – Love Town
38. Originals – Baby I’m For Real
39. Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer
40. OJays – I Love Music
41. Barry White – Let The Music Play
42. Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
43. David Ruffin – Walk Away From Love
44. Isley Brothers – Highways Of My Life
45. Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover
46. William De Vaughn – Be Thankful For What You’ve Got
47. Detroit Spinners – I’ll Be Around
48. Fatback Band – I Found Love
49. Funkadelic – one nation
50. Teena Marie – Portuguese Love
51. Luther Vandross – House Is Not. Home
52. Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
53. O jays – For The Love Of Money
54. Stevie Wonder – Knocks Me Off My Feet
55. Detroit Spinners – it’s a Shame
56. Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come
57. Brothers Johnson – Strawberry Letter
58. Wilton Felder – Inherit The Wind
59. Chi lites – Time For Love
60. Temptations – Treat Her Like A Lady
61. Bloodstone – Natural High
62. War – Galaxy
63. AWB – Let’s Go Round Again
64. Switch – Keeping Secrets
65. Lou Rawls – You’ll Never Find Another Love
66. Earth Wind and Fire – September
67. Change – Searching
68. Hi Gloss – You’ll Never Know
69. Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots
70. Rose Royce – Love Don’t Live Here
71. Lou Rawls – Stop Me From Starting
72. Al Green – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
73. Dayton – Sound Of Music
74. Oliver Chatham – Saturday Night
75. Lonnie Liston Smith – Expansions
76. Detroit Emeralds – Feel The Need
77. Lamont Dozier – Why Can’t We Be Lovers
78. Jones Girls – Nights Over Egypt
79. George Benson – Love Ballad
80. Alex O Neal – A Broken Heart Can Mend
81. Stevie Wonder – Do I Do
82. Maze – Golden Time Of Day
83. Otis Redding – Sittin On The Dock of The Bay
84. Rose Royce – Is It Love Your After
85. Earth Wind and Fire – Boogie Wonderland
86. Stevie Wonedr – Superstition
87. George Benson – Give Me The Night
88. Aretha Franklin – You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman
89. Alicia Keys – Empire State Of Mind
90. Windjammer – Tossing And Turning
91. Delfonics – Didn’t I Blow Your Mind
92. Fat Larrys Band – Act Like You Know
93. Heatwave – Always and Forever
94. Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze
95. Sounds of Blackness – All The Way
96. Players Association – Turn The Music Up
97. SOS Band – The Finest
98. Maxwell – Ascension Song
99. Whispers – And The Beat Goes On
100. Bo Kirkland and Ruth Davis – You’re Going To Get Next To Me

Top Ten Artists , with most songs voted for .

1 Luther Vandross
2 Stevie Wonder
3 O jays
4 Marvin Gaye
5 Maze
6 Isleys
7 George Benson
8 Alex O Neal
9 EWF
10 Shalamar

*Because some artists had numerous different songs voted for in the top ten charts , some didn’t  make their mark, in the Top 100, with one particular song. 

Percentage of songs from different decades
1980s. 45%
1970s. 35%
1960s. 10%
1990s. 10%

The artists with the most songs in Top 100
Luther (including change) 6
The O Jays 5
Earth Wind And Fire  3
Stevie Wonder  3
Alexander O Neal 3
TeddyPendergrass (including Harold Melvin) 3

Biggest number of “different” titles voted for by one artist.

Luther Vandross (including Change) 23
Marvin Gaye 11
Stevie Wonder 10
Isley Brothers 9
Alexander O Neal 9
Teddy Pendergrass (including Harold Melvin) 9
The O Jays 7
Frankie Beverley and Maze 7
Kool and The Gang  5
Shalamar 4
Rose Royce 4
Winans 4
Four Tops 4
Temptations 4