SPECIAL: Fifth Anniversary Hot 100 Countdown

SPECIAL: Fifth Anniversary Hot 100 Countdown


To celebrate the fifth anniversary of “Come To The Sunshine,” a Special HOT 100 list was compiled from some of the 3,018 unique songs by 837 artists that the show has played since 2006. How many songs each artist accrued with multiple plays and how many total times they appeared on the program defined their final chart position.

In the first hour of the broadcast (above), host Andrew Sandoval counts down artist and songs 100 through 80. These include Van Dyke Parks, the Zombies, Harmony Grass, the Ballroom, Linzer & Randell, Don Grady, Sasha caro, Traffic, Sandy Salisbury, Raintree Minority, Mark Eric, Sagittarius, the Action, Graham Gouldman, the Picadilly Line, Denny Laine, Twice As Much, Nino Tempo & April Stevens, Les Irresistibles (Arch Of Triumph), the Montage and Fairchilds.

Part Two:


In hour two of the broadcast, host Andrew Sandoval counts down artist and songs 79 through 60. These include the Everly Brothers, Mamas & Papas, The Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band, The Yellow Balloon, Smokey Roberds, The Marshmellows, Gerry Marsden, London Phogg, Jacobsen & Tansley, The Garden Club, The Surprise Package, Danny Hutton, The Hung Jury, the Looking Glass, Roger Nichols Trio, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The Smoke, The Left Banke, Ellie Janov and The Sunshine Company.

Part Three:


In hour three of the broadcast, host Andrew Sandoval counts down artist and songs 59 through 40. These include Los Bravos, The Millennium, The Merseys, The Beach Boys, Ronnie Burns, Tin Tin, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tom Northcott, The Peppermint Trolley Company, The Critters, Keith Allison, Claudine Longet, Like A Summer Rain, Gene Clark, Good Evening Girl, Mind Over Matter, the Dave Clark Five, Tommy Boyce, Dino, Desi & Billy and P.F. Sloan.

Part Four:

In hour four of the broadcast, host Andrew Sandoval counts down artist and songs 39 through 21. These include The Move; Fountain Of Youth; Smokey And His Sister; Nirvana; Manfred Mann; Dusty Springfield; The Lewis & Clarke Expedition; The Ivy League; Bobby Fuller Four; The Mindbenders; Bee Gees; Every Mother’s Son; The Pretty Things; Buffalo Springfield; The Association; The Grass Roots; Gordon Waller; The Turtles; Dion And The Wanderers.

Part Five:

In hour five of the broadcast, host Andrew Sandoval counts down artist and songs #20 through #1. These include: The Searchers; Grapefruit; The Mojo; The Merry-Go-Round; The Kinks; The Twilights; Harpers Bizarre; The Hollies; The Beau Brummels; Nilsson; The Idle Race; Sinon & Garfunkel; Chad & Jeremy; The Byrds; The Cyrkle; Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart; Herman’ Hermits; The Monkees; Gary Lewis And The Playboys; Peter and Gordon.

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