Reed put this together for the Helsinki Music Club about 10 years ago.
Lou Reed's 100 Favorite Tracks
Ornette Coleman Lonely Woman
Eddie And Ernie Outcast
Roland Kirk That 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 Diabolos 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 Sonny 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 Your Experienced?
Ike and Tina Turner I Think It’s Going to 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 Going On
J.J. Cale Crazy Mama
Ry Cooder Little Sister
? And 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
Sam & Dave Soul Man
The Youngbloods Sunlight
The Left Banke Walk Away Renee
The Left Banke Pretty Ballerina
The Students So Young
Valerie Jackie and the Starlites
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 Carpenders Superstar
Charlie Dore Pilot of the Airwaves
Rolling Stones Start Me Up
Bobby Bland Turn On Your Lovelight
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 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 Tailfeather
Detroit Rock & Roll
U2 Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out
John Lennon Mother
John Lennon Jealous Guy
Moe Tucker Spamn Again
Stevie Wonder Livin’n For The City
Marvin Gaye What’s Going On
The Commodores Night Shift
The Chiffons He’s So Fine
✅ Lou Reed's 100 Favorite Tracks
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Re: Lou Reed's 100 Favorite Tracks
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Could this list be included in the rankings? Elvis Costello's favorite albums and songs are included.
I feel like that
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