Ages 70-79
74: Tito Puente [Blackout All-Stars] (I Like It Like That)
72: Paul McCartney (FourFiveSeconds)
Ages 60-69
68: Mick Jagger (T.H.E.)
63: James Newton Howard (The Hanging Tree)
63: Steven Tyler (Feels So Good)
63: Dobie Gray (Drift Away)
60: Frankie Valli (December 1963 '94)^
60: Tina Turner (When the Heartache is Over)
60: Santana (Into the Night)
Ages 50-59
59: Ray Charles (I'll Be Good To You)
58: Harry Belafonte [USA For Africa] (We Are The World)
56: Madonna (Living For Love)
56: Carly Simon (Son of a Gun)
56: Quincy Jones (I'll Be Good To You)
55: Cher (Song For The Lonely)
55: Ringo Starr [The Beatles] (Free As a Bird)
55: Prince (Fallinlove2nite)
54: Barbra Streisand (I Finally Found Someone)
54: Christine McVie [Fleetwood Mac] (Silver Springs)
54: Willie Nelson (To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before)
54: Melle Mel (Downtown)
53: Grandmaster Caz (Downtown)
53: Eric Clapton (My Father's Eyes)
53: Rod Stewart (Ooh La La)
53: Peter Cetera (Hard To Say I'm Sorry)
53: Kool Moe Dee (Downtown)
52: George Harrison [The Beatles] (Free As a Bird)
52: Herb Alpert (Making Love In The Rain)
52: Roberta Flack (Set the Night to Music)
52: James Brown (Living In America)
52: Gladys Knight (Missing You)
52: Aaron Neville (Don't Take Away My Heaven)
52: Levi Stubbs [Four Tops] (Indestructible)
51: David Crosby (Hero)
51: Elton John (Recover Your Soul)
51: Wanz (Thrift Shop)
51: Maurice White [Earth, Wind & Fire] (Sunday Morning)
50: Bill Medley [Righteous Brothers] (Unchained Melody)^
50: Barry Gibb [The Bee Gees] (Alone)
50: Jimmy Helms [Londonbeat] (Come Back)
50: Joe Billingslea [The Contours] (Do You Love Me?)^--re-release
Age 40-49
49: Michael Jackson** (Wanna Be Starting Somethin' '08)
49: Steve Miller (Wide River)
49: Sting (Desert Rose)
49: Tammy Wynette (Justified & Ancient)
49: Stevie Nicks [Fleetwood Mac] (Silver Springs)
48: Dottie West (What Are We Doin’ In Love)
48: Dusty Springfield (What Have I Done To Deserve This?)
48: Phil Collins (You'll Be In My Heart)
48: Stevie Wonder (True To Your Heart)
48: Ben E. King (Stand By Me)^
48: Eddie Money (After This Love Is Gone)
48: Meat Loaf (I'd Lie For You)
48: Antonio Romero Monge [Los Del Rio] (Macarena)
48: Rafael Ruiz [Los Del Rio] (Macarena)
48: Olivia Newton-John (Grease Megamix)
48: Steve Perry [Journey] (If He Should Ever Break Your Heart)
48: Lindsay Buckingham [Fleetwood Mac] (Silver Srings)
48: David Guetta (Bang My Head)
47: Aretha Franklin (Through the Storm)
47: David Sanborn (Bang Bang)
47: Al Jarreau (Moonlighting)
47: Grace Slick [Starship]# (It's Not Over Til It's Over)
47: Don Henley [The Eagles] (Learn to Be Still)
47: Sammy Hagar [Van Halen] (Not Enough)
47: Bruce Springsteen (Secret Garden)
47: Maurice & Robin Gibb [The Bee Gees] (Alone)
47: Waylon Jennings [USA For Africa] (We Are The World)
47: Mike Love [Beach Boys] (Kokomo)
47: E-40 (I Don’t Mess With You)
47: Smokey Robinson (One Heartbeat)
47: Timothy B. Schmit [The Eagles] (Learn To Be Still)
47: Shaggy (Don't You Need Somebody)
47: R. Kelly (Do What U Want)
46: Kiki Dee (True Love)
46: Robert Lamm [Chicago] (Chasin' The Wind)
46: Dionne Warwick (Love Power)
46: Bonnie Raitt (Rock Steady)
46: Jimmy Cliff (I Can See Clearly Now)
46: Lionel Richie (Don't Wanna Lose You)
46: John Williams (Theme From Close Encounters)
46: Kate Pierson [The B-52s] (Meet The Flintstones)
46: Dr. Dre (I Need A Doctor)
46: Kenny Rogers (What About Me)
46: Larry Blackmon [Cameo] (Loverboy)
46: Gwen Stefani (Make Me Like You)
46: Jennifer Lopez (Ain't Your Mama)
45: Walt Parazaider [Chicago] (Chasin' The Wind)
45: Bette Midler (From A Distance)
45: Joe Cocker (When The Night Comes)
45: Tom Petty (Walls)
45: Charlie Daniels (Still In Saigon)
45: Bono [U2] (Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own)
45: Tiesto (Red Lights)
45: Jerry Garcia [Grateful Dead] (Touch of Grey)
45: Loletta Holloway (Good Vibrations)
45: Paul Simon (You Can Cal Me Al)
45: Fat Joe (All The Way Up)
44: Billy Joel (All About That Soul)
44: Lou Gramm [Foreigner] (Until The End of Time)
44: Lee Loughnane [Chicago] (Chasin' The Wind)
44: James Horner (South Hampton)
44: Jon Bon Jovi [Bon Jovi] (Who Says You Can't Go Home)
44: Mariah Carey (You're Mine)
44: Mickey Gilley (Stand By Me)
44: JAY Z (Drunk In Love)
44: Dennis DeYoung [Styx] (Love At First Sight)
44: Huey Lewis (But It's Alright)
44: Boz Scaggs (Heart of Mine)
44: Bob Dylan [USA For Africa] (We Are The World)
44: Clarence Clemmons (You're A Friend of Mine)
44: Daryl Hall [Hall & Oates] (Don't Hold Back Your Love)
44: RedOne (Don't You Need Somebody)
43: Lil Jon (Turn Down For What)
43: Linda Ronstadt (All My Life)
43: Nick Ashford [Ashford & Simpson] (Solid)
43: Williams Lee Golden [The Oak Ridge Boys] (Bobbie Sue)
43: Sergio Mednes (Alibis)
43: Peter Buck [R.E.M.] (The Great Beyond)
43: Chaka Kahn (Missing You)
43: Walter & Wallace Scott [The Whispers] (Rock Steady)
43: T-Boz [TLC] (Crooked Smile)
43: Bill Champlin [Chicago] (Chasin' The Wind)
43: Chrissie Hynde [The Pretenders] (I'll Stand By You)
43: Ann Wilson [Heart] (Will You Be There)
43: Kenny G. (Auld Lang Syne 'Millennium Mix')
43: Pat Monahan [Train] (50 Ways To Say Goodbye)
43: A.R. Rahman (Jai Ho)
43: Ozzy Osbourne (Mama I'm Coming Home)
43: Iggy Pop (Candy)
43: Sergio Mendes (Alibis)
43: Peter Gabriel (Steam)
43: Enya (I Don't Wanna Know)
43: Snoop Dogg (Stuck On A Feeling)
43: Luther Vandross (Always And Forever)
43: Marvin Gaye (Sexual Healing)
43: Michael Franti (Say Hey I Love You)
43: David Draiman [Disturbed] (The Sound of Silence)
43: Sean Paul (Cheap Thrills)
42: Patti LaBelle (On My Own)
42: Sheryl Crow (The First Cut Is The Deepest)
42: Phillip Bailey [Earth, Wind & Fire] (Sunday Morning)
42: Billy Vera [Billy Vera & The Beaters] (At This Moment)
42: Chili [TLC] (Crooked Smile)
42: Michael Bolton (Can I Touch You... There)
42: Jamie Foxx (Winner)
42: Johnnie Taylor (Disco Lady)
42: Gloria Estefan (Music of My Heart)
42: Gavin Rossdale (Love Remains The Same)
42: Peabo Bryson (By The Time This Night Is Over)
42: Robert Palmer (Mercy Mercy Me)
42: John Travolta (Grease Megamix)
42: Johnny Mathis (Too Much, Too Little Too Late)
42: Idina Menzel (Let It Go)
42: Bill Withers° (Just The Two of Us)
42: Al Green (Put A Little Love In Your Heart)
42: Charlie Rich (Every Time You Touch Me I Get High)
42: Steve Winwood (One And Only Man)
42: Henry Fambrough [The Spinners] (Cupid/I've Loved You For A Long Time)
42: John Oates [Hall & Oates] (Don't Hold Back Your Love)
41: Shawn Colvin (You And The Mona Lisa)
41: Loreena McKennitt (The Mummers' Dance)
41: Janet Jackson (Feedback)
41: Mike Mills [R.E.M.] (The Great Beyond)
41: Neil Sedaka (Should've Never Let You Go)
41: Joe Tex (Ain't Gonna Bump No More)
41: Natalie Cole (Unforgettable)
41: Alice Cooper (Poison)
41: Glen Campbell (Southern Nights)
41: Diddy (Coming Home)
41: Elvis Presley** (The Hurt)
41: Carly Simon* (Coming Around Again)
41: Eminem (Headlights)
41: Carl Anderson (Friends & Lovers)
41: Cliff Richard (Daddy's Home)
41: Nelly (Die A Happy Man)
41: Enrique Iglesias (Don't You Need Somebody)
40: Donna Summer (This Time I Know It's For Real)
40: Timbaland (Pass at Me)
40: Michael Stipe [R.E.M.] (The Great Beyond)
40: Bob Carlisle (Butterfly Kisses)
40: John Lennon** (Just Like Starting Over)
40: Annie Lennox (No More "I Love You's")
40: Kenny Loggins (Nobody's Fool)
40: Engelbert Humperdinck (After The Lovin')
40: Pharrell (Come Get It Bae)
40: Julio Iglesias (To All The Girls I’ve Loved Before)
40: Kim Carnes (Crazy In The Night)
40: Eddie Rabbitt (Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight)
40: Delbert McClinton (Giving It Up For Love)
40: Ruth Pointer [Pointer Sisters] (Goldmine)
40: David Cassidy (Lyin' To Myself)
40: Diana Ross (Missing You)
40: Lou Rawls (You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine)
40: Barry Manilow (Read 'Em And Weep)
40: Jennifer Warnes (I've Had The Time of My Life)
40: George Benson (Lady Love Me One More Time)
40: David Bowie (Never Let Me Down)
40: Juicy J (I Don't Mind)
40: Jules De Martino [The Ting Tings] (That's Not My Name)
40: Mark Ronson (Uptown Funk!)
40: Trevor Guthrie (This Is What It Feels Like)
40: Sia (Cheap Thrills)
40: Ronnie Milsap (Stranger In My House)
40: DJ Khaled (For Free)
° Uncredited vocal on Grover Washington, Jr’s single
** Michael Jackson charted posthumously and would have been 55 at the time "Love Never Felt So Good" charted
** Elvis Presley charted posthumously in 2002 with a remix of "A Little Less Conversation." He would have been 67 at the time.
** John Lennon charted posthumously 4 times. He would have been 43 at the time "Nobody Told Me" charted, and would have been 55 when "Free As a Bird" charted.
# Grace Slick left Starship in 1988 before their final CHR hit "It's Not Enough." She was 49 when the song charted.
--Ronnie Spector, 43 at the time, was uncredited when she sang on "Take Me Home Tonight"
^ The Four Seasons' "December 1963" was re-released in 1994 when a new mix reached #7 on the chart.
^ The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" was re-released in 1990 and reached #3 after being used in the film "Ghost."
^ Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" was re-released in 1986 and hit the top 20 when the song was used in the film "Stand By Me."
Other notes:
Nat King Cole's version of "Unforgettable" was mixed as a duet with daughter Natalie in 1991. He would have been 72 at the time. He died in 1965 at the age of 45, pre-dating this chart.
Freddie Mercury charted posthumously when Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released in 1992 and reached #2 after being used in the movie "Wayne's World." Mercury would have been 45 at the time. He was 38 when Queen last charted with "Radio Ga-Ga" in 1984 making him ineligible for this list.
Dan Tyminski was 46 but uncredited when he sang on Avicii's "Hey Brother."
Etta James' vocals from her 1962 single "Something's Got A Hold On Me" were sampled in Avicii's "Levels" and Flo Rida's "Good Feeling." She was 73 at the time. She died while both songs were still charting. She however never saw a CHR/Pop hit other than these samples since the chart's 1973 debut.
B.B. King turned 71 in September 1996 when his sample of "How Blue Can You Get" was used in "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" by Primitive Radio Gods.
*61-year-old Peter Thomas did the speaking on Paul Hardcastle's 1985 single "19" but didn't get label credit.
It shows that once you reach 40 y.o. radio DUMPS you
