Distinctive songs of the USA

Each country has certain songs that were hits in that one location but nowhere else. This page lists the biggest hit songs of the USA that failed to chart elsewhere. For the whole period (1960 to 2004) these are:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Region
1	Bette Midler	The Rose	1980	USA
2	Three Doors Down	Kryptonite	2000	USA
3	Keith Carradine	I'm Easy	1976	USA
4	Rufus Thomas	Walkin' the Dog	1963	USA
5	The Goo Goo Dolls	Name	1996	USA
6	George Benson	This Masquerade	1976	USA
7	Los Lonely Boys	Heaven	2004	USA
8	The Marvelettes	Please Mr Postman	1961	USA
9	The Verve Pipe	The Freshmen	1997	USA
10	Quad City DJs	C'Mon Ride the Train	1996	USA
11	Dickie Goodman	Mr Jaws	1975	USA
12	Jewel	You Were Meant for Me	1997	USA
13	Rufus & Chaka Khan	Sweet Thing	1976	USA
14	Jodeci	Lately	1993	USA
15	The Miracles	You Really Got a Hold on Me	1962	USA
16	Heatwave	Always & Forever	1978	USA
17	Shai	Comforter	1993	USA
18	Vanessa Williams	Colors of the Wind	1995	USA
19	Matchbox Twenty	Unwell	2003	USA
20	Dionne Warwick	Alfie	1967	USA

This has also been calculated for each decade.

Distinct songs of the USA: 1960s

For the 1960s the most distinct songs were:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Region
1	Rufus Thomas	Walkin' the Dog	1963	USA
2	The Marvelettes	Please Mr Postman	1961	USA
3	The Miracles	You Really Got a Hold on Me	1962	USA
4	Dionne Warwick	Alfie	1967	USA
5	Joe Dowell	Wooden Heart	1961	USA
6	Gentrys	Keep On Dancing	1965	USA
7	Marvin Gaye	Pride & Joy	1963	USA
8	The Beau Brummels	Just a Little	1965	USA
9	The Human Beinz	Nobody But Me	1968	USA
10	Audrey Hepburn	Moon River	1961	USA
11	Dusty Springfield	The Look of Love	1967	USA
12	Tony Bennett	I Wanna Be Around	1963	USA
13	The Isley Brothers	Twist & Shout	1962	USA
14	Jarmels	A Little Bit of Soap	1961	USA
15	Little Caesar & The Romans	Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me Of You)	1961	USA
16	Carla Thomas	Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes)	1961	USA
17	The Angels	Till	1961	USA
18	Bobby Lewis	Tossing & Turning	1961	USA
19	Bobby Bland	Turn On Your Love Light	1961	USA
20	Freddie King	Hide Away	1961	USA

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39

Distinct songs of the USA: 1970s

For the 1970s the most distinct songs were:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Region
1	Keith Carradine	I'm Easy	1976	USA
2	George Benson	This Masquerade	1976	USA
3	Dickie Goodman	Mr Jaws	1975	USA
4	Rufus & Chaka Khan	Sweet Thing	1976	USA
5	Heatwave	Always & Forever	1978	USA
6	Earth, Wind & Fire	Shining Star	1975	USA
7	Parliament	Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)	1976	USA
8	Gladys Knight & The Pips	On & On	1974	USA
9	Persuaders	Thin Line Between Love & Hate	1971	USA
10	Kool & The Gang	Jungle Boogie	1974	USA
11	The Temptations	Masterpiece	1973	USA
12	Rhythm Heritage	Theme from 'SWAT'	1976	USA
13	War	The World Is A Ghetto	1973	USA
14	The Doobie Brothers	Black Water	1975	USA
15	Marvin Gaye	Let's Get it On	1973	USA
16	Foghat	Slow Ride	1976	USA
17	Byron MacGregor	Americans	1974	USA
18	Freda Payne	Bring The Boys Home	1971	USA
19	John Denver	Take Me Home, Country Roads	1971	USA
20	William Bell	Tryin' To Love Two	1977	USA

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39

Distinct songs of the USA: 1980s

For the 1980s the most distinct songs were:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Region
1	Bette Midler	The Rose	1980	USA
2	KC & Teri Desario	Yes, I'm Ready	1980	USA
3	Eddie Rabbitt	Drivin' My Life Away	1980	USA
4	Juice Newton	Queen of Hearts	1981	USA
5	Ray, Goodman & Brown	Special Lady	1980	USA
6	Willie Nelson	On the Road Again	1980	USA
7	Larry Graham	One in a Million You	1980	USA
8	Robbie Dupree	Steal Away	1980	USA
9	New Edition	Cool it Now	1984	USA
10	Johnny Lee	Looking For Love	1980	USA
11	Surface	Shower Me With Your Love	1989	USA
12	Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes	Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer	1980	USA
13	Juice Newton	The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)	1982	USA
14	Willie Nelson	Always On My Mind	1982	USA
15	Oak Ridge Boys	Elvira	1981	USA
16	Ronnie Milsap	(There's) No Getting Over Me	1981	USA
17	Kenny Rogers	Through The Years	1982	USA
18	Andy Gibb	Desire	1980	USA
19	Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam	All Cried Out	1986	USA
20	Kenny Rogers	I Don't Need You	1981	USA

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39

Distinct songs of the USA: 1990s

For the 1990s the most distinct songs were:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Region
1	The Goo Goo Dolls	Name	1996	USA
2	The Verve Pipe	The Freshmen	1997	USA
3	Quad City DJs	C'Mon Ride the Train	1996	USA
4	Jewel	You Were Meant for Me	1997	USA
5	Jodeci	Lately	1993	USA
6	Shai	Comforter	1993	USA
7	Vanessa Williams	Colors of the Wind	1995	USA
8	H-Town	Knockin' Da Boots	1993	USA
9	Regina Belle & Peabo Bryson	A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)	1993	USA
10	Various Artists	ESPN Presents Jock Jams	1997	USA
11	Natalie Merchant	Wonder	1996	USA
12	Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson	Beauty & the Beast	1992	USA
13	Blues Traveler	Run Around	1995	USA
14	Dave Matthews Band	Crash Into Me	1997	USA
15	Boyz II Men	It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday	1991	USA
16	Atlantic Starr	Masterpiece	1992	USA
17	Tim McGraw & Faith Hill	It's Your Love	1997	USA
18	Tevin Campbell	Can We Talk	1993	USA
19	New Edition	I'm Still in Love With You	1996	USA
20	Brian McKnight	Back At One	1999	USA

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39