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The Sound of Cleveland

United States · #24 origin · 2 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
243.8
US score
14.5
UK score
4.2
Attributed artists
20

Signature decade 1990s · era-distinctiveness 2.01 · score per artist 12.2

Decade fingerprint

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2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Henry Mancini83.7
  2. 2Tracy Chapman58
  3. 3Nine Inch Nails17
  4. 4Macy Gray12.8
  5. 5James Ingram9.3
  6. 6The Black Keys9.1
  7. 7The Pretenders7.5
  8. 8Marc Cohn7.4
  9. 9The O'Jays6.4
  10. 10Bone Thugs-N-Harmony6.2
  11. 11Devo5.6
  12. 12Eric Carmen4.1
  13. 13Kid Cudi4.1
  14. 14LSG2.5
  15. 15The Poni-Tails2.2

Signature songs

  1. 1“Born Too Late” : The Poni-Tails · UK / US #5 (1958)
  2. 2“Tha Crossroads” : Bone Thugs-N-Harmony · UK / US #1 (1996)
  3. 3“Give Me One Reason” : Tracy Chapman · US #3 (1996)
  4. 4“Day 'n' Nite” : Kid Cudi · UK / US #2 (2009)
  5. 5“I Try” : Macy Gray · UK / US #5 (1999)
  6. 6“My Body” : LSG · US #4 (1997)
  7. 7“Ridin'” : Krayzie Bone · UK / US #1 (2006)
  8. 8“Yummy Yummy Yummy” : Ohio Express · UK / US #4 (1968)
  9. 9“Fast Car” : Tracy Chapman · UK / US #4 (1988)
  10. 10“Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet” : Henry Mancini · US #1 (1969)
  11. 11“Little Bit O' Soul” : The Music Explosion · US #2 (1967)
  12. 12“Love Train” : The O'Jays · UK / US #1 (1973)
  13. 13“Brass in Pocket” : The Pretenders · UK #1 (1979)
  14. 14“Look Into My Eyes” : Bone Thugs-N-Harmony · US #4 (1997)
  15. 15“I Don't Have the Heart” : James Ingram · US #1 (1990)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“The Scotts”
2020
Kid Cudi
US
“Ridin'”
2006
Krayzie Bone
US
“Tha Crossroads”
1996
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
US
“I Don't Have the Heart”
1990
James Ingram
US
“I Got You Babe”
1985
Chrissie Hynde
UK
“Baby, Come to Me”
1983
James Ingram
US
“Brass in Pocket”
1979
The Pretenders
UK
“Love Train”
1973
The O'Jays
US
“Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet”
1969
Henry Mancini
US
“Our Day Will Come”
1963
Ruby & the Romantics
US
10 of 10 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

2 Master Tape tracks by Cleveland artists: Yah Mo B There (James Ingram) · Hungry Eyes - From "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack (Eric Carmen)