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Consecutive Decades of #1 Chart-Toppers

The Titans Who Sustained #1s

Think of all the great executives or attorneys the music industry would recognize. Apply one rigorous standard — a Pop chart / Hot 100 #1 song in consecutive decades, drawn from the artists, writers, and producers whose work the company or individual represents. Grubman and Passman are still active and likely headed for six. Only one — whose run started in the 1950s — could get to eight.

Decade →	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	2020s
David J. Steinberg Counsel · Seven & counting 5/2/34 – 1/8/21 · age 86	Teddy Bear^† Elvis · ’57 · (Lowe / Kal Mann, Writers) Butterfly · Charlie Gracie · ’57 +1 more #1	The Twist (re-release) Chubby Checker · ’62 · only song to hit #1 twice The Twist · Chubby Checker · ’60 (Appell/Mann, Prod.) Pony Time · Chubby Checker · ’61 (Mann, writer) So Much in Love · The Tymes · ’63 +3 more #1s	Then Came You Spinners & Dionne Warwick · ’74 · (Thom Bell, Prod.) Knock Three Times · Tony Orlando & Dawn · ’70 (Appell, Prod.) Me & Mrs. Jones · Billy Paul · ’72 (Gamble & Huff) Love Train · The O’Jays · ’73 (Gamble & Huff) Tie a Yellow Ribbon · Tony Orlando & Dawn · ’73 (Appell, Prod.) +2 more #1s T.S.O.P. · MFSB ft. The Three Degrees · ’74 Don’t Leave Me This Way · Thelma Houston · ’77 +6 more #1s	Greatest Love of All Whitney · ’86 · (Linda Creed, Writer) If You Don’t Know Me by Now · Simply Red (cover) · ’89 (Gamble & Huff) +1 more #1	I Don’t Have the Heart James Ingram · ’90 · (Thom Bell, Co-Prod.)	Don’t Matter Akon · ’07 · Marley	Rude MAGIC! · ’14 · Marley	OPEN catalog still charting d. Jan. 2021
Berry Gordy Motown · Seven & counting b. 11/28/29 · age 95	—	Please Mr. Postman Marvelettes · ’61 Where Did Our Love Go · Supremes · ’64 Baby Love · Supremes · ’64 Come See About Me · Supremes · ’64 Stop! In the Name of Love · Supremes · ’65 I Hear a Symphony · Supremes · ’65 My Girl · Temptations · ’65 I Can't Help Myself · Four Tops · ’65 I Was Made to Love Her · Stevie Wonder · ’67 Ain't No Mountain High Enough · Marvin & Tammi · ’67 Love Child · Supremes · ’68 I Heard It Through the Grapevine · Marvin Gaye · ’68 +11 more #1s	Got to Give It Up Marvin Gaye · ’77 I Want You Back · Jackson 5 · ’70 ABC · Jackson 5 · ’70 The Love You Save · Jackson 5 · ’70 I'll Be There · Jackson 5 · ’70 Just My Imagination · Temptations · ’71 Papa Was a Rollin' Stone · Temptations · ’72 Boogie Down · Eddie Kendricks · ’73 Let's Get It On · Marvin Gaye · ’73 Dancing Machine · Jackson 5 · ’74 +9 more #1s	All Night Long Lionel Richie · ’83 Being with You · Smokey Robinson · ’81 Endless Love · Diana Ross & Lionel Richie · ’81 Truly · Lionel Richie · ’82 Say You Say Me · Lionel Richie · ’85 Dancing on the Ceiling · Lionel Richie · ’86 Ebony and Ivory · McCartney & Stevie Wonder · ’82 I Just Called to Say I Love You · Stevie Wonder · ’84 Part-Time Lover · Stevie Wonder · ’85 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me · Culture Club (Virgin/Epic) · ’83 Nightshift · Commodores · ’85 +10 more #1s	Gangsta's Paradise Coolio (Stevie sample) · ’95 catalog mechanism	Foolish Ashanti (DeBarge/Motown sample) · ’02 DeBarge 'Stay With Me' — Jobete/Gordy	Blurred Lines Robin Thicke · ’13 Gaye estate awarded writing credit — Jobete/Motown	Super Freaky Girl Nicki Minaj · ’22 samples Rick James 'Super Freak' (Gordy/Motown ’81)
Clive Davis Columbia · Arista · Six & counting 4/4/32 – 6/22/26 · age 94	—	Everyday People Sly & Family Stone · ’69 Mrs. Robinson · Simon & Garfunkel · ’68 (Columbia) +1 more #1	Mandy Barry Manilow · ’75 Bridge Over Troubled Water · Simon & Garfunkel · ’70 (Columbia) I Write the Songs · Barry Manilow · ’76 (Arista) Looks Like We Made It · Barry Manilow · ’77 (Arista) Me and Bobby McGee · Janis Joplin · ’71 (Columbia) +4 more #1s	Greatest Love of All Whitney · ’86 Saving All My Love for You · Whitney Houston · ’85 How Will I Know · Whitney Houston · ’86 I Wanna Dance with Somebody · Whitney Houston · ’87 Where Do Broken Hearts Go · Whitney Houston · ’88 +3 more #1s Didn’t We Almost Have It All · Whitney Houston · ’87 So Emotional · Whitney Houston · ’88 That’s What Friends Are For · Dionne & Friends (Arista) · ’86 +7 more #1s	I Will Always Love You Whitney · ’92 Exhale (Shoop Shoop) · Whitney Houston · ’95 Un-Break My Heart · Toni Braxton · ’96 (LaFace/Arista) Waterfalls · TLC · ’95 (LaFace/Arista) Smooth · Santana ft. Rob Thomas · ’99 (Arista) +3 more #1s I’m Your Baby Tonight · Whitney Houston · ’90 All the Man That I Need · Whitney Houston · ’91 Creep · TLC · ’95 +7 more #1s	Fallin’ Alicia Keys · ’01 Maria Maria · Santana ft. Product G&B · ’00 (Arista) My Boo · Usher & Alicia Keys · ’04 (J) No One · Alicia Keys · ’07 (J Records) +3 more #1s	Whistle Flo Rida · ’12 interpolates “Seasons Change” (Exposé, Arista ’88) Shape of You · Ed Sheeran · ’17 — interpolates “No Scrubs” (TLC, LaFace/Arista ’99) · Hot 100 #1 (12 wks) +1 more #1	OPEN catalog still charting d. June 2026
Ahmet Ertegun Atlantic · Six 7/31/23 – 12/14/06 · age 83	Mack the Knife Bobby Darin · ’59	Respect Aretha · ’67 Save the Last Dance for Me · The Drifters · ’60 I Got You Babe · Sonny & Cher (Atco) · ’65 Tighten Up · Archie Bell & The Drells · ’68 (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay · Otis Redding · ’68 +4 more #1s	Killing Me Softly Roberta Flack · ’73 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face · Roberta Flack · ’72 Feel Like Makin’ Love · Roberta Flack · ’74 Le Freak · Chic · ’78 Good Times · Chic · ’79 +4 more #1s	Sussudio Phil Collins · ’85 Against All Odds · Phil Collins · ’84 Owner of a Lonely Heart · Yes (Atco) · ’84 I Want to Know What Love Is · Foreigner · ’85 Need You Tonight · INXS · ’88 +4 more #1s One More Night · Phil Collins · ’85 Separate Lives · Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin · ’85 A Groovy Kind of Love · Phil Collins · ’88 Two Hearts · Phil Collins · ’89 +8 more #1s	The Boy Is Mine Brandy & Monica · ’98 Another Day in Paradise · Phil Collins · ’89–’90 I Swear · All-4-One · ’94 (11 wks #1) Have You Ever? · Brandy · ’99 +3 more #1s	Get Busy Sean Paul (VP/Atlantic) · ’03 Bent · matchbox twenty (Lava/Atlantic) · ’00 Temperature · Sean Paul (VP/Atlantic) · ’06 You’re Beautiful · James Blunt (Custard/Atlantic) · ’06 +3 more #1s	streak ended CLOSED
Allen Grubman Grubman Shire · 5 & counting b. 1942 · age 84 active counsel	—	—	—	Every Breath You Take The Police · ’83 Jack & Diane · John Mellencamp · ’82 Hello · Lionel Richie · ’84 Like a Virgin · Madonna · ’84 Like a Prayer · Madonna · ’89 +11 more #1s Truly · Lionel Richie · ’82 All Night Long (All Night) · Lionel Richie · ’83 Say You, Say Me · Lionel Richie · ’85 Crazy for You · Madonna · ’85 Live to Tell · Madonna · ’86 Papa Don’t Preach · Madonna · ’86 Open Your Heart · Madonna · ’86 That’s What Friends Are For · Dionne & Friends · ’86 I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For · U2 · ’87 Who’s That Girl · Madonna · ’87 Wind Beneath My Wings · Bette Midler · ’89 +15 more #1s	Candle in the Wind 1997 Elton John · ’97 Vogue · Madonna · ’90 Take a Bow · Madonna · ’95 I’ll Be Missing You · Puff Daddy & Faith Evans · ’97 Heartbreaker · Mariah Carey ft. Jay-Z · ’99 +9 more #1s Justify My Love · Madonna · ’90 Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me · George Michael & Elton John · ’91 This Used to Be My Playground · Madonna · ’92 All for Love · Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting · ’93 Honey · Mariah Carey · ’97 Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down · Puff Daddy ft. Mase · ’97 Mo Money Mo Problems · Notorious B.I.G. · ’97 My All · Mariah Carey · ’98 If You Had My Love · Jennifer Lopez · ’99 +13 more #1s	We Belong Together Mariah Carey · ’05 Music · Madonna · ’00 I’m Real (Murder Remix) · J.Lo ft. Ja Rule · ’01 All I Have · J.Lo ft. LL Cool J · ’03 Touch My Body · Mariah Carey · ’08 +5 more #1s Thank God I Found You · Mariah Carey · ’00 Bump, Bump, Bump · B2K & P. Diddy · ’02 Ain’t It Funny (Murder Remix) · Jennifer Lopez ft. Ja Rule · ’02 Shake Ya Tailfeather · Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee · ’03 Don’t Forget About Us · Mariah Carey · ’05 +9 more #1s	Shallow Lady Gaga & B. Cooper · ’18 Born This Way · Lady Gaga · ’11 Can’t Feel My Face · The Weeknd · ’15 Starboy · The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk · ’16 All I Want for Christmas Is You · Mariah Carey · ’19 +2 more #1s The Hills · The Weeknd · ’15 Heartless · The Weeknd · ’19 +6 more #1s	Blinding Lights The Weeknd · ’20 Rain on Me · Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande · ’20 Save Your Tears · The Weeknd · ’21 Die With a Smile · Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars · ’24 +3 more #1s
Don Passman Gang Tyre Ramer · Five & counting b. 1946 · age 80 active counsel	—	—	—	What’s Love Got to Do with It Tina Turner · ’84	That’s the Way Love Goes Janet Jackson · ’93 Love Will Never Do (Without You) · Janet Jackson · ’91 Again · Janet Jackson · ’93 Together Again · Janet Jackson · ’98 +3 more #1s	Gold Digger Kanye W. ft. Jamie Foxx · ’05 Doesn’t Really Matter · Janet Jackson · ’00 All for You · Janet Jackson · ’01 Stronger · Kanye West · ’07 Heartless · Kanye West · ’08 +2 more #1s Makes Me Wonder · Maroon 5 · ’07 So What · Pink · ’08 +6 more #1s	Hello Adele · ’15 Raise Your Glass · Pink · ’10 Shake It Off · Taylor Swift · ’14 Blank Space · Taylor Swift · ’14 Look What You Made Me Do · Taylor Swift · ’17 +7 more #1s E.T. · Katy Perry ft. Kanye West · ’11 Moves Like Jagger · Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera · ’11 One More Night · Maroon 5 · ’12 Just Give Me a Reason · Pink ft. Nate Ruess · ’13 Bad Blood · Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar · ’15 Girls Like You · Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B · ’18 All I Want for Christmas Is You · Mariah Carey · ’19 +11 more #1s	Anti-Hero Taylor Swift · ’22
Doug Morris Atlantic · UMG · Sony · Four & counting b. 12/27/38 · age 87	—	—	—	I Want to Know What Love Is Foreigner · ’85 Sussudio · Phil Collins · ’85 · Hot 100 #1 One More Night · Phil Collins · ’85 · Hot 100 #1 Invisible Touch · Genesis · ’86 · Hot 100 #1 Need You Tonight · INXS · ’87 · Hot 100 #1 Another Day in Paradise · Phil Collins · ’89 · Hot 100 #1 Hold On · En Vogue · ’90 · R&B #1 Gloria · Laura Branigan · ’82 · Dance #1 Stand Back · Stevie Nicks · ’83 · Dance #1 Anything for You · Gloria Estefan · ’88 · Hot 100 #1 + 6 more · En Vogue, Matchbox 20, Branigan, Estefan... +15 more #1s	I'll Be Missing You Puff Daddy · ’97 Mo Money Mo Problems · Notorious B.I.G. ft. Puff Daddy · ’97 · Hot 100 #1 Hard Knock Life · Jay-Z · ’98 · Hot 100 #1 +2 more #1s	Be With You Enrique Iglesias · ’00 Foolish · Ashanti · ’02 · Hot 100 #1 (10 wks) In Da Club · 50 Cent · ’03 · Hot 100 #1 (9 wks) Candy Shop · 50 Cent · ’05 · Hot 100 #1 (9 wks) Hollaback Girl · Gwen Stefani · ’05 · Hot 100 #1 Glamorous · Fergie · ’07 · Hot 100 #1 (8 wks) So Sick · Ne-Yo · ’06 · Hot 100 #1 (5 wks) Money Maker · Ludacris · ’06 · Hot 100 #1 (7 wks) Lollipop · Lil Wayne · ’08 · Hot 100 #1 (5 wks) Boom Boom Pow · Black Eyed Peas · ’09 · Hot 100 #1 (12 wks) I Gotta Feeling · Black Eyed Peas · ’09 · Hot 100 #1 (14 wks) + 22 more · Enrique, Ashanti, BEP, Fergie, Ne-Yo, Amy Winehouse... +31 more #1s	All About That Bass Meghan Trainor · ’14 Imma Be · Black Eyed Peas · ’10 · Hot 100 #1 (8 wks) All About That Bass · Meghan Trainor · ’14 · Hot 100 #1 (8 wks) Mask Off · Future · ’17 · Hot 100 #5 / R&B #1 Goosebumps · Travis Scott · ’16 · Hot 100 #5 / R&B #1 Jumpman · Drake & Future · ’15 · Hot 100 #4 / R&B #1 + 14 more · Future, Travis Scott, Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj... +18 more #1s	OPEN
David Geffen Asylum · Geffen · DreamWorks · Four b. 2/21/43 · age 83	—	—	Best of My Love Eagles · ’75 One of These Nights · Eagles · ’75 · Hot 100 #1 New Kid in Town · Eagles · ’77 · Hot 100 #1 Hotel California · Eagles · ’77 · Hot 100 #1 Heartache Tonight · Eagles · ’79 · Hot 100 #1 +4 more #1s	(Just Like) Starting Over John Lennon · ’80 No other Hot 100 #1s confirmed on Geffen in the 1980s · Lennon was the decade anchor only Hot 100 #1 this decade	Love and Affection Nelson · ’90 Nelson was the lone Hot 100 #1 on DGC/Geffen in the 1990s · Alt rock dominance but no pop #1s only Hot 100 #1 this decade	Promiscuous Nelly Furtado · ’06 Say It Right · Nelly Furtado · ’07 · Hot 100 #1 Give It to Me · Timbaland ft. Furtado & Timberlake · ’07 · Hot 100 #1 (Mosley/Geffen) +2 more #1s	streak ended CLOSED
Mo Ostin Warner–Reprise · Four 3/27/27 – 7/31/22 · age 95	—	Strangers in the Night Sinatra · ’66 Everybody Loves Somebody · Dean Martin (Reprise) · ’64 These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ · Nancy Sinatra (Reprise) · ’66 Somethin’ Stupid · Frank & Nancy Sinatra (Reprise) · ’67 +3 more #1s	Black Water Doobie Brothers · ’75 You’ve Got a Friend · James Taylor (Warner) · ’71 A Horse with No Name · America (Warner) · ’72 Dreams · Fleetwood Mac (Warner) · ’77 Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? · Rod Stewart (Warner) · ’79 +2 more #1s Sister Golden Hair · America · ’75 Tonight’s the Night · Rod Stewart · ’76 +6 more #1s	When Doves Cry Prince · ’84 Like a Virgin · Madonna (Sire/Warner) · ’84 Let’s Go Crazy · Prince & The Revolution · ’84 Jump · Van Halen · ’84 Kiss · Prince & The Revolution · ’86 +5 more #1s Sailing · Christopher Cross · ’80 Crazy for You · Madonna · ’85 Papa Don’t Preach · Madonna · ’86 Who’s That Girl · Madonna · ’87 Batdance · Prince · ’89 +9 more #1s	Vogue Madonna (Sire/Warner) · ’90 Cream · Prince & The N.P.G. · ’91 Justify My Love · Madonna · ’90 This Used to Be My Playground · Madonna · ’92 Take a Bow · Madonna · ’95 +4 more #1s	streak ended CLOSED

^* Blackwell evaluated on the better of UK Singles Chart or US Hot 100 per decade — Island is a British label with substantial US presence, so both home charts apply. Spencer Davis Group “Keep On Running” (UK #1, ’66), Blackwell’s discovery and production, released on Fontana via his licensing arrangement. Blackwell and Steinberg share the common connection to Bob Marley.

^† “Teddy Bear” (Elvis, 1957) was #1 on the pre–Hot 100 Top 100 chart, written by David’s clients Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe. The 1950s here include pre–Hot 100 #1s (the chart launched Aug 4, 1958); applied identically to every name. Covers, samples, and interpolations count in the decade they chart, credited to the original’s label or role — the rule that lets Whitney’s 1986 cover count for both Clive (Arista) and David (Creed wrote it).

The Linda Creed Factor — Linda co-wrote “Hold Me” — Whitney Houston’s very first hit, in 1984, a duet with Teddy Pendergrass. Without that hit, would Whitney have made it to her first smash in late 1985? Probably. But we’ll never know. Whitney was singing Linda’s “Greatest Love of All” in clubs before that first hit — before Clive Davis ever discovered her. A year later, the song Linda had written with Michael Masser became Whitney’s third Hot 100 #1. Sadly, Linda didn’t live to see it reach the top — dying just weeks before. Clive Davis’s greatest artist might have been a very different story without Linda Creed and Teddy Pendergrass.