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Philadelphia Top 10 Lists

Top 10 Cheesesteaks

1. Dalessandro's, 600 Wendover Avenue
2. Jim's Steaks, 400 South Street
3. Rick's Philly Steaks, Reading Terminal Market
4. Cosmi's Deli, 1501 South 8th Street
5. Swann Lounge at Four Seasons, 1 Logan Place
6. Tony Luke's, 39 East Oregon Avenue
7. Dolce Carini, 1929 Chestnut Street
8. Lazaro's, 1743 South Street
9. Talk of the Town, 3020 S. Broad Street
10. Sonny's, 228 Market Street

Top 10 Philly Songs

1. EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART, Soul Survivors
2. SHE'S GONE, Hall and Oates
3. LOVE TRAIN, O'Jays
4. BAD LUCK (long version), Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes
5. GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE, Laura Nyro & LaBelle
6. ME AND MRS. JONES, Billy Paul
7. HELLO, IT'S ME, Todd Rundgren
8. ALL YOU ZOMBIES, Hooters
9. THE TWIST, Chubby Checker
10. TEARDROPS, Lee Andrews and the Hearts

Special Holiday Bonus: "SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN, Bruce Sprintsteen Bootleg

Top 10 Philly Films (Since 1976)

1. The Sixth Sense - 1999
2. Witness - 1985
3. Philadelphia - 1993
4. Rocky - 1976
5. Trading Places 1983
6. The Age of Innocence - 1993
7. Blow Out - 1981
8. A History of Violence - 2005
9. 12 Monkeys - 1995
10. Dressed to Kill -1980

Top 10 Philly Jazz Albums

1. John Coltrane -- A Love Supreme | Impulse!, 1964
2. Dizzy Gillespie -- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings | RCA, 1995
3. Bessie Smith -- The Essential Bessie Smith | Columbia, 1997
4. Lee Morgan -- The Sidewinder | Blue Note, 1964
5. Stan Getz -- Captain Marvel | Epic, 1972
6. Pat Martino -- Exit | Muse, 1976
7. Heath Brothers Brothers and Others | Antilles, 1983
8. McCoy Tyner -- The Real McCoy | Blue Note, 1967
9. Grover Washington, Jr. --Winelight | Elektra, 1980
10. Philly Joe Jones -- Showcase | Riverside/OJC, 1959

Top 10 Philly Pop Albums

1. Hall and Oates -- Abandoned Luncheonette | Atlantic, 1973
2. The Spinners -- The Spinners | Atlantic, 1972
3. The Roots -- Phrenology | MCA, 2002
4. O'Jays -- Back Stabbers | Epic/Legacy, 1972
5. Laura Nyro & LaBelle-- CBS | Gonna Take A Miracle, 1971
6. Todd Rundgren -- Something/Anything? | Bearsville/ Rhino, 1972
7. The Delfonics -- La-La Means I Love You | Bell,
   1968
8. DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince -- He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper | Jive, 1988
9. Harold Melvin & the Blue
   Notes -- Wake up Everybody | Philadelphia International, 1975
10. Pink -- Missundaztood | Arista, 2001

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