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Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, keyboardist, second lead vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. His aggressive playing style, poetic songwriting techniques and authorship of two rock operas with the Who, as well as other projects, have earned him critical acclaim. Townshend has written more than 100 songs for 12 of the Who's studio albums.... [more on Wikipedia]
As a songwriter, Pete Townshend first charted in 1965 with I Can't Explain .The artist placed 33 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 2 of which reached the Top‑10.The artist scored 41 UK Top‑75 entries, including 15 Top‑10 placements.On US AC the artist achieved 1 Top‑10.On US Rock the artist achieved 12 Top‑10s, 2 of which went to number‑one.
Top songs: #1: Pinball Wizard - #2: Happy Jack - #3: My Generation - #4: I Can See for Miles - #5: You Better You Bet
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1.
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #371]
[Decca 31725]
written by
Pete Townshend
2.
05/1965
3.
11/1965
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #11]
[Decca 31877]
written by Pete Townshend
4.
written by Pete Townshend
5.
03/1966
written by Pete Townshend
6.
08/1966
[Decca 31988]
written by Pete Townshend
7.
09/1966
[Decca 32058]
written by Pete Townshend
8.
12/1966
[Decca 32114]
written by Pete Townshend
9.
[Decca 32156]
written by Pete Townshend
10.
10/1967
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #258]
[Decca 32206]
written by Pete Townshend
11.
[Decca 32288]
written by Pete Townshend
12.
06/1968
written by Pete Townshend
13.
08/1968 Magic Bus The Who
from
Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
[Decca 32362]
written by Pete Townshend
14.
[Decca 32465]
written by Pete Townshend
15.
07/1969
[Decca 32519]
written by Pete Townshend
16.
[Decca 32670]
written by Pete Townshend
17.
06/1970
instrumental [Atlantic 2737]
written by Pete Townshend
18.
09/1970
[Decca 32729]
written by Pete Townshend
19.
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #133]
[Decca 32846]
written by Pete Townshend
20.
10/1971
written by Pete Townshend
21.
11/1971
[Decca 32888]
written by Pete Townshend
22.
[Decca 32983]
written by Pete Townshend
23.
12/1972
[Track 33041]
written by Pete Townshend
24.
[Verve 10709]
written by Pete Townshend
25.
08/1973
[Ode 66040]
written by Pete Townshend
26.
10/1973
written by Pete Townshend
27.
12/1973
[Track 40152]
written by Pete Townshend
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[Track 40182]
written by Pete Townshend
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[MCA 40475]
written by Pete Townshend
30.
written by Pete Townshend
31.
10/1976
R written by Pete Townshend
32.
[MCA 40948]
written by Pete Townshend
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[MCA 41053]
written by Pete Townshend
34.
09/1979
R [Polydor 2022]
written by Pete Townshend
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10/1979
[Starflite 4904]
written by Pete Townshend
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[Atco 7318]
written by Pete Townshend
37.
06/1980
[Atco 7217]
written by Pete Townshend
38.
10/1980
[Atco 7312]
written by Pete Townshend
39.
[Warner 49698]
written by Pete Townshend
40.
04/1981
written by Pete Townshend
41.
04/1981
written by Pete Townshend
42.
04/1981
written by Pete Townshend
43.
04/1981
written by Pete Townshend
44.
05/1981
[Warner 49743]
written by Pete Townshend
45.
05/1981
live charity record written by Pete Townshend
46.
[Atco 99989]
written by Pete Townshend
47.
07/1982 Slit Skirts Pete Townshend
from
All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
[Atco 99973]
written by Pete Townshend
48.
07/1982
written by Pete Townshend
49.
08/1982 Uniforms Pete Townshend
from
All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
50.
09/1982
[Warner 29905]
written by Pete Townshend
51.
09/1982
52.
09/1982
[Warner 29814]
written by Pete Townshend
53.
09/1982
written by Pete Townshend
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10/1982
written by Pete Townshend
55.
56.
57.
11/1984
58.
[Atlantic 89491]
written by Pete Townshend
59.
11/1985
[Atco 7-99590]
written by Pete Townshend
60.
11/1985 Give Blood Pete Townshend
from
White City: A Novel
written by Pete Townshend
61.
written by Pete Townshend
62.
10/1986
written by Pete Townshend
63.
R written by Pete Townshend
64.
06/1988
R written by Pete Townshend
65.
written by Pete Townshend
66.
06/1989
[Atlantic 88875]
written by Pete Townshend
67.
07/1989 Dig The Who
from
The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend
written by Pete Townshend
68.
11/1989
written by Pete Townshend
69.
live written by Pete Townshend
70.
71.
live written by Pete Townshend
72.
06/1993
written by Pete Townshend
73.
R written by Pete Townshend
74.
07/1996
R written by Pete Townshend
75.
written by Pete Townshend
76.
[Interscope album cut]
written by Pete Townshend
77.
with
Roger Daltrey [Teenage Cancer Trust]
written by Pete Townshend
78.
79.
[album cut]
written by Pete Townshend
80.
06/2007
written by Pete Townshend
81.
07/2007
R written by Pete Townshend
82.
R written by Pete Townshend
83.
R written by Pete Townshend
84.
R written by Pete Townshend
85.
08/2012
R written by Pete Townshend
86.
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