Jacksonville's contributions to pop music are enormous and sadly, mostly overlooked. This list of Jacksonville's Top 40 hopes to end the overlooking and start the appreciating. Just to explain some guidelines in this list, the songs used in this list had to be released as singles and had to have charted on a Billboard US chart. What constitutes "from Jacksonville"? Those born here, those that lived here for at least a year or so, or bands that were formed here.
The rankings are subjective, I've tried to combine the longevity of living in this area with the enormity of the actual song (and actually, it's just fun to put Limp Bizkit and Pat Boone adjacent to each other), so please don't take the adjoining numbers too seriously, just enjoy the incredible variety of music that has come forth from the area.
40. "Here I Go Again" – Glenn Jones (1992) Jax native Glenn Jones was a mainstay on the R&B Top 40 charts from 1983 through 1994. "Here I Go Again" is his sole number one R&B hit, knocking Vanessa Williams' "Saving the Best For Last" off of the top spot.
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39. "It's Almost Tomorrow" – The Dream Weavers (1955) The Dream Weavers began as a duo in Miami, but hit their stride as a group while attending the University of Florida. Jackson grad Lee Turner was pianist for the group and another Jacksonville native Eddie Newsom played bass. The group recorded their lone top 10 hit in Jacksonville.