UK EMI JLB8 Like its title track, Lennon's Imagine became a posthumous hit worldwide after his death in December 1980.

The song was Gaye's third posthumous hit since his April 1, 1984 death at the hands of his minister father and was the highest-charted single for Gaye since 1985's "Sanctified Lady".

It contains a number of singles and B-sides dating back to 1965 and one of his best known songs, the posthumous hit "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay".

Success overcame several of those tragic deaths, as both Cline and Reeves had many posthumous hits (with previously recorded songs issued after their deaths) and enjoyed strong followings for many years.

Reeves, already a huge country star, would leave behind hundreds of un-released recordings; many of those songs became huge posthumous hits during the next decade.

The song became a posthumous hit.

Eddie Cochran remained popular in the UK throughout the 1960s and scored more posthumous hits such as "My Way", "Weekend" and "Nervous Breakdown".

By the 1960s, MCA had acquired Decca and continued to issue Cline albums up to the early 1970s, garnering the artist several posthumous hits along the way.

Wilson scored a posthumous hit when "Reet Petite" reached number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands in 1986.

Bob Marley's Legend remains his best selling album despite many more posthumous hits since, and more thorough compilations being released later on.