RIAA and the National Endowment for the Arts Announce "Songs of the Century"
The list is organized by decade and alphabetically by performer(s). The * indicates the song that received the most votes for that decade.
DAWN OF A CENTURY (1890-1920)
The American Quartet "Over There" Victor 1917
Enrico Caruso "Vesti La Giubba" Victor 1907
Geraldine Farrar "My Old Kentucky Home" Victor 1910
The Fisk Jubilee Singers "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" Victor 1909
Louise Homer "America the Beautiful" Victor 1925
Scott Joplin "The Entertainer" piano roll 1902
John McCormick "The Star Spangled Banner" Victor 1917
*Billy Murray "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" Victor 1908
Chauncey Olcott "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" Columbia 1913
Original Dixieland Jazz Band "Tiger Rag" Victor 1918
Vess Ossman "Yankee Doodle" N.American 1894
The Peerless Quartet "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" Columbia 1911
Sousa's Band "The Stars and Stripes Forever" Columbia 1896
Frank Stanley "Auld Lang Syne" Columbia 1907
Sophie Tucker "Some of These Days" Columbia 1911
THE JAZZ AGE (1920-1930)
*Louis Armstrong "When the Saints Go Marching In" Decca 1938
Gene Austin "Bye Bye Blackbird" Victor 1926
Ben Bernie Orchestra "Sweet Georgia Brown" Vocalion 1925
Eddie Cantor "Makin' Whoopee" Victor 1929
Hoagy Carmichael "Star Dust" Gennett 1928
The Carter Family "Can the Circle Be Unbroken" ARC 1935
Vernon Dalhart "The Prisoner's Song" Victor 1924
Arthur Gibbs & Gang "Charleston" Victor 1924
W.C. Handy "St. Louis Blues" Okeh 1923
Al Jolson "Swanee" Columbia 1920
Billy Jones "Yes We Have No Bananas" Edison 1923
Isham Jones Orchestra "It Had to Be You" Brunswick 1924
Helen Kane "I Wanna Be Loved By You" Victor 1928
Jelly Roll Morton "King Porter Stomp" Gennett 1923
Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel (T for Texas)" Victor 1930
Ben Selvin Orchestra "Happy Days Are Here Again" Columbia 1930
Bessie Smith "Down Hearted Blues" Columbia 1923
Whisperin' Jack Smith "Me and My Shadow" Victor 1927
Fats Waller "Ain't Misbehavin'" Victor 1929
Paul Whiteman Orchestra "Whispering" Victor 1920
THE GREAT DEPRESSION (1930-1940)
Roy Acuff "Wabash Cannonball" Vocalion 1938
Marian Anderson "Ave Maria" Victor 1937
Fred Astaire "Night and Day" Victor 1932
Gene Autry "Back in the Saddle Again" Vocalion 1938
Count Basie "One O'Clock Jump" Decca 1937
Sidney Bechet "Summertime" Blue Note 1939
The Boswell Sisters "Alexander's Ragtime Band" Brunswick 1935
Cab Calloway "Minnie the Moocher" Brunswick 1931
Bing Crosby "Pennies From Heaven" Decca 1936
Jimmie Davis "You Are My Sunshine" Decca 1940
*Judy Garland "Over the Rainbow" Decca 1939
Benny Goodman "Sing Sing Sing" Victor 1938
Bob Hope/Shirley Ross "Thanks for the Memory" Decca 1939
Robert Johnson "Cross Road Blues" Columbia 1936
Cole Porter "You're the Top" Victor 1935
Harry Richman "Puttin' on the Ritz" Brunswick 1930
Kate Smith "God Bless America" Victor 1939
Sons of the Pioneers "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" Decca 1934
Art Tatum "Tea for Two" Decca 1939
Shirley Temple "On the Good Ship Lollipop" 20th Cent.Fox 1934
Rudy Vallee "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" Brunswick 1932
cast recording Show Boat Brunswick 1932
cast recording Porgy and Bess Decca 1935
THE SWING ERA / THE WAR YEARS (1940-1950)
The Andrews Sisters "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Decca 1941
Eddy Arnold "Cattle Call" Bluebird 1945
Gene Autry "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" Columbia 1949
Les Brown "Sentimental Journey" Columbia 1945
The Chuck Wagon Gang "I'll Fly Away" Columbia 1948
Francis Craig Orchestra "Near You" Bullet 1947
*Bing Crosby "White Christmas" Decca 1942
Cliff Edwards "When You Wish Upon a Star" Victor 1940
Duke Ellington "Take the A Train" Victor 1941
The Fairfield Four "Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around" Bullet 1947
Ella Fitzgerald "A Tisket A Tasket" Decca 1938
Dizzy Gillespie "Salt Peanuts" Guild 1945
Woody Guthrie "This Land Is Your Land" Asch 1947
Coleman Hawkins "Body and Soul" Bluebird 1940
Billie Holiday "God Bless the Child" Okeh 1941
Billie Holiday "Strange Fruit" Commodore 1939
John Lee Hooker "Boogie Chillun" Modern 1948
Lena Horne "Stormy Weather" Victor 1943
The Ink Spots "If I Didn't Care" Decca 1939
Mahalia Jackson "Move on Up a Little Higher" Apollo 1948
Leadbelly "Goodnight Irene" Capitol 1944
Roy Rogers/Dale Evans "Happy Trails" RCA Victor 1951
Johnny Mercer "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" Capitol 1946
Glenn Miller "In the Mood" Bluebird 1939
The Mills Brothers "Paper Doll Decca 1943
Thelonious Monk "Around Midnight" Blue Note 1948
Bill Monroe "Blue Moon of Kentucky" Columbia 1945
Vaughn Monroe "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" RCA Victor 1949
Charlie Parker Sextet "Ornithology" Dial 1946
Alvino Ray "Deep in the Heart of Texas" Bluebird 1942
Artie Shaw "Begin the Beguine" Bluebird 1938
Bob Wills "New San Antonio Rose" Okeh 1940
cast recording Oklahoma! Decca 1943
cast recording South Pacific Columbia 1949
AMERICAN BANDSTAND (1950-1960)
Harry Belafonte "Banana Boat (Day-O)" RCA Victor 1957
Chuck Berry "Johnny B. Goode" Chess 1958
Bo Diddley "Bo Diddley" Checker 1955
Dave Brubeck "Take Five" Columbia 1959
Johnny Cash "I Walk the Line" Sun 1956
The Champs "Tequila" Challenge 1958
Ray Charles "What'd I Say" Atlantic 1959
Ray Charles "Georgia on My Mind" ABC Paramnt 1960
The Chordettes "Mr. Sandman" Cadence 1954
The Coasters "Yakety Yak" Atco 1958
Eddie Cochran "Summertime Blues" Liberty 1958
Nat King Cole "Mona Lisa" Capitol 1950
Sam Cooke "You Send Me" Keen 1957
Danny & The Juniors "At the Hop" ABC Paramnt 1957
Bobby Darin "Mack the Knife" Atco 1959
Miles Davis Kind of Blue Columbia 1959
Doris Day "Que Sera Sera" Columbia 1956
Mark Dinning "Teen Angel" MGM 1960
Fats Domino "Blueberry Hill" Imperial 1956
The Everly Brothers "Wake Up Little Susie" Cadence 1957
The Five Satins "In the Still of the Night" Ember 1956
The Flamingos "I Only Have Eyes for You" End 1959
Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons" Capitol 1955
Connie Francis "Who's Sorry Now" MGM 1958
Erroll Garner Trio "Misty" Mercury 1954
*Bill Haley & His Comets "Rock Around the Clock" Decca 1955
Wilbert Harrison "Kansas City" Fury 1959
Al Hibbler "Unchained Melody" Decca 1955
Buddy Holly "Peggy Sue" Coral 1957
Johnny Horton "The Battle of New Orleans" Columbia 1959
The Isley Brothers "Shout" RCA 1959
The Kingston Trio "Tom Dooley" Capitol 1958
Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire" Sun 1957
Little Richard "Tutti Frutti" Specialty 1956
Frankie Lymon & Teenagers "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Gee 1956
Johnny Mathis "Chances Are" Columbia 1957
The Modern Jazz Quartet "Django" Prestige 1954
Patti Page "The Tennessee Waltz" Mercury 1950
Les Paul & Mary Ford "How High the Moon" Capitol 1951
The Penguins "Earth Angel" Dootone 1954
Carl Perkins "Blue Suede Shoes" Sun 1956
The Platters "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" Mercury 1958
Elvis Presley "Heartbreak Hotel" RCA Victor 1956
Elvis Presley "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" RCA Victor 1956
Louis Prima & Keely Smith "That Old Black Magic" Capitol 1958
George Beverly Shea "How Great Thou Art" RCA 1955
Joe Turner "Shake Rattle and Roll" Atlantic 1954
Ritchie Valens "Donna"/ "La Bamba" Del-Fi 1958
Muddy Waters "Got My Mojo Workin'" Chess 1956
The Weavers "On Top of Old Smoky" Decca 1951
Hank Williams "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" MGM 1949
Hank Williams "Your Cheatin' Heart" MGM 1953
Mary Lou Williams Zodiac Suite Jazztone 1955
cast recording The King and I Decca 1951
cast recording My Fair Lady Columbia 1956
cast recording West Side Story Columbia 1957
cast recording The Music Man Capitol 1958
THE 'SIXTIES (1960-1970)
The Animals "House of the Rising Sun" MGM 1964
Louis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World" ABC 1967
Joan Baez "We Shall Overcome" Vanguard 1963
The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" Capitol 1967
The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" Capitol 1964
The Beatles "Yesterday" / "Act Naturally" Capitol 1965
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Capitol 1967
Tony Bennett "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Columbia 1962
James Brown "I Got You (I Feel Good)" King 1965
Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth" Atco 1967
The Byrds "Turn Turn Turn" Columbia 1965
Glen Campbell "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" Capitol 1967
Johnny Cash "Ring of Fire" Columbia 1963
Chubby Checker "The Twist" Parkway 1960
Petula Clark "Downtown" Warner Bros. 1965
Patsy Cline "I Fall to Pieces" Decca 1961
John Coltrane A Love Supreme Impulse 1964
Creedence Clearwater Revival "Proud Mary" Fantasy 1969
Jackie DeShannon "What the World Needs Now Is Love" Imperial 1965
Dion "Runaround Sue" Laurie 1961
Dion "Abraham, Martin and John" Laurie 1968
The Doors "Light My Fire" Elektra 1967
The Drifters "On Broadway" Atlantic 1963
Bob Dylan "The Times They Are A-Changin'" Columbia 1964
Bob Dylan "Like a Rolling Stone" Columbia 1965
The Four Tops "Reach Out I'll Be There" Motown 1966
*Aretha Franklin "Respect" Atlantic 1967
Marvin Gaye "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Tamla 1968
Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Tamla 1967
Bobbie Gentry "Ode to Billy Joe" Capitol 1967
Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto "The Girl From Ipanema" Verve 1964
Lesley Gore "It's My Party" Mercury 1963
Ramsey Lewis Trio "The In Crowd" Argo 1965
Merle Haggard "Sing Me Back Home" Capitol 1967
Edwin Hawkins Singers "O Happy Day" Pavillion 1969
Jimi Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower" Reprise 1968
The Impressions "People Get Ready" ABC Parmnt 1965
Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit" RCA 1967
Janis Joplin "Me and Bobby McGee" Columbia 1971
B.B. King "The Thrill Is Gone" Blues Way 1969
Ben E. King "Stand By Me" Atco 1961
The Kingsmen "Louie Louie" Wand 1963
The Kinks "You Really Got Me" Reprise 1964
Brenda Lee "I'm Sorry" Decca 1960
Ketty Lester "Love Letters" Era 1962
Little Eva "The Loco-Motion" Dimension 1962
Mamas & Papas "California Dreamin'" Dunhill 1966
Henry Mancini "Moon River" RCA 1961
Martha & The Vandellas "Dancing in the Street" Gordy 1964
Dean Martin "Everybody Loves Somebody" Reprise 1964
Roger Miller "King of the Road" Smash 1965
The Miracles "The Tracks of My Tears" Tamla 1965
Roy Orbison "Crying" Monument 1961
Roy Orbison "Oh Pretty Woman" Monument 1964
Peter, Paul & Mary "Blowin' in the Wind" Warner Bros. 1963
Wilson Pickett "In the Midnight Hour" Atlantic 1965
Otis Redding "Dock of the Bay" Volt 1968
The Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" Philles 1965
Marty Robbins "El Paso" Columbia 1959
The Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" London 1965
The Ronettes "Be My Baby" Philles 1963
Sam & Dave "Soul Man" Stax 1967
The Shangri-Las "Leader of the Pack" Red Bird 1964
The Shirelles "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" Scepter 1961
Simon & Garfunkel "Sounds of Silence" Columbia 1965
Frank Sinatra "Strangers in the Night" Reprise 1966
Frank Sinatra "My Way" Reprise 1969
Percy Sledge "When a Man Loves a Woman" Atlantic 1966
Sly & The Family Stone "Everyday People" Epic 1968
Sonny & Cher "I Got You Babe" Atco 1965
Steppenwolf "Born to be Wild" Dunhill 1968
The Supremes "Stop in the Name of Love" Motown 1965
The Temptations "My Girl" Gordy 1965
B.J. Thomas "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" Scepter 1969
The Tokens "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" RCA 1961
The Tymes "So in Love" Parkway 1963
Dionne Warwick "Walk on By" Scepter 1964
Mary Wells "My Guy" Motown 1964
Tammy Wynette "Stand By Your Man" Epic 1968
cast recording The Sound of Music Columbia 1960
cast recording Hair RCA 1969
THE ROCK ERA (1970-1980)
Abba "Dancing Queen" Atlantic 1977
Aerosmith "Walk This Way" Columbia 1976
Allman Brothers Band "Ramblin' Man" Capricorn 1973
The Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive" RSO 1978
George Benson "This Masquerade" Warner Bros. 1976
Jimmy Buffett "Margaritaville" ABC 1977
Shirley Caesar "No Charge" Scepter 1975
The Carpenters "Close to You" A&M 1970
Harry Chapin "The Cat's in the Cradle" Elektra 1974
Chicago "Saturday in the Park" Columbia 1972
Jim Croce "Time in a Bottle ABC 1973
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "Ohio" Atlantic 1970
Charlie Daniels Band "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" Epic 1979
Miles Davis Bitches Brew Columbia 1969
John Denver "Take Me Home Country Roads" RCA 1971
Derek & The Dominos "Layla" Atco 1972
Thomas Dorsey/Marion Williams "Take My Hand Precious Lord" Columbia 1973
The Eagles "Hotel California" Asylum 1977
Roberta Flack "Killing Me Softly With His Song" Atlantic 1973
Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way" Reprise 1977
Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" Tamla 1971
Gloria Gayner "I Will Survive" Polydor 1979
The Grateful Dead "Uncle John's Band" Warner Bros. 1970
Al Green "Let's Stay Together" Hi 1972
Isaac Hayes "Theme From Shaft" Enterprise 1971
The Jackson 5 "I Want You Back" Motown 1969
Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson "Mama's Don't Let Your Babies…" RCA 1978
Billy Joel "Piano Man" Columbia 1974
Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" MCA 1973
K.C. & The Sunshine Band "That's the Way( I Like It)" TK 1975
Carole King "It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move" Ode 1971
Gladys Knight & The Pips "Midnight Train to Georgia" Buddah 1973
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" Atlantic 1971
John Lennon "Imagine" Apple 1971
Loretta Lynn "Coal Miner's Daughter" Decca 1970
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Free Bird" MCA 1974
*Don McLean "American Pie" United Artists 1971
Harold Melvin/Blue Notes "If You Don't Know Me By Now" Phila.Int'l. 1972
Joni Mitchell "Big Yellow Taxi" Reprise 1970
Van Morrison "Brown Eyed Girl" Bang 1967
Johnny Nash "I Can See Clearly Now" Epic 1972
Nilsson "Everybody's Talkin'" RCA 1969
Queen "We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You" Elektra 1977
Helen Reddy "I Am Woman" Capitol 1972
Charlie Rich "Behind Closed Doors" Epic 1973
Kenny Rogers "The Gambler" United Artists 1978
Linda Ronstadt "When Will I Be Loved" Capitol 1975
Santana "Oye Como Va" Columbia 1971
Carly Simon "You're So Vain" Elektra 1973
Sister Sledge "We Are Family" Cotillion 1979
Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run" Columbia 1975
The Staple Singers "Respect Yourself" Stax 1971
Edwin Starr "War" Gordy 1970
Rod Stewart "Maggie May" Mercury 1971
Barbra Streisand "The Way We Were" Columbia 1973
Donna Summer "She Works Hard for the Money" Mercury 1983
James Taylor "Fire and Rain" Warner Bros. 1970
Three Dog Night "Joy to the World" Dunhill 1971
The Village People "Y.M.C.A." Casablanca 1978
Weather Report "Birdland" Columbia 1976
Bill Withers "Lean On Me" Sussex 1972
Stevie Wonder "Superstition" Tamla 1972
Stevie Wonder "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Tamla 1973
Neil Young "Heart of Gold" Reprise 1972
soundtrack recording Grease RSO 1979
THE 'EIGHTIES (1980-1990)
Alabama "My Home's in Alabama" RCA 1980
The B-52's "Love Shack" Reprise 1989
The Beastie Boys "Fight for Your Right (to Party)" Def Jam 1987
Blondie "Heart of Glass" Chrysalis 1979
Irene Cara "Flashdance" Casablanca 1983
Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes" EMI America 1981
Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes "Up Where We Belong" Island 1982
The Go-Go's "We Got the Beat" IRS 1982
Grandmaster Flash "The Message" Sugar Hill 1982
Amy Grant "El Shaddai" Myrrh 1982
Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child o' Mine" Geffen 1988
Herbie Hancock "Rockit" Columbia 1983
Michael Jackson "Beat It" Epic 1983
Joan Jett "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Boardwalk 1982
George Jones "He Stopped Loving Her Today" Epic 1980
The Judds "Mama He's Crazy" RCA/Curb 1984
Kool & The Gang "Celebration" De-Lite 1980
Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Portrait 1983
Bobby McFerrin "Don't Worry Be Happy" EMI 1988
Madonna "Material Girl" Sire 1985
John Cougar Mellencamp "Jack and Diane" Riva 1982
George Michael "Faith" Columbia 1987
Bette Midler "The Wind Beneath My Wings" Atlantic 1989
Willie Nelson "On the Road Again" Columbia 1980
Dolly Parton "9 to 5" RCA 1980
Tom Petty "Free Fallin'" MCA 1989
Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall" Columbia 1980
The Pointer Sisters "I'm So Excited" Planet 1984
The Police "Every Breath You Take" A&M 1983
Prince "1999" Warner Bros. 1982
Prince "Purple Rain" Warner Bros. 1984
Public Enemy "Fight the Power" Motown 1989
Bob Seger "Old Time Rock & Roll" Capitol 1979
Paul Simon 'Graceland" Warner Bros. 1986
Bruce Springsteen "Born in the U.S.A." Columbia 1984
Sugarhill Gang "Rapper's Delight" Sugar Hill 1979
Talking Heads "Burning Down the House" Sire 1983
*Tina Turner "What's Love Got to Do With It" Capitol 1984
USA for Africa "We Are the World" Columbia 1985
U2 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Island 1987
Van Halen "Jump" Warner Bros. 1984
Dionne Warwick & Friends "That's What Friends Are For" Arista 1986
Hank Williams Jr. "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" WB 1984
Steve Winwood "Higher Love" Island 1986
END OF THE MILLENnIUM (1990-2000)
Boyz II Men/Mariah Carey "One Sweet Day" Columbia 1996
Garth Brooks "Friends in Low Places" Capitol 1990
Tracy Chapman "Fast Car" Elektra 1988
Eric Clapton "Change the World" Reprise 1996
Sheryl Crow "All I Wanna Do" A&M 1994
Destiny's Child "Bills, Bills, Bills" Columbia 1999
Billy Ray Cyrus "Achy Breaky Heart" Mercury 1992
Celine Dion "My Heart Will Go On" 550/Epic 1998
Dixie Chicks "Wide Open Spaces" Monument 1998
M.C. Hammer "U Can't Touch This" Capitol 1990
Faith Hill "This Kiss" Warner Bros. 1999
Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Ruffhouse 1998
Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You" Arista 1992
Elton John "Candle in the Wind" Rocket 1997
R. Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly" Jive 1997
Tim McGraw "Please Remember Me"` Curb 1999
Ricky Martin "Livin' La Vida Loca" Columbia 1999
*Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" DGC 1992
R.E.M. "Losing My Religion" Warner Bros. 1991
Bonnie Raitt "Something to Talk About" Capitol 1991
Santana/Rob Thomas "Smooth" Arista 1999
Will Smith "Men in Black" Columbia 1997
TLC "No Scrubs" LaFace 1999
Shania Twain "You're Still the One" Mercury 1998
BeBe& CeCe Winans "Addictive Love" Capitol 1991
Lee Ann Womack "I Hope You Dance" MCA 2000
The list is organized by decade and alphabetically by performer(s). The * indicates the song that received the most votes for that decade.
DAWN OF A CENTURY (1890-1920)
The American Quartet "Over There" Victor 1917
Enrico Caruso "Vesti La Giubba" Victor 1907
Geraldine Farrar "My Old Kentucky Home" Victor 1910
The Fisk Jubilee Singers "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" Victor 1909
Louise Homer "America the Beautiful" Victor 1925
Scott Joplin "The Entertainer" piano roll 1902
John McCormick "The Star Spangled Banner" Victor 1917
*Billy Murray "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" Victor 1908
Chauncey Olcott "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" Columbia 1913
Original Dixieland Jazz Band "Tiger Rag" Victor 1918
Vess Ossman "Yankee Doodle" N.American 1894
The Peerless Quartet "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" Columbia 1911
Sousa's Band "The Stars and Stripes Forever" Columbia 1896
Frank Stanley "Auld Lang Syne" Columbia 1907
Sophie Tucker "Some of These Days" Columbia 1911
THE JAZZ AGE (1920-1930)
*Louis Armstrong "When the Saints Go Marching In" Decca 1938
Gene Austin "Bye Bye Blackbird" Victor 1926
Ben Bernie Orchestra "Sweet Georgia Brown" Vocalion 1925
Eddie Cantor "Makin' Whoopee" Victor 1929
Hoagy Carmichael "Star Dust" Gennett 1928
The Carter Family "Can the Circle Be Unbroken" ARC 1935
Vernon Dalhart "The Prisoner's Song" Victor 1924
Arthur Gibbs & Gang "Charleston" Victor 1924
W.C. Handy "St. Louis Blues" Okeh 1923
Al Jolson "Swanee" Columbia 1920
Billy Jones "Yes We Have No Bananas" Edison 1923
Isham Jones Orchestra "It Had to Be You" Brunswick 1924
Helen Kane "I Wanna Be Loved By You" Victor 1928
Jelly Roll Morton "King Porter Stomp" Gennett 1923
Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel (T for Texas)" Victor 1930
Ben Selvin Orchestra "Happy Days Are Here Again" Columbia 1930
Bessie Smith "Down Hearted Blues" Columbia 1923
Whisperin' Jack Smith "Me and My Shadow" Victor 1927
Fats Waller "Ain't Misbehavin'" Victor 1929
Paul Whiteman Orchestra "Whispering" Victor 1920
THE GREAT DEPRESSION (1930-1940)
Roy Acuff "Wabash Cannonball" Vocalion 1938
Marian Anderson "Ave Maria" Victor 1937
Fred Astaire "Night and Day" Victor 1932
Gene Autry "Back in the Saddle Again" Vocalion 1938
Count Basie "One O'Clock Jump" Decca 1937
Sidney Bechet "Summertime" Blue Note 1939
The Boswell Sisters "Alexander's Ragtime Band" Brunswick 1935
Cab Calloway "Minnie the Moocher" Brunswick 1931
Bing Crosby "Pennies From Heaven" Decca 1936
Jimmie Davis "You Are My Sunshine" Decca 1940
*Judy Garland "Over the Rainbow" Decca 1939
Benny Goodman "Sing Sing Sing" Victor 1938
Bob Hope/Shirley Ross "Thanks for the Memory" Decca 1939
Robert Johnson "Cross Road Blues" Columbia 1936
Cole Porter "You're the Top" Victor 1935
Harry Richman "Puttin' on the Ritz" Brunswick 1930
Kate Smith "God Bless America" Victor 1939
Sons of the Pioneers "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" Decca 1934
Art Tatum "Tea for Two" Decca 1939
Shirley Temple "On the Good Ship Lollipop" 20th Cent.Fox 1934
Rudy Vallee "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" Brunswick 1932
cast recording Show Boat Brunswick 1932
cast recording Porgy and Bess Decca 1935
THE SWING ERA / THE WAR YEARS (1940-1950)
The Andrews Sisters "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Decca 1941
Eddy Arnold "Cattle Call" Bluebird 1945
Gene Autry "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" Columbia 1949
Les Brown "Sentimental Journey" Columbia 1945
The Chuck Wagon Gang "I'll Fly Away" Columbia 1948
Francis Craig Orchestra "Near You" Bullet 1947
*Bing Crosby "White Christmas" Decca 1942
Cliff Edwards "When You Wish Upon a Star" Victor 1940
Duke Ellington "Take the A Train" Victor 1941
The Fairfield Four "Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around" Bullet 1947
Ella Fitzgerald "A Tisket A Tasket" Decca 1938
Dizzy Gillespie "Salt Peanuts" Guild 1945
Woody Guthrie "This Land Is Your Land" Asch 1947
Coleman Hawkins "Body and Soul" Bluebird 1940
Billie Holiday "God Bless the Child" Okeh 1941
Billie Holiday "Strange Fruit" Commodore 1939
John Lee Hooker "Boogie Chillun" Modern 1948
Lena Horne "Stormy Weather" Victor 1943
The Ink Spots "If I Didn't Care" Decca 1939
Mahalia Jackson "Move on Up a Little Higher" Apollo 1948
Leadbelly "Goodnight Irene" Capitol 1944
Roy Rogers/Dale Evans "Happy Trails" RCA Victor 1951
Johnny Mercer "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" Capitol 1946
Glenn Miller "In the Mood" Bluebird 1939
The Mills Brothers "Paper Doll Decca 1943
Thelonious Monk "Around Midnight" Blue Note 1948
Bill Monroe "Blue Moon of Kentucky" Columbia 1945
Vaughn Monroe "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" RCA Victor 1949
Charlie Parker Sextet "Ornithology" Dial 1946
Alvino Ray "Deep in the Heart of Texas" Bluebird 1942
Artie Shaw "Begin the Beguine" Bluebird 1938
Bob Wills "New San Antonio Rose" Okeh 1940
cast recording Oklahoma! Decca 1943
cast recording South Pacific Columbia 1949
AMERICAN BANDSTAND (1950-1960)
Harry Belafonte "Banana Boat (Day-O)" RCA Victor 1957
Chuck Berry "Johnny B. Goode" Chess 1958
Bo Diddley "Bo Diddley" Checker 1955
Dave Brubeck "Take Five" Columbia 1959
Johnny Cash "I Walk the Line" Sun 1956
The Champs "Tequila" Challenge 1958
Ray Charles "What'd I Say" Atlantic 1959
Ray Charles "Georgia on My Mind" ABC Paramnt 1960
The Chordettes "Mr. Sandman" Cadence 1954
The Coasters "Yakety Yak" Atco 1958
Eddie Cochran "Summertime Blues" Liberty 1958
Nat King Cole "Mona Lisa" Capitol 1950
Sam Cooke "You Send Me" Keen 1957
Danny & The Juniors "At the Hop" ABC Paramnt 1957
Bobby Darin "Mack the Knife" Atco 1959
Miles Davis Kind of Blue Columbia 1959
Doris Day "Que Sera Sera" Columbia 1956
Mark Dinning "Teen Angel" MGM 1960
Fats Domino "Blueberry Hill" Imperial 1956
The Everly Brothers "Wake Up Little Susie" Cadence 1957
The Five Satins "In the Still of the Night" Ember 1956
The Flamingos "I Only Have Eyes for You" End 1959
Tennessee Ernie Ford "Sixteen Tons" Capitol 1955
Connie Francis "Who's Sorry Now" MGM 1958
Erroll Garner Trio "Misty" Mercury 1954
*Bill Haley & His Comets "Rock Around the Clock" Decca 1955
Wilbert Harrison "Kansas City" Fury 1959
Al Hibbler "Unchained Melody" Decca 1955
Buddy Holly "Peggy Sue" Coral 1957
Johnny Horton "The Battle of New Orleans" Columbia 1959
The Isley Brothers "Shout" RCA 1959
The Kingston Trio "Tom Dooley" Capitol 1958
Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire" Sun 1957
Little Richard "Tutti Frutti" Specialty 1956
Frankie Lymon & Teenagers "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Gee 1956
Johnny Mathis "Chances Are" Columbia 1957
The Modern Jazz Quartet "Django" Prestige 1954
Patti Page "The Tennessee Waltz" Mercury 1950
Les Paul & Mary Ford "How High the Moon" Capitol 1951
The Penguins "Earth Angel" Dootone 1954
Carl Perkins "Blue Suede Shoes" Sun 1956
The Platters "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" Mercury 1958
Elvis Presley "Heartbreak Hotel" RCA Victor 1956
Elvis Presley "Hound Dog"/ "Don't Be Cruel" RCA Victor 1956
Louis Prima & Keely Smith "That Old Black Magic" Capitol 1958
George Beverly Shea "How Great Thou Art" RCA 1955
Joe Turner "Shake Rattle and Roll" Atlantic 1954
Ritchie Valens "Donna"/ "La Bamba" Del-Fi 1958
Muddy Waters "Got My Mojo Workin'" Chess 1956
The Weavers "On Top of Old Smoky" Decca 1951
Hank Williams "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" MGM 1949
Hank Williams "Your Cheatin' Heart" MGM 1953
Mary Lou Williams Zodiac Suite Jazztone 1955
cast recording The King and I Decca 1951
cast recording My Fair Lady Columbia 1956
cast recording West Side Story Columbia 1957
cast recording The Music Man Capitol 1958
THE 'SIXTIES (1960-1970)
The Animals "House of the Rising Sun" MGM 1964
Louis Armstrong "What a Wonderful World" ABC 1967
Joan Baez "We Shall Overcome" Vanguard 1963
The Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" Capitol 1967
The Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" Capitol 1964
The Beatles "Yesterday" / "Act Naturally" Capitol 1965
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Capitol 1967
Tony Bennett "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Columbia 1962
James Brown "I Got You (I Feel Good)" King 1965
Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth" Atco 1967
The Byrds "Turn Turn Turn" Columbia 1965
Glen Campbell "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" Capitol 1967
Johnny Cash "Ring of Fire" Columbia 1963
Chubby Checker "The Twist" Parkway 1960
Petula Clark "Downtown" Warner Bros. 1965
Patsy Cline "I Fall to Pieces" Decca 1961
John Coltrane A Love Supreme Impulse 1964
Creedence Clearwater Revival "Proud Mary" Fantasy 1969
Jackie DeShannon "What the World Needs Now Is Love" Imperial 1965
Dion "Runaround Sue" Laurie 1961
Dion "Abraham, Martin and John" Laurie 1968
The Doors "Light My Fire" Elektra 1967
The Drifters "On Broadway" Atlantic 1963
Bob Dylan "The Times They Are A-Changin'" Columbia 1964
Bob Dylan "Like a Rolling Stone" Columbia 1965
The Four Tops "Reach Out I'll Be There" Motown 1966
*Aretha Franklin "Respect" Atlantic 1967
Marvin Gaye "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Tamla 1968
Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Tamla 1967
Bobbie Gentry "Ode to Billy Joe" Capitol 1967
Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto "The Girl From Ipanema" Verve 1964
Lesley Gore "It's My Party" Mercury 1963
Ramsey Lewis Trio "The In Crowd" Argo 1965
Merle Haggard "Sing Me Back Home" Capitol 1967
Edwin Hawkins Singers "O Happy Day" Pavillion 1969
Jimi Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower" Reprise 1968
The Impressions "People Get Ready" ABC Parmnt 1965
Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit" RCA 1967
Janis Joplin "Me and Bobby McGee" Columbia 1971
B.B. King "The Thrill Is Gone" Blues Way 1969
Ben E. King "Stand By Me" Atco 1961
The Kingsmen "Louie Louie" Wand 1963
The Kinks "You Really Got Me" Reprise 1964
Brenda Lee "I'm Sorry" Decca 1960
Ketty Lester "Love Letters" Era 1962
Little Eva "The Loco-Motion" Dimension 1962
Mamas & Papas "California Dreamin'" Dunhill 1966
Henry Mancini "Moon River" RCA 1961
Martha & The Vandellas "Dancing in the Street" Gordy 1964
Dean Martin "Everybody Loves Somebody" Reprise 1964
Roger Miller "King of the Road" Smash 1965
The Miracles "The Tracks of My Tears" Tamla 1965
Roy Orbison "Crying" Monument 1961
Roy Orbison "Oh Pretty Woman" Monument 1964
Peter, Paul & Mary "Blowin' in the Wind" Warner Bros. 1963
Wilson Pickett "In the Midnight Hour" Atlantic 1965
Otis Redding "Dock of the Bay" Volt 1968
The Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" Philles 1965
Marty Robbins "El Paso" Columbia 1959
The Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" London 1965
The Ronettes "Be My Baby" Philles 1963
Sam & Dave "Soul Man" Stax 1967
The Shangri-Las "Leader of the Pack" Red Bird 1964
The Shirelles "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" Scepter 1961
Simon & Garfunkel "Sounds of Silence" Columbia 1965
Frank Sinatra "Strangers in the Night" Reprise 1966
Frank Sinatra "My Way" Reprise 1969
Percy Sledge "When a Man Loves a Woman" Atlantic 1966
Sly & The Family Stone "Everyday People" Epic 1968
Sonny & Cher "I Got You Babe" Atco 1965
Steppenwolf "Born to be Wild" Dunhill 1968
The Supremes "Stop in the Name of Love" Motown 1965
The Temptations "My Girl" Gordy 1965
B.J. Thomas "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" Scepter 1969
The Tokens "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" RCA 1961
The Tymes "So in Love" Parkway 1963
Dionne Warwick "Walk on By" Scepter 1964
Mary Wells "My Guy" Motown 1964
Tammy Wynette "Stand By Your Man" Epic 1968
cast recording The Sound of Music Columbia 1960
cast recording Hair RCA 1969
THE ROCK ERA (1970-1980)
Abba "Dancing Queen" Atlantic 1977
Aerosmith "Walk This Way" Columbia 1976
Allman Brothers Band "Ramblin' Man" Capricorn 1973
The Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive" RSO 1978
George Benson "This Masquerade" Warner Bros. 1976
Jimmy Buffett "Margaritaville" ABC 1977
Shirley Caesar "No Charge" Scepter 1975
The Carpenters "Close to You" A&M 1970
Harry Chapin "The Cat's in the Cradle" Elektra 1974
Chicago "Saturday in the Park" Columbia 1972
Jim Croce "Time in a Bottle ABC 1973
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young "Ohio" Atlantic 1970
Charlie Daniels Band "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" Epic 1979
Miles Davis Bitches Brew Columbia 1969
John Denver "Take Me Home Country Roads" RCA 1971
Derek & The Dominos "Layla" Atco 1972
Thomas Dorsey/Marion Williams "Take My Hand Precious Lord" Columbia 1973
The Eagles "Hotel California" Asylum 1977
Roberta Flack "Killing Me Softly With His Song" Atlantic 1973
Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way" Reprise 1977
Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" Tamla 1971
Gloria Gayner "I Will Survive" Polydor 1979
The Grateful Dead "Uncle John's Band" Warner Bros. 1970
Al Green "Let's Stay Together" Hi 1972
Isaac Hayes "Theme From Shaft" Enterprise 1971
The Jackson 5 "I Want You Back" Motown 1969
Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson "Mama's Don't Let Your Babies…" RCA 1978
Billy Joel "Piano Man" Columbia 1974
Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" MCA 1973
K.C. & The Sunshine Band "That's the Way( I Like It)" TK 1975
Carole King "It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move" Ode 1971
Gladys Knight & The Pips "Midnight Train to Georgia" Buddah 1973
Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" Atlantic 1971
John Lennon "Imagine" Apple 1971
Loretta Lynn "Coal Miner's Daughter" Decca 1970
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Free Bird" MCA 1974
*Don McLean "American Pie" United Artists 1971
Harold Melvin/Blue Notes "If You Don't Know Me By Now" Phila.Int'l. 1972
Joni Mitchell "Big Yellow Taxi" Reprise 1970
Van Morrison "Brown Eyed Girl" Bang 1967
Johnny Nash "I Can See Clearly Now" Epic 1972
Nilsson "Everybody's Talkin'" RCA 1969
Queen "We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You" Elektra 1977
Helen Reddy "I Am Woman" Capitol 1972
Charlie Rich "Behind Closed Doors" Epic 1973
Kenny Rogers "The Gambler" United Artists 1978
Linda Ronstadt "When Will I Be Loved" Capitol 1975
Santana "Oye Como Va" Columbia 1971
Carly Simon "You're So Vain" Elektra 1973
Sister Sledge "We Are Family" Cotillion 1979
Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run" Columbia 1975
The Staple Singers "Respect Yourself" Stax 1971
Edwin Starr "War" Gordy 1970
Rod Stewart "Maggie May" Mercury 1971
Barbra Streisand "The Way We Were" Columbia 1973
Donna Summer "She Works Hard for the Money" Mercury 1983
James Taylor "Fire and Rain" Warner Bros. 1970
Three Dog Night "Joy to the World" Dunhill 1971
The Village People "Y.M.C.A." Casablanca 1978
Weather Report "Birdland" Columbia 1976
Bill Withers "Lean On Me" Sussex 1972
Stevie Wonder "Superstition" Tamla 1972
Stevie Wonder "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Tamla 1973
Neil Young "Heart of Gold" Reprise 1972
soundtrack recording Grease RSO 1979
THE 'EIGHTIES (1980-1990)
Alabama "My Home's in Alabama" RCA 1980
The B-52's "Love Shack" Reprise 1989
The Beastie Boys "Fight for Your Right (to Party)" Def Jam 1987
Blondie "Heart of Glass" Chrysalis 1979
Irene Cara "Flashdance" Casablanca 1983
Kim Carnes "Bette Davis Eyes" EMI America 1981
Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes "Up Where We Belong" Island 1982
The Go-Go's "We Got the Beat" IRS 1982
Grandmaster Flash "The Message" Sugar Hill 1982
Amy Grant "El Shaddai" Myrrh 1982
Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child o' Mine" Geffen 1988
Herbie Hancock "Rockit" Columbia 1983
Michael Jackson "Beat It" Epic 1983
Joan Jett "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Boardwalk 1982
George Jones "He Stopped Loving Her Today" Epic 1980
The Judds "Mama He's Crazy" RCA/Curb 1984
Kool & The Gang "Celebration" De-Lite 1980
Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Portrait 1983
Bobby McFerrin "Don't Worry Be Happy" EMI 1988
Madonna "Material Girl" Sire 1985
John Cougar Mellencamp "Jack and Diane" Riva 1982
George Michael "Faith" Columbia 1987
Bette Midler "The Wind Beneath My Wings" Atlantic 1989
Willie Nelson "On the Road Again" Columbia 1980
Dolly Parton "9 to 5" RCA 1980
Tom Petty "Free Fallin'" MCA 1989
Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall" Columbia 1980
The Pointer Sisters "I'm So Excited" Planet 1984
The Police "Every Breath You Take" A&M 1983
Prince "1999" Warner Bros. 1982
Prince "Purple Rain" Warner Bros. 1984
Public Enemy "Fight the Power" Motown 1989
Bob Seger "Old Time Rock & Roll" Capitol 1979
Paul Simon 'Graceland" Warner Bros. 1986
Bruce Springsteen "Born in the U.S.A." Columbia 1984
Sugarhill Gang "Rapper's Delight" Sugar Hill 1979
Talking Heads "Burning Down the House" Sire 1983
*Tina Turner "What's Love Got to Do With It" Capitol 1984
USA for Africa "We Are the World" Columbia 1985
U2 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Island 1987
Van Halen "Jump" Warner Bros. 1984
Dionne Warwick & Friends "That's What Friends Are For" Arista 1986
Hank Williams Jr. "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" WB 1984
Steve Winwood "Higher Love" Island 1986
END OF THE MILLENnIUM (1990-2000)
Boyz II Men/Mariah Carey "One Sweet Day" Columbia 1996
Garth Brooks "Friends in Low Places" Capitol 1990
Tracy Chapman "Fast Car" Elektra 1988
Eric Clapton "Change the World" Reprise 1996
Sheryl Crow "All I Wanna Do" A&M 1994
Destiny's Child "Bills, Bills, Bills" Columbia 1999
Billy Ray Cyrus "Achy Breaky Heart" Mercury 1992
Celine Dion "My Heart Will Go On" 550/Epic 1998
Dixie Chicks "Wide Open Spaces" Monument 1998
M.C. Hammer "U Can't Touch This" Capitol 1990
Faith Hill "This Kiss" Warner Bros. 1999
Lauryn Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Ruffhouse 1998
Whitney Houston "I Will Always Love You" Arista 1992
Elton John "Candle in the Wind" Rocket 1997
R. Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly" Jive 1997
Tim McGraw "Please Remember Me"` Curb 1999
Ricky Martin "Livin' La Vida Loca" Columbia 1999
*Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" DGC 1992
R.E.M. "Losing My Religion" Warner Bros. 1991
Bonnie Raitt "Something to Talk About" Capitol 1991
Santana/Rob Thomas "Smooth" Arista 1999
Will Smith "Men in Black" Columbia 1997
TLC "No Scrubs" LaFace 1999
Shania Twain "You're Still the One" Mercury 1998
BeBe& CeCe Winans "Addictive Love" Capitol 1991
Lee Ann Womack "I Hope You Dance" MCA 2000