Top Songs of Each Decade Of the 20th Century 《美国20世纪最伟大的歌曲(各个时代)》
A new project has chosen 365 "Songs of the Century", an effort to help school kids better understand American music and culture. The Recording Industry Association of America compiled the list with The National Endowment for the Arts. A list of the top song for each decade is below.
DAWN OF A CENTURY (1890-1920)
Billy Murray -- "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
Victor, 1908
THE JAZZ AGE (1920-1930)
Louis Armstrong -- "When the Saints Go Marching In"
Decca, 1938
THE GREAT DEPRESSION (1930-1940)
Judy Garland -- "Over the Rainbow"
Decca, 1939
THE SWING ERA / THE WAR YEARS (1940-1950)
Bing Crosby -- "White Christmas"
Decca, 1942
AMERICAN BANDSTAND (1950-1960)
Bill Haley & the Comets -- "Rock Around the Clock"
Decca, 1955
THE 'SIXTIES (1960-1970)
Aretha Franklin -- "Respect"
Atlantic, 1967
THE ROCK ERA (1970-1980)
Don McLean -- "American Pie"
United Artists, 1971
THE 'EIGHTIES (1980-1990)
Tina Turner -- "What's Love Got to Do With It"
Capitol, 1984
END OF THE MILLENIUM (1990-2000)
Nirvana -- "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
DGC, 1992
The top 20 Of the 20th Century 《美国20世纪最伟大的歌曲(前20名)》
1 Over the Rainbow, Judy Garland
2 White Christmas, Bing Crosby
3 This Land Is Your Land, Woody Guthrie
4 Respect, Aretha Franklin
5 American Pie, Don McLean
6 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, The Andrews Sisters
7 West Side Story, Original Cast
8 Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Billy Murray
9 You've Lost That Lovin Feelin, The Righteous Brothers
10 The Entertainer, Scott Joplin
11 In the Mood, Glenn Miller Orchestra
12 Rock Around the Clock, Bill Haley & The Comets
13 When the Saints Go Marching In, Louis Armstrong
14 You Are My Sunshine, Jimmie Davis
15 Mack the Knife, Bobby Darin
16 Satisfaction, The Rolling Stones
17 Take the 'A' Train, Duke Ellington Orchestra
18 Blueberry Hill, Fats Domino
19 God Bless America, Kate Smith
20 Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa's Band
Top 365
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
Thelonius 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 & the 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