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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
  
• 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

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