The Café Songbook “Catalog of Songs in the Great American Songbook” is an online catalog of more than 850 standards written primarily by professional songwriters between 1910 and 1965. The website itself appears to have last been updated in 2018, as the copyright is listed as 2009-2018.
The website doesn’t rank the songs but I have created a top 100 ranking by looking at how many other lists the songs are featured on. Publication years for songs and the songwriters are indicated, but no specific artist is attached to each song.
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1. “White Christmas” (1942) by Irving Berlin
2. “Stardust” (1927) by Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish
3. “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911) by Irving Berlin
4. “St. Louis Blues” (1914) by W.C. Handy
5. “Summertime” (1935) by George Gerswhin, Ira Gershwin, & Dubose Heyward
6. Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow” (1939) by Harold Arlen & E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
7. “Body and Soul” (1930) by Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sou, and Frank Eyton
8. “Night and Day” (1932) by Cole Porter
9. “Begin the Beguine” (1938) by Cole Porter
10. “On the Sunny Side of the Street” (1930) by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
11. “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (1929) by Fats Waller
12. “Take the ‘A’ Train” (1941) by Billy Strayhorn
13. “All the Things You Are” (1939) by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
14. “The Christmas Song” (1946) by Mel Tormé & Robert Wells
15. “Georgia on My Mind” (1930) by Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell
16. “Tea for Two” (1924) by Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar
17. “Cheek to Cheek” (1935) by Irving Berlin
18. “The Man I Love” (1928) by George & Ira Gershwin
19. “April in Paris” (1932) by Vernon Duke & E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
20. “I Got Rhythm” (1930) by George & Ira Gershwin
21. “My Funny Valentine” (1937) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
22. “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” (1945) by Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn
23. “Winter Wonderland” (1934) by Felix Bernard & Richard B. Smith
24. “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)” (1933) by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
25. “You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)” (1913) by Jimmy Monaco & Joseph McCarthy
26. “Mack the Knife” (1928) by Kurt Weill, Mark Blitzstein, & Berthold Brecht
27. “Sophisticated Lady” (1933) by Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, & Irving Mills
28. “Mood Indigo” (1931) by Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills, & Mitchell Parish
29. “Some of These Days” (1910) by Shelton Brooks
30. “Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)” (1941) by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
31. “Swanee” (1920) by George Gershwin & Iving Caesar
32. “As Time Goes By” (1931) by Herman Hupfield
33. “All of Me” (1931) by Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks
34. “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (1938) by Ella Fitzgerald & Al Feldman
35. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (1944) by Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane
36. “I’m in the Mood for Love” (1935) by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
37. “Sweet Georgia Brown” (1925) by Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, & Maceo Pinkard
38. “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” (1928) by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
39. “Autumn Leaves” (1955) by Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, & Jacques Prevert
40. “Bye Bye Blackbird” (1926) by Ray Henderson & Mort Dixon
41. “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (1936) by Cole Porter
42. “My Blue Heaven” (1927) by Walter Donaldson & George A. Whiting
43. “I Can’t Get Started” (1938) by Vernon Duke & Ira Gershwin
44. “Chattanooga Choo Choo” (1941) by Hary Warren & Mack Gordon
45. “Moonlight Serenade” (1939) by Glenn Miller & Mitchell Parish
46. “Stompin’ at the Savoy” (1934) by Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb, & Andy Razaf
47. “My Melancholy Baby” (1928) by Ernie Burnett & George A. Norton
48. “The Way You Look Tonight” (1936) by Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields
49. “Blue Skies” (1927) by Irving Berlin
50. “It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing” (1932) by Duke Ellington & Irving Mills
51. “It Had to Be You” (1924) by Isham Jones & Gus Kahn
52. “Someone to Watch Over Me” (1926) by George & Ira Gershwin
53. “September Song” (1939) by Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson
54. “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (1933) by Jerome Kern & Otto Harbach
55. “Blue Moon” (1935) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
56. “Tenderly” (1947) by Walter Gross & Jack Lawrence
57. “Dancing in the Dark” (1931) by Athur Schwartz & Howard Dietz
58. “Satin Doll” (1953) by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, & Johnny Mercer
59. “Ol’ Man River” (1927) by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
60. “Everybody Loves My Baby” (1924) by Spencer Williams & Jack Palmer
61. “After You’ve Gone” (1918) by Turner Layton & Henry Creamer
62. “I’ll Be Seeing You” (1940) by Sammy Fain & Irving Kahal
63. “Oh Lady Be Good” (1924) by George & Ira Gershwin
64. “Always” (1926) by Irving Berlin
65. “Oh, You Beautiful Doll” (1911) by Nat D. Ayer & Seymour Brown
66. “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” (1937) by George & Ira Gerswhin
67. “Baby It’s Cold Outside” (1949) by Frank Loesser
68. “Happy Days Are Here Again” (1930) by Milton Ager & Jack Yellen
69. “It Might As Well Be Spring” (1945) by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
70. “Puttin’ on the Ritz” (1930) by Irving Berlin
71. “Honeysuckle Rose” (1935) by Fats Walle & Andy Razaf
72. “How High the Moon” (1951) by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton
73. “I’ll Never Smile Again” (1940) by Ruth Lowe
74. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” (1941) by Don Raye & Hughie Prince
75. “Fly Me to the Moon” (1964) by Bart Howard
76. “My Favorite Things” (1959) by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
77. “Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” (1918) by Irving Berlin
78. “What Is This Thing Called Love” (1930) by Cole Porter
79. “Come Rain or Come Shine” (1946) by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer
80. “Sometimes I’m Happy” (1935) by Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar
81. “It’s Only a Paper Moon” (1933) by Harold Arlen, E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, & Billy Rose
82. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (1943) by Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, & Buck Ram
83. “I Only Have Eyes for You” (1959) by Harry Warren & Al Dubin
84. “Pennies from Heaven” (1936) by Arthur Johnston & Johnny Burke
85. “Dinah” (1932) by Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, & Joe Young
86. “The Nearness of You” (1937) by Hoagy Carmichael & Ned Washington
87. “Tangerine” (1942) by Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer
88. “Ain’t We Got Fun?” (1921) by Gus Kahn, Raymond B. Egan, & Richard A. Whiting
89. “Till We Meet Again” (1919) by Richard A. Whiting & Raymond B. Egan
90. “Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town)” (1922) by Fred Fisher
91. “My Buddy” (1922) by Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn
92. “Lover” (1933) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
93. “I Get a Kick Out of You” (1934) by Cole Porter
94. “Laura” (1945) by David Raskin & Johnny Mercer
95. “How Deep Is the Ocean?” (1932) by Irving Berlin
96. “Where or When” (1937) by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
97. “Makin’ Whoopee” (1928) by Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn
98. “Ain’t She Sweet?” (1927) by Mitlon Ager & Jack Yellen
99. “Our Love Is Here to Stay” (1938) by George & Ira Gershwin
100. “Misty” (1954) by Erroll Garner & Johnny Burke
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