Saturday, July 30, 2022

Lizzo “About Damn Time” hit #1

About Damn Time

Lizzo

Writer(s): Blake Slatkin, Eric Frederic, Larry Price, Malcolm McLaren, Melissa Jefferson, Ronald Larkins, Stephen Hague, Theron Makiel Thomas (see lyrics here)

Released: April 14, 2022

First Charted: April 23, 2022

Peak: 1² US, 13 AC, 1² A40, 40 AA, 1⁵ RB, 3 UK, 2 CN, 3 AU, 12 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 0.6 UK, 3.75 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 196.0 video, 874.82 streaming

Awards:

Click on award for more details.

About the Song:

R&B singer, rapper, and flutist Lizzo was born Melissa Viviane Jefferson in Detroit, Michigan, in 1988. In 2019, her two-year-old song “Truth Hurts” became a viral sleeper hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100. Then her song “Good As Hell” from 2016 also became a delayed success, peaking at #3. Both songs were added to deluxe editions of her third studio album, Cuz I Love You.

Three years later, her fourth album, Special, was released. The lead single, “About Damn Time,” became Lizzo’s second chart topper. Billboard’s Rania Aniftos praised it for its “feel-good” chorus while Nardine Saad of the Los Angeles Times had an “affirmative, instantly, uplifting disco beat.” ^WK NME’s Alex Gallagher called it “a funk-tingled, classically Lizzo cut that comes replete with a groove-heavy bassline, an instantly memorable flute melody and lyrical gems.” ^WK

The “funk-inspired disco number” ^SF was the last song written for the album. ^WK Lizzo didn’t feel like the album was complete; she wanted another song with the same kind of uplifting emotional impact as “Good As Hell.” ^WK She wrote it “as music therapy for when she’s down about herself and wants to feel better.” ^SF It was her “melodic medicine for her blues.” ^SF

As she said, “Life had thrown some major traumas and hard experiences at us, especially globally these last few years. And I wanted to write a song that allowed us to take a moment and celebrate our survival, and celebrate how far we’ve come.” ^WK She didn’t fully embrace the song and the idea of it being a single until it was completed and she realized “its message was something the world needed to hear.” ^SF

“About Damn Time” won the Grammy for Record of the Year and the People’s Choice Award for Song of the Year. It also received a nomination for the MTV Song of the Year.

Resources:

DMDB encyclopedia entry for Lizzo
^SF Songfacts
^WK Wikipedia

First posted 1/15/2023; last updated 10/14/2024.

Friday, July 29, 2022

Beyoncé: Top 50 Songs

Beyoncé

Top 50 Songs

Pop/R&B singer born Beyoncé Giselle Knowles on 9/4/1981 in Houston, TX. With the girl group Destiny’s Child before going solo. Married rap singer and record executive Jay-Z.

For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

Spotify Podcast:

Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast The Best of Beyoncé, 1997-2022 based on this list. Debut: Aug. 2, 2022, at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.

Awards:

Top 50 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Crazy in Love (with Jay-Z, 2003)
2. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (2008)
3. Perfect (with Ed Sheeran, 2017)
4. Irreplaceable (2006)
5. Independent Women (Destiy’s Child, 2000)
6. Say My Name (Destiny’s Child, 1999)

DMDB Top 2%:

7. Halo (2008)
8. Formation (2016)

DMDB Top 5%:

9. Baby Boy (with Sean Paul, 2003)
10. Telephone (with Lady Gaga, 2009)

11. Survivor (Destiny’s Child, 2001)
12. Check on It (with Slim Thug & Bun B, 2005)
13. Drunk in Love (with Jay-Z, 2013)
14. If I Were a Boy (2008)
15. Bootylicious (Destiny’s Child, 2001)
16. Savage (with Megan Thee Stallion, 2020)
17. Jumpin’ Jumpin’ (Destiy’s Child, 1999)
18. Beautiful Liar (with Shakira, 2007)

DMDB Top 10%:

19. Hymn for the Weekend (with Coldplay, 2015)
20. Lose My Breath (Destiy’s Child, 2004)

21. Black Parade (2020)
22. Bills, Bills, Bills (Destiny’s Child, 1999)
23. Mi Gente (with J. Balvin & Willy William, 2017)
24. Countdown (2011)
25. Sweet Dreams (2008)
26. Love on Top (2011)
27. ’03 Bonnie & Clyde (with Jay-Z, 2002)

DMDB Top 20%:

28. Déjà Vu (with Jay-Z, 2006)
29. Naughty Girl (2003)
30. Soldier (Destiny’s Child with T.I. & Lil Wayne, 2004)

31. Run the World (Girls) (2011)
32. 7/11 (2014)
33. No, No, No Part 2 (Destiny’s Child with Wyclef Jean, 1997)
34. Sorry (2016)
35. XO (2013)
36. Me, Myself and I (2003)
37. Emotion (Destiny’s Child, 2001)
38. Best Thing I Never Had (2011)
39. Hold Up (2016)
40. Partition (2013)

41. At Last (2008)
42. Cater 2 U (Destiny’s Child, 2004)
43. Break My Soul (2022)
44. All Night (2016)
45. Girl (Destiny’s Child, 2004)
46. Flawless (with Nicki Minaj or Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2013)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

47. Apeshit (with Jay-Z, 2018)
48. Listen (2006)
49. Diva (2008)
50. Bug a Boo (Destiny’s Child, 1999)

Resources and Related Links:

DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Beyoncé
DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Destiny’s Child
DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Jay-Z
Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists”

First posted 7/29/2022; last updated 8/2/2022.

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Jack White: Top 50 Songs

Jack White

Top 50 Songs

Rock singer and guitarist Jack White was born John Anthony Gillis on 7/9/1975 in Detroit, Michigan. He first made his name with ex-wife Meg White in the White Stripes, one of the prominent garage rock revival bands of the early 21st century. He went on to form the Raconteurs and the The Dead Weather before starting his solo career.

Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

Spotify Podcast:

Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast The Best of Jack White, 1997-2022 based on this list. Debut: July 26, 2022, at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.

Awards:

Top 50 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to singles charts.)

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes, 2003)

DMDB Top 5%:

2. Fell in Love with a Girl (The White Stripes, 2001)

DMDB Top 10%:

3. Steady, As She Goes (The Raconteurs, 2006)
4. Icky Thump (The White Stripes, 2007)
5. Blue Orchid (The White Stripes, 2005)
6. Hotel Yorba (The White Stripes, 2001)
7. My Doorbell (The White Stripes, 2005)
8. Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground (The White Stripes, 2001)
9. Hardest Button to Button (The White Stripes, 2003)
10. Sixteen Saltines (Jack White, 2012)

DMDB Top 20%:

11. Lazaretto (Jack White, 2014)
12. Love Interruption (Jack White, 2012)
13. Portland, Oregon (Loretta Lynn with Jack White, 2004)
14. I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself (The White Stripes, 2003)
15. We’re Going to Be Friends (The White Stripes, 2001)
16. You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told) (The White Stripes, 2007)
17. Conquest (The White Stripes, 2007)
18. Ball and Biscuit (The White Stripes, 2003)
19. The Denial Twist (The White Stripes, 2005)
20. I’m Shakin’ (Jack White, 2012)

21. Jolene (The White Stripes, 2000)
22. Level (The Raconteurs, 2006)
23. Salute Your Salution (The Raconteurs, 2008)
24. Two Against One (Danger Mouse with Jack White, 2011)
25. Another Way to Die (Jack White with Alicia Keys, 2008)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

26. Connected by Love (Jack White, 2018)
27. Hello Operator (The White Stripes, 2000)
28. Help Me Stranger (The Raconteurs, 2019)
29. The Big Three Killed My Baby (The White Stripes, 1999)
30. Over and Over and Over (Jack White, 2018)

31. Many Shades of Black (The Raconteurs, 2008)
32. I Cut Like a Buffalo (The Dead Weather, 2009)
33. Die by the Drop (The Dead Weather, 2010)
34. Hands (The Raconteurs, 2006)
35. Freedom at 21 (Jack White, 2012)
36. Love Is Selfish (Jack White, 2022)
37. Now That You’re Gone (The Raconteurs, 2018)
38. Would You Fight for My Love? (Jack White, 2014)
39. Treat Me Like Your Mother (The Dead Weather, 2009)
40. Old Enough (The Raconteurs, 2008)

41. I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) (The Dead Weather, 2015)
42. Love Is Blindness (Jack White, 2011)
43. Taking Me Back (Jack White, 2021)
44. I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman (The White Stripes, 2001)
45. There’s No Home for You Here (The White Stripes, 2003)
46. Let’s Shake Hands (The White Stripes, 1998)
47. Black Math (The White Stripes, 2003)
48. Hypocritical Kiss (Jack White, 2012)
49. You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Jack White & the Electric Mayhem, 2016)
50. One More Cup of Coffee (The White Stripes, 1999)

Resources and Related Links:

DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Jack White
DMDB Encyclopedia entry for The White Stripes
DMDB Encyclopedia entry for The Raconteurs
DMDB Encyclopedia entry for The Dead Weather
Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists”

First posted 4/8/2022; last updated 7/26/2022.

Saturday, July 23, 2022

Glam Rock: Top 50 Songs

Glam Rock:

Top 50 Songs

Glam rock was a genre which emerged in the early 1970s which was characterized as much by fashion as the music itself. Performers wore flamboyant costumes (which often included glitter and platform shoes), makeup, and hairstyles. The look often flirted with andryogyny and fluid gender roles and a camp style. Musically, the genre drew largely from rock and roll, but incorporated cabaret, bubblegum pop, and throwaway pop culture.

The movement was largely British. David Bowie, T-Rex, Mott the Hoople, Sweet, and Slade were among the genre’s most popular artists. Some American artists such as Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, and the New York Dolls also incorporated glam into their music in the 1970s. There were also British artists such as Elton John and Queen who adopted some elements of glam in their ‘70s music. The genre influenced punk rock, goth, new wave, and hair bands.

This list was created by aggregating 18 lists (see sources at bottom of page) focused on the best glam rock songs of all time. Those songs appearing on 3 or more lists were then ranked based on overall Dave’s Music Database status. Then the top 50 of those songs were reranked based on their status specifically on the glam-rock lists.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

1. Mott the Hoople “All the Young Dudes” (1972)
2. T-Rex “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” (1971)
3. Sweet “Ballroom Blitz” (1973)
4. Roxy Music “Virginia Plain” (1972)
5. New York Dolls “Personality Crisis” (1973)
6. Slade “Cum on Feel the Noize” (1973)
7. Alice Cooper “School’s Out” (1972)
8. Slade “Mama, Weer All Crazee Now” (1972)
9. T-Rex “20th Century Boy” (1973)
10. Sweet “Blockbuster” (1973)

11. David Bowie “Starman” (1972)
12. Sparks “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us” (1974)
13. David Bowie “Ziggy Stardust” (1972)
14. David Essex “Rock On” (1973)
15. Lou Reed “Vicious” (1972)
16. David Bowie “The Jean Genie” (1972)
17. Queen “Killer Queen” (1974)
18. T-Rex “Children of the Revolution” (1972)
19. Gary Glitter “Rock and Roll Part 2” (1972)
20. David Bowie “Rebel Rebel” (1974)

21. T-Rex “Hot Love” (1971)
22. Roxy Music “Do the Strand” (1973)
23. Pilot “January” (1975)
24. T-Rex “Telegram Sam” (1972)
25. David Bowie “Queen Bitch” (1971)
26. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
27. Sweet “Action” (1975)
28. David Bowie “Suffragette City” (1972)
29. Roxy Music “Love Is the Drug” (1975)
30. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1972)

31. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)” (1975)
32. T-Rex “Metal Guru” (1972)
33. T-Rex “Ride a White Swan” (1970)
34. Sweet “Fox on the Run” (1975)
35. Sweet “Love Is Like Oxygen” (1978)
36. Sweet “Little Willy” (1972)
37. Suzi Quatro “Can the Can” (1973)
38. The Stooges “Search and Destroy” (1973)
39. Elton John “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting” (1973)
40. Elton John “Bennie and the Jets” (1973)

41. Elton John “Rocket Man (I Think It’s Gonna Be a Long Time)” (1972)
42. Alice Cooper “Elected” (1972)
43. Lou Reed “Satellite of Love” (1972)
44. Lou Reed “Perfect Day” (1972)
45. Slade “Merry Xmas Everybody” (1973)
46. David Bowie “Space Oddity” (1969)
47. T-Rex “Jeepster” (1971)
48. David Bowie “John, I’m Only Dancing” (1972)
49. Bryan Ferry “Let’s Stick Together” (1976)
50. The Darkness “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” (2003)

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “Other Genre/Category Song Lists”
Best Glam Rock Album in the World Ever (album)
CeremonyMusic.ca “All the Young Dudes: A Glam Rock Retrospective” by Ryan Davey
Diffuser.fm (5/10/2014). “10 Underrated Glam Rock Stompers Worth Getting All Dolled Up For” by Dave Swanson
EdmontonSun.com (11/13/2015). “Lipstick & Leather: My List of the Greatest ‘Glam’ Rock Music from the 70s” by Dean Pilling
Glam Rock 70s (album)
Glam Rock at Its Very Best (album)
The Glam Rock Years (album)
The Guardian (2/1/2013). “The 20 Best Glam-Rock Songs of All Time” by Jon Savage
JaysDiscos.com “70s Glam Rock Playlist”
Last.fm “Glam Rock Music”
LouderSound.com (12/18/2017). “The 10 Best 70s Glam Songs, by Biters frontman Tuk Smith” by Dave Ling
Music Aficionado (site appears to no longer exist)
RateYourMusic.com “Top 100 Glam Rock Singles of All Time” by lefthandluke
RockCellarMagazine.com (1/12/2018). “Top 11 Glam Rock Songs” by Frank Mastropolo
Rolling Stone (3/13/2018) “Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott: My 5 Favorite Glam-Rock Songs” by Kory Grow
Stereogum.com (1/5/2017). “34 Essential Glam Songs” by Stephen Deusner
UltimateClassic Rock.com (3/17/2013). “Top 10 ‘70s Glam Rock Songs” by Eduardo Rivadavia

First posted 7/22/2022; last updated 7/23/2022.

Friday, July 22, 2022

Dave's Music Database Hall of Fame: Song Inductees

Dave’s Music Database

Hall of Fame

SONGS

Dave’s Music Database Hall of Fame was established January 22, 2019 in honor of the 10th anniversary of the DMDB blog. Every month, a class of music makers, albums, or songs are inducted. Here are the act inductee classes for songs so far:

All the songs which have been inducted are listed below, alphabetized by acts. Click on the song title to go to a detailed DMDB entry about it. Click on the highlighted month/year to see the song’s induction entry.

A

1/19: Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
4/21: A-ha “Take on Me” (1984)
7/21: American Quartet “Moonlight Bay” (1912)
4/20: American Quartet “Over There” (1917)
1/20: Fred Astaire “Night and Day” (1932)
4/20: Fred Astaire with Ginger Rogers & Leo Reisman’s Orchestra “Cheek to Cheek” (1935)
1/19: Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (1927)
B
4/19: The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
4/19: The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
1/19: The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
1/21: Bee Gees “Night Fever” (1977)
1/21: Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)
4/22: Ben Bernie with Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot “Ain’t She Sweet” (1927)
7/20: Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
1/21: Blondie “Call Me” (1980)
1/21: Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (1977)
10/21: Les Brown with Doris Day “Sentimental Journey” (1945)
C
10/19: Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)
10/19: Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005)
1/21: Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes” (1981)
4/22: Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind” (1960)
1/21: Chic “Le Freak” (1978)
1/22: Arthur Collins “Hello Ma Baby” (1899)
7/21: Arthur Collins “Bill Bailey, Won’t You Come Home” (1902)
1/22: Arthur Collins “Under the Bamboo Tree” (1902)
1/19: Arthur Collins and Bryon G. Harlan “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911)
7/19: Francis Craig with Bob Lamm “Near You” (1947)
1/20: Bing Crosby “Silent Night” (1935)
4/22: Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “Pennies from Heaven” (1936)
1/19: Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas” (1942)
D
4/20: Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (1959)
10/20: Derek & the Dominos “Layla” (1970)
7/22: Bo Diddley “I’m a Man” (1955)
4/21: Dire Straits “Money for Nothing” (1985)
10/20: The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
1/20: Tommy Dorsey “All the Things You Are” (1939)
10/21: Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers “I’ll Never Smile Again” (1940)
4/19: Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
E-F
4/19: Eagles “Hotel California” (1976)
10/21: Duke Ellington “Mood Indigo” (1931)
10/21: Duke Ellington “Take the ‘A’ Train” (1941)
4/21: Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” (1983)
10/21: Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb’s Orchestra “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (1938)
10/19: Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (2017)
4/19: Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
G
4/21: Peter Gabriel “Sledgehammer” (1986)
1/19: Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow” (1939)
4/22: George J. Gaskin “After the Ball” (1893)
4/19: Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
1/21: Andy Gibb “Shadow Dancing” (1978)
1/22: Billy Golden “Turkey in the Straw” (1891)
10/21: Benny Goodman “Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing)” (1938)
10/19: Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (1998)
4/21: Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
H
1/19: Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
7/21: Bryon G. Harlan “School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)” (1907)
1/20: Marion Harris “Tea for Two” (1925)
1/20: Coleman Hawkins “Body and Soul” (1940)
4/22: Haydn Quartet “In the Good Old Summertime” (1903)
7/21: Haydn Quartet “Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)” (1904)
10/20: The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
10/20: The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
10/21: Woody Herman “Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)” (1941)
1/20: Billie Holiday “Summertime” (1936)
7/20: Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)
7/22: John Lee Hooker “Boogie Chillen” (1949)
7/22: John Lee Hooker “Boom Boom” (1962)
1/19: Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
7/22: Howlin Wolf “Smokestack Lightning” (1956)
1/22: Pee Wee Hunt “Twelfth Street Rag” (1948)
I-J
7/19: The Ink Spots “The Gypsy” (1946)
4/19: Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
4/21: Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1982)
4/21: Michael Jackson “Thriller” (1982)
7/19: Harry James with Helen Forrest “I’ve Heard That Song Before” (1943)
10/19: Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (1997)
7/22: Robert Johnson “Cross Road Blues” (1936)
7/22: Robert Johnson “Hell Hound on My Trail” (1937)
4/22: Al Jolson with Prince’s Orchestra “You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It)” (1913)
4/20: Al Jolson “Swanee” (1920)
4/20: Al Jolson “April Showers” (1922)
4/22: Isham Jones “It Had to Be You” (1924)
1/22: Scott Joplin “Maple Leaf Rag” (1899)
1/22: Scott Joplin “The Entertainer” (1902)
K-L
7/22: B.B. King “The Thrill Is Gone” (1969)
1/21: The Knack “My Sharona” (1979)
4/21: Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (1983)
10/20: Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love” (1969)
10/20: Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
1/19: John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
7/20: Jerry Lee Lewis “Great Balls of Fire” (1957)
7/20: Jerry Lee Lewis “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (1957)
10/21: Ted Lewis “On the Sunny Side of the Street” (1930)
10/19: Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
7/20: Little Richard “Tutti Frutti” (1955)
7/20: Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers “Who Do Fools Fall in Love?” (1956)
10/20: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama” (1974)
M
7/21: Harry Macdonough with Miss Walton “Shine on Harvest Moon” (1909)
4/21: Madonna “Like a Prayer” (1989)
10/19: Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)
7/19: Glenn Miller “In the Mood” (1939)
10/21: Glenn Miller “Chattanooga Choo Choo” (1941)
4/22: The Mills Brothers “Paper Doll” (1942)
7/21: Billy Murray “Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis” (1904)
7/21: Billy Murray “Give My Regards to Broadway” (1905)
7/21: Billy Murray “Yankee Doodle Boy” (1905)
1/19: Billy Murray “You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (1906)
4/20: Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (1908)
7/21: Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” (1910)
1/22: Billy Murray & the American Quartet “Oh, You Beautiful Doll” (1911)
N-O
4/19: Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
10/19: No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (1995)
4/22: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band “The Darktown Strutters’ Ball” (1917)
1/22: Original Dixieland Jazz Band “Tiger Rag” (1918)
1/20: Vess Ossman “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (1900)
1/19: OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
P
7/19: Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (1950)
4/20: Peerless Quartet “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (1911)
7/20: The Penguins “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)” (1954)
7/20: Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes” (1956)
10/20: Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)
1/19: The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
7/20: Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
7/20: Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956)
1/22: Charles Adams Prince’s Orchestra “The Memphis Blues” (1914)
Q-R
4/19: Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
1/22: Dan Quinn “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (1896)
1/21: Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “Endless Love” (1981)
1/21: Kenny Rogers “Lady” (1980)
4/19: The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
10/19: Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
4/21: Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way” (1986)
S
7/19: Ben Selvin “Dardanella” (1920)
4/20: Artie Shaw “Begin the Beguine” (1938)
7/19: Artie Shaw “Frenesi” (1940)
1/20: Artie Shaw “Stardust” (1941)
4/19: Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
1/20: Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong “St. Louis Blues” (1925)
7/22: Clarence “Pine Top” Smith “Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie” (1929)
4/22: Kate Smith “God Bless America” (1939)
10/20: Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
10/20: Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild” (1968)
1/21: Rod Stewart “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” (1976)
1/21: Rod Stewart “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (1978)
T-Z
7/21: Sophie Tucker “Some of These Days” (1911)
4/21: Van Halen “Jump” (1983)
7/22: T-Bone Walker “Call It Stormy Monday” (1947)
10/21: Fats Waller “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (1929)
4/20: Ethel Waters “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)” (1933)
7/22: Muddy Waters “Hoochie Coochie Man” (1954)
7/22: Muddy Waters “Mannish Boy” (1955)
7/19: The Weavers “Goodnight Irene” (1950)
4/20: Paul Whiteman “Whispering” (1920)

Resources:

Originally posted 1/22/2019; last updated 7/22/2022.

Dave's Music Database Hall of Fame: Song Inductees (July 2022)

Originally posted July 22, 2022.

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the DMDB blog on January 22, 2019, Dave’s Music Database launched its own Hall of Fame. This is the 15th set of song inductees. These songs all appear in the Dave’s Music Database list of the Top 100 Blues Songs and have been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.

John Lee Hooker “Boogie Chillen’” (1949)