Showing posts with label Top 100 Songs. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

The Top 100 Songs of Pre-Recorded Music History

Pre-Recorded Music History:

Top 100 Songs

The history of recorded music is generally marked as beginning with the introduction of the phonograph by Thomas Edison in 1877. With a few exceptions, this list focuses on music written before that era. These are songs which have been around 150 years or more and have entered the public conscience because of the song itself instead of its performance by a specific artist. This list consists of Christmas songs, children’s songs and nursery rhymes, hymns, and patriotic songs. Songs are listed first by the writers (m=music, w=words), song titles, and year of publication.

Click here to see other song lists focused on specific eras.

DMDB Top 1%:

  1. Katharine Lee Bates (lyrics) & Samuel A. Ward (music) “America the Beautiful” (1895)
  2. James M. Black & Katharine E. Purvis (songwriters) “When the Saints Go Marching In” (1896)
  3. Joseph Mohr (w), Franz Gruber (m), John Freeman Young (English translation) “Silent Night” (1818)
  4. Francis Scott Key (lyrics), John Stafford Smith (music) “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814)
  5. Stephen Foster (lyrics/music) “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (1851)
  6. John Newton (w) “Amazing Grace” (1779)
  7. John Kelly, later adapted by Don George “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (1853)
  8. Patty S. Hill & Mildred J. Hill (songwriters) “Happy Birthday to You” (1893)
  9. Julia Ward Howe (w) and William Steffe (m) “The Battle Hymn of the Republic (aka ‘Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!’)” (1861)
  10. Stephen Foster (m/w) “Oh! Susanna” (1847)

  11. Dr. Brewster M. Higley (w), Daniel E. Kelly (m) “Home on the Range” (1874)
  12. traditional/George Washington Dixon, Bob Farrell, Otto Bunnell “Turkey in the Straw” (1820)
  13. Richard Milburn (m), Septimus Winner as Alice Hawthorne (w) “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1856)
  14. Dr. Richard Schukburgh (w), traditional (m) “Yankee Doodle (aka ‘Yankee Doodle Went to Town’)” (1754)
  15. Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore (w), unknown (m) “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” (1863)
  16. John Howard Payne (w), Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (m) “Home Sweet Home” (1823)
  17. Daniel Decatur Emmett (m/w) “Dixie” (1859)
  18. James S. Pierpont (m/w) “Jingle Bells” (1857)
  19. Stephen Foster (m/w) “Camptown Races (Gwine to Run All Night)” (1850)
  20. Robert Burns (adapted by) “Auld Lang Syne” (1796)

  21. Frank Kidson “Scarborough Fair” (1891)
  22. Samuel Francis Smith (w), traditional (m) “God Save the King” (1740) / “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” (1831)
  23. traditional “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” (1894)
  24. Thomas d’Urfey (m), Frederick Thomas Nettleingham (w) “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” (1706)
  25. Jane Taylor (w), unknown (m) “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (1806) / “The Alphabet Song (The ABC Song)” (1834) / “Baa Baa Black Sheep” (1879)
  26. Percy Montrose “Clementine” (1884)
  27. Wallace Willis, Henry Thacker Burleigh (arranged by) “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (1872)
  28. traditional/credited to Daniel Decatur Emmett “Jimmy Crack Corn (The Blue Tail Fly)” (1846)
  29. traditional “On Top of Old Smoky” (1841)
  30. Effie I. Canning (m/w) “Rock-a-Bye Baby” (1884)

  31. traditional “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain” (1899)
  32. Charles E. Pratt “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean” (1881)
  33. George Frideric Handel (m), Isaac Watts (w), Lowell Mason (arranged) “Joy to the World” (1719)
  34. unknown “O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)” (1751)
  35. Felix Mendelssohn (m), Charles Wesley (w) “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” (1855)
  36. James A. Bland (m/w) “Dem Golden Slippers” (1879)
  37. George Leybourne & Alfred Lee “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” (1867)
  38. Cool White (w) “Buffalo Gals (Will You Come Out Tonight)” (1844)
  39. Eliphalet Oram Lyte “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” (1852)
  40. writer(s) unknown “Greensleeves” (1580) / William Chatterton Dix (w), “Greensleeves” (m) “What Child Is This?” (1865)

  41. traditional “Red River Valley” (1896)
  42. “Ave Maria” (Schubert/Scott: 1825, J.S. Bach/Gounod: 1859)
  43. George F. Root (composer) “The Battle Cry of Freedom” (1862)
  44. Lowell Mason (m), Sarah Josepha Hale (w) “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (1830)
  45. unknown (w/m) “Shenandoah” (1837)
  46. James Ramsey Murray (m) and Charles H. Gabriel (w) “Away in a Manger” (1882)
  47. traditional “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” (1863)
  48. Daniel Decatur Emmett “Polly Wolly Doodle (All the Day)” (1843)
  49. Augustus Montague Toplady (w), Thomas Hastings (m) “Rock of Ages” (1763)
  50. Carl Sandburg “Skip to My Lou” (1832)

  51. Stephen Foster (m/w) “Beautiful Dreamer” (1864)
  52. writer(s) unknown “London Bridge is Falling Down” (1744)
  53. Stephen Foster (m/w) “I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair” (1854)
  54. Eugene Raymond (adapted by) “Pop Goes the Weasel” (1852)
  55. anonymous “Froggie Went A-Courtin’” (1549)
  56. Davies Gilbert “The First Noel” (1823)
  57. Thomas P. Westendorf (m/w) “I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen” (1875)
  58. Lewis Redner (m), Phillips Brooks (w) “O Little Town of Bethlehem” (1868)
  59. unknown “Frère Jacques (Are You Sleeping?)” (1780)
  60. Henry C. Work (m/w) “Grandfather’s Clock” (1876)

  61. Septimus Winner (m/w) “O Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone” (1864)
  62. John Henry Hopkins Jr. (m/w) “We Three Kings of Orient Are” (1857)
  63. Adolphe Adam and John Sullivan Dwight (composers) “O Holy Night” (1847)
  64. Rev. Edmund Hamilton Sears (w) and Richard Storrs Willis (m) “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” (1850)
  65. Daniel Decatur Emmett “Old Dan Tucker” (1843)
  66. traditional “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” (1709)
  67. traditional “God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman” (1760)
  68. Sanford F. Bennett (w), Joseph Philbrick Webster (m) “In the Sweet By-and-By” (1868)
  69. Rev. H.D.L. Webster (w), Joseph Philbrick Webster (m) “Lorena” (1857)

    DMDB Top 2%:

  70. Sabine Baring-Gould (w) and Sir Arthur Sullivan (m) “Onward Christian Soldiers” (1871)

  71. traditional “Alouette” (1879)
  72. Philip Phile (m), Joseph Hopkinson (w) “Hail Columbia (The President’s March)” (1789)
  73. Frederic Austin, traditional “Twelve Days of Christmas” (1780)
  74. traditional “This Old Man (Nick Nack Pattiwack)” (1842)
  75. Bill Dooley “Frankie and Johnny” (1899)
  76. unknown “What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?” (1740)
  77. unknown “Three Blind Mice” (1609)
  78. Joseph Eastburn Winter “The Little Brown Jug” (1869)
  79. Thomas Oliphant (w), Nos Galan (m) “Deck the Halls” (1862)
  80. Billy Reeves (w), Frank Campbell (m), and Rollin Howard (arranger) “Shoo Fly Don’t Bother Me” (1869)

  81. Jay Roberts (copyrighted by) “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” (1865)
  82. unknown “Bingo (B-I-N-G-O)” (1780)
  83. James Sanderson (m), Albert Gamse (w) “Hail to the Chief” (1810)
  84. unknown “Blow the Man Down” (1849)
  85. Johannes Brahms (composer) “Brahms’ Lullaby (Wiegenleid) (aka “Cradle Song”) (1868)
  86. Dr. Theodore Baker (translated and arranged by) “We Gather Together (Thanksgiving Prayer)” (1630)
  87. unknown “Old King Cole” (1708)
  88. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (writer) “Go Tell Aunt Rhody” (1752)
  89. Hartius Bonar (w), Charles Crozat Converse (m) “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” (1868)
  90. traditional “Sing a Song of Sixpence” (1744)

  91. John Wesley Work (composer) “Go Tell It on the Mountain” (1865)
  92. Ben Johnson (w), traditional (m) “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes” (1616)
  93. unknown “The Hokey Pokey” (1826)
  94. unknown “Humpty Dumpty” (1797)
  95. Carl Boberg (w) “How Great Thou Art” (1885)
  96. unknown “The Wayfaring Stranger” (1807)
  97. Thomas Haynes Bayly (m/w) “Long, Long Ago” (1843)
  98. unknown “The Farmer in the Dell” (1883)
  99. traditional/James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (publisher) “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush” (1842)
  100. Ernst Anschütz (w), “Ach Tannenbaum” (m) “O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)” (1824)

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Originally posted 6/30/2021. Last updated 12/24/2025.
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Saturday, November 29, 2025

1890-1899: Top 100 Songs

Top 100 Songs of the Decade:

1890-1899

These are the songs which kicked off the recorded music era and the debut of charts to track the popularity of songs. Often a song’s popularity in this era had more to do with sheet music than specific recorded performances by individual artists. As such, there are multiple songs repeated here.

Rankings are figured by combining sales figures, chart data, airplay, awards, and appearances on best-of lists.

Check out other “songs of the decade” lists here.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Katharine Lee Bates (lyrics) & Samuel A. Ward (music) “America the Beautiful” (1895)
2. George J. Gaskin “After the Ball” (1893)
3. James M. Black & Katharine E. Purvis (songwriters) “When the Saints Go Marching In” (1896)
4. Arthur Collins “Hello Ma Baby” (1899)
5. Patty S. Hill & Mildred J. Hill (composers) “Happy Birthday to You” (1893)
6. Scott Joplin “Maple Leaf Rag” (1899)
7. Billy Golden “Turkey in the Straw” (1891)
8. John Philip Sousa “The Stars and Stripes Forever” (1897)
9. Dan Quinn “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)” (1893)
10. Len Spencer “Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay” (1892)

11. Dan Quinn “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (1896)
12. “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” (1894)
13. Dan Quinn “The Sidewalks of New York” (1895)
14. Dan Quinn “The Band Played On” (1895)
15. Edison Male Quartette “My Old Kentucky Home” (1898)
16. George J. Gaskin “On the Banks of the Wabash” (1897)
17. Frank Kidson (first published by) “Scarborough Fair” (1891)
18. traditional “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain” (1899)
19. John Yorke Atlee “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1891)
20. Len Spencer “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (1892)

21. U.S. Marine Band “The Washington Post March” (1890)
22. Dan Quinn “At a Georgia Camp Meeting” (1898)
23. traditional “Red River Valley” (1896)
24. Silas Leachman “Dem Golden Slippers” (1894)
25. Vess Ossman “Yankee Doodle (aka ‘Yankee Doodle Went to Town’)” (1894)
26. Albert Campbell “My Wild Irish Rose” (1899)
27. Len Spencer “Hello Ma Baby” (1899)
28. Len Spencer “Mr. Johnson, Turn Me Loose” (1897)
29. John Yorke Atlee “After the Ball” (1893)
30. George J. Gaskin “Drill, Ye Terriers, Drill” (1891)

31. George Washington Johnson “The Laughing Song” (1891)
32. George J. Gaskin “Break the News to Mother” (1898)
33. U.S. Marine Band “Semper Fidelis” (1890)

DMDB Top 2%:

34. Arthur Collins “I’d Leave My Happy Home for You” (1899)
35. Jules Levy “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” (1893)
36. Len Spencer “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (1897)
37. George J. Gaskin “Oh Promise Me” (1893)
38. George J. Gaskin “My Old New Hampshire Home” (1898)
39. George J. Gaskin “The Fatal Wedding” (1893)
40. Gilmore’s Band “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1892)

41. Sousa’s Band “El Capitan March” (1895)
42. J.W. Myers “The Sidewalks of New York” (1895)
43. Dan Quinn “In the Baggage Coach Ahead” (1896)
44. George J. Gaskin “The Sidewalks of New York” (1895)
45. Tom Turpin (writer) “Harlem Rag” (1897)
46. Steve Porter “On the Banks of the Wabash” (1898)
47. United States Marine Band “The Liberty Bell” (1894)
48. Dan Quinn “The Little Lost Child” (1895)
49. J.W. Myers “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me” (1895)
50. Len Spencer “Smoky Mokes” (1899)

51. James Thornton (music/lyrics) “When You Were Sweet Sixteen” (1898)
52. George J. Gaskin “Sweet Rosie O’Grady” (1897)
53. George J. Gaskin “Down in Poverty Row” (1896)
54. John Yorke Atlee “Home Sweet Home” (1891)
55. U.S. Marine Band “The Thunderer” (1890)
56. Arthur Collins “I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby” (1899)
57. Dan Quinn “Curse of the Dreamer” (1899)
58. George Washington Johnson “The Whistling Coon” (1891)
59. Bill Dooley “Frankie and Johnny” (1899)
60. Vess Ossman “Yankee Doodle (aka ‘Yankee Doodle Went to Town’)” (new version, 1897)

61. George J. Gaskin “My Wild Irish Rose” (1899)
62. Eubie Blake “Charleston Rag” (1899)
63. George J. Gaskin “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (1897)
64. Sousa’s Band “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1898)
65. Len Spencer “The Bully (aka ‘Dat New Bully’)” (1895)
66. Emile Berliner “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (1890)
67. Len Spencer “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” (1893)
68. Dan Quinn “Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me a Bow Wow” (1892)
69. Edward M. Favor “Say Au Revoir, But Not Goodbye” (1894)
70. Manhansett Quartette “Sally in Our Alley” (1892)

71. Len Spencer “You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon But You’ve Done Broke Down” (1896)
72. Edward M. Favor “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)” (1894)
73. J.W. Myers “Goodbye Dolly Gray” (1897)
74. Emile Berliner “Auld Lang Syne” (1890)
75. Sousa’s Band “The Washington Post March” (1895)
76. Harry MacDonough & S.H. Dudley “Mid the Green Fields of Virginia” (1899)
77. Issler’s Orchestra “Tiger Rag” (1895)
78. Vess Ossman “At a Georgia Camp Meeting” (1898)
79. George J. Gaskin “Sweet Marie” (1894)
80. J.W. Myers “Two Little Girls in Blue” (1893)

81. Vess Ossman “Whistling Rufus” (1899)
82. Russell Hunting “Michael Casey Taking the Census” (1892)
83. Roger Harding “On the Banks of the Wabash” (1898)
84. Russell Hunting “Michael Casey at the Telephone” (1892)
85. Joe Belmont “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1899)
86. Billy Golden “Bye Bye My Honey” (1898)
87. Len Spencer “My Gal Is a High-Born Lady” (1897)
88. Charles Marsh “Throw Him Down, McCloskey” (1892)
89. George J. Gaskin “The Sunshine of Paradise Valley” (1896)
90. George J. Gaskin “She Was Bred in Old Kentucky” (1898)

91. George J. Gaskin “She May Have Seen Better Days” (1896)
92. William F. Hooley “Gypsy Love Song (Slumber on, My Little Gypsy Sweetheart)” (1899)
93. Dan Quinn “The Bowery” (1893)

DMDB Top 5%:

94. Russell Hunting “Michael Casey As a Physician” (1891)
95. Dan Quinn “And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back” (1894)
96. Manhansett Quartette “The Picture Turned to the Wall” (1892)
97. Manhansett Quartette “The Old Oaken Bucket” (1894)
98. Dan Quinn “My Mother Was a Lady” (1897)
99. Thomas Bott “Love’s Old Sweet Song” (1892)
100. Steve Porter “My Creole Sue” (1899)

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First posted 7/27/2018; last updated 11/29/2025.

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Karaoke: Top 100 Songs

Karaoke:

Top 100 Songs

101-karaoke.com defines karaoke as “a form of interactive entertainment where individuals sing along to recorded music using a microphone and a public address system…Originating from Japan, karaoke has spread worldwide, becoming a staple in bars, clubs, and private parties. It offers a fun and engaging way for people to express themselves musically and enjoy their favorite songs.”

Lists from more than 30 sources were aggregated to create this list.

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1. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
2. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
3. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me” (1987)
4. Journey “Don’t Stop Believin’” (1981)
5. Neil Diamond “Sweet Caroline” (1969)
6. Abba “Dancing Queen” (1976)
7. The Killers “Mr. Brightside” (2004)
8. Backstreet Boys “I Want It That Way” (1999)
9. Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow” (2018)
10. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)

11. Kelly Clarkson “Since U Been Gone” (2004)
12. The B-52’s “Love Shack” (1989)
13. Spice Girls “Wannabe” (1996)
14. Adele “Someone Like You (2011)
15. Frank Sinatra “My Way” (1969)
16. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)
17. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (1967)
18. Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (1983)
19. Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (1983)
20. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)

21. Elton John & Kiki Dee “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (1976)
22. TLC “No Scrubs” (1999)
23. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011)
24. Ben E. King “Stand by Me” (1961)
25. Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me” (1987)
26. Miley Cyrus “Party in the U.S.A.” (2009)
27. Toto “Africa” (1982)
28. Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats” (2006)
29. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
30. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)

31. Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “Islands in the Stream” (1983)
32. Olivia Newton John & John Travolta & Grease Cast “Summer Nights” (1978)
33. Shania Twain “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” (1999)
34. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)
35. Nancy Sinatra “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’” (1966)
36. Prince & the Revolution “When Doves Cry” (1984)
37. Britney Spears “Oops! I Did It Again” (2000)
38. Idina Menzel “Let It Go” (2013)
39. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
40. Garth Brooks “Friends in Low Places” (1990)

41. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987)
42. Dolly Parton “Jolene” (1973)
43. Madonna “Like a Prayer” (1989)
44. Jimmy Buffett “Margaritaville” (1977)
45. Smash Mouth “All Star” (1999)
46. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
47. Miley Cyrus “Flowers” (2023)
48. Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know” (1995)
49. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
50. Elvis Presley “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (1961)

51. Fugees “Killing Me Softly” (1996)
52. John Denver “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (1971)
53. Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” (1990)
54. Lady Gaga “Bad Romance” (2009)
55. Johnny Cash “Ring of Fire” (1963)
56. Vanessa Carlton “A Thousand Miles” (2002)
57. N Sync “Bye Bye Bye” (2000)
58. Village People “Y.M.C.A.” (1978)
59. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997)
60. George Michael “Faith” (1987)

61. Sonny & Cher “I Got You Babe” (1965)
62. Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella” (2007)
63. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” (1982)
64. Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (1998)
65. Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama” (1974)
66. Queen “Don’t Stop Me Now” (1978)
67. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
68. Destiny’s Child “Say My Name” (1999)
69. Billy Joel “Piano Man’ (1973)
70. Dolly Parton “9 to 5” (1980)

71. Natasha Bedingfield “Unwritten” (2004)
72. Sir Mix-A-Lot “Baby Got Back” (1992)
73. The Weather Girls “It’s Raining Men” (1982)
74. Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle “A Whole New World” (1992)
75. The Proclaimers “I’m Gonna Be 500 Miles” (1988)
76. Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (2008)
77. Amy Winehouse “Rehab” (2006)
78. The Temptations “My Girl” (1965)
79. Marc Ronson & Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
80. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (1997)

81. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
82. Brandy with Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (1998)
83. Amy Winehouse with Mark Ronson “Valerie” (2007)
84. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
85. Rick Springfield “Jessie’s Girl” (1981)
86. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)
87. Alanis Morissette “Ironic” (1996)
88. Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want” (1978)
89. Abba “Mamma Mia” (1975)
90. No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (1996)

91. Bill Medley with Jennifer Warnes “I’ve Had the Time of My Life” (1987)
92. Aretha Franklin “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman” (1967)
93. Patsy Cline “Crazy” (1961)
94. Robbie Williams “Angels” (1997)
95. Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” (1984)
96. The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1964)
97. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “Endless Love” (1981)
98. Christina Aguilera “Genie in a Bottle” (1999)
99. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)
100. Beastie Boys “You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party” (1986)

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

R.E.M.: Top 100 Songs

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Laurel Canyon: Top 100 Songs

Laurel Canyon:

Top 100 Songs

Laurel Canyon is a mountainous neighborhood within the Hollywood Hills West district of Los Angeles, California. From the mid-‘60s to the mid-‘70s, it became “a nexus of counterculture activity and attitudes,” WK serving as a mecca for musicians including Jackson Browne, the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Canned Heat, Crosby Stills & Nash, Ned Doheny, members of the Eagles, Carole King, Love, members of the Mamas & the Papas, John Mayall, Joni Mitchell, the Monkees’ Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork, Jim Morrison (of the Doors), Harry Nilsson, Gram Parsons, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, Judee Sill, J.D. Souther, James Taylor, Brian Wilson (of the Beach Boys), Neil Young, and Frank Zappa.

18 lists focused on songs from Laurel Canyon were aggregated together. Those songs were narrowed down to those which were released between 1965 and 1975 and appeared on three or more lists. That left 149 songs. The top 50 songs were automatically in. For the next 50, I took the remaining songs and sorted them by overall status in Dave’s Music Database. Those top 50 were then added to the list, sorted by their points on the Laurel Canyon lists.

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1. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (1966)
2. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Our House” (1970)
3. The Mamas & the Papas “California Dreamin’” (1965)
4. The Mamas & the Papas “Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)” (1967)
5. The Doors “Love Street” (1968)
6. The Turtles “Happy Together” (1967)
7. The Byrds “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” (1965)
8. Eagles “Take It Easy” (1972)
9. America “Ventura Highway” (1972)
10. Jackson Browne “Doctor My Eyes” (1972)

11. Joni Mitchell “Big Yellow Taxi” (1970)
12. Stephen Stills “Love the One You’re With” (1970)
13. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)
14. Crosby, Stills and Nash “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” (1969)
15. The Mamas & the Papas “Monday Monday” (1966)
16. Linda Ronstadt “You’re No Good” (1974)
17. The Byrds “So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star” (1967)
18. Joni Mitchell “The Circle Game” (1970)
19. Eagles “Witchy Woman” (1972)
20. Poco “Pickin’ Up the Pieces” (1969)

21. Linda Ronstadt “When Will I Be Loved” (1974)
22. Buffalo Springfield “Mr. Soul” (1967)
23. The Byrds “Eight Miles High” (1966)
24. Carly Simon “You’re So Vain” (1972)
25. Love “Alone Again Or” (1967)
26. James Taylor “Fire and Rain” (1970)
27. Joni Mitchell “A Case of You” (1971)
28. Carole King “You’ve Got a Friend” (1971)
29. Flying Burrito Brothers “Christine’s Tune (Devil in Disguise)” (1969)
30. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Teach Your Children” (1970)

31. Carole King “I Feel the Earth Move” (1971)
32. Linda Ronstadt with the Stone Poneys “Different Drum” (1967)
33. Carole King “So Far Away” (1971)
34. Judee Sill “Crayon Angels” (1971)
35. The Byrds “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” (1968)
36. James Taylor “Sweet Baby James” (1970)
37. The Byrds “My Back Pages” (1967)
38. Carole King “It’s Too Late” (1971)
39. The Monkees “She” (1967)
40. Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972)

41. Eagles “Desperado” (1973)
42. Eagles “Tequila Sunrise” (1973)
43. The Mamas & the Papas “Go Where You Wanna Go” (1965)
44. Jackson Brown “Jamaica Say You Will” (1972)
45. Eagles “Peaceful, Easy Feeling” (1972)
46. Eagles “Already Gone” (1974)
47. Poco “A Good Feelin’ to Know” (1972)
48. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Helplessly Hoping” (1969)
49. Little Feat “Dixie Chicken” (1973)
50. Mama Cass Elliot (of the Mamas & the Papas) “Dream a Little Dream of Me” (1968)

51. Buffalo Springfield “Expecting to Fly” (1967)
52. Leon Russell “Tight Rope” (1972)
53. The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (1966)
54. The Beach Boys “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” (1966)
55. The Doors “L.A. Woman” (1971)
56. Neil Young “Cinnamon Girl” (1969)
57. The Monkees “Last Train to Clarksville” (1966)
58. Eagles “Lyin’ Eyes” (1975)
59. Crosby, Stills & Nash with Neil Young “Ohio” (1970)
60. The Mamas & the Papas “Creeque Alley” (1967)

61. Eagles “Best of My Love” (1974)
62. Joni Mitchell “River” (1971)
63. The Doors “Touch Me” (1968)
64. Linda Ronstadt “Long Long Time” (1970)
65. Three Dog Night “Mama Told Me Not to Come” (1970)
66. Eagles “Take It to the Limit” (1975)
67. Joni Mitchell “Help Me” (1974)
68. Joni Mitchell “Both Sides Now” (1969)
69. America “Lonely People” (1974)
70. Crosby, Stills & Nash “Marrakesh Express” (1969)

71. The Byrds “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better” (1965)
72. Crosby, Stills & Nash “Wooden Ships” (1969)
73. The Turtles “It Ain’t Me, Babe” (1965)
74. The Byrds “All I Really Want to Do” (1965)
75. The Association “Never My Love” (1967)
76. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
77. The Monkees “Daydream Believer” (1967)
78. James Taylor “You’ve Got a Friend” (1971)
79. The Doors “Hello, I Love You” (1968)
80. Neil Young “Old Man” (1972)

81. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Woodstock” (1970)
82. The Doors “Riders on the Storm” (1971)
83. Eagles “One of These Nights” (1975)
84. The Doors “Break on Through” (1967)
85. James Taylor “How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You” (1975)
86. Love “My Little Red Book” (1966)
87. Sonny & Cher “I Got You Babe” (1965)
88. Canned Heat “On the Road Again” (1968)
89. The Doors “People Are Strange” (1967)
90. The Doors “Roadhouse Blues” (1970)

91. Joni Mitchell “Free Man in Paris” (1974)
92. Joni Mitchell “Carey” (1971)
93. The Doors “Love Her Madly” (1971)
94. Canned Heat “Going Up the Country” (1968)
95. The Doors “Love Me Two Times” (1967)
96. The Monkees “Pleasant Valley Sunday” (1967)
97. Neil Young “Southern Man” (1970)
98. Neil Young “The Needle and the Damage Done” (1972)
99. Linda Ronstadt “Heat Wave” (1975)
100. Linda Ronstadt “The Tracks of My Tears” (1975)

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

The Rolling Stones’ Top 100 Songs/Studio Albums Ranked

The Rolling Stones

Top 100 Songs/Studio Albums Ranked

Revered as the world’s all-time greatest rock and roll band. Formed in London, England in 1962. Singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards became childhood friends in 1950 and reconnected in 1961 over their shared interest in Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters. The two of them and Dick Taylor (bass: 1962-63), who had been in a garage band with Jagger, started playing together. They connected with Blues Incorporated members Brian Jones (guitar: 1963-69), Ian Stewart (keyboards: 1963-85), and Charlie Watts (drums: 1963-2021). They formed a band focused on playing covers of Chicago blues, naming themselves after a Muddy Waters’ song. They were managed by Andrew Loog Oldham (1963-67) who promoted them as bad boys in contrast to the Beatles.

Other members included Mick Avory (drums: 1963), Nicky Hopkins (keyboards: 1967-82), Darryl Jones (bass: 1994-95), Chuck Leavell (keyboards: 1982-), Ian McLagan (keyboards: 1978-81), Jack Nitzsche (keyboards: 1965-71), Billy Preston (keyboards: 1971-81), Mick Taylor (guitar: 1969-75), Ronnie Wood (guitar: 1975-present), and Bill Wyman (bass: 1962-92).

Two of their songs (“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and “Honky Tonk Women”) are featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era, 1954-1999. Four of their albums – Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969), Sticky Fingers (1971), and Exile on Main St. (1972) – are featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Albums of All Time.

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Top 100 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 charts.)

DMDB Top 1%:

1. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (1965) #1 US, CB, UK, AU
2. Paint It Black (1966) #1 US, CB, UK, CN, AU
3. Honky Tonk Women (1969) #1 US, CB, UK, AU
4. Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1968) #1 CB, UK
5. Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
6. Brown Sugar (1971) #1 US, CN
7. Start Me Up (1981) #1 AR, AU
8. Gimme Shelter (1969)
9. Angie (1973) #1 US, CB, CN, AU
10. You Can’t Always Get What You Want (1969) #1 AU

11. Miss You (1978) #1 US, CB, CN
12. Get Off of My Cloud (1965) #1 US, CB, UK, CN
13. Wild Horses (1971)

DMDB Top 2%:

14. Ruby Tuesday (1967) #1 US, CB
15. Tumbling Dice (1972)

DMDB Top 5%:

16. Beast of Burden (1978)
17. It’s Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It) (1974)
18. 19th Nervous Breakdown (1966)
19. Street Fighting Man (1968)
20. Mother’s Little Helper (1966)

21. The Last Time (1965) #1 UK
22. Let’s Spend the Night Together (1967)
23. Time Is on My Side (1964)
24. It’s All Over Now (1964) #1 UK
25. She’s a Rainbow (1967)
26. As Tears Go By (1965) #1 CN
27. Emotional Rescue (1980) #1 CN
28. Waiting on a Friend (1981)
29. Under My Thumb (1966)
30. Happy (1972)
31. Shattered (1978)
32. She’s So Cold (1980)
33. Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) (1973)
34. Fool to Cry (1976)
35. Mixed Emotions (1989) #1 CN, AR

DMDB Top 10%:

36. We Love You (1967)
37. Undercover of the Night (1983)
38. Harlem Shuffle (1986)
39. Heart of Stone (1964)
40. Dead Flowers (1971)

41. Midnight Rambler (1979)
42. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows? (1966)
43. Love Is Strong (1994)
44. Rock and a Hard Place (1989) #1 AR
45. Far Away Eyes (1978)
46. 2000 Light Years from Home (1967)
47. Ain’t Too Proud to Beg (1974)
48. Bitch (1971)
49. Lady Jane (1966)
50. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (1971)

51. Let It Bleed (1969)
52. Tell Me (You’re Coming Back) (1964)
53. Not Fade Away (1964)
54. Play with Fire (1965)
55. Anybody Seen My Baby? (1997) #1 CN
56. Out of Tears (1994)
57. Hang Fire (1981)
58. Little Red Rooster (1964) #1 UK
59. Out of Time (1966)
60. Dandelion (1967)

61. You Got Me Rocking (1994)
62. One Hit to the Body (1986)

DMDB Top 20%:

63. High Wire (1991) #1 AR
64. Saint of Me (1997)
65. Going to a Go-Go (live) (1982)
66. Like a Rolling Stone (live, 1995)
67. Almost Hear You Sigh (1989) #1 AR
68. Monkey Man (1969)
69. Moonlight Mile (1971)
70. She Was Hot (1983)

71. All Down the Line (1972)
72. I Wanna Be Your Man (1963)
73. Living in a Ghost Town (2020)
74. Hot Stuff (1976)
75. Get Your Kicks on Route 66 (1964)
76. Don’t Stop (2002)
77. Memory Motel (1976)
78. Rough Justice (2005)
79. I’m Free (1965)
80. No Expectations (1968)

81. I Go Wild (1994)
82. Rocks Off (1972)
83. Plundered My Soul (1972/2010)
84. Respectable (1978)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

85. I Don’t Know Why I Love You (1969)
86. Come On (1963)
87. Doom and Gloom (2012)
88. Rain Fall Down (2005)
89. Sister Morphine (1971)
90. Terrifying (1989)

91. Sparks Will Fly (1994)
92. Sway (1971)
93. Little T & A (1981)
94. Just Your Fool (2016)
95. When the Whip Comes Down (1978)
96. Good Times, Bad Times (1964)
97. Shine a Light (1972)
98. Just My Imagination Running Away with me (1978)
99. Dance Little Sister (1974)
100. Rip This Joint (1972)

The Rolling Stones: Studio Albums Ranked

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by album’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, critics’ ratings, and awards. Also factored in are the status of each album’s songs in Dave’s Music Database for songs.

1. Exile on Main Street (1972)
2. Sticky Fingers (1971)
3. Let It Bleed (1969)
4. Beggars Banquet (1968)
5. Some Girls (1978)
6. England’s Newest Hit Makers (aka ‘The Rolling Stones’) (1964)
7. Aftermath (UK version, 1966)
8. Aftermath (US version, 1966)
9. Tattoo You (1981)
10. Between the Buttons (1967)

11. Goats Head Soup (1973)
12. Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
13. Voodoo Lounge (1994)
14. Emotional Rescue (1980)
15. Out of Our Heads (US version, 1965)
16. Black and Blue (1976)
17. A Bigger Bang (2005)
18. Steel Wheels (1989)
19. 12 x 5 (1964)
20. Bridges to Babylon (1997)

21. It’s Only Rock and Roll (1974)
22. December's Children…and Everybody's (1965)
23. Blue & Lonesome (covers, 2016)
24. Undercover (1983)
25. No. 2 (1965)
26. Out of Our Heads (UK version, 1965)
27. Dirty Work (1986)
28. Now! (1965)

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Friday, September 29, 2023

Psychedelic Rock: Top 100 Songs

Psychedelic Rock:

Top 100 Songs

Psychedelic rock emerged in the mid-‘60s as music inspired, influenced, or representative of the experience of taking hallucinogenic drugs, most notably LSD. The Summer of Love in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969 were major cultural events which have been tied to the psychedelic rock movement. This list was created by aggregating 24 lists focused on psychedelic rock songs.

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1. Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit” (1967)
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze” (1967)
3. The Beatles “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (1967)
4. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
5. Strawberry Alarm Clock “Incense and Peppermints” (1967)
6. The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever” (1967)
7. The Byrds “Eight Miles High” (1966)
8. The Beatles “Tomorrow Never Knows” (1966)
9. Pink Floyd “Interstellar Overdrive” (1967)
10. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)

11. Jefferson Airplane “Somebody to Love” (1967)
12. Iron Butterfly “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida” (1968)
13. Grateful Dead “Dark Star” (1968)
14. The Amboy Dukes “Journey to the Center of the Mind” (1968)
15. The Electric Prunes “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night” (1966)
16. The Beatles “I Am the Walrus” (1967)
17. Cream “Sunshine of Your Love” (1967)
18. Scott McKenzie “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)” (1967)
19. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Are You Experienced?” (1967)
20. Steppenwolf “Magic Carpet Ride” (1968)

21. The Small Faces “Itchycoo Park” (1967)
22. The Chambers Brothers “Time Has Come Today” (1967)
23. The Doors “The End” (1967)
24. The Beatles “A Day in the Life” (1967)
25. Status Quo “Pictures of Matchstick Men” (1967)
26. The Animals “Sky Pilot” (1968)
27. Pink Floyd “Astronomy Domine” (1967)
28. Cream “White Room” (1968)
29. The Beatles “All You Need Is Love” (1967)
30. The Velvet Underground & Nico “Venus in Furs” (1967)

31. The United States of America “The American Metaphysical Circus” (1968)
32. Pink Floyd “See Emily Play” (1967)
33. The Rolling Stones “2000 Light Years from Home” (1967)
34. Tommy James & the Shondells “Crimson and Clover” (1968)
35. The Who “I Can See for Miles” (1967)
36. The Count Five “Psychotic Reaction” (1966)
37. The Doors “Strange Days” (1967)
38. Tomorrow “My White Bicycle” (1967)
39. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
40. The Turtles “Happy Together” (1967)

41. Kenny Rogers & the First Edition “Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In” (1967)
42. Big Brother & the Holding Company “Piece of My Heart” (1968)
43. Pink Floyd “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” (1968)
44. Donovan “Hurdy Gurdy Man” (1968)
45. The Rolling Stones “She’s a Rainbow” (1967)
46. The Balloon Farm “A Question of Temperature” (1968)
47. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1965)
48. The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset” (1967)
49. The Yardbirds “The Shapes of Things” (1966)
50. The Animals “San Franciscan Nights” (1967)

51. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (1966)
52. The Grass Roots “Let’s Live for Today” (1967)
53. The Bubble Puppy “Hot Smoke & Sassafras” (1969)
54. The Young Rascals “Groovin’” (1967)
55. The Beatles “Within You Without You” (1967)
56. Pink Floyd “Echoes” (1971)
57. The Box Tops “The Letter” (1967)
58. Vanilla Fudge “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (1967)
59. Donovan “Sunshine Superman” (1966)
60. Country Joe & the Fish “Grace” (1967)

61. Traffic “Dear Mr. Fantasy” (1967)
62. The Doors “People Are Strange” (1967)
63. Love “The Red Telephone” (1967)
64. Kaleidoscope “Beacon from Mars” (1968)
65. The 13th Floor Elevators “You’re Gonna Miss Me” (1966)
66. The Lemon Pipers “Green Tambourine” (1967)
67. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Third Stone from the Sun” (1967)
68. Traffic “Paper Sun” (1967)
69. Bobbie Gentry “Ode to Billie Joe” (1967)
70. The Rolling Stones “Ruby Tuesday” (1967)

71. The Monkees “Pleasant Valley Sunday” (1967)
72. Pink Floyd “Comfortably Numb” (1979)
73. The Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin” (1967)
74. Pink Floyd “Arnold Layne” (1967)
75. H.P. Lovecraft “At the Mountains of Madness” (1968)
76. The Blues Magoos “We Ain’t Got Nothin’ Yet” (1966)
77. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown “Fire” (1968)
78. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (1968)
79. Donovan “Mellow Yellow” (1966)
80. The Yardbirds “Happenings Ten Years Time Ago” (1966)

81. Blue Cheer “Summertime Blues” (1968)
82. Cream “Strange Brew” (1967)
83. The Youngbloods “Get Together” (1967)
84. The 13th Floor Elevators “Roller Coaster” (1966)
85. Country Joe & the Fish “Bass Strings” (1967)
86. The United States of America “Cloud Song” (1968)
87. Donovan “Season of the Witch” (1966)
88. The Beatles “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” (1965)
89. Black Sabbath “Planet Caravan” (1970)
90. Country Joe & the Fish “Section 43” (1967)

91. West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band “Shifting Sands” (1967)
92. The Byrds “Mind Gardens” (1967)
93. The Rolling Stones “We Love You” (1967)
94. Steve Miller Band “In My First Mind” (1968)
95. Tim Buckley “Hallucinations” (1967)
96. The Doors “Break on Through” (1967)
97. Funkadelic “Maggot Brain” (1971)
98. It’s a Beautiful Day “White Bird” (1969)
99. The Doors “When the Music’s Over” (1967)
100. Cream “I Feel Free” (1966)

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Friday, April 14, 2023

Neil & Tim Finn: Top 100 Songs

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Sunday, February 26, 2023

Top 100 Songs from 1910-1919

Top 100 Songs of the Decade:

1910-1919

These are the top 100 songs from the 1910s according to Dave’s Music Database. Rankings are figured by combining sales figures, chart data, radio airplay, video airplay, streaming figures, awards, and appearances on best-of lists.

Check out other “songs of the decade” lists here.

1. Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911)
2. American Quartet “Over There” (1917)
3. Peerless Quartet “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (1911)
4. Al Jolson “You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)” (1913)
5. Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” (1910)
6. American Quartet “Moonlight Bay” (1912)
7. Original Dixieland Jazz Band “Tiger Rag” (1918)
8. Sophie Tucker “Some of These Days” (1911)
9. Marion Harris “After You’ve Gone” (1919)
10. Al Jolson “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody” (1918)

11. Henry Burr & Albert Campbell “Till We Meet Again” (1919)
12. Chauncey Olcott “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” (1913)
13. John McCormack “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary” (1915)
14. Casey Jones...American Quartet with Billy Murray (1910)
15. Down by the Old Mill Stream...Harry MacDonough (1911)
16. Darktown Strutters’ Ball...Original Dixieland Jazz Band (1918)
17. They Didn't Believe Me...Harry MacDonough with Olive Kline (1915)
18. The Knickerbocker Quartet “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile” (1917)
19. Arthur Fields “Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” (1918)
20. Alma Gluck “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” (1915)

21. Henry Burr “Beautiful Ohio” (1919)
22. Heidelberg Quintet “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee” (1912)
23. Victor Military Band “Poor Butterfly” (1917)
24. Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “The Aba Daba Honeymoon” (1914)
25. Charles Harrison “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” (1918)
26. Henry Burr “Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)” (1918)
27. John Steel “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody” (1919)
28. Ben Selvin “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles” (1919)
29. Peerless Quartet “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier” (1915)
30. Heidelberg Quintet “By the Beautiful Sea” (1914)

31. Billy Murray with the American Quartet “Oh, You Beautiful Doll” (1911)
32. Henry Burr “When I Lost You” (1913)
33. George MacFarlane “A Little Bit of Heaven (“Shure, They Call It Ireland”)” (1915)
34. Elsie Baker “The Missouri Waltz (Hush-a-Bye Ma Baby)” (1917)
35. Henry Burr “M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)” (1916)
36. Chauncey Olcott “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s an Irish Lullaby)” (1913)
37. Prince’s Orchestra “Ballin’ the Jack” (1914)
38. Elsie Baker “I Love You Truly” (1912)
39. Billy Murray & Ada Jones with American Quartet “Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine” (1911)
40. Anna Wheaton with James Harrod “Till the Clouds Roll By” (1917)

41. Fisk University Jubilee Quartet “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (1910)
42. Ernestine Schumann-Heink “Danny Boy” (1918)
43. Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You)” (1911)
44. Irving Kaufman with the Columbia Quartet “Hail! Hail! The Gang’s All Here” (1918)
45. Bob Roberts “Ragtime Cowboy Joe” (1912)
46. Billy Murray “Pretty Baby” (1916)
47. Nora Bayes “How ‘Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm after They've Seen Paree?” (1919)
48. Henry Burr “Oh! What a Pal Was Mary” (1919)
49. American Quartet “Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!” (1917)
50. Henry Burr “Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland” (1910)

51. Henry Burr “Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You (Is All That I Can Say)” (1916)
52. Harry MacDonough “Where the River Shannon Flows” (1910)
53. American Quartet “Goodbye Broadway, Hello France” (1917)
54. Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam’” (1913)
55. Prince’s Orchestra “The Star Spangled Banner” (1916)
56. John McCormack “I’m Falling in Love with Someone” (1911)
57. Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra with Harry MacDonough “Smiles” (1918)
58. James F. Harrison “Keep the Home Fires Burning” (1915)
59. Billy Murray & Ada Jones “Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee” (1912)
60. Nora Bayes with Joseph Pasternach’s Orchestra “Over There” (1917)

61. Bert Williams “Play That Barber-Shop Chord” (1910)
62. Henry Burr & Albert Campbell “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine” (1913)
63. Olive Kline with Edward Hamilton “Hello Frisco!” (1915)
64. Al Jolson “I’ll Say She Does” (1919)
65. Prince’s Orchestra “The Memphis Blues” (1914)
66. Billy Murray “K-K-K-Katy (The Stammering Song)” (1918)
67. Charles Harrison “Peg O’ My Heart” (1913)
68. Al Jolson “The Spaniard That Blighted My Life” (1913)
69. Henry Burr “Last Night Was the End of the World” (1913)
70. John McCormack “Mother Machree” (1911)

71. Henry Burr with Albert Campbell “I’m on My Way to Mandalay” (1914)
72. Peerless Quartet “Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad” (1911)
73. Joe Hayman “Cohen on the Telephone” (1914)
74. James F. Harrison with James Reed “There’s a Long, Long Trail” (1915)
75. Enrico Caruso “Over There” (1918)
76. Arthur Clough with the Brunswick Quartet “Down by the Old Mill Stream” (1911)
77. Al Jolson “That Haunting Melody” (1912)
78. John McCormack “Somewhere a Voice Is Calling” (1916)
79. Al Jolson “Ragging the Baby to Sleep” (1912)
80. Arthur Collins with Bryon G. Harlan “Under the Yum Yum Tree” (1911)

81. Henry Burr & Albert Campbell “When I Was Twenty-One and You Were Sweet Sixteen” (1912)
82. Ada Jones “Row! Row! Row!” (1913)
83. American Quartet “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary” (1914)
84. Cecil Fanning “A Perfect Day” (1911)
85. Al Jolson “Hello Central, Give Me No Man’s Land” (1918)
86. Nicholas Orlando’s Orchestra with Harry Macdonough & Charles Hart “Till We Meet Again” (1919)
87. Van & Schenck “For Me and My Gal” (1917)
88. Alma Gluck with Efrem Zimbalist “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (1915)
89. Charles Harrison “Ireland Must Be Heaven for My Mother Came from There” (1916)
90. Arthur Collins with Bryon G. Harlan “I Love the Ladies” (1914)

91. Peerless Quartet “Over There” (1917)
92. American Quartet “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” (1914)
93. American Quartet “When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose” (1915)
94. Alma Gluck “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1916)
95. Billy Murray “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911)
96. Harry MacDonough with Lucy Isabelle Marsh “Every Little Movement” (1910)
97. Henry Burr “I’m Sorry I Made You Cry” (1918)
98. Henry Burr with Albert Campbell “There’s a Quaker Down in Quaker Town” (1916)
99. Arthur Clough “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (1911)
100. Charles Harrison with the Columbia Stellar Quartet “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” (1918)

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