![]() Simon and Garfunkel “ The Sounds of Silence” (1965)ġ01. Louis Armstrong “ What a Wonderful World” (1967)ġ00. Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard “ All the Things You Are” (1939)ĩ8. Henry Burr with Albert Campbell “ Till We Meet Again” (1919)ĩ6.Ğlvis Presley “ It’s Now or Never” (1960)ĩ7. Santana & Rob Thomas “ Smooth” (1999)ĩ3.ěilly Murray “ Meet Me in St. ![]() Percy Sledge “ When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)ĩ2. Ray Charles “ I Can’t Stop Loving You” (1962)ĩ0.Ěrthur Collins “ Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home” (1902)ĩ1. The Mills Brothers “ Paper Doll” (1942)Ĩ9. Nat “King” Cole “ The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” (1946)Ĩ5.Ěl Jolson “ You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)” (1913)Ĩ8. The Everly Brothers “ All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)Ĩ4. Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton “ Shine on Harvest Moon” (1909)Ĩ1.ěilly Murray with the Haydn Quartet “ By the Light of the Silvery Moon” (1910)Ĩ2. Ray Charles “ Georgia on My Mind” (1960)Ĩ0. Les Brown with Doris Day “ Sentimental Journey” (1945)ħ6.Ğlvis Presley “ Suspicious Minds” (1969)ħ7.Ěmerican Quartet “ Moonlight Bay” (1912)ħ9. Los Del Rio “ Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995)ħ4.ěilly Murray “ Give My Regards to Broadway” (1905)ħ5. Haydn Quartet “ In the Good Old Summertime” (1903)ħ3. Haydn Quartet “ Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)” (1904)ħ2. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “ Endless Love” (1981)Ħ9.ğred Astaire with Johnny Greer’s Orchestra “ The Way You Look Tonight” (1936)ħ0. USA for Africa “ We Are the World” (1985)Ħ8. Gene Autry with the Pinafores “ Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1949)Ħ5.ěing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “ Pennies from Heaven” (1936)Ħ6. Pink Floyd “ Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)Ħ3. Peerless Quartet “ Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (1911)Ħ2. Gloria Gaynor “ I Will Survive” (1978)ĥ8. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra “ Whispering” (1920)ĥ4.ěessie Smith with Louis Armstrong “ St. Procol Harum “ A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)ĥ2. ![]() Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “ I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)Ĥ7.Ğthel Waters “ Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)” (1933)Ĥ8.Ĝhuck Berry “ Johnny B. The Righteous Brothers “ Unchained Melody” (1965)Ĥ5.ěilly Murray “ You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (1906)Ĥ6. The American Quartet “ Over There” (1917)Ĥ2.Ğlvis Presley “ Jailhouse Rock” (1957)Ĥ3. The Righteous Brothers “ You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1965)Ĥ0.ěilly Murray with the Haydn Quartet “ Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (1908)Ĥ1. Roy Orbison “ (Oh) Pretty Woman” (1964)ģ9. Glenn Miller Orchestra “ In the Mood” (1939)ģ7.Ěrtie Shaw “ Begin the Beguine” (1938)ģ8. The Animals “ The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)ģ5. Sinéad O’Connor “ Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)Ģ6.Ĝeline Dion “ My Heart Will Go On” (1997)Ģ9.ğred Astaire with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra “ Night and Day” (1932)ģ1.ğred Astaire & Ginger Rogers with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra “ Cheek to Cheek” (1935)ģ2. Otis Redding “ (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)Ģ3.Ğlvis Presley “ Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)Ģ4.Ğlvis Presley “ Don’t Be Cruel” (1956)Ģ5. Judy Garland “ Over the Rainbow” (1939)Ģ0.Ğlton John “ Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (1997)Ģ1. Marvin Gaye “ I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)ġ4.Ěrthur Collins with Byron Harlan “ Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911)ġ5.ěryan Adams “ (Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991)ġ7.ěob Dylan “ Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)ġ9. The Beach Boys “ Good Vibrations” (1966)ġ3. Simon & Garfunkel “ Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)ġ2. The Beatles “ I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)ġ1. The Police “ Every Breath You Take” (1983)ĩ. Whitney Houston “ I Will Always Love You” (1992)ĥ.ěill Haley & the Comets “ We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)Ħ. The Rolling Stones “ (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)Ĥ. ![]() Instead, this list is more focused on middle-of-the-road music.Ĭlick here to see other lists from critics and individuals and here to see other lists from publications and/or organizationsġ.ěing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “ White Christmas” (1942)ģ. In a list of 2000 songs, it is hard to imagine Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (all which rank in the DMDB’s top 100 of all time) being omitted. It does, however, short change harder rock. Overall, this is a first-rate list because it represents more years than most lists. The results posted here are for the top 500 songs. The list is unranked, but Dave’s Music Database has ranked the songs from Jasen’s book based on their overall status in the DMDB. It is an alphabetical listing of song titles, their songwriters, and the year the song was written. Jasen’s book A Century of American Popular Music (published 2002) collects 2000 songs from the 20th century. ![]()
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