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American music education project for categorization of popular songs
The "Songs of the Century " list is part of an education project by the
20th century with historical significance in mind. RIAA selected the voters, and about 15% (200) of the 1,300 selected voters responded.
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The list
The list of the top 25 songs, in the order of votes received. Each song is followed by the name of the artist who made the most notable recording of the song.[4]
Rank
Title
Artist
Year
1
"Over the Rainbow " (Harold Arlen , E.Y. Harburg )
Judy Garland
1939
2
"White Christmas " (Irving Berlin )
Bing Crosby
1942
3
"This Land Is Your Land " (Woody Guthrie )
Woody Guthrie
1940
4
"Respect " (Otis Redding )
Aretha Franklin
1967
5
"American Pie " (Don McLean )
Don McLean
1972
6
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy " (Don Raye , Hughie Prince )
The Andrews Sisters
1941
7
West Side Story (album)
Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim
1957
8
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game " (Jack Norworth , Albert Von Tilzer )
Billy Murray
1908
9
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' " (Phil Spector , Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil )
The Righteous Brothers
1964
10
"The Entertainer " (Scott Joplin )
Scott Joplin
1902
11
"In the Mood " (Wingy Manone , Andy Razaf , Joe Garland )
Glenn Miller Orchestra
1940
12
"Rock Around the Clock " (Max C. Freedman , James E. Myers )
Bill Haley & His Comets
1954
13
"When the Saints Go Marching In "
Louis Armstrong
1938
14
"You Are My Sunshine "
Jimmie Davis
1939
15
"Bertholt Brecht
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Bobby Darin
1959
16
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction " (Mick Jagger , Keith Richards )
The Rolling Stones
1965
17
")
Duke Ellington Orchestra
1941
18
")
Fats Domino
1956
19
"God Bless America " (Irving Berlin )
Kate Smith
1938
20
"The Stars and Stripes Forever " (John Philip Sousa )
Sousa's Band
1897
21
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine " (Norman Whitfield , Barrett Strong )
Marvin Gaye
1968
22
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay " (Redding, Steve Cropper )
Otis Redding
1967
23
"I Left My Heart in San Francisco " (George C. Cory Jr. , (Douglass Cross)
Tony Bennett
1962
24
"Good Vibrations " (Brian Wilson , Mike Love )
The Beach Boys
1966
25
"Stand by Me " (Ben E. King, Leiber and Stoller )
Ben E. King
1961
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