A song a year for the 20th Century
1901 Good Morning, Carrie w.Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith & Elmer Bowman 1902 In The Good Old Summer Time w. Ren Shields m. George Evans. 1903 Good-bye, Eliza Jane w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer 1904 Give My Regards to Broadway w.m. George M. Cohan 1905 In My Merry Oldsmobile w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Gus Edwards 1906 Cheyenne w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne 1907 Redwing w. Thurland Chattaway m.Kerry Mills 1908 Shine on Harvest Moon wJack Norworth m.Nora Bays & Jack Norworth 1909 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now w.Will M. Hough, Frank R. Adams m. Joseph E. Howard & Harold Orlob 1910 Chinatown, My Chinatownw. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz 1911 When Ragtime Rosy Ragged the Rosary w Edgar Leslie m Lewis Muir 1912 My Melancholy Baby” w. George A. Norton m. Ernie Burnett 1913 Fifteen Cents w.m. Chris Smith 1914 Down Among The Sheltering Palmsw. James Brockman m. Abe Olman 1915 I Love a Piano w.m. Irving Berlin 1916 If You Were the Only Girl (in the World) w. Clifford Grey m. Nat D. Ayer 1917 For Me And My Gal w. Edgar Leslie & E. Ray Goetz m. George W. Meyer 1918 After You've Gone w. Henry Creamer m. Turner Layton 1919 Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me)w.m. Ballard MacDonald, Joe Goodwin & James F. Hanley 1920 Whispering w. Malvin Schonberger m. John Schonberger 1921 I'm Nobody's Baby w.m. Benny Davis, Milton Ager & Lester Santly 1922 Carolina in the Morning w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson 1923 Old Fashioned Love w. Cecil Mack m. James P. Johnson 1924 The Wreck of the Old 97 Probable w. Charles Noell Probable m. Henry Whitter 1925 Manhattan w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers 1926 When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along) w.m. Harry M. Woods 1927 At Sundown w.m. Walter Donaldson 1928 Doin' The Raccoon w. Raymond Klages m. J. Fred Coots 1929 Looking At You w.m. Cole Porter 1930 Time on My Hands w. Harold Adamson & Mack Gordon m. Vincent Youmans 1931 When Your Lover Has Gone w.m. E. A. Swan" 1932 The Song is You w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern 1933 Close Your Eyes w.m. Bernice Petkere 1934 Stars Fell on Alabama w. Mitchell Parish m. Frank Perkins 1935 These Foolish Thingsw. Holt Marvell m. Jack Strachey & Harry Link 1936 I Can't Get Started w. Ira Gershwin m. Vernon Duke 1937 They All Laughed w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin 1938 Jeepers Creepers w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren. 1939 l What's New? w. Johnny Burke m. Bob Haggart 1940 Polka Dots and Moonbeams w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen 1941 I'll Remember April w. Don Raye & Patricia Johnston m. Gene De Paul 1942 That Old Black Magic w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen 1943 Moonlight in Vermont w. John Blackburn m. Karl Suessdorf 1944 Don't Fence Me In w.m. Cole Porter 1945 Give Me the Simple Life w. Harry Ruby m. Rube Bloom 1946 Stella by Starlight w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young 1947 (I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China w.m. Frank Loesser 1948 It's Too Darn Hot w.m. Cole Porter 1949 Some Enchanted Evening w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers 1950 Swinging In a Hammock 1930 w.m. Vee Lawnhurst, et al. A hit in 1950 for Guy Lombardo 1951 Shall We Dance? w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers I prefer to this in 4/4 time 1952 (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I w.m Bill Trader 1953 Parker's Mood w.m. Parker, Beeks. 1954 In Other Words(aka Fly Me To The Moon) w.m. Bart Howard 1955 In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning w. Bob Hilliard m. Dave Mann 1956 Just In Time w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Jule Styne 1957 Too Close For Comfort w. Larry Holofcener & George David Weiss m. Jerry Bock 1958 Oh, Lonesome Me w.m. Don Gibson I prefer to do this at the Neil Young tempo 1959 Sea Of Love w.m. George Khoury & Phil Baptiste 1960 Hey Look Me Over w Carolyn Leigh m Cy Coleman 1961 Blue Bayou w.m. Joe Melson & Roy Orbison 1962 From a Jack to a King w.m. Ned Miller. Released in 1958 but it took to 1962 to become a hit 1963 Yeh, Yeh w. Jon Hendricks m. Rodgers Grant, Pat Patrick 1964 A Summer Song w.m. Chad StuartJeremy Clyde 1965 Like a Rolling Stone w.m. Bob Dylan 1966 Get Ready w.m. Smokey Robinson 1967 Friday on My Mind w.m. George Young, Harry Vanda 1968 MacArthur Park w.m. Jimmie Webb 1969 Crimson and Clover w.m. Peter Lucia Jr. Tommy James 1970 Instant Karma w.m. John Lennon 1971 Your Song w. Bernie Taupin m. Elton John 1972 Let's Stay Together w.m. Al Green 1973 Drive-in Saturday w.m. Davie Bowie 1974 The Air That I Breathe w.m. Albert Hammond Mike Hazlewood 1975 Science Fiction Double Feature w.m. Richard O'Brien 1976 The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald w.m. Gordon Lightfoot 1977 Lay Down Sally w.m. Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy, George Terry 1978 Life's Been Good w.m. Joe Walsh 1979 Y.M.C.A. w.m. Randy Jones, Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, Victor Willis, David Hodo, Alex Briley 1980 Twilight ZoneTwilight Tone w.m. Jay Graydon, Bernard Herrmann, Alan Paul 198 Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby w.m. Louis Jordan, Billy Austin. Covered by Joe Jackson 1982 Up Where We Belong w. Will Jennings m. Buffy Sainte-Marie & Jack Nitzsche 1983 Blister in the Sun w.m. Gordon Gano, Brian Ritchie 1984 The Sports Page w.m. Dave Frishberg 1985 Money for Nothing w.m. Mark Knopfler, Sting 1986 Al Bowlly's in Heaven w.m. Richard Thompson 1987 Didn't We Almost Have it All w.m. Michael Masser, Will Jennings 1988 What I Am w.m. Edie Brickell, Kenny Withrow 1989 Timber w.m Kostas Lazarides 1990 I Love to See You Smile w.m. Randy Newman 1991 Always Look on the Bright Side of Life w.m. Eric Idle 1992 Baby Got Back w.m. Sir Mixalot 1993 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You w.m. Van Morrison Covered by Rod Stewart 1994 Bad Reputation w.m. Freedy Johnston 1995 Bury Me in Dixieland w.m. Buck Evans 1996 Wonder w.m. Natalie Merchant 1997 Another Suitcase another Hall w.m. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber by Madonna in Evita 1998 Gone With the Breeze w.m. Jack Brownlow. 1999 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern covered by Bucky Pizzarelli 2000 I Thought About You m. Jimmy Van Husen w. Johnny Mercer covered by Terence Blanchard
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