Songs of the Century ist eine Liste von Liedern die 2001 von der Recording Industry Association of America RIAA erstellt und veroffentlicht wurde Sie reprasentiert viele Genres und alle Zeitraume des 20 Jahrhunderts Das Ziel der Liste war es die musikalische Kultur der USA an den amerikanischen Schulen zu bewerben Es wurden Hunderte von Politikern Personen des Musik und Mediengeschafts Lehrern und Studenten nach den wichtigsten Liedern befragt Die Wahler wurden von der RIAA ausgewahlt Heraus kam eine Liste von 365 Songs und Instrumentalstucken 1 2 Songs of the Century BearbeitenRang Titel Interpret1 Over the Rainbow Judy Garland2 White Christmas Bing Crosby3 This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie4 Respect Aretha Franklin5 American Pie Don McLean6 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy The Andrews Sisters7 West Side Story Album Original Cast8 Take Me Out to the Ball Game Billy Murray9 You ve Lost That Lovin Feelin The Righteous Brothers10 The Entertainer Scott Joplin11 In the Mood Glenn Miller Orchestra12 Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley amp His Comets13 When the Saints Go Marching In Louis Armstrong14 You Are My Sunshine Jimmie Davis15 Mack the Knife Bobby Darin16 I Can t Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones17 Take the A Train Duke Ellington Orchestra18 Blueberry Hill Fats Domino19 God Bless America Kate Smith20 Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa s Band21 I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye22 Sittin On The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding23 I Left My Heart in San Francisco Tony Bennett24 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys25 Stand by Me Ben E King26 Stormy Weather Lena Horne27 Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry28 I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles29 Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight amp the Pips30 Imagine John Lennon31 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry32 The Twist Chubby Checker33 Happy Trails Roy Rogers amp Dale Evans34 Your Cheatin Heart Hank Williams35 Swing Low Sweet Chariot Fisk Jubilee Singers36 The Sound of Music Album Original Cast37 Round Midnight Thelonious Monk38 What s Love Got to Do with It Tina Turner39 Over There The American Quartet40 Stardust Hoagy Carmichael41 Ain t Misbehavin Fats Waller42 Georgia on My Mind Ray Charles43 Oh Pretty Woman Roy Orbison44 Every Breath You Take The Police45 My Girl The Temptations46 Hotel California Eagles47 Happy Days Are Here Again Ben Selvin48 Stand by Your Man Tammy Wynette49 Take Five Dave Brubeck50 America the Beautiful Louise Homer51 When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge52 Light My Fire The Doors53 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin54 Sweet Georgia Brown Ben Bernie amp His Orchestra55 When You Wish upon a Star Cliff Edwards56 Yesterday The Beatles57 Louie Louie The Kingsmen58 God Bless the Child Billie Holiday59 Born in the U S A Bruce Springsteen60 The Girl from Ipanema Stan Getz Astrud Gilberto61 I Walk the Line Johnny Cash62 The Star Spangled Banner John McCormack63 Oh Happy Day The Edwin Hawkins Singers64 Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis65 What s Going On Marvin Gaye66 Oklahoma Album Original Cast67 Zip A Dee Doo Dah Johnny Mercer68 Don t Be Cruel Hound Dog Elvis Presley69 St Louis Blues W C Handy70 Yankee Doodle Vess L Ossman71 California Dreamin The Mamas and the Papas72 On the Road Again Willie Nelson73 Auld Lang Syne Frank Stanley74 Summertime Sidney Bechet75 Theme from Shaft Isaac Hayes76 Beat It Michael Jackson77 Sentimental Journey Les Brown Orchestra Doris Day78 Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins79 The Sound of Silence Simon and Garfunkel80 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana81 It Had to Be You Isham Jones Orchestra82 Minnie the Moocher Cab Calloway83 Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford84 What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong85 Fire and Rain James Taylor86 Y M C A Village People87 Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley88 King of the Road Roger Miller89 I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor90 Ave Maria Marian Anderson91 Begin the Beguine Artie Shaw Orchestra92 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan93 Stop In the Name of Love The Supremes94 Stayin Alive Bee Gees95 1999 Prince96 Please Remember Me Tim McGraw97 Porgy and Bess Album Original Cast98 Back in the Saddle Again Gene Autry99 Shake Rattle and Roll Joe Turner100 In the Still of the Night The Five Satins101 Killing Me Softly with His Song Roberta Flack102 Friends in Low Places Garth Brooks103 Charleston Arthur Gibbs amp His Gang104 A Tisket A Tasket Ella Fitzgerald105 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Chauncey Olcott106 The Times They Are A Changin Bob Dylan107 I Fall to Pieces Patsy Cline108 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston109 Mona Lisa Nat King Cole110 Blowin in the Wind Bob Dylan111 Peggy Sue Buddy Holly112 Lean on Me Bill Withers113 Kind of Blue Album Miles Davis114 I m So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Williams115 Proud Mary Creedence Clearwater Revival116 Will the Circle Be Unbroken The Carter Family117 Puttin on the Ritz Harry Richman118 Layla Derek and the Dominos119 Jump Van Halen120 I Still Haven t Found What I m Looking For U2121 We Are the World USA for Africa122 Girls Just Want to Have Fun Cyndi Lauper123 My Fair Lady Album Original Cast124 Swanee Al Jolson125 Let Me Call You Sweetheart The Peerless Quartet126 Makin Whoopee Eddie Cantor127 The Tracks of My Tears The Miracles128 I Wanna Be Loved by You Marilyn Monroe129 Pennies from Heaven Bing Crosby130 Tutti Frutti Little Richard131 Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison132 I Only Have Eyes for You The Flamingos133 Born to Be Wild Steppenwolf134 Superstition Stevie Wonder135 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen136 On the Good Ship Lollipop Shirley Temple137 Wabash Cannonball Roy Acuff138 Unchained Melody Al Hibbler139 Dancing in the Street Martha amp the Vandellas140 Ain t No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye Tammi Terrell141 Piano Man Billy Joel142 Joy to the World Three Dog Night143 Losing My Religion R E M 144 My Way Frank Sinatra145 Let s Stay Together Al Green146 We Are the Champions We Will Rock You Queen147 Purple Rain Prince148 Dancing Queen ABBA149 A Love Supreme Album John Coltrane150 Wake Up Little Susie The Everly Brothers151 Shout The Isley Brothers152 I Got You I Feel Good James Brown153 The Thrill Is Gone B B King154 Alexander s Ragtime Band Boswell Sisters155 Bo Diddley Bo Diddley156 Banana Boat Day O Harry Belafonte157 Ring of Fire Johnny Cash158 Donna La Bamba Ritchie Valens159 The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens160 Take Me Home Country Roads John Denver161 Material Girl Madonna162 Rapper s Delight The Sugarhill Gang163 Goodnight Irene Leadbelly164 Tequila The Champs165 Que Sera Sera Doris Day166 Turn Turn Turn To Everything There Is a Season The Byrds167 Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band Album The Beatles168 Soul Man Sam amp Dave169 You Are the Sunshine of My Life Stevie Wonder170 Thanks for the Memory Bob Hope Shirley Ross171 Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head B J Thomas172 Moon River Henry Mancini173 Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd174 Misty Sarah Vaughan175 Chances Are Johnny Mathis176 Love Letters Ketty Lester177 I Love Rock N Roll Joan Jett amp the Blackhearts178 Fast Car Tracy Chapman179 Will You Love Me Tomorrow The Shirelles180 Leader of the Pack The Shangri Las181 In the Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett182 Why Do Fools Fall in Love Frankie Lymon amp the Teenagers183 I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash184 Oye Como Va Santana185 Coal Miner s Daughter Loretta Lynn186 Cat s in the Cradle Harry Chapin187 Mammas Don t Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson188 The Gambler Kenny Rogers189 Bye Bye Blackbird Gene Austin190 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes The Platters191 You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party Beastie Boys192 We Are Family Sister Sledge193 They Long to Be Close to You The Carpenters194 Maggie May Rod Stewart195 Night and Day Fred Astaire196 Brother Can You Spare a Dime Rudy Vallee197 Tom Dooley The Kingston Trio198 Tennessee Waltz Patti Page199 If You Don t Know Me by Now Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes200 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John201 U Can t Touch This MC Hammer202 Smooth Santana amp Rob Thomas203 Livin La Vida Loca Ricky Martin204 How Great Thou Art George Beverly Shea205 Sing Sing Sing Benny Goodman Orchestra206 Hair Album Original Cast207 Tumbling Tumbleweeds The Sons of the Pioneers208 What the World Needs Now Is Love Jackie DeShannon209 Crying Roy Orbison210 Sweet Child o Mine Guns N Roses211 One O Clock Jump Count Basie Orchestra212 Downtown Petula Clark213 It s Too Late I Feel the Earth Move Carole King214 Celebration Kool amp The Gang215 So in Love The Tymes216 You re So Vain Carly Simon217 Heart of Glass Blondie218 Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe Blue Grass Boys219 Teen Angel Mark Dinning220 Ornithology Album Charlie Parker Sextet221 We Shall Overcome Joan Baez222 Something to Talk About Bonnie Raitt223 Take My Hand Precious Lord Thomas A Dorsey224 South Pacific Album Original Cast225 Runaround Sue Dion and the Belmonts226 Tea for Two Art Tatum227 Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran228 Everybody Loves Somebody Dean Martin229 It s My Party Lesley Gore230 The Loco Motion Little Eva231 On Broadway The Drifters232 Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin233 Time in a Bottle Jim Croce234 Margaritaville Jimmy Buffett235 Bitches Brew Album Miles Davis236 Kansas City Wilbert Harrison237 Earth Angel The Penguins238 Got My Mojo Working Muddy Waters239 People Get Ready The Impressions240 The House of the Rising Sun The Animals241 White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane242 Graceland Paul Simon243 Love Shack The B 52 s244 I Believe I Can Fly R Kelly245 All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow246 My Heart Will Go On Celine Dion247 My Old Kentucky Home Geraldine Farrar248 Abraham Martin amp John Dion249 The King and I Album Original Cast250 At the Hop Danny amp the Juniors251 What d I Say Ray Charles252 Mr Sandman The Chordettes253 Be My Baby The Ronettes254 I Got You Babe Sonny and Cher255 The Devil Went Down to Georgia Charlie Daniels Band256 Flashdance What a Feeling Irene Cara257 Burning Down the House Talking Heads258 Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus259 Wide Open Spaces Dixie Chicks260 The Music Man Album Original Cast261 Walk On By Dionne Warwick262 Ramblin Man The Allman Brothers Band263 Move On Up a Little Higher Mahalia Jackson264 I m So Excited The Pointer Sisters265 That Old Black Magic Louis Prima Keely Smith266 Reach Out I ll Be There Four Tops267 Walk This Way Aerosmith268 Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes269 The Wind Beneath My Wings Bette Midler270 Change the World Eric Clapton271 If I Didn t Care The Ink Spots272 Paper Doll The Mills Brothers273 Strange Fruit Billie Holiday274 Ode to Billie Joe Bobbie Gentry275 Strangers in the Night Frank Sinatra276 War Edwin Starr277 Behind Closed Doors Charlie Rich278 Old Time Rock amp Roll Bob Seger279 We Got the Beat The Go Go s280 The Message Grandmaster Flash amp the Furious Five281 You re the Top Ethel Merman282 My Guy Mary Wells283 You Send Me Sam Cooke284 By the Time I Get to Phoenix Glen Campbell285 Everybody s Talkin Nilsson286 Heart of Gold Neil Young287 Jack amp Diane John Mellencamp288 Fight the Power Public Enemy289 Me and My Shadow Whispering Jack Smith290 Deep in the Heart of Texas Alvino Rey Orchestra291 For What It s Worth Buffalo Springfield292 That s What Friends Are For Dionne Warwick amp Friends293 You re Still the One Shania Twain294 Birdland Album Weather Report295 Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac296 Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd297 Riders in the Sky A Cowboy Legend Vaughn Monroe298 The Way We Were Barbra Streisand299 9 to 5 Dolly Parton300 Grease Album Original Cast301 Don t Worry Be Happy Bobby McFerrin302 Who s Sorry Now Connie Francis303 That s the Way I Like It KC and the Sunshine Band304 Yes We Have No Bananas Billy Jones305 On Top of Old Smoky The Weavers306 You Really Got Me The Kinks307 Ohio Crosby Stills Nash amp Young308 Free Fallin Tom Petty amp the Heartbreakers309 This Kiss Faith Hill310 Body and Soul Coleman Hawkins Orchestra311 I Am Woman Helen Reddy312 Show Boat Album Original Cast313 This Masquerade George Benson314 Some of These Days Sophie Tucker315 Down Hearted Blues Bessie Smith316 New San Antonio Rose Bob Wills amp the Texas Playboys317 How High the Moon Les Paul Mary Ford318 I m Sorry Brenda Lee319 Everyday People Sly amp the Family Stone320 When Will I Be Loved Linda Ronstadt321 Uncle John s Band Grateful Dead322 Faith George Michael323 Up Where We Belong Joe Cocker Jennifer Warnes324 All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight Hank Williams Jr 325 Candle in the Wind Elton John326 El Shaddai Amy Grant327 Salt Peanuts Dizzy Gillespie328 Zodiac Suite Album Mary Lou Williams329 Vesti La Giubba Enrico Caruso330 Whispering Paul Whiteman Orch 331 Blue Yodel T for Texas Jimmie Rodgers332 Boogie Chillen John Lee Hooker333 The Battle of New Orleans Johnny Horton334 She Works Hard for the Money Donna Summer335 I Want You Back The Jackson Five336 He Stopped Loving Her Today George Jones337 Men in Black Will Smith338 El Paso Marty Robbins339 I ll Fly Away The Chuck Wagon Gang340 Rockit Herbie Hancock341 King Porter Stomp Jelly Roll Morton342 Cross Road Blues Robert Johnson343 Cattle Call Eddy Arnold344 Tiger Rag The Original Dixieland Jazz Band345 The Prisoner s Song Vernon Dalhart346 Yakety Yak The Coasters347 Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell348 Higher Love Steve Winwood349 No Charge Shirley Caesar350 My Home s in Alabama Alabama351 One Sweet Day Mariah Carey amp Boyz II Men352 I Hope You Dance Lee Ann Womack353 Don t Let Nobody Turn You Around The Fairfield Four354 The In Crowd Ramsey Lewis Trio355 Near You Francis Craig Orchestra356 Sing Me Back Home Merle Haggard357 Django Modern Jazz Quartet358 Respect Yourself The Staple Singers359 Doo Wop That Thing Lauryn Hill360 Mama He s Crazy The Judds361 No Scrubs TLC362 Saturday in the Park Chicago363 Bills Bills Bills Destiny s Child364 Addictive Love BeBe amp CeCe Winans365 All Along the Watchtower Jimi HendrixBelege Bearbeiten Songs of the Century In CNN 7 Marz 2001 abgerufen am 16 Juli 2014 Komplette Liste New song list puts Rainbow way up high Nicht mehr online verfugbar In CNN 7 Marz 2001 archiviert vom Original am 28 August 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