RIAA and the National Endowment for the Arts Announce “Songs of the Century”
The list is organized by decade and alphabetically by performer(s).
The * indicates the song that received the most votes for that decade.
DAWN OF A CENTURY (1890-1920)
| The American Quartet | “Over There” | Victor | 1917 | |
| Enrico Caruso | “Vesti La Giubba” | Victor | 1907 | |
| Geraldine Farrar | “My Old Kentucky Home” | Victor | 1910 | |
| The Fisk Jubilee Singers | “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” | Victor | 1909 | |
| Louise Homer | “America the Beautiful” | Victor | 1925 | |
| Scott Joplin | “The Entertainer” | piano roll | 1902 | |
| John McCormick | “The Star Spangled Banner” | Victor | 1917 | |
| *Billy Murray | “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” | Victor | 1908 | |
| Chauncey Olcott | “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” | Columbia | 1913 | |
| Original Dixieland Jazz Band | “Tiger Rag” | Victor | 1918 | |
| Vess Ossman | “Yankee Doodle” | N.American | 1894 | |
| The Peerless Quartet | “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” | Columbia | 1911 | |
| Sousa’s Band | “The Stars and Stripes Forever” | Columbia | 1896 | |
| Frank Stanley | “Auld Lang Syne” | Columbia | 1907 | |
| Sophie Tucker | “Some of These Days” | Columbia | 1911 | |
| THE JAZZ AGE (1920-1930) | ||||
| *Louis Armstrong | “When the Saints Go Marching In” | Decca | 1938 | |
| Gene Austin | “Bye Bye Blackbird” | Victor | 1926 | |
| Ben Bernie Orchestra | “Sweet Georgia Brown” | Vocalion | 1925 | |
| Eddie Cantor | “Makin’ Whoopee” | Victor | 1929 | |
| Hoagy Carmichael | “Star Dust” | Gennett | 1928 | |
| The Carter Family | “Can the Circle Be Unbroken” | ARC | 1935 | |
| Vernon Dalhart | “The Prisoner’s Song” | Victor | 1924 | |
| Arthur Gibbs & Gang | “Charleston” | Victor | 1924 | |
| W.C. Handy | “St. Louis Blues” | Okeh | 1923 | |
| Al Jolson | “Swanee” | Columbia | 1920 | |
| Billy Jones | “Yes We Have No Bananas” | Edison | 1923 | |
| Isham Jones Orchestra | “It Had to Be You” | Brunswick | 1924 | |
| Helen Kane | “I Wanna Be Loved By You” | Victor | 1928 | |
| Jelly Roll Morton | “King Porter Stomp” | Gennett | 1923 | |
| Jimmie Rodgers | “Blue Yodel (T for Texas)” | Victor | 1930 | |
| Ben Selvin Orchestra | “Happy Days Are Here Again” | Columbia | 1930 | |
| Bessie Smith | “Down Hearted Blues” | Columbia | 1923 | |
| Whisperin’ Jack Smith | “Me and My Shadow” | Victor | 1927 | |
| Fats Waller | “Ain’t Misbehavin'” | Victor | 1929 | |
| Paul Whiteman Orchestra | “Whispering” | Victor | 1920 | |
| THE GREAT DEPRESSION (1930-1940) | ||||
| Roy Acuff | “Wabash Cannonball” | Vocalion | 1938 | |
| Marian Anderson | “Ave Maria” | Victor | 1937 | |
| Fred Astaire | “Night and Day” | Victor | 1932 | |
| Gene Autry | “Back in the Saddle Again” | Vocalion | 1938 | |
| Count Basie | “One O’Clock Jump” | Decca | 1937 | |
| Sidney Bechet | “Summertime” | Blue Note | 1939 | |
| The Boswell Sisters | “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” | Brunswick | 1935 | |
| Cab Calloway | “Minnie the Moocher” | Brunswick | 1931 | |
| Bing Crosby | “Pennies From Heaven” | Decca | 1936 | |
| Jimmie Davis | “You Are My Sunshine” | Decca | 1940 | |
| *Judy Garland | “Over the Rainbow” | Decca | 1939 | |
| Benny Goodman | “Sing Sing Sing” | Victor | 1938 | |
| Bob Hope/Shirley Ross | “Thanks for the Memory” | Decca | 1939 | |
| Robert Johnson | “Cross Road Blues” | Columbia | 1936 | |
| Cole Porter | “You’re the Top” | Victor | 1935 | |
| Harry Richman | “Puttin’ on the Ritz” | Brunswick | 1930 | |
| Kate Smith | “God Bless America” | Victor | 1939 | |
| Sons of the Pioneers | “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” | Decca | 1934 | |
| Art Tatum | “Tea for Two” | Decca | 1939 | |
| Shirley Temple | “On the Good Ship Lollipop” | 20th Cent.Fox | 1934 | |
| Rudy Vallee | “Brother Can You Spare a Dime” | Brunswick | 1932 | |
| cast recording | Show Boat | Brunswick | 1932 | |
| cast recording | Porgy and Bess | Decca | 1935 | |
| THE SWING ERA / THE WAR YEARS (1940-1950) | ||||
| The Andrews Sisters | “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” | Decca | 1941 | |
| Eddy Arnold | “Cattle Call” | Bluebird | 1945 | |
| Gene Autry | “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” | Columbia | 1949 | |
| Les Brown | “Sentimental Journey” | Columbia | 1945 | |
| The Chuck Wagon Gang | “I’ll Fly Away” | Columbia | 1948 | |
| Francis Craig Orchestra | “Near You” | Bullet | 1947 | |
| *Bing Crosby | “White Christmas” | Decca | 1942 | |
| Cliff Edwards | “When You Wish Upon a Star” | Victor | 1940 | |
| Duke Ellington | “Take the A Train” | Victor | 1941 | |
| The Fairfield Four | “Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around” | Bullet | 1947 | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | “A Tisket A Tasket” | Decca | 1938 | |
| Dizzy Gillespie | “Salt Peanuts” | Guild | 1945 | |
| Woody Guthrie | “This Land Is Your Land” | Asch | 1947 | |
| Coleman Hawkins | “Body and Soul” | Bluebird | 1940 | |
| Billie Holiday | “God Bless the Child” | Okeh | 1941 | |
| Billie Holiday | “Strange Fruit” | Commodore | 1939 | |
| John Lee Hooker | “Boogie Chillun” | Modern | 1948 | |
| Lena Horne | “Stormy Weather” | Victor | 1943 | |
| The Ink Spots | “If I Didn’t Care” | Decca | 1939 | |
| Mahalia Jackson | “Move on Up a Little Higher” | Apollo | 1948 | |
| Leadbelly | “Goodnight Irene” | Capitol | 1944 | |
| Roy Rogers/Dale Evans | “Happy Trails” | RCA Victor | 1951 | |
| Johnny Mercer | “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” | Capitol | 1946 | |
| Glenn Miller | “In the Mood” | Bluebird | 1939 | |
| The Mills Brothers | “Paper Doll | Decca | 1943 | |
| Thelonious Monk | “Around Midnight” | Blue Note | 1948 | |
| Bill Monroe | “Blue Moon of Kentucky” | Columbia | 1945 | |
| Vaughn Monroe | “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky” | RCA Victor | 1949 | |
| Charlie Parker Sextet | “Ornithology” | Dial | 1946 | |
| Alvino Ray | “Deep in the Heart of Texas” | Bluebird | 1942 | |
| Artie Shaw | “Begin the Beguine” | Bluebird | 1938 | |
| Bob Wills | “New San Antonio Rose” | Okeh | 1940 | |
| cast recording | Oklahoma! | Decca | 1943 | |
| cast recording | South Pacific | Columbia | 1949 | |
| AMERICAN BANDSTAND (1950-1960) | ||||
| Harry Belafonte | “Banana Boat (Day-O)” | RCA Victor | 1957 | |
| Chuck Berry | “Johnny B. Goode” | Chess | 1958 | |
| Bo Diddley | “Bo Diddley” | Checker | 1955 | |
| Dave Brubeck | “Take Five” | Columbia | 1959 | |
| Johnny Cash | “I Walk the Line” | Sun | 1956 | |
| The Champs | “Tequila” | Challenge | 1958 | |
| Ray Charles | “What’d I Say” | Atlantic | 1959 | |
| Ray Charles | “Georgia on My Mind” | ABC Paramnt | 1960 | |
| The Chordettes | “Mr. Sandman” | Cadence | 1954 | |
| The Coasters | “Yakety Yak” | Atco | 1958 | |
| Eddie Cochran | “Summertime Blues” | Liberty | 1958 | |
| Nat King Cole | “Mona Lisa” | Capitol | 1950 | |
| Sam Cooke | “You Send Me” | Keen | 1957 | |
| Danny & The Juniors | “At the Hop” | ABC Paramnt | 1957 | |
| Bobby Darin | “Mack the Knife” | Atco | 1959 | |
| Miles Davis | Kind of Blue | Columbia | 1959 | |
| Doris Day | “Que Sera Sera” | Columbia | 1956 | |
| Mark Dinning | “Teen Angel” | MGM | 1960 | |
| Fats Domino | “Blueberry Hill” | Imperial | 1956 | |
| The Everly Brothers | “Wake Up Little Susie” | Cadence | 1957 | |
| The Five Satins | “In the Still of the Night” | Ember | 1956 | |
| The Flamingos | “I Only Have Eyes for You” | End | 1959 | |
| Tennessee Ernie Ford | “Sixteen Tons” | Capitol | 1955 | |
| Connie Francis | “Who’s Sorry Now” | MGM | 1958 | |
| Erroll Garner Trio | “Misty” | Mercury | 1954 | |
| *Bill Haley & His Comets | “Rock Around the Clock” | Decca | 1955 | |
| Wilbert Harrison | “Kansas City” | Fury | 1959 | |
| Al Hibbler | “Unchained Melody” | Decca | 1955 | |
| Buddy Holly | “Peggy Sue” | Coral | 1957 | |
| Johnny Horton | “The Battle of New Orleans” | Columbia | 1959 | |
| The Isley Brothers | “Shout” | RCA | 1959 | |
| The Kingston Trio | “Tom Dooley” | Capitol | 1958 | |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | “Great Balls of Fire” | Sun | 1957 | |
| Little Richard | “Tutti Frutti” | Specialty | 1956 | |
| Frankie Lymon & Teenagers | “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” | Gee | 1956 | |
| Johnny Mathis | “Chances Are” | Columbia | 1957 | |
| The Modern Jazz Quartet | “Django” | Prestige | 1954 | |
| Patti Page | “The Tennessee Waltz” | Mercury | 1950 | |
| Les Paul & Mary Ford | “How High the Moon” | Capitol | 1951 | |
| The Penguins | “Earth Angel” | Dootone | 1954 | |
| Carl Perkins | “Blue Suede Shoes” | Sun | 1956 | |
| The Platters | “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” | Mercury | 1958 | |
| Elvis Presley | “Heartbreak Hotel” | RCA Victor | 1956 | |
| Elvis Presley | “Hound Dog”/ “Don’t Be Cruel” | RCA Victor | 1956 | |
| Louis Prima & Keely Smith | “That Old Black Magic” | Capitol | 1958 | |
| George Beverly Shea | “How Great Thou Art” | RCA | 1955 | |
| Joe Turner | “Shake Rattle and Roll” | Atlantic | 1954 | |
| Ritchie Valens | “Donna”/ “La Bamba” | Del-Fi | 1958 | |
| Muddy Waters | “Got My Mojo Workin'” | Chess | 1956 | |
| The Weavers | “On Top of Old Smoky” | Decca | 1951 | |
| Hank Williams | “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” | MGM | 1949 | |
| Hank Williams | “Your Cheatin’ Heart” | MGM | 1953 | |
| Mary Lou Williams | Zodiac Suite | Jazztone | 1955 | |
| cast recording | The King and I | Decca | 1951 | |
| cast recording | My Fair Lady | Columbia | 1956 | |
| cast recording | West Side Story | Columbia | 1957 | |
| cast recording | The Music Man | Capitol | 1958 | |
| THE ‘SIXTIES (1960-1970) | ||||
| The Animals | “House of the Rising Sun” | MGM | 1964 | |
| Louis Armstrong | “What a Wonderful World” | ABC | 1967 | |
| Joan Baez | “We Shall Overcome” | Vanguard | 1963 | |
| The Beach Boys | “Good Vibrations” | Capitol | 1967 | |
| The Beatles | “I Want to Hold Your Hand” | Capitol | 1964 | |
| The Beatles | “Yesterday” / “Act Naturally” | Capitol | 1965 | |
| The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | Capitol | 1967 | |
| Tony Bennett | “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” | Columbia | 1962 | |
| James Brown | “I Got You (I Feel Good)” | King | 1965 | |
| Buffalo Springfield | “For What It’s Worth” | Atco | 1967 | |
| The Byrds | “Turn Turn Turn” | Columbia | 1965 | |
| Glen Campbell | “By the Time I Get to Phoenix” | Capitol | 1967 | |
| Johnny Cash | “Ring of Fire” | Columbia | 1963 | |
| Chubby Checker | “The Twist” | Parkway | 1960 | |
| Petula Clark | “Downtown” | Warner Bros. | 1965 | |
| Patsy Cline | “I Fall to Pieces” | Decca | 1961 | |
| John Coltrane | A Love Supreme | Impulse | 1964 | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | “Proud Mary” | Fantasy | 1969 | |
| Jackie DeShannon | “What the World Needs Now Is Love” | Imperial | 1965 | |
| Dion | “Runaround Sue” | Laurie | 1961 | |
| Dion | “Abraham, Martin and John” | Laurie | 1968 | |
| The Doors | “Light My Fire” | Elektra | 1967 | |
| The Drifters | “On Broadway” | Atlantic | 1963 | |
| Bob Dylan | “The Times They Are A-Changin'” | Columbia | 1964 | |
| Bob Dylan | “Like a Rolling Stone” | Columbia | 1965 | |
| The Four Tops | “Reach Out I’ll Be There” | Motown | 1966 | |
| *Aretha Franklin | “Respect” | Atlantic | 1967 | |
| Marvin Gaye | “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” | Tamla | 1968 | |
| Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell | “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” | Tamla | 1967 | |
| Bobbie Gentry | “Ode to Billy Joe” | Capitol | 1967 | |
| Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto | “The Girl From Ipanema” | Verve | 1964 | |
| Lesley Gore | “It’s My Party” | Mercury | 1963 | |
| Ramsey Lewis Trio | “The In Crowd” | Argo | 1965 | |
| Merle Haggard | “Sing Me Back Home” | Capitol | 1967 | |
| Edwin Hawkins Singers | “O Happy Day” | Pavillion | 1969 | |
| Jimi Hendrix | “All Along the Watchtower” | Reprise | 1968 | |
| The Impressions | “People Get Ready” | ABC Parmnt | 1965 | |
| Jefferson Airplane | “White Rabbit” | RCA | 1967 | |
| Janis Joplin | “Me and Bobby McGee” | Columbia | 1971 | |
| B.B. King | “The Thrill Is Gone” | Blues Way | 1969 | |
| Ben E. King | “Stand By Me” | Atco | 1961 | |
| The Kingsmen | “Louie Louie” | Wand | 1963 | |
| The Kinks | “You Really Got Me” | Reprise | 1964 | |
| Brenda Lee | “I’m Sorry” | Decca | 1960 | |
| Ketty Lester | “Love Letters” | Era | 1962 | |
| Little Eva | “The Loco-Motion” | Dimension | 1962 | |
| Mamas & Papas | “California Dreamin'” | Dunhill | 1966 | |
| Henry Mancini | “Moon River” | RCA | 1961 | |
| Martha & The Vandellas | “Dancing in the Street” | Gordy | 1964 | |
| Dean Martin | “Everybody Loves Somebody” | Reprise | 1964 | |
| Roger Miller | “King of the Road” | Smash | 1965 | |
| The Miracles | “The Tracks of My Tears” | Tamla | 1965 | |
| Roy Orbison | “Crying” | Monument | 1961 | |
| Roy Orbison | “Oh Pretty Woman” | Monument | 1964 | |
| Peter, Paul & Mary | “Blowin’ in the Wind” | Warner Bros. | 1963 | |
| Wilson Pickett | “In the Midnight Hour” | Atlantic | 1965 | |
| Otis Redding | “Dock of the Bay” | Volt | 1968 | |
| The Righteous Brothers | “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” | Philles | 1965 | |
| Marty Robbins | “El Paso” | Columbia | 1959 | |
| The Rolling Stones | “Satisfaction” | London | 1965 | |
| The Ronettes | “Be My Baby” | Philles | 1963 | |
| Sam & Dave | “Soul Man” | Stax | 1967 | |
| The Shangri-Las | “Leader of the Pack” | Red Bird | 1964 | |
| The Shirelles | “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” | Scepter | 1961 | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | “Sounds of Silence” | Columbia | 1965 | |
| Frank Sinatra | “Strangers in the Night” | Reprise | 1966 | |
| Frank Sinatra | “My Way” | Reprise | 1969 | |
| Percy Sledge | “When a Man Loves a Woman” | Atlantic | 1966 | |
| Sly & The Family Stone | “Everyday People” | Epic | 1968 | |
| Sonny & Cher | “I Got You Babe” | Atco | 1965 | |
| Steppenwolf | “Born to be Wild” | Dunhill | 1968 | |
| The Supremes | “Stop in the Name of Love” | Motown | 1965 | |
| The Temptations | “My Girl” | Gordy | 1965 | |
| B.J. Thomas | “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head” | Scepter | 1969 | |
| The Tokens | “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” | RCA | 1961 | |
| The Tymes | “So in Love” | Parkway | 1963 | |
| Dionne Warwick | “Walk on By” | Scepter | 1964 | |
| Mary Wells | “My Guy” | Motown | 1964 | |
| Tammy Wynette | “Stand By Your Man” | Epic | 1968 | |
| cast recording | The Sound of Music | Columbia | 1960 | |
| cast recording | Hair | RCA | 1969 | |
| THE ROCK ERA (1970-1980) | ||||
| Abba | “Dancing Queen” | Atlantic | 1977 | |
| Aerosmith | “Walk This Way” | Columbia | 1976 | |
| Allman Brothers Band | “Ramblin’ Man” | Capricorn | 1973 | |
| The Bee Gees | “Stayin’ Alive” | RSO | 1978 | |
| George Benson | “This Masquerade” | Warner Bros. | 1976 | |
| Jimmy Buffett | “Margaritaville” | ABC | 1977 | |
| Shirley Caesar | “No Charge” | Scepter | 1975 | |
| The Carpenters | “Close to You” | A&M | 1970 | |
| Harry Chapin | “The Cat’s in the Cradle” | Elektra | 1974 | |
| Chicago | “Saturday in the Park” | Columbia | 1972 | |
| Jim Croce | “Time in a Bottle | ABC | 1973 | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | “Ohio” | Atlantic | 1970 | |
| Charlie Daniels Band | “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” | Epic | 1979 | |
| Miles Davis | Bitches Brew | Columbia | 1969 | |
| John Denver | “Take Me Home Country Roads” | RCA | 1971 | |
| Derek & The Dominos | “Layla” | Atco | 1972 | |
| Thomas Dorsey/Marion Williams | “Take My Hand Precious Lord” | Columbia | 1973 | |
| The Eagles | “Hotel California” | Asylum | 1977 | |
| Roberta Flack | “Killing Me Softly With His Song” | Atlantic | 1973 | |
| Fleetwood Mac | “Go Your Own Way” | Reprise | 1977 | |
| Marvin Gaye | “What’s Going On” | Tamla | 1971 | |
| Gloria Gayner | “I Will Survive” | Polydor | 1979 | |
| The Grateful Dead | “Uncle John’s Band” | Warner Bros. | 1970 | |
| Al Green | “Let’s Stay Together” | Hi | 1972 | |
| Isaac Hayes | “Theme From Shaft” | Enterprise | 1971 | |
| The Jackson 5 | “I Want You Back” | Motown | 1969 | |
| Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson | “Mama’s Don’t Let Your Babies…” | RCA | 1978 | |
| Billy Joel | “Piano Man” | Columbia | 1974 | |
| Elton John | “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” | MCA | 1973 | |
| K.C. & The Sunshine Band | “That’s the Way( I Like It)” | TK | 1975 | |
| Carole King | “It’s Too Late” / “I Feel the Earth Move” | Ode | 1971 | |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | “Midnight Train to Georgia” | Buddah | 1973 | |
| Led Zeppelin | “Stairway to Heaven” | Atlantic | 1971 | |
| John Lennon | “Imagine” | Apple | 1971 | |
| Loretta Lynn | “Coal Miner’s Daughter” | Decca | 1970 | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | “Free Bird” | MCA | 1974 | |
| *Don McLean | “American Pie” | United Artists | 1971 | |
| Harold Melvin/Blue Notes | “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” | Phila.Int’l. | 1972 | |
| Joni Mitchell | “Big Yellow Taxi” | Reprise | 1970 | |
| Van Morrison | “Brown Eyed Girl” | Bang | 1967 | |
| Johnny Nash | “I Can See Clearly Now” | Epic | 1972 | |
| Nilsson | “Everybody’s Talkin'” | RCA | 1969 | |
| Queen | “We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You” | Elektra | 1977 | |
| Helen Reddy | “I Am Woman” | Capitol | 1972 | |
| Charlie Rich | “Behind Closed Doors” | Epic | 1973 | |
| Kenny Rogers | “The Gambler” | United Artists | 1978 | |
| Linda Ronstadt | “When Will I Be Loved” | Capitol | 1975 | |
| Santana | “Oye Como Va” | Columbia | 1971 | |
| Carly Simon | “You’re So Vain” | Elektra | 1973 | |
| Sister Sledge | “We Are Family” | Cotillion | 1979 | |
| Bruce Springsteen | “Born to Run” | Columbia | 1975 | |
| The Staple Singers | “Respect Yourself” | Stax | 1971 | |
| Edwin Starr | “War” | Gordy | 1970 | |
| Rod Stewart | “Maggie May” | Mercury | 1971 | |
| Barbra Streisand | “The Way We Were” | Columbia | 1973 | |
| Donna Summer | “She Works Hard for the Money” | Mercury | 1983 | |
| James Taylor | “Fire and Rain” | Warner Bros. | 1970 | |
| Three Dog Night | “Joy to the World” | Dunhill | 1971 | |
| The Village People | “Y.M.C.A.” | Casablanca | 1978 | |
| Weather Report | “Birdland” | Columbia | 1976 | |
| Bill Withers | “Lean On Me” | Sussex | 1972 | |
| Stevie Wonder | “Superstition” | Tamla | 1972 | |
| Stevie Wonder | “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” | Tamla | 1973 | |
| Neil Young | “Heart of Gold” | Reprise | 1972 | |
| soundtrack recording | Grease | RSO | 1979 | |
| THE ‘EIGHTIES (1980-1990) | ||||
| Alabama | “My Home’s in Alabama” | RCA | 1980 | |
| The B-52’s | “Love Shack” | Reprise | 1989 | |
| The Beastie Boys | “Fight for Your Right (to Party)” | Def Jam | 1987 | |
| Blondie | “Heart of Glass” | Chrysalis | 1979 | |
| Irene Cara | “Flashdance” | Casablanca | 1983 | |
| Kim Carnes | “Bette Davis Eyes” | EMI America | 1981 | |
| Joe Cocker/Jennifer Warnes | “Up Where We Belong” | Island | 1982 | |
| The Go-Go’s | “We Got the Beat” | IRS | 1982 | |
| Grandmaster Flash | “The Message” | Sugar Hill | 1982 | |
| Amy Grant | “El Shaddai” | Myrrh | 1982 | |
| Guns N’ Roses | “Sweet Child o’ Mine” | Geffen | 1988 | |
| Herbie Hancock | “Rockit” | Columbia | 1983 | |
| Michael Jackson | “Beat It” | Epic | 1983 | |
| Joan Jett | “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” | Boardwalk | 1982 | |
| George Jones | “He Stopped Loving Her Today” | Epic | 1980 | |
| The Judds | “Mama He’s Crazy” | RCA/Curb | 1984 | |
| Kool & The Gang | “Celebration” | De-Lite | 1980 | |
| Cyndi Lauper | “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” | Portrait | 1983 | |
| Bobby McFerrin | “Don’t Worry Be Happy” | EMI | 1988 | |
| Madonna | “Material Girl” | Sire | 1985 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp | “Jack and Diane” | Riva | 1982 | |
| George Michael | “Faith” | Columbia | 1987 | |
| Bette Midler | “The Wind Beneath My Wings” | Atlantic | 1989 | |
| Willie Nelson | “On the Road Again” | Columbia | 1980 | |
| Dolly Parton | “9 to 5” | RCA | 1980 | |
| Tom Petty | “Free Fallin'” | MCA | 1989 | |
| Pink Floyd | “Another Brick in the Wall” | Columbia | 1980 | |
| The Pointer Sisters | “I’m So Excited” | Planet | 1984 | |
| The Police | “Every Breath You Take” | A&M | 1983 | |
| Prince | “1999” | Warner Bros. | 1982 | |
| Prince | “Purple Rain” | Warner Bros. | 1984 | |
| Public Enemy | “Fight the Power” | Motown | 1989 | |
| Bob Seger | “Old Time Rock & Roll” | Capitol | 1979 | |
| Paul Simon | ‘Graceland” | Warner Bros. | 1986 | |
| Bruce Springsteen | “Born in the U.S.A.” | Columbia | 1984 | |
| Sugarhill Gang | “Rapper’s Delight” | Sugar Hill | 1979 | |
| Talking Heads | “Burning Down the House” | Sire | 1983 | |
| *Tina Turner | “What’s Love Got to Do With It” | Capitol | 1984 | |
| USA for Africa | “We Are the World” | Columbia | 1985 | |
| U2 | “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” | Island | 1987 | |
| Van Halen | “Jump” | Warner Bros. | 1984 | |
| Dionne Warwick & Friends | “That’s What Friends Are For” | Arista | 1986 | |
| Hank Williams Jr. | “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over…” | WB | 1984 | |
| Steve Winwood | “Higher Love” | Island | 1986 | |
| END OF THE MILLENnIUM (1990-2000) | ||||
| Boyz II Men/Mariah Carey | “One Sweet Day” | Columbia | 1996 | |
| Garth Brooks | “Friends in Low Places” | Capitol | 1990 | |
| Tracy Chapman | “Fast Car” | Elektra | 1988 | |
| Eric Clapton | “Change the World” | Reprise | 1996 | |
| Sheryl Crow | “All I Wanna Do” | A&M | 1994 | |
| Destiny’s Child | “Bills, Bills, Bills” | Columbia | 1999 | |
| Billy Ray Cyrus | “Achy Breaky Heart” | Mercury | 1992 | |
| Celine Dion | “My Heart Will Go On” | 550/Epic | 1998 | |
| Dixie Chicks | “Wide Open Spaces” | Monument | 1998 | |
| M.C. Hammer | “U Can’t Touch This” | Capitol | 1990 | |
| Faith Hill | “This Kiss” | Warner Bros. | 1999 | |
| Lauryn Hill | “Doo Wop (That Thing)” | Ruffhouse | 1998 | |
| Whitney Houston | “I Will Always Love You” | Arista | 1992 | |
| Elton John | “Candle in the Wind” | Rocket | 1997 | |
| R. Kelly | “I Believe I Can Fly” | Jive | 1997 | |
| Tim McGraw | “Please Remember Me”` | Curb | 1999 | |
| Ricky Martin | “Livin’ La Vida Loca” | Columbia | 1999 | |
| *Nirvana | “Smells Like Teen Spirit” | DGC | 1992 | |
| R.E.M. | “Losing My Religion” | Warner Bros. | 1991 | |
| Bonnie Raitt | “Something to Talk About” | Capitol | 1991 | |
| Santana/Rob Thomas | “Smooth” | Arista | 1999 | |
| Will Smith | “Men in Black” | Columbia | 1997 | |
| TLC | “No Scrubs” | LaFace | 1999 | |
| Shania Twain | “You’re Still the One” | Mercury | 1998 | |
| BeBe& CeCe Winans | “Addictive Love” | Capitol | 1991 | |
| Lee Ann Womack | “I Hope You Dance” | MCA | 2000 | |
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