Sunday, October 22, 2017

TOP 100 FAVORITE SONGS OF THE 20TH CENTURY

British radio producer Paul Gambaccini Invited The Public And Music Industry Personalities
To Submit Their Choices To CompileThis List.

Broadcast On ΒΒC Radio 2 Over Easter Week End 1999


1. Yesterday – Lennon /McCartney - 1965
2. Stardust – Carmicheal/Parish – 1929
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon – 1970
4. White Christmas – Berlin – 1942
5. Unchaned Melody – North/Zaret – 1955
6. Imagine – Lennon – 1971
7. My Way – Francois/Revaux/Thibaut/Anka – 1969
8. Summertime – Gershwin/Heward – 1935
9. Over The Rainbow – Arlen/Harburge – 1939
10. As Time Goes By – Hupfield – 1931
11. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – Kern/Harbach – 1933
12. You’ll Never Walk Alone – Rogers/Hammerstein – 1945
13. Candle In The Wind – John/Taupin – 1972
14. Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer – Marks – 1949
15. Hey Jude – Lennon/McCartney – 1968
16. In The Mood – Razaf/Garland – 1939
17. Alexanders Ragtime Band – Berlin – 1911
18. Bohemian Rhapsody – Mercury – 1975
19. Rock Around The Clock – Freedman/DeKnight – 1955
20. Ol’ Man River – Kern/Hammerstein – 1927
21. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Porter – 1944
22. Blowin’ In The Wind – Dylan – 1963
23. We’ll Meet Again – Burnett/Griffin – 1939
24. I Herd It Through The Grapevine – Whitfield/Strong – 1967
25. When I Fall In Love – Heyman/Young – 1951
26. Heartbreak Hotel – Axton/Durden/Presley – 1956
27. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling – Mann/Well/Spector – 1965
28. A Whiter Shade Of Pale – Brooker/Reid – 1967
29. My Heart Will Go On & On & On & On.. – Horner/Jennings – 1998
30. St Louis Blues – Handy – 1914
31. My Blue Heaven – Donaldson/Whiteing – 1927
32. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Coots/Gillespie – 1934
33. Night And Day – Porter – 1932
34. September Song – Weil/Anderson – 1938
35. Stairway To Heaven – Page/Plant – 1971
36. Moonlight Serenade – Miler/Parrish – 1939
37. What A Wonderful World – Douglas/Weiss – 1968
38. I Will Allways Love You – Parton – 1974
39. Let It Be – Lennon/McCartney – 1970
40. The White Cliffs Of Dover – Kent/Burton – 1942
41. Begin The Begiuine – Porter – 1934
42. American Pie – Mclean – 1972
43. Moon River – Mancini/Merser – 1961
44. Always On My Mind – James/Carson/Christopher – 1972
45. Without You – Ham/Evans – 1972
46. Hound Dog – Leiber/Stoller – 1953
47. Unforgetable – Gordon – 1951
48. The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face – MacColl – 1957
49. The Little Drummer Boy – Simeone/Onorati – 1959
50. Baker Street – Rafferty – 1978
51. Tennessee Waltz – Stewart/King – 1948
52. Hotel California – Felder/Henley/Frey – 1976
53. Lili Marlene – Leip/Schultz/Connor – 1944/1915
54. Mack The Knife – Weil/Brecht/English/Blitzstein – 1928
55. I Only Have Eyes For You – Warren/Dublin – 1934
56. I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Porter – 1936
57. Someone To Watch Over Me – Gershwin/Gershwin – 1926
58. The Power Of Love – Mende/Derouge/Rush/Applegate – 1985
59. Go Only Knows – Wilson/Asher – 1966
60. I Believe – Drake/Grahan/Shirl/Stillman – 1953
61. I Just Called To Say I Love You – Wonder – 1984
62. Crazy – Nelson – 1961
63. Deep Purple – DeRose/Parrish – 1934
64. The Wind Beneath My Wings – Henley/Silbar – 1983
65. Strawberry Fields Forever – Lennon/Mccartney – 1967
66. It’s A Long Way To Tipperary – Judge/Williams – 1914
67. Blue Moon – Rodgers/Hart – 1934
68. All The Things You Are – Kern/Hammerstein – 1940
69. Like A Rolling Stone – Dylan – 1965
70. Singin’ In The Rain – Brown/Freed – 1929
71. Nights In White Satin – Hayward – 1967
72. ( I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction- Jagger/Richard – 1965
73. Send In The Clowns – Sondheim – 1973
74. What’s Going On – Benson/Cleveland/Gaye – 1971
75. Stormy Weather – Arlin/Koehler – 1933
76. Walk On By – Bacharach/David – 1961
77. The Folks Who Live On The Hill – Kern/Hammerstein – 1937
78. Keep The Home Fires Burning – Novello/Ford – 1915
79. Every Breath You Take – Sting – 1983
80. Winter Wonderland – Bernard/Smith – 1934
81. Killing Me Softly With His Song – Gimble/Fox – 1973
82. Some Enchanted Evening – Rodgers/Hammerstein – 1949
83. (Sittin’ On The) Dock Of The Bay – Redding/Cropper – 1967
84. Roses Of Picardy – Wood/Weatherley – 1916
85. I Say A Little Prayer – Bacharach/David – 1967
86. Let Me Call You Sweetheart – Whitson/Friedman – 1910
87. (Everything I Do) I Do For You – Adams/Kaman/Lang – 1991
88. Brother Can You Spare A Dime – Gorney/Harburg – 1932
89. The Way We Were – Hamlish/Bergman/Bergman – 1974
90. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square – Maschwitz/Sherwin/Strachey – 1940
91. Somewhere – Bernstein/Sondheim – 1957
92. Tea For Two – Youmans/Ceaser – 1924
93. Don’t Cry For Me Argentina – Webber/Rice - 1977
94. Something – Harrison – 1969
95. The Way You Look Tonight – Kern/Fields – 1936
96. Macarther Park – Webb – 1968
97. Georgia On My Mind – Armstrong/Gorrell – 1930
98. Sweet Adeline – Armstrong/Gerard – 1903
99. Take Five – Brubeck – 1961
100. Stand By Me – Leiber/Stoller/King - 1961

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