Another list from the book: (WARNING: LONG POST) THE 1OO MOST-RECORDED SONGS 1890-1954 (Dates appear to be when first published?) 1. Silent Night (1818) — Joseph Muhr & Franz Gruber 2. St. Louis Blues (1914) — W.C. Handy 3. Star Dust (1929) — Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish 4. Body And Soul (1930) — Johnny Green, Ed Heyman, Robert Sauer & Frank Eyton 5. Summertime (1935) — George Gershwin & Dubose Heyward 6. The Old Folks At Home (Swanee River) (1851) — Stephen Foster 7. Tea For Two (1925) — Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar 8. White Christmas (1942) — Irving Berlin 9. All The Things You Are (1939) — Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II 10. Night And Day (1932) — Cole Porter 11. Begin The Beguine (1935) — Cole Porter 12. Danny Boy (1913) — Traditional, adapted by Fred Weatherly 13. Sweet Georgia Brown (1925) — Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey & Ben Bernie 14. The Man I Love (1924) — George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin 15. Over The Rainbow (1939) — Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg 16. Caravan (1937) — Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol & Irving Mills 17. After You've Gone (1918) — Turner Layton & Harry Creamer 18. Yesterdays (1933) — Jerome Kern & Otto Harbach 19. Ain't Misbehavin' (1929) — Fats Waller, Harry Brooks & Andy Razaf 20. Lover, Come Back To Me (1928) — Sigmund Romberg & Oscar Hammerstein II 21. What Is This Thing Called Love? (1930) — Cole Porter 22. I Can't Get Started (1936) — Vernon Duke & Ira Gershwin 23. Jingle Bells (1857) — J.S. Pierpont 24. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928) — Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields 25. My Old Kentucky Home (1853) — Stephen Foster 26. When The Saints Go Marching In (1896) — James Black & Katharine Purvis 27. Tenderly (1947) — Walter Gross & Jack Lawrence 28. Blue Skies (1927) — Irving Berlin 29. September Song (1938) — Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson 30. My Blue Heaven (1927) — Walter Donaldson & George Whiting 31. Always (1925) — Irving Berlin 32. Tiger Rag (1917) — Harry DeCosta & Original Dixieland Jazz Band 33. The Rosary (1898) — Ethelbert Nevins & Robert Cameron Rogers 34. Home, Sweet Home (1823) — Henry Bishop & John Howard Payne 35. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1933) — Jerome Kern & Otto Harbach 36. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (1936) — Jack Strachey, Harry Link & Holt Marvell 37. Old Man River (1928) — Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II 38. Limehouse Blues (1924) — Philip Braham & Douglas Furber 39. Sheik Of Araby (1923) — Ted Snyder, Harry B. Smith & Francis Wheeler 40. Embraceable You (1930) — George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin 41. My Funny Valentine (1937) — Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart 42. Stormy Weather (1933) — Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler 43. 12th Street Rag (1914) — Euday L. Bowman 44. Blue Moon (1935) — Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart 45. The Battle Hymn Of The Republic (1863) — Julia Ward Howe & William Steffe 46. My Melancholy Baby (1913) — Ernie Burnett & George Norton 47. I Got Rhythm (1930) — George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin 48. Honeysuckle Rose (1929) — Fats Waller & Andy Razaf 49. Love's Old Sweet Song (1884) — G. Clifton Bingham & James Mulloy 50. The Stars And Stripes Forever (1896) — John Philip Sousa 51. Where Or When (1937) — Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart 52. Laura (1945) — David Raskin & Johnny Mercer 53. Mood Indigo (1931) — Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard & Irving Mills 54. The Christinas Song (1946) — Mel Torme & Robert Wells 55. Love For Sale (1930) — Cole Porter 56. Georgia On My Mind (1930) — Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell 57. San Antonio Rose (1939) — Bob Wills 58. How High The Moon (1940) — Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton 59. Someone To Watch Over Me (1926) — George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin 60. I Only Have Eyes For You (1934) — Harry Warren & Al Dubin 61. Sweet Sue, Just You (1928) — Victor Young & Will Harris 62. The Darktown Strutters' Ball (1917) — Shelton Brooks 63. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (1930) — Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields 64. Silver Threads Among The Gold (1877) — Hart P. Danks & Eben Rexford 65. I'm In The Mood For Love (1935) — Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields 66. Deep Purple (1939) — Peter DeRose & Mitchell Parish 67. Sometimes I'm Happy (1925) — Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar 68. I've Got You Under My Skin (1934) — Cole Porter 69. The Star-Spangled Banner (1814) — Francis Scott Key 70. Easy To Love (1936) — Cole Porter 71. Avalon (1921) — E.G. DeSylva, Vincent Rose & Al Jolson 72. Willow Weep For Me (1932) — Ann Ronell 73. Dinah (1925) — Harry Akst, Sam Lewis & Joe Young 74. Moonglow (1934) — Will Hudson, Eddie DeLange & Irving Mills 75. Auld Lang Syne (1711) — adapted by Robert Burns 76. Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (1879) — James A. Bland 77. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1911) — Irving Berlin 78. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1934) — J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie 79. Basin Street Blues (1929) — Spencer Williams 80. Sweet Lorraine (1935) — Clifford Burwell & Mitchell Parish 81. I'll Remember April (1942) — Don Raye, Gene DePaul & Patricia Johnston 82. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949) — Johnny Marks 83. Solitude (1934) — Duke Ellington 84. Some Of These Days (1910) — Shelton Brooks 85. Stella By Starlight (1947) — Victor Young & Ned Washington 86. Maple Leaf Rag (1899) — Scott Joplin 87. Lover (1933) — Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart 88. The Way You Look Tonight (1936) — Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields 89. Pennies From Heaven (1936) — Arthur Johnston & John Burke 90. Dancing In The Dark (1931) — Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz 91. Indiana (1917) — James Hanley & Ballad MacDonald 92. April In Paris (1932) — Vernon Duke 93. As Time Goes By (1931) — Herman Hupfield 94. Royal Garden Blues (1923) — Spencer Williams & Clarence Williams 95. The Very Thought Of You (1934) — Ray Noble 96. Lover Man (1942) — Jimmy Davis, Roger Ramirez, & Jimmy Sherman 97. 'Round Midnight (1947) — Thelonious Monk & Cootie Williams 98. Perdido (1942) — Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake & Hans Lengsfelder 99. All Of Me (1931) — Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks 100. What's New? (1939) — Johnny Burke & Robert Haggart John
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