This fromt he BBC ONline: I'm not sure about the last 2 or the baseball song but I guess a lot of these are among everyone's favourites. Judy Garland wins but Woody is at 3 and Louis and Fats get in there plus the Duke. Strange West Side Story get in there rather than a particular song. Story follows:

Over the Rainbow sung by Judy Garland has been voted the best song of the 20th Century, according to the American music industry. In a poll of critics, musicians and industry executives conducted by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts, the song from the 1939 film Wizard of Oz heads a list of mainly American tastes.

"These are songs a lot of people would recognize if they were white, middle-class and old," Bob George, of the Archive of Contemporary Music, said.

"It's a great list for people who go to baseball games."

Songs of the Century - Top 20

1. Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland 2. White Christmas - Bing Crosby 3. This Land is Your Land - Woody Guthrie 4. Respect - Aretha Franklin 5. American Pie - Don McLean 6. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters 7. West Side Story - Original Cast 8. Take Me Out To The Ball Game - Billy Murray 9. You've Lost That Lovin Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers 10. The Entertainer - Scott Joplin

11. In The Mood - Glenn Miller Orchestra 12 . Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & The Comets 13. When the Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong 14. You Are My Sunshine - Jimmie Davis 15. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin 16. Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones 17. Take the 'A' Train - Duke Ellington Orchestra 18. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino 19. God Bless America - Kate Smith 20. Stars and Stripes Forever - Sousa's Band

(c) BBC News Online
RtS (White, middle class and old)