Tune Req: 250 songs for 250 years

Subject: 250 songs for 250 years
From: Donuel
Date: 28 Jun 26 - 09:37 AM

https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/sunmo-american-songbook/

Subject: RE: Tune Req: 250 s0ngs fpr 250 years
From: Donuel
Date: 28 Jun 26 - 09:43 AM

This Land Is Your Land and Rhapsody in Blue are my 2 favorites.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: 250 songs for 250 years
From: GUEST,saulgoldie
Date: 29 Jun 26 - 08:06 AM

I'm disappointed that there does not seem to be a way to just view the entire list and download it. Or am I trying it the wrong way?

Saul

Subject: RE: Tune Req: 250 songs for 250 years
From: pattyClink
Date: 29 Jun 26 - 11:00 AM

Could not care less what songs some random celebrities think are important.

We should do our own American Songbook list on Mudcat. Include true folk songs, including those which immigrated from other lands, along with the popular songs which have passed into the tradition. Exclude famous and acclaimed performances which could in no way be sung around a campfire, and unfortunately exclude obscure stuff. Basically, if you wanted Americans living a hundred years hence to have a list of what were well known and well loved songs from the first 250 years.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: 250 songs for 250 years
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 29 Jun 26 - 04:49 PM

^^^ GUEST,saulgoldie
No, couldn't find a masterlist anywhere.

Here is the text from screenshots of the Spotify playlist after sorting it into (their) A-Z of artists :


Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) - From the Musi...
The 5th Dimension

Appalachian Spring: Doppio movimento - 2017 Remastered Versi...
Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra

Angola Bound
Aaron Neville

In The Red - Remastered
Abbey Lincoln

Take Me to the River
Al Green

For the Good Times
Al Green

Let's Stay Together
Al Green

Calling Me Home
Alice Gerrard

Ramblin' Man
Allman Brothers Band

Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) - 1942 ...
The Andrews Sisters

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
The Andrews Sisters

Moon River (From "Breakfast at Tiffany's")
Andy Williams

Precious Memories (feat. Rev. James Cleveland) - Live at New Te...
Aretha Franklin, James Cleveland

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Live at Fillmore West, San Francisc...
Aretha Franklin

Respect
Aretha Franklin

Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)
Aretha Franklin

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Aretha Franklin

Old Mountain Dew
Bascom Lamar Lunsford

The Thrill Is Gone
B.B. King

Good Vibrations - Remastered 2001
The Beach Boys

God Only Knows
The Beach Boys

Molly
Biff Rose

Piece of My Heart
Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin

Sophisticated Lady
Billie Holiday

Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday

God Bless The Child
Billie Holiday

We Didn't Start the Fire
Billy Joel

Don't Fence Me In - Single Version
Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen & His Orchestra

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?(with Lenny Hayton & His Orches...
Bing Crosby, Lenny Hayton & His Orchestra

Chimes of Freedom
Bob Dylan

Mr. Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan

Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan

Masters of War
Bob Dylan

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Bob Dylan

Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan

When the Deal Goes Down
Bob Dylan

Gotta Serve Somebody
Bob Dylan

With God on Our Side
Bob Dylan

House of the Rising Sun
Bob Gordon

Make Them Hear You
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Duane Martin Foster, Original Broadway Cast of Ragtime: ?...

Born in the U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen

Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen

This Land is Your Land - Live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY - ...
Bruce Springsteen

My City of Ruins - Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festiv...
Bruce Springsteen

The Rising
Bruce Springsteen

For What It's Worth
Buffalo Springfield

Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

You're So Vain
Carly Simon

Take this stone (feat. June McDoom & Kate Davis)
Cécile McLorin Salvant, June McDoom, Kate Davis

Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk
Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Charles Mingus

Believe
Cher

One Last Time
Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

Maybellene
Chuck Berry

Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry

You Never Can Tell
Chuck Berry

Fortunate Son
Creedence Clearwater Revival

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - 2005 Remaster
Crosby, Stills & Nash

Find the Cost of Freedom - Live
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Teach Your Children - 2021 Remaster
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Ohio
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Pusherman
Curtis Mayfield

Take Five
The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Diana Ross

Let's Do It
Dinah Washington

Abraham, Martin And John
Dion

Night in Tunisia
Dizzy Gillespie

9 to 5
Dolly Parton

Jolene
Dolly Parton

American Pie
Don McLean

Someday We'll All Be Free
Donny Hathaway

Black and Tan Fantasy - Victor session
Duke Ellington

Take the "A" Train
Duke Ellington

Sophisticated Lady
Duke Ellington

Desperado - 2013 Remaster
Eagles

Hotel California - 2013 Remaster
Eagles

When You Walk On
Eliza Gilkyson

Cheek To Cheek
Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong

Begin The Beguine
Ella Fitzgerald

Someone To Watch Over Me
Ella Fitzgerald

Theme (From "The Magnificent Seven") - From "The Magnificent ...
Elmer Bernstein

Suspicious Minds
Elvis Presley

Walk a Mile in My Shoes - Live
Elvis Presley

Boulder to Birmingham - 2003 Remaster
Emmylou Harris

I Got Rhythm
Ethel Merman

Suppertime
Ethel Waters

Someday My Prince Will Come
Etta Jones

What It's Like
Everlast

I Only Have Eyes for You
The Flamingos

Fly Me To The Moon
Frank Sinatra

Luck Be A Lady - 2008 Remastered
Frank Sinatra

My Way - 2008 Remastered
Frank Sinatra

Theme From New York, New York - 2008 Remastered
Frank Sinatra

Summer Wind
Frank Sinatra

Puttin' on the Ritz
Fred Astaire

The Way You Look Tonight
Fred Astaire

Love Is Here To Stay
Gene Kelly

New York New York - On the Town, 1949
Gene Kelly, Jules Munshin, Frank Sinatra

Porgy and Bess: Summertime
George Gershwin, Leontyne Price, Skitch Henderson, RCA Victor Orchestra

Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin, Gary Graffman, New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta

He Stopped Loving Her Today
George Jones

Winter in America
Gil Scott-Heron

Gentle On My Mind - Remastered 2001
Glen Campbell

Wichita Lineman - Remastered 2001
Glen Campbell

Truckin' - 2013 Remaster
Grateful Dead

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Single Version
Hank Williams

Shenandoah
Harry Belafonte

Stardust
Hoagy Carmichael

Keep On Pushing
The Impressions

Fight the Power, Pts. 1 & 2
The Isley Brothers

Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
James Brown

Please, Please, Please
James Brown & The Famous Flames

You've Got a Friend - 2019 Remaster
James Taylor

Empire State Of Mind
JAY-Z, Alicia Keys

Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
Jerry Lee Lewis

All Along the Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix

Star Spangled Banner - Live at The Woodstock Music & Art Fair, A...
Jimi Hendrix

Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffett

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress
Jimmy Webb

There But For Fortune
Joan Baez

I Shall Not Be Moved
Joe Thompson

Life's Been Good
Joe Walsh

Bakai - Rudy Van Gelder Remaster
John Coltrane

Giant Steps - 2020 Remaster
John Coltrane

A Love Supreme, Pt. I - Acknowledgement
John Coltrane

It's Easy To Remember
John Coltrane Quartet

Pink Houses
John Mellencamp

Big River
Johnny Cash

I Walk The Line (Single Version)
Johnny Cash, The Tennessee Two

Ring the Bells
Johnnyswim, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors

The Stars & Stripes Forever
John Philip Sousa, Royal Artillery Band, Keith Brion

Route 66
The John Pizzarelli Trio

Sam Stone
John Prine

Angel from Montgomery
John Prine

FREEDOM
Jon Batiste

A Case of You
Joni Mitchell

Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell

I Love a Piano (from "Easter Parade") - 2022 Remaster
Judy Garland

Over The Rainbow
Judy Garland

God Bless America
Kate Smith

Wedding Bells Blues
Laura Nyro

West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast):
Leonard Bernstein

A Song For You
Leon Russell

You Don't Own Me
Lesley Gore

My Shot
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Leslie Odom Jr., Or...

Goin' Out Of My Head
Little Anthony & The Imperials

Tutti Frutti
Little Richard

But The World Goes 'Round
Liza Minnelli

New York, New York
Liza Minnelli

Loungin
LL COOL J, Terri & Monica

Coal Miner's Daughter - Single Version
Loretta Lynn

St. Louis Blues
Louis Armstrong

Ain't Misbehavin'
Louis Armstrong

What A Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong

Black And Blue
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven

Summer in the City
The Lovin' Spoonful

Take My Hand Precious Lord
Mahalia Jackson

We Shall Overcome
Mahalia Jackson

California Dreamin' - Single Version
The Mamas & The Papas

I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Marvin Gaye

What's Going On
Marvin Gaye

What's Happening Brother
Marvin Gaye

One (Reprise) / Finale
Marvin Hamlisch, A Chorus Line Ensemble, Don Pippin

Happy Feelin's - Remastered 2004
Maze, Frankie Beverly

Mama Tried - Remastered 2001
Merle Haggard & The Strangers

Dark As A Dungeon
Merle Travis

All of You (feat. John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers & Phil...
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones

Ex-Factor
Ms. Lauryn Hill

Embraceable You
Nat King Cole

Nature Boy - Remastered
Nat King Cole Trio

Sweet Caroline
Neil Diamond

Brother John / Iko Iko
The Neville Brothers

Mississippi Goddam - Unedited version from original live concert
Nina Simone

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
Nina Simone

Over There (The Premiere Recording)
Nora Bayes

Big Poppa - 2005 Remaster
The Notorious B.I.G.

Crazy
Patsy Cline, The Jordanaires

Always
Patsy Cline

Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Paul Robeson

Graceland
Paul Simon

American Tune
Paul Simon

Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
Pete Seeger

Which Side Are You On
Pete Seeger

I Ain't Marching Anymore
Phil Ochs

When Doves Cry
Prince

Purple Rain
Prince

Fight The Power
Public Enemy

Killing In The Name
Rage Against The Machine

Louisiana 1927-2002 Remas
Randy Newman

America the Beautiful
Ray Charles

Georgia on My Mind - Original Master Recording
Ray Charles

Lift Every Voice And Sing
Ray Charles

You Don't Know Me - 2024 Remaster
Ray Charles

Hit the Road Jack
Ray Charles

Losing My Religion
R.E.M.

The Highest Judge Of All/You'll Never Walk Alone
Richard Rodgers, John Raitt, Christine Johnson

Oklahoma! (Original Broadway Cast)
Richard Rodgers, Lee Dixon, Joan Roberts, Ralph Riggs, Celeste Holm, Howard Da...

Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson

Hammond Song
The Roches

King Of The Road
Roger Miller

A Change Is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke

You Send Me
Sam Cooke

Autumn In New York
Sarah Vaughan, Hal Mooney And His Orchestra

I Seen a Man Die
Scarface

Keep Marching
Shaina Taub, Original Broadway Cast of Suffs

1776: But, Mr. Adams
Sherman Edwards, William Daniels, Rex Everhart, David Vosburgh, Henry Le Clair, ...

America
Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel

The Sound of Silence - Electric Version
Simon & Garfunkel

Strange Things Happening Every Day
Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Milk Cow Blues
Sleepy John Estes

Quiet Storm
Smokey Robinson

I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan

Company - Original Broadway Cast: Being Alive
Stephen Sondheim, Dean Jones, Company Ensemble, Company Orchestra, Harol...

A Little Night Music: Send in the Clowns
Stephen Sondheim, Glynis Johns, Harold Hastings, Original Broadway Cast of A Li...

City of New Orleans
Steve Goodman

They Won't Go When I Go
Stevie Wonder

Happy Birthday
Stevie Wonder

Living For The City
Stevie Wonder

Superstition
Stevie Wonder

Come Sail Away
Styx

Oh Mary Don't You Weep
Swan Silvertones

When the Saints Go Marching In
Sweet Emma Barrett

Wade In The Water - Live At Carnegie Hall, New York, NY / Nove...
Sweet Honey In The Rock

Once in a Lifetime - 2005 Remaster
Talking Heads

Boogie Oogie Oogie - Single Version / Remastered 2002
A Taste Of Honey

Ugly Beauty
Thelonious Monk

American Girl
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Time - 2023 Remaster
Tom Waits

Make It Rain
Tom Waits

Give Me One Reason - 2015 Remaster
Tracy Chapman

Fast Car
Tracy Chapman

Simple Gifts
Traditional, Yo-Yo Ma, Alison Krauss
[Elder Joseph Brackett \ Aaron Copland]

Mansions of the Lord
USMA Cadet Glee Club

Dreaming My Dreams with You
Waylon Jennings

Mad Mad Me
Wendy Waldman

I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston

The Star Spangled Banner (feat. The Florida Orchestra) - Live fro...
Whitney Houston, Florida Orchestra

Battle Hymn of the Republic
William Steffe, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Eugene Ormandy, Philadel...

Crazy
Willie Nelson

Stardust
Willie Nelson

Georgia On My Mind
Willie Nelson

Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues
Woody Guthrie

This Land Is Your Land - Alternate Version
Woody Guthrie

Hard Times Come Again No More
Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor
[Stephen Foster]

If I Were a Rich Man
Zero Mostel, Milton Greene

Subject: RE: Tune Req: 250 songs for 250 years
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 01 Jul 26 - 06:07 PM

THANK YOU ...

Every listing squeezed by heart.

Tears of joy overflow.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

How many tears can you flow before you dehydrate? World Cup, Bag Pipers, 250th ?

Subject: RE: Tune Req: 250 songs for 250 years
From: Donuel
Date: 07 Jul 26 - 07:15 AM

wow, each title unwound a tune in my mind.