Songs of the Century

"Songs of the Century" (Bài hát thế kỷ) là một chương trình bình chọn do Hiệp hội Công nghiệp Ghi âm Hoa Kỳ (Recording Industry Association of America - RIAA), Quỹ Hỗ trợ Nghệ thuật Quốc gia Hoa Kỳ (National Endowment for the Arts) cùng công ty Scholastic Inc. phối hợp tổ chức nhằm "đẩy mạnh sự hiểu biết về di sản âm nhạc và văn hóa Hoa Kỳ" trong các trường học ở Mỹ. Với mục đích chọn ra những ca khúc tiêu biểu nhất cho nền âm nhạc Hoa Kỳ thế kỷ 20, cuộc bầu chọn đã diễn ra vào năm 2001 với kết quả là 365 bài hát được lựa chọn. Đứng đầu về số phiếu là ca khúc "Over the Rainbow" do Harold Arlen viết nhạc, E.Y. Harburg soạn lời và Judy Garland trình diễn trong bộ phim The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Danh sách

Danh sách được xếp theo thứ tự cao thấp dựa trên số phiếu, phần "nghệ sĩ" được dành cho ca sĩ trình diễn phiên bản của bài hát được lựa chọn.

TT	Ca khúc	Nghệ sĩ
001	"Over the Rainbow"	Judy Garland
002	"White Christmas"	Bing Crosby
003	"This Land Is Your Land"	Woody Guthrie
004	"Respect"	Aretha Franklin
005	"American Pie"	Don McLean
006	"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"	The Andrews Sisters
007	"West Side Story"	Dàn diễn viên
008	"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"	Billy Murray
009	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	The Righteous Brothers
010	"The Entertainer"	Scott Joplin
011	"In the Mood"	Glenn Miller
012	"Rock Around the Clock"	Bill Haley & His Comets
013	"When the Saints Go Marching In"	Louis Armstrong
014	"You Are My Sunshine"	Jimmie Davis
015	"Mack the Knife"	Bobby Darin
016	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"	The Rolling Stones
017	"Take the A Train"	Dàn nhạc Duke Ellington
018	"Blueberry Hill"	Fats Domino
019	"God Bless America "	Kate Smith
020	"Stars and Stripes Forever"	Sousa's Band
021	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Marvin Gaye
022	"(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay"	Otis Redding
023	"I Left My Heart In San Francisco "	Tony Bennett
024	"Good Vibrations"	The Beach Boys
025	"Stand by Me"	Ben E. King
026	"Stormy Weather"	Lena Horne
027	"Johnny B. Goode"	Chuck Berry
028	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	The Beatles
029	"Midnight Train to Georgia"	Gladys Knight & the Pips
030	"Imagine"	John Lennon
031	"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"	Gene Autry
032	"The Twist"	Chubby Checker
033	"Happy Trails"	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
034	"Your Cheatin' Heart"	Hank Williams
035	"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"	Fisk Jubilee Singers
036	"The Sound of Music"	Dàn diễn viên
037	"'Round Midnight"	Thelonious Monk
038	"What's Love Got to Do with It?"	Tina Turner
039	"Over There"	The American Quartet
040	"Stardust"	Hoagy Carmichael
041	"Ain't Misbehavin'"	Fats Waller
042	"Georgia on My Mind"	Ray Charles
043	"Oh, Pretty Woman"	Roy Orbison
044	"Every Breath You Take"	The Police
045	"My Girl"	The Temptations
046	"Hotel California"	The Eagles
047	"Happy Days Are Here Again"	Dàn nhạc Ben Selvin
048	"Stand By Your Man"	Tammy Wynette
049	"Take Five"	Dave Brubeck
050	"America the Beautiful"	Louise Homer
051	"When a Man Loves a Woman"	Percy Sledge
052	"Light My Fire"	The Doors
053	"Stairway to Heaven"	Led Zeppelin
054	"Sweet Georgia Brown"	Ben Bernie & Dàn nhạc
055	"When You Wish upon a Star"	Cliff Edwards
056	"Yesterday"	The Beatles
057	"Louie Louie"	The Kingsmen
058	"God Bless the Child"	Billie Holiday
059	"Born in the U.S.A."	Bruce Springsteen
060	"The Girl from Ipanema"	Stan Getz và Astrud Gilberto
061	"I Walk the Line"	Johnny Cash
062	"The Star-Spangled Banner"	John McCormack
063	"Oh Happy Day"	Edwin Hawkins Singers
064	"Great Balls of Fire"	Jerry Lee Lewis
065	"What's Going On"	Marvin Gaye
066	"Oklahoma!"	Dàn diễn viên
067	"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"	Johnny Mercer
068	"Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog"	Elvis Presley
069	"St. Louis Blues"	W.C. Handy
070	"Yankee Doodle"	Vess L. Ossman
071	"California Dreamin'"	The Mamas & Papas
072	"On the Road Again"	Willie Nelson
073	"Auld Lang Syne"	Frank Stanley
074	"Summertime"	Sidney Bechet
075	"Theme from Shaft"	Isaac Hayes
076	"Beat It"	Michael Jackson
077	"Sentimental Journey"	Dàn nhạc Les Brown và Doris Day
078	"Blue Suede Shoes"	Carl Perkins
079	"The Sound of Silence"	Simon & Garfunkel
080	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"	Nirvana
081	"It Had to Be You"	Dàn nhạc Isham Jones
082	"Minnie the Moocher"	Cab Calloway
083	"Sixteen Tons"	Tennessee Ernie Ford
084	"What a Wonderful World"	Louis Armstrong
085	"Fire and Rain"	James Taylor
086	"Y.M.C.A."	The Village People
087	"Heartbreak Hotel"	Elvis Presley
088	"King of the Road"	Roger Miller
089	"I Will Survive"	Gloria Gaynor
090	"Ave Maria"	Marian Anderson
091	"Begin the Beguine"	Dàn nhạc Artie Shaw
092	"Like a Rolling Stone"	Bob Dylan
093	"Stop! In the Name of Love"	The Supremes
094	"Stayin' Alive"	The Bee Gees
095	"1999"	Prince
096	"Please Remember Me"	Tim McGraw
097	"Porgy and Bess"	Dàn diễn viên
098	"Back in the Saddle Again"	Gene Autry
099	"Shake, Rattle and Roll"	Joe Turner
100	"In the Still of the Night"	The Five Satins
101	"Killing Me Softly with His Song"	Roberta Flack
102	"Friends in Low Places"	Garth Brooks
103	"Charleston"	Arthur Gibbs & His Gang
104	"A-Tisket, A-Tasket"	Ella Fitzgerald
105	"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"	Chauncey Olcott
106	"The Times They Are a-Changin'"	Bob Dylan
107	"I Fall to Pieces"	Patsy Cline
108	"I Will Always Love You"	Whitney Houston
109	"Mona Lisa"	Nat King Cole
110	"Blowin' in the Wind"	Bob Dylan
111	"Peggy Sue"	Buddy Holly
112	"Lean on Me"	Bill Withers
113	"Kind of Blue"	Miles Davis
114	"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"	Hank Williams
115	"Proud Mary"	Creedence Clearwater Revival
116	"Will the Circle Be Unbroken"	The Carter Family
117	"Puttin' on the Ritz"	Harry Richman
118	"Layla"	Derek & the Dominos
119	"Jump"	Van Halen
120	"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"	U2
121	"We Are the World"	USA for Africa
122	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"	Cyndi Lauper
123	"My Fair Lady"	Dàn diễn viên
124	"Swanee"	Al Jolson
125	"Let Me Call You Sweetheart"	The Peerless Quartet
126	"Makin' Whoopee"	Eddie Cantor
127	"The Tracks of My Tears"	The Miracles
128	"I Wanna Be Loved by You"	Marilyn Monroe
129	"Pennies from Heaven"	Bing Crosby
130	"Tutti Frutti"	Little Richard
131	"Brown Eyed Girl"	Van Morrison
132	"I Only Have Eyes for You"	The Flamingos
133	"Born to Be Wild"	Steppenwolf
134	"Superstition"	Stevie Wonder
135	"Born to Run"	Bruce Springsteen
136	"On the Good Ship Lollipop"	Shirley Temple
137	"Wabash Cannonball"	Roy Acuff
138	"Unchained Melody"	Al Hibbler
139	"Dancing in the Street"	Martha & The Vandellas
140	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"	Marvin Gaye và Tammi Terrell
141	"Piano Man"	Billy Joel
142	"Joy to the World"	Three Dog Night
143	"Losing My Religion"	R.E.M.
144	"My Way"	Frank Sinatra
145	"Let's Stay Together"	Al Green
146	"We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You"	Queen
147	"Purple Rain"	Prince
148	"Dancing Queen"	ABBA
149	"A Love Supreme"	John Coltrane
150	"Wake Up Little Susie"	The Everly Brothers
151	"Shout"	The Isley Brothers
152	"I Got You (I Feel Good)"	James Brown
153	"The Thrill Is Gone"	B.B. King
154	"Alexander's Ragtime Band"	The Boswell Sisters
155	"Bo Diddley"	Bo Diddley
156	"Banana Boat (Day-O)"	Harry Belafonte
157	"Ring of Fire"	Johnny Cash
158	"Donna" / "La Bamba"	Richie Valens
159	"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"	The Tokens
160	"Take Me Home, Country Roads"	John Denver
161	"Material Girl"	Madonna
162	"Rapper's Delight"	The Sugarhill Gang
163	"Goodnight Irene"	Leadbelly
164	"Tequila"	The Champs
165	"Que Sera Sera"	Doris Day
166	"Turn! Turn! Turn! (to Everything There Is a Season)"	The Byrds
167	"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"	The Beatles
168	"Soul Man"	Sam & Dave
169	"You Are the Sunshine of My Life"	Stevie Wonder
170	"Thanks for the Memory"	Bob Hope và Shirley Ross
171	"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"	B.J. Thomas
172	"Moon River"	Henry Mancini
173	"Free Bird"	Lynyrd Skynyrd
174	"Misty"	Sarah Vaughan
175	"Chances Are"	Johnny Mathis
176	"Love Letters"	Ketty Lester
177	"I Love Rock 'N Roll"	Joan Jett và Blackhearts
178	"Fast Car"	Tracy Chapman
179	"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"	The Shirelles
180	"Leader of the Pack"	The Shangri-Las
181	"In the Midnight Hour"	Wilson Pickett
182	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"	Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
183	"I Can See Clearly Now"	Johnny Nash
184	"Oye Como Va"	Santana
185	"Coal Miner's Daughter"	Loretta Lynn
186	"Cat's in the Cradle"	Harry Chapin
187	"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys"	Waylon Jennings và Willie Nelson
188	"The Gambler"	Kenny Rogers
189	"Bye Bye Blackbird"	Gene Austin
190	"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"	The Platters
191	"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)"	The Beastie Boys
192	"We Are Family"	Sister Sledge
193	"(They Long to Be) Close to You"	The Carpenters
194	"Maggie May"	Rod Stewart
195	"Night and Day"	Fred Astaire
196	"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"	Rudy Vallee
197	"Tom Dooley"	The Kingston Trio
198	"The Tennessee Waltz"	Patti Page
199	"If You Don't Know Me by Now"	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
200	"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"	Elton John
201	"U Can't Touch This"	MC Hammer
202	"Smooth"	Santana và Rob Thomas
203	"Livin' La Vida Loca"	Ricky Martin
204	"How Great Thou Art"	George Beverly Shea
205	"Sing Sing Sing"	Dàn nhạc Benny Goodman
206	"Hair"	Dàn diễn viên
207	"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"	The Sons of the Pioneers
208	"What the World Needs Now Is Love"	Jackie Deshannon
209	"Crying"	Roy Orbison
210	"Sweet Child o' Mine"	Guns N' Roses
211	"One O'Clock Jump"	Dàn nhạc Count Basie
212	"Downtown"	Petula Clark
213	"It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move"	Carole King
214	"Celebration"	Kool & the Gang
215	"So in Love"	The Tymes
216	"You're So Vain"	Carly Simon
217	"Heart of Glass"	Blondie
218	"Blue Moon of Kentucky"	Bill Monroe và Blue Grass Boys
219	"Teen Angel"	Mark Dinning
220	"Ornithology"	Charlie Parker Sextet
221	"We Shall Overcome"	Joan Baez
222	"Something to Talk About"	Bonnie Raitt
223	"Take My Hand, Precious Lord"	Thomas A. Dorsey
224	"South Pacific"	Dàn diễn viên
225	"Runaround Sue"	Dion and the Belmonts
226	"Tea for Two"	Art Tatum
227	"Summertime Blues"	Eddie Cochran
228	"Everybody Loves Somebody"	Dean Martin
229	"It's My Party"	Lesley Gore
230	"The Loco-Motion"	Little Eva
231	"On Broadway"	The Drifters
232	"Me and Bobby McGee"	Janis Joplin
233	"Time in a Bottle"	Jim Croce
234	"Margaritaville"	Jimmy Buffett
235	"Bitches Brew"	Miles Davis
236	"Kansas City"	Wilbert Harrison
237	"Earth Angel"	The Penguins
238	"Got My Mojo Working"	Muddy Waters
239	"People Get Ready"	The Impressions
240	"House of the Rising Sun"	The Animals
241	"White Rabbit"	Jefferson Airplane
242	"Graceland"	Paul Simon
243	"Love Shack"	The B-52s
244	"I Believe I Can Fly"	R. Kelly
245	"All I Wanna Do"	Sheryl Crow
246	"My Heart Will Go On"	Céline Dion
247	"My Old Kentucky Home"	Geraldine Farrar
248	"Abraham, Martin & John"	Dion
249	"The King and I"	Dàn diễn viên
250	"At the Hop"	Danny & the Juniors
251	"What'd I Say"	Ray Charles
252	"Mr. Sandman"	The Chordettes
253	"Be My Baby"	The Ronettes
254	"I Got You Babe"	Sonny & Cher
255	"The Devil Went Down to Georgia"	Charlie Daniels Band
256	"Flashdance... What a Feeling"	Irene Cara
257	"Burning Down the House"	Talking Heads
258	"Achy Breaky Heart"	Billy Ray Cyrus
259	"Wide Open Spaces"	Dixie Chicks
260	"The Music Man"	Dàn diễn viên
261	"Walk on By"	Dionne Warwick
262	"Ramblin' Man"	Allman Brothers Band
263	"Move On Up A Little Higher"	Mahalia Jackson
264	"I'm so Excited"	The Pointer Sisters
265	"That Old Black Magic"	Louis Prima và Keely Smith
266	"Reach Out I'll Be There"	The Four Tops
267	"Walk This Way"	Aerosmith
268	"Bette Davis Eyes"	Kim Carnes
269	"The Wind Beneath My Wings"	Bette Midler
270	"Change the World"	Eric Clapton
271	"If I Didn't Care"	The Ink Spots
272	"Paper Doll"	The Mills Brothers
273	"Strange Fruit"	Billie Holiday
274	"Ode to Billie Joe"	Bobbie Gentry
275	"Strangers in the Night"	Frank Sinatra
276	"War"	Edwin Starr
277	"Behind Closed Doors"	Charlie Rich
278	"Old Time Rock & Roll"	Bob Seger
279	"We Got the Beat"	The Go-Go's
280	"The Message"	Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
281	"You're the Top"	Ethel Merman
282	"My Guy"	Mary Wells
283	"You Send Me"	Sam Cooke
284	"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"	Glen Campbell
285	"Everybody's Talkin'"	Nilsson
286	"Heart of Gold"	Neil Young
287	"Jack and Diane"	John Mellencamp
288	"Fight the Power"	Public Enemy
289	"Me and My Shadow"	Whispering Jack Smith
290	"Deep in the Heart of Texas"	Dàn nhạc Alvino Ray
291	"For What It's Worth"	Buffalo Springfield
292	"That's What Friends Are For"	Dionne Warwick & Friends
293	"You're Still the One"	Shania Twain
294	"Birdland"	Weather Report
295	"Go Your Own Way"	Fleetwood Mac
296	"Another Brick in the Wall"	Pink Floyd
297	"Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend"	Vaughn Monroe
298	"The Way We Were"	Barbra Streisand
299	"9 to 5"	Dolly Parton
300	"Grease"	Dàn diễn viên
301	"Don't Worry, Be Happy"	Bobby McFerrin
302	"Who's Sorry Now"	Connie Francis
303	"That's the Way (I Like It)"	KC and the Sunshine Band
304	"Yes! We Have No Bananas"	Billy Jones
305	"On Top of Old Smoky"	The Weavers
306	"You Really Got Me"	The Kinks
307	"Ohio"	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
308	"Free Fallin'"	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
309	"This Kiss"	Faith Hill
310	"Body and Soul"	Dàn nhạc Coleman Hawkins
311	"I Am Woman"	Helen Reddy
312	"Show Boat"	Dàn diễn viên
313	"This Masquerade"	George Benson
314	"Some of These Days"	Sophie Tucker
315	"Down Hearted Blues"	Bessie Smith
316	"New San Antonio Rose"	Bob Wills và Texas Playboys
317	"How High the Moon"	Les Paul và Mary Ford
318	"I'm Sorry"	Brenda Lee
319	"Everyday People"	Sly & the Family Stone
320	"When Will I Be Loved"	Linda Ronstadt
321	"Uncle John's Band"	The Grateful Dead
322	"Faith"	George Michael
323	"Up Where We Belong"	Joe Cocker và Jennifer Warnes
324	"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"	Hank Williams, Jr.
325	"Candle in the Wind"	Elton John
326	"El Shaddai"	Amy Grant
327	"Salt Peanuts"	Dizzy Gillespie
328	"Zodiac Suite"	Mary Lou Williams
329	"Vesti La Giubba"	Enrico Caruso
330	"Whispering"	Paul Whiteman Orch.
331	"Blue Yodel (T for Texas)"	Jimmie Rodgers
332	"Boogie Chillen"	John Lee Hooker
333	"The Battle of New Orleans"	Johnny Horton
334	"She Works Hard for the Money"	Donna Summer
335	"I Want You Back"	The Jackson 5
336	"He Stopped Loving Her Today"	George Jones
337	"Men in Black"	Will Smith
338	"El Paso"	Marty Robbins
339	"I'll Fly Away"	The Chuck Wagon Gang
340	"Rockit"	Herbie Hancock
341	"King Porter Stomp"	Jelly Roll Morton
342	"Cross Road Blues"	Robert Johnson
343	"Cattle Call"	Eddy Arnold
344	"Tiger Rag"	Original Dixieland Jazz Band
345	"The Prisoner's Song"	Vernon Dalhart
346	"Yakety Yak"	The Coasters
347	"Big Yellow Taxi"	Joni Mitchell
348	"Higher Love"	Steve Winwood
349	"No Charge"	Shirley Caesar
350	"My Home's in Alabama"	Alabama
351	"One Sweet Day"	Mariah Carey và Boyz II Men
352	"I Hope You Dance"	Lee Ann Womack
353	"Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around"	The Fairfield Four
354	"The In Crowd"	Ramsey Lewis Trio
355	"Near You"	Dàn nhạc Francis Craig
356	"Sing Me Back Home"	Merle Haggard
357	"Django"	The Modern Jazz Quartet
358	"Respect Yourself"	The Staples Singers
359	"Doo Wop (That Thing)"	Lauryn Hill
360	"Mama He's Crazy"	The Judds
361	"No Scrubs"	TLC
362	"Saturday in the Park"	Chicago
363	"Bills, Bills, Bills"	Destiny's Child
364	"Addictive Love"	Bebe và Cece Winans
365	"All Along the Watchtower"	Jimi Hendrix

Nghệ sĩ có nhiều ca khúc

TT	Nghệ sĩ	Ca khúc
01	Bob Dylan	3
02	Marvin Gaye	3
03	The Beatles	3

Liên kết ngoài

• Thông cáo báo chí Lưu trữ 2005-05-24 tại Wayback Machine của RIAA
• Songs of the Century Lưu trữ 2007-12-28 tại Wayback Machine trên CNN