I. 1900-1909: Singer of the Decade - Billy Murray
1. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (1900) - w: James W. Johnson/ m: J. Rosamond Johnson
2. +”Sweet Adeline” (1903) - w: Richard H. Gerard/ m: Harry Armstrong
3. “Toyland” (1903) - words: Glen McDonough/ music: Victor Herbert
4. +”Meet Me in St. Louis” (1904) - w: Arthur B. Sterling/ m: Kerry Mills
5. “Give My Regards To Broadway” (1904) - words & music: George M. Cohan
6. “I Love You Truly” (1906) - w & m: Carrie Jacobs-Bond
7. +”You’re a Grand Old Flag” (1906) - words & music: George M. Cohan
8. +”My Gal Sal”(1907) - w & m: Paul Dresser
9. “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” (1908) - words: Jack Norwoth/ m: Albert von Tilzer
10. +”By the Light of the Silvery Moon” (1909) - w: Edward Madden/ m: Gus Edwards
II. 1910-1919: Singer of the Decade - Al Jolson
11. +”Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911) - w & m: Irving Berlin
12. “My Melancholy Baby” (1912) - w: George A. Norton/ m: Ernie Burnett
13. +”On Moonlight Bay” (1912) - w: Edward Madden/ m: Percy Weinrich
14. “Danny Boy” (1913) - w & m: Frederick Edward Weatherly (from “Londonderry Air”)
15. “You Made Me Love You” (1913) - w: Joe McCarthy/ m: James V. Monaco
16. “St. Louis Blues” (1914) - w & m: W.C. Handy
17. “They Didn’t Believe Me?” (1914) - w: Michael E. Rourke/ m: Jerome Kern
18. +”Over There” (1917) - w & m: George M. Cohan
19. +”Rock-a-Bye Your Baby” (1918) - w: Sam Lewis & Joe Young/ m: Jean Schwartz
20. +”Swanee” (1919) - w: Irving Caesar/ m: George Gershwin
III. 1920-1929: Singer of the Decade - Gene Austin
21. +”Whispering” (1920) - w & m: John Schonberger, Richard Coburn, Vincent Rose
22. “Ain’t We Got Fun?” (1921) - w & m: Richard A. Whiting, Raymond B. Egan, Gus Kahn
23. +”April Showers” (1921) - w: Buddy De Sylva/ m: Louis Silvers
24. “Manhattan” (1925) - w: Lorenz Hart/ m: Richard Rodgers
25. “Someone to Watch Over Me” (1926) - w: Ira Gershwin/ m: George Gershwin
26. +”My Blue Heaven” (1927) - w: George Whiting/ m: Walter Donaldson
27. “Ol’ Man River” (1927) - w: Oscar Hammerstein II/ m: Jerome Kern
28. “Star Dust” - w: Mitchell Parrish, 1929/ m: Hoagy Carmichael, 1927
29. “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”(1928) - w: Dorothy Fields/ m: Jimmy McHugh
30. “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (1929) - w: Andy Razaf/ m: Fats Waller
IV. 1930-1938: Singer of the Decade - Fred Astaire
31. “I Got Rhythm” (1930) - w: Ira Gershwin/ m: George Gershwin
32. “Mood Indigo” (1931) - w & m: Edward “Duke” Ellington and Irving Mills
33. “Brother Can You Spare A Dime?” (1932) - w: E.Y. Harburg/ m: Jay Gorney
34. +”Night and Day” (1932) - w & m: Cole Porter
35. +”The Last Roundup” (1933) - w & m: Billy Hill
36. “Sophisticated Lady” (1933) - w: Mitchell Parrish, Irving Mills/m: Duke Ellington
37. +”Stormy Weather” (1933) - w: Ted Koehler/ m: Harold Arlen
38. “Solitude” (1934) - w: Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills/m: Duke Ellington
39. “Begin the Beguine” (1935) - w & m: Cole Porter
40. +”Cheek to Cheek” (1935) - w & m: Irving Berlin
41. “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (1935) - w & m: Cole Porter
42. “Summertime” (1935) - w: DuBose Heyward/ m: George Gershwin
43. “The Way You Look Tonight” (1936) - w: Dorothy Fields/m: Jerome Kern
44. “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” (1937) - w: Ira Gershwin/ m: G. Gershwin
45. “God Bless America” (1938) - w & m: Irving Berlin
V. 1939-1949: Singer of the Decade - Bing Crosby
46. “All the Things You Are” (1939) - w: Oscar Hammerstein II/ m: Jerome Kern
47. “Over the Rainbow” (1939) - w: E.Y. Harburg/ m: Harold Arlen
48. +”In the Mood” (1939) - w: Andy Razaf/ m: Joe Garland
49. “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” (1940) - w: Lorenz Hart/ m: R. Rodgers
50. “When You Wish Upon a Star” (1940) - w: Ned Washington/ m: Leigh Harline
51. +”I’ll Never Smile Again” (1940) - w & m: Ruth Lowe
52. “Blues in the Night” (1941) - w: Johnny Mercer/ m: Harold Arlen
53. +”Chattanooga Choo-Choo” (1941) - w: Mack Gordon/ m: Harry Warren
54. +”White Christmas” (1942) - w & m: Irving Berlin
55. “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” (1943) - w: O. Hammerstein II/m: Richard Rodgers
56. “Ac-cent-tchuate the Positive” (1945) - w: Johnny Mercer/ m: Harold Arlen
57. “It Might As Well Be Spring” (1945) - w: O. Hammerstein II/ m: R. Rodgers
58. “There’s No Business Like Show Business” (1946) - w & m: Irving Berlin
59. +”Near You” (1947) - w: Kermit Goell/m: Francis Craig
60. +”Riders in the Sky” (1949) w & m: Stan Jones
VI. 1950-1959: Singer of the Decade - Frank Sinatra
61. +”Goodnight Irene” (1950) - w & m: Huddie Ledbetter & Alan Lomax
62. “Simple Gifts” (1848/1950) - w & m: Joseph Brackett, arr. by Aaron Copland
63. +”You Belong to Me” (1952) - w & m: Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, Chilton Price
64. “Your Cheatin’ Heart” (1952) - w & m: Hank Williams
65. “Earth Angel” (1954) - w & m: Curtis Williams
66. *”Rock Around the Clock” (1955) - w & m: Max Freedman and Jimmy DeKnight
67. *”Sincerely” (1955) - w & m: Harvey Fuqua & Alan Freed
68. *”Don’t Be Cruel” (1956) - w & m: Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
69. “On the Street Where You Live” (1956) - w: Alan Jay Lerner/m: F. Loewe
70. “This Land is Your Land” (1956) - w & m: Woody Guthrie
71. “True Love” (1956) - w & m: Cole Porter
72. “All the Way” (1957) - w: Sammy Cahn/ m: James Van Heusen
73. “Maria” (1957) - w: Stephen Sondheim/ m: Leonard Bernstein
74. *”Mack the Knife” (1955/1959) - w: Bertold Brecht (translated by Marc Blitzstein/ m: Kurt Weill
75. “Small World” (1959) - w: Stephen Sondheim/ m: Jule Styne
VII. 1960-1969: Singers of the Decade - The Beatles
76. “Camelot” (1960) - w: Alan Jay Lerner/ m: Frederick Loewe
77. “Crazy (1961) - w & m: Willie Nelson
78. “Moon River” (1961) - w: Johnny Mercer/ m: Henry Mancini
79. “Blowin’ in the Wind” (1962) - w & m: Bob Dylan
80. “Call Me Irresponsible” (1963) - w: Sammy Cahn/ m: James Van Heusen
81. *”I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1964) - w & m: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
82. “The Shadow of Your Smile” (1965) - w: Paul Francis Webster/m: Johnny Mandel
83. *”Yesterday” (1965) - w & m: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
84. “What a Wonderful World” (1967) - w: George Douglas/m: George David Weiss
85. “Mrs. Robinson” (1967) - w & m: Paul Simon
86. *”Hey Jude” (1968) - w & m: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
87. “My Way” (1969) - w: Paul Anka/ m: Jacques Reveaux and Claude Francois
VIII. 1970-1979: Singer of the Decade - Barbra Streisand
88. *”Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970) - w & m: Paul Simon
89. *”American Pie” (1971) - w & m: Don McLean
90. *”The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1972) - w & m: Ewan MacColl
91. “The Way We Were” (1973) - w: Alan & Marilyn Bergman/m: Marvin Hamlisch
92. “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (1973) - w & m: Stevie Wonder
93. *”Just the Way You Are” (1978) - w & m: Billy Joel
94. *”Night Fever” (1978) - w & m: Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb
IX. 1980-1989: Singer of the Decade - Michael Jackson
95. *”We Are The World” (1985) - w & m: Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie
96. *”That’s What Friends Are For” (1986) - w & m: Carole Bayer Sager & Burt Bacharach
X. 1990-1998: Singer of the Decade - Celine Dion
97. “Beauty and the Beast” (1991) - w: Howard Ashman/m: Alan Menken
98. *”I Will Always Love You” (1974/1992) - w & m: Dolly Parton/ vocal arr. Whitney Houston
99. “Candle in the Wind” (1973/1997) -w & m: Bernie Taupin & Elton John/arr.E. John
100. “My Heart Will Go On” (1997) - w: Will Jennings/ m: James Horner
+ = Top 100 hits (8 or more weeks at No. 1) in Joel Whitburn’s Pop Memories, 1890-1954 = 25 songs.
* = Top 100 Singles, 1955-1995 (3 or more weeks at No. 1) in The Billboard Top 100 Singles, 1955-1995, compiled by Joel Whitburn = 15 songs.
TOTAL = 60 songs by these songwriters in the Top 100 list
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