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Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber

Ain't It a Shame Fats Domino

Alexander's Ragtime Band Irving Berlin

All or Nothing at All Frank Sinatra with Harry James

Appalachian Spring Aaron Copland

As Time Goes By Herman Hupfeld

Back in the Saddle Again Gene Autry

Blowin' in the Wind Bob Dylan

Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys

Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins

Body and Soul Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra

Born to Run Bruce Springsteen

A Chorus Line Edward Kleban (words) Marvin Hamlisch (music)

Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn

Crazy Patsy Cline

Django John Lewis and the Modern Jazz Quartet

Dream a Little Dream of Me Gus Kahn (words) Wilbur Schwandt, Fabian Andres (music)

Drumming Steve Reich

Fiddler on the Roof Sheldon Harnick (words) Jerry Bock (music)

Fine and Mellow Billie Holliday

Fire and Rain James Taylor

Foggy Mountain Breakdown Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys

4:33 John Cage

Give my Regards to Broadway George M. Cohan

Gone With the Wind Max Steiner

Good Vibrations The Beach Boys

Graceland Paul Simon

Grand Canyon Suite Ferde Grofe

Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis

The Great Pretender The Platters

Guys and Dolls Frank Loesser

Hellhound on My Trail Robert Johnson

Hello Dolly Louis Armstrong

His Eye is on the Sparrow Mahalia Jackson

Hoochie Coochie Man Muddy Waters

Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel Elvis Presley

I Got Rhythm Ira Gershwin (words) George Gershwin (music)

I Walk the Line Johnny Cash

I Wanna be Sedated The Ramones

I'm so Lonesome, I Could Cry Hank Williams

In the Mood Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

(Goodnight) Irene Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly)/John Lomaz (words/music)

Kind of Blue Miles Davis

King Porter Stomp Jelly Roll Morton

Ko Ko, Charlie Parker Charlie Parker

La Bamba Ritchie Valens

Let's Stay Together Al Green

Light my Fire The Doors

Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan

A Love Supreme John Coltraine

Mack the Knife Louis Armstrong and Bobby Darrin

Maybelline Chuck Berry

Mood Indigo Duke Ellington

My Fair Lady Alan Jay Lerner (words) Frederick Loewe (music)

My Funny Valentine Lorenz Hart (words) Richard Rodgers (music)

My Girl The Temptations

Night and Day Cole Porter

A Night in Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra

Oklahoma! Oscar Hammerstein (words) Richard Rodgers (music)

Once in a Lifetime The Talking Heads

One O'Clock Jump The Count Basie Orchestra

Oye Como Va Santana

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag James Brown

Peggy Sue Buddy Holly

Porgy and Bess Ira and George Gershwin

Precious Lord Thomas Andrew Dorsey

Psycho Bernard Herrmann

Purple Haze The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Rapper's Delight Sugarhill Gang

Respect Aretha Franklin

Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin

Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley and His Comets

'Round Midnight Thelonious Monk

(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 The King Cole Trio

St. Louis Blues W.C. Handy, as performed by Bessie Smith

Show Boat Oscar Hammerstein (words) Jerome Kern (music)

Sing, Sing, Sing Benny Goodman and his Orchestra (Carnegie Hall)

Singin' in the Rain Arthur Freed/Nacio Herb Brown (words/music)

Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay Otis Redding

Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana

Stardust Hoagy Charmichael

Symphony of Psalms Igor Stravinsky

Take Five Paul Desmond, The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Take My Hand, Precious Lord Thomas Andrew Dorsey

Take the "A" Train Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Talking Book Stevie Wonder

Tapestry Carole King

Theme From Shaft Isaac Hayes

This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie

Tom Dooley Kingston Trio

The Velvet Underground and Nico The Velvet Underground

Warner Brothers Cartoon Music Carl Stalling

We Shall Overcome words/music Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan, Pete Seeger
(believed to have originated from C. Albert Tindley's Baptist hymn I'll Overcome Some Day )

West End Blues Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

West Side Story Stephen Sondheim(words)/Leonard Bernstein(music)

What'd I Say? Ray Charles

What's Going On Marvin Gaye

White Christmas Bing Crosby

Wildwood Flower Carter Family

Wizard of OZ E.Y. "YIP" Harburg(words) Harold Arlen(music)

And this omission:

Boogie Woogie

Clarence "Pinetop" Smith

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