| rank |
title |
Interpreter
|
| 1 |
Over the rainbow |
Judy Garland
|
| 2 |
White Christmas |
Bing Crosby
|
| 3 |
This Land Is Your Land |
Woody Guthrie
|
| 4th |
Respect |
Aretha Franklin
|
| 5 |
American Pie |
Don McLean
|
| 6th |
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy |
The Andrews Sisters
|
| 7th |
West Side Story (Album) |
Original cast
|
| 8th |
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 & His Comets
|
| 13 |
When the Saints Go Marching In |
Louis Armstrong
|
| 14th |
You Are My Sunshine |
Jimmie Davis
|
| 15th |
Mack the Knife |
Bobby in it
|
| 16 |
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction |
The Rolling Stones
|
| 17th |
Take the "A" train |
Duke Ellington Orchestra
|
| 18th |
Blueberry Hill |
Fats dominoes
|
| 19th |
God Bless America |
Kate Smith
|
| 20th |
Stars and Stripes Forever |
Sousa's band
|
| 21st |
I Heard It Through the Grapevine |
Marvin Gaye
|
| 22nd |
(Sittin 'On) The Dock of the Bay |
Otis Redding
|
| 23 |
I Left My Heart in San Francisco |
Tony Bennett
|
| 24 |
Good vibrations |
The Beach Boys
|
| 25th |
Stand by Me |
Ben E. King
|
| 26th |
Stormy Weather |
Lena Horne
|
| 27 |
Johnny B. Goode |
Chuck Berry
|
| 28 |
I want to hold your hand |
The Beatles
|
| 29 |
Midnight Train to Georgia |
Gladys Knight & the Pips
|
| 30th |
Imagine |
John Lennon
|
| 31 |
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer |
Gene Autry
|
| 32 |
The twist |
Chubby checker
|
| 33 |
Happy trails |
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
|
| 34 |
Your Cheatin 'Heart |
Hank Williams
|
| 35 |
Swing low, sweet chariot |
Fisk Jubilee Singers
|
| 36 |
The Sound of Music (Album) |
Original cast
|
| 37 |
'Round Midnight |
Thelonious Monk
|
| 38 |
What's Love Got to Do with It |
Tina Turner
|
| 39 |
Over there |
The American Quartet
|
| 40 |
Stardust |
Hoagy Carmichael
|
| 41 |
Ain't misbehavin ' |
Fats Waller
|
| 42 |
Georgia on My Mind |
Ray Charles
|
| 43 |
Oh, pretty woman |
Roy Orbison
|
| 44 |
Every Breath You Take |
The Police
|
| 45 |
My girl |
The Temptations
|
| 46 |
Hotel California |
Eagles
|
| 47 |
Happy Days Are Here Again |
Ben Selvin
|
| 48 |
Stand by Your Man |
Tammy Wynette
|
| 49 |
Take Five |
Dave Brubeck
|
| 50 |
America the Beautiful |
Louise Homer
|
| 51 |
When a Man Loves a Woman |
Percy Sledge
|
| 52 |
Light My Fire |
The Doors
|
| 53 |
Stairway to Heaven |
Led Zeppelin
|
| 54 |
Sweet Georgia Brown |
Ben Bernie & His Orchestra
|
| 55 |
When you wish upon a star |
Cliff Edwards
|
| 56 |
Yesterday |
The Beatles
|
| 57 |
Louie Louie |
The Kingsmen
|
| 58 |
God Bless the Child |
Billie Holiday
|
| 59 |
Born in the USA |
Bruce Springsteen
|
| 60 |
The Girl from Ipanema |
Stan Getz / Astrud Gilberto
|
| 61 |
I walk the line |
Johnny Cash
|
| 62 |
The Star-Spangled Banner |
John McCormack
|
| 63 |
Oh happy day |
The Edwin Hawkins Singers
|
| 64 |
Great Balls of Fire |
Jerry Lee Lewis
|
| 65 |
What's going on |
Marvin Gaye
|
| 66 |
Oklahoma! (Album) |
Original cast
|
| 67 |
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah |
Johnny Mercer
|
| 68 |
Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog
|
Elvis Presley
|
| 69 |
St. Louis Blues |
Toilet cell phone
|
| 70 |
Yankee Doodle |
Vess L. Ossman
|
| 71 |
California Dreamin ' |
The Mamas and the Papas
|
| 72 |
On the Road Again |
Willie Nelson
|
| 73 |
Auld Lang Syne |
Frank Stanley
|
| 74 |
Summertime |
Sidney Bechet
|
| 75 |
Theme from Shaft |
Isaac Hayes
|
| 76 |
Beat it |
Michael Jackson
|
| 77 |
Sentimental Journey |
Les Brown Orchestra / Doris Day
|
| 78 |
Blue Suede Shoes |
Carl Perkins
|
| 79 |
The Sound of Silence |
Simon and Garfunkel
|
| 80 |
smells like Teen Spirit |
Nirvana
|
| 81 |
It had to be you |
Isham Jones Orchestra
|
| 82 |
Minnie the Moocher |
Cab Calloway
|
| 83 |
Sixteen Tons |
Tennessee Ernie Ford
|
| 84 |
What a Wonderful World |
Louis Armstrong
|
| 85 |
Fire and Rain |
James Taylor
|
| 86 |
YMCA |
Village People
|
| 87 |
Heartbreak Hotel |
Elvis Presley
|
| 88 |
King of the Road |
Roger Miller
|
| 89 |
I will survive |
Gloria Gaynor
|
| 90 |
Ave Maria |
Marian Anderson
|
| 91 |
Begin the Beguine |
Artie Shaw Orchestra
|
| 92 |
Like a rolling stone |
Bob Dylan
|
| 93 |
Stop! In the Name of Love |
The Supremes
|
| 94 |
Stayin 'Alive |
Bee Gees
|
| 95 |
1999 |
Prince
|
| 96 |
Please Remember Me |
Tim McGraw
|
| 97 |
Porgy and Bess (album) |
Original cast
|
| 98 |
Back in the Saddle Again |
Gene Autry
|
| 99 |
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 (album) |
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 and 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 (album) |
Original cast
|
| 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 / Tammi Terrell
|
| 141 |
Piano Man |
Billy Joel
|
| 142 |
Joy to the World |
Three Dog Night
|
| 143 |
Losing my religion |
SEM
|
| 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 (Album) |
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 |
BB King
|
| 154 |
Alexander's Ragtime Band |
Boswell Sisters
|
| 155 |
Bo Diddley |
Bo Diddley
|
| 156 |
Banana Boat (Day-O) |
Harry Belafonte
|
| 157 |
Ring of Fire |
Johnny Cash
|
| 158 |
Donna / La Bamba
|
Ritchie 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 (album) |
The Beatles
|
| 168 |
Soul Man |
Sam & Dave
|
| 169 |
You Are the Sunshine of My Life |
Stevie Wonder
|
| 170 |
Thanks for the memory |
Bob Hope / Shirley Ross
|
| 171 |
Raindrops Keep Fallin 'on My Head |
BJ 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 & the 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 / 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!) |
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 |
Tennessee Waltz |
Patti Page
|
| 199 |
If You Don't Know Me by Now |
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
|
| 200 |
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
Elton John
|
| 201 |
U Can't Touch This |
MC hammer
|
| 202 |
Smooth |
Santana & Rob Thomas
|
| 203 |
Livin 'La Vida Loca |
Ricky Martin
|
| 204 |
How Great Thou Art |
George Beverly Shea
|
| 205 |
Sing Sing Sing |
Benny Goodman Orchestra
|
| 206 |
Hair (album) |
Original cast
|
| 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 |
Count Basie Orchestra
|
| 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 / Blue Grass Boys
|
| 219 |
Teen angel |
Mark Dinning
|
| 220 |
Ornithology (album) |
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 (album) |
Original cast
|
| 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 (Album) |
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 |
The House of the Rising Sun |
The Animals
|
| 241 |
White rabbit |
Jefferson Airplane
|
| 242 |
Graceland |
Paul Simon
|
| 243 |
Love Shack |
The B-52's
|
| 244 |
I believe I can fly |
R. Kelly
|
| 245 |
All I want to do |
Sheryl Crow
|
| 246 |
My Heart Will Go On |
Celine Dion
|
| 247 |
My Old Kentucky Home |
Geraldine Farrar
|
| 248 |
Abraham, Martin & John |
Dion
|
| 249 |
The King and I (Album) |
Original cast
|
| 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 and Cher
|
| 255 |
The Devil Went Down to Georgia |
Charlie Daniel's 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 (Album) |
Original cast
|
| 261 |
Walk On By |
Dionne Warwick
|
| 262 |
Ramblin 'Man |
The 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 / Keely Smith
|
| 266 |
Reach Out I'll Be There |
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 |
Was |
Edwin Starr
|
| 277 |
Behind closed doors |
Charlie Rich
|
| 278 |
Old time rock and 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 & Diane |
John Mellencamp
|
| 288 |
Fight the power |
Public Enemy
|
| 289 |
Me and My Shadow |
Whispering Jack Smith
|
| 290 |
Deep in the Heart of Texas |
Alvino Rey Orchestra
|
| 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 (album) |
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 (album) |
Original cast
|
| 301 |
Do not 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 |
Coleman Hawkins Orchestra
|
| 311 |
I am woman |
Helen Reddy
|
| 312 |
Show Boat (album) |
Original cast
|
| 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 & the Texas Playboys
|
| 317 |
How high the moon |
Les Paul / 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 |
Grateful Dead
|
| 322 |
Faith |
George Michael
|
| 323 |
Up Where We Belong |
Joe Cocker / 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 (Album) |
Mary Lou Williams
|
| 329 |
Vesti La Giubba |
Enrico Caruso
|
| 330 |
Whispering |
Paul Whiteman Orch.
|
| 331 |
Blue Yodel (T for Texas) |
Jimmie Rodgers
|
| 332 |
Boogie chilling ' |
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 Five
|
| 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 |
The 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 & 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 |
Francis Craig Orchestra
|
| 356 |
Sing Me Back Home |
Merle Haggard
|
| 357 |
Django |
Modern Jazz Quartet
|
| 358 |
Respect Yourself |
The Staple 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 & CeCe Winans
|
| 365 |
All Along the Watchtower |
Jimi Hendrix
|
