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Dan's List of
The Best Songs of the Ages
1900-1967
| Name | Artist | Year | Album | Genre |
| Piece Pittoresque No.10 : Scherzo-Valse | Emanuel Chabrier arr. Loeffler | 1912 | Eugene Ysaye - The Complete Violin Recordings | Classical |
| The Mooche | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 1928 | Ken Burns Jazz: The Story Of American Music | Jazz |
| Ring Dem Bells | Duke Ellington | 1930 | The Duke: The Essential Collection (1927-1962) | Jazz |
| Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) | Benny Goodman | 1937 | Ken Burns Jazz: The Story Of American Music | Jazz |
| Take The "A" Train | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 1941 | Ken Burns Jazz: The Story Of American Music | Jazz |
| Ring Dem Bells | Duke Ellington | 1943 | Live at Carnegie Hall 12/11/1943 | Jazz |
| Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me | Duke Ellington | 1943 | Live at Carnegie Hall 12/11/1943 | Jazz |
| Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy>Rockin In Rhythm | Duke Ellington | 1943 | Live at Carnegie Hall 12/11/1943 | Jazz |
| Red River Valley | Woody Guthrie | 1944 | Rock | |
| Whos On First | Abbot & Costello | 1945 | Comedy | |
| Salt Peanuts | Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra | 1945 | Ken Burns Jazz: The Story Of American Music | Jazz |
| Take the "A" Train | Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald | 1947 | Ella Fitz. Live - Compact Jazz | Jazz |
| where did you sleep last night | Leadbelly | 1947 | Folk/Rock | |
| The Old Caste | Arturo Toscanini | 1948 | Toscanini Alla Scala 9/16/1948- The Radio Years #99 w/ Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano | Classical |
| Mack The Knife | Louis Armstrong | 1949 | All-Time Greatest Hits | Jazz |
| It Takes Two To Tango | Louis Armstrong | 1949 | All-Time Greatest Hits | Jazz |
| Shake, Rattle & Roll | Big Joe Turner & His Blues Kings | 1954 | Loud Fast & Out Of Control: The Wild Sounds Of 50's Rock (Disc 1) | Rock |
| Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | 1955 | Blending The Blues Volume 2 | Blues |
| Honey Don't | Carl Perkins | 1955 | Original Sun Greatest Hits | Rock |
| A Night In Tunisia | Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie | 1955 | Jazz At Massey Hall | Jazz |
| Tomorrow Night | Elvis Presley | 1955 | SUN Records Greatest Hits | Rock |
| Too Much Monkey Business | Chuck Berry | 1956 | The Great Twenty-Eight | Rock |
| Roll Over Beethoven | Chuck Berry | 1956 | The Great Twenty-Eight | Rock |
| Havana Moon | Chuck Berry | 1956 | The Great Twenty-Eight | Rock |
| Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley | 1956 | Elv1s | Rock |
| Love Me Tender | Elvis Presley | 1956 | Elv1s | Rock |
| Who Do You Love? | Bo Diddley | 1957 | Loud Fast & Out Of Control: The Wild Sounds Of 50's Rock (Disc 3) | Rock |
| Peggy Sue | Buddy Holly | 1957 | Rock | |
| Kill the Wabbit | Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd | 1957 | What's Opera, Doc? | Comedy |
| Rock & Roll Music | Chuck Berry | 1957 | The Great Twenty-Eight | Rock |
| Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry | 1957 | The Great Twenty-Eight | Rock |
| Jailhouse Rock | Elvis Presley | 1957 | Elv1s | Rock |
| Great Balls Of Fire | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1957 | Rock | |
| Keep On Knocking But You Can't Come In | Little Richard | 1957 | Rock | |
| Lucille | Little Richard | 1957 | Rock | |
| Earth Angel | The Platters | 1957 | Rock | |
| It's So Easy | Buddy Holly | 1958 | The Buddy Holly Collection | Rock |
| Carol | Chuck Berry | 1958 | The Great Twenty-Eight | Rock |
| Memphis | Chuck Berry | 1958 | The Great Twenty-Eight | Rock |
| Summertime Blues | Eddie Cochran | 1958 | Loud Fast & Out Of Control: The Wild Sounds Of 50's Rock (Disc 3) | Rock |
| Come On, Let's Go | Ritchie Valens | 1958 | Loud Fast & Out Of Control: The Wild Sounds Of 50's Rock (Disc 1) | Rock |
| Tensions (Alt. Take) | Charles Mingus | 1959 | Mingus - Passion Of A Man | Jazz |
| Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (Alt Take) | Charles Mingus | 1959 | Mingus - Passion Of A Man | Jazz |
| Just A Gigolo - I Ain't Got Nobody | Louis Prima | 1959 | Ultra-Lounge: Tiki Sampler | Lounge |
| Hard To Handle | Otis Redding | 1959 | Rock | |
| Happy Go Lucky Local | Duke Ellington | 1960 | The Duke: The Essential Collection (1927-1962) | Jazz |
| Please Mr. Postman | The Marvelettes | 1961 | Motown 1's | R&B/Soul |
| Bye Bye (Theme) | Miles Davis | 1961 | 4/21/1961 Set 1: Miles Davis In Person: Friday Night at the Blackhawk | Jazz |
| Neo | Miles Davis | 1961 | 4/21/1961 Set 2: Miles Davis In Person: Friday Night at the Blackhawk | Jazz |
| Oleo | Miles Davis | 1961 | 4/22/1961 - Edited Version - Miles Davis In Person, Saturday Night At The Blackhawk,San Francisco | Jazz |
| Hit The Road, Jack | Ray Charles | 1961 | R&B/Soul | |
| Searchin' (The Coasters) | The Beatles | 1962 | Anthology 1 | Rock |
| The Sheik Of Araby | The Beatles | 1962 | Anthology 1 | Rock |
| In A Sentimental Mood | Duke Ellington & John Coltrane | 1962 | Ken Burns Jazz: The Story Of American Music | Jazz |
| Toy - Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderly, | Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Cannonball | 1962 | Jazz | |
| All My Loving | The Beatles | 1963 | With The Beatles | Rock |
| Please Mister Postman | The Beatles | 1963 | With The Beatles | Rock |
| Roll Over Beethoven | The Beatles | 1963 | With The Beatles | Rock |
| A Hard Day's Night | The Beatles | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Rock |
| If I Fell | The Beatles | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Rock |
| Any Time At All | The Beatles | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Rock |
| Shout | The Beatles | 1964 | Anthology 1 | Rock |
| Rock And Roll Music | The Beatles | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | Rock |
| I'll Follow The Sun | The Beatles | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | Rock |
| Mr. Moonlight | The Beatles | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | Rock |
| Eight Days A Week | The Beatles | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | Rock |
| What You're Doing | The Beatles | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | Rock |
| A Summer Song | Chad & Jeremy | 1964 | Rushmore - Motion Picture Sountrack | Rock |
| Nadine | Chuck Berry | 1964 | The Great Twenty-Eight | Rock |
| No Particular Place To Go | Chuck Berry | 1964 | The Great Twenty-Eight | Rock |
| Wooly Booly | SAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROAHS | 1964 | 50's and 60's music | Rock |
| You've Got To Hide Your Love Away | The Beatles | 1965 | Anthology 2 | Rock |
| Yesterday | The Beatles | 1965 | Anthology 2 | Rock |
| Norwegian Wood | The Beatles | 1965 | Anthology 2 | Rock |
| Taxman | The Beatles | 1965 | Anthology 2 | Rock |
| Help! | The Beatles | 1965 | Help! | Rock |
| It's Only Love | The Beatles | 1965 | Help! | Rock |
| Tell Me What You See | The Beatles | 1965 | Help! | Rock |
| I've Just Seen A Face | The Beatles | 1965 | Help! | Rock |
| Dizzy Miss Lizzie | The Beatles | 1965 | Help! | Rock |
| Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | The Beatles | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Rock |
| Nowhere Man | The Beatles | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Rock |
| The Word | The Beatles | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Rock |
| Wait | The Beatles | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Rock |
| If I Needed Someone | The Beatles | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Rock |
| Mr. Tambourine Man | The Byrds | 1965 | Mr. Tambourine Man | Folk/Rock |
| Colours | Donovan | 1965 | Fairy Tale | Folk/Rock |
| I Can't Help Myself (Suger Pie Honey Bunch) | The Four Tops | 1965 | Motown 1's | R&B/Soul |
| Shotgun | Junior Walker & The All Stars | 1965 | Motown 1's | R&B/Soul |
| Tired Of Waiting | The Kinks | 1965 | Brit's Blitz | Rock |
| Wouldn't It Be Nice | Beach Boys | 1966 | Pet Sounds | Rock |
| I'm Waiting For The Day | Beach Boys | 1966 | Pet Sounds | Rock |
| Sloop John B | Beach Boys | 1966 | Pet Sounds | Rock |
| I know There's An Answer | Beach Boys | 1966 | Pet Sounds | Rock |
| Caroline, No | Beach Boys | 1966 | Pet Sounds | Rock |
| Penny Lane | The Beatles | 1966 | Anthology 2 | Rock |
| A Day In The Life | The Beatles | 1966 | Anthology 2 | Rock |
| Across The Universe | The Beatles | 1966 | Anthology 2 | Rock |
| Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 | Bob Dylan | 1966 | Blonde On Blonde | Folk/Rock |
| Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again | Bob Dylan | 1966 | Blonde On Blonde | Folk/Rock |
| 5D (Fifth Dimension) | The Byrds | 1966 | Fifth Dimension | Folk/Rock |
| Mr. Spaceman | The Byrds | 1966 | Fifth Dimension | Folk/Rock |
| What's Happening?!?! | The Byrds | 1966 | Fifth Dimension | Folk/Rock |
| Psychodrama City | The Byrds | 1966 | Fifth Dimension | Folk/Rock |
| Eight Miles High (RCA Version) | The Byrds | 1966 | Fifth Dimension | Folk/Rock |
| Crossroads | Cream | 1966 | BBC Sessions | Blues |
| Reach Out, I'll Be There | The Four Tops | 1966 | Motown 1's | R&B/Soul |
| It Was A Very Good Year | Frank Sinatra | 1966 | Sinatra At The Sands | Lounge |
| A Few Last Words (Monologue) | Frank Sinatra | 1966 | Sinatra At The Sands | Lounge |
| Playgirl '70 (Party Music 1) | Piero Piccioni | 1966 | Beat At CineCittˆ Volume 3 | Blues |
| Hanky Panky | Tommy James & The Shondells | 1966 | Anthology | Rock |
| Groovy Kind Of Love | Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders | 1966 | Brit's Blitz | Rock |
| Strawberry Fields Forever | The Beatles | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Rock |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Rock |
| Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds | The Beatles | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Rock |
| Fixing A Hole | The Beatles | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Rock |
| Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! | The Beatles | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Rock |
| Within You Without You | The Beatles | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Rock |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | The Beatles | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Rock |
| So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star | The Byrds | 1967 | Younger Than Yesterday | Folk/Rock |
| C.T.A.-102 | The Byrds | 1967 | Younger Than Yesterday | Folk/Rock |
| Thoughts And Words | The Byrds | 1967 | Younger Than Yesterday | Folk/Rock |
| My Back Pages | The Byrds | 1967 | Younger Than Yesterday | Folk/Rock |
| My Back Pages (Alternate Version) | The Byrds | 1967 | Younger Than Yesterday | Folk/Rock |
| Strange Brew | Cream | 1967 | BBC Sessions | Blues |
| Tales Of Brave Ulysses | Cream | 1967 | BBC Sessions | Blues |
| Born Under A Bad Sign | Cream | 1967 | BBC Sessions | Blues |
| Sunshine Of Your Love | Cream | 1967 | BBC Sessions | Blues |
| Strange Brew | Cream | 1967 | Disraeli Gears (Remaster 1997) | Rock |
| Sunshine Of Your Love | Cream | 1967 | Disraeli Gears (Remaster 1997) | Rock |
| World Of Pain | Cream | 1967 | Disraeli Gears (Remaster 1997) | Rock |
| Dance The Night Away | Cream | 1967 | Disraeli Gears (Remaster 1997) | Rock |
| Tales Of Brave Ulysses | Cream | 1967 | Disraeli Gears (Remaster 1997) | Rock |
| She Has Funny Cars | Jefferson Airplane | 1967 | Surrealistic Pillow | Rock |
| Somebody To Love | Jefferson Airplane | 1967 | Surrealistic Pillow | Rock |
| Today | Jefferson Airplane | 1967 | Surrealistic Pillow | Rock |
| Embryonic Journey | Jefferson Airplane | 1967 | Surrealistic Pillow | Rock |
| White Rabbit | Jefferson Airplane | 1967 | Surrealistic Pillow | Rock |
| What A Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong | 1967 | All-Time Greatest Hits | Jazz |
| Try A Little Tenderness- live- | Otis Redding | 1967 | Monterey Pop | Soul |
| Sitting On the Dock of the Bay | Otis Redding | 1967 | Soul | |
| Astronomy Domine | Pink Floyd | 1967 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | Rock |
| Lucifer Sam | Pink Floyd | 1967 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | Rock |
| Matilda Mother | Pink Floyd | 1967 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | Rock |
| Flaming | Pink Floyd | 1967 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | Rock |
| Pow R. Toc H. | Pink Floyd | 1967 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | Rock |
| Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk | Pink Floyd | 1967 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | Rock |
| Interstellar Overdrive | Pink Floyd | 1967 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | Rock |
| The Gnome | Pink Floyd | 1967 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | Rock |
| Chapter 24 | Pink Floyd | 1967 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | Rock |
| Scarecrow | Pink Floyd | 1967 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | Rock |
| Bike | Pink Floyd | 1967 | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn | Rock |
| A Whiter Shade Of Pale | Procol Harum | 1967 | Brit's Blitz | Rock |
| Let's Spend The Night Together | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| Yesterday's Papers | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| Ruby Tuesday | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| Connection | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| She Smiled Sweetly | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| Cool, Calm, And Collected | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| All Sold Out | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| My Obsession | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| Who's Been Sleeping Here? | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| Complicated | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| Miss Amanda Jones | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| Something Happened To Me Yesterday | The Rolling Stones | 1967 | Between The Buttons | Rock |
| I Think We're Alone Now | Tommy James & The Shondells | 1967 | Anthology | Rock |
| Get Together | The Youngbloods | 1967 | Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas | Rock |
Best songs of 1967 and before