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1894      Yankee Doodle       -    Vess Ossman 1896      The Stars and Stripes Forever    -   Sousa's Band 1902      The Entertainer     -     Scott Joplin       1907      Auld Lang Syne     -     Frank Stanley       1907      Vesti La Giubba     -    Enrico Caruso 1908      Take Me Out to the Ballgame    -    Billy Murray 1909      Swing Low Sweet Chariot    -    The Fisk Jubilee Singers 1910      My Old Kentucky Home     -    Geraldine Farrar 1911      Let Me Call You Sweetheart     -    The Peerless Quartet 1911      Some of These Days    -    Sophie Tucker 1913      When Irish Eyes Are Smiling    -    Chauncey Olcott 1917      Over There     -    The American Quartet 1917      The Star Spangled Banner       -    John McCormick 1918      Tiger Rag Original Dixieland      -   Jazz Band

1920 - 1929

21-Whispering - Paul Whiteman 21-Swanee  -   Al Jolson 23-Down Hearted Blues -  Bessie Smith 23-King Porter Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton 23-St. Louis Blues - W.C. Handy 23-We Have No Bananas - Billy Jones 24-It Had to Be You - Isham Jones 24-Charleston - Arthur Gibbs & Gang 24-The Prisoner's Song - Vernon Dalhart

25-America the Beautiful  - Louise Homer 25-Sweet Georgia Brown - Ben Bernie 26-Bye Bye Blackbird - Gene Austin 27-Me and My Shadow - Jack Smith 28-Wanna Be Loved By You -  Helen Kane 28-Star Dust - Hoagy Carmichael 29-Makin' Whoopee  - Eddie Cantor 29-Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller

1930 - 1934

30-(T for Texas) - Jimmie Rodgers 30-Happy Days - Ben Selvin 30-Kiss Each Morning - Rudy Vallee 30-Still Get A Thrill - Guy Lombardo 30-This Thing Called Love - Ben Bernie 30-A Little Dream Of Me -Wayne King 31-Georgia  Mind - Frankie Trumbauer 31-Million Dollar Baby - Bing Crosby 31-A Bowl Of Cherries - Rudy Vallee 31-I Got Rhythm - Red Nichols 32-All Of Me - Louis Armstrong 32-Spare A Dime? - Bing Crosby

32-Say It Isn't So - Ozzie Nelson 32-Date With Angel - Debroy Somers 32-Under Harlem Moon - Joe Rines 33-Heat Wave - Ethel Waters 33-Blue Prelude - Bing Crosby 33-We're In the Money - Ted Lewis 33-Big Bad Wolf - Victor Young 33-Valley Of the Moon - Joe Green 34-Champagne Waltz - Glen Gray 34-Anything Goes - Paul Whiteman 34-April In Paris - Freddy Martin 34-Eyes For You - Eddy Duchin

1935 - 1939

35-Circle Be Unbroken  - Carter Family 35-A Quarter To Nine - Johnny Green 35-Accent On Youth - Duke Ellington 35-Blue Moon - Benny Goodman 35-Kick Out Of You - Paul Whiteman 35-The Lady In Red - Xavier Cugat 35-Good Ship Lollipop - Rudy Vallee 35-Truckin' - Fats Waller 35-My Lucky Star - Dorsey Brothers 35-You're the Top - Cole Porter 36-Afterglow - Leo Reisman 36-All My Life - Fats Waller 36-Alone - Tommy Dorsey 36-Who Loves You? - Billie Holiday 36-Puttin on the Ritz - Fred Astaire 37-Afraid To Dream - Benny Goodman 37-Lucky Dream - Documentary 37-Blue Hawaii - Bing Crosby 37-Goodnight, My Love - Hal Kemp 37-Got Any Castles - Dolly Dawn 37-Farewell, My Love - Russ Morgan

37-Gone With the Wind - Horace Heidt 37-Love Bug Will Bite - Pinky Tomlin 37-Carelessly - Billie Holiday 37-My Dream Boat - Henry Allen 38-Saints Marching - Louis Armstrong 38-Cry, Baby, Cry - Larry Clinton 38-Alexander's Ragtime - Boswell Sisters 38-A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald 38-Change Partners - Fred Astaire 38-Heigh Ho - Seven Dwarfs 38-Goodnight - Angel Artie Shaw 38-Heart and Soul - Larry Clinton 38-Day After Day - Richard Himber     38-Day Dreaming - Rudy Vallee          39-Beer Barrel Polka - Andrews Sisters 39-Deep Purple - Jimmy Dorsey 39-Blue Orchids - Glenn Miller 39-F.D.R. Jones - Ella Fitzgerald 39-Heaven Can Wait - Glen Gray 39-Jeepers Creepers - Al Donohue 39-What's New? - Benny Goodman

1940 - 1944

40-In the mood - Glenn Miller 40-Imagination - Tommy Dorsey 40-Wonderful World - Charlie Barnet 40-Fools Rush In - Glenn Miller 40-Wish Upon A Star - Cliff Edwards 40-Swallows To Capistrano - Glenn Miller 40-Sierra Sue - Bing Crosby 40-Down the Road - Will Bradley 41-Chattanooga Choo - Glenn Miller 41-Five O'Clock - Ella Fitzgerald 41-It All Comes Back - Hal Kemp 41-Orange Blossom - Glenn Miller 41-Green Eyes - Jimmy Dorsey 41-You Walk By - Tommy Tucker 41-Company B - Andrew Sisters 42-Always In My Heart - Glenn Miller 42-Be Careful My Heart - Bing Crosby 42-In the Heart Of Texas - Horace Heidt

42-Me and My Gal - Garland & Kelly 42-Walk Without You - Harry James 42-You Were Here - Dorsey & Sinatra 42-Skylark - Dinah Shore 43-Nothing At All - Sinatra & James As Time Goes By - Jacques Renard 43-Craziest Dream - Harry James 43-A Wing & Prayer - Song Spinners 43-Home For Christmas - Bing Crosby 43-You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes 44-Amor - Xavier Cugat 44-Sweetheart Me - Lawrence Welk 44-G.I. Jive - Louis Jordan 44-Couldn't Sleep Wink - Frank Sinatra 44-Kitty Blue Eyes - The Merry Macs 44-White Christmas - Bing Crosby 44-It Could Happen To You - Jo Stafford 44-Shoo Shoo Baby - Andrews Sisters

1945 - 1949

45-Sentimental Journey - Les Brown 45-Love Letters - Dick Haymes 45-Accentuate Positive - Johnny Mercer 45-Bell Bottom Trousers - Guy Lombardo 45-Dream - Pied Pipers 45-If I Loved You - Perry Como 45-Candy - Dinah Shore 46-Christmas Song - Nat King Cole 46-Prisoner Of Love - Billy Eckstine 46-Coffee Song - Frank Sinatra 46-Rain or Shine - Margaret Whiting 46-The Gypsy - Hal McIntyre 46-What Comes Naturally - Dinah Shore 46-Let It Snow! - Woody Herman 46-Winter Wonderland - Perry Como 47-Can't See the Sun - The Ink Spots 47-From the Alamo - The Mills Brothers 47-Anniversary Song    -   Al Jolson 47-Ballerina    -   Vaughn Monroe 47-Mam'selle  -   Dennis Day

47-From 29 Palms - The Andrews Sisters 47-Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Johnny Mercer 48-Baby Face  -  Art Mooney 48-Ballerina  -  Bing Crosby   48-Beg Your Pardon   -   Frankie Carle 48-Golden Earrings - Peggy Lee 48-Four Leaf Clover -  Art Mooney 48-It's Magic -  Doris Day 48-Toolie, Oolie, Doolie  -  Andrews Sisters 48-Woody Woodpecker -  Mel Blanc 49-You're Adorable   -  Perry Como 49-Again    -   Doris Day 49-Careless Hands    -    Mel Torme 49-Don't Cry Joe     -   Gordon Jenkins 49-Four Winds/Seven Seas  -  Sammy Kaye 49-I'll Keep Lovelight Burning  -  Patti Page 49-Mule Train  -  Tennessee Ernie Ford 49-Slow Boat To China   -   Benny Goodman 49-Breaking My Heart   -   The Ink Spots