Timeline
Every song from the first recordings to today. Pick a decade — or start at the very beginning below.
1870s1 songs1890s26 songs1900s82 songs1910s186 songs1920s1,494 songs1930s3,252 songs1940s5,581 songs1950s22,704 songs1960s75,870 songs1970s1,49,464 songs1980s2,52,990 songs1990s5,93,255 songs2000s8,64,627 songs2010s11,91,900 songs2020s9,14,375 songs
From the very first
- Mary Had a Little LambStevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan · Supershow1878
- Semper FidelisJohn Philip Sousa, The Residents, Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler · The Wind and the Lion1890
- The ThundererJohn Philip Sousa, [unknown], Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel · Flags of Our Fathers1890
- The Charge of the Light BrigadeLord Alfred Tennyson, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Lord Alfred Tennyson read by Lord Alfred Tennyson1890
- Turkey in the StrawThe Stanley Brothers, Billy Golden, Jerry Rivers & The Drifting Cowboys · The Sting1891
- The Laughing SongGeorge Washington Johnson, Geo. W. Johnson1891
- Casey at the BatErnest Lawrence Thayer performed by Poetry Alive!, Russell Hunting1893
- The Band Played OnTennessee Ernie Ford, Amick Byram, Dan W. Quinn · The Greatest Game Ever Played1895
- The Sidewalks of New YorkDuke Ellington & His Orchestra, Duke Ellington, Cannonball Adderley1896
- A Hot Time in the Old Town TonightLouis Armstrong, Miff Mole’s Molers, Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orchestra · Titanic1897
- Rigoletto: Atto III. “La donna è mobile” (Duca)[unknown], Luciano Pavarotti, Enrico Caruso · Aria1898
- Sobre las olas[unknown], The Beach Boys, The Dave Brubeck Quartet1898
- Il trovatore: Atto I, scena 2. “Il Trovator! lo fremo!” ... “Deserto sulla terra” (Manrico, Conte Luna)Andrea Bocelli, Carlo Guelfi, Orchestra del Teatro Massimo Bellini, Steven Mercurio, Ettore Bastianini, Franco Corelli, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan, Francesco Tamagno1898
- I Lombardi: Atto II. N°7 “La mia letizia infondere vorrei” (Oronte, Sofia)Luciano Pavarotti, Roberto Alagna, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, José Carreras1898
- Colored AristocracyThe New Lost City Ramblers, Alison Brown & Stuart Duncan, Arthur Francis Collins1898
- El milagro de la Virgen: Flores purísimasRuperto Chapí, Enrico Caruso, Gaetano Scognamiglio1898
- Ti vorrei rapireDaniela Benori, Francesco Grollo, Enza Ferrari, Srta. Escalona1898
- La tempestad: RomanzaRuperto Chapí1898
- La gitanaBanda americana1898
- Monólogo de Simón: "La lluvia ha cesado"Sr. Sales1898
- El santo de la Isidra. Pasacalle: "Alegre la mañana... ¿Por qué se van ustedes a la Pradera?"Sr. Navarro1898
- Adiós del reclutaOrfeón Eco de Madrid1898
- Whistling RufusBilly Strings, Chris Barber’s Jazz Band, Jerry Rivers & The Drifting Cowboys1899
- Smokey MokesLu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band, Midnight Stompers, Turk Murphy and His Jazz Band1899
- The CharlatanAltissimo, Lt. Colonel G.A.C. Hoskins, Band of HM Royal Marines, Peerless Orchestra1899
- I'd Leave My Happy Home for YouArthur Francis Collins1899
- My Old New Hampshire HomeByron G. Harlan & Addison D. Madeira1899
- Hen Wlad Fy NhadauMorriston Orpheus Choir, Aled Jones, The Black Mountain Male Chorus, Risca Male Choir, Bryn Terfel, Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Gareth Jones1900
- Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!Byron G. Harlan & Frank C. Stanley, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell, Edison Grand Concert Band1900
- Ma Tiger LilyArthur Collins, Arthur F. Collins1900
- A Coon Band ContestSousa’s Band, Vess Ossman1900
- DepartureGeorge H. Broderick1900
- Rusty RagsVess L. Ossman1901
- Jeszcze Polska nie zginęłaS. Bolewski1901
- Absence Makes the Heart Grow FonderHarry Macdonough1901
- Tosca: Atto III. “E lucevan le stelle” (Cavaradossi)[unknown], Enrico Caruso, Plácido Domingo · Heavenly Creatures1902