Timeline
Every song from the first recordings to today. Pick a decade — or start at the very beginning below.
1870s1 songs1890s9 songs1900s33 songs1910s76 songs1920s823 songs1930s1,592 songs1940s2,541 songs1950s8,615 songs1960s28,287 songs1970s52,825 songs1980s84,155 songs1990s1,85,040 songs2000s2,87,054 songs2010s4,29,805 songs2020s3,69,072 songs
From the very first · English
- Mary Had a Little LambStevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan · Supershow1878
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!Byron G. Harlan & Frank C. Stanley, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell, Edison Grand Concert Band1900
- Absence Makes the Heart Grow FonderHarry Macdonough1901
- Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come HomeBrenda Lee, Patsy Cline, Louis Armstrong1902
- Oh, Didn’t He RambleJelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Jazzmen, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton · Pete Kelly's Blues1902
- Hello Central, Give Me HeavenThe Carter Family, Byron G. Harlan, The Foghorn Trio1902
- The Mansion of Aching HeartsByron G. Harlan1902
- Meet Me in St. Louis, LouisJudy Garland, Billy Murray, Kerry Mills & Andrew B. Sterling · Meet Me in St. Louis1904
- Under the Anheuser BushBilly Murray, Billy Murray & Edison Symphony Orchestra, M‐G‐M Studio Orchestra, Georgie Stoll · Meet Me in St. Louis1904
- The Woodchuck SongBob Roberts1904
- Give My Regards to BroadwayJudy Garland, The Mantovani Orchestra, Al Jolson · With a Song in My Heart1905
- Wait ’till the Sun Shines, NellieBuddy Holly, Bing Crosby, Buddy Holly overdubbed by The Fireballs1905
- The Preacher and the BearBilly Strings, Arthur Francis Collins, David Holt1905
- Yankee Doodle BoyJames Cagney, Billy Murray, Bing Crosby1905
- NobodyJimmy Dean, Nina Simone, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra · Stormy Weather1906
- Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young CharmsAllan Bruce, John McCarthy Chorus, Ann Murray, Graham Johnson, Bandari1906
- The Fortune Teller: Act II. Gypsy Love Song, "Slumber On, My Little Gypsy Sweetheart"Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Bing Crosby, Frances Langford & Victor Young and His Orchestra, Connee Boswell1906
- You’re a Grand Old FlagBilly Murray, George M. Cohan, Dallas Brass · The American Meme1906
- Shall We Meet Beyond the River?Harry Anthony & James F. Harrison1906
- School DaysDizzy Gillespie, Charlie Rich, Louis Jordan1907
- My Gal SalThe Everly Brothers, Fletcher Henderson, Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra · Titanic1907
- Red WingChet Atkins, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, Asleep at the Wheel featuring Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Chet Atkins, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Reuben “Lucky Oceans” Gosfield1907
- The Glow WormSpike Jones and His City Slickers, Lucy Marsh, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, Red Ingle & Aileen Carlisle1907
- Tell Mother I'll Be ThereJames F. Harrison and Edison Mixed Quartette, Roy Acuff, Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans1907
- HarriganBilly Murray, Giora Feidman1907
- Virginia SongJ. W. Myers1907
- Take Me Out to the Ball GameBilly Joel, Billy Strings, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band · The Natural1908