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I've started yet another project that has already taken up so much time and will likely take up a lot more time. I'm looking for the best songs to define each year. Some of these songs will be chosen based on how popular, how influential, how omnipresent and how much of an impact it made on culture. As are all of my blogs I reserve the right to change them based on finding new information, new or better music and other attributes. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Some of these songs were released by multiple artists and multiple years. Thus I tried to match the year of the song to the main release of that song. I'm also going to add songs that I call the what the hell songs, songs that are weird, strange or unusual in some other way. But just because it's a what the hell song that doesn't mean it's not a good song.
1945:
18) Woody Guthrie "This Land Is Your Land":
19) Bing Crosby "On The Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe":
1946:
20) Nat King Cole "Get Your Kicks on Route 66":
What the hell?: Sammy Kaye "The Ole Lamplighter":
1947:
"Here's a silly diddy", ain't that the truth. What the hell?: Arthur Godfrey "Too Fat Polka":
1948:
21) Dinah Shore "Buttons and Bows":
22) Art Mooney "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover":
23) Evelyn Knight "A Little Bird Told Me":
24) Nat King Cole "Nature Boy":
Listening to this song I'm going to add it to the what the hell songs. How did this song ever become a hit?This song went up to #6, how did it not become tedious after the first listen. 25) Spike Jones "William Tell Overture":
What the hell? The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen "Toolie Oolie Doolie":
1949:
26) Vaughn Monroe "Ghost Riders In The Sky":
What the hell? Jimmy Wakely and Margaret Whiting "Slipping Around":
1950:
11 Weeks at #1 27) Anton Karas "Third Man Theme":
13 weeks at #1 28) Gordon Jenkins "Goodnight Irene":
29) Gene Autry "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer":
I know this was a big hit, but I can't understand why. What the hell? Guy Lombardo "The Third Man Theme":
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