<P> The "Songs of the Century" list is part of an education project by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Inc. that aims to "promote a better understanding of America's musical and cultural heritage" in American schools . Hundreds of voters, who included elected officials, people from the music industry and from the media, teachers, and students, were asked in 2001 to choose the top 365 songs (not necessarily by Americans) of the 20th century with historical significance in mind . RIAA selected the voters, and about 15% (200) of the 1,300 selected voters responded . </P> <P> The list of the top 25 songs, in the order of votes received . Each song is followed by the name of the artist who made the most notable recording of the song . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Artist </Th> <Th> Year </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) </Td> <Td> Judy Garland </Td> <Td> 1939 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) </Td> <Td> Bing Crosby </Td> <Td> 1942 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "This Land Is Your Land" </Td> <Td> Woody Guthrie </Td> <Td> 1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Respect" (Otis Redding) </Td> <Td> Aretha Franklin </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "American Pie" </Td> <Td> Don McLean </Td> <Td> 1972 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (Don Raye, Hughie Prince) </Td> <Td> The Andrews Sisters </Td> <Td> 1941 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> West Side Story (Album) </Td> <Td> Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim </Td> <Td> 1957 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (Jack Norworth, Albert Von Tilzer) </Td> <Td> Billy Murray </Td> <Td> 1908 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin"' (Phil Spector, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil) </Td> <Td> The Righteous Brothers </Td> <Td> 1964 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> "The Entertainer" </Td> <Td> Scott Joplin </Td> <Td> 1902 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> "In the Mood" </Td> <Td> Glenn Miller Orchestra </Td> <Td> 1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> "Rock Around the Clock" (Max C. Freedman, James E. Myers) </Td> <Td> Bill Haley & His Comets </Td> <Td> 1954 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> "When the Saints Go Marching In" </Td> <Td> Louis Armstrong </Td> <Td> 1938 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> "You Are My Sunshine" </Td> <Td> Jimmie Davis </Td> <Td> 1939 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> "Mack the Knife" </Td> <Td> Bobby Darin </Td> <Td> 1959 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" </Td> <Td> The Rolling Stones </Td> <Td> 1965 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> "Take the' A' Train" </Td> <Td> Duke Ellington Orchestra </Td> <Td> 1941 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> "Blueberry Hill" </Td> <Td> Fats Domino </Td> <Td> 1956 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> "God Bless America" </Td> <Td> Kate Smith </Td> <Td> 1938 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> "The Stars and Stripes Forever" </Td> <Td> Sousa's Band </Td> <Td> 1897 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) </Td> <Td> Marvin Gaye </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" (Redding, Steve Cropper) </Td> <Td> Otis Redding </Td> <Td> 1967 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (George C. Cory Jr., (Douglass Cross) </Td> <Td> Tony Bennett </Td> <Td> 1962 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> "Good Vibrations" (Brian Wilson, Mike Love) </Td> <Td> The Beach Boys </Td> <Td> 1966 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> "Stand by Me" (Ben E. King, Leiber and Stoller) </Td> <Td> Ben E. King </Td> <Td> 1961 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Artist </Th> <Th> Year </Th> </Tr>

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