Decade by Decade - 1900s, 1910s, 1920s

When You're Smiling

Larry Shay (composer)
Joe Goodwin (composer)
Mark Fisher (composer)

When the Saints Go Marching In

California, Here I Come

Buddy DeSylva (composer)
Joseph Meyer (composer)
Al Jolson (composer)

What Is This Thing Called Love? (from "Wake Up and Dream")

Cole Porter (composer)

Doodle Doo Doo

Mel Stitzel (composer)
Art Kassel (composer)

Star Dust

Hoagy Carmichael (composer)
Mitchell Parish (lyricist)

The Best Things in Life Are Free (from "Good News")

Lew Brown (lyricist)
Buddy DeSylva (lyricist)
Ray Henderson (composer)

Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger)

Original Dixieland Jazz Band (contributor)

Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue

Ray Henderson (composer)
Sam M. Lewis (lyricist)
Joe Young (lyricist)

Danny Boy

Fred Weatherly (contributor)

My Blue Heaven

Walter Donaldson (composer)
George Whiting (lyricist)

Yankee Doodle Boy

George M. Cohan (contributor)

Give My Regards to Broadway (WWI Version) (from "Little Johnny Jones")

George M. Cohan (composer)

The Entertainer

Scott Joplin (composer)

Button Up Your Overcoat

Lew Brown (composer)
Ray Henderson (composer)
Buddy DeSylva (composer)

Singin' in the Rain (from "Singin' in the Rain")

Nacio Herb Brown (composer)
Arthur Freed (lyricist)

Bye Bye Blackbird

Ray Henderson (composer)
Mort Dixon (lyricist)

For Me and My Gal

E. Ray Goetz (lyricist)
Edgar Leslie (lyricist)
Geo W. Meyer (composer)

When Banana Skins Are Falling (I'll Come Sliding Back to You)

Irving Mills (composer)
Al Frazzini (composer)
Paul Defrank (composer)

April Showers

Louis Silvers (composer)
Buddy DeSylva (lyricist)

Thou Swell

Lorenz Hart (lyricist)
Richard Rodgers (composer)

Avalon

Vincent Rose (contributor)
B. G. DeSylva (contributor)
Al Jolson (contributor)

Get Happy

Harold Arlen (composer)
Ted Koehler (lyricist)

Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) (from "Paris")

Cole Porter (composer)

The Birth of the Blues (from "George White's Scandals")

Lew Brown (lyricist)
Buddy DeSylva (lyricist)
Ray Henderson (composer)

Be My Little Baby Bumblebee

Stanley Murphy (composer)
Henry Marshall (composer)

You Do Something to Me (from "50 Million Frenchmen")

Cole Porter (composer)

You Took Advantage of Me (from "Present Arms")

Lorenz Hart (lyricist)
Richard Rodgers (composer)

Someone to Watch Over Me (from "Oh, Kay!")

George Gershwin (composer)
Ira Gershwin (lyricist)

Fascinating Rhythm

George Gershwin (composer)
Ira Gershwin (lyricist)

I Wanna Be Loved by You (from "Good Boy")

Herbert Stothart (composer)
Bert Kalmar (lyricist)
Harry Ruby (composer)

Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)

Harry Dacre (composer)

Charleston

Jimmy Johnson (contributor)
Cecil Mack (contributor)

My Heart Stood Still

Lorenz Hart (lyricist)
Richard Rodgers (composer)

Anchors Aweigh

Alfred H. Miles (contributor)
Chas. A. Zimmermann (contributor)

Happy Days Are Here Again

Jack Yellen (composer)
Milton Ager (composer)

Ain't She Sweet

Jack Yellen (lyricist)
Milton Ager (composer)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Jack Norworth (contributor)
Albert Von Tilzer (contributor)

You're a Grand Old Flag

George M. Cohan (contributor)

If You Knew Susie

B. G. DeSylva (contributor)
Joseph Meyer (contributor)

Swanee

George Gershwin (composer)
Irving Caesar (lyricist)

Toyland (from "Babes in Toyland")

Victor Herbert (composer)
Glen MacDonough (lyricist)

I'm Just Wild About Harry

Eubie Blake (composer)
Noble Sissle (lyricist)

Alexander's Ragtime Band

Irving Berlin (composer)

Makin' Whoopee (from "Whoopee")

Walter Donaldson (composer)
Gus Kahn (lyricist)

The Aba-Daba Honeymoon

Walter Donovan (composer)
Arthur Fields (composer)

After You've Gone

Henry Creamer (contributor)
Turner Layton (contributor)