Best Songs of the Century (1900-1939)

[rowin09]

@dylanholman3

[beatlesfan16]

you can totally hear where jerry lee lewis, elvis presley, carl perkins, johny cash, fats domino, little richard and chuck berry got their influences from with this slide thanks for posting:)

[combandpaper283]

Fabulous thank you

[crazygirl22332]

so many songs by scott joplin

[dylanholman3]

Error with the 1936 name too

[dylanholman3]

Oh, and I highly agree with neisharie :)

[dylanholman3]

In the description, you have 1910 as "Hilarity Rag" by James Scott, when in the video, its "Swanee River" by Henry Burr

[neisharie]

You should get an award for your efforts. I'm not kidding. Sir if I ever meet you, I'd like to shake your hand and thank you.

[joeasmythe]

Gotta include Dixieland and On the Banks of the Wabash.

[DarkFilmVideos]

On American Dad, 1901-Stars and Stripes Forever (John Phillip Sousa) sounds like a remake of their theme song.

[Mrdrey001]

Thanks it helped me for a homework that I had and btw very nice songs ;)

Greetings.

DanielRey

[acreasy1]

I'm saddened and embarrassed to admit that I've always thought of "Sing Sing sing with a Swing" (1937) as "The Mr. Peanut song". I am 32. *hangs head in shame*  lol

[OldNoir]

1922 song is just beautiful.

Are you sure that Puttin On The Ritz that you included in your list isn't sung by Fred Astaire and not Harry Richman? 'Cause it sure sounds like him.

[kidgleason]

Very cool selection...many I never knew the title of but had heard before. Thanks for posting.

[suzynsal]

Very enjoyable! Nice selection. Thank You!

[alttab7890]

the 1904 song creeped me out though..

[alttab7890]

This gave me goosebumps..I can actually imagine all these people back then..creepy but awesome...wow o_O

[momof410882]

Like quote a lot. Wish Minnie the moocher could have had a 10 second bit. I actually want to buy some of theses relics. I like them. Maybe I can find something digitally remastered so it isn't so scratchy.

[handal1973]

I feels like Im a die !!!

[TDrachen]

love it....thank you so much

[lisamaria1972]

Great stuff!

[claudiomalaga]

bravo

[VaiTrooper]

Ugh >.<

[Cellogracen1]

123

[LilLayzee1]

how the f did i end up here?

[ILOVEBACONANDMANGO]

Does anybody know a good song in the 1900's about a little creative girl? (a girl that just started her two digit age.) IF U DO PLZ COMMENT BACK! PLEASE!

[tac0k1ng]

BEST SONGS EVER!!!!!

[ThaCandyManTV]

yo man when i be goin through my hood i blast this shit on my car speakers and my homies be like yo this shits raw who dat!

[bthicks14]

these song are so hip

[Waboche]

THANK YOU !!!!!!

AGAIN

THANK YOU !!!!

[vahahon]

The third music is on Gran Turismo 5

[kellyr1983]

get a bit of lady gaga or susie b hahaha

[kellyr1983]

wow how times have changed

[Estelnin]

now i know billie holiday's the very thought of you was very popular when it came out in was it 33?...i was a little shocked not to see it

[PurpleAlligatorSoup]

best 1917 should have been Over There - George M. Cohan

[Mrynot98]

booooooooooooooo



[NewDisneySucksHard]

@Mrynot98 cunt

[crazyfvck]

Fantastic mix! Thank you so much for putting this up. So how does one go about acquiring some of these songs? And I have to say that I was quite amused by "The Entertainer." That's the same tune the ice cream truck plays.. :)

[sdsheep195]

@nedped someone probly played it using the shheet music in a later year.

[jacktheripoff1888]

BEST SONGS OF 1914

"OH WHAT A BLOODLESS WAR THIS WILL BE" - THE DOUGHY BOYS

"COME ON BOYS, LET'S AVENGE THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR OF 1870-71"

RENE GOUCHUET

"OH THAT NAUGHTY RASPUTIN" - IVAN TERRIFIC

"I CAN FLY, AND I'LL PROVE IT BY LEAPING OFF THE WOOLWORTH BUILDING"

DANNY DARING

"REMEMBER FRANZ FERDINAD? GOOD BECAUSE WE FORGOT" THE NICKEL-NOSE GANG.

"NEUTRAL MY FOOT" - THE RED BLOODED AMERICANS

[BeatlesFetish09]

1924 a very close second :)

[BeatlesFetish09]

1937 is my favorite on here

[musicvideotroll]

@Huckabeezer Dude wtf? The video may not be your cup of tea, but there's no reason to be a complete asshole about it.

[nedped]

How come the Joplin recordings are so clean compared to the others?

[jannyrcobs]

Four numbers that should have been included: The Carter Family--'Wildwood Flower'; Blind Lemon Jefferson--'Black Snake Moan'; Patsy Montana--'Cowboy's Sweetheart'; and Roy Acuff--'Wabash Cannonball'. Other than that, a pretty good summary. It's sad they gave you shit about using the great Cab Calloway's 'Minnie The Moocher'; oh, well....

[PM1970]

That was really fascinating stuff!! It made me put myself into those early years where the music would be mostly instrumental, and each would have a mix of the melancholy to the uplifting tunes; this is the first time I have heard music going right back to the early 20th century although there were surprisingly quite a few I actually recognise!! Great stuff!!

[jacktheripoff1888]

MY LIST

BEST SONGS OF 1901

"NO MORE INJUINS" - THE MANNIFEST DENTINY'S

"YOU ROTTEN PRESIDENT-KILLING ANARCHISTS" - THE RED-BLOODED AMERICANS

"PUT SOME MORE COCAINE SYRUP IN MY ICE-CREAM SODA" - LESTER HYPE

"JUST ANOTHER 20-HOUR WORK DAY" - THE GARMENT GALS

"I CAN'T GET ENOUGH MONEY" - THE VANDY'S

[BeatlesFetish09]

@jacktheripoff1888 lol

[jacktheripoff1888]

MY LIST

BEST SONGS OF 1900

"A WET DAY IN GALVESTON" - THE HANDLEBAR MUSTACHE GANG

"MORE STINKING IMMAGRANTS" - THE RED-BLOODED AMERICANS

"I SAW A WOMAN'S ANKLE TODAY" - JIMMY PURETHOUGHT

"OH GREAT, ANOTHER COAL STRIKE" - THE MONOPOLIES

"THE DC CURRENT BLUES" - THE G-W BOYS

[chiviggon]

woowww you are the best, your list is amazing, and sorry whit my english is very bad... congrats.

[TheKaraandAmy]

thios was awesome thank you for posting it!!!!

[moxie127]

Thank you. I hope that you can make 10 most popular song of each year:)

[atwaterkent911]

For example, from Billboard's list, the #1 song from 1908 was "Take me out to the ball game"

[atwaterkent911]

Billboard posted top songs from 1890 to present. None on the "top" songs from your list were #1 songs for the early years. Top songs from the early years were based on sheet music sales as record sales were not tracked.

[KatieShadowWolf]

come josephine should be in that list =)

[cool45010]

What, no Glenn Miller?

[pannoni1]

Just try to buy 78 records if you want to "own" these pieces. It's an interesting field to collect in, and the site 78discography com is an excellent resource for discovering artists from this era. But keep in mind, in 1911 a new 78 record cost 75 cents, equivalent to 15 bucks today, alot of money for just a few minutes of music in those pre-radio days.

[jonathanskurtu]

Could I please have a link to the original compliments, so I might listen to the full songs of the versions you posted, they are so much better than older versions or when others play them. It would be most helpful to my soul. Thanks

[chaoman45]

Stars and Stripes isn't in the playlist...

[ASuperGa]

it must be so hard to find so old music! it's a little...nostalgic, i don't know if I'm saying the right word. it's so...different. i didn't know that recorded so back at that time!

[doomfreezzer61]

this is 400000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000x9587397.47653^187461782­6487 times better than justin bieber

[Jugiroldi]

it's amazing listen all this. It seems I lived that years. I was born in wrong time!!!

[nathanwalker462]

oh boy it's like fallout 3 all over again.

[doomfreezzer61]

tow justin bieber fans accidently clicked on this vid and they listened to GOOD music and died immediatly (sorry 4 my enghis)

[brandon91616]

How is Somewhere Over the Rainbow not on here? :(

[modifiedcontent]

Def Leppard, Pour Some Sugar On Me?! Really?

[pannoni1]

@modifiedcontent Don't worry. You're still a young man.

[TheMaxx111]

How about "Over There" George M Cohan for 1917

[SariaLink987]

Where's "Over the Rainbow" for 1939??

[mauser100]

thank you for the sing sing sing whit a swing

[Linkfan07]

that song from 1917 scared me, to think people back then were forced to listen to that. :( 

[BeatlesFetish09]

@Linkfan07 to me it sounds like a toilet flushing (lol)

[Linkfan07]

@BeatlesFetish09 a toilet flushing? lol

[nessnomar]

Great job bro. I never knew the sing sing on a swing was released in the 30s!

[gladir360]

The Entertainer (1902) =]

[UNDERBROWN89]

Beautiful playlist, I've stolen all the song, searching one to one on youtube!

[thatsnotreal94]

its so interesting listening to these old songs

[tHecCeRbErUs]

excelente recopilacion mi estimado king, de echo y gracias a tu recopilacion pude saber el nombre de una cancion que me gusta, pero que no sabia como se llamaba, bueno hasta luego saludos desde mexico compadre

[Gydinglight12]

I wish the best song from 1926 would have been "My Dream of the Big Parade" by Billy Murray, which summed up what WW1 was all about.

[Ilaire7515]

Interesting pic. I've only seen her with the frost-blond wig. - Naked Lady Gaga. C000M -

[MyDreamside]

are you serious,euorope has more famous songs from that period like historia de un amor,besame mucho,sur le ciel de paris,la vie en rose,there are plenty of them.Saying that only england and america has music after 1900's is insulting,i know many songs but i am afraid making spelling mistakes.Only ancient,classical?man you have to learn a lot.Europe had the most famous music until 70's.

[cruiscinlan]

how did you decide who made the top song?

thanks for sharing

[MyDreamside]

you must put some european songs,the europe had for sure the best songs before 60's

[cruiscinlan]

@MyDreamside if the best songs pre 1960 are all european, where does that leave jazz and all genres it birthed? i understand 'european' music to be incredibly diverse, but generally it is thought of as either based on classical compostition, or the ancient melody structures of folk like the gypsies, celts, etc. what songs would you include 1900-1960? it would be an interesting list to see. there was one at least 'european' here; long road to tipperary. thanks for sharing

[elementbam86]

geese joplin raped the 1900's...

[RedrumEnasni]

Where can I download these? Thanks!

[RavenclawEspioXV]

Most of the recordings between 1902-1910 sound a bit too good for being that old...

[Mastergenius00]

sisters/ brothers we know each and everything about music all. everything all.

[Mastergenius00]

i love everything

[princessofDBZ]

its so weird you know, all those music especially the [the entertainer] sounds so familair, while I was born in the 90s.

[Arnarkusaga]

It's one of those songs that gets used over and over.

[alwaysflowers]

Excellent! Enjoyed all of it...every moment,, every bit of tune,...thank you!

[VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

100 thumbs up, 0 down. Pretty rare to see. Anyways, you just got the 101st thumb up. Thanks for posting.

[MastaL]

cansas city rag omg! best tune i ever heard!

[Theshow540]

ahah kinda crazy to think.. if youtubes stilll around in 2100s someones goin to makin a video best songs of the 2000s aha wow. its amazing how music evovled from just piano aha.

[lautay7]

Very interesting!!!! I didn't know anything about most of this music. It was before my time.  I like it though!! :)

[masteranothan]

could we get a play list?:D

[PrincessK98]

hehe. putting on the ritz is amazing! :D

[meow98]

I think you forgot Al Jolsen, he was very popular in the teens and 20's

[Charizard632]

The one from 1937 sounds familiar. It best represents a line of people with top hats

[missypixie]

Thank you so much for creating this montage. I'd heard sing sing sing with a swing on numerous programmes, but could never track down the title. Off to download it now ;)

[MrKevin624]

Where is Duke Ellington? He is one of the best songwriters of the 30's!

[Mastergenius00]

@MrKevin624 i agree

[lBack2Returned]

@MrKevin624 Agreed! He was the father of NYC Harlem Renaissance.

[sparky663]

joplin was brilliant with a piano

[crzyhomey]

Rhapsody in Blue is my Favorite. Thanks to Woody Allen.

[moolhuysen]

I've got a W.C. Handy recording of St. Louis Blues, if you're interested.

[redfan45x]

aww no Al bowlly?

[RankielGuitar]

yay sousa :)

[LucaC1993]

Ragtime is one of the best music genre!

[MrDeCorey]

I just love The Yankee Doodle Boy

song from (1904) But all of them are grate.

[sniper71234]

After listening to 1901 i wanted to watch American Dad, but then 1902 came on xD

[chuckiejay]

Who compiled this list ? Don`t get me wrong-- I enjoyed this video--I just wondered who made the decisions .

[TheAndersonFam76]

@chuckiejay 

[kevin444usa1]

greensleeves sorry it's late.

[kevin444usa1]

hands down my favorite-fantasia on greensleaves-1934

[thejobloshow]

I guess Scott Joplin pwned the 1900s.

[Arnarkusaga]

Ah! You stole the words out of my mouth. :p

[josiah566]

@thejobloshow sort of how the Beatles pwned the 60s and Michael Jackson pwned the 80s. :)

[NikeTube2010]

@thejobloshow scott joplin owned the turn of the century

[thejobloshow]

The 1910s had good music.

[microtubeuser04]

ah yes i remember when star and stripes came out in 1901

[zelgius74]

where did u get the recording of swipesy cakewalk

[roooneal]

although i totally agree, who are you to choose?

[NoCal72]

C'mon, no Al Bowlly!?

[seusgordo]

"Sing Sing Sing with a Swing" looks like "Hit the road Jack"

[u2bbbe]

wow i never knew scott joplin had so many hits ! brilliant!

[crossleydd42]

1934 - It's amazing the this melody, 'Greensleeves' is first recorded (on paper!) in the 1580's. It must be the oldest actual tune (leaving out plain chant) in existence.

[Kan2209]

No, there are songs from earlier than that, but it is a great piece however. And there are more of them. I've been thinking of making a collection of music and post them ito youtube, selfishly picking out songs from centuries past.

[crossleydd42]

It's noticeable how much better the original recordings get from 1927 when they moved from acoustic to electrical recording methods.

[akkellaa]

it's just an amazing collection, i'm enjoying it so much

[lassmajumpen]

On Wikipedia it says, puttin on the ritz is published in 1929 by Irving Berlin and introduced by Harry Richman in the musical film Puttin' on the Ritz in 1930.

[2agray]

Goodness! Most of those are just too shrill to listen to. Easy on the noise reduction.

[bigdicky321]

Have you any music clips from 1917, of better quality?

[happytotakephotos]

Thank you for gathering these good old tunes. I was born in 1950, but still enjoy these oldies but goodies.

[65CL]

Didn't they used a 1900's tune in a Ghost Hunters's episode and got 3 ghostly faces on camera looking back at them and activity in an empty diner hall?. That was amazing.

[Kinnetic94]

1937 is the best! I have it on my MP3 because i remember hearing it play on that Tower Of Terror movie when i was little

[StylistecS]

I cannot find the original carol of the bells anywhere for some reason.

[King689]

I cheated on Carol of the Bells. I recorded a more recent version of the song with a really poor recording program to get it that "old" sound. The song was first sung in 1916, but I doubt there are any recordings of it from that long ago.

[StylistecS]

That make sense.

[manofmystery26]

man i really want to hear the original recording of carol of the bells.

[JRussoBuffaloNY]

@King689 I have recordings from 1905 & 1908 of "Hearts & Flowers" by the Victor Orch so why would a 1916 rec. not exist?

[King689]

@JRussoBuffaloNY I was talking about a 1916 recording of Carol of the Bells. I'm sure there were other recordings being made at that time.

[manofmystery26]

same here

[12345678927269]

This video was produced by the NAACP?

[BrokenneckYgor]

reminds of my youth...we marched proudly with Gen. Pershing in France

[MacraStraba]

Only they don't have mobile phones back in the day.

[MacraStraba]

Damn, we're going waaaaaay back here. People who grow up with most of these songs are probably long dead.

[StylistecS]

Scott Joplin was a beast in the 1900s.

[lWasNotHere]

my favorite of all time is defenitly 1930 Puttin' On The Ritz! Also thank you so much for uploading! :)

[Espresso337]

Wooooooooooooooo Entertainer!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chocalatecocoloco2]

LOL I HATE THE FIRST SONG

[selfishcrow]

i want more1930s songs plese more

[mikyakira]

i like itttttttt

[werewolf8023]

AWESOME!

[jcurran28]

Gotta love Rhapsody In Blue!