THE 20TH CENTURY'S GREATEST
American Routes asked some of today’s top artists their favorite songs of the 20th century. Travel through the past hundred years of music with requests from Randy Newman, Tito Puente, Gillian Welch, John Fogerty, Willie Nelson, and more.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Auld Lange Syne Dejan's Olympia Brass Band
City of New Orleans Steve Goodman
Folk Song America, Smithsonian
Ball the Wall Professor Longhair
New Orleans Piano, Atlantic
Body and Soul Coleman Hawkins
Body and Soul, RCA Victor
All The Way Frank Sinatra
The Complete Capitol Singles Collection, Capitol
Instrumental: Moonlight in Vermont Willie Nelson
American Heritage, Columbia Legacy
Rock of Ages Gillian Welch
Hell Among the Yearlings, Almo
The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down The Band
The Band, Capitol
Let's Stay Together Al Green
Anthology, Hi
Instrumental: Archie's Funeral Ry Cooder
Music by Ry Cooder, Warner
Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground Blind Willie Johnson
The Complete Blind Willie Johnson, Columbia Legacy
Let's Burn Down the Cornfield Randy Newman
12 Songs, Reprise
Bess You Is My Woman Now Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald
Porgy and Bess, Verve
Stardust Nicolas Payton and Doc Cheatham
Doc Cheatham and Nicolas Payton, Verve
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Ti Mon Bo Tito Puente
50 Years of Swing, RMM
Oye Como Va Tito Puente
50 Years of Swing, RMM
El caballo blanco Jose Alfredo Jimenez
Lo Mejor De Jose Alfredo Jimenez, RCA
Greensleeves John Coltrane
The Impulse Years, Impulse!
Instrumental: Take the Coltrane Duke Ellington and John Coltrane
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, Impulse!
Flamingo Duke Ellington
The Centennial, RCA
Mother-In-Law Ernie K-Doe
Minit: The Minit Records Story, EMI
Fist City Loretta Lynn
Greatest Hits Vol. II, MCA
Nitty Gritty Southern Culture on the Skids
Dirt Track Date, DGC
Instrumental: The ‘In' Crowd Ramsey Lewis Trio
Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul, Rhino
The Girl I Left Behind Spencer Moore
The Alan Lomax Collection Sampler, Rounder
Tennessee Jed Grateful Dead
Europe '72, Warner
Strance of the Spirit Red Gator Medeski, Martin & Wood
Shack-Man, Ryko
Red House Jimi Hendrix Experience
Stages, Reprise
End Bed: Auld Lang Syne Jimi Hendrix
Eddie G Private Christmas CD