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National Public Radio: Top 100

The following list is based on The NPR 100 (The 100 Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century).

The list provides Fletcher Library holdings information for works that match the entry description. Works that are recorded by different artists or conducted by different orchestras are not noted. Also, the list only documents the availability of sound recordings - no notations for the availability of sheet music or videorecordings is provided.

If Fletcher Library does not own the work but another ASU library does, that information will be listed.

 

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A

Adagio for Strings; Samuel Barber (prem. 1938)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Ain't That a Shame; words/music Fats Domino; as performed by Fats Domino (1955)
CD MR DOMI BFD 625 West Media
"Best of Fats Domino Live!" (catalog record)
CD MR COLL BT 130 West Media
"Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits, 1955" (catalog record)
Alexander's Ragtime Band; words/music Irving Berlin; as performed by Irving Berlin (1911)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
All Or Nothing At All; words/music Jack Lawrence/Arthur Altman (1940); as performed by Frank Sinatra and Harry James and His Orchestra (1943)
CD MA JAME HJO 538 West Media
"Harry James and His Orchestra: Featuring Frank Sinatra: The Complete Recordings, 1939" (catalog record)
Appalachian Spring; Aaron Copland (1944)
CD EA COPL SM 1898 West Media
A version is included in "El Salon Mexico; Appalachian Spring; Rodeo; Dance Symphony; Fanfare For the Common Man" (catalog record)
CD EA COPL MA 1302 West Media
A version is included in "The Music of America" (catalog record)
As Time Goes By; words/music Herman Hupfeld (1931)
From the movie "Casablanca"

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B

Back in the Saddle Again; words/music Ray Whitley and Gene Autry; as performed by Gene Autry (1939)
CD MC AUTR SCS 1117 West Media
Versions included in v.1 and v.3 of "Sing Cowboy Sing: The Gene Autry Collection" (catalog record)
Blowin' in the Wind; words/music Bob Dylan (1962)
CD MA DYLA BIO 559 West Media
See v.1 of "Biograph/Bob Dylan" (catalog record)
CD MA DYLA GH 85 West Media
A version is included in "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" (catalog record)
Blue Moon of Kentucky; Bill Monroe (1947)
CD MC COLL AS 388 West Media
A version is included in "Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics" (catalog record)
Blue Suede Shoes; Carl Perkins (1956)
CD MR COLL RTT 121 West Media
A version is included in v.1 of "Rock This Town: Rockabilly Hits" (catalog record)
Body and Soul; instrumental version by Coleman Hawkins (1939)
CD MJ HAWK RET 434 West Media
Two versions are included in "Coleman Hawkins: A Retrospective: 1929-1963" (catalog record)
CD MJ HAWK CH 362 West Media
A version is included in "Coleman Hawkins" (catalog record)
CD MJ COLL RCA 223 West Media
A version is included in "The RCA Records Label: The 1st Note in Black Music" (catalog record)
Born to Run [LP]; Bruce Springsteen (1975)
CD MR SPRI GH 468 West Media
A version is included in "Greatest Hits" (catalog record)

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C

Chorus Line [musical]; music Marvin Hamlisch, words Edward Kleban (1975)
CD K CHOR CL 1687 West Media
"A Chorus Line: Original Broadway Cast Recording" (catalog record)
Coal Miner's Daughter; Loretta Lynn (1971)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Crazy; words/music Willie Nelson; performed by Patsy Cline (1961)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.

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D

Django; music John Lewis; performed by Modern Jazz Quartet (1955)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Dream a Little Dream of Me; Gus Kahn/Wilber Schwandt/Fabian Andre; performed by Kate Smith (1931); revived by Mama Cass Elliot (1963)
CD MR MAMA CA 1093 West Media
Included in v.1 of "Creeque Alley: A History of the Mammas and the Papas" (catalog record)
Drumming; Steve Reich (1971)
CD F REIC WOR 1411 West Media
A version is included in "Works 1965-1995" (catalog record)

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E

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F

Fiddler on the Roof [musical]; Sheldon Hanrick/Jerry Bock (1964)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Fine and Mellow; words/music Billie Holiday (1940)
CD MJ HOLI GBC 629 West Media
A version is included in "God Bless the Child" (catalog record)
Fire and Rain; words/music James Taylor; as performed by James Taylor (1970)
CD MA TAYL SBJ 853 West Media
"Sweet Baby James" (catalog record)
Foggy Mountain Breakdown; music Earl Scruggs; performed by Earle Flatt/Lester Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys (1949)
CD MC COLL AS 388 West Media
A version is included in "Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics" (catalog record)
4:33; John Cage (1952)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.

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G

(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66; words/music Bob Troup (1946); performed by Nat King Cole
CD MJ COLE BNK 492 West Media
"The Best of the Nat King Cole Trio: The Vocal Classics (1942-46)" (catalog record)
Give My Regards to Broadway; George M. Cohan (1904)
CD K FORB FB2 53 West Media
A version is included in "Forbidden Broadway: Volume 2: Unoriginal Cast" (catalog record)
Gone with the Wind [film score]; Max Steiner (1939)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Good Vibrations; The Beach Boys (1966)
CD MR COLL BT 140 West Media
"Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits, 1966" (catalog record)
CD MA BEAC GV 731 West Media
A version is included in v.2 of "Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys" (catalog record)
CD MR BEAC MUS 94 West Media
A version is included in "Made in the USA: The Beach Boys" (catalog record)
Graceland [LP]; Paul Simon (1986)
CD MA SIMO GRA 84 West Media
"Graceland" (catalog record)
Grand Canyon Suite; Ferde Grofe (1931)
CD EA GROF GCS 1876 West Media
A version is included in "Grand Canyon Suite; Mississippi Suite" (catalog record)
Great Balls of Fire; Jerry Lee Lewis (1957)
CD MR COLL BT 132 West Media
"Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits, 1958" (catalog record)
CD MR LEWI GHF 439 West Media
"Greatest Hits, Finest Performances" (catalog record)
CD MR LEWI AKN 570 West Media
A version is included in v.1 of "The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer No Filler!" (catalog record)
CD MR COLL SS 99 West Media
CD MR LEWI OGH 842 West Media
A version is included in "18 Original Sun Greatest Hits" (catalog record)
A version is included in "The Sun Story" (catalog record)
The Great Pretender; The Platters (1955)
CD MR PLAT MT 645 West Media
See v. 1 of "The Magic Touch: An Anthology" (catalog record)
CD MA PLAT PGH 1560 West Media
A version is included in "The Platters Greatest Hits" (catalog record)
Guys and Dolls [musical]; Frank Loesser (prem. 1950)
CD K GUYS GD 764 West Media
A version is included in v.1 of "Guys and Dolls: Original Orchestrations" (catalog record)
CD K GUYS GD 76 West Media
A version is included in "Guys and Dolls: The New Broadway Cast Recording" (catalog record)

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H

Hellhound on My Trail; Robert Johnson (1937)
CD MJ JOHN KDB 359 West Media
"King of the Delta Blue Singers" (catalog record)
Hello Dolly [tune]; words/music Jerry Herman; as performed by Louise Armstrong (1964)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
His Eye Is On the Sparrow; words/music C.D. Martin/C.H. Gabriel; as performed by Mahalia Jackson (1958)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Hoochie Coochie Man; words/music Willie Dixon; as performed by Muddy Waters (1954)
CD MR DIXO CB 563 West Media
V.1 of "The Chess Box" (catalog record)
CD MR COLL BCB 105 West Media
A version is included in v.1 of "The Best of Chess Blues" (catalog record)
Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel; words/music Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller; Otis Blackwell/Elvis Presley; as performed by Elvis Presley (1956)
CD MR COLL BT 131 West Media
"Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits, 1956" (catalog record)

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I

I Got Rhythm; George and Ira Gershwin (1930)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
I Walk the Line; words/music Johnny Cash; as performed by Johnny Cash (1956)
CD MC CASH EJC 549 West Media
A version is included in v.1 of "The Essential Johnny Cash, 1955-1983" (catalog record)
CD MR COLL SS 99 West Media
A version is included in "The Sun Story" (catalog record)
I Wanna Be Sedated; The Ramones (1977)
CD MR RAMO GHL 720 West Media
A version is included in "Greatest Hits Live" (catalog record)
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; words/music Hank Williams; as performed by Hank Williams (1949)
CD MC WILL GH 646 West Media
See v.1 of "40 Greatest Hits" (catalog record)
In the Mood; words Andy Razaf, music Joe Garland (1939); performed/recoreded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1940)
CD MJ COLL BBJ 970 West Media
"Big Band Jazz: From the Beginnings to the Fifties" (catalog record)
(Goodnight) Irene; words/music Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly) and John Lomax (1950); as performed by the Weavers
CD MA WEAV WEA 757 West Media
"The Weavers: The Best of the Decca Years" (catalog record)
CD P COLL TFE 240 West Media
A version is included in "Troubadours of the Folk Era" (catalog record)

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J

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K

Kind of Blue [LP]; Miles Davis (1959)
CD MJ DAVI KB 334 West Media
"Kind of Blue" (catalog record)
King Porter Stomp; Jelly Roll Morton (1924)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Ko Ko; Charlie Parker (recorded 1945)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.

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L

La Bamba; words/music William Clauson; as performed by Ritchie Valens (1958)
CD MR COLL ATR 210 West Media
A version is included in "All Time Rock Classics" (catalog record)
Let's Stay Together; words/music Al Green/Willie Mitchell/Al Jackson; as performed by Al Green (1971)
CD MR GREE ANT 990 West Media
Two versions are included in "Anthology" (catalog record)
Light My Fire; The Doors (1967)
CD MR DOOR DOO 188 West Media
"The Doors" (catalog record)
CD MR DOOR BES 214 West Media
"The Best of the Doors" (catalog record)
Like a Rolling Stone; Bob Dylan (1965)
CD MA DYLA BIO 559 West Media
A version is included in v.1 of "Biograph" (catalog record)
CD MA DYLA GH 85 West Media
A version is included in "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" (catalog record)
West Media
"" (catalog record)
A Love Supreme [LP]; John Coltrane (1964)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.

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M

Mack the Knife; words Marc Blitzstein [after Bertolt Brecht], music Kurt Weill; as performed by Ella Fitzgerald (1960)
CD MJ FITZ EF 583 West Media
"Ella Fitzgerald" (catalog record)
Maybellene; words/music by Chuck Berry, Russ Fratto and Alan Freed; performed by Chuck Berry (1955)
CD MR COLL BT 130 West Media
"Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits, 1955" (catalog record)
CD MR COLL BCR 106 West Media
A version is included in "The Best of Chess Rock 'N' Roll" (catalog record)
Mood Indigo; Duke Ellington (1931)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
My Fair Lady [musical]; Lerner and Lowe (1956)
CD K MYFA MFL 1689 West Media
A version is included in "My Fair Lady: Original London Cast Recording" (catalog record)
CD K MYFA MFL 424 West Media
"My Fair Lady" (catalog record)
CD K COLL AMT 72 West Media
An excerpted version is included in v.3 of "American Musical Theater: Shows, Songs and Stars" (catalog record)
My Funny Valentine; music Richard Rodgers, words Lorenz Hart (1937)
CD MJ DAVI SS 4312 West Media
Two versions are included in "Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis, 1963-1964" (catalog record)
CD MJ VAUG SV 287 West Media
A version is included in "Sarah Vaughan" (catalog record)
CD MJ RICH BR 419 West Media
A version is included in "Buddy Rich: Presented For Lionel Hampton" (catalog record)
CD MJ EVAN UND 711 West Media
Two versions are included in "Undercurrent" (catalog record)
CD MJ COLL SCC 971 West Media
A version is included in "The Smithsonian Collection of Classical Jazz" (catalog record)
My Girl; words/music by William Robinson and Ronald White; as performed by The Temptations (1965)
CD MA TEMP ANT 659 West Media
"Anthology" (catalog record)
CD MR TEMP ES 1209 West Media
A version is included in v.1 of "Emperors of Soul" (catalog record)

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N

Night and Day; Cole Porter (1932)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
A Night in Tunisia; Dizzy Gillespie (1946)
CD MJ GILL CRV 1506 West Media
See v.1 of "The Complete RCA Victor Recordings" (catalog record)
CD MJ GILL DG 296 West Media
A version is included in "Dizzy Gillespie" (catalog record)

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O

Oklahoma![musical]; Rodgers and Hammerstein (1943)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Once in a Lifetime; The Talking Heads (1983)
CD MR TALK NTB 4309 West Media
"The Name of This Band is Talking Heads" (catalog record)
One O'Clock Jump; Count Basie (1938)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Oye Como Va; words/music Tito Puente (1963); recorded by Santana
CD MR SANT GH 77 West Media
"Santana's Greatest Hits" (catalog record)

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P

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag; James Brown (1965)
CD MR BROW ST 991 West Media
See v.1 and v.2 in "Star Time" (catalog record)
CD MR BROW LPP 863 West Media
A version is included in "Love Power Peace: Live at the Olympia, Paris, 1971" (catalog record)
CD MR BROW JB 495 West Media
A version is included in "20 Greatest All-Time Hits!" (catalog record)
Peggy Sue; words/music Jerry Allison/Buddy Holly/Norman Petty; as recorded by Buddy Holly (1957)
CD MR COLL BT 242 West Media
"Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits, 1957" (catalog record)
CD MR HOLL BHC 643 West Media
See v.1 of "The Buddy Holly Collection: 50 Classic Recordings" (catalog record)
Porgy and Bess; music George Gershwin, words Ira Gershwin and Dubose Heyward (1935)
CD B GERS PB 1478 West Media
A version is included in "Porgy and Bess" (catalog record)
CD B GERS PB 252 West Media
A version is included in "Porgy and Bess" (catalog record)
Purple Haze; Jimi Hendrix (1967)
CD MR HEND LW 198 West Media
A version is included in "Live at Winterland" (catalog record)

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Q

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R

Rapper's Delight; Sugarhill Gang (1979)
CD MR COLL SJ 1353 West Media
A version is included in "Street Jams: Hip Hop From the Top, Part 1" (catalog record)
Respect; words/music Otis Redding (1965); as performed by Aretha Franklin (1967)
CD MR FRAN QS 681 West Media
See v.1 of "Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings" (catalog record)
CD MR COLL ARB 123 West Media
A version is included v.7 (1967-1969) in "Atlantic Rhythm and Blues: 1947-1974" (catalog record)
Rhapsody in Blue; George Gershwin (1924); orchestrated Ferde Grofe (1926)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Rock Around the Clock; words/music Max Freedman and Jimmy De Knight (1953); first recorded by Bill Haley (1955)
CD MR HALE BHH 480 West Media
"Bill Haley and His Comets: From the Original Master Tapes" (catalog record)
CD MR COLL BT 130 West Media
"Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits, 1955" (catalog record)
CD MR HALE GH 95 West Media
A version is included in "Bill Haley's Greatest Hits!" (catalog record)
Round Midnight; music Thelonius Monk (1946)
CD MJ COLL BNY 2163 West Media
"The Blue Note Years, Volume 1: Boogie Blues & Bop, 1939-1955" (catalog record)

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S

St. Louis Blues; words/music W.C. Handy (1914); as performed by Bessie Smith
CD MJ SMIT-B EBS 1293 West Media
A version is included in v.1 of "The Essential Bessie Smith" (catalog record)
Shaft [single]; Isaac Hayes (1971)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Showboat [musical]; Hammerstein/Kern (1927)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Sing, Sing, Sing; words/music Louis Prima (1936); as performed by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra at Carnegie Hall (1938)
CD MJ COLL BBJ 970 West Media
"Big Band Jazz: From the Beginnings to the Fifties" (catalog record)
Singin' In the Rain [film musical]; words/music Arthur Freed/Nacio Herb Brown (1952)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay; words/music Otis Redding and Steve Cropper (1968); recorded by Otis Redding
CD MR REDD OTI 678 West Media
"Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding" (catalog record)
CD MR COLL CSV 122 West Media
Included in v.9 of "The Complete Stax Volt Singles, 1959-1968" (catalog record)
A version is included v.7 (1967-1969) in "Atlantic Rhythm and Blues: 1947-1974" (catalog record)
Smells Like Teen Spirit; words by Kurt Cobain; music by Nirvana (1991)
CD MR NIRV NEV 876 West Media
"Nevermind" (catalog record)
Stand by Your Man; words/music Tammy Wynnette and Billy Sherrill (1968); as performed by Tammy Wynette
CD MC COLL CMC 166 West Media
"Country Music Classics, Volume III: 1965-1970" (catalog record)
Star Dust; words Mitchell Parish, music Hoagy Carmichael (1929)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Symphony of Psalms; Igor Stravinsky (1948)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.

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T

Take Five; music Paul Desmond (1960); recorded by Dave Brubeck
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Take My Hand, Precious Lord; words/music Thomas A. Dorsey (1932)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Take the A Train; Billy Strayhorn (1941); as performed by Duke Ellington Orchestra
CD MJ ELLI DE 607 West Media
A version is included in "Duke Ellington" (catalog record)
A version is included in "Big Band Jazz: From the Beginnings to the Fifties" (catalog record)
Talking Book [LP]; Stevie Wonder (1972)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Tapestry [LP]; Carole King (1972)
CD MA KING TAP 255 West Media
"Tapestry" (catalog record)
This Land is Your Land; Woody Guthrie (1956)
CD P GUTH TLY 2158 West Media
"This Land is Your Land" (catalog record)
Tom Dooley [traditional]; arranged by Dave Guard (1958); as performed by The Kingston Trio
CD P COLL TFE 240 West Media
Included in v.3 of "Troubadours of the Folk Era" (catalog record)

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U

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V

The Velvet Underground and Nico [LP]; The Velvet Underground (1967)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.

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W

Warner Bros. Cartoons; music Carl Stallings (1940s and 1950s)
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
We Shall Overcome; words/music Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, Guy Carawan and Pete Seeger (1960); believed to have orignated from C. Albert Tindley's 1901 Baptist hymn "I'll Overcome Some Day."
CD ZM BRIDGES 2398 West Media
A version is included in "Bridges Across the World: A Multicultural Songfest" (catalog record)
CD P COLL VCR 2184 West Media
Two versions are included in "Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American Freedom Songs, 1960-1966" (catalog record)
CD MR BURK BSB 1155 West Media
A version is included in "The Best of Solomon Burke" (catalog record)
West End Blues; words Clarence Williams, music Joe Oliver (1928); as performed by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
West Side Story [musical]; Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim (1957)
CD K WEST WSS 452 West Media
"West Side Story" (catalog record)
CD K WEST WSS 1682 West Media
"West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast Recording" (catalog record)
What'd I Say; Ray Charles (1959)
CD MR CHAR BS 547 West Media
See v.3 of "The Birth of Soul" (catalog record)
What's Going On; words/music by Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye and Renauldo Benson (1970); Recorded by Marvin Gaye
CD MA GAYE MGA 642 West Media
Included on v.2 of "Marvin Gaye Anthology" (catalog record)
CD MR GAYE GH 217 West Media
"Greatest Hits" (catalog record)
White Christmas; Irving Berlin (1942); as performed by Bing Crosby
Title on order for Fletcher Library.
Wildwood Flower; Carter Family (1927)
CD MC COLL CCM 108 West Media
Included in v.1 "Classic Country Music: a Smithsonian Collection" (catalog record)
Wizard of Oz [film musical]; words E.Y. Harburg, music Harold Arlen (1939)
CD L WIZA WQ 682 West Media
"Oz" (catalog record)

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X

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Y

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Z

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