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Songs of Century.Pg2 43. "OH PRETTY WOMAN" ROY ORBISON 44. "EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE" THE POLICE 45. "MY GIRL" THE TEMPTATIONS 46. "HOTEL CALIFORNIA" THE EAGLES 47. "HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN" BEN SELVIN ORCHESTRA 48. "STAND BY YOUR MAN" TAMMY WYNETTE 49. "TAKE FIVE" DAVE BRUBECK 50. "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" LOUISE HOMER 51. "WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN" PERCY SLEDGE 52. "LIGHT MY FIRE" THE DOORS 53. "STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN" LED ZEPPELIN 54. "SWEET GEORGIA BROWN" BEN BERNIE ORCHESTRA 55. "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR" CLIFF EDWARDS 56. "YESTERDAY" / "ACT NATURALLY"THE BEATLES 57. "LOUIE LOUIE" THE KINGSMEN 58. "GOD BLESS THE CHILD" BILLIE HOLIDAY 59. "BORN IN THE USA" BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 60. "THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA" STAN GETZ/ASTRUD GILBERTO 61. "I WALK THE LINE" JOHNNY CASH 62. "THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" JOHN McCORMICK 63. "O HAPPY DAY" THE EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS 64. "GREAT BALLS OF FIRE" JERRY LEE LEWIS 65. "WHAT’S GOING ON" MARVIN GAYE 66. OKLAHOMA! original cast 67. "ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH" JOHNNY MERCER 68. "DON’T BE CRUEL" / "HOUND DOG"ELVIS PRESLEY 69. "ST. LOUIS BLUES" W.C. HANDY 70. "YANKEE DOODLE" VESS OSSMAN 71. "CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’" THE MAMAS & PAPAS 72. "ON THE ROAD AGAIN" WILLIE NELSON 73. "AULD LANG SYNE" FRANK STANLEY 74. "SUMMERTIME" SIDNEY BECHET 75. "THEME FROM SHAFT" ISAAC HAYES 76. "BEAT IT"` MICHAEL JACKSON 77. "SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY" LES BROWN ORCHESTRA 78. "BLUE SUEDE SHOES" CARL PERKINS 79. "THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE" SIMON & GARFUNKEL 80. "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT" NIRVANA 81. "IT HAD TO BE YOU" ISHAM JONES ORCHESTRA 82. "MINNIE THE MOOCHER" CAB CALLOWAY 83. "SIXTEEN TONS" TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD 84. "WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD" LOUIS ARMSTRONG 85. "FIRE AND RAIN" JAMES TAYLOR 86. "Y.M.C.A." THE VILLAGE PEOPLE 87. "HEARTBREAK HOTEL" ELVIS PRESLEY 88. "KING OF THE ROAD" ROGER MILLER.
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