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Hundreds of voters, who included elected officials, people from the music industry and from the media, teachers, and students, were asked in 2001 by the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) and the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) to choose the top 365 songs (not necessarily by Americans) of the 20th century with historical ...
Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" was the best-selling single in the UK during the 20th century. This is a list based on estimated sales between 1952 (the first charts) and the end of 1999. Availability of sales figures, particularly in earlier decades, means that there is a great deal of uncertainty over the accuracy of these estimates. Singles are a type of music release defined by the ...
Pages in category "1900s songs" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. By and By; F.
In 1970, rock musician Ringo Starr surprised the public by releasing an album of Songbook songs from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, Sentimental Journey.Reviews were mostly poor or even disdainful, [25] but the album reached number 22 on the US Billboard 200 [26] and number 7 in the UK Albums Chart, [27] with sales of 500,000.
1908: Traditional English Songs by Lucy Broadwood (1858–1929) [3] 1913: The Morris Book by Cecil Sharp [2] 1913: Sword Dances of Northern England by Cecil Sharp [2] 1919: English Folk Songs From the Southern Appalachian by Cecil Sharp [2] 1922: The Country Dance Book by Cecil Sharp [2] 1923: Folk Songs of the Upper Thames by Alfred Williams [4]
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October 15 – Boston Symphony Orchestra has a new home – Symphony Hall, subsequently ranked as acoustically one of the best concert halls in the world. November 12 – Russian pianist Ossip Gabrilowitsch makes his American debut at Carnegie Hall, New York
Modern Native American pow wows arose around the turn of the 20th century. While some claim that pow wow had been an integral part of indigenous cultures for over 10 centuries, some modern analysts believe that pow wows were invented to appeal to tourists and had only a tangential relationship to genuine Native American traditions, which generally revolved around ceremonial dance music like ...