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The "Songs of the Century" list is part of an education project by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Inc. that aims to "promote a better understanding of America's musical and cultural heritage" in American schools.
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. According to the Great American Songbook Foundation: . The "Great American Songbook" is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century that have stood the test of time in their life and legacy.
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Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1971 by Alex Chilton (vocals, guitar), Chris Bell (vocals, guitar), Jody Stephens (drums), and Andy Hummel (bass). They have been described as the "quintessential American power pop band", and "one of the most mythic and influential cult acts in all of rock & roll". [1]
One of the earliest recordings, using the original racist lyrics, was released by Harry C. Browne in 1916 (Columbia COL A-2218). [citation needed]A 1955 novelty recording of the song by The Singing Dogs reached No. 22 on the US Billboard Pop Singles chart, [20] and No. 13 in the UK.
I. I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier (I Don't Know Why) But I Do; I Don't Mind at All; I Love You Truly; I Want to Be in Dixie; I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
American Boy; The American Dream Is Killing Me; An American Family (song) American Girl (Bonnie McKee song) American Idiot (song) American Kids; American Oxygen; American Patrol; American Ride (song) American Teenager; American Tune; Americanos (song) The Americans Come (An Episode in France in the Year 1918) Amerika (song) Amusement Parks U.S.A.
The song is part of the Great American Songbook, and Alec Wilder included it in his book American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950, even though it was composed two years after that period. Wilder gave two reasons for making this exception: (1) "it is one of the last free-flowing, native, and natural melodies in the grand pop ...