For this playlist, making some attempt at running through the chronology the of American Experience during the 20th Century, I got to spend a lot of time digging through World War I – Cold War era music. See the sidebar for some of my sources.
1 – Mother Necessity – Bob Dorough (Schoolhouse Rock)
2 – The Sinking of the Titanic – Richard Rabbitt Brown
3 – I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ – Louis Armstrong
4 – Happy Days Are Here Again – Leo Reisman
5 – Sufferin’ Till Suffrage – Bob Dorough (Schoolhouse Rock)
6 – New York Town – Woody Guthrie
7 – I’m Against It – Groucho Marx
8 – When the Saints Go Marching In – Louis Armstrong
9 – California Here I Come – Al Jolson
10 – Roll on Columbia – Woody Guthrie
11 – Ghost of Tom Joad, The – Bruce Springsteen
12 – God Bless America – Kate Smith
13 – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, The – The Andrews Sisters
14 – This Is The Army, Mr. Jones – Hal McIntyre & His Orchestra
15 – I’ll Be Seeing You [Frank Sinatra] – Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
16 – Yankee Doodle Boy, The – James Cagney
17 – I’d Like To Give My Dog To Uncle Sam – Ozzie Waters
18 – Yankee Doodle (WWII) – Luis Oliveira & his Orchestra feat. Walt Disney & Donald Duck
19 – Reuben James – Folk Family Robinson
20 – Amazing Grace – Louis Armstrong
21 – Dear Hearts and Gentle People – Bing Crosby
22 – Great American Eagle, The – Tex Ritter
23 – I’m No Communist – Carson Robinson and His Pleasant Valley Boys
24 – Daddy’s Last Letter (A Letter from Korea) – Tex Ritter
25 – City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie
26 – America – Leonard Bernstein
27 – Stand by Me – Ben E. King
28 – If I Had A Hammer – Trini Lopez
29 – Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen – Sam Cooke
30 – Sittin’ on Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
31 – Proud Mary – Creedence Clearwater Revival
32 – San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) – Scott McKenzie
33 – Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
34 – American Pie – Don McLean
35 – This Hard Land – Bruce Springsteen
36 – Small Town – John Cougar Mellencamp
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