20th Century's Best Songs Guests: Murray Horwitz NPR Vice President of Cultural Programming Bill Ivey Chairman National Endowment for the Arts First NPR chose the 100 greatest American musical ...

An absolute eccentric, Peter Stampfel picked one favorite song for every year of the 20th century, then performed and recorded them all for an enormous collection. Accessibility links.

“Peter Stampfel’s 20th Century in 100 Songs” is a five-CD collection of Stampfel’s versions of one song from each year of the last century, from familiar ancient titles like “I Love You ...

However, all three of these songs failed to reach the Top 40 of the Hot 100, so there may be better examples of songs from the 20th century that could help you to make your case.

On Monday (Dec. 10), Universal Music Group (UMG) announced the song is officially the most-streamed track from the 20th century, achieving more than 1.6 billion global streams.

Shirai Surveys 20th Century Songs Competently If Austerely. By Joshua Kosman, Chronicle Music Critic Nov 16, 2000. Vocalist Mitsuko Shirai and pianist Hartmut Holl performed works by 17 composers.

One of the most influential musicians of the 20th century just played one of his biggest hits for the first time since 2010.

The show will premiere June 16th and be hosted by writer and critic Courtney E. Smith, who will examine some of the most notorious crimes of the early 20th century and the songs they inspired.

When it comes to the most controversial country songs of the 20th century, it’s almost hard to believe that “The Thunder Rolls” by Garth Brooks could be considered as controversial as it was.