NARRATION:
As the first trivia contest of 2000-anything, we look fondly back at the 20th century: the time of Nazi Germany, atomic radiation, epidemics of killer disease, and of course, "Saved By the Bell." We of the millennial trivia team Make Room for Ducklings, Motherfucker have chosen to commemorate this happy time in song.
As soon as I shut up and go away, you'll be listening to a cassette containing 100 short music clips. Each excerpt represents one of the 100 years gone past, from 1900 to 1999, inclusive. Please give us the name of the song and when possible, the artist.
We say "when possible" because all of the songs are known today, but some of the performers have faded. Therefore, you are being asked to name all 100 song titles, and any 65 of the acts.
Although you might not THINK you know songs from back when William McKinley was President, you do. Take this one, for example.
("Hello My Baby" clip)
Yes, even cartoons about singing frogs might help you crack this bonus. Unfortunately for you, "Hello My Baby" is from 1899 and therefore does not count.
And now, we take you back to a time when America was blissfully unaware that there could ever be such a thing as trivia.....
| 1899 | Hello My Baby --Michigan J. Frog (from the cartoon "One Froggy Evening") |
| 1900 | Bird in a Gilded Cage-- Harry Anthony |
| 1901 | Stars and Stripes Forever-- The John Phillip Sousa Band |
| 1902 | Home Sweet Home-- The Edison Mixed Quartette |
| 1903 | In the Good Old Summertime-- Billy Murray |
| 1904 | Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis-- Billy Murray |
| 1905 | The Yankee Doodle Boy-- Billy Murray |
| 1906 | The Grand Old Rag-- Billy Murray (later "You're a Grand Old Flag") |
| 1907 | Harrigan-- Edward Meeker |
| 1908 | Take Me Out to the Ballgame-- Edward Meeker |
| 1909 | Shine On Harvest Moon-- Ada Jones & Billy Murray |
| 1910 | By the Light of the Silvery Moon-- Ada Jones |
| 1911 | Alexander's Ragtime Band-- Al Jolson |
| 1912 | When Irish Eyes are Smiling-- Chauncey Olcott |
| 1913 | You Made Me Love You-- Al Jolson |
| 1914 | By the Beautiful Sea-- Spike Jones |
| 1915 | Pack Up Your Troubles-- Reinald Wennerath |
| 1916 | M-O-T-H-E-R-- Henry Burr |
| 1917 | You're in the Army Now-- anonymous bugler |
| 1918 | Rockabye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody-- Al Jolson |
| 1919 | How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?-- Nora Bayes |
| 1920 | Swanee-- Al Jolson |
| 1921 | April Showers -- Al Jolson |
| 1922 | Toot Toot Tootsie-- Al Jolson |
| 1923 | The Charleston-- The Paul Whiteman Orchestra |
| 1924 | Rhapsody in Blue-- George Gershwin |
| 1925 | If You Knew Susie-- Eddie Cantor |
| 1926 | Dinah-- Benny Goodman |
| 1927 | My Blue Heaven-- Nick Lucas |
| 1928 | I Wanna Be Loved By You-- Helen Kane |
| 1929 | Ain't Misbehavin'-- Louis Armstrong |
| 1930 | Happy Days Are Here Again-- Ben Selvin |
| 1931 | Minnie the Moocher-- Cab Calloway |
| 1932 | It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing-- Duke Ellington |
| 1933 | We're in the Money-- Ginger Rogers |
| 1934 | I Only Have Eyes for You-- Dick Powell |
| 1935 | Cheek to Cheek-- Fred Astaire |
| 1936 | Pennies From Heaven-- Bing Crosby |
| 1937 | Hooray for Hollywood-- "Hollywood Hotel" soundtrack |
| 1938 | Sing, Sing, Sing -- The Benny Goodman Orchestra |
| 1939 | Over the Rainbow-- Judy Garland |
| 1940 | In the Mood-- The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| 1941 | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy-- The Andrews Sisters |
| 1942 | White Christmas-- Bing Crosby |
| 1943 | That Old Black Magic-- Louis Prima & Keely Smith |
| 1944 | You Always Hurt the One You Love-- The Mills Brothers |
| 1945 | Laura-- Spike Jones |
| 1946 | Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah-- James Baskett (from the "Song of the South"soundtrack) |
| 1947 | Heartaches-- Ted Weems & His Orchestra |
| 1948 | All I Want for Xmas is My Two Front Teeth-- Spike Jones |
| 1949 | There is Nothing Like a Dame-- The "South Pacific" cast |
| 1950 | Mona Lisa-- Nat "King" Cole |
| 1951 | Hey, Good-Lookin'-- Hank Williams |
| 1952 | You Belong to Me-- The Duprees |
| 1953 | Dragnet-- Ray Anthony |
| 1954 | Mr. Sandman-- The Chordettes |
| 1955 | Rock Around the Clock-- Bill Haley & the Comets |
| 1956 | I Put a Spell on You-- Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
| 1957 | Peggy Sue-- Buddy Holly |
| 1958 | Summertime Blues-- Eddie Cochran |
| 1959 | Mack the Knife-- Bobby Darin |
| 1960 | Are You Lonesome Tonight?-- Elvis Presley |
| 1961 | Runaway-- Del Shannon |
| 1962 | Misirlou-- Dick Dale |
| 1963 | Surfin' Bird-- The Trashmen |
| 1964 | You Really Got Me-- The Kinks |
| 1965 | Cara Mia-- Jay & the Americans |
| 1966 | Sunny-- Bobby Hebb |
| 1967 | Strawberry Fields Forever-- The Beatles |
| 1968 | Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay-- Otis Redding |
| 1969 | Everybody's Talkin'-- Nilsson |
| 1970 | Spirit in the Sky-- Norman Greenbaum |
| 1971 | Won't Get Fooled Again-- The Who |
| 1972 | Your Mama Don't Dance-- Loggins & Messina |
| 1973 | Let's Get It On-- Marvin Gaye |
| 1974 | Hooked on a Feeling-- Blue Swede |
| 1975 | Sweet Transvestite-- Tim Curry |
| 1976 | I Wish-- Stevie Wonder |
| 1977 | God Save the Queen--Sex Pistols |
| 1978 | Paradise By Dashboard Light-- Meat Loaf |
| 1979 | Don't Bring Me Down-- Electric Light Orchestra |
| 1980 | What I Like About You-- The Romantics |
| 1981 | Endless Love-- Lionel Richie & Diana Ross |
| 1982 | Pac-Man Fever-- Buckner & Garcia |
| 1983 | Rock of Ages--Def Leppard |
| 1984 | How Soon is Now?-- The Smiths |
| 1985 | Land of 1,000 Dances-- The WWF Wrestlers (specifically, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper) |
| 1986 | Livin' on a Prayer-- Bon Jovi |
| 1987 | U Got the Look-- Prince |
| 1988 | Fast Car-- Tracy Chapman |
| 1989 | Monkey Gone to Heaven-- The Pixies |
| 1990 | Everybody Everybody-- Black Box |
| 1991 | Mama Said Knock You Out-- LL Cool J |
| 1992 | Remember the Time-- Michael Jackson |
| 1993 | No Rain-- Blind Melon |
| 1994 | Black Hole Sun-- Soundgarden |
| 1995 | Buddy Holly-- Weezer |
| 1996 | Lovefool-- The Cardigans |
| 1997 | MMMBop-- Hanson |
| 1998 | Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)-- The Offspring |
| 1999 | Mambo No. 5-- Lou Bega |
Well, there you have it, THE 100 best songs of the century.... give or take 97. And again, because we are Ducklings who love, we say that 165 out of 200 is a perfect score. You may skip up to 35 of the artists, but we need every title.
100 Years, 100 Songs.... truly, we have lived la century loca.