I started this list with the intention of publishing a list in 2020. I still have time, so I might do that. Here’s where I left it…
- 1902: Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
- 1909: Fisk Jubilee Singers - Swing Low Sweet Chariot
- 1911: Sophie Tucker - Some of These Days
- 1913: Chauncey Olcott - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
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1918: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger Rag
- 1920: Al Jolson - Swanee
- 1921: Fanny Brice - My Man
- 1922: Eck Robertson - Sally Gooden
- 1923: Bessie Smith - ‘T Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness if I Do
- 1924: George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
- 1925: Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues
- 1926: Gene Austin - Bye Bye Blackbird
- 1927: Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night; Cold Was the Ground
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1928: Louis Armstrong - West End Blues1929: Fats Waller - Ain’t Misbehavin’
- 1930: Harry Richman - Puttin’ on the Ritz
- 1931: Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher
- 1932: Duke Ellington - It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
- 1933: Ethel Waters - Stormy Weather
- 1934: Sons of the Pioneers - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
- 1935: The Carter Family - Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)
- 1936: Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues
- 1937: Benny Goodman - Sing, Sing, Sing
- 1938: Bob Hope & Shirley Ross - Thanks for the Memories
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1939: Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
- 1940: Leadbelly - The Midnight Special
- 1941: Duke Ellington - Take the “A” Train
- 1942: Bing Crosby - White Christmas
- 1943: Al Dexter - Pistol Packin’ Mama
- 1944: Nat King Cole - Straighten Up and Fly Right
- 1945: Edith Piaf - La Vie en Rose
- 1946: Thelonious Monk - ‘Round Midnight
- 1947: Woody Guthrie - This Land is Your Land
- 1948: John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen
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1949: Hank Williams - I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
- 1950: The Weavers - Goodnight Irene
- 1951: The Five Keys - The Glory of Love
- 1952: Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- 1953: Willie Mae Thorton - Hound Dog
- 1954: Chet Baker - Time After Time
- 1955: Fats Domino - Ain’t That a Shame