Popular Music Through the Decades
Here’s a list of the popular song and albums for each decade.
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1900s: John Philip Sousa, Stars and Stripes Forever
1910s: the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Tiger Rag
1920s: Al Jolson, Swanee
1930s: Judy Garland, Over the Rainbow
1940s: Bing Crosby, White Christmas
1950s: Bill Haley & the Comets, Rock Around the Clock (song)
1950s: Miles Davis, Kind of Blue (album)
1960s: The Rolling Stones, (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (song)
1960s: The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (album)
1970s: The Bee Gees, Staying Alive (song)
1970s: Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water (album)
1980s: Pink Floyd, Another Brick in the Wall (song)
1980s: Michael Jackson, Thriller (album)
1990s: Bryan Adams, (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (song)
1990s: Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill (album)
2000s: Norah Jones, Don’t Know Why (Come Away With Me)