Miscellaneous

What are the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century, in any genre? Here is NPR?s list, including audio downloads of NPR?s story on each one. Some entries I agree with:

• ?Ain?t That a Shame,? by Fats Domino
• ?Blue Suede Shoes,? by Carl Perkins
• ?Born to Run [the album],? by Bruce Springsteen
• ?Crazy,? written by Willie Nelson, performed by Patsy Cline
• ?Hellhound on my Trail,? by Robert Johnson
• ?Hoochie Coochie Man,? written by Willie Dixon, popularized by Muddy Waters
• ?Like a Rolling Stone,? by Bob Dylan
• ?Maybellene,? by Chuck Berry
• ?Psycho? film score by Bernard Hermann
• ?Purple Haze,? by Jimi Hendrix
• ?Take Five,? by the David Brubeck Quartet (should have been a quintet)
• ?Theme from Shaft,? by Isaac Hayes
• The Warner Brothers cartoon music, 1930s through 1950s, by Carl Stalling