Timeline of European Art and Music - The Twentieth Century

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0:00 - 1900 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian) - Flight of the Bumblebee

3:25 - 1900 - Arthur Collins (probably Irish) - The Peerless Orchestra - Ma Tiger Lily

5:46 - 1904 - Haydn Quartet (Irish, Norman, English, German) - Sweet Adeline

8:37 - 1904 - Julius Fucik (Czech) - Entry of the Gladiators

11:42 - 1910 - Billy Murray (Irish) and the Haydn Quartet (Irish, French, English, German) - By the Light of the Silvery Moon

14:32 - 1910 - Billy Murray (Irish) & American Quartet - Casey Jones

17:22 - 1911 - Harry Macdonough (Irish-Scottish) and Chorus - Down By the Old Mill Stream

20:13 - 1911 - Haydn Quartet (Irish, Norman, English, German) - Let Me Call You Sweetheart

22:47 - 1911 - Irving Berlin (Jewish) - Alexander's Ragtime Band

27:20 - 1912 - Chauncey Olcott (Irish) - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

31:00 - 1912 - American Quartet - Moonlight Bay - Singers composed of Billy Murray (Irish), Steve Porter (French), William F. Hooley (Irish), John Bieling (German)

34:00 - 1912 - Heidelberg Quintette - Waiting For The Robert E. Lee

36:31 - 1913 - Al Jolson (Jewish) - You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)

39:39 - 1913 - Chauncey Olcott (Irish) - Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra! (That's an Irish Lullaby)

42:36 - 1914 - John McCormack (Irish) - It's a Long Way to Tipperary (written by Jack Judge (British) in 1912, but McCormack became much more well known for his performance)

45:52 - 1914 - John McCormack (Irish) - Somewhere a Voice is Calling

46:48 - 1915 - Peerless Quartet - I Didn’t Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier - Lead by Henry Burr (Irish)

49:48 - 1915 - George MacFarlane (Irish) - A Little Bit of Heaven (Shure, They Call it Ireland)

53:00 - 1917 - Nora Bayes (Jewish) - Over There

56:00 - 1918 - Charles Harrison (Irish) and The Columbia Stellar Quartet - The Battle Hymn of the Republic

59:13 - 1918 - Al Jolson - Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (First recording)

1:02:41 - 1918 - Puccini (Italian) - O mio babbino caro - (Late Romantic)

1:05:34 - 1918 - Charles Harrison (Irish) - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

1:09:17 - 1918 - Henry Burr (Irish) and Albert Campbell (Scottish) - Till We Meet Again

1:12:38 - 1918 - Marion Harris (English) - After You’ve Gone - She was the first widely known white singer to sing jazz and blues songs.

1:16:08 - 1918 - The Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Tiger Rag

1:19:16 - 1926 - Puccini (Italian) - Turandot Nessun Dorma - (Modern)

1:22:17 - 1927 - Gene Austin (probably English) - My Blue Heaven

1:26:03 - 1929 (Adopted 1933) - Horst Wessel Song (National Socialist Anthem) - Sturmfuher Horst Wessel (German) - (Banned in Germany and Austria)

1:28:14 - 1930 - Ravel (French) - Bolero - (Modern)

1:32:56 - 1932 - Fred Astaire (German-Jewish) - Night And Day

1:36:30 - 1935 - Fred Astaire (German-Jewish) - Cheek To Cheek

1:38:19 - 1938 - Prokofiev (Russian) - Dance of the Knights - (Modern)

1:43:44 - 1939 - Lale Anderson (German) - Lili Marlene (original German version)

1:46:58 - 1939 - Judy Garland (Irish, English, Scottish, and French Huguenot) - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

1:48:58 - 1943 - Giuseppe Blanc (Italian) - Fascist Italy Anthem - Giovinezza

1:52:18 - 1944 - Sergei Mikhalkov (Russian) - USSR National Anthem

1:56:02 - 1949 - Anton Karas (Austrian) - The Third Man

2:00:02 - 1954 - Jimmie Rodgers (probably English and German) - In the Jailhouse Now

2:03:21 - 1957 - Elvis Presley (German-Scottish) - All Shook Up

2:05:21 - 1958 - Bobby Darin (Italian) - Mack the Knife

2:08:30 - 1958 - Glenn Miller (possibly English-French) - In The Mood

2:12:06 - 1960 - Elvis Presley (German-Scottish) - It's Now or Never

2:15:22 - 1964 - Roy Orbison (possibly German-English) - Pretty Woman

2:18:19 - 1965 - Frank Sinatra (Italian) - Fly Me To The Moon - (Live at The Kiel Opera House, St Louis)

2:20:57 - 1966 - The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

2:25:20 - 1969 - The Beatles (Irish and English) - Here Comes the Sun

2:28:07 - 1969 - Mariska Veres (Romani-French-Russian) - Shocking Blue (Dutch band) - Venus

2:31:06 - 1975 - Frank Sinatra (Italian) - My Way

2:33:37 - 1977 - Robin Gibb (English) - Bee-Gees - Night Fever

2:37:07 - 1981 - Stephen Perry (Portuguese) - Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

2:39:10 - 1981 - Joan Jett (Scottish-English) - I Love Rock 'N Roll

2:40:54 - 1983 - Cyndi Lauper (German-Swiss-Italian) - Girls Just Want to Have Fun

2:42:23 - 1985 - Morten Harket (Norwegian) - A-ha - Take on Me

2:43:37 - 1987 - Axl Roses (Scottish-Irish-German) - Guns and Roses - Sweet Child of Mine (Live in Paris)

2:45:21 - 1988 - NWA (African American) - Fuck tha Police

2:48:58 - 1991 - Kurt Cobain (Irish) - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

2:51:58 - 1997 - Richard Ashcroft (English) - Bitter Sweet Symphony

2:54:23 - 1999 - Faith Hill (English- French- German- Scottish- Irish- Dutch- Cornish) - Breathe

2:56:33 - 2000 - Jason Wade (probably English) - Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment

2:58:32 - Adele (English-Welsh) - Rolling in the Deep