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Johnny Guitar
American Music History Page

There are hundreds perhaps thousands of people in America who can tell you all about the history of American music.
There are hundreds perhaps thousands of people in America who write about the history of American music.
There are hundreds perhaps thousands of people in America who can teach you about the history of American music.
But there is only one SOB on the planet that can actually sing you the history of American music.
Johnny Guitar Sings the History of American Music
(1776 thru 1990)
Song Title
1 Yankee Doodle
2 Defense of Ft McHenry
3 Home Sweet Home
4 Skip to my Lou
5 Old Dan Tucker
6 Oh Susanna
7 Follow the Drinking Gourd
8 Lorena
9 Wayfaring Stranger
10 Dixie
11 Battle Hymn of the Republic
12 Aura Lee
13 When Johnny Comes Marching
14 Tom Dooley
15 Shenandoah
16 Oh Dem Golden Slippers
17 Old Chisolm Trail
18 Oh My Darling
19 The Laughing Song
20 After the Ball
21 Alexander's Ragtime Band
22 St Louis Blues
23 Crazy Blues
18 Wreck of the Old 97
19 See That my Grave
20 In the Jailhouse Now
21 Georgia on my Mind
22 Me and the Devil Blues
23 Summertime
24 San Antonio Rose
25 When the Saints Go
26 Somewhere Over
27 Cotton Fields Song
28 Walking the Floor
29 Night and Day
30 Stormy Monday
31 Cheating Heart
32 All Shook Up
33 Blowing in the Wind
34 Cant Buy my Love
35 When a Man Loves
36 Today I Started Loving
37 The Thrill is Gone
38 Ain't No Sunshine
39 Neither One of Us
40 Freebird
41 Can't Get Enough
42 Blue Eyes Crying
43 On Broadway
44 Pride and Joy
45 Fool Hearted Memory
46 Billy Jean
47 I Just Called
48 Red Hot Smokin' Gun
49 Keep Your Hands
50 That Just About Does It
Date
Artist
1755
1814
1823
1830s
1843
1848
1850s
1856
1858
1859
1861
1861
1863
1868
1876
1879
1870s
1884
Richard Shuckburgh
Francis Scott Key
Bishop/Payne
Author Unknown
Daniel Emmett
Stephen Foster
Peg Leg Joe
Henry Webster
Author Unknown
Daniel Emmett
Julia Ward Howe
Poulton/Fosdick
Patrick Gilmore
Thomas C. Land
Author Unknown
James Bland
Author Unknown
Percy Montrose
1891
1892
George Johnson
Charles Harris
1911
Irving Berlin
1914
W. C. Handy
1920
Mamie Smith
1927
Vernon Dalhart
1927
1929
1930
1932
1937
1938
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1947
1952
1957
1963
1964
1966
1968
1969
1971
1972
1974
1974
1975
1978
1982
1982
1983
1984
1986
1986
1989
Henry Jefferson
Jimmie Rodgers
Hoagy Carmichael
Robert Johnson
George Gershwin
Bob Wills
Louis Armstrong
Arlan/Hargurg
Leadbelly
Ernest Tubb
Cole Porter
T-Bone Walker
Hank Williams
Elvis Presley
Bob Dylan
The Beatles
Percy Sledge
Merle Haggard
B. B. King
Bill Withers
Gladys Knight
Lynard Skynard
Barry White
Willie Nelson
George Benson
Stevie Ray Vaughan
George Strait
Michael Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Robert Cray
Georgia Satellite
Verne Gosdin
Sound Tracks
Yankee Doodle
Defense of Fort McHenry
Home Sweet Home
Skip to My Lou
Old Dan Tucker
Oh Susanna
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Lorena
Wayfaring Stranger
Dixie
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Aura Lea
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
Tom Dooley
Shenandoah
Oh Dem Golden Slippers
Old Chisholm Trail
Oh My Darling
Laughing Song
After the Ball
Alexanders Rag Time Band
St Louis Blues
Crazy Blues
Wreck of the Old 97
See That My Grave is Kept Clean
In The Jailhouse Now
Georgia on my Mind
Me and the Devil Blues
Summertime
San Antonio Rose
When The Saints Go Marching In
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Cotton Fields
Walking the Floor Over You
Night and Day
Stormy Monday
All Shook Up
Cheating Heart
Blowin in the Wind
Can't Buy Me Love
When a Man Loves a Woman
Today I Started Loving You Again
Thrill is Gone
Ain't No Sunshine when She-s Gone
Neither One of Us
Freebird
Cant Get Enough of Your Love
Blue Eyes Crying
Off Broadway
Pride and Joy
Fool Hearted Memory
Billy Jean
I Just Called To Say I Love You
Red Hot Smoking Gun
Keep Your Hands to Yourself
That Just About Does It
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