The White Hat Guide the Top 100 Songs of all time

First a couple of comments:

• We have become aware that for some commercial consumer organisations "all time" started somewhere in the 1950s. We know that White Hat readers are intelligent and informed, so we won't insult you with with that sort of dumbing down.

1. Can vei la lauzeta mover by Bernart de Ventadorn. This troubadour song is still as fresh as the day it was written.
2. Greensleves - This anonymous song from Elizabethan times is still a favourite today.
3. Oh Shenandoah (trad)
4. Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land Of My Fathers) - The Welsh know all about songs and singing.
5. Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika - so do the South Africans
6. The man I love -by George Gershwin (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics) - This song was endorsed by Percy Grainger as one of thee great love songs of all time
7. Après un Rêve by Fauré.
8. There's a place for us from West Side Story by Bernstein
9. Der Lindenbaum (The linden Tree) from Winterreise by Schubert.
10. Georgia on My Mind by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics) One of the best known interpretations of this haunting song is by Ray Charles
11. Plaisir d'amour  by Pare Martini - this song remained so popular that it was used by Elvis Presley 2 centuries after it was written
12. Gaudeamus igitur (anon) - You will still find students all over the world celebrating youth in Latin with lusty renditions of Gaudeamus.
13. Caro mio ben by Giardano. This simple Italian song is the vanilla ice cream of songs. Deceptively simple but when well executed you know it is something really special. and it tastes
14. Wilt thou forgive by Pelham Humphrey - This deceptively simple setting of a poem by John Donne.
15. Silent Noon by Vaughan-Williams
16. The Lost Chord by Sullivan - a parlour favourite that has stood the test of time.
17. Tenterfield Saddler by Peter Allen.
18. Yesterday by Paul McCartney (despite it often being attributed as Lennon/McCartney). - Those interested in songs and singing will immediately notice that McCartney uses groups of 7 bars rather than the customary 8s used in pop songs, giving it a slightly uneasy quality.
19. Linden Lea by Vaughan-Williams
20. Granada
21. Music for a while from Oedipus by Purcell
22. Innsbruch by Isaac. This song from the Renaissance is in a long tradition of nostlgia for the home country genre.
23. After the Ball - The sheet music of this ballad broke all sales records and adjusted for population growth may be regarded as possibility as the best-seller of all time.
24. Kalinka
25. Begin the Beguine by Cole Porter. - Unfortunately many performing arrangements dumb down the rhythms which denatures at least half of this great song.
26. Shout
27. Come back to Sorrento
28. Mack the Knife by Kurt Weill.
29. Blowin' in The Wind by Bob Dylan.
30. Bridge Over Troubled Waters by Simon & Garfunkle
31. The Times They Are A-changin' by Bob Dylan
32. Still Of The Night by Cole Porter
33. House Of The Rising Sun
34. Send in the Clowns by Sondheim.
35. Piano Man by Billy Joel
36. Songs my mother taught me by Dvořák
37. I Got Rhythm by George Gershwin
38. Очи чёрные, Ochi chyornye (Dark eyes)
39. It don't mean a thing if it aint got that swing (Eliington)
40. O waly waly (anon) - If you want a formal setting of this folk song you could always try the Britten arrangement.
41. Fear no more the heat of the sun set by Finzi was regarded by Ralph Vaughan Williams as one of the greatest songs ever written.

to be continued . .

Selected performances in Australia featuring songs from White Hat's Top 100 Songs: