Saturday 13 August 2011

how to define artists?

Right, give your opinions on how to define artists.
For 2000's I've been using 2 or more songs/albums inducted. eg Lily Allen is eligible because she has The Fear and Smile inducted. I've been using this for everything else but the 70's, i've been using 3 songs/ablum for that., but I am considering changing The 80's to the 70's as well. However, this means we have loads of artists to write about, more than what is practical. So how do you think I should manage it?

pre 50's

Alright, here's where we go for pre 50's songs.
Here's the list

1902
Songs
Scott Joplin The Entertainer
1912
Songs
W.C. Handy St Memphis Blues
1916
Songs
Scott Joplin Maple Leaf Rag
1919
Songs
Al Jolson Swanee
1923
Songs
Bessie Smith Downhearted Blues
1924
Songs
George Gershwin Rhapsody In Blue
Ma Rainey See See Rider
1925
Songs
Bessie Smith St Louis Blues
1926
Songs
Louis Armstrong Heebie Jeebies
1927
Songs
Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals Stardust
Jimmie Rodgers T For Texas (Blue Yodel #1)
1928
Songs
Carter Family "Wildwood Flower"
Fats Waller "Honeysuckle Rose"
Harry McClintock "Big Rock Candy Mountain"
Louis Armstrong "West End Blues"
Mississippi John Hurt "Stack O' Lee"
The Carter Family "Keep On The Sunny Side"
1929
Songs
Bessie Smith Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out
Ethel Waters Am I Blue?
Fats Waller Ain’t Misbehavin’
1931
Songs
Cab Colloway Minnie The Moocher
1932
Songs
Bing Crosby Brother Can You Spare A Dime
1933
Songs
Ginger Rogers The Gold Digger Song (We’re in the money)
1934
Songs
Lead Belly The Midnight Special
1935
Songs
The Carter Family Can This Circle Be Unbroken
1936
Songs
Leadbelly Goodnight Irene
Paul Robeson Ol’ Man River
1937
Songs
Benny Goodman "Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)
Count Basie "One O'Clock Jump"
Robert Johnson "Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson "Love In Vain
Robert Johnson "Hellhound on My Trail
1938
Songs
Ella Fitzgerald A Tisket, A Tasket
1939
Songs
Billie Holiday "Strange Fruit"
Eddy Arnold "Texarkana Baby"
Gene Autry "Back In The Saddle Again"
Glenn Miller "In The Mood"
Judy Garland "Over the Rainbow"
1940
Albums
Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl Ballads
Songs
Bill Monroe Blue Mule Skinner Blues
Cliff Edwards When You Wish Upon A Star
Jimmie Davis You Are My Sunshine
1941
Songs
Charlie Christian "Solo Flight"
Duke Ellington "Take The "A" Train"
Ernest Tubb "Walking The Floor Over You"
Glenn Miller "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
The Andrews Sisters "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
1942
Songs
Billie Holiday "God Bless The Child"
Bing Crosby "White Christmas"
1944
Songs
Bing Crosby "Swinging On A Star"
Lead Belly "In The Pines (Where Did You Sleep Last Night?)"
The King Cole Trio "Sraighten Up And Fly Right"
Woody Guthrie "This Land Is Your Land"
Woody Guthrie & Lead Belly "We Shall Be Free"
1945
Songs
Joe Liggins "The Honeydripper"
Louis Jordan "Caldonia"
1946
Songs
Bill Monroe "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
Edith Piaf "La Vie En Rose"
Frank Sinatra "The House I Live In"
James Baskett "Zip A Dee Doo Dah"
Louis Jordan "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens"
Louis Jordan "Let the Good Times Roll"
Nat "King" Cole "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66"
Nat "King" Cole "The Christmas Song"
1947
Songs
Hank Williams "Move It On Over"
Julia Lee "Snatch And Grab It"
Roy Acuff "Wabash Cannonball"
Roy Brown "Rockin' At Midnight"
T-Bone Walker "Call It Stormy Monday (Tuesday is Just as Bad)"
1948
Songs
Hank Williams "I Saw The Light"
John Lee Hooker "Boogie Chillen"
Mahalia Jackson "Move On Up A Little Higher"
Nat "King" Cole "Nature Boy"
The Orioles "It's Too Soon To Know"
Wynonie Harris "Good Rockin' Tonight"
1949
Songs
Burl Ives "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky"
Flatt & Scruggs "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
Hank Williams "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
Hank Williams "Lovesick Blues"
Lena Horne "Stormy Weather"
Louis Jordan "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"
Louis Jordan "Saturday Night Fish Fry"
The Weavers "If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)"