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Guess the Artist

Guess the music artist by one of his most popular songs. The songs are ordered by the release date.
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Date
Song
Artist
1607
L'Orfeo
Claudio Monteverdi
1680
Canon in D
Johann Pachelbel
1717
Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
Johann Sebastian Bach
1725
The Four Seasons - Summer in G Minor
Antonio Vivaldi
1767
Messiah
Georg Friedrich Händel
1792
Requiem in D Minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1798
String Quartet No. 62 in C Major
Joseph Haydn
1810
Für Elise
Ludwig van Beethoven
1815
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Gioachino Rossini
1827
4 Impromptus
Franz Schubert
1832
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
Frédéric Chopin
 
Lieder ohne Worte
Felix Mendelssohn
1851
La donna è mobile
Giuseppe Verdi
1856
Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner
1867
The Blue Danube
Johann Strauss II
1868
Lullaby
Johannes Brahms
1875
Carmen
Georges Bizet
 
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Edvard Grieg
1877
Swan Lake
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1881
Barcarolle
Jacques Offenbach
1885
Hungarian Rhapsodies
Franz Liszt
1902
Symphony No. 5
Gustav Mahler
 
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin
1905
Clair de lune
Claude Debussy
1910
The Firebird
Igor Stravinsky
1918
K-K-K-Katy
Billy Murray
1924
Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin
1934
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Serguei Rachmaninoff
1935
In A Sentimental Mood
Duke Ellington
 
Cheek to Cheek
Fred Astaire
1936
Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson
1937
Sing, Sing, Sing
Benny Goodman
1939
Over the Rainbow
Judy Garland
 
We'll Meet Again
Vera Lynn
1944
In the Mood
Glenn Miller
 
I'll Be Seeing You
Billie Holiday
1945
La vie en rose
Édith Piaf
1947
White Christmas
Bing Crosby
 
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Bill Monroe
1952
Singing in the Rain
Gene Kelly
1953
That's Amore
Dean Martin
1954
Rock Around The Clock
Bill Haley & His Comets
1955
I'm A Man
Bo Diddley
 
Mannish Boy
Muddy Waters
1956
Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino
 
Smockestack Lightning
Howlin' Wolf
 
That'll Be The Day
Buddy Holly
1957
Tutti Frutti
Little Richard
 
Jailhouse Rock
Elvis Presley
1958
Tequila
The Champs
 
La Bamba
Ritchie Valens
 
Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry
 
The Very Thought of You
Nat King Cole
 
All I have to Do Is Dream
The Everly Brothers
1959
Blue in Green
Miles Davis
1960
Christmas Island
Ella Fitzgerald
 
Giant Steps
John Coltrane
1961
Hit the Road Jack
Ray Charles
 
Let's Twist
Chubby Checker
 
Great Balls Of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis
1962
Bring It On Home to Me
Sam Cooke
 
Stand by Me
Ben E. King
 
Green Onions
Booker T. & The MG's
1963
Surfin' U.S.A.
The Beach Boys
 
Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash
1964
Fly Me to the Moon
Frank Sinatra
 
Under the Boardwalk
The Drifters
 
Oh, Pretty Woman
Roy Orbison
 
House Of The Rising Sun
The Animals
 
The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel
 
You Really Got Me
The Kinks
 
I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Brown
1965
Like A Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan
 
California Dreamin'
The Mamas & the Papas
 
My Girl
The Temptations
 
Heart Full of Soul
The Yardbirds
 
Turn! Turn! Turn!
The Byrds
1966
Four Women
Nina Simone
 
Paint It, Black
The Rolling Stones
 
This Old Heart of Mine
The Isley Brothers
 
Land of 1000 Dances
Wilson Pickett
 
You Can't Hurry Love
The Supremes
 
These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
Nancy Sinatra
1967
Respect
Aretha Franklin
 
Purple Haze
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
 
What a Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong
 
Sunday Morning
The Velvet Underground
 
I'm a Believer
The Monkees
 
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison
 
White Rabbit
Jefferson Airplane
 
Happy Together
The Turtles
 
Sunshine Of Your Love
Cream
1968
The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
 
Born to Be Wild
Steppenwolf
 
The Weight
The Band
1969
The Thrill Is Gone
B.B. King
 
Sweet Caroline
Neil Diamond
 
Fortunate Son
Creedence Clearwater Revival
 
I Want You Back
The Jackson 5
 
Everyday People
Sly & The Family Stones
 
I Wanna Be Your Dog
The Stooges
1970
Let It Be
The Beatles
 
Friend of the Devil
The Grateful Dead
 
Father And Son
Cat Stevens
 
My Sweet Lord
George Harrison
 
American Woman
The Guess Who
 
Move On Up
Curtis Mayfield
 
Paranoid
Black Sabbath
 
Close to You
The Carpenters
1971
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
 
Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin
 
Long Cool Woman
The Hollies
 
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
 
Riders on the Storm
The Doors
 
Imagine
John Lennon
 
Ain't No Sunshine
Bill Withers
 
Maggot Brain
Funkadelic
 
Baba O'Riley
The Who
1972
Superstition
Stevie Wonder
 
Let's Stay Together
Al Green
 
Smoke on the Water
Deep Purple
 
Walk On The Wild Side
Lou Reed
 
Heart Of Gold
Neil Young
 
Rocket Man
Elton John
1973
Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye
 
Dream On
Aerosmith
 
Ramblin' Man
The Allman Brothers
 
La Grange
ZZ Top
 
Long Train Runnin'
The Doobie Brothers
 
Piano Man
Billy Joel
 
Band on the Run
Paul McCartney & Wings
1974
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
1975
December, 1963
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
 
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
1976
Hotel California
Eagles
 
If You Leave Me Now
Chicago
 
Fly Like an Eagle
Steve Miller Band
 
Blitzkrieg Bop
The Ramones
 
Carry on Wayward Son
Kansas
 
More Than a Feeling
Boston
 
Give up the Funk
Parliament
 
Dancing Queen
ABBA
1977
Heroes
David Bowie
 
Three Little Birds
Bob Marley & The Wailers
 
Stayin' Alive
Bee Gees
 
Anarchy in the U.K.
Sex Pistols
 
Easy
Commodores
 
The Passenger
Iggy Pop
 
Wonderful Tonight
Eric Clapton
 
The Chain
Fleetwood Mac
 
Barracuda
Heart
 
Psycho Killer
Talking Heads
 
Mr. Blue Sky
Electric Light Orchestra
1978
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
 
Y.M.C.A.
Village People
 
September
Earth, Wind & Fire
 
Because the Night
Patti Smith
 
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
 
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Rod Stewart
 
Old Time Rock & Roll
Bob Seger
 
Me Olvidé de Vivir
Julio Iglesias
 
You're The One That I Want
Olivia Newton-John
1979
Cruisin'
Smokey Robinson
 
I Was Made For Lovin' You
KISS
 
Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
Pink Floyd
 
Hot Stuff
Donna Summer
 
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
 
Bobby Brown Goes Down
Frank Zappa
1980
Call Me
Blondie
 
Breaking the Law
Judas Priest
 
Ace of Spades
Motörhead
 
You Make My Dreams (Come True)
Hall & Oates
 
Crazy Train
Ozzy Osbourne
 
Woman in Love
Barbara Streisand
 
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division
1981
Tom Sawyer
Rush
 
Don't Stop Believin'
Journey
 
Down Under
Men at Work
 
Tainted Love
Soft Cell
 
In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins
 
Get Down on It
Kool & The Gang
1982
Eye of the Tiger
Survivor
 
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
 
Hungry Like the Wolf
Duran Duran
 
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
 
Africa
Toto
 
Jack & Diane
John Mellencamp
 
Come On Eileen
Dexys Midnight Runners
 
Should I Stay or Should I Go
The Clash
1983
Islands in the Stream
Kenny Rogers
 
Every Breath You Take
The Police
 
Blue Monday
New Order
 
The Trooper
Iron Maiden
 
It's Raining Men
The Weather Girls
 
Total Eclipse of the Heart
Bonnie Tyler
 
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Eurythmics
 
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Cyndi Lauper
 
Rebel Yell
Billy Idol
 
All Night Long
Lionel Richie
 
Owner of a Lonely Heart
Yes
1984
What's Love Got to Do With It
Tina Turner
 
Jump
Van Halen
 
Material Girl
Madonna
 
Careless Whisper
George Michael
 
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
 
Footloose
Kenny Loggins
 
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Wham!
 
I Want to Know What Love Is
Foreigner
 
Purple Rain
Prince
 
Born In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen
1985
Take On Me
a-ha
 
The Power of Love
Huey Lewis & the News
1986
It's Tricky
Run D.M.C.
Date
Song
Artist
 
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
The Smiths
 
Raining Blood
Slayer
 
Push It!
Salt-N-Pepa
 
Invisible Touch
Genesis
 
Livin' on a Prayer
Bon Jovi
1987
Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley
 
Pour Some Sugar on Me
Def Leppard
 
Need You Tonight
INXS
 
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
 
Jane Says
Jane's Addiction
 
Paid in Full
Eric B. & Rakim
 
With Or Without You
U2
1988
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A.
 
Where Is My Mind?
Pixies
 
Teen Age Riot
Sonic Youth
 
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
1989
Poison
Alice Cooper
 
Kickstart My Heart
Mötley Crüe
 
Epic
Faith No More
 
Waiting Room
Fugazi
 
Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
 
If Tomorrow Never Comes
Garth Brooks
1990
U Can't Touch This
MC Hammer
 
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J
 
Wind Of Change
Scorpions
 
Can I Kick It?
A Tribe Called Quest
 
Man in the Box
Alice In Chains
 
Personal Jesus
Depeche Mode
 
Fight The Power
Public Enemy
1991
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica
 
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
 
Even Flow
Pearl Jam
 
When You Sleep
My Bloody Valentine
 
Jerry Was a Race Car Driver
Primus
 
Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
1992
I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston
 
Killing in the Name
Rage Against The Machine
 
Walk
Pantera
 
Symphony Of Destruction
Megadeth
 
No Rain
Blind Melon
 
Pull Me Under
Dream Theater
 
It Was a Good Day
Ice Cube
 
Friday I'm in Love
The Cure
1993
That's the Way Love Goes
Janet Jackson
 
Creep
Radiohead
 
Are You Gonna Go My Way
Lenny Kravitz
 
Macarena
Los del Río
 
C.R.E.A.M.
Wu-Tang Clan
 
I'd Do Anything for Love
Meat Loaf
1994
Lover, You Shold've Come Over
Jeff Buckley
 
Loser
Beck
 
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey
 
Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden
 
Big Poppa
The Notorious B.I.G.
 
Closer
Nine Inch Nails
 
N.Y. State of Mind
Nas
 
Zombie
The Cranberries
 
Gin and Juice
Snoop Dogg
 
Interstate Love Song
Stone Temple Pilots
 
Sabotage
Beastie Boys
1995
Common People
Pulp
 
Army of Me
Björk
 
Gangsta's Paradise
Coolio
 
My Heart Will Go On
Céline Dion
 
Wonderwall
Oasis
 
1979
The Smashing Pumpkins
1996
Ambitionz az a Ridah
2Pac
 
Santeria
Sublime
 
Roots Bloody Roots
Sepultura
 
Virtual Insanity
Jamiroquai
 
The Beautiful People
Marilyn Manson
 
Killing Me Softly With His Song
Fugees
 
Wannabe
Spice Girls
1997
Dig Up Her Bones
The Misfits
 
Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Verve
 
Everlong
Foo Fighters
 
Song 2
Blur
 
Du hast
Rammstein
 
Harness Your Hopes
Pavement
1998
Believe
Cher
 
The Kids Aren't Alright
The Offspring
 
Freak on a Leash
Korn
1999
Maria Maria
Santana
 
I Want It That Way
Backstreet Boys
 
Genie in a Bottle
Christina Aguilera
 
Drive
Incubus
 
All the Small Things
blink-182
 
Livin' La Vida Loca
Ricky Martin
 
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
2000
Only Time
Enya
 
In the End
Linkin Park
 
One More Time
Daft Punk
 
The Real Slim Shady
Eminem
 
Change
Deftones
 
This Mess We're In
PJ Harvey
2001
Still D.R.E.
Dr. Dre
 
Schism
Tool
 
Chop Suey!
System of a Down
 
Island in the Sun
Weezer
 
Last Nite
The Strokes
 
Break Ya Neck
Busta Rhymes
 
In Too Deep
Sum 41
2002
Work It
Missy Elliott
 
Like a Stone
Audioslave
 
The Seed
The Roots
 
No One Knows
Queens of the Stone Age
 
X Gon' Give It To Ya
DMX
2003
Hey Ya!
OutKast
 
Windowpane
Opeth
 
In da Club
50 Cent
 
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
 
Toxic
Britney Spears
 
Bring Me to Life
Evanescence
 
If I Ain't Got You
Alicia Keys
2004
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
 
Take Me Out
Franz Ferdinand
 
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
 
Gasolina
Daddy Yankee
 
Yeah!
Usher
2005
Feel Good Inc
Gorillaz
 
Feeling Good
Michael Bublé
 
Photograph
Nickleback
 
Welcome to Jamrock
Damian Marley
2006
Crazy
Gnarls Barkley
 
SexyBack
Justin Timberlake
 
Rehab
Amy Whinehouse
2007
Stronger
Kanye West
 
Umbrella
Rihanna
 
Paper Planes
M.I.A.
2008
Viva La Vida
Coldplay
 
Psychosocial
Slipknot
 
So What
Pink
 
Lollipop
Lil Wayne
 
Single Ladies
Beyoncé
2009
Empire State Of Mind
Jay-Z
 
Bad Romance
Lady Gaga
 
I Gotta Feeling
The Black Eyed Peas
 
TiK ToK
Kesha
 
Uprising
Muse
2010
Just The Way You Are
Bruno Mars
 
Waka Waka
Shakira
2011
Rolling in the Deep
Adele
 
Country Girl
Luke Bryan
 
Titanium
David Guetta
 
Black and Yellow
Wiz Khalifa
 
Somebody That I Used To Know
Gotye
2012
Payphone
Maroon 5
 
Gangnam Style
PSY
 
Summertime Sadness
Lana Del Rey
 
Thrift Shop
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
 
Don't Stop the Party
Pitbull
 
Call Me Maybe
Carly Rae Jepsen
2013
Dark Horse
Katy Perry
 
All of Me
John Legend
 
Wrecking Ball
Miley Cyrus
 
Counting Stars
OneRepublic
 
Wake Me Up
Avicii
 
Do I Wanna Know?
Arctic Monkeys
2014
Anaconda
Nicki Minaj
 
Happy
Pharrell Williams
 
Summer
Calvin Harris
 
Stay With Me
Sam Smith
 
Night Changes
One Direction
 
Chandelier
Sia
 
No Role Modelz
Jay Cole
 
Centuries
Fall Out Boy
 
Blank Space
Taylor Swift
2015
Love Yourself
Justin Bieber
 
My House
Flo Rida
 
I Don't Fuck With You
Big Sean
 
Stressed Out
Twenty One Pilots
2016
goosebumps
Travis Scott
 
Diles
Ozuna
 
Faded
Alan Walker
 
Bad and Boujee
Migos
2017
Shape of You
Ed Sheeran
 
HUMBLE.
Kendrick Lamar
 
I'm the One
DJ Khaled
 
Something Just Like This
The Chainsmokers
 
Young Dumb & Broke
Khalid
 
Mi Gente
J Balvin
 
Mask Off
Future
 
Attention
Charlie Puth
 
Believer
Imagine Dragons
2018
Little Dark Age
MGMT
 
Señorita
Shawn Mendes
 
SAD!
XXXTentacion
 
God's Plan
Drake
 
Lucid Dreams
Juice Wrld
 
Happier
Marshmello
 
Sunflower
Post Malone
2019
7 Rings
Ariana Grande
 
Shameless
Camila Cabello
 
bad guy
Billie Eilish
 
Old Town Road
Lil Nas X
 
God's Country
Blake Shelton
 
Under The Influence
Chris Brown
2020
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
 
Savage Love
Jason Derulo
 
Levitating
Dua Lipa
 
Dynamite
BTS
 
China
Anuel AA
 
Hawái
Maluma
 
How You Like That
Blackpink
 
WAP
Cardi B
 
Lose You to Love Me
Selena Gomez
2021
Kiss Me More
Doja Cat
2022
Leão
Marília Mendonça
 
Tití Me Preguntó
Bad Bunny
 
As It Was
Harry Styles
 
Rich Flex
21 Savage
 
Kesariya
Arijit Singh
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Level 65
Dec 12, 2023
More Write-Ins would be nice (I know, it's a lot of work with such a big quiz), but correct spelling is not always easy... Also, for some classical composers, just typing the last name didn't work, e.g. Grieg while for others it worked, e.g. Mozart
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Level 21
Jan 16, 2024
Corrected!
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Level 40
Dec 14, 2023
Nice quiz (although I didn’t do particularly well). Way to synthesize the entire known history of recorded greats into list form, mang.
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Level 83
Dec 17, 2023
I’m so happy to see Lover, you should’ve come over on this list. Didn’t expect to see it here. :,)))
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Level 37
Jan 15, 2024
Please be a little bit more forgiving with the spelling of "Lynryd Skynryd". Also, I'm very proud of my 192 :)
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Level 21
Jan 16, 2024
I've modified the spelling. Congrats!