1. Ahmet Ertegun founded this record company in 1947
2. According to Alan Jackson, "it gets hotter than a hoochie-coochie" on this waterway
3. Bluegrass song that begins "I asked my love to take a walk"
4. The Scorpions followed this river "down to Gorky Park"
5. Billy Joel's "Downeaster Alexa" cruised through this waterway
6. Their one hit was "Are You Ready" in 1970
7. A Gerry and the Pacemakers hit from 1965
8. Johann Strauss, Jr.'s "greatest hit" used on the soundtrack to 2001: A Space Odyssey
9. The title river in the Standells' hit "Dirty Water"
10. Appropriately enough, this was Billy Ocean's first Number One hit, from 1984
11. Christie had a hit in 1970 with this song, not about the Chinese waterway
12. According to Gordon Lightfoot, the Chippewa called this "Gitchee Gumee"
13. A Top Ten hit for Enya in 1989
14. This musical includes the songs "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" and "Some Enchanted Evening"
15. Song the German soldiers sing in the movie Casablanca
16. According to Blues Image, "seventy three men sailed up from" this waterway
17. Their hits included "Reminiscing" and "Lonesome Loser"

Bonus: River that inspired Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary"