SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| A - You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song) | Sid Lippman, Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise | Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1949 |
| Aba Daba Honeymoon, The | Walter Donaldson w/m), Arthur Fields (m/w) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1914 |
| About a Quarter to Nine | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Ozzie Nelson | 1935 |
| Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder | Herbert Dillea (m), Arthur Gillespie (w) | Harry MacDonough | 1901 |
| Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers | 1945 |
| Address Unknown | Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, and Gene Autry (w/m) | The Ink Spots | 1939 |
| After You've Gone | Turner Layton (m), Henry Creamer (w) | Marion Harris | 1919 |
| Again | Dorcas Cochran/Lionel Newman | Doris Day & the Mellomen | 1949 |
| Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life | Rida Johnson Young (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Fred Waring with Tom Waring | 1928 |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Thomas "Fats" Waller (m), Harry Brooks (m), Andy Razaf (w) | Fats Waller | 1929 |
| Ain't She Sweet? | Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w) | Ben Bernie with Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot | 1927 |
| Ain't That a Shame (aka "Ain't It a Shame") | Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino | Fats Domino | 1955 |
| Ain't We Got Fun? | Gus Kahn, Raymond B. Egan, Richard Whiting | Van & Schenck | 1921 |
| Alabamy Bound | Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Bud Green | Blossom Seeley | 1925 |
| Alexander (Don't You Love Your Baby No More?) | Harry Von Tilzer (m), Andrew B. Sterling (w) | Billy Murray | 1904 |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1911 |
| Alice Blue Gown (aka "In My Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown") | Harry Tierney (m), Joseph McCarthy (w) | Edith Day | 1920 |
| All Aboard for Dreamland | Harry Von Tilzer (m), Andrew B. Sterling (w) | Byron G. Harlan | 1904 |
| All Alone | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Al Jolson with Ray Miller's Orchestra | 1925 |
| All by Myself | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ted Lewis | 1921 |
| All I Do Is Dream of You | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Jan Garbrer with Fritz Heilbron | 1934 |
| All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth | Don Gardner (w/m) | Spike Jones & His City Slickers with George Rock | 1948 |
| All My Life | Sidney D. Mitchell (w), Sam H. Stept (m) | Fats Waller | 1936 |
| All My Love (Bolero) | Mitchell Parish (w), Maurice Ravel (m), Paul Duran (adapted) | Patti Page with Harry Geller's Orchestra | 1950 |
| All of Me | Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks | Louis Armstrong | 1932 |
| All or Nothing at All | Arthur Altman (m), Jack Lawrence (w) | Harry James with Frank Sinatra | 1939 |
| All the Things You Are | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1939 |
| All Through the Day | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Perry Como | 1946 |
| Almost Like Being in Love | Frederick Loewe (m), Alan Jay Lerner (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1947 |
| Alone | Arthur Freed (w), Nacio Herb Brown (m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Cliff Weston | 1936 |
| Always | Irving Berlin (m/w) | George Olsen with Fran Frey, Bob Rice, & Edward Joyce | 1926 |
| Am I Blue? | Akst, Harry (m), Grant Clarke (w) | Ethel Waters | 1929 |
| Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) | Albert Gamse (w), Joseph M. Lacalle (m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell | 1941 |
| American Patrol | F.W. Meacham (m) | John Philip Sousa's Band | 1901 |
| Among My Souvenirs | Lawrence Wright) (m), Al Dubin (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Austin Young | 1928 |
| Amor | Ricardo Lopez Mendez, Gabriel Ruiz, Sunny Skylar | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Anchors Aweigh (U.S. Navy Song) | Alfred Hart Miles (w), Royal Lovell (w), Charles A. Zimmerman (m), George D. Lottman | U.S. Naval Academy Band | 1921 |
| And the Angels Sing | Ziggy Elman (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Martha TIlton | 1939 |
| And Then Some | Tot Seymour (w), Vee Lawnhurst (m) | Ozzie Nelson | 1935 |
| And This Is My Beloved | Alexander Borodin (m), Robert Wright (w), George Forrest (w) | | 1953 |
| Angel Child | George Price, Abner Silver, Benny Davis | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1922 |
| Angelus, The | Robert B. Smith (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Christie MacDonald with Reinald Werrenrath & the Victor Male Chorus | 1913 |
| Annabelle | Lew Brown (w), Ray Henderson (m) | Lawrence Welk | 1939 |
| Anniversary Song, The | Al Jolson/Saul Chaplin/Jan Ivanovici | Al Jolson | 1947 |
| Anniversary Waltz, The | Al Dubin (w), Dave Franklin (m) | Bing Crosby with Victor Young's Orchestra | 1941 |
| Another Op'nin', Another Show | Cole Porter (m/w) | | 1949 |
| Any Little Girl That's a Nice Little Girl Is the Right Little Girl for Me | Fred Fisher (m), Thomas J. Gray (w) | American Quartet with Billy Murray | 1910 |
| Any Old Place I Can Hang My Hat Is Home Sweet Home to Me | William Jerome (w), Jean Schwartz (m) | Will Denny | 1901 |
| Any Old Port in a Storm | Arthur J. Lamb (w), Kerry Mills (m) | Frank Stanley | 1908 |
| Any Rags? | Thomas S. Allen | Arthur Collins | 1903 |
| Any Time (aka "Any Time Blues") | Herbert Happy Lawson | Eddie Fisher | 1951 |
| Anything Goes | Cole Porter (m/w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Ramona Davies | 1934 |
| Anything You Can Do | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton | 1946 |
| April in Paris | Vernon Duke (m), E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w) | Count Basie | 1956 |
| April in Portugal | Jimmy Kennedy (w), Raul Ferrao (m) | Les Baxter | 1953 |
| April Showers | Buddy DeSylva, Louis Silvers | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1921 |
| Are You Sincere? | Albert Gumble/Alfred Bryan | Elise Stevenson | 1908 |
| Arkansaw Traveler | Sandford C. Faulkner (m), Joseph Tosso | Len Spencer | 1902 |
| As Long As the World Rolls On | George Graff (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Alan Turner | 1908 |
| As Time Goes By | Herman Hupfeld (m/w) | Dooley Wilson | 1942 |
| At Sundown When Love Is Calling Me Home | Walter Donaldson (m/w) | George Olsen with Bob Borger, Fran Frey, & Bob Rice | 1927 |
| At the Balalaika | Bob Wright and George "Chet" Forrest (w), George Posford (m) | Orrin Tucker with Gil Mersohn | 1940 |
| At the Woodchoppers' Ball | Joe Bishop (w), Woody Herman (m) | Woody Herman | 1939 |
| At Your Command | Harry Tobias, Harry Barris, and Bing Crosby (w/m) | Bing Crosby | 1931 |
| A-Tisket, A-Tasket | Ella Fitzgerald, Al Feldman | Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Auf Widerseh'n | Herbert Reynolds (w), Sigmund Romberg (m) | Harry MacDonough with Olive Kline (as Alice Green) | 1915 |
| Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart | Geoffrey Parsons and John Turner (w), Eberhard Storch (m) | Vera Lynn with Ronald Shaw's Orchestra | 1952 |
| Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart | Geoffrey Parsons and John Turner (w), Eberhard Storch (m) | | 1952 |
| Auld Lang Syne | Robert Burns (adapted by) | | 1711 |
| Autumn Leaves | Joseph Kosma (m), Jacques Prévert (w), Johnny Mercer (w) | Roger Williams | 1955 |
| Avalon | Vincent Rose (m/w), Buddy DeSylva (w), Al Jolson (w) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1920 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| Babalu | Bob Russell (English w), Marguerita Lecuona (Spanish w/m) | Xavier Cugat & Miguelito Valdes | 1944 |
| Baby Face | Benny Davis (w), Harry Akst (m) | Jan Garber with Benny Davis | 1926 |
| Baby It's Cold Outside | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting | 1949 |
| Baby Shoes | Al Piantadosi (m), Joe Goodwin (w), Ed Rose (w) | Henry Burr | 1916 |
| Baby Take a Bow | | | 1934 |
| Back in the Saddle Again | Gene Autry and Ray Whitley (w/m) | Gene Autry | 1939 |
| Back in Your Own Back Yard | Dave Dreyer (m), Al Jolson (m), Billy Rose (w) | Ruth Etting | 1928 |
| Bali Ha'i | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | | 1949 |
| Bali Ha'i | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1949 |
| Ballad of Davy Crockett, The | George Bruns, Tom Blackburn | Bill Hayes | 1955 |
| Ballerina (aka "Dance Ballerina Dance") | Carl Sigman (m), Bob Russell (w) | Vaughn Monroe | 1947 |
| Ballin' the Jack | Jim (James Henry) Burris (w), Chris Smith (m) | Prince's Orchestra | 1914 |
| Bambalina | Vincent Youmans (m), Otto Harbach (w), Oscar Hammerstein (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1923 |
| Band Played On, The | Charles B. Ward (m), John F. Palmer (w) | Dan Quinn | 1895 |
| Barney Google | Con Conrad, Billy Rose | Ernest Hare with Billy Jones | 1923 |
| Battle Hymn of the Republic, The (aka "Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!") | Julia Ward Howe (w), William Steffe (m) | | 1861 |
| Baubles, Bangles and Beads | Alexander Borodin (m), Robert Wright (w), George Forrest (w) | Peggy Lee | 1953 |
| Be Anything, But Be Mine | Irving Gordon (w/m) | Eddy Howard | 1952 |
| Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee | Stanley Murphy (w), Henry I. Marshall (m) | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1912 |
| Be My Love | Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn | Mario Lanza | 1950 |
| Beale Street Blues | W.C. Handy (m/w) | Prince's Orchestra | 1917 |
| Beautiful Lady in Blue, A | Sam M. Lewis (w), J. Fred Coots (m) | Jan Garber with Lew Palmer | 1936 |
| Beautiful Ohio | Robert A. King as as Mary Earl (m), Ballard MacDonald (w) | Henry Burr | 1919 |
| Because | Edward Teschmacher (w), Helen Guy as Guy d'Hardelot (m) | Perry Como with Russ Case's Orchestra | 1948 |
| Because | Charles Horwitz (w), Frederick V. Bowers (m) | Haydn Quartet | 1900 |
| Because | Edward Teschmacher (w), Helen Guy as Guy d'Hardelot (m) | | 1902 |
| Because of You | Dudley Wilkinson (m), Arthur Hammerstein (w) | Tony Bennett with Percy Faith's Orchestra | 1951 |
| Because You're You | Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Harry Mac Donough & Elise Stevenson | 1907 |
| Bedelia | Jean Schwartz (m), William Jerome (w) | Haydn Quartet | 1904 |
| Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel) | Wladimir Timm, Jaromir Vejvoda, Lew Brown | Will Glahe | 1939 |
| Begin the Beguine | Cole Porter (m/w) | Artie Shaw | 1938 |
| Bei Mir Bist Du Schöen (Means That You're Grand) | Sholom Secunda (m), Sammy/Jacob Jacobs Cahn (w) | The Andrews Sisters | 1938 |
| Bell-Bottom Trousers | Moe Jaffe (w/m) | Guy Lombardo with Jimmy Brown | 1945 |
| Bells of St. Marys, The | Douglas Furber (w), A.Emmett Adams (m) | Frances Alda | 1920 |
| Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) | Sunny Skylar (w), Conseulo Velazquez (m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen | 1944 |
| Bess, You Is My Woman | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w), Dubose Heyward (w) | Porgy and Bess Cast | 1935 |
| Best Things in Life Are Free, The | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | George Olsen with Bob Borger | 1927 |
| Betty Co-Ed | J. Paul Fogarty, Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallee | 1930 |
| Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Bill Snyder | 1950 |
| Beyond the Blue Horizon | Richard A. Whiting (m), W. Franke Harling (m), Leo Robin (w) | Jeannette MacDonald | 1930 |
| Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo | David/Hoffman/Livingston | Jo Stafford with Gordon MacRae | 1949 |
| Bidin' My Time | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Foursome | 1930 |
| Big Apple, The | Buddy Bernier (w), Bob Emmerich (m) | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1937 |
| Bill | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w), P.G. Wodehouse (w) | Helen Morgan | 1928 |
| Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? | Hughie Cannon (m/w), Johnnie Queen | Arthur Collins | 1902 |
| Bird in a Gilded Cage, A | Arthur J. Lamb (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Steve Porter | 1900 |
| Birth of the Blues, The | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Austin Young | 1926 |
| Black Bottom | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Johnny Hamp | 1926 |
| Blue Bell | Theodore F. Morse (m), Edward Madden (w) | Byron G. Harlon & Frank Stanley | 1904 |
| Blue Champagne | Grady Watts, Frank Ryerson (w/m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1941 |
| Blue Moon | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | The Marcels | 1961 |
| Blue Orchids | Hoagy Carmichael (w/m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1939 |
| Blue Room, The | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | The Revelers | 1926 |
| Blue Skies | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ben Selvin | 1927 |
| Blue Tango | Mitchell Parish (w), Leroy Anderson (m) | Leroy Anderson & His "Pops" Concert Orchestra | 1951 |
| Blueberry Hill | Vincent Rose, Al Lewis, Larry Stock | Fats Domino | 1956 |
| Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Woody Herman | 1941 |
| Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me | Arthurn N. Swanstone, Chas. R. Mc Carron, Carey Morgan | Ted Lewis | 1920 |
| Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) | Bernie Hanighen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Body and Soul | Johnny Green (m), Edward Heyman (w), Robert Sour (w), Frank Eyton (w) | Coleman Hawkins | 1940 |
| Boo Hoo | E. Heyman, C. Lombardo, J.J. Loeb | Guy Lombardo | 1937 |
| Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, The | Don Raye/Hughie Prince | The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1941 |
| Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina) | R. Morbelli and L. Astore (m), Eddie Y. Stanley (w) | Rosemary Clooney | 1952 |
| Boulevard of Broken Dreams, The | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Jan Garber with Leo Bennett | 1934 |
| Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil) | Bob Russell (w), Ary Barroso (m) | Xavier Cugat | 1943 |
| Breeze and I, The | Al Stillman (w), Ernesto Lecuona (m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1940 |
| Breezin' Along with the Breeze | Richard A. Whiting, Seymour Simons, Haven Gillespie, Jerome H. Remick | Johnny Marvin | 1926 |
| Bring Me a Rose | Charles Shisler | | 1916 |
| Broadway Melody | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Ben Selvin | 1929 |
| Broadway Rhythm | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Guy Lombardo | 1935 |
| Broadway Rose | Eugene West (w), Martin Fried (m), Otis Spencer (m) | Peerless Quartet | 1921 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime? | Jay Gorney (m), E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1932 |
| Bugle Call Rag | Elmer Schoebel (m), Billy Meyeres (m), Jack Pettis (m) | The Mills Brothers | 1932 |
| Bushel and a Peck, A | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Perry Como & Betty Hutton with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1950 |
| But Not for Me | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Ella Fitzgerald | 1959 |
| Button Up Your Overcoat | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Helen Kane | 1929 |
| Buttons and Bows | Jay Livingston (m), Ray Evans (w) | Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys | 1948 |
| By Heck | Henry R. Stern as S.R. Henry (m), L. Wolfe Gilbert (w) | Byron G. Harlan with Will Robbins | 1915 |
| By the Beautiful Sea | Harold R. Atteridge (w), Harry Carroll (m) | Heidelberg Quintet | 1914 |
| By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Edward Madden (w), Gus Edwards (m) | Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet | 1910 |
| By the River St. Marie | Edgar Leslie (w), Harry Warren (m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1931 |
| By the Waters of Minnetonka | Thurlow Lieurance (m), J.W. Cavanass (w) | Alice Nielsen | 1915 |
| Bye Bye Blackbird | Ray Henderson (m), Mort Dixon (w) | Gene Austin | 1926 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| Cabin in the Sky | Vernon Duke (m), John Latouche (w) | Benny Goodman with Helen Forrest | 1940 |
| California Here I Come | Joseph Meyer, Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson | Al Jolson with Isham Jones' Orchestra | 1924 |
| Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ada Jones & the American Quartet | 1910 |
| Camp Meetin' Time | Harry Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1906 |
| Candy | David Mack, Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer | Johnny Mercer with Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers | 1945 |
| Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Ben Bernie with Vaughn Deleath | 1928 |
| Can't We Be Friends? | Kay Swift (m), Paul James aka James Warburg (w) | Libby Holman | 1929 |
| Can't You Hear Me Calling, Caroline? | William H. Gardner (w), Caro Roma (m) | George MacFarlane | 1914 |
| Canto Siboney | Dolly Morse (w), Ernesto Lecuona (m) | | 1929 |
| Caravan | Duke Ellington (m), Juan Tizol (m), irving Mills (w) | Duke Ellington | 1937 |
| Careless | Dick Jurgens, Eddy Howard, and Lew Qualding (w/m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1940 |
| Careless Hands | Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman (w/m) | Mel Tormé | 1949 |
| Carelessly | Charles and Nick Kenny (w), Norman Ellis (m) | Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Carioca, The | Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Eliscu (w), Gus Kahn (w) | Enric Madriguera with Patricia Gillmore | 1934 |
| Carolina in the Morning | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Van & Schenck | 1923 |
| Carolina Moon | Benny Davis (w), Joe Burke (m) | Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1929 |
| Carrie (Carrie Marry Harry) | Junie McCree (w), Albert Von Tilzer (m) | Billy Murray | 1910 |
| Carry Me Back to Old Virginny | James A. Bland (m/w) | Alma Gluck | 1915 |
| Casey Jones (The Brave Engineer) | T. Lawrence Seibert (w), Eddie Newton (m), Wallace Saunders | American Quartet with Billy Murray | 1910 |
| Cathedral in the Pines | Charles and Nick Kenny (w/m) | Shep Fields & Jerry Stewart | 1938 |
| Cecelia | Dave Dreyer (m), Herman Ruby (w) | "Whispering" Jack Smith | 1925 |
| Change Partners | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Astaire with Ray Noble's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Changing Partners | Joe Darion (w), Larry Coleman (m) | Patti Page | 1953 |
| Chant of the Jungle | Arthur Freed (w), Nacio Herb Brown (m) | Roy Ingraham | 1929 |
| Charleston | James P. Johnson (m), Cecil Mack (w) | Arthur Gibbs & His Gang | 1924 |
| Charley, My Boy | Ted Fio Rito (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Eddie Cantor | 1924 |
| Charmaine | Erno Rapee, Lew Pollack | Guy Lombardo with Weston Vaughan | 1927 |
| Chasing Shadows | Benny Davis (w), Abner Silver (m) | Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1935 |
| Chattanooga Choo Choo | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires | 1941 |
| Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy | Harry Stone and Jack Stapp (w/m) | Red Foley | 1950 |
| Cheek to Cheek | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers with Leo Reisman's Orchestra | 1935 |
| Cheerful Little Earful | Harry Warren (m), Ira Gershwin and Billy Rose (w) | Tom Gerun & His Orchestra | 1930 |
| Cherie | Leo Woods (w), Irving Bibo (m) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1921 |
| Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White | Jacques Larue, Mack David | Perez "Prez" Prado | 1955 |
| Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) | Jerry Livingston, Al Hoffman, and Mack David (w/m) | Perry Como & the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer's Orchestra | 1947 |
| Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) | Fred Fisher (m/w) | Ben Selvin | 1922 |
| Chickery Chick | Sylvia Dee (w), Sidney Lippman (m) | Sammy Kaye with Nancy Norman & Billy Williams | 1945 |
| China Boy | Dick Winfree, Phil Boutelje, Art Tatum | McKenzie & Condon's Chicagoans | 1927 |
| Chinatown, My Chinatown | Jean Schwartz (m), William Jerome (w) | American Quartet | 1915 |
| Chinese Lullaby | Robert Hood Bowers | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1929 |
| Chloe (Song of the Swamp) | Neil Moret, Gus Kahn | Jones, Spike, & His City Slickers with Red Ingle | 1945 |
| Chong, He Comes from Hong Kong | Harold Weeks (w/m) | Columbia Saxophone Sextette | 1919 |
| Christmas Song, The (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) | Mel Tormé, Robert Wells (w) | Nat "King" Cole | 1946 |
| Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) | Bob Hilliard (w), Carl Sigman (m) | Louis Prima | 1947 |
| Clair De Lune (aka "Au Clair De La Lune") | Claude Debussy (m) | Claude Debussy | 1811 |
| Clap Yo' Hands | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Roger Wolfe Kahn | 1927 |
| Close to My Heart | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1915 |
| Cocktails for Two | Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston | Duke Ellington | 1934 |
| Cold Cold Heart | Hank Williams | Hank Williams | 1951 |
| Collegiate | Moe Jaffe, Nat Bonx | Fred Waring | 1925 |
| Come Down Ma Evening Star | Robert B. Smith (w), John Stromberg (m) | Mina Hickman | 1903 |
| Come Josephine in My Flying Machine | Fred Fisher (m), Alfred Bryan (w) | Ada Jones with Billy Murray & the American Quartet | 1911 |
| Come on-a My House | Ross Bagdasarian and William Saroyan (w/m) | Rosemary Clooney | 1951 |
| Come Rain or Come Shine | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Margaret Whiting with Paul Weston's Orchestra | 1946 |
| Come Take a Trip in My Air Ship | Ren Shields (w), George Evans (m) | Billy Murray | 1905 |
| Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer | Harold Adamson (w), Jimmy McHugh (m) | The Song Spinners | 1943 |
| Continental, The (You Kiss While We're Dancing) | Con Conrad (m), Herb Magidson (w) | Leo Reisman | 1934 |
| Cool Water | Bob Nolan (w/m) | The Sons of the Pioneers | 1941 |
| Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Rosemary Clooney | 1954 |
| Crinoline Days | Irving Berlin | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1923 |
| Cross Over the Bridge | Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss (w/m) | Patti Page | 1954 |
| Cruising Down the River on a Sunday Afternoon | Eily Beadell, Nell Tollerton | Blue Barron & His Orchestra | 1949 |
| Cry | Churchill Kohlman | Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads | 1951 |
| Cry Baby Cry | Jimmy Eaton (w), Terry Shand (m) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1938 |
| Cry Me a River | Arthur Hamilton (m/w) | Julie London | 1957 |
| Cry of the Wild Goose, The | Terry Gilkyson (w/m) | Frankie Laine with Harry Geller's Orchestra | 1950 |
| Crying in the Chapel | Artie Glenn (w/m) | The Orioles | 1953 |
| Cuban Love Song | Dorothy Fields (w), Jimmy McHugh and Herbert Stothart (m) | Ruth Etting | 1932 |
| Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine | Otto A. Harbach (w), Karl L. Hoschna (m) | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1908 |
| Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You, A | Joseph Meyer (m), Al Dubin (w), Billy Rose (w) | Gertrude Lawrence & Jack Buchanana | 1926 |
| Curse of an Aching Heart, The | Al. Piantadosi (m), Henry Fink (w) | Will Oakland | 1913 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| Daddy | Bobby Troup (m/w) | Sammy Kaye | 1941 |
| Daddy You've Been a Mother to Me | Fred Fisher (m/w) | Henry Burr | 1920 |
| Dance with a Dolly with a Hole in Her Stocking | Terry Shand (m), Jimmy Eaton (w), Mickey Leader (w) | Russ Morgan with Al Jennings | 1944 |
| Dance with Me Henry (Wallflower) | Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard, Etta James | Georgia Gibbs | 1955 |
| Dancing in the Dark | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Artie Shaw | 1941 |
| Dancing on the Ceiling | Richard Rodgers (m)/Lorenz Hart (w) | Jack Hylton | 1932 |
| Dancing with Tears in My Eyes | Al Dubin (w), Joe Burke (m) | Nat Shilkret with Lewis James | 1930 |
| Dancing with Tears in My Eyes | Al Dubin (w), Joe Burke (m) | | 1930 |
| Danny Boy | Fred Weatherly (w) (traditional, adapted by) | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | 1918 |
| Dardanella | Johnny S. Black (m), Felix Bernard (m), Fred Fisher (w) | Ben Selvin | 1920 |
| Darktown Strutters' Ball, The | Shelton Brooks (m/w) | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1917 |
| Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup | Anna Sosenko (w/m) | Hildegarde with Harry Sosnik's Orchestra | 1943 |
| Darn That Dream | Jimmy Van Heusen (m), Eddie De Lange (w) | Benny Goodman with Mildred Bailey | 1940 |
| Day in, Day Out | Rube Bloom (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Bob Crosby's Orchestra with Helen Ward | 1939 |
| Dear Hearts and Gentle People | Sammy Fain (m), Bob Hilliard (w) | Bing Crosby with Perry Botkin's Orchestra | 1949 |
| Dear Old Girl | Richard Henry Buck (w), Theodore F. Morse (m) | J.W. Myers | 1903 |
| Dear Old Pal of Mine | Harold Robe (w), Liet. Gitz Rice (m) | Sascha Jacobsen | 1919 |
| Dearie | Clare Kummer (m/w) | Corrine Morgan with the Haydn Quartet | 1905 |
| Deep in My Heart | Sigmund Romburg (m), Dorothy Donnelly (w) | Franklyn Baur with Benny Krueger | 1924 |
| Deep in the Heart of Texas | June Hershey/Don Swander | Alvino Rey with Bill Schallen & Skeets Herfurt | 1942 |
| Deep Night | Charlie Henderson/Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallee | 1929 |
| Deep Purple | Peter DeRose (m), Mitchell Parish (w) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1939 |
| Delicado | Jack Lawrence (w), Waldyr Azevedo (m) | Percy Faith | 1952 |
| Der Fuehrer's Face | Oliver Wallace | Spike Jones & His City Slickers with Carl Grayson & Willie Spicer | 1942 |
| Desert Song, The | Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w), Otto Harbach (w), Frank Mandel (w) | Nat Shilkret with Mischa Russell's Orchestra | 1927 |
| Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend | Jule Styne (m), Leo Robin (w) | Marilyn Monroe | 1953 |
| Diane (I’m in Heaven When I See You Smile) | Erno Rapee, Lew Pollack | Nat Shilkret | 1927 |
| Did I Remember? | Harold Adamson (w), Walter Donaldson (m) | Shep Fields & Charles Chester | 1936 |
| Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? | Mack Gordon (w), Harry Revel (m) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1933 |
| Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba) | Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh | Perry Como with Russ Case's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Diga-Diga-Doo | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Duke Ellington & Irving Mills | 1928 |
| Dinah | Harry Akst (m), Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Bing Crosby & the Mills Brothers | 1932 |
| Dipsy Doodle, The | Larry Clinton (w/m) | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1937 |
| Do Do Do | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Gertrude Lawrence & Oscar Shaw | 1927 |
| Do I Worry? | Stanley Cowan and Bobby Worth (w/m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers | 1941 |
| Do It Again | George Gershwin (m), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1922 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | Paul Francis Webster (w), Hoagy Carmichael (m) | Betty Hutton with Paul Weston's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavour on the Bedpost Overnight? | Ernest Breuer (m), Marty Bloom (w), Billy Rose (w) | Ernest Hare with Billy Jones | 1924 |
| Doggie in the Window, The | Bob Merrill (m/w) | Patti Page | 1953 |
| Doin' What Comes Naturally | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Freddy Martin with Glenn Hughes | 1946 |
| Dolores | Frank Loesser (w), Louis Alter (m) | Bing Crosby | 1941 |
| Donkey Serenade, The | Rudolf Friml (m), Herbert Stothart (m), Bob White (w), Chet Forrest (w) | Allan Jones with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Don't Be That Way | Mitchell Parish (w), Edgar Sampson and Benny Goodman (m) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Don't Blame Me | Jimmy McHugh (m)/Dorothy Fields (w) | Charles Agnew & His Stevens Hotel Orchestra with Stanley Jacobsen | 1933 |
| Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) | Joe Marsala (w/m) | Gordon Jenkins with Betty Brewer | 1949 |
| Don't Fence Me In | Cole Porter, Robert Fletcher | Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Duke Ellington (m), Bob Russell (w) | The Ink Spots | 1943 |
| Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Slim Willet, Cactus Pryor, and Barbara Trammel (w/m) | Perry Como & the Ramblers with the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra | 1952 |
| Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me | Sam Stept, Charlie Tobias, Lew Brown | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke, & the Modernaires | 1942 |
| Don't Wake Me Up, I'm Dreaming | Beth Slater Whitson (w), Herbert Ingraham (m) | Walter Van Brunt | 1911 |
| Down Among the Sheltering Palms | James Brockman (w), Abe Olman (m) | Lyric Quartet | 1915 |
| Down by the Old Mill Stream | Tell Taylor (m/w) | Harry MacDonough | 1911 |
| Down Hearted Blues | Lovie Austin (m), Alberta Hunter (w) | Bessie Smith | 1923 |
| Down Where the Wurzburger Flows | Vincent P. Bryan (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1902 |
| Down Yonder | L. Wolfe Gilbert, arranged by Doc Watson | Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers | 1934 |
| Dream (When You're Feeling Blue) | Johnny Mercer (m/w) | The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Dream a Little Dream of Me | Wilbur Schwandt (m), Fabian Andre (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Wayne King & Ernie Burchill | 1931 |
| Dream Valley | Charles and Nick Kenny (w), Joe Burke (m) | Sammy Kaye with Tommy Ryan | 1940 |
| Dreamy Melody | Ted Koehler, Frank Magine, C. Naset | Art Landry | 1923 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here | D.A. Esrom (w), Theodore Morse (m), Arthur Sullivan (m) | Irving Kaufman & the Columbia Quartet | 1918 |
| Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue | Sunny Skylar (w/m) | Gordon MacRae | 1948 |
| Half as Much | Curley Williams (w/m) | Rosemary Clooney with Percy Faith's Orchestra | 1952 |
| Hallelujah! | Vincent Youmans (m), Clifford Grey (w), Leo Robin (w) | Nat Shilkret with Franklyn Baur | 1927 |
| Hands Across the Table | Mitchell Parish (w), Jean Delettre (m) | Lucienne Boyer | 1934 |
| Happy Days Are Here Again | Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w) | Ben Selvin | 1930 |
| Happy Wanderer, The | Antonia Ridge (English words), Friedrich-Wilhelm Moller (m) | Frank Weir | 1954 |
| Harbor Lights | Hugh Williams/Jimmy Kennedy | Frances Langford with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Hard-Hearted Hannah, the Vamp of Savannah | Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w), Bob Bigelow (w), Charles Bates (w) | Dolly Kay | 1924 |
| Harrigan | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1907 |
| Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? | C.W. Murphy (m/w), Will Letters (m/w) | Nora Bayes | 1910 |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Ralph Blane (m), Hugh Martin (w) | Judy Garland with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Ralph Blane (m), Hugh Martin (w) | | 1944 |
| He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings | Eric Maschwitz (w), Michael Carr (m) | Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt | 1942 |
| Heart | Richard Alder and Jerry Ross (w/m) | Eddie Fisher | 1955 |
| Heart and Soul | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1938 |
| Heartaches | Al Hoffman (m), John Klenner (w) | Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner | 1947 |
| Hearts of Stone | Eddie Ray (w), Ruby Jackson (m) | The Fontane Sisters with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra | 1954 |
| Hearts of Stone | Eddie Ray (w), Ruby Jackson (m) | The Jewels | 1954 |
| Heat Wave | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Glen Gray with Mildred Bailey | 1933 |
| Heaven Can Wait | Jimmy Van Heusen (m), Edgar DeLange (w) | Glen Gray with Clyde Burke | 1939 |
| Heigh Ho | Morey/Churchill | Seven Dwarfs | 1937 |
| Hello Central, Give Me Heaven | Charles K. Harris (m/w) | Byron G. Harlan | 1901 |
| Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land | Jean Schwartz (m), Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1918 |
| Hello Frisco! | Gene Buck (w), Louis A. Hrsch (m) | Olive Kline (as Alice Green) with Edward Hamilton | 1915 |
| Hello Hawaii, How Are You? | Bert Kalmar (w), Edgar Leslie (w), Jean Schwartz (m) | Prince's Orchestra | 1916 |
| Hello Ma Baby | Joseph E. Howard (m/w), Ida Emerson (m/w) | Arthur Collins | 1899 |
| Hello Young Lovers | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1951 |
| Here Comes the Show Boat | Maceo Pinkard (m), Billy Rose (w) | Vaughn Deleath | 1928 |
| Here in My Arms | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Leo Reisman | 1926 |
| Here in My Heart | Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson, Bill Borrelli (w/m) | Al Martino | 1952 |
| Hernando's Hideaway | Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (w/m) | Archie Bleyer | 1954 |
| He's a Cousin of Mine | Cecil Mack (w), Chris Smith (m), Silvio Hein (m) | Bert Williams | 1907 |
| He's a Devil in His Own Home Town | Grant Clarke (w), Irving Berlin (m) | Billy Murray | 1914 |
| He's a Rag Picker | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Peerless Quartet | 1915 |
| Hey There | Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (w/m) | Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole's Orchestra | 1954 |
| Hiawatha (His Song to Minnehaha) | Neal Moret (m), James O'Dea | Harry MacDonough | 1903 |
| High and the Mighty, The | Ned Washington (w), Dmitri Tiomkin (m) | Les Baxter | 1954 |
| High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh, My Darlin') | Ned Washington, Dmitri Tiomkin | Tex Ritter | 1952 |
| High on a Windy Hill | Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney (w/m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1941 |
| Hindustan | Oliver Wallace (m/w), Harold Weeks (m/w) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1919 |
| Hitchy Koo | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Lewis F. Muir (m) | American Quartet | 1912 |
| Hold Me | Art Hickman/Ben Black | Art Hickman | 1920 |
| Hold My Hand | Richard Myers, Jack Lawrence | Don Cornell with Jerry Carr's Orchestra | 1954 |
| Hold My Hand | Richard Myers, Jack Lawrence | Nat "King" Cole | 1955 |
| Holiday for Strings | David Rose (m), Sam Gallop (w) | David Rose | 1943 |
| Home Sweet Home | John Howard Payne (w), arranged by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (m) | | 1823 |
| Honey | Seymour Simons/Haven Gillespie/Richard A. Whiting | Rudy Vallee | 1929 |
| Honeysuckle Rose | Thomas "Fats" Waller (m), Andy Razaf (w) | Fats Waller | 1935 |
| Hoop-Dee-Doo | Milton DeLugg/Frank Loesser | Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1950 |
| Hooray for Hollywood | Richard A. Whiting (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | | 1937 |
| Hot Lips (He's Got Hot Lips When He Plays Jazz) | Henry Lange, Henry Busse, Lou Davis | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1922 |
| How about You? | Tom Adair (m), Ralph Freed (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra | 1942 |
| How Are Things in Glocca Mora? | Burton Lane (m), E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w) | Buddy Clark & Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1947 |
| How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life | | Fred Astaire & Jane Powell | 1951 |
| How Deep Is the Ocean? | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1932 |
| How High the Moon | Morgan Lewis (m), Nancy Hamilton (w) | Les Paul & Mary Ford | 1951 |
| How Important Can It Be? | Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss (w/m) | Joni James | 1955 |
| How Soon Will I Be Seeing You? | Carroll Lucas (w), Jack Owens (m) | Jack Owens & Eddie Bellantyne's Orchestra | 1947 |
| How'd You Like to Spoon with Me? | Edward Laska (w), Jerome Kern (m) | Corrine Morgan with the Haydn Quartet | 1906 |
| Huggin' and Chalkin' | Clancy Hayes and Kermit Goell (w/m) | Hoagy Carmichael | 1946 |
| Hurrah for Baffin's Bay | Vincent Bryan (w), Theodore F. Morse (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1903 |
| Hut-Sut Song, The (A Swedish Serenade) | Leo Killian, Ted McMichael, and Jack Owens (w/m) | Freddy Martin with Eddie Stone | 1941 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| I Ain't Got Nobody | Roger Graham (w), Dave Peyton (m), Spencer Williams (m) | Sophie Tucker | 1927 |
| I Believe | Irvin Graham/Jimmy Shirl/Al Stillman | Frankie Laine | 1953 |
| I Can Dream, Can't I? | Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w) | The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra | 1949 |
| I Can't Begin to Tell You | James Monaco (m), Mark Gordon (w) | Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro's Orchestra | 1945 |
| I Can't Get Started | Vernon Duke (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra | 1938 |
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Cliff Edwards | 1928 |
| I Could Write a Book | Richard Rodgers (m)/Lorenz Hart (w) | Dinah Washington | 1940 |
| I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night | Jimmy McHugh (m)/Harold Adamson (w) | Frank Sinatra with the Bobby Tucker Singers | 1944 |
| I Cover the Waterfront | Johnny Green (m), Edward Heyman (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1933 |
| I Cried for You | Gus Arnheim (m), Abe Lyman (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Benny Krueger | 1923 |
| I Didn't Know What Time It Was | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Louise Tobin | 1939 |
| I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier | Alfred Bryan (w), Al Piantadosi | Peerless Quartet | 1915 |
| I Don't Care | Jean Lenox, Harry O. Sutton | Damita Jo | 1953 |
| I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm on My Way | George Fairman (m/w) | Peerless Quartet | 1918 |
| I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire | Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham | Horace Heidt with Larry Cotton, Donna Wood, & Don Juans | 1941 |
| I Don't Want to Walk without You | Jule Styne (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Harry James | 1942 |
| I Double Dare You | Jimmy Eaton (w), Terry Shand (m) | Russ Morgan with Bernice Parks | 1938 |
| I Feel a Song Comin' On | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Frances Langford with Mahlon Merrick & His Music | 1935 |
| I Found a Million-Dollar Baby in a Five-and-Ten-Cent Store | Harry Warren (m), Billy Rose (w), Mort Dixon (w) | Fred Waring with Clare Hanlon | 1931 |
| I Get a Kick Out of You | Cole Porter (m/w) | Ethel Merman with Johnny Green's Orchestra | 1934 |
| I Get So Lonely When I Dream about You | Pat Ballard (w/m) | The Four Knights | 1954 |
| I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good | Duke Ellington (m), Paul Francis Webster (w) | Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson | 1941 |
| I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w), Dubose Heyward (w) | Leo Reisman | 1935 |
| I Got Rhythm | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Red Nichols | 1930 |
| I Got the Sun in the Morning | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Les Brown with Doris Day | 1946 |
| I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w) | Louis Armstrong | 1933 |
| I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan (The Blue Pajama Song) | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1932 |
| I Had the Craziest Dream | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Harry James with Helen Forrest | 1942 |
| I Hear a Rhapsody | George Fragos, Jack Baker, and Dick Gasparre (w/m) | Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra with Bob Carroll | 1941 |
| I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave | Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards (m/w) | Ada Jones | 1907 |
| I Kiss Your Hand, Madame | Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young (w), Ralph Erwin (m) | Smith Ballew & His Orchestra | 1929 |
| I Know That You Know | Vincent Youmans (m), Anne Caldwell (w) | Nat Shilkret | 1927 |
| I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen | Irving Berlin (w/m) | Sammy Kaye with Don Cornell | 1942 |
| I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart | Duke Ellington (m)/Irving Mills (w)/Henry Nemo (w)/John Redmond (w) | Duke Ellington | 1938 |
| I Love a Lassie (My Scotish Bluebell) | Harry Lauder (m/w), Gerald Grafton (m/w) | Harry Lauder | 1907 |
| I Love a Parade | Ted Koehler (w), Harold Arlen (m) | Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Frank Luther | 1932 |
| I Love a Piano | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1916 |
| I Love Louisa | Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz | Leo Reisman's Orchestra with Fred Astaire | 1931 |
| I Love My Wife, But, Oh, You Kid! | Harry Armstrong, Billy Clark | Dorothy Drew | 1909 |
| I Love Paris | Cole Porter (m/w) | Les Baxter | 1953 |
| I Love the Ladies | Grant Clarke (w), Jean Schwartz (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1914 |
| I Love the Name of Mary | George Graff Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m), Chauncey Olcott (m) | Will Oakland | 1911 |
| I Love You | Cole Porter (m/w) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1944 |
| I Love You | Harry Archer, Harlan Thompson | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1924 |
| I Love You for Sentimental Reasons | William "Pat" Best, Derek Watson (w/m) | Nat "King" Cole Trio | 1946 |
| I Love You Truly | Carrie Jacobs-Bond (m/w) | Elsie Baker (aka Edna Brown) | 1912 |
| I Loves You, Porgy | George Gershwin (m)/Ira Gershwin (w)/Dubose Heyward (w) | Porgy and Bess Cast | 1935 |
| I Need You Now | Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs | Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra | 1954 |
| I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You | Tom Pitts/Ray Egan/Roy Marsh | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1921 |
| I Only Have Eyes for You | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | The Flamingos | 1959 |
| I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | Tommie Connor | Jimmy Boyd with Norman Luboff's Orchestra | 1952 |
| I Saw Stars | Maurice Sigler, Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman (w/m) | Freddy Martin & Elmer Feldkamp | 1934 |
| I Sent My Wife to the Thousand Isles | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Ed Moran (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1916 |
| I Surrender Dear | Harry Barnes (m), Gordon Clifford (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Bing Crosby | 1931 |
| I Used to Love You, But It's All Over Now | Albert Von Tilzer | Frank Crumit | 1921 |
| I Wanna Be Loved by You | Johnny Green (m), Billy Rose (w), Edward Heyman (w) | The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra | 1950 |
| I Wanna Be Loved by You | Harry Ruby (m), Herbert Stothart (m), Bert Kalmar (w) | Helen Kane with Leonard Joy's Orchestra | 1928 |
| I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad | William Dillon (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Peerless Quartet | 1911 |
| I Want to Be Happy | Vincent Youmans (m), Irving Caesar (w) | Vincent Lopez | 1924 |
| I Want to Go Back to Michigan (Down on the Farm) | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Eldia Morris | 1914 |
| I Want What I Want When I Want It | Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Frank Stanley | 1906 |
| I Went to Your Wedding | Jessie Mae Robinson (w/m) | Patti Page | 1952 |
| I Wish I Didn't Love You So | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Vaughn Monroe | 1947 |
| I Wonder What's Become of Sally | Jack Yellen (w), Milton Ager (m) | Al Jolson with Carl Fenton's Orchestra | 1924 |
| I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now | Joseph E. Howard (m) Harold Orlob (m), Frank R. Adams (w), Will M. Hough (w) | Henry Burr | 1909 |
| I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder | Darwin Frank Hutchins (w/m) | | 1947 |
| I Won't Dance | Jerome Kern (m)/Oscar Hammerstein II (w)/Otto Harbach (w)/Dorothy Fields (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1935 |
| I Won't Tell a Soul I Love You | Ross Parker and Hughie Charles (w/m) | Andy Kirk & Pha Terrell | 1938 |
| Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider | Eddie Munson (m), Eddie Leonard (w) | Red Nichols | 1927 |
| If (They Made Me a King) | Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J. Damerell (w), Tochard Evans (m) | Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1951 |
| If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight | James P. Johnson (m), Henry Creamer (w) | McKinney's Cotton Pickers with George Thomas | 1930 |
| If I Didn't Care | Jack Lawrence | The Ink Spots | 1939 |
| If I Give My Heart to You | Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs, Jimmy Brewster (aka Milt Gabler) | Doris Day & the Mellomen | 1954 |
| If I Had a Talking Picture of You | Ray Henderson (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Lew Brown (w) | Johnny Hamp with Cliff Gamet | 1929 |
| If I Had My Way I’d Live Among the Gypsies | Lou Klein (w), James Kendis (m) | Peerless Quartet | 1914 |
| If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake | Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill, Clem Watts | Eileen Barton & the New Yorkers | 1950 |
| If I Knock the 'L' Out of Kelly, It Would Still Be Kelly to Me | Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w), Bert Grant (m) | Marguerite Farrell | 1916 |
| If I Loved You | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Perry Como with Russ Case's Orchestra | 1945 |
| If I Was a Millionaire | Will D. Cobb (w), Gus Edwards (m) | | 1910 |
| If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Enric Madriguera | 1934 |
| If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie | Buddy DeSylva (m/w) | Eddie Cantor | 1925 |
| I'll Be Home for Christmas | Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1943 |
| I'll Be Seeing You | Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1944 |
| I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time | Neville Fleeson, Albert Von Tilzer | Charles Harrison | 1920 |
| I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise | George Gershwin (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Ira Gershwin as Arthur Francis (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1922 |
| I'll Buy That Dream | Herb Magidson (w), Allie Wrubel (m) | Dick Haymes with Helen Forrest & Victor Young's Orchestra | 1945 |
| I'll Buy That Dream | Herb Magidson (w), Allie Wrubel (m) | The Pied Pipers | 1945 |
| I'll Dance at Your Wedding | Herb Magidson (w), Ben Oakland (m) | Ray Noble & Buddy Clark | 1947 |
| I'll Follow My Secret Heart | Noel Coward (w/m) | Ray Noble | 1934 |
| I'll Get by As Long As I Have You | Fred E. Ahlert (m), Roy Turk (w) | Harry James with Dick Haymes | 1941 |
| I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again | Harry Woods (w/m) | Ozzie Nelson | 1935 |
| I'll Never Smile Again | Ruth Lowe (m/w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers | 1940 |
| I'll Never Stop Loving You | Nicholas Brodszky (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Doris Day | 1955 |
| I'll Remember April | Gene DePaul (m), Don/Patricia Johnston Raye (w) | Woody Herman | 1942 |
| I'll Say She Does | Buddy DeSylva, Gus Kahn, Al Jolson | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1919 |
| I'll See You in My Dreams | Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Isham Jones with Ray Miller & Frank Bessinger | 1925 |
| I'll Sing You a Thousand Love Songs | Al Dubin (w), Harry Warren (m) | Eddy Duchin & Jimmy Newell | 1936 |
| I'll String Along with You | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Ted Fio Rito with Muzzy Marcellino | 1934 |
| I'll Take Romance | Ben Oakland (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1938 |
| I'll Walk Alone | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Dinah Shore | 1944 |
| I'm a Big Girl Now | Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, and Milton Drake (w/m) | Sammy Kaye with Betty Barclay | 1946 |
| I'm All Bound Round with the Mason Dixon Line | Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w), Jean Schwartz (m) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1918 |
| I'm Always Chasing Rainbows | Frederick Chopin (m), Harry Carroll (m), Joseph McCarthy (w) | Charles Harrison | 1918 |
| I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande | Johnny Mercer (m/w), Harry Warren (m) | Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra | 1936 |
| I'm Beginning to See the Light | Duke Ellington (m), Johnny Hodges (m), Harry James (m), Don George (w) | Harry James with Kitty Kallen | 1945 |
| I'm Falling in Love with Someone | Victor Herbert, Rida Johnson Young | John McCormack | 1911 |
| I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles | Jean Kenbrovin (m/w), John William Kellette (m/w) | Ben Selvin | 1919 |
| I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You | George Bassman (m), Ned Washington (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra | 1936 |
| I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | Fred E. Ahlert (m), Joe Young (w) | Fats Waller | 1935 |
| I'm in the Mood for Love | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Little Jack Little | 1935 |
| I'm Just a Vagabond Lover | Leon Zimmerman, Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallee | 1929 |
| I'm Just Wild about Harry | Eubie Blake (m), Noble Sissle (w) | Marion Harris | 1922 |
| I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover | Mort Dixon, Harry Woods | Art Mooney | 1948 |
| I'm Making Believe | Mack Gordon (w), James V. Monaco (m) | The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald | 1944 |
| I'm on My Way to Mandalay | Al Bryan (w), Fred Fisher (m) | Henry Burr with Albert Campbell & Will Oakland | 1914 |
| I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1936 |
| I'm Sitting on Top of the World | Ray Henderson (m), Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Al Jolson with Carl Fenton's Orchestra | 1926 |
| I'm Sorry I Made You Cry | N.J. Clesi (m/w) | Henry Burr | 1918 |
| I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town | Albert Von Tilzer (m), Lew Brown (w) | | 1912 |
| I'm Walking Behind You | Billy Reid | Eddie Fisher with Sally Sweetland & Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra | 1953 |
| I'm Yours | Robert Merrill (w/m) | Don Cornell with Norman Leyden's Orchestra | 1952 |
| I'm Yours | E.Y. Harburg (w), Johnny Green (m) | Bert Lown with the Biltmore Rhythm Boys | 1930 |
| Imagination | Jimmy Van Heusen (m)/Johnny Burke (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1940 |
| In a Little Gypsy Tea Room | Edgar Lesie (w), Joe Burke (m) | Bob Crosby with Frank Tennille | 1935 |
| In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This) | Mabel Wayne (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton | 1927 |
| In a Monastery Garden | Albert William Ketelby (m) | | 1921 |
| In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town | Little Jack Little (m), John Siras (m), Joe Young (w) | Ted Lewis | 1932 |
| In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town | Little Jack Little (m), John Siras (m), Joe Young (w) | | 1932 |
| In My Merry Oldsmobile | Vincent Bryan (w), Gus Edwards (m) | Billy Murray | 1905 |
| In the Blue of the Evening | Tom Adair (w), Alfonso D'Artega (m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra | 1943 |
| In the Chapel in the Moonlight | Billy Hill (w/m) | The Bachelors | 1965 |
| In the Chapel in the Moonlight | Billy Hill (w/m) | Shep Fields | 1936 |
| In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Bing Crosby with Jane Wyman | 1951 |
| In the Good Old Summertime | Ren Shields (w), George Evans (m) | Haydn Quartet | 1903 |
| In the Middle of a Kiss | Sam Coslow (w/m) | Hal Kemp with Skinnay Ennis | 1935 |
| In the Mood | Andy Razaf, Joe Garland | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1939 |
| In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Henry Burr (as Irving Gillette) | 1905 |
| In the Still of the Night | Cole Porter (m/w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1937 |
| In the Sweet Bye and Bye | Joseph Philbrick Webster (m), Sanford F. Bennett | Harry MacDonough with John Bieling | 1903 |
| In the Valley of Yesterday | Harry Verona (m), Fred C. Farrell (w) | Harry MacDonough | 1910 |
| Indian Love Call | Rudolf Friml (m), Otto Harbach (w), Oscar Hammerstein (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1925 |
| Indian Summer | Victor Herbert (m), Al Dubin (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1939 |
| Indiana | James Hanley (m), Ballad MacDonald (w) | Conway's Band | 1917 |
| Intermezzo (Souvenir De Vienne) | Robrert Henning (w), Heinz Provost (m) | Guy Lombardo | 1941 |
| Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall | Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher (w/m) | The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald | 1944 |
| Ireland Must Be Heaven for My Mother Came from There | Joe McCarthy (m/w), Howard Johnson (m/w), Fred Fischer (m/w) | Charles Harrison | 1916 |
| Is It True What They Say About Dixie | Gerald Marks, Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1936 |
| Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma' Baby | Louis Jordan and Billy Austin (w/m) | Louis Jordan | 1944 |
| Isle O' Dreams | George Graff Jr. (w), Chauncey Olcott (m) | | 1912 |
| Isle of Capri | Jimmy Kennedy (w), Will Grosz (m) | Ray Noble with Al Bowlly | 1934 |
| Isn't It Romantic? | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Maurice Chevalier with Jeannette MacDonald | 1932 |
| It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' | Wendell Hall | Wendell Hall | 1923 |
| It Ain't Necessarily So | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Leo Reisman | 1935 |
| It All Depends on You | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1927 |
| It Can't Be Wrong | Kim Gannon (w), Max Steiner (m) | Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners | 1943 |
| It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing | Duke Ellington (m), Irving Mills (w) | Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson | 1932 |
| It Had to Be You | Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Isham Jones | 1924 |
| It Is No Secret | Stuart Hamblen (w/m) | Jo Stafford | 1950 |
| It Isn't Fair | Richard Himber, Frank Warshauer, Sylvester Sprigato | Sammy Kaye with Don Cornell | 1950 |
| It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane | Joe Burke (m), Edgar Leslie (w) | Guy Lombardo with Lebert Lombardo | 1937 |
| It Might As Well Be Spring | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Dick Haymes with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Italian Street Song (Zing, Zing) | Rida Johnson Young (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Lucy Isabelle Marsh & the Victor Light Opera Co. | 1911 |
| It's a Big Wide Wonderful World | John Rox | Buddy Clark & Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1949 |
| It's a Grand Night for Singing | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein (w) | Dick Haymes with Earl Hagen's Orchestra | 1946 |
| It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary | Jack Judge (m/w), Harry Williams (m/w) | John McCormack | 1915 |
| It's a Lovely Day Today | Irving Berlin | Doris Day with George Siravo's Orchestra | 1951 |
| It's a Sin to Tell a Lie | Billy Mayhew | Fats Waller | 1936 |
| It's All Right with Me | Cole Porter (m/w) | | 1953 |
| It's Been a Long, Long Time | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Bing Crosby & the Les Paul Trio | 1945 |
| It's Been So Long | Harold Adamson (w), Walter Donaldson (m) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Helen Ward | 1936 |
| It's Delightful to Be Married | Anna Held (w), V. Scotto (m) | | 1907 |
| It's De-Lovely | Cole Porter (m/w) | | 1936 |
| It's Easy to Remember | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Bing Crosby with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1935 |
| It's in the Book | Johnny Standley and Art Thorsen (w/m) | Johnny Standley | 1952 |
| It's Love, Love, Love | Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney, and Mack David (w/m) | Guy Lombardo with Skip Nelson | 1944 |
| It's Magic | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Doris Day | 1948 |
| It's Nobody's Business But My Own | Will E. Skidmore (w/m), Marshall Walker (w/m) | Bert Williams | 1919 |
| It's Only a Paper Moon | Harold Arlen (m), E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (w), Billy Rose (w) | Ella Fitzgerald with the Delta Rhythm Boys | 1945 |
| It's the Talk of the Town | Jerry Livingston (m), Marty Symes (w), Al J. Neiburg (w) | Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent | 1933 |
| It's Tulip Time in Holland | Dave Radford (w), Richard A. Whiting (m) | Henry Burr | 1915 |
| I've Got a Crush on You | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1948 |
| I've Got a Feelin' I'm Fallin' | Harry Link (m), Thomas "Fats" Waller (m), Billy Rose (w) | | 1929 |
| I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & Marion Hutton | 1942 |
| I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams | Johnny Burke (w), James V. Monaco (m) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1938 |
| I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now | Irving Berlin (w/m) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1919 |
| I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Les Brown | 1948 |
| I've Got Rings on My Fingers | Maurice Scott (m), Weston (w), Barnes (w) | Ada Jones | 1909 |
| I've Got the World on a String | Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w) | Cab Calloway | 1932 |
| I've Got You Under My Skin | Cole Porter (m/w) | Ray Noble with Al Bowlly | 1936 |
| I've Heard That Song Before | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Harry James with Helen Forrest | 1943 |
| I've Told Ev'ry Little Star | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Jack Denny with Paul Small | 1932 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| La Vie En Rose | Edith Piaf (w), Louiguy (m) | Edith Piaf | 1950 |
| Lady Is a Tramp, The | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1937 |
| Lady of Spain | Erell Reaves (w), Tochard Evans (m) | Ray Noble | 1931 |
| Lady of the Evening | Irving Berlin (w/m) | John Steel | 1923 |
| L'Amour Toujours L'Amour (Love Everlasting) | Rudolf Friml (m), Catherine Chisholm Cushing (w) | | 1922 |
| Lamp Is Low, The | Bert Shefter, Mitchell Parish, Peter DeRose, Maurice Ravel | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1939 |
| Last Night on the Back Porch | Lew Brown (w), Carl Schraubstader (m) | Paul Whiteman & the American Quartet | 1923 |
| Last Night Was the End of the World | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | | 1912 |
| Last Round-Up, The | Billy Hill (m/w) | George Olsen with Joe Morrison | 1933 |
| Last Time I Saw Paris, The | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Kate Smith | 1940 |
| Laugh Clown Laugh! | Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young (w), Ted FioRito (m) | Fred Waring | 1928 |
| Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside | Ben Raleigh (w), Bernie Wayne (m) | Dinah Shore | 1946 |
| Laura | David Raskin (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Woody Herman | 1945 |
| Lazy Bones | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Ted Lewis | 1933 |
| Learnin' the Blues | Dolores Vicki Silvers | Frank Sinatra | 1955 |
| Leave it to Jane | Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w) | Edith Hallor et al | 1917 |
| Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella | Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w), Francis Wheeler (w) | Roger Wolfe Kahn with Franklyn Baur | 1928 |
| Let It Alone | Alex Rogers (w), Bert Williams (m) | Bert Williams | 1906 |
| Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Vaughn Monroe | 1945 |
| Let Me Call You Sweetheart | Leo Friedman (m/w), Beth Slater Whitson (m/w) | Peerless Quartet | 1911 |
| Let Me Go, Lover! | Jenny Lou Carson, Al Hill | Joan Weber | 1954 |
| Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Let's Dance | Fanny Baldridge (w), Joseph Bonime and Gregory Stone (m) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra | 1935 |
| Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love | Cole Porter (m/w) | Irving Aaronson & His Commanders with Jack Armstrong | 1929 |
| Let's Face the Music and Dance | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1936 |
| Let's Fall in Love | Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1934 |
| Let's Get Lost | Jimmy McHugh (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Vaughn Monroe with the Four Lee Sisters | 1943 |
| Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee | Irving Berlin | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | 1932 |
| Let's Misbehave | Cole Porter (m/w) | Ben Bernie with Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot | 1928 |
| Let's Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep | Herman Hupfeld (m/w) | Rudy Vallee | 1932 |
| Let's Swing It | Charles Tobias and Charles Newman (w), Murray Mencher (m) | Ray Noble & the Freshmen | 1935 |
| Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1907 |
| Life Is a Song | Joe Young (w), Fred Ahlert (m) | Ruth Etting | 1935 |
| Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1931 |
| Lights of My Home Town, The | Charles K. Harris (m/w) | Peerless Quartet | 1916 |
| Lights Out (Close Your Eyes and Dream of Me) | Billy Hill (w/m) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1936 |
| Li'l Liza Jane | Countess Ada De Lachau (m/w) | Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band | 1917 |
| Linda | Jack Lawrence and Ann Ronell (w/m) | Ray Noble & Buddy Clark | 1947 |
| Linger Awhile | Vincent Rose (m), Harry Owens (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1924 |
| Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka "The Mocking Bird") | Septimus Winner as Alice Hawthorne (w), Richard Milburn (m) | John Yorke Atlee | 1890 |
| Little Bird Told Me, A | Harvey Brooks (w/m) | Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters | 1948 |
| Little Bit Independent, A | Edgar Leslie (w), Joseph A. Burke (m) | Fats Waller | 1935 |
| Little Bit of Heaven, A (Shure, They Call It Ireland) | J. Keirn Brennan (b), Ernest R. Ball (m) | George MacFarlane | 1915 |
| Little Brown Jug, The | Joseph Eastburn Winner as R.A. Eastburn (m/w) | | 1869 |
| Little Dutch Mill | Ralph Freed (w), Harry Barris (m) | Bing Crosby with Jimmy Grier's Orchestra | 1934 |
| Little Girl Blue | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Janis Joplin | 1969 |
| Little Grey Home in the West | Miss D. Eardley-Wilmot (w), Hermann Frederic Lohr (m) | Charles Harrison | 1914 |
| Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day | Maurice Siglar and Al Hoffman (w), Mabel Wayne (m) | Emil Coleman with Jerry Cooper | 1934 |
| Little on the Lonely Side, A | Dick Robertson, James Cavanaugh, and Frank Weldon (w/m) | Frankie Carle with Paul Allen | 1945 |
| Little Pal | B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown (w), Ray Henderson (m) | Al Jolson | 1929 |
| Little Things Mean a Lot | Edith Lindeman (w), Carl Stutz (m) | Kitty Kallen with Jack Pleis' Orchestra | 1954 |
| Little White Cloud That Cried, The | Johnnie Ray (w/m) | Johnnie Ray | 1952 |
| Little White Cloud That Cried, The | Johnnie Ray (w/m) | | 1952 |
| Little White Lies | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Fred Waring with Clare Hanlon | 1930 |
| Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w), Gus Kahn (w) | Al Jolson with Bob Haring's Orchestra | 1929 |
| Long Ago and Far Away | Jerome Kern (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Dick Haymes with Helen Forrest & Camarata's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Look for the Silver Lining | Jerome Kern (m), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Marion Harris | 1921 |
| Look Out for Jimmy Valentine | Gus Edwards (m), Edward Madden (w) | | 1911 |
| Lookout Mountain | Halsey K. Mohr (m), Joe Goodwin (w) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1917 |
| Lost | Johnny Mercer and Macy O. Teetor (w), Phil Obman (m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1936 |
| Lost in a Fog | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1934 |
| Louise | Richard A. Whiting (m), Leo Robin (w) | Maurice Chevalier with Leonard Joy's Orchestra | 1929 |
| Louisiana Hayride | Howard Dietz (w), Arthur Schwartz (m) | Leo Reisman's Orchestra with Arthur Schwartz | 1932 |
| Love and Marriage | James Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra | 1955 |
| Love for Sale | Cole Porter (m/w) | Libby Holman | 1931 |
| Love in Bloom | Ralph Rainger (m), Leo Robin (w) | Bing Crosby with Irving Aaronson's Orchestra | 1934 |
| Love in the Sand | | | 1922 |
| Love Is a Many Splendored Thing | Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster | The Four Aces | 1955 |
| Love Is Here to Stay | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1938 |
| Love Is Mine | Edward Teschmacher (w), Clarence G. Gartner (m) | Enrico Caruso | 1912 |
| Love Is Sweeping the Country | Ira Gershwin (w), George Gershwin (m) | | 1931 |
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | Ray Noble (w/m) | Ray Noble with Al Bowlly | 1933 |
| Love Letters in the Sand | Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny, J. Fred Coots | Pat Boone | 1957 |
| Love Me and the World Is Mine | Dave Reed Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Henry Burr | 1906 |
| Love Me or Leave Me | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Ruth Etting | 1929 |
| Love Nest, The | Louis A. Hirsch | John Steel | 1920 |
| Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses | John Openshaw | Carl Fenton | 1923 |
| Love Somebody | Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney (w/m) | Doris Day & Buddy Clark with George Siravo's Orchestra | 1948 |
| Love Thy Neighbor | Mack Gordon (w), Harry Revel (m) | Bing Crosby with Nat Finston's Orchestra | 1934 |
| Love Walked In | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Sammy Kaye with Tommy Ryan | 1938 |
| Loveliest Night of the Year, The | Paul Francis Webster (w), Juventino Rosas (m) | Mario Lanza | 1951 |
| Lovely to Look At | Jerome Kern (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1935 |
| Lovely Way to Spend an Evening, A | Jimmy McHugh (m)/Harold Adamson (w) | Frank Sinatra with the Bobby Tucker Singers | 1944 |
| Lover | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton | 1933 |
| Lover Come Back to Me | Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton | 1929 |
| Love's Own Sweet Song | C.C.S. Cushing (w), E.P. Heath (w), Emmerich Kalman (m) | Charles Harrison & Grace Kerns | 1914 |
| Lovin' Sam, The Sheik of Alabam' | Jack Yellen (w), Milton Ager (m) | Nora Bayes | 1923 |
| Luck Be a Lady | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Frank Sinatra | 1965 |
| Lullaby of Broadway | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Bob Crosby | 1935 |
| Lullaby of the Leaves | Joe Young (w), Bernice Petkere (m) | George Olsen | 1932 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| Ma Blushin' Rosie | Edgar Smith (w), John Stromberg (m) | Albert Campbell | 1900 |
| Ma Tiger Lily | Clay M. Greene (w), A.B. Sloane (m) | Arthur Collins | 1900 |
| Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me | Sidney Clare (w), Con Conrad (m) | Ted Lewis | 1922 |
| Macushla | Dermot MacMurrough (m), Josephine V. Rowe (w) | John McCormack | 1910 |
| Mairzy Doats | Milton Drake, Al Hoffman,and Jerry Livingston (w/m) | The Merry Macs | 1944 |
| Make Believe | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Bing Crosby | 1928 |
| Make Believe | Theodore F. Morse | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1908 |
| Make Believe | Benny Davis/Jack Shilkret | Nora Bayes | 1921 |
| Make Believe | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | | 1927 |
| Make Believe Island | Mary Ann Mercer/Will Grosz | Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra with Mary Ann Mercer | 1940 |
| Make 'Em Laugh | Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown | Donald O'Connor | 1952 |
| Make Love to Me! | Bill Norvas and Allan Copeland (w), New Orleans Rhythm Kings and Walter Melrose (m) | Jo Stafford | 1954 |
| Make Yourself Comfortable | Bob Merrill (w/m) | Sarah Vaughn | 1955 |
| Makin' Whoopee | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Eddie Cantor | 1929 |
| Mama Inez | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Eliseo Grenet (m) | Maurice Chevalier with Leonard Joy's Orchestra | 1931 |
| Mambo Italiano | Bob Merrill (w/m) | Rosemary Clooney & the Mellomen | 1954 |
| Mam'selle | Goulding, Edmund (m)/Mack Gordon (w) | Art Lund | 1947 |
| Man from the South with a Big Cigar in His Mouth, The | Rube Bloom and Harry Woods (w/m) | Ted Weems with Art Jarrett & Parker Gibbs | 1930 |
| Man I Love, The | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Marion Harris | 1928 |
| Man That Got Away, The (aka "The Gal That Got Away") | Harold Arlen (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Judy Garland with Ray Heindorf & the Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra | 1954 |
| Man with the Mandolin, The | James Cavanaugh and John Redmond (w), Frank Weldon (m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Marion Hutton | 1939 |
| Managua, Nicaragua | Albert Gamse (w), Irving Fiels (m) | Freddy Martin with Stuart Wade | 1947 |
| Manana Is Soon Enough for Me | Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour | Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour's Orchestra | 1948 |
| Mandy | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Van & Schenck | 1919 |
| Mandy Lee | Thurland Chattaway (m/w) | | 1899 |
| Manhattan | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Ben Selvin | 1925 |
| Mansion of Aching Hearts, The | Arthur J. Lamb (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Harry MacDonough | 1902 |
| Many Times | Carl Sigman (English words), Felix Stahl (m) | Eddie Fisher | 1953 |
| Maple Leaf Rag | Scott Joplin (m), Sydney Brown (w) | Scott Joplin | 1899 |
| Marcheta (A Love Song of Old Mexico) | Victor Schertzinger (m/w) | Olive Kline & Elsie Baker | 1922 |
| Margie | Benny Davis, Con Conrad, J. Russell Robinson | Eddie Cantor | 1921 |
| Maria Elena | S.K. Russell (w), Lorenzo Barcelata (m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1941 |
| Marianne | Terry Gilkyson, Frank Miller, Richard Dehr | Terry Gilkyson & the Easy Riders | 1957 |
| Marie | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1937 |
| Marta (Rambling Rose of the Wildwood) | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Moises Simons (m) | Tracy Arthur | 1932 |
| Mary's a Grand Old Name | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Donald Brian | 1906 |
| Masquerade | Paul Francis Webster (w), John Jacob Loeb (m) | Ted Black & His Orchestra with Dick Robertson | 1932 |
| Maybe | Allan Flynn and Frank Madden (w/m) | The Ink Spots | 1940 |
| Me and My Shadow | Dave Dreyer (m), Al Jolson (m), Billy Rose (w) | "Whispering" Jack Smith | 1927 |
| Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis | Arthur B. Sterling (w), Kerry Mills (m) | Billy Murray | 1904 |
| Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland | Beth Slater Whitson (w), Leo Friedman (m) | Henry Burr | 1910 |
| Melody from the Sky, A | Sidney D. Mitchell (w), Louis Alter (m) | Jan Garber with Leo Bennett | 1936 |
| Memories | Egbert Van Alstyne, (m), Gustave Kahn (w) | John Barnes Wells | 1916 |
| Memory Lane | B.G. DeSylva (w), Larry Spier and Con Conrad (m) | Fred Waring with Tom Waring | 1924 |
| Memphis Blues, The | W.C. Handy (m), George A. Norton, Charles Tobias, Peter DeRose | Prince's Orchestra | 1914 |
| Merry Widow Waltz, The | Franz Lehar | Victor Orchestra | 1907 |
| Merry-Go-Round Broke Down, The | Cliff Friend, Dave Franklin | Russ Morgan with Jimmie Lewis | 1937 |
| Mexicali Rose | Jack B. Tenney/Helen Stone | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Mighty Like a Rose (aka "Mighty Lak' a Rose") | Frank L. Stanton (w), Ethelbert Nevin (m) | George Alexander | 1903 |
| Mimi | Richard Rodgers (m)/Lorenz Hart (w) | Maurice Chevalier with Nat Finston's Orchestra | 1932 |
| Mine | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Emil Coleman | 1933 |
| Minnie the Moocher (The Ho De Ho Song) | Cab Calloway, Irving Mills | Cab Calloway | 1931 |
| Misirlou | Bob Russell, Fred Wise, Milton Leeds (English words), Nick Roubanis (m) | Harry James | 1941 |
| Miss Annabelle Lee (Who's Wonderful, Who's Marvelous) | Lew Pollack (m), Sidney Clare (w) | Ben Selvin | 1927 |
| M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I | Harry Tierney (m), Bert Hanlon (w), Benny Ryan (w) | Anna Wheaton | 1917 |
| Mississippi Mud | Harry Barris | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Al Rinker, Harry Barris, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, Austin Young, Bing Crosby, & Irene Taylor | 1928 |
| Missouri Waltz (Hush-A-Bye Ma Baby) | Frederick K. Logan (m), James Royce as James R. Shannon (w) | Elsie Baker (aka Edna Brown) | 1917 |
| Mister Five by Five | Don Raye (w), Gene DePaul (m) | Harry James | 1942 |
| Moanin' Low | Ralph Rainger (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Libby Holman | 1929 |
| Mockin' Bird Hill | Vaughn Horton (w/m) | Les Paul & Mary Ford | 1951 |
| Moments to Remember | Robert Allen (m), Al Stillman (m) | The Four Lads | 1955 |
| Mona Lisa | Jay Livingston (m), Ray Evans (w) | Nat "King" Cole with Les Baxter's Orchestra | 1950 |
| Montmartre Rose | Tommy Lyman and C.E. Wheeler (w/m) | | 1925 |
| Mood Indigo | Duke Ellington (m), Barney Bigard (m), Irving Mills (m/w), Mitchell Parish (w) | Duke Ellington | 1931 |
| Moon Got in My Eyes, The | | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Moon Love | Mack David and Mack Davis (w), Andre Kostelanetz (m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1939 |
| Moon Over Miami | Joe Burke (m), Edgar Leslie (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1936 |
| Moonglow | Will Hudson, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills | Benny Goodman's Orchestra | 1934 |
| Moonlight and Roses Bring Mem'ries of You | Neil Moret (m), Edwin H. Lemare (w), Ben Black (w) | John McCormack | 1925 |
| Moonlight Bay | Edward Madden (w), Percy Wenrich (m) | American Quartet | 1912 |
| Moonlight Becomes You | Jimmy Van Heusen (m)/Johnny Burke (w) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1942 |
| Moonlight Cocktail | Luckey Roberts (m), Kim Gannon (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle & the Modernaires | 1942 |
| Moonlight in Vermont | Karl Suessdorf (m), John Blackburn (w) | Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra with Margaret Whiting | 1945 |
| Moonlight on the Ganges | Sherman Myers (m), Chester Wallace (w) | Paul Whiteman with Austin Young | 1926 |
| Moonlight Serenade | Glenn Miller (m), Mitchell Parish (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1939 |
| More I See You, The | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Dick Haymes | 1945 |
| More I See You, The | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | | 1945 |
| More Than You Know | Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Eliscu (w), Billy Rose (w) | Ruth Etting | 1929 |
| Most Beautiful Girl in the World, The | Richard Rodgers (m)/Lorenz Hart (w) | | 1935 |
| M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me) | Theodore Morse (m), Howard Johnson (w) | Henry Burr | 1916 |
| Mother Machree | Chauncey Olcott (m), Ernest R. Ball (m), Rida Johnson Young (w) | Will Oakland | 1911 |
| Mountain Greenery | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Roger Wolfe Kahn | 1926 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name | | Victor Young | 1934 |
| Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean | Ed Gallagher, Al Shean | Ed Gallagher & Al Shean | 1922 |
| Mr. Sandman | Pat Ballard (w/m) | The Chordettes | 1954 |
| Mule Train | Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, and Fred Glickman (w/m) | Frankie Laine with the Muleskinners | 1949 |
| Music Goes 'Round and 'Round, The | Edward Farley (m), Michael Riley (m), Red Hodgson (w) | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1935 |
| Music Maestro Please! | Allie Wrubel (m), Herb Magidson (w) | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1938 |
| Music! Music! Music! | Stephen Weiss, Bernie Baum | Teresa Brewer & the Dixieland All Stars | 1950 |
| Muskrat Ramble | Kid Ory | Louis Armstrong | 1926 |
| My Adobe Hacienda | Louise Massey and Lee Penny (w/m) | Eddy Howard | 1947 |
| My Angel (Angela Mia) | Lew Pollack (w), Erno Rapee (m) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Al Rinker | 1928 |
| My Baby Just Cares for Me | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Ted Weems | 1930 |
| My Bird of Paradise | Irving Berlin | Peerless Quartet | 1915 |
| My Blue Heaven | Walter Donaldson (m), George A. Whiting (w) | Gene Austin | 1927 |
| My Buddy | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Henry Burr | 1922 |
| My Country 'Tis of Thee (America) (aka "God Save the King") | Samuel Francis Smith (w), Thomas Arne (m) | | 1831 |
| My Darling My Darling | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Jo Stafford with Gordon MacRae | 1948 |
| My Dear | Dave Reed Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Harry MacDonough | 1907 |
| My Devotion | Roc Hillman and Johnny Napton (w/m) | Vaughn Monroe | 1942 |
| My Dreams Are Getting Bigger All the Time | Mann Curtis (w), Vic Mizzy (m) | Les Brown with Doris Day | 1945 |
| My Foolish Heart | Victor Young (m), Ned Washington (w) | Gordon Jenkins with Eileen Wilson | 1950 |
| My Funny Valentine | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Hal McIntyre with Ruth Gaylor | 1945 |
| My Gal Sal | Paul Dresser (m/w) | Byron G. Harlan | 1907 |
| My Happiness | Barney Bergantine (m), Betty Peterson (w) | Jon & Sandra Steele | 1948 |
| My Heart Belongs to Daddy | Cole Porter (m/w) | Mary Martin with Eddy Duchin's Orchestra | 1939 |
| My Heart Cries for You | Percy Faith (m), Carl Sigman (w) | Guy Mitchell | 1950 |
| My Heart Sings (All of a Sudden) | Harold Rome (w), Philippe Herpin (m) | Guy Lombardo with Stuart Foster | 1945 |
| My Heart Stood Still | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Al Rinker, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Austin Young | 1928 |
| My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Glen Gray with Eugenie Baird | 1943 |
| My Honey's Lovin' Arms | Joseph Meyer (m), Herman Ruby (w) | Isham Jones | 1922 |
| My Little Dream Girl | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Anatol Friedland (m) | James F. Harrison & James Reed | 1915 |
| My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii | Bill Cogswell, Tom Harrison, and Johnny Noble (w/m) | Ted Fio Rito with Muzzy Marcellino | 1934 |
| My Mammy | Walter Donaldson (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1921 |
| My Man (Mon Homme) | Maurice Yvain (m), Jacques Mardochee Charles, Albert Willemetz (French lyrics), Channing Pollock (English lyrics) | Fanny Brice & Rosario Bourdon's Orchestra | 1922 |
| My Melancholy Baby | Ernie Burnett (m), George A. Norton (w) | Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1928 |
| My Moonlight Madonna | Paul Francis Webster (w), Zedenko Fibich (m), adpated by William Scotti | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton | 1933 |
| My Old Kentucky Home | Stephen Foster (m/w) | Edison Male Quartette | 1898 |
| My Old Kentucky Home | Stephen Foster (m/w) | | 1853 |
| My Own Iona | Anatol Ferdinand (m), Carey Morgan (m), L. Wolfe Gilbert (w) | Horace Wright & Rene Dietrich | 1917 |
| My Own True Love (Tara's Theme) | Mack David, Max Steiner | Leroy Holmes | 1954 |
| My Pony Boy | Charley O'Donnell (m), Bobby Heath (w) | Ada Jones | 1909 |
| My Prayer (Avant de Mourir) | Georges Boulanger, Carlos Goemz Barrera, Jimmy Kennedy | The Platters | 1956 |
| My Reverie | Claude Debussy (m), Larry Clinton (w) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1938 |
| My Romance | Richard Rodgers (m)/Lorenz Hart (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1936 |
| My Rosary of Dreams | E.F. Dusenberry (m/w), C.M. Denison (m/w) | | 1911 |
| My Shining Hour | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Glen Gray with Eugenie Baird | 1943 |
| My Silent Love | Dana Suesse (m), Edward Heyman (w) | Ruby Newman with Gordon Graham | 1932 |
| My Sister and I | Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney (w/m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1941 |
| My Sunny Tennessee | Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Herman Ruby | Peerless Quartet | 1922 |
| My Sweetie Went Away | Roy Turk (w), Lou Handman (m) | Billy Murray & Ed Smalle | 1923 |
| My Time Is Your Time | Leo Dance (m), Eric Little (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1929 |
| My Wild Irish Rose | Chauncey Olcott (m/w) | George J. Gaskin | 1899 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? | Clarence A. Stout (w/m) | Bert Williams | 1919 |
| O Katharina! | Fritz Lohner and L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Richard Fall (m) | Ted Lewis | 1925 |
| O Mein Papa (Oh My Papa) | John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons (w), Paul Burkhard (m) | Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra | 1953 |
| Object of My Affection, The | Pinky Tomlin, Coy Poe, Jimmie Grier | Jimmie Grier & Pinky Tomlin | 1934 |
| Oceana Roll, The | Lucien Denni (m), Roger Lewis (w) | Arthur Collins | 1911 |
| Of Thee I Sing | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Ben Selvin | 1932 |
| Oh Gee, Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, I'm in Love | Ernest Breuer (m), Olsen and Johnson (w) | Eddie Cantor | 1923 |
| Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Arthur Fields | 1918 |
| Oh How I Miss You Tonight | Mark Fisher and Benny Davis (w), Joe Burke (m) | Ben Selvin (as the Cavaliers) | 1925 |
| Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love in Honolulu) | Stanley Murphy (w), Charles McCarron (w), Albert Von Tilzer (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1916 |
| Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! | Edward Rose (w), Abraham Olman (m) | American Quartet | 1917 |
| Oh Lady Be Good | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1925 |
| Oh Look at Me Now | Joe Bushkin (m), John De Vries (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, & the Pied Pipers | 1941 |
| Oh Me! Oh My! Oh You! | Vincent Youmans (m), Arthur Francis (w) | Frank Crumit with the Paul Biese Trio | 1921 |
| Oh Promise Me | Reginald DeKoven (m), Clement Scott (w) | George J. Gaskin | 1893 |
| Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Bing Crosby with Trudy Erwin & the Sportsmen Glee Club | 1943 |
| Oh What a Pal Was Mary | Pete Wendling (m), Edgar Leslie (w), Bert Kalmar (w) | Henry Burr | 1919 |
| Oh What It Seemed to Be | Frankie Carle, Bennie Benjamin, and George Weiss (w/m) | Frankie Carle with Marjorie Hughes | 1946 |
| Oh You Beautiful Doll | Nat D. Ayer (m), Seymour Brown (w) | Billy Murray & the American Quartet | 1911 |
| O-H-I-O (O-My!-O!) | Jack Yellen (w), Abe Olman (m) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1921 |
| Ol' Man River | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Paul Robeson with Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1927 |
| Old Grey Mare, The (Whiffle Tree) | Frank Panella (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1918 |
| Old Lamplighter, The | Charles Tobias (w), Nat Simon (m) | Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams | 1946 |
| Old Master Painter, The | Haven Gillespie (w), Beasley Smith (m) | Richard Hayes with Mitch Miller's Orchestra | 1949 |
| Old Spinning Wheel, The | Billy Hill | Ray Noble with Al Bowlly | 1933 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | Hoagy Carmichael, Jack Brooks | Kay Kyser & Michael Douglas | 1946 |
| On a Slow Boat to China | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood | 1948 |
| On a Sunday Afternoon | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | J.W. Myers | 1902 |
| On the Alamo | Gilbert Keys (w), Joy Lyons (w), Isham Jones (m) | Isham Jones | 1922 |
| On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe | Harry Warren (m), Johnny Mercer (w), Kay Thomspon (w), Ralph Blane (w), Roger Edens (w) | Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers | 1945 |
| On the Beach at Waikiki | G.H. Stover (w), Henry Kailimai (m) | | 1915 |
| On the Good Ship Lollipop | Sidney Clare, Richard A. Whiting | Shirley Temple | 1934 |
| On the Good Ship Mary Ann | Gus Kahn (w), Grace LeBoy (m) | | 1914 |
| On the Road to Mandalay | Rudyard Kipling (w), Oley Speaks (m) | Frank Croxton | 1913 |
| On the Sunny Side of the Street | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Ted Lewis | 1930 |
| On Top of Old Smoky | traditional | The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson | 1951 |
| On Treasure Island | Joe Burke (m), Edgar Leslie (w) | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1935 |
| On Wisconsin! | William T. Purdy (m), Carl Beck | Prince's Orchestra | 1915 |
| Once in a While | Michael Edwards (m), Bud Green (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Once in Love with Amy | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Roy Bolger & Sy Oliver's Orchestra | 1949 |
| One Alone | Sigmund Romberg (m), Otto Harbach (w), Oscar Hammerstein (w) | Nat Shilkret | 1927 |
| One Dozen Roses | Roger Lewis and Country Washburne (w), Dick Jurgens and Walter Donovan (m) | Harry James & Jimmy Saunders | 1942 |
| One for My Baby and One More for the Road | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1949 |
| One Kiss | Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg | Nat Shilkret | 1929 |
| One Night of Love | Gus Kahn (w), Victor Schertzinger (m) | Grace Moore | 1934 |
| One O'Clock Jump | Count Basie | Count Basie | 1937 |
| One Rose That's Left in My Heart, The | Del Lyon and Lani McIntire (w/m) | Art Kassel with Billy Leach | 1937 |
| One Song | Larry Morey (w), Frank Churchill (m) | Artie Shaw | 1938 |
| Only Forever | Johnny Burke (w), James V. Monaco (m) | Bing Crosby | 1940 |
| Only You and You Alone | Ande Rand, Buck Ram | The Platters | 1955 |
| Open the Door, Richard | Dusty Fletcher, John Mason (w), Jack McVea, Dan Howell (m) | Count Basie with Harry Edison & Bill Johnson | 1947 |
| Orchids in the Moonlight | Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu (w), Vincent Youmans (m) | Rudy Vallee | 1934 |
| Original Dixieland One-Step | Dominic James LaRocca | | 1937 |
| Our Love | Buddy Bernier and Bob Emmerich (w), Larry Clinton (m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1939 |
| Out of Nowhere | Johnny Green (m), Edward Heyman (w) | Bing Crosby with Victor Young's Orchestra | 1931 |
| Over the Rainbow | Harold Arlen (m), E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (w) | Judy Garland | 1939 |
| Over There | George M. Cohan (m/w) | American Quartet | 1917 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| S' Wonderful | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Sarah Vaughn | 1954 |
| Sailboat in the Moonlight, A | Carmen Lombardo, John Jacob Loeb | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1937 |
| Sam's Song | Lew Quadling, Jack Elliott | Bing Crosby with Gary Crosby & Matty Matlock's Orchestra | 1950 |
| San Fernando Valley | Gordon Jenkins (w/m) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1944 |
| San Francisco | J. Gordon Temple, James G. Dewey | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1936 |
| Satan Takes a Holiday | Larry Clinton (w/m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1945 |
| Say It Isn't So | Irving Berlin (m/w) | George Olsen with Paul Small | 1932 |
| Say It with Music | Irving Berlin | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1921 |
| Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy) | Al Stillman and Francia Luban (w), Ernesto Lecuona (m) | The Andrews Sisters | 1940 |
| Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy) | Al Stillman and Francia Luban (w), Ernesto Lecuona (m) | | 1940 |
| Says My Heart | Burton Lane (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Red Norvo with Mildred Bailey | 1938 |
| Scatter-Brain | Frankie Masters, Kahn Keene, Carl Bean, Johnny Burke | Frankie Masters | 1939 |
| School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids) | Gus Edwards (m), Will D. Cobb (w) | Byron G. Harlan | 1907 |
| Second Hand Rose | Grant Clarke, James F. Hanley | Fanny Brice & Rosario Bourdon's Orchestra | 1922 |
| Secret Love | Sammy Fain (m), Paul Francis Webster (w) | Doris Day | 1953 |
| Seems Like Old Times | Carmen Lombardo (m), John Jacob Loeb (w) | Guy Lombardo with Don Rodney | 1946 |
| Semper Fidelis | John Philip Sousa (m) | United States Marine Band | 1890 |
| Send Me Away with a Smile | Louis Weslyn (m/w), Al Piantadosi (m/w) | John McCormack | 1917 |
| Sentimental Journey | Ben Homer, Les Brown, Bud Green | Les Brown with Doris Day | 1945 |
| Sentimental Me | Jimmy Cassin (w), Jim Morehead (m) | Ray Anthony with Ronnie Deauville | 1950 |
| September in the Rain | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1937 |
| September Song | Kurt Weill (m), Maxwell Anderson (w) | Walter Huston | 1939 |
| Serenade | Dorothy Donnelly (w), Sigmund Romberg (m) | Efrem Zimbalist | 1921 |
| Shade of the Palm, The | Owen Hall (w), Thomas A. Barrett as Leslie Stuart (m) | | 1900 |
| Shadow Waltz | Harry Warren (m)/Al Dubin (w) | Bing Crosby with Jimmy Grier's Orchestra | 1933 |
| Shake, Rattle and Roll | Charles Calhoun (w/m) | Big Joe Turner | 1954 |
| Sh-Boom | William Edwards, Carl Feaster, Claude Feaster, James Keyes, Floyd McRae | The Chords | 1954 |
| Sheik of Araby, The | Ted Snyder, Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler | Ray Miller | 1922 |
| She's a Latin from Manhattan | Al Dubin (w), Harry Warren (m) | Victor Young with Hal Burke & the Tune Twisters | 1935 |
| She's Funny That Way | Neil Moret aka Charles N. Daniels (m)/Richard A. Whiting (w) | Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1929 |
| Shine on Harvest Moon | Jack Norworth (w), Nora Bayes (m) | Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton | 1909 |
| Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy | Sammy Gallop (w), Guy Wood (m) | Stan Kenton & June Christy | 1946 |
| Shoo-Shoo Baby | Phil Moore (w/m) | The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1943 |
| Should I? | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Scrappy Lambert | 1930 |
| Show Me the Way to Go Home | Irving King (w/m) | Vincent Lopez | 1926 |
| Shrimp Boats | Paul Mason Howard and Paul Weston (w/m) | Jo Stafford | 1951 |
| Shuffle Off to Buffalo | Al Dubin (w), Harry Warren (m) | Hal Kemp with Skinnay Ennis | 1933 |
| Side by Side | Harry MacGregor Woods | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra & the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, & Harry Barris) | 1927 |
| Sierra Sue | Joseph Buell Carey (w/m) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1940 |
| Silver Threads Among the Gold | Eben E. Rexford (w), Hart Pease Danks (m) | Richard Jose | 1904 |
| Sin (It's No Sin) | Chester R. Shull (w), George Hoven (m) | Eddy Howard | 1951 |
| Sincerely | Harvey Fuqua, Alan Freed | The McGuire Sisters | 1954 |
| Sing Sing Sing with a Swing | Louis Prima, Leon Berry | Benny Goodman's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Singin' in the Rain | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Cliff Edwards (aka "Ukelele Ike") | 1929 |
| Sioux City Sue | Max C. Freedman (w), Dick Thomas (w) | Bing Crosby & the Jesters with Bob Haggart's Orchestra | 1946 |
| Sixteen Tons | Merle Travis | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 1955 |
| Sleep | Earl Lebieg (w/m) | Fred Waring | 1923 |
| Sleepy Lagoon | Jack Lawrence (w), Eric Coates (m) | Harry James | 1942 |
| Sleepy Time Down South | Leon Rene, Otis Rene, Clarence Muse (w/m) | | 1931 |
| Sleepy Time Gal | Richard A. Whiting, Ange Lorenzo, Joseph Alden, Ray Egan | Ben Bernie & Arthur Fields | 1926 |
| Slipping Around | Floyd Tillman | Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely | 1949 |
| Slow Poke | Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart | Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys | 1951 |
| Small Fry | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Bing Crosby & Johnny Mercer with Victor Young's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Smarty (You Know It All) | Burton Lane, Ralph Freed | Fats Waller | 1937 |
| Smile, Darn Ya, Smile | Charles O'Flynn and Jack Meskill (w), Max Rich (m) | Ben Selvin with Joe & Don Mooney | 1931 |
| Smiles | Lee Roberts (m), J. Will Callahan (w) | Joseph C. Smith with Harry MacDonough | 1918 |
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | Jerome Kern (m), Otto Harbach (w) | The Platters | 1958 |
| Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) | Merle Travis, Tex Williams | Tex Williams | 1947 |
| Snuggled on Your Shoulder, Cuddled in Your Arms | Carmen Lombardo and Joe Young (w/m) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1932 |
| Snuggled on Your Shoulder, Cuddled in Your Arms | Carmen Lombardo and Joe Young (w/m) | Kate Smith | 1932 |
| So in Love | Cole Porter (m/w) | Patti Page | 1949 |
| So in Love | Cole Porter (m/w) | | 1948 |
| So Long Mary | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Corrine Morgan | 1906 |
| So Rare | Jack Sharpe (w), Jerry Herst (m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1937 |
| Soft Lights and Sweet Music | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | 1932 |
| Softly As in a Morning Sunrise | Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Larry Young | 1928 |
| Solitude | Duke Ellington (m), Eddie DeLange (w), Irving Mills (w) | Duke Ellington | 1934 |
| Some Enchanted Evening | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1949 |
| Some of These Days | Shelton Brooks (m/w) | Sophie Tucker | 1911 |
| Somebody Else Is Taking My Place | Dick Howard, Bob Ellsworth, and Russ Morgan (w/m) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Peggy Lee | 1942 |
| Somebody Loves Me | George Gershwin (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Ballard McDonald (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1924 |
| Somebody Stole My Gal | Leo Woods (w/m) | Ted Weems | 1924 |
| Somebody's Coming to My House | Irving Berlin (m/w) | | 1913 |
| Someday My Prince Will Come | Frank Churchill (m), Larry Morey (w) | Adriana Caselotti | 1937 |
| Someday You'll Want Me to Want You | Jimmie Hodges (w/m) | Hoosier Hot Shots with Sally Foster | 1946 |
| Someone to Watch Over Me | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Gertrude Lawrence | 1926 |
| Something to Remember You By | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Libby Holman | 1930 |
| Something's Gotta Give | Johnny Mercer (m/w) | The McGuire Sisters | 1955 |
| Sometimes I'm Happy | Vincent Youmans (m), Irving Caesar (w) | Roger Wolfe Kahn | 1927 |
| Somewhere a Voice Is Calling | Arthur F. Tate | John McCormack | 1916 |
| Song Is Ended But the Melody Lingers On, The | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ruth Etting | 1928 |
| Song Is You, The | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Jack Denny with Paul Small | 1932 |
| Song of India | Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1921 |
| Song of Love, The | Dorothy Donnelly (w), Sigmund Romberg (m) | Lucy Isabelle Marsh with Royal Dadmun | 1922 |
| Song of Songs (Chanson du Coeur Brise) | Clarence Lucas (w), Maurice Vancaire (w), Harold Vicars as Moya (m) | Grace Kerns | 1915 |
| Song of the Islands | Charles E. King (m/w) | Wayne King | 1930 |
| Song of the Vagabonds | Brian Hooker (w), Rudolf Friml (m) | Dennis King & the Victor Light Opera Co. | 1926 |
| Song of the Volga Boatmen | Russian folk song (w/m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1941 |
| Song That Stole My Heart Away, The | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Henry Burr | 1914 |
| Sonny Boy | Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Al Jolson | Al Jolson | 1928 |
| Soon | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Bing Crosby with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1935 |
| Sophisticated Lady | Duke Ellington (m), Mitchell Parish (w), Irving Mills (w) | Duke Ellington | 1933 |
| Sound Off | Willie Lee Duckworth (w/m) | Vaughn Monroe | 1951 |
| South America, Take It Away | Harold Rome | Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1945 |
| South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) | Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr | Shep Fields & Hal Derwin | 1939 |
| Spain | Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Isham Jones | 1924 |
| Spaniard That Blighted My Life, The | Billy Merson (m/w) | Al Jolson with Walter B. Rogers' Orchestra | 1913 |
| Sparrow in the Tree Top | Bob Merrill (w/m) | Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1951 |
| Speak Low (When You Speak, Love) | Kurt Weill (m), Ogden Nash (w) | Billie Holiday | 1943 |
| S'posin' | Paul Denniker (m), Andy Razaf (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1929 |
| Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Morton Downey with Jimmy Lytell's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Springtime of Life, The | Robert B. Smith (w), Victor Herbert (m) | | 1914 |
| St. George and the Dragonet | Stan Freberg (w), Walter Schumann (m) | Stan Freberg with Daws Butler & June Foray | 1953 |
| St. Louis Blues | W.C. Handy (m/w) | Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong | 1925 |
| Stairway to the Stars | Matty Malneck (m), Frank Signorelli (m), Mitchell Parish (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1939 |
| Stardust | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Mitchell Parish (w) | Artie Shaw | 1941 |
| Stars and Stripes Forever, The | John Philip Sousa (m) | John Philip Sousa | 1897 |
| Stars Fell on Alabama | Frank S. Perkins (m), Mitchell Parish (w) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1934 |
| Star-Spangled Banner, The | Francis Scott Key (w), John Stafford Smith | | 1814 |
| Stay As Sweet As You Are | Mack Gordon, Harry Revel | Jimmie Grier with Harry Foster | 1934 |
| Stein Song (University of Maine) | Lincoln Colcord (w), E.A. Fenstad (m) arr. Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallee | 1930 |
| Stompin' at the Savoy | Benny Goodman (m), Edgar Sampson (m), Chick Webb (m), Andy Razaf (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra | 1936 |
| Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) | Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w) | Ethel Waters | 1933 |
| Stout-Hearted Men | Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein (w) | Perry Askam | 1930 |
| Strange Music | Robert Wright, George Forrest | James Melton | 1944 |
| Stranger in Paradise | Robert Wright, George Forrest | Tony Bennett with Percy Faith's Orchestra | 1953 |
| Streets of New York | Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Billy Murray | 1907 |
| Strike Up the Band | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Red Nichols | 1930 |
| String of Pearls, A | Jerry Gray (m), Eddie DeLange (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1942 |
| Strip Polka | Johnny Mercer (w/m) | Kay Kyser with Jack Martin | 1942 |
| Stumbling | Zez Confrey | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1922 |
| Sugar Blues | Clarence Williams, Lucy Fletcher | Clyde McCoy | 1931 |
| Summertime | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w), Dubose Heyward (w) | Billie Holiday | 1936 |
| Sunbonnet Sue | Will D. Cobb (w), Gus Edwards (m) | Haydn Quartet | 1908 |
| Sunday, Monday or Always | Johnny Burke (w), James Van Heusen (m) | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers | 1943 |
| Sunrise Serenade | Frankie Carle, Jack Lawrence | Glen Gray | 1939 |
| Sunshine of Your Smile, The | Leonard Cooke (w), Lillian Ray (m) | John McCormack | 1916 |
| Surrender | Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss (w/m) | Perry Como with Russ Case's Orchestra | 1946 |
| Surrey with the Fringe on Top, The | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Alfred Drake with Jay Blackton's Orchestra | 1943 |
| Swanee | George Gershwin (m), Irvng Caesar (w) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1920 |
| Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart) | Richard Gerard Husch as Richard H. Gerard (w), Harry Armstrong (m) | Haydn Quartet with John Bieling & S.H. Dudley | 1904 |
| Sweet and Lovely | Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemara (aka Charles N. Daniels) | Gus Arnheim with Donald Norvis | 1931 |
| Sweet Georgia Brown | Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard | Ben Bernie | 1925 |
| Sweet Leilani | Harry Owens | Bing Crosby with Lani McIntyre & His Hawaiians | 1937 |
| Sweet Little Buttercup | Herman Paley (m), Alfred Bryan (w) | Elizabeth Spencer & the Shannon Four | 1918 |
| Sweet Sue, Just You | Victor Young, Will Harris | Ben Pollack with Franklyn Baur | 1928 |
| Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, The | Byron D. Stokes, F. Dudleigh Vernor (m) | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | 1927 |
| Sweethearts | Robert B. Smith (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Christie MacDonald | 1913 |
| Sweethearts on Parade | Carmen Lombardo (m), Charles Newman (w) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1928 |
| Swingin' Down the Lane | Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Isham Jones | 1923 |
| Swinging on a Star | Jimmy Van Heusen (m), Johnny Burke (w) | Bing Crosby with the Williams Brothers Quartet and John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Sylvia | Clinton Scollard (w), Oley Speaks (m) | | 1914 |
| Sympathy | Otto Hauerbach (w), Rudolf Friml (m) | Walter Van Brunt with Helen Clark | 1913 |
| Symphony | Jack Lawrence (w), Alex Alstone (m) | Freddy Martin & Clyde Rogers | 1945 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Albert Von Tilzer (m), Jack Norworth (w) | Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet | 1908 |
| Take My Heart | Joe Young (w), Fred H. Ahlert (m) | Eddy Duchin with Jerry Cooper | 1936 |
| Taking a Chance on Love | Vernon Duke (m), Ted Fetter (w), John Latouche (w) | Benny Goodman with Helen Forrest | 1940 |
| Tale of a Bumble Bee, The | Frank Pixley (m) | Harry MacDonough | 1901 |
| Talk of the Town, The | Chester Cohn, Gus Kahn | Ted Weems | 1933 |
| Tangerine | Victor Schertzinger (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell | 1942 |
| Tea for Two | Vincent Youmans (m), Irving Caesar (w) | Marion Harris | 1925 |
| Teach Me Tonight | Gene DePaul (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Dinah Washington | 1954 |
| Tell Me Pretty Maiden | Owen Hall (w), Leslie Stuart (m) | Harry MacDonough with Grace Spencer | 1901 |
| Tell Me That You Love Me | Al Silverman (w), Cesare A. Bixio (m) | Freddy Martin | 1935 |
| Temptation (Tim-Tay-Shun) | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Red Ingle & the Natural Seven with Jo Stafford | 1947 |
| Temptation (Tim-Tay-Shun) | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Artie Shaw | 1940 |
| Ten Cents a Dance | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Ruth Etting | 1930 |
| Ten Little FIngers and Ten Little Toes Down in Tennessee | Harry Pease (w), Johnny White (w), Ira Schuster and Ed G. Nelson (m) | Irving Kaufman | 1922 |
| Tenderly | Walter Gross (m), Jack Lawrence (w) | Rosemary Clooney | 1952 |
| Tennessee Waltz | Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart | Patti Page | 1950 |
| Thanks for Everything | Mitchell Parish (w), Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli (m) | Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest | 1939 |
| Thanks for the Memory | Ralph Rainger (m), Leo Robin (w) | Shep Fields with Bob Goday | 1937 |
| That Haunting Melody | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Al Jolson with Walter B. Rogers' Orchestra | 1912 |
| That International Rag | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Victor Military Band | 1914 |
| That Lucky Old Sun | Beasley Smith (m), Haven Gillespie (w) | Frankie Laine with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires & Harry Geller's Orchestra | 1949 |
| That Old Black Magic | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Skip Nelson | 1943 |
| That Old Feeling | Sammy Fain (m), Lew Brown (w) | Shep Fields with Bob Goday | 1937 |
| That Old Gang of Mine | Billy Rose and Mort Dixon (w), Ray Henderson (m) | Billy Murray & Ed Smalle | 1923 |
| That's All I Want from You | M. Rotha (w/m) | Jaye P. Morgan | 1955 |
| That's Amore | Jack Brooks, Harry Warren | Dean Martin | 1953 |
| That's A-Plenty | Henry Creamer (w), Bert A. Williams (m) | Arthur Collins | 1909 |
| That's Entertainment | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Fred Astaire | 1953 |
| That's for Me | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Jo Stafford | 1945 |
| That's My Desire | Helmy Kresa (m), Carroll Loveday (m) | Frankie Laine | 1947 |
| That's My Weakness Now | Sam Stept (m), Bud Green (w) | Helen Kane with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1928 |
| That's Why They Call Me "Shine" | Cecil Mack (w), Ford Dabney (m) | Aida Overton Walker | 1910 |
| There Are Such Things | Abel Baer and Stanley Adams (w), George W. Meyer (m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers | 1942 |
| There I Go | Hy Zaret (w), Irving Weiser (m) | Vaughn Monroe | 1940 |
| There Must Be a Way | Sammy Gallop, David Saxon, and Robert Cook (w/m) | Charlie Spivak | 1945 |
| There Never Was a Girl Like You | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Byron G. Harlan | 1908 |
| There Never Was a Girl Like You | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Harry MacDonough | 1909 |
| There Never Was a Girl Like You | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | James McCool | 1906 |
| There Ought to Be a Moonlight Saving Time | Irving Kahal and Harry Richman (w/m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1931 |
| There! I've Said It Again | Redd Evans, Dave Mann | Vaughn Monroe | 1945 |
| There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin When the Yanks Go Marching In | John DeVries (w), Joe Bushkin (m) | Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1944 |
| There'll Be Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover | Nat Burton (w), Walter Kent (m) | Kay Kyser | 1941 |
| There'll Be Some Changes Made | W. Benton Overstreet (m), Billy Higgins (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Louise Tobin | 1941 |
| There's a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway | Howard Johnson (w), Fred Fisher (m) | Elsie Baker (aka Edna Brown) | 1916 |
| There's a Gold Mine in the Sky | Charles and Nick Kenny (w/m) | Horace Heidt with Larry Cotton | 1937 |
| There's a Long, Long Trail | Stoddard King, Zo Elliott | James F. Harrison & James Reed | 1915 |
| There's a Quaker Down in Quaker Town | David Berg (w), Alfred Solman (m) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1916 |
| There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder | Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer | Al Jolson | 1928 |
| There's a Small Hotel | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Hal Kemp & Maxine Grey | 1936 |
| There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere | Paul Roberts, Shelby Darnell | Elton Britt | 1942 |
| There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie | Jack Meskill, Harry Richman, Pete Wendling | Harry Richman | 1930 |
| There's No Business Like Show Business | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ethel Merman | 1946 |
| There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays | Bob Allen, Al Stillman | Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1954 |
| These Foolish Things Remind Me of You | Harry Link (m)/Jack Strachey (m)/Eric Maschwitz, aka Holt Marvel (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Helen Ward | 1936 |
| They Call the Wind Maria | Frederick Loewe (m), Alan J. Jerner (w) | Mariners | 1951 |
| They Can't Take That Away from Me | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1937 |
| They Didn't Believe Me | Jerome Kern (m), Herbert Reynolds (w) | Harry MacDonough with Olive Kline (as Alice Green) | 1915 |
| They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me | Fred Fisher (m), Joe McCarthy (w) | Marion Harris | 1917 |
| They Say | Ed Heyman (w), Paul Mann and Stephen Weiss (m) | Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest | 1938 |
| They Say It's Wonderful | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Frank Sinatra | 1946 |
| They're Either Too Young or Too Old | Arthur Schwartz (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Kitty Kallen | 1943 |
| They're Wearing 'Em Higher in Hawaii | Joe Goodwin (w), Halsey K. Mohr (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1917 |
| Thine Alone | Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m) | | 1917 |
| Thing, The | Charles R. Grean (w/m) | Phil Harris with Walter Scharf's Orchestra | 1950 |
| Third Man Theme, The | Anton Karas | Anton Karas | 1950 |
| This Is the Army, Mr. Jones | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Horace Heidt | 1943 |
| This Is the Life | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Peerless Quartet | 1914 |
| This Love of Mine | Sol Parker, Henry W. Sanicola, Frank Sinatra, et al | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra | 1941 |
| This Ole House | Stuart Hamblen (w/m) | Rosemary Clooney | 1954 |
| This Year's Kisses | Irving Berlin (w/m) | Hal Kemp with Skinnay Ennis | 1937 |
| Thou Swell | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Ben Selvin (as the Broadway Nitelites) | 1928 |
| Three Coins in the Fountain | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | The Four Aces with Jack Pleis' Orchestra | 1954 |
| Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo) | Saxie Dowell (w/m) | Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt, Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, & Ish Kabibble | 1939 |
| Three Little Words | Harry Ruby (m), Bert Kalmar (w) | Duke Ellington with the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker & Harry Barris) | 1930 |
| Three O'Clock in the Morning | Dorothy Terriss, Julian Robledo | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1922 |
| Through the Years | Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Heyman (w) | | 1931 |
| Tico Tico | Ervin Drake (w), Zequinha Abreu (m) | The Andrews Sisters | 1944 |
| Tiger Rag | Original Dixieland Jazz Band (m), Harry DeCosta | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1918 |
| Til Reveille | Bobby Worth (w), Stanley Cowan (m) | Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt, Ginny Simms, Max Williams, & Jack Martin | 1941 |
| Till I Waltz Again with You | Sidney Prosen | Teresa Brewer with Jack Pleis' Orchestra | 1952 |
| Till the Clouds Roll By | Jerome Kern (m/w), P.G. Wodehouse (w), Guy Bolton (w) | Anna Wheaton with James Harrod | 1917 |
| Till the End of Time | Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman (w/m) | Perry Como with Russ Case's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold | George Graff Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Alan Turner | 1912 |
| Till We Meet Again | Richard A. Whiting (m), Raymond B. Egan (w) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1919 |
| Time on My Hands (You in My Arms) | Vincent Youmans (m), Harold Adamson (w), Mack Gordon (w) | Smith Ballew & His Orchestra | 1931 |
| Tip Toe Through the Tulips | Joe Burke (m), Al Dubin (w) | Nick Lucas | 1929 |
| Ti-Pi-Tin | Raymond Leveen (w), Maria Grever (m) | Horace Heidt with Lysbeth Hughes & Larry Cotton | 1938 |
| To Each His Own | Ray Evans (w), Jay Livingston (m) | Eddy Howard | 1946 |
| To the End of the World with You | George Graff Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Henry Burr | 1909 |
| Together | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton | 1928 |
| Tonight We Love (Concerto No. 1, B Flat Minor) | Bobby Worth (w), Ray Austin and Freddy Martin (m) | Tony Martin | 1941 |
| Tonight You Belong to Me | Lee David, Billy Rose | Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1927 |
| Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her, You Can Have Her, She's Too Fat for Me) | Arthur Richardson, Ross MacLean | Arthur Godfrey | 1947 |
| Too Many Tears | Al Dubin (w), Harry Warren (m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1932 |
| Too Marvelous for Words | Richard A. Whiting (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Too Young | Sid Lippman (m), Sylvia Dee (w) | Nat "King" Cole with Les Baxter's Orchestra | 1951 |
| Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) | James R. Shannon (m/w) | Chauncey Olcott | 1913 |
| Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo-Bye!) | Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman, Dan Russo | Al Jolson | 1922 |
| Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1935 |
| Touch of Your Hand, The | Jerome Kern (m), Otto Harbach (w) | Leo Reisman | 1934 |
| Toyland | Glen MacDonough (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Corrine Morgan with the Haydn Quartet | 1904 |
| Trade Winds | Charles Tobias (w), Cliff Friend (m) | Bing Crosby with Dick McIntyre's Orchestra | 1940 |
| Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The | Ballard MacDonald (w), Harry Carroll (m) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1913 |
| Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! | Victor Herbert (m), Rida Johnson Young (w) | | 1910 |
| Tree in the Meadow, A | Billy Reid (w/m) | Margaret Whiting | 1948 |
| Trolley Song, The | Ralph Blane (m), Hugh Martin (w) | Judy Garland with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Truckin' | Ted Koehler (w), Rube Bloom (m) | Fats Waller | 1935 |
| Try a Little Tenderness | Harry M. Woods, Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelley | Otis Redding | 1966 |
| Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old 'Tucky Home | George W. Meyer (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Vernon Dalhart with the Criterion Trio | 1921 |
| Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Bob Nolan | The Sons of the Pioneers | 1934 |
| Turn Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday | J. Keirn Brennan (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Orpheus Quartet | 1916 |
| Tuxedo Junction | Erskine Hawkins (m), Bill Johnson (m), Julian Dash (m), Buddy Feyne (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1940 |
| Tweedle Dee | Winfield Scott | LaVern Baker | 1955 |
| Twelfth Street Rag | Euday L. Bowman (m), Andy Razaf (w) | Pee Wee Hunt | 1948 |
| Two Cigarettes in the Dark | Paul Francis Webster (w), Lew Pollack (m) | Johnny Green with George Bouler | 1934 |
| Two Cigarettes in the Dark | Paul Francis Webster (w), Lew Pollack (m) | | 1934 |
| Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time (Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt) | Joe Young (w), Robert Stolz (m) | | 1930 |
| Two Sleepy People | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Fats Waller | 1938 |
| Tzena, Tzena, Tzena | Mitchell Parish (w), Issachar Mirron and Yehiel Haggiz (m) | The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra | 1950 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| Wabash Blues | Fred Meinken | Isham Jones | 1921 |
| Wagon Wheels | Peter DeRose (w), Billy Hill (m) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Bob Lawrence | 1934 |
| Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Byron G. Harlan | 1906 |
| Waiting for the Robert E. Lee | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Lewis F. Muir (m) | Heidelberg Quintet | 1912 |
| Wake the Town and Tell the People | Jerry Livingston (m), Sammy Gallop (w) | Minday Carson | 1955 |
| Walking My Baby Back Home | Fred E. Ahlert (m), Roy Turk (w) | Charleston Chasers (as Johnny Walker & His Orchestra) | 1931 |
| Wallflower, The (Roll with Me Henry) | James Etta Rogers, Phyliss Otis | Etta James & the Peaches | 1955 |
| Waltz Me Around Again, Willie | Will D. Cobb (w), Ren Shields (m) | Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet | 1906 |
| Wang Wang Blues | Leo Wood, Gus Mueller, "Buster" Johnson, Henry Busse | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1920 |
| Wanted | Jack Fulton and Lois Steele (w/m) | Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra | 1954 |
| Wanting You | Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Robert Mission with Marianne Beaunoir | 1928 |
| Warsaw Concerto | Richard Addinsell (m) | Freddy Martin | 1943 |
| Washington and Lee Swing | C.A. Robbins (w), Thornton Whitney Allen (m), Mark W. Sheafe (m) | Meyer Davis | 1925 |
| Way Down in Old Indiana | Paul Dresser (m/w) | J.W. Myers | 1902 |
| Way Down South | George Fairman (m) | Heidelberg Quintet | 1912 |
| Way Down Yonder in New Orleans | Turner Layton, Henry Creamer | Peerless Quartet | 1922 |
| Way Out Yonder in the Golden West | Percy Wenrich (m/w) | Avon Comedy Four | 1916 |
| Way You Look Tonight, The | Jerome Kern (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1936 |
| We Could Make Such Beautiful Music | Robert Sour (w), Henry Manners (m) | | 1940 |
| We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye | Harry Woods (w/m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1932 |
| We Kiss in a Shadow | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1951 |
| We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me) | Sammy Mysels, Dick Robertson and Nelson Cogane (w/m) | The Ink Spots | 1940 |
| Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine | Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w), Willie Raskin (w) | Gene Austin with Ed Smalle & Dick Robertson & Leonard Joy's Ochestra | 1929 |
| Wedding of the Painted Doll, The | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Leo Reisman's Orchestra with Lew Conrad | 1929 |
| We're Gonna Rock Around the Clock | Max Freedman, Jimmy DeKnight | Bill Haley & His Comets | 1954 |
| What a Diff'rence a Day Makes | María Grever (m), Stanley Adams (w) | Dinah Washington | 1959 |
| What Is This Thing Called Love? | Cole Porter (m/w) | Leo Reisman | 1930 |
| What You Goin' to Do When the Rent Comes 'Round? (Rufus Rastas Johnson Brown) | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Arthur Collins | 1905 |
| Whatever Lola Wants | Richard Adler, Jerry Ross | Alma Cogan | 1957 |
| What'll I Do? | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1924 |
| What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You? | Coy Poe and Jimmie Grier (w), Truman "Pinky" Tomlin and Earl Hatch (m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1935 |
| Wheel of Fortune | Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss | Kay Starr | 1952 |
| Wheel of Fortune | Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss | | 1952 |
| When Chloe Sings a Song | Edgar Smith (w), John Stromberg (m) | George J. Gaskin | 1900 |
| When Did You Leave Heaven? | Richard A. Whiting (m), Walter Bullock (w) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1936 |
| When I Grow Too Old to Dream | Sigmund Romberg (m)/Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent | 1935 |
| When I Leave the World Behind | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Henry Burr | 1915 |
| When I Lost You | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Henry Burr | 1913 |
| When I Take My Sugar to Tea | Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman | The Boswell Sisters & the Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra | 1931 |
| When I Was Twenty-One and You Were Sweet Sixteen | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1912 |
| When I'm with You | Mack Gordon (w), Harry Revel (m) | Hal Kemp with Skinnay Ennis | 1936 |
| When Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Chauncey Olcott (w) George Graff Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Chauncey Olcott | 1913 |
| When It's Springtime in the Rockies | Mary Hale Woolsey and Milton Taggart (w), Robert Sauer (m) | Ben Selvin | 1930 |
| When My Baby Smiles at Me | Bill Munro (m), Andrew B. Sterling (w), Ted Lewis (w) | Ted Lewis | 1920 |
| When My Sugar Walks Down the Street | Jimmy McHugh (m), Gene Austin (w), Irving Mills (w) | Aileen Stanley with Gene Austin & Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1925 |
| When Reuben Comes to Town | J. Cheever Goodwin (w), Maurice Levi (m) | S.H. Dudley | 1901 |
| When the Lights Go on Again All Over the World | Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, and Bennie Benjamin (w/m) | Vaughn Monroe | 1942 |
| When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam' | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1913 |
| When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain | Harry Woods, Howard Johnson, Kate Smith | Kate Smith | 1931 |
| When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along | Harry M. Woods (m/w) | Al Jolson with Carl Fenton's Orchestra | 1926 |
| When the Saints Go Marching In | James M. Black/Katharine E. Purvis | | 1896 |
| When We Are Dancing I Get Ideas | Dorcas Cochran (w), Julio C. Sanders (m) | Tony Martin | 1951 |
| When We Are M-A-R-R-I-E-D | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1908 |
| When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade) | Will Jason, Val Burton | Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Frank Luther | 1932 |
| When You Were Sweet Sixteen | James Thornton (m/w) | George J. Gaskin | 1900 |
| When You Were Sweet Sixteen | James Thornton (m/w) | | 1898 |
| When You Wish Upon a Star | Leigh Harline (m), Ned Washington (w) | Cliff Edwards with the Ken Darby Singers & Victor Young's Orchestra | 1940 |
| When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose | Jack Mahoney (w), Percy Weinrich (m) | American Quartet | 1914 |
| When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver | Charles Tobias (w), Peter DeRose (m) | Frank Luther & Carson Robison | 1931 |
| When You're a Long, Long Way from Home | Sam M. Lewis (w), George M. Meyer (m) | Henry Burr | 1914 |
| When You're Away | Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Olive Kline | 1915 |
| When You're Smiling, the Whole World Smiles with You | Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay | Seger Ellis | 1928 |
| When Yuba Plays Rumba on the Tuba | Herman Hupfield (w/m) | Rudy Vallee | 1931 |
| Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday on Saturday Night? | George W. Meyer (m), Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1916 |
| Where Did You Get That Girl? | Bert Kalmar (w), Harry Puck (m) | Walter Van Brunt | 1913 |
| Where Is Your Heart (Song from "Moulin Rouge") | William Engvick (w), George Aurie (m) | Percy Faith's Orchestra with Felicia Sanders | 1953 |
| Where or When | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Hal Kemp with Bob Allen | 1937 |
| Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day | Fred E. Ahlert (m), Roy Turk (w), Bing Crosby (w) | Bing Crosby | 1932 |
| Where the Morning Glories Grow | Gus Kahn (w), Raymond Egan (w), Richard A. Whiting (m) | Elizabeth Spencer & the Sterling Trio | 1918 |
| Where the River Shannon Flows (new version) | James I. Russell (m/w) | Harry MacDonough | 1910 |
| Where Was I? | Al Dubin (w), Frankie Harling (m) | Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra with Mary Ann McCall | 1940 |
| Whiffenpoof Song, The | Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy, Tod B. Galloway | Bing Crosby with Fred Waring's Glee Club | 1947 |
| Whip-Poor-Will | Jerome Kern (m), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Isham Jones | 1921 |
| Whispering | John Schonberger (w), Richard Coburn (w), Vincent Rose (m) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1920 |
| Whispering | John Schonberger (w), Richard Coburn (w), Vincent Rose (m) | | 1920 |
| Whispers in the Dark | Leo Robin (w), Fred Hollander (m) | Bob Crosby's Orchestra with Kay Weber | 1937 |
| Whistle While You Work | Morey, Churchill | Seven Dwarfs | 1937 |
| Whistler and His Dog, The | Arthor Pryor (m) | Prince's Orchestra | 1905 |
| White Christmas | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1942 |
| Who Wouldn't Love You | Carl Fisher (m), Bill Carey (w) | Kay Kyser with Trudy Babbitt & Harry Babbitt | 1942 |
| Who? | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w), Otto Harbach (w) | George Olsen | 1926 |
| Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? | Frank E. Churhill, Ann Ronnell | Don Bestor & His Orchestra with Florence Case, Frank Sherryl, & Charles Yontz | 1933 |
| Who's Sorry Now? | Harry Ruby (m), Bert Kalmar (w), Ted Snyder (w) | Connie Francis | 1958 |
| Why Do I Love You? | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Nat Shilkret | 1928 |
| Why Don't You Believe Me | Lew Douglas, King Laney, Roy Roddle | Joni James with Lew Douglas's Orchestra | 1952 |
| Why Was I Born? | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Libby Holman | 1930 |
| Will You Love Me in December As You Do in May? | James J. Walker (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Haydn Quartet with Harry MacDonough | 1906 |
| Winter Wonderland | Felix Bernard (m), Richard B. Smith (w) | Guy Lombardo | 1934 |
| Wise Old Owl, A | Joe Ricardel (w/m) | Al Donahue with Dee Keating | 1941 |
| Wish You Were Here | Harold Rome | Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra | 1952 |
| Wishing Will Make It So | Buddy DeSylva (w/m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1939 |
| With a Song in My Heart | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Leo Reisman's Orchestra with Ran Weeks | 1929 |
| With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming | Mack Gordon (w), Harry Revel (m) | Leo Reisman's Orchestra with George Bueler | 1934 |
| With Plenty of Money and You (Oh! Baby What I Couldn't Do) | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Busse, Henry, & His Orchestra | 1937 |
| Without a Song | Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Eliscu (w), Billy Rose (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Bing Crosby | 1929 |
| Woman Is Only a Woman, But a Good Cigar Is a Smoke, A | Harry B. Smith (w), Victor Herbert (m) | | 1905 |
| Wonderful Guy, A | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Mary Martin | 1949 |
| Wonderful Guy, A | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Margaret Whiting | 1949 |
| Wonderful One | Paul Whiteman and Ferde Grofé (m), Theodora Morse (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1923 |
| Won't You Come Over to My House? | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Byron G. Harlan | 1907 |
| Woodpecker Song, The | Harold Adamson (w), Eldo di Lazzaro (m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Marion Hutton | 1940 |
| Woody Woodpecker | George Tibbles and Ramez Idriss (w/m) | Kay Kyser with Gloria Wood | 1948 |
| Words Are Flying | Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss (w/m) | | 1946 |
| World Is Waiting for the Sunrise, The | Ernest Seitz (m), Gene Lockhart (w) | Isham Jones | 1922 |
| Wouldn't You Like to Have Me for a Sweetheart? | Wallace Irwin (w), Alfred G. Robyn (m) | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1908 |
SONG | WRITER(S),
m = music, w = words | Performer with
Highest Rated Version | Year |
| Yama Yama Man, The | George Collin Davis (w), Karl Hoschna (m) | Ada Jones & the Victor Light Opera Co. | 1909 |
| Yankee Doodle Boy | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1905 |
| Yellow Rose of Texas, The | Don George | Mitch Miller | 1955 |
| Yes Sir! That's My Baby | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Gene Austin & Billy Carpenter | 1925 |
| Yes! We Have No Bananas | Frank Silver, Irving Cohn | Billy Jones | 1923 |
| Yesterdays | Jerome Kern (m), Otto Harbach (w) | Leo Reisman with Frank Luther | 1933 |
| Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay! | Will D. Cobb (w), John H. Flynn (m) | Blanche Ring | 1909 |
| Yoo-Hoo | Al Jolson | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1922 |
| You Always Hurt the One You Love | Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher (w/m) | The Mills Brothers | 1944 |
| You and I | Meredith Willson (w/m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1941 |
| You and the Night and the Music | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Libby Holman with Richard Himber's Orchestra | 1935 |
| You Are Love | Jerome Kern (m)/Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | | 1927 |
| You Are My Lucky Star | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1935 |
| You Are My Sunshine | Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell | Jimmie Davis | 1940 |
| You Belong to Me | Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart | Jo Stafford | 1952 |
| You Belong to Me | Harry B. Smith (w), Victor Herbert (m) | | 1916 |
| You Belong to My Heart | Agustín Lara, Gilbert | | 1944 |
| You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me | Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman | Maurice Chevalier with Leonard Joy's Orchestra | 1930 |
| You Call Everybody Darlin' | Sam Martin, Ben Trace, Clem Watts (w/m) | Al Trace & Bob Vincent | 1948 |
| You Can't Be True, Dear | Hans Otten/Gerhard Ebeler (German)/Hal Cotten (English) | Ken Griffin & Jeff Wayne | 1948 |
| You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming | Dave Franklin and Cliff Friend (w/m) | Teddy Wilson | 1937 |
| You Do | Mack Gordon (w), Josef Myrow (m) | Dinah Shore | 1947 |
| You Do Something to Me | Cole Porter (m/w) | Leo Reisman | 1930 |
| You Go to My Head | J. Fred Coots (m), Haven Gillespie (w) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1938 |
| You Gotta Be a Football Hero to Get Along with the Beautiful Girls | Al Sherman, Buddy Fields, Al Lewis | Ben Bernie | 1933 |
| You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) | Jimmy Monaco (m), Joseph McCarthy (w) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1913 |
| You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby | Harry Warren (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby's Orchestra | 1938 |
| You Oughta Be in Pictures (My Star of Stars) | Edward Heyman (w), Dana Suesse (m) | Rudy Vallee | 1934 |
| You Took Advantage of Me | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Bing Crosby, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Austin Young | 1928 |
| You Turned the Tables on Me | Louis Alter (m), Sidney D. Mitchell (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Helen Ward | 1936 |
| You Walk By | Ben Raleigh (w), Bernie Wayne (m) | Eddy Duchin with Johnny Drake | 1941 |
| You Were Meant for Me | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Nat Shilkret with Scrappy Lambert | 1929 |
| You Were Meant for Me | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Connee Boswell & Victor Young's Orchestra | 1948 |
| You Were Meant for Me | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Ben Selvin | 1929 |
| You Were Meant for Me | Sissle/Blake | | 1924 |
| You Were Never Lovelier | Jerome Kern (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | | 1942 |
| You Were Only Fooling When I Was Falling in Love | Larry Fotine (m), Billy Faber (w), Fred Meadows (w) | The Ink Spots | 1948 |
| You You You | Robert Mellin (w), Lotar Olias (m) | The Ames Brothers with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra | 1953 |
| You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To | Cole Porter (m/w) | Dinah Shore | 1943 |
| You'd Be Surprised | Irving Berlin | Eddie Cantor | 1920 |
| You'll Never Know | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners | 1943 |
| You'll Never Walk Alone | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1945 |
| Young and Foolish | Albert Hague, Arnold B. Horwitt | Edmund Hockridge | 1956 |
| Young at Heart | Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards | Frank Sinatra | 1954 |
| Younger Than Springtime | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Billy Tabbert | 1949 |
| Your Cheatin' Heart | Hank Williams (m/w) | Hank Williams | 1953 |
| You're a Grand Old Flag (aka "The Grand Old Rag) | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1906 |
| You're a Sweetheart | Jimmy McHugh (m), Harold Adamson (w) | Dolly Dawn & Her Dawn Patrol | 1938 |
| You're All I Need | Gus Kahn (w), Bronislau Kaper and Walter Jurmann (m) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1935 |
| You're an Old Smoothie | Richard A. Whiting, Nacio Herb Brown | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Ramona Davies | 1933 |
| You're Breaking My Heart | Pat Genaro, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Sunny Skylar | Vic Damone with Glen Osser's Orchestra | 1949 |
| You're Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?) | Walter Donaldson/Gus Kahn | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1930 |
| You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Bing Crosby with Guy Lombardo's Orchestra | 1933 |
| You're in Love | Otto Hauerbach (w), Edward Clark (w), Rudolf Friml (m) | Lyric Quartet | 1917 |
| You're My Everything | Harry Warren (m)/Mort Dixon (w)/Joe Young (w) | Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Frank Luther | 1931 |
| You're the Cream in My Coffee | Ray Henderson | Ben Selvin & Jack Palmer | 1928 |
| You're the Top | Cole Porter (m/w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Peggy Healy & John Hauser | 1934 |
| Yours (Quiereme Mucho) | Jack Sherr (w), Gonzalo Roig (m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell | 1941 |
| You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night or You Can't See Mama at All | Con Conrad (m), Billy Rose (w) | Dolly Kay with Frank Westphal's Orchestra | 1923 |
