Tuesday, December 31, 2002

David A. Jasen: The Top 500 Songs from 1899-1999

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David A. Jasen:

The Top 500 Songs from 1899-1999

The list is unranked, but Dave’s Music Database has ranked the songs from Jasen’s book based on their overall status in the DMDB. The results posted here are for the top 500 songs. Overall, this is a first-rate list because it represents more years than most lists. It does, however, short change harder rock. In a list of 2000 songs, it is hard to imagine Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” Guns N’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (all which rank in the DMDB’s top 100 of all time) being omitted. Instead, this list is more focused on middle-of-the-road music.

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1. Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas” (1942)
2. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968)
3. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965)
4. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992)
5. Bill Haley & the Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954)
6. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983)
7. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982)
8. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
9. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
10. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967)

11. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
12. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966)
13. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968)
14. Arthur Collins with Byron Harlan “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911)
15. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991)
16. Eagles “Hotel California” (1976)
17. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
18. Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (1956)
19. Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow” (1939)
20. Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (1997)

21. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968)
22. The Beatles “Yesterday” (1965)
23. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956)
24. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (1956)
25. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
26. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997)
27. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
28. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956)
29. Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra “Night and Day” (1932)
30. Al Jolson “Swanee” (1920)
31. Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra “Cheek to Cheek” (1935)

32. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
33. The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970)
34. Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (1927)
35. Glenn Miller Orchestra “In the Mood” (1939)
36. Ben E. King “Stand by Me” (1961)
37. Artie Shaw “Begin the Beguine” (1938)
38. Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman” (1964)
39. The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (1965)
40. Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (1908)

41. The American Quartet “Over There” (1917)
42. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957)
43. The Righteous Brothers “Unchained Melody” (1965)
44. Abba “Dancing Queen” (1976)
45. Billy Murray “You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (1906)
46. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981)
47. Ethel Waters “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)” (1933)
48. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
49. Chubby Checker “The Twist” (1960)
50. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984)

51. Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale” (1967)
52. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra “Whispering” (1920)
53. Artie Shaw “Stardust” (1941)
54. Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong “St. Louis Blues” (1925)
55. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
56. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)
57. The Doors “Light My Fire” (1967)
58. Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” (1971)
59. The Kingsmen “Louie Louie” (1963)
60. Peerless Quartet “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (1911)

61. Al Jolson “April Showers” (1922)
62. Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)
63. Gene Autry with the Pinafores “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1949)
64. The Temptations “My Girl” (1964)
65. Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “Pennies from Heaven” (1936)
66. USA for Africa “We Are the World” (1985)
67. Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (1950)
68. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “Endless Love” (1981)
69. Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer’s Orchestra “The Way You Look Tonight” (1936)
70. Haydn Quartet “Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)” (1904)

71. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
72. Haydn Quartet “In the Good Old Summertime” (1903)
73. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995)
74. Billy Murray “Give My Regards to Broadway” (1905)
75. Les Brown with Doris Day “Sentimental Journey” (1945)
76. Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds” (1969)
77. American Quartet “Moonlight Bay” (1912)
78. Elvis Presley “All Shook Up“ (1957)
79. Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind” (1960)
80. Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton “Shine on Harvest Moon” (1909)

81. Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” (1910)
82. The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958)
83. The Beatles “She Loves You” (1963)
84. Nat “King” Cole “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” (1946)
85. Al Jolson “You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)” (1913)
86. The Monkees “I’m a Believer” (1966)
87. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1982)
88. The Mills Brothers “Paper Doll” (1942)
89. Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (1962)
90. Arthur Collins “Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home” (1902)

91. Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman” (1966)
92. Santana & Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)
93. Billy Murray “Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis” (1904)
94. Henry Burr with Albert Campbell “Till We Meet Again” (1919)
95. Ben Selvin “Dardanella” (BB: 1920)
96. Elvis Presley “It’s Now or Never” (1960)
97. Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard “All the Things You Are” (1939)
98. Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes” (1981)
99. Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World” (1967)
100. Simon and Garfunkel “The Sounds of Silence” (1965)

101. Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires “Chattanooga Choo Choo” (1941)
102. Fats Waller “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (1929)
103. Chic “Le Freak” (1978)
104. Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” (1971)
105. Buddy Holly and The Crickets “That’ll Be the Day” (1957)
106. Britney Spears “Baby One More Time” (1998)
107. Byron Harlan “School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)” (1907)
108. Madonna “Like a Prayer” (1989)
109. Isham Jones “It Had to Be You” (1924)
110. Chauncey Olcott “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” (1913)

111. Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary” (1969)
112. Cliff Edwards “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” (1928)
113. Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” (1960)
114. Sophie Tucker “Some of These Days” (1911)
115. Marion Harris “After You’ve Gone” (1919)
116. The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women” (1969)
117. George Harrison “My Sweet Lord” (1970)
118. Marion Harris “Tea for Two” (1925)
119. Paul Robeson “Ol’ Man River” (1928)
120. Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers “I’ll Never Smile Again” (1940)

121. Billy Murray “Yankee Doodle Boy” (1905)
122. Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (1977)
123. Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra & Williams Brothers Quartet “Swinging on a Star” (1944)
124. Dooley Wilson “As Time Goes By” (1942)
125. Paul Whiteman with Bob Lawrence “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” (1933)
126. The Weavers “Goodnight Irene” (1950)
127. Survivor “Eye of the Tiger” (1982)
128. Francis Craig with Bob Lamm “Near You” (1947)
129. Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise” (1995)
130. Dinah Shore and Her Harper Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows” (1948)

131. The Harmonicats “Peg O’ My Heart” (1947)
132. Les Paul with Mary Ford “How High the Moon” (1951)
133. Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (1966)
134. Cliff Edwards “When You Wish Upon a Star” (1940)
135. Coleman Hawkins “Body and Soul” (1940)
136. Ben Selvin “Happy Days Are Here Again” (1930)
137. Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly with His Song” (1973)
138. Arthur Collins with Byron Harlan “Darktown Strutters’ Ball” (1918)
139. John McCormack “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary” (1915)
140. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986)

141. Del Shannon “Runaway” (1961)
142. Blondie “Call Me” (1980)
143. Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (1994)
144. Duke Ellington “Mood Indigo” (1931)
145. Blondie “Heart of Glass” (1978)
146. The Flamingos “I Only Have Eyes for You” (1959)
147. Simon & Garfunkel “Mrs. Robinson” (1968)
148. Original Dixieland Jazz Band “Tiger Rag” (1918)
149. Al Jolson “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody” (1918)
150. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man” (1968)

151. George Olsen with Fran Frey, Bob Rice, & Edward Joyce “Always” (1926)
152. Olivia Newton-John “Physical” (1981)
153. Spice Girls “Wannabe” (1996)
154. American Quartet with Billy Murray “Casey Jones” (1910)
155. Jerry Lee Lewis “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (1957)
156. Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes” (1956)
157. Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild” (1968)
158. Byron Harlan “My Gal Sal” (1907)
159. Elvis Presley “Love Me Tender” (1956)
160. The Archies “Sugar, Sugar” (1969)

161. Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (1995)
162. Jerry Lee Lewis “Great Balls of Fire” (1957)
163. Harry MacDonough “Down by the Old Mill Stream” (1911)
164. The Penguins “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)” (1954)
165. Kenny Rogers “Lady” (1980)
166. Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” (1969)
167. Bee Gees “Night Fever” (1977)
168. The Mamas & the Papas “California Dreamin’” (1966)
169. Larry Clinton with Bea Wain “Deep Purple” (1939)
170. Rudy Vallee “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (1932)

171. The Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin” (1967)
172. Artie Shaw & His Orchestra “Frenesi” (1940)
173. Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” (1973)
174. The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” (1966)
175. Ben Selvin “Blue Skies” (1927)
176. Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me” (1952)
177. Perry Como “Some Enchanted Evening” (1949)
178. Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “I’ll Be Seeing You” (1944)
179. Henry Burr “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now” (1909)
180. Byron Harlan “Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie” (1906)

181. Barbra Streisand “The Way We Were” (1973)
182. Bee Gees “How Deep Is Your Love” (1977)
183. Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent “Blue Moon” (1935)
184. Cher “Believe” (1998)
185. The Beatles “Help!” (1964)
186. Little Jack Little “I’m in the Mood for Love” (1935)
187. Red Nichols “I Got Rhythm” (1930)
188. Ted Lewis “On the Sunny Side of the Street” (1930)
189. The Fifth Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” (1969)
190. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” (1956)

191. Nat “King” Cole “Mona Lisa” (1950)
192. Danny & the Juniors “At the Hop” (1957)
193. Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want” (1978)
194. Haydn Quartet “Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet” (1909)
195. Queen “Another One Bites the Dust” (1980)
196. Little Richard “Tutti Frutti” (1955)
197. Billie Holiday “Strange Fruit” (1939)
198. Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons” (1955)
199. Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (1998)
200. Irene Cara “Flashdance...What a Feelin’” (1983)

201. Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997)
202. Billy Murray “In My Merry Oldsmobile” (1905)
203. Madonna “Like a Virgin” (1984)
204. Van & Schenck “Ain’t We Got Fun?” (1921)
205. George Michael “Careless Whisper” (1984)
206. Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me” (1987)
207. Ben Bernie “Sweet Georgia Brown” (1925)
208. Nick Lucas “Tip Toe Through the Tulips” (1929)
209. Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (1992)
210. Woody Herman “Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)” (1941)

211. Harry James with Helen Forrest “I’ve Heard That Song Before” (1943)
212. Stevie Wonder “I Just Called to Say I Love You” (1984)
213. Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (1996)
214. The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (1968)
215. Judy Garland with Gene Kelly “For Me and My Gal” (1942)
216. Sam Cooke “You Send Me” (1957)
217. Van & Schenck “Carolina in the Morning” (1923)
218. Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill” (1956)
219. Gertrude Lawrence “Someone to Watch Over Me” (1927)
220. Gene Austin “My Melancholy Baby” (1928)

221. The Beatles with Billy Preston “Get Back” (1969)
222. Harry MacDonough with Olive Kline “They Didn't Believe Me” (1915)
223. Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (1983)
224. Gene Austin “Bye Bye Blackbird” (1926)
225. Madonna “Vogue” (1990)
226. The Knack “My Sharona” (1979)
227. Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” (1983)
228. Henry Mancini with Audrey Hepburn “Moon River” (1961)
229. Kool & the Gang “Celebration” (1980)
230. The Platters “The Great Pretender” (1955)

231. The Beatles “Something” (1969)
232. The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” (1960)
233. Al Jolson “California Here I Come” (1924)
234. Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters “Don’t Fence Me In” (1944)
235. Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” (1984)
236. Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans” (1959)
237. The Supremes “Baby Love” (1964)
238. Men at Work “Down Under” (1981)
239. Henry Burr (as Irving Gillette) “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree” (1905)
240. Ritchie Valens “La Bamba” (1958)

241. The Supremes “Stop! In the Name of Love” (1965)
242. The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love” (1964)
243. Arthur Fields “Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning” (1918)
244. Louis Armstrong “All of Me” (1932)
245. Pee Wee Hunt “Twelfth Street Rag” (1948)
246. The Beatles “Penny Lane” (1967)
247. Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Peggy Sue” (1957)
248. Earl Burtnett with Harry Richman “Puttin’ on the Ritz” (1930)
249. Gene Austin with Billy Carpenter “Yes sir! That’s My Baby” (1925)
250. Carly Simon “You’re So Vain” (1972)

251. Elvis Presley “Can’t Help Falling in Love’ (1961)
252. Foreigner “I Want to Know What Love Is” (1984)
253. Victor Orchestra “The Glow-Worm” (1908)
254. Domenico Modugno “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue)” 1958)
255. Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer’s Orchestra “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” (1937)
256. Paul Whiteman “The Japanese Sandman” (1920)
257. The Platters “Only You (And You Alone)” (1955)
258. The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go” (1964)
259. Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (1996)
260. TLC “Waterfalls” (1995)

261. Ray Noble “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” (1936)
262. Billy Jones “Yes! We Have No Bananas” (1923)
263. The Everly Brothers “Wake Up Little Susie” (1957)
264. Harry James Orchestra with Frank Sinatra “All or Nothing at All” (1939)
265. Bob Dylan “Blowin’ in the Wind” (1963)
266. Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together” (1975)
267. The Knickerbocker Quartet “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile” (1917)
268. Phil Collins “Another Day in Paradise” (1989)
269. Little Eva Little Eva “The Loco-Motion” (1962)
270. Lionel Richie “All Night Long (All Night)” (1983)

271. Marion Harris “The Man I Love” (1928)
272. The Five Satins “In the Still of the Nite (I’ll Remember)” (1956)
273. Chuck Berry “Maybellene” (1955)
274. Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen” (1982)
275. Three Dog Night “Joy to the World” (1970)
276. Billy Murray “Harrigan” (1907)
277. The Everly Brothers “Cathy’s Clown” (1960)
278. Heidelberg Quintet “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee” (1912)
279. Cliff Edwards (aka “Ukelele Ike”) “Singing’ in the Rain” (1929)
280. Bing Crosby with the Mills Brothers “Dinah” (1932)

281. Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners “You’ll Never Know” (1943)
282. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “The Aba Daba Honeymoon” (1914)
283. Isaac Hayes “Theme from ‘Shaft’” (1971)
284. The Ink Spots “If I Didn’t Care” (1939)
285. Bing Crosby with Lani McIntyre & His Hawaiians “Sweet Leilani” (1937)
286. The Box Tops “The Letter” (1967)
287. Prince’s Orchestra “Ballin’ the Jack” (1914)
288. Carole King “It’s Too Late’ (1971)
289. Billie Holiday “Summertime” (1936)
290. Eddie Cantor “Makin’ Whoopee” (1929)

291. Duke Ellington “Sophisticated Lady” (1933)
292. The Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar” (1971)
293. Peerless Quartet “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier” (1915)
294. The Jackson 5 “I’ll Be There” (1970)
295. Lipps Inc. “Funkytown” (1980)
296. Dionne Warwick & Friends “That's What Friends Are For” (1985)
297. Ben Bernie with Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot “Ain’t She Sweet?” (1927)
298. Eddie Cantor “If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie” (1925)
299. The Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)” (1961)
300. Paul Whiteman “What’ll I Do?” (1924)

301. Paul Whiteman “My Mammy” (1921)
302. Ben Selvin “Manhattan” (1925)
303. Tony Bennett “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” (1962)
304. Heidelberg Quintet “By the Beautiful Sea” (1914)
305. Wendell Hall “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’” (1924)
306. The Everly Brothers “Bye Bye Love” (1957)
307. Commodores “Three Times a Lady” (1978)
308. Charles Harrison “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” (1918)
309. Bessie Smith “Down Hearted Blues” (1923)
310. Mitch Miller “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (1955)

311. Arthur Collins “The Preacher and the Bear” (1905)
312. Ben Selvin “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles” (1919)
313. The Champs “Tequila” (1958)
314. Meat Loaf “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” (1993)
315. Harry Simeone Chorale “The Little Drummer Boy” (1958)
316. Don Azpiazu with Arturo Machine “The Peanut Vendor (El Manicero)” (1930)
317. Billy Murray with the American Quartet “Oh You Beautiful Doll” (1911)
318. Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit” (1967)
319. Ben Selvin “Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town)” (1922)
320. Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time” (1984)

321. Billy Joel “Just the Way You Are” (1977)
322. Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” (1977)
323. Eddie Cantor “Margie” (1921)
324. Henry Burr “Beautiful Ohio” (1919)
325. Olivia Newton-John “I Honestly Love You” (1974)
326. Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads “Cry” (1951)
327. Andy Gibb “Shadow Dancing” (1978)
328. Victor Military Band “Poor Butterfly” (1917)
329. Tears for Fears “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” (1985)
330. The Beatles “Twist and Shout” (1963)

331. John Steel “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody” (1919)
332. Gilbert O’Sullivan “Alone Again Naturally” (1972)
333. Steve Porter “A Bird in a Gilded Cage” (1900)
334. Bert Williams “Nobody” (1906)
335. Dire Straits “Money for Nothing” (1985)
336. Ted Lewis “In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town” (1932)
337. Harry MacDonough & Grace Spencer “Tell Me Pretty Maiden” (1901)
338. Frank Sinatra “Strangers in the Night” (1966)
339. J.W. Myers “On a Sunday Afternoon” (1902)
340. Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner “Heartaches” (1947)

341. Guy Mitchell “Singing the Blues” (1956)
342. The Supremes “You Can’t Hurry Love” (1966)
343. Guy Lombardo “Winter Wonderland” (1934)
344. The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964)
345. Sir Mix-a-Lot “Baby Got Back” (1992)
346. The Chords “Sh-Boom” (1954)
347. Prince “Kiss” (1986)
348. Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” (1945)
349. Pat Boone “Love Letters in the Sand” (1957)
350. Vaughn Monroe “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” (1945)

351. Wild Cherry “Play That Funky Music” (1976)
352. All-4-One “I Swear” (1994)
353. Isham Jones with Ray Miller & Frank Bessinger “I’ll See You in My Dreams” (1925)
354. Bruce Springsteen “Dancing in the Dark” (1984)
355. Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca” (1999)
356. Arthur Gibbs & His Gang “Charleston” (1924)
357. Billy Medley with Jennifer Warnes “I’ve Had the Time of My Life” (1987)
358. Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart” (1983)
359. Al Jolson “Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo-Bye!)” (1922)
360. Doris Day “Secret Love” (1954)

361. Henry Burr “M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)” (1916)
362. B.J. Thomas “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” (1969)
363. Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra “I Can’t Get Started” (1938)
364. Arthur Collins “Hello Ma Baby” (1899)
365. Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973)
366. Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972)
367. Henry Burr “My Buddy” (1922)
368. Percy Faith “Theme from ‘A Summer Place’” (1960)
369. Al Jolson with Ray Miller’s Orchestra “All Alone” (1925)
370. Henry Burr “When I Lost You” (1913)

371. The Beatles “All You Need Is Love” (1967)
372. Elvis Presley “Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear” (1957)
373. Don Bestor & His Orchestra with Dudley Mecum “42nd Street” (1933)
374. Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up” (1987)
375. Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton “Lover” (1933)
376. Chic “Good Times” (1979)
377. Glenn Miller with Skip Nelson “That Old Black Magic” (1943)
378. Chauncey Olcott “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s an Irish Lullaby)” (1913)
379. Glenn Miller “Moonlight Serenade” (1939)
380. Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” (1993)

381. Stevie Wonder “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” (1972)
382. Walter Huston “September Song” (1939)
383. Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme” (1950)
384. Elsie Baker (aka "Edna Brown") “Missouri Waltz (Hush-A-Bye Ma Baby)” (1917)
385. Haydn Quartet “Bedelia” (1904)
386. George MacFarlane “Little Bit of Heaven, a (Shure, They Call It Ireland)” (1915)
387. Wayne King “Goodnight Sweetheart” (1931)
388. Paul Whiteman “Somebody Loves Me” (1924)
389. Diana Ross “Upside Down” (1980)
390. Art Mooney “I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover” (1948)

391. Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia” (1994)
392. Fats Waller “Honeysuckle Rose” (1935)
393. George Michael “Faith” (1987)
394. Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra “Ramona” (1928)
395. Ace of Base “The Sign” (1993)
396. The Chordettes “Mr. Sandman” (1954)
397. Elton John with Kiki Dee “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (1976)
398. Ruth Etting “Love Me or Leave Me” (1929)
399. The Turtles “Happy Together” (1967)
400. Dolly Parton “9 to 5” (1980)

401. "Whispering" Jack Smith “Me and My Shadow” (1927)
402. Byron G. Harlan “Hello Central, Give Me Heaven” (1901)
403. The Rolling Stones “Angie” (1973)
404. Elsie Baker (aka "Edna Brown") “I Love You Truly” (1912)
405. Kenny Loggins “Footloose” (1984)
406. Fanny Brice with Rosario Bourdon’s Orchestra “My Man (Mon Homme)” (1922)
407. Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers “On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe” (1945)
408. Jan Garber with Benny Davis “Baby Face” (1926)
409. The Monkees “Daydream Believer” (1967)
410. Harry MacDonough “Hiawatha (His Song to Minnehaha)” (1903)

411. Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylor, & Austin Young “The Birth of the Blues” (1926)
412. Big Joe Turner “Shake, Rattle and Roll” (1954)
413. Tommy Edwards “It’s All in the Game” (1951)
414. Marion Harris “Look for the Silver Lining” (1921)
415. Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder “Ebony and Ivory” (1982)
416. Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood “Let’s Fall in Love” (1934)
417. Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “How Deep Is the Ocean?” (1932)
418. Ray Miller “The Sheik of Araby” (1922)
419. Ray Noble with Al Bowlly “The Very Thought of You” (1934)
420. George Olsen “Who?” (1926)

421. John Lennon “Just Like Starting Over” (1980)
422. Shep Fields with Bob Goday “That Old Feeling” (1937)
423. Vaughn Monroe “Ballerina (aka ‘Dance Ballerina Dance’)” (1947)
424. Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” (1979)
425. Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1993)
426. Rod Stewart “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” (1978)
427. Fats Domino “Ain’t That a Shame” (1955)
428. Count Basie “April in Paris” (1956)
429. Isham Jones “Wabash Blues” (1921)
430. Donna Summer “Hot Stuff” (1979)

431. The Isley Brothers “Shout (Parts 1 and 2)” (1959)
432. The McGuire Sisters “Sincerely” (1954)
433. Ted Lewis “All by Myself” (1921)
434. Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo “Stars Fell on Alabama” (1934)
435. Ada Jones with Billy Murray & American Quartet “Come Josephine in My Flying Machine” (1911)
436. Berlin “Take My Breath Away” (1986)
437. Ethele Waters “Am I Blue?” (1929)
438. J. Geils Band “Centerfold” (1981)
439. The Byrds “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)” (1965)
440. Bill Snyder “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” (1950)

441. Lionel Richie “Say You Say Me” (1985)
442. Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Bob Crosby “Lullaby of Broadway” (1935)
443. Nat "King" Cole with Les Baxter’s Orchestra “Too Young” (1951)
444. The Temptations “Just My Imagination Running Away with Me” (1971)
445. Mariah Carey “Vision of Love” (1990)
446. Jimmy Dean “Big Bad John” (1961)
447. Harry James with Dick Haymes “I’ll Get by As Long As I Have You” (1941)
448. Elton John “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” (1973)
449. Brandy & Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (1998)
450. Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra “Because of You” (1951)

451. Blue Barron & His Orchestra “Cruising Down the River on a Sunday Afternoon” (1949)
452. Carpenters “They Long to Be Close to You” (1970)
453. Tommy Dorsey “Once in a While” (1937)
454. Ted Lewis “When My Baby Smiles at Me” (1920)
455. Little Richard “Long Tall Sally” (1956)
456. Al Donahue with Paula Kelly “Jeepers Creepers” (1938)
457. The Four Seasons “Sherry” (1962)
458. Bing Crosby with Trudy Erwin & the Sportsmen Glee Club “People Will Say We’re in Love” (1943)
459. Paul Whiteman “Wang Wang Blues” (1920)
460. Mamie Smith “Crazy Blues” (1920)

461. Leo Reisman “What Is This Thing Called Love?” (1930)
462. Billy Murray “Pretty Baby” (1916)
463. Doris Day “Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)” (1956)
464. Ed Gallagher & Al Shean “Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean” (1922)
465. Ted Lewis “Lazy Bones” (1933)
466. Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue” (1926)
467. Corrine Morgan & Haydn Quartet “Toyland” (1904)
468. Fanny Brice with Rosario Bourdon’s Orchestra “Second Hand Rose” (1922)
469. Anna Wheaton with James Harrod “Till the Clouds Roll By” (1917)
470. Red Nichols with Dick Robertson “Embraceable You” (1930)

471. Culture Club “Karma Chameleon” (1983)
472. Rick Springfield “Jessie’s Girl” (1981)
473. The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry” (1962)
474. Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “Islands in the Stream” (1983)
475. Madonna “Take a Bow” (1994)
476. Al Jolson with Carl Fenton’s Orchestra “I’m Sitting on Top of the World” (1926)
477. Arthur Collins “Under the Bamboo Tree” (1902)
478. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps “Be-Bop-A-Lula” (1956)
479. Mariah Carey “Fantasy” (1995)
480. Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (1993)

481. Vaughn Monroe “There! I’ve Said It Again” (1945)
482. Nora Bayes “How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm After They’ve Seen Paree” (1919)
483. Ted Weems “Somebody Stole My Gal” (1924)
484. Guy Lombardo with Weston Vaughn “Charmaine” (1927)
485. Shep Fields with Hal Derwin “South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)” (1939)
486. Bing Crosby with Victor Young’s Orchestra “Out of Nowhere” (1931)
487. Frankie Laine with Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires & Harry Geller’s Orchestra “That Lucky Old Sun” (1949)
488. Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy” (1975)
489. Elton John “Crocodile Rock” (1972)
490. Wilbert Harrison “Kansas City (aka "K.C. Lovin’")” (1959)

491. Chicago “If You Leave Me Now” (1976)
492. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “Put Your Arms Around Me Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You)” (1911)
493. Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle “Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear to Tread” (1940)
494. Perez “Prez” Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” (1955)
495. Cream “Sunshine of Your Love” (1967)
496. Hal Kemp with Bob Allen “Where or When” (1937)
497. Van McCoy “The Hustle” (1975)
498. Kitty Kallen with Jack Pleis’ Orchestra “Little Things Mean a Lot” (1954)
499. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “Down Where the Wurzburger Flows” (1902)
500. Louis Armstrong “West End Blues” (1928)

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: lists from critics and individuals
Dave’s Music Database: lists from publications and/or organizations
David A. Jasen (2002). A Century of American Popular Music. Routledge: New York, NY.
David A. Jasen (2002). A Century of American Popular Music (the complete list here on the DMDB)

First posted 3/29/2021; last updated 10/11/2021.

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David A. Jasen:

A Century of American Popular Music: 2000 Best-Loved and Remembered Songs (1899-1999)

David A. Jasen’s book A Century of American Popular Music (published 2002) collects 2000 songs from the 20th century. It is an alphabetical listing of song titles, their songwriters, and the year the song was written. The list is unranked. The book rarely offers more than a sentence about a song, usually indicating who introduced the song in vaudeville or in a show and who had the hit recording. Sometimes information is offered about how high the song peaked and/or how many weeks it was on the Billboard pop chart.

Dave’s Music Database has taken that list and added columns for the highest-rated version of the song according to the DMDB and, instead of the year the song was written, the year that the highest-rated version was released. Click on song titles for links to more detailed DMDB pages. Noteworthy: 583 songs on this list rank in the top 1% of Dave’s Music Database. Another 321 songs on the list make the top 2%. You can see a ranking of the top 500 songs from the book here.

Click here to see other lists from critics and individuals and here to see other lists from publications and/or organizations.

A

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
The Aba Daba Honeymoon	Walter Donaldson w/m), Arthur Fields (m/w)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1914
Abraham, Martin and John	Dick Holler (m/w)	Dion	1968
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder	Herbert Dillea (m), Arthur Gillespie (w)	Harry MacDonough	1901
Absinthe Frappe	Victor Herbert (m), Glen MacDonough (w)	Harry Davenport	1905
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive	Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers	1945
Achin’ Hearted Blues	Clarence Williams, Clarence Johnson, Spencer Williams		1922
Addicted to Love	Robert Palmer	Robert Palmer	1985
An Affair to Remember	Harry Warren (m), Harold Adamson (w), Leo McCarey (w)	Vic Damone	1957
Africa	David Paich, Jeff Porcaro	Toto	1982
The African 400	Charles J. Roberts	Arthur Pryor	1909
After You Get What You Want, You Don’t Want It	Irving Berlin	Van & Schenck	1920
After You’ve Gone	Turner Layton (m), Henry Creamer (w)	Marion Harris	1919
Afternoon Delight	Bill Danoff	Starland Vocal Band	1976
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)	Phil Collins	Phil Collins	1984
Aggravatin’ Papa	Roy Turk, J. Russel Robinson, Addy Brit	Marion Harris	1923
Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life	Rida Johnson Young (w), Victor Herbert (m)	Fred Waring & Tom Waring	1928
Ah-Ha!	James V. Monaco, Sidney Clare		1925
Ain’t Dat a Shame?	Walter Wilson, John Queen	Dan Quinn	1901
Ain’t Misbehavin’	Thomas "Fats" Waller (m), Harry Brooks (m), Andy Razaf (w)	Fats Waller	1929
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough	Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson	Diana Ross	1970
Ain’t She Sweet?	Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w)	Ben Bernie with Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot	1927
Ain’t That a Shame	Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino	Fats Domino	1955
Ain’t We Got Fun?	Gus Kahn, Raymond B. Egan, Richard Whiting	Van & Schenck	1921
Ain’t You Ashamed	Seymour Simons, Sid Mitchell, Lew Brown	Coon-Sanders Night Hawks	1923
Alabama Jubilee	Jack Yellen, George L. Cobb	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1915
Alabamy Bound	Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Bud Green	Blossom Seeley	1925
Alcoholic Blues	Edward Laska, Albert Von Tilzer	Billy Murray	1919
Alexander (Don’t You Love Your Baby No More?)	Harry Von Tilzer, Andrew B. Sterling	Billy Murray	1904
Alexander’s Got a Jazz Band Now	Buddy DeSylva, Chris Schonberg	Sophie Tucker	1917
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
Alice’s Restaurant	Arlo Guthrie	Arlo Guthrie	1967
All 4 Love	Color Me Badd, Howard Thompson	Color Me Badd	1991
All Aboard for Dixieland	George L. Cobb, Jack Yellen	Ada Jones & the Peerless Quartet	1914
All Alone	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Al Jolson with Ray Miller’s Orchestra	1925
All Alone Monday	Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar	Nat Shilkret with Johnny Marvin	1927
All by Myself	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Ted Lewis	1921
All for Love	Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen	Bryan Adams with Sting & Rod Stewart	1993
All I Do Is Dream of You	Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w)	Jan Garber with Fritz Heilbron	1934
All I Have to Do Is Dream	Boudleaux Bryant	The Everly Brothers	1958
All I Wanna Do	Sheryl Crow, Wyn Cooper, Bill Bottrell, David Baerwald, Kevin Gilbert	Sheryl Crow	1993
All in, Down and Out	Chris Smith (m), Billy Johnson (m), Elmer Bowman (m), Cecil Mack (w)	Bert Williams	1906
All Muddled Up	Percy Wenrich	Zez Confrey	1922
All Night Blues	Richard Jones	Callie Vassar	1923
All Night Long (All Night)	Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie	1983
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 Over Nothing at All	James Rule, J. Keirn Brennan, Paul Cunningham	Nora Bayes	1922
All She’d Say Was "Umh-Hum"	Mac Emery, King Zany, Van & Schenck, Harry Von Tilzer	Van & Schenck	1921
All Shook Up	Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley	Presley, Elvis	1957
All That Jazz	John Kander (m), Fred Ebb (w)	Chita Rivera	1975
All the Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers Down in Quaker Town	Pete Wending (m), Bert Kalmar (w), Edgar Leslie (w)	All-Star Trio	1919
All the Things You Are	Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard	1939
All the Way	Jimmy Van Heusen (m), Sammy Cahn (w)	Frank Sinatra	1957
All Through the Night	Cole Porter (m/w)	Paul Whiteman with Bob Lawrence	1934
All You Need Is Love	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1967
Alligator Crawl	Thomas "Fats" Waller, Andy Razaf, Joe Davis	Fats Waller	1937
Almost Like Being in Love	Frederick Loewe (m), Alan Jay Lerner (w)	Frank Sinatra	1947
Alone	Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly	Heart	1987
Alone Again Naturally	Gilbert O’Sullivan	Gilbert O’Sullivan	1972
Alone at Last	Ted Fiorito, Gus Kahn	Carl Fenton with Frank Munn	1925
Always	Jonathan Lewis, David Lewis, Wayne Lewis	George Olsen with Fran Frey, Bob Rice, & Edward Joyce	1926
Always	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Atlantic Starr	1987
Always True to You in My Fashion	Cole Porter (m/w)	Lisa Kirk	1948
Am I Blue?	Akst, Harry (m), Grant Clarke (w)	Ethel Waters	1929
American Pie	Don McLean	Don McLean	1971
American Woman	Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson	The Guess Who	1970
And I Am All Alone	Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w)	Henry Burr	1916
And They Called It Dixieland (They Made It Twice As Nice As Paradise)	Raymond Egan, Richard Whiting	Geoffrey O’Hara	1916
Angel Child	George Price, Abner Silver, Benny Davis	Al Jolson with Charles Prince’s Orchestra	1922
Angie	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	1973
Angry	Henry Brunies, Merritt Brunies, Jules Cassard, Dudley Mecum	Art Gillham	1925
Another Brick in the Wall Part II	Roger Waters	Pink Floyd	1979
Another Day in Paradise	Phil Collins	Phil Collins	1989
Another One Bites the Dust	John Deacon	Queen	1980
Anti Rag-Time Girl	Elsie Janis	Elsie Janis	1913
Any Ice Today, Lady?	Pat Ballard	Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians	1926
Any Rags?	Thomas S. Allen	Arthur Collins	1903
Any Time Blues	Herbert Happy Lawson	Eddie Fisher	1951
Anything for You	Gloria Estefan	Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine	1987
Anything Goes	Cole Porter (m/w)	Paul Whiteman with Ramona Davies	1934
Anything You Can Do	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Ethel Merman with Ray Middleton	1946
Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere	Max Kortlander, Louis Weslyn	Paul Whiteman	1921
April in Paris	Vernon Duke (m), E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w)	Count Basie	1956
April Love	Sammy Fain, Paul Webster	Pat Boone	1957
April Showers	Buddy DeSylva, Louis Silvers	Al Jolson with Charles Prince’s Orchestra	1922
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In	Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni	The 5th Dimension	1969
Are You from Dixie? (‘Cause I’m from Dixie Too)	George L. Cobb, Jack Yellen	Billy Murray with Irving Kaufman	1916
Are You Happy?	Milton Ager, Jack Yellen	Van & Schenck	1921
Are You Having Any Fun?	Sammy Fain (m), Jack Yellen (w)	Tommy Dorsey & Edythe Wright	1939
Are You Lonesome Tonight?	Lou Handman, Roy Turk	Presley, Elvis	1960
The Argentines, the Portuguese, and the Greeks	Crey Morgan, Arthur Swanstrom	Nora Bayes	1920
Arkansas Blues	Anton Lada, Spencer Williams	Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake with Their Sizzling Syncopators	1922
Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)	Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, Peter Allen	Christopher Cross	1981
As Long As I Live	Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w)	Benny Goodman	1941
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 Ball, That’s All	J. Leubrie Hill		1913
At the Devil’s Ball	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Peerless Quartet	1913
At the High Brown Babies’ Ball	Ernie Erdman, Sid Erdman, Benny Davis	Yerke’s Novelty Five	1919
At the Hop	Artie Singer, John Medora, David White	Danny & the Juniors	1957
At the Mississippi Cabaret	Albert Gumble, A. Seymour Brown	American Quartet	1915
Aunt Hagar’s Children Blues (aka “Aunt Hagar’s Blues”)	W.C. Handy, J. Tim Brymn	Ted Lewis	1923
Auntie Skinner’s Chicken Dinner	Theodore Morse, Arthur Fields, Earl Carroll	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1915
Autumn in New York	Vernon Duke (m/w)	Frank Sinatra	1949
Autumn Leaves	Joseph Kosma (m), Johnny Mercer (w), Jacques Prevert (w)	Roger Williams	1955
Avalon	Vincent Rose (m/w), Buddy DeSylva (w), Al Jolson (w)	Al Jolson with Charles Prince’s Orchestra	1920

B

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Baby Baby	Amy Grant, Keith Thomas	Amy Grant	1991
Baby Face	Harry Akst, Benny Davis	Jan Garber & Benny Davis	1926
Baby Got Back	Sir Mix-A-Lot	Sir Mix-A-Lot	1992
Baby It’s Cold Outside	Frank Loesser (m/w)	Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting	1949
Baby Love	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland	The Supremes	1964
Baby One More Time	Max Martin	Britney Spears	1998
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home	Clarence Williams (m), Charles Warfield (w)	Bessie Smith	1923
Back in My Arms Again	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland	The Supremes	1965
Back in Your Own Back Yard	Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose, Al Jolson	Ruth Etting	1928
Back O’ Town Blues	L.M. Bowen, Herbie Herbedeaux	The Cotton Pickers	1923
Bad	Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson	1987
Bad Bad Leroy Brown	Jim Croce	Jim Croce	1973
Bad Girls	Bruce Sudano, Joe Esposito, Eddie Hokenson	Donna Summer	1979
Bad Moon Rising	John Fogerty	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1969
Bake Dat Chicken Pie	Frank Dumont (m/w)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1907
The Ballad of Davy Crockett	George Bruns, Tom Blackburn	Bill Hayes	1955
The Ballad of the Green Berets	Barry Sadler, Robin Moore	SSgt Barry Sadler	1966
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, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II	Paul Whiteman	1923
Band on the Run	Paul McCartney	Paul McCartney & Wings	1973
Bandana Days	Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle	Eubie Blake	1921
Barbara Ann	Fred Fassert	The Beach Boys	1965
Barney Google	Con Conrad, Billy Rose	Ernest Hare & Billy Jones	1923
Basin Street Blues	Spencer Williams (m), Glenn Miller (w), Jack Teargarden (w)	Louis Armstrong with Earl Hines & Mancy Cara	1938
Batdance	Prince	Prince	1989
The Battle of New Orleans	Jimmy Driftwood	Johnny Horton	1959
Baubles, Bangles and Beads	Alexander Borodin (m), Robert Wright (w), George Forrest (w)	Peggy Lee	1953
Be My Life’s Companion	Bob Hilliard, Milton DeLugg	The Mills Brothers with Sy Oliver’s Orchestra	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
Beale Street Mama	J. Russell Robinson, Roy Turk	Lucille Hegamin & Her Blue Flame Syncopators	1923
Beat It	Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson	1982
Beautiful Ohio	Robert A. King as as Mary Earl (m), Ballard MacDonald (w)	Henry Burr	1919
Beauty and the Beast	Alan Menken, Howard Ashman	Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson	1991
Bebe	Abner Silver, Sam Coslow	Billy Jones	1923
Be-Bop Baby	Pearl Lendhurst	Ricky Nelson	1957
Be-Bop-A-Lula	Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis	Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps	1956
Because My Baby Don’t Mean Maybe Now	Walter Donaldson	Ruth Etting	1928
Because of You	Dudley Wilkinson (m), Arthur Hammerstein (w)	Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra	1951
Because You Loved Me	Diane Warren	Celine Dion	1996
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
Bee’s Knees	Ray Lopez, Ted Lewis, Leo Wood	Ted Lewis	1922
Before I Met You	Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w)	Vivienne Sega & Carl Randall	1918
Begin the Beguine	Cole Porter (m/w)	Artie Shaw	1938
Behind Your Silken Veil	Vincent Rose, Earl Burtnett, Richard Coburn	Happy Six	1919
Being Alive	Stephen Sondheim	Dean Jones	1970
Believe	Paul Barry, Matt Gray, Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennan, Tim Powell, Steve Torch	Cher	1998
Beside a Babbling Brook	Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn	Marion Harris	1923
Bessie Couldn’t Help It	Byron H. Warner, J.L. Richmond, Charles Bayha	The Diplomats	1925
The Best I Get Is Much Obliged to You	Benjamin Hapgood Burt (m/w)	Louise Dresser	1908
Best of My Love	Maurice White, Al McKay	Eagles	1974
Best of My Love	Don Henley, Glenn Frey, John Souther	The Emotions	1977
The Best Things in Life Are Free	Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w)	George Olsen with Bob Borger	1927
Bette Davis Eyes	Jackie DeShannon, Donna Weiss	Kim Carnes	1981
Betty Co-Ed	J. Paul Fogarty, Rudy Vallee	Rudy Vallee	1930
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w)	Louis Armstrong	1932
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
Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now	Milton Ager, Jack Yellen	Van Halen	1982
Big Bad John	Jimmy Dean	Jimmy Dean	1961
Big Boy	Milton Ager, Jack Yellen	Jack Sidney	1943
Big Girls Don’t Cry	Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe	The Four Seasons	1962
Big Hunk O’ Love	Aaron Schroeder, Sid Wyche	Presley, Elvis	1959
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
Billie Jean	Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson	1982
Billy	James Kendis, Herman Paley, Joe Goodwin	Billy Clifford	1911
Bird Dog	Boudleaux Bryant	The Everly Brothers	1958
A Bird in a Gilded Cage	Arthur J. Lamb (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m)	Steve Porter	1900
The Bird on Nellie’s Hat	Alfred Solman (m) Arthur J. Lamb (w)	Helen Trix	1907
Birmingham Blues	Charles McCord, Matthews	Fats Waller	1922
The Birth of the Blues	Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w)	Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord & Austin Young	1926
Black and White	Earl Robinson, David Arkin	Three Dog Night	1972
Black and White Rag	George Botsford	Victor Orchestra	1908
Black Bottom	Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w)	Johnny Hamp	1926
Black or White	Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson	1991
Black Water	Patrick Simmons	The Doobie Brothers	1974
Blinded by the Light	Bruce Springsteen	Manfred Mann’s Earth Band	1976
Blowin’ in the Wind	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	1963
Blue and Broken Hearted	Lou Handman, Grant Clarke, Edgar Leslie	Marion Harris	1922
Blue Bell	Theodore F. Morse (m), Edward Madden (w)	Byron Harlan & Frank Stanley	1904
Blue Danube Blues	Jerome Kern, Anne Caldwell	Carl Fenton	1922
Blue Grass Blues	Elmer Schoebel, Billy Meyers	Abe Lyman	1923
Blue Hoosier Blues	Abel Baer, Cliff Friend, Jack Meskill	Rose & Mae Wilton	1923
Blue Moon	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent	1935
Blue River	Joseph Meyer (m), Alfred Bryan (w)	Al Jolson with William Wirges’ Orchestra	1928
The Blue Room	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	The Revelers	1926
Blue Skies	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Ben Selvin	1927
Blue Suede Shoes	Carl Perkins	Carl Perkins	1956
Blue Velvet	Bernie Wayne, Lee Morris	Bobby Vinton	1963
Blueberry Hill	Vincent Rose, Al Rose, Larry Stock	Fats Domino	1956
Blue-Eyed Sally	J. Russel Robinson, Al Bernard	The Dixie Stars	1924
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
Bluin’ the Blues (Song and Fox Trot)	Sydney D. Mitchell, H.W.Ragas	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	1919
Body and Soul	Johnny Green (m), Edward Heyman (w), Robert Sour (w), Frank Eyton (w)	Coleman Hawkins	1940
Bo-La-Bo	George Fairman	Ted Lewis	1920
Bon Bon Buddy	Will Marion Cook (m), Alex Rogers (w)	Billy Murray	1908
Bongo on the Congo	Jerome Kern, P.G. Wodehouse	Eugene Revere with Dwight Frye & Frank McIntyre	1924
Boo Hoo Hoo (You’re Gonna Cry When I’m Gone)	Bob Nelson, Harry Link, Al Lentz, Irving Aaronson	Adele Rowland	1922
Boogie Oogie Oogie	Janice Marie Johnson, Perry Kibble	A Taste of Honey	1978
Book of Love	Warren Davis, George Malone, Charles Patrick	The Monotones	1958
Born Free	John Barry, Don Black	Roger Williams	1966
Born to Be Wild	Mars Bonfire	Steppenwolf	1968
Bow Wow Blues	Cliff Friend, Nat Osborne	Benny Krueger	1922
The Boy Is Mine	Lashawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins, Brandy Norwood, Japhe Tejeda	Brandy & Monica	1998
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (fast version)	Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield	Neil Sedaka	1962
Breeze Blow My Baby Back to Me	James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald, Joe Goodwin	American Quartet	1919
Breezin’ Along with the Breeze	Richard Whiting, Seymour Simons, Haven Gillespie, Jerome H. Remick	Johnny Marvin	1926
Bridge Over Troubled Water	Paul Simon	Simon & Garfunkel	1970
Broadway Blues	Carey Morgan, Arthur Swanstrom	Nora Bayes	1921
Broadway Melody	Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w)	Ben Selvin	1929
Broken Hearted (Here Am I)	Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w)	Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord & Austin Young	1927
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Jay Gorney (m), E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w)	Rudy Vallee	1932
Brotherhood of Man	Frank Loesser (m/w)	Robert Morse with Sammy Smith & Ruth Kobart	1961
Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?	George W. Meyer, Alfred Bryan	Nick Lucas	1925
Brown Skin, Who You For?	Clarence Williams, Armand J. Piron	Victor Military Band	1916
Brown Sugar	Harry Barris	Dixie Jazz Band	1926
Brown Sugar	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	1971
Bugle Call Rag	J. Hubert Blake (m), Carey Morgan (m)	The Mills Brothers	1932
Bull Frog Blues	Tom Brown, Gus Shrigley	The Six Brown Brothers	1916
Bull Frog Patrol	Jerome Kern, Anne Caldwell	The Duncan Sisters	1919
The Bungalow in Quogue	Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w)	Sam Hardy & Juliette Day	1917
A Bushel and a Peck	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
Buzzin’ the Bee	Jack Wells	May Irwin	1916
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 & the Haydn Quartet	1910
By the Watermelon Vine, Lindy Lou	Thomas S. Allen (m/w)	Bob Roberts	1904
Bye Bye Blackbird	Ray Henderson (m), Mort Dixon (w)	Gene Austin	1926
Bye Bye Blues	Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray	Bert Lown	1930
Bye Bye Love	Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant	The Everly Brothers	1957
Bye Bye Pretty Baby	Jack Gardner, Spike Hamilton	Abe Lyman	1927

C

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Cabaret	John Kander (m), Fred Ebb (w)	Louis Armstrong	1968
Cake Walking Babies from Home	Chris Smith, Henry Troy, Clarence Williams	Clarence Williams’ Blue Five with Eva Taylor	1925
The Cakewalk in the Sky	Ben Harney	Victor Dance Orchestra	1899
California Dreamin’	John Phillips, Michelle Phillips	The Mamas & the Papas	1966
California Girls	Brian Wilson	The Beach Boys	1965
California Here I Come	Joseph Meyer, Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson	Al Jolson with Isham Jones’ Orchestra	1924
Call Me	Deborah Harry, Giorgio Moroder	Blondie	1980
Call Me Irresponsible	Jimmy Van Heusen (m), Sammy Cahn (w)	Frank Sinatra	1963
Camelot	Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner	Richard Harris	1967
Can This Be Love?	Kay Swift, Paul James	Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Frank Luther	1930
Can You Feel the Love Tonight	Elton John, Tim Rice	Elton John	1994
Canadian Capers	Gus Chandler (m/w), Bert White (m/w), Henry Cohen (m/w)	Paul Whiteman	1921
Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	Elton John	1997
Candy	David Mack, Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer	Johnny Mercer with Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers	1945
The Candy Man	Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley	Sammy Davis Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation	1972
Cannon Ball	Jos. C. Northup	Home Guards Band	1905
Can’t Buy Me Love	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1964
Can’t Help Falling in Love	Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss	Presley, Elvis	1961
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 We Talk It Over?	Victor Young, Ned Washington	Bing Crosby & the Mills Brothers	1932
Careless Whisper	George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley	George Michael	1984
Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)	Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean	Billy Ocean	1984
The Carioca	Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Eliscu (w), Gus Kahn (w)	Eric Madriguera with Patricia Gillmore	1934
Carol	Chuck Berry (m/w)	Chuck Berry	1958
Carolina in the Morning	Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson	Van & Schenck	1923
Carolina Shout	James P. Johnson	James P. Johnson	1922
Casey Jones	T. Lawrence Seibert (w), Eddie Newton (m), Wallace Saunders	American Quartet with Billy Murray	1910
The Castle Walk	James Reese Europe, Ford Dabney	Irene & Vernon Castle	1914
Catch a Falling Star	Paul Vance, Lee Pockriss	Perry Como	1957
Cathy’s Clown	Don Everly, Phil Everly	The Everly Brothers	1960
Cat’s in the Cradle	Harry Chapin, Sandy Chapin	Harry Chapin	1974
Cecelia	Dave Dreyer (m), Herman Ruby (w)	"Whispering" Jack Smith	1925
Celebration	Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Mickens, Claydes Smith, James "J.T." Taylor, Dennis "D.T." Thomas, Earl Eugene Toon Jr., Eumir Deodato	Kool & the Gang	1980
Centerfold	Seth Justman	J. Geils Band	1981
Chain Gang	Sam Cooke	Sam Cooke	1960
Chances Are	Robert Allen (m), Al Stillman (m)	Johnny Mathis	1957
Changes	Walter Donaldson	Paul Whiteman with Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, Harry Barris, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylor, & Austin Young	1928
Chansonette	Rudolf Friml (m), Dailey Paskman (w), Sigmund Spareth (w), Irving Caesar (w)	Paul Whiteman	1923
Chantilly Lace	J.P. Richardson	The Big Bopper	1958
Chariots of Fire - Titles	Vangelis	Vangelis	1981
Charleston	James P. Johnson, Cecil Mack	Arthur Gibbs & His Gang	1924
Charleston Baby of Mine	Dan Dougherty (m), Bernie Grossman (w)	Don Bestor	1925
Charleston Charley	Gene Austin, Emmet O’Hara, Irving Mills	Marion Harris	1924
Charley, My Boy	Ted Fiorito, Gus Kahn	Eddie Cantor	1924
Charlie Brown	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	The Coasters	1959
Charmaine	Erno Rapee, Lew Pollack	Guy Lombardo with Weston Vaughan	1927
Chattanooga Choo Choo	Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w)	Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires	1941
Cheatin’ on Me	Lew Pollack (m), Jack Yellen (w)	Ben Bernie	1925
Cheek to Cheek	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra	1935
Cherish	Terry Kirkman	The Association	1966
Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White	Jacques Larue, Mack David	Perez "Prez" Prado	1955
Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town)	Fred Fisher (m/w)	Ben Selvin	1922
Chicken Reel	Joseph M. Daly (m)	Byron Harlan & Frank Stanley	1911
Chim Chim Cher-ee	Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman	Julie Andrews with Dick Van Dyke, Dotrice, & Garber	1964
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
Chirpin’ the Blues	Alberta Hunter, Lovie Austin	Bessie Smith	1923
Chloe (Song of the Swamp)	Neil Moret, Gus Kahn	Spike Jones & His City Slickers with Red Ingle	1945
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)	Mel Tormé, Robert Wells (w)	Nat "King" Cole	1946
Church Street Sobbin’ Blues	Anton Lada, Jos. Crawley, Al Nunez	Louisiana Five	1919
Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!	Joseph Meyer (m), Billy Rose (w), Ballard MacDonald (w)	Johnny Marvin	1926
Clap Yo’ Hands	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Roger Wolfe Kahn	1927
Clarinet Marmalade	Larry Shields, Henry Ragas	Fletcher Henderson	1926
Clementine from New Orleans	Harry Warren (m), Henry Creamer (w)	Blossom Seeley	1927
Cleopatterer	Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w)	Georgia O’Ramey	1917
Cocktails for Two	Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston	Duke Ellington	1934
Cold Hearted	Elliott Wolff	Paula Abdul	1988
Collegiate	Moe Jaffe, Nat Bonx	Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians	1925
Colors of the Wind	Alan Menken (m), Steven Schwartz (w)	Vanessa Williams	1995
Come After Breakfast, Bring ‘Long Your Lunch, and Leave ‘Fore Supper Time	Chris Smith, James Burris, J. Tim Brymn	S.H. Dudley	1909
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 & Billy Murray with the American Quartet	1911
Come on Eileen	Kevin Rowland, Kevin Adams, Jim Patterson	Dexy’s Midnight Runners	1982
Come Rain or Come Shine	Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Margaret Whiting with Paul Weston’s Orchestra	1946
Come See about Me	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland	The Supremes	1964
Come Take a Trip in My Air Ship	Ren Shields (w), George Evans (m)	Billy Murray	1905
Come Together	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1969
Coming Out of the Dark	Emilio Estefan Jr., Gloria Estefan, Jon Secada	Gloria Estefan	1991
Coming Up (live at Glasgow)	Paul McCartney	Paul McCartney & Wings	1980
Coney Island Washboard	Hampton Durand, Jerry Adams, Ned Nestor, Aude Shugart		1926
The Continental (You Kiss While We’re Dancing)	Con Conrad (m), Herb Magidson (w)	Leo Reisman	1934
Convoy	C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Chip Davis	C.W. McCall	1975
Copenhagen	Charlie Davis (m), Walter Melrose (w)	Benson Orchestra of Chicago	1925
Coquette	Carmen Lombardo (m), Johnny Green (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Rudy Vallee	1929
Cotton	Albert von Tilzer	Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson	1935
Cotton Belt Blues	Spencer Williams	Lizzie Miles	1923
Could I? I Certainly Could	Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w)	Sophie Tucker	1926
Cracklin’ Rosie	Neil Diamond	Neil Diamond	1970
Crazy Blues	Peter Bradford	Mamie Smith	1920
Crazy for You	Jon Lind, John Bettis	Madonna	1985
Crazy Little Thing Called Love	Freddie Mercury	Queen	1979
Crazy Quilt	Paul F. Van Loan	Charles Creath’s Jazz-O-Matics	1926
Crazy Rhythm	Roger Wolfe Kahn (m), Joseph Meyer (m), Irving Caesar (w)	Roger Wolfe Kahn with Franklyn Baur	1928
Crazy Words, Crazy Tune	Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w)	Frank Crumit	1927
Cream	Prince	Prince	1991
Creole Belle	George Sidney (w), J. Bodewalt Lampe (m)	Metropolitan Orchestra	1902
The Crickets Are Calling	Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w)		1917
Crimson and Clover	Tommy James, Peter Lucia	Tommy James & the Shondells	1968
Crinoline Days	Irving Berlin	Paul Whiteman	1923
Crocodile Rock	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	Elton John	1972
Cross Words Between Sweetie and Me	Billy Heagney (m), Bert Reed (m), Bob Schafer (w), Fred Steele (w)	Jan Garber	1925
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 Blues	George W. Meyer (m), Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w)	Gene Rodemich	1921
Crying	Joe Melson, Roy Orbison	Roy Orbison	1961
Cuban Moon	Norman Spencer, Joe McKiernan	Carl Fenton	1920
The Cubanola Glide	Vincent P. Bryan (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1910
Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine	Otto A. Harbach (w), Karl L. Hoschna (m)	Ada Jones & Billy Murray	1908
A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You	Joseph Meyer (m), Al Dubin (w), Billy Rose (w)	Gertrude Lawrence with Jack Buchanan	1926
The Curse of an Aching Heart	Al. Piantadosi (m), Henry Fink (w)	Will Oakland	1913

D

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)	Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector	The Crystals	1963
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?	Rod Stewart, Carmine Appice	Rod Stewart	1978
Dainty Miss	Bernard Barnes	Nat Shilkret	1924
Daisies Won’t Tell	Anita Owen (m/w)	Arthur Clough	1910
Dallas Blues	Hart A. Wand	Ted Lewis	1931
Dance of the Grizzly Bear	George Botsford (m), Irving Berlin (w)	American Quartet with Billy Murray	1911
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
Dancin’ Dan	Jack Stanley (m), William Tracey (w)	Original Memphis Five	1923
Dancing Fool	Ted Snyder (m), Harry B. Smith (w), Francis Wheeler (w)	Club Royal Orchestra	1922
Dancing in the Dark	Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w)	Artie Shaw	1941
Dancing in the Dark	Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	1984
Dancing Queen	Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus	Abba	1976
Dangerous Blues	Billy Brown, Anna Welker Brown	Mamie Smith	1921
Daniel	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	Elton John	1973
Dardanella	Johnny S. Black (m), Felix Bernard (m), Fred Fisher (w)	Ben Selvin	1920
Darktown Strutters’ Ball	Shelton Brooks (m/w)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1918
Darn That Dream	Jimmy Van Heusen (m), Eddie De Lange (w)	Benny Goodman with Mildred Bailey	1940
The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady	Monty C. Brice (w), Walter Donaldson (m)	Lewis James (as Robert Lewis)	1918
Day by Day	Stephen Schwartz, John-Michael Tebelak	Godspell	1972
Day by Day	Axel Stordahl (m), Paul Weston (m), Sammy Cahn (w)	Frank Sinatra	1946
Daydream Believer	John Stewart	The Monkees	1967
The Days of Wine and Roses	Henry Mancini (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Henry Mancini	1963
Dear Hearts and Gentle People	Sammy Fain (m), Bob Hilliard (w)	Bing Crosby with Perry Botkin’s Orchestra	1949
Dear Little Boy of Mine	Ernest R. Ball (m), J. Kiern Brennan (w)	Charles Harrison	1918
Dearie	Bob Hilliard, Dave Mann	Ethel Merman & Ray Bolger with Sy Oliver’s Orchestra	1950
Decatur Street Blues	Clarence Williams, T.A. Hammed	Leona Williams & Her Dixie Band	1922
Dede Dinah	Pete DeAngelis (m), Bob Marcucci (w)	Frankie Avalon	1957
Deed I Do	Fred Rose (m), Walter Hirsch (w)	Ruth Etting	1927
Deep Henderson	Fred Rose (m/w)	Charley Straight & His Orchestra	1926
Deep in My Heart	Sigmund Romburg (m), Dorothy Donnelly (w)	Franklyn Baur with Benny Krueger	1924
Deep Purple	Peter DeRose (m), Mitchell Parish (w)	Larry Clinton with Bea Wain	1939
The Desert Song	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 You Mean It?	Abe Lyman, Phil Baker, Sid Silvers	Nat Shilkret	1928
Didn’t We Almost Have It All	Will Jennings, Michael Masser	Whitney Houston	1987
Diga-Diga-Doo	Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w)	Duke Ellington & Irving Mills	1928
Dill Pickles Rag	Charles L. Johnson	Arthur Pryor’s Band	1910
Dinah	Harry Akst (m), Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w)	Bing Crosby & the Mills Brothers	1932
Dixie Moon	Eubie Blake (m), Noble Sissle (w)		1924
Dizzy	Tommy Roe, Freddy Weller	Tommy Roe	1969
Dizzy Fingers	Zez Confrey	Zez Confrey	1927
Do Do Do	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Gertrude Lawrence	1927
Do It Again	George Gershwin (m), Buddy DeSylva (w)	Paul Whiteman	1922
Do Something	Sam Stept (m), Bud Green (w)	Helen Kane	1929
Do That to Me One More Time	Toni Tennille	Captain & Tennille	1979
Do Wah Diddy Diddy	Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich	Manfred Mann	1964
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?	Louis Alter (m), Eddie De Lange (w)	Louis Armstrong	1946
Do You Want to Dance	Robert Freeman	Bobby Freeman	1958
Doctor Jazz	Joseph Oliver (m), Walter Melrose (w)	Jelly Roll Morton	1927
Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavour on the Bedpost Overnight?	Ernest Breuer (m), Marty Bloom (w), Billy Rose (w)	Ernest Hare & Billy Jones	1924
The Doggie in the Window	Bob Merrill (m/w)	Patti Page	1953
Doin’ the New Low Down	Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w)	Don Redman & His Orchestra with Bill Robinson	1932
Doin’ What Comes Naturally	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Freddy Martin with Glenn Hughes	1946
The Doll Dance	Nacio Herb Brown	Nat Shilkret	1927
Dominique	Soeur Sourire (m), Randy Sparks (w)	The Singing Nun	1963
The Donkey Serenade	Rudolf Friml (m), Herbert Stothart (m), Bob White (w), Chet Forrest (w)	Allan Jones with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra	1938
Don’t Be Cruel	Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley	Presley, Elvis	1956
Don’t Bring Lulu	Ray Henderson (m), Billy Rose (w), Lew Brown (w)	Ernest Hare & Billy Jones	1925
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina	Andrew Lloyd Webber (m), Tim Rice (w)	Madonna	1996
Don’t Fence Me In	Cole Porter (m/w)	Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen's Orchestra	1944
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore	Duke Ellington (m), Bob Russell (w)	The Ink Spots	1943
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart	Ann Orson, Carte Blanche	Elton John & Kiki Dee	1976
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes	Slim Willet	Perry Como & the Ramblers with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra	1952
Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me	Sam Stept, Charlie Tobias, Lew Brown	Glenn Miller with Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke, & the Modernaires	1942
Don’t Stop	Christine McVie	Fleetwood Mac	1977
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	1963
Don’t Worry, Be Happy	Bobby McFerrin	Bobby McFerrin	1988
Doo Wacka Doo	Clarence Gaskill, Will Donaldson, George Horther	Paul Whiteman	1924
Doodle Doo Doo	Art Kassel, Mel Stitzel	Eddie Cantor	1924
Down Among the Sheltering Palms	James Brockman (w), Abe Olman (m)	Lyric Quartet	1915
Down Among the Sugar Cane	Avery (w), Hart (w), Cecil Mack (m), Chris Smith (m)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1909
Down by the O-hi-O (I’ve Got the Sweetest Little O, My! O!)	Abe Olman (m), Jack Yellen (w)	Billy Murray with Billy Jones (as Victor Roberts)	1921
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 Home Rag	Wilbur C.S. Sweatman	Europe’s Society Orchestra	1914
Down in Georgia on Camp Meeting Day	Nathan Bivins (m), John Madison Reed (w)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1907
Down in Honky Tonk Town	Chris Smith (m), Chas. McCarron (w)	Victor Military Band	1916
Down in Jungle Town	Edward Madden (w), Theodore F. Morse (m)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1908
Down on the Corner	John Fogerty	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1969
Down South Blues	Fletcher Henderson, Ethel Waters, Alberta Hunter	The Virginians	1923
Down Under	Colin Hay, Ron Strykert	Men at Work	1981
Down Where the Wurzburger Flows	Vincent P. Bryan (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1902
Down Yonder	L. Wolfe Gilbert	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	1934
Downtown	Tony Hatch	Petula Clark	1964
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 with Ernie Burchill	1931
Dream Along with Me (I’m on My Way to a Star)	Carl Sigman (m/w)	Perry Como	1956
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes	Jerry Livingston, Mack David, Al Hoffman	Ilene Woods	1950
Dreamlover	Mariah Carey, Dave Hall	Mariah Carey	1993
Dreams	Stevie Nicks	Fleetwood Mac	1977
The Duck’s Quack	Hannibal Maguire (m/w)	The Cotton Pickers	1923
Duke of Earl	Bernice Williams, Eugene Dixon, Earl Edwards	Gene Chandler	1961
Dumbell	Zez Confrey (m/w)	Zez Confrey	1922
Dusky Stevedore	J.C. Johnson (m), Andy Razaf (w)	Nat Shilkret with Elliott Shaw & Wilfred Glenn	1928

E

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Early in the Morning Blues	Ray Brown, Roy Klages	The Virginians	1922
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	Curtis Williams	The Penguins	1954
Easter Parade	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Leo Reisman with Clifton Webb	1933
Ebony and Ivory	Paul McCartney	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	1982
Eight Days a Week	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1964
El Paso	Marty Robbins	Marty Robbins	1959
Elmer’s Tune	Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop, Dick Jurgens	Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle	1941
Embraceable You	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Red Nichols with Dick Robertson	1930
End of the Road	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Daryl Simmons	Boyz II Men	1992
Endless Love	Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie & Diana Ross	1981
Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)	Carl Sigman (m), Herb Magidson (w)	Guy Lombardo with Kenny Gardner	1950
The Entertainer	Scott Joplin	Scott Joplin	1902
Etiquette Blues	Gayle Grubbs	Happy Stanley	1928
Eve of Destruction	P.F. Sloan	Barry McGuire	1965
Evergreen (Love Theme from “A Star Is Born”)	Barbra Streisand, Paul Williams	Barbra Streisand	1976
Every Breath You Take	Sting	The Police	1983
Every Day Is Ladies’ Day to Me	Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m)	Neil McCay	1907
Every Little Movement	Otto Harbach (w), Karl Hoschna (m)	Harry MacDonough with Lucy Isabelle March	1910
Everybody Loves My Baby	Spencer Williams (m), Jack Palmer (w)	Aileen Stanley	1925
Everybody Loves Somebody	Ken Lane (m), Irving Taylor (w)	Dean Martin	1964
Everybody Step	Irving Berlin	Ted Lewis	1922
Everybody Two-Step	Wallie Herzer (m), Earl C. Jones (w)	American Quartet	1912
Everybody Wants to Rule the World	Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes	Tears for Fears	1985
Everybody Works But Father	Jean Havez (m/w)	Billy Murray	1905
Everybody’s Crazy ‘Bout the Doggone Blues, But I’m Happy	Turner Layton, Henry Creamer	Marion Harris	1918
Everybody’s Doing It Now	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1912
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool	Howard Greenfield (m), Jack Keller (w)	Connie Francis	1960
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You	Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen	Bryan Adams	1991
Everything I Have Is Yours	Burton Lane (m), Harold Adamson (w)	Rudy Vallee	1934
Everything Is Beautiful	Ray Stevens	Ray Stevens	1970
Everything Is Hotsy-Totsy Now	Jimmy McHugh (m), Irving Mills (w)	Gene Austin with Billy Carpenter	1925
Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia	Grant Clarke (w), Milton Ager (m)	Prince’s Orchestra	1918
Everything’s Coming Up Roses	Jule Styne (m), Stephen Sondheim (w)	Ethel Merman	1959
Everything’s Gonna Be Alright	Harry Akst (m), Sbenny Davis (w)	Ipana Troubadors with Irving Kaufman	1926
Everywhere You Go	Joe Goodwin, Mark Fisher, Larry Shay	Guy Lombardo with Don Rodney	1949
Exhale (Shoop Shoop)	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	Whitney Houston	1995
Eye of the Tiger	Frankie Sullivan, Jim Peterik	Survivor	1982

F

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Faith	George Michael	George Michael	1987
Fallin’ in Love	Don Hamilton, Ann Hamilton	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	1975
Falling in Love with Love	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Francies Langford with Harry Sosnik’s Orchestra	1939
Fame	Michael Gore (m), Dean Pitchford (w)	Irene Cara	1980
Fanny	Harold Rome	Eddie Fisher	1954
Fantasy	Mariah Carey, Adrian Belew, Christopher Frantz, Dave Hall, Steven Stanley, Martina Weymouth	Mariah Carey	1995
Far Away Places	John Whitney, Alex Kramer	Margaret Whiting	1948
Farewell Blues	Elmer Schoebel, Paul Mares, Leon Rappolo	Isham Jones	1923
Fascinating Rhythm	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Cliff Edwards	1925
Feel Like Makin’ Love	Eugene McDaniels	Roberta Flack	1974
Fidgety Feet	James D. LaRocca, Larry Shields	Fletcher Henderson	1927
A Fifth of Beethoven	Walter Murphy	Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band	1976
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover	Paul Simon	Paul Simon	1975
Fine and Dandy	Kay Swift (m), Paul James aka James Warburg (w)	Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Frank Luther	1930
A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song)	Jerome Kern (m), Dorothy Fields (w)	Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer’s Orchestra	1936
Fingertips (Part 2)	Henry Cosby, Clarence Paul	Little Stevie Wonder	1963
Fire	Bruce Springsteen	The Pointer Sisters	1978
The First Night	Tamara Savage, Jermaine Dupri, Marilyn McLeod, Pamela Sawyer	Monica	1998
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	Ewan MacColl	Roberta Flack	1969
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue	Ray Henderson (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joe Young (w)	Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra	1926
Flashdance...What a Feelin’	Irene Cara (w), Giorgio Moroder (m), Keith Forsey (w)	Irene Cara	1983
Floating Down the Old Green River	Bert Kalmar (w), Joe Cooper (m)	Sam Ash	1915
Fly Me to the Moon	Bart Howard (m/w)	Frank Sinatra	1964
Follow the Swallow	Ray Henderson (m), Billy Rose (w), Mort Dixon (w),	Al Jolson with Carl Fenton’s Orchestra	1924
Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear to Tread	Rube Bloom (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle	1940
Footloose	Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford	Kenny Loggins	1984
For All We Know	J. Fred Coots (m), Sam M. Lewis (w)	Isham Jones with Joe Martin	1934
For All We Know	Jimmy Griffin, Fred Karlin, Robb Wilson	Carpenters	1971
For Me and My Gal	George Meyer (m), Edgar Leslie (w), E. Ray Goetz (w)	Judy Garland with Gene Kelly	1942
For Once in My Life	Ron Miller, Orlando Murden	Stevie Wonder	1968
Forever Your Girl	Oliver Leiber	Paula Abdul	1988
Forgive Me	Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w)	Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra	1927
Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway	George M. Cohan (m/w)	Billy Murray	1906
Forty-Second (42nd) Street	Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w)	Don Bestor & His Orchestra with Dudley Mecum	1933
Four or Five Times	Byron Gay, Marco Hellman	King Oliver	1928
Frenesi	Albert Dominguez, Ray Charles, S.K. Russell	Artie Shaw	1940
Friendship	Cole Porter (m/w)	Kay Kyser with Ginny Simms, Harry Babbitt, Jack Martin, & Ish Kabibble	1940
From a Distance	Julie Gold	Bette Midler	1990
From This Moment On	Cole Porter (m/w)	Lena Horne	1950
Frosty the Snowman	Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins	Gene Autry with the Cass County Boys & Carl Cotner’s Orchestra	1950
Funkytown	Steven Greenberg	Lipps Inc.	1980
Funny Face	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Johnny Marvin	1928

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SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
The Gaby Glide	Harry Pilcer (w), Louis A. Hirsch (m)	Billy Murray	1912
The Gang That Sang “Heart of My Heart”	Ben Ryan	The Four Aces with Jack Piels’ Orchestra	1953
Gangsta’s Paradise	Artis Ivey Jr. (Coolio), Larry Sanders (LV), Doug Rasheed, Stevie Wonder	Coolio & L.V.	1995
Gee I Like the Music with My Meals	Nat D. Ayers (m), Seymour Brown (w)	William Burress	1911
Genie in a Bottle	Steve Kipner, David Frank, Pam Sheyne	Christina Aguilera	1999
Gentle on My Mind	John Hartford	Glen Campbell	1967
Georgia	Walter Donaldson (m), Howard Johnson (w)	Paul Whiteman	1922
Georgia on My Mind	Hoagy Carmichael (m), Stuart Gorrell (w)	Ray Charles	1960
Get a Job	The Silhouettes	The Silhouettes	1958
Get Back	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles with Billy Preston	1969
Get Happy	Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w)	Nat Shilkret with Phil Dewey, Frank Luther, & Leo O’Rourke	1930
Get Off of My Cloud	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	1965
Get Out of Town	Cole Porter (m/w)	Eddy Duchin	1939
Get Together	Chet Powers	The Youngbloods	1967
Getting to Know You	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Gertrude Lawrence	1951
The Ghost of the Saxophone	F. Henri Klickmann (m), Jack Frost (w)	The Six Brown Brothers	1917
The Ghost of the Violin	Bert Kalmar (w), Ted Snyder (m)	Peerless Quartet	1913
Ghostbusters	Ray Parker Jr.	Ray Parker Jr.	1984
Giannina Mia	Otto Hauerbach (w), Rudolph Friml (m)	Emma Trentini	1913
Gigi	Frederick Loewe (m), Alan Jay Lerner (w)	Les Baxter	1953
Gimme a Little Kiss (Will Ya? Huh?)	Maceo Pinkard, Roy Turk, Jack Smith	"Whispering" Jack Smith	1926
The Girl Friend	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	George Olsen with Larry Murphy, Bob Borger, & Fran Frey	1926
Girl of My Dreams	Sunny Clapp	Gene Austin & Bob McGimsey & Viola Klaiss with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra	1928
The Girl on the Magazine	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Harry MacDonough	1916
The Girl That I Marry	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Eddy Howard	1947
Girls Just Want to Have Fun	Robert Hazard	Cyndi Lauper	1983
Give Me Love, Give Me Peace on Earth	George Harrison	George Harrison	1973
Give Me the Simple Life	Rube Bloom (m), Harry Ruby (w)	Benny Goodman with Liza Morrow	1946
Give Me the Sultan’s Harem	Abner Silver (m), Alex Gerber (w)	Henry Lewis	1919
Give My Regards to Broadway	George M. Cohan (m/w)	Billy Murray	1905
Give Peace a Chance	John Lennon	John Lennon	1969
Glad Rag Doll	Milton Ager (m), Dan Dougherty (m), Jack Yellen (w)	Ruth Etting	1929
The Glow-Worm	Paul Lincke (m), Lilla Cayley Robinson (w)	Victor Orchestra	1908
Go Away Little Girl	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	Steve Lawrence	1962
Going Up	Louis Hirsch (m), Otto Harbach (w)	Joseph Lertora	1917
The Gold Diggers’ Song (We’re in the Money)	Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w)	Dick Powell	1933
Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)	Robert Clivilles, Frederick Williams	C + C Music Factory	1990
A Good Man Is Hard to Find	Eddie Green	Marion Harris	1919
Good Morning Carrie	Chris Smith, Elmer Bowman	Bert Williams with George Walker	1902
Good News	Ray Henderson (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Lew Brown (w)	George Olsen	1927
Good Times	Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers	Chic	1979
Good Vibrations	Brian Wilson, Mike Love	The Beach Boys	1966
Goodbye Blues	Jimmy McHugh (m), Arnold Johnson (w)	The Mills Brothers	1932
Goodbye Dolly Gray	Will D. Cobb (m/w), Paul Barnes (m/w)	Big Four Quartet	1901
Goodbye My Lady Love	Joseph E. Howard (m/w)	Henry Burr	1904
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Elton John (m), Bernie Taupin (w)	Elton John	1973
Goodnight Angeline	Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Jim Europe	Ivan Harold Browning	1919
Goodnight Irene	Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, John Lomax	The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra	1950
Goodnight Sweetheart	Ray Noble, James Campbell, Reg. Connelly, Rudy Vallee	Wayne King	1931
Got My Mind Set on You	Ruby Clark	George Harrison	1987
Got to Cool My Doggies Now	Bob Schafer, Babe Thompson, Spencer Williams	Lucille Hegamin	1922
Grease	Barry Gibb	Frankie Valli	1978
Great Balls of Fire	Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer	Jerry Lee Lewis	1957
Great Day	Vincent Youmans (m), Billy Rose (w), Edward Eliscu (w)	Paul Whiteman with Bing Crosby	1929
The Great Pretender	Buck Ram	The Platters	1955
Great White Way Blues	Phil Napoleon, Frank Signorelli	Original Memphis Five	1923
Greatest Love of All	Michael Masser (m), Linda Creed (w)	Whitney Houston	1985
Green Tambourine	Paul Leka, Shelley Pinz	The Lemon Pipers	1967
Grieving for You	Joe Gibson, Joe Ribaud, Joe Gold	Paul Whiteman	1921
Grizzly Bear	George Botsford (m), Irving Berlin (w)	American Quartet with Billy Murray	1911
Groovin’	Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati	The Young Rascals	1967
A Groovy Kind of Love	Carole Bayer Sager, Toni Wine	Phil Collins	1988
Gulf Coast Blues	Clarence Williams	Bessie Smith	1923
Gypsy Blues	Eubie Blake (m), Noble Sissle (w)	Paul Whiteman	1922
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Bob Stone	Cher	1971

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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
Hallelujah!	Vincent Youmans (m), Clifford Grey (w), Leo Robin (w)	Nat Shilkret with Franklyn Baur	1927
The Halls of Ivy	Henry Russell, Vic Knight	Voices of Walter Schumann	1950
Handful of Keys	Fats Waller	Fats Waller	1933
Handy Man	Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones, Charles Merenstein	James Taylor	1977
Hangin’ Around	Fred Hamm (m), Jack Gardner (m), Harry Harris (w)	Ray Allen	1926
Hanky Panky	Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich	Tommy James & the Shondells	1966
Happy Days and Lonely Nights	Fred Fisher (m), Billy Rose (w)	Ruth Etting	1928
Happy Days Are Here Again	Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w)	Ben Selvin	1930
Happy Happy Birthday Baby	Margo Sylvia Beach, Gilbert Lopez	Ronnie Milsap	1986
Happy Together	Gary Bonner, Alan Gordon	The Turtles	1967
A A Hard Day’s Night	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1964
Hard to Say I’m Sorry	David Foster, Peter Cetera	Chicago	1982
Hard-Hearted Hannah, the Vamp of Savannah	Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w), Bob Bigelow (w), Charles Bates (w)	Dolly Kay	1924
Hard-to-Get Gertie	Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w)	Irving Aaronson & His Commanders	1926
Harper Valley P.T.A.	Tom T. Hall	Jeannie C. Riley	1968
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 You Ever Really Loved a Woman?	Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen	Bryan Adams	1995
Have You Ever Seen the Rain	John Fogerty	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1970
Have You Never Been Mellow	John Farrar	Olivia Newton-John	1975
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Ralph Blane (m), Hugh Martin (w)	Judy Garland with George Stoll’s Orchestra	1944
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother	Bobby Scott (m), Bob Russell (w)	The Hollies	1969
He Loves and She Loves	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Ella Fitzgerald	1959
He May Be Your Man But He Comes to See Me Sometimes	Lemuel Fowler	Lucille Hegamin	1922
Heart of Glass	Deborah Harry, Chris Stein	Blondie	1978
Heart of Gold	Neil Young	Neil Young	1972
Heartache Tonight	Glenn Frey, Don Henley, J.D. Souther, Bob Seger	Eagles	1979
Heartaches	Al Hoffman (m), John Klenner (w)	Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner	1947
Heartbreak Hotel	Mae Axton, Tommy Durden	Presley, Elvis	1956
Heat Wave	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Glen Gray with Mildred Bailey	1933
Heaven Is a Place on Earth	Ellen Shipley, Rick Nowels	Belinda Carlisle	1987
Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl	Edgard Smith (w), A. Baldwin Sloane (m)	Marie Dressler	1910
He’d Have to Get Under, Get Out and Get Under, to Fix Up His Automobile	Maurice Abrahams (m), Grant Clarke (w), Edgar Leslie (w)	Billy Murray	1914
Heidelberg (Stein Song)	Frank Pixley (w), Gustav Luders (m)	Harry MacDonough	1903
Hello	Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie	1983
Hello Bluebird	Cliff Friend	Vincent Lopez with the Keller Sisters & Lynch	1927
Hello Central, Give Me Heaven	Charles K. Harris (m/w)	Byron 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 Dolly!	Jerry Herrman (m/w)	Louis Armstrong & the All Stars	1964
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
Help Me Rhonda	Brian Wilson	The Beach Boys	1965
Help!	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1965
Here Comes My Ball and Chain	J. Fred Coots (m), Lou Davis (w)	Coon-Sanders Orchestra	1929
Here Comes My Daddy Now	L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Lewis F. Muir (m)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1913
Here Comes the Show Boat	Maceo Pinkard (m), Billy Rose (w)	Vaughn Deleath	1928
He’s a Cousin of Mine	Cecil Mack (w), Chris Smith (m), Silvio Hein (m)	Bert Williams	1907
He’s a Rebel	Gene Pitney	The Crystals	1962
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands	Geoff Love (adapted)	Laurie London	1957
He’s So Fine	Ronald Mack (m/w)	The Chiffons	1963
He’s the Last Word	Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Jane Gray	1927
The Hesitating Blues	W.C. Handy	Prince’s Orchestra	1916
Hey Jude	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1968
Hey Mr. Banjo	Freddy Morgan, Norman Malkin	The Banjo Boys	1955
Hey Taxi!	Ivon DeBie (m/w)	Ernie Kovacs with Leroy Holmes	1956
Hey! Baby	Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel	Bruce Channel	1962
Hiawatha (His Song to Minnehaha)	Neal Moret (m), James O’Dea	Harry MacDonough	1903
High Fever	Joe Sanders (m), Charlie Harrison (w)	Coon-Sanders Orchestra	1926
High Hopes	Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen	Frank Sinatra & a Bunch of Kids	1959
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh, My Darlin’)	Ned Washington, Dmitri Tiomkin	Tex Ritter	1952
High Society	Porter Steele	King Oliver	1924
Higher Love	Steve Winwood, Will Jennings	Steve Winwood	1986
Hindustan	Oliver Wallace (m/w), Harold Weeks (m/w)	Henry Burr with Albert Campbell	1919
Hit the Road Jack	Ray Charles, Percy Mayfield	Ray Charles	1961
Hit the Road to Dreamland	Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Freddie Slack	1943
Hitchy Koo	L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Lewis F. Muir (m)	American Quartet	1912
Hold On	Carnie Wilson, Glen Ballard, Chynna Phillips	Wilson Phillips	1990
Hold on to the Nights	Richard Marx	Richard Marx	1987
Holiday for Strings	David Rose (m), Sam Gallop (w)	David Rose	1943
Home Again Blues	Irving Berlin, Harry Akst	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	1921
Honest and Truly	Fred Rose	Henry Burr	1925
Honey	Bobby Russell	Bobby Goldsboro	1968
Honey Boy	Albert Von Tilzer (m), Jack Norworth (w)	Peerless Quartet (as Columbia Male Quartet)	1907
Honey Man	Al Piantadosi (m), Joe McCarthy (w)	Stella Tracey	1911
Honeysuckle Rose	Thomas "Fats" Waller (m), Andy Razaf (w)	Fats Waller	1935
Honky Tonk Women	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	1969
Hooked on a Feeling	Mark James	Blue Swede	1974
Hooray for Hollywood	Richard A. Whiting (m), Johnny Mercer (w)		1937
A Horse with No Name	Dewey Bunnell	America	1971
Horses	Richard Whiting, Byron Gay	George Olsen with Fran Frey	1926
Hot Lips (He’s Got Hot Lips When He Plays Jazz)	Henry Lange, Henry Busse, Lou Davis	Paul Whiteman	1922
Hot Stuff	Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey	Donna Summer	1979
Hotel California	Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Don Felder	Eagles	1976
Hound Dog	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	Presley, Elvis	1956
The House I Live In	Earl Robinson (m), Lewis Allan (w)	Frank Sinatra	1946
The House of the Rising Sun	Alan Price, traditional	The Animals	1964
How About You?	Tom Adair (m), Ralph Freed (w)	Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra	1942
How Are Things in Glocca Mora?	Burton Lane (m), E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w)	Buddy Clark with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra	1947
How Are You Goin’ to Wet Your Whistle?	Percy Wenrich, Francis Byrne, Frank McIntyre		1919
How Come You Do Me Like You Do?	Gene Austin, Roy Bergere	Marion Harris	1924
How Could I Be Blue?	Dan Wilson, Andy Razaf	Roger Wolfe Kahn	1926
How Could Red Riding Hood?	A.P. Randolph	Rube Wolf	1925
How Deep Is the Ocean?	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo	1932
How Deep Is Your Love	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb	Bee Gees	1977
How High the Moon	Morgan Lewis (m), Nancy Hamilton (w)	Les Paul & Mary Ford	1951
How Long Has This Been Going On?	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Bobbe Arnst & Mary O’Brien	1927
How Will I Know	"George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Narada Walden "	Whitney Houston	1985
How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm After They’ve Seen Paree	Walter Donaldson (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joy Young (w)	Nora Bayes	1919
How’d You Like to Spoon with Me?	Edward Laska (w), Jerome Kern (m)	Corrine Morgan & the Haydn Quartet	1906
The Hustle	Van McCoy	Van McCoy	1975

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SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of This Jelly Roll	Clarence Williams (m), Spencer Williams (w)	Clarence Williams	1919
I Ain’t Got Nobody	Roger Graham (w), Dave Peyton (m), Spencer Williams (m)	Sophie Tucker	1927
I Ain’t Never Had Nobody Crazy Over Me	Jimmie Durante, Johnny Stein, Jack Roth	Broadway Syncopators	1923
I Am Woman	Helen Reddy, Ray Burton	Helen Reddy	1972
I Can Dream, Can’t I?	Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w)	The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra	1949
I Can See Clearly Now	Johnny Nash	Johnny Nash	1972
I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love with Me	Jimmy McHugh (m), Clarence Gaskill (w)	Roger Wolfe Kahn	1927
I Can’t Do the Sum	Glen MacDonough (w), Victor Herbert (m)	Billy Murray	1904
I Can’t Get Next to You	Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield	The Temptations	1969
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction	Mick Jagger, Keith Richard	The Rolling Stones	1965
I Can’t Get Started	Vernon Duke (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra	1938
I Can’t Get the One I Want	Lou Handman (m), Herman Ruby (w), Billy Rose (w)	Paul Whiteman	1924
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love	Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w)	Cliff Edwards	1928
I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)	Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen	Hall & Oates	1981
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland	Four Tops	1965
I Can’t Stop Loving You	Don Gibson	Ray Charles	1962
I Could Be Happy with You	Sandy Wilson	Julie Andrews & John Hewer	1954
I Could Have Danced All Night	Frederick Loewe (m), Alan Jay Lerner (w)	Julie Andrews	1956
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 with Louise Tobin	1939
I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier	Alfred Brya (w), Al Piantadosi	Peerless Quartet	1915
I Don’t Care	Jean Lenox, Harry O. Sutton	Damita Jo	1953
I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine	Mack David	Presley, Elvis	1954
I Don’t Know Why, I Just Do	Fred E. Ahlert (m), Roy Turk (w)	Wayne King with Ernie Burchill, Andy Hansen, & Bill Enger	1931
I Don’t Wanna Cry	Mariah Carey, Narada Michael Walden	Mariah Carey	1990
I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing	Diane Warren	Aerosmith	1998
I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire	Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham	Horace Heidt with Larry Colton, Donna Wood, & Don Juans	1941
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 Found a Rose in the Devil’s Garden	Fred Fisher, Willie Raskin	Sterling Trio	1921
I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down	Fred Ahlert, Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar	Billy Murray & Gladys Rice (as Rachel Grant)	1923
I Get a Kick Out of You	Cole Porter (m/w)	Ethel Merman with Johnny Green’s Orchestra	1934
I Get Around	Brian Wilson	The Beach Boys	1964
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 You Babe	Sonny Bono	Sonny & Cher	1965
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 Hadn’t Anyone Till You	Ray Noble (m/w)	Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard	1938
I Heard It Through the Grapevine	Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield	Marvin Gaye	1968
I Honestly Love You	Peter Allen, Jeff Barry	Olivia Newton-John	1974
I Just Called to Say I Love You	Stevie Wonder	Stevie Wonder	1984
I Just Want to Be Your Everything	Barry Gibb	Andy Gibb	1977
I Know That You Know	Vincent Youmans (m), Anne Caldwell (w)	Nat Shilkret	1927
I Left My Heart in San Francisco	George Cory (m), Douglas Cross (w)	Tony Bennett	1962
I Love a Piano	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Billy Murray	1916
I Love a Rainy Night	David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens	Rabbitt Eddie	1980
I Love It!	Harry Von Tilzer (m), E. Ray Goetz (w)	Arthur Collins	1911
I Love Me (I’m Wild About Myself)	Edwin J. Weber, Jack Hoins, Will Mahoney	Willie Howard	1923
I Love My Baby	Harry Warren (m), Bud Green (w)	Dolly Kramer	1926
I Love My Wife, But, Oh, You Kid!	Harry Armstrong, Billy Clark	Dorothy Drew	1909
I Love Paris	Cole Porter (m/w)	Les Baxter	1954
I Love Rock and Roll	Jake Hooker, Alan Merrill	Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	1981
I Love to Go Swimmin’ with Wimmen	Sigmund Romberg (m), Ballard MacDonald (w)	Pat Rooney	1921
I Love You	Harry Archer, Harlan Thompson	Paul Whiteman	1924
I Love You Sunday	Charley Straight (m), Charles F. Byrne (w)	Ted Lewis	1921
I Love You Truly	Carrie Jacobs-Bond (m/w)	Elsie Baker (aka "Edna Brown")	1912
I Love, I Love, I Love My Wife, But Oh You Kid!	Jimmy Lucas (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m)	Arthur Collins	1909
I May Be Crazy, But I Ain’t No Fool	Alex Rogers (m/w)	Bob Roberts	1904
I Meet Her in the Moonlight But She Keeps Me in the Dark	Pete Wendling (m), Alfred Bryan (w), Willie Raskin (w)	Pete Wendling	1926
I Might Be Your Once-in-a-While	Victor Herbert (m), Robert B. Smith (w)	John E. Young with Ada Meade	1919
I Need Some Pettin’	Ted Fiorito (m), Robert King (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Sam Heiman’s Orchestra	1924
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	1921
I Never Knew That Roses Grew	Ted Fiorito (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Sam Donahue with Bill Lockwood & the Blues Hues	1947
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden	Joe South	Lynn Anderson	1970
I Never See Maggie Alone	Everett Lynton, Harry Tilsley	Kenney Roberts	1949
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 Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream	Robert King, Howard Johnson, Billy Moll	Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians	1928
I Second That Emotion	Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland	The Miracles	1967
I Shot the Sheriff	Bob Marley	Eric Clapton	1974
I Surrender Dear	Harry Barnes (m), Gordon Clifford (w)	Gus Arnheim with Bing Crosby	1931
I Swear	Gary Baker, Frank Myers	All-4-One	1994
I Think I Love You	Tony Romeo	The Partridge Family	1970
I Wanna Be Loved	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 Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me	"George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam "	Whitney Houston	1987
I Wanna Go Where You Go, Do What You Do, Then I’ll Be Happy	Cliff Friend (m), Sidney Clare (w), Lew Brown (w)	Eddie Fisher	1955
I Wanna Say Hello	Jimmy MacDonald (m), Jack Hoffman (w)	Ellen Sutton	1952
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 a Little Girl	Murray Mencher (m), Billy Moll (w)		1930
I Want to Be Happy	Vincent Youmans (m), Irving Caesar (w)	Vincent Lopez	1924
I Want to Hold Your Hand	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1963
I Want to Know What Love Is	Mick Jones	Foreigner	1984
I Want to Linger	Henry I. Marshall (m), Stanley Murphy (w)	Prince’s Orchestra	1915
I Whistle a Happy Tune	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein (w)	Gertrude Lawrence with Sandy Kennedy	1951
I Will Always Love You	Dolly Parton	Whitney Houston	1992
I Will Follow Him	J. W. Stole (m), Del Roma (m), Norman Gimbel (w), Arthur Altman (w)	Little Peggy March	1963
I Will Survive	Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren	Gloria Gaynor	1978
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate	Clarence Williams, Armand Piron	The Virginians	1923
I Wish’t I Was in Peoria	Harry Woods (m), Billy Rose (w), Mort Dixon (w)	Russo & Fiorito Orchestra	1925
I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight?	Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Henry Burr & Billy Murray	1926
I Wonder Where My Sweet Sweet Daddy’s Gone	Ray Stark (m), T.A. Hammed (w)	Aileen Stanley	1921
I Wonder Where My Sweetie Can Be	Eubie Blake (m), Noble Sissle (w)	Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle	1925
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 Write the Songs	Bruce Johnston	Barry Manilow	1975
Ice Ice Baby	David Bowie, Queen, Earthquake, Vanilla Ice	Vanilla Ice	1990
I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)	Jim Steinman	Meat Loaf	1993
I’d Leave My Happy Home for You	Will A. Heelan (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m)	Arthur Collins	1899
I’d Rather Be Blue Over You Than Be Happy with Somebody Else	Fres Fisher (m), Billy Rose (w)	Fanny Brice with Leonard Joy’s Orchestra	1929
Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)	Eddie Munson (m), Eddie Leonard (w)	Red Nichols	1927
Idolizing	Sam Messenheimer, Irving Abrahamson, Ray West	Abe Lyman	1926
If Ever I Would Leave You	Frederick Loewe (m), Alan Jay Lerner (w)	Robert Goulet	1960
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 with the Mellomen	1954
If I Had a Talking Picture of You	Ray Henderson (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Lew Brown (w)	Johnny Hamp with Cliff Garnet	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 Loved You	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Perry Como with Russell Case’s Orchestra	1945
If I Were a Bell	Frank Loesser (m/w)	Frankie Laine	1950
If Money Talks, It Ain’t on Speakin’ Terms with Me	J.Fred Helf (m/w)	Arthur Collins	1902
If My Friends Could See Me Now	Cy Coleman (m), Dorothy Fields (w)	Linda Clifford	1978
If This Isn’t Love	Burton Lane (m), E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w)	Ella Logan & Donald Richards	1946
If You Don’t Know Me by Now	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	1972
If You Had My Love	Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Cory Rooney	Jennifer Lopez	1999
If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie	Buddy DeSylva	Eddie Cantor	1925
If You Leave Me Now	Peter Cetera	Chicago	1976
If You Sheik on Your Mama, Your Mamma’s Gonna Sheba on You	Chris Smith (m/w)	New Leviathan Oriental Foxtrot Orchestra	1977
If You Talk in Your Sleep, Don’t Mention My Name	Nat D. Ayer (m), Seymour Brown (w)	Billy Murray	1912
I’ll Be a Friend with Pleasure	Maceo Pinkard	Bernie Cummins	1930
I’ll Be Missing You	Sting, Faith Evans, Todd Gaither, Albert E. Brumley	Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112	1997
I’ll Be Seeing You	Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w)	Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra	1944
I’ll Be There	Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Willie Hutch, Bob West	The Jackson 5	1970
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	1922
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 Know	Frank Loesser (m/w)	Sammy Davis Jr.	1955
I’ll Make Love to You	Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds	Boyz II Men	1994
I’ll Never Be the Same	Matty Malneck (m), Frank Signorelli (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Paul Whiteman with Mildred Bailey	1932
I’ll Never Fall in Love Again	Burt Bacharach (m), Hal David (w)	Dionne Warwick	1969
I’ll Never Smile Again	Ruth Lowe (m/w)	Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers	1940
I’ll Say She Does	Buddy DeSylva, Gus Kahn, Al Jolson	Al Jolson with Charles Prince’s Orchestra	1919
I’ll See You Again	Noel Coward	Leo Reisman	1930
I’ll See You in C-U-B-A	Irving Berlin	Billy Murray	1920
I’ll See You in My Dreams	Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Isham Jones with Ray Miller & Frank Bessinger	1925
I’ll Walk Alone	Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w)	Dinah Shore	1944
I’m a Believer	Neil Diamond	The Monkees	1966
I’m a Jonah Man	Alex Rogers (m/w)	Arthur Collins	1903
I’m a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird	George Meyer, Arthur Johnston	Eva Taylor with Clarennce Williams’ Blue Five	1924
I’m Alabama Bound	Robert Hoffman (m), John J. Puderer (w)	Rag Trio	1910
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 All Broken Up Over You	Joe Murphy (m), Carl Hoeffle (m), Joe Burke (w), Lou Hersher (w)	Ted Weems	1924
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows	Frederick Chopin (m), Harry Carroll (m), Joseph McCarthy (w)	Charles Harrison	1918
I’m Certainly Living a Ragtime Life	Robert S. Roberts (m), Gene Jefferson (w)	Fannie Midgely	1900
I’m Coming Virginia	Donald Heywood, Will Marion Cook	Paul Whiteman & the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, & Harry Barris)	1927
I’m Confessin’ That I Love You	Doc Dougherty (m), Ellis Reynolds (m), Al J. Neiburg (w)	Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo	1930
I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby	Thomas "Fats" Waller, Alexander Hill	Fats Waller	1931
I’m Croonin’ a Tune about June	J. Fred Coots (m), Lou Davis (w)	Noble Sissle	1929
I’m Easy	Keith Carradine	Keith Carradine	1976
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	1936
I’m Goin’ Away Just to Wear You Off My Mind	Lloyd Smith, Clarence Johnson, Warren Smith	King Oliver	1922
I’m Goin’ to Live Anyhow, Till I Die	Shepard N. Edmonds	Eddie Leonard	1901
I’m Goin’ to Settle Down Outside of London Town	James V. Monaco (m), Joe McCarthy (w)	Billy Murray & the Peerless Quartet	1919
I’m Going to Do What I Please	Ted Snyder (m), Alfred Bryan (w)	Sophie Tucker	1909
I’m Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston	Lou Handman (m), Roy Turk (w)	Missouri Jazz Band	1925
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Ross	The Supremes & the Temptations	1968
I’m Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now	Jesse Greer (m), Benny Davis Iw)	Jean Goldkette	1927
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter	Fred E. Ahlert (m), Joe Young (w)	Fats Waller	1935
I’m in Love Again	Cole Porter	Dolly Sisters	1927
I’m in Love Again	Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino	Fats Domino	1956
I’m in the Mood for Love	Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w)	Little Jack Little	1935
I’m Just Wild about Animal Crackers	Harry Link, Sam Coslow, Fred Rich	Irving Aaronson & His Orchestra	1926
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 More Than Satisfied	Thomas Waller (m), Ray Klages (w)	Eddie Peabody	1927
I’m Nobody’s Baby	Milton Ager, Benny Davis, Lester Santly	Judy Garland	1940
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 Telling You Now	Freddie Garrity, Mitch Murray	Freddie & the Dreamers	1963
I’m Through Shedding Tears Over You	Edwin J. Weber (m), Karyl Norman (w)	Karyl Norman	1922
I’m Too Sexy	Fred Fairbrass, Richard Fairbrass, Rob Manzoli	Right Said Fred	1991
I’m Walkin’	Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino	Fats Domino	1957
I’m Walking Behind You	Billy Reid	Eddie Fisher & Sally Sweetland with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra	1953
I’m Your Angel	R. Kelly	R. Kelly & Celine Dion	1998
Imagine	John Lennon, Yoko Ono	John Lennon	1971
The Impossible Dream	Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh	Jack Jones	1966
In a Little Spanish Town (‘Twas on a Night Like This)	Mabel Wayne (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joe Young (w)	Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton	1927
In a Mist	Bix Beiderbecke	Bix Beiderbecke	1928
In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town	Little Jack Little (m), John Siras (m), Joe Young (w)	Ted Lewis	1932
In Honeysuckle Time	Eubie Blake (m), Noble Sissle (w)		1921
In My Merry Oldsmobile	Vincent Bryan (w), Gus Edwards (m)	Billy Murray	1905
In Old New York	Victor Herbert (m), Henry Blossom (w)	Fred Stone with Dave Montgomery	1907
In Soudan	Nat Osborne (m), Ballard MacDonald (w)	Zez Confrey	1919
In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening	Hoagy Carmichael (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman	1951
In the Good Old Summertime	Ren Shields (w), George Evans (m)	Haydn Quartet	1903
In the Land O’ Yamo Yamo	Fred Fisher (m), Joe McCarthy (w)	Van & Schenck	1918
In the Mood	Andy Razaf, Joe Garland	Glenn Miller	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 with Jack Leonard	1937
In the Still of the Nite (I’ll Remember)	Fred Parris	The Five Satins	1956
In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)	Richard S. Evans	Zager & Evans	1969
Indian Love Call	Rudolf Friml (m), Otto Harbach (w), Oscar Hammerstein (w)	Paul Whiteman	1925
Indian Summer	Victor Herbert (m), Al Dubin (w)	Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard	1939
Indiana	James Hanley (m), Ballad MacDonald (w)	Conway’s Band	1917
Invisible Touch	Anthony Banks, Phil Collins, Michael Rutherford	Genesis	1986
Is It True What They Say About Dixie	Gerald Marks, Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner	Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly	1936
Is She My Girl Friend?	Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w)	Van & Schenck	1928
Islands in the Stream	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb	Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton	1983
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	1924
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	1927
It Goes Like It Goes	David Shire, Norman Gimbel	Jennifer Warnes	1979
It Had to Be You	Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Isham Jones	1924
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 Victor Young’s Orchestra	1945
It Takes a Long, Tall, Brown-Skin Gal	Will E. Skidmore	Rae Samuels	1917
Italian Street Song (Zing, Zing)	Rida Johnson Young (w), Victor Herbert (m)	Lucy Isabelle Marsh & the Victor Light Opera Co.	1911
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 Lovely Day Tomorrow	Irving Berlin	Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers	1940
It’s a Most Unusual Day	Jimmy McHugh (m), Harold Adamson (w)	Ray Noble	1948
It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie	Billy Mayhew	Fats Waller	1936
It’s All in the Game	Charles G. Dawes (m), Carl Sigman (w)	Tommy Edwards	1951
It’s Been a Long, Long Time	Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w)	Bing Crosby & the Les Paul Trio	1945
It’s Magic	Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w)	Doris Day	1948
It’s My Party	John Gluck Jr., Wally Gold	Lesley Gore	1963
It’s Not for Me to Say	Robert Allen (m), Al Stillman (m)	Johnny Mathis	1957
It’s Now or Never	Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold	Presley, Elvis	1960
It’s Only a Paper Moon	Harold Arlen (m), E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (w), Billy Rose (w)	Ella Fitzgerald & the Delta Rhythm Boys	1945
It’s Right Here for You	Alex Belledna (m), Marion Dickerson (w)	Mamie Smith	1920
It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	1980
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 Tight Like That	Thomas Dorsey, Hudson Whittaker	Tampa Red with Georgia Tom	1928
It’s Too Late	Carole King (m), Toni Stern (w)	Carole King	1971
It’s Tulip Time in Holland	Dave Radford (w), Richard A. Whiting (m)	Henry Burr	1915
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini	Paul Vance, Lee Pockriss	Brian Hyland	1960
I’ve Found a New Baby	Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams	Ted Lewis	1926
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 My Habits On	Jimmie Durante (m), Chris Smith (w), Bob Schafer (w)	Donald Kerr	1921
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	1936
I’ve Got Your Number	Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh	Swen Swenson	1962
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face	Frederick Loewe (m), Alan Jay Lerner (w)	Rosemary Clooney	1956
I’ve Had the Time of My Life	Frank Previte, John DeNicola, Donald Markowitz	Bill Medley with Jennifer Warnes	1987
I’ve Heard That Song Before	Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w)	Harry James with Helen Forrest	1943
I’ve Never Seen a Straight Banana	Ted Waite	Ernest Hare & Billy Jones	1927
I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star	Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Jack Denny with Paul Small	1932
Ivy, Cling to Me	Isham Jones, Jimmy Johnson	Isham Jones	1923

J

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Ja Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing)	Bob Carleton	Arthur Fields	1919
Jack and Diane	John Cougar Mellencamp	John Cougar Mellencamp	1982
Jail House Blues	Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams	Bessie Smith	1924
Jailhouse Rock	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	Presley, Elvis	1957
The Japanese Sandman	Richard A. Whiting (m), Ray Egan (w)	Paul Whiteman	1920
Java Jive	Ben Oakland (m), Milton Drake (w)	The Ink Spots	1940
The Jazz Me Blues	Tom Delaney	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	1921
Jean	Shelton Brooks	Isham Jones	1919
Jeepers Creepers	Harry Warren (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Al Donahue & Paul Kelly	1938
Jelly Roll Blues	Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton	Jelly Roll Morton	1904
Jersey Bounce	Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, Ed Johnson	Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee	1942
Jessie’s Girl	Rick Springfield	Rick Springfield	1981
Jimmy Valentine	Gus Edwards (m), Edward Madden (w)	Peerless Quartet	1911
Jimtown Blues	Charlie Davis (m), Fred Rose (w)	Jimmie Wade’s Moulin Rouge Syncopaters	1925
Joe Turner Blues	W.C. Handy	Prince’s Orchestra	1916
Johnny Angel	Lee Pockriss (m), Lyn Duddy (w)	Shelley Fabares	1962
Johnny B. Goode	Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry	1958
Joy to the World	Hoyt Axton	Three Dog Night	1970
Jump	Jermaine Dupri	Kris Kross	1992
Jump Steady Blues	Millard E. Coffin, Percy Terry	Paramount Four	1922
Jumpin’ Jack Flash	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	1968
Jumping Jack	Rube Bloom, Bernie Seaman, Marvin Smolev	Zez Confrey	1928
June Is Bustin’ Out All Over	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Hildegarde with Guy Lombardo’s Orchestra	1945
Junk Man Rag	C. Luckeyth Roberts	Maurice & Florence Walton	1913
Just a Wearyin’ for You	Carrie Jacobs-Bond (m), Frank Stanton (w)	Lucy Isabelle Marsh	1916
Just Another Day Wasted Away Waiting for You	Charles Tobias (m), Roy Turk (w)	Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians	1927
Just Cross the River from Queens	Albert Von Tilzer (m), Neville Fleeson (w)	Edwin J. McEnelly	1927
Just Friends	John Klenner (m), Sam Lewis (w)	Russ Colombo with Leonard Joy’s Orchestra	1932
Just in Time	Jule Styne (m), Betty Comden (w), Adolph Green (w)	Tony Bennett	1956
Just Like a Woman	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	1966
Just Like Starting Over	John Lennon	John Lennon	1980
Just My Imagination Running Away with Me	Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong	The Temptations	1971
Just One of Those Things	Cole Porter (m/w)	Richard Himber with Stuart Allen	1935
Just the Way You Are	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	1977
Just Wait Till You See My Baby Do the Charleston	Clarence Williams, Clarence Todd, Rousseau Simmons	Clarence Williams	1925
Just Walkin’ in the Rain	Johnny Bragg, Robert S. Riley	Johnnie Ray	1956
Justify My Love	Lenny Kravtiz	Madonna	1990

K

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Ka-Lu-A	Jerome Kern (m), Anne Caldwell (w)	Elsie Baker (aka "Edna Brown") with Elliott Shaw	1922
Kansas City (aka "K.C. Lovin’")	Mike Stoller (m), Jerry Leiber (w)	Wilbert Harrison	1959
Kansas City Kitty	Wlater Donaldson (m), Edgar Leslie (w)	The Cotton Pickers	1929
Kansas City Stomp	Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton	Jelly Roll Morton	1923
Karma Chameleon	George O’Dowd, Jon Moss, Roy Hay, Mikey Craig, Phil Pickett	Culture Club	1983
Katy-Did	Jerome Kern (m), Harry B. Smith (w)	Lois Josephine with Wellington Cross	1913
Keep on Loving You	Kevin Cronin	REO Speedwagon	1980
Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now	Thomas "Fats" Waller (m), Andy Razaf (w)	Louis Armstrong	1932
Kids!	Charles Strouse (m), Lee Adams (w)	Paul Lynde & Marijane Maricle	1960
Killing Me Softly with His Song	Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel	Roberta Flack	1973
King Chanticleer	Nat D. Ayer (m), Seymour Brown (w)	Prince’s Orchestra	1910
King of the Road	Roger Miller	Roger Miller	1965
King Porter Stomp	Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton	Jelly Roll Morton	1923
The Kinkajou	Harry Tierney (m), Joseph McCarthy (w)	Ada May	1927
Kiss	Prince	Prince	1986
A Kiss in the Dark	Victor Herbert (m), Buddy DeSylva (w)	Amelita Galli-Curci	1923
Kiss Me Again (If I Were on the Stage)	Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m)	Olive Kline	1916
Kiss of Fire	Lester Allen, Robert Hill	Georgia Gibbs	1952
Kiss on My List	Daryl Hall, Janna Allen	Hall & Oates	1980
Kiss You All Over	Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn	Exile	1978
Kitten on the Keys	Zez Confrey	Zez Confrey	1921
K-K-K-Katy (Stammering Song)	Geoffrey O’Hara (m/w)	Billy Murray	1918
Knock Three Times	L. Russell Brown, Irwin Levine	Tony Orlando & Dawn	1970
Kokomo	Mike Love, Scott McKenzie, Terry Melcher, John Phillips	The Beach Boys	1988

L

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
La Bamba	Ritchie Valens	Ritchie Valens	1958
Lady	Lionel Richie (m/w)	Kenny Rogers	1980
The Lady Is a Tramp	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard	1937
Lady Madonna	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1968
The Land Where the Good Songs Go	Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w)	Elizabeth Brice with Charles King	1917
Last Dance	Paul Jabara	Donna Summer	1978
The Last Time I Saw Paris	Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Kate Smith	1940
Last Train to Clarksville	Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart	The Monkees	1966
Laughin’ Cryin’ Blues	Porter Grainger, Bob Ricketts	Fats Waller	1923
Laughter in the Rain	Neil Sedaka, Philip Cody	Sedaka, Neil	1974
Laura	David Raskin (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Woody Herman	1945
Lay Lady Lay	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	1969
Lazy	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Al Jolson with Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra	1924
Lazy Bones	Hoagy Carmichael (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Ted Lewis	1933
Lazy Moon	Bob Cole (w), Rosamond Johnson (m)	J. Rosamond Johnson with Bob Cole	1904
Le Freak	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards	Chic	1978
Leader of the Pack	Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, George "Shadow" Morton	The Shangri-La’s	1964
Lean on Me	Bill Withers	Bill Withers	1972
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
Leaving on a Jet Plane	John Denver	John Denver	1969
Left All Alone Again Blues	Jerome Kern (m), Anne Caldwell (w)	Marion Harris	1920
Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella	Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w), Francis Wheeler (w)	Roger Wolfe Kahn with Franklyn Baur	1928
Let It Be	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1970
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w)	Vaughn Monroe	1945
Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear	Kal Mann, Bernie Lowe	Presley, Elvis	1957
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 the Rest of the World Go By	J. Kiern Brennan (w), Ernest R. Ball (m)	Elizabeth Spencer & Charles Hart	1920
Let the River Run	Carly Simon	Carly Simon	1989
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer’s Orchestra	1937
Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love	Cole Porter (m/w)	Irving Aaronson & His Commanders with Jack Armstrong	1929
Let’s Fall in Love	Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w)	Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood	1934
Let’s Get Away from It All	Matt Dennis (m), Tom Adair (w)	Tommy Dorsey & the Pied Pipers	1941
Let’s Hang On	Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell	The Four Seasons	1965
Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee	Irving Berlin	Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians	1932
Let’s Hear It for the Boy	Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford	Deniece Williams	1984
Let’s Stay Together	Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson	Al Green	1971
Let’s Take an Old-Fashioned Walk	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Ada Jones & Billy Murray	1907
The Letter	Wayne Carson Thompson	The Box Tops	1967
Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries	Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w)	Rudy Vallee	1931
Light My Fire	John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison	The Doors	1967
Like a Prayer	Patrick Leonard, Madonna	Madonna	1989
Like a Rolling Stone	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	1965
Like a Virgin	Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly	Madonna	1984
Lila	Maceo Pinkard, Archie Gottler, Chas. Tobias	Watts & Marshall	1928
Limehouse Blues	Philip Braham, Douglas Furber	Paul Whiteman	1924
Linda	Jack Lawrence	Ray Noble with Buddy Clark	1947
Linger Awhile	Vincent Rose (m), Harry Owens (w)	Paul Whiteman	1924
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Hugo Peretti, Albert Stanton, Luigi Creatore, Paul Campbell, George Weiss, Roy Ilene	The Tokens	1961
A Little Bit of Heaven (Shure, They Call It Ireland)	J. Keirn Brennan (b), Ernest R. Ball (m)	George MacFarlane	1915
The Little Drummer Boy	Harry Simeone, Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati	Harry Simeone Chorale	1958
The Little Ford Rambled Right Along	Byron Gay (m), B.G. Foster (w), C.R. Foster (w)	Billy Murray	1915
Little Girl	Francis Henry, Madeline Hyde	Harold Arlen with Joe Ventuti’s Big Four	1931
Little Things Mean a Lot	Edith Lindeman, Carl Stutz	Kitty Kallen with Jack Piels’ Orchestra	1954
Livery Stable Blues	Ray Lopez, Alcide Nunez	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	1917
Livin’ La Vida Loca	Desmond Child; Robi Rosa	Ricky Martin	1999
Livin’ on a Prayer	Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Desmond Child	Bon Jovi	1986
Liza	Maceo Pinkard, Nat Vincent	Zez Confrey	1922
Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w), Gus Kahn (w)	Al Jolson with Bob Haring’s Orchestra	1929
The Loco-Motion	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	Little Eva	1962
Lollipop	Beverly Ross, Julius Dixon	The Chordettes	1958
Lonely Boy	Paul Anka	Paul Anka	1959
Lonesome and Sorry	Con Conrad (m), Benny Davis (w)	Ruth Etting	1926
Lonesome Mama Blues	Billie Brown, A.W. Brown, E. Nickel	Mamie Smith	1922
Lonesome, Lovesick Got-to-Have-My-Daddy Blues	Ernie Erdman, Clarence Jones, Chester Cohn	Moody & Duncan	1921
Long Ago and Far Away	Jerome Kern (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest with Camarata’s Orchestra	1944
The Long and Winding Road	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1970
Long Tall Sally	Robert Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, Richard Penniman	Little Richard	1956
Look for the Silver Lining	Jerome Kern (m), Buddy DeSylva (w)	Marion Harris	1921
Looking at the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses	Tommie Malie, Jimmy Steiger	Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians	1926
Looking for a Boy	George Gerswhin, Ira Gershwin	Arden-Ohman Orchestra	1926
Looks Like We Made It	Richard Kerr, Will Jennings	Barry Manilow	1976
A Lot of Livin’ to Do	Charles Strouse (m), Lee Adams (w)	Dick Gautier et al	1960
Louie Louie	Richard Berry	The Kingsmen	1963
Louise	Richard A. Whiting (m), Leo Robin (w)	Maurice Chevalier with Leonard Joy’s Orchestra	1929
Love and Marriage	James Van Heusen	Frank Sinatra	1955
Love Child	Pam Sawyer, R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson, Deke Richards	The Supremes	1968
Love in Bloom	Ralph Rainger (m), Leo Robin (w)	Bing Crosby with Irving Aaronson’s Orchestra	1934
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing	Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster	The Four Aces	1955
Love Is Blue	Andre Popp, Pierre Cour	Paul Mauriat	1967
Love Is Here to Stay	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Larry Clinton with Bea Wain	1938
Love Is Just Around the Corner	Lewis E. Gensler (m), Leo Robin (w)	Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra	1934
Love Is the Tender Trap	Jimmy Van Heusen (m), Sammy Cahn (w)	Frank Sinatra	1955
Love Letters in the Sand	Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny, J. Fred Coots	Pat Boone	1957
Love Me Do	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1962
Love Me or Leave Me	Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Ruth Etting	1929
Love Me Tender	Elvis Presley, Vera Matson	Presley, Elvis	1956
The Love Nest	Louis A. Hirsch	John Steel	1920
Love Will Find a Way	Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle	Noble Sissle	1921
Love Will Keep Us Together	Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield	Captain & Tennille	1975
Love Will Lead You Back	Diane Warren	Taylor Dayne	1989
Lovely to Look At	Jerome Kern (m), Dorothy Fields (w)	Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood	1935
Lover	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton	1933
Lover Come Back to Me	Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton	1929
Lovie Joe	Joe Jordan (m), Will Marion Cook (w)	Fanny Brice	1910
Lucky Day	Ray Henderson (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Lew Brown (w)	The Revelers	1926
Lucky in Love	Ray Henderson (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Lew Brown (w)	George Olsen	1927
Lucky Lindy	Abel Baer (m), L. Wolfe Gilbert (w)	Vernon Dalhart	1927
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	Elton John	1974
Lullaby of Birdland	George Shearing (m), George David Weiss (w)	Blue Stars	1955
Lullaby of Broadway	Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w)	Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Bob Crosby	1935
Lyin’ Eyes	Glenn Frey, Don Henley	Eagles	1975

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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!	Sidney Clare, Con Conrad	Ted Lewis	1922
Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)	Rafael Ruiz, Perdigones, Antonio Romero Monge, SWK, Carlos de Yarza	Los Del Rio	1995
MacArthur Park	Jimmy Webb	Richard Harris	1968
Mack the Knife	Kurt Weill (m), Mark Blitzstein (w), Berthold Brecht (w)	Bobby Darin	1959
Madelon (I’ll Be True to the Whole Regiment)	Louis Bousquet (w), Alfred Bryan (w), Camille Robert (m)	Victor Military Band with Marcel Journet	1919
Maggie May	Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton	Rod Stewart	1971
Magic	John Farrar	Olivia Newton-John	1980
Make Believe	Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Paul Whiteman with Bing Crosby	1928
Make Believe Ballroom	Paul Denniker (m), Andy Razaf (w)		1936
Make It with You	David Gates	Bread	1970
Makin’ Whoopee	Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Eddie Cantor	1929
Mama Told Me Not to Come	Randy Newman	Three Dog Night	1970
Mama’s Gone, Goodbye	Peter Bocage, Armand J. Piron	Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra	1924
Mammy Blossom’s Possum Party	Theodore Morse (m), Arthur Fields (w)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1917
Mammy Jinny’s Jubilee	L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Lewis F. Muir (m)	Louise Bauer	1913
Mammy O’ Mine	William Tracey (w), Maceo Pinkard (m)	Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra	1919
Mammy’s Little Coal Black Rose	Raymond Egan (w), Richard A. Whiting (m)	Orpheus Quartet	1917
The Man I Love	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Marion Harris	1928
Man in the Mirror	Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett	Michael Jackson	1987
The Man That Got Away (aka “The Gal That Got Away”)	Harold Arlen (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Judy Garland & Ray Heindorf with the Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra	1954
Manana Is Soon Enough for Me	Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour	Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour’s Orchestra	1948
Mandy	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Barry Manilow	1974
Mandy	Scott English, Richard Kerr	Van & Schenck	1919
Mandy, Make Up Your Mind	George W. Meyer, Arthur Johnstone	Paul Whiteman	1925
Maneater	Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen	Hall & Oates	1982
Manhattan	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Ben Selvin	1925
Manhattan Serenade	Louis Alter (m), Howard Johnson (w), Harold Adamson (w)	Harry James with Helen Forrest	1942
The Mansion of Aching Hearts	Arthur J. Lamb (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m)	Harry MacDonough	1902
Maori	William H. Tyers (m), Henry S. Creamer (w)	Rudy Vallee	1932
Maple Leaf Rag	Scott Joplin (m)	Vess Ossman	1907
Margie	Benny Davis, Con Conrad, J. Russell Robinson	Eddie Cantor	1921
Marie	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard	1937
A Marshmallow World	Peter DeRose (m), Carl Sigman (w)	Bing Crosby with Sonny Burke’s Orchestra	1951
Mary Lou	Abe Lyman, George Waggner, J. Russell Robinson	Abe Lyman with Charles Kaley	1926
Mary’s a Grand Old Name	George M. Cohan (m/w)	Donald Brian	1906
Masculine Women! Feminine Men!	James V. Monaco (m), Edgar Leslie (w)	Maureen Englin	1925
Material Girl	Peter Brown, Robert Rans	Madonna	1984
Maybe	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Nat Shilkret	1926
Maybe Baby	Norman Petty, Buddy Holly	Buddy Holly & the Crickets	1957
Maybellene	Chuck Berry, Russ Fratto, Alan Freed	Chuck Berry	1955
Mazie	Lew Gold, Sid Caine, Eli Dawson	Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra	1921
Me and Bobby McGee	Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster	Janis Joplin	1971
Me and My Shadow	Dave Dreyer (m), Al Jolson (m), Billy Rose (w)	"Whispering" Jack Smith	1927
Me and the Boy Friend	Jimmie Monaco (m), Sidney Clare (w)	Jane Green with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra	1925
Mean to Me	Fred E. Ahlert (m), Roy Turk (w)	Ruth Etting	1929
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
Melancholy Lou	Ray Hibbeler	Howard Lanin	1925
Mellow Yellow	Donovan Leitch	Donovan	1966
Memories	Egbert Van Alstyne, (m), Gustave Kahn (w)	John Barnes Wells	1916
Memories Are Made of This	Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, Frank Miller	Dean Martin	1955
Memories of You	Eubie Blake (m), Andy Razaf (w)	Louis Armstrong	1930
Memory	Andrew Lloyd Webber (m), Trevor Nunn (w)	Barbra Streisand	1981
The Memphis Blues	W.C. Handy (m), George A. Norton, Charles Tobias, Peter DeRose	Prince’s Orchestra	1914
The Merry Widow Waltz	Franz Lehar	Victor Orchestra	1907
The Merry Widow’s Got a Sweetie Now	Lew Porter, Sam A. Perry	Lew Weimer’s Black & Gold Aces	1928
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down	Cliff Friend, Dave Franklin	Russ Morgan with Jimmie Lewis	1937
Messin’ Around	Charles L. Cooke (m), John A. St. Cyr (w)	Memphis Slim & His House Rockers	1948
Midnight Train to Georgia	Jim Weatherly	Gladys Knight & the Pips	1973
Mighty Like a Rose (aka "Mighty Lak’ a Rose")	Frank L. Stanton (w), Ethelbert Nevin (m)	George Alexander	1903
Millenburg Joys	Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Leon Roppolo, Paul Mares, Walter Melrose	Ted Lewis	1925
Mine	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Emil Coleman	1933
Minnie the Mermaid	Buddy DeSylva (m/w)	Rudy Vallee	1923
Miss Annabelle Lee (Who’s Wonderful, Who’s Marvelous)	Lew Pollack (m), Sidney Clare (w)	Ben Selvin	1927
Miss You	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	1978
Miss You Much	James Harris III, Terry Lewis	Janet Jackson	1989
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 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
Mo’ Lasses	C. Luckeyth Roberts (m), Alex Rodgers (w)	Luckeyth Roberts	1923
Mobile Blues	Albert E. Short, Fred Rose	Jimmie Wade’s Moulin Rouge Orchestra	1924
Molasses, Molasses	Larry Clinton	Roberta Quinlan	1950
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
Monday Monday	John Phillips, Michelle Phillips	The Mamas & the Papas	1966
Money for Nothing	Mark Knopfler, Sting	Dire Straits	1985
Monster Mash	Bobby Pickett, Leonard Capizzi	Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers	1962
Mood Indigo	Duke Ellington (m), Barney Bigard (m), Irving Mills (m/w), Mitchell Parish (w)	Duke Ellington	1931
The Moon Is Blue	Herschel Burke Gilbert (m), Sylvia Fine (w)	Sauter-Finegan Orchestra	1953
Moon Over Miami	Joe Burke (m), Edgar Leslie (w)	Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood	1936
Moon River	Henry Mancini (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Henry Mancini with Audrey Hepburn	1961
Moonglow	Will Hudson, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills	Benny Goodman	1934
Moonlight	Con Conrad	Paul Whiteman	1921
Moonlight and Roses	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 Cocktail	Luckey Roberts (m), Kim Gannon (w)	Glenn Miller 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	1939
More Than You Know	Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Eliscu (w), Billy Rose (w)	Ruth Etting	1929
The Morning After	Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn	Maureen McGovern	1973
Morning Train (Nine to Five)	Florrie Palmer	Sheena Easton	1980
Morocco Blues	Joe Jordan (m), Clarence Williams (w)	Rita Gould	1926
The Most Beautiful Girl	Rory Bourke, Billy Sherrill, Norris Wilson	Charlie Rich	1973
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
Mother-in-Law	Allen Toussaint	Ernie K-Doe	1961
Moxie (1 Step)	Norman Leigh (m), Dennis J. Shea (w)	Arthur Fields	1921
Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean	Ed Gallagher, Al Shean	Ed Gallagher & Al Shean	1922
Mr. Jazz, Himself	Irving Berlin	Watson Sisters	1917
Mr. Moon Man Turn Off Your Light	Jack Norworth, Nora Bayes	Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth	1910
Mr. Sandman	Pat Ballard	The Chordettes	1954
Mr. Tambourine Man	Bob Dylan	The Byrds	1965
Mrs. Robinson	Paul Simon	Simon & Garfunkel	1968
Muddy Water	Peter DeRose (m), Harry Richman (m), Jo Trent (w)	Ben Bernie with Frank Munn	1927
Muscle Shoals Blues	George W. Thomas	Harry Raderman’s Orchestra	1921
The Music Goes ‘Round and ‘Round	Edward Farley (m), Michael Riley (m), Red Hodgson (w)	Tommy Dorsey & Edythe Wright	1935
Music! Music! Music!	Stephen Weiss, Bernie Baum	Teresa Brewer & the Dixieland All Stars	1950
My Baby Don’t Love Me No More	Leo DeJohn (m), Julie DeJohn (w), Dux DeJohn (w)	DeJohn Sisters with O.B. Masingill	1954
My Baby Just Cares for Me	Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Ted Weems	1930
My Beautiful Lady	Ivan Caryll (m), C.M.S. McLellan (w)	Lucy Isabelle Marsh	1911
My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now	Cliff Friend (m), Irving Caesar (w)	Ruth Etting	1928
My Blue Days Blew Over	Max Rich (m), Tot Seymour (w)	Eubie Blake	1931
My Blue Heaven	Walter Donaldson (m), George A. Whiting (w)	Gene Austin	1927
My Boyfriend’s Back	Robert Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer	The Angels	1963
My Buddy	Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Henry Burr	1922
My Castle in the Air	Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w)	George MacFarlane	1916
My Castle on the Nile	J.W. Johnson (w), Bob Cole (w), Rosamond Johnson (m)	Bert Williams	1901
My Cherie Amour	Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder	Stevie Wonder	1969
My Cutie’s Due at Two-to-Two Today	Albert Von Tilzer, Irving Berlin, Leo Robin	Vaughn Deleath	1926
My Darling My Darling	Frank Loesser	Jo Stafford with Gordon MacRae	1948
My Ding-a-Ling (live)	Dave Bartholomew, Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry	1972
My Favorite Things	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	John Coltrane	1961
My Foolish Heart	Victor Young (m), Ned Washington (w)	Gordon Jenkins & 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 Harlan	1907
My Girl	Smokey Robinson, Ronald White	The Temptations	1964
My Guy	Smokey Robinson	Mary Wells	1964
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	1939
My Heart Cries for You	Percy Faith (m), Carl Sigman (w)	Guy Mitchell	1950
My Heart Stood Still	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Paul Whiteman with Al Rinker, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylor, & Austin Young	1928
My Heart Will Go On	James Horner, Will Jennings	Celine Dion	1997
My Hero	Oscar Straus (m), Stanislaus Stange (w)	Lucy Isabelle Marsh	1910
My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms	Joseph Meyer (m), Herman Ruby (w)	Isham Jones	1922
My Isle of Golden Dreams	Walter Blaufuss, Gus Kahn	Ben Selvin	1920
My Life	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	1978
My Little Bimbo from the Bamboo Isle	Walter Donaldson, Donald Clark	Frank Crumit	1920
My Love	Paul McCartney	Paul McCartney & Wings	1973
My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)	Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster	En Vogue	1992
My Mammy	Walter Donaldson (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joy Young (w)	Paul Whiteman	1921
My Man (Mon Homme)	Maurice Yvain (m), Jacques Mardochee Charles, Albert Willemetz (French lyrics), Channing Pollock (English lyrics)	Fanny Brice with Rosario Bourdon’s Orchestra	1922
My Melancholy Baby	Ernie Burnett (m), George A. Norton (w)	Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra	1928
My Name Is Morgan, But It Ain’t J.P.	Halsey K. Mohr (m), Will A. Mahoney (w)	Bob Roberts	1906
My One and Only	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Jane Green with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra	1928
My Pillow and Me	Tim Brymn, Chris Smith, Clarence Williams	Lada’s Louisiana Orchestra	1922
My Pony Boy	Charley O’Donnell (m), Bobby Heath (w)	Ada Jones	1909
My Prayer (Avant de Mourir)	Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy	The Platters	1956
My Sharona	Doug Fieger, Berton Averre	The Knack	1979
My Silent Love	Dana Suesse (m), Edward Heyman (w)	Ruby Norman with Gordon Graham	1932
My Sunday Girl	Sam H. Stept (m), Herman Ruby (w), Bud Cooper (w)	Edwin J. McEnelly	1927
My Sunny Tennessee	Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Herman Ruby	Peerless Quartet	1922
My Sweet Lord	George Harrison	George Harrison	1970
My Sweetie Turned Me Down (aka "What Do I Care, What Do I Care, My Sweetie Turned Me Down")	Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w)	The Dixie Stars	1925
My Time Is Your Time	Leo Dance (m), Eric Little (w)	Rudy Vallee	1929
My Truly, Truly Fair	Bob Merrill	Donald Peers	1941
My Wild Irish Rose	Chauncey Olcott (m/w)	Haydn Quartet with Harry MacDonough	1907

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SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Nagasaki	Mort Dixon, Harry Warren	Ipana Troubadors	1928
Nat’an! Nat’an! Tell Me for What Are You Waitin’, Nat’an?	James Kendis (m/w)	Rhoda Bernard	1916
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane	Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett	The Ames Brothers	1954
Navajo	Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m)	Billy Murray	1904
Near You	Francis Craig (m), Kermit Goell (w)	Francis Craig with Bob Lamb	1947
The Nearness of You	Hoagy Carmichael (m), Ned Washington (w)	Glenn Miller	1940
Neath the Southern Moon	Victor Herbert (m), Rida Johnson Young (w)	Merle Tillotson	1911
Never Again	Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Isham Jones	1924
Never Gonna Give You Up	Matt Stock, Mike Aitken, Peter Waterman	Rick Astley	1987
Never Let No One Man Worry Your Mind	Will E. Skidmore, Jack Baxley	Marion Harris	1920
Never on Sunday	Manos Hadjidakis, Billy Towne	Don Costa	1960
Nevertheless I’m in Love with You	Harry Ruby (m), Bert Kalmar (w)	Jack Denny with Rob May	1931
Nice Work if You Can Get It	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Fred Astaire with Ray Noble’s Orchestra	1937
Night and Day	Cole Porter (m/w)	Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra	1932
Night Fever	Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb	Bee Gees	1977
The Night They Invented Champagne	Frederick Loewe (m), Alan Jay Lerner (w)	Betty Wand et al	1958
Nights in White Satin	Justin Hayward	The Moody Blues	1967
Nine (9) to 5	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	1980
No No Nora	Ted Fiorito (m), Ernie Erdman (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Eddie Cantor	1923
No Not Much	Robert Allen (m), Al Stillman (w)	The Four Lads	1956
No Other Love	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Perry Como with Henri Rene’s Orchestra	1953
Nobody	Bert Williams (m), Alex Rogers (w)	Bert Williams	1906
Nobody Does It Better	Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch	Carly Simon	1977
Nobody Knows and Nobody Seems to Care	Irving Berlin	Irving & Jack Kaufman	1920
Nobody Knows What a Red-Headed Mama Can Do	Sammy Fain (m), Al Dubin (w), Irving Mills (w)	Margaret Young	1925
Nobody Lied When They Said I Cried Over You	Edwin Webber (m), Karyl Norman (w), Hyatt Berry (w)	Marion Harris	1922
Nobody’s Looking But the Owl and the Moon	Rosamond Johnson (m), Bob Cole (w), James Weldon Johnson (w)	S.H. Dudley	1902
Nobody’s Sweetheart	Elmer Schebel, Erne Erdman, Gus Kahn, Billy Meyers	Isham Jones	1924
Nola	Felix Arndt (m), James F. Burns	Vincent Lopez	1922
Noodlin’ Rag	Robert Allen (m), Allan Roberts (w)	Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra	1952
Nothing Compares 2 U	Prince	Sinéad O’Connor	1990
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now	Albert Hammond, Diane Warren	Starship	1987
Now He’s Got a Beautiful Girl	Ted Snyder (m), Grant Clarke (w), Edgar Leslie (w)	Al Jolson	1916
Nowhere to Run	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland	Martha & the Vandellas	1965
Now’s the Time to Fall in Love	Al Sherman, Al Lewis	Ben Selvin	1932

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SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
O (Oh!)	Arnold Johnson, Byron Gay	Ted Lewis	1920
The Object of My Affection	Pinky Tomlin, Coy Poe, Jimmie Grier	Jimmie Grier & Pinky Tomlin	1934
The Oceana Roll	Lucien Denni (m), Roger Lewis (w)	Arthur Collins	1911
Ode to Billie Joe	Bobbie Gentry	Bobbie Gentry	1967
Oh Baby	Owen Murphy	Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians	1924
Oh Baby	Walter Donaldson (m), Buddy DeSylva (w)	Ted Lewis	1928
Oh Boy What a Girl	Frank Wright (m), Frank Bessinger (m), Bud Green (w)	Eddie Cantor	1926
Oh by Jingo! Oh by Gee! You’re the Only Girl for Me	Albert Von Tilzer (m), Lew Brown (w)	Frank Crumit	1920
Oh Daddy Blues	Will Russell, Ed Herbert	Bessie Smith	1923
Oh Didn’t He Ramble	Bob Cole (m/w) and J. Rosamond Johnson (m/w) as Will Handy	Dan Quinn	1902
Oh Gee, Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, I’m in Love	Ernest Breuer (m), Olsen and Johnson (w)	Eddie Cantor	1923
Oh Gee, Say Gee, You Ought to See My Gee Gee from the Fiji Isles	Albert Von Tilzer (m), Lew Brown (w)	Billy Murray	1920
Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Arthur Fields	1918
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	1925
Oh Me! Oh My! Oh You!	Vincent Youmans (m), Arthur Francis (w)	Frank Crumit with the Paul Biese Trio	1921
(Oh) Pretty Woman	Roy Orbison, Bill Dees	Roy Orbison	1964
Oh Sister, Ain’t That Hot	Will Donaldson, Harry White	Gene Rodemich	1923
Oh That Navajo Rag	Egbert Van Alstyne (m), Harry Williams (w)	American Quartet with Billy Murray	1912
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 You Beautiful Doll	Nat D. Ayer (m), Seymour Brown (w)	Billy Murray with the American Quartet	1911
Oklahoma!	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Alfred Drake & the Oklahoma Cast	1943
Ol’ Man River	Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Paul Robeson with Paul Whiteman	1927
Old Fashioned Garden	Cole Porter	Lillian Kemble Cooper	1919
Old Fashioned Love	James P. Johnson (m), Cecil Mack (w)	Frank Crumit	1924
The Old Piano Roll Blues	Cy Coben	Lawrence "Piano Roll" Cook with the Jim Dandies	1950
Ole Buttermilk Sky	Hoagy Carmichael, Jack Brooks	Kay Kyser with 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 Bended Knee	James Harris III, Terry Lewis	Boyz II Men	1994
On Broadway	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	The Drifters	1963
On My Own	Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager	Patti LaBelle with Michael McDonald	1986
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 Level You’re a Devil	Jean Schwartz (m), Joe Young (w)	Arthur Pryor	1918
On the Mississippi	Harry Carroll (m), Arthur Fields (m), Ballard MacDonald (w)	American Quartet	1913
On the Street Where You Live	Frederick Loewe (m), Alan Jay Lerner (w)	Vic Damone	1956
On the Sunny Side of the Street	Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w)	Ted Lewis	1930
On Treasure Island	Joe Burke (m), Edgar Leslie (w)	Tommy Dorsey & Edythe Wright	1935
Once in a While	Michael Edwards (m), Bud Green (w)	Tommy Dorsey	1937
Once in Love with Amy	Frank Loesser (m/w)	Ray Bolger with Sy Oliver’s Orchestra	1949
One Alone	Sigmund Romberg (m), Otto Harbach (w), Oscar Hammerstein (w)	Nat Shilkret	1927
One Bad Apple	George Jackson	The Osmonds	1971
One for My Baby and One More for the Road	Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Frank Sinatra	1949
One Hour with You	Richard A. Whiting (m), Leo Robin (w)	Jimmie Grier & Donald Novis	1932
The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else	Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Al Jolson with Isham Jones’ Orchestra	1924
One More Night	Phil Collins	Phil Collins	1985
One Sweet Day	Mariah Carey, Michael McCary, Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, Walter Afanasieff	Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men	1995
The One That You Love	Graham Russell	Air Supply	1981
Only a Rose	Rudolf Friml (m), Brian Hooker (w)	Carolyn Thompson	1926
Only You (And You Alone)	Ande Rand, Buck Ram	The Platters	1955
Oogie Oogie Wa Wa	Archie Gottler (m), Grant Clarke (w), Edgar Leslie (w)	Margaret Young	1922
Open Your Heart	Gardner Cole, Madonna, Peter Rafelson	Madonna	1986
Opposites Attract	Oliver Leiber	Paula Abdul with the Wild Pair	1988
Oriental Blues	Jack Newlon	Jack Newlon	1933
Original Dixieland One-Step	Dominic James LaRocca		1937
Our Day Will Come	Mort Garson (m), Bob Hilliard (w)	Ruby & the Romantics	1963
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

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SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile	George Powell (aka Charles Asaf) (w), Felix Powell (m)	Knickerbocker Quartet	1917
Paddlin’ Madelin’ Home	Harry Woods	Cliff Edwards	1925
Pagan Love Song	Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed	Bob Haring with Copley Plaza	1929
Paint It Black	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	1966
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine	Joe Burke (m), Al Dubin (w)	Nick Lucas	1929
Palesteena (Lena from Palesteena)	Con Conrad (m), J. Russell Robinson (w)	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	1921
Papa Better Watch Your Step	Gilbert Wells, Bud Cooper	Margaret Young	1923
Papa Don’t Preach	Brian Elliot (m), Madonna (w)	Madonna	1986
Paper Doll	Johnny S. Black	The Mills Brothers	1942
Party Doll	Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen	Buddy Knox	1957
The Party’s Over	Jule Styne (m), Betty Comden (w), Adolph Green (w)	Judy Holliday	1956
The Peanut Vendor (El Manicero)	Moises Simons, Marion Sunshine, Gilbert Wolfe	Don Azpiazu with Arturo Machin	1930
Peg O’ My Heart	Alfred Bryan (w), Fred Fisher (m)	The Harmonicats	1947
Peggy Sue	Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty	Buddy Holly & the Crickets	1957
Pennies from Heaven	Arthur Johnston (m), Johnny Burke (w)	Bing Crosby with George Stoll's Orchestra	1936
Pennsylvania 6-5000	Jerry Gray (m), Carl Sigman (w)	Glenn Miller	1940
Penny Lane	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1967
People	Jule Styne (m), Bob Merrill (w)	Barbra Streisand	1964
People Got to Be Free	Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati	The Rascals	1968
People Will Say We’re in Love	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Bing Crosby with Trudy Erwin & the Sportsmen Glee Club	1943
Peppermint Twist	Joey Dee, Henry Glover	Joey Dee & the Starliters	1961
A Perfect Day	Carrie Jacobs-Bond (m/w)	Cecil Fanning	1911
Peter Gink	George L. Cobb	The Six Brown Brothers	1918
Philadelphia Freedom	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	Elton John	1975
Physical	Steve Kipner, Terry Shaddick	Olivia Newton-John	1981
Pianoflage	Roy Bargy	Roy Bargy	1922
Piccolo Pete	Phil Baxter	Ted Weems with Parker Gibbs	1929
Play a Simple Melody	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Billy Murray with Edna Brown	1916
Play That Barber-Shop Chord	William Tracey (w), Lewis F. Muir (m)	Bert Williams	1910
Play That Funky Music	Robert Parissi	Wild Cherry	1976
Please	Ralph Rainger (m), Leo Robin (w)	Bing Crosby with Anson Weeks’ Orchestra	1932
Please Don’t Go	Harry Wayne Casey	KC & the Sunshine Band	1979
Please Don’t Talk about Me When I’m Gone	Sam H. Stept (m), Bee Palmer (m), Sidney Clare (w)	Gene Austin with Leonard Joy’s Orchestra	1931
Please Let Me Sleep	R.C. McPherson, James T. Brymn		1902
Please Mr. Postman	Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, William Garrett, Georgia Dobbins, Freddie Gorman	The Marvelettes	1961
Please Please Me	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1963
Pleasure Mad	Sidney Bechet (m), Rousseau Simmons (w)	Blossom Seeley	1924
Pledging My Love	Don Robey, Ferdinand Washington	Johnny Ace	1955
Pony Time	Don Covay, John Berry	Chubby Checker	1961
Poor Butterfly	Raymond Hubbell (m), John L. Golden (w)	Victor Military Band	1917
The Poor People of Paris	Marguerite Mannot, Jack Lawrence, Rene Rouzaud	Les Baxter	1956
Popularity	George M. Cohan	Vess Ossman	1907
A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid	James P. Johnson (m), Andy Razaf (w)	Fats Waller	1934
The Portuguese Washerwoman	Andre Popp, Roger Lucchesi	Joe "Fingers’ Carr	1956
Potomac River Blues	Maceo Pinkard	Gertrude Saunders	1923
Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)	Carmen Lombardo, Stanley Rochinski	Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters	1948
The Power of Love	Johnny Colla, Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis	Huey Lewis & the News	1985
The Power of Love	Mary Applegate, Jennifer Rush	Celine Dion	1993
The Preacher and the Bear	George Fairman, Joe Arizona (m/w)	Arthur Collins	1905
Pretty Baby	Gus Kahn (w), Tony Jackson (m), Egbert Van Alstyne (m)	Billy Murray	1916
A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody	Irving Berlin (m/w)	John Steel	1919
Prince of Wails	Elmer Schoebel	Bennie Moten & His Kansas City Orchestra	1932
Private Eyes	Daryl Hall, Warren Pash, Sara Allen, Jana Allen	Hall & Oates	1981
Proud Mary	John Fogerty	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1969
Proud of a Baby Like You	Paul R. Helmick (m), Charles Schonberg (w), Leonard Stevens (w)	Foursome	1926
Puff the Magic Dragon	Peter Yarrow, Leonard Upton	Peter, Paul & Mary	1963
The Pullman Porter’s Parade	Maurice Abrahams (m), Irving Berlin as Ren. G. May (w)	Al Jolson with Charles Prince’s Orchestra	1913
The Purple People Eater	Sheb Wooley	Sheb Wooley	1958
The Purple Rose of Cairo	A.J. Piron (m), Steve Lewis (m), Jimmie Dupre (w)	Zez Confrey	1920
Put a Little Love in Your Heart	Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers, Jackie DeShannon	Al Green with Annie Lennox	1988
Put on a Happy Face	Charles Strouse (m), Lee Adams (w)	Dick Van Dyke & Chita Rivera	1960
Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet	Stanley Murphy (w), Percy Weinrich (m)	Haydn Quartet	1909
Put Your Arms Around Me Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You)	Junie McCree (w), Albert Von Tilzer (m)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1911
Put Your Head on My Shoulder	Paul Anka	Paul Anka	1959
Puttin’ on the Ritz	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Harry Richman	1930

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SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Racing with the Moon	Johnny Watson (m), Vaughn Monroe (w), Pauline Pope (w)	Vaughn Monroe	1940
Rag Doll	Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio	The Four Seasons	1964
Rags to Riches	Richard Adler, Jerry Ross	Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra	1953
Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Grant Clarke, Lewis F. Muir, Maurice Abrahams	Bob Roberts	1912
Railroad Man	Elmer Schoebe (m), Ernie Erdman (w), Billy Meyers (w)	Gene Rodemich	1923
The Rainbow Connection	Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher	Kermit	1979
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	B.J. Thomas	1969
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	1966
Ramona	Mabel Wayne, L. Wolfe Gilbert	Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra	1928
Rapture	Chris Stein, Deborah Harry	Blondie	1980
Reach Out (I’ll Be There)	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland	Four Tops	1966
Reaching for the Moon	Irving Berlin	Ruth Etting	1931
Red Hot Henry Brown	Fred Rose	Alice Morley	1925
Red Hot Mama	Fred Rose, Gilbert Wells, Bud Cooper	Ray Miller	1924
Red Lips, Kiss My Blues Away	Pete Wendling, James Monaco, Alfred Bryan	Jack Ward	1927
Red Red Wine	Neil Diamond	UB40	1983
Red Rose Rag	Percy Wenrich	Dolly Connolly	1911
Red Roses for a Blue Lady	Sid Tepper, Roy Brodsky	Vaughn Monroe	1949
Red Wing (An Indian Fable)	Thurland Chattaway (w), Kerry Mills (m)	Frank Stanley with Henry Burr	1907
Redhead	Burt Green (m), Irene Franklin (w)	Irene Franklin	1908
The Reflex	Simon Le Bon, John Taylor, Roger Taylor	Duran Duran	1983
Release Me	Chynna Phillips, Carnie Wilson, Wendy Wilson	Wilson Phillips	1990
Remember	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Isham Jones	1925
Respect	Otis Redding	Aretha Franklin	1967
Rhinestone Cowboy	Larry Weiss	Glen Campbell	1975
Rio Rita	Harry Tierney (m), Joseph McCarthy (w)	Ben Selvin	1926
Rise ‘N Shine	Vincent Youmans (m), Buddy DeSylva (w)	Paul Whiteman with Ramona Davies	1933
Riverboat Shuffle	Dick Voynow, Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Mills	Frankie Trumbauer	1927
ROCK (R.O.C.K.) in the U.S.A.	John Mellencamp	John Cougar Mellencamp	1985
Rock and Roll Music	Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry	1957
The Rock and Roll Waltz	Shorty Allen (m), Dick Ware (w)	Kay Starr with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra	1955
Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody	Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w), Jean Schwartz (m)	Al Jolson with Charles Prince’s Orchestra	1918
Rockin’ Chair	Hoagy Carmichael	Louis Armstrong with Hoagy Carmichael	1932
Rockin’ Robin	Jimmie Thomas	Michael Jackson	1971
Roll Over Beethoven	Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry	1956
Roll with It	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Will Jennings, Steve Winwood	Steve Winwood	1988
A Rose and a Baby Ruth	John Loudermilk	George Hamilton IV	1956
Rose of the Rio Grande	Harry Warren (m), Ross Gorman (m), Edgar Leslie (w)	Marion Harris	1923
Rose of Washington Square	James F. Hanley	Kentucky Serenaders	1920
Rose Room in Sunny Roseland	Art Hickman, Harry Williams	Art Hickman	1920
Rosy Cheeks	Richard A. Whiting (m), Seymour Simons (w)	Six Hottentots	1927
Roumania	Clarence Williams, Dave Peyton, Spencer Williams	Clarence Williams	1920
Row Row Row!	Jimmy V. Monaco (m), William Jerome (w)	Ada Jones	1913
Royal Garden Blues	Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams	Original Dixieland Jazz Band with Al Bernard	1921
Ruby Tuesday	Mick Jagger, Keith Richard	The Rolling Stones	1967
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Johnny Marks	Gene Autry & the Pinafores	1949
Runaway	Max Crook, Del Shannon	Del Shannon	1961
Runnin’ Wild	A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood	Ted Lewis	1923
Running Bear	J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson	Johnny Preston	1959
Running Scared	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson	Roy Orbison	1961
Rush Rush	Peter Lord	Paula Abdul	1991

S

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
S’ Wonderful	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Sarah Vaughan	1927
Sailing	Christopher Cross	Christopher Cross	1979
Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay	Jean C. Havez (w), George Botsford (m)	Henry Burr with Albert Campbell	1913
Sam, the Accordian Man	Walter Donaldson	Ruth Etting	1927
Sam’s Song	Lew Quadling, Jack Elliott	Bing Crosby with Gary Crosby & Matty Matlock’s Orchestra	1950
San	Lindsay McPhail, Walter Hirsch	Ted Lewis	1924
San Francisco	J. Gordon Temple, James G. Dewey	Tommy Dorsey & Edythe Wright	1936
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)	John Phillips	Scott McKenzie	1967
San Francisco Bound	Irving Berlin	Peerless Quartet	1913
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie	Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen’s Orchestra	1947
Save It for Me	Bob Cole, James Weldon Johnson	Marie Cahill	1903
Save the Best for Last	John Lind, Wendy Waldman, Phil Galdston	Vanessa Williams	1992
Saving All My Love for You	Michael William Masser (m), Gerry Goffin (w)	Whitney Houston	1985
Say It Isn’t So	Irving Berlin (m/w)	George Olsen with Paul Small	1932
Say It with Music	Irving Berlin	Paul Whiteman	1921
Say It with Your Heart	Steve Nelson, Norman Kaye	Bob Carroll with Jimmy Leyden’s Orchestra	1953
Say, Say, Say	Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson	Paul McCartney with Michael Jackson	1983
Say You Say Me	Lionel Richie	Lionel Richie	1985
School Days	Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry	1957
School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)	Gus Edwards (m), Will D. Cobb (w)	Byron Harlan	1907
Searchin’	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	The Coasters	1957
Second Hand Rose	Grant Clarke, James F. Hanley	Fanny Brice with Rosario Bourdon’s Orchestra	1922
Secret Love	Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain	Doris Day	1954
See You Later, Alligator	Robert Guidry	Bill Haley & His Comets	1956
Seems Like Old Times	Carmen Lombardo (m), John Jacob Loeb (w)	Guy Lombardo	1946
Send in the Clowns	Stephen Sondheim	Judy Collins	1975
Sentimental Journey	Ben Homer, Les Brown, Bud Green	Les Brown with Doris Day	1945
September Song	Kurt Weill (m), Maxwell Anderson (w)	Walter Huston	1939
Serenade in Blue	Mack Gordon, Harry Warren	Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle	1942
Seventy Six Trombones	Meredith Wilson	Robert Preston	1957
Shadow Dancing	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Andy Gibb	Andy Gibb	1978
The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from "The Sandpiper")	Johnny Mandel (m), Paul Francis Webster (w)	Tony Bennett	1965
Shaft (Theme from)	Isaac Hayes	Isaac Hayes	1971
Shake Shake Shake Shake Your Booty	Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch	KC & the Sunshine Band	1976
Shake, Rattle and Roll	Charles Calhoun	Big Joe Turner	1954
Shaking the Blues Away	Irving Berlin	Ruth Etting	1927
Shaky Eyes	Harry Armstrong, Billy Clark	Arthur Collins	1910
Sh-Boom	William Edwards, Carl Feaster, Claude Feaster, James Keyes, Floyd McRae	The Chords	1954
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	Joe Cocker	1969
She Didn’t Say "Yes"	Jerome Kern (m), Otto Harbach (w)	Leo Reisman	1932
She Loves You	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1963
The Sheik of Araby	Ted Snyder, Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler	Ray Miller	1922
Shepherd Serenade	Fred Spielman (m), Kermit Goell (w)	Bing Crosby with Harry Sosnik’s Orchestra	1941
Sherry	Bob Gaudio	The Four Seasons	1962
Shine (S-h-i-n-e)	Ford Dabney, Cecil Mack, Lew Brown	California Ramblers	1924
Shine on Harvest Moon	Jack Norworth (w), Nora Bayes (m)	Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton	1909
A Shine on Your Shoes	Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w)	Roger Wolfe Kahn	1932
Shining Star	Maurice White, Philip Bailey	Earth, Wind & Fire	1975
Shoe Shine Boy	Saul Chaplin (m), Sammy Cahn (w)	Louis Armstrong	1936
Shop Around	Berry Gordy, Smokey Robinson	The Miracles	1960
Short People	Randy Newman	Randy Newman	1977
Shout (Parts 1 and 2)	O’Kelly Isley Jr., Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley	The Isley Brothers	1959
Show Me the Way to Go Home	Irving King	Vincent Lopez	1926
Side by Side	Harry MacGregor Woods	Paul Whiteman & the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, & Harry Barris)	1927
Sidewalk Blues	Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (m), Walter Melrose (w)	Jelly Roll Morton	1926
The Sign	Jenny Berggren, Jonas Berggren, Malin Berggren, Ulf Ekberg	Ace of Base	1993
Silly Love Songs	Paul McCartney	Paul McCartney & Wings	1976
Silver Bell	Edward Madden (w), Percy Wenrich (m)	Peerless Quartet	1910
Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down	Ray Lodwig, Howdy Quicksell	Bix Beiderbecke	1927
Sincerely	Harvey Fuqua, Alan Freed	The McGuire Sisters	1954
Singin’ in the Rain	Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w)	Cliff Edwards (aka Ukelele Ike)	1929
Singin’ the Blues	Sam Lewis, Joe Young, Con Conrad, J. Russell Robinson	Frankie Trumbauer	1927
Singing the Blues	Melvin Endlsey (m/w)	Guy Mitchell	1956
The Siren’s Song	Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w)	Helen Clark & Gladys Rice	1918
Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts for Soldiers	R.P. Weston (w), Hermann E. Darewski (m)	Al Jolson with Charles Prince’s Orchestra	1915
Sittin’ in a Corner	George W. Meyer (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Broadway Syncopators	1924
(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay	Steve Cropper, Otis Redding	Otis Redding	1968
Sixteen Tons	Merle Travis	Tennessee Ernie Ford	1955
Sleepy Head	Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn	The Mills Brothers	1934
Sleepy Time Gal	Richard Whiting, Ange Lorenzo, Joseph Alden, Ray Egan	Ben Bernie with Arthur Fields	1926
Slow Hand	Michael Clark, John Bettis	The Pointer Sisters	1981
Slow Poke	Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart	Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys	1951
Smiles	Lee Roberts (m), J. Will Callahan (w)	Joseph C. Smith with Harry MacDonough	1918
Smilin’ Through	Arthur A. Penn	Reinald Werrenrath	1919
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Jerome Kern (m), Otto Harbach (w)	Paul Whiteman with Bob Lawrence	1933
Smoke Rings	Eugene Gifford, Ned Washington	Clyde McCoy	1933
Smoky Mokes	Abe Holzmann (m)	Len Spencer	1899
Smooth	Itaal Shur, Rob Thomas	Santana with Rob Thomas	1999
Snookey Ookums	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan	1913
So in Love	Cole Porter (m/w)	Patti Page	1949
So Long Oo-Long (How Long You Gonna Be Gone)	Harry Ruby (m), Bert Kalmar (w)	Frank Crumit	1920
Sobbin’ Blues	Arthur Kassell (m), Victor Burton (w)	Russ Carlyle & His Orchestra	1955
Soldier Boy	Luther Dixon, Florence Greenberg	The Shirelles	1962
Some Enchanted Evening	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra	1949
Some Little Bug Is Going to Find You	Silvio Hein (m), Benjamin Hapgood Burt (w), Roy Atwell (w)	Roy Atwell	1915
Some of These Days	Shelton Brooks (m/w)	Sophie Tucker	1911
Somebody Loves Me	George Gershwin (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Ballard McDonald (w)	Paul Whiteman	1924
Somebody Stole My Gal	Leo Woods	Ted Weems	1924
Someday Sweetheart	John C. Spikes	Gene Austin & Abel Baer	1927
Someday We’ll Be Together	Jackie Beavers, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol	The Supremes	1969
Someone Is Losin’ Susan	George W. Meyer (m), Roy Turk (w)	Harry Reser’s Orchestra	1926
Someone to Watch Over Me	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w)	Gertrude Lawrence	1926
Something	George Harrison	The Beatles	1969
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
Song of India	Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov	Paul Whiteman	1921
Song Sung Blue	Neil Diamond	Neil Diamond	1972
Sooner or Later	Stephen Sondheim	Madonna	1990
Sophisticated Lady	Duke Ellington (m), Mitchell Parish (w), Irving Mills (w)	Duke Ellington	1933
Soul Man	Isaac Hayes, David Porter	Sam & Dave	1967
The Sounds of Silence	Paul Simon	Simon & Garfunkel	1965
South America, Take It Away	Harold Rome	Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters with 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
Spanish Shawl	Elmer Schoebel (m), Billy Meyers (w), Walter Melrose (w)	Blossom Seeley	1925
Speedoo	Esther Navarro	The Cadillacs	1955
Splish Splash	Bobby Darin, Murray Kaufman	Bobby Darin	1958
Spreadin’ Rhythm Around	Jimmy McHugh (m), Ted Koehler (w)	Alice Faye	1936
Squeeze Me	Clarence Williams, Thomas Waller	Clarence Williams	1926
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 with Ray Eberle	1939
Stand by Me	Ben E. King, Elmo Glick, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	Ben E. King	1961
Standing on the Corner	Frank Loesser (m/w)	The Four Lads	1956
Stardust	Hoagy Carmichael (m), Mitchell Parish (w)	Artie Shaw	1941
Stars Fell on Alabama	Frank S. Perkins (m), Mitchell Parish (w)	Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo	1934
Stay in Your Own Backyard	Karl Kennett (w), Lyn Udall (m)	Louise Dresser	1899
Step by Step	Maurice Starr	New Kids on the Block	1990
Steppin’ in Society	Harry Akst, Alex Gerber	Paul Whiteman	1925
Steppin’ Out	Con Conrad (m), John S. Howard (w)	Al Jolson with Isham Jones’ Orchestra	1924
Steppin’ Out with My Baby	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Fred Astaire	1947
Stop! In the Name of Love	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland	The Supremes	1965
Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)	Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w)	Ethel Waters	1933
The Story Book Ball	Billie Montgomery, George Perry		1917
Stout-Hearted Men	Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein (w)	Perry Askam	1930
Strange Fruit	Abel Meeropol aka Lewis Allan (pseud. for Abel Meeropol) (m/w)	Billie Holiday	1939
Stranger in Paradise	Robert Wright, George Forrest	Tony Bennett with Percy Faith’s Orchestra	1953
Strangers in the Night	Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder	Frank Sinatra	1966
Streets of Philadelphia	Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	1994
Strike Up the Band, Here Comes a Sailor	Andrew B. Sterling (w), Charles B. Ward (m)		1900
A String of Pearls	Jerry Gray (m), Eddie DeLange (w)	Glenn Miller	1942
The Stroll	Clyde Otis, Nancy Lee	The Diamonds	1957
Stuck on You	Aaron Schroeder, J. Leslie McFarland	Presley, Elvis	1960
Stuck with You	Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis	Huey Lewis & the News	1986
Stumbling	Zez Confrey	Paul Whiteman	1922
Stuttering	Maceo Pinkard, Sidney Mitchell	Zez Confrey	1922
Subterranean Homesick Blues	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	1965
Suddenly There’s a Valley	Chuck Meyer, Biff Jones	Petula Clark	1955
Sugar Blues	Clarence Williams, Lucy Fletcher	Clyde McCoy	1931
Sugar Foot Stomp	Joe Oliver (m), Walter Melrose (w)	Fletcher Henderson	1925
Sugar Plum	Joseph Meyer, Buddy DeSylva	Markel & His Orchestra	1925
Sugar Shack	Keith McCormick, Faye Voss	Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs	1963
Sugar, Sugar	Jeff Barry, Andy Kim	The Archies	1969
Summer in the City	John Sebastian, Steve Boone, Mark Sebastian	The Lovin’ Spoonful	1966
A Summer Place (Theme from)	Max Steiner	Percy Faith	1960
Summertime	George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w), Dubose Heyward (w)	Billie Holiday	1936
The Sun Shines Brighter	Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w)	Oscar Shaw & Ann Orr	1917
Sunday	Jule Styne, Nathan Ned Miller, Chester Conn, Benny Kreuger	Cliff Edwards	1927
Sunny	Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w), Otto Harbach (w)	George Olsen	1926
Sunny Disposish	Philip Charig, Ira Gershwin	Arline & Edgar Gardiner	1926
Sunny Side Up	Ray Henderson (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Lew Brown (w)	Earl Burtnett	1929
Sunrise Serenade	Frankie Carle, Jack Lawrence	Glen Gray	1939
Sunrise, Sunset	Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock	Zero Mostel	1964
Sunshine of Your Love	Peter Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton	Cream	1967
Sunshine on My Shoulders	John Denver, Dick Kniss, Mike Taylor	John Denver	1971
Superstition	Stevie Wonder	Stevie Wonder	1972
Surf City	Jan Berry, Brian Wilson	Jan & Dean	1963
Surfin’ U.S.A.	Chuck Berry (m), Brian Wilson (w)	The Beach Boys	1963
Surrender	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	Presley, Elvis	1961
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Alfred Drake with Jay Blackton’s Orchestra	1943
Susie	C. Naset, Gus Kahn	Wolverine Orchestra	1924
Suspicious Minds	Mark James	Presley, Elvis	1969
Sussudio	Phil Collins	Phil Collins	1985
Swanee	George Gershwin (m), Irvng Caesar (w)	Al Jolson with Charles Prince’s Orchestra	1920
Swanee Blues	J. Milton Delcamp, Frank Goodman	Milton J. Delcamp	1920
Sweepin’ the Clouds Away	Sam Coslow	Maurice Chevalier	1930
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 Dreams Are Made of This	Annie Lennox, David Stewart	Eurythmics	1983
Sweet Georgia Brown	Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard	Ben Bernie	1925
Sweet Lady	Frank Crumit (m), Dave Zoob (m), Howard Johnson (w)	Frank Crumit	1921
Sweet Leilani	Harry Owens	Bing Crosby with Lani McIntyre & His Hawaiians	1937
Sweet Little Sixteen	Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry	1958
Sweet Lorraine	Cliff Burwell (m), Mitchell Parish (w)	Teddy Wilson	1935
Sweet Man	Maceo Pinkard, Roy Turk	Isham Jones	1925
Sweet Savannah Sue	Thomas Waller (m), Harry Brooks (m), Anday Rasaf (w)	Fats Waller	1929
Sweet Sue, Just You	Victor Young, Will Harris	Ben Pollack with Franklyn Baur	1928
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi	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 & the Williams Brothers Quartet with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra	1944
Sympathy	Otto Hauerbach (w), Rudolf Friml (m)	Walter Van Brunt with Helen Clark	1913

T

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
T’ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do	Graham Prince, Porter Grainger, Clarence Williams, Billy Strayhorn	Bessie Smith	1923
Take a Bow	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Madonna	Madonna	1994
Take Five	Paul Desmond	Dave Brubeck Quartet	1959
Take Good Care of My Baby	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	Bobby Vee	1961
Take Me Out to the Ball Game	Albert Von Tilzer (m), Jack Norworth (w)	Billy Murray & the Haydn Quartet	1908
Take Me to the Midnight Cake Walk Ball	Maurice Abrahams (m/w), Eddie Cox (m/w), Arthur Jackson (m/w)	Daphne Pollard	1915
Take My Breath Away	Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock	Berlin	1986
Take Your Girlie to the Movies if You Can’t Make Love at Home	Pete Wendling (m), Edgar Leslie (w), Bert Kalmar (w)	Irving Kaufman	1919
Taking a Chance on Love	Vernon Duke (m), Ted Fetter (w), John Latouche (w)	Benny Goodman with Helen Forrest	1940
The Talk of the Town	Chester Cohn, Gus Kahn	Ted Weems	1933
Talk to the Animals	Leslie Bricusse	Rex Harrison	1967
Tammy	Jay Livingston, Ray Evans	Debbie Reynolds	1957
Tea for Two	Vincent Youmans (m), Irving Caesar (w)	Marion Harris	1925
The Tears of a Clown	Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Hank Cosby	The Miracles	1967
Teasing (I Was Only Teasing You)	Richard M. McPherson, Albert Von Tilzer	Billy Murray	1904
Teen Angel	Jean Surrey, Red Surrey	Mark Dinning	1959
Tell Her about It	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	1983
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden	Owen Hall (w), Leslie Stuart (m)	Harry MacDonough with Grace Spencer	1901
Tell Me Why	Marty Gold, Al Alberts	The Four Aces	1951
Temptation Rag	Henry Lodge	Prince’s Orchestra	1910
Ten Cents a Dance	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Ruth Etting	1930
Tenderly	Walter Gross (m), Jack Lawrence (w)	Rosemary Clooney	1952
Tennessee Waltz	Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart	Patti Page	1950
Tequila	Chuck Rio	The Champs	1958
Thank God I’m a Country Boy	John Martin Sommers	John Denver	1974
Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin	Sylvester Stewart	Sly & the Family Stone	1969
Thanks for the Memory	Ralph Rainger (m), Leo Robin (w)	Shep Fields with Bob Goday	1937
That Certain Party	Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Ernest Hare & Billy Jones	1926
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 with Skip Nelson	1943
That Old Feeling	Sammy Fain (m), Lew Brown (w)	Shep Fields with Bob Goday	1937
That Thing Called Love	Perry Bradford	Sophie Tucker	1920
That’ll Be the Day	Buddy Holly, J.I. Allison, Norman Petty	Buddy Holly & the Crickets	1957
That’s Amore	Jack Brooks, Harry Warren	Dean Martin	1953
That’s A-Plenty	Ray Gilbert (w), Lew Pollack (m)	Prince’s Orchestra	1914
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 the Kind of a Baby for Me	J.C. Egan, Alfred Harriman	Eddie Cantor	1917
That’s the Way I Like It	Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch	KC & the Sunshine Band	1975
That’s the Way Love Goes	Charles A. Bobbit, James Brown, Janet Jackson, John Starks, Fred A. Wesley Jr., Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis	Janet Jackson	1993
That's What Friends Are For	Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager	Dionne & Friends (Dionne Warwick with Elton John, Gladys Knight, & Stevie Wonder)	1985
That’s Why They Call Me "Shine"	Cecil Mack (w), Ford Dabney (m)	Aida Overton Walker	1910
Them There Eyes	Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William G. Tracey	Gus Arnheim with the Rhythm Boys	1930
Then Came You	Sherman Marshall, Phil Pugh	Dionne Warwick & the Spinners	1974
There! I’ve Said It Again	Redd Evans, Dave Mann	Vaughn Monroe	1945
There’ll Be Some Changes Made	W. Benton Overstreet (m), Billy Higgins (w)	Benny Goodman with Louise Tobin	1941
There’s a Kind of Hush	Les Reed, Geoff Stephens	Herman’s Hermits	1967
There’s a Small Hotel	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Hal Kemp with Maxine Gray	1936
There’s No Business Like Show Business	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Ethel Merman	1946
These Boots Are Made for Walkin’	Lee Hazlewood	Nancy Sinatra	1966
These Foolish Things Remind Me of You	Harry Link (m), Jack Strachey (m), Eric Maschwitz, aka Holt Marvel (w)	Benny Goodman with Helen Ward	1936
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 Gotta Quit Kickin’ My Dawg Around	Webb M. Oungst (w), Cy Perkins (m)	Carrie B. Stark	1912
They Long to Be Close to You	Burt Bacharach (m), Hal David (w)	Carpenters	1970
Think of Me	Al Eldridge	Buck Owens	1966
Thinking of You (I’ve Grown So Lonesome)	Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar	Don Cherry with Dave Terry	1950
The Third Man Theme	Anton Karas	Anton Karas	1950
This Can’t Be Love	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Benny Goodman with Martha Tilton	1938
This Diamond Ring	Al Kooper, Bobby Brass, Irwin Levine	Gary Lewis & the Playboys	1965
This Guy’s in Love with You	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	Herb Alpert	1968
This Magic Moment	Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	The Drifters	1960
This Used to Be My Playground	Madonna Ciccone, Shep Pettibone	Madonna	1992
Those Panama Mamas	Irving Bibo (m), Howard Johnson (w)	Eddie Cantor	1924
Thou Swell	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Ben Selvin	1928
Three Coins in the Fountain	Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w)	The Four Aces with Jack Piels’ Orchestra	1954
Three Little Words	Harry Ruby (m), Bert Kalmar (w)	Duke Ellington with the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, & Harry Barris)	1930
Three Times a Lady	Lionel Richie	Commodores	1978
Ticket to Ride	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1965
The Tickle Toe	Louis A. Hirsch (m), Otto Harbach (w)	Edith Day & Allen Fagan	1917
The Tide Is High	John Holt	Blondie	1980
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree	L. Russell Brown, Irwin Levine	Tony Orlando & Dawn	1973
Tiger Rag	Original Dixieland Jazz Band (m), Harry DeCosta	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	1918
Till I Waltz Again with You	Sidney Prosen	Teresa Brewer with Jack Piels’ Orchestra	1952
Till the Clouds Roll By	Jerome Kern (m/w), P.G. Wodehouse (w), Guy Bolton (w)	Anna Wheaton & James Harrod	1917
Till Then	Guy Wood, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler	The Mills Brothers	1944
Till There Was You	Meredith Willson	Anita Bryant	1959
Till We Meet Again	Richard A. Whiting (m), Raymond B. Egan (w)	Henry Burr with Albert Campbell	1919
Time After Time	Rob Hyman, Cyndi Lauper	Cyndi Lauper	1983
Time in a Bottle	Jim Croce	Jim Croce	1972
Time on My Hands (You in My Arms)	Vincent Youmans (m), Harold Adamson (w), Mack Gordon (w)	Smith Ballew & His Orchestra	1931
Tin Roof Blues	New Orleans Rhythm Kings (m), Walter Melrose (w)	New Orleans Rhythm Kings	1923
Tip Toe Through the Tulips	Joe Burke, Al Dubin	Nick Lucas	1929
Tishomingo Blues	Spencer Williams	Duke Ellington	1928
To Know Him Is to Love Him	Phil Spector	The Teddy Bears	1958
To Sir with Love	Don Black, Mark London	Lulu	1967
Together Forever	Matt Aitken, Mike Stock, Peter Waterman	Rick Astley	1987
Tomorrow	Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse	Andrea McCardle	1977
Tonight You Belong to Me	Lee David, Billy Rose	Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra	1927
Too Close	Darren Lightly, Keir Gist, Robert Huggar	Next	1998
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 Banana	Johnny Mercer	Phil Silvers	1951
Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer’s Orchestra	1935
Top of the World	Richard Carpenter, John Bettis	Carpenters	1973
Tossin’ and Turnin’	Ritchie Adams, Malou Rene	Bobby Lewis	1961
Total Eclipse of the Heart	Jim Steinman	Bonnie Tyler	1983
The Touch of Your Hand	Jerome Kern (m), Otto Harbach (w)	Leo Reisman	1934
Toyland	Glen MacDonough (w), Victor Herbert (m)	Corrine Morgan & the Haydn Quartet	1904
Tragedy	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb	Bee Gees	1978
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine	Ballard MacDonald (w), Harry Carroll (m)	Henry Burr with Albert Campbell	1913
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!	Victor Herbert (m), Rida Johnson Young (w)	Byron Harlan & Frank Stanley	1910
Tres Moutarde (Too Much Mustard)	Cecil Macklin (m)	Victor Military Band	1911
Tricks	Confrey, Zez	Paul Whiteman	1922
The Trolley Song	Ralph Blane (m), Hugh Martin (w)	Judy Garland with George Stoll’s Orchestra	1944
True Colors	Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly	Cyndi Lauper	1986
True Love	Cole Porter (m/w)	Bing Crosby with Grace Kelly	1956
Try a Little Tenderness	Harry M. Woods, Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelley	Otis Redding	1966
Try to Remember	Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt	Ed Ames	1965
Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old ‘Tucky Home	George W. Meyer (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joe Young (w)	Vernon Dalhart & the Criterion Trio	1921
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)	Pete Seeger	The Byrds	1965
Tutti Frutti	Richard Penniman, D. LaBostroe, Joe Lubin	Little Richard	1955
Tweedle Dee	Winfield Scott	LaVern Baker	1955
Twelfth Street Rag	Euday L. Bowman (m)	Pee Wee Hunt	1948
Twilight Time	Buck Ram, Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn	The Platters	1958
Twist and Shout	Bert Russell, Phil Medley	The Beatles	1963
The Twist	Hank Ballard	Chubby Checker	1960
Two Sleepy People	Hoagy Carmichael (m), Frank Loesser (w)	Fats Waller	1938

U

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Un-Break My Heart	Diane Warren	Toni Braxton	1996
Unchained Melody	Alex North, Hy Zaret	The Righteous Brothers	1965
Undecided	Charlie Shavers (m), Syd Robin (w)	The Ames Brothers with Les Brown & His Band of Renown	1951
Under the Anheuser Busch	Andrew B. Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer	Billy Murray	1904
Under the Bamboo Tree	Bob Cole (m/w)	Arthur Collins	1902
Under the Boardwalk	Arthur Resnick, Kenny Young	The Drifters	1964
Under the Sea	Howard Ashman, Alan Menken	Samuel E. Wright	1989
Unforgettable	Irving Gordon (m/w)	Natalie Cole with Nat "King" Cole	1991
Up on the Roof	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	The Drifters	1962
Up Where We Belong	Will Jennings, Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Saint Marie	Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes	1982
Upside Down	Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers	Diana Ross	1980
Uptown Girl	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	1983

V

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
The Varsity Drag	Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w)	George Olsen	1927
Venus	Robbie van Leeuwen	The Shocking Blue	1969
The Very Thought of You	Ray Noble (m/w)	Ray Noble with Al Bowlly	1934
Vision of Love	Mariah Carey, Ben Marguiles	Mariah Carey	1990
Vogue	Madonna Ciccone, Shep Pettibone	Madonna	1990
Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue)	Franco Migliacci, Domenico Modugno, Mitchell Parish	Domenico Modugno	1958

W

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
Wabash Blues	Fred Meinken	Isham Jones	1921
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie	Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m)	Byron 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)	Mindy Carson	1955
Wake Up Little Susie	Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant	The Everly Brothers	1957
Walk Don’t Run	Johnny Smith	The Ventures	1960
Walk Like a Man	Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio	The Four Seasons	1963
Walk Right In	Gus Cannon, Hosie Woods	The Rooftop Singers	1962
Walkin’ the Dog	Shelton Brooks	Delta & Alpha Mudge	1916
Walking My Baby Back Home	Fred E. Ahlert (m), Roy Turk (w)	Johnny Walker & His Orchestra	1931
The Wallflower (Roll with Me Henry)	James Etta Rogers, Phyliss Otis	Etta James & the Peaches	1955
Wang Wang Blues	Leo Wood, Gus Mueller, "Buster" Johnson, Henry Busse	Paul Whiteman	1920
Wannabe	Matt Rowe, Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell, Victoria Adams, Emma Butnon, Richard Stannard	Spice Girls	1996
War	Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong	Edwin Starr	1970
Waterfalls	Patrick Brown, Ray Murray, Rico Wade, Marqueze Ethridge, Lisa Lopes	TLC	1994
Watermelon Man	Herbie Hancock	Herbie Hancock	1962
Way Down Yonder in New Orleans	Turner Layton, Henry Creamer	Peerless Quartet	1922
The Way It Is	Bruce Hornsby	Bruce Hornsby & the Range	1986
The Way We Were	Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman	Barbra Streisand	1973
The Way You Do the Things You Do	Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers	The Temptations	1964
The Way You Look Tonight	Jerome Kern (m), Dorothy Fields (w)	Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer’s Orchestra	1936
The Way You Make Me Feel	Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson	1987
The Wayward Wind	Stan Lebousky, Herb Newman	Gogi Grant	1956
We Are the World	Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie	USA for Africa	1985
We Built This City	Starship	Starship	1985
We Didn’t Start the Fire	Billy Joel	Billy Joel	1989
We May Never Love Like This Again	Al Kasha, Joel Kirschhorn	Maureen McGovern	1975
We Shall Overcome	Charles Albert Tindley	Pete Seeger	1963
Weak	Brian Alexander Morgan	SWV (Sisters with Voices)	1993
Weary Blues (aka "Shake It and Break It")	Artie Matthews (m), George Cates (w), Mort Greene (w)	Louis Armstrong	1927
The Wedding Bell Blues	Laura Nyro	The 5th Dimension	1969
Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Gold Gang of Mine	Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w), Willie Raskin (w)	Gene Austin & Ed Smalle & Dick Robertson with Leonard Joy’s Orchestra	1929
The Wedding of the Painted Doll	Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w)	Leo Reisman with Lew Conrad	1929
Well Did You Evuh?	Cole Porter (m/w)	Bing Crosby with Frank Sinatra	1956
We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock	Max Freedman, Jimmy DeKnight	Bill Haley & His Comets	1954
We’re Off to See the Wizard	Harold Arlen (m), E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (w)	Judy Garland with Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, & Bert Lahr	1939
West End Blues	Clarence Williams, Joe "King" Oliver	Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines	1928
What a Diff’rence a Day Makes	María Grever (m), Stanley Adams (w)	Dinah Washington	1959
What a Wonderful World	Bob Thiele, George David Weiss	Louis Armstrong	1967
What Can I Say, Dear, After I Say I’m Sorry?	Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman	Bee Palmer	1926
What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue?	Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller	Louis Armstrong	1929
What Do You Do Sundays, Mary?	Stephen Jones (m), Irving Caesar (w)	American Quartet	1924
What Is This Thing Called Love?	Cole Porter (m/w)	Leo Reisman	1930
What Kind of Fool Am I?	Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley	Sammy Davis Jr.	1962
What the World Needs Now Is Love	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	Jackie DeShannon	1965
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
Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)	Jay Livingston, Ray Evans	Doris Day	1956
What’ll I Do?	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Paul Whiteman	1924
What’s Going On	Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland	Marvin Gaye	1971
What’s Love Got to Do with It?	Graham Lyle, Terry Britten	Tina Turner	1984
What’s New Pussycat?	Burt Bacharach (m), Hal David (w)	Tom Jones	1965
Wheel of Fortune	Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss	Kay Starr	1952
When a Man Loves a Woman	Cameron Lewis, Arthur Wright	Percy Sledge	1966
When Can I See You	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	Babyface	1994
When Doves Cry	Prince	Prince	1984
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 with the Dorsey Brothers	1931
When I’m Not Near the Girl I Love	Burton Lane (m), E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w)		1946
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling	Chauncey Olcott (w) George Graff Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m)	Chauncey Olcott	1913
When It’s All Goin’ Out and Nothin’ Comin’ In	Bert Williams (m/w), George Walker (m/w)	Bert Williams	1902
When It’s Sleepy Time Down South	Leon Rene, Otis Rene, Clarence Muse	Paul Whiteman with Mildred Bailey & the Romancers	1931
When My Baby Smiles at Me	Bill Munro (m), Andrew B. Sterling (w), Ted Lewis (w)	Ted Lewis	1920
When My Baby Walks Down the Street	Jimmy McHugh, Gene Austin, Irving Mills	Gene Austin with Aileen Stanley	1924
When Ragtime Rosie Ragged the Rosary	Lewis F. Muir (m), Edgar Leslie (w)		1911
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 Will I Be Loved	Phil Everly	The Everly Brothers	1960
When You Believe	Stephen Schwartz	Mariah Carey with Whitney Houston	1998
When You Wish Upon a Star	Leigh Harline (m), Ned Washington (w)	Cliff Edwards & the Ken Darby Singers with 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 You’re Good, You’re Lonesome	Grace Doro	Edythe Baker	1920
When You’re Smiling, the Whole World Smiles with You	Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay	Seger Ellis	1928
Where Did Our Love Go	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland	The Supremes	1964
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 Do Broken Hearts Go	Frank Wildhorn, Chuck Jackson	Whitney Houston	1987
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
Whip-Poor-Will	Jerome Kern (m), Buddy DeSylva (w)	Isham Jones	1921
Whispering	John Schonberger (w), Richard Coburn (w), Vincent Rose (m)	Paul Whiteman	1920
Whistle While You Work	Morey, Churchill	Seven Dwarfs	1937
The Whistler and His Dog	Arthor Pryor (m)	Prince’s Orchestra	1905
Whistling Rufus	Kerry Mills (m), F.A. Mills (m)	Vess Ossman	1899
White Christmas	Irving Berlin	Bing Crosby & the Ken Darby Singers with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra	1942
White Rabbit	Grace Slick	Jefferson Airplane	1967
A Whiter Shade of Pale	Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher	Procol Harum	1967
Who Can It Be Now?	Colin James Hay	Men at Work	1981
Who Takes Care of the Caretaker’s Daughter While the Caretaker’s Busy Taking Care?	Chick Endor	Cliff Edwards	1925
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
Whole Lotta Loving	Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino	Fats Domino	1958
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On	Dave Williams, Roy Hall	Jerry Lee Lewis	1957
A Whole New World	Alan Menken, Tim Rice	Peabo Bryson with Regina Belle	1992
Who’ll Take My Place When I’m Gone?	Billy Fazioli (m), Ray Klages	Benny Krueger	1922
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
Whose Baby Are You?	Jerome Kern (m), Anne Caldwell (w)	Joseph C. Smith	1920
Why Couldn’t It Be Poor Little Me?	Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Isham Jones	1925
Why Do Fools Fall in Love?	Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago, Jimmy Merchant	Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers	1956
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’ Orchestra	1952
Why Was I Born?	Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Libby Holman	1930
Wild Cherries	Ted Snyder	Victor Orchestra	1909
Wild Flower	Vincent Youmans (m), Otto Harbach (w), Oscar Hammerstein (w)	Guy Robertson	1923
Wild Thing	Chip Taylor	The Troggs	1966
The Wild Wild Women	Al Piantadosi, Al Wilson, Henry Lewis	Henry Lewis	1917
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
Will You Love Me Tomorrow	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	The Shirelles	1960
Will You Remember (Sweetheart)	Rida Johnson Young (w), Sigmund Romberg (m)	Olive Kline (as Alice Green) with Raymond Dixon	1918
Willie the Weeper	Grant V. Rymal, Walter Melrose, Marty Bloom	King Oliver	1927
Willow Weep for Me	Ann Ronell (m/w)	Paul Whiteman with Irene Taylor	1932
Windmills of Your Mind	Michael Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman	Noel Harrison	1968
Windy	Ruthann Friedman	The Association	1967
Winter	Alfred Bryan (w), Albert Gumble (m)	Lyric Quartet	1911
Winter Wonderland	Felix Bernard (m), Richard B. Smith (w)	Guy Lombardo	1934
Wipe Out (i)	Bobby Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller, Ron Wilson	The Surfaris	1963
Wish You Were Here	Harold Rome	Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter’s Orchestra	1952
Witch Doctor	Ross Bagdasarian	David Seville	1958
With a Song in My Heart	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Leo Reisman with Ran Weeks	1929
With Plenty of Money and You (Oh! Baby What I Couldn’t Do)	Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w)	Henry Busse’s Orchestra with Bob Hannon	1937
Without a Song	Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Eliscu (w), Billy Rose (w)	Paul Whiteman with Bing Crosby	1929
Wolverine Blues	Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Benjamin Spikes, John Spikes	Jelly Roll Morton	1923
A Woman in Love	Frank Loesser	Frankie Laine	1955
Wonderful Copenhagen	Frank Loesser	Danny Kaye	1953
Wonderful World	Barbara Campbell, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler	Sam Cooke	1960
Woodman Woodman, Spare That Tree!	Iving Berlin (m/w)	Bob Roberts	1911
Woodstock	Joni Mitchell	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1970
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise	Ernest Seitz (m), Gene Lockhart (w)	Isham Jones	1922
Would You Like to Take a Walk?	Harry Warren (m), Mort Dixon (w), Billy Rose (w)	Rudy Vallee	1931
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)	Harry Barris (m), Ted Koehler (w), Billy Moll (w)	Bing Crosby with Gus Arnheim’s Orchestra	1931
Wunderbar	Cole Porter	Alfred Drake & Patricia Morrison	1948

Y

SONG	WRITER(S), m = music, w = words	Performer with Highest Rated Version	Year
The Yama Yama Man	George Collin Davis (w), Karl Hoschna (m)	Ada Jones & the Victor Light Opera Co.	1909
Yankee Doodle Blues	Geroge Gershwin (m), Irving Caesar (w), Buddy DeSylva (w)	Billy Murray with Ed Smalle	1922
Yankee Doodle Boy	George M. Cohan (m/w)	Billy Murray	1905
Yearning Just for You	Irving Berlin	Gene Austin	1925
Yellow Dog Blues	W.C. Handy	Joseph C. Smith	1920
The Yellow Rose of Texas	Don George	Mitch Miller	1955
Yes Sir! That’s My Baby	Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w)	Gene Austin with Billy Carpenter	1925
Yes! We Have No Bananas	Frank Silver, Irving Cohn	Billy Jones	1923
Yesterday	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	The Beatles	1965
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
You	Walter Donaldson (m), Harold Adamson (w)	Tommy Dorsey & Edythe Wright	1936
You and the Night and the Music	Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w)	Libby Holman & Richard Himber	1935
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 Are the Sunshine of My Life	Stevie Wonder	Stevie Wonder	1972
You Belong to Me	Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart	Jo Stafford	1952
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me	Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman	Maurice Chevalier with Leonard Joy’s Orchestra	1930
You Can’t Do What My Last Man Did	J.C. Johnson, Allie Moore	James P. Johnson	1923
You Can’t Hurry Love	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland	The Supremes	1966
You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down	Perry Bradford	Mamie Smith	1920
You Do Something to Me	Cole Porter (m/w)	Leo Reisman	1930
You Don’t Have to Be a Star to Be in My Show	James Dean, John Glover	Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.	1976
You Go to My Head	J. Fred Coots (m), Haven Gillespie (w)	Larry Clinton with Bea Wain	1938
You Keep Me Hangin’ On	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland	The Supremes	1966
You Light Up My Life	Joe Brooks	Debby Boone	1977
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 Make Me Feel Like Dancing	Leo Sayer, Vini Poncia	Leo Sayer	1976
You Make Me Feel So Young	Josef Myrow (m), Mack Gordon (w)	Dick Haymes	1946
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby	Harry Warren (m), Johnny Mercer (w)	Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby	1938
You Must Love Me	Andrew Lloyd Webber (m), Tim Rice (w)	Madonna	1996
You Never Knew about Me	Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w)	Marie Carroll & Tom Powers	1917
You Said Something	Jerome Kern (m/w), P.G. Wodehouse (w)	Marjorie Gateson with Donald MacDonald	1917
You Send Me	Charles "L.C." Cooke	Sam Cooke	1957
You Tell Me Your Dream and I Will Tell You Mine	Charles N. Daniels (m), Seymour Rice (w), Albert Brown (w)	Ella Butler	1900
You Took Advantage of Me	Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w)	Paul Whiteman with Bing Crosby, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylor, & Austin Young	1928
You Were Meant for Me	Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed	Connee Boswell with Victor Young’s Orchestra	1948
You Were Only Fooling When I Was Falling in Love	Larry Fotine (m), Billy Faber (w), Fred Meadows (w)	The Ink Spots	1948
You’d Be Surprised	Irving Berlin	Eddie Cantor	1920
You’ll Be in My Heart	Phil Collins	Phil Collins	1999
You’ll Never Know	Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w)	Dick Haymes with the Song Spinners	1943
You’ll Never Walk Alone	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Frank Sinatra	1945
Young at Heart	Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards	Frank Sinatra	1954
Young Love	Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner	Sonny James	1956
Younger Than Springtime	Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w)	Billy Tabbert	1949
Your Boy Is on the Coal Pile Now	Sam Ward	H. Claar	1918
Your Feet’s Too Big	Ada Benson, Fred Fisher	Fats Waller	1939
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher	Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner, Carl William Smith	Jackie Wilson	1967
You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)	George M. Cohan (m/w)	Billy Murray	1906
You’re an Old Smoothie	Richard Whiting, Nacio Herb Brown	Paul Whiteman with Ramona Davies	1933
You’re Breaking My Heart	Pat Genaro, Sunny Skylar	Vic Damone with Glenn Osser’s Orchestra	1949
You’re Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?)	Walter Donaldson	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 Just in Love	Irving Berlin (m/w)	Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres Orchestra	1950
You’re Lucky to Me	Eubie Blake (m), Andy Razaf (w)	Ethel Waters	1930
You’re No Good	Clint Ballard Jr.	Linda Ronstadt	1974
You’re Sixteen	Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman	Ringo Starr	1973
You’re So Right for Me	Jay Livingston, Ray Evans	Tony Bennett	1958
You’re So Vain	Carly Simon	Carly Simon	1972
You’re the Cream in My Coffee	Ray Henderson	Ben Selvin with Jack Palmer	1928
You’re the One That I Want	John Farrar	Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta	1978
You’re the Top	Cole Porter (m/w)	Paul Whiteman with Peggy Healy & John Hauser	1934
You’ve Got a Friend	Carole King	James Taylor	1971
You’ve Got to See Mamma Ev’ry Night (aka "You Can’t See Mamma at All")	Con Conrad (m), Billy Rose (w)	Dolly Kay with Frank Westphal’s Orchestra	1923
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector	The Righteous Brothers	1964

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Zigeuner	Noel Coward	Evelyn Laye	1929
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart	James F. Hanley (m/w)	Judy Garland with Victor Young’s Orchestra	1943
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah	Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert	James Baskett	1946

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: lists from critics and individuals
Dave’s Music Database: lists from publications and/or organizations
Dave’s Music Database: “David A. Jasen: The Top 500 Songs 1899-1999”
David A. Jasen (2002). A Century of American Popular Music. Routledge: New York, NY.

First posted 3/27/2021; last updated 12/3/2022.

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David A. Jasen: The Top 500 Songs from 1899-1999

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