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The Top 1000+ Songs |
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Author Don Tyler published Hit Parade 1920-1955 in 1985. It featured more than 800 songs, organized by year and listed by song title with the songwriters indicated. In 2007, he expanded the work in Hit Songs, 1900-1955 – this time with over 1200 titles. Between the two works, he cited more than 1400 titles. They are listed here in alphabetical order by song titles followed by the songwriters, the highest-ranked version of the song in Dave’s Music Database, and the year of its release. Click here to see other lists from critics and individuals and here to see other lists from publications and/or organizations. |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| A - You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song) | Sid Lippman, Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise | Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1949 |
| Aba Daba Honeymoon, The | Walter Donaldson w/m), Arthur Fields (m/w) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1914 |
| About a Quarter to Nine | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Ozzie Nelson | 1935 |
| Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder | Herbert Dillea (m), Arthur Gillespie (w) | Harry MacDonough | 1901 |
| Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers | 1945 |
| Address Unknown | Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, and Gene Autry (w/m) | The Ink Spots | 1939 |
| After You've Gone | Turner Layton (m), Henry Creamer (w) | Marion Harris | 1919 |
| Again | Dorcas Cochran/Lionel Newman | Doris Day & the Mellomen | 1949 |
| Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life | Rida Johnson Young (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Fred Waring with Tom Waring | 1928 |
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Thomas "Fats" Waller (m), Harry Brooks (m), Andy Razaf (w) | Fats Waller | 1929 |
| Ain't She Sweet? | Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w) | Ben Bernie with Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot | 1927 |
| Ain't That a Shame (aka "Ain't It a Shame") | Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino | Fats Domino | 1955 |
| Ain't We Got Fun? | Gus Kahn, Raymond B. Egan, Richard Whiting | Van & Schenck | 1921 |
| Alabamy Bound | Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Bud Green | Blossom Seeley | 1925 |
| Alexander (Don't You Love Your Baby No More?) | Harry Von Tilzer (m), Andrew B. Sterling (w) | Billy Murray | 1904 |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1911 |
| Alice Blue Gown (aka "In My Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown") | Harry Tierney (m), Joseph McCarthy (w) | Edith Day | 1920 |
| All Aboard for Dreamland | Harry Von Tilzer (m), Andrew B. Sterling (w) | Byron G. Harlan | 1904 |
| All Alone | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Al Jolson with Ray Miller's Orchestra | 1925 |
| All by Myself | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ted Lewis | 1921 |
| All I Do Is Dream of You | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Jan Garbrer with Fritz Heilbron | 1934 |
| All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth | Don Gardner (w/m) | Spike Jones & His City Slickers with George Rock | 1948 |
| All My Life | Sidney D. Mitchell (w), Sam H. Stept (m) | Fats Waller | 1936 |
| All My Love (Bolero) | Mitchell Parish (w), Maurice Ravel (m), Paul Duran (adapted) | Patti Page with Harry Geller's Orchestra | 1950 |
| All of Me | Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks | Louis Armstrong | 1932 |
| All or Nothing at All | Arthur Altman (m), Jack Lawrence (w) | Harry James with Frank Sinatra | 1939 |
| All the Things You Are | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1939 |
| All Through the Day | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Perry Como | 1946 |
| Almost Like Being in Love | Frederick Loewe (m), Alan Jay Lerner (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1947 |
| Alone | Arthur Freed (w), Nacio Herb Brown (m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Cliff Weston | 1936 |
| Always | Irving Berlin (m/w) | George Olsen with Fran Frey, Bob Rice, & Edward Joyce | 1926 |
| Am I Blue? | Akst, Harry (m), Grant Clarke (w) | Ethel Waters | 1929 |
| Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) | Albert Gamse (w), Joseph M. Lacalle (m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell | 1941 |
| American Patrol | F.W. Meacham (m) | John Philip Sousa's Band | 1901 |
| Among My Souvenirs | Lawrence Wright) (m), Al Dubin (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Austin Young | 1928 |
| Amor | Ricardo Lopez Mendez, Gabriel Ruiz, Sunny Skylar | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Anchors Aweigh (U.S. Navy Song) | Alfred Hart Miles (w), Royal Lovell (w), Charles A. Zimmerman (m), George D. Lottman | U.S. Naval Academy Band | 1921 |
| And the Angels Sing | Ziggy Elman (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Martha TIlton | 1939 |
| And Then Some | Tot Seymour (w), Vee Lawnhurst (m) | Ozzie Nelson | 1935 |
| And This Is My Beloved | Alexander Borodin (m), Robert Wright (w), George Forrest (w) | 1953 | |
| Angel Child | George Price, Abner Silver, Benny Davis | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1922 |
| Angelus, The | Robert B. Smith (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Christie MacDonald with Reinald Werrenrath & the Victor Male Chorus | 1913 |
| Annabelle | Lew Brown (w), Ray Henderson (m) | Lawrence Welk | 1939 |
| Anniversary Song, The | Al Jolson/Saul Chaplin/Jan Ivanovici | Al Jolson | 1947 |
| Anniversary Waltz, The | Al Dubin (w), Dave Franklin (m) | Bing Crosby with Victor Young's Orchestra | 1941 |
| Another Op'nin', Another Show | Cole Porter (m/w) | 1949 | |
| Any Little Girl That's a Nice Little Girl Is the Right Little Girl for Me | Fred Fisher (m), Thomas J. Gray (w) | American Quartet with Billy Murray | 1910 |
| Any Old Place I Can Hang My Hat Is Home Sweet Home to Me | William Jerome (w), Jean Schwartz (m) | Will Denny | 1901 |
| Any Old Port in a Storm | Arthur J. Lamb (w), Kerry Mills (m) | Frank Stanley | 1908 |
| Any Rags? | Thomas S. Allen | Arthur Collins | 1903 |
| Any Time (aka "Any Time Blues") | Herbert Happy Lawson | Eddie Fisher | 1951 |
| Anything Goes | Cole Porter (m/w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Ramona Davies | 1934 |
| Anything You Can Do | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton | 1946 |
| April in Paris | Vernon Duke (m), E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w) | Count Basie | 1956 |
| April in Portugal | Jimmy Kennedy (w), Raul Ferrao (m) | Les Baxter | 1953 |
| April Showers | Buddy DeSylva, Louis Silvers | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1921 |
| Are You Sincere? | Albert Gumble/Alfred Bryan | Elise Stevenson | 1908 |
| Arkansaw Traveler | Sandford C. Faulkner (m), Joseph Tosso | Len Spencer | 1902 |
| As Long As the World Rolls On | George Graff (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Alan Turner | 1908 |
| As Time Goes By | Herman Hupfeld (m/w) | Dooley Wilson | 1942 |
| At Sundown When Love Is Calling Me Home | Walter Donaldson (m/w) | George Olsen with Bob Borger, Fran Frey, & Bob Rice | 1927 |
| At the Balalaika | Bob Wright and George "Chet" Forrest (w), George Posford (m) | Orrin Tucker with Gil Mersohn | 1940 |
| At the Woodchoppers' Ball | Joe Bishop (w), Woody Herman (m) | Woody Herman | 1939 |
| At Your Command | Harry Tobias, Harry Barris, and Bing Crosby (w/m) | Bing Crosby | 1931 |
| A-Tisket, A-Tasket | Ella Fitzgerald, Al Feldman | Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Auf Widerseh'n | Herbert Reynolds (w), Sigmund Romberg (m) | Harry MacDonough with Olive Kline (as Alice Green) | 1915 |
| Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart | Geoffrey Parsons and John Turner (w), Eberhard Storch (m) | Vera Lynn with Ronald Shaw's Orchestra | 1952 |
| Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart | Geoffrey Parsons and John Turner (w), Eberhard Storch (m) | 1952 | |
| Auld Lang Syne | Robert Burns (adapted by) | 1711 | |
| Autumn Leaves | Joseph Kosma (m), Jacques Prévert (w), Johnny Mercer (w) | Roger Williams | 1955 |
| Avalon | Vincent Rose (m/w), Buddy DeSylva (w), Al Jolson (w) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1920 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Babalu | Bob Russell (English w), Marguerita Lecuona (Spanish w/m) | Xavier Cugat & Miguelito Valdes | 1944 |
| Baby Face | Benny Davis (w), Harry Akst (m) | Jan Garber with Benny Davis | 1926 |
| Baby It's Cold Outside | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Johnny Mercer & Margaret Whiting | 1949 |
| Baby Shoes | Al Piantadosi (m), Joe Goodwin (w), Ed Rose (w) | Henry Burr | 1916 |
| Baby Take a Bow | 1934 | ||
| Back in the Saddle Again | Gene Autry and Ray Whitley (w/m) | Gene Autry | 1939 |
| Back in Your Own Back Yard | Dave Dreyer (m), Al Jolson (m), Billy Rose (w) | Ruth Etting | 1928 |
| Bali Ha'i | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | 1949 | |
| Bali Ha'i | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1949 |
| Ballad of Davy Crockett, The | George Bruns, Tom Blackburn | Bill Hayes | 1955 |
| Ballerina (aka "Dance Ballerina Dance") | Carl Sigman (m), Bob Russell (w) | Vaughn Monroe | 1947 |
| Ballin' the Jack | Jim (James Henry) Burris (w), Chris Smith (m) | Prince's Orchestra | 1914 |
| Bambalina | Vincent Youmans (m), Otto Harbach (w), Oscar Hammerstein (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1923 |
| Band Played On, The | Charles B. Ward (m), John F. Palmer (w) | Dan Quinn | 1895 |
| Barney Google | Con Conrad, Billy Rose | Ernest Hare with Billy Jones | 1923 |
| Battle Hymn of the Republic, The (aka "Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!") | Julia Ward Howe (w), William Steffe (m) | 1861 | |
| Baubles, Bangles and Beads | Alexander Borodin (m), Robert Wright (w), George Forrest (w) | Peggy Lee | 1953 |
| Be Anything, But Be Mine | Irving Gordon (w/m) | Eddy Howard | 1952 |
| Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee | Stanley Murphy (w), Henry I. Marshall (m) | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1912 |
| Be My Love | Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn | Mario Lanza | 1950 |
| Beale Street Blues | W.C. Handy (m/w) | Prince's Orchestra | 1917 |
| Beautiful Lady in Blue, A | Sam M. Lewis (w), J. Fred Coots (m) | Jan Garber with Lew Palmer | 1936 |
| Beautiful Ohio | Robert A. King as as Mary Earl (m), Ballard MacDonald (w) | Henry Burr | 1919 |
| Because | Edward Teschmacher (w), Helen Guy as Guy d'Hardelot (m) | Perry Como with Russ Case's Orchestra | 1948 |
| Because | Charles Horwitz (w), Frederick V. Bowers (m) | Haydn Quartet | 1900 |
| Because | Edward Teschmacher (w), Helen Guy as Guy d'Hardelot (m) | 1902 | |
| Because of You | Dudley Wilkinson (m), Arthur Hammerstein (w) | Tony Bennett with Percy Faith's Orchestra | 1951 |
| Because You're You | Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Harry Mac Donough & Elise Stevenson | 1907 |
| Bedelia | Jean Schwartz (m), William Jerome (w) | Haydn Quartet | 1904 |
| Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel) | Wladimir Timm, Jaromir Vejvoda, Lew Brown | Will Glahe | 1939 |
| Begin the Beguine | Cole Porter (m/w) | Artie Shaw | 1938 |
| Bei Mir Bist Du Schöen (Means That You're Grand) | Sholom Secunda (m), Sammy/Jacob Jacobs Cahn (w) | The Andrews Sisters | 1938 |
| Bell-Bottom Trousers | Moe Jaffe (w/m) | Guy Lombardo with Jimmy Brown | 1945 |
| Bells of St. Marys, The | Douglas Furber (w), A.Emmett Adams (m) | Frances Alda | 1920 |
| Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) | Sunny Skylar (w), Conseulo Velazquez (m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen | 1944 |
| Bess, You Is My Woman | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w), Dubose Heyward (w) | Porgy and Bess Cast | 1935 |
| Best Things in Life Are Free, The | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | George Olsen with Bob Borger | 1927 |
| Betty Co-Ed | J. Paul Fogarty, Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallee | 1930 |
| Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Bill Snyder | 1950 |
| Beyond the Blue Horizon | Richard A. Whiting (m), W. Franke Harling (m), Leo Robin (w) | Jeannette MacDonald | 1930 |
| Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo | David/Hoffman/Livingston | Jo Stafford with Gordon MacRae | 1949 |
| Bidin' My Time | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Foursome | 1930 |
| Big Apple, The | Buddy Bernier (w), Bob Emmerich (m) | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1937 |
| Bill | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w), P.G. Wodehouse (w) | Helen Morgan | 1928 |
| Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? | Hughie Cannon (m/w), Johnnie Queen | Arthur Collins | 1902 |
| Bird in a Gilded Cage, A | Arthur J. Lamb (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Steve Porter | 1900 |
| Birth of the Blues, The | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Austin Young | 1926 |
| Black Bottom | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Johnny Hamp | 1926 |
| Blue Bell | Theodore F. Morse (m), Edward Madden (w) | Byron G. Harlon & Frank Stanley | 1904 |
| Blue Champagne | Grady Watts, Frank Ryerson (w/m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1941 |
| Blue Moon | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | The Marcels | 1961 |
| Blue Orchids | Hoagy Carmichael (w/m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1939 |
| Blue Room, The | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | The Revelers | 1926 |
| Blue Skies | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ben Selvin | 1927 |
| Blue Tango | Mitchell Parish (w), Leroy Anderson (m) | Leroy Anderson & His "Pops" Concert Orchestra | 1951 |
| Blueberry Hill | Vincent Rose, Al Lewis, Larry Stock | Fats Domino | 1956 |
| Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Woody Herman | 1941 |
| Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me | Arthurn N. Swanstone, Chas. R. Mc Carron, Carey Morgan | Ted Lewis | 1920 |
| Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?) | Bernie Hanighen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Body and Soul | Johnny Green (m), Edward Heyman (w), Robert Sour (w), Frank Eyton (w) | Coleman Hawkins | 1940 |
| Boo Hoo | E. Heyman, C. Lombardo, J.J. Loeb | Guy Lombardo | 1937 |
| Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, The | Don Raye/Hughie Prince | The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1941 |
| Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina) | R. Morbelli and L. Astore (m), Eddie Y. Stanley (w) | Rosemary Clooney | 1952 |
| Boulevard of Broken Dreams, The | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Jan Garber with Leo Bennett | 1934 |
| Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil) | Bob Russell (w), Ary Barroso (m) | Xavier Cugat | 1943 |
| Breeze and I, The | Al Stillman (w), Ernesto Lecuona (m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1940 |
| Breezin' Along with the Breeze | Richard A. Whiting, Seymour Simons, Haven Gillespie, Jerome H. Remick | Johnny Marvin | 1926 |
| Bring Me a Rose | Charles Shisler | 1916 | |
| Broadway Melody | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Ben Selvin | 1929 |
| Broadway Rhythm | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Guy Lombardo | 1935 |
| Broadway Rose | Eugene West (w), Martin Fried (m), Otis Spencer (m) | Peerless Quartet | 1921 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime? | Jay Gorney (m), E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1932 |
| Bugle Call Rag | Elmer Schoebel (m), Billy Meyeres (m), Jack Pettis (m) | The Mills Brothers | 1932 |
| Bushel and a Peck, A | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Perry Como & Betty Hutton with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1950 |
| But Not for Me | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Ella Fitzgerald | 1959 |
| Button Up Your Overcoat | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Helen Kane | 1929 |
| Buttons and Bows | Jay Livingston (m), Ray Evans (w) | Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys | 1948 |
| By Heck | Henry R. Stern as S.R. Henry (m), L. Wolfe Gilbert (w) | Byron G. Harlan with Will Robbins | 1915 |
| By the Beautiful Sea | Harold R. Atteridge (w), Harry Carroll (m) | Heidelberg Quintet | 1914 |
| By the Light of the Silvery Moon | Edward Madden (w), Gus Edwards (m) | Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet | 1910 |
| By the River St. Marie | Edgar Leslie (w), Harry Warren (m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1931 |
| By the Waters of Minnetonka | Thurlow Lieurance (m), J.W. Cavanass (w) | Alice Nielsen | 1915 |
| Bye Bye Blackbird | Ray Henderson (m), Mort Dixon (w) | Gene Austin | 1926 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Cabin in the Sky | Vernon Duke (m), John Latouche (w) | Benny Goodman with Helen Forrest | 1940 |
| California Here I Come | Joseph Meyer, Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson | Al Jolson with Isham Jones' Orchestra | 1924 |
| Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ada Jones & the American Quartet | 1910 |
| Camp Meetin' Time | Harry Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1906 |
| Candy | David Mack, Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer | Johnny Mercer with Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers | 1945 |
| Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Ben Bernie with Vaughn Deleath | 1928 |
| Can't We Be Friends? | Kay Swift (m), Paul James aka James Warburg (w) | Libby Holman | 1929 |
| Can't You Hear Me Calling, Caroline? | William H. Gardner (w), Caro Roma (m) | George MacFarlane | 1914 |
| Canto Siboney | Dolly Morse (w), Ernesto Lecuona (m) | 1929 | |
| Caravan | Duke Ellington (m), Juan Tizol (m), irving Mills (w) | Duke Ellington | 1937 |
| Careless | Dick Jurgens, Eddy Howard, and Lew Qualding (w/m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1940 |
| Careless Hands | Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman (w/m) | Mel Tormé | 1949 |
| Carelessly | Charles and Nick Kenny (w), Norman Ellis (m) | Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Carioca, The | Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Eliscu (w), Gus Kahn (w) | Enric Madriguera with Patricia Gillmore | 1934 |
| Carolina in the Morning | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Van & Schenck | 1923 |
| Carolina Moon | Benny Davis (w), Joe Burke (m) | Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1929 |
| Carrie (Carrie Marry Harry) | Junie McCree (w), Albert Von Tilzer (m) | Billy Murray | 1910 |
| Carry Me Back to Old Virginny | James A. Bland (m/w) | Alma Gluck | 1915 |
| Casey Jones (The Brave Engineer) | T. Lawrence Seibert (w), Eddie Newton (m), Wallace Saunders | American Quartet with Billy Murray | 1910 |
| Cathedral in the Pines | Charles and Nick Kenny (w/m) | Shep Fields & Jerry Stewart | 1938 |
| Cecelia | Dave Dreyer (m), Herman Ruby (w) | "Whispering" Jack Smith | 1925 |
| Change Partners | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Astaire with Ray Noble's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Changing Partners | Joe Darion (w), Larry Coleman (m) | Patti Page | 1953 |
| Chant of the Jungle | Arthur Freed (w), Nacio Herb Brown (m) | Roy Ingraham | 1929 |
| Charleston | James P. Johnson (m), Cecil Mack (w) | Arthur Gibbs & His Gang | 1924 |
| Charley, My Boy | Ted Fio Rito (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Eddie Cantor | 1924 |
| Charmaine | Erno Rapee, Lew Pollack | Guy Lombardo with Weston Vaughan | 1927 |
| Chasing Shadows | Benny Davis (w), Abner Silver (m) | Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1935 |
| Chattanooga Choo Choo | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires | 1941 |
| Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy | Harry Stone and Jack Stapp (w/m) | Red Foley | 1950 |
| Cheek to Cheek | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers with Leo Reisman's Orchestra | 1935 |
| Cheerful Little Earful | Harry Warren (m), Ira Gershwin and Billy Rose (w) | Tom Gerun & His Orchestra | 1930 |
| Cherie | Leo Woods (w), Irving Bibo (m) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1921 |
| Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White | Jacques Larue, Mack David | Perez "Prez" Prado | 1955 |
| Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep) | Jerry Livingston, Al Hoffman, and Mack David (w/m) | Perry Como & the Satisfiers with Lloyd Shaffer's Orchestra | 1947 |
| Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) | Fred Fisher (m/w) | Ben Selvin | 1922 |
| Chickery Chick | Sylvia Dee (w), Sidney Lippman (m) | Sammy Kaye with Nancy Norman & Billy Williams | 1945 |
| China Boy | Dick Winfree, Phil Boutelje, Art Tatum | McKenzie & Condon's Chicagoans | 1927 |
| Chinatown, My Chinatown | Jean Schwartz (m), William Jerome (w) | American Quartet | 1915 |
| Chinese Lullaby | Robert Hood Bowers | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1929 |
| Chloe (Song of the Swamp) | Neil Moret, Gus Kahn | Jones, Spike, & His City Slickers with Red Ingle | 1945 |
| Chong, He Comes from Hong Kong | Harold Weeks (w/m) | Columbia Saxophone Sextette | 1919 |
| Christmas Song, The (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) | Mel Tormé, Robert Wells (w) | Nat "King" Cole | 1946 |
| Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) | Bob Hilliard (w), Carl Sigman (m) | Louis Prima | 1947 |
| Clair De Lune (aka "Au Clair De La Lune") | Claude Debussy (m) | Claude Debussy | 1811 |
| Clap Yo' Hands | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Roger Wolfe Kahn | 1927 |
| Close to My Heart | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1915 |
| Cocktails for Two | Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston | Duke Ellington | 1934 |
| Cold Cold Heart | Hank Williams | Hank Williams | 1951 |
| Collegiate | Moe Jaffe, Nat Bonx | Fred Waring | 1925 |
| Come Down Ma Evening Star | Robert B. Smith (w), John Stromberg (m) | Mina Hickman | 1903 |
| Come Josephine in My Flying Machine | Fred Fisher (m), Alfred Bryan (w) | Ada Jones with Billy Murray & the American Quartet | 1911 |
| Come on-a My House | Ross Bagdasarian and William Saroyan (w/m) | Rosemary Clooney | 1951 |
| Come Rain or Come Shine | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Margaret Whiting with Paul Weston's Orchestra | 1946 |
| Come Take a Trip in My Air Ship | Ren Shields (w), George Evans (m) | Billy Murray | 1905 |
| Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer | Harold Adamson (w), Jimmy McHugh (m) | The Song Spinners | 1943 |
| Continental, The (You Kiss While We're Dancing) | Con Conrad (m), Herb Magidson (w) | Leo Reisman | 1934 |
| Cool Water | Bob Nolan (w/m) | The Sons of the Pioneers | 1941 |
| Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Rosemary Clooney | 1954 |
| Crinoline Days | Irving Berlin | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1923 |
| Cross Over the Bridge | Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss (w/m) | Patti Page | 1954 |
| Cruising Down the River on a Sunday Afternoon | Eily Beadell, Nell Tollerton | Blue Barron & His Orchestra | 1949 |
| Cry | Churchill Kohlman | Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads | 1951 |
| Cry Baby Cry | Jimmy Eaton (w), Terry Shand (m) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1938 |
| Cry Me a River | Arthur Hamilton (m/w) | Julie London | 1957 |
| Cry of the Wild Goose, The | Terry Gilkyson (w/m) | Frankie Laine with Harry Geller's Orchestra | 1950 |
| Crying in the Chapel | Artie Glenn (w/m) | The Orioles | 1953 |
| Cuban Love Song | Dorothy Fields (w), Jimmy McHugh and Herbert Stothart (m) | Ruth Etting | 1932 |
| Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine | Otto A. Harbach (w), Karl L. Hoschna (m) | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1908 |
| Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You, A | Joseph Meyer (m), Al Dubin (w), Billy Rose (w) | Gertrude Lawrence & Jack Buchanana | 1926 |
| Curse of an Aching Heart, The | Al. Piantadosi (m), Henry Fink (w) | Will Oakland | 1913 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Daddy | Bobby Troup (m/w) | Sammy Kaye | 1941 |
| Daddy You've Been a Mother to Me | Fred Fisher (m/w) | Henry Burr | 1920 |
| Dance with a Dolly with a Hole in Her Stocking | Terry Shand (m), Jimmy Eaton (w), Mickey Leader (w) | Russ Morgan with Al Jennings | 1944 |
| Dance with Me Henry (Wallflower) | Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard, Etta James | Georgia Gibbs | 1955 |
| Dancing in the Dark | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Artie Shaw | 1941 |
| Dancing on the Ceiling | Richard Rodgers (m)/Lorenz Hart (w) | Jack Hylton | 1932 |
| Dancing with Tears in My Eyes | Al Dubin (w), Joe Burke (m) | Nat Shilkret with Lewis James | 1930 |
| Dancing with Tears in My Eyes | Al Dubin (w), Joe Burke (m) | 1930 | |
| Danny Boy | Fred Weatherly (w) (traditional, adapted by) | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | 1918 |
| Dardanella | Johnny S. Black (m), Felix Bernard (m), Fred Fisher (w) | Ben Selvin | 1920 |
| Darktown Strutters' Ball, The | Shelton Brooks (m/w) | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1917 |
| Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup | Anna Sosenko (w/m) | Hildegarde with Harry Sosnik's Orchestra | 1943 |
| Darn That Dream | Jimmy Van Heusen (m), Eddie De Lange (w) | Benny Goodman with Mildred Bailey | 1940 |
| Day in, Day Out | Rube Bloom (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Bob Crosby's Orchestra with Helen Ward | 1939 |
| Dear Hearts and Gentle People | Sammy Fain (m), Bob Hilliard (w) | Bing Crosby with Perry Botkin's Orchestra | 1949 |
| Dear Old Girl | Richard Henry Buck (w), Theodore F. Morse (m) | J.W. Myers | 1903 |
| Dear Old Pal of Mine | Harold Robe (w), Liet. Gitz Rice (m) | Sascha Jacobsen | 1919 |
| Dearie | Clare Kummer (m/w) | Corrine Morgan with the Haydn Quartet | 1905 |
| Deep in My Heart | Sigmund Romburg (m), Dorothy Donnelly (w) | Franklyn Baur with Benny Krueger | 1924 |
| Deep in the Heart of Texas | June Hershey/Don Swander | Alvino Rey with Bill Schallen & Skeets Herfurt | 1942 |
| Deep Night | Charlie Henderson/Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallee | 1929 |
| Deep Purple | Peter DeRose (m), Mitchell Parish (w) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1939 |
| Delicado | Jack Lawrence (w), Waldyr Azevedo (m) | Percy Faith | 1952 |
| Der Fuehrer's Face | Oliver Wallace | Spike Jones & His City Slickers with Carl Grayson & Willie Spicer | 1942 |
| Desert Song, The | Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w), Otto Harbach (w), Frank Mandel (w) | Nat Shilkret with Mischa Russell's Orchestra | 1927 |
| Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend | Jule Styne (m), Leo Robin (w) | Marilyn Monroe | 1953 |
| Diane (I’m in Heaven When I See You Smile) | Erno Rapee, Lew Pollack | Nat Shilkret | 1927 |
| Did I Remember? | Harold Adamson (w), Walter Donaldson (m) | Shep Fields & Charles Chester | 1936 |
| Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? | Mack Gordon (w), Harry Revel (m) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1933 |
| Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba) | Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh | Perry Como with Russ Case's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Diga-Diga-Doo | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Duke Ellington & Irving Mills | 1928 |
| Dinah | Harry Akst (m), Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Bing Crosby & the Mills Brothers | 1932 |
| Dipsy Doodle, The | Larry Clinton (w/m) | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1937 |
| Do Do Do | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Gertrude Lawrence & Oscar Shaw | 1927 |
| Do I Worry? | Stanley Cowan and Bobby Worth (w/m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers | 1941 |
| Do It Again | George Gershwin (m), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1922 |
| Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief | Paul Francis Webster (w), Hoagy Carmichael (m) | Betty Hutton with Paul Weston's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavour on the Bedpost Overnight? | Ernest Breuer (m), Marty Bloom (w), Billy Rose (w) | Ernest Hare with Billy Jones | 1924 |
| Doggie in the Window, The | Bob Merrill (m/w) | Patti Page | 1953 |
| Doin' What Comes Naturally | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Freddy Martin with Glenn Hughes | 1946 |
| Dolores | Frank Loesser (w), Louis Alter (m) | Bing Crosby | 1941 |
| Donkey Serenade, The | Rudolf Friml (m), Herbert Stothart (m), Bob White (w), Chet Forrest (w) | Allan Jones with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Don't Be That Way | Mitchell Parish (w), Edgar Sampson and Benny Goodman (m) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Don't Blame Me | Jimmy McHugh (m)/Dorothy Fields (w) | Charles Agnew & His Stevens Hotel Orchestra with Stanley Jacobsen | 1933 |
| Don't Cry Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go) | Joe Marsala (w/m) | Gordon Jenkins with Betty Brewer | 1949 |
| Don't Fence Me In | Cole Porter, Robert Fletcher | Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Duke Ellington (m), Bob Russell (w) | The Ink Spots | 1943 |
| Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Slim Willet, Cactus Pryor, and Barbara Trammel (w/m) | Perry Como & the Ramblers with the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra | 1952 |
| Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me | Sam Stept, Charlie Tobias, Lew Brown | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke, & the Modernaires | 1942 |
| Don't Wake Me Up, I'm Dreaming | Beth Slater Whitson (w), Herbert Ingraham (m) | Walter Van Brunt | 1911 |
| Down Among the Sheltering Palms | James Brockman (w), Abe Olman (m) | Lyric Quartet | 1915 |
| Down by the Old Mill Stream | Tell Taylor (m/w) | Harry MacDonough | 1911 |
| Down Hearted Blues | Lovie Austin (m), Alberta Hunter (w) | Bessie Smith | 1923 |
| Down Where the Wurzburger Flows | Vincent P. Bryan (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1902 |
| Down Yonder | L. Wolfe Gilbert, arranged by Doc Watson | Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers | 1934 |
| Dream (When You're Feeling Blue) | Johnny Mercer (m/w) | The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Dream a Little Dream of Me | Wilbur Schwandt (m), Fabian Andre (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Wayne King & Ernie Burchill | 1931 |
| Dream Valley | Charles and Nick Kenny (w), Joe Burke (m) | Sammy Kaye with Tommy Ryan | 1940 |
| Dreamy Melody | Ted Koehler, Frank Magine, C. Naset | Art Landry | 1923 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Eadie Was a Lady | Richard Whiting & Nacio Herb Brown (m), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Ethel Merman | 1933 |
| Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) | Jesse Belvin, Curtis Williams, and Gaynel Hodge (w/m) | The Penguins | 1954 |
| East of the Sun and West of the Moon | Brooks Bowman (m/w) | Tom Coakley & Carl Ravazza | 1935 |
| Easter Parade | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Leo Reisman's Orchestra with Clifton Webb | 1933 |
| Easy to Love | Cole Porter (m/w) | Shep Fields with Dick Robertson | 1936 |
| Ebb Tide | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra with Gail Reese | 1937 |
| Ebb Tide | Carl Sigman and Robert Maxell (w/m) | Frank Chacksfield | 1953 |
| El Capitan March | John Philip Sousa (m) | John Philip Sousa's Band | 1895 |
| Elmer's Tune | Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop, Dick Jurgens | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1941 |
| Embraceable You | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Red Nichols with Dick Robertson | 1930 |
| Empty Saddles | J. Keirn Brennan (w), Billy Hill (m) | Bing Crosby | 1936 |
| Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) | Carl Sigman (m), Herb Magidson (w) | Guy Lombardo with Kenny Gardner | 1950 |
| Every Day Is Ladies' Day with Me | Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Neil McCay | 1907 |
| Every Little Movement Has a Meaning All Its Own | Otto Harbach (w), Karl Hoschna (m) | Harry MacDonough wiith Lucy Isabelle Marsh | 1910 |
| Everybody Loves My Baby | Spencer Williams (m), Jack Palmer (w) | Aileen Stanley | 1925 |
| Everybody Two-Step | Wallie Herzer (m), Earl C. Jones (w) | American Quartet | 1912 |
| Everybody Works But Father | Jean Havez (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1905 |
| Everybody's Doing It Now | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1912 |
| Exactly Like You | Jimmy McHugh (m)/Dorothy Fields (w) | Ruth Etting | 1930 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Falling in Love with Love | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Frances Langford with Harry Sosnik's Orchestra | 1939 |
| Fanny | Harold Rome | Eddie Fisher | 1954 |
| Far Away Places | John Whitney, Alex Kramer | Margaret Whiting | 1948 |
| Fascinating Rhythm | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Cliff Edwards | 1925 |
| Feather Your Nest | Kendis & Brockman, Howard Johnson | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1921 |
| Ferry Boat Serenade (La Piccinina) | Harold Adamson (w), Eldo di Lazzaro (m) | The Andrews Sisters | 1940 |
| Feudin' and Fightin' | Al Dubin (w), Burton Lane (m) | Dorothy Shay | 1947 |
| Fine and Dandy | Kay Swift (m), Paul James aka James Warburg (w) | Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Frank Luther | 1930 |
| Fine Romance, A (A Sarcastic Love Song) | Jerome Kern (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1936 |
| Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue | Ray Henderson (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1926 |
| Five Minutes More | Sammy Cahn (w), Jule Styne (m) | Frank Sinatra | 1946 |
| Flat Foot Floogee, The | Slim Gaillard/Slam Stewart/Bud Green | Slim & Slam | 1938 |
| Flying Down to Rio | Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Eliscu (w), Gus Kahn (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1934 |
| Foggy Day in London Town, A | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Fred Astaire with Ray Noble's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear to Tread | Rube Bloom (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1940 |
| For Me and My Gal | George Meyer (m), Edgar Leslie (w), E. Ray Goetz (w) | Judy Garland & Gene Kelly | 1942 |
| Forever and Ever (Fliege mit Mir in die Heimat) | Malia Rose (w), Franz Winkler (m) | Russ Morgan & the Skylarks | 1949 |
| Forever Is a Long, Long Time | Darl MacBoyle (w), Albert Von Tilzer (m) | Charles Hart | 1918 |
| 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 |
| Frenesi | Ray Charles and S.K. Russell (w), Albert Dominguez (m) | Artie Shaw | 1940 |
| Friendship | Cole Porter (m/w) | Kay Kyser with Ginny Simms, Harry Babbitt, Jack Martin, & Ish Kabibble | 1940 |
| Frosty the Snowman | Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins | Gene Autry & the Cass County Boys with Carl Cotner's Orchestra | 1950 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Gal in Calico, A | Leo Robins (w), Arthur Schwartz (m) | Johnny Mercer | 1946 |
| Gee But It's Great to Meet a Friend from You Own Home Town | William Tracey (w), James McGavisk (m) | Billy Murray | 1911 |
| Gentleman Is a Dope, The | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Jo Stafford | 1947 |
| Georgette | Ray Henderson | Ted Lewis | 1922 |
| Georgia on My Mind | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Stuart Gorrell (w) | Ray Charles | 1960 |
| Get Happy | Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w) | Nat Shilkret with Phil Dewey, Frank Luther, & Leo O'Rourke | 1930 |
| Get Your Kicks on Route 66 | Bobby Troup (m/w) | Nat "King" Cole | 1946 |
| GI (G.I.) Jive | Johnny Mercer | Louis Jordan | 1944 |
| GI (G.I.) Jive | Johnny Mercer | 1944 | |
| Giannina Mia | Otto Hauerbach (w), Rudolph Friml (m) | Emma Trentini | 1913 |
| Gimme a Little Kiss (Will Ya? Huh?) | Maceo Pinkard, Roy Turk, Jack Smith | "Whispering" Jack Smith | 1926 |
| Girl Friend, The | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | George Olsen with Larry Murphy, Bob Borger, & Fran Frey | 1926 |
| Girl on the Magazine, The | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Harry MacDonough | 1916 |
| Girl That I Marry, The | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Eddy Howard | 1947 |
| Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl | Albert Von Tilzer (m), Lew Brown (w) | Sam Ash | 1918 |
| Give My Regards to Broadway | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1905 |
| Glory of Love, The | Billy Hill (w/m) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Helen Ward | 1936 |
| Glow-Worm, The | Paul Lincke (m), Lilla Cayley Robinson (w) | Victor Orchestra | 1908 |
| God Bless America | Irving Berlin | Kate Smith | 1939 |
| Gold Diggers' Song, The (We're in the Money) | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Dick Powell | 1933 |
| Golden Earrings | Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (w), Victor Young (m) | Peggy Lee | 1947 |
| Gone with the Wind | Allie Wrubel (m), Herb Magidson (w) | Horace Heidt with Larry Cotton | 1937 |
| Good Evening, Caroline | Jack Norworth (w), Albert Von Tilzer (m) | Frank Stanley & Elise Stevenson | 1909 |
| Good Morning | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Abe Lyman | 1939 |
| Good Morning Carrie | Chris Smith, Elmer Bowman | Bert Williams & George Walker | 1902 |
| Good Night, Ladies | Harry Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | 1911 | |
| Good Old U.S.A., The | Jack Drislane (w), Theodore F. Morse (m) | Byron G. Harlan | 1906 |
| Goodbye Broadway, Hello France! | Billy Baskette/C. Francis Reisner/Benny Davis | American Quartet | 1917 |
| Goodbye Dolly Gray | Will D. Cobb and Paul Barnes (m/w) | Big Four Quartet | 1901 |
| Goodbye Eliza Jane | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Arthur Collins | 1903 |
| Goodbye Girls I'm Through | John Golden (w), Ivan Caryll (m) | Lambert Murphy | 1915 |
| Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You (Is All That I Can Say) | J. Keirn Brennan (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Henry Burr | 1916 |
| Goodnight Irene | Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, John Lomax | The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra | 1950 |
| Goodnight My Love | Mack Gordon (w), Harry Revel (m) | Benny Goodman & Ella Fitzgerald | 1937 |
| Goodnight Sweetheart | Ray Noble, James Campbell, Reg. Connelly, Rudy Vallee | Wayne King | 1931 |
| Goody Goody | Matty Malneck (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Helen Ward | 1936 |
| Great Day | Vincent Youmans (m), Billy Rose (w), Edward Eliscu (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Bing Crosby | 1929 |
| Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes) | E. Rivera and Eddie Woods (w), Nilo Menendez (m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell | 1941 |
| Guy Is a Guy, A | Oscar Brand (w/m) | Doris Day | 1952 |
| Gypsy, The | Billy Reid (w/m) | The Ink Spots | 1946 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here | D.A. Esrom (w), Theodore Morse (m), Arthur Sullivan (m) | Irving Kaufman & the Columbia Quartet | 1918 |
| Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue | Sunny Skylar (w/m) | Gordon MacRae | 1948 |
| Half as Much | Curley Williams (w/m) | Rosemary Clooney with Percy Faith's Orchestra | 1952 |
| Hallelujah! | Vincent Youmans (m), Clifford Grey (w), Leo Robin (w) | Nat Shilkret with Franklyn Baur | 1927 |
| Hands Across the Table | Mitchell Parish (w), Jean Delettre (m) | Lucienne Boyer | 1934 |
| Happy Days Are Here Again | Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w) | Ben Selvin | 1930 |
| Happy Wanderer, The | Antonia Ridge (English words), Friedrich-Wilhelm Moller (m) | Frank Weir | 1954 |
| Harbor Lights | Hugh Williams/Jimmy Kennedy | Frances Langford with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Hard-Hearted Hannah, the Vamp of Savannah | Milton Ager (m), Jack Yellen (w), Bob Bigelow (w), Charles Bates (w) | Dolly Kay | 1924 |
| Harrigan | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1907 |
| Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? | C.W. Murphy (m/w), Will Letters (m/w) | Nora Bayes | 1910 |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Ralph Blane (m), Hugh Martin (w) | Judy Garland with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Ralph Blane (m), Hugh Martin (w) | 1944 | |
| He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings | Eric Maschwitz (w), Michael Carr (m) | Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt | 1942 |
| Heart | Richard Alder and Jerry Ross (w/m) | Eddie Fisher | 1955 |
| Heart and Soul | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1938 |
| Heartaches | Al Hoffman (m), John Klenner (w) | Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner | 1947 |
| Hearts of Stone | Eddie Ray (w), Ruby Jackson (m) | The Fontane Sisters with Billy Vaughn's Orchestra | 1954 |
| Hearts of Stone | Eddie Ray (w), Ruby Jackson (m) | The Jewels | 1954 |
| Heat Wave | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Glen Gray with Mildred Bailey | 1933 |
| Heaven Can Wait | Jimmy Van Heusen (m), Edgar DeLange (w) | Glen Gray with Clyde Burke | 1939 |
| Heigh Ho | Morey/Churchill | Seven Dwarfs | 1937 |
| Hello Central, Give Me Heaven | Charles K. Harris (m/w) | Byron G. Harlan | 1901 |
| Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land | Jean Schwartz (m), Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1918 |
| Hello Frisco! | Gene Buck (w), Louis A. Hrsch (m) | Olive Kline (as Alice Green) with Edward Hamilton | 1915 |
| Hello Hawaii, How Are You? | Bert Kalmar (w), Edgar Leslie (w), Jean Schwartz (m) | Prince's Orchestra | 1916 |
| Hello Ma Baby | Joseph E. Howard (m/w), Ida Emerson (m/w) | Arthur Collins | 1899 |
| Hello Young Lovers | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1951 |
| Here Comes the Show Boat | Maceo Pinkard (m), Billy Rose (w) | Vaughn Deleath | 1928 |
| Here in My Arms | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Leo Reisman | 1926 |
| Here in My Heart | Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson, Bill Borrelli (w/m) | Al Martino | 1952 |
| Hernando's Hideaway | Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (w/m) | Archie Bleyer | 1954 |
| He's a Cousin of Mine | Cecil Mack (w), Chris Smith (m), Silvio Hein (m) | Bert Williams | 1907 |
| He's a Devil in His Own Home Town | Grant Clarke (w), Irving Berlin (m) | Billy Murray | 1914 |
| He's a Rag Picker | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Peerless Quartet | 1915 |
| Hey There | Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (w/m) | Rosemary Clooney with Buddy Cole's Orchestra | 1954 |
| Hiawatha (His Song to Minnehaha) | Neal Moret (m), James O'Dea | Harry MacDonough | 1903 |
| High and the Mighty, The | Ned Washington (w), Dmitri Tiomkin (m) | Les Baxter | 1954 |
| High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh, My Darlin') | Ned Washington, Dmitri Tiomkin | Tex Ritter | 1952 |
| High on a Windy Hill | Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney (w/m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1941 |
| Hindustan | Oliver Wallace (m/w), Harold Weeks (m/w) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1919 |
| Hitchy Koo | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Lewis F. Muir (m) | American Quartet | 1912 |
| Hold Me | Art Hickman/Ben Black | Art Hickman | 1920 |
| Hold My Hand | Richard Myers, Jack Lawrence | Don Cornell with Jerry Carr's Orchestra | 1954 |
| Hold My Hand | Richard Myers, Jack Lawrence | Nat "King" Cole | 1955 |
| Holiday for Strings | David Rose (m), Sam Gallop (w) | David Rose | 1943 |
| Home Sweet Home | John Howard Payne (w), arranged by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (m) | 1823 | |
| Honey | Seymour Simons/Haven Gillespie/Richard A. Whiting | Rudy Vallee | 1929 |
| Honeysuckle Rose | Thomas "Fats" Waller (m), Andy Razaf (w) | Fats Waller | 1935 |
| Hoop-Dee-Doo | Milton DeLugg/Frank Loesser | Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1950 |
| Hooray for Hollywood | Richard A. Whiting (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | 1937 | |
| Hot Lips (He's Got Hot Lips When He Plays Jazz) | Henry Lange, Henry Busse, Lou Davis | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1922 |
| How about You? | Tom Adair (m), Ralph Freed (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra | 1942 |
| How Are Things in Glocca Mora? | Burton Lane (m), E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (w) | Buddy Clark & Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1947 |
| How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life | Fred Astaire & Jane Powell | 1951 | |
| How Deep Is the Ocean? | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1932 |
| How High the Moon | Morgan Lewis (m), Nancy Hamilton (w) | Les Paul & Mary Ford | 1951 |
| How Important Can It Be? | Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss (w/m) | Joni James | 1955 |
| How Soon Will I Be Seeing You? | Carroll Lucas (w), Jack Owens (m) | Jack Owens & Eddie Bellantyne's Orchestra | 1947 |
| How'd You Like to Spoon with Me? | Edward Laska (w), Jerome Kern (m) | Corrine Morgan with the Haydn Quartet | 1906 |
| Huggin' and Chalkin' | Clancy Hayes and Kermit Goell (w/m) | Hoagy Carmichael | 1946 |
| Hurrah for Baffin's Bay | Vincent Bryan (w), Theodore F. Morse (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1903 |
| Hut-Sut Song, The (A Swedish Serenade) | Leo Killian, Ted McMichael, and Jack Owens (w/m) | Freddy Martin with Eddie Stone | 1941 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| I Ain't Got Nobody | Roger Graham (w), Dave Peyton (m), Spencer Williams (m) | Sophie Tucker | 1927 |
| I Believe | Irvin Graham/Jimmy Shirl/Al Stillman | Frankie Laine | 1953 |
| I Can Dream, Can't I? | Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w) | The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra | 1949 |
| I Can't Begin to Tell You | James Monaco (m), Mark Gordon (w) | Bing Crosby with Carmen Cavallaro's Orchestra | 1945 |
| I Can't Get Started | Vernon Duke (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra | 1938 |
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Cliff Edwards | 1928 |
| I Could Write a Book | Richard Rodgers (m)/Lorenz Hart (w) | Dinah Washington | 1940 |
| I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night | Jimmy McHugh (m)/Harold Adamson (w) | Frank Sinatra with the Bobby Tucker Singers | 1944 |
| I Cover the Waterfront | Johnny Green (m), Edward Heyman (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1933 |
| I Cried for You | Gus Arnheim (m), Abe Lyman (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Benny Krueger | 1923 |
| I Didn't Know What Time It Was | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Louise Tobin | 1939 |
| I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier | Alfred Bryan (w), Al Piantadosi | Peerless Quartet | 1915 |
| I Don't Care | Jean Lenox, Harry O. Sutton | Damita Jo | 1953 |
| I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm on My Way | George Fairman (m/w) | Peerless Quartet | 1918 |
| I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire | Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham | Horace Heidt with Larry Cotton, Donna Wood, & Don Juans | 1941 |
| I Don't Want to Walk without You | Jule Styne (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Harry James | 1942 |
| I Double Dare You | Jimmy Eaton (w), Terry Shand (m) | Russ Morgan with Bernice Parks | 1938 |
| I Feel a Song Comin' On | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Frances Langford with Mahlon Merrick & His Music | 1935 |
| I Found a Million-Dollar Baby in a Five-and-Ten-Cent Store | Harry Warren (m), Billy Rose (w), Mort Dixon (w) | Fred Waring with Clare Hanlon | 1931 |
| I Get a Kick Out of You | Cole Porter (m/w) | Ethel Merman with Johnny Green's Orchestra | 1934 |
| I Get So Lonely When I Dream about You | Pat Ballard (w/m) | The Four Knights | 1954 |
| I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good | Duke Ellington (m), Paul Francis Webster (w) | Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson | 1941 |
| I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w), Dubose Heyward (w) | Leo Reisman | 1935 |
| I Got Rhythm | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Red Nichols | 1930 |
| I Got the Sun in the Morning | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Les Brown with Doris Day | 1946 |
| I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w) | Louis Armstrong | 1933 |
| I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan (The Blue Pajama Song) | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1932 |
| I Had the Craziest Dream | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Harry James with Helen Forrest | 1942 |
| I Hear a Rhapsody | George Fragos, Jack Baker, and Dick Gasparre (w/m) | Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra with Bob Carroll | 1941 |
| I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave | Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards (m/w) | Ada Jones | 1907 |
| I Kiss Your Hand, Madame | Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young (w), Ralph Erwin (m) | Smith Ballew & His Orchestra | 1929 |
| I Know That You Know | Vincent Youmans (m), Anne Caldwell (w) | Nat Shilkret | 1927 |
| I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen | Irving Berlin (w/m) | Sammy Kaye with Don Cornell | 1942 |
| I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart | Duke Ellington (m)/Irving Mills (w)/Henry Nemo (w)/John Redmond (w) | Duke Ellington | 1938 |
| I Love a Lassie (My Scotish Bluebell) | Harry Lauder (m/w), Gerald Grafton (m/w) | Harry Lauder | 1907 |
| I Love a Parade | Ted Koehler (w), Harold Arlen (m) | Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Frank Luther | 1932 |
| I Love a Piano | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1916 |
| I Love Louisa | Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz | Leo Reisman's Orchestra with Fred Astaire | 1931 |
| I Love My Wife, But, Oh, You Kid! | Harry Armstrong, Billy Clark | Dorothy Drew | 1909 |
| I Love Paris | Cole Porter (m/w) | Les Baxter | 1953 |
| I Love the Ladies | Grant Clarke (w), Jean Schwartz (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1914 |
| I Love the Name of Mary | George Graff Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m), Chauncey Olcott (m) | Will Oakland | 1911 |
| I Love You | Cole Porter (m/w) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1944 |
| I Love You | Harry Archer, Harlan Thompson | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1924 |
| I Love You for Sentimental Reasons | William "Pat" Best, Derek Watson (w/m) | Nat "King" Cole Trio | 1946 |
| I Love You Truly | Carrie Jacobs-Bond (m/w) | Elsie Baker (aka Edna Brown) | 1912 |
| I Loves You, Porgy | George Gershwin (m)/Ira Gershwin (w)/Dubose Heyward (w) | Porgy and Bess Cast | 1935 |
| I Need You Now | Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs | Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra | 1954 |
| I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You | Tom Pitts/Ray Egan/Roy Marsh | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1921 |
| I Only Have Eyes for You | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | The Flamingos | 1959 |
| I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | Tommie Connor | Jimmy Boyd with Norman Luboff's Orchestra | 1952 |
| I Saw Stars | Maurice Sigler, Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman (w/m) | Freddy Martin & Elmer Feldkamp | 1934 |
| I Sent My Wife to the Thousand Isles | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Ed Moran (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1916 |
| I Surrender Dear | Harry Barnes (m), Gordon Clifford (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Bing Crosby | 1931 |
| I Used to Love You, But It's All Over Now | Albert Von Tilzer | Frank Crumit | 1921 |
| I Wanna Be Loved by You | Johnny Green (m), Billy Rose (w), Edward Heyman (w) | The Andrews Sisters with Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra | 1950 |
| I Wanna Be Loved by You | Harry Ruby (m), Herbert Stothart (m), Bert Kalmar (w) | Helen Kane with Leonard Joy's Orchestra | 1928 |
| I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad | William Dillon (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Peerless Quartet | 1911 |
| I Want to Be Happy | Vincent Youmans (m), Irving Caesar (w) | Vincent Lopez | 1924 |
| I Want to Go Back to Michigan (Down on the Farm) | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Eldia Morris | 1914 |
| I Want What I Want When I Want It | Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Frank Stanley | 1906 |
| I Went to Your Wedding | Jessie Mae Robinson (w/m) | Patti Page | 1952 |
| I Wish I Didn't Love You So | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Vaughn Monroe | 1947 |
| I Wonder What's Become of Sally | Jack Yellen (w), Milton Ager (m) | Al Jolson with Carl Fenton's Orchestra | 1924 |
| I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now | Joseph E. Howard (m) Harold Orlob (m), Frank R. Adams (w), Will M. Hough (w) | Henry Burr | 1909 |
| I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder | Darwin Frank Hutchins (w/m) | 1947 | |
| I Won't Dance | Jerome Kern (m)/Oscar Hammerstein II (w)/Otto Harbach (w)/Dorothy Fields (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1935 |
| I Won't Tell a Soul I Love You | Ross Parker and Hughie Charles (w/m) | Andy Kirk & Pha Terrell | 1938 |
| Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider | Eddie Munson (m), Eddie Leonard (w) | Red Nichols | 1927 |
| If (They Made Me a King) | Robert Hargreaves and Stanley J. Damerell (w), Tochard Evans (m) | Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1951 |
| If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight | James P. Johnson (m), Henry Creamer (w) | McKinney's Cotton Pickers with George Thomas | 1930 |
| If I Didn't Care | Jack Lawrence | The Ink Spots | 1939 |
| If I Give My Heart to You | Jimmie Crane, Al Jacobs, Jimmy Brewster (aka Milt Gabler) | Doris Day & the Mellomen | 1954 |
| If I Had a Talking Picture of You | Ray Henderson (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Lew Brown (w) | Johnny Hamp with Cliff Gamet | 1929 |
| If I Had My Way I’d Live Among the Gypsies | Lou Klein (w), James Kendis (m) | Peerless Quartet | 1914 |
| If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake | Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill, Clem Watts | Eileen Barton & the New Yorkers | 1950 |
| If I Knock the 'L' Out of Kelly, It Would Still Be Kelly to Me | Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w), Bert Grant (m) | Marguerite Farrell | 1916 |
| If I Loved You | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Perry Como with Russ Case's Orchestra | 1945 |
| If I Was a Millionaire | Will D. Cobb (w), Gus Edwards (m) | 1910 | |
| If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Enric Madriguera | 1934 |
| If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie | Buddy DeSylva (m/w) | Eddie Cantor | 1925 |
| I'll Be Home for Christmas | Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1943 |
| I'll Be Seeing You | Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1944 |
| I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time | Neville Fleeson, Albert Von Tilzer | Charles Harrison | 1920 |
| I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise | George Gershwin (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Ira Gershwin as Arthur Francis (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1922 |
| I'll Buy That Dream | Herb Magidson (w), Allie Wrubel (m) | Dick Haymes with Helen Forrest & Victor Young's Orchestra | 1945 |
| I'll Buy That Dream | Herb Magidson (w), Allie Wrubel (m) | The Pied Pipers | 1945 |
| I'll Dance at Your Wedding | Herb Magidson (w), Ben Oakland (m) | Ray Noble & Buddy Clark | 1947 |
| I'll Follow My Secret Heart | Noel Coward (w/m) | Ray Noble | 1934 |
| I'll Get by As Long As I Have You | Fred E. Ahlert (m), Roy Turk (w) | Harry James with Dick Haymes | 1941 |
| I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again | Harry Woods (w/m) | Ozzie Nelson | 1935 |
| I'll Never Smile Again | Ruth Lowe (m/w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers | 1940 |
| I'll Never Stop Loving You | Nicholas Brodszky (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Doris Day | 1955 |
| I'll Remember April | Gene DePaul (m), Don/Patricia Johnston Raye (w) | Woody Herman | 1942 |
| I'll Say She Does | Buddy DeSylva, Gus Kahn, Al Jolson | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1919 |
| I'll See You in My Dreams | Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Isham Jones with Ray Miller & Frank Bessinger | 1925 |
| I'll Sing You a Thousand Love Songs | Al Dubin (w), Harry Warren (m) | Eddy Duchin & Jimmy Newell | 1936 |
| I'll String Along with You | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Ted Fio Rito with Muzzy Marcellino | 1934 |
| I'll Take Romance | Ben Oakland (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1938 |
| I'll Walk Alone | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Dinah Shore | 1944 |
| I'm a Big Girl Now | Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, and Milton Drake (w/m) | Sammy Kaye with Betty Barclay | 1946 |
| I'm All Bound Round with the Mason Dixon Line | Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w), Jean Schwartz (m) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1918 |
| I'm Always Chasing Rainbows | Frederick Chopin (m), Harry Carroll (m), Joseph McCarthy (w) | Charles Harrison | 1918 |
| I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande | Johnny Mercer (m/w), Harry Warren (m) | Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra | 1936 |
| I'm Beginning to See the Light | Duke Ellington (m), Johnny Hodges (m), Harry James (m), Don George (w) | Harry James with Kitty Kallen | 1945 |
| I'm Falling in Love with Someone | Victor Herbert, Rida Johnson Young | John McCormack | 1911 |
| I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles | Jean Kenbrovin (m/w), John William Kellette (m/w) | Ben Selvin | 1919 |
| I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You | George Bassman (m), Ned Washington (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra | 1936 |
| I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | Fred E. Ahlert (m), Joe Young (w) | Fats Waller | 1935 |
| I'm in the Mood for Love | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Little Jack Little | 1935 |
| I'm Just a Vagabond Lover | Leon Zimmerman, Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallee | 1929 |
| I'm Just Wild about Harry | Eubie Blake (m), Noble Sissle (w) | Marion Harris | 1922 |
| I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover | Mort Dixon, Harry Woods | Art Mooney | 1948 |
| I'm Making Believe | Mack Gordon (w), James V. Monaco (m) | The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald | 1944 |
| I'm on My Way to Mandalay | Al Bryan (w), Fred Fisher (m) | Henry Burr with Albert Campbell & Will Oakland | 1914 |
| I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1936 |
| I'm Sitting on Top of the World | Ray Henderson (m), Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Al Jolson with Carl Fenton's Orchestra | 1926 |
| I'm Sorry I Made You Cry | N.J. Clesi (m/w) | Henry Burr | 1918 |
| I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town | Albert Von Tilzer (m), Lew Brown (w) | 1912 | |
| I'm Walking Behind You | Billy Reid | Eddie Fisher with Sally Sweetland & Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra | 1953 |
| I'm Yours | Robert Merrill (w/m) | Don Cornell with Norman Leyden's Orchestra | 1952 |
| I'm Yours | E.Y. Harburg (w), Johnny Green (m) | Bert Lown with the Biltmore Rhythm Boys | 1930 |
| Imagination | Jimmy Van Heusen (m)/Johnny Burke (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1940 |
| In a Little Gypsy Tea Room | Edgar Lesie (w), Joe Burke (m) | Bob Crosby with Frank Tennille | 1935 |
| In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This) | Mabel Wayne (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton | 1927 |
| In a Monastery Garden | Albert William Ketelby (m) | 1921 | |
| In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town | Little Jack Little (m), John Siras (m), Joe Young (w) | Ted Lewis | 1932 |
| In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town | Little Jack Little (m), John Siras (m), Joe Young (w) | 1932 | |
| In My Merry Oldsmobile | Vincent Bryan (w), Gus Edwards (m) | Billy Murray | 1905 |
| In the Blue of the Evening | Tom Adair (w), Alfonso D'Artega (m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra | 1943 |
| In the Chapel in the Moonlight | Billy Hill (w/m) | The Bachelors | 1965 |
| In the Chapel in the Moonlight | Billy Hill (w/m) | Shep Fields | 1936 |
| In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Bing Crosby with Jane Wyman | 1951 |
| In the Good Old Summertime | Ren Shields (w), George Evans (m) | Haydn Quartet | 1903 |
| In the Middle of a Kiss | Sam Coslow (w/m) | Hal Kemp with Skinnay Ennis | 1935 |
| In the Mood | Andy Razaf, Joe Garland | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1939 |
| In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Henry Burr (as Irving Gillette) | 1905 |
| In the Still of the Night | Cole Porter (m/w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1937 |
| In the Sweet Bye and Bye | Joseph Philbrick Webster (m), Sanford F. Bennett | Harry MacDonough with John Bieling | 1903 |
| In the Valley of Yesterday | Harry Verona (m), Fred C. Farrell (w) | Harry MacDonough | 1910 |
| Indian Love Call | Rudolf Friml (m), Otto Harbach (w), Oscar Hammerstein (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1925 |
| Indian Summer | Victor Herbert (m), Al Dubin (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1939 |
| Indiana | James Hanley (m), Ballad MacDonald (w) | Conway's Band | 1917 |
| Intermezzo (Souvenir De Vienne) | Robrert Henning (w), Heinz Provost (m) | Guy Lombardo | 1941 |
| Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall | Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher (w/m) | The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald | 1944 |
| Ireland Must Be Heaven for My Mother Came from There | Joe McCarthy (m/w), Howard Johnson (m/w), Fred Fischer (m/w) | Charles Harrison | 1916 |
| Is It True What They Say About Dixie | Gerald Marks, Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1936 |
| Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma' Baby | Louis Jordan and Billy Austin (w/m) | Louis Jordan | 1944 |
| Isle O' Dreams | George Graff Jr. (w), Chauncey Olcott (m) | 1912 | |
| Isle of Capri | Jimmy Kennedy (w), Will Grosz (m) | Ray Noble with Al Bowlly | 1934 |
| Isn't It Romantic? | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Maurice Chevalier with Jeannette MacDonald | 1932 |
| It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' | Wendell Hall | Wendell Hall | 1923 |
| It Ain't Necessarily So | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Leo Reisman | 1935 |
| It All Depends on You | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1927 |
| It Can't Be Wrong | Kim Gannon (w), Max Steiner (m) | Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners | 1943 |
| It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing | Duke Ellington (m), Irving Mills (w) | Duke Ellington with Ivie Anderson | 1932 |
| It Had to Be You | Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Isham Jones | 1924 |
| It Is No Secret | Stuart Hamblen (w/m) | Jo Stafford | 1950 |
| It Isn't Fair | Richard Himber, Frank Warshauer, Sylvester Sprigato | Sammy Kaye with Don Cornell | 1950 |
| It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane | Joe Burke (m), Edgar Leslie (w) | Guy Lombardo with Lebert Lombardo | 1937 |
| It Might As Well Be Spring | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Dick Haymes with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Italian Street Song (Zing, Zing) | Rida Johnson Young (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Lucy Isabelle Marsh & the Victor Light Opera Co. | 1911 |
| It's a Big Wide Wonderful World | John Rox | Buddy Clark & Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1949 |
| It's a Grand Night for Singing | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein (w) | Dick Haymes with Earl Hagen's Orchestra | 1946 |
| It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary | Jack Judge (m/w), Harry Williams (m/w) | John McCormack | 1915 |
| It's a Lovely Day Today | Irving Berlin | Doris Day with George Siravo's Orchestra | 1951 |
| It's a Sin to Tell a Lie | Billy Mayhew | Fats Waller | 1936 |
| It's All Right with Me | Cole Porter (m/w) | 1953 | |
| It's Been a Long, Long Time | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Bing Crosby & the Les Paul Trio | 1945 |
| It's Been So Long | Harold Adamson (w), Walter Donaldson (m) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Helen Ward | 1936 |
| It's Delightful to Be Married | Anna Held (w), V. Scotto (m) | 1907 | |
| It's De-Lovely | Cole Porter (m/w) | 1936 | |
| It's Easy to Remember | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Bing Crosby with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1935 |
| It's in the Book | Johnny Standley and Art Thorsen (w/m) | Johnny Standley | 1952 |
| It's Love, Love, Love | Alex Kramer, Joan Whitney, and Mack David (w/m) | Guy Lombardo with Skip Nelson | 1944 |
| It's Magic | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Doris Day | 1948 |
| It's Nobody's Business But My Own | Will E. Skidmore (w/m), Marshall Walker (w/m) | Bert Williams | 1919 |
| It's Only a Paper Moon | Harold Arlen (m), E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (w), Billy Rose (w) | Ella Fitzgerald with the Delta Rhythm Boys | 1945 |
| It's the Talk of the Town | Jerry Livingston (m), Marty Symes (w), Al J. Neiburg (w) | Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent | 1933 |
| It's Tulip Time in Holland | Dave Radford (w), Richard A. Whiting (m) | Henry Burr | 1915 |
| I've Got a Crush on You | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1948 |
| I've Got a Feelin' I'm Fallin' | Harry Link (m), Thomas "Fats" Waller (m), Billy Rose (w) | 1929 | |
| I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & Marion Hutton | 1942 |
| I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams | Johnny Burke (w), James V. Monaco (m) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1938 |
| I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now | Irving Berlin (w/m) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1919 |
| I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Les Brown | 1948 |
| I've Got Rings on My Fingers | Maurice Scott (m), Weston (w), Barnes (w) | Ada Jones | 1909 |
| I've Got the World on a String | Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w) | Cab Calloway | 1932 |
| I've Got You Under My Skin | Cole Porter (m/w) | Ray Noble with Al Bowlly | 1936 |
| I've Heard That Song Before | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Harry James with Helen Forrest | 1943 |
| I've Told Ev'ry Little Star | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Jack Denny with Paul Small | 1932 |
J
SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Ja Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing) | Bob Carleton | Arthur Fields | 1919 |
| Jalousie (Jealousy) | Jacob Gade (m) | Boston Pops Orchestra with Arthur Fielder | 1935 |
| Jambalaya on the Bayou | Hank Williams (w/m) | Hank Williams | 1952 |
| Japanese Sandman, The | Richard A. Whiting (m), Ray Egan (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1920 |
| Jazz Me Blues, The | Tom Delaney | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1921 |
| Jealous | Jack Little (m), Tommie Malie and Dick Finch (w) | Marion Harris | 1924 |
| Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time) | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Nat Shilkret (m) | Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1928 |
| Jeepers Creepers | Harry Warren (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Al Donahue with Paula Kelly | 1938 |
| Jersey Bounce | Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, Ed Johnson | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Peggy Lee | 1942 |
| Jingle Jangle Jingle | Joseph J. Lilley/Fran Loesser | Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway | 1942 |
| Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland | Kay Twomey (w), Al Goodhart (m) | Kenny Baker & Harry Sosnik's Orchestra | 1942 |
| Johnny One-Note | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Hal Kemp with Skinnay Ennis | 1937 |
| June in January | Ralph Rainger (m), Leo Robin (w) | Bing Crosby with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1934 |
| June Is Bustin' Out All Over | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Hildegarde with Guy Lombardo's Orchestra | 1945 |
| June Night | Cliff Friend (w), Abel Baer (m) | 1924 | |
| Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight | M.K. Jerome (m), Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Henry Burr | 1918 |
| Just a Gigolo | Loenello Casucci (m), Irving Caeser (w), Julius Brammer (w) | Ted Lewis | 1931 |
| Just a Girl That Men Forget | Al Dubin and Fred Rath (w), Joe Garron (m) | Henry Burr | 1923 |
| Just a Little Street Where Old Friends Meet | Gus Kahn (w), Harry Woods (m) | Isham Jones with Frank Hazzard | 1932 |
| Just a Memory | B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown (w), Ray Henderson (m) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1927 |
| Just an Echo in the Valley | Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly (w/m) | Bing Crosby | 1933 |
| Just One More Chance | Arthur Johnston (m), Sam Coslow (w) | Bing Crosby with Victor Young's Orchestra | 1931 |
| Just One of Those Things | Cole Porter (m/w) | Richard Himber with Stuart Allen | 1935 |
K
SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Ka-Lu-A | Jerome Kern (m), Anne Caldwell (w) | Elsie Baker (aka Edna Brown) with Elliott Shaw | 1922 |
| Keep It a Secret | Jessie Mae Robinson (w/m) | Jo Stafford | 1952 |
| Keep the Home Fires Burning | Lena Guilbert Ford (w), Ivor Novello (m) | James F. Harrison (as Frederick J. Wheeler) | 1915 |
| Kiss in the Dark, A | 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 to Build a Dream On, A | Harry Ruby (m), Bert Kalmar (w), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver's Orchestra | 1951 |
| Kisses Sweeter Than Wine | Joel Newman/traditional (m), Peter Seeger and Lee Hays (w) | Jimmie Rodgers | 1957 |
| Kitten on the Keys | Zez Confrey | Zez Confrey | 1921 |
| K-K-K-Katy (Stammering Song) | Geoffrey O'Hara (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1918 |
| Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) | Forest Wilson, Jake Porter, and Eunice Levy (w/m) | Perry Como | 1955 |
L
SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| La Vie En Rose | Edith Piaf (w), Louiguy (m) | Edith Piaf | 1950 |
| Lady Is a Tramp, The | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1937 |
| Lady of Spain | Erell Reaves (w), Tochard Evans (m) | Ray Noble | 1931 |
| Lady of the Evening | Irving Berlin (w/m) | John Steel | 1923 |
| L'Amour Toujours L'Amour (Love Everlasting) | Rudolf Friml (m), Catherine Chisholm Cushing (w) | 1922 | |
| Lamp Is Low, The | Bert Shefter, Mitchell Parish, Peter DeRose, Maurice Ravel | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1939 |
| Last Night on the Back Porch | Lew Brown (w), Carl Schraubstader (m) | Paul Whiteman & the American Quartet | 1923 |
| Last Night Was the End of the World | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | 1912 | |
| Last Round-Up, The | Billy Hill (m/w) | George Olsen with Joe Morrison | 1933 |
| Last Time I Saw Paris, The | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Kate Smith | 1940 |
| Laugh Clown Laugh! | Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young (w), Ted FioRito (m) | Fred Waring | 1928 |
| Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside | Ben Raleigh (w), Bernie Wayne (m) | Dinah Shore | 1946 |
| Laura | David Raskin (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Woody Herman | 1945 |
| Lazy Bones | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Ted Lewis | 1933 |
| Learnin' the Blues | Dolores Vicki Silvers | Frank Sinatra | 1955 |
| Leave it to Jane | Jerome Kern (m), P.G. Wodehouse (w) | Edith Hallor et al | 1917 |
| Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella | Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w), Francis Wheeler (w) | Roger Wolfe Kahn with Franklyn Baur | 1928 |
| Let It Alone | Alex Rogers (w), Bert Williams (m) | Bert Williams | 1906 |
| Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Vaughn Monroe | 1945 |
| Let Me Call You Sweetheart | Leo Friedman (m/w), Beth Slater Whitson (m/w) | Peerless Quartet | 1911 |
| Let Me Go, Lover! | Jenny Lou Carson, Al Hill | Joan Weber | 1954 |
| Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Let's Dance | Fanny Baldridge (w), Joseph Bonime and Gregory Stone (m) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra | 1935 |
| Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love | Cole Porter (m/w) | Irving Aaronson & His Commanders with Jack Armstrong | 1929 |
| Let's Face the Music and Dance | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1936 |
| Let's Fall in Love | Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1934 |
| Let's Get Lost | Jimmy McHugh (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Vaughn Monroe with the Four Lee Sisters | 1943 |
| Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee | Irving Berlin | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | 1932 |
| Let's Misbehave | Cole Porter (m/w) | Ben Bernie with Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot | 1928 |
| Let's Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep | Herman Hupfeld (m/w) | Rudy Vallee | 1932 |
| Let's Swing It | Charles Tobias and Charles Newman (w), Murray Mencher (m) | Ray Noble & the Freshmen | 1935 |
| Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1907 |
| Life Is a Song | Joe Young (w), Fred Ahlert (m) | Ruth Etting | 1935 |
| Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1931 |
| Lights of My Home Town, The | Charles K. Harris (m/w) | Peerless Quartet | 1916 |
| Lights Out (Close Your Eyes and Dream of Me) | Billy Hill (w/m) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1936 |
| Li'l Liza Jane | Countess Ada De Lachau (m/w) | Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band | 1917 |
| Linda | Jack Lawrence and Ann Ronell (w/m) | Ray Noble & Buddy Clark | 1947 |
| Linger Awhile | Vincent Rose (m), Harry Owens (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1924 |
| Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka "The Mocking Bird") | Septimus Winner as Alice Hawthorne (w), Richard Milburn (m) | John Yorke Atlee | 1890 |
| Little Bird Told Me, A | Harvey Brooks (w/m) | Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters | 1948 |
| Little Bit Independent, A | Edgar Leslie (w), Joseph A. Burke (m) | Fats Waller | 1935 |
| Little Bit of Heaven, A (Shure, They Call It Ireland) | J. Keirn Brennan (b), Ernest R. Ball (m) | George MacFarlane | 1915 |
| Little Brown Jug, The | Joseph Eastburn Winner as R.A. Eastburn (m/w) | 1869 | |
| Little Dutch Mill | Ralph Freed (w), Harry Barris (m) | Bing Crosby with Jimmy Grier's Orchestra | 1934 |
| Little Girl Blue | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Janis Joplin | 1969 |
| Little Grey Home in the West | Miss D. Eardley-Wilmot (w), Hermann Frederic Lohr (m) | Charles Harrison | 1914 |
| Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day | Maurice Siglar and Al Hoffman (w), Mabel Wayne (m) | Emil Coleman with Jerry Cooper | 1934 |
| Little on the Lonely Side, A | Dick Robertson, James Cavanaugh, and Frank Weldon (w/m) | Frankie Carle with Paul Allen | 1945 |
| Little Pal | B.G. DeSylva and Lew Brown (w), Ray Henderson (m) | Al Jolson | 1929 |
| Little Things Mean a Lot | Edith Lindeman (w), Carl Stutz (m) | Kitty Kallen with Jack Pleis' Orchestra | 1954 |
| Little White Cloud That Cried, The | Johnnie Ray (w/m) | Johnnie Ray | 1952 |
| Little White Cloud That Cried, The | Johnnie Ray (w/m) | 1952 | |
| Little White Lies | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Fred Waring with Clare Hanlon | 1930 |
| Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w), Gus Kahn (w) | Al Jolson with Bob Haring's Orchestra | 1929 |
| Long Ago and Far Away | Jerome Kern (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Dick Haymes with Helen Forrest & Camarata's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Look for the Silver Lining | Jerome Kern (m), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Marion Harris | 1921 |
| Look Out for Jimmy Valentine | Gus Edwards (m), Edward Madden (w) | 1911 | |
| Lookout Mountain | Halsey K. Mohr (m), Joe Goodwin (w) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1917 |
| Lost | Johnny Mercer and Macy O. Teetor (w), Phil Obman (m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1936 |
| Lost in a Fog | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1934 |
| Louise | Richard A. Whiting (m), Leo Robin (w) | Maurice Chevalier with Leonard Joy's Orchestra | 1929 |
| Louisiana Hayride | Howard Dietz (w), Arthur Schwartz (m) | Leo Reisman's Orchestra with Arthur Schwartz | 1932 |
| Love and Marriage | James Van Heusen | Frank Sinatra | 1955 |
| Love for Sale | Cole Porter (m/w) | Libby Holman | 1931 |
| Love in Bloom | Ralph Rainger (m), Leo Robin (w) | Bing Crosby with Irving Aaronson's Orchestra | 1934 |
| Love in the Sand | 1922 | ||
| Love Is a Many Splendored Thing | Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster | The Four Aces | 1955 |
| Love Is Here to Stay | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1938 |
| Love Is Mine | Edward Teschmacher (w), Clarence G. Gartner (m) | Enrico Caruso | 1912 |
| Love Is Sweeping the Country | Ira Gershwin (w), George Gershwin (m) | 1931 | |
| Love Is the Sweetest Thing | Ray Noble (w/m) | Ray Noble with Al Bowlly | 1933 |
| Love Letters in the Sand | Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny, J. Fred Coots | Pat Boone | 1957 |
| Love Me and the World Is Mine | Dave Reed Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Henry Burr | 1906 |
| Love Me or Leave Me | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Ruth Etting | 1929 |
| Love Nest, The | Louis A. Hirsch | John Steel | 1920 |
| Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses | John Openshaw | Carl Fenton | 1923 |
| Love Somebody | Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney (w/m) | Doris Day & Buddy Clark with George Siravo's Orchestra | 1948 |
| Love Thy Neighbor | Mack Gordon (w), Harry Revel (m) | Bing Crosby with Nat Finston's Orchestra | 1934 |
| Love Walked In | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Sammy Kaye with Tommy Ryan | 1938 |
| Loveliest Night of the Year, The | Paul Francis Webster (w), Juventino Rosas (m) | Mario Lanza | 1951 |
| Lovely to Look At | Jerome Kern (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1935 |
| Lovely Way to Spend an Evening, A | Jimmy McHugh (m)/Harold Adamson (w) | Frank Sinatra with the Bobby Tucker Singers | 1944 |
| Lover | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton | 1933 |
| Lover Come Back to Me | Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton | 1929 |
| Love's Own Sweet Song | C.C.S. Cushing (w), E.P. Heath (w), Emmerich Kalman (m) | Charles Harrison & Grace Kerns | 1914 |
| Lovin' Sam, The Sheik of Alabam' | Jack Yellen (w), Milton Ager (m) | Nora Bayes | 1923 |
| Luck Be a Lady | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Frank Sinatra | 1965 |
| Lullaby of Broadway | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Bob Crosby | 1935 |
| Lullaby of the Leaves | Joe Young (w), Bernice Petkere (m) | George Olsen | 1932 |
M
SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Ma Blushin' Rosie | Edgar Smith (w), John Stromberg (m) | Albert Campbell | 1900 |
| Ma Tiger Lily | Clay M. Greene (w), A.B. Sloane (m) | Arthur Collins | 1900 |
| Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me | Sidney Clare (w), Con Conrad (m) | Ted Lewis | 1922 |
| Macushla | Dermot MacMurrough (m), Josephine V. Rowe (w) | John McCormack | 1910 |
| Mairzy Doats | Milton Drake, Al Hoffman,and Jerry Livingston (w/m) | The Merry Macs | 1944 |
| Make Believe | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Bing Crosby | 1928 |
| Make Believe | Theodore F. Morse | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1908 |
| Make Believe | Benny Davis/Jack Shilkret | Nora Bayes | 1921 |
| Make Believe | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | 1927 | |
| Make Believe Island | Mary Ann Mercer/Will Grosz | Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra with Mary Ann Mercer | 1940 |
| Make 'Em Laugh | Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown | Donald O'Connor | 1952 |
| Make Love to Me! | Bill Norvas and Allan Copeland (w), New Orleans Rhythm Kings and Walter Melrose (m) | Jo Stafford | 1954 |
| Make Yourself Comfortable | Bob Merrill (w/m) | Sarah Vaughn | 1955 |
| Makin' Whoopee | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Eddie Cantor | 1929 |
| Mama Inez | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Eliseo Grenet (m) | Maurice Chevalier with Leonard Joy's Orchestra | 1931 |
| Mambo Italiano | Bob Merrill (w/m) | Rosemary Clooney & the Mellomen | 1954 |
| Mam'selle | Goulding, Edmund (m)/Mack Gordon (w) | Art Lund | 1947 |
| Man from the South with a Big Cigar in His Mouth, The | Rube Bloom and Harry Woods (w/m) | Ted Weems with Art Jarrett & Parker Gibbs | 1930 |
| Man I Love, The | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Marion Harris | 1928 |
| Man That Got Away, The (aka "The Gal That Got Away") | Harold Arlen (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Judy Garland with Ray Heindorf & the Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra | 1954 |
| Man with the Mandolin, The | James Cavanaugh and John Redmond (w), Frank Weldon (m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Marion Hutton | 1939 |
| Managua, Nicaragua | Albert Gamse (w), Irving Fiels (m) | Freddy Martin with Stuart Wade | 1947 |
| Manana Is Soon Enough for Me | Peggy Lee, Dave Barbour | Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour's Orchestra | 1948 |
| Mandy | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Van & Schenck | 1919 |
| Mandy Lee | Thurland Chattaway (m/w) | 1899 | |
| Manhattan | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Ben Selvin | 1925 |
| Mansion of Aching Hearts, The | Arthur J. Lamb (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Harry MacDonough | 1902 |
| Many Times | Carl Sigman (English words), Felix Stahl (m) | Eddie Fisher | 1953 |
| Maple Leaf Rag | Scott Joplin (m), Sydney Brown (w) | Scott Joplin | 1899 |
| Marcheta (A Love Song of Old Mexico) | Victor Schertzinger (m/w) | Olive Kline & Elsie Baker | 1922 |
| Margie | Benny Davis, Con Conrad, J. Russell Robinson | Eddie Cantor | 1921 |
| Maria Elena | S.K. Russell (w), Lorenzo Barcelata (m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1941 |
| Marianne | Terry Gilkyson, Frank Miller, Richard Dehr | Terry Gilkyson & the Easy Riders | 1957 |
| Marie | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1937 |
| Marta (Rambling Rose of the Wildwood) | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Moises Simons (m) | Tracy Arthur | 1932 |
| Mary's a Grand Old Name | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Donald Brian | 1906 |
| Masquerade | Paul Francis Webster (w), John Jacob Loeb (m) | Ted Black & His Orchestra with Dick Robertson | 1932 |
| Maybe | Allan Flynn and Frank Madden (w/m) | The Ink Spots | 1940 |
| Me and My Shadow | Dave Dreyer (m), Al Jolson (m), Billy Rose (w) | "Whispering" Jack Smith | 1927 |
| Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis | Arthur B. Sterling (w), Kerry Mills (m) | Billy Murray | 1904 |
| Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland | Beth Slater Whitson (w), Leo Friedman (m) | Henry Burr | 1910 |
| Melody from the Sky, A | Sidney D. Mitchell (w), Louis Alter (m) | Jan Garber with Leo Bennett | 1936 |
| Memories | Egbert Van Alstyne, (m), Gustave Kahn (w) | John Barnes Wells | 1916 |
| Memory Lane | B.G. DeSylva (w), Larry Spier and Con Conrad (m) | Fred Waring with Tom Waring | 1924 |
| Memphis Blues, The | W.C. Handy (m), George A. Norton, Charles Tobias, Peter DeRose | Prince's Orchestra | 1914 |
| Merry Widow Waltz, The | Franz Lehar | Victor Orchestra | 1907 |
| Merry-Go-Round Broke Down, The | Cliff Friend, Dave Franklin | Russ Morgan with Jimmie Lewis | 1937 |
| Mexicali Rose | Jack B. Tenney/Helen Stone | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Mighty Like a Rose (aka "Mighty Lak' a Rose") | Frank L. Stanton (w), Ethelbert Nevin (m) | George Alexander | 1903 |
| Mimi | Richard Rodgers (m)/Lorenz Hart (w) | Maurice Chevalier with Nat Finston's Orchestra | 1932 |
| Mine | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Emil Coleman | 1933 |
| Minnie the Moocher (The Ho De Ho Song) | Cab Calloway, Irving Mills | Cab Calloway | 1931 |
| Misirlou | Bob Russell, Fred Wise, Milton Leeds (English words), Nick Roubanis (m) | Harry James | 1941 |
| Miss Annabelle Lee (Who's Wonderful, Who's Marvelous) | Lew Pollack (m), Sidney Clare (w) | Ben Selvin | 1927 |
| M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I | Harry Tierney (m), Bert Hanlon (w), Benny Ryan (w) | Anna Wheaton | 1917 |
| Mississippi Mud | Harry Barris | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Al Rinker, Harry Barris, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, Austin Young, Bing Crosby, & Irene Taylor | 1928 |
| Missouri Waltz (Hush-A-Bye Ma Baby) | Frederick K. Logan (m), James Royce as James R. Shannon (w) | Elsie Baker (aka Edna Brown) | 1917 |
| Mister Five by Five | Don Raye (w), Gene DePaul (m) | Harry James | 1942 |
| Moanin' Low | Ralph Rainger (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Libby Holman | 1929 |
| Mockin' Bird Hill | Vaughn Horton (w/m) | Les Paul & Mary Ford | 1951 |
| Moments to Remember | Robert Allen (m), Al Stillman (m) | The Four Lads | 1955 |
| Mona Lisa | Jay Livingston (m), Ray Evans (w) | Nat "King" Cole with Les Baxter's Orchestra | 1950 |
| Montmartre Rose | Tommy Lyman and C.E. Wheeler (w/m) | 1925 | |
| Mood Indigo | Duke Ellington (m), Barney Bigard (m), Irving Mills (m/w), Mitchell Parish (w) | Duke Ellington | 1931 |
| Moon Got in My Eyes, The | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1937 | |
| Moon Love | Mack David and Mack Davis (w), Andre Kostelanetz (m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1939 |
| Moon Over Miami | Joe Burke (m), Edgar Leslie (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1936 |
| Moonglow | Will Hudson, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills | Benny Goodman's Orchestra | 1934 |
| Moonlight and Roses Bring Mem'ries of You | Neil Moret (m), Edwin H. Lemare (w), Ben Black (w) | John McCormack | 1925 |
| Moonlight Bay | Edward Madden (w), Percy Wenrich (m) | American Quartet | 1912 |
| Moonlight Becomes You | Jimmy Van Heusen (m)/Johnny Burke (w) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1942 |
| Moonlight Cocktail | Luckey Roberts (m), Kim Gannon (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle & the Modernaires | 1942 |
| Moonlight in Vermont | Karl Suessdorf (m), John Blackburn (w) | Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra with Margaret Whiting | 1945 |
| Moonlight on the Ganges | Sherman Myers (m), Chester Wallace (w) | Paul Whiteman with Austin Young | 1926 |
| Moonlight Serenade | Glenn Miller (m), Mitchell Parish (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1939 |
| More I See You, The | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Dick Haymes | 1945 |
| More I See You, The | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | 1945 | |
| More Than You Know | Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Eliscu (w), Billy Rose (w) | Ruth Etting | 1929 |
| Most Beautiful Girl in the World, The | Richard Rodgers (m)/Lorenz Hart (w) | 1935 | |
| M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me) | Theodore Morse (m), Howard Johnson (w) | Henry Burr | 1916 |
| Mother Machree | Chauncey Olcott (m), Ernest R. Ball (m), Rida Johnson Young (w) | Will Oakland | 1911 |
| Mountain Greenery | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Roger Wolfe Kahn | 1926 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name | Victor Young | 1934 | |
| Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean | Ed Gallagher, Al Shean | Ed Gallagher & Al Shean | 1922 |
| Mr. Sandman | Pat Ballard (w/m) | The Chordettes | 1954 |
| Mule Train | Johnny Lange, Hy Heath, and Fred Glickman (w/m) | Frankie Laine with the Muleskinners | 1949 |
| Music Goes 'Round and 'Round, The | Edward Farley (m), Michael Riley (m), Red Hodgson (w) | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1935 |
| Music Maestro Please! | Allie Wrubel (m), Herb Magidson (w) | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1938 |
| Music! Music! Music! | Stephen Weiss, Bernie Baum | Teresa Brewer & the Dixieland All Stars | 1950 |
| Muskrat Ramble | Kid Ory | Louis Armstrong | 1926 |
| My Adobe Hacienda | Louise Massey and Lee Penny (w/m) | Eddy Howard | 1947 |
| My Angel (Angela Mia) | Lew Pollack (w), Erno Rapee (m) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Al Rinker | 1928 |
| My Baby Just Cares for Me | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Ted Weems | 1930 |
| My Bird of Paradise | Irving Berlin | Peerless Quartet | 1915 |
| My Blue Heaven | Walter Donaldson (m), George A. Whiting (w) | Gene Austin | 1927 |
| My Buddy | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Henry Burr | 1922 |
| My Country 'Tis of Thee (America) (aka "God Save the King") | Samuel Francis Smith (w), Thomas Arne (m) | 1831 | |
| My Darling My Darling | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Jo Stafford with Gordon MacRae | 1948 |
| My Dear | Dave Reed Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Harry MacDonough | 1907 |
| My Devotion | Roc Hillman and Johnny Napton (w/m) | Vaughn Monroe | 1942 |
| My Dreams Are Getting Bigger All the Time | Mann Curtis (w), Vic Mizzy (m) | Les Brown with Doris Day | 1945 |
| My Foolish Heart | Victor Young (m), Ned Washington (w) | Gordon Jenkins with Eileen Wilson | 1950 |
| My Funny Valentine | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Hal McIntyre with Ruth Gaylor | 1945 |
| My Gal Sal | Paul Dresser (m/w) | Byron G. Harlan | 1907 |
| My Happiness | Barney Bergantine (m), Betty Peterson (w) | Jon & Sandra Steele | 1948 |
| My Heart Belongs to Daddy | Cole Porter (m/w) | Mary Martin with Eddy Duchin's Orchestra | 1939 |
| My Heart Cries for You | Percy Faith (m), Carl Sigman (w) | Guy Mitchell | 1950 |
| My Heart Sings (All of a Sudden) | Harold Rome (w), Philippe Herpin (m) | Guy Lombardo with Stuart Foster | 1945 |
| My Heart Stood Still | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Al Rinker, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Austin Young | 1928 |
| My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Glen Gray with Eugenie Baird | 1943 |
| My Honey's Lovin' Arms | Joseph Meyer (m), Herman Ruby (w) | Isham Jones | 1922 |
| My Little Dream Girl | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Anatol Friedland (m) | James F. Harrison & James Reed | 1915 |
| My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii | Bill Cogswell, Tom Harrison, and Johnny Noble (w/m) | Ted Fio Rito with Muzzy Marcellino | 1934 |
| My Mammy | Walter Donaldson (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1921 |
| My Man (Mon Homme) | Maurice Yvain (m), Jacques Mardochee Charles, Albert Willemetz (French lyrics), Channing Pollock (English lyrics) | Fanny Brice & Rosario Bourdon's Orchestra | 1922 |
| My Melancholy Baby | Ernie Burnett (m), George A. Norton (w) | Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1928 |
| My Moonlight Madonna | Paul Francis Webster (w), Zedenko Fibich (m), adpated by William Scotti | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton | 1933 |
| My Old Kentucky Home | Stephen Foster (m/w) | Edison Male Quartette | 1898 |
| My Old Kentucky Home | Stephen Foster (m/w) | 1853 | |
| My Own Iona | Anatol Ferdinand (m), Carey Morgan (m), L. Wolfe Gilbert (w) | Horace Wright & Rene Dietrich | 1917 |
| My Own True Love (Tara's Theme) | Mack David, Max Steiner | Leroy Holmes | 1954 |
| My Pony Boy | Charley O'Donnell (m), Bobby Heath (w) | Ada Jones | 1909 |
| My Prayer (Avant de Mourir) | Georges Boulanger, Carlos Goemz Barrera, Jimmy Kennedy | The Platters | 1956 |
| My Reverie | Claude Debussy (m), Larry Clinton (w) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1938 |
| My Romance | Richard Rodgers (m)/Lorenz Hart (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1936 |
| My Rosary of Dreams | E.F. Dusenberry (m/w), C.M. Denison (m/w) | 1911 | |
| My Shining Hour | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Glen Gray with Eugenie Baird | 1943 |
| My Silent Love | Dana Suesse (m), Edward Heyman (w) | Ruby Newman with Gordon Graham | 1932 |
| My Sister and I | Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney (w/m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly | 1941 |
| My Sunny Tennessee | Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Herman Ruby | Peerless Quartet | 1922 |
| My Sweetie Went Away | Roy Turk (w), Lou Handman (m) | Billy Murray & Ed Smalle | 1923 |
| My Time Is Your Time | Leo Dance (m), Eric Little (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1929 |
| My Wild Irish Rose | Chauncey Olcott (m/w) | George J. Gaskin | 1899 |
N
SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Nature Boy | Eden Ahbez (m/w) | Nat "King" Cole with Frank DeVol's Orchestra | 1948 |
| Navajo | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Billy Murray | 1904 |
| Near You | Francis Craig (m), Kermit Goell (w) | Francis Craig with Bob Lamm | 1947 |
| Nearness of You, The | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Ned Washington (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1940 |
| Nevertheless I'm in Love with You | Harry Ruby (m), Bert Kalmar (w) | Jack Denny with Rob May | 1931 |
| Nevertheless I'm in Love with You | Harry Ruby (m), Bert Kalmar (w) | Paul Weston & the Normon Luboff Choir | 1950 |
| New York, New York | Leonard Bernstein (m)/Betty Comden (w)/Adolph Green (w) | Gene Kelly with Frank Sinatra & Jules Munshin | 1949 |
| 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 Is Young and You're So Beautiful, The | Dana Suesse (m), Billy Rose and Irving Kahal (w) | George Hall | 1936 |
| No No Nora | Ted Fio Rito (m), Ernie Erdman (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Eddie Cantor | 1923 |
| 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 Knows You When You're Down and Out | Jimmie Cox | Bessie Smith & Jimmie Cox | 1929 |
| Nobody's Little Girl | Jack Drislane (w), Theodore F. Morse (m) | Byron G. Harlan | 1907 |
| Nobody's Sweetheart | Elmer Schebel, Erne Erdman, Gus Kahn, Billy Meyers | Isham Jones | 1924 |
| Nola | Felix Arndt (m), James F. Burns, Sunny Skylar, and Nola Arndt (w) | Vincent Lopez | 1922 |
| Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) | Maewa Kaihau, Dorothy Stewart, Clement Scott (w/m) | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers | 1948 |
O
SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? | Clarence A. Stout (w/m) | Bert Williams | 1919 |
| O Katharina! | Fritz Lohner and L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Richard Fall (m) | Ted Lewis | 1925 |
| O Mein Papa (Oh My Papa) | John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons (w), Paul Burkhard (m) | Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra | 1953 |
| Object of My Affection, The | Pinky Tomlin, Coy Poe, Jimmie Grier | Jimmie Grier & Pinky Tomlin | 1934 |
| Oceana Roll, The | Lucien Denni (m), Roger Lewis (w) | Arthur Collins | 1911 |
| Of Thee I Sing | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Ben Selvin | 1932 |
| Oh Gee, Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, I'm in Love | Ernest Breuer (m), Olsen and Johnson (w) | Eddie Cantor | 1923 |
| Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Arthur Fields | 1918 |
| Oh How I Miss You Tonight | Mark Fisher and Benny Davis (w), Joe Burke (m) | Ben Selvin (as the Cavaliers) | 1925 |
| Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love in Honolulu) | Stanley Murphy (w), Charles McCarron (w), Albert Von Tilzer (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1916 |
| Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! | Edward Rose (w), Abraham Olman (m) | American Quartet | 1917 |
| Oh Lady Be Good | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1925 |
| Oh Look at Me Now | Joe Bushkin (m), John De Vries (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines, & the Pied Pipers | 1941 |
| Oh Me! Oh My! Oh You! | Vincent Youmans (m), Arthur Francis (w) | Frank Crumit with the Paul Biese Trio | 1921 |
| Oh Promise Me | Reginald DeKoven (m), Clement Scott (w) | George J. Gaskin | 1893 |
| Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Bing Crosby with Trudy Erwin & the Sportsmen Glee Club | 1943 |
| Oh What a Pal Was Mary | Pete Wendling (m), Edgar Leslie (w), Bert Kalmar (w) | Henry Burr | 1919 |
| Oh What It Seemed to Be | Frankie Carle, Bennie Benjamin, and George Weiss (w/m) | Frankie Carle with Marjorie Hughes | 1946 |
| Oh You Beautiful Doll | Nat D. Ayer (m), Seymour Brown (w) | Billy Murray & the American Quartet | 1911 |
| O-H-I-O (O-My!-O!) | Jack Yellen (w), Abe Olman (m) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1921 |
| Ol' Man River | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Paul Robeson with Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1927 |
| Old Grey Mare, The (Whiffle Tree) | Frank Panella (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1918 |
| Old Lamplighter, The | Charles Tobias (w), Nat Simon (m) | Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams | 1946 |
| Old Master Painter, The | Haven Gillespie (w), Beasley Smith (m) | Richard Hayes with Mitch Miller's Orchestra | 1949 |
| Old Spinning Wheel, The | Billy Hill | Ray Noble with Al Bowlly | 1933 |
| Ole Buttermilk Sky | Hoagy Carmichael, Jack Brooks | Kay Kyser & Michael Douglas | 1946 |
| On a Slow Boat to China | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood | 1948 |
| On a Sunday Afternoon | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | J.W. Myers | 1902 |
| On the Alamo | Gilbert Keys (w), Joy Lyons (w), Isham Jones (m) | Isham Jones | 1922 |
| On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe | Harry Warren (m), Johnny Mercer (w), Kay Thomspon (w), Ralph Blane (w), Roger Edens (w) | Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers | 1945 |
| On the Beach at Waikiki | G.H. Stover (w), Henry Kailimai (m) | 1915 | |
| On the Good Ship Lollipop | Sidney Clare, Richard A. Whiting | Shirley Temple | 1934 |
| On the Good Ship Mary Ann | Gus Kahn (w), Grace LeBoy (m) | 1914 | |
| On the Road to Mandalay | Rudyard Kipling (w), Oley Speaks (m) | Frank Croxton | 1913 |
| On the Sunny Side of the Street | Jimmy McHugh (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Ted Lewis | 1930 |
| On Top of Old Smoky | traditional | The Weavers with Terry Gilkyson | 1951 |
| On Treasure Island | Joe Burke (m), Edgar Leslie (w) | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1935 |
| On Wisconsin! | William T. Purdy (m), Carl Beck | Prince's Orchestra | 1915 |
| Once in a While | Michael Edwards (m), Bud Green (w) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Once in Love with Amy | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Roy Bolger & Sy Oliver's Orchestra | 1949 |
| One Alone | Sigmund Romberg (m), Otto Harbach (w), Oscar Hammerstein (w) | Nat Shilkret | 1927 |
| One Dozen Roses | Roger Lewis and Country Washburne (w), Dick Jurgens and Walter Donovan (m) | Harry James & Jimmy Saunders | 1942 |
| One for My Baby and One More for the Road | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1949 |
| One Kiss | Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg | Nat Shilkret | 1929 |
| One Night of Love | Gus Kahn (w), Victor Schertzinger (m) | Grace Moore | 1934 |
| One O'Clock Jump | Count Basie | Count Basie | 1937 |
| One Rose That's Left in My Heart, The | Del Lyon and Lani McIntire (w/m) | Art Kassel with Billy Leach | 1937 |
| One Song | Larry Morey (w), Frank Churchill (m) | Artie Shaw | 1938 |
| Only Forever | Johnny Burke (w), James V. Monaco (m) | Bing Crosby | 1940 |
| Only You and You Alone | Ande Rand, Buck Ram | The Platters | 1955 |
| Open the Door, Richard | Dusty Fletcher, John Mason (w), Jack McVea, Dan Howell (m) | Count Basie with Harry Edison & Bill Johnson | 1947 |
| Orchids in the Moonlight | Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu (w), Vincent Youmans (m) | Rudy Vallee | 1934 |
| Original Dixieland One-Step | Dominic James LaRocca | 1937 | |
| Our Love | Buddy Bernier and Bob Emmerich (w), Larry Clinton (m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Jack Leonard | 1939 |
| Out of Nowhere | Johnny Green (m), Edward Heyman (w) | Bing Crosby with Victor Young's Orchestra | 1931 |
| Over the Rainbow | Harold Arlen (m), E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (w) | Judy Garland | 1939 |
| Over There | George M. Cohan (m/w) | American Quartet | 1917 |
P
SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | 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 |
| Pagan Love Song | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Bob Haring with Copley Plaza Orchestra | 1929 |
| Palesteena (Lena from Palesteena) | Con Conrad (m), J. Russell Robinson (w) | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1921 |
| Papa Loves Mambo | Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Bix Reichner | Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1954 |
| Paper Doll | Johnny S. Black | The Mills Brothers | 1942 |
| Parade of the Wooden Soldiers | Leon Jessel | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1923 |
| Paradise | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Leo Reisman with Frances Maddux | 1932 |
| Paris in the Spring | Mack Gordon (w), Harry Revel (m) | Ray Noble with Al Bowlly | 1935 |
| Peanut Vendor, the (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 O'Neil | Harry Pease, Ed. G. Nelson, Gilbert Dodge | Billy Jones (as Victor Roberts) | 1921 |
| Pennies from Heaven | Arthur Johnston (m), Johnny Burke (w) | Bing Crosby with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1936 |
| Penny Serenade | Hal Halifax (w), Melle Weersma (m) | Guy Lombardo | 1939 |
| People Will Say We're in Love | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Bing Crosby with Trudy Erwin & the Sportsmen Glee Club | 1943 |
| Personality | Johnny Burke (w), Jimmy Van Heusen (m) | Johnny Mercer | 1946 |
| Peter Cottontail | Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins | Gene Autry | 1950 |
| Pinetop's Boogie Woogie | Clarence "Pine Top" Smith | Clarence "Pinetop" Smith | 1929 |
| Pistol Packin' Mama | Al Dexter (w/m) | Al Dexter & His Troops | 1943 |
| Play a Simple Melody | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Billy Murray with Edna Brown | 1916 |
| Play Fiddle Play | Jack Lawrence (w), Emery Deutsch (m) | Ted Lewis | 1932 |
| Play That Barber-Shop Chord | William Tracey (w), Lewis F. Muir (m) | Bert Williams | 1910 |
| Playmates | Saxie Dowell | Kay Kyser with Sully Mason | 1940 |
| Please | Ralph Rainger (m), Leo Robin (w) | Bing Crosby with Anson Weeks' Orchestra | 1932 |
| Please Be Kind | Saul Chaplin (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Red Norvo with Mildred Bailey | 1938 |
| Please Be Kind | Saul Chaplin (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Frank Sinatra & Count Basie | 1962 |
| Please Mr. Sun | Sid Frank (w), Ray Getzov (m) | Johnnie Ray | 1952 |
| Poor Butterfly | Raymond Hubbell (m), John L. Golden (w) | Victor Military Band | 1917 |
| Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!) | Carmen Lombardo, Stanley Rochinski | Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters | 1948 |
| Practice Makes Perfect | Don Roberts and Ernest Gold (w/m) | Bob Chester & His Orchestra with Al Stuart | 1940 |
| Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Kay Kyser & Glee Club | 1942 |
| Preacher and the Bear, The | George Fairman, Joe Arizona (m/w) | Arthur Collins | 1905 |
| Precious Little Thing Called Love, A | Lou Davis (w), J. Fred Coots (m) | George Olsen with Ethel Sutta | 1929 |
| Pretend | Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman, Frank Lavere (w/m) | Nat "King" Cole with Nelson Riddle's Orchestra | 1953 |
| Pretty Baby | Gus Kahn (w), Tony Jackson (m), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Billy Murray | 1916 |
| Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, A | Irving Berlin (m/w) | John Steel | 1919 |
| Prisoner of Love | Leo Robin, Clarence Gaskill, Russ Columbo | Perry Como | 1946 |
| Prisoner's Song, The | Guy Massey | Vernon Dalhart | 1924 |
| Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet | Stanley Murphy (w), Percy Weinrich (m) | Haydn Quartet | 1909 |
| Put the Blame on Mame | Doris Fisher and Allan Roberts (w/m) | Anita Ellis | 1946 |
| 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 |
| Puttin' on the Ritz | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Harry Richman | 1930 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Rag Mop | Johnnie Lee Wills and Deacon Anderson (w/m) | The Ames Brothers | 1950 |
| Ragging the Baby to Sleep | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Lewis F. Muir (m) | Al Jolson with Walter B. Rogers' Orchestra | 1912 |
| 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 |
| Ramona | Mabel Wayne, L. Wolfe Gilbert | Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1928 |
| Ranger's Song, The | Joseph McCarthy (w), Harry Tierney (m) | 1926 | |
| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Seymour Brown (w), Albert Gumble (m) | American Quartet | 1914 |
| Red Roses for a Blue Lady | Sid Tepper, Roy Brodsky | Vaughn Monroe | 1949 |
| Red Sails in the Sunset | Jimmy Kennedy (w), Hugh Williams (m) | The Platters | 1960 |
| Red Sails in the Sunset | Jimmy Kennedy (w), Hugh Williams (m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1935 |
| Red Wing (An Indian Fable) | Thurland Chattaway (w), Kerry Mills (m) | Frank Stanley & Henry Burr | 1907 |
| Remember | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Isham Jones | 1925 |
| Remember Me? | Al Dubin (w), Harry Warren (m) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Remember Pearl Harbor | Don Reid (w/m), Sammy Kaye (m) | Sammy Kaye | 1942 |
| Rhapsody in Blue | George Gershwin | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with George Gershwin | 1924 |
| Rhythm Is Our Business | Sammy Cahn (w), Jimmie Lunceford and Saul Chaplin (m) | Jimmie Lunceford with Willie Smith | 1935 |
| Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay) | Larry Coleman, Joe Darion, and Norman Gimbel (w/m) | Teresa Brewer with Jack Pleis' Orchestra | 1953 |
| Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) | Stan Jones | Vaughn Monroe | 1949 |
| Riff Song, The | Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II (w), Sigmund Romberg (m) | Nat Shilkret | 1926 |
| Right Church But the Wrong Pew, The | Cecil Mack (w), Chris Smith (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1909 |
| Rio Rita | Harry Tierney (m), Joseph McCarthy (w) | Ben Selvin | 1926 |
| Rise 'N Shine | Vincent Youmans (m), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Ramona Davies | 1933 |
| River Stay 'Way from My Door | Harry M. Woods (m), Mort Dixon (w) | Kate Smith with Guy Lombardo's Orchestra | 1932 |
| Road to Morocco, The | Johnny Burke (w), Jimmy Van Heusen (m) | Bing Crosby & Bob Hope with Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Roamin' in the Gloamin' | Sir Harry Lauder (m/w) | Harry Lauder | 1912 |
| 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 |
| Room Full of Roses, A | Tim Spencer | Sammy Kaye with Don Cornell | 1949 |
| Rosalie | Cole Porter (m/w) | Sammy Kaye with Tommy Ryan | 1937 |
| Rosary, The | Ethelbert Nevins (m), Robert Cameron Rogers (w) | William H. Thompson | 1902 |
| Rose Marie | Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II (w), Rudolf Friml (m) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1925 |
| Rose O'Day (The Filla-Da-Gusha Song) | Charles Tobias (w), Al Lewis (m) | Freddy Martin with Eddie Stone | 1942 |
| Rose of Washington Square | James F. Hanley | Kentucky Serenaders | 1920 |
| Roses of Picardy | Frederick Weatherly (w), Hayden Wood (m) | Lambert Murphy | 1918 |
| Row Row Row! | Jimmy V. Monaco (m), William Jerome (w) | Ada Jones | 1913 |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Johnny Marks | Gene Autry & the Pinafores | 1949 |
| Rum and Coca Cola | Morey Amsterdam (w), Lionel Belasco (m) | The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Runnin' Wild | A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood | Ted Lewis | 1923 |
| Russian Lullaby | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Roger Wolfe Kahn with Henry Garden | 1927 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| S' Wonderful | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Sarah Vaughn | 1954 |
| Sailboat in the Moonlight, A | Carmen Lombardo, John Jacob Loeb | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1937 |
| Sam's Song | Lew Quadling, Jack Elliott | Bing Crosby with Gary Crosby & Matty Matlock's Orchestra | 1950 |
| San Fernando Valley | Gordon Jenkins (w/m) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1944 |
| San Francisco | J. Gordon Temple, James G. Dewey | Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright | 1936 |
| Satan Takes a Holiday | Larry Clinton (w/m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1945 |
| Say It Isn't So | Irving Berlin (m/w) | George Olsen with Paul Small | 1932 |
| Say It with Music | Irving Berlin | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1921 |
| Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy) | Al Stillman and Francia Luban (w), Ernesto Lecuona (m) | The Andrews Sisters | 1940 |
| Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy) | Al Stillman and Francia Luban (w), Ernesto Lecuona (m) | 1940 | |
| Says My Heart | Burton Lane (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Red Norvo with Mildred Bailey | 1938 |
| Scatter-Brain | Frankie Masters, Kahn Keene, Carl Bean, Johnny Burke | Frankie Masters | 1939 |
| School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids) | Gus Edwards (m), Will D. Cobb (w) | Byron G. Harlan | 1907 |
| Second Hand Rose | Grant Clarke, James F. Hanley | Fanny Brice & Rosario Bourdon's Orchestra | 1922 |
| Secret Love | Sammy Fain (m), Paul Francis Webster (w) | Doris Day | 1953 |
| Seems Like Old Times | Carmen Lombardo (m), John Jacob Loeb (w) | Guy Lombardo with Don Rodney | 1946 |
| Semper Fidelis | John Philip Sousa (m) | United States Marine Band | 1890 |
| Send Me Away with a Smile | Louis Weslyn (m/w), Al Piantadosi (m/w) | John McCormack | 1917 |
| Sentimental Journey | Ben Homer, Les Brown, Bud Green | Les Brown with Doris Day | 1945 |
| Sentimental Me | Jimmy Cassin (w), Jim Morehead (m) | Ray Anthony with Ronnie Deauville | 1950 |
| September in the Rain | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1937 |
| September Song | Kurt Weill (m), Maxwell Anderson (w) | Walter Huston | 1939 |
| Serenade | Dorothy Donnelly (w), Sigmund Romberg (m) | Efrem Zimbalist | 1921 |
| Shade of the Palm, The | Owen Hall (w), Thomas A. Barrett as Leslie Stuart (m) | 1900 | |
| Shadow Waltz | Harry Warren (m)/Al Dubin (w) | Bing Crosby with Jimmy Grier's Orchestra | 1933 |
| Shake, Rattle and Roll | Charles Calhoun (w/m) | Big Joe Turner | 1954 |
| Sh-Boom | William Edwards, Carl Feaster, Claude Feaster, James Keyes, Floyd McRae | The Chords | 1954 |
| Sheik of Araby, The | Ted Snyder, Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler | Ray Miller | 1922 |
| She's a Latin from Manhattan | Al Dubin (w), Harry Warren (m) | Victor Young with Hal Burke & the Tune Twisters | 1935 |
| She's Funny That Way | Neil Moret aka Charles N. Daniels (m)/Richard A. Whiting (w) | Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1929 |
| Shine on Harvest Moon | Jack Norworth (w), Nora Bayes (m) | Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton | 1909 |
| Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy | Sammy Gallop (w), Guy Wood (m) | Stan Kenton & June Christy | 1946 |
| Shoo-Shoo Baby | Phil Moore (w/m) | The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1943 |
| Should I? | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Scrappy Lambert | 1930 |
| Show Me the Way to Go Home | Irving King (w/m) | Vincent Lopez | 1926 |
| Shrimp Boats | Paul Mason Howard and Paul Weston (w/m) | Jo Stafford | 1951 |
| Shuffle Off to Buffalo | Al Dubin (w), Harry Warren (m) | Hal Kemp with Skinnay Ennis | 1933 |
| Side by Side | Harry MacGregor Woods | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra & the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker, & Harry Barris) | 1927 |
| Sierra Sue | Joseph Buell Carey (w/m) | Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1940 |
| Silver Threads Among the Gold | Eben E. Rexford (w), Hart Pease Danks (m) | Richard Jose | 1904 |
| Sin (It's No Sin) | Chester R. Shull (w), George Hoven (m) | Eddy Howard | 1951 |
| Sincerely | Harvey Fuqua, Alan Freed | The McGuire Sisters | 1954 |
| Sing Sing Sing with a Swing | Louis Prima, Leon Berry | Benny Goodman's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Singin' in the Rain | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Cliff Edwards (aka "Ukelele Ike") | 1929 |
| Sioux City Sue | Max C. Freedman (w), Dick Thomas (w) | Bing Crosby & the Jesters with Bob Haggart's Orchestra | 1946 |
| Sixteen Tons | Merle Travis | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 1955 |
| Sleep | Earl Lebieg (w/m) | Fred Waring | 1923 |
| Sleepy Lagoon | Jack Lawrence (w), Eric Coates (m) | Harry James | 1942 |
| Sleepy Time Down South | Leon Rene, Otis Rene, Clarence Muse (w/m) | 1931 | |
| Sleepy Time Gal | Richard A. Whiting, Ange Lorenzo, Joseph Alden, Ray Egan | Ben Bernie & Arthur Fields | 1926 |
| Slipping Around | Floyd Tillman | Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely | 1949 |
| Slow Poke | Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart | Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys | 1951 |
| Small Fry | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Bing Crosby & Johnny Mercer with Victor Young's Orchestra | 1938 |
| Smarty (You Know It All) | Burton Lane, Ralph Freed | Fats Waller | 1937 |
| Smile, Darn Ya, Smile | Charles O'Flynn and Jack Meskill (w), Max Rich (m) | Ben Selvin with Joe & Don Mooney | 1931 |
| Smiles | Lee Roberts (m), J. Will Callahan (w) | Joseph C. Smith with Harry MacDonough | 1918 |
| Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | Jerome Kern (m), Otto Harbach (w) | The Platters | 1958 |
| Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) | Merle Travis, Tex Williams | Tex Williams | 1947 |
| Snuggled on Your Shoulder, Cuddled in Your Arms | Carmen Lombardo and Joe Young (w/m) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1932 |
| Snuggled on Your Shoulder, Cuddled in Your Arms | Carmen Lombardo and Joe Young (w/m) | Kate Smith | 1932 |
| So in Love | Cole Porter (m/w) | Patti Page | 1949 |
| So in Love | Cole Porter (m/w) | 1948 | |
| So Long Mary | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Corrine Morgan | 1906 |
| So Rare | Jack Sharpe (w), Jerry Herst (m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1937 |
| Soft Lights and Sweet Music | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | 1932 |
| Softly As in a Morning Sunrise | Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Larry Young | 1928 |
| Solitude | Duke Ellington (m), Eddie DeLange (w), Irving Mills (w) | Duke Ellington | 1934 |
| Some Enchanted Evening | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1949 |
| Some of These Days | Shelton Brooks (m/w) | Sophie Tucker | 1911 |
| Somebody Else Is Taking My Place | Dick Howard, Bob Ellsworth, and Russ Morgan (w/m) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Peggy Lee | 1942 |
| Somebody Loves Me | George Gershwin (m), Buddy DeSylva (w), Ballard McDonald (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1924 |
| Somebody Stole My Gal | Leo Woods (w/m) | Ted Weems | 1924 |
| Somebody's Coming to My House | Irving Berlin (m/w) | 1913 | |
| Someday My Prince Will Come | Frank Churchill (m), Larry Morey (w) | Adriana Caselotti | 1937 |
| Someday You'll Want Me to Want You | Jimmie Hodges (w/m) | Hoosier Hot Shots with Sally Foster | 1946 |
| Someone to Watch Over Me | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Gertrude Lawrence | 1926 |
| Something to Remember You By | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Libby Holman | 1930 |
| Something's Gotta Give | Johnny Mercer (m/w) | The McGuire Sisters | 1955 |
| Sometimes I'm Happy | Vincent Youmans (m), Irving Caesar (w) | Roger Wolfe Kahn | 1927 |
| Somewhere a Voice Is Calling | Arthur F. Tate | John McCormack | 1916 |
| Song Is Ended But the Melody Lingers On, The | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ruth Etting | 1928 |
| Song Is You, The | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Jack Denny with Paul Small | 1932 |
| Song of India | Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1921 |
| Song of Love, The | Dorothy Donnelly (w), Sigmund Romberg (m) | Lucy Isabelle Marsh with Royal Dadmun | 1922 |
| Song of Songs (Chanson du Coeur Brise) | Clarence Lucas (w), Maurice Vancaire (w), Harold Vicars as Moya (m) | Grace Kerns | 1915 |
| Song of the Islands | Charles E. King (m/w) | Wayne King | 1930 |
| Song of the Vagabonds | Brian Hooker (w), Rudolf Friml (m) | Dennis King & the Victor Light Opera Co. | 1926 |
| Song of the Volga Boatmen | Russian folk song (w/m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1941 |
| Song That Stole My Heart Away, The | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Henry Burr | 1914 |
| Sonny Boy | Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Al Jolson | Al Jolson | 1928 |
| Soon | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Bing Crosby with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1935 |
| Sophisticated Lady | Duke Ellington (m), Mitchell Parish (w), Irving Mills (w) | Duke Ellington | 1933 |
| Sound Off | Willie Lee Duckworth (w/m) | Vaughn Monroe | 1951 |
| South America, Take It Away | Harold Rome | Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1945 |
| South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) | Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr | Shep Fields & Hal Derwin | 1939 |
| Spain | Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Isham Jones | 1924 |
| Spaniard That Blighted My Life, The | Billy Merson (m/w) | Al Jolson with Walter B. Rogers' Orchestra | 1913 |
| Sparrow in the Tree Top | Bob Merrill (w/m) | Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1951 |
| Speak Low (When You Speak, Love) | Kurt Weill (m), Ogden Nash (w) | Billie Holiday | 1943 |
| S'posin' | Paul Denniker (m), Andy Razaf (w) | Rudy Vallee | 1929 |
| Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year | Frank Loesser (m/w) | Morton Downey with Jimmy Lytell's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Springtime of Life, The | Robert B. Smith (w), Victor Herbert (m) | 1914 | |
| St. George and the Dragonet | Stan Freberg (w), Walter Schumann (m) | Stan Freberg with Daws Butler & June Foray | 1953 |
| St. Louis Blues | W.C. Handy (m/w) | Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong | 1925 |
| Stairway to the Stars | Matty Malneck (m), Frank Signorelli (m), Mitchell Parish (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1939 |
| Stardust | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Mitchell Parish (w) | Artie Shaw | 1941 |
| Stars and Stripes Forever, The | John Philip Sousa (m) | John Philip Sousa | 1897 |
| Stars Fell on Alabama | Frank S. Perkins (m), Mitchell Parish (w) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1934 |
| Star-Spangled Banner, The | Francis Scott Key (w), John Stafford Smith | 1814 | |
| Stay As Sweet As You Are | Mack Gordon, Harry Revel | Jimmie Grier with Harry Foster | 1934 |
| Stein Song (University of Maine) | Lincoln Colcord (w), E.A. Fenstad (m) arr. Rudy Vallee | Rudy Vallee | 1930 |
| Stompin' at the Savoy | Benny Goodman (m), Edgar Sampson (m), Chick Webb (m), Andy Razaf (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra | 1936 |
| Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) | Harold Arlen (m), Ted Koehler (w) | Ethel Waters | 1933 |
| Stout-Hearted Men | Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein (w) | Perry Askam | 1930 |
| Strange Music | Robert Wright, George Forrest | James Melton | 1944 |
| Stranger in Paradise | Robert Wright, George Forrest | Tony Bennett with Percy Faith's Orchestra | 1953 |
| Streets of New York | Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Billy Murray | 1907 |
| Strike Up the Band | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Red Nichols | 1930 |
| String of Pearls, A | Jerry Gray (m), Eddie DeLange (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1942 |
| Strip Polka | Johnny Mercer (w/m) | Kay Kyser with Jack Martin | 1942 |
| Stumbling | Zez Confrey | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1922 |
| Sugar Blues | Clarence Williams, Lucy Fletcher | Clyde McCoy | 1931 |
| Summertime | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w), Dubose Heyward (w) | Billie Holiday | 1936 |
| Sunbonnet Sue | Will D. Cobb (w), Gus Edwards (m) | Haydn Quartet | 1908 |
| Sunday, Monday or Always | Johnny Burke (w), James Van Heusen (m) | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers | 1943 |
| Sunrise Serenade | Frankie Carle, Jack Lawrence | Glen Gray | 1939 |
| Sunshine of Your Smile, The | Leonard Cooke (w), Lillian Ray (m) | John McCormack | 1916 |
| Surrender | Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss (w/m) | Perry Como with Russ Case's Orchestra | 1946 |
| Surrey with the Fringe on Top, The | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Alfred Drake with Jay Blackton's Orchestra | 1943 |
| Swanee | George Gershwin (m), Irvng Caesar (w) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1920 |
| Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart) | Richard Gerard Husch as Richard H. Gerard (w), Harry Armstrong (m) | Haydn Quartet with John Bieling & S.H. Dudley | 1904 |
| Sweet and Lovely | Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemara (aka Charles N. Daniels) | Gus Arnheim with Donald Norvis | 1931 |
| Sweet Georgia Brown | Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard | Ben Bernie | 1925 |
| Sweet Leilani | Harry Owens | Bing Crosby with Lani McIntyre & His Hawaiians | 1937 |
| Sweet Little Buttercup | Herman Paley (m), Alfred Bryan (w) | Elizabeth Spencer & the Shannon Four | 1918 |
| Sweet Sue, Just You | Victor Young, Will Harris | Ben Pollack with Franklyn Baur | 1928 |
| Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, The | Byron D. Stokes, F. Dudleigh Vernor (m) | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | 1927 |
| Sweethearts | Robert B. Smith (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Christie MacDonald | 1913 |
| Sweethearts on Parade | Carmen Lombardo (m), Charles Newman (w) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1928 |
| Swingin' Down the Lane | Isham Jones (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Isham Jones | 1923 |
| Swinging on a Star | Jimmy Van Heusen (m), Johnny Burke (w) | Bing Crosby with the Williams Brothers Quartet and John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Sylvia | Clinton Scollard (w), Oley Speaks (m) | 1914 | |
| Sympathy | Otto Hauerbach (w), Rudolf Friml (m) | Walter Van Brunt with Helen Clark | 1913 |
| Symphony | Jack Lawrence (w), Alex Alstone (m) | Freddy Martin & Clyde Rogers | 1945 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Albert Von Tilzer (m), Jack Norworth (w) | Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet | 1908 |
| Take My Heart | Joe Young (w), Fred H. Ahlert (m) | Eddy Duchin with Jerry Cooper | 1936 |
| Taking a Chance on Love | Vernon Duke (m), Ted Fetter (w), John Latouche (w) | Benny Goodman with Helen Forrest | 1940 |
| Tale of a Bumble Bee, The | Frank Pixley (m) | Harry MacDonough | 1901 |
| Talk of the Town, The | Chester Cohn, Gus Kahn | Ted Weems | 1933 |
| Tangerine | Victor Schertzinger (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell | 1942 |
| Tea for Two | Vincent Youmans (m), Irving Caesar (w) | Marion Harris | 1925 |
| Teach Me Tonight | Gene DePaul (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | Dinah Washington | 1954 |
| Tell Me Pretty Maiden | Owen Hall (w), Leslie Stuart (m) | Harry MacDonough with Grace Spencer | 1901 |
| Tell Me That You Love Me | Al Silverman (w), Cesare A. Bixio (m) | Freddy Martin | 1935 |
| Temptation (Tim-Tay-Shun) | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Red Ingle & the Natural Seven with Jo Stafford | 1947 |
| Temptation (Tim-Tay-Shun) | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Artie Shaw | 1940 |
| Ten Cents a Dance | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Ruth Etting | 1930 |
| Ten Little FIngers and Ten Little Toes Down in Tennessee | Harry Pease (w), Johnny White (w), Ira Schuster and Ed G. Nelson (m) | Irving Kaufman | 1922 |
| Tenderly | Walter Gross (m), Jack Lawrence (w) | Rosemary Clooney | 1952 |
| Tennessee Waltz | Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart | Patti Page | 1950 |
| Thanks for Everything | Mitchell Parish (w), Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli (m) | Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest | 1939 |
| Thanks for the Memory | Ralph Rainger (m), Leo Robin (w) | Shep Fields with Bob Goday | 1937 |
| That Haunting Melody | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Al Jolson with Walter B. Rogers' Orchestra | 1912 |
| That International Rag | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Victor Military Band | 1914 |
| That Lucky Old Sun | Beasley Smith (m), Haven Gillespie (w) | Frankie Laine with Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires & Harry Geller's Orchestra | 1949 |
| That Old Black Magic | Harold Arlen (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Skip Nelson | 1943 |
| That Old Feeling | Sammy Fain (m), Lew Brown (w) | Shep Fields with Bob Goday | 1937 |
| That Old Gang of Mine | Billy Rose and Mort Dixon (w), Ray Henderson (m) | Billy Murray & Ed Smalle | 1923 |
| That's All I Want from You | M. Rotha (w/m) | Jaye P. Morgan | 1955 |
| That's Amore | Jack Brooks, Harry Warren | Dean Martin | 1953 |
| That's A-Plenty | Henry Creamer (w), Bert A. Williams (m) | Arthur Collins | 1909 |
| That's Entertainment | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Fred Astaire | 1953 |
| That's for Me | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Jo Stafford | 1945 |
| That's My Desire | Helmy Kresa (m), Carroll Loveday (m) | Frankie Laine | 1947 |
| That's My Weakness Now | Sam Stept (m), Bud Green (w) | Helen Kane with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1928 |
| That's Why They Call Me "Shine" | Cecil Mack (w), Ford Dabney (m) | Aida Overton Walker | 1910 |
| There Are Such Things | Abel Baer and Stanley Adams (w), George W. Meyer (m) | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers | 1942 |
| There I Go | Hy Zaret (w), Irving Weiser (m) | Vaughn Monroe | 1940 |
| There Must Be a Way | Sammy Gallop, David Saxon, and Robert Cook (w/m) | Charlie Spivak | 1945 |
| There Never Was a Girl Like You | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Byron G. Harlan | 1908 |
| There Never Was a Girl Like You | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Harry MacDonough | 1909 |
| There Never Was a Girl Like You | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | James McCool | 1906 |
| There Ought to Be a Moonlight Saving Time | Irving Kahal and Harry Richman (w/m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1931 |
| There! I've Said It Again | Redd Evans, Dave Mann | Vaughn Monroe | 1945 |
| There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin When the Yanks Go Marching In | John DeVries (w), Joe Bushkin (m) | Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters & Vic Schoen's Orchestra | 1944 |
| There'll Be Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover | Nat Burton (w), Walter Kent (m) | Kay Kyser | 1941 |
| There'll Be Some Changes Made | W. Benton Overstreet (m), Billy Higgins (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Louise Tobin | 1941 |
| There's a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway | Howard Johnson (w), Fred Fisher (m) | Elsie Baker (aka Edna Brown) | 1916 |
| There's a Gold Mine in the Sky | Charles and Nick Kenny (w/m) | Horace Heidt with Larry Cotton | 1937 |
| There's a Long, Long Trail | Stoddard King, Zo Elliott | James F. Harrison & James Reed | 1915 |
| There's a Quaker Down in Quaker Town | David Berg (w), Alfred Solman (m) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1916 |
| There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder | Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer | Al Jolson | 1928 |
| There's a Small Hotel | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Hal Kemp & Maxine Grey | 1936 |
| There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere | Paul Roberts, Shelby Darnell | Elton Britt | 1942 |
| There's Danger in Your Eyes, Cherie | Jack Meskill, Harry Richman, Pete Wendling | Harry Richman | 1930 |
| There's No Business Like Show Business | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Ethel Merman | 1946 |
| There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays | Bob Allen, Al Stillman | Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra | 1954 |
| These Foolish Things Remind Me of You | Harry Link (m)/Jack Strachey (m)/Eric Maschwitz, aka Holt Marvel (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Helen Ward | 1936 |
| They Call the Wind Maria | Frederick Loewe (m), Alan J. Jerner (w) | Mariners | 1951 |
| They Can't Take That Away from Me | George Gershwin (m), Ira Gershwin (w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1937 |
| They Didn't Believe Me | Jerome Kern (m), Herbert Reynolds (w) | Harry MacDonough with Olive Kline (as Alice Green) | 1915 |
| They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me | Fred Fisher (m), Joe McCarthy (w) | Marion Harris | 1917 |
| They Say | Ed Heyman (w), Paul Mann and Stephen Weiss (m) | Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest | 1938 |
| They Say It's Wonderful | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Frank Sinatra | 1946 |
| They're Either Too Young or Too Old | Arthur Schwartz (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Kitty Kallen | 1943 |
| They're Wearing 'Em Higher in Hawaii | Joe Goodwin (w), Halsey K. Mohr (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1917 |
| Thine Alone | Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m) | 1917 | |
| Thing, The | Charles R. Grean (w/m) | Phil Harris with Walter Scharf's Orchestra | 1950 |
| Third Man Theme, The | Anton Karas | Anton Karas | 1950 |
| This Is the Army, Mr. Jones | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Horace Heidt | 1943 |
| This Is the Life | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Peerless Quartet | 1914 |
| This Love of Mine | Sol Parker, Henry W. Sanicola, Frank Sinatra, et al | Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra with Frank Sinatra | 1941 |
| This Ole House | Stuart Hamblen (w/m) | Rosemary Clooney | 1954 |
| This Year's Kisses | Irving Berlin (w/m) | Hal Kemp with Skinnay Ennis | 1937 |
| Thou Swell | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Ben Selvin (as the Broadway Nitelites) | 1928 |
| Three Coins in the Fountain | Jule Styne (m), Sammy Cahn (w) | The Four Aces with Jack Pleis' Orchestra | 1954 |
| Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo) | Saxie Dowell (w/m) | Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt, Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, & Ish Kabibble | 1939 |
| Three Little Words | Harry Ruby (m), Bert Kalmar (w) | Duke Ellington with the Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Al Rinker & Harry Barris) | 1930 |
| Three O'Clock in the Morning | Dorothy Terriss, Julian Robledo | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1922 |
| Through the Years | Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Heyman (w) | 1931 | |
| Tico Tico | Ervin Drake (w), Zequinha Abreu (m) | The Andrews Sisters | 1944 |
| Tiger Rag | Original Dixieland Jazz Band (m), Harry DeCosta | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1918 |
| Til Reveille | Bobby Worth (w), Stanley Cowan (m) | Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt, Ginny Simms, Max Williams, & Jack Martin | 1941 |
| Till I Waltz Again with You | Sidney Prosen | Teresa Brewer with Jack Pleis' Orchestra | 1952 |
| Till the Clouds Roll By | Jerome Kern (m/w), P.G. Wodehouse (w), Guy Bolton (w) | Anna Wheaton with James Harrod | 1917 |
| Till the End of Time | Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman (w/m) | Perry Como with Russ Case's Orchestra | 1945 |
| Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold | George Graff Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Alan Turner | 1912 |
| Till We Meet Again | Richard A. Whiting (m), Raymond B. Egan (w) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1919 |
| Time on My Hands (You in My Arms) | Vincent Youmans (m), Harold Adamson (w), Mack Gordon (w) | Smith Ballew & His Orchestra | 1931 |
| Tip Toe Through the Tulips | Joe Burke (m), Al Dubin (w) | Nick Lucas | 1929 |
| Ti-Pi-Tin | Raymond Leveen (w), Maria Grever (m) | Horace Heidt with Lysbeth Hughes & Larry Cotton | 1938 |
| To Each His Own | Ray Evans (w), Jay Livingston (m) | Eddy Howard | 1946 |
| To the End of the World with You | George Graff Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Henry Burr | 1909 |
| Together | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Jack Fulton | 1928 |
| Tonight We Love (Concerto No. 1, B Flat Minor) | Bobby Worth (w), Ray Austin and Freddy Martin (m) | Tony Martin | 1941 |
| Tonight You Belong to Me | Lee David, Billy Rose | Gene Austin with Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1927 |
| Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her, You Can Have Her, She's Too Fat for Me) | Arthur Richardson, Ross MacLean | Arthur Godfrey | 1947 |
| Too Many Tears | Al Dubin (w), Harry Warren (m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1932 |
| Too Marvelous for Words | Richard A. Whiting (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Bing Crosby with Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra | 1937 |
| Too Young | Sid Lippman (m), Sylvia Dee (w) | Nat "King" Cole with Les Baxter's Orchestra | 1951 |
| Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) | James R. Shannon (m/w) | Chauncey Olcott | 1913 |
| Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo-Bye!) | Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman, Dan Russo | Al Jolson | 1922 |
| Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1935 |
| Touch of Your Hand, The | Jerome Kern (m), Otto Harbach (w) | Leo Reisman | 1934 |
| Toyland | Glen MacDonough (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Corrine Morgan with the Haydn Quartet | 1904 |
| Trade Winds | Charles Tobias (w), Cliff Friend (m) | Bing Crosby with Dick McIntyre's Orchestra | 1940 |
| Trail of the Lonesome Pine, The | Ballard MacDonald (w), Harry Carroll (m) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1913 |
| Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! | Victor Herbert (m), Rida Johnson Young (w) | 1910 | |
| Tree in the Meadow, A | Billy Reid (w/m) | Margaret Whiting | 1948 |
| Trolley Song, The | Ralph Blane (m), Hugh Martin (w) | Judy Garland with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1944 |
| Truckin' | Ted Koehler (w), Rube Bloom (m) | Fats Waller | 1935 |
| Try a Little Tenderness | Harry M. Woods, Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelley | Otis Redding | 1966 |
| Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old 'Tucky Home | George W. Meyer (m), Sam Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Vernon Dalhart with the Criterion Trio | 1921 |
| Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Bob Nolan | The Sons of the Pioneers | 1934 |
| Turn Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday | J. Keirn Brennan (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Orpheus Quartet | 1916 |
| Tuxedo Junction | Erskine Hawkins (m), Bill Johnson (m), Julian Dash (m), Buddy Feyne (w) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1940 |
| Tweedle Dee | Winfield Scott | LaVern Baker | 1955 |
| Twelfth Street Rag | Euday L. Bowman (m), Andy Razaf (w) | Pee Wee Hunt | 1948 |
| Two Cigarettes in the Dark | Paul Francis Webster (w), Lew Pollack (m) | Johnny Green with George Bouler | 1934 |
| Two Cigarettes in the Dark | Paul Francis Webster (w), Lew Pollack (m) | 1934 | |
| Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time (Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt) | Joe Young (w), Robert Stolz (m) | 1930 | |
| Two Sleepy People | Hoagy Carmichael (m), Frank Loesser (w) | Fats Waller | 1938 |
| Tzena, Tzena, Tzena | Mitchell Parish (w), Issachar Mirron and Yehiel Haggiz (m) | The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra | 1950 |
U
SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Ukelele Lady | Gus Kahn (w), Richard A. Whiting (m) | Vaughn Deleath | 1925 |
| Umbrella Man, The | James Cavanaugh and Larry Stock (w), Vincent Rose (m) | Kay Kyser with Ginny Simms & Harry Babbitt | 1938 |
| Unchained Melody | Alex North (m), Hy Zaret (w) | The Righteous Brothers | 1965 |
| Under Any Old Flag at All | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1908 |
| Under the Bamboo Tree | Robert Cole, J. Rosamund Johnson | Arthur Collins | 1902 |
| Under the Yum Yum Tree | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1911 |
| Unforgettable | Irving Gordon (m/w) | Natalie Cole & Nat "King" Cole | 1991 |
| Until the Real Thing Comes Along | Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman | Andy Kirk & Pha Terrell | 1936 |
V
SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Valencia (A Song of Spain) | Clifford Grey (w), John Padilla (m) | Paul Whiteman with Franklyn Baur | 1926 |
| Varsity Drag, The | Ray Henderson (m), Lew Brown (w), Buddy DeSylva (w) | George Olsen | 1927 |
| Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You) | Larry Russell, Inez James, Buddy Pepper | Les Paul & Mary Ford | 1953 |
| Very Thought of You, The | Ray Noble (m/w) | Ray Noble with Al Bowlly | 1934 |
| Vesti La Giubba | Ruggero Leoncavallo (m/w) | Mario Lanza | 1951 |
| Vieni, Vieni | Rudy Vallee (w), Vincent Scotto (m) | Rudy Vallee | 1937 |
| Vienna Dreams (Wien, du Stadt Meiner Traume) | Rudolf Sieczynski (m) | 1937 |
W
SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Wabash Blues | Fred Meinken | Isham Jones | 1921 |
| Wagon Wheels | Peter DeRose (w), Billy Hill (m) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Bob Lawrence | 1934 |
| Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Byron G. Harlan | 1906 |
| Waiting for the Robert E. Lee | L. Wolfe Gilbert (w), Lewis F. Muir (m) | Heidelberg Quintet | 1912 |
| Wake the Town and Tell the People | Jerry Livingston (m), Sammy Gallop (w) | Minday Carson | 1955 |
| Walking My Baby Back Home | Fred E. Ahlert (m), Roy Turk (w) | Charleston Chasers (as Johnny Walker & His Orchestra) | 1931 |
| Wallflower, The (Roll with Me Henry) | James Etta Rogers, Phyliss Otis | Etta James & the Peaches | 1955 |
| Waltz Me Around Again, Willie | Will D. Cobb (w), Ren Shields (m) | Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet | 1906 |
| Wang Wang Blues | Leo Wood, Gus Mueller, "Buster" Johnson, Henry Busse | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1920 |
| Wanted | Jack Fulton and Lois Steele (w/m) | Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra | 1954 |
| Wanting You | Sigmund Romberg (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Robert Mission with Marianne Beaunoir | 1928 |
| Warsaw Concerto | Richard Addinsell (m) | Freddy Martin | 1943 |
| Washington and Lee Swing | C.A. Robbins (w), Thornton Whitney Allen (m), Mark W. Sheafe (m) | Meyer Davis | 1925 |
| Way Down in Old Indiana | Paul Dresser (m/w) | J.W. Myers | 1902 |
| Way Down South | George Fairman (m) | Heidelberg Quintet | 1912 |
| Way Down Yonder in New Orleans | Turner Layton, Henry Creamer | Peerless Quartet | 1922 |
| Way Out Yonder in the Golden West | Percy Wenrich (m/w) | Avon Comedy Four | 1916 |
| Way You Look Tonight, The | Jerome Kern (m), Dorothy Fields (w) | Fred Astaire with Johnny Greer's Orchestra | 1936 |
| We Could Make Such Beautiful Music | Robert Sour (w), Henry Manners (m) | 1940 | |
| We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye | Harry Woods (w/m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1932 |
| We Kiss in a Shadow | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1951 |
| We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me) | Sammy Mysels, Dick Robertson and Nelson Cogane (w/m) | The Ink Spots | 1940 |
| Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine | Sammy Fain (m), Irving Kahal (w), Willie Raskin (w) | Gene Austin with Ed Smalle & Dick Robertson & Leonard Joy's Ochestra | 1929 |
| Wedding of the Painted Doll, The | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Leo Reisman's Orchestra with Lew Conrad | 1929 |
| We're Gonna Rock Around the Clock | Max Freedman, Jimmy DeKnight | Bill Haley & His Comets | 1954 |
| What a Diff'rence a Day Makes | María Grever (m), Stanley Adams (w) | Dinah Washington | 1959 |
| What Is This Thing Called Love? | Cole Porter (m/w) | Leo Reisman | 1930 |
| What You Goin' to Do When the Rent Comes 'Round? (Rufus Rastas Johnson Brown) | Andrew B. Sterling (w), Harry Von Tilzer (m) | Arthur Collins | 1905 |
| Whatever Lola Wants | Richard Adler, Jerry Ross | Alma Cogan | 1957 |
| What'll I Do? | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1924 |
| What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You? | Coy Poe and Jimmie Grier (w), Truman "Pinky" Tomlin and Earl Hatch (m) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1935 |
| Wheel of Fortune | Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss | Kay Starr | 1952 |
| Wheel of Fortune | Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss | 1952 | |
| When Chloe Sings a Song | Edgar Smith (w), John Stromberg (m) | George J. Gaskin | 1900 |
| When Did You Leave Heaven? | Richard A. Whiting (m), Walter Bullock (w) | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1936 |
| When I Grow Too Old to Dream | Sigmund Romberg (m)/Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent | 1935 |
| When I Leave the World Behind | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Henry Burr | 1915 |
| When I Lost You | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Henry Burr | 1913 |
| When I Take My Sugar to Tea | Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman | The Boswell Sisters & the Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra | 1931 |
| When I Was Twenty-One and You Were Sweet Sixteen | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | 1912 |
| When I'm with You | Mack Gordon (w), Harry Revel (m) | Hal Kemp with Skinnay Ennis | 1936 |
| When Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Chauncey Olcott (w) George Graff Jr. (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Chauncey Olcott | 1913 |
| When It's Springtime in the Rockies | Mary Hale Woolsey and Milton Taggart (w), Robert Sauer (m) | Ben Selvin | 1930 |
| When My Baby Smiles at Me | Bill Munro (m), Andrew B. Sterling (w), Ted Lewis (w) | Ted Lewis | 1920 |
| When My Sugar Walks Down the Street | Jimmy McHugh (m), Gene Austin (w), Irving Mills (w) | Aileen Stanley with Gene Austin & Nat Shilkret's Orchestra | 1925 |
| When Reuben Comes to Town | J. Cheever Goodwin (w), Maurice Levi (m) | S.H. Dudley | 1901 |
| When the Lights Go on Again All Over the World | Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, and Bennie Benjamin (w/m) | Vaughn Monroe | 1942 |
| When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam' | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan | 1913 |
| When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain | Harry Woods, Howard Johnson, Kate Smith | Kate Smith | 1931 |
| When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along | Harry M. Woods (m/w) | Al Jolson with Carl Fenton's Orchestra | 1926 |
| When the Saints Go Marching In | James M. Black/Katharine E. Purvis | 1896 | |
| When We Are Dancing I Get Ideas | Dorcas Cochran (w), Julio C. Sanders (m) | Tony Martin | 1951 |
| When We Are M-A-R-R-I-E-D | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1908 |
| When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade) | Will Jason, Val Burton | Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Frank Luther | 1932 |
| When You Were Sweet Sixteen | James Thornton (m/w) | George J. Gaskin | 1900 |
| When You Were Sweet Sixteen | James Thornton (m/w) | 1898 | |
| When You Wish Upon a Star | Leigh Harline (m), Ned Washington (w) | Cliff Edwards with the Ken Darby Singers & Victor Young's Orchestra | 1940 |
| When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose | Jack Mahoney (w), Percy Weinrich (m) | American Quartet | 1914 |
| When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver | Charles Tobias (w), Peter DeRose (m) | Frank Luther & Carson Robison | 1931 |
| When You're a Long, Long Way from Home | Sam M. Lewis (w), George M. Meyer (m) | Henry Burr | 1914 |
| When You're Away | Henry Blossom (w), Victor Herbert (m) | Olive Kline | 1915 |
| When You're Smiling, the Whole World Smiles with You | Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay | Seger Ellis | 1928 |
| When Yuba Plays Rumba on the Tuba | Herman Hupfield (w/m) | Rudy Vallee | 1931 |
| Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday on Saturday Night? | George W. Meyer (m), Sam M. Lewis (w), Joe Young (w) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1916 |
| Where Did You Get That Girl? | Bert Kalmar (w), Harry Puck (m) | Walter Van Brunt | 1913 |
| Where Is Your Heart (Song from "Moulin Rouge") | William Engvick (w), George Aurie (m) | Percy Faith's Orchestra with Felicia Sanders | 1953 |
| Where or When | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Hal Kemp with Bob Allen | 1937 |
| Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day | Fred E. Ahlert (m), Roy Turk (w), Bing Crosby (w) | Bing Crosby | 1932 |
| Where the Morning Glories Grow | Gus Kahn (w), Raymond Egan (w), Richard A. Whiting (m) | Elizabeth Spencer & the Sterling Trio | 1918 |
| Where the River Shannon Flows (new version) | James I. Russell (m/w) | Harry MacDonough | 1910 |
| Where Was I? | Al Dubin (w), Frankie Harling (m) | Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra with Mary Ann McCall | 1940 |
| Whiffenpoof Song, The | Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy, Tod B. Galloway | Bing Crosby with Fred Waring's Glee Club | 1947 |
| Whip-Poor-Will | Jerome Kern (m), Buddy DeSylva (w) | Isham Jones | 1921 |
| Whispering | John Schonberger (w), Richard Coburn (w), Vincent Rose (m) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1920 |
| Whispering | John Schonberger (w), Richard Coburn (w), Vincent Rose (m) | 1920 | |
| Whispers in the Dark | Leo Robin (w), Fred Hollander (m) | Bob Crosby's Orchestra with Kay Weber | 1937 |
| Whistle While You Work | Morey, Churchill | Seven Dwarfs | 1937 |
| Whistler and His Dog, The | Arthor Pryor (m) | Prince's Orchestra | 1905 |
| White Christmas | Irving Berlin (m/w) | Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter's Orchestra | 1942 |
| Who Wouldn't Love You | Carl Fisher (m), Bill Carey (w) | Kay Kyser with Trudy Babbitt & Harry Babbitt | 1942 |
| Who? | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w), Otto Harbach (w) | George Olsen | 1926 |
| Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? | Frank E. Churhill, Ann Ronnell | Don Bestor & His Orchestra with Florence Case, Frank Sherryl, & Charles Yontz | 1933 |
| Who's Sorry Now? | Harry Ruby (m), Bert Kalmar (w), Ted Snyder (w) | Connie Francis | 1958 |
| Why Do I Love You? | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Nat Shilkret | 1928 |
| Why Don't You Believe Me | Lew Douglas, King Laney, Roy Roddle | Joni James with Lew Douglas's Orchestra | 1952 |
| Why Was I Born? | Jerome Kern (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Libby Holman | 1930 |
| Will You Love Me in December As You Do in May? | James J. Walker (w), Ernest R. Ball (m) | Haydn Quartet with Harry MacDonough | 1906 |
| Winter Wonderland | Felix Bernard (m), Richard B. Smith (w) | Guy Lombardo | 1934 |
| Wise Old Owl, A | Joe Ricardel (w/m) | Al Donahue with Dee Keating | 1941 |
| Wish You Were Here | Harold Rome | Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra | 1952 |
| Wishing Will Make It So | Buddy DeSylva (w/m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Ray Eberle | 1939 |
| With a Song in My Heart | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Leo Reisman's Orchestra with Ran Weeks | 1929 |
| With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming | Mack Gordon (w), Harry Revel (m) | Leo Reisman's Orchestra with George Bueler | 1934 |
| With Plenty of Money and You (Oh! Baby What I Couldn't Do) | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Busse, Henry, & His Orchestra | 1937 |
| Without a Song | Vincent Youmans (m), Edward Eliscu (w), Billy Rose (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Bing Crosby | 1929 |
| Woman Is Only a Woman, But a Good Cigar Is a Smoke, A | Harry B. Smith (w), Victor Herbert (m) | 1905 | |
| Wonderful Guy, A | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Mary Martin | 1949 |
| Wonderful Guy, A | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Margaret Whiting | 1949 |
| Wonderful One | Paul Whiteman and Ferde Grofé (m), Theodora Morse (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra | 1923 |
| Won't You Come Over to My House? | Harry H. Williams (w), Egbert Van Alstyne (m) | Byron G. Harlan | 1907 |
| Woodpecker Song, The | Harold Adamson (w), Eldo di Lazzaro (m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra with Marion Hutton | 1940 |
| Woody Woodpecker | George Tibbles and Ramez Idriss (w/m) | Kay Kyser with Gloria Wood | 1948 |
| Words Are Flying | Bennie Benjamin and George Weiss (w/m) | 1946 | |
| World Is Waiting for the Sunrise, The | Ernest Seitz (m), Gene Lockhart (w) | Isham Jones | 1922 |
| Wouldn't You Like to Have Me for a Sweetheart? | Wallace Irwin (w), Alfred G. Robyn (m) | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 1908 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Yama Yama Man, The | George Collin Davis (w), Karl Hoschna (m) | Ada Jones & the Victor Light Opera Co. | 1909 |
| Yankee Doodle Boy | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1905 |
| Yellow Rose of Texas, The | Don George | Mitch Miller | 1955 |
| Yes Sir! That's My Baby | Walter Donaldson (m), Gus Kahn (w) | Gene Austin & Billy Carpenter | 1925 |
| Yes! We Have No Bananas | Frank Silver, Irving Cohn | Billy Jones | 1923 |
| Yesterdays | Jerome Kern (m), Otto Harbach (w) | Leo Reisman with Frank Luther | 1933 |
| Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay! | Will D. Cobb (w), John H. Flynn (m) | Blanche Ring | 1909 |
| Yoo-Hoo | Al Jolson | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1922 |
| You Always Hurt the One You Love | Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher (w/m) | The Mills Brothers | 1944 |
| You and I | Meredith Willson (w/m) | Glenn Miller's Orchestra | 1941 |
| You and the Night and the Music | Arthur Schwartz (m), Howard Dietz (w) | Libby Holman with Richard Himber's Orchestra | 1935 |
| You Are Love | Jerome Kern (m)/Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | 1927 | |
| You Are My Lucky Star | Nacio Herb Brown (m), Arthur Freed (w) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1935 |
| You Are My Sunshine | Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell | Jimmie Davis | 1940 |
| You Belong to Me | Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart | Jo Stafford | 1952 |
| You Belong to Me | Harry B. Smith (w), Victor Herbert (m) | 1916 | |
| You Belong to My Heart | Agustín Lara, Gilbert | 1944 | |
| You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me | Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Pierre Norman | Maurice Chevalier with Leonard Joy's Orchestra | 1930 |
| You Call Everybody Darlin' | Sam Martin, Ben Trace, Clem Watts (w/m) | Al Trace & Bob Vincent | 1948 |
| You Can't Be True, Dear | Hans Otten/Gerhard Ebeler (German)/Hal Cotten (English) | Ken Griffin & Jeff Wayne | 1948 |
| You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming | Dave Franklin and Cliff Friend (w/m) | Teddy Wilson | 1937 |
| You Do | Mack Gordon (w), Josef Myrow (m) | Dinah Shore | 1947 |
| You Do Something to Me | Cole Porter (m/w) | Leo Reisman | 1930 |
| You Go to My Head | J. Fred Coots (m), Haven Gillespie (w) | Larry Clinton with Bea Wain | 1938 |
| You Gotta Be a Football Hero to Get Along with the Beautiful Girls | Al Sherman, Buddy Fields, Al Lewis | Ben Bernie | 1933 |
| You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) | Jimmy Monaco (m), Joseph McCarthy (w) | Al Jolson with Charles Prince's Orchestra | 1913 |
| You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby | Harry Warren (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby's Orchestra | 1938 |
| You Oughta Be in Pictures (My Star of Stars) | Edward Heyman (w), Dana Suesse (m) | Rudy Vallee | 1934 |
| You Took Advantage of Me | Richard Rodgers (m), Lorenz Hart (w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Bing Crosby, Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Austin Young | 1928 |
| You Turned the Tables on Me | Louis Alter (m), Sidney D. Mitchell (w) | Benny Goodman's Orchestra with Helen Ward | 1936 |
| You Walk By | Ben Raleigh (w), Bernie Wayne (m) | Eddy Duchin with Johnny Drake | 1941 |
| You Were Meant for Me | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Nat Shilkret with Scrappy Lambert | 1929 |
| You Were Meant for Me | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Connee Boswell & Victor Young's Orchestra | 1948 |
| You Were Meant for Me | Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed | Ben Selvin | 1929 |
| You Were Meant for Me | Sissle/Blake | 1924 | |
| You Were Never Lovelier | Jerome Kern (m), Johnny Mercer (w) | 1942 | |
| You Were Only Fooling When I Was Falling in Love | Larry Fotine (m), Billy Faber (w), Fred Meadows (w) | The Ink Spots | 1948 |
| You You You | Robert Mellin (w), Lotar Olias (m) | The Ames Brothers with the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra | 1953 |
| You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To | Cole Porter (m/w) | Dinah Shore | 1943 |
| You'd Be Surprised | Irving Berlin | Eddie Cantor | 1920 |
| You'll Never Know | Harry Warren (m), Mack Gordon (w) | Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners | 1943 |
| You'll Never Walk Alone | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Frank Sinatra | 1945 |
| Young and Foolish | Albert Hague, Arnold B. Horwitt | Edmund Hockridge | 1956 |
| Young at Heart | Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards | Frank Sinatra | 1954 |
| Younger Than Springtime | Richard Rodgers (m), Oscar Hammerstein II (w) | Billy Tabbert | 1949 |
| Your Cheatin' Heart | Hank Williams (m/w) | Hank Williams | 1953 |
| You're a Grand Old Flag (aka "The Grand Old Rag) | George M. Cohan (m/w) | Billy Murray | 1906 |
| You're a Sweetheart | Jimmy McHugh (m), Harold Adamson (w) | Dolly Dawn & Her Dawn Patrol | 1938 |
| You're All I Need | Gus Kahn (w), Bronislau Kaper and Walter Jurmann (m) | Eddy Duchin with Lew Sherwood | 1935 |
| You're an Old Smoothie | Richard A. Whiting, Nacio Herb Brown | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Ramona Davies | 1933 |
| You're Breaking My Heart | Pat Genaro, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Sunny Skylar | Vic Damone with Glen Osser's Orchestra | 1949 |
| You're Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?) | Walter Donaldson/Gus Kahn | Guy Lombardo with Carmen Lombardo | 1930 |
| You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me | Harry Warren (m), Al Dubin (w) | Bing Crosby with Guy Lombardo's Orchestra | 1933 |
| You're in Love | Otto Hauerbach (w), Edward Clark (w), Rudolf Friml (m) | Lyric Quartet | 1917 |
| You're My Everything | Harry Warren (m)/Mort Dixon (w)/Joe Young (w) | Arden-Ohman Orchestra with Frank Luther | 1931 |
| You're the Cream in My Coffee | Ray Henderson | Ben Selvin & Jack Palmer | 1928 |
| You're the Top | Cole Porter (m/w) | Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with Peggy Healy & John Hauser | 1934 |
| Yours (Quiereme Mucho) | Jack Sherr (w), Gonzalo Roig (m) | Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell | 1941 |
| You've Got to See Mama Ev'ry Night or You Can't See Mama at All | Con Conrad (m), Billy Rose (w) | Dolly Kay with Frank Westphal's Orchestra | 1923 |
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SONG | WRITER(S), | Performer with | Year |
| Zigeuner | Noel Coward | Evelyn Laye | 1929 |
| Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart | James F. Hanley (m/w) | Judy Garland with George Stoll's Orchestra | 1943 |
| Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah | Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert | James Baskett | 1946 |
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