My old Kentucky home

"My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!" is a sentimental ballad written by Stephen Foster, probably composed in 1852. It was published in January 1853 by Firth, Pond, & Co. of New York. Foster was likely inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Frederick Douglass wrote in his 1855 autobiography that the song "awakens sympathies for the slave"


My One and Only Love

"My One and Only Love" is a 1953 popular song with music written by Guy Wood and lyrics by Robert Mellin. Notable renditions by Frank Sinatra (1953), and later by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963), have made the song part of the jazz standard musical repertoire. It is a conventional 32-bar song with four 8-bar sections, including a bridge.


My Prayer

"My Prayer" is a 1939 popular song with music by violinist Georges Boulanger and lyrics by Carlos Gomez Barrera and Jimmy Kennedy. The biggest hit version was a doo-wop rendition in 1956 by The Platters, whose single release reached number one on the Billboard Top 100 in the summer, and ranked four for the year.


My Shining Hour

"My Shining Hour" is a song composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer for the film The Sky's the Limit (1943) In the film, the song is sung by Sally Sweetland, who dubbed it for actress Joan Leslie. The song became a hit by Glen Gray with Eugenie Baird as vocalist reaching No. 4 in the Billboard charts.


My Ship.m

"My Ship" is a popular song written for the 1941 Broadway musical Lady in the Dark. The music is marked "Andante espressivo"; Gershwin describes it as "orchestrated by Kurt to sound sweet and simple at times, mysterious and menacing at other" It was premiered by Gertrude Lawrence in the role of Liza Elliott.


My son, my son

Eddie Calvert, Melville Farley, Bob Howard

"My Son, My Son" is a traditional popular music song written by Gordon Melville Rees, Bob Howard and Eddie Calvert. A recording of the song by Vera Lynn reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in November 1954. It was Lynn's only number one hit, reached towards the end of her peak of activity.


My Special Angel

"My Special Angel" is a popular song by Jimmy Duncan, published in 1957. The song became a crossover hit in 1957 for Bobby Helms. It was revived in 1968 by the Vogues, with their version reaching number 7 on the Hot 100 chart.


My Sweet Lady

"My Sweet Lady" is a song written and first recorded by John Denver.Denver released it as a single in 1977.It was later covered by American actor and musician Cliff DeYoung.


My Truly Truly Fair

"My Truly, Truly Fair" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill. It was published in 1951. Guy Mitchell recorded it with Mitch Miller and his orchestra. It reached a peak position of #2 on the Billboard chart.


Naima

"Naima" is a ballad composed by John Coltrane in 1959 that he named after his wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. It first appeared on the album Giant Steps and is notable for its use of a variety of rich chords over a bass pedal. It is mainly made up of a slow, restrained melody, though there is also a brief piano solo.


Nature Boy

"Nature Boy" is a song first recorded by American jazz singer Nat King Cole. It was released on March 29, 1948, as a single by Capitol Records. The song was written by eden ahbez as a tribute to his mentor Bill Pester. It reached the top of the Billboard music charts and sold over a million copies.


Nellie the elephant.m

"Nellie the Elephant" is a children's song written in 1956 by Ralph Butler and Peter Hart about a fictional anthropomorphic elephant of that name. The original version, released on Parlophone R 4219 in October 1956, was recorded by English child actress Mandy Miller with an orchestra conducted by Phil Cardew. The punk rock band Toy Dolls did a cover of this song in 1982, which was later released on the 1983 album Dig That Groove Baby.


Never Gonna Fall In Love Again

"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" is a song co-written and recorded by American pop rock artist Eric Carmen. It was released as the second single from Carmen's self-titled debut solo album. The song peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1976, remaining in the Top 40 for ten weeks.


Never, Never, Never

"Never, never, never" is a 1972 Italian song, written by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It was a No. 1 hit for Mina in Italy and for Shirley Bassey released as "Never Never Never" in the U.K., U.S. and Australia.


New World in the morning

New World in the Morning is a studio album by Roger Whittaker released in 1971. It featured some of his most popular songs, including "The Last Farewell", "A Special Kind of Man" and "Streets of London" The album has never been released on CD, and current digital versions have been re-recordings.


NICA'S DREAM

"Nica's Dream" is a jazz standard composed by Horace Silver in 1954. It is one of many songs written in tribute to jazz patroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter. It features jazz melodic minor harmony with prominent minor-major 7th chords.


Nights in White Satin

Justin Hayward 1957, Justin Hayward 1967

"Nights in White Satin" is a song by the Moody Blues, written and composed by Justin Hayward. It was first featured as the segment "The Night" on the album Days of Future Passed. When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart and number 103 in the United States in 1968. When reissued in 1972, the single hit number two in the U.S. and hit number one on the Cash Box Top 100.


Nina, pretty ballerina

Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus

"Nina, Pretty Ballerina" is a song recorded in November 1972 by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 7" vinyl record in Austria and France in October 1973 as the seventh and final single from the band's debut album Ring Ring. It reached #8 on the singles chart in Austria.


No Arms Can Ever Hold You

"No Arms Can Ever Hold You" is a 1986 song by English soft rock musician Chris Norman. It is taken from his 1986 album, Some Hearts Are Diamonds. The song peaked at #52 in Germany. It also became very popular in the Philippines.


No Moon At All

"No Moon at All" is a jazz standard written in 1947 by David Mann and Redd Evans. The vocal parts were initially performed by Doris Day.


No More Blues

"Chega de Saudade" (Brazilian Portuguese: ) (published English version is "No More Blues") is a bossa nova jazz standard. The music was composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and the lyrics were written by Vinicius de Moraes. The song was first recorded in 1957 by Brazilian singer Elizete Cardoso.


Nobody Does It Better

"Nobody Does It Better" is a power ballad and the theme song for the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, the song was produced by Richard Perry and performed by Carly Simon. The song spent three weeks at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, kept out of the top spot by Debby Boone.


Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" is a blues standard written by Jimmie Cox in 1923. The song is a moderate-tempo blues with ragtime-influences. Bessie Smith recorded the song on May 15, 1929, in New York City.


Non, je ne regrette rien

"Non, je ne regrette rien" (French pronunciation:  , meaning "No, I do not regret anything") is a French song composed by Charles Dumont, with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire. It is best known through Edith Piaf's 1960 recording, which spent seven weeks atop the French Singles & Airplay Reviews chart.


Nostalgia in Times Square

Nostalgia in Times Square is an album by American jazz saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc, which was recorded in 1985 and released on the Italian Soul Note label. He leads a quintet that features Ornette Coleman guitarist Bern Nix, former Roland Kirk pianist Rahn Burton, bassist William Parker and drummer Denis Charles.


Now It Can Be Told.m

"Now It Can Be Told" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1938 film Alexander's Ragtime Band. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1938 but lost out to "Thanks for the Memory". Shep Fields collaborated with John Serry Sr to record this song for Bluebird Records in 1938.


Nuages

"Nuages" (French pronunciation:  ) is one of the best-known compositions by Django Reinhardt. He recorded at least thirteen versions of the tune, which is a jazz standard. English and French lyrics have been added to the piece which was originally an instrumental work.


O Come All Ye Faithful

"O Come, All Ye Faithful" was originally written in Latin as Adeste Fideles. It has been attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade, King John IV of Portugal, and anonymous Cistercian monks. The earliest printed version is in a book published by Wade.


O Little Town of Bethlehem

"O Little Town of Bethlehem" is a Christmas carol. Based on an 1868 text written by Phillips Brooks. The carol is popular on both sides of the Atlantic, but to different tunes. In the U.S. it is sung to "St. Louis" by Brooks' collaborator, Lewis Redner; and in the United Kingdom and Ireland to "Forest Green" by Ralph Vaughan Williams.


O SOLE MIO

"'O sole mio" (Neapolitan pronunciation: ) is a well-known Neapolitan song written in 1898. The title translates literally as "my sun" or "my sunshine" The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the music was composed by Eduardo di Capua.


Oh How I Miss You Tonight

"Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" is a popular song, published in 1925, written by Benny Davis, Joe Burke, and Mark Fisher. Popular recordings of the song in 1925 were by Ben Selvin, Benson Orchestra of Chicago, Lewis James and Irving Kaufman. Jeanne Black released a version of thesong as a single which reached #63 on the U.S. pop chart.


Oh! Darling

"Oh! Darling" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, composed by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon-McCartney) It is the fourth song on the 1969 album Abbey Road. It was not issued as a single in either the United Kingdom or the United States, but was edited and released in Central America. Apple Records released it in Japan with "Here Comes the Sun" in June 1970. It reached number 15 on the Billboard pop chart on 7 October 1978.


Oh! Look At Me Now

"Oh! Look at Me Now" is a 1941 song composed by Joe Bushkin, with lyrics by John DeVries. It is strongly associated with Frank Sinatra, who first recorded it with Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra. Sinatra re-recorded the song for his 1957 A Swingin' Affair!, this time arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle.


Oh! What It Seemed To Be

Frankie Carle, Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss

"Oh! What it Seemed to Be" is a song composed by Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss and Frankie Carle. The song was most popular in 1946, and was taken to number 1 that year by both Frank Sinatra and the Frankie Carl orchestra, the latter with Marjorie Hughes on vocals. It helped make Benjamin and Weiss the top songwriters of 1946.


Oh, Lonesome Me.m

"Oh Lonesome Me" is a popular song written and recorded in December 1957 by Don Gibson. Released in 1958, the song topped the country chart for eight non-consecutive weeks. It was Gibson's only Top 10 hit on the pop chart. Its B-side was "I Can't Stop Loving You", which peaked at No. 7 on the C&W Jockey charts.


Oh, Pretty Woman

"Oh, Pretty Woman" was written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees. It was released as a single in August 1964 on Monument Records. It spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 from September 26, 1964. The single sold seven million copies and marked the high point in Orbison's career. The song was later used for the title of the 1990 film Pretty Woman starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and the 2018 musical Pretty Woman: The Musical.


Oh, You Crazy Moon

Oh, You Crazy Moon is a jazz standard by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was recorded by Mel Torme in 1960 and Frank Sinatra in 1965.


Okie from Muskogee

Okie from Muskogee is the first live album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers. It was released in October 1969 on Capitol Records. The album was a recorded performance at the Civic Center in Oklahoma on October 10, 1969, the day before the studio version of "Okie" hit the country charts.


Old Devil Moon

"Old Devil Moon" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane for the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow. It was introduced by Ella Logan and Donald Richards in the Broadway show. In the 1968 film version, the song was performed by Don Francks and Petula Clark.


Old Folks at Home

"Old Folks at Home" is a minstrel song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. Since 1935, it has been the official state song of Florida. The song's narrator states "longing for de old plantation", which has been criticized as romanticizing slavery.


Old Shep

"Old Shep" is a song written and composed by Red Foley and Arthur Williams in 1933, about a dog Foley owned as a child. Foley first recorded the song in 1935, and again in 1941 and 1946. A version of the song by Clinton Ford appeared in the UK Singles Chart in October 1959, spending one week at number 27.


On A Little Street In Singapore

"On a Little Street in Singapore" is a jazz song written by Peter DeRose and Billy Hill. It was recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Harry James Orchestra on 13 October 1939 at the same time as "Who Told You That I Cared?". It was later issued as a 78 rpm single. The Glenn Miller Orchestra released "On aLittle Street inapore" with a vocal by Ray Eberle in May 1944.


On A Slow Boat To China

"On A Slow Boat to China" is a popular song by Frank Loesser, published in 1948. The song is a well-known pop standard, recorded by many artists. The biggest hit version was recorded in 1959 by Emile Ford and the Checkmates peaking at #3 in the official singles chart.


On The Alamo

"On the Alamo" is a jazz standard written by Isham Jones, Gilbert Keyes and Joe Lyons. It was first recorded in 1922 by the Isam Jones Orchestra. Lyrics not heard on this recording.


On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" is a popular song written by Harry Warren with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1944, spanned the hit chart in mid-1945, and won the 1946 Academy Award for Best Original Song.


On The Banks Of The Wabash

"On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" was one of the best-selling songs of the 19th century. Written and composed by American songwriter Paul Dresser, it was published by the Tin Pan Alley firm of Howley, Haviland and Company in October 1897. The lyrics of the ballad reminisce about life near Dresser's childhood home in Indiana, United States.


On the sunny side of the street.m

"On the Sunny Side of the Street" is a 1930 song composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Some authors say that Fats Waller was the composer, but he sold the rights to the song. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Lew Leslie's International Revue starring Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence.


On Top Of Old Smokey

"On Top of Old Smoky" is a traditional folk song of the United States. The song reached the pop music charts in 1951. It is unclear when, where and by whom the song was first sung. Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles collected a version of the song from Memory Shelton in 1916.


On Top of Old Smoky


Once I Loved

Antonio Carlos Jobim, English Lyrics_ Ray Gilbert

"Once I Loved" ("Uma vez eu amei") is a bossa nova jazz standard composed in 1960 by Antonio Carlos Jobim. In a few early cases, the song was also known as ("Love in Peace"), a translation into English of the original Portuguese title.


Once in royal Davids city

"Once in Royal David's City" is a Christmas carol by Cecil Frances Alexander. It was first published in 1848 in her hymnbook Hymns for Little Children. A year later, the English organist Henry Gauntlett discovered the poem and set it to music.


One alone

Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II

"One Alone" is a popular song composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach for their operetta The Desert Song. Dave Brubeck recorded it on his 2002 album of the same name.


One For My Baby

"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" is a hit song written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for the movie musical The Sky's the Limit (1943) It was first performed in the film by Fred Astaire. The song was further popularized by Frank Sinatra.


One Note Samba.m

"Samba de uma Nota So" is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim with Portuguese lyrics by Newton Mendonca. It was first recorded by Joao Gilberto in 1960 for his album O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor.


One Summer Night

"One Summer Night" is a song by American doo-wop group the Danleers. The song was written by the group's manager and main songwriter, Danny Webb. The Beach Boys released a partial cover of the song on their 1992 album Summer in Paradise.


One Tin Soldier

"One Tin Soldier" is a 1960s counterculture era anti-war song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. Canadian pop group The Original Caste first recorded it in 1969 for both the TA label and its parent Bell label. The song, recorded by various artists, charted each year from 1969 to 1974 on various charts in the United States and Canada.


Only Love Can Break A Heart

"Only Love Can Break a Heart" is a popular song from 1962. It was written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach and performed by Gene Pitney. Country music singers Sonny James and Kenny Dale also recorded cover versions of the song.


Only the Good Die Young

"Only the Good Die Young" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 rock album The Stranger. It was the third of four singles released from the album. The song was controversial for its time, with the lyrics written from the perspective of a young man determined to have sex with a Catholic girl.


Only The Lonely

"Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)" is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Orbison's recording of the song was the first major hit for the singer. Released as a 45 rpm single by Monument Records in May 1960, it went to No. 2 on the United States Billboard pop music charts on 25 July 1960. It reached Number One in the United Kingdom, a position it achieved on 20 October 1960.


Onward, Christian Soldiers

Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sabine Baring-Gould

"Onward, Christian Soldiers" is a 19th-century English hymn. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865. The music was composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1871. The Salvation Army adopted the hymn as its favoured processional.


Our Delight

"Our Delight" is a 1947 jazz standard, composed by Tadd Dameron. It is considered one of his best compositions along with "Good Bait", "Hot House", "If You Could See Me Now", and "Lady Bird"


Our Love Affair

"Our Love Affair" is a song recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Band in 1940. Its music is by Roger Edens and lyrics are by Arthur Freed. It was written for the M-G-M musical Strike Up the Band (1940), starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.


Over The Rainbow

"Over the Rainbow" is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song.


Overprotected

"Overprotected" is a song by American singer Britney Spears from her third studio album, Britney (2001) It was written and produced by Max Martin and Rami. The song was released on December 10, 2001, by Jive Records as the second international single from Britney. Its remixed R&B form, produced by Darkchild, was released as the third US single on April 2, 2002. While it peaked only at number 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at number 22 in Canada.


Oye Como Va

"Oye Como Va" is a 1962 cha-cha-cha by Tito Puente, originally released on El Rey Bravo (Tico Records) The song achieved worldwide popularity in 1970, when it was recorded by American rock group Santana for their album Abraxas. This version was released as a single in 1971, reaching number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been praised by critics and inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. It was also included in the NPR 100 "the most important American musical works of the 20th century"


Paint it black

"Paint It Black" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It is a raga rock song with Indian, Middle Eastern, and Eastern European influences and lyrics about grief and loss. London Records released the song as a single on 7 May 1966 in the United States, and Decca Records released it on 13 May in the UK. The song was influential to the burgeoning psychedelic genre as the first chart-topping single to feature the sitar, and widened the instrument's audience.


Papa loves Mambo

"Papa Loves Mambo" is a popular song written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, and Bix Reichner. The best-known version was recorded by Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres's orchestra in New York City on August 31, 1954. Bing Crosby also recorded the song in 1954 for use on his radio show.


Paper Roses

"Paper Roses" is a popular song written and composed by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre. It first was a top five hit in 1960 for Anita Bryant. Marie Osmond recorded it in 1973 and took her version to number one on the US country chart.


Paperback Writer

"Paperback Writer" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon-McCartney partnership, the song was released as the A-side of their eleventh single in May 1966. It topped singles charts in the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, West Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Norway.


Peel me a Grape

David L. "Dave" Frishberg is an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist. His songs have been performed by Blossom Dearie, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn, Anita O'Day, Michael Feinstein, Irene Kral, Diana Krall, Stacey Kent, John Pizzarelli and Mel Torme. He was the co-recipient of the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song in 1981.


people get ready

"People Get Ready" is a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the People Get Ready album. The single is the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B chart. The gospel-influenced track was written and composed by Curtis Mayfield, who was displaying a growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.


People will say we're in love

"People Will Say We're In Love" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! In the original Broadway production, the song was introduced by Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts. Three versions made the Top 40 charts: Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin (#2), Frank Sinatra (#3), and The Ink Spots (#11).


Petite Fleur

"Petite Fleur" is an instrumental written by Sidney Bechet and recorded by him in 1952. In 1959 it was an international hit as a clarinet solo by Monty Sunshine with Chris Barber's Jazz Band.


Piano In The Dark

"Piano in the Dark" is a song by American singer-songwriter Brenda Russell. It was the first single to be taken from Russell's 1988 album, Get Here. The song became Russell's biggest hit, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 8 on the R&B Chart and number 3 on the Adult Contemporary Chart.


Play Me

"Play Me" is a 1972 song by Neil Diamond from his album Moods. It was released as a single in May 1972 and peaked at #11 in the United States in September of that year. The song is a medium-tempo waltz performed in 3/4 time at a standard tempo of 102 bpm.


Playground Love

The Virgin Suicides is a score composed by French electronic music duo Air for the 1999 film of the same name by Sofia Coppola. It was released on 23 February 2000 by Virgin Records and was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the 2001 Brit Awards. A deluxe edition of the album was released in June 2015 as a two-disc set and a super deluxe box set.


Please Be Kind

"Please Be Kind" is a 1938 American song composed by Saul Chaplin with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. Popular recordings that year were by Mildred Bailey and the Red Norvo Orchestra; Bob Crosby & His Orchestra (vocal by Kay Weber); and by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra.


Please Help Me, I'm Falling

"Please Help Me, I'm Falling" is a 1960 song written by Don Robertson and Hal Blair and first recorded by Hank Locklin. The single was Locklin's most successful recording and was his second number one on the country charts. In 1973, John Fogerty covered the song on his first solo album, Blue Ridge Rangers. Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette recorded their version of the song in 1993.


Please Mr. Sun

"Please, Mr. Sun" is a song written by Ray Getzov and Sid Frank and performed by Johnnie Ray featuring The Four Lads and the Jimmy Carroll Orchestra. It reached #6 on the U.S. pop chart in 1952. The single ranked #30 on Billboard's Year-End top 30 singles of 1952.


Please Please Me

Please Please Me is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Produced by George Martin, it was released in the UK on EMI's Parlophone label on 22 March 1963. The album is 14 songs in length, and contains a mixture of cover songs and original material written by the band's John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was voted 39th on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2012.


Poems, Prayers and Promises

Poems, Prayers & Promises is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was released on April 6, 1971 through RCA Records. The album was recorded in New York City and produced by Milton Okun and Susan Ruskin.


Polka Dots and Moonbeams

"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1940. It was Frank Sinatra's first hit recorded with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Bob Dylan covered this song in his 2016 album Fallen Angels.


Pomp and Circumstance

The Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39, are a series of five (or six) marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar. The first four were published between 1901 and 1907, when Elgar was in his forties. The fifth was published in 1930, a few years before his death; and a sixth, compiled posthumously from sketches, waspublished in 1956 and in 2005-2006.


Poor Butterfly

"Poor Butterfly" is a popular song. The music was written by Raymond Hubbell, the lyrics by John L. Golden. The song was inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly.


Powder your face with sunshine

"Powder Your Face with Sunshine" is a popular song written by Carmen Lombardo and Stanley Rochinski, and published in 1948. The two biggest hit versions of the song were recorded by Evelyn Knight and by the Sammy Kaye Orchestra.


Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition

"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" is an American patriotic song by Frank Loesser, published as sheet music in 1942 by Famous Music Corp. The song was a response to the attack on Pearl Harbor that marked United States involvement in World War II. For some time, long after Pearl Harbor, stories and reports surfaced about an incident involving this "sky pilot"


Precious Lord, Take My Hand

The lyrics were written by the Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey. The melody is credited to Dorsey, drawn extensively from the 1844 hymn tune, "Maitland" The earliest known recording was made on February 16, 1937, by the Heavenly Gospel Singers.


Pretty Paper

Pretty Paper is the first Christmas album and twenty-fourth studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. The self-composed title track had been a hit Christmas song in 1963, when it was recorded by Roy Orbison. Nelson reunited with producer/arranger Booker T. Jones.


Promise Me You'll Remember

"Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III)" is a song written by Carmine Coppola and John Bettis. The song was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Song in 1991. It is track #12 on the soundtrack to the film. Harry Connick Jr. sang the song on the Academy Awards telecast.


Proud Mary

"Proud Mary" is a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival written by John Fogerty. It was released as a single in January 1969 by Fantasy Records and on the band's second studio album, Bayou Country. The song became a major hit in the United States, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1969.


Put A Little Love In Your Heart

Jackie de Shannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers

"Put a Little Love in Your Heart" is a song originally performed in 1969 by Jackie DeShannon. In 1988, Annie Lennox and Al Green recorded a version that was released as the ending theme song to the 1988 film Scrooged. The song reached number 9 in the US on the Hot 100 and climbed all the way to number 2 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.


Put The Blame On Mame

"Put the Blame on Mame" is a song by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher, originally written for the classic film noir Gilda in 1946. It was sung by the title character, played by Rita Hayworth with the singing voice of Anita Kert Ellis dubbed in. The song was later reprised as an instrumental version in another quintessential noir film, 1953's The Big Heat.


Put Your Dreams Away

"Put Your Dreams Away" is a song written by Richard Leigh and Wayland Holyfield, and performed by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. It was released in June 1982 as the first single and title track from the album Put Your Dreams away. The song was Gilley's fourteenth number one on the country chart.


Puttin' On The Ritz

"Puttin' On the Ritz" is a song written by Irving Berlin in May 1927. It was introduced by Harry Richman and chorus in the musical film Puttin' on the Ritzer (1930) The song was featured in the 1974 Mel Brooks horror/comedy Young Frankenstein.


Que Sera, Sera.m

"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" is a song written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Doris Day introduced it in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Day's recording of the song made it to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one in the UK Singles Chart.


Question Mark

The question mark is a punctuation mark that indicates an interrogative clause or phrase in many languages. In English, the question mark typically occurs at the end of a sentence, where it replaces the full stop. In Spanish, since the second edition of the Ortografia of the Real Academia Espanola in 1754, interrogatives require both opening and closing question marks.


Rainy Night in Georgia

"Rainy Night in Georgia" is a song written by Tony Joe White in 1967 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970. It was originally released by White on his 1969 album, Continued, on Monument Records, shortly before Benton's hit single was issued. In 2004, it was ranked #498 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.


Ramblin' Rose

"Ramblin' Rose" is a 1962 popular torch song written by brothers Noel Sherman and Joe Sherman. The recording by Nat King Cole reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962. The song has been covered by many artists, particularly country music artists.


Red Red Wine

"Red Red Wine" is a song originally written, performed, and recorded by American singer Neil Diamond in 1967. The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a person who finds that drinking red wine is the only way to forget his woes.UB40 recorded a cover version in 1983 that went to #1 in the UK and was moderately successful in the United States.


Rhinestone Cowboy

"Rhinestone Cowboy" is a song written by Larry Weiss and recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell. When released on May 26, 1975, it enjoyed huge popularity with both country and pop audiences. The song spent that summer climbing both the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Billboard Hot 100 charts.


Rhythm of the Rain

"Rhythm of the Rain" is a song performed by The Cascades, released in November 1962. It was written by band member John Claude Gummoe. The song was adapted into French (under the title "En ecoutant la pluie") by Richard Anthony. Sylvie Vartan recorded it as a single in 1963.


Rhythm-a-ning

This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. "Boo Boo" was the nickname of Monk's daughter, Barbara Evelyn Monk.


Ribbon of Darkness

"Ribbon of Darkness" is a song written by Gordon Lightfoot. It was released in 1965 as a single by Marty Robbins. The song was Robbins' eleventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart. Lightfoot's own version was released as single in 1965.


Right Here Waiting

"Right Here Waiting" is a song by American singer and songwriter Richard Marx. It was released on June 29, 1989, as the second single from his second album, Repeat Offender. The song was a global hit, topping charts in many countries around the world, including the U.S. where it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been covered by many artists, including Monica for her album The Boy Is Mine.


Rock Around The Clock

"Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter being under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 for American Decca. It was a number one single for two months and did well on the United Kingdom charts; the recording also reentered the UK Singles Chart in the 1960s and 1970s.


Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958. By the song's 50th anniversary in 2008, Lee's original version had sold over 25 million copies around the world. An instrumental version of the song appears as background music in the 1964 television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which exclusively featured music written by Marks.


Rocky Top

"Rocky Top" is an American country and bluegrass song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1967. It was first recorded by the Osborne Brothers later that same year. The song is one of Tennessee's ten official state songs. It has been recorded by dozens of artists from multiple musical genres worldwide.


Rose, Rose, I Love You

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"Rose, Rose, I Love You" is a 1940 Mandarin popular song composed by Chen Gexin. It was first recorded by Yao Lee as an interlude for the movie Singing Girl. The English-language lyrics were written by the British radio presenter Wilfrid Thomas.


Roses Are Red (My Love)

"Roses Are Red (My Love)" is a popular song composed by Al Byron and Paul Evans. It was recorded by Bobby Vinton and was his first hit. It reached No. 1 in Australia, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, and the United States.


Roses Of Picardy

"Roses of Picardy" is a British popular song with lyrics by Frederick Weatherly and music by Haydn Wood. It was one of the most famous songs of the First World War and has been recorded frequently up to the present day. The exact story that lies behind the words of the song is unclear, but Weatherly suggested that it concerned a love affair of one of his close friends.


Rule Britannia!

"Rule, Britannia!" is a British patriotic song. It is most strongly associated with the Royal Navy, but is also used by the British Army. The song was originally the final musical number in Thomas Arne's Alfred, a masque about Alfred the Great, co-written by James Thomson.


Rum And Coca Cola

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"Rum and Coca-Cola" is a popular calypso song composed by Lionel Belasco with lyrics by Lord Invader. The song was copyrighted in the United States by entertainer Morey Amsterdam and was a hit in 1945 for the Andrews Sisters.


Running Bear

"Running Bear" is a song written by Jiles Perry Richardson (a.k.a. The Big Bopper) and sung most famously by Johnny Preston in 1959. It was No. 1 for three weeks in January 1960 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The song tells the story of Running Bear, a "young Indian brave", and Little White Dove, an "Indian maid". The two are in love but are separated by two factors: their respective tribes are at war.


Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)

"Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" is a 1961 pop song by the American singer Sue Thompson. The song was written by John D. Loudermilk and appears on Thompson's 1962 Hickory Records album Meet SueThompson. It was Thompson's first song to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number five.


San Antonio Rose

"New San Antonio Rose" was the signature song of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. The song is written in the first person with the Rose of San Antone being the gentleman's lost love. The most successful recording was made by Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby and the Bob Cats in 1940.


San Francisco Bay Blues

Jesse Fuller first recorded the song in 1954. It was released by the World Song label in 1955. A "one-man band" rendition of the song featuring a kazoo solo was recorded by Fuller in 1962.


Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down

A recording of the song by Robert Plant (from his 2010 album Band of Joy) was used as the theme song for the TV series Boss. An alternative version is entitled "Satan, We're Gonna Tear your Kingdom Down"


Satin Doll

"Satin Doll" is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song has been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, 101 Strings, Terry Callier, and Nancy Wilson. Its chord progression is well known for its unusual use of chords.


Save The Last Dance For Me

"Save the Last Dance for Me" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. It was first recorded in 1960 by the Drifters, with Ben E. King on lead vocals. It has since been covered by several artist including Dolly Parton, The DeFranco Family, Emmylou Harris, and Michael Buble.


Scarlet Ribbons

"Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)" is a popular song. The music was written by Evelyn Danzig and the lyrics by Jack Segal. The song has become a standard with many recorded versions and has appeared on several Christmas albums. The Browns' version spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.


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"Scrapple from the Apple" is a bebop composition by Charlie Parker written in 1947. It is commonly recognized today as a jazz standard, written in F major. The song borrows its chord progression from "Honeysuckle Rose"


Sealed With a Kiss

"Sealed with a Kiss" is a song written and composed by Peter Udell and Gary Geld. It first became a hit in 1962 for Brian Hyland. Jason Donovan later had an international number one hit with the song.


See See Rider

"See See Rider" is a popular American 12-bar blues song that became a standard in several genres. Gertrude "Ma" Rainey was the first to record it on October 16, 1924, at Paramount Records in New York. The song is possibly connected to the Shelton Brooks composition "I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone"


Send In The Clowns

"Send In the Clowns" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1973 musical A Little Night Music. It is a ballad from Act Two, in which the character Desiree reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. The song is structured with four verses and a bridge, and uses a complex compound meter.


Sentimental Me

"Sentimental Me" was written by James T. Morehead and James Cassin and published in 1949. The most popular version was recorded by The Ames Brothers. Other hit versions in 1950 were recorded by the Russ Morgan Orchestra and by Ray Anthony.


Senza Fine

"Senza Fine" (which translates in English to "Endless") is a song written by Italian singer-songwriter Gino Paoli, inspired by collaboration partner Ornella Vanoni. Vanoni was the first person to record the song which was released as a single in September 1961. The song version sung by Paoli went on to chart at No. 7 on the Italian Top 50.


Serenade In Blue

"Serenade in Blue" is a 1942 Big Band song composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics written by Mack Gordon. It was introduced in the 1942 film Orchestra Wives by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. The song was released as an RCA Victor 78, 27935-A, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard pop singles chart.


Serenade to Spring

"Serenade to Spring" is a melody composed by Rolf Lovland. It was originally released on Secret Garden's debut album Songs from a Secret Garden (1995) The melody is an instrumental version of the Norwegian song "Danse mot var" (lit.: Dance towards spring)


Set Fire To The Rain

"Set Fire to the Rain" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her second studio album, 21 (2011) The song was written by Adele and Fraser T. Smith while the production was handled by the latter. It became Adele's third consecutive US number-one single from 21 and reached the top ten in most of other foreign markets. The song is a power pop ballad with lush instrumentation and a swelling string arrangement, in contrast to the understated production of most songs on the album.


Seven Spanish Angels

"Seven Spanish Angels" is a song written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser, and recorded by Ray Charles as a duet with Willie Nelson. It was released in November 1984 as a single from Charles' 1984 album Friendship. The song is about an outlaw and his lover who are trying to outrun a posse sent to return them to Texas. After each death, the titular angels gather to pray for the lovers.


Shadows In The Moonlight

"Shadows in the Moonlight" is a song written by Charlie Black and Rory Bourke, and recorded by Canadian country pop music singer Anne Murray. It was released in May 1979 as the second single from the album New Kind of Feeling. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.


She thinks I still care

"She Thinks I Still Care" is a country song written by Dickey Lee and Steve Duffy. The song was recorded by multiple artists, including George Jones, Connie Francis, Anne Murray, Elvis Presley and Patty Loveless.


She Wears Red Feathers

"She Wears Red Feathers" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill in 1952. The best-known recording of the song was made by Guy Mitchell in 1952 and was a No. 1 single in the UK Singles Chart in March 1953 for four weeks. Another cover performed in a cabaret club, featured in the opening scene of the 1989 film Scandal.


She'll be coming round the mountain

"She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" is a traditional folk song often categorized as children's music. The song is derived from the Christian spiritual known as "When the Chariot Comes" It is often heard today with responses that add on to the previous verse.


She's A Fool

"She's a Fool" is a song written by Mark Barkan and Ben Raleigh. It was originally recorded by Lesley Gore in 1963. The single reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #26 on Billboard's R&B singles chart.


She's Always a Woman

"She's Always a Woman" is a song by Billy Joel from his 1977 album, The Stranger. It is a love song about a modern woman whom the singer has fallen totally in love with. The single peaked at No. 17 in the U.S. in Oct. 1978. It re-entered the UK chart in 2010, reaching No. 29. An instrumental version of the song was heard playing on the plaza of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.


She's Not You

"She's Not You" is a 1962 song recorded by Elvis Presley and released as a single on RCA Victor. The song reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on the R&B chart. It was written by Doc Pomus in collaboration with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The Jordanaires sang background vocals.


Shine On You Crazy Diamond

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine-part composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright. It appeared on Pink Floyd's 1975 concept album Wish You Were Here. The song is written about and dedicated to Syd Barrett, who left the band in 1968 due to deteriorating mental health.


Show Me The Way To Go Home

"Show Me the Way to Go Home" is a popular song written in 1925 by Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly. The song is in common use in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and North America. Campbell and Connelly published the sheet music and recorded the song under the pseudonym "Irving King"


Silver Bells

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"Silver Bells" is a popular Christmas song composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. The first recorded version was sung by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards on September 8, 1950, with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Lee Gordon Singers. The song was recorded by American country duo the Judds and was released as a single in 1987.


Silver Threads And Golden Needles

"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" is a song written by Dick Reynolds and Jack Rhodes. It was first recorded by Wanda Jackson in 1956. The Springfields had a 1962 hit which peaked at #20 on the Billboard Top 40.


Simple Gifts

The tune and lyrics were written by Elder Joseph Brackett (1797-1882) of the Alfred, Maine Shaker community. The song was largely unknown outside Shaker communities until Aaron Copland used its melody for the score of Martha Graham's ballet, Appalachian Spring.


Since I Don't Have You

"Since I Don't Have You" is a song written and composed by Jackie Taylor, James Beaumont, Janet Vogel, Joseph Rock, Joe Verscharen, Lennie Martin, and Wally Lester. It was first a 1958 hit single for the doo-wop group the Skyliners on the Billboard Hot 100. Country music singer Ronnie Milsap had a hit with the song in 1991. Guns N' Roses also had some success in 1994 with their version of the song which reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart.


Sing, Sing, Sing

"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" is a 1936 song, with music and lyrics by Louis Prima. The song is strongly identified with the big band and swing eras. Several have performed the piece as an instrumental, including Fletcher Henderson.


Single Girl

Single Girl is a song by Martha Sharpe that was an international hit for American singer Sandy Posey from late 1966 to early 1967. Posey recorded "Single Girl" in Nashville, Tennessee on August 10, 1966. It was produced by "Chips" Moman and released by MGM.


Sinner Man

"Sinner Man" is an African American traditional spiritual song. The lyrics describe a sinner attempting to hide from divine justice on Judgment Day. It was recorded in the 1950s by Les Baxter, the Swan Silvertones, the Weavers and others. Nina Simone recorded an extended version of the song in 1965.


Sioux City Sue

"Sioux City Sue" is a 1945 song and a 1946 movie. Lyricist Ray Freedman and composer Dick Thomas wrote the song. Thomas recorded the song in February 1945 for National Records and it was a number one Country charts hit.


Sir Duke

"Sir Duke" is a song composed and performed by Stevie Wonder from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. Released as a single in 1977, the track topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Black Singles charts, and reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. The song was written in tribute to Duke Ellington, the influential jazz legend who had died in 1974.


Sixteen Tons

"Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner. Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California, on August 8, 1946. A 1955 version recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford reached number one in the Billboard charts. Another version by Frankie Laine 1956 was released only in Western Europe, where it gave Ford's version competition.


Skip To My Lou

"Skip to My Lou" is a popular American partner-stealing dance from the 1840s. The song has been recorded by various artists including Lead Belly, Pete Seeger, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, The Blue Sky Boys, Dickie Bishop and His Sidekicks, and Dale Warland Singers.


Skokiaan

Skokiaan (Chikokiyana in Shona) refers to an illegal self-made alcoholic beverage typically brewed over one day. It was originally composed and first recorded as a sax and trumpet instrumental by the African Dance Band of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) under leadership of August Musarurwa. The Four Lads, Louis Armstrong, Bill Haley, Herb Alpert, Brave Combo, Hugh Masekela and Kermit Ruffins also covered this song.


Sleeping Single In A Double Bed

"Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan. It was released in August 1978 as the first single from her album Moods. The song was Mandrell's twenty-sixth chart hit on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles.


Slow Hot Wind

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Slow Poke

Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart

"Slow Poke" is a 1951 popular song credited to three writers: Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and Chilton Price. King recorded the song and Stewart did the vocal. Price gave rights to the other two in exchange for publicity.


Slowly

"Slowly" is a 1954 song by Webb Pierce and Tommy Hill. The song was one of Pierce's more successful singles, spending seventeen weeks at the top of the Country and Western Best Sellers lists. The Haden Triplets recorded the song for their debut album on Jack White's Third Man Records.


Smoke On The Water

"Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple. It was first released from the band's sixth studio album Machine Head (1972) The song chronicles the 1971 fire at Montreux Casino.


Snuggled On Your Shoulder

"Snuggled on Your Shoulder (Cuddled in Your Arms)" is a popular song with music by Carmen Lombardo and lyrics by Joe Young, published in 1932. Bing Crosby recorded the song on January 21, 1932.


So Danco Samba

Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes

"So Danco Samba" (aka "Jazz 'n' Samba") is a bossa nova song composed in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. English lyrics were later written by Norman Gimbel. The song was first performed by Joao Gilberto and Os Cariocas in August 1962.


So Long, It's Been Good To Know You

"So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh" is a song by American folk musician Woody Guthrie first released in 1935. The composition is considered one of Guthrie's best songs, defining his style. The song tells about the hard times that Americans experienced during the Great Depression, especially the "harsh weather and drought conditions" experienced by farm workers.


So Small

Carrie Underwood, Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey

"So Small" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Carrie Underwood. It was released in August 2007 as the first single from her 2007 album Carnival Ride. Underwood co-wrote the song "I Ain't In Checotah Anymore" with Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird.


Some Enchanted Evening

"Some Enchanted Evening" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. It is a three-verse solo for the leading male character, Emile, in which he describes seeing a stranger, knowing that he will see her again, and dreaming of her laughter. The song is reprised several times during the show by Nellie and/or Emile as their relationship experiences setbacks and reconciliations.


Some Of These Days

"Some of These Days" is a popular song, written and composed by Shelton Brooks, published in 1910. Sophie Tucker recorded her classic, million-selling 1926 version, which stayed in the #1 position on the charts for five weeks beginning November 23, 1926.


Somebody Bigger Than You And I

"Somebody Bigger Than You and I" is a song written by Johnny Lange, Hy Heath and Sonny Burke. It is known as a gospel standard.


SOMEBODY TOLD ME

"Somebody Told Me" is a song by American rock band The Killers. It was released as the second official single from the group's debut studio album Hot Fuss (2004) The single peaked at number 51 on the United States Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, it charted at number 28 upon its first release in March 2004, becoming the band's first hit in the top 40. In Australia, the song was ranked number four on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004.


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"Someday My Prince Will Come" is a song from Walt Disney's 1937 animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was written by Larry Morey (lyrics) & Frank Churchill (music), and performed by Adriana Caselotti (Snow White's voice in the movie) It was also featured in the 1979 stage adaptation of the 1937 animated musical movie. American Film Institute listed this song at No. 19 on their list of the 100 greatest songs in movie history.


Somethin' Stupid

"Somethin' Stupid" is a song written by C. Carson Parks. It was originally recorded in 1966 by Parks and his wife Gaile Foote, as Carson and Gaile. A 1967 version by Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy Sinatra became a major international hit, reaching number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart.


Something Beautiful

"Something Beautiful" is a song written by Guy Chambers and Robbie Williams. Originally offered to Welsh singer Tom Jones, it was released on 28 July 2003 as the third single from Williams' fifth studio album Escapology. The song reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and peaked within the top 10 in Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Romania.


Something for the Pain

"Something For The Pain" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released in September 1995 as the second single from their 1995 album These Days. It charted at number 76 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 15 in Canada, number eight on the UK Singles Chart, and number four in Finland, its highest national position anywhere.


Something's Got a Hold on Me

"Something's Got a Hold on Me" is a song by American singer Etta James. It was released in 1962 as the third single from her 1962 self-titled album. The song was written by James, Leroy Kirkland and Pearl Woods. It has been covered and sampled by various contemporary artists.


Song Sung Blue

"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 hit song written and recorded by Neil Diamond. It was released on Diamond's album Moods. The song was a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States for one week, the week of July 1, 1972. It has become one of Diamond's standards, and he often performs it during concerts.


Sophisticated Lady

"Sophisticated Lady" is a jazz standard, composed as an instrumental in 1932 by Duke Ellington. The words were added to the song by Mitchell Parish. The recording entered the charts on 27 May 1933 and rose to number three.


Speak Low

"Speak Low" is a popular song composed by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Ogden Nash. It was introduced by Mary Martin and Kenny Baker in the Broadway musical One Touch of Venus (1943) The 1944 hit single was by Guy Lombardo and his orchestra, with vocal by Billy Leach.


Speak No Evil

Speak No Evil is the sixth album by Wayne Shorter. It was released in June 1966 by Blue Note Records. The music combines elements of hard bop and modal jazz. The cover shows Shorter's first wife, Teruko (Irene) Nakagami.


Speak Now

Speak Now is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 25, 2010, through Big Machine Records. Inspired by Swift's transition from adolescence into adulthood, Speak Now is a loose concept album about her confessions regarding love and heartache. The album combines country pop, pop rock, and power pop with rock sensibilities and melodies.


Speak Softly Love

"Speak Softly, Love" is a popular song published in 1972, with music by Nino Rota and lyrics by Larry Kusik. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1972 film The Godfather. The highest-charting rendition of either version was by vocalist Andy Williams. It reached number 34 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 and number seven on its Easy Listening chart.


Spring Is Here

"Spring is Here" is a 1938 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical I Married an Angel. The song was introduced by Dennis King and Vivienne Segal. This article is about the Rodgers and Hart song. For the 1930 musical film, see Spring Is Here (film). For the album by Stan Getz, see spring is here (album)


Squeeze Me

"Squeeze Me" is a 1925 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller. It was based on an old blues song called "The Boy in the Boat" The lyrics were credited to publisher Clarence Williams, although Andy Razaf has claimed to have actually written the lyrics.


St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the six teams from the 1967 NHL expansion and is named after the W. C. Handy song "Saint Louis Blues" They play their home games at the 18,096 seat Enterprise Center. The Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League (AHL) are the team's minor league affiliate. The Blues won the Stanley Cup in 2019 and have the most Stanley Cup playoff appearances outside of the Original Six.


Stand By Your Man

"Stand by Your Man" is a song recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It was released on September 20, 1968 as the first single and title track from the album Stand By Your Man. The song earned Wynette the 1970 Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female. It is one of the most familiar songs in the history of country music.


Stars and Stripes Forever

"The Stars and Stripes Forever" is a patriotic American march written and composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896. By a 1987 act of the U.S. Congress, it is the official National March of the United States of America.


Stars Fell On Alabama

"Stars Fell on Alabama" is a jazz standard composed by Frank Perkins with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It refers to a spectacular occurrence of the Leonid meteor shower that had been observed in Alabama in November 1833. The song has become the unofficial anthem of both the Southerners and Jacksonville State University.


Stella By Starlight

"Stella by Starlight" is a popular song by Victor Young. It is the main title and soundtrack of the 1944 Paramount Pictures film, The Uninvited. The song is one of the most popular standards, ranked number 10 by jazzstandards.com.


Steppin' Out With My Baby

"Steppin' Out with My Baby" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin and introduced in the 1948 musical film Easter Parade. It was sung by Fred Astaire as part of a dance number involving Astaire on stairs and three different dance partners. The song has been recorded by several artists, most notably Tony Bennett, in whose treatment it has become a jazz standard.


Storytelling

Every culture has its own stories or narratives, which are shared as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation or instilling moral values. Crucial elements of stories and storytelling include plot, characters and narrative point of view. The term "storytelling" can refer specifically to oral storytelling but also broadly to techniques used in other media to unfold the narrative of a story.


Strange Meadowlark

Time Out is a studio album by the American jazz group the Dave Brubeck Quartet, released in 1959 on Columbia Records. It is based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz such as 98, 64 and 54. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and was the first jazz album to sell a million copies.


Stupid Cupid

"Stupid Cupid" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka. It became a hit for Connie Francis in 1958. The song has also been recorded by Wanda Jackson, by Jo Wyatt, and by Mandy Moore.


Suddenly There's A Valley

"Suddenly There's a Valley" is a popular song written by Chuck Meyer and Biff Jones. The song was a major hit for Gogi Grant (one of only two major ones she had, and one of three that charted for her) in 1955. Edith Piaf recorded a French-language version, "Soudain une vallee" in February 1956.


Sultans of Swing

"Sultans of Swing" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits. The song was written by lead vocalist Mark Knopfler. The demo of the song was recorded at Pathway Studios, North London, in July 1977. The single would go on to reach the top 5 in Canada, South Africa, and the United States. It is one of the band's most recognizable songs.


Summer Paradise

"Summer Paradise" is a song by Canadian rock band Simple Plan. It was released on December 13, 2011, in Australia as the third official single from their fourth studio album, Get Your Heart On! It was written by Emanuel Kiriakou, Keinan Warsame and the band and produced by Brian Howes. The song is a reggae and ska punk-based track and it was inspired by the band vocalist's hobby of surfing.


Sun Arise

"Sun Arise" is the fourth single released by Australian singer-songwriter Rolf Harris. Released in January 1961 in Australia and October 1962 in the UK, it was Harris' third charting hit in Australia (following "The Big Black Hat" in 1960) It was also his first hit in the United States, at no. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Godfathers covered the song as one of their first singles, which was later compiled onto Hit by Hit.


Sunday Mornin' comin' down

"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson. It was recorded in 1969 by Ray Stevens before becoming a #1 hit on the Billboard US Country chart for Johnny Cash. In 2021, it was listed at #476 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time"


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"Sunday, Monday or Always" is a 1943 popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. The biggest hit version, recorded by Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers on July 2, 1943 and appearing in his film Dixie, was made during a musician's strike. The song was also recorded by Frank Sinatra about the same time.


Sunrise Serenade

"Sunrise Serenade" is a jazz song written by Frankie Carle with lyrics by Jack Lawrence. It was first recorded in 1939 by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Carle on piano. Glenn Miller recorded the song on April 10, 1939 in New York.


Sunshine on my shoulders

"Sunshine on My Shoulders" is a song recorded and co-written by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was originally released as an album track on 1971's Poems, Prayers & Promises and later, as a single in 1973. It went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. in early 1974. The song was covered by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen from her debut studio album, Tug of War, in 2008.


Super Duper Love

"Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me)" is a song by Willie "Sugar Billy" Garner. It was made famous when English singer Joss Stone covered the song's part one for her debut album, The Soul Sessions. Stone's version is featured on the soundtrack to the 2004 films The Prince and Me and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and in 2005's Monster-in-Law.


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"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is a song and single from the 1964 Disney musical film Mary Poppins. It was written by the Sherman Brothers, and sung by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. It also appears in the 2004 stage show version. Song was subject of an unsuccessful lawsuit by songwriters Gloria Parker and Barney Young.


Superstar

Superstar is someone's who has great popular appeal and is widely known, prominent, or successful in some field. The earliest use of the term "superstar" has been credited to Frank Patrick in reference to the great hockey players of the 1910s-1920s, specifically Cyclone Taylor.


Susie Darlin'

"Susie Darlin'" was originally titled "All Night Long" but was later re-titled and named after Luke's sister. Luke's rendition peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went to #1 on the CHUM Chart in 1958. A cover version by Tommy Roe had "SusieDarlin'" re-enter the Hot 100 in 1962 and peaked at No. 35.


Suzy Snowflake

"Suzy Snowflake" is a song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, made famous by Rosemary Clooney in 1951. It is commonly regarded as a Christmas song, although it makes no mention of the holiday. The child-oriented lyrics celebrate the fun of winter.


Sweet And Lovely

"Sweet and Lovely" is an American popular song of 1931, composed by Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, and Harry Tobias. It was #1 on the charts for 14 weeks.


Sweet Beulah Land

The Southern gospel song Sweet Beulah Land, was written and composed by Squire Parsons in 1973. Parsons recorded it in 1979. It has been recorded by several other artists, including Carroll Roberson, The Chuck Wagon Gang, and the Gaither Homecoming Choir.


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"Sweet Georgia Brown" is a jazz standard composed in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard. It was adopted as the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team in 1952. The song was first recorded on March 19, 1925, by bandleader Ben Bernie.


Sweet Sue, Just You

"Sweet Sue, Just You" is an American popular song of 1928, composed by Victor Young with lyrics by Will J. Harris. Popular versions in 1928 were by Earl Burtnett and Ben Pollack. Bing Crosby recorded the song for Brunswick Records on October 25, 1932 but it was not released until 1968.


Swing Low Sweet Chariot

"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is an African-American spiritual song and one of the best-known Christian hymns. The song was composed by Wallace Willis, a Choctaw freedman in the old Indian Territory, near Hugo, Oklahoma. Willis may have been inspired by the sight of the Red River, by which he was toiling, which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah being taken to heaven by a chariot.


Swinging On A Star

"Swinging on a Star" is an American pop standard with music composed by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1944 film Going My Way, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song that year. In 2004 it finished at #37 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.


Take Five

"Take Five" is a jazz standard composed by Paul Desmond and originally recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet for their album Time Out on July 1, 1959. Two years later it became a surprise hit and the biggest-selling jazz single ever. The single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996. It became the first jazz single to surpass a million in sales.


Take Me Home, Country Roads

"Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard's US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971. In March 2014, it became one of the four official state anthems of West Virginia. The song has continued to sell, with over 1.6 million digital copies sold in the United States. Not to be confused with the James Taylor song Country Road.


Take On Me

"Take On Me" is a song by Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha. The original 1984 version failed to chart in the United Kingdom, as did the second version in the first of its two 1985 releases. The 1985 international hit version was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's debut studio album, Hunting High and Low.


Take The 'A' Train

"Take the 'A' Train" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn. It was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra. The title refers to the then-new A subway service that runs through New York City.


Tears in Heaven

"Tears in Heaven" is a song by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings. It appeared on the 1991 Rush film soundtrack. In January 1992, Clapt on performed the song in front of an audience at Bray Studios, Berkshire, England for MTV Unplugged, with the recording appearing on his unplugged album. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it 362nd on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"


Tears on my Pillow

"Tears on My Pillow" is a doo-wop song written by Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis in 1958. The composition was first recorded by Little Anthony and the Imperials on End Records. The song has been covered many times, most notably by Kylie Minogue and also by Johnny Tillotson in 1969.


Ten Cents A Dance

"Ten Cents a Dance" is a popular song in which a taxi dancer laments the hardships of her job. The music was written by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Ruth Etting popularized the song as well in a Columbia recording made in 1930. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.


Tenderly

"Tenderly" is a popular song published in 1946 with music by Walter Gross and lyrics by Jack Lawrence. Written in the key of Eb as a waltz in 3/4 time, it has since been performed in 4/4. Sarah Vaughan recorded the song in 1946 and had a US pop hit with it in 1947.


Tennessee waltz

"Tennessee Waltz" is a popular country music song with lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in January 1948. The song became a multimillion seller via a 1950 recording by Patti Page. As of 1974, it was the biggest-selling song ever in Japan.


Tenor Madness

Tenor Madness is a 1956 jazz album by Sonny Rollins. It is the only known recording featuring both Rollins and John Coltrane. The title track is a 12-minute showcase for both saxophonists.


Thank You For The Music

"Thank You for the Music" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally featured on the group's fifth studio album, The Album (1979) It was released as a double-A sided single with "Eagle" in May 1978 in limited territories, namely Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland and Australia. In South Africa where it peaked at number 2 in August 1978 and became the eighteenth best-selling single of that year.


Thanks For The Memory

"Thanks for the Memory" is a popular song composed by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin. It was introduced in the 1938 film The Big Broadcast of 1938 by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross, and recorded by Shep Fields and His Orchestra. Dorothy Lamour's solo recording of the song was also popular.


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"That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls around Heaven All Day)" is a 1949 popular song with music by Beasley Smith and words by Haven Gillespie. Like "Ol' Man River", its lyrics contrast the toil and intense hardship of the singer's life with the obliviousness of the natural world.


That Old Black Magic

"That Old Black Magic" is a 1942 popular song written by Harold Arlen (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) It was first recorded by Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra on July 9, 1942. Glenn Miller recorded the song on July 15, 1942, with "A Pink Cocktail For a Blue Lady" as the B side.


That'll Be The Day

"That'll Be the Day" was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956. It was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band, the Crickets. The 1957 recording achieved widespread success. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.


That's All Right

"That's All Right" is a song written and originally performed by the American blues singer Arthur Crudup. Elvis Presley's version was recorded on July 5, 1954, and released on July 19, 1954 with "Blue Moon of Kentucky" as the B-side. It was ranked number 113 on the 2010 Rolling Stone magazine list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time"


That's My Desire

"That's My Desire" is a 1931 popular song with music by Helmy Kresa and lyrics by Carroll Loveday. The highest-charting version of the song was recorded by the Sammy Kaye orchestra in 1946. A version recorded by Frankie Laine has become better known over the years, being one of Laine's best-known recordings.


That's My Weakness Now

"That's My Weakness Now" is a song written by Sam H. Stept and Bud Green (words and music) in 1928. Another recording in 1928 was by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, supported by a vocal group including Bing Crosby. It is used as the opening theme in the Vitaphone music and sound effects disc for the silent Laurel and Hardy short We Faw Down. The song is also featured in the 1932 Krazy Kat cartoon Piano Mover and the Betty Boop cartoon Stopping the Show.


The Air That I Breathe

"The Air That I Breathe" is a ballad written by British-Gibraltarian singer-songwriter Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. It was a major hit for the Hollies in early 1974, reaching number two in the UK Singles Chart. In mid-1974, it reached number six in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number three on the Adult Contemporary chart.


The Ash Grove

The Ash Grove (Welsh: Llwyn Onn) is a traditional Welsh folk song. The best-known version was written in English by Thomas Oliphant in the 19th century. The tune was used for the Thanksgiving hymn "Let All Things Now Living"


The Battle Of New Orleans

arrangement of trad. American fiddle tune , Jimmy Driftwood

"The Battle of New Orleans" is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. The song was recorded by Johnny Horton in 1959. It was ranked as the No. 1 song in the first 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100.


The Black Velvet Band

"The Black Velvet Band" (Roud number 2146) is a traditional folk song collected from singers in Ireland, Australia, England, Canada and the United States. It was published as a broadside ballad by Swindells of Manchester.


The Breeze And I

The original music (instrumental only) was written by the Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona as part of his Suite Andalucia in 1928. Emilio de Torre added Spanish lyrics, and English lyrics were added in 1940 by Al Stillman.


The Fool On The Hill

"The Fool on the Hill" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 EP and album Magical Mystery Tour. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon-McCartney partnership. In 1968, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 recorded a cover version of the song that reached the top ten in the US.


The Godfather Theme

"Speak Softly, Love" is a popular song published in 1972, with music by Nino Rota and lyrics by Larry Kusik. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1972 film The Godfather. The highest-charting rendition of either version was by vocalist Andy Williams. It reached number 34 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 and number seven on its Easy Listening chart.


The Great Pretender

"The Great Pretender" is a popular song recorded by The Platters. The words and music were written by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer. The song reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top 100, and No. 5 on the UK charts. It was ranked 360th in The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone.


The Greatest Love Of All

"The Greatest Love of All" is a song written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed for the 1977 film The Greatest. It was originally recorded by George Benson, who made the song a substantial hit. Benson recorded the song four times; in addition to the studio single, Benson also recorded three live versions, the last time in a duet with Luciano Pavarotti in 2001. Whitney Houston's 1985 cover topped the charts, peaking at number one in the United States, Australia, Canada and in early 1986.


The Green Door

"The Green Door" is a 1956 popular song with music composed by Bob "Hutch" Davie and lyrics written by Marvin J. Moore. The song was first recorded by Jim Lowe, whose version reached number one on the US pop chart. The lyrics describe the allure of a mysterious private club with a green door.


The Gypsy Rover

Leo Maguire, adaptation of traditional British Isles folk song

The Whistling Gypsy is a well-known ballad composed and copyrighted by Dublin songwriter Leo Maguire in the 1950s. The story-line usually revolves around a woman leaving her home and her "wedded lord" to run off with one or more Gypsies. The song was first recorded by Joe Lynch in Dublin on the Glenside label, which had been set up by Martin Walton in 1952.


The Happy Wanderer

Friedrich Wilhelm Moeller, Antonia Ridge

"The Happy Wanderer" is a popular German folk song. The original text was written by Florenz Friedrich Sigismund (1791-1877) The present tune was composed by Friedrich-Wilhelm Moller shortly after World War II.


The Holly and The Ivy

"The Holly and the Ivy" is a traditional British folk Christmas carol, listed as number 514 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The words of the carol occur in three broadsides published in Birmingham in the early nineteenth century. The version which is now popular was collected in 1909 by the English folk song collector Cecil Sharp in Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire.


The Jody Grind

The Jody Grind is a 1966 recording by Horace Silver featuring both a quintet and a sextet. Released the following year on his longtime label Blue Note, it peaked No. 8 of the Billboard jazz album charts. It would "wind up as possibly the most challenging" of Silver's albums.


The John Dunbar Theme

Dances With Wolves is the original soundtrack of the 1990 Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film Dances with Wolves produced, directed, and starring Kevin Costner. The original score and songs were composed and conducted by John Barry. Barry won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Original Score, and the 1992 Grammy Award for Worst Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture.


The Last Thing On My Mind

"The Last Thing on My Mind" is a song written by Tom Paxton in the early 1960s. It was released on Paxton's 1964 album Ramblin' Boy. Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton covered the song as their debut duet single on October 30, 1967.


The Loco-motion

"The Loco-Motion" is a 1962 pop song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was originally written for R&B singer Dee Dee Sharp, but Sharp turned the song down. The song is ranked No. 359 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"


The Long And Winding Road

"The Long and Winding Road" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1970 album Let It Be. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney. It became the group's 20th and last number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States.


The Longest Time

"The Longest Time" is a doo-wop single by Billy Joel. It was released as a single in 1984 as the fourth single from the 1983 album An Innocent Man. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. In the United Kingdom the song reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.


The Lost Chord

"The Lost Chord" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his brother Fred during Fred's last illness. The lyric was written as a poem by Adelaide Anne Procter, published in 1858 in The English Woman's Journal. Sullivan was proud of the song and later noted: "I have composed much music since then, but have never written a second lost chord"


The Man That Got Away

Song written by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin, for the 1954 film A Star is Born. In 1954, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2004, Judy Garland's performance of the song was selected by the American Film Institute as the eleventh greatest song in American cinema history.


The Marine's Hymn

The "Marines' Hymn" is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps. The music originates from an 1867 work by Jacques Offenbach with the lyrics added by an anonymous author at an unknown time in the following years. Authorized by the Commandant of the Marine Corps in 1929, it is the oldest official song in the US Armed Forces.


The Marines' Hymn


The Marvelous Toy

Thomas Richard Paxton is an American folk singer-songwriter. His songs have been recorded by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, the Weavers, Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, the Seekers, Marianne Faithfull, the Kingston Trio, John Denver, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.


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"The More I See You" is a popular song composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics by Mack Gordon. It was originally sung by Dick Haymes in the 1945 film Diamond Horseshoe. Chris Montez's version went to number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent four weeks at number two on the Easy Listening chart.


The Most Beautiful Girl

Billy Sherrill, Norris Wilson, Rory Bourke

"The Most Beautiful Girl" is a song recorded by Charlie Rich and written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson, and Rory Bourke. The countrypolitan ballad reached No. 1 in the United States in 1973. The song is actually a merging of two songs previously recorded by Wilson: "Hey Mister" (from 1968) and "Mama McCluskie"


The Music Goes Round and Round

The music was written by Edward Farley and Mike Riley, the lyrics by Red Hodgson. The song was recorded by Tommy Dorsey and became a hit in 1936. It has since been recorded by many other artists and has become a pop and jazz standard.


The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane

"The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" is a popular song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett. Popular versions of the song were the 1954 recordings by The Ames Brothers and by Archie Bleyer. Dean Martin, Alma Cogan and the McGuire Sisters covered the song in 1955. Ray Charles in 1964 and the Statler Brothers in the 1990s.


The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a song written by Robbie Robertson and recorded by the Band in 1969. Levon Helm provided the lead vocals. The song is a first-person narrative relating the economic and social distress experienced by the protagonist, a poor white Southerner. Joan Baez's version peaked at #3 on the Hot 100 on 2 October 1971; it did likewise on the Cashbox Top 100 chart.


The Old Rugged Cross

"The Old Rugged Cross" is a popular hymn written in 1912 by evangelist and song-leader George Bennard. The song was popularized during Billy Sunday evangelistic campaigns by two members of his campaign staff. It has been performed by some of the twentieth century's most important recording artists, including Al Green, Andy Griffith, Anne Murray, Brad Paisley, Chet Atkins, John Berry, Floyd Cramer.


The Poor People Of Paris

Marguerite Monnot, Jack Lawrence, Rene Rouzaud

The original French language song was "La goualante du pauvre Jean" ("The Ballad of Poor John"), with music by Marguerite Monnot and words by Rene Rouzaud. Edith Piaf had one of her biggest hits with the original French version. The song was adapted by American songwriter Jack Lawrence in 1954.


The Prisoner's Song

"The Prisoner's Song" was one of the best-selling songs of the 1920s. The Vernon Dalhart version was recorded at Victor Records in August 1924 and marketed in the hillbilly music genre. The first verse was sung by Liberace at the end of an episode of the 1960s television show Batman.


The Rock and Roll Waltz

"I've Changed My Mind" is a song by Kay Starr and Shorty Allen. The song was released in 1955. It reached No. 1 in the UK in 1956.


The Second Time Around

"The Second Time Around" is a song with words by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It was introduced in the 1960 film High Time, sung by Bing Crosby with Henry Mancini conducting his orchestra, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It is especially associated with Frank Sinatra, who recorded it for Reprise Records on December 21, 1960.


The Sheik Of Araby

Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler, Harry B. Smith

"The Sheik of Araby" was written in 1921 by Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler, with music by Ted Snyder. The song was a Tin Pan Alley hit, and was also adopted by early jazz bands, especially in New Orleans, making it a jazz standard. The Beatles covered this song in 1962 at their unsuccessful Decca audition with George Harrison as the lead singer and Pete Best on the drums.


The Sidewalks Of New York

"The Sidewalks of New York" is a popular song about life in New York City during the 1890s. It was composed in 1894 by vaudeville actor and singer Charles B. Lawlor with lyrics by James W. Blake. Governor Al Smith used it as a theme song for his failed presidential campaigns of 1920, 1924, and 1928.


THE SONG THAT GOES LIKE THIS

Spamalot is a musical comedy with music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, and lyrics and book by Idle. It is adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The original 2005 Broadway production received 14 Tony Awards nominations, winning in three categories, including Best Musical.


The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, opened in 1959 and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, which won five Academy Awards. Many songs from the musical have become standards.


The Sounds Of Silence

"The Sound of Silence" is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. The song was written by Paul Simon over several months in 1963 and 1964. The original acoustic version was recorded in March 1964 for their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Released on October 19, 1964, the album was a commercial failure and led to the duo disbanding.


The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)

"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" is a country-pop song written by Otha Young for Juice Newton in the mid-1970s. Newton re-recorded the song for her 1981 album, the star-making Juice, which featured three of her biggest pop hits. The single is the only of Juice Newton's to reach the Top 10 on all three charts. The music video for the song was filmed in New York City.


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"The Things We Did Last Summer" is a popular song about nostalgia. The words were written by Sammy Cahn, with the composition by Jule Styne. The most well known version is the 1946 Top ten hit by Jo Stafford. Versions by Frank Sinatra and by Vaughn Monroe also charted that year. Shelley Fabares had a hit cover in 1962 on the pop chart.


The Third Man Theme

"The Third Man Theme" is an instrumental written and performed by Anton Karas for the soundtrack to the 1949 film The Third Man. The tune was originally released in the UK in 1949, where it was known as "The Harry Lime Theme" Following its release in the US in 1950 (see 1950 in music), "The Third man Theme" spent 11 weeks at number one on Billboard's US Best Sellers in Stores chart.


The Tijuana Jail

"The Tijuana Jail" is a song written by Denny Thompson and performed by The Kingston Trio. It reached #12 on the US pop chart in 1959. The song was banned in San Diego as well as in Mexico, because songs about prisons are banned in Mexico. The melody is loosely based on the prison song "Midnight Special"


The Very Thought Of You

"The Very Thought of You" is a pop standard that was recorded and published in 1934. The song was first recorded by Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Al Bowlly on vocals for HMV in England in April 1934. In 1946, Luis Russell recorded the song, which went to number three on the Most-Played Juke Box Race Records charts.


The Way You Do The Things You Do

William Smokey Robinson and Robert Rogers

"The Way You Do the Things You Do" is a 1964 hit single by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers, the single was the group's first charting single on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been an American Top 40 hit in four successive decades, from the 1960s to the 1990s.


The Way You Look Tonight

Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Music by Jerome Kern

"The Way You Look To-night" is a song from the film Swing Time. It was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. The Lettermen version reached No. 13 on the Billboard magazine Hot 100 singles chart.


The Wayward Wind

"The Wayward Wind" is a country song written by Stanley Lebowsky and Herb Newman. In 1956, versions were recorded by Gogi Grant, Tex Ritter, and Jimmy Young. In 1963, a new recording was made by Frank Ifield, which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks.


The Wearing of the Green

Traditional Irish air, Dion Boucicault (1822 - 1890)

"The Wearing of the Green" is an Irish street ballad lamenting the repression of supporters of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It is to an old Irish air, and many versions of the lyric exist. The best-known version is by Dion Boucicault, adapted for his 1864 play Arragh na Pogue.


The Wild Colonial Boy

"The Wild Colonial Boy" is a traditional anonymous Irish-Australian ballad. There are many different versions, the most prominent being the Irish and Australian versions. The original was about Jack Donahue, an Irish rebel who became a convict, then a bushranger, and was eventually shot dead by police. This version was outlawed as seditious, so the name in the song was changed to Jack Doolan.


The Wind Beneath My Wings

"Wind Beneath My Wings" is a song written in 1982 by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley. The song was first recorded by Kamahl in 1982 for a country and western album he was recording. It appeared shortly thereafter in charted versions by Colleen Hewett, Lou Rawls, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Gary Morris. The highest-charting version of the song to date was recorded in 1988 by singer and actress Bette Midler for the soundtrack to the film Beaches.


The Windmills Of Your Mind

Michael Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman

"The Windmills of Your Mind" is a song with music by Michel Legrand and English lyrics written by Americans Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The French lyrics, under the title "Les Moulins de mon coeur", were written by Eddy Marnay. The song (with the English lyrics) was introduced in the film The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.


Them There Eyes

Maceo Pinkard, William Tracy, Doris Tauber

"Them There Eyes" is a jazz song written by Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, and William Tracey. One of the early recorded versions was performed by Louis Armstrong in 1931. It was made famous by Billie Holiday, who recorded her version in 1939. A version by Emile Ford & The Checkmates reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart in 1960.


Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk. It was first released in 1962 by Don Cherry, as a country song and again as a doo-wop in 1967 by the group The Casinos on its album of the same name. The song has since been covered by Eddy Arnold, whose version was a number 1 country hit in 1968. Neal McCoy covered the song in 1996, and his version became a Top 5 country hit.


There Are Such Things

Abel Baer, George W. Meyer, Stanley Adams

"There Are Such Things" is a popular song by Stanley Adams, Abel Baer, and George W. Meyer, published in 1942. The first and most popular version of the song was performed by Tommy Dorsey's orchestra with vocals by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers.


There Is No Greater Love

"There Is No Greater Love" is a 1936 jazz standard composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Marty Symes. It was the last hit song for Jones's orchestra before the bandleader turned the orchestra over to Woody Herman. The song is often played as a ballad.


There'll Be Some Changes Made

"There'll Be Some Changes Made" ("Changes") is a popular song by Benton Overstreet and Billy Higgins. The debut recording with Ethel Waters was recorded on Black Swan Records (1921) A 1924 recording by Marion Harris (Brunswick 2651) helped establish it as a standard.


There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

"There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" is a 1928 song sung by Al Jolson in the early Warner Bros. talking picture The Singing Fool. The song, along with "Sonny Boy" and "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", were big hits for Jolson. The line "Got a rainbow tied all 'round my shoulder" refers to the "Rainbow" as "the arc of a swinging pick"


There's A Tear In My Beer

"There's a Tear in My Beer" is a country song written and recorded by Hank Williams, and later re-recorded by his son in 1988. The song was recorded by Bill Lister, who later gave the demo to Hank's son. The music video was directed by Ethan Russell and produced by  and premiered in early 1989.


There's No Business Like Show Business

"There's No Business Like Show Business" is an Irving Berlin song, written for the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun. The song is also featured in the 1954 movie of the same name, where it is notably sung by Ethel Merman as the main musical number. Other singers to have recorded the song include Judy Garland, The Andrews Sisters (with Bing Crosby and Dick Haymes), Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr. and Susannah McCorkle.


They Didn't Believe Me

"They Didn't Believe Me" is a song with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Herbert Reynolds. First introduced in the 1914 musical The Girl from Utah it was one of five numbers added to the show.


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"Things Ain't What They Used to Be" is a 1942 jazz standard with music by Mercer Ellington and lyrics by Ted Persons. The song is most often played as an instrumental. An instrumental version was frequently played as the closing music for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.


Third Man Theme

"The Third Man Theme" is an instrumental written and performed by Anton Karas for the soundtrack to the 1949 film The Third Man. The tune was originally released in the UK in 1949, where it was known as "The Harry Lime Theme" Following its release in the US in 1950 (see 1950 in music), "The Third man Theme" spent 11 weeks at number one on Billboard's US Best Sellers in Stores chart.


This Could Be The Start Of Something Big

"This Could Be the Start of Something" is a popular song by Steve Allen. The song was written as part of the score for the 1954 television musical The Bachelor.


This Guy's In Love With You

"This Guy's in Love with You" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and recorded by Herb Alpert. The song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in June of that year, remaining in the top position for four weeks. It was not only Alpert's first single, but it was also the first No.1 single for his A&M record label.


This Heart of Mine

This music standard was written by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Arthur Freed to be featured in the musical film score Ziegfeld Follies. This song is introduced by Fred Astaire who danced with Lucille Bremer in a lavish and romantic dance. In the same film, Esther Williams swam in a water ballet.


This Heaven

"This Heaven" is a song written and recorded by former Pink Floyd lead singer and guitarist, David Gilmour. It is included as the sixth track from his third studio album, and his first post-Pink Floyd solo album, On an Island. It was one of two songs released in the US as promotional CD-Rs in October 2006.


This Land is Your Land

"This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940 in critical response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" Guthrie's melody was based on a Carter Family tune called "When the World's on Fire"


This Little Light of Mine

"This Little Light of Mine" is a popular gospel song of unknown origin. It was often reported to be written for children in the 1920s by Harry Dixon Loes, but he never claimed credit for the original version of the song. The Moody Bible Institute where he worked said he did not write it. The song was later adapted by Zilphia Horton, amongst many other activists, in connection with the civil rights movement.


This Love Of Mine

Henry Sanicola, Sol Parker, Frank Sinatra

"This Love of Mine" is a popular American song that was first recorded in 1941 by Tommy Dorsey and His orchestra, with a vocal by Frank Sinatra. Sinatra wrote the words and Sol Parker and Hank Sanicola wrote the music. The song became a pop and jazz standard that has been recorded by other performers.


This Magic Moment

"This Magic Moment" is a song composed by lyricist Doc Pomus and pianist Mort Shuman. The Drifters version spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 16 on April 2, 1960. In 1968, Jay and the Americans released a version of the song, which became the song's most widely successful release.


This Masquerade

"This Masquerade" is a song written by American singer and musician Leon Russell. It was originally recorded in 1972 by Russell for his album Carney and as a B-side for the album's hit single "Tight Rope" The song was then recorded by American vocal duo, the Carpenters, for their 1973 album Now & Then. Three years later, it was recorded by singer and guitarist George Benson, who released it on his 1976 album, Breezin' Benson's version, featuring Jorge Dalto on piano, was released as a single and became the first big hit of his career.


This Nearly Was Mine

South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate hit, running for 1,925 performances. The plot is based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific. The show has enjoyed many successful revivals and tours, spawning a 1958 film and television adaptations.


Thou Swell.m

"Thou Swell" is a show tune, a popular song and a jazz standard written in 1927. The music was written by Richard Rodgers, with words by Lorenz Hart, for the 1927 musical A Connecticut Yankee. The lyric is notable for its mix of archaic English and modern slang.


Three times a lady

"Three Times a Lady" is a 1978 song by American soul group the Commodores. It was written by lead singer Lionel Richie and produced by James Anthony Carmichael. The song was the first of two singles off of Natural High. It reached the top of charts in the United Kingdom, the Philippines, South Africa, and Canada.


Ti Amo

"Ti amo" (pronounced ; Italian for "I love you") is a 1977 song recorded by Italian singer Umberto Tozzi from the album E nell'aria...ti amo. A French version of this song was recorded by Dalida in 1977. An English version was also recorded by Laura Branigan in 1984, which, most notably, was a hit in Australia (reaching #2) In 2011, Sergio Dalma took a Spanish-language version of the song to the Top 10 in Spain.


Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" is a song recorded by Tony Orlando and Dawn. It was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and produced by Hank Medress and Dave Appell. The single reached the top 10 in ten countries, in eight of which it topped the charts. In 2008, Billboard ranked the song as the 37th biggest song of all time.


Tiger Rag

Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Harry DeCosta

"Tiger Rag" is a jazz standard that was recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions. The 1918 recording was entered into the U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2003.