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1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You

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1. O sole mio – Enrico Caruso
2. St. Louis Blus – Bessie Smith
3. Allons a Lafayette – Joe & Cleoma Falcon
4. Lagrimas negras – Trío Matamoros
5. Pokarekare – Ana Hato (with Deane Waretini)
6. St. James Infirmary Blues – Louis Armstrong & his Hot Five
7. El manisero – Don Aspiazu & His Havana Casino Orchestra
8. Minnie the Moocher – Cab Calloway & his Orchestra
9. Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl – Bessie Smith
10. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? – Bing Crosby
11. Mal hombre – Lydia Mendoza
12. Hula Girl – Sol Hoopii
13. Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)- The Carter Family
14. Cross Road Blues- Robert Johnson
15. Hellhound on My Trail- Robert Johnson
16. Strange Fruit- Billie Holiday
17. Over the Rainbow – Judy Garland
18. The Gallis Pole- Lead Belly
19. Mbube- Solomon Linda & The Evening Birds
20. Java Jive- The Ink Spots
21. Gloomy Sunday- Billie Holiday
22. Guantanamera – Joseito Fernández
23. God Bless The Child- Billie Holiday
24. Stormy Weather- Lena Horne
25. Rum and Coca-Cola- Lord Invader
26. This Land Is Your Land- Woody Guthrie
27. Lili Marleen- Marlene Dietrich
28. (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66- The Nat King Cole Trio
29. Al gurugu- La Nina de los peines
30. La vie en rose – Edith Piaf
31. La mer- Charles Trenet
32. White Christmas – Bing Crosby
33. Good Rockin’ Tonight – Roy Brown
34. Nature Boy – The Nat King Cole Trio
35. Saturday Night Fish Fry – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
36. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
37. Autumn Leaves – Jo Stafford
38. Summertime – Sarah Vaughn
39. Goodnight, Irene – The Weavers
40. Mambo No. 5 – Perez Prado
41. Rocket 88 – Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats
42. Cry – Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
43. How High the Moon – Les Paul and Mary Ford
44. London Is the Place for Me – Lord Kitchener
45. They Can’t Take That Away From Me- Fred Astaire
46. Dust My Broom- Elmore James
47. Foi Deus- Amalia Rodrigues
48. Le gorille- Georges Brassens
49. Singin’ in the Rain – Gene Kelly
50. Just Walkin’ in the Rain- The Prisonaires
51. Please Love Me- B.B. King
52. Crying in the Chapel- The Orioles
53. Riot in Cell Block No. 9- The Robins
54. Love for Sale- Billie Holiday
55. The Wind- Nolan Strong & The Diablos
56. My Funny Valentine- Chet Baker
57. Shake, Rattle and Roll- Big Joe Turner & His Blues Kings
58. (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock- Bill Haley & His Comets
59. I Get Along Without You Very Well- Chet Baker
60. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning- Frank Sinatra
61. Tutti Frutti – Little Richard
62. Only You (and You Alone)- The Platters
63. Cry Me a River- Julie London
64. Sixteen Tons- Tennesse Ernie Ford
65. I’m a Man- Bo Diddly
66. Blue Monday- Fats Domino
67. Burundanga- Celia Cruz
68. Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)- Ella Fitzgerald
69. I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra
70. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye- Ella Fitzgerald
71. Be-Bop-A-Lula- Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
72. Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley
73. Blueberry Hill- Fats Domino
74. Hound Dog – Elvis Pesley
75. Honey Hush- The Johnny Burnette Trio
76. I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash
77. Knoxville Girl- The Louvin Brothers
78. Ella- Jose Alfredo Jimenez
79. Take My Hand, Precious Lord- Mahalia Jackson
80. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
81. I Put a Spell on You- Scramin’ Jay Hawkins
82. Just a Gigolo/ I Ain’t Got Nobody- Louis Prima
83. Rock Island Line- Lonnie Donegan
84. Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On- Jerry Lee Lewis
85. That’ll Be the Day- Buddy Holly & The Crickets
86. Little Darlin’ -The Diamonds
87. Greet Balls of Fire- Jerry Lee Lewis
88. When I Fall in Love- Nat King Cole
89. You Send Me- Sam Cooke
90. It’s Only Make Believe- Conway Twitty
91. Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
92. Move It!- Cliff Richard & The Drifters
93. La Bamba- Ritchie Valens
94. Yakety Yak- The Coasters
95. At the Hop- Danny & The Juniors
96. Stagger Lee- Lloyd Price
97. Summertime Blues- Eddie Cochran
98. Dans mon ile- Henry Salvador
99. Lonesome Town- Ricky Nelson
100. Fever- Peggy Lee
101. One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)- Frank Sinatra
102. Le poinconneur des Lilas- Serge Gainsbourg
103. Nel blu dip into di blu- Domenico Modugno
104. All I Have to Do Is Dream- The Everly Brothers
105. To Know Him Is to Love Him- The Teddy Bears
106. Brand New Cadillac- Vince Taylor & His Playboys
107. What I Say (Parts 1 & 2)- Ray Charles
108. I Only Have Eyes For You- The Flamingos
109. Ne me quitte pas- Jacques Brel
110. Shout (Parts 1 & 2)- The Isley Brothers
111. Mack the Knife- Bobby Darin
112. It Ain’t Necessarily So- Diahann Carroll & The Andre Previn Trio
113. Wondrous Place- Billy Fury
114. Save the Last Dance for Me- The Drifters
115. Chaje shukarije- Esma Redzepova
116. Oh Carolina- Folkes Brothers
117. The Click Song (Qongqothwane)- Miriam Makeba
118. Will You Love Me Tomorrow- The Shirelles
119. Love Hurts- The Everly Brothers
120. September Song- Ella Fitzgerald
121. Shakin’ All Over- Johnny Kidd & The Pirates
122. Non, je ne regrette rien- Edith Piaf
123. Spanish Harlem- Ben E. King
124. Mad About the Boy- Dinah Washington
125. Lazy River- Bobby Darin
126. Back Door Man- Howlin’ Wolf
127. The Red Rooster- Howlin’ Wolf
128. Johnny Remember Me- Johnny Leyton
129. I Fall to Pieces- Patsy Cline
130. Stand by Me – Ben E. King
131. Blue Moon- The Marcels
132. Crazy- Patsy Cline
133. Tous les garcons et les filles- Francoise Hardy
134. You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me- The Miracles
135. Boom Boom- John Lee Hooker
136. He’s a Rebel- The Crystals
137. Do You Love Me- The Contours
138. Your Cheating Heart- Ray Charles
139. Cry Baby- Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters
140. La javanaise- Juliette Greco
141. Harlem Shuffle- Bob & Earl
142. On Broadway- The Drifters
143. Louie Louie- The Kingsmen
144. One Fine Day- The Chiffons
145. In Dreams- Roy Orbison
146. Sally Go’ Round the Roses- The Jaynets
147. Be my Baby – The Ronettes
148. Surfin’ Bird- The Trashmen
149. Sapore di sale – Gino Paoli
150. Leader of the Pack- The Shangri-Las
151. Les copains d’abord- Geoges Brassens
152. Samba malato- Nicomdes Santa Cruz
153. Walk On By- Dionne Warwick
154. Don’t Gimme No Lip Child- Dave Berry
155. E se domani- Mina
156. The Girl from Ipanema- Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto
157. A Change Is Gonna Come- Sam Cooke
158. Dancing in the Street- Martha & The Vandellas
159. I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself- Dusty Springfield
160. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling- The Righteous Brothers
161. You Really Got Me – The Kinks
162. The House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
163. Go ‘Way from My window- John Jacob Niles
164. Amsterdam- Jacques Brel
165. La paloma- Caterina Valente
166. Sinnerman- Nina Simone
167. The Irish Rover- The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
168. Needle of Death- Bert Jansch
169. Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag- James Brown
170. La boheme- Charles Aznavour
171. California Dreamin’ – The Mamas & The Papas
172. Ticket to Ride – The Beatles
173. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
174. The Tracks of My Tears- The Miracles
175. Mr. Tambourine Man – The Byrds
176. Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
177. People Get Ready- The Impressions
178. Who Do You Love- The Preachers
179. The Carnival Is Over- The Seekers
180. Psycho- The Sonics
181. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)- Otis Redding
182. Stop! In The Name of Love – The Supremes
183. Subterranean Homesick Blues- Bob Dylan
184. The Sound of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
185. My Generation – The Who
186. Unchained Melody – The Righteous Brothers
187. Et moi et moi et moie- Jacques Dutronc
188. Stay with Me- Lorraine Ellison
189. Al-atlal- Umm Kulthum
190. You’re Gonna Miss Me- The Thirteenth Floor Elevators
191. Substitue- The Who
192. Eight Miles High – The Byrds
193. Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks
194. Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones
195. Summer in the City – The Lovin’ Spoonful
196. God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
197. (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone- Paul Revere & The Raiders
198. Mas que nada- Sergio Mendes & Brasil’ 66
199. El muerto vivo- Peret
200. Tomorrow Is a Long Time – Elvis Presley
201. Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
202. River Deep–Mountain High- Ike & Tina Turner
203. 7 and 7 Is- Love
204. 96 Tears- ? & The Mysterians
205. Pushin’ Too Hard- The Seeds
206. Psychotic Reaction- The Count Five
207. Reach Out (I’ll Be There)- The Four Tops
208. Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
209. Dead End Street- The Kinks
210. The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore- The Walker Brothers
211. Season of the Witch – Donovan
212. Friday on My Mind- The Easybeats
213. I’m a Believer – The Monkees
214. Dirty Water- The Standells
215. I Feel Free- Cream
216. You Keep Me Hangin’ On – The Supremes
217. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago- The Yardbirds
218. Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles
219. The End- The Doors
220. Electricity- Captain Beef heart & His Magic Hand
221. Corcovado- Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
222. Heroin- The Velvet Underground
223. Chelsea Girls- Nico
224. For What It’s Worth- The Buffalo Springfield
225. The Look of Love- Dusty Springfield
226. I’d Rather Go Blind- Etta James
227. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher- Jackie Wilson
228. Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
229. White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
230. Purple Haze- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
231. I’m a Man- The Spencer Davis Group
232. Venus in Furs- The Velvet Underground
233. Fire- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
234. Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
235. Ode to Billie Joe- Bobbie Gentry
236. The Dark End of the Street- James Carr
237. Suzanne- Leonard Cohen
238. Respect – Aretha Franklin
239. Montague Terrace- Scott Walker
240. A Day in the Life – The Beatles
241. Alone Again Or- Love
242. Tin Solder- The Small Faces
243. See Emily Play- Pink Floyd
244. A Whiter Shade of Pale- Porcol Harum
245. The Tears of a Clown- Smokey Robsinson & The Miracles
246. Sunshine of Your Love- Cream
247. Cold Sweat- James Brown & The Famous Flames
248. The First Cut Is The Deepest – P. P. Arnold
249. I Say a Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
250. The Snake- Al Wilson
251. Oh Happy Day- The Edwin Hawkins Singers
252. Israelites- Desmond Dekker & The Aces
253. Wichita Lineman- Glen Campbell
254. I Heard it Through the Grapvine- Marvin Gaye
255. America – Simon & Garfunkel
256. Ain’t Got No; I Got Life- Nine Simone
257. Piece of My Heart- Big Brother & The Holding Company
258. Say It Loud–I’m Black and I’m Proud- James Brown
259. Hard to Handle- Otis Redding
260. A minha menina- Os Mutantes
261. Sympathy for the Devil – The Rolling Stones
262. Pressure Drop- Toots & The Maytals
263. Cyprus Avenue- Van Morrison
264. Hey Jude – The Beatles
265. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
266. The Pusher- Steppenwolf
267. The Weight- The Band
268. Days- The Kinks
269. My Way – Frank Sinatra
270. The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face- Roberta Flack
271. I’m Just a Prisoner (of Your Good Lovin’)- Candi Staton
272. She Moves Through the Fair- Fairport Convention
273. Many Rivers to Cross- Jimmy Cliff
274. In The Ghetto – Elvis Presley
275. Oh Well, Parts 1 & 2- Fleetwood Mac
276. The Real Thing- Russell Morris
277. Sister Morphine- Marianne Faithfull
278. Okie from Muskogee- Merle Haggard
279. Heartbreaker- Led Zeppelin
280. Is That All There Is?- Peggy Lee
281. Sweetness-Yes
282. Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
283. Suite; Judy Blue Eyes- Crosby, Stills, & Nash
284. Pinball Wizard- The Who
285. Je t’aime…moi non plus- Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
286. Is It Because I’m Black?- Syl Johnson
287. I Want to Take You Higher- Sly & The Family Stone
288. The Court of the Crimson King- King Crimson
289. Whole Lotta Love- Led Zeppelin
290. I Wanna Be Your Dog- The Stooges
291. Kick Out the Jams- The MC5
292. I Want You Back – The Jackson 5
293. The Thrill Is Gone- B.B. King
294. Up Around The Bend- Creedence Clearwater Revival
295. Layla – Derek & The Dominos
296. War Pigs- Black Sabbath
297. When the Revolution Comes- The Poets
298. Band of Gold- Freda Payne
299. Love the One You’re With- Stephen Stills
300. Fire & Rain- James Taylor
301. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Diana Ross
302. Black Night- Deep Purple
303. War- Edwin Starr
304. (To Be) Young, Gifted, and Black- Bob and Marcia
305. Ball of Confusion- The Temptations
306. Avec le temps- Leo Ferre
307. The Man Who Sold the World- David Bowie
308. Awaiting on You All- George Harrison
309. Northern Sky- Nick Drake
310. Maybe I’m Amazed- Paul McCartney
311. Into the Mystic- Van Morrison
312. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine- James Brown
313. Ohio- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
314. The Only Living Boy in New York – Simon & Garfunkel
315. In a Broken Dream- Python Lee Jackson
316. Oh Lonesome Me- Neil Young
317. 54-46 Was My Number- Toots & The Maytals
318. Working Class Hero- John Lennon
319. Box of Rain- The Grateful Dead
320. Life on Mars? – David Bowie
321. Bang a Gong (Get It On)- T.Rex
322. Blackwater Side- Anne Briggs
323. I Don’t’ Want to Talk About It- Crazy Horse
324. A Case of You- Joni Mitchell
325. Crayon Angels- Judee Sill
326. Famous Blue Raincoat- Leonard Cohen
327. Chalte Chalte- Lata Mangeshkar
328. Maggie May – Rod Stewart
329. Imagine – John Lennon
330. Laughing – David Crosby
331. When The Levee Breaks – Led Zeppelin
332. Surf’s Up – The Beach Boys
333. Them from Shaft – Isaac Hayes
334. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott Heron
334. It’s Too Late – Carole King
336. Dum Maro Dum- Asha Bhosle
337. Tired of Being Alone- Al Green
338. Won’t Get Fooled Again- The Who
339. Vincent- Don McLean
340. City of New Orleans- Steve Goodman
341. Peace Train – Cat Stevens
342. Superstar- The Carpenters
343. A Nickel and a Nail- O.V. Wright
344. Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)- Marvin Gaye
345. Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone- The Temptations
346. I’ll Take You There- The Staple Singers
347. Soul Makossa- Manu Dibangu
348. Superstition- Stevie Wonder
349. Elected- Alice Cooper
350. Sam Stone- John Prine
351. Willin’- Little Feat
352. It’s a Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl- Faust
353. Sail Away- Randy Newman
354. Silver Machine- Hawkwind
355. Tumbling Dice- The Rolling Stones
356. Thirteen- Big Star
357. Big Eyed Beans from Venus- Captain Beef heart & The Magic Band
358. Rocket Man – Elton John
359. Mama Weer All Crazee Now- Slade
360. Rocky Mountain High – John Denver
361. The Night- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
362. Reelin’ in the Years- Steely Dan
363. Always on My Mind – Elvis Presley
364. Most People I Know…- Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
365. Taj Mahal- Jorge Ben
366. Walk on the Wild Side- Lou Reed
367. Virginia Plain- Roxy Music
368. You’re So Vain- Carly Simon
369. Today I Started Loving You Again- Bettye Swann
370. Il mio canto libero- Lucio Battsti
371. Superfly- Curtis Mayfield
372. Crazy Horse- The Osmonds
373. All the Young Dudes- Mott the Hoople
374. Personality Crisis- New York Dolls
375. The Ballrom Blitz- The Sweet
376. Jolene – Dolly Parton
377. Next- The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
378. 20th Century Boy- T. Rex
379. Rock On- David Essex
380. Search & Destroy- Iggy & The Stooges
381. Desperado- The Eagles
382. Child’s Christmas in Wales- John Cale
383. Solid Air- John Martyn
384. I Know What I Like (in Your Wardrobe)- Genesis
385. Cum on Feel the Noize – Slade
386. Living for the City- Stevie Wonder
387. I Can’t Stand the Rain- Ann Peebles
388. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
389. Future Days- Can
390. Essiniya- Nass El Ghiwane
391. Carpet Crawlers- Genesis
392. Aguas de marco- Antonio Carlos Jobim & Elis Regina
393. Ain’t No Live in the Heart of the City- Bobby Bland
394. (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night- Tom Waits
395. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
396. Piss Factory- Patti Smith Group
397. Evie- Stevie Wright
398. Free Man in Paris- Joni Mitchell
399. I Will Always Love You- Dolly Parton
400. The Grand Tour- George Jones
401. Withered and Died- Richard and Linda Thompson
402. Louisiana 1927- Randy Newman
403. You Haven’t Done Nothin’- Stevie Wonder
404. This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us- Sparks
405. Only Women Bleed- Alice Cooper
406. Jive Talkin’- Bee Gees
407. Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet- Gavin Bryars
408. Boulder to Birmingham- Emmylou Harris
409. Fight the Power (Parts 1 & 2)- The Isley Brothers
410. That’s the Way (I Like It) – KC & The Sunshine Band
411. Kalimankou denkou- Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares
412. Marcus Garvey- Burning Spear
413. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
414. Gloria- Patti Smith
415. Tangled Up in Blue- Bob Dylan
416. Walk This Way- Aerosmith
417. Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
418. Time of the Preacher- Willie Neson
419. Rimmel- Francesco De Gregori
420. Born to Be With You- Dion
421. Musica ribelle- Eugenio Finardi
422. Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
423. Leb’ Wohl- NEU!
424. Legalize It- Peter Tosh
425. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult
426. More Than a Feeling – Boston
427. Sir Duke- Stevie Wonder
428. The Killing of Georgia (Parts 1 & 2)- Rod Stewart
429. Dancing Queen – Abba
430. Blitzkrieg Bop- The Ramones
431. Love Hangover- Diana Ross
432. Cokane in My Brain- Dillinger
433. Police and Thieves- Junior Murvin
434. (I’m) Stranded- The Stains
435. Hotel California – The Eagles
436. Roadrunner- The Modern Lovers
437. American Girl- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
438. Detroit Rock City- Kiss
439. Young Harts Run Free- Candi Staton
440. Chase The Devil- Max Romeo
441. New Rose- The Damned
442. Anarchy in the U.K.- Sex Pistols
443. Poor Poor Pitiful Me- Warren Zevon
444. Underground- The Upsetters
445. God Save the Queen- Sex Pistols
446. Trans-Europe Express- Kraftwerk
447. Sweet Gene Vincent- Ian Dury
448. By This River- Brian Eno
449. Dum Dum Boys- Iggy Pop
450. Com’e profondo il mare- Lucio Dalla
451. Ghost Rider- Suicide
452. Orgasm Addict- Buzzcocks
453. Holidays in the Sun- Sex Pistols
454. Peaches- The Stranglers
455. Black Betty – Ram Jam
456. Born for a Purpose- Dr. Alimantado & The Rebels
457. Zombie- Fela Kuti & Africa 70
458. Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
459. Uptown Top Ranking- Althea & Donna
460. I Feel Love – Donna Summer
461. Peg- Steely Dan
462. Marquee Moon- Television
463. Like a Hurricane- Neil Young
464. The Passenger – Iggy Pop
465. Stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gees
466. Wonderous Stories - Yes
467. Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
468. Heroes – David Bowie
469. Exodus – Bob Marley & The Wailers
470. River Song – Dennis Wilson
471. Whole Lotta rosie- AC/DC
472. Black Generation – Richard Hell & The Voidoids
473. Bat Out of Hell – Meat Loaf
474. Lust for Life – Iggy Pop
475. Non- Alignment Pact- Pere Ubu
476. Blue Valentines- Tom Waits
477. Heart of Glass- Blondie
478. Ever Fallin in Love…(with Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)- Buzzcocks
479. Le Freak- Chic
480. Milk and Alcohol- Dr. Feelgood
481. Don’t Stop Me Now- Queen
482. Teenage Kicks- The Undertones
483. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)- Sylvester
484. Human Fly- The Cramps
485. Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)- The Jacksons
486. (I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea- Elvis Costello & The Attractions
487. One Nation Under a Groove- Funkadelic
488. Das Model- Kraftwerk
489. Shot by Both Sides- Magazine
490. Public Image- Public Image Ltd
491. Alternative Uslster- Stiff Little Fingers
492. (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais- The Clash
493. Ambition- Subway Sect
494. Hong Kong Garden- Sioxsie & The Banshees
495. Being Boiled- The Human Leage
496. Rock Lobster- The B52’s
497. Roxanne- The Police
498. Another Girl, Another Planet- The Only Ones
499. Germ Free Adolescents- X-Ray Spex
500. Runnin’ with the Devil- Van Halen
501. Hammond Song- The Roches
502. Heaven- Talking Heads
503. The Eton Rifles- The Jam
504. London Calling- The Clash
505. Transmission- Joy Division
506. Voulez-Vous- Abba
507. Beat the Clock- Sparks
508. Oliver’s Army- Elvis Costello & The Attractions
509. Tusk- Fleetwood Mac
510. Gloria- Umberto Tozzi
511. Black Eyed Dog- Nick Drake
512. Are “Friends” Electric?- Gary Numan & Tubeway Army
513. Boys Don’t Cry- The Cure
514. Good Times- Chic
515. Don’t Stop ‘til You Get Enough- Michael Jackson
516. Lost in Music- Sister Sledge
517. Brass in Pocket- Pretenders
518. Outdoor Miner- Wire
519. Rapper’s Delight- The Sugerhill Gang
520. California Uver Alles- Dead Kennedys
521. Typical Girls- The Slits
522. Atomic- Blondie
523. Gangsters- The Specials
524. Cars- Gary Numan
525. Babylon’s Burning- The Ruts
526. Message in a Bottle- The Police
527. The Winner Takes It All- Abba
528. Rapture- Blondie
529. While You See a Chance- Steve Winwood
530. Heartattack and Vine- Tom Waits
531. Kings of the Wild Frontier- Adam & The Ants
532. Redemption Song- Bob Marley & The Wailers
533. Dead Souls- Joy Division
534. Master Blaster (Jammin’)- Stevie Wonder
535. Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime- The Korgis
536. I’m Coming Out- Diana Ross
537. Back in Black- AC/DC
538. Let My Love Open the Door- Pete Townshend
539. Geno- Dexys Midnight Runners
540. Guilty- Barbara Streisand and Barry Gibb
541. Love Will Tar Us Apart- Joy Division
542. Wardance- Killing Joke
543. Ace of Spades- Motorheard
544. Start!- The Jam
545. Once in a Lifetime- Talking Heads
546. Vienna- Ultravox
547. Caballo Viejo- Simon Diaz
548. I Got You- Split Enz
549. It Must Be Love- Madness
550. Tom Sawyer- Rush
551. Girls on Film- Duran Duran
552. I Love Rock ‘n Roll- Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
553. Mickey- Toni Basil
554. Computer Love- Kraftwerk
555. O Superman- Laurie Anderson
556. In the Air Tonight- Phil Collins
557. Edge of Seventeen- Stevie Nicks
558. Via con me- Paolo Conte
559. Under Pressure- Queen & David Bowie
560. Our Lips Are Sealed- Go-Go’s
561. Genius of Love- Tom Tom Club
562. Ghosts- Japan
563. Tainted Love- Soft Cell
564. Walking on Thin Ice- Yoko Ono
565. Please Don’t Touch- Motorhead/Girlschool
566. Super Freak- Rick James
567. Don’t Stop Believin’- Journey
568. Pretty In Pink- Psychadelic Furs
569. Ghost Town- The Specials
570. I’m in Love with a German Film Star- The Passions
571. Radio Free Europe- R.E.M.
572. The Message- Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
573. 365 Is My Number- King Sunny Ade & His African Beats
574. Do You Really Want to Hurt Me- Culture Club
575. Electric Avenue- Eddy Grant
576. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)- Eurythmics
577. Atomic Dog- George Clinton
578. State of Independence- Donna Summer
579. Save a Prayer- Duran Duran
580. Candy Girl- New Edition
581. Mad World- Tears for Fears
582. Black Metal- Venom
583. Shipbuilding- Robert Wyatt
584. Cattle and Cane- The Go-Betweens
585. Uncertain Smile- The The
586. Valley Girl- Frank Zappa
587. Thriller- Michael Jackson
588. Shock the Monkey- Peter Gabriel
589. Save It for Later- The Beat
590. Great Southern Land- Icehouse
591. Party Fears II- The Associates
592. Situation- Yazoo
593. Rock The Casbah- The Clash
594. Buffalo Gals- Malcom Mclaren
595. A New England- Billy Bragg
596. Blister in the Sun- Violent Femmes
597. Let’s Dance- David Bowie
598. This Charming Man- The Smiths
599. Relax- Frankie Goes To Hollywood
600. Song to the Siren- This Mortal Coil
601. Everything Counts- Depeche Mode
602. Dear Prudence- Sioxsie & the Banshees
603. It’s Like That- Run-DMC
604. Rock of Ages- Def Leppard
605. Gimme All Your Lovin’- ZZ Top
606. Every Breath You Take- The Police
607. 99 Luftballons- Nena
608. Zungguzungguguzungguzeng- Yellowman
609. Blue Monday- New Order
610. The Trooper- Iron Maiden
611. Two Tribes- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
612. Runaway- Bon Jovi
613. Born in the U.S.A.- Bruce Springsteen
614. World Destruction- Time Zone
615. Immigres/Bitim Rew- Youssou N’Dour
616. It’s My Life- Talk Talk
617. Smooth Operator- Sade
618. I Feel for You- Chaka Khan
619. The Killing Moon- Echo & The Bunnymen
620. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)- Dead or Alive
621. The Boys of Summer- Don Henley
622. Rock You Like a Hurricane- Scorpions
623. Plateau- Meat Puppets
624. Tenderness- General Public
625. Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)- Scritti Politti
626. I Will Dare- The Replacements
627. How Soon Is Now?- The Smiths
628. Rattlesnakes- Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
629. Im Nin’ Alu- Ofra Haza
630. Purple Rain- Prince & The Revolution
631. State of Shock- The Jacksons featuring Mick Jagger
632. Private Dancer- Tina Turner
633. Freedom- Wham!
634. I Want You Back- Hoodoo Gurus
635. Sally Maclennane- The Pogues
636. Voices Carry- ‘Til Tuesday
637. The Sun Always Shines on T.V.- A-ha
638. Into the Groove- Madonna
639. Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)- Kate Bush
640. West End Girls- Pet Shop Boys
641. She Sells Sanctuary- The Cult
642. Close to Me- The Cure
643. Under Mi Sleng Teng- Wayne Smith
644. Cruiser’s Creek- The Fall
645. Life in a Northern Town- The Dream Academy
646. The Whole of the Moon- The Waterboys
647. Marlene on the Wall- Suzanne Vega
648. How Will I Know- Whitney Houston
649. Manic Monday- Bangles
650. Sun City- Artists United Against Apartheid
651. Kerosene- Big Black
652. Ay te dejo en San Antonio- Flaco Jimenez
653. Time of No Reply- Nick Drake
654. Wide Open Road- The Triffids
655. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out- The Smiths
656. Some Candy Talking- The Jesus and Mary Chain
657. No Sleep Til Brooklyn- Beastie Boys
658. Raining Blood- Slayer
659. First We Take Manhattan- Jennifer Warnes
660. True Colors- Cyndi Lauper
661. Move Your Body- Marshall Jefferson
662. Rise- Public Image Ltd
663. Love Can’t Turn Around- Farley “Jackmaster” Funk
664. Dear God- XTC
665. Don’t Want to Know If You Are Lonely- Husker Du
666. Kiss- Prince & The Revolution
667. Attencion Na SIDA- Franco
668. Under the Milky Way- The Church
669. Bamboleo- Gipsy Kings
670. This Corrosion- The Sisters of Mercy
671. Camaron- Pata Negra
672. Amandari- Ali Farka Toure
673. Push It- Salt-N-Pepa
674. Bring the Noise- Public Enemy
675. True Faith- New Order
676. It’s a Sin- Pet Shop Boys
677. Pump Up the Volume- MARRS
678. Birthday- The Sugarcubes
679. Beds Are Burning- Midnight Oil
680. Ye Ke Ye Ke- Mory Kante
681. Just Like Heaven- The Cure
682. The One I Love- R.E.M.
683. Fairytale of New York- The Pogues
684. Paradise City- Guns N’ Roses
685. Never Let Me Down Again- Depeche Mode
686. Faith- George Michael
687. Need You Tonight- INXS
688. With or Without You- U2
689. Freak Scene- Dinosaur Jr.
690. Follow the Leader- Eric B. & Rakim
691. Where Is My Mind?- The Pixies
692. Waiting Room- Fugazi
693. Touch Me I’m Sick- Mudhoney
694. Feed Me with Your Kiss- My Bloody Valentine
695. Buffalo Stance- Neneh Cherry
696. Fast Car- Tracy Chapman
697. Straight Outta Compton- N.W.A.
698. Opel- Syd Barrett
699. Everyday Is Like Sunday- Morrisey
700. Orinoco Flow- Enya
701. One- Metallica
702. The Mercy Seat- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
703. Ederlezi- Goran Bregovic
704. Ale Brider- Klezmatics
705. Love Shack- The B-52’s
706. A Little Respect- Erasure
707. Wicked Game- Chris Isaak (noooaaaAAAAaaaa i won’t fall in love… with you)
708. Personal Jesus- Depeche Mode
709. Soy gitano- Camarón de la Isla
710. I Am the Resurrection- The Stone Roses
711. Me Myself and I- De La Soul
712. Epic- Faith No More
713. Like a Prayer- Madonna
714. W.F.L. (Think about the Future)- Happy Mondays
715. Getting Away with It- electronic
716. Monkey Gone to Heaven- Pixies
717. Can’t Be Sure- The Sundays
718. Lullaby- The Cure
719. Free Fallin’- Tom Petty
720. Nothing Compares 2 U- Sinead O’Connor
721. The Humpty Dance- Digital Underground
722. Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)- Soul II Soul
723. Nothing Has Been Proved- Dusty Springfield
724. Headlights on the Parade- The Blue Nile
725. Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns- Mother Love Bone
726. Rhythm Nation- Janet Jackson
727. Painkiller- Judas Priest
728. Loaded- Primal Scream
729. Iceblink Luck- Cocteau Twins
730. Birdhouse in Your Soul- They Might Be Giants
731. Energy Flash- Joey Beltram
732. Bonita Applebum- A Tribe Called Quest
733. Little Fluffy Clouds- The Orb
734. Three Days- Jane’s Addiction
735. Dub Be Good to Me- Beats International
736. Kool Thing- Sonic Youth
737. Only Love Can Break Your Heart- Saint Etienne
738. Crazy- Seal ¡!
739. Musst Mustt (Lost in his Work)- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
740. Diaraby Nene- Oumou Sangare
741. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning- Richard Thompson
742. Balada conducatorolui- Taraf de Haidouks
743. Calling All Angels- Jane Siberry with k.d. lang
744. I Can’t Make You Love Me- Bonnie Raitt
745. Jesus Built My Hotrod- Ministry
746. No More Tears- Ozzy Osbourne
747. Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana
748. Summertime- DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
749. Give It Away- Red Hot Chili Peppers
750. One- U2
751. Losing My Religion- R.E.M.
752. Life Is a Highway- Tom Cochrane
753. Always on the Run- Lenny Kravitz
754. Treaty- Yothu Yindi
755. Unfinished Sympathy- Massive Attack
756. Justified & Ancient- The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette
757. Enter Sandman- Metallica
758. Weather with You- Crowded House
759. You Got the Love- The Source featuring Candi Staton
760. Blind Willie McTell- Bob Dylan
761. Move Any Mountain- Progen 91- The Shamen
762. How I Could Just Kill A Man- Cypress Hill
763. Cop Killer- Body Count
764. Pretend We’re Dead- L7
765. My Drug Buddy- Lemonheads
766. Shake Your Head- Was (Not Was)
767. Motorcycle Emptiness- Manic Street Preachers
768. Creep- Radiohead
769. Killing in the Name- Rage Against the Machine
770. Connected- Stereo Mc’s
771. Inkanyezi Nezazi- Ladysmith Black Mambazo
772. Sodade- Cesaria Evora
773. Rmedy- The Black Crowes
774. No Rain- Blind Melon
775. Walk- Pantera
776. Real Love- Mary J. Blige
777. Deep Cover- Dr. Dre introducing Snoop Doggy Dogg
778. Out of Space- The Prodigy
779. Didi- Khaled
780. Animal Nitrate- Suede
781. La solitudine- Laura Pausini
782. Rumba Argelina- Radio Tarifa
783. Loser- Beck
784. French Disko- Stereolab
785. Into Dust- Mazzy Star
786. Rid of Me- PJ Harvey
787. Streets of Philadelphia- Bruce Springsteen
788. Laid- James
789. Open Up- Leftfield-Lydon
790. Possession- Sarah McLachlan
791. Cannonball- The Breeders
792. C.R.E.A.M.- Wu-Tang Clan
793. Because the Night- 10,000 Maniacs
794. Ching soortikchulerining yryzy- Huun-Huur-Tu
795. It Ain’t Hard to Tell- Nas
796. Inner City Life- Goldie presents Metalheads
797. End of a Century- Blur
798. Connection- Elastica
799. Confide in Me- Kylie Minogue
800. Your Ghost- Kristin Hersh featuring Michael Stipe
801. Doll Parts- Hole
802. 7 Seconds- Youssou N’ Dour featuring Neneh Cherry
803. Live Forever- Oasis
804. Cut Your Hair- Pavement
805. All Apologies- Nirvana
806. Hurt- Nine Inch Nails
807. Black Hole Sun- Soundgarden
808. Interstate Love Song- Stone Temple Pilots
809. Waterfalls- TLC
810. Cornflake Girl- Tori Amos
811. Hallelujah- Jeff Buckley
812. Red Right Hand- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
813. Sabotage- Beastie Boys
814. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World- Prince
815. Sour Times- Portishead
816. Army of Me- Bjork
817. Champagne Supernova- Oasis
818. The Fever- Garth Brooks
819. Kung Fu- Ash
820. 1979- The Smashing Pumpkins
821. Common People- Pulp
822. Where the Wild Roses Grow- Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue
823. Insomnia- Faithless
824. Scream- Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson
825. Hell Is Round the Corner- Tricky
826. Born Slippy Nuxx- Underworld
827. You Oughtta Know- Alanis Morissette
828. Back for Good- Take That
829. Stupid Girl- Garbage
830. Miss Sarajevo- Passengers
831. River of Detroit- Mad Season
832. Dear Mama- 2Pac
833. The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)- The Bucketheads
834. Guilty By Association- Joe Henry and Madonna
835. A irmandade das estrelas- Carlos Nunez
836. Brooklyn’s Finest- Jay-Z featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
837. Novocaine for the Soul- Eels
838. Ready or Not- Fugees
839. Firestarter- The Prodigy
840. Professional Widow (Armand’s Star Trunk Funkin’ Mix)- Tori Amos
841. Nancy Boy- Placebo
842. Devil’s Haricut- Beck
843. I’ll Be There for You…- Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige
844. The Beautiful People- Marilyn Manson
845. Criminal- Fiona Apple
846. Crash Into Me- Dave Matthews Band
847. On & On- Erykah Badu
848. Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check- Busta Rhymes
849. No Diggity- Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre
850. Woke Up This Morning- Alabama 3
851. Block Rockin’ Beats- The Chemical Brothers
852. Breakdown- Mariah Carey
853. Chan Chan- Buena Vista Social Club fat. Compay Segundo
854. Between the Bars- Elliott Smith
855. Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)- Backstreet Boys
856. 4,3,2,1,- LL Cool J feat. Method Man, Redman, Canibus & DMX
857. Simarik- Tarkan
858. Spice Up Your Life- Spice Girls
859. Given to Fly- Pearl Jam
860. Paranoid Android- Radiohead
861. Come to Daddy (Pappy Mix)- Aphex Twin
862. Never Ever- All Saints
863. Song 2- Blur
864. Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)- Green Day
865. Broken Heart- Spiritualized
866. Into My Arms- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
867. Doo Wop (That Thing)- Lauryn Hill
868. Kelly Watch the Stars- Air
869. You Get What You Give- New Radicals
870. Music Sounds Better with You- Stardust
871. Erase/Rewind- The Cardigans
872. Teardrop- Massive Attack
873. Iris- Goo Goo Dolls
874. Bok Espok- Kepa Junkera
875. Save Me- Aimee Mann
876. No One Will Ever Love You- The Magnetic Fields
877. Surfacing- Slipknot
878. Scart Tissue- Red Hot Chili Peppers
879. Ms. Fat Booty- Mos Def
880. Caught Out There- Kelis
881. Why Does My Hear Feel So Bad?- Moby
882. I Try- Macy Gray
883. U Don’t Know Me- Armand Van Helden
884. Race for the Prize- The Flaming Lips
885. One Armed Scissor- At the Drive-In
886. Hate to Say I Told You So- The Hives
887. Frontier Psychiatrist- The Avalanches
888. One More Time- Daft Punk
889. Stan- Eminem featuring Dido
890. Oh My Swet Carolina- Ryan Adams feat. Emmylou Harris
891. Fuck the Pain Away- Peaches
892. Feel Good Hit of the Summer- Queens of the Stone Age
893. Ms. Jackson- Outkast
894. Romeo- Basement Jaxx
895. Can’t Get You Out of My Head- Kylie Minogue
896. Vuelvo al sur- Gotan Project
897. Clandestino- Manu Chao
898. Iag bari- Fanfare Ciocarlia
899. Oica la O Senhor Vinho- Mariza
900. You and Whose Army?- Radiohead
901. Romando y tomando- Lupillo Rivera
902. Nw York City Cops- The Strokes
903. Fell In Love with a Girl- The White Stripes
904. Get Ur Freak On- Missy Elliott
905. 21 Seconds- So Solid Crew
906. Stay Together for the Kids- Blink-182
907. Schism- Tool
908. Rock Star- N*E*R*D
909. Fallin’- Alicia Keys
910. More Than a Woman- Aaliyah
911. 911- Gorillaz
912. Tiempo de solea- Ojos de Brujo
913. Freak Like Me- Sugababes
914. Mundian to bach ke- Panjabi MC
915. A Little Less Conversation- Elvis Presley vs. JXL
916. Gimme the Light- Sean Paul
917. I Believe in a Thing Called Love- The Darkness
918. Ashes of American Flags- Wilco
919. Like I Love You- Justin Timberlake
920. You Know You’re Right- Nirvana
921. All the Things She Said- T.A.T.U.
922. Untitled- Interpol
923. Slob- Weezer
924. Strange and Beautiful (I’ll Put a Spell on You)- Aqualung
925. Quelqu’un m’a dit- Carla Bruni prechioso
926. Heartbeats- The Knife
927. Fuck Me Pumps- Amy Winehouse
928. Strict Machine- Goldfrapp
929. Step into My Office, Baby- Belle & Sebastian
930. Run- Snow Patrol
931. Maps- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
932. Toxic- Britney Spears
933. Destroy Rock N’ Roll- Mylo
934. Mr. Brightside- The Killers
935. Televators- The Mars Volta
936. Through The Wire- Kanye West
937. 7 Nation Army- The White Stripes
938. Fix Up, Look Sharp- Dizzee Rascal
939. Crazy in Love- Beyonce
940. Rebellion (Lies)- Arcade Fire
941. Take Me Out- Franz Ferdinand
942. Perfekte Welle- Juli
943. I Predict a Riot- Kaiser Chiefs
944. Can’t Stand Me Now- The Libertines
945. Float On- Modest Mouse
946. Jesus of Suburbia- Green Day
947. Mein Teil- Rammstein
948. Portland, Oregon- Loretta Lynn featuring Jack White
949. Points of Authority- Jay-Z with Linkin Park
950. The Art Teacher- Rufus Wainwright
951. Dry Your Eyes- The Streets
952. Chicago- Sufjan Stevens
953. Todo cambia- Mercedes Sosa
954. I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor- Arctic Monkeys
955. Hard to Beat- Hard-Fi
956. Fix You- Coldplay
957. Let’s Make Love and Listen to Death from Above- CSS
958. Best of You- Foo Fighters
959. Hoppipolla- Sigur Ros
960. Hope There’s Someone- Antony & The Johnsons
961. Welcome to Jamrock- Damian Marley
962. Little Bear- Guillemots
963. Consolation Prizes- Phoenix
964. Not Ready to Make Nice- Dixie Chicks
965. Crazy- Gnarls Barkley
966. Love Is a Losing Game- Amy Winehouse
967. Ain’t No Other Man- Christina Aguilera
968. Supermassive Black Hole- Muse
969. We Are Your Friends- Justice vs. Simian
970. Pop the Glock- Uffie
971. Ovunque proteggi- Vinicio Capossela
972. Please Read The Letter- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
973. Crank That (Soulja boy)- Soulja Boy
974. My People- The Presets
975. Flux- Bloc Party
976. My Moon My Man- Feist
977. D.A.N.C.E.- Justice
978. re;Stacks- Bon Iver
979. With Every Heartbeat- Robyn with Kleerup
980. Someone Great- LCD Soundsystem
981. Paper Planes- M.I.A.
982. Mercy-Duffy
983. Sabali- Amadou & Mariam
984. Divine- Sebastien Tellier
985. Mykonos- Fleet Foxes
986. Time To Pretend- MGMT
987. Sweet Disposition- The Temper Trap
988. L.E.S. Artistes- Santogold
989. Sex on Fire- Kings of Leon
990. One Day Like This- Elbow
991. Viva la Vida- Coldplay
992. Dog Days Are Over- Florence & The Machine
993. The Fear- Lily Allen
994. Summertime Clothes- Animal Collective
995. Rain Dance- The Very Best feat. M.I.A.
996. Empire State of Mind- Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
997. Tenalle chegret- Tinariwen
998. Harry Patch (In Memory of)- Radiohead
999. Go Do- Jonsi
1000. Me and the Devil- Gil Scott Heron
1001. Stylo- Gorillaz
1002. Super Bass – Nicki Minaj
1003. 212 – Azaelia Banks
1004. Written On The Forehead – PJ Harvey
1005. Video Games – Lana Del Rey
1006. Holocene – Bon Iver
1007. Feels Like We Can Only Go Backwards – Tame Impala
1008. Death To My Hometown – Bruce Springsteen
1009. Angels – The xx
1010. Doom and Gloom  – The Rolling Stones
1011. Where Are We Now? – David Bowie
1012. Happy – Pharrell Williams
1013. Drunk In Love – Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z
1014. Digital Witness – St. Vincent
1015. Two Weeks – FKA twigs
1016. My Silver Lining – First Aid Kit
1017. Lazaretto – Jack White
1018. Eyes To The Wind – The War On Drugs
1019. Hunger Of The Pine – Alt-J
1020. Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
1021. FourFiveSeconds – Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney
1022. Drone Bomb Me – Anohni
1023. You Want It Darker – Leonard Cohen
1024. The Numbers – Radiohead
1025. We The People…- A Tribe Called Quest
1026. Man – Skepta
1027. Lazarus – David Bowie
1028. Ultralight beam – Kanye West
1029. Tilted – Christine and the Queens
1030. Millions Reasons – Lady Gaga
Grammy Hall of Fame
Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

Chick Webb and His


"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" Orchestra with Ella 1938 Jazz Single
Fitzgerald

Abbey Road The Beatles 1969 Rock Album

"ABC" The Jackson 5 1970 R&B Single

Abraxas Santana 1970 Rock Album

"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Johnny Mercer and Traditional


1945 Single
Positive" the Pied Pipers Pop

"Act Naturally" Buck Owens 1963 Country Single

Neil Young and Crazy
After the Gold Rush 1970 Folk Rock Album
Horse

"Ain't Misbehavin'"
Fats Waller 1929 Jazz Single
(piano solo)

"Ain't No Mountain High Marvin Gaye and Tammi


1967 R&B Single
Enough" Terrell

"Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers 1971 R&B Single

"Ain't Nobody Here but Us Louis Jordan and


1946 Jump Blues Single
Chickens" His Tympany Five
Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

"Ain't That a Shame" Fats Domino 1955 Rock & Roll Single

Aja Steely Dan 1977 Jazz Fusion Album

Arthur Collins & Byron Traditional


"Alexander's Ragtime Band" 1911 Single
Harlan Pop

"Alfie" Dionne Warwick 1967 Pop Single

"Alice's Restaurant" Arlo Guthrie 1967 Folk Single

The Jimi Hendrix


"All Along the Watchtower" 1968 Rock Single
Experience

"All I Have to Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers 1958 Jangle Pop Single

"All I Want for Christmas Is Spike Jones & His City


1948 Novelty Single
My Two Front Teeth" Slickers

Louis Armstrong & His


"All of Me" 1932 Jazz Single
Orchestra

All Things Must Pass George Harrison 1970 Rock Album

"Allons à Joe Falcon and Cléoma


1928 Cajun Single
Lafayette (Lafayette)" Breaux

"Always on My Mind" Willie Nelson 1982 Country Single

"Amazing Grace" The Dixie Hummingbirds 1946 Gospel Single


Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

Aretha
Franklin with James
Amazing Grace Cleveland and 1972 Gospel Album
the Southern California
Community Choir

Traditional
"Am I Blue?" Ethel Waters 1929 Single
Pop

American Beauty Grateful Dead 1970 Country Rock Album

"American Pie" Don McLean 1971 Folk Rock Single

"America the Beautiful" Ray Charles 1972 R&B Track

George
Gershwin (on piano) with
"An American in Paris" Victor Symphony 1929 Classical Single
Orchestra conducted
by Nathaniel Shilkret

Various Artists
(Cast: Gene
Kelly, Georges
An American in Paris:
Guétary, Oscar Levant, 1951 Soundtrack Album
Soundtrack
Mac MacLain, Pete
Roberts, Grace Stark,
etc.) [3]

An Evening with Andrés


Andrés Segovia 1954 Classical Album
Segovia

"And the Angels Sing" Benny Goodman and His 1939 Jazz Single
Orchestra; Martha Tilton,
vocal; Ziggy
Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

Elman, trumpet

Original Broadway cast


Annie Get Your Gun (Ethel Merman, Ray 1946 Musical Show Album
Middleton)

Anthology of American Folk


Various Artists 1952 Folk Album
Music

Artie Shaw with Billie Traditional


"Any Old Time" 1938 Single
Holiday[4] Pop

"Anything Goes" Cole Porter 1934 Pop Single

Count Basie and His


"April in Paris" 1955 Jazz Single
Orchestra

"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine Psychedelic


The 5th Dimension 1969 Single
In" Soul

The Jimi Hendrix


Are You Experienced? 1967 Rock Album
Experience

"Are You Lonesome Traditional


Elvis Presley 1960 Single
Tonight?" Pop

Stan Kenton & his


"Artistry in Rhythm" 1945 Jazz Single
Orchestra

Fred Astaire and
The Astaire Story the Oscar 1952 Vocal Jazz Album
Peterson Quintet
Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

"As Time Goes By" Dooley Wilson 1942 Soundtrack Single

Astral Weeks Van Morrison 1968 Folk Album

The Allman Brothers


At Fillmore East 1971 Blues Rock Album
Band

"At Last" Etta James 1960 Soul Blues Single

"At Seventeen" Janis Ian 1975 Soft Rock Single

Albums
Autobahn Kraftwerk 1974 Krautrock
are

The Jimi Hendrix


Axis: Bold as Love 1968 Pop Rock Album
Experience

Bach: Goldberg
Wanda Landowska 1933[5] Classical Album
Variations for Harpsichord

Bach: The Goldberg


Glenn Gould 1956 Classical Album
Variations

Bach: Sonata No. 1 for


Unaccompanied Violin, BWV Joseph Szigeti 1931 Classical Album
1001

Bach: Suites for
Pablo Casals 1936-1939 Classical Album
Unaccompanied Cello

Bach: The Well-Tempered
Wanda Landowska 1949-1952 Classical Album
Clavier
Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

The Philadelphia
Bach-Stokowski: Toccata
Orchestra conducted 1927 Classical Single
and Fugue in D Minor
by Leopold Stokowski

Back in Black AC/DC 1980 Hard Rock Album

"Back in the Saddle Again" Gene Autry 1939 Country Single

Paul Robeson with Victor


Symphony Orchestra &
American People's
Traditional
Ballad for Americans Chorus; Orchestra 1940 Album
Pop
conducted by Nathaniel
Shilkret; Choir directed
by Earl Robinson[7]

Ballads John Coltrane Quartet 1962 Jazz Album

Band of Gypsys Jimi Hendrix 1970 Rock Album

"Banana Boat (Day-O)" Harry Belafonte 1956 Calypso Single

The Band The Band 1969 Roots Rock Album

Paul
Band on the Run 1973 Rock Album
McCartney and Wings

Isaac Stern with New
York
Barber: Violin Concerto 1964 Classical Album
Philharmonic conducted
by Leonard Bernstein

The Barbra Streisand Album Barbra Streisand 1963 Album


Traditional
Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

Pop

Chicago Symphony
Bartók: Concerto for
Orchestra conducted 1956 Classical Album
Orchestra
by Fritz Reiner

Béla
Bartók: Contrasts for Violin, Bartók, piano; Joseph
1940 Classical Album
Clarinet & Piano Szigeti, violin; Benny
Goodman, clarinet

Bartók: Quartets Juilliard Quartet 1950 Classical Album

The Basement Tapes Bob Dylan and The Band 1975 Roots Rock Album

"The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton 1959 Country Single

Gene Vincent & his Blue


"Be-Bop-A-Lula" 1956 Rockabilly Single
Caps

"Be My Baby" The Ronettes 1963 Pop Single

The Beatles (aka "The White


The Beatles 1968 Pop Rock Album
Album")

Jascha Heifetz with NBC
Beethoven: Concerto in D
Symphony
Major for Violin and 1940 Classical Album
Orchestra conducted
Orchestra
by Arturo Toscanini

Artur Schnabel (on piano)


Beethoven: Concerto for 1932-
with London Symphony Classical Album
Piano Numbers 1–5 1935[8]
Orchestra (1, 5) & London
Philharmonic
Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

Orchestra (2, 3, 4);
Orchestras conducted
by Malcolm Sargent

Leon
Beethoven: The Five Piano Fleisher with Cleveland
1959-1961 Classical Album
Concerti (Complete) Orchestra conducted
by George Szell

Beethoven: Piano
Artur Schnabel 1932-1938 Classical Album
Sonatas (32)

Beethoven: Quartets for


Budapest String Quartet 1952 Classical Album
Strings

NBC Symphony
1950–
Beethoven: Symphonies Orchestra conducted Classical Album
1953
by Arturo Toscanini

Berlin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 Philharmonic conducted 1913 Classical Album
by Arthur Nikisch

New York
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Philharmonic conducted 1936 Classical Album
in A-Major Op. 92
by Arturo Toscanini

Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones 1968 Roots Rock Album

Artie Shaw and His


"Begin the Beguine" 1938 Jazz Single
Orchestra

"Behind Closed Doors" Charlie Rich 1973 Country Single


Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

Traditional
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" The Andrews Sisters 1937[10] Single
Pop

Belafonte at Carnegie Hall Harry Belafonte 1959 Pop Album

Rosa Ponselle with
"Bellini: Casta Diva" Metropolitan Opera
1929 Opera Single
(from Norma) Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Giulio Setti

Original Broadway cast
Bells Are Ringing (Judy Holliday, Sydney 1956[11] Musical Show Album
Chaplin)

New York Philharmonic


Orchestra conducted
Berg: Wozzeck by Dimitri Mitropoulos; 1951[12] Opera Album
Cast: Mack Harrell, Eileen
Farrell, etc.

"Big Girls Don't Cry" The Four Seasons 1962 Rock Single

Musical
"Bill" Helen Morgan 1928 Single
Theater

Charlie Parker and His


"Billie's Bounce" 1945 Jazz Single
Re-Boppers

"Birdland" Weather Report 1977 Jazz Fusion Single

Birth of the Cool Miles Davis 1957 Cool Jazz Album

Bitches Brew Miles Davis 1969 Jazz Fusion Album


Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

RCA Victor Orchestra


conducted by Fritz
Reiner & Robert Shaw
Chorale directed
by Robert
Bizet: Carmen 1951 Opera Album
Shaw (Cast: Risë
Stevens, Jan
Peerce, Licia
Albanese & Robert
Merrill)

Duke Ellington & His


"Black, Brown and Beige" 1943[13] Jazz Single
Orchestra

"Black Mountain Rag" Doc Watson 1964 Folk Single

Duke Ellington & His


"Black and Tan Fantasy" 1927[14] Jazz Single
Orchestra

Emanuel Feuermann with
The Philadelphia
Bloch: Schelomo 1940 Classical Album
Orchestra conducted
by Leopold Stokowski

Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan 1966 Rock Album

Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan 1975 Folk Rock Album

Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears 1969 Rock Album

"Blowin' in the Wind" Bob Dylan 1963 Folk Single

"Blowin' in the Wind" Peter, Paul and Mary 1963 Folk Single
Year of
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Contemporary
Blue Joni Mitchell 1971 Album
Folk

Bill Monroe & his Blue


"Blue Moon of Kentucky" 1945 Bluegrass Single
Grass Boys

"Blue Suede Shoes" Carl Perkins 1956 Rock & Roll Single

Hard Bop
Blue Train John Coltrane 1957 Album
Jazz

"Blue Yodel (T for Texas)" Jimmie Rodgers 1927[15] Country Single

Jimmie
"Blue Yodel #9 (Standing on Rodgers with Louis
1930 Blues Single
the Corner)" Armstrong & Lil Hardin
Armstrong[16]

"Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino 1956 Rock & Roll Single

"Blues Stay Away from Me" The Delmore Brothers 1949 Country Single

"Bo Diddley" Bo Diddley 1955 Rock & Roll Single

"Body and Soul" Coleman Hawkins 1939 Jazz Single

"Bogalusa Boogie" Clifton Chenier 1976[17] Zydeco Single

"Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen 1975[18] Rock Single

"Bonaparte's Retreat" W. H. Stepp 1937 Folk Single


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"Boogie Chillen'" John Lee Hooker 1948 Blues Single

"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" The Andrews Sisters 1941 Jump Blues Single

"Boom Boom" John Lee Hooker 1962 Blues Single

Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen 1984 Rock Album

"Born to Be Wild" Steppenwolf 1968 Hard Rock Single

Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 1975 Rock & Roll Album

Born Under a Bad Sign Albert King 1967 Electric Blues Album

"Both Sides, Now" Judy Collins 1967[19] Folk Single

Jascha
Brahms: Trio No. 1 in B Heifetz (Violin), Emanuel
1941[20] Classical Album
Major Feuermann (Cello), Arthur
Rubinstein (piano)

Jimmy Dorsey & his


"Brazil (Aquarela Do Brazil)" 1942 Jazz Single
Orchestra

Breezin' George Benson 1976 Smooth Jazz Album

The Bridge Sonny Rollins 1962 Jazz Album

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel 1970 Pop Single
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Original Broadway Cast


(Marion Bell, David
Brigadoon 1947 Musical Show Album
Brooks, Pamela Britton,
Lee Sullivan)

Hard Bop
Brilliant Corners Thelonious Monk[21] 1956 Album
Jazz

"Bring It on Home to Me" Sam Cooke 1962 Soul Single

Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan 1965 Folk Rock Album

London Symphony
Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Benjamin
Britten; Highgate School
Boys Choir, The Bach
Choir (BGVs); Melos
Britten: War Requiem Op. 66 Ensemble (extra 1963 Classical Album
instruments); Galina
Vishnevskaya (soprano
vocals), Peter
Pears (tenor
vocals), Dietrich Fischer-
Dieskau (baritone vocals)

"Brother, Can You Spare a Musical


Bing Crosby 1932 Single
Dime?" Theater

"Brown Eyed Girl" Van Morrison 1967 Rock Single

The Button-Down Mind of Stand-Up


Bob Newhart 1960 Album
Bob Newhart Comedy
Year of
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"By the Time I Get to


Glen Campbell 1967 Country Single
Phoenix"

"Bye Bye Blackbird" Gene Austin 1926 Jazz Single

"Bye Bye Love" The Everly Brothers 1957 Country Single

Cabaret: Original Motion Various Artists (Cast: Liza


1972 Soundtrack Album
Picture Soundtrack Minnelli, Joel Grey, etc.)

Louis Jordan &
"Caldonia Boogie" 1945 Jump Blues Single
His Tympany Five

"California Dreamin'" The Mamas & the Papas 1966 Sunshine Pop Single

"California Girls" The Beach Boys 1965 Pop Rock Single

Al Jolson with The Isham Traditional


"California, Here I Come" 1924 Single
Jones Orchestra Pop

"Call It Stormy Monday" T-Bone Walker 1947 Blues Single

Calypso Harry Belafonte 1956 Mento Album

Original Broadway Cast


Camelot (Richard Burton, Julie 1960 Musical Show Album
Andrews, Robert Goulet)

"Can the Circle Be Unbroken


The Carter Family 1935 Country Single
(By and By)"
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e

Original Broadway cast
(Barbara Cook, Max
Candide 1956 Musical Show Album
Adrian, Robert
Rounseville)

"Candy" Big Maybelle 1953 R&B Single

Duke Ellington & his


"Caravan" Orchestra with Ivie 1937 Jazz Single
Anderson & Juan Tizol[22]

The Famous 1938 Carnegie


Benny Goodman 1950 Jazz Album
Hall Jazz Concert

Original Broadway cast
Carousel (John Raitt, Jan 1945 Musical Show Album
Clayton, Jean Darling)[23]

"Cat's in the Cradle" Harry Chapin 1974 Soft Rock Single

Bob Marley and the


Catch a Fire 1973 Reggae Album
Wailers

"Celebration" Kool & the Gang 1980 Post-disco Single

"Changes" David Bowie 1971 Art pop Single

"Chain of Fools" Aretha Franklin 1967 R&B Single

Traditional
"Chances Are" Johnny Mathis 1957 Single
Pop

"A Change Is Gonna Come" Sam Cooke 1964 R&B Single


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A Charlie Brown Christmas Vince Guaraldi Trio 1965 Jazz Album

Charlie Parker with Strings Charlie Parker 1950 Jazz Album

Glenn Miller Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" with Tex Beneke and the 1941 Swing Single
Modernaires

Big Brother and the


"Cheap Thrills" 1968 Rock Album
Holding Company

Fred Astaire with Leo
"Cheek to Cheek" Reisman and His 1935 Soundtrack Single
Orchestra

"Chega de Saudade" João Gilberto 1958 Bossa Nova Single

Chega de Saudade João Gilberto 1959[25] Bossa Nova Album

Charlie Barnet & his


"Cherokee" 1939 Jazz Single
Orchestra

Chet Baker Sings Chet Baker 1956 Jazz Album

The Chicago Transit Progressive


Chicago 1969 Album
Authority Rock

Child Is Father to the Man Blood, Sweat & Tears 1968 Rock Album

King Oliver & his Creole


"Chimes Blues" 1923 Jazz Single
Jazz Band
Year of
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Louis Jordan &
"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" 1946 R&B Single
his Tympany Five

Chopin: 14 Waltzes Dinu Lipatti 1952 Classical Album

Chopin: Mazurkas (Complete
Arthur Rubinstein 1965 Classical Album
)

Original Broadway Cast


A Chorus Line (Priscilla Lopez, Wayne 1975 Musical Show Album
Cilento, etc.)

A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector and Various


1963 R&B Album
Phil Spector Artists

Traditional
"The Christmas Song" Nat King Cole 1946 Single
Pop

The Chronic Dr. Dre 1992 Rap Album

"Cissy Strut" The Meters 1969 Funk Single

"City of New Orleans" Arlo Guthrie 1972 Folk Single

Class Clown George Carlin 1972 Comedy Album

Clifford Brown and Max
Clifford Brown & Max Roach 1954 Jazz Album
Roach

"Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn 1970 Country Single


Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
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Spike Jones and His City


"Cocktails for Two" 1945 Comedy Single
Slickers

"Cocktails for Two" Duke Ellington 1934 Jazz Single

James Brown & his


"Cold Sweat Part 1" 1967 Funk Single
Orchestra[26]

Come Fly with Me Frank Sinatra 1958 Vocal Jazz Album

Original Broadway Cast


(Dean Jones, Elaine
Stritch, Pamela
Company 1970 Musical Show Album
Myers, Susan
Browning, Donna
McKechnie)

Concert by the Sea Erroll Garner Trio 1956 Jazz Album

"Conversations with Myself" Bill Evans 1963 Jazz Album

"Cool Water" Sons of the Pioneers 1941 Country Single

Boston Symphony
Copland: Appalachian Spring Orchestra conducted 1959 Classical Album
by Aaron Copland[27]

New York
"Copland: Appalachian
Philharmonic conducted 1961 Classical Single
Spring"
by Leonard Bernstein

"Copland: Fanfare for the London Symphony 1968 Classical Single


Common Man" Orchestra conducted
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by Aaron Copland

Minneapolis Symphony
Copland: Symphony No. 3 Orchestra conducted 1951 Classical Album
by Antal Doráti

Creedence Clearwater
Cosmo's Factory 1970 Rock Album
Revival

Court and Spark Joni Mitchell 1974 Smooth Jazz Album

The Cradle Will Rock Original Broadway cast 1938 Musical Show Album

"Crazy" Patsy Cline 1962 Country Pop Single

"Crazy Arms" Ray Price 1956 Country Single

Mamie Smith and Her


"Crazy Blues" 1920 Blues Single
Jazz Hounds

"Crazy He Calls Me" Billie Holiday 1949 Jazz Single

Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash 1969 Folk Rock Album

"Cross Road Blues" Robert Johnson 1936 Blues Single

Lennie Tristano & his


Crosscurrents 1949 Jazz Album
Sextet

"Cry" Johnnie Ray (with The 1951 Traditional Single


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Four Lads) Pop

Traditional
"Cry Me a River" Julie London 1955 Single
Pop

"Crying" Roy Orbison 1961 Country Rock Single

"Crying in the Chapel" The Orioles 1953 R&B Single

Psychedelic
"Dance to the Music" Sly and the Family Stone 1968 Single
Soul

"Dancing in the Street" Martha and the Vandellas 1964 R&B Single

"Dancing Queen" ABBA 1976 Europop Single

"Dang Me" Roger Miller 1964 Country Single

"The Dark End of the Street" James Carr 1967 Soul Single

Progressive
The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 1973 Album
Rock

"Dark Was the Night, Cold


Blind Willie Johnson 1927 Gospel blues Single
Was the Ground"

Original Dixieland Jazz


"Darktown Strutters' Ball" 1917 Jazz Single
Band

"Days of Wine and Roses" Henry Mancini 1962 Soundtrack


Single
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"Dead Man's Curve Jan and Dean 1964 Car Song Single

"(Dear Mr. Gable) You Made


Judy Garland 1937 Soundtrack Single
Me Love You"

Debussy: Preludes, Book I 1953–


Walter Gieseking Classical Album
and II 1954

"Deep in the Heart of Texas" Gene Autry 1942 Soundtrack Single

Crosby, Stills, Nash &


Déjà Vu 1970 Rock Album
Young

Stan Getz and Charlie
"Desafinado" 1962 Bossa Nova Single
Byrd

Desperado Eagles 1972 Rock Album

Diminuendo and Crescendo Duke Ellington and His


1956 Jazz Single
in Blue Orchestra

Traditional
"Dinah" Ethel Waters 1925 Single
Pop

Dinu Lipatti Plays the


Dinu Lipatti 1950 Classical Album
Waltzes of Chopin

King Oliver & his Creole


"Dippermouth Blues" 1923 Jazz Single
Jazz Band

Psychedelic
Disraeli Gears Cream 1967 Album
Pop
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Quintet of the Hot Club of


France Featuring Django
Djangology 1935 Jazz Single
Reinhardt & Stéphane
Grappelli

Duke Ellington & his


"Do Nothin' Till You Hear
Orchestra featuring Al 1944 Jazz Single
from Me"
Hibbler

"Do You Believe in Magic" The Lovin' Spoonful 1965 Folk Rock Single

Doc Watson Doc Watson 1964 Folk Album

"Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley 1956 Rock & Roll Single

Bing Crosby and The Traditional


"Don't Fence Me In" 1944 Single
Andrews Sisters Pop

"Don't Get Around Much Duke Ellington & his


1940 Jazz Single
Anymore (Never No Lament)" Famous Orchestra

Don't Go to Strangers Etta Jones 1960 Jazz Album

"Don't Let Your Deal Go


Charlie Poole 1925 Country Single
Down Blues"

"Don't Make Me Over" Dionne Warwick 1962 Pop Single

"Don't Sit Under the Apple The Andrews Sisters 1942 Pop Single
Tree (with Anyone Else but
Me)"
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Psychedelic
The Doors The Doors 1967 Album
Rock

Bessie
"Downhearted Blues" Smith with Clarence 1923 Blues Single
Williams

"Downtown" Petula Clark 1964 Soul Single

"Dream On" Aerosmith 1973 Rock Single

"Duke of Earl" Gene Chandler 1961 Soul Single

Dust Bowl Ballads, Volumes


Woody Guthrie 1940 Folk Album
1&2

"Dust My Broom" Elmore James 1952 Blues Single

Dusty in Memphis Dusty Springfield 1969 Pop Album

Pablo Casals with Czech


Dvořák: Concerto in B Minor Philharmonic Orchestra
1938 Classical Album
for Cello and Orchestra conducted by George
Szell

Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

Woody Herman & his


"Early Autumn" 1949 Jazz Single
Orchestra
Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
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"Earth Angel (Will You Be


The Penguins 1954 Doo-Wop Single
Mine)"

The Paul Butterfield


"East-West" 1966 Blues Single
Blues Band

Psychedeli
"Eight Miles High" The Byrds 1966 Single
c Rock

"El Día que me Quieras" Carlos Gardel 1935 Tango Single

"El Paso" Marty Robbins 1959 Country Single

Baroque
"Eleanor Rigby" The Beatles 1966 Single
Pop

Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix 1968 Rock Album

Yehudi
Menuhin with London
Elgar: Violin Concerto Symphony 1932 Classical Album
Orchestra conducted
by Sir Edward Elgar

Ella
Fitzgerald and Count
Ella and Basie! 1963 Jazz Album
Basie with Count Basie
Orchestra

Ella
Ella and Louis Fitzgerald and Louis 1956 Vocal Jazz Album
Armstrong

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Ella Fitzgerald 1956 Jazz Album


Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
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Cole Porter Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the


George and Ira Gershwin Ella Fitzgerald 1959 Jazz Album
Song Book

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the


Ella Fitzgerald 1956 Jazz Album
Rodgers & Hart Song Book

Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife Ella Fitzgerald 1960 Vocal Jazz Album

Duke Ellington & his


Ellington at Newport 1956 Jazz Album
Orchestra

Elton John Elton John 1970 Rock Album

"Embraceable You" Billie Holiday 1944 Jazz Single

"Empty Bed Blues" Bessie Smith 1928 Blues Single

"Everybody Loves Traditional


Dean Martin 1964 Single
Somebody" Pop

"Everybody's Talkin'" Harry Nilsson 1968 Pop Single

Count Basie & his
"Everyday (I Have the Orchestra (featuring
1955 Jazz Single
Blues)" vocals sung by Joe
Williams)

"Every Day I Have the


B.B. King 1955 Blues Single
Blues"
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Exile on Main St. The Rolling Stones 1972 Rock Album

Bob Marley and the


Exodus 1977 Reggae Album
Wailers

Duke Ellington and His


The Far East Suite 1967 Jazz Album
Orchestra

Fred Astaire & Adele
"Fascinating Rhythm" Astaire featuring Georg 1926 Pop Single
e Gershwin

"The Fat Man" Fats Domino 1949 Rock & Roll Single

Favorite Gospel Songs and The Blackwood


1952 Gospel Album
Spirituals Brothers

"Feliz Navidad" Jose Feliciano 1970 Latin Pop Single

"Fever" Peggy Lee 1958 Jazz Single

Cast: Zero
Mostel, Joanna
Merlin, Julia
Fiddler on the
Migenes, Maria Musical
Roof Original Broadway Ca 1964 Album
Karnilova, Bert Show
st Album
Convy, Michael
Granger, Tanya Everett,
etc.

"Fight the Power" Public Enemy 1989 Hip Hop Single

Finian's Rainbow Original Cast: Ella 1947 Musical Album


Broadway Cast Recording Logan, Donald
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Richards, David Wayne,
Show
etc.

"Fire and Rain" James Taylor 1970 Folk Rock Single

First Take Roberta Flack 1969 Vocal Jazz Album

"Fixin' to Die Blues" Bukka White 1940 Blues Single

"Flash Light" Parliament 1978 Funk Single

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac 1975 Soft Rock Album

Lionel Hampton & his


"Flying Home" 1942 Jazz Single
Orchestra

Focus Stan Getz 1961 Jazz Album

Lester Flatt & Earl
Foggy Mountain Banjo Scruggs with Foggy 1961 Bluegrass Album
Mountain Boys

Lester Flatt & Earl
"Foggy Mountain
Scruggs with Foggy 1949 Bluegrass Single
Breakdown"
Mountain Boys

Lester Flatt & Earl
Foggy Mountain Jamboree 1957 Bluegrass Album
Scruggs

"Folsom Prison Blues" Johnny Cash 1955 Rockabilly Single


Year of
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Jimmie Lunceford & his


"For Dancers Only" 1937 Jazz Single
Orchestra

Judy Garland and Gene
"For Me and My Gal" 1942 Pop Single
Kelly

"For Once in My Life" Stevie Wonder 1968 Soul Single

"For the Love of Money" The O'Jays 1973 R&B Single

"For What It's Worth" Buffalo Springfield 1967 Rock Single

Forever Changes Love 1967 Folk Rock Album

Creedence Clearwater
"Fortunate Son" 1969 Rock Single
Revival

Woody Herman & his


"Four Brothers" 1947 Jazz Single
Orchestra

Frank
Francis Albert Sinatra &
Sinatra and Antonio 1967 Jazz Album
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Carlos Jobim

Frank Sinatra Sings for Only


Frank Sinatra 1958 Vocal Jazz Album
the Lonely

"Frankie and Johnny" Mississippi John Hurt 1928 Folk Single

The Mothers of
Freak Out! 1967 Rock Album
Invention
Year of
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"Free Bird" Lynyrd Skynyrd 1973 Rock Single

Artie Shaw & his


"Frenesi" 1940 Jazz Single
Orchestra

Full Moon Fever Tom Petty 1989 Rock Album

Cast: Barbra
Streisand, Sydney
Funny Girl Original Chaplin, Kay Musical
1964 Album
Broadway Cast Album Medford, Jean Show
Stapleton, Danny
Meehan, etc.

Boston Pops
Gade: "Jalousie 'Tango
Orchestra conducted 1935 Classical Single
Tzigane'"
by Arthur Fiedler

The Genius of Art Tatum, 1953–


Art Tatum Jazz Album
Vols. 1–13 1954

Genius of Modern Music:


Thelonious Monk 1951 Jazz Album
Volume 1

Genius of Modern Music:


Thelonious Monk 1952 Jazz Album
Volume 2

The Genius of Ray Charles Ray Charles 1959 R&B Album

Genius + Soul = Jazz Ray Charles 1961 Jazz Album

"Gentle on My Mind" Glen Campbell 1967 Country Single


Year of
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Hoagy Carmichael & his


"Georgia on My Mind" Orchestra (featuring Bix 1930 Jazz Single
Beiderbecke on Cornet)

"Georgia on My Mind" Ray Charles 1960 Soul Single

George Gershwin with
"Gershwin: An American in Victor Symphony
1929 Jazz Single
Paris" Orchestra conducted
by Nathaniel Shilkret

Original cast
Gershwin: Porgy and
And Broadway revival 1940–
Bess Highlights, Volumes 1 Opera Album
cast (Todd 1942
and 2
Duncan, Anne Brown)

Cast: Lawrence
Winters, Camilla
Gershwin: Porgy and Williams, Avon
1951 Opera Album
Bess (Complete Opera) Long, Warren Coleman,
Inez Matthews, June
McMechen, etc.

George
Gershwin with Paul
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue 1924 Jazz Single
Whiteman & his
Orchestra

Oscar
Levant with Philadelphia
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue 1945 Classical Album
Orchestra conducted
by Eugene Ormandy

"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a)


James Brown 1970 Funk Single
Sex Machine"
Year of
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Bob Marley and the


"Get Up, Stand Up" 1973 Reggae Single
Wailers

"(Get Your Kicks On) Route


The King Cole Trio 1946 R&B Single
66"

Stan Getz and João
Getz/Gilberto 1964 Jazz Album
Gilberto

Giant Steps John Coltrane 1960 Jazz Album

Cast: Betty
Wand, Leslie
Caron, Maurice
Gigi: Motion Picture
Chevalier, Louis 1958 Soundtrack Album
Soundtrack
Jourdan, Hermione
Gingold, John Abbott,
etc.

Blue-Eyed
"Gimme Some Lovin'" Spencer Davis Group 1966 Single
Soul

Stan Getz and Astrud Bossa


"The Girl from Ipanema" 1964 Single
Gilberto Nova

"Give My Regards to Musical


Billy Murray 1905 Single
Broadway" theatre

Garage
"Gloria" Them 1964 Single
Rock

"God Bless America" Kate Smith 1938 Gospel Single

"God Bless the Child" Billie Holiday 1941 Jazz Single


Year of
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"Goldfinger" Shirley Bassey 1964 Soundtrack Single

Gone with the Wind Film Orchestra conducted


1939 Soundtrack Album
Soundtrack by Max Steiner

"Good Rocking Tonight" Wynonie Harris 1948 Jump Blues Single

The Good, the Bad, and the


Ennio Morricone 1966 Soundtrack Album
Ugly

"Good Vibrations" The Beach Boys 1966 Pop Single

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John 1973 Pop Rock Album

Huddie "Lead Belly"


"Goodnight Irene" 1936 Folk Single
Ledbetter

"Got My Mojo Workin'" Muddy Waters 1957 Blues Single

Graceland Paul Simon 1986 Worldbeat Album

"Grazing in the Grass" Hugh Masekela 1968 Jazz Single

"Great Balls of Fire" Jerry Lee Lewis 1957 Rock & Roll Single

"The Great Pretender" The Platters 1956 R&B Single

Roy Acuff with the


"The Great Speckled Bird" 1936 Gospel Single
Crazy Tennesseans

"Green Onions" Booker T. & the MG's 1962 R&B Single


Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
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Blue-Eyed
"Groovin'" The Young Rascals 1967 Single
Soul

Dizzy Gillespie & His


"Groovin' High" 1945 Jazz Single
Sextet

Cast: Robert
Guys and Dolls: Alda, Vivian
Musical
Original Broadway Cast Blaine, Isabel 1950 Album
Show
Album Bigley, Stubby
Kaye, Sam Levene, etc.

Cast: Ethel
Gypsy: Original Broadway Merman, Sandra Musical
1959 Album
Cast Album Church, Jack Klugman, Show
Lane Bradbury, etc.

Cast: Gerome
Ragni, James
Musical
Hair Rado, Ronnie 1968 Album
show
Dyson, Melba Moore,
Lynn Kellogg, etc.

"Hallelujah" Leonard Cohen 1984 Folk-Rock Single

"Happy Together" The Turtles 1967 Pop Single

Roy Rogers and Dale
"Happy Trails" Evans (with The 1951 Country Single
Whippoorwills)

"Happy Days Are Here Ben Selvin & his 1930 Pop Single
Again" Orchestra (featuring
Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
e

vocals sung by Annette


Hanshaw)

A Hard Day's Night The Beatles 1964 Soundtrack Album

Jimmy Cliff and Various


The Harder They Come 1972 Soundtrack Album
Artists

"Harper Valley PTA" Jeannie C. Riley 1968 Country Single

Harvest Neil Young 1972 Rock Album

"He Stopped Loving Her


George Jones 1980 Country Single
Today"

Head Hunters Herbie Hancock 1973 Jazz-Funk Album

Country
Heart Like a Wheel Linda Ronstadt 1974 Album
Rock

"Heart of Glass" Blondie 1978 Disco Single

"Heartbreak Hotel" Elvis Presley 1956 Rock & Roll Single

Heavy Weather Weather Report 1977 Jazz fusion Album

Louis Armstrong and


"Heebie Jeebies" 1926 Jazz Single
His Hot Five

"He'll Have to Go" Jim Reeves 1959 Country Single


Year of
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"Hello Darlin'" Conway Twitty 1970 Country Single

"Hello, Dolly!" Louis Armstrong 1964 Pop Single

Cast: Carol
Channing, David
Burns, Charles Nelson
Hello, Dolly! Original Musical
Reilly, Eileen 1964 Album
Broadway Cast Recording Show
Brennan, Alice Playten,
Igors Gavon, Jerry
Dodge, Sondra Lee, etc.

"Hello Walls" Faron Young 1961 Country Single

"Help!" The Beatles 1965 Folk Rock Single

"Help Me Make It Through


Sammi Smith 1970 Country Single
the Night"

"(Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Cab Calloway and His


1939 Swing Single
Jive" Orchestra

Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Sergio Mendes & Brasil Bossa


1966 Album
Mendes & Brasil '66 '66 Nova

Here's Little Richard Little Richard 1957 Rock & Roll Album

Credited to: The
Crystals
"He's a Rebel" 1962 Rock & Roll Single
Actual Performers: The
Blossoms
Year of
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"He's Got the Whole World Negro


Marian Anderson 1958 Single
in His Hands" Spiritual

"Hey, Good Lookin'" Hank Williams 1951 Rockabilly Single

"Hey Jude" The Beatles 1968 Rock Single

Traditional
"Hey There" Rosemary Clooney 1954 Single
Pop

"Hide Away" Freddy King 1961 Blues Single

Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan 1965 Rock Album

"His Eye Is on the Sparrow" Mahalia Jackson 1958 Gospel Single

The Hi-Lo's and All That


The Hi-Lo's 1958 Jazz Album
Jazz

Ray Charles with The
"Hit the Road Jack" Raelettes and Margie 1961 Jazz Single
Hendricks

"Holiday for Strings" David Rose 1942 Classical Single

"Honeysuckle Rose" Fats Waller 1934 Jazz Single

"Honky Tonk (Parts 1 and


Bill Doggett 1956 R&B Single
2)"

"Honky Tonk Women" The Rolling Stones 1969 Rock Single


Year of
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"Honky Tonkin'" Hank Williams 1948 Country Single

Junior Wells & his


Hoodoo Man Blues 1965 Blues Album
Chicago Blues Band

Horowitz at Carnegie Hall:


Vladimir Horowitz 1965 Classical Album
An Historic Return

"Hotel California" Eagles 1976 Soft Rock Single

Hotel California Eagles 1976 Rock Album

"Hound Dog" Elvis Presley 1956 Rock & Roll Single

"Hound Dog" Big Mama Thornton 1953 Blues Single

"The House I Live In" Frank Sinatra 1945 Soundtrack Single

"The House of the Rising


The Animals 1964 Rock Single
Sun"

"How High the Moon" Ella Fitzgerald 1960 Vocal Jazz Single

"How High the Moon" Les Paul and Mary Ford 1951 Jazz Single

"How Long, How Long


Leroy Carr 1928 Blues Single
Blues"
Year of
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"I Apologize" Billy Eckstine 1951 Pop Single

1948– Spoken
I Can Hear It Now, Vols. 1–3 Edward R. Murrow Album
1950 Word

"(I Can't Get No)


The Rolling Stones 1965 Rock Single
Satisfaction"

Traditional
"I Can't Get Started" Bunny Berigan 1937 Single
Pop

"I Can't Help Myself" Four Tops 1965 Soul

"I Can't Make You Love Me" Bonnie Raitt 1991 Pop Single

"I Can't Stop Loving You" Ray Charles 1962 R&B Single

"I Fall to Pieces" Patsy Cline 1961 Country Single

"I Feel Like Going Home" Muddy Waters 1947 Blues Single

Garage
"I Fought the Law" The Bobby Fuller Four 1965 Single
Rock

California
"I Get Around" The Beach Boys 1964 Single
Sound

"I Got You (I Feel Good)" James Brown 1965 R&B Single

"I Got You Babe" Sonny & Cher 1965 Pop Single
Year of
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Spoken
"I Have a Dream" Martin Luther King Jr. 1963 Track
Word

"I Heard It Through the


Marvin Gaye 1968 R&B Single
Grapevine"

"I Heard It Through the Gladys Knight & the


1967 R&B Single
Grapevine" Pips

"I Left My Heart in San Traditional


Tony Bennett 1962 Single
Francisco" Pop

Joan Jett with the
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" 1981 Hard Rock Single
Blackhearts

"(I Love You) For


The King Cole Trio 1946 Jazz Single
Sentimental Reasons"

"I Loves You, Porgy" Nina Simone 1958 Jazz Single

"I Miss You So" The Cats and the Fiddle 1939 R&B Single

I Never Loved a Man the Southern


Aretha Franklin 1967 Album
Way I Love You Soul

"I Only Have Eyes for You" The Flamingos 1959 Doo-Wop Single

"I Shot the Sheriff" Eric Clapton 1974 Soft Rock Single

Stand-Up
I Started Out as a Child Bill Cosby 1964 Album
Comedy
Year of
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"I Walk the Line" Johnny Cash 1956 Country Single

"I Wanna Be Loved by You" Helen Kane 1928 Pop Single

"I Want to Be a Cowboy's Patsy Montana (with the


1935 Country Single
Sweetheart" Prairie Ramblers)

"I Want to Hold Your Hand" The Beatles 1963 Pop Rock Single

"I Want You Back" The Jackson 5 1969 Pop Single

"I Will Always Love You" Dolly Parton 1974 Country Single

"I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston 1992 Pop Single

"I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor 1978 Disco Single

"I Wonder Why" Dion & the Belmonts 1958 Rock & Roll Single

"If I Didn't Care" The Ink Spots 1939 R&B Single

"If You Could See Me Now" Sarah Vaughan 1946 Jazz Single

"If You've Got the Money I've


Lefty Frizzell 1950 Country Single
Got the Time"

"I'll Be There" The Jackson 5 1970 R&B Single

"I'll Never Smile Again" Tommy Dorsey & his 1940 Traditional Single
Orchestra (featuring
Year of
Title Artist Releas Genre Format
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vocals sung by Frank


Sinatra and The Pied Pop
Pipers)

"I'll Take You There" The Staple Singers 1972 R&B Single

"I'm a King Bee" Slim Harpo 1957 Blues Single

"I'm Getting Sentimental Tommy Dorsey and His Traditional


1936 Single
Over You" Orchestra Pop

"I'm Moving On" Hank Snow 1950 Country Single

"I'm So Lonesome I Could


Hank Williams 1949 Country Single
Cry"

"I'm Sorry" Brenda Lee 1960 Pop Single

"I'm Walkin'" Fats Domino 1957 Blues Single

"(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Chicago


Muddy Waters 1954 Single
Man" Blues

"Imagine" John Lennon 1971 Soft Rock Single

"In a Mist" (piano solo) Bix Beiderbecke 1927 Jazz Single

In a Silent Way Miles Davis 1969 Jazz Album

"The 'In' Crowd" Ramsey Lewis & his 1965 Jazz Single


Year of
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Trio

"In My Room" The Beach Boys 1963 Pop Single

The Cannonball
In San Francisco 1959 Jazz Album
Adderley Quintet

"In the Jailhouse Now" Jimmie Rodgers 1928 Country Single

"In the Midnight Hour" Wilson Pickett 1965 R&B Single

Glenn Miller & his


"In the Mood" 1939 Swing Single
Orchestra

"In the Still of the Night" The Five Satins 1956 Rock & Roll Single

In the Wee Small Hours Frank Sinatra 1955 Vocal Jazz Album

The Incredible Jazz Guitar of


Wes Montgomery 1960 Jazz Album
Wes Montgomery

Nelson
"Indian Love Call" Eddy and Jeanette 1936 Soundtrack Single
MacDonald

Innervisions Stevie Wonder 1973 Soul Album

"Is That All There Is?" Peggy Lee 1969 Pop Single

"Israelites" Desmond Dekker (with 1968 Rocksteady Single


Year of
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the Aces)

Traditional
"It's Not for Me to Say" Johnny Mathis 1957 Single
Pop

Duke Ellington & his


"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Famous Orchestra
1932 Jazz Single
Ain't Got That Swing)" (featuring vocals sung
by Ivie Anderson)

Isham Jones & his


"It Had to Be You" 1924 Pop Single
Orchestra

"It Wasn't God Who Made


Kitty Wells 1952 Country Single
Honky Tonk Angels"

"It's a Man's Man's Man's


James Brown 1966 R&B Single
World"

"It's Too Late" Carole King 1971 Doo-Wop Single

"I've Been Loving You Too


Otis Redding 1965 Soul Single
Long"

"I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" Buck Owens 1964 Country Single

"I Got a Woman" Ray Charles 1954 R&B Single

"I've Got the World on a


Frank Sinatra 1953 Vocal Jazz Single
String"
Year of
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"I've Got You Under My Traditional


Frank Sinatra 1956 Single
Skin" Pop

New York
Ives: Symphony No. 2 Philharmonic conducted 1958 Classical Album
by Leonard Bernstein

Year of
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"Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley 1957 Rock and roll Single

"Jambalaya (On the


Hank Williams 1952 Country Single
Bayou)"

John Barry & his


"James Bond Theme" 1962 Soundtrack Single
Orchestra

"The Quintet",
including: Charlie
Parker, Dizzy
Jazz at Massey Hall 1953 Jazz Album
Gillespie, Bud
Powell, Max
Roach, Charles Mingus

Stan Getz and Charlie
Jazz Samba 1962 Jazz Album
Byrd

Jelly Roll Morton: The Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" 1949– Jazz Album
Saga of Mr. Jelly Morton 1950
Lord (Library of
Congress Recordings
Year of
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e

Fats Waller & his


"Jitterbug Waltz" 1942 Jazz Single
Rhythm Band

Joan Baez Joan Baez 1960 Folk Album

John
John Coltrane and
Coltrane and Johnny 1963 Jazz Album
Johnny Hartman
Hartman

John Prine John Prine 1971 Folk Album

"Johnny B. Goode" Chuck Berry 1958 Rock & Roll Single

Johnny Cash at
Johnny Cash 1968 Country Album
Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash at San


Johnny Cash 1969 Country Album
Quentin

"Jolene" Dolly Parton 1973 Country Pop Single

The Joshua Tree U2 1987 Rock Album

Judy at Carnegie Hall Judy Garland 1961 Vocal Jazz Album

"Juke" Little Walter & his Night 1952 Chicago Single


Cats Blues
Year of
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"Just Because Polka" Frankie Yankovic 1948 Polka Single

"Just the Way You


Billy Joel 1977 Soft Rock Single
Are"

Lester Young & his


"Just You, Just Me" 1943 Jazz Single
Quartet

"Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison 1959 R&B Single

"Kansas City Stomps" Jelly Roll Morton 1928 Jazz Single

"Kassie Jones" Furry Lewis 1928 Blues Single

"Keep My Skillet
Uncle Dave Macon 1924 Country Single
Good and Greasy"

"Keep on the Sunny Southern


The Carter Family 1928 Single
Side" Gospel

"Key to the Highway" Big Bill Broonzy 1941 Blues Single

William
Khachaturian: Piano Kapell with Boston
Concerto in D-Flat Symphony 1943 Classical Album
Major Orchestra conducted
by Serge Koussevitzky

"Killing Me Softly with


Roberta Flack 1973 Soul Single
His Song"

Kind of Blue Miles Davis 1959 Jazz Album


Year of
Title Artist releas Genre Format
e

Cast: Yul
Brynner, Gertrude
The King and
Lawrence, Dorothy Musical
I Original Broadway 1951 Album
Sarnoff, Doretta show
Cast Recording
Morrow, Larry Douglas,
Sandy Kennedy, etc.

"King of the Road" Roger Miller 1965 Country Single

Benny Goodman and
"King Porter Stomp" 1935 Jazz Single
his Orchestra

Kiss Me, Cast: Lisa Kirk, Harold


Kate Original Lang, Alfred Musical
1948 Album
Broadway Cast Drake, Patricia Morison, show
Recording etc.

Duke Ellington and his


"Ko-Ko" 1940 Jazz Single
Famous Orchestra

The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett 1975 Jazz Album

Kristofferson Kris Kristofferson 1970 Country Album

"La Bamba" Ritchie Valens 1958 Rock & roll Single

Traditional
"La Vie en Rose" Édith Piaf 1947 Single
Pop

Lady in Satin Billie Holiday 1958 Jazz Album

"Lady Marmalade" Labelle 1974 Disco Single


Year of
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Lady Sings the Blues Billie Holiday 1956 Jazz Album

"Last Date" Floyd Cramer 1960 Country Single

"Layla" Derek and the Dominos 1971 Rock Single

Layla and Other


Derek and the Dominos 1970 Blues Rock Album
Assorted Love Songs

"Lazy River" Louis Armstrong 1931 Jazz Single

"Le Freak" Chic 1978 Disco Single

"Lean on Me" Bill Withers 1972 Soul Single

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 1969 Rock Album

Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin 1971 Rock Album

Leoncavallo:
"Pagliacci Act I: Vesti Enrico Caruso 1907 Classical Single
la Giubba"

"Let It Be" The Beatles 1970 Gospel Single

Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones 1969 Blues Album

"Let the Good Times Louis Jordan & 1946 Jump Blues Single
Roll" his Tympany Five
Year of
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Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye 1973 Soul Album

"Let's Stay Together" Al Green 1971 R&B Single

"The Letter" The Box Tops 1967 Rock Single

"Light My Fire" The Doors 1967 Rock Track

"Like a Rolling Stone" Bob Dylan 1965 Rock Single

"The Little Old Log


Fiddlin' John Carson 1923 Country Single
Cabin in the Lane"

James Brown and The
Live at the Apollo 1962 Soul Album
Famous Flames

Live at the Regal B. B. King 1964 Blues Album

"The Loco-Motion" Little Eva 1962 Pop Single

Double
London Calling The Clash 1979 Punk rock
album

Herb Alpert and The


"The Lonely Bull" 1962 Pop Single
Tijuana Brass

"Lonely Teardrops" Jackie Wilson 1958 R&B Single

"Long Tall Sally" Little Richard 1956 Rock & roll Single
Year of
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"The Look of Love" Dusty Springfield 1967 Pop Single

Alternative
"Losing My Religion" R.E.M. 1991 Single
rock

Cast: Todd Duncan,
Lost in the
Frank Roane, Inez
Stars Original Musical
Matthews, Sheila 1949 Album
Broadway Cast show
Guyse, Herbert
Album
Coleman, etc.

Garage
"Louie Louie" The Kingsmen 1963 Single
Rock

Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong and his


1954 Jazz Album
Plays W.C. Handy All-Stars

"Love Is Strange" Mickey and Sylvia 1956 R&B Single

"Love Me or Leave
Ruth Etting 1928 Pop Single
Me"

A Love Supreme John Coltrane 1965 Jazz Album

"Love Theme from Orchestra conducted


1972 Soundtrack Track
The Godfather" by Carlo Savina

"Love Train" The O'Jays 1972 Soul Single

"Lover Man (Oh,


Billie Holiday 1945 Jazz Single
Where Can You Be?)"
Year of
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"Low Rider" War 1975 Funk Single

"Lucille" Little Richard 1957 Rock & roll Single

"Lullaby of Broadway" Dick Powell 1935 Soundtrack Single

Lush Life John Coltrane 1961 Jazz Album

John Coltrane & Johnny
"Lush Life" 1963 Jazz Single
Hartman

Louis Armstrong & the


"Mack the Knife" 1955 Jazz Single
All-Stars

"Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin 1959 Pop Single

"Maggie May" Rod Stewart 1971 Rock Single

Kathleen
Ferrier & Julius
Gustav Mahler: Das Patzak with Vienna
1952 Classical Album
Lied von der Erde Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Bruno
Walter

Gustav Chicago Symphony 1971 Classical Album


Mahler: Symphony Orchestra conducted
No 8 in E flat by Georg
major ("The Solti (with Vienna State
Symphony of a Opera Chorus, Vienna
Thousand") Boys' Choir, & Wiener
Singverein)
Year of
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Gustav Minneapolis Symphony


Mahler: Symphony Orchestra conducted 1940 Classical Album
No 1 in D major by Dimitri Mitropoulos

New York
Gustav Mahler: The Philharmonic & London
Complete Symphony 1967 Classical Album
Symphonies Orchestra conducted
by Leonard Bernstein

Maiden Voyage Herbie Hancock 1965 Modal Jazz Album

"Make the World Go


Eddy Arnold 1965 Country Single
Away"

"Mama Tried" Merle Haggard 1968 Country Single

Original Broadway
Cast: Richard
Kiley, Irving
Musical
Man of La Mancha Jacobson, Joan 1965 Album
show
Diener, Robert
Rounseville, & Ray
Middleton

Gordon Jenkins & his Traditional


Manhattan Tower 1956 Album
Orchestra Pop

Dizzy Gillespie & his Afro-Cuban


"Manteca" 1947 Single
Orchestra Jazz

"Many Rivers to
Jimmy Cliff 1969 Reggae Single
Cross"
Year of
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e

"Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett 1977 Pop Single

Tommy Dorsey & his


Orchestra (featuring Traditional
"Marie" 1937 Single
vocals sung by Jack Pop
Leonard)

"Mary Had a Little


Thomas Alva Edison 1878 Experimental Single
Lamb"

Cast: Julie
Andrews, Dick Van
Mary Poppins Original Dyke, David
1964 Soundtrack Album
Film Soundtrack Tomlinson, Karen
Dotrice, Matthew
Garber, etc.

"Match Box Blues" Blind Lemon Jefferson 1927 Blues Single

"Maybellene" Chuck Berry 1955 Rock & roll Single

Solomon Linda and The


"Mbube" 1939 Vocal Single
Evening Birds

"Me and Bobby


Janis Joplin 1971 Rock Single
McGee"

"Me and Mrs. Jones" Billy Paul 1972 Soul Single

Meet the Beatles! The Beatles 1964 Rock Album

Meet Me in St. Louis Judy Garland 1944 Vocal Album


Year of
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Grandmaster Flash and


"The Message" 1982 Hip Hop Single
the Furious Five

Felix
Fritz Kreisler with Berlin
Mendelssohn: Violin
State Opera Orchestra 1926 Classical Album
Concerto in E-Minor,
conducted by Leo Blech
Op. 64"

"Mercy Mercy Me
Marvin Gaye 1971 Soul Single
(The Ecology)"

Lead Belly and Golden Country


"Midnight Special" 1940 Album
Gate Quartet Blues

"Midnight Train to Gladys Knight & the


1973 Soul Single
Georgia" Pips

Miles Davis with Gil
Miles Ahead 1957 Jazz Album
Evans & His Orchestra

Miles Smiles Miles Davis Quintet 1967 Jazz Album

Milestones Miles Davis & his Sextet 1958 Jazz Album

Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus 1959 Jazz Album

Mingus Dynasty Charles Mingus 1959 Jazz Album

Cab Calloway & his


"Minnie the Moocher" 1931 Jazz Single
Orchestra

"Mission: Impossible" Lalo Schifrin 1967 Theme Single


Year of
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music

"Misty" Erroll Garner 1954 Jazz Single

Traditional
"Misty" Johnny Mathis 1959 Single
Pop

Art Blakey & the Jazz


"Moanin'" 1958 Jazz Single
Messengers

Art Blakey & The Jazz Hard Bop


Moanin' 1959 Album
Messengers Jazz

Modern Sounds in
Country and Western Ray Charles 1962 Pop Album
Music

Traditional
"Mona Lisa" Nat King Cole 1950 Single
Pop

The Mamas & the Sunshine


"Monday, Monday" 1966 Single
Papas Pop

Clyde
"Money Honey" McPhatter and The 1953 R&B Single
Drifters

Thelonious Monk & his


Monk's Music 1957 Jazz Album
Jazz Septet

Duke Ellington & his


"Mood Indigo" 1930 Jazz Single
Orchestra
Year of
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"Moody's Mood for


James Moody 1952 Jazz Single
Love"

Track
from Moo
n River
Traditional
"Moon River" Andy Williams 1962 and Other
Pop
Great
Movie
Themes

Henry Mancini & his


"Moon River" 1961 Pop Single
Chorus

Moondance Van Morrison 1970 R&B Album

Benny Goodman & his


"Moonglow" 1936 Jazz Single
Quartet

Glenn Miller & his


"Moonlight Serenade" 1939 Jazz Single
Orchestra

More Than a New


Laura Nyro 1966 Pop Album
Discovery

"Move On Up a Little
Mahalia Jackson 1947 Gospel Single
Higher"

Cast: Helge
Rosvaenge, Tiana
Lemnitz, Wilhelm
Mozart: Die
Strienz, Erna 1938 Opera Album
Zauberflöte
Berger, Gerhard Husch,
etc. (with Berlin
Philharmonic conducted
by Thomas Beecham)
Year of
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e

"Mr. Bojangles" Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1970 Country Single

Psychedelic
Mr. Fantasy Traffic 1967 Album
Rock

Traditional
"Mr. Sandman" The Chordettes 1954 Single
Pop

"Mr. Tambourine
The Byrds 1965 Rock Single
Man"

"Mr. Tambourine
Bob Dylan 1965 Rock Track
Man"

"Mrs. Robinson" Simon & Garfunkel 1968 Pop Single

Bill Monroe and his Blue


"Mule Skinner Blues" 1940 Bluegrass Single
Grass Boys

Music from Big Pink The Band 1968 Rock Album

The Music from Peter Henry Mancini & his


1959 Soundtrack Album
Gunn Orchestra

Cast: Robert
Preston, Barbara
The Music
Cook, Iggie
Man Original Musical
Wolfington, David 1957 Album
Broadway Cast show
Burns, Helen
Album
Raymond, Pert
Kelton, Eddie Hodges,
etc.
Year of
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Music of Albéniz &


Andrés Segovia 1944 Classical Album
Granados

Vladimir Horowitz (on
Mussorgsky: Pictures Piano)
1947 Classical Album
at an Exhibition (arranged by V.
Horowitz)

Chicago Symphony
Orchestra conducted
Mussorgsky: Pictures
by Rafael Kubelik 1951 Classical Album
at an Exhibition
(arranged by Maurice
Ravel)

Mussorgsky: "Song of
Feodor Chaliapin 1926 Classical Single
the Flea"

"Mustang Sally" Wilson Pickett 1967 R&B Single

My Aim is True Elvis Costello 1977 Rock Album

"My Black Mama


Son House 1930 Blues Single
(parts 1 & 2)"

Traditional
"My Blue Heaven" Gene Austin 1927 Single
Pop

"My Country 'Tis of


Marian Anderson 1939 Opera Single
Thee"

My Fair Lady Original Broadway Cast 1956 Musical Album


with Rex show
Harrison and Julie
Andrews
Year of
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John Coltrane & his


My Favorite Things 1961 Modal Jazz Album
Quartet

"My Generation" The Who 1966 Rock Single

"My Girl" The Temptations 1964 R&B Single

"My Guy" Mary Wells 1964 Soul Single

"My Heart Belongs to Musical


Mary Martin 1938 Single
Daddy" theatre

"My Mammy" Al Jolson 1927 Soundtrack Single

"My Man" Billie Holiday 1937 Jazz Single

"My Man" Fanny Brice (with


Traditional
(from Ziegfeld Follies Orchestra conducted 1921 Single
Pop
of 1921) by Rosario Bourdon)

Traditional
"My Way" Frank Sinatra 1969 Single
Pop

"(You Make Me Feel


Like) A Natural Aretha Franklin 1967 Soul Single
Woman"

"Nature Boy" Nat King Cole 1947 Jazz Single

"Near You" Francis Craig 1947 Pop Single


Year of
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e

Negro Sinful Songs Lead Belly 1939 Blues Album

Nevermind Nirvana 1991 Grunge Album

Never Mind the


Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols 1977 Punk Rock Album
Sex Pistols

"New San Antonio Bob Wills and His Texas


1940 Country Single
Rose" Playboys

Nick of Time Bonnie Raitt 1989 Rock Album

Fred Astaire with Leo
Musical
"Night and Day" Reisman & his 1932 Single
theatre
Orchestra

A Night at Birdland
Vol. 1, A Night at
Birdland Vol. 2, A Art Blakey & his Quintet 1954 Jazz Album
Night at Birdland Vol.
3

Progressive
A Night at the Opera Queen 1975 Album
Rock

Dizzy Gillespie & his


"A Night in Tunisia" 1946 Jazz Single
Sextet

"Night Train" Jimmy Forrest 1952 R&B Single

"Nights in White
The Moody Blues 1967 Rock Single
Satin"
Year of
Title Artist releas Genre Format
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1999 Prince 1982 Pop Album

Bob Marley and the


"No Woman, No Cry" 1974 Reggae Single
Wailers

Traditional
"Nobody" Bert Williams 1906 Single
Pop

"Nobody Knows the Negro


Louis Armstrong 1938 Single
Trouble I've Seen" Spiritual

"Now He Sings, Now


Chick Corea 1968 Jazz Single
He Sobs"

Django
Reinhardt and Stéphane
"Nuages" Grappelli with the 1946 Jazz Single
Quintet of the Hot Club
of France

"Ode to Billie Joe" Bobbie Gentry 1967 Country Single

Off the Wall Michael Jackson 1979 Pop Album

Edwin Hawkins & his


"Oh Happy Day" 1967 Gospel Single
Singers

"Oh, Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison 1964 Pop Single

"Ohio" Crosby, Stills, Nash & 1970 Hard Rock Single


Young
Year of
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e

Okie from Muskogee Merle Haggard 1969 Country Album

Cast: Alfred
Drake, Harry
Stockwell, Joan
Oklahoma! Original
Roberts, Betty Musical
Broadway Cast 1943 Album
Garde, Lee show
Recording
Dixon, Celeste
Holm, Howard Da Silva,
etc.

Paul Robeson with Paul
Musical
"Ol' Man River" Whiteman & his Concert 1928 Single
theatre
Orchestra

Cast: Bruce
Oliver! Original
Prochnik, Clive Musical
Broadway Cast 1962 Album
Revill, Georgia Brown, show
Recording
Danny Sewell, etc.

"On Broadway" The Drifters 1963 Soul Single

Country
"On the Road Again" Willie Nelson 1980 Single
Rock

"One for My Baby


(and One More for the Frank Sinatra 1958 Vocal Jazz Single
Road)"

"One Love" The Wailers 1965 Gospel Single

"One O'Clock Jump" Count Basie 1937 Jazz Single

"Only the Lonely Roy Orbison 1960 Pop Single


(Know the Way I
Year of
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Feel)"

"Only You (And You


The Platters 1955 Doo-wop Single
Alone)"

Charlie Parker & his


"Ornithology" 1946 Bebop Single
Septet

"Over the Rainbow" Judy Garland 1939 Soundtrack Single

Traditional
"Over There" Nora Bayes 1917 Single
Pop

"Oye Como Va" Tito Puente 1963 Latin Jazz Single

"Paint It, Black" The Rolling Stones 1966 Rock Single

"Pan American Blues" DeFord Bailey 1927 Blues Single

"Papa Was a Rollin' Psychedelic


The Temptations 1972 Single
Stone" Soul

"Papa's Got a Brand


James Brown 1965 R&B Single
New Bag" (Part 1)

Traditional
"Paper Doll" Mills Brothers 1943 Single
Pop

Parsley, Sage,
Simon & Garfunkel 1966 Folk Album
Rosemary and Thyme
Year of
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Rev. James
Peace Be Still Cleveland & The 1963 Gospel Album
Angelic Choir

Janis Joplin with Full Tilt


Pearl 1971 Rock Album
Boogie Band

Traditional
"Peg o' My Heart" The Harmonicats 1947 Single
Pop

"Peggy Sue" Buddy Holly 1957 Rockabilly Single

"Pennies from Traditional


Bing Crosby 1936 Single
Heaven" Pop

Baroque
"Penny Lane" The Beatles 1967 Single
Pop

Musical
"People" Barbra Streisand 1964 Single
theatre

"People Get Ready" The Impressions 1965 Gospel Single

Pet Sounds The Beach Boys 1966 Rock Album

Henry Mancini & Jazz


"Peter Gunn" 1958 Soundtrack Track
Ensemble

"Piano Man" Billy Joel 1973 Soft Rock Single

Big Brother & the Psychedelic


"Piece of My Heart" 1968 Single
Holding Company Rock
Year of
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"Pine-Top's Boogie
Pine Top Smith 1928 Jazz Single
Woogie"

Henry Mancini & his


The Pink Panther 1963 Soundtrack Album
Orchestra

Cast: Dickie Jones, Cliff
Pinocchio: Motion
Edwards, Walter Catlett, 1940 Soundtrack Album
Picture Soundtrack
etc.

"Pistol Packin' Mama" Al Dexter 1943 Country Single

New York Pro


Musical
Play of Daniel Musica directed 1958 Album
show
by Noah Greenberg

"Please Mr. Postman" The Marvelettes 1961 R&B Single

"Please, Please, James Brown & The


1956 R&B Single
Please" Famous Flames

"Please Send Me
Percy Mayfield 1950 R&B Single
Someone to Love"

"Pony Blues" Charley Patton 1929 Delta Blues Single

Third Stream
Porgy and Bess Miles Davis 1959 Album
Jazz

Ella
Porgy and Bess Fitzgerald and Louis 1958 Jazz Album
Armstrong
Year of
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Lawrence
Tibbett and Helen
Jepson (with Orchestra
Porgy and Bess 1935 Opera Album
conducted by Alexander
Smallens and Nathaniel
Shilkret)

Selections from Original Broadway


George Gershwin's Cast: Todd
1940-42 Opera Album
folk opera Porgy and Duncan, Anne Brown,
Bess etc.

Portrait in Jazz Bill Evans & his Trio 1960 Jazz Album

Pretenders The Pretenders 1980 Punk Rock Album

"Precious Lord, Take


Mahalia Jackson 1956 Gospel Single
My Hand"

"The Prisoner's Song" Vernon Dalhart 1924 Country Single

Creedence Clearwater
"Proud Mary" 1968 Rock Single
Revival

"Proud Mary" Ike & Tina Turner 1970 Funk Rock Single

Cast: Victoria de los
Angeles, Lucine
Amara, Jussi
Bjorling, Robert
Puccini: La bohème Merrill, Giorgio 1956 Opera Album
Tozzi, John Reardon,
etc. (with Orchestra &
Chorus conducted
by Thomas Beecham)
Year of
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Cast: Maria
Callas, Giuseppe Di
Stefano, Tito Gobbi, etc.
Puccini: Tosca (with La Scala 1953 Opera Album
Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Victor de
Sabata)

The Jimi Hendrix


"Purple Haze" 1967 Rock Single
Experience

Prince and The Minneapolis
"Purple Rain" 1984 Album
Revolution Sound

Harry
Richman (with Earl
"Puttin' On the Ritz" Burtnett & his Los 1930 Soundtrack Single
Angeles Biltmore Hotel
Orchestra),

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