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14 Feet Of Soul 2
5th Dimension 7
A french song (writeen by Curtis - Delance .- Becaud) made popular by the Everly Brothers 23
A West Indian folk song, original hit by Mac and Katie Kisson. 2
A West Indian folk song, popularized by Mac and Katie Kisson 3
Aaron Neville 10
Abba 7
Ace of Base 1
Acker Bilk 9
Adam Wade 49
adapted from Neil Sedaka: Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen 2
adapted from original by the Beatle's, This Boy, 1963 4
adapted from Techniques My Girl 1
adapted from The Cardinals: Choo Choo 2
adapted from the traditional AMerican Spiritual Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen 1
After 7 3
Air Supply 15
Air Suppy: All Out of Love 1
aka Shadow Of Your Smile, from the film The Sandpiper 1
Al Caiola, 1961, written by Elmer Bernstein 4
Al Downing 2
Al Green 33
Al Green: I'm Glad You're Mine 4
Al Green: Love and Happiness 22
Al Green: You Say It 2
Al Jarreau 12
Al Kent Orchestra: You've Got To Pay The Price 2
Al Martino, written by Bert Kampfert 5
Al Wilson 16
Alan Dale 3
Alan Sherman 3
Alan Sherman Hello Mother Hello Father 1
Alan Toussaint 12
Albert Ketelbey: In a Persian Market 2
Alexander O'Neal 3
Alison McCallum 2
All-4-One 8
All-4-One I Can Love You Like That 2
Allen Toussaint 1
Allison Brothers: I'll Cross My Fingers 7
Allman Brothers 6
Alvin Cash and The Crawlers: Twine Time, 1965 3
American folk song popularized by Lead Belly 4
American folk song, known as Red River Valley or Cowboy Love Song made popular by Gene Autrey, later by Johnny and the Hurricanes 4
Amos Milbourne - Page Boy Shuffle 2
Amos Milburn 15
Amy Grant 1
Andrea Marcovicci 2
Andy Gibb 12
Andy Kim 1
Andy Williams 29
Andy WIlliams, Henry Mancini composer 1
Anita Baker 10
Anita Ward 17
Ann Peebles 11
Anne Murray 21
Anne Murray: I Just Fall In Love Again 6
Anton Dvorak - 2nd movement, 9th Symphony 2
Antonio Machin: Siboney 5
Archie Bell 2
Archie Bell and the Drells 2
Archies 14
Aretha Franklin 27
Aretha Franklin. 22
Aretha Franklin: Natural Woman 1
Arlo Guthrie 3
Armando Manzanero: Somos Novios (It's Impossible) 1
Arrow 1
Arthur Alexander 1
Arthur Lyman: Dahil Sayo, 1959 1
Arthur Prysock 13
Artie Shaw - Jungle Drums 5
Ashford and Simpson 24
Association 6
Atlantic Star 3
Atlantic Starr 5
Augusto Martelli 6
Baby Face 10
Baby Washington 2
Babyface 16
Ballad 1
Band of Gold 3
Barbara Acklin 4
Barbara Acklin, written by Eugene Record of the Chi-Lites 6
Barbara George 3
Barbara George: I Know, melody 1
Barbara Keith 5
Barbara Lewis 23
Barbara Lewis: Hello Stranger 1
Barbara Lynn 41
Barbara Mandrell 5
Barbara Mason 5
Barbara Moore 8
Barbie Gay - same title 1957 20
Barbra Streisand 19
Barry Gibb 1
Barry Gibbs 2
Barry Manilow 1
Barry Mann: Who Put the Bomp 2
Barry White 15
Barry White: I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More" 3
Barry White: Midnight And You 4
based in part on Don Gibson 'Sea Of Heartbreak' 2
based in part on Johnny Cash: Ring Of Fire 5
based it on Franky Lyman's I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent 2
based loosely on Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever 1
based loosely on Chuck Berry: Johnny B Goode 2
based loosely on the Richie Valens original 1
based OC Smith La La Peace Song 2
based on "Coming Through The Rye" 1
based on "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" 1
based on "Soulful Strut" by Young Holt Trio 3
Based on "The Wayward Wind" by Gogi Grant 8
based on '25 Miles' by Eddie Floyd 2
based on 'Fly Robin Fly' by SIlver Connection 4
based on a television jingle written by Carlos Malcolm 3
based on All Day All Night Mary Ann 1
based on Beatles And I Love Her 1
based on Ben E King: Don't Play That Song 7
based on Bobby Blue Bland's "Call On Me" 5
based on Bobby Darin's Dream Lover 2
based on Bobby Day: Over and Over 1
based on Bruce Chanel's Hey Baby 1
based on Chi-Lites Sh La La I Love You 1
based on Come Softly by the Fleetwoods. 1
based on Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions People Get Ready 1
based on Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, People Get Ready 3
based on Cyril Diaz' Tabu 3
based on Dean Martin: Sway 2
based on Del Vikings: Come and Go With Me 2
based on Del-Vikings: Come and Go With Me 2
based on Diamonds; Little Darling 1
based on Diana Ross - Upside Down 1
Based on Diana Ross and Temptations: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me 1
based on Dion's Abraham Martin and John 6
based on Distant Drums 1
based on Donovan's Sunshine Superman 2
based on Elaine and Derek: Invisible Tears 2
based on English folk song 2
based on Etta James: tell Mama 2
Based on Fats Domino's "Hello Josephine". 3
based on Fats Domino's "My Girl Josephine" 2
Based on Fats Domino's "The Big Beat" 3
based on Fifth Dimension: Age Of Aquarius 2
based on Four Tops: 'Ain't No Woman Like The One I've Got' 1
based on Frankie Avalon: Venus 3
based on Fred Astaire's Dancing Cheek To Cheek 1
based on Fred Astaire's Just The Way You Look Tonight 2
based on Gene McDaniels's 100 Pounds Of Clay 2
based on George Gershwin's Summer Time 1
based on Glen Miller's Tuxedo Junction. 9
based on Go Tell It On The Mountain 2
based on Hank Williams Oh Lonesome Me 1
based on Haydn's Symphony 101 in D Major 1
based on Hey Joe by the Leaves 1
based on House Of The Rising Sun 1
based on Isley Brothers; Summer Breeze 1
based on James Brown tune of same name 1
based on James Brown's original 'Say It Loud" 1
based on Jimmy Soul's If You Want To Be Happy 2
based on Let The Little Girl Dance by Billy Bland 1
based on Linstead Market 1
based on Little Drummer Boy 3
based on Little Green Apples 1
based on Lonely Soldier 1
based on Lord Lebby: Ethiopia 1
based on Major Lance's Monkey Time 1
based on Marty Robbins El Paso 1
based on Mary Wells: My Guy 1
based on McFadden and Whitehead: Ain't No Stopping Us Now 6
based on Melancholy Baby, written 1912 2
based on Memories Are made of this by Dean Martin 4
based on Michael Jackson's Thriller 1
based on Miracles "Shop Around" 2
based on Moonlight Bay 2
based on My Old Kentucky Home 3
based on original "Making Whoopie", Eddie Cantor, 1930 8
based on original by Barrett Strong, Money, 1960 1
based on original by Bobby Day: "Over and Over" 2
based on original by Bobby Day: Over and Over, 1959. 5
based on original by Contours, Do You Love Me, 1965 3
based on original by Everly Brothers 1
based on original by Four Tops, It's The Same Old Song, 1965 2
based on original by Irma Franklin: Piece Of My Hurt 3
based on original by Junior Walker, Shotgun, 1965 1
based on original by Little Richard, Good Golly Miss Molly, 1958 2
based on original by Wade Flemons, here I Stand, 1958 1
based on original by Wade Flemons, here I Stand, 1958....a hit by the Rip Chords 1
based on Orlons "South Street" 1
based on Otis Redding's Sad Song 2
based on People's Choice "Do It Anyway" 1
based on Percy Sledge: Thief In The Night 2
based on Petula Clark's: Downtown 2
based on Rapper's Delight 1
based on Ray Charles "I'm Busted" 1
based on Ray Charles Crying Time 1
based on Ray Charles: Hallelujah, I Love Her So 1
based on Ray Charles: Hallelujah, I Love Her So" 1
based on Roy Hammond: High School Dropout 5
based on Royal Teens:Short Shorts 2
based on Sam Cooke's Wonderful World 2
based on Sam Cooke: What A Wonderful World 1
based on Santana's "No One To Depend On" 2
based on Soleado by Ciro Dammicco 4
based on spiritual The Conquering Saviour 4
based on Stand By Your Man by Tammy Wynette 1
based on standard "Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love" 1
based on Stevie Wonder's Up Tight 2
based on Supremes: Someday We'll Be Together 2
based on Swing Low Sweet Chariot 4
based on Temptations It's Growing 2
Based on Temptations" My Girl 1
based on Temptations, Since I Lost My Baby 9
based on the Diamonds Little Darlin' 3
based on The Happy Wanderer 2
based on the Jacksons' Don't Stop Til You Get Enough 1
based on Theme From Bonanza 2
based on Things Ain't What They Used To Be by Johnny Hodges and others 2
based on traditional "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" 1
based on traditional spiritual "Rock My Soul", first published 1867 1
based on traditional spiritual Wayward Traveler 1
Based on traditional: Oh Mary Don't You Weep 2
based on Unchained Melody 5
based on We Shall Overcome 2
BB King 3
Beatles 153
Beatles - Carry That Weight 10
Beatles I'll Be Back Again 1
Beatles: And I Love Her 1
Beatles: Can't Buy Me Love 1
Beatles: Hard Days Night 2
Beatles: I'll Be Back Again 9
Beatles: Lady Madonna 1
Beatles: Let It Be 2
Beatles: Nowhere Man 1
Beatles: Ticket To Ride 4
Becky Hobbs 4
Bee Gees 76
Bee Gees, Words 2
Bee Gees: Emotion 1
Beginning of the End: Funky Nassau 1
Bell and James 3
Bell Biv Devoe 5
Bellamy Brothers 5
Ben E King 97
Ben E King and Dee Dee Sharp: Wat'cha Gonna Do About It 5
Ben E King and Dee Dee Sharpe 5
Ben E King: That's When It Hurts 1
Ben E King: Til I Can't Take It Any More 2
Benny Bunn 1
Benny Golson 1
Benny Goodman : Flying Home 2
Benny Goodman Orchestra,Glory Of Love 1936 2
Benny Mardones 3
Beny More "Pachito Eche", also a hit for Perez Prado, same title 2
Bernard Purdie "Funky Donkey" 2
Bert Kaempfert 2
Bert Kaempfert, Wonderland By Night, 1961 8
Bessie Smith - Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out 2
Bette Midler 3
Betty Everett 2
Betty Wright 40
Betty Wright: Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do 1
Betty Wright: Girls You Can't Do 2
Bettye Crutcher 14
Bettye Swann 11
Bettye Swann; Make Me Yours 1
Big Jay McNeely 10
Big Sid Catlett: Just A Riff 2
Bill Anderson 3
Bill Doggett 2
Bill Doggett - Boo Da Ba 1958 1
Bill Doggett: Smokey 3
Bill Haley 2
Bill Justus 2
Bill Withers 48
Billie Holiday 4
Billie Jo Spears  1
Billie Preston 2
Billie Stewart 1
Billy Butler And The Enchanters 2
Billy Eckstine 1
Billy Hope and The Badmen 'Riding West' 15
Billy Joe Royal 2
Billy Joe Royal: Down In The Boondocks 2
Billy Joel 11
Billy Ocean 9
Billy Paul 14
Billy Paul,written by Gamble and Huff 3
Billy Paul: Me and Mrs. Jones 1
Billy Stewart 67
Billy Vera and Judy Clay 17
Billy Young (written by Otis Redding) 3
Bing Crosby 22
Bing Crosby and the Sons of the Pioneers, 1936, written by Johnny Mercer 1
Bing Crosby originally, this version patterned after Shirley and Lee 2
Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Platters, Fats Domino 2
BJ Thomas 22
BJ Thomas Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head 1
Blackbyrds 1
Blackstreet 2
Blood Sweat and Tears 8
Blood Sweat and Tears: Spinning Wheel 2
Blood Sweat and Tears: These Eyes 3
Blood Sweat and Tears: You Made Me So Very Happy 1
Bloodstone 3
Blue Lovett, 1972, written by Teddy Randazzo 7
Blue Magic 5
Blue Mink 3
Blues Busters 5
Bob B Soxx and the Blue Jeans 1
Bob Dylan 51
Bob Dylan "Man In Me" 3
Bob Dylan I Shall Be Released 4
Bob Dylan: Just Like A Woman 2
Bob Dylan: Man In Me 1
Bob Marley and Wailers: Rock It Babe 1
Bob Marley: from the album Kaya 1
Bob Wills: My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You. 2
Bobbi Staff 2
Bobbie and Ronald: You're Mine Oh Mine 1
Bobby Bare 2
Bobby Bare - Detroit City 1
Bobby Bland 9
Bobby Bland : Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City 5
Bobby Bloom 6
Bobby Brown 12
Bobby Caldwell 10
Bobby Caldwell: What You Won't Do For Love 1
Bobby Darin 28
Bobby Darin: Dream Lover 1
Bobby Darin: That's All 2
Bobby Day 5
Bobby Day, Over and Over 1
Bobby Day: Over and Over 2
Bobby Gentry 2
Bobby Glover 1
Bobby Goldsboro 1
Bobby Lee 2
Bobby McFerrin 1
Bobby McPherrin 3
Bobby Moore 1
Bobby Powell 2
Bobby Scott 1
Bobby Smith - Bess Boogie" 1949 2
Bobby Vee 13
Bobby Vinton 3
Bobby Williams 3
Bobby Womack 35
Bobby Womack and Patti LaBelle 1
Bobettes 3
Bohannon 4
Bonnie Raitt 1
Bonnie Tyler 2
Booker T and The MG's 1
Booker T and The MGs 14
Booker T and The MGs : Time Is Tight 7
Booker T and the MGs: Chinese Checkers 1
Booker T and The MGs: Hip Hugger, uses the actual track it sounds like 2
Bop A Loos 2
borrows heavily from original by Joe Turner, Flip Flop and Fly 3
Box Tops 2
Boy George 5
Boyz II Men 12
Boz Scaggs 2
Brandy 3
Bread 34
Bread: Make It With You 1
Brenda and The Tabulations 6
Brenda Holloway 13
Brenda Lee 2
Brenton Wood 5
Brenton Wood: Gimme Little Sign 1
Brewer and Shipley 2
Brian Hyland 1
Brian McKnight 5
Brook Benton 68
Brook Benton: Because You Love Me 13
Brook Benton: It's Just a Matter of Time 1
Brotherhood Of Man 16
Brothers Four: Greenfields 3
Brothers Johnson 6
Brothers Johnson Strawberry Letter 23 1
Bruce Channel 1
Bruce Springsteen 1
Bryan Adams 4
BT Express 2
Bud Harper 1
Buddy Griffin, 1953 5
Buddy Holly 6
Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band (South Africa, 1954) also a hit for Perez Prado, Ray Anthony, and Bill Haley 1
Bulawayo Sweet Rhythms Band (South Africa, 1954) also a hit for Perez Prado, Ray Anthony, and Bill Haley! 4
Bunk Johnson 3
Bunny Sigler 2
Burl Ives 2
Burt Bacharach 8
Bush Productions 1
Buster Brown 1
Butterflies by Patti Page 2
Byrds 2
Byrds Turn Turn Turn 1
Cab Calloway 2
Caesar Frazier: Hicky Burr 1
Calvin Boze: Sofranio B 1
Calypso Rose Fire In Your Wire, 1966 12
Cameron 1
Candi Station 2
Candi Staton 1
Cannonball Adderley 12
Cannonball Adderley, then Jon Hendricks: Jive Samba 3
Capris 3
Captain and Tennille 13
Carl Belew 8
Carl Dobkins Jr. 6
Carl Douglas 5
Carl Douglas: Kung Fu Fighting 1
Carl Graves 4
Carla Thomas 3
Carlos Jobim 1
Carole King 22
Carpenters 36
Cars 2
Cascades 1
Casinos 3
Casinos, 1967, written by John Loudermilk. 20
Cass Elliott 1
Cassidy 1
Cat Stevens 50
Cat Stevens: Wild World 4
Cha Ka Chas 4
Chain Reaction 3
Chaka Khan 2
Chaka Khan: Through the Fire 2
Champaign 4
Champs 3
Chantays 4
Chantays: Pipeline 3
Charlene 4
Charles Lloyd 2
Charles Wright and Watts 103rd Street Band 1
Charley Feathers 15
Charley McClain 3
Charley Parker: Barbados 1
Charley Pride 29
Charlie and Inez Foxx 6
Charlie Parker as 'Little Suede Shoes' 3
Charlie Parker; Barbados 2
Charlie Rich 6
Charly McClain 3
Charly McClain and Wayne Massey  2
Chase Vampire 1
Cheryl Lynn 1
Chi-Lites 65
Chi-Lites - Stoned Out Of My Mind 3
Chi-Lites: I Forgot To Say I Love You Til I'm Gone 6
Chi-Lites: Oh Girl 2
Chi-Lites: Stoned Out Of My Mind 3
Chic 2
Chicago 4
Chopin: Polonaise in A Major 2
Chordettes 6
Chords, "Sh-Boom", 1954 4
chorus based on Beatles She Loves You 2
chorus from Ray Charles; "This Little Girl of Mine" 1
Chris Andrews 3
Chris De Burgh 6
Chris DeBurgh 1
Chris Kenner 16
Chris Kenner: Something You Got 1
Christine Perfect 3
Christopher Cross 6
Chuck Berry 14
Chuck Jackson 60
Chuck Jackson: I Don't Want To Cry 3
Chuck Jackson: Not At Home 1
Chuck Mangione 1
Chuck Willis 16
Cilla Black 5
Cindy Lauper 1
Clarence Carter 11
Clarence Frogman Henry 7
Clarence Frogman Henry - Ain't Got No Home 956 3
Clarence Reid Nobody But You (intro) 8
Clarence Reid: Nobody But You 4
Claude Gray 2
Claude King 8
Clay Hammond 2
Cliff Richard 22
Cliff Richard: Young Ones 9
Clovers 11
Clovers: Drive It Home 2
Clovers: Love Potion #9 2
Clyde McPhatter 22
Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters 6
Clyde McPhatter: Rock and Cry 3
Coasters 9
Cockerel Chorus 1
Color Me Bad 3
Color Me Badd 13
Commodores 29
composed by Ernest Gold 1
composed by Maurice Jarre, from the movie Dr. Zhivago 2
composed by Monty Norman, theme for the film series, 1962. 4
composed by Rodgers and Hart. 4
composed in 1809 by Sebastion Salaveri 3
Connie Francis 7
Continental Four 2
Conway Twitty 1
Cookies 7
Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose. 19
Corsairs 3
Count Basie 1
Credence Clearwater 12
Creedence Clearwater 1
Crests 4
Crickets 15
Crispian St. Peters 9
Crystal Gayle 11
Crystals 3
Curtis Mayfield 10
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions 166
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, "You Always Hurt Me" 9
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions: I've Been Trying 1
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions: Minstrel And Queen 14
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions: See The Real Me 6
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions: Talking ABout My Baby, 1964 1
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions: You'll Want Me Back 8
Curtis Mayfield: Give Me Your Love 6
Curtis Mayfield: Romancing To The Folk Song 2
Cymande 2
Cyndi Lauper 4
Cyndi Lauper: Time After Time 1
Dale and Grace 1
Dalida 1
Dan Hill 4
Dan Penn 14
Dana 6
Dancehall 1
Daniel Boone: Beautiful Sunday 3
Danny Pearson 5
Dave Bartholomew 4
Dave Brubeck 12
Dave Clarke Five 2
David Baby Cotez 2
David Bowie 2
David Gates 3
David Ruffin 3
Dawn 4
Dazz Band 3
Dean Martin 12
Dean Martin: But I Will 1
DeBarge 4
Debbie Reynolds 1
Dee Clark: Just Keep It Up 3
Dee Clarke 18
Dee Dee Bridgewater 5
Dee Dee Warwick 9
Delaney and Bonnie 6
Delaney and Bonnie" Never Ending Song of Love 5
Delfonics 44
Delfonics: Don't Break Your Promise 3
Dell Vikings 1
Della Reese 3
Dells 3
Demis Roussos 2
DeNeice Williams 4
DeNiece Williams 3
Desmond Dekker 1
Detroit Spinners 1
Diamonds 21
Diana Ross 29
Dianne Davidson 1
Dick And Dee Dee 1
Dick Haymes 1
Dickie Doo and The Don'ts 8
Dinah Washington and Brook Benton 2
Dinah Washington and Brook Benton, 1960 3
Dion 1
Dion and The Belmonts 8
Dionne Warwick 80
Dionne Warwick, Message To Michael 4
Dionne Warwick: Always Something There To Remind Me 1
Dionne Warwick: Trains and Boats and Planes 1
Dixie Cups 5
Dobie Gray 11
Dobie Gray: Drift Away 1
Doc Bagby 1
Doc Bagby Dumplin's 1957 3
Dolly Parton 15
Dolly Parton later Whitney Houston 1
Dolly Parton, then Whitney Houston 1
Dolly Parton: Just Because I'm a Woman 2
Dolly Parton: Just When I Needed You Most 1
Don and Juan 7
Don Covay 10
Don Fardon , Indian Reservation 3
Don Gibson 1
Don Julian 1
Don Williams 4
Don't Make Promises - Josh King 1
Don't Make Promises by Josh King 1
Donna Hightower 1
Donna Summer 3
Donnie Elbert 40
Donny Elbert: Will You Ever Be Mine 2
Donny Hathaway 3
Donovan 3
Doors 3
Doris Day 40
Doris Day - Que Sera 1
Doris Duke: Congratulations Baby 3
Doris Duke: Your Best Friend 3
Doris Duke: Your Best Friend) 1
Doris Troy 13
Dorothy Moore 1
Dottie and Ray 1
Doug E Fresh 1
Down By The Riverside (traditional) 4
Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show 52
Dramatics 20
Dramatics: Hot Pants In the Summertime 1
Dreamlovers 1
Drifters 158
Drifters Under The Boardwalk 2
Drifters, Save The Last Dance For Me 4
Drifters: Spanish Harlem 1
Drifters: Up On The Roof 1
Drifters: When You Dance 1
Drifters; When My Little Girl Is Smiling 2
Driftin', by Lynn Hope, 1954 2
Duke Ellington 5
Duke Ellington, "Caravan", 1937. 1
Duke Ellington, composed by Billy Strayhorn 1
Duke Ellington, written by Sam Coslow and Arthur Johnston 2
Duke Ellington: "In A Mellow Tone", 1940 3
Dusty Springfield 51
Dusty Springfield : I Just Wanna Stay Here And Love You 9
Dusty Springfield, and later Aretha Franklin 10
Dusty Springfield: "I Only Want to Be With You" 2
Dusty Springfield: Son Of A Preacher Man 1
Dusty Springfield: Son Of A Preacher Man (melody) 2
Dusty Springfield: Who Gets Your Love 2
Dyke and The Blazers 2
Earl Grant 17
Earth Wind and Fire 14
Ecstasy Passion and Pain 1
Ed Townsend 7
Eddie Arnold 1
Eddie Cantor: When We Build A Home 1
Eddie Floyd 46
Eddie Floyd, I've Never Found A Girl 7
Eddie Hodges 1
Eddie Hodges: I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door" 2
Eddie Holman 7
Eddie Hooper 4
Eddie Kendricks 15
Eddie Minnis 1
Eddy Holman: Hey There Lonely Girl 3
Eddy Howard 2
Edison Lighthouse 6
Edith Piaf 1
Edwin Hawkins 5
Edwin Starr 2
El Chicles 1
El Condor Pasa 2
El Tempos: My Dream Island 1962 21
Electric Light Orchestra 3
Elegants 1
Elgins 10
Ella Fitzgerald, A Tisket A Tasket, 1939. 2
Elton John 17
Elvis Costello 4
Elvis Presley 77
Elvis Presley, the hit version was by Joe Dowell, 1961. 1
Elvis Presley: Can't Help Falling In Love With You 1
Elvis Presley: I'll Never Fall In Love Again 5
Elvis Presley: In the Ghetto 1
Elvis Presley: Return To Sender 1
Emmy Lou Harris 1
Emotions 11
Emotions: So I Can Love You 2
Engelbert Humperdinck 1
Engelbert Humperdink 32
Ennio Morrecone 1
Ennio Morricone 1
Entouch 2
Enya 3
Eric Clapton 3
Ernesto Lecuona (Cuba) , later by Stan Kenton 2
Ernie Fields Junior 2
Ernie Freeman 1
Ernie Freeman: "Live It Up" 3
Ernie Freeman: "Live It Up", 1959. 4
Ernie K-Doe: Wanted 10,000 Dollar Reward 1
Ernst Neubach and Ralph Maria Siegel 5
Errol Garner 10
Esther Phillips 6
Esther Phillips: Release Me 1
Ethel Waters 1
Ethelbert Nevin, 1901 1
Etta James 3
Etta James : Tell Mama 6
Etta James: Tell Mama 2
Eugene Church 5
Eugene Record 7
Eurhythmics 1
Eurythmics 1
Evelyn Champagne King 4
Evelyn King 5
Everley Brothers 3
Everly Brothers 58
Everly Brothers: All I Have To Do Is Dream 1
Everly Brothers: Dream Dream 1
Everly Brothers: Take A Message To Mary 4
Ewan Gardiner harmony vocal 1
Exile 3
Falcons 6
Fantastic Four 13
Faron Young 1
Fats Domino 49
Fats Domino: Hello Josephine 1
Fats Domino: I Hear You Knocking 1
Fats Domino: Let the Four Winds Blow 2
Fats Waller 4
Ferrante and Teicher: Theme From Exodus 4
Fifth Dimesnion: Age of Aquarius 4
First Choice 2
First Class 3
Fitz Bryan Vaughn Orchestra - Teensville 2
Fleetwood Mac 1
Fleetwoods 12
Floaters 3
Florence Ballard 2
Floyd Cramer 12
Floyd Cramer: Last Date 3
Floyd Robinson 2
Flying Machine 6
Fontella Bass 5
Force M.D.'s 7
Force MD's 7
Foreigner 2
Four Aces 2
Four Gees 3
Four Seasons 24
Four Tops 91
Four Tops, Until You Love Someone, 1966 3
Francis Lai 1
Francois Deguelt 1
Frank Sinatra 18
Frank Sinatra: It Was A Very Good Year 2
Frankie Avalon 3
Frankie Beverley 2
Frankie Ford 11
Frankie Ford: Sea Cruise 2
Frankie Laine 15
Frankie Laine: Lucky Old Sun 7
Frankie Layne 1
Frankie Lyman and The Teenagers 14
Frankie Valli 3
Franky Avalon 6
Fred Astaire 4
Fred Astaire: Dancing Cheek To Cheek 2
Fred Hughes: My Heart Cries Oh 4
Fred Neil 9
Fred Neil: Everybody's Talking 2
Freda Payne 12
Freddie Hart 6
Freddie Jackson 16
Freddie Scott 2
Freddy Fender 21
Frederick Knight 5
Free Movements 2
Free Movements: I Found Someone Of My Own 1
Friends Of Distinction 5
From a poem by R. Lee Sharpe. It is from the book Masperpieces of Religion Verse 1948. 13
from film Black Orpheus 1
from Porgy and Bess 16
from the film The Sting 2
from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar 3
from the Sound Of Music 6
from the Western movie same title 1
Games People Play 1
Gap Band 2
Garnett Mims' "Quiet Place" 1964. 3
Gary Benson 1
Gary Wright 1
Gene and Eunice 28
Gene Autrey 9
Gene Chandler 52
Gene Chandler and Barbara Acklin 8
Gene Coy and the Killer Dillers; Killer Diller 2
Gene Kelly, 'All I Do Is Dream Of You, from the musical 'Singing In The Rain', 1934 3
Gene McDaniels 10
Gene Pitney 7
Gene Thomas 14
Gene Thomas: Sometimes 1
Genesis 1
George and Gwen McCrae 2
George Benson 30
George Hamilton IV 2
George Harrison 12
George Harrison: My Sweet Lord 4
George McCrae 6
George McCrae: Rock Your Baby 2
George Michael 3
George Soule 4
Gerhard Winkler 4
Gerry and The Pacemakers 6
Gershon Kingsley 2
Get Me To The Church On Time 3
Gilbert O'Sullivan 8
Gladys Knight 1
Gladys Knight and The Pips 34
Glen Campbell 21
Glen Frey 3
Glenn Jones: We've Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over) 3
Gloria Estefan 4
Goerge Harrison 3
Gordon Jenkins 1
Gordon McCrae 1
Graham Central Station 2
Grandfather's Clock, composed by Henry Work 1876 9
Grass Roots 5
Grateful Dead 2
Gregory Abbott 2
Grover Washington 1
Guess Who 9
Guess Who: No Sugar Tonight 3
Guy 7
Guy Lombardo 6
Guy Mitchell 1
Gwen Guthrie 3
Gwen McCrae 2
Gwen McCrae: Funky Sensation 1
H-Town 6
Hal Paige and the Whalers (1959 2
Hall and Oates 1
Hall and Oates: Maneater 1
Hamilton Bohannon 6
Hank Locklin 4
Hank Locklin: Please Help Me I'm Falling 2
Hank Penny: Let Me Play With Your Poodle 1
Hank Snow 8
Hank Williams 6
Hank Williams, also a hit for Ray Charles 1
harmonica plays 'The Wonder Of You' by Dorsey Burnett 2
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes 20
Harry Belafonte 40
Harry Belafonte: I'm Just A Country Boy 3
Harry Chapin 3
Harry Nillson 1
Hava Nagila 2
Have You Ever Been In Love (Dennis Brown) // I'm Getting Married 1
Heathen 1
Heatwave 12
Heavenless 1
Helen Forrest and Artie Shaw, 1939. 1
Helen Shapiro 1
Henry Mancini 28
Henry Mancini, Theme For The Richard Boone Show 1
Herb Alpert 10
Herb Alpert: Spanish Flea 1
Herb Alpert: The Lonely Bull 3
Herbie Hancock 8
Herbie Mann 3
Herbie Mann Our Man Flint 1
Herbie Mann: Happy Brass 2
Herman's Hermits 4
Hi-Five 6
Hilltoppers, written by George Gershwin 2
Hoagie Charmichael 1
Hollies 5
Homer Banks 7
Honey Comb 1
Honeypie 2
Horace Silver 2
Hot Chocolate 9
Howard Huntsberry 2
Howard Tate 2
Hues Corporation 3
Huey Piano Smith 4
Hugh Masakela 7
Hugh Masakela: Grazing In The Grass 2
Hugo and Luigi 2
Human Body 1
I'll Be Gone (Horace Andy) 1
I'm Gonna Make It 1
Ike and Tina Turner 5
Imagination 1
Imperials, Who's Gonna Love Me 1
Impressions 34
Impressions: Closer Together 1
Independents 13
Inez & Charley Foxx 7
Inez & Charley Foxx: Come By Here 1
Ink Spots 8
Irma Franklin 10
Irving Berlin 1
Irving Berlin, 1946 2
Isaac Hayes 29
Isaac Hayes: Do Your Thing 1
Isley Brothers 56
Isley Brothers, Twist and Shout 1
Isley Brothers: Voyage To Atlantis 4
Isley Jasper Isley 3
It Might As Well be Spring 1
Italian song written in 1880 by Luigi Denza 1
Ivory Joe Hunter 15
Jack Jones 2
Jack Wilson: Frank's Song 5
Jackie DeShannon 4
Jackie DeShannon: Put a Little Love In Your Heart 1
Jackie Moore 1
Jackie Opel: Push Wood 1
Jackie Wilson 3
Jackie Wilson: Love Is Funny That Way 1
Jackson 5 8
Jackson Five 7
Jackson's: Rock With You 1
Jacksons 5
James and Bobby Purify 23
James Brown 3
James Brown: Make It Funky 5
James Carr 17
James Ingram 11
James Last: Elizabethan Serenade 15
James Last: La Bostella 2
James Phelps 5
James Taylor 4
James Wayne: Ten To Your Business 1
James Wayne: Tend To Your Business 1
Jan Bradley 6
Janet Jackson 7
Janie Fricke 11
Jarmels 6
Jarmels : Little Lonely One 1
Jay and The Americans 5
Jaye P Morgan: That's All I Want From You 11
Jazz Crusaders 6
Jazz Crusaders, then Junior Walker 6
Jazz Crusaders, Tough Talk, 1965 1
Jean Carn 1
Jean Carne 5
Jean Knight 3
Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff 8
Jeanne Black 2
Jeannie C. Riley 6
Jeffrey Osbourne 2
Jennifer Rush 1
Jennifer Rush 5
Jennifer Warnes 5
Jermaine Jackson 10
Jermaine Jackson and Rita Coolidge 1
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein 2
Jerry Butler 45
Jerry Butler He Don't Love You 1
Jerry Butler, 1963. Written by Curtis Mayfield 4
Jerry Chestnut 1
Jerry Jackson 15
Jerry Jeff Walker 8
Jerry Orbach 7
Jerry Vale 3
Jerry Williams: Baby Bunny (Sugar Honey) 1
Jesse Belvin 44
Jewel King 4
Jewels 2
Jim Ed Brown 2
Jim Lowe 2
Jim Reeves 36
Jim Reeves: He'll Have To Go 3
Jimi Hendrix 5
Jimmie Cameron 2
Jimmie Lee and Artis 1
Jimmie Rodgers 11
Jimmie Smith 2
Jimmy Beck and his orchestra 2
Jimmy Castor Bunch 2
Jimmy Castor Bunch: Bertha Butt Boogie 4
Jimmy Charles 1
Jimmy Clanton 5
Jimmy Davis 8
Jimmy Davis: You Are My Sunshine 1
Jimmy Dean 2
Jimmy Holiday 3
Jimmy Holiday: Turning Point 1
Jimmy Hughes 8
Jimmy Jones 3
Jimmy Norman 1
Jimmy Reed 1
Jimmy Ruffin 7
Jimmy Ruffin: Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby 5
Jimmy Ruffin: Living In A World I Created For Myself 2
Jimmy Scott 10
Jimmy Smith 4
Jimmy Soul 3
Jimmy Velvet 1
Jingle Bells melody 1
JJ Cale 1
Jo Armstead 2
Jo Stafford 2
Jodeci 1
Joe Cocker 2
Joe Dowell 6
Joe Hinton: Funny How Time Slips Away 2
Joe Jones 3
Joe Simon 56
Joe Simon 'You Keep Me Hanging On' 3
Joe South 18
Joe Stampley 2
Joe Tex 6
Joe Tex: The Love You Save 3
Johann Strauss 3
Johann Strauss : Tales From The Vienna Woods 2
John Bucks and his Blazers 2
John Coltrane 5
John D Loudermilk 1
John Denver 16
John Lennon 26
John Lennon: Give Peace A Chance 1
Johnny Ace 25
Johnny Ace: the Clock 1
Johnny Adams 5
Johnny Adams: I Won't Cry 1
Johnny and Joe 1
Johnny Bristol 2
Johnny Cash 5
Johnny Gill 4
Johnny Lytle: "The Loop" 1965., 4
Johnny Lytle: Village Caller 6
Johnny Mathis 22
Johnny Mathis and Deneice Williams 3
Johnny Mathis: Chances Are 1
Johnny Mathis: What Will My Mary Say 2
Johnny Nash 18
Johnny Nash: I Can't Take It 1
Johnny Nash: Rock Me Baby 1
Johnny Paycheck 2
Johnny Preston 10
Johnny Ray 4
Johnny Rivers 1
Johnny Sayles 1
Johnny Taylor 61
Johnny Taylor: I Believe In You 3
Johnny Taylor: Starting All Over Again 3
Johnny Thunder 2
Johnny Waiklin 4
Jonathon Butler 2
Jones Girls 7
Joni Mitchell 3
Jose Feliciano 9
Joy Tones 4
Judy Clay 3
Judy Clay and William Bell 6
Judy Clay and William Bell: Love-Eye-Tis 3
Judy Garland 5
Judy Garland : Trolley Song 2
Julie Andrews 1
Jummy Ruffin: Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby 4
Junior Walker 9
Junior Walker and the All Stars 1
Junrior Walker: Hot Cha 3
Karla Bonoff 1
Karyn White 1
Kate and Mac Kissoon 7
Katie Love and Four Shades Of Black 2
Keith and Enid 1
Keith Barrow 10
Kenny G 9
Kenny Lattimore 5
Kenny Lynch 20
Kenny Rogers 27
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton 8
Kenny Rogers: Daytime Friends 1
Ketty Lester 1
Kiki Dee 1
King Curtis 16
King Curtis: Instant Groove 2
King Curtis: Soul Serenade 3
King Floyd 21
King Floyd: Baby Let Me Kiss You 1
King Floyd: Groove Me 2
Kingpens 1
Kingsmen 3
Kingston Trio 4
Kinks 2
Kirk Franklin 2
Kitty Kallen 2
Klymaxx 1
Kool and the Gang 13
Kool and The Gang: N.T. 4
Kool and the Kang 2
Kris Kristofferson 24
Kyu Sakamoto 16
L T D 5
Labi Siffre 2
Lamont Dozier 2
Larry Graham 5
Larry Williams 24
Latimore 3
Laurie London, traditional spiritual 7
Lavern Baker 3
Leadbelly 1
Lee Andrews and the Harps: It's Me 2
Lee Dorsey 7
Lee Dorsey: Sitting On My La La 5
Lee Morgan "The Sidewinder" 1963 1
Lee Morgan, The Sidewinder 2
Lee Oskar 4
Left Banke 2
Lennie Welch 13
Lenny Miles 1
Leo Sayer 16
Leon Haywood 17
Leon Haywood: Mellow Moonlight 1
Leonard Cohen 3
Lerner and Loewe 1
Lerner and Loewe - Get Me To The Church On Time 1
Leroy Anderson 1
Leroy Gittens 3
Leroy Hutson 13
Les and Larry Elgart: Jerkin' Around 3
Les Baxter 1
Les McCann 2
Leslie Hutchinson 1936 1
Lester Williams : I Can't Lose With the Stuff I Lose 2
Levert 5
Linda Lewis 1
Lionel Richie 9
Lionel Richie and Diana Ross 6
Lionel Ritchie 37
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam 4
Lisa Stansfield 5
Little Anthony 1
Little Anthony and the Imperials 53
Little Anthony and the Imperials: I'm Falling In Love With You 1
Little Anthony: Tears On My Pillow 1
Little Eva: The Loco-Motion 3
Little Milton 6
Little Peggy March 1
Little Richard 13
Little Willie John 7
Lloyd Price 20
Lloyd Price (traditional) 8
Lloyd Price: Where Were You On Our Wedding Day 3
Lloyd Trottman and Orchestra 1
Lobo 13
Lobo: I'd Love You To Want Me 2
Long John Baldry 2
Lonnie Donegan 1
Lord Burgess 5
Lord Flea: Time So Hard 1
Loretta Lynn 3
Lorraine Ellison 8
Los Bravos 2
Los Bravos: Black Is Black 4
Los Diablos 1
Los Pop Tops 7
Los Tres Caballeros 2
Lou Donaldson: Peepin' 2
Lou Rawls 26
Lou Rawls: My Ancestors 2
Louie Armstrong 1
Louie Jordan 10
Louie Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald: "Stone Cold Dead In The Market" 2
Louie Jordan, Caledonia Boogie, 1945 2
Louie Jordan, Open The Door Richard, 1947 1
Louie Jordan: ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens 1
Louie Jourdan and Louie Armstrong same title 1950 1
Louie Prima 3
Louis Armstrong 13
Louis Bonfa: Sambalero 1
Louis Jordan 2
Love Unlimited (Barry White) 3
Lovin' Spoonful 3
Lulu 5
Luther Ingram 19
Luther Vandross 14
Mac and Katie Kisson 7
Mac And Katie Kissoon 1
Mac Davis 8
Mad Lads 2
Madonna 3
Madonna: Isla Bonita 1
Main Ingredient 25
Main Ingredient: Brotherly Love 11
Major Harris 9
Major Lance 1
Major Lance Um Um Um Um Um Um 2
Major Lance: Sweet Music 3
Malvina Reynolds 1
Mamas and Papas 5
Mandrill: Mango Meat 4
Manhattans 42
Manhattans "The One Love Forgot" 15
Manhattans: It Feels So Good To Be Loved So Bad 1
Manu Dibango 3
Manu Dibango Soul Makossa 1
Mar-Keys 7
Marc Hamilton 1
Margaret Whiting: Moonlight In Vermont 2
Margo Llergo: El Cumbanchero 5
Mariah Carey 6
Marie Osmond 7
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. ?– I Hope We Get To Love In Time 3
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis 1
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. 1
Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Junior 1
Marilyn Sellars 4
Mario Lanza 1
Mark Lindsay 6
Marketts: Bat Cape 1
Marlena Shaw 11
Marlena Shaw Woman of the Ghetto 1
Marlena Shaw: Woman of the Ghetto 2
Marmalade 5
Martha and the Vandellas 8
Martha and the Vandellas: Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things 2
Martin Denny 2
Marty Robbins 5
Marv Johnson 4
Marvelettes 5
Marvin and Johnny 1
Marvin and Johnny: Sugar 3
Marvin Gaye 91
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues 3
Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells 16
Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells 'Once Upon A Time' 3
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell 8
Marvin Gaye: All The Love I've Got 4
Marvin Gaye: Sexual Healing 15
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On 1
Marvin Sease 1
Mary J Blige 1
Mary Jane Girls 4
Mary MacGregor 2
Mary Wells 9
Mary Wells - My Guy 2
Matt Monro 8
Maureen McGovern 2
Maurice Williams 6
Mavis John 1
Maxine Brown 16
Maxine Brown: Oh No Not My Baby 1
Maytals 2
Maze 3
MC Hammer: Can't Touch This 1
McCoys 6
McFadden and Whitehead 3
McFadden and Whitehead: Ain't No Stopping Us Now 1
McGuire Sisters 20
Mel and Tim 1
Mel Torme 1
Mel Torme' - Coming Home Baby 1962 1
Melba Montgomery 7
Melba Moore 1
Meli'sa Morgan 1
melody based on Frankie valon's Venus 1
melody based on Jim Reeves He'll Have To Go. 1
melody based on Just A Closer Walk With Thee 2
melody based on Mexican Divorce 3
melody based on Roland Alphonso You're So Delightful 1
melody based on Santa Lucia 2
melody based on Shep and The Limelighter's "Daddy's Home" 1
melody based on Stagger Lee 2
melody based on The Tornados: Telstar 6
melody by South African composer Rupert Bopape 1
melody derivative from Art Blakey and The jazz Messengers: Mozaic 2
melody from Beatles Norwegian Wood 1
melody from Kyu Sakamoto: Suki Yaki 2
melody from Richie Valens - Oh Donna 2
melody is Theme From A Summer Place 1
melody taken from Cascades "Rhythm Of The Rain" 2
melody taken from Everly Brothers - Take A Message To Mary 1
melody taken from Sea Of Love 1
melody taken from Temptations: Beauty's Only Skin Deep 2
melody Wonderland By Night 1
Menudo 2
Mercury 2
Mercy 1
Merilee Rush 9
Merilee Rush: Angel of the Morning 1
Meters 6
Meters, Sophisticated Sissy 3
MFSB: TSOP 2
Michael Bolton 4
Michael Franks 1
Michael jackson 77
Michael Jackson: Human Nature 1
Michael Jackson: Somebody's Watching Me 1
Michael Jackson: We Are The World 1
Michael Sembello for the film Flash Dance 8
Michael Turner 1
Mickey and Sylvia 11
Mickey Gilley 3
Mickey McCullers 5
Midnight Star 2
Midnight Starr 3
Mighty Sparrow 1
Mike and the Mechanics 2
Mike Gordon, Why Don't You Do Right 3
Mike Williams 12
Miles Jaye 2
Milli Vanilli 3
Millie Jackson 39
Mindbenders 18
Minnie Riperton 9
Miracles 21
Miracles: Save Me 2
Miriam Makeba 4
Miriam Makeba, Retreat Song 4
Miriam Makeba, The Retreat Song 2
Miriam Makeba: Ring Bell 2
Misora Hibari: Ringo Oiwake 2
Mitty Collier 3
Modern Girl 1
Modulations 3
Moises Simons: El Manisero 6
Moments 13
Mongo Santamaria 8
Mongo Santamaria "Don't Bother Me No More", 1962. Bobby Capers composer 3
Mongo Santamaria "Go Git It" 1963, Bobby Caper comp. 2
Mongo Santamaria "Love Oh Love" 1963, Billy Myles comp. 1
Mongo Santamaria - Fat Back, 1963, Bobby Capers composer 2
Mongo Santamaria Sauvito 1
Mongo Santamaria, Yeh Yeh, also covered by Georgie Fame 4
Mongo Santamaria: "Hammer Head" 9
Mongo Santamaria: Bayou Roots" 1963, Pat Patrick composer. 2
Mongo Santamaria: El Pussy Cat 7
Mongo Santamaria: Funny Money, 1963, Victor Venegas comp. 3
Mongo Santamaria: Get The Money 1
Monk Higgins: "Who Dun It' 6
Monkees 7
Moody Blues 4
Moonglows 24
Moonlight Bay 1
More Love Than Your Love" from the Broadway musical "By The Beautiful Sea" 3
Morris Albert 4
Mungo Jerry 13
Musique 1
My Old Kentucky Home (traditional) 1
Nancy Ames 1
Nancy Sinatra 8
Nancy Wilson 12
Nancy Wilson, You Don't Know 2
Nancy Wilson: How Glad I am 2
Nat King Cole 53
Nat King Cole : I Love Your For Sentimental Reasons 14
Nat King Cole: Let True Love begin 1
Nat King Cole: Straighten Up and Fly Right 1
Natalie Cole 7
Nature's Divine 1
Naughty By Nature 6
Ned Doheny 1
Neil Diamond 102
Neil Diamond: Solitary Man 1
Neil Hefti: Theme From Bat Man 1
Neil Larsen 1
Neil Sedaka 33
Neil Sedaka: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 2
Neil Young 3
Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald 2
New Beats 3
New Edition 2
New Seekers 1
New Vaudeville Band 3
Newbeats 10
Newbeats: Groovin' Out On Life 1
Nicolette Larson 2
Nina Simone 51
Nina Simone: Work Song 1
Nite-liters 6
Noel McKoy 1
Norman Conners: You Are My Starship 1
not Elvis Presley song 2
not Message From A Black Man 1
not related to Otis Redding tune of same name, despite label credit 1
not Sam Cooke song 1
not Temptations song 9
not the Archies song 3
Not the Curtis Mayfield song, 4
not the Jackie Wilson song 2
not the Lulu song 2
not the Marvin and Tammi song 1
not the Marvin Gaye song 2
not the Santo and Johnny song 1
Not the Smokey Robinson tune. 4
not the Stevie Wonder song 2
Now 1
O'Jays 58
O'Jays Used To Be My Girl 1
OC Smith 15
Ocean 4
Odyssey 1
Oh Carolina 1
Oh Happy Day (pop gospel hit) 4
Ohio Players 8
Olivia Newton-John 12
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta 2
Olivia Newton-John: Let's Get Physical 1
One Way 1
Oo Wee Baby (Baby I Love You) 1
original is a calypso tune: Chambolina 2
Original of this tune is "Don't Trust Them" by John and Jim 1
original written by Fields and McHugh for the movie Every Night At Eight, 1935 2
originally a Mexican song La Golondrina, recorded first in 1906, later adapted in English and recorded by Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley 9
originally called Hala La Laya, composed by the Rahbani Brothers, for the lp Music For An Arabian Night 2
originally Solamente Una Vez, written by Agustin Lara 1941, a hit for Bing Crosby in 1945 3
Originals 3
Oscar and Jeanette 4
Oscar Toney: No Sad Songs For Me 2
Osmond Brothers 3
Osmonds 3
Otis Redding 99
Otis Redding: "You're Still My Baby" 2
Pacheco Y Su Charanga 4
Pachelbel 5
Pacific Show Band 1
Paris Sisters 5
partially based on Art Blakey: Arabis 4
Partridge Family 1
Pat Boone 3
Pat Lundy 3
Patience and Prudence 2
Patrice Rushen 3
Patsy Cline 16
Patti Austin and James Ingram 1
Patti Drew 8
Patti LaBelle 10
Patti LaBelles and Michael McDonald 2
Patti Page 42
Patti Page Tennessee Waltz 1
Patti Page: Mockingbird Hill 1
Paul and Paula 3
Paul Anka 39
Paul Anka , I'm Just A Lonely Boy 2
Paul Desmond 2
Paul Evans 2
Paul Kelly 16
Paul McCartney 12
Paul McCartney and Wings 1
Paul Rodgers 1
Paul Simon 20
Paul Simon: Mrs. Robinson 1
Paul Washington 4
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra: In A Little Spanish Town 1
Paul Williams "The Hucklebuck" 10
Paul Wynn 11
Paul Young 3
Pauline and Bobby 1
Peabo Bryson 1
Peaches and Herb 10
Peaches and Herb: Reunited 1
Pee Wee King 2
Penguins 3
Penny McLean 6
People's Choice: Do It Anyway Wanna 17
People's Choice: Do It Anyway you Wanna 1
Percy Faith 1
Percy Faith Theme From A Summer Place 3
Percy Faith: Theme From A Summer Place 6
Percy Sledge 26
Percy Sledge: Cover Me 2
Percy Sledge: My Special Prayer 1
Percy Sledge: Warm and Tender Love 9
Perez Prado 22
Perez Prado: Mambo Number 8 2
Perry Como 2
Perry Como: Tulips And Heather 2
Persuaders 2
Persuaders: Thin Line Between Love and Hate 1
Pet Shop Boys 1
Pete Seeger 9
Pete Seeger Time's A Getting Hard 6
Pete Seeger: Where Have All The Flowers Gone 1
Pete Wingfield 7
Peter and Gordon 2
Peter Frampton 5
Peter Green/ Fleetwood Mac 11
Peter Paul and Mary 18
Peter Paul and Mary: Leaving On A Jet Plane 2
Petula Clark 8
Petula Clark, Downtown 1
Phil Collins 9
Phil Phillips 19
Phil Upchurch - "You Can't Sit Down", 1961 1
Philadelphia All Stars "Let's Clean Up The Ghetto, 1977. 5
Phyllis Hyman 6
Phyllis Nelson 2
Platters 19
Playmates: Let's Be Lovers 3
Pointer Sisters 4
Police 1
Pop Tops 3
Pop Tops: Mammie Blue 1
Popeye The Sailor Man 2
Poppy Family: Which Way You Going Billy 4
Porter Wagoner 1
possibly this is a cover of Shirley & Lee "That's What I'll Do" 1
Pretty Purdie: Funky Donkey 3
Prisoner Of Love. Russ Columbo in 1931, then Perry Como in 1946, and Jame Brown in 1963 1
Procal Harum 13
Professor Longhair 1
Queen: We Will Rock You 1
Quezas Quezas Quezas by Cuban Composer Osvaldo Farres 11
Quiereme Mucho, adapted as a hit by Jimmy Dorsey in 1941, a huge wartime hit in England by Vera Lynn, probably best known version in Jamaica was by Jim Reeves. 6
Quincy Jones 4
quotes Marvin Gaye's Stubborn Kind Of Fellow 4
R Kelly 4
R Kelly: I Believe I Can Fly 1
Rafael Cortijo: El Mombon de Elena 1
Ramsey Lewis - Party Time 18
Randy Evretts 2
Randy Newman 5
Randy Vanwarmer - Just When I Needed You Most 2
Ray Anthony 1
Ray Bryant Shake A Lady 1
Ray Bryant: Shake A Lady 1
Ray Charles 19
Ray Charles "Somebody Ought To Write ABout It" 4
Ray Charles Singers 2
Ray Charles: Hallelujah, I Love Her So" 3
Ray Charles: I Can't Stop Loving You 1
Ray Goodman and Brown 4
Ray Parker Jr. 1
Ray Parker Jr. and Natalie Cole 2
Ray Peterson 1
Ray Price 2
Ray Price, also a hit for Al Green 10
Ray Sharpe 1
Ray. Goodman and Brown 1
RB Greaves 6
Rddie Drennon and BBS Unlimited 1
Ready For the World 3
Real Thing 1
recorded in early 60s, unreleased at the time 1
Red Sovine 2
Reggae 3
remake of Fine Fine Fine (What Are You DOing) 1
Rennie Jackson 2
Restless Heart 1
Rex Allen, "Crying In The Chapel"; also a hit for the Orioles, Elvis Presley. 1
Rhine Oaks (?Meters), Tampin 2
rhythm by Winston Wright and Hopeton Hibbert 1
Richard Dimples Fields 7
Richard Marx 5
Richard Strauss 1
Richie Allen 1
Richie Havens 3
Richie Havens, Indian Ropeman 4
Richie Valens 8
Rick Astley 5
Rick Astley: Never Gonna Give You Up 1
Rick James 5
Rickie lee Jones 1
Ricky Nelson 2
riddim is based on Marvin Gaye's 'All The Love I've Got" 5
Righteous Brothers 42
Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody 1
Righteous Brothers: You've Lost That Loving Feeling 4
Righteous Brothers: You'veLost That Loving Feeling 1
Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash) 3
Ringo Starr 5
Rita Coolidge 1
River To The Bank traditional 4
Robert and Johnny 7
Robert Brookins 1
Robert Knight 5
Robert Parker 15
Roberta Flack 37
Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway 3
Roberta Flack: The Closer I Get To You 2
Rockin' Sydney 2
Rocky Fellers 3
Rod McKuen 1
Rod Stewart 13
Rod Stewart: Some Guys Have All The Luck 2
Rodriguez 19
Roger Miller 3
Roger Whittaker 2
Rogers and Hammerstein from the musical Oklahoma 5
Rogers and Hart 1934, hits by The Marcels & Elvis Presley 13
Rolling Stones 14
Ron Dante 1
Ronettes 7
Ronnie Dyson 21
Ronnie Milsap 11
Roscoe Gordon 13
Roscoe Gordon - No More Dogging 2
Rose Royce 20
Rosemary Clooney, My Mama Done Tol' Me 2
Rosy and Andres 2
Roy Hamilton: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You 10
Roy Orbison 3
Roy Rogers 1
Royal Guardsmen 2
Royalettes 22
Ruby and The Romantics 19
Ruby and the Romantics: Our Day Will Come 1
Rufus 2
Rufus and Chaka Khan 6
Rufus Thomas 1
Russ Columbo in 1931, then Perry Como in 1946, and Jame Brown in 1963 7
Ruth Brown: 5, 10, 15 Hours 3
Sade 9
Sadina (written by Neil Diamond) 2
Sam and Dave 6
Sam Butera 11
Sam Cooke 155
Sam Cooke, Change Is Gonna Come 1
Sam Cooke, Sad Mood 1
Sam Cooke: Chain Gang 1
Sam Cooke: We're Having a Party 1
Sam Cooke: Win Your Love For Me 1
Samantha Sang 1
Samba De Onfeu" from movie Black Orpheus. 1
Same and Dave 1
same as Life In The Ghetto by Valentine Brodie???? 1
Sammy Davis Junior 1
Sammy Kaye, 1949. r&b hit for Sammy Turner 1959. 10
Sammy Turner 2
samples Sly Stone: Family Affair 2
Sandie Shaw 13
Sandy Posey 17
Santana: Samba Pa Ti 12
Sarah Vaughn 7
Sarah Vaughn: Broken Hearted Melody 1
Saturday Night Jamboree (Wayne Jarrett) 1
Scotland The Brave: traditional Scottish folk song 1
Scott English / Barry Manilow 1
Scott McKenzie 1
Searchers 1
Seekers 4
Serendipity Singers 2
Serge Gainsbourg 7
Seven Drunken Nights (Irish folk song) 2
Shades Of Blue, written by Edwin Starr, later a hit for Jackson Five 2
Shai 8
Shanice 3
Sheena Easton 5
Shep and the Limelighters 51
Shirelles 36
Shirelles Will You Still Love Me 8
Shirelles: Dedicated to the One I Love 7
Shirelles: Tonight's the Night 1
Shirelles: WIll You Still Love Me Tomorrow 2
Shirley and Company 2
Shirley and Lee 20
Shirley and Lee I'm Gone 1
Shirley and Lee: I'm Gone 1
Shirley and Lee: Lee Goofed 6
Shirley Bassey 20
Shirley Brown 2
Shocking Blue 1
Sil Austin 5
Silver Convention 3
Simon and Garfunkel 2
Simon and Garfunkel: The Only Living Boy In New York 2
Simon and Garfunkle 29
Simon and Garfunkle Paso Del Condor 2
Simon and Garfunkle: Mrs Robinson 1
Simtec and Wylie 3
Singing Nun 1
Singing Sandra (soca artist) 1
Sir Douglas Quintet 1
Sister Sledge 5
Skeeter Davis 20
Skip and Flip 3
Slade 1
Sleigh Ride With You, written by Bill Anderson 1
Sly and The Family Stone 16
Sly and The Family Stone: "Stand" 3
Sly and The Family Stone: Everyday People 2
Sly Stone 5
Small Faces 2
Smiley Lewis 11
Smokey Robinson 58
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 3
Smokey Robinson: Let Me Be The Clock 2
Smokey Robinson: Soul Responding 2
Smoky Robinson "Choosy Beggar", 1966 1
Solomon Burke 41
Sonny and Cher 4
Sonny and Cher: Bang Bang 2
Sonny Charles 8
Sonny James 5
Sonny Knight 2
Sonny Okosun 1
Sonny Rollins "St. Thomas" 1956 3
Sons Of The Pioneers 2
SOS Band 5
SOS Band: Just Be Good To Me 6
Soul Children 12
Soul For Real 2
Soul II Soul 4
Soul II Soul - Back To Life 1
South African pennywhistle song composed by Rupert Bopape 2
Spaniels 3
Spinners 64
Spinners and Dione Warwick 4
Spinners: How Could I Let You Get Away 1
Spiral Starecase 1
Stacy Lattishaw 4
Stampeders 3
Stan Kenton 1
Stan Kenton: Bernie's Tune, 1959 1
Stanley Clarke and George Duke 3
Staple Singers 41
Staple Singers: I Want to Thank You 2
Staple Singers: I'll Take You There 10
Stavely Makepeace 2
Steam: Na Na Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 7
Stephanie Mills 4
Steve Lawrence 19
Steve Lawrence "Portrait Of My Love" 2
Steve Lawrence: Pretty Blue Eyes 1
Steve Miller 1
Steven Bishop 26
Steven Bishop: On and On 2
Steven Stills 1
Stevie Wonder 109
Stevie Wonder: Place In the Sun 1
Stewart Goldman 1
Sting 11
Stories 7
Storm 1
String-A-Longs 1
String-A-Longs: Wheels 1
Stylistics 111
Stylistics: Children Of The Night 3
Stylistics: That's What Makes The World Goes Round 1
Sue Thompson 11
Sue Thompson: Sad Movies 3
Sugar and Spice 3
sung to melody of Soul Serenade 1
sung to the melody of Abraham, Martin and John 2
sung to the melody of Waltzing Matilda 2
Supremes 51
Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love 1
Supremes and Temptations: I'm Going To Make You Love Me 13
Supremes: My World Is Empty Without You 3
Supremes: Where Did Our Love Go 3
Surface 16
Suzanne Vega 4
Sweet Inspirations 6
Sweet Sensation 5
Syl Johnson 15
Sylver Connection 5
Sylvia 2
Syreeta 3
Tab Hunter 1
taken from the Peter Gunne theme. 2
Talking Love 1
Tami Lynn 1
Tamiko Jones 5
Tammy Wynette 22
Tammy Wynette and David Houston 5
Tams 54
Tams: It’s Alright You’re Just In Love 8
Tams: You Lied to Your Daddy 2
Tams; You Might As Well Forget Him 7
Tanya Tucker 1
Tavares 2
Taylor Dayne 4
Tchaikovsky 6
Teddy Pendergrass 20
Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston 2
Teen Queens: Eddie My Love 4
Temprees 1
Temptations 271
Temptations : I Gotta Know Now 2
Temptations Just My Imagination 1
Temptations Smiling Faces 2
Temptations You're My Everything 1
Temptations: May I Have This Dance 1
Temptations: My Girl 1
Terence Trent D'Arby 1
Teresa Brewer then Ivory Joe Hunter then Ray Charles 4
Terry and Jerry 5
Terry Collins 6
Terry Jacks 5
Terry Stafford 12
The Angels 4
The Bells 2
The Browns 9
The Cardinals: Choo Choo 3
The Chords 4
The Chords: Sh'Boom 1
The Cliques 14
The Five Keys 2
The Frantics: Fog Cutter 1
The Futures 2
The Gallery 3
The Hawks: I Yi 2
The Jets 5
The Mercy 1
The Moments 2
The Pastels 3
The Playmates 2
The Presidents 2
The Searchers 1
The Shuffles 10
The Stereos 1
The Tokens: Bwa Nina 1
The Tokens: Bwa Nina. AKA, Miriam Makeba The Click Song 1
The Weeds 1
Thelma Houston 3
Thelma Houston: Don't Leave Me This Way 1
them from televiosn show Bonanza, written by D. Livingston, R. Evans 5
Theme From A Summer Place 2
theme from Beverley Hillbillies tv show 1
Theme From Dr. Zhivago 3
theme from film Chariots Of Fire 2
Theme from film: Cornbread Earl and Me 4
theme from Jamaican play "A Pack Of Jokers" written by Louis Marriott 2
Theme From Love Story 1
Theme From Mission Impossible 1
theme from Mission Impossible television show 1
Theme from movie Mondo Cane 7
theme from Soul Train 6
Theme from televion show same name 1
theme from television show Bonanza 2
theme from television show Coronation Street 4
theme from the film The Sandpiper 3
Theme from The Godfather 6
theme from tv series Echo Four Two 2
theme from tv show "Top Secret" 2
Theresa Brewer 6
this is the original upon which the Jamaican riddim was derived 1
This record uses the exact same format as Steve Soul's record, James Brown - A Talk With the News. The gimmick is the splicing of a mock press interview with the celebrity answers delivered by bits and pieces of music, its lyrics answering the question. 2
Three Degrees 15
Three Dog Night 27
Three Playmates: Sugah Wooga 1
Thurston Harris 2
Tim Buckley 1
Tim Harden 3
Tim Hardin 17
Timex Social Club 3
Timi Yuro 1
Timmy Thomas 5
Timmy Thomas and Betty Wright 2
Timmy Thomas: Why Can't We Live Together 1
Tina Turner 10
Tokens 10
Tokens: Lion Sleeps Tonight 4
Tom Jans 5
Tom Jobim 1
Tom Jones 63
Tom Jones - Memories Don't Leave Like People Do 1
Tom Jones: Green Grass of Home 1
Tom Paxson 1
Tom Paxton 6
Tom Tom Club: Genius of Love 1
Tommy Edwards 26
Tommy Hunt 5
Tommy James 11
Toni Braxton 20
Tony Allen and the Chimes 10
Tony Bennett 5
Tony Brent, also by the Del Royals (Minit label - New Orleans) 5
Tony Clarke 3
Tony Orlando 19
Tony Orlando and Dawn 18
Tony Renis 7
Tornados 1
Tornados/Tornadoes 1
Tornados: 'Telstar' 2
Toussaint McCall 6
Toys 4
Tracey Chapman 23
traditional 53
traditional - Swing Low Sweet Chariot 2
traditional African song Malaika 1
traditional children's song 1
traditional Christmas Song 2
traditional folk song 12
traditional folk song: 500 Miles Away From Home 1
traditional gospel 3
traditional Miss Goosie 3
traditional spiritual 2
Traditional spiritual.Perhaps the best known is "Lamps Trimmed and Burning," written 1890 by Eden R. Latta and Daniel W. Crist. 8
Traditional spiritual: Mary Don't You Weep 3
Traditional, Michael Row the Boat Ashore 2
traditional, recorded by Caruso and Elvis Presley! 2
traditional, same song as Buster's Oh Lady Oh 2
traditional: He's Got The Whole World In His Hands 1
Traditional: Rock My Soul In the Bosom of Abraham 8
traditional; made popular by Chuck Willis 8
traditionl spiritual 4
Trammps 2
Troggs 4
Troggs: A Girl Like You 2
Turbans 3
twist record, based "peppermint Twist". 1
Tymes 11
Tyrese 2
Tyrone Davis 40
U2 1
USA For Africa 1
Usher 3
Valerie Simpson 1
Van Dyke Parks 5
Van Dykes 19
Van McCoy 18
Van Morrison 6
Van Morrison: He Ain't Give You None 1
Vanessa Williams 4
Vanity Fair 6
Vanity Faire 1
VanWarmer 6
Vaughn Monroe 2
Ventures 1
Vera Lynn, 1942 1
Verdi: "Va Pensiero" 2
very loose adaptation of Rolling Stones Satisfaction 2
Vicky Leandros 4
Vikki Carr 3
Vince Gill 1
Vince Guaraldi: Cast Your Fate To The Winds 4
Wade Flemons 2
Walker Brothers: Make It Easy On Yourself 2
Walt Disney film Song Of The South. Composed by Ray Gilbert 3
Walter Egan 7
Walter Jackson 13
Walter Murphy 3
War 7
Waylon Jennings 25
Waylon Jennings // Ashford and Simpson 1
Waylon Jennings: Love Of The Common People 1
Wayne Newton 1
We're In the Mood 1
Wendy Rene 5
Wham 8
When I Was A Boy 1
When Johnny Comes Marching Home 1
Where Did Our Love Go by the Supremes 2
Whispers 5
Whistle While You Work 2
Whitney Houston 18
Whitney Houston: Where Do Broken Hearts Go 1
Wilbert Harrison 4
William Bell 46
William Bell: Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone 5
William De Vaughan 25
William DeVaughn 2
Willie Bobo: Spanish Grease 1
Willie Cobb 2
Willie Cobbs 19
Willie Hutch 2
Willie James: Sweet Lips, Sensuous Hips 1
Willie Mitchell 1
Willie Nelson 1
Willie Tee 4
Willie Tee: Walking Up a One Way Street 1
Willy Nelson 6
Wilson Pickett 26
Wilson Pickett "Don't Fight It" 2
Wilson Pickett: I Found a Love 1
Wink Martindale 2
Winstons 6
Winstons: Amen Brother 2
Wolves, written by Carole King 2
Woody Guthrie 4
World War 1 marching song 2
World War I marching song 5
Written by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn in 1923 1
written by Alan Toussant. 1
written by Baer and Gilbert, first performed by George Jessel 1
written by BB Seaton and Phil Francis, it is not the Tams' tune 2
written by Billy Hill, first hit by Benny Goodman 1936 3
written by Dan Penn, performed by James and Bobby Purify 3
written by Dmitri Tiompkin for film of same name, 1961. 5
written by Fields and McHugh for the movie Every Night At Eight, 1935 24
written by Frederic Weatherly 1913 1
written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler 1933 2
written by Henry Mancini for film of same name, 1964. 1
written by Joselito Fernandez, 1929 9
written by Judy Mowatt, recorded at Black Ark 1
written by Lorenzo Barcelata in 1940, original first AMerican hit by Jimmy Dorsey 5
written by Rodgers and Hammerstein, for the 1945 film State Fair 2
written by Van Morrison, first recorded by Dorothy Morrison. 9
Wynonie Harris 16
Xavier Cugat "Mellow Trumpet" 3
Xavier Cugat 1935 2
Xavier Cugat: Take It Easy 2
Yarbrough and Peoples 2
Young Holt Trio 3
Young Rascals 22
Young Rascals - Groovin' 5
Zacar 1
Zapp 4
ZZ Hill 5