| Title |
Artist |
Record Label |
Year of Release |
Genre |
Format |
Year Inducted |
| "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" |
Doris Day |
Columbia Records |
1956 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
2012 |
| Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor |
Sergei Rachmaninoff (on piano) (with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski) |
Victrola |
1929 |
Classical |
Album |
1976 |
| Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
Sergei Rachmaninoff (on piano) (with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski) |
RCA Victor |
1934 |
Classical |
Album |
1979 |
| "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" |
B. J. Thomas |
Scepter |
1969 |
Easy Listening |
Single |
2014 |
| Ramones |
Ramones |
Sire |
1976 |
Punk Rock |
Album |
2007 |
| Randy Newman |
Randy Newman |
Reprise |
1968 |
Baroque Pop |
Album |
2016 |
| "Rapper's Delight" |
The Sugarhill Gang |
Sugar Hill |
1979 |
Old-school hip hop |
Single |
2014 |
| "Raunchy" |
Bill Justis And His Orchestra |
Phillips International |
1957 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
1998 |
| Ravel: Boléro |
Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Maurice Ravel |
Brunswick |
1930 |
Classical |
Album |
1992 |
| Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe |
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch (featuring New England Conservatory Chorus) |
RCA Red Seal |
1955 |
Classical |
Album |
2008 |
| Ray Charles in Person |
Ray Charles |
Atlantic |
1959 |
R&B |
Album |
1999 |
| "Reach Out I'll Be There" |
Four Tops |
Motown |
1966 |
Soul |
Single |
1998 |
| Red Headed Stranger |
Willie Nelson |
Columbia Records |
1975 |
Country |
Album |
2002 |
| Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet |
Miles Davis & his Quintet |
Prestige |
1958 |
Jazz |
Album |
2014 |
| "Rescue Me" |
Fontella Bass |
Chess |
1965 |
Soul |
Single |
2015 |
| "Respect" |
Aretha Franklin |
Atlantic |
1967 |
Soul |
Single |
1998 |
| "Respect Yourself" |
The Staple Singers |
Stax |
1971 |
Soul |
Single |
2002 |
| "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" |
Gil Scott-Heron |
Flying Dutchman |
1971 |
Funk |
Single |
2014 |
| Revolver |
The Beatles |
Parlophone |
1966 |
Rock |
Album |
1999 |
| "Riders on the Storm" |
The Doors |
Elektra |
1971 |
Rock |
Single |
2010 |
| "Ring of Fire" |
Johnny Cash |
Columbia Records |
1963 |
Country |
Single |
1999 |
| The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars |
David Bowie |
RCA |
1972 |
Rock |
Album |
1999 |
| "River Deep - Mountain High" |
Credited to: Ike & Tina Turner
Actual Performer: Tina Turner |
Philles |
1966 |
Soul |
Single |
1999 |
| "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" |
Al Jolson |
Columbia Records |
1918 |
Musical theatre |
Single |
2004 |
| "Rock Around the Clock" |
Bill Haley & His Comets |
Decca |
1954 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
1982 |
| "Rock Island Line" |
Lead Belly |
Asch Records |
1937 |
Blues |
Single |
2016 |
| "Rocket 88" |
Credited to: Jackie Brenston & his Delta Cats
Actual Performers: Kings of Rhythm |
Chess |
1951 |
R&B |
Single |
1998 |
| "Rockin' Chair" |
Mildred Bailey |
Vocalion |
1937 |
Jazz |
Single |
2011 |
| "Roll Over Beethoven" |
Chuck Berry |
Chess |
1956 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
1990 |
| "Rollin' Stone" |
Muddy Waters |
Chess |
1950 |
Electric Blues |
Single |
2000 |
| "'Round About Midnight" |
Thelonious Monk Quintet |
Blue Note |
1947 |
Bebop |
Single |
1993 |
| "Roxanne" |
The Police |
A&M |
1978 |
Reggae Rock |
Single |
2008 |
| Rubber Soul |
The Beatles |
Parlophone |
1965 |
Folk Rock |
Album |
2000 |
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" |
Gene Autry |
Columbia Records |
1949 |
Country |
Single |
1985 |
| Rumours |
Fleetwood Mac |
Warner Bros. |
1977 |
Soft Rock |
Album |
2003 |
| "Runaround Sue" |
Dion |
Laurie |
1961 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
2002 |
| "Runaway" |
Del Shannon |
London |
1961 |
Pop rock |
Single |
2002 |
| "San Antonio Rose" |
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys |
Vocalion |
1939 |
Western Swing |
Single |
2015 |
| Santana |
Santana |
Columbia Records |
1969 |
Rock |
Album |
2012 |
| Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown |
Sarah Vaughan and Clifford Brown |
EmArcy |
1954 |
Vocal Jazz |
Album |
1999 |
| Saturday Night Fever Original Film Soundtrack |
Bee Gees and Various Artists |
RSO |
1977 |
Disco |
Album |
2004 |
| "Save the Last Dance for Me" |
The Drifters |
Atlantic |
1960 |
R&B |
Single |
2001 |
| Saxophone Colossus |
Sonny Rollins Quartet |
Prestige |
1956 |
Hard Bop Jazz |
Album |
1999 |
| Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder |
Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski (with Rose Bampton, Paul Althouse, Jeanette Vreeland, etc.) |
Victor |
1932 |
Classical |
Album |
2007 |
| "School's Out" |
Alice Cooper & his Band |
Warner Bros. |
1972 |
Rock |
Single |
2015 |
| Schubert: Ave Maria |
Marian Anderson |
RCA Victor |
1936 |
Opera |
Single |
1999 |
| Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9 |
Sergei Rachmaninoff |
RCA |
1929 |
Classical |
Album |
2011 |
| "Secret Love" |
Doris Day |
Columbia Records |
1953 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1999 |
| "See See Rider Blues" |
Ma Rainey |
Paramount Records |
1924 |
Blues |
Single |
2004 |
| "Sentimental Journey" |
Les Brown & His Orchestra (featuring vocals sung by Doris Day) |
Columbia Records |
1944 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| September of My Years |
Frank Sinatra |
Reprise |
1965 |
Traditional Pop |
Album |
1999 |
| "September Song" |
Walter Huston |
Brunswick |
1938 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1984 |
| "Seven, Come Eleven" |
Benny Goodman & his Sextet (featuring Charlie Christian on guitar) |
Columbia Records |
1939 |
Swing |
Single |
2008 |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
The Beatles |
Capitol |
1967 |
Rock |
Album |
1993 |
| "Sh-Boom" |
The Chords |
Cat Records |
1954 |
Doo-wop |
Single |
2008 |
| "Shake, Rattle and Roll" |
Big Joe Turner |
Atlantic |
1954 |
Jump Blues |
Single |
1998 |
| The Shape of Jazz to Come |
Ornette Coleman |
Atlantic |
1959 |
Avant-Garde Jazz |
Album |
2015 |
| "She Thinks I Still Care" |
George Jones |
United Artists |
1962 |
Country |
Single |
1999 |
| "She's About a Mover" |
Sir Douglas Quintet |
Tribe Records |
1965 |
Garage Rock |
Single |
2016 |
| "She's Not There" |
The Zombies |
Decca |
1964 |
British Beat |
Single |
2016 |
| "Shining Star" |
Earth, Wind & Fire |
Columbia Records |
1975 |
Funk |
Single |
2008 |
| "Shop Around" |
The Miracles |
Tamla |
1960 |
Soul |
Single |
2006 |
| Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Op. 107 |
Mstislav Rostropovich with Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy |
Columbia Masterworks |
1960 |
Classical |
Album |
2008 |
| Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 |
New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein |
Sony Classical |
1959 |
Classical |
Album |
2007 |
| Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Op. 99 |
David Oistrakh with New York Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos |
Sony Classical |
1956 |
Classical |
Album |
2003 |
| "Shotgun" |
Jr. Walker & The All Stars |
Soul Records |
1965 |
Soul |
Single |
2002 |
| "Shout" (Part 1) |
The Isley Brothers |
RCA |
1959 |
R&B |
Single |
1999 |
| Show Boat |
Cast: Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, James Melton, Frank Munn, Countess Albani, etc. (with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Victor Young) |
Brunswick |
1932 |
Musical Show |
Album |
1991 |
| The Sidewinder |
Lee Morgan |
Blue Note |
1964 |
Jazz |
Album |
2000 |
| Sign o' the Times |
Prince |
Paisley Park and Warner Bros. |
1987 |
R&B |
Album |
2017 |
| "Sincerely" |
The Moonglows |
Chess |
1954 |
Pop |
Single |
2002 |
| Sing a Song of Basie |
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross |
ABC-Paramount |
1957 |
Jazz |
Album |
1998 |
| "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" |
Benny Goodman |
Victor |
1937 |
Jazz |
Single |
1982 |
| "Singin' in the Rain (From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)" |
Gene Kelly |
MGM |
1952 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
1999 |
| "Singin' the Blues" |
Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra Featuring Bix Beiderbecke On Cornet And Eddie Lang On Guitar |
Okeh |
1927 |
Jazz |
Single |
1977 |
| "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" |
Otis Redding |
Atco |
1968 |
R&B |
Single |
1998 |
| "Sitting on Top of the World" |
Mississippi Sheiks |
Okeh |
1930 |
Country Blues |
Single |
2008 |
| "Sixteen Tons" |
Tennessee Ernie Ford |
Capitol |
1955 |
Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "Sixty Minute Man" |
Billy Ward and his Dominoes |
Federal |
1951 |
R&B |
Single |
2015 |
| Sketches of Spain |
Miles Davis And Gil Evans |
Columbia Records |
1960 |
Third Stream Jazz |
Album |
1997 |
| "Smells Like Teen Spirit" |
Nirvana |
DGC |
1991 |
Grunge |
Single |
2017 |
| "Smoke on the Water" |
Deep Purple |
EMI (UK), Warner Bros. (US) |
1973 |
Hard Rock |
Single |
2017 |
| "Smokestack Lightning" |
Howlin' Wolf |
Chess |
1956 |
Blues |
Single |
1999 |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Cast: Adriana Caselotti, Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell |
Victor |
1937 |
Soundtrack |
Album |
1998 |
| "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" |
Janis Ian |
Verve |
1966 |
Pop |
Single |
2002 |
| "Some of These Days" |
Sophie Tucker |
Edison |
1911 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1995 |
| "Someone to Watch Over Me" |
Gertrude Lawrence |
Victor |
1926 |
Jazz |
Single |
2008 |
| "Somewhere a Voice is Calling" |
John McCormack |
Victor |
1914 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1999 |
| Song for My Father |
The Horace Silver Quintet |
Blue Note |
1965 |
Jazz |
Album |
1999 |
| Songs of Leonard Cohen |
Leonard Cohen |
Columbia Records |
1967 |
Contemporary Folk |
Album |
2015 |
| Songs for Swingin' Lovers! |
Frank Sinatra |
Capitol |
1956 |
Traditional Pop |
Album |
2000 |
| Songs in the Key of Life |
Stevie Wonder |
Tamla |
1976 |
Pop |
Album |
2002 |
| "Sonny Boy" |
Al Jolson |
Brunswick |
1928 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
2002 |
| "Soul Man" |
Sam & Dave |
Stax |
1967 |
Soul |
Single |
1999 |
| The Sound of Music Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Bill Lee, Charmian Carr, Daniel Truhitte, Margery McKay, etc. |
RCA |
1965 |
Soundtrack |
Album |
1998 |
| "The Sounds of Silence" |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Columbia Records |
1965 |
Folk Rock |
Single |
2004 |
| South Pacific Original Broadway Cast Recording |
Cast: Ezio Pinza, Mary Martin, Juanita Hall, William Tabbert, Myron McCormick, etc. |
Columbia Records |
1949 |
Musical Show |
Album |
1987 |
| "Spanish Harlem" |
Ben E. King |
Atco |
1960 |
Soul |
Single |
2002 |
| "St. Louis Blues" |
Bessie Smith featuring Louis Armstrong (cornet), & Fred Longshaw (Harmonium) |
Columbia Records |
1925 |
Blues |
Single |
1993 |
| "St. Louis Blues" |
Louis Armstrong |
Okeh |
1929 |
Jazz |
Single |
2008 |
| St. Louis Woman Original Broadway Cast Recording |
Cast: Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas, Pearl Bailey, Robert Pope, June Hawkins, etc. |
Capitol |
1946 |
Musical show |
Album |
2012 |
| "Stack O' Lee Blues" |
Mississippi John Hurt |
Okeh |
1928 |
Blues |
Single |
2017 |
| "Stairway to Heaven" |
Led Zeppelin |
Atlantic |
1971 |
Rock |
Track |
2003 |
| Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America |
Stan Freberg |
Capitol |
1961 |
Comedy |
Album |
1999 |
| Stand! |
Sly and the Family Stone |
Epic |
1969 |
Funk |
Album |
2015 |
| "Stand By Me" |
Ben E. King |
Atco |
1961 |
Soul |
Single |
1998 |
| "Stand by Your Man" |
Tammy Wynette |
Epic |
1968 |
Country |
Single |
1999 |
| "Star Dust" |
Louis Armstrong |
Okeh |
1931 |
Jazz |
Single |
2009 |
| "Star Dust" |
Hoagy Carmichael & his Pals |
Gennett |
1927 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1995 |
| "Star Dust" |
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra (featuring Billy Butterfield on trumpet) |
RCA Victor |
1940 |
Jazz |
Single |
1988 |
| "The Star-Spangled Banner" |
Jimi Hendrix |
Reprise |
1970 |
Rock |
Track |
2009 |
| Star Wars Film Soundtrack |
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Williams |
20th Century |
1977 |
Classical |
Album |
2007 |
| Stardust |
Willie Nelson |
Columbia Records |
1978 |
Pop |
Album |
2015 |
| "The Stars and Stripes Forever" |
John Philip Sousa & his Band |
Edison |
1909 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "Statesboro Blues" |
Blind Willie McTell |
Victor |
1928 |
Pedmont blues |
Single |
2017 |
| "Stealin' Stealin'" |
Memphis Jug Band |
Victor |
1928 |
Folk |
Single |
2013 |
| "Steel Guitar Rag" |
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys (featuring Leon McAuliffe) |
Vocalion |
1936 |
Western Swing |
Single |
2011 |
| Sticky Fingers |
The Rolling Stones |
Rolling Stones Records |
1971 |
Hard Rock |
Album |
1999 |
| Still Crazy After All These Years |
Paul Simon |
Columbia Records |
1975 |
Folk Rock |
Album |
2003 |
| "Stop! In the Name of Love" |
The Supremes |
Motown |
1965 |
Pop |
Single |
2001 |
| "Stormy Weather" |
Lena Horne |
RCA Victor |
1941 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
2000 |
| "Stormy Weather" |
Ethel Waters |
Brunswick |
1933 |
Blues |
Single |
2003 |
| Straight Outta Compton |
N.W.A |
Ruthless and Priority |
1988 |
Gangsta rap |
Album |
2017 |
| "Straighten Up and Fly Right" |
Nat King Cole & his Trio |
Capitol |
1943 |
Jazz |
Single |
1998 |
| "Strange Fruit" |
Billie Holiday |
Commodore |
1939 |
Blues |
Single |
1978 |
| "Strange Things Happening Every Day" |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
Decca |
1944 |
Negro Spiritual |
Single |
2014 |
| The Stranger |
Billy Joel |
Columbia Records |
1977 |
Rock |
Album |
2008 |
| "Strangers in the Night" |
Frank Sinatra |
Reprise |
1966 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
2008 |
| Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps |
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux |
RCA |
1951 |
Classical |
Album |
1993 |
| Stravinsky: Petrouchka |
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet |
Decca |
1949 |
Classical |
Album |
1999 |
| Stravinsky: Petrouchka: Le Sacre du Printemps |
Igor Stravinsky cond. Columbia Symphony Orchestra (plus spoken reminiscing apropos of Le Sacre) |
Columbia Records |
1960 |
Classical |
Album |
2000 |
| "Strawberry Fields Forever" |
The Beatles |
Capitol |
1967 |
Psychedelic Rock |
Single |
1999 |
| "Summer in the City" |
The Lovin' Spoonful |
Kama Sutra |
1966 |
Pop |
Single |
1999 |
| "Summertime" |
Sidney Bechet |
Blue Note |
1939 |
Jazz |
Single |
2011 |
| "Summertime Blues" |
Eddie Cochran |
Liberty |
1958 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
1999 |
| Sunday at the Village Vanguard |
Bill Evans & his Trio |
Riverside |
1961 |
Jazz |
Album |
2011 |
| Super Fly |
Curtis Mayfield |
Curtom |
1972 |
Funk |
Album |
1998 |
| "Superstition" |
Stevie Wonder |
Tamla |
1972 |
Funk |
Single |
1998 |
| Surrealistic Pillow |
Jefferson Airplane |
RCA Victor |
1967 |
Rock |
Album |
1999 |
| "Suspicious Minds" |
Elvis Presley |
RCA Victor |
1969 |
Soul |
Single |
1999 |
| "Swanee" |
Al Jolson |
Columbia Records |
1920 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| Sweet Baby James |
James Taylor |
Warner Bros. |
1970 |
Pop |
Album |
2002 |
| "Sweet Home Alabama" |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
MCA |
1974 |
Southern Rock |
Single |
2009 |
| "Sweet Home Chicago" |
Robert Johnson |
Vocalion |
1936 |
Blues |
Single |
2014 |
| Sweetheart of the Rodeo |
The Byrds |
Columbia Records |
1968 |
Country Rock |
Album |
2000 |
| "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" |
Fisk Jubilee Singers |
Victor |
1909 |
Negro Spiritual |
Single |
2015 |
| "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" |
Paul Robeson |
His Master's Voice |
1926 |
Gospel |
Single |
2015 |
| "Swinging on a Star" |
Bing Crosby with The Williams Brothers and John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra |
Decca |
1944 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
2002 |
| Switched-On Bach |
Wendy Carlos |
Columbia Masterworks |
1968 |
Electronic |
Album |
1999 |
| Synchronicity |
The Police |
A&M |
1983 |
New wave |
Album |
2009 |
| "Take Five" |
The Dave Brubeck Quartet |
Columbia Records |
1959 |
West Coast Jazz |
Single |
1996 |
| "Take Me Home, Country Roads" |
John Denver |
RCA |
1971 |
Country Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "Take the 'A' Train" |
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra |
Victor |
1941 |
Jazz |
Single |
1976 |
| "Take Me to the River" |
Al Green |
Hi |
1974 |
Soul |
Track |
2011 |
| Talking Book |
Stevie Wonder |
Tamla |
1972 |
Soul |
Album |
1999 |
| Tapestry |
Carole King |
Ode |
1971 |
Pop |
Album |
1998 |
| "A Taste of Honey" |
Herb Alpert & his Tijuana Brass |
A&M |
1965 |
Jazz |
Single |
2008 |
| Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor Op. 23 for piano and orchestra (live performance) |
Vladimir Horowitz with NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini |
RCA Victor |
1943 |
Classical |
Album |
1998 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor Op. 23 |
Van Cliburn with RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kirill Kondrashin |
RCA Victor |
1958 |
Classical |
Album |
2002 |
| Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture/Capriccio Italien |
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti |
Mercury |
1954 |
Classical |
Album |
1998 |
| "Tea for Two" |
Art Tatum, Piano Solo |
Decca |
1939 |
Jazz |
Single |
1986 |
| "Teach Me Tonight" |
Dinah Washington |
Mercury |
1954 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1999 |
| "The Tears of a Clown" |
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles |
Tamla |
1967 |
Pop |
Single |
2002 |
| "Tell It Like It Is" |
Aaron Neville |
Par-Lo Records |
1966 |
R&B |
Single |
2015 |
| "Ten Cents a Dance" |
Ruth Etting |
Columbia Records |
1930 |
Musical theatre |
Single |
1999 |
| "Tennessee Waltz" |
Patti Page |
Mercury |
1950 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "Tequila" |
The Champs |
Challenge |
1958 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
2001 |
| "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" |
Sly & The Family Stone |
Epic |
1969 |
Funk |
Single |
2017 |
| "Thanks for the Memory" |
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross (with Shep Fields & his Orchestra) |
Paramount Pictures |
1938 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
2005 |
| "That'll Be the Day" |
The Crickets |
Brunswick |
1957 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
1998 |
| "That's All Right" |
Elvis Presley |
Sun Records |
1954 |
Rockabilly |
Single |
1998 |
| "That's My Desire" |
Frankie Laine with Manny Klein & his All-Stars |
Mercury |
1946 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| That's the Way of the World |
Earth, Wind & Fire |
Columbia Records |
1975 |
Soul |
Album |
2004 |
| The Beatles (The White Album) |
The Beatles |
Apple |
1968 |
Rock |
Album |
2000 |
| Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane |
Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane |
Jazzland |
1961 |
Jazz |
Album |
2007 |
| "Theme from A Summer Place" |
Percy Faith And His Orchestra |
Columbia Records |
1959 |
Easy Listening |
Single |
2000 |
| "Theme from New York, New York" |
Frank Sinatra |
Reprise |
1979 |
Jazz |
Single |
2013 |
| "Theme from Shaft |
Isaac Hayes |
Stax |
1971 |
Funk |
Single |
1999 |
| "There Goes My Baby" |
The Drifters |
Atlantic |
1959 |
R&B |
Single |
1998 |
| There's a Riot Goin' On |
Sly and the Family Stone |
Epic |
1971 |
Funk |
Album |
1999 |
| They Can't Take That Away from Me |
Fred Astaire with Johnny Green & his Orchestra |
Paramount Pictures |
1937 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
2005 |
| "(They Long to Be) Close to You" |
The Carpenters |
A&M |
1970 |
Pop |
Single |
2000 |
| "The Third Man Theme" |
Anton Karas |
London |
1949 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
2006 |
| "This Land Is Your Land" |
Woody Guthrie |
Asch Records |
1944 |
Folk |
Single |
1989 |
| "This Train" |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
Decca |
1939 |
Gospel |
Single |
2016 |
| "3 O'Clock Blues" |
B.B. King |
RPM |
1951 |
R&B |
Single |
2014 |
| "The Thrill Is Gone" |
B.B. King |
BluesWay |
1969 |
Blues |
Single |
1998 |
| Thriller |
Michael Jackson |
Epic |
1982 |
Pop |
Album |
2008 |
| "Till the End of Time" |
Perry Como |
RCA Victor |
1945 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| Time Out |
Dave Brubeck Quartet |
Columbia Records |
1959 |
Cool Jazz |
Album |
2009 |
| "The Times They Are a-Changing" |
Bob Dylan |
Columbia Records |
1964 |
Folk |
Track |
2013 |
| "Tipitina" |
Professor Longhair And His Blues Scholars |
Atlantic |
1953 |
Blues |
Single |
1998 |
| "The Titanic" |
Ernest Stoneman |
Okeh |
1924 |
Country |
Single |
2013 |
| "Tom Dooley" |
The Kingston Trio |
Capitol |
1958 |
Folk |
Single |
1998 |
| Tommy |
The Who |
Decca |
1969 |
Rock |
Album |
1998 |
| "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" |
Fred Astaire |
Brunswick |
1935 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
2008 |
| "The Tracks of My Tears" |
The Miracles |
Tamla |
1965 |
Soul |
Single |
2007 |
| Trumpet Blues (And Cantabile) |
Harry James and His Orchestra |
Columbia Records |
1942 |
Jazz |
Album |
1999 |
| "Try a Little Tenderness" |
Otis Redding |
Atco |
1966 |
Soul |
Single |
2015 |
| "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" |
Sons of the Pioneers |
Decca |
1934 |
Country |
Single |
2002 |
| "Turn On Your Love Light" |
Bobby "Blue" Bland |
Duke |
1961 |
R&B |
Single |
1999 |
| "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" |
The Byrds |
Columbia Records |
1965 |
Folk Rock |
Single |
2001 |
| "Tutti Frutti" |
Little Richard |
Specialty |
1955 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
1998 |
| "The Twist" |
Chubby Checker |
Parkway |
1960 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
2000 |
| "Twist and Shout" |
The Isley Brothers |
Wand |
1962 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
2010 |
| 2000 and Thirteen |
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks |
Warner Bros. |
1973 |
Comedy |
Album |
1999 |
| "Un Poco Loco" |
Bud Powell |
Blue Note |
1951 |
Jazz |
Single |
1999 |
| "Unchained Melody" |
The Righteous Brothers |
Verve |
1965 |
Blue-Eyed Soul |
Single |
2000 |
| "Uncloudy Day" |
The Staple Singers |
Vee-Jay |
1971 |
Gospel |
Single |
1999 |
| "Under the Boardwalk" |
The Drifters |
Atlantic |
1964 |
Pop |
Single |
2014 |
| "Unforgettable" |
Nat "King" Cole |
Capitol |
1951 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
2000 |
| "Unforgettable" |
Dinah Washington |
Mercury |
1959 |
Pop |
Single |
2001 |
| "Up Up and Away" |
The 5th Dimension |
Soul City |
1967 |
Pop |
Single |
2003 |
| "Vaya Con Dios" |
Les Paul and Mary Ford |
Capitol |
1953 |
Pop |
Single |
2005 |
| The Velvet Underground & Nico |
The Velvet Underground and Nico |
Verve |
1967 |
Art Rock |
Album |
2008 |
| Verdi: Celeste Aida |
Enrico Caruso |
Victor |
1904 |
Opera |
Single |
1993 |
| Verdi: Otello |
Cast: Ramón Vinay, Herva Nelli, Giuseppe Valdengo, etc. (with NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini) |
RCA Victor |
1947 |
Opera |
Album |
2008 |
| "The Very Thought of You" |
Ray Noble & his Orchestra (featuring vocals sung by Al Bowlly) |
Victor |
1934 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
2005 |
| Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5 – Aria |
Bidu Sayão (with a Cello Ensemble conducted by Heitor Villa-Lobos) |
Columbia Masterworks |
1945 |
Classical |
Single |
1984 |
| Vivaldi: The Four Seasons |
Louis Kaufman (Violinist) |
Concert Hall |
1947 |
Classical |
Album |
2002 |
| "Wabash Cannonball" |
Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys |
Columbia Records |
1947 |
Country |
Single |
1998 |
| Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen |
Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti |
London |
1958–1967 |
Classical |
Album |
1998 |
| Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Complete) |
Cast: Ludwig Suthaus, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, etc. (with Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler) |
RCA Victor |
1952 |
Opera |
Album |
1988 |
| "Wake Up Little Susie" |
The Everly Brothers |
Cadence |
1957 |
Country |
Single |
2017 |
| "Walk, Don't Run" |
The Ventures |
Dolton |
1960 |
Rock |
Single |
2006 |
| "Walk On By" |
Dionne Warwick |
Scepter |
1964 |
Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "Walk On the Wild Side" |
Lou Reed |
RCA |
1972 |
Glam Rock |
Single |
2015 |
| "Walk Right In" |
Cannon's Jug Stompers |
Victor |
1929 |
Country Blues |
Single |
2007 |
| "Walk This Way" |
Run-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith |
Profile |
1986 |
Rap Rock |
Single |
2014 |
| "Walking the Dog" |
Rufus Thomas |
Stax |
1963 |
R&B |
Single |
2002 |
| "Walking the Floor Over You" |
Ernest Tubb |
Decca |
1941 |
Country |
Single |
1998 |
| "Walking to New Orleans" |
Fats Domino |
Imperial Records |
1960 |
R&B |
Single |
2011 |
| The Wall |
Pink Floyd |
Harvest |
1979 |
Progressive Rock |
Album |
2008 |
| "The Wallflower" (aka "Roll With Me Henry") |
Etta James |
Modern Records |
1955 |
Pop |
Single |
2008 |
| Walt Disney's Fantasia Soundtrack |
Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski |
Walt Disney |
1940 |
Classical |
Album |
2004 |
| Waltz for Debby |
Bill Evans & his Trio |
Riverside |
1962 |
Jazz |
Album |
1998 |
| "The Wanderer" |
Dion |
Laurie |
1961 |
R&B |
Single |
2017 |
| Wanted! The Outlaws |
Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, & Tompall Glaser |
RCA Victor |
1976 |
Outlaw Country |
Album |
2007 |
| "War" |
Edwin Starr |
Gordy |
1970 |
Psychedelic Soul |
Single |
1999 |
| "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" |
Freddy Fender |
Dot |
1974 |
Swamp Pop |
Single |
2012 |
| "Watermelon Man" |
Mongo Santamaría |
Battle |
1962 |
Jazz |
Single |
1998 |
| "The Way We Were" |
Barbra Streisand |
Columbia Records |
1973 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
2008 |
| "The Way You Look Tonight" |
Fred Astaire |
Brunswick |
1936 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
1998 |
| "Weather Bird" |
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines |
Okeh |
1928 |
Jazz |
Single |
2008 |
| "We Are Family" |
Sister Sledge |
Cotillion |
1979 |
Soul |
Single |
2008 |
| "We Are the Champions" |
Queen |
EMI |
1977 |
Rock |
Single |
2009 |
| "We Gotta Get out of This Place" |
The Animals |
Columbia Graphophone |
1965 |
Rock |
Single |
2011 |
| We Shall Overcome |
Pete Seeger |
Columbia Records |
1963 |
Folk |
Album |
1999 |
| "We Will Rock You" |
Queen |
EMI |
1977 |
Rock |
Single |
2009 |
| The Weavers at Carnegie Hall |
The Weavers |
Vanguard |
1957 |
Folk |
Album |
1998 |
| Weill: The Threepenny Opera |
Cast: Jo Sullivan, Charlotte Rae, Lotte Lenya, Bea Arthur, Scott Merrill, Gerald Price, Martin Wolfson |
Decca |
1954 |
Musical Show |
Album |
1994 |
| "West End Blues" |
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five |
Okeh |
1928 |
Blues |
Single |
1974 |
| West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast Recording |
Cast: Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Reri Grist, Mickey Calin, Tony Mondente, etc. |
Columbia Records |
1957 |
Musical Show |
Album |
1991 |
| West Side Story: Film Soundtrack |
Cast: Jimmy Bryant, Marni Nixon, Tucker Smith, Rita Moreno, etc. |
Columbia Masterworks |
1961 |
Soundtrack |
Album |
2004 |
| "We've Only Just Begun" |
The Carpenters |
A&M |
1970 |
Soft Rock |
Single |
1998 |
| "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" |
Dinah Washington |
Mercury |
1959 |
Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "(What a) Wonderful World" |
Sam Cooke |
Keen |
1960 |
R&B |
Single |
2014 |
| "What a Wonderful World" |
Louis Armstrong |
ABC |
1967 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1999 |
| "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue" |
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra |
Okeh |
1929 |
Jazz |
Single |
2016 |
| "What Kind of Fool Am I?" |
Sammy Davis Jr. |
Reprise |
1962 |
Pop |
Single |
2002 |
| "What the World Needs Now Is Love" |
Jackie DeShannon |
Imperial Records |
1965 |
Soul |
Single |
2008 |
| "What'd I Say (Part I)" |
Ray Charles |
Atlantic |
1959 |
R&B |
Single |
2000 |
| What's Going On |
Marvin Gaye |
Tamla |
1971 |
Soul |
Album |
1998 |
| "What's Love Got to Do with It" |
Tina Turner |
Capitol |
1984 |
Pop |
Single |
2012 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" |
Kay Starr |
Capitol |
1952 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "When a Man Loves a Woman" |
Percy Sledge |
Atlantic |
1966 |
Soul |
Single |
1999 |
| "When the Saints Go Marching In" |
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra |
Decca |
1938 |
Jazz |
Single |
2017 |
| "When You Wish Upon a Star" |
Cliff Edwards |
Victor |
1940 |
Soundtrack |
Track |
2002 |
| "Where Did Our Love Go" |
The Supremes |
Motown |
1964 |
R&B |
Single |
1999 |
| "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" |
Pete Seeger |
Columbia Records |
1960 |
Folk |
Single |
2002 |
| "Whispering" |
Paul Whiteman And his Ambassador Orchestra |
Victor |
1920 |
Jazz |
Single |
1998 |
| "White Christmas" |
Bing Crosby (with the Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter Orchestra) |
Decca |
1942 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1974 |
| "White Rabbit" |
Jefferson Airplane |
RCA |
1967 |
Rock |
Single |
1998 |
| "A Whiter Shade of Pale" |
Procol Harum |
Deram |
1967 |
Baroque Rock |
Single |
1998 |
| Whitney Houston |
Whitney Houston |
Arista |
1985 |
Pop |
Album |
2013 |
| "Who Do You Love?" |
Bo Diddley |
Checker |
1956 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
2010 |
| Who's Next |
The Who |
Decca |
1971 |
Hard Rock |
Album |
2007 |
| "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
Sun Records |
1957 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
1999 |
| "Whole Lotta Love" |
Led Zeppelin |
Atlantic |
1969 |
Rock |
Single |
2007 |
| "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" |
Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers |
Gee |
1955 |
Doo-wop |
Single |
2001 |
| "Wichita Lineman" |
Glen Campbell |
Capitol |
1968 |
Country |
Single |
2000 |
| "The Wild Side of Life" |
Hank Thompson & his Brazos Valley Boys |
Capitol |
1952 |
Country |
Single |
1999 |
| The Wildest! |
Louis Prima And Keely Smith |
Capitol |
1956 |
Swing |
Album |
1999 |
| "Wildwood Flower" |
The Carter Family |
RCA Victor |
1928 |
Country |
Single |
1999 |
| Will the Circle be Unbroken |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
United Artists |
1972 |
Country |
Album |
1998 |
| "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" |
The Shirelles |
Scepter |
1960 |
R&B |
Single |
1999 |
| "With a Little Help from My Friends" |
Joe Cocker |
A&M |
1968 |
Rock |
Single |
2001 |
| The Wizard of Oz: Technicolor Film Soundtrack |
Cast: Judy Garland, Billie Burke, The Munchkins, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan, etc. |
MGM |
1939 |
Soundtrack |
Album |
2006 |
| "Woodchopper's Ball" |
Woody Herman And His Orchestra |
Decca |
1939 |
Jazz |
Single |
2002 |
| Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More |
Various Artists including John Sebastian, Joan Baez, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
Cotillion |
1970 |
Soundtrack |
Album |
2014 |
| "Wooly Bully" |
Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs |
MGM |
1965 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
2009 |
| "Worried Life Blues" |
Big Maceo Merriweather |
Bluebird |
1941 |
Blues |
Single |
2006 |
| Workingman's Dead |
Grateful Dead |
Warner Bros. |
1970 |
Rock |
Album |
1999 |
| "Yakety Yak" |
The Coasters |
Atco |
1958 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
1999 |
| "Yankee Doodle Boy" |
Billy Murray |
Columbia Records |
1904 |
Musical theatre |
Single |
2006 |
| "Yardbird Suite" |
Charlie Parker & his Septet |
Dial |
1946 |
Bebop |
Single |
2014 |
| "Yesterday" |
Credited to: The Beatles
Actual Performer: Paul McCartney |
Capitol |
1965 |
Baroque Pop |
Single |
1997 |
| "You Always Hurt the One You Love" |
Mills Brothers |
Decca |
1944 |
Pop standard |
Single |
2017 |
| "You Are My Sunshine" |
Jimmie Davis |
Decca |
1940 |
Country |
Single |
1999 |
| "You Are So Beautiful" |
Joe Cocker |
A&M |
1974 |
Pop |
Single |
2016 |
| "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" |
Stevie Wonder |
Tamla |
1972 |
Pop |
Single |
2002 |
| "You Belong to Me" |
Jo Stafford |
Columbia Records |
1952 |
Traditional Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "You Don't Own Me" |
Lesley Gore |
Mercury |
1963 |
Pop |
Single |
2017 |
| "You Keep Me Hangin' On" |
The Supremes |
Motown |
1966 |
Pop |
Single |
1999 |
| "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" |
Harry James & his Orchestra |
Columbia Records |
1941 |
Pop |
Single |
2010 |
| "You Really Got Me" |
The Kinks |
Reprise |
1964 |
Rock |
Single |
1999 |
| "You Send Me" |
Sam Cooke |
Keen |
1957 |
R&B |
Single |
1998 |
| "Your Cheatin' Heart" |
Hank Williams |
MGM |
1953 |
Country |
Single |
1983 |
| "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" |
Jackie Wilson |
Brunswick |
1967 |
Chicago Soul |
Single |
1999 |
| "Your Song" |
Elton John |
DJM |
1970 |
Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "You're So Vain" |
Carly Simon |
Elektra |
1972 |
Soft Rock |
Single |
2004 |
| "You're The Top" |
Ethel Merman |
Brunswick |
1934 |
Musical theatre |
Single |
2008 |
| "You've Got a Friend" |
Carole King |
Ode |
1971 |
Soft Rock |
Track |
2002 |
| "You've Got a Friend" |
James Taylor |
Warner Bros. |
1971 |
Folk Rock |
Single |
2001 |
| "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" |
The Righteous Brothers |
Philles |
1964 |
Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" |
The Miracles |
Tamla |
1962 |
Soul |
Single |
1998 |
| "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" |
Johnny Mercer |
Capitol |
1946 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
2010 |