Introduction

The Twentieth Century Hit Songs and Who Wrote Them

Introduction

These lists are of all of the hit songs written in the twentieth century in America, when American music swelled in popularity not just in the U.S. but around the world.  For each song, the composer of the melody and the writer of the lyrics is given along with other information as described in the key below. I am sorry, but this site does not have any way to link between categories to find, for example, all songs written by Joni Mitchell. 

How songs were chosen

What was deemed “popular or significant" was based primarily on Billboard’s Hot 100 List. Any song that attained a rank of 20 or higher was automatically included on the list. Other songs were included on the basis of lists from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest Rock songs, and lists showing the number of artists who had recorded any one song.

Some songs are so well known or sung by so many different artists that no single musician or group can be credited. In those cases the given indication is: (standard). For songs adapted by a 20th century songwriter but whose words or music were written prior to the 20th century and there is no known writer, the term “traditional” (Trad) is used or if the melody was adapted from an earlier composition, the composer is credited, e.g., (Bach).

KEY

All songs listed are considered popular or musically significant American pieces written during the period from 1901-2000. Songs are listed alphabetically by title. 

For songs written before 1955, the date the song was written is indicated, if known. After the song's title, the lyricist is then identified with an (L) or, if the lyricist also composed the music (L & C). If there is a separate composer he or she is indicated with a (C) following the lyricist. In a few cases where the music was taken or adapted from a classical composer, such as Beethoven, that composer's name is listed in parentheses. In those cases, the other composer listed, if any, adapted the song.

The last entry gives the most well known or representative artist (A) who recorded the song. In cases where one person was lyricist, composer and artist, this is shown by (L, C & A), but if he is she is known by a stage name as the artist, the artist is listed separately by the stage name. If the stage name differs significantly from the real name (e.g. J. P. Richardson is the Big Bopper), then a < appears. An (O) after the recording artist’s name indicates that the artist was a band-leader conducting a band or orchestra. In a few cases, where there is no artist identified with the song, it is so noted or noted as a "traditional standard."

For songs written for the movies, musical theater or television, the media source of the song is listed in italics followed by (f) for film [with an * If the song won an Oscar], (s) for staged performance, (r) for radio and (t) for television, unless there were multiple media in which case there is no designation. If an artist had a hit song from one of these media, then it is only credited to the artist where the artist is strongly identified with the song.

Instrumentals (with no lyricist) are indicated with an (I). In those cases, the composer is not indicated since the person listed must be the composer. Only songs written in or translated into English are listed. In cases where the song is originally in a foreign language, the translator is noted with an (E). If known, the original lyricist is also listed.

Sources and credits

All credits are based on secondary sources, so no claims are made regarding the accuracy of this list. In some cases, different songwriters are given credit for the same song. Where this has been impossible to resolve, all are given credit. In a few cases, a writer will be listed as the result of a lawsuit. There may be cases where the wrong songwriter is listed or the name is misspelled. No attempt is made to list the artists in order of their degree of involvement in writing the song except in the case of Paul McCartney and John Lennon. Legally, all Beatles songs were written by “Lennon & McCartney” but if there is some evidence* that some of the songs were written primarily or entirely by McCartney, his name is listed first.

The following web-sites were of special value to me in compiling this list:

allmusic: http://wc09.allmusic.com/
Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/home.html
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
The Preterhuman Network: http://preterhuman.net/texts/lyrics_and_music_related/
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: http://www.rockhall.com/exhibithighlights/500-songs-by-name-ac/
Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs


Printed Reference Books consulted were:
American Popular Songs, by David Ewen, New York, 1966.
The Billboard's Book of #1 Hits, by Fred Bronson, New York, 1985
The Billboard's Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, by Joel Whitburn, New York, 1996.
Billboard Hottest 100 Hits, 4th Edition, by Fred Bronson, New York, 2007
The American Song Book, by Ken Bloom, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, 2005.

Also
* Lennon, John, Playboy Interview, January 1981

A Note on Names and Aliases

Both the songwriter’s first and last name is used whenever available. Where the writer’s name is well known by the middle name or middle,  the middle name or initial is included. In cases where the artist wrote the song, the artist’s stage name is used even thought the real name is used in identifying the songwriter. In such cases, the < shows that this is the case. As far as possible, a songwriter’s real or birth name was used unless the person had become so well known by their alias that it would create some confusion. Thus Robert Zimmerman is always referred to as Bob Dylan, whereas Madonna Ritchie goes by that name instead of Madonna

Other Notes
In the case of instrumentals recorded when there were lyrics for the song, credit is given to both composer and lyricist, but the symbol (I) is not used. In these cases, the artist for the most well-known version of the song is listed even if the version was instrumental. As much as possible, songs with exactly the same title are listed in order of when they were written.

Song Titles Starting with Numerals

Any songs with plain numerals in their title are listed here as numbers instead of being spelled out.
See Introduction for key to symbols

1-2-3, (L & C) John Medora, David White, Len Barry, (A) Len Barry

1-2-3, (L & C) Enrique Garcia, Gloria Estefan, (A) Gloria Estefan

1,2,3, Red Light, (L & C) Sal & Bobbi Trimachi, (A) The 1910 Fruitgum Company

1,2,3,4 (sumpin' New), (L & C) Adrian Sear, Artis Ivey, Jr., (A) <Coolio

1^st of the Month, (L & C) Anthony Henderson, Byron McCane, II, Charles Scruggs, Steven Howse, (A) Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony

2 Legit 2 Quit, (L & C) Stanley Burrell, (A) < M. C. Hammer

3:00 A. M. Eternal, (L & C) Jimmy Cauty, Ricardo Lyte, Bill Drummond, (A) The KLF

5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love), (L & C) Tony Boyd, Archie Powell, (A) The Presidents

#9 Dream, (L, C & A) John Lennon

11^th Hour Melody, (L) Carl Sigman, (C) King Palmer, (A) Al Hibbler

12:30 (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon), (L & C) John Phillips, (A) The Mamas & the Papas

13, (L & C) Chris Bell, Alex Chilton, (A) Big Star

16 Candles, (L & C) Luther Dixon, Allyson Khent, (A) The Crests

16 Reasons, (L &C) Bill & Doree Post, (A) Connie Stevens

16 Tons (‘47), (L & C) Merle Travis, (A) Tennessee Ernie Ford

17, (L & C) John Young, Chuck Gorman, Boyd Bennett, (A) Boyd Bennett & His Rockets

18 and Life, (L & C) Rachel Bolan, Dave Sabo, (A) Skid Row

18 with a Bullet, (L, C & A) Pete Wingfield

18 Yellow Roses, (L, C & A) Bobby Darin

19, (L & C) William Couterie, Jonas McCord, Paul Hardcastle, (A) Paul Hardcastle

19th Nervous Breakdown, (L) Mick Jagger, (C) Keith Richards, (A) The Rolling Stones

20 Miles, (L) David Appell, (C) Barry Mann, (A) Chubby Checker

24 Hours from Tulsa, (L)Hal David, (C) Burt Bacharach, (A) Gene Pitney

25 Miles, (L & C) Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua, Edwin Starr, (A) Edwin Starr

25 or 6 to 4, (L & C) Robert Lamm, (A) Chicago

26 Miles (Santa Catalina), (L & C) Bruce Belland, Glen Larson, (A) The Four Preps

40 Miles of Bad Road, (I) Al Casey, Duane Eddy, (A) Duane Eddy

42^nd Street (’33), (L) Al Dubin, (C) Harry Warren (M) 42^nd Street (s)

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, (L & C) Paul Simon, (A) Paul Simon

59^th Street Bridge Song, The (Feelin’ Groovy), (L & C) Paul Simon, (A) Simon & Garfunkle

60 Years on, (L) Bernie Taupin, (C) Elton John, (A) Elton John

’65 Love Affair, (L & C) Paul Davis, (A) Paul Davis

70’s Love Groove, (L, C & A) Janet Jackson

77 Sunset Strip, (I) Mack David, Jerry Livingston (M) 77 Sunset Strip (t)

96 Tears, (L & C) Rudy Martinez, (A) ? & the Mysterians

98.6, (L) Tony Powers, (C) George Fischoff, (A) Keith

99 Miles from L. A. (L) Hal David, (C) Albert Hammond, (A) Art Garfunkle

99 Ways, (L & C) Charlie Gracie, (A) Tab Hunter

99 Years (Dead or Alive), (L) Sid Wayne, (C) John Brooks, (A) Guy Mitchell

100% Pure Love, (L, C & A) Crystal Waters

500 Miles Away from Home, (L, C & A) Bobby Bare

634-5789 (Soulsville, U. S. A.), (L & C) Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, (A) Wilson Pickett

808, (L & C) Robert S. Kelly, Natina Reed, (A) Blaque

867-5309/Jenny, (L & C) Alex Call, Jim Keller, (A) Tommy Tutone

1979, (L & C) William Corgan, (A) The Smashing Pumpkins

1999, (L & C) Prince Rogers Nelson, (A) Prince

Song Titles Starting with A

See Introduction for key to symbols

A Hubba Hubba Hubba (’45), (L) Harold Adamson, (C) Jimmy McHugh, (A) Perry Como

A Tisket, A Tasket (’38), (L & C) Al Feldman, Ella Fitzgerald, (A) Ella Fitzgerald

A-B-C, (L) Fonce Mizell; Deke Richards; Berry Gordy, Jr., (C) Freddie Perren, (A) The Jackson Five

‘A’ - You’re Adorable (‘48), (L) Fred Wise, (C) Buddy Kaye, Sidney Lippman, (A) Perry Como

Aaron's party (Come get It), (L & C) Brian Kierulf, Josh Schwartz, (A) Aaron Carter

Aba Daba Honeymoon, The (’14), (L & C) Arthur Fields, Walter Donaldson, (A) Debbie Reynolds & Carleton Carpenter

Abdul Abulbul Ameer (’28), (L & C) Frank Crumit, (A) (standard)

Abie’s Irish Rose (’46), (L & C) Robert Wells, Mel Torme, (A) Mel Torme

Abigail Beecher, (L & C) Robert Boulanger, Richard Heard, (A) Freddy Cannon

Abilene, (L & C) John D. Loudermilk, Lester Brown, Bob Gibson, Albert Stanton, (A) George Hamilton, IV

About a Girl, (L & C) Kurt Cobain, (A) Nirvana

About a Quarter to Nine (’33), (L) Al Dubin, (C) Harry Warren, (A) Al Jolson

Abracadabra, (L & C) Steve Miller, (A) Steve Miller Blues Band

Abraham, Martin and John, (L & C) Dick Holler, (A) Dion

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive (‘44), (L) Johnny Mercer, (C) Harold Arlen, (A) Johnny Mercer (O)

Acapulco, 1922, (L & C) Herb Alpert, (A) Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass

Accidents Will Happen, (L, C & A) Elvis Costello

Achy Breaky Heart, (L & C) Don von Tress, (A) Billy Ray Cyrus

Across the River, (L & C) Bruce & John Hornsby, (A) Bruce Hornsby & the Range

Action, (L & C) Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, Mick Tucker, (A) Sweet

Action, (L & C) Tommy Boyce, Steve Venet, (A) Freddy Cannon

Addams Groove, (L & C) Felton C. Pilate, II; Stanley Burrell, (A) < M. C. Hammer

Addicted to Love, (L & C) Robert Palmer, (A) Robert Palmer

Adelaide’s Lament (’50), (L & C) Frank Loesser, (M) Guys and Dolls

Adios (‘31), (L) Eddie Wood, (C) Enric Madriguera, (A) Mel Torme

Adore, (L & C) Prince Rogers Nelson, (A) Prince

Adult Education, (L & C) Daryl Hall, John Oates, (A) Hall & Oates

Affair of the Heart, (L & C) Rick Springthorpe, (A) < Rick Springfield

Affair to Remember, An, (L) Leo McCarey, Harold Adamson, (C) Harry Warren, (A) Vic Damone

Afraid to Fall in Love (‘47), (L) Ralph Blaine, (C) Harry Warren, (M) Summer Holiday (f)

Africa, (L & C) David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, (A) Toto

After All, (L & C) Peter Cetera, Tom Leonard, (A) Peter Cetera & Cher

After Midnight, (L & C) J. J. Cale, (A) Eric Clapton

After Sundown, (’33), (L) Arthur Freed, (C) Nacio Herb Brown, (A) Bing Crosby

After the Fall, (L & C) Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry, (A) Journey

After the Goldrush, (L & C) Neil Young, (A) Prelude

After the Lights Go Down Low, (L & C) Leroy Lovett, Alan White, Leroy Lovett, (A) Al Hibbler

After the Love Has Gone, (L & C) Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon, (A) Earth, Wind & Fire

After the Lovin’, (L & C) Richie Adams, Alan Bernstein, (A) Engelbert Humperdinck

After the Rain, (L & C) Marc Tanner, Rick Wilson, Mathew & Gunnar Nelson, (A) Nelson

After We Make Love, (L) Gerry Goffin, (C) Michael Masser, (A) Whitney Houston

After You’ve Gone (‘18), (L) Henry Creamer, (C) Turner Layton, (A) The Three Suns

Afternoon Delight, (L & C) Bill Danoff, (A) The Starland Vocal Band

Again (’48), (L) Dorcas Cochran, (C) Lionel Newman, (A) Gordon Jenkins (O)

Again, (L & C) James Harris, III; Terry Lewis; Janet Jackson, (A) Janet Jackson

Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now), (L, C & A) Phil Collins

Against the Wind, (L, C & A) Bob Seger

Agent Double-O-Soul, (L & C) Bill Sharpley, Edwin Starr, (A) Bob Seger

Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (‘10), (L) Rida Johnson Young, (C) Victor Herbert, (A) Nelson Eddy & Jeannette McDonald

Ahab the Arab, (L, C & A) Ray Stevens

Ain’t Even Done with the Night, (L, C & A) John Cougar Mellencamp,

Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (with No Big Fat Woman), (L & C) Buddy Killen, Bonnie Lee McGinty, (A) Joe Tex

Ain’t Gonna Kiss Ya, (L & C) James Smith, A) Suzie Clark

Ain’t Got No Home, (L, C & A) Clarence Henry

Ain’t It Funky Now, (L, C & A) James Brown

Ain’t Love a Bitch, (L & C) Gary Grainger, Rod Stewart, (A) Rod Stewart,

Ain’t Misbehavin’ (‘29), (L) Andy Razaf, (C) Harry Brooks, Thomas Waller, (A) Fats Waller

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, (L) Nickolas Ashford, (C) Valerie Simpson, (A) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

Ain’t No Stopping Us Now, (L & C) Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Tariq Trotter, (A) McFadden & Whitehead

Ain’t No Sunshine, (L, C & A) Bill Withers

Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady, (L & C) Harriet Schock, (A) Helen Reddy

Ain’t No Way, (L & C) Carolyn Franklin, Aretha Franklin, (A) Aretha Franklin

Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I’ve Got), (L & C) Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, (A) The Four Tops

Ain’t Nobody, (L & C) Hawk Wolinksi, (A) Rufus w/ Chaka Khan

Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing, (L & C) Nikolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, (A) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

Ain’t She Sweet (‘27), (L) Jack Yellen, (C) Milton Ager, (A) Sammy Kaye

Ain’t That Just Like a Woman? (‘46), (L & C) Fleecie Moore, Claude Demetrius, (A) Frankie Laine

Ain’t That Love, (L, C & A) Ray Charles

Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby (‘55), (L & C) Jimmy Reed, (A) Elvis Presley

Ain’t That Peculiar, (L & C) William Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Ronald White, (A) Marvin Gaye

Ain’t That a Kick in the Head, (L) Sammy Cahn, (C) Jimmy Van Heusen, (M) Ocean’s 11 (f)

Ain’t That a Shame (‘55), (L & C) Dave Bartholomew, Antoine Domino, (A) Fats Domino

Ain’t Too Proud to Beg, (L) Eddie Holland, (C) Norman Whitfield, (A) The Temptations

Ain’t Understanding Mellow, (L & C) Homer Alexander Talbert, III, (A) Jerry Butler

Ain’t We Got Fun? (‘21), (L) Raymond B. Egan, Gus Kahn, (C) Richard A. Whiting, (A) Bob Hope

Air Force Song, The (‘39), (I) Robert Crawford, (A) Official U. S. Air Force song

Air That I Breathe, (L) Mike Hazlewood, (C) Albert Hammond, (A) The Hollies

Al Di La, (L & C) Labati Donida, Ervin Drake, Giulio Rapetti, (A) Emilio Pericoli

Alabama, (L, C & A) Neil Young

Alabama Jubilee (‘15), (L) Jack Yellen, (C) George L. Cobb, (A) Ferko String Band

Alabamy Bound (’25), (L) Bud de Sylva, Bud Green, (C) Ray Henderson, (A) Al Jolson

Albatross, (L & C) Peter Green, (A) Fleetwood Mac

Alexander, Don’t You Love Your Baby No More? (’04), (L) Andrew Sterling, (C) Harry von Tilzer, (standard)

Alexander’s Ragtime Band (’11), (L & C) Irving Berlin, (A) Al Jolson

Alfie, (L) Hal David, (C) Burt Bacharach, (A) Dionne Warwick

Alice Blue Gown (‘19), (L) Joseph McCarthy, (C) Harry Tierney, (M) Irene (s)

Alice in Wonderland, (L) Howard Greenfield, (C) Neil Sedaka, (A) Neil Sedaka

Alice’s Restaurant Massacree, (L, C & A) Arlo Guthrie

Alison, (L, C & A) Elvis Costello

Alive Again, (L & C) James Pankow, (A) Chicago

Alive and Kicking, (L & C) James Kerr, Charles Burchill, Michael MacNeil, (A) Simple Minds

All 4 Love, (L & C) Howard Thompson, (A) Color Me Badd

All ‘Er Nothin’ (‘43), (L) Oscar Hammerstein, II, (C) Richard Rodgers, (M) Oklahoma

All Alone (’24), (L & C) Irving Berlin, (A) Frank Sinatra

All Alone Am I, (L) Arthur Altman, (C) Joann Idis, (A) Brenda Lee

All Alone Monday (’26), (L) Bert Kalmar, (C) Harry Ruby, (M) The Ramblers (s)

All Along the Watchtower, (L & C) Bob Dylan, (A) Jimi Hendrix

All American Boy, The, (L & C) Orville Lunsford, Bill Parsons, (A) Bobby Bare

All Apologies, (L & C) Kurt Cobain, (A) Nirvana

All Around the World, (L & C) Noel Gallagher, (A) Oasis

All Around the World, (L) Lisa Stansfield, (C) Michael McCary, (A) Lisa Stanfield

All at Once You Love Her (’55), (L & C) Oscar Hammerstein, II, (A) Perry Como

All by Myself (’21), (L & C) Irving Berlin, (A) Ella Fitzgerald

All by Myself, (L) Eric Carmen, (C) (Rachmaninoff), (A) Eric Carmen

All Cried out, (L & C) Brian, Paul & Lou George, (A) Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

All Day and All of the Night, (L & C) Ray Davies, (A) The Kinks

All for Love, (L & C) Michael Kamen, Robert J. Lange, Bryan Adams, (A) Rod Stewart, Sting

All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (‘37), (L) Gus Kahn, (C) Bronislaw Kaper, Walter Jurmann, (A) Judy Garland

All I Do Is Dream of You (‘34), (L) Arthur Freed, (C) Nacio Herb Brown, (M) Sadie McKee (f)

All I Ever Need Is You, (L & C) Jimmy Holiday, Eddie Reeves, (A) Sonny & Cher

All I Have to Do Is Dream, (L & C) Felice & Boudleaux Bryant, (A) The Everly Brothers

All I Have to Give, (L & C) Paul Anthony George; Lucien George, Jr.; Brian George; Gerry Charles; Junior Clark; Curt Bedeau, (A) Backstreet Boys

All I Know, (L & C) Jimmy Webb, (A) Art Garfunkel

All I Need Is a Miracle, (L & C) Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil, (A) Mike & the Mechanics

All I Need, (L & C) Clif Magness, Glen Ballard, David Pack, (A) Jack Wagner

All I Need, (L & C) Frank Wilson, Eddie Holland, R. Dean Taylor, (A) The Temptations

All I Really Want to Do, (L & C) Bob Dylan, (A) The Byrds

All I See Is You, (L & C) Clive Westlake, Ben Weisman, (A) Dusty Springfield

All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You, (L & C) Robert J. Lange, (A) Heart

All I Wanna Do, (L & C) David Baerwald, Bill Botrell, Wyb Cooper, Kevin Gilbert, Sheryl Crow, (A) Sheryl Crow

All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) (‘46), (L & C) Don Gardner, (A) Spike Jones (O)

All I Want, (L & C) Glen Phillips, Todd Nichols, Dean Dinning, Randy Guss, (A) Toad the Wet Sprocket

All I Wanted, (L & C) Steve Morse, Steve Walsh, (A) Kansas

All I’ve Got to Do, (L & C) Paul McCartney, John Lennon, (A) The Beatles

All in My Mind, (L) Fred Johnson, Leroy Kirkland, (C) Maxine Brown, (A) Maxine Brown

All My Life, (L & C) Jojo Hailey, Rory Bennett, (A) K-Ci & Jojo

All My Life, (L & C) Karla Bonoff, (A) Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville

All My Love, (You Were Made for), (L & C) Billy Myles, Jackie Wilson, (A) Jackie Wilson

All My Loving, (L & C) Paul McCartney, John Lennon, (A) The Beatles

All My Tomorrows, (L) Sammy Cahn, (C) Jimmy Van Heusen, (A) Frank Sinatra

All Night Long, (L & C) William Griffin, Michael Harper, (A) Joe Walsh

All Night Long, (L, C & A) Lionel Richie

All of a Sudden My Heart Sings (‘44), (L) Jean Marie Blanvillain, Harold Rome (E), (C) Laurent Henri Herpin, (A) Johnnie Johnston

All of Me (‘31), (L) Seymour Simons, (C) Gerald Marks, (A) Louis Armstrong

All of My Life (‘45), (L & C) Irving Berlin, (A) Ella Fitzgerald

All of You (‘54), (L & C) Cole Porter, (A) Ella Fitzgerald

All of You, (L) Cynthia Weil, (C) Julio Igleisas, Tony Renis, (A) Julio Iglesias & Diana Ross

All or Nothing  at All (‘39), (L) Jack Lawrence, (C) Arthur Altman, (A) Frank Sinatra

All or Nothing, (L & C) Kenny Taylor, Fabrice Morvan, (A) Milli Vanilli

All out of Love, (L & C) Clive Davis, Graham Russell, (A) Air Supply

All over Nothing at All (‘22), (L & C) J. Keirn Brennan, Paul Cunningham, (A) James Rule

All over the World, (L & C) Francoise Hardy, (A) The Seekers

All over the World, (L & C) Jeff Lynne, (A) Electric Light Orchestra

All Right Now, (L & C) Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers, (A) Free

All Right, (L, C & A) Christopher Cross

All She Wants Is, (L & C) John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Simon Lebon, (A) Duran Duran

All She Wants to Do Is Dance, (L & C) Danny Kortchmar, (A) Don Henley

All Shook up, (L & C) Otis Blackwell, (A) Elvis Presley

All Strung out, (L & C) Nino Tempo, Jerry Riopell, (A) April Stevens & Nino Tempo

All That Meat and No Potatoes (‘41), (L & C) Ed Kirkeby, Thomas Waller, (A) Fats Waller

All That She Wants, (L & C) Jonas Berggren, Ulf Ekberg, Linn Berggen, (A) Ace of Base

All the Love in the World, (L & C) John Spinks, (A) The Outfield

All the Man That I Need, (L) Dean Pitchford, (C) Michael Gore, (A) Whitney Houston

All the Small Things, (L & C) Tom DeLonge, (A) Blink-182

All the Things You Are, (L) Oscar Hammerstein, II, (C) Jerome Kern, (A) Helen Forrest

All the Time, (L) Ray Evans, (C) Jay Livingston, (A) Johnny Mathis

All the Tired Horses, (L, C & A) Bob Dylan

All the Way, (L) Sammy Cahn, (C) Jimmy Van Heusen, (A) Frank Sinatra, The Joker Is Wild (f*)

All the Way from Memphis, (L & C) Ian Hunter, (A) Mott the Hoople

All the Young Dudes, (L & C) David Bowie, (A) Mott the Hoople

All This Love, (L & C) Eldra BeBarge, (A) DeBarge

All This Time, (L & C) Gordon Sumner, (A) Sting

All This Time, (L & C) Tim James, Steven McClintock, (A) Tiffany

All Those Years Ago, (L, C & A) George Harrison

All Through the Day (‘45), (L) Oscar Hammerstein, II, (A) Jerome Kern, (A) Perry Como

All Through the Night (‘34), (L & C) Cole Porter, (A) (standard)

All Through the Night, (L & C) Jules Shear, (A) Cindy Lauper

All You Need Is Love, (L & C) Paul McCartney, John Lennon, (A) The Beatles

All-American Boy, The, (L & C) Orville Lunsford, Bill Parsons, (A) Bobby Bare

Allegheny Moon, (L & C) Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, (A) Patti Page

Allentown Jail, (L & C) Irving Gordon, (A) Jo Stafford

Allentown, (L, C & A) Billy Joel

Alley Cat, (L & C) Bjerre Bent Fabricus, (A) < Bent Fabric

Alley-Oop, (L & C) Dallas Frazier, (A) Hollywood Argyles

Almost Cut My Hair, (L & C) David Crosby, (A) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Almost Doesn’t Count, (L & C) Shelly Peiken, Guy Roche, (A) Brandy

Almost Like Being in Love (‘47), (L) Alan Jay Lerner, (C) Frederick Loewe, (M) Brigadoon

Almost over You, (L & C) Cindy Richardson, Jennifer Kimball, (A) Sheena Easton

Almost Paradise, (I) Norman Petty, (A) Norman Petty Trio

Almost Paradise, (L & C) Ann Wilson, Dean Pitchford, Mike Reno, (M) Footloose (f)

Almost Persuaded, (L & C) Bill Sherrill, Glenn Sutton, (A) David Houston

Aloha Oe (farewell to Thee) (’07), (L & C) Queen Lilioukalani, (A) Alfred Apaka

Alone, (L) Billy Steinberg , (C) Tom Kelly, (A) Heart

Alone (Why Must I Be Alone), (L) Selma Craft, (C) Morton Craft, (A) The Shepherd Sisters

Alone Again, Naturally, (L, C & A) Gilbert O’Sullivan,

Alone at Last (’25), (L) Gus Kahn, (C) Ted Fiorito, (A) Arlene Coleman

Alone at Last, (L & C) John Lehman, (A) Jackie Wilson

Alone Together (’32), (L) Howard Dietz, (C) Arthur Schwartz, (A) Bing Crosby

Along Came Jones, (L) Jerry Leiber, (C) Mike Stoller, (A) The Coasters

Along Comes a Woman, (L & C) Peter Cetera, Mark Goldenberg, (A) Chicago

Along Comes Mary, (L & C) Tandyn Almer, (A) The Association

Along the Navajo Trail (‘45), (L & C) Dick Charles, Eddie De Lange, Larry Markes, (A) Frankie Laine

Along the Santa Fe Trail (‘40), (L) Al Dubin, Edwina Coolidge, (C) Will Grosz, (A) Bing Crosby

Along with Me (‘46), (L & C) Harold Rome, (M) Call Me Mister

Alphabet Street, (L & C) Prince Rogers Nelson, (A) Prince

Already Gone, (L & C) Jack Tempchin, Robb Strandin, (A) The Eagles

Alright, (L & C) James Harris, III; Terry Lewis; Janet Jackson, (A) Janet Jackson

Alright, (L & C) Jermaine Dupri, (A) Kris Kross

Alvin’s Harmonica, (L & C) Ross Bagdasarian, (A) < David Seville

Always (’25), (L & C) Irving Berlin, (A) Vincent Lopez (O)

Always, (L & C) David Lewis, Jonathan Lewis, Wayne Lewis, (A) Atlantic Starr

Always, (L & C) Jon Bongiovi, (A) Bon Jovi

Always, (L & C) Vince Clark, Andy Bell, (A) Erasure

Always and Forever, (L & C) Rod Temperton, (A) Heatwave

Always Be My Baby, (L & C) Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Jr.; Mariah Carey, (A) Mariah Carey

Always on My Mind, (L & C) Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson Thompson, (A) Willie Nelson

Always Something There to Remind Me, (L) Hal David, (C) Burt Bacharach, (A) Dionne Warwick

Always Together, (L & C) Bobby Miller, (A) The Dells

Am I Asking Too Much, (L & C) Helen Miller, Fay Whitman, (A) Dinah Washington

Am I Blue? (‘29), (L) Grat Clarke, (C) Harry Akst, (A) Ethel Waters

Am I That Easy to Forget? (L & C) Carl Belew, W. S. Stevenson, Shelby Singleton, (A) Englebert Humperdink

Amanda, (L & C) Tom Scholz, (A) Boston

Amapola, (’40), (L) Albert Gamse (E), (C) Joseph Lacalle, (A) Jimmy Dorsey

Amazing, (L & C) Richard Supa, Steven Tyler, (A) Aerosmith

Amen, (L & C) Jerry Goldsmith, (A) The Impressions

America, (L & C) Paul Simon, (A) Simon & Garfunkle

America, (L, C & A) Neil Diamond

America, (L) Stephen Sondheim, (C) Leonard Bernstein, (M) West Side Story

America, I Love You (‘15), (L) Edgar Leslie, (C) Archie Gottler, (standard)

American Beauty Rose (‘50), (L) Hal David, (C) Redd Evans, Arthur Altman, (A) Frank Sinatra

American Dream, (L & C) Rodney Crowell, (A) The Dirt Band

American Girl, (L & C) Tom Petty, (A) Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

American Heartbeat, (L & C) Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan, (A) Survivor

American Music, (L & C) Parker McGee, (A) The Pointer Sisters

American Pie, (L, C & A) Don McLean

American Storm, (L & C) Bob Seger, (A) Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band

American Tune, (L, C & A) Paul Simon

American Woman, (L & C) Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Garry Peterson, Jim Kale, (A) Guess Who

Among My Souvenirs, (L) Edgar Leslie, (C) Lawrence Wright, (A) Connie Francis

Amor (’44), (L) Ricardo Lopez Mendez, Sunny Skylar (E), (C) Gabriel Ruiz, (A) Ben E. King

Amos Moses, (L, C & A) Jerry Reed,

Anarchy in the U. K., (L & C) Johnny Rotten, Glen Matlock, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, (A) The Sex Pistols

Anchors Aweigh (’06), (L) Alfred Hart Miles, Royal Lovell, (C) Charles A. ZImmerman, (A) (standard)

And Get Away, (L & C) Gilbert Moorer, (A) The Esquires

And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine (‘44), (L) Joe Greene, (C) Charles Lawrence, Stan Kenton, (A) Stan Kenton (O)

And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going, (L & C) Tom Eyen, Henry Krieger, (A) Jennifer Holliday

And I Love Her, (L & C) Paul McCartney, John Lennon, (A) The Beatles

And I Love You So, (L & C) Don McLean, (A) Perry Como

And on and on, (L & C) Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson, (A) Janet Jackson

And One More for the Road, (L) Johnny Mercer, (C) Harold Arlen, (A) Frank Sinatra

And Our Feelings, (L & C) Darryl Simmons, Kenny Edmonds, (A) < Babyface

And Roses and Roses, (L & C) Ray Gilbert, Dorival Caymmi, (A) Andy Williams

And That Reminds Me, (L) Al Stillman, Paul Siegel, (C) Camillo Bargoni, (A) Della Reese

And the Angels Sing (‘38), (L) Johnny Mercer, (C) Ziggy Elman, (A) Benny Goodman (O)

And the Best Goes on, (L & C) William Shelby; Stephen Shockley; Leon F. Sylvers, III, (A) The Whispers

And the Green Grass Grew All Around (’12), (L & C) Harry Von Tilzer, (standard)

And This Is My Beloved (’53), (L & C) Robert Wright, George Forrest, (M) Kismet

And We Danced, (L & C) Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman, (A) The Hooters

And When I Die, (L & C) Laura Nyro, Jerry Sears, (A) Blood, Sweat & Tears

And Your Bird Can Sing, (L & C) John Lennon, Paul McCartney, (A) The Beatles

Aneurysm, (L & C) Kurt Cobain, (A) Nirvana

Angel, (L & C) Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Saunders, (A) Aretha Franklin

Angel, (L & C) Richard Supa, Steven Tyler, (A) Aerosmith

Angel, (L & C) Steve Bray, Madonna Ritchie, (A) Madonna

Angel, (L, C & A) Jon Secada

Angel Baby, (L & C) Rose Hamlin, (A) Rosie & the Originals

Angel Cake and Wine, (L & C) Nelson Eastman, (A) Glenn Yarbrough

Angel Eyes (‘53), (L) Earl Brent, (C) Matt Dennis, (A) Frank Sinatra

Angel Eyes, (L & C) John Hiatt, Fred Koller, (A) The Jeff Healey Band

Angel in Your Arms, (L & C) Clayton Ivey, Tom Brasfield, Terry Woodford, (A) Hot

Angel of Harlem, (L & C) Paul Hewson; David Evans; Adam Clayton; Larry Mullen, Jr., (A) U2

Angel of the Morning, (L & C) Chip Taylor, (A) Merrilee Rush

Angel on My Shoulder, (L, C & A) Shelby Flint,

Angela Mia (’28), (L) Lew Pollack, (C) Erno Rapee, (M) Street Angel (f)

Angelia, (L, C & A) Richard Marx

Angelina, (L, C & A) Bob Dylan

Angels in the Sky, (L & C) Dick Glasser, (A) The Crew Cuts

Angels Listened in, The, (L & C) Sid Faust, Billie Dawn Smith, (A) The Crests

Angelus, The (’13), (L) Robert B. Smith, (C) Victor Herbert, (A) Jeannette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy

Angie Baby, (L & C) Alan O’Day, (A) Helen Reddy

Angie, (L & C) Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, (A) The Rolling Stones

Angry Young Man, (L, C & A) Billy Joel

Anmall, (L & C) Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Rick Savage, Robert J. Lange, (A) Def Leppard

Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore (’33), (L) Joe Young, Johnny Burke, (C) Harold Spina, (A) Guy Lombardo (O)

Annie’s Song, (L, C & A) John Denver,

Anniversary Song, The (‘46), (L & C) Saul Chaplin, Al Jolson, (A) Al Jolson

Anniversary Waltz (‘41), (L) Al Dubin, (C) Dave Franklin, (A) Vera Lynn

Anniversary, (L & C) Timothy Christian Riley, (A) Tony! Toni! Tone!

Another Brick in the Wall, (L & C) Roger Waters, (A) Pink Floyd

Another Day, (L, C & A) Paul McCartney

Another Day in Paradise, (L, C & A) Phil Collins,

Another Girl, (L & C) Paul McCartney, John Lennon, (A) The Beatles

Another Lover, (L & C) Colin Campsie, Gardner Cole, George McFarlane, (A) Giant Steps

Another Night, (L & C) Olaf Jeglitza, (A) Real McCoy

Another Night, (L) Roy Freeland, (C) Beppe Cantarelli, (A) Aretha Franklin

Another One Bites the Dust, (L & C) John Deacon, (A) Queen

Another Part of Me, (L, C & A) Michael Jackson

Another Sad Love Song, (L & C) Kenny Edmonds, Daryl Simmons, (A) Toni Braxton

Another Saturday Night, (L, C & A) Sam Cooke

Another Sleepless Night, (L & C) Neil Sedaka, (A) Jimmy Clanton

Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, (Hey Won’t You Play), (L) Larry Butler, (C) Chips Moman, (A) B. J. Thomas

Another Time, (L & C) Curt Boettcher, (A) Sagittarius

Another Time, Another Place (’46), (L) Ray  Evans, (C) Jay Livingston, (A) Patti Page

Answer Me, My Love (‘53), (L) Gerhard Winkler, Carl Sigman (E), (C) Fred Ravich, (A) Nat “King” Cole

Anticipation, (L, C & A) Carly Simon

Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird), (L) Hal David, Bob Hilliard, (C) Burt Bacharach, (A) Chuck Jackson

Any Moment Now (’45), (L) E. Y. Harburg, (C) Jerome Kern, (A) Deanna Durbin

Any Old Time of the Day, (L) Hal David, (C) Burt Bacharach, (A) Dionne Warwick

Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home, (L) Johnny Mercer, (C) Harold Arlen, (A) Rosemary Clooney

Any Time (’21), (L & C) Herbert Lawson, (A) Eddie Fisher

Any Time, Any Place, (L & C) James Harris, III; Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson, (A) Janet Jackson

Any Way You Want It, (L & C) Dave Clark, Mike Smith, (A) The Dave Clark Five

Any Way You Want It, (L & C) Steve Perry, Neal Schon, (A) Journey

Anyone Who Had a Heart, (L) Hal David, (C) Burt Bacharach, (A) Dionne Warwick

Anything, (L & C) Brian Alexander Morgan, (A) Sisters with Voices

Anything, (L & C) Titi Joe, Taryll & Tariano Jackson, (A) 3T

Anything for You, (L & C) Gloria Estefan, (A) Miami Sound Machine

Anything Goes (‘34), (L & C) Cole Porter, (A) Ella Fitzgerald

Anything You Can Do (‘46), (L & C) Irving Berlin, (A) The Andrews Sisters

Anytime You Need a Friend, (L & C) Walter Afanasieff, Mariah Carey, (A) Mariah Carey

Anyway You Want Me (That’s How I Will Be), (L & C) Aaron Schroeder, Cliff Owens, (A) Elvis Presley

Anywhere I Wander (‘51), (L & C) Frank Loesser, (A) Julius LaRosa

Anywhere, (L & C) Zane Copeland, Jr.; Daron Jones; Michael Keith; L. Maxwell; Quinnes Parker; Marvin Scandrick; (A) 112 w/ Lil' Z

Apache, (I) Jerry Lordan. (A) Jorgen Inman

Apartment, The (Theme), (I) Charles Williams, (A) Ferrante & Teicher

Ape Call, (L, C & A) Jimmy Drake

Apple Blossom Time (’20), (L) Neville Fleeson, (C) Albert Von Tilzer, (A) Guy Lombardo

Apple Blossom Wedding, An (‘47), (L) Jimmy Kennedy, (C) Nat Simon, (A) Buddy Clark

Apple Honey (‘45), (L, C & A) Woody Herman (O)

Apple, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie, (L & C) Maurice Irby, (A) Jay & the Techniques

April Come She Will, (L & C) Paul Simon, (A) Simon & Garfunkle

April Fools, The, (L) Hal David, (C) Burt Bacharach, (M) April Fools (f)

April in Paris (‘32), (L) E. Y. Harburg, (C) Vernon Duke, (A) Billie Holiday

April in Portugal (‘47), (L) Jose Galhardo, Jimmy Kennedy (E), (C) Raul Ferraro, (A) Les Baxter (O)

April Love, (L) Paul Francis Webster, (C) Sammy Fain, (A) Pat Boone

April Showers (‘21), (L) George De Sylva, (C) Louis Silvers, (A) Al Jolson

Aqualung, (L & C) Ian & Jennie Anderson, (A) Jethro Tull

Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine in, (L) James Rado, Gerome Ragni, (C) Galt McDermot, (A) The Fifth Dimension, Hair

Are We Ourselves? (L & C) Dan K. Brown, Cy Curnin, Peter John Greenall, James Fletcher, West-Oram, Adam Terence Woods, (A) The Fixx

Are You Lonesome Tonight? (‘54), (L) Roy Turk, (C) Lou Handman, (A) Elvis Presley

Are You Man Enough? (L & C) Johnny Pate, (A) The Four Tops

Are You Ready, (L & C) Charlie Allen, John Hill, (A) Pacific Gas & Electric

Are You Really Mine? (L) Al Hoffman, (C) Dick Manning, Mark Markwell, (A) Jimmie Rodgers

Are You Satisfied? (L, C & A) Rusty Draper

Are You Sincere, (L & C) Wayne Walker, (A) Andy Williams

Are You That Somebody? (L & C) Timothy Mosley, Steve Garrett, (A) Aaliyah

Aren’t We All (’29), (L) Bud De Sylva, (C) Ray Henderson, (M) Sunny Side Up (f)

Aren’t You Glad You’re You? (‘45), (L) Johnny Burke, (C) Jimmy Van Heusen, (A) Rosemary Clooney

Aren’t You Kind of Glad We Did? (‘46), (L) Ira Gershwin, (C) George Gershwin, (M) The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (f)

Arizona, (L & C) Kenny Young, (A) Mark Lindsay

Armaggedon It, (L & C) Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Rick Savage, Robert J. Lange, (A) Def Leppard

Arms of the One Who Loves You, The, (L & C) Diane Warren, (A) Xscape

Army Air Corp Song, The (’39), (L & C) Robert Crawford, (M) Winged Victory (f)

Arnold Layne, (L & C) Syd Barrett, (A) Pink Floyd

Around the Way Girl, (L & C) Marlon Lu’Ree Williams; Rick James; James Todd Smith, III, (A) < L. L. Cool J

Around the World (’55), (L) Harold Adamson, (C) Victor Young, (A) Victor Young (O), Around the World 80 Days (f)

Arrivederci Roma (‘55), (L) Carl Sigman (E), (C) Renato Ranucci, (A) Georgia Gibbs

Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do), (L & C) Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen, Christopher Cross, (A) Christopher Cross, (M) Arthur (f*)

Artificial Flowers, (L) Sheldon Harnick, (C) Jerry Bock, (M) Tenderloin (s)

As I Lay Me Down, (L, C & A) Sophie Hawkins

As If I Didn’t Know, (L & C) Scott David, Larry Kusik, (A) Adam Wade

As Long as He Needs Me, (L & C) Lionel Bart, (M) Oliver

As Long as You Follow, (L & C) Christine McVie, (A) Fleetwood Mac

As Long as You Love Me, (L & C) Max Martin, (A) Backstreet Boys

As Tears Go by, (L & C) Mick Jagger, (A) Marianne Faithfull

As Time Goes by (‘31), (L & C) Herman Hupfeld, (A) Billie Holiday

As Usual, (L & C) Zanetis, (A) Brenda Lee

As We Lay, (L & C) Larry Troutman, (A) Shirley Murdock

Asia Minor (‘51), (I) Jimmy Wisner, (A) Ronnie Aldrich

Ask Me, (L) Fred Wise, (C) Ben Weisman, (A) Elvis Presley

Ask Me, (L) Heino Gaze, Sunny Skylar, (C) Carl Niessen, (A) Nat “King” Cole

Ask of You, (L & C) Ei Rokusuke, Hachida Nakamura, Raphael Saadiq, (A) Raphael Saadiq,

Ask the Angels, (L) Patti Smith, (C) Ivan Kral, (A) Patti Smith

Ask the Stars (‘19), (L) Frank Stammers, (C) Harold Orlob, (standard)

Astronomy Domine, (L & C) Syd Barrett, (A) Pink Floyd

At Last (‘42), (L) Mack Gordon, (C) Harry Warren, (A) Etta James

At Long Last Love (‘38), (L & C) Cole Porter, (A) Lena Horne

At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama), (L & C) Ewart Abner, John Moore, (A) Pat Boone

At Seventeen, (L, C & A) Janis Ian

At Sundown (’27), (L & C) Walter Donaldson, (A) Jimmy Dorsey (O)

At the Codfish Ball (’36), (L & C) Lew Pollack, (A) Shirley Temple

At the Hop, (L & C) Artie Singer, Johnny Medora, Dave White, (A) Danny & the Juniors

At the Scene, (L & C) Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson, (A) The Dave Clark Five

At the Woodchoppers’ Ball (‘39), (L & C) Joe Bishop, Woody Herman, (A) Woody Herman  (O)

At the Zoo, (L & C) Paul Simon, (A) Simon & Garfunkle

At This Moment, (L & C) Billy Vera, (A) Billy Vera & the Beaters

At Your Best (You Are Love), (L & C) Chris Jasper, Ronald & Ernest Isley, (A) Aaliyah

Atlantic City, (L, C & A) Bruce Springsteen

Atlantis, (L & C) Donovan Leitch, (A) Donovan

Attack, (L & C) Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell, (A) The Toys

Attitude Dancing, (L & C) Jacob Brackman, Carly Simon, (A) Carly Simon

Aubrey, (L & C) David Gates, (A) Bread

Auctioneer, (L & C) Buddy Black, Leroy Van Dyke, (A) Leroy Van Dyke

Authority Song, (L, C & A) John Cougar Mellencamp

Automatic, (L & C) Mark Goldenberg, Brock Walsh, (A) The Pointer Sisters

Autumn in New York (‘34), (L & C) Vernon Duke, (A) Jo Stafford

Autumn Leaves, (L) Jacques Prevert, Johnny Mercer (E), (C) Joseph Kosma, (A) Roger Williams

Autumn of My Life, (L, C & A) Bobby Goldsboro

Autumn Serenade (‘45), (L) Sammy Gallop, (C) Peter De Rose, (A) Mel Torme

Autumn Waltz, The, (L) Bob Hilliard, (C) Cy Coleman, (A) Tony Bennett

Avalon (‘20), (L & C) George De Sylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose, Giacomo Puccini (A) Nat “King” Cole

Axel F, (I) Harold Faltermeyer, (M) Beverly Hills Cop (f)
Azure (‘37), (L & C) Edward Ellington, (A) Duke Ellington