| Title | Artist | Record label | Year of release | Genre | Format | Year inducted |
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| Jackson Browne | Jackson Browne | Asylum | 1972 | Rock | Album | 2019 |
| Jaco Pastorius | Jaco Pastorius | Epic | 1976 | Jazz Fusion | Album | 2019 |
| "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | RCA | 1957 | Rock & Roll | Single | 2017 |
| "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" | Hank Williams | MGM | 1952 | Country | Single | 2002 |
| "James Bond Theme" | John Barry & his Orchestra | United Artists | 1962 | Soundtrack | Single | 2008 |
| Jazz at Massey Hall | "The Quintet", including: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Charles Mingus | Debut | 1953 | Jazz | Album | 1995 |
| Jazz Samba | Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd | Verve | 1962 | Jazz | Album | 2010 |
| Jelly Roll Morton: The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord (Library of Congress Recordings) | Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton | Circle Sound | 1949-50 | Jazz | Album | 1980 |
| "Jitterbug Waltz" | Fats Waller & his Rhythm Band | Bluebird | 1942 | Jazz | Single | 2015 |
| Joan Baez | Joan Baez | Vanguard | 1960 | Folk | Album | 2011 |
| John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman | John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman | Impulse | 1963 | Jazz | Album | 2013 |
| John Prine | John Prine | Atlantic | 1971 | Folk | Album | 2015 |
| "Johnny B. Goode" | Chuck Berry | Chess | 1958 | Rock & Roll | Single | 1999 |
| Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison | Johnny Cash | Columbia | 1968 | Country | Album | 2018 |
| Johnny Cash at San Quentin | Johnny Cash | Columbia | 1969 | Country | Album | 2004 |
| "Jolene" | Dolly Parton | RCA Nashville | 1973 | Country pop | Single | 2014 |
| The Joshua Tree | U2 | Island | 1987 | Rock | Album | 2014 |
| Judy at Carnegie Hall | Judy Garland | Capitol | 1961 | Vocal jazz | Album | 1998 |
| "Juke" | Little Walter & his Night Cats | Checker | 1952 | Chicago Blues | Single | 2008 |
| "Just Because" | Frankie Yankovic | Columbia | 1948 | Polka | Single | 1999 |
| "Just the Way You Are" | Billy Joel | Columbia | 1977 | Soft rock | Single | 2004 |
| "Just You, Just Me" | Lester Young & his Quartet | Keynote | 1943 | Jazz | Single | 1999 |
| "Kansas City" | Wilbert Harrison | Fury | 1959 | R&B | Single | 2001 |
| "Kansas City Stomps" | Jelly Roll Morton | Victor | 1928 | Jazz | Single | 2010 |
| "Kassie Jones" | Furry Lewis | Victor | 1928 | Blues | Single | 2012 |
| "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy" | Uncle Dave Macon | Vocalion | 1924 | Country | Single | 2007 |
| "Keep on the Sunny Side" | The Carter Family | Victor | 1928 | Southern Gospel | Single | 2006 |
| "Key to the Highway" | Big Bill Broonzy | Okeh | 1941 | Blues | Single | 2012 |
| Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major | William Kapell with Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky | RCA | 1943 | Classical | Album | 1999 |
| "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Roberta Flack | Atlantic | 1973 | Soul | Single | 1999 |
| Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | Columbia | 1959 | Jazz | Album | 1992 |
| The King and I Original Broadway Cast Recording | Cast: Yul Brynner, Gertrude Lawrence, Dorothy Sarnoff, Doretta Morrow, Larry Douglas, Sandy Kennedy, etc. | Decca | 1951 | Musical show | Album | 2000 |
| "King of the Road" | Roger Miller | Smash | 1965 | Country | Single | 1999 |
| "King Porter Stomp" | Benny Goodman and his Orchestra | Victor | 1935 | Jazz | Single | 2008 |
| "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" | Charley Pride | RCA Victor | 1971 | Country | Single | 2024 |
| Kiss Me, Kate Original Broadway Cast Recording | Cast: Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang, Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, etc. | Columbia | 1948 | Musical show | Album | 1998 |
| "Ko-Ko" | Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys | Savoy | 1945 | Jazz | Single | 2019 |
| "Ko-Ko" | Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra | Victor | 1940 | Jazz | Single | 2011 |
| The Köln Concert | Keith Jarrett | ECM | 1975 | Jazz | Album | 2011 |
| Korngold: Violin Concerto | Jascha Heifetz with Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Alfred Wallenstein | RCA Victor | 1949 | Classical | Album | 2008 |
| Kristofferson | Kris Kristofferson | Monument | 1970 | Country | Album | 2014 |
| "La Bamba" | El Jarocho | Victor | 1939 | Folk | Single | 2019 |
| "La Bamba" | Ritchie Valens | Del-Fi | 1958 | Rock & roll | Single | 2000 |
| "La Vie en Rose" | Édith Piaf | Columbia | 1947 | Traditional pop | Single | 1998 |
| Lady in Satin | Billie Holiday | Columbia | 1958 | Jazz | Album | 2000 |
| "Lady Marmalade" | Labelle | Epic | 1974 | Disco | Single | 2003 |
| Lady Sings the Blues | Billie Holiday | Clef | 1956 | Jazz | Album | 2017 |
| "Last Date" | Floyd Cramer | RCA | 1960 | Country | Single | 2004 |
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| "Layla" | Derek and the Dominos | Atco | 1971 | Rock | Single | 1998 |
| Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs | Derek and the Dominos | Atco | 1970 | Blues rock | Album | 2000 |
| "Lazy River" | Louis Armstrong | Okeh | 1931 | Jazz | Single | 2010 |
| "Le Freak" | Chic | Atlantic | 1978 | Disco | Single | 2015 |
| "Lean on Me" | Bill Withers | Sussex | 1972 | Soul | Single | 2007 |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | Atlantic | 1969 | Rock | Album | 2004 |
| Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | Atlantic | 1971 | Rock | Album | 1999 |
| Leoncavallo: "Pagliacci Act I: Vesti la Giubba" | Enrico Caruso | Victrola | 1907 | Classical | Single | 1975 |
| "Lester Leaps In" | Count Basie's Kansas City 7 Featuring Lester Young | Vocalion | 1939 | Jazz | Single | 2005 |
| "Let It Be" | The Beatles | Apple | 1970 | Gospel | Single | 2004 |
| Let It Bleed | The Rolling Stones | London | 1969 | Blues | Album | 2005 |
| "Let the Good Times Roll" | Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five | Decca | 1946 | Jump blues | Single | 2009 |
| Let's Get It On | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | 1973 | Soul | Album | 2004 |
| "Let's Have a Party" | Wanda Jackson | Capitol | 1960 | Rock & Roll | Single | 2024 |
| "Let's Stay Together" | Al Green | Hi | 1971 | R&B | Single | 1999 |
| "The Letter" | The Box Tops | Mala | 1967 | Rock | Single | 2011 |
| Licensed to Ill | Beastie Boys | Def Jam | 1986 | Hip hop | Album | 2021 |
| "Light My Fire" | The Doors | Elektra | 1967 | Rock | Track | 1998 |
| "Like a Rolling Stone" | Bob Dylan | Columbia | 1965 | Rock | Single | 1998 |
| Liszt: Sonata in B minor | Vladimir Horowitz | RCA Victor | 1932 | Classical | Album | 2008 |
| "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" | Fiddlin' John Carson | Okeh | 1923 | Country | Single | 1998 |
| Live at the Apollo | James Brown and The Famous Flames | King | 1963 | Soul | Album | 1998 |
| Live at the Regal | B. B. King | ABC | 1965 | Blues | Album | 2006 |
| "The Loco-Motion" | Little Eva | Dimension | 1962 | Pop | Single | 2016 |
| London Calling | The Clash | CBS | 1979 | Punk rock | Double album | 2007 |
| "The Lonely Bull" | Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass | A&M | 1962 | Pop | Single | 1998 |
| "Lonely Teardrops" | Jackie Wilson | Brunswick | 1958 | R&B | Single | 1999 |
| "Long Tall Sally" | Little Richard | Specialty | 1956 | Rock & roll | Single | 1999 |
| "The Look of Love" | Dusty Springfield | Colgems | 1967 | Pop | Single | 2008 |
| "Losing My Religion" | R.E.M. | Warner Bros. | 1991 | Alternative rock | Single | 2017 |
| Lost in the Stars Original Broadway Cast Album | Cast: Todd Duncan, Frank Roane, Inez Matthews, Sheila Guyse, Herbert Coleman, etc. | Decca | 1949 | Musical show | Album | 2013 |
| "Louie Louie" | The Kingsmen | Jerden | 1963 | Garage rock | Single | 1999 |
| Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy | Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars | Columbia | 1954 | Jazz | Album | 2010 |
| "Love Is Strange" | Mickey and Sylvia | Groove | 1956 | R&B | Single | 2004 |
| "Love Me or Leave Me" | Ruth Etting | Columbia | 1928 | Pop | Single | 2005 |
| A Love Supreme | John Coltrane | Impulse | 1965 | Jazz | Album | 1999 |
| "Love Theme from The Godfather" | Orchestra conducted by Carlo Savina | Paramount | 1972 | Soundtrack | Track | 2009 |
| "Love Train" | The O'Jays | Philadelphia International | 1973 | Soul | Single | 2006 |
| "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" | Billie Holiday | Decca | 1945 | Jazz | Single | 1989 |
| "Lovesick Blues" | Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers | Okeh | 1928 | Country | Single | 2007 |
| "Lovesick Blues" | Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys | MGM | 1949 | Country | Single | 2011 |
| The Low End Theory | A Tribe Called Quest | Jive | 1991 | East Coast Hip-Hop | Album | 2021 |
| "Low Rider" | War | United Artists | 1975 | Funk | Single | 2014 |
| "Lucille" | Little Richard | Specialty | 1957 | Rock & roll | Single | 2002 |
| "Lullaby of Broadway" | Dick Powell | Brunswick | 1935 | Soundtrack | Single | 2005 |
| Lush Life | John Coltrane | Prestige | 1961 | Jazz | Album | 2016 |
| "Lush Life" | John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman | Impulse | 1963 | Jazz | Single | 2000 |
| "Mack the Knife" | Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars | Columbia | 1955 | Jazz | Single | 1997 |
| "Mack the Knife" | Bobby Darin | Atco | 1959 | Pop | Single | 1999 |
| Mad Dogs & Englishmen | Joe Cocker | A&M | 1970 | Rock | Album | 2021 |
| "Maggie May" | Rod Stewart | Mercury | 1971 | Rock | Single | 2017 |
| Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde | Kathleen Ferrier & Julius Patzak with Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter | London | 1952 | Classical | Album | 1981 |
| Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D major | Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos | Columbia Masterworks | 1940 | Classical | Album | 1999 |
| Mahler: Symphony No 2 in D major | Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer | EMI-Angel | 1963 | Classical | Album | 2008 |
| Mahler: Symphony No 8 in E flat major ("The Symphony of a Thousand") | Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti (with Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Boys' Choir, & Wiener Singverein) | London | 1971 | Classical | Album | 1998 |
| Mahler: The Complete Symphonies | New York Philharmonic & London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein | Columbia Masterworks | 1967 | Classical | Album | 2002 |
| Maiden Voyage | Herbie Hancock | Blue Note | 1965 | Modal jazz | Album | 1999 |
| "Make the World Go Away" | Eddy Arnold | RCA | 1965 | Country | Single | 1999 |
| "Mama Tried" | Merle Haggard with The Strangers | Capitol | 1968 | Country | Single | 1999 |
| Man of La Mancha | Original Broadway Cast: Richard Kiley, Irving Jacobson, Joan Diener, Robert Rounseville, & Ray Middleton | Kapp | 1965 | Musical show | Album | 2009 |
| Manhattan Tower | Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra | Capitol | 1956 | Traditional pop | Album | 1998 |
| "Manteca" | Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra | Victor | 1947 | Afro-Cuban Jazz | Single | 1999 |
| "Many Rivers to Cross" | Jimmy Cliff | Trojan | 1969 | Reggae | Single | 2011 |
| "Margaritaville" | Jimmy Buffett | ABC | 1977 | Pop | Single | 2016 |
| "Marie" | Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra (featuring vocals sung by Jack Leonard) | Victor | 1937 | Traditional pop | Single | 1998 |
| "Mary Had a Little Lamb" | Thomas Alva Edison | N/A | 1878 | Experimental | Single | 2018 |
| Mary Poppins: Original Film Soundtrack | Cast: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, etc. | Walt Disney | 1964 | Soundtrack | Album | 2014 |
| "Match Box Blues" | Blind Lemon Jefferson | Okeh | 1927 | Blues | Single | 1999 |
| "Maybellene" | Chuck Berry | Chess | 1955 | Rock & roll | Single | 1988 |
| "Mbube" | Solomon Linda and The Evening Birds | Gallo | 1939 | Vocal | Single | 2007 |
| "Me and Bobby McGee" | Janis Joplin | Columbia | 1971 | Rock | Single | 2002 |
| "Me and Mrs. Jones" | Billy Paul | Philadelphia International | 1972 | Soul | Single | 2018 |
| Meet Me in St. Louis | Judy Garland | Decca | 1944 | Vocal | Album | 2005 |
| Meet the Beatles! | The Beatles | Capitol | 1964 | Rock | Album | 2001 |
| Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E-Minor, Op. 64 | Fritz Kreisler with Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Leo Blech | Victor | 1926 | Classical | Album | 1998 |
| "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | 1971 | Soul | Single | 2002 |
| Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club" | The Cannonball Adderley Quintet | Capitol | 1967 | Soul Jazz | Album | 2021 |
| "The Message" | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | Sugar Hill | 1982 | Hip hop | Single | 2012 |
| Mexicantos | Los Panchos | Coda Records | 1945 | Mexican Music | Album | 2012 |
| "Midnight Special" | Lead Belly and Golden Gate Quartet | Victor | 1940 | Country blues | Album | 2002 |
| "Midnight Train to Georgia" | Gladys Knight & the Pips | Buddah | 1973 | Soul | Single | 1999 |
| Miles Ahead | Miles Davis with Gil Evans & His Orchestra | Columbia | 1957 | Jazz | Album | 1994 |
| Miles Smiles | Miles Davis Quintet | Columbia | 1967 | Jazz | Album | 2016 |
| Milestones | Miles Davis & his Sextet | Columbia | 1958 | Jazz | Album | 2004 |
| Mingus Ah Um | Charles Mingus | Columbia | 1959 | Jazz | Album | 2013 |
| Mingus Dynasty | Charles Mingus | Columbia | 1960 | Jazz | Album | 1999 |
| "Minnie the Moocher" | Cab Calloway & his Orchestra | Brunswick | 1931 | Jazz | Single | 1999 |
| The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Lauryn Hill | Ruffhouse | 1998 | Hip Hop Soul | Album | 2024 |
| "Mission: Impossible" | Lalo Schifrin | Dot | 1967 | Theme music | Single | 2017 |
| "Misirlou" | Dick Dale | Deltone Records | 1962 | Surf rock | Single | 2020 |
| "Misty" | Erroll Garner | EmArcy | 1954 | Jazz | Single | 1991 |
| "Misty" | Johnny Mathis | Columbia | 1959 | Traditional pop | Single | 2002 |
| "Moanin'" | Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers | Blue Note | 1958 | Jazz | Single | 1998 |
| Moanin' | Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | Blue Note | 1959 | Hard bop jazz | Album | 2001 |
| Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music | Ray Charles | ABC-Paramount | 1962 | Pop | Album | 1999 |
| "Mona Lisa" | Nat King Cole | Capitol | 1950 | Traditional pop | Single | 1992 |
| "Monday, Monday" | The Mamas & the Papas | Dunhill | 1966 | Sunshine Pop | Single | 2008 |
| "Money Honey" | Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters | Atlantic | 1953 | R&B | Single | 1999 |
| Monk's Music | Thelonious Monk & his Jazz Septet | Riverside | 1957 | Jazz | Album | 2001 |
| "Mood Indigo" | Duke Ellington & his Orchestra | Brunswick | 1930 | Jazz | Single | 1975 |
| "Moody's Mood for Love" | James Moody | Prestige | 1952 | Jazz | Single | 2001 |
| "Moon River" | Andy Williams | Columbia | 1962 | Traditional pop | Track from Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes | 2018 |
| "Moon River" | Henry Mancini & his Chorus | RCA Victor | 1961 | Pop | Single | 1999 |
| Moondance | Van Morrison | Warner Bros. | 1970 | R&B | Album | 1999 |
| "Moonglow" | Benny Goodman & his Quartet | Victor | 1936 | Jazz | Single | 1998 |
| "Moonlight Serenade" | Glenn Miller & his Orchestra | Bluebird | 1939 | Jazz | Single | 1991 |
| More Than a New Discovery | Laura Nyro | Verve Forecast | 1967 | Pop | Album | 1999 |
| "Move On Up" | Curtis Mayfield | Curtom | 1972 | Progressive soul | Single | 2019 |
| "Move On Up a Little Higher" | Mahalia Jackson | Apollo | 1947 | Gospel | Single | 1998 |
| Mozart: Die Zauberflöte | Cast: Helge Rosvaenge, Tiana Lemnitz, Wilhelm Strienz, Erna Berger, Gerhard Husch, etc. (with Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Beecham) | RCA Victor | 1938 | Opera | Album | 1999 |
| "Mr. Bojangles" | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Liberty | 1970 | Country | Single | 2010 |
| Mr. Fantasy | Traffic | Island | 1967 | Psychedelic rock | Album | 1999 |
| "Mr. Sandman" | The Chordettes | Cadence | 1954 | Traditional pop | Single | 2002 |
| "Mr. Tambourine Man" | The Byrds | Columbia | 1965 | Rock | Single | 1998 |
| "Mr. Tambourine Man" | Bob Dylan | Columbia | 1965 | Rock | Track | 2002 |
| "Mrs. Robinson" | Simon & Garfunkel | Columbia | 1968 | Pop | Single | 1999 |
| "Mule Skinner Blues" | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | RCA Victor | 1940 | Bluegrass | Single | 2009 |
| Music from Big Pink | The Band | Capitol | 1968 | Rock | Album | 1998 |
| The Music from Peter Gunn | Henry Mancini & his Orchestra | RCA Victor | 1959 | Soundtrack | Album | 1998 |
| The Music Man Original Broadway Cast Album | Cast: Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, Iggie Wolfington, David Burns, Helen Raymond, Pert Kelton, Eddie Hodges, etc. | Capitol | 1957 | Musical show | Album | 1998 |
| Music of Albéniz & Granados | Andrés Segovia | Decca | 1944 | Classical | Album | 1998 |
| Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition | Vladimir Horowitz (on Piano)
(arranged by V. Horowitz) | RCA Victor | 1947 | Classical | Album | 1999 |
| Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition | Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelík
(arranged by Maurice Ravel) | Mercury | 1951 | Classical | Album | 1998 |
| Mussorgsky: "Song of the Flea" | Feodor Chaliapin | Victor | 1926 | Classical | Single | 1999 |
| "Mustang Sally" | Wilson Pickett | Atlantic | 1967 | R&B | Single | 2000 |
| My Aim is True | Elvis Costello | Stiff | 1977 | Rock | Album | 2007 |
| "My Black Mama (parts 1 & 2)" | Son House | Paramount | 1930 | Blues | Single | 2013 |
| "My Blue Heaven" | Gene Austin | Victor | 1927 | Traditional pop | Single | 1978 |
| "My Country 'Tis of Thee" | Marian Anderson | Victor | 1939 | Opera | Single | 2009 |
| My Fair Lady | Original Broadway Cast with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews | Columbia | 1956 | Musical show | Album | 1977 |
| My Favorite Things | John Coltrane & his Quartet | Atlantic | 1961 | Modal jazz | Album | 1998 |
| "My Generation" | The Who | Decca | 1966 | Rock | Single | 1999 |
| "My Girl" | The Temptations | Gordy | 1964 | R&B | Single | 1998 |
| "My Guy" | Mary Wells | Motown | 1964 | Soul | Single | 1999 |
| "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" | Mary Martin | Decca | 1938 | Musical theatre | Single | 2007 |
| "My Mammy" | Al Jolson | Brunswick | 1927 | Soundtrack | Single | 2011 |
| "My Man" | Billie Holiday | Brunswick | 1937 | Jazz | Single | 2018 |
| "My Man" (from Ziegfeld Follies of 1921) | Fanny Brice (with Orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon) | Victor | 1921 | Traditional pop | Single | 1999 |
| "My Way" | Frank Sinatra | Reprise | 1969 | Traditional pop | Single | 2000 |
| "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | Aretha Franklin | Atlantic | 1967 | Soul | Single | 1999 |
| "Nature Boy" | Nat King Cole | Capitol | 1947 | Jazz | Single | 1999 |
| "Near You" | Francis Craig | Bullet | 1947 | Pop | Single | 2013 |
| Negro Sinful Songs | Lead Belly | Musicraft | 1939 | Blues | Album | 1998 |
| Nevermind | Nirvana | DGC | 1991 | Grunge | Album | 2018 |
| Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols | Sex Pistols | Virgin | 1977 | Punk rock | Album | 2015 |
| "New San Antonio Rose" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | Okeh | 1940 | Country | Single | 1998 |
| Nick of Time | Bonnie Raitt | Capitol | 1989 | Rock | Album | 2015 |
| "Night and Day" | Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman & his Orchestra | RCA Victor | 1932 | Musical theatre | Single | 2004 |
| A Night at Birdland Vol. 1 , A Night at Birdland Vol. 2 , A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 | Art Blakey & his Quintet | Blue Note | 1954 | Jazz | Album | 2000 |
| A Night at the Opera | Queen | EMI | 1975 | Progressive rock | Album | 2018 |
| "A Night in Tunisia" | Dizzy Gillespie & his Sextet | Victor | 1946 | Jazz | Single | 2004 |
| "Night Train" | Jimmy Forrest | United | 1952 | R&B | Single | 2006 |
| "Nights in White Satin" | The Moody Blues | Deram | 1967 | Rock | Single | 1999 |
| 1999 | Prince | Warner Bros. | 1982 | Pop | Album | 2008 |
| "No Woman, No Cry" | Bob Marley and the Wailers | Tuff Gong | 1975 | Reggae | Single | 2005 |
| "Nobody" | Bert Williams | Columbia | 1906 | Traditional pop | Single | 1981 |
| "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" | Louis Armstrong | Decca | 1938 | Negro Spiritual | Single | 2014 |
| "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" | Chick Corea | Blue Note | 1968 | Jazz | Single | 1999 |
| "Nuages" | Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli with the Quintet of the Hot Club of France | Decca | 1946 | Jazz | Single | 2000 |
| "Ode to Billie Joe" | Bobbie Gentry | Capitol | 1967 | Country | Single | 1999 |
| Off the Wall | Michael Jackson | Epic | 1979 | Pop | Album | 2008 |
| "Oh Happy Day" | Edwin Hawkins & his Singers | Buddah | 1967 | Gospel | Single | 1999 |
| "Oh Mary Don’t You Weep" | Swan Silvertones | Vee Jay | 1959 | Negro Spiritual | Single | 2020 |
| "Oh, Pretty Woman" | Roy Orbison | Monument | 1964 | Pop | Single | 1999 |
| "Ohio" | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Atlantic | 1970 | Hard rock | Single | 2009 |
| Okie from Muskogee | Merle Haggard | Capitol | 1969 | Country | Album | 2017 |
| Oklahoma! Original Broadway Cast Recording | Cast: Alfred Drake, Harry Stockwell, Joan Roberts, Betty Garde, Lee Dixon, Celeste Holm, Howard Da Silva, etc. | Decca | 1943 | Musical show | Album | 1976 |
| "Ol' Man River" | Paul Robeson with Paul Whiteman & his Concert Orchestra | Victor | 1928 | Musical theatre | Single | 2006 |
| Oliver! Original Broadway Cast Recording | Cast: Bruce Prochnik, Clive Revill, Georgia Brown, Danny Sewell, etc. | RCA Victor | 1962 | Musical show | Album | 2008 |
| "On Broadway" | The Drifters | Atlantic | 1963 | Soul | Single | 2013 |
| "On the Road Again" | Willie Nelson | Columbia | 1980 | Country rock | Single | 2011 |
| "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" | Frank Sinatra | Capitol | 1958 | Vocal jazz | Single | 2005 |
| "One Love" | The Wailers | Studio One | 1965 | Gospel | Single | 2007 |
| "One O'Clock Jump" | Count Basie | Decca | 1937 | Jazz | Single | 1979 |
| "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)" | Roy Orbison | Monument | 1960 | Pop | Single | 1999 |
| "Only You (And You Alone)" | The Platters | Mercury | 1955 | Doo-wop | Single | 1999 |
| "Ornithology" | Charlie Parker & his Septet | Dial | 1946 | Bebop | Single | 1989 |
| "Ory's Creole Trombone" | Kid Ory's Creole Orchestra (As Spike's Seven Pods of Pepper Orchestra) | Nordskog | 1922 | Jazz | Single | 2024 |
| "Over the Rainbow" | Judy Garland | MGM | 1939 | Soundtrack | Single | 1981 |
| "Over There" | Nora Bayes | Victor | 1917 | Traditional pop | Single | 2008 |
| "Oye Como Va" | Tito Puente | Tico | 1963 | Latin jazz | Single | 2002 |
| "Paint It Black" | The Rolling Stones | Decca | 1966 | Rock | Single | 2018 |
| "Pan American Blues" | DeFord Bailey | Brunswick | 1927 | Blues | Single | 2007 |
| Pancho & Lefty | Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson | Epic | 1983 | Country | Album | 2020 |
| "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" | The Temptations | Gordy | 1972 | Psychedelic soul | Single | 1999 |
| "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (Part 1) | James Brown | King | 1965 | R&B | Single | 1999 |
| "Paper Doll" | Mills Brothers | Decca | 1943 | Traditional pop | Single | 1998 |
| Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme | Simon & Garfunkel | Columbia | 1966 | Folk | Album | 1999 |
| "Pata Pata" | Miriam Makeba | Reprise | 1967 | R&B | Single | 2019 |
| Peace Be Still | Rev. James Cleveland & The Angelic Choir | Savoy | 1963 | Gospel | Album | 1999 |
| Pearl | Janis Joplin with Full Tilt Boogie Band | Columbia | 1971 | Rock | Album | 2010 |
| "Peg o' My Heart" | The Harmonicats | Vitacoustic | 1947 | Traditional pop | Single | 1999 |
| "Peggy Sue" | Buddy Holly | Coral | 1957 | Rockabilly | Single | 1999 |
| "Pennies from Heaven" | Bing Crosby | Decca | 1936 | Traditional pop | Single | 2004 |
| "Penny Lane" | The Beatles | Capitol | 1967 | Baroque pop | Single | 2011 |
| "People" | Barbra Streisand | Columbia | 1964 | Musical theatre | Single | 1998 |
| "People Get Ready" | The Impressions | ABC-Paramount | 1965 | Gospel | Single | 1998 |
| Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys | Capitol | 1966 | Rock | Album | 1998 |
| "Peter Gunn" | Henry Mancini & Jazz Ensemble | RCA Victor | 1958 | Soundtrack | Track | 2005 |
| "Piano Man" | Billy Joel | Columbia | 1973 | Soft rock | Single | 2013 |
| Piano Rags by Scott Joplin | Joshua Rifkin | Nonesuch | 1970 | Ragtime | Album | 2020 |
| "Piece of My Heart" | Big Brother & the Holding Company | Columbia | 1968 | Psychedelic rock | Single | 1999 |
| "Pine-Top's Boogie Woogie" | Pine Top Smith | Vocalion | 1928 | Jazz | Single | 1983 |
| The Pink Panther | Henry Mancini & his Orchestra | RCA Victor | 1963 | Soundtrack | Album | 2001 |
| Pinocchio: Motion Picture Soundtrack | Cast: Dickie Jones, Cliff Edwards, Walter Catlett, etc. | Victor | 1940 | Soundtrack | Album | 2002 |
| "Pistol Packin' Mama" | Al Dexter | Okeh | 1943 | Country | Single | 2000 |
| Play of Daniel | New York Pro Musica directed by Noah Greenberg | Decca | 1958 | Musical show | Album | 1998 |
| "Please Mr. Postman" | The Marvelettes | Tamla | 1961 | R&B | Single | 2011 |
| "Please, Please, Please" | James Brown & The Famous Flames | Federal | 1956 | R&B | Single | 2001 |
| "Please Send Me Someone to Love" | Percy Mayfield | Specialty | 1950 | R&B | Single | 1999 |
| "Pony Blues" | Charley Patton | Paramount | 1929 | Delta blues | Single | 1999 |
| Porgy and Bess | Miles Davis | Columbia | 1959 | Third stream jazz | Album | 2000 |
| Porgy and Bess | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | Verve | 1958 | Jazz | Album | 2001 |
| Portrait in Jazz | Bill Evans & his Trio | Riverside | 1960 | Jazz | Album | 2007 |
| "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" | Mahalia Jackson | Columbia | 1956 | Gospel | Single | 2012 |
| Pretenders | The Pretenders | Sire | 1980 | Punk rock | Album | 2016 |
| "The Prisoner's Song" | Vernon Dalhart | Victor | 1924 | Country | Single | 1998 |
| Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf | Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky; Narrated by Richard Hale | RCA Red Seal & RCA Victor | 1939 | Classical | Album | 2008 |
| Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, op. 26 | London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sergei Prokofiev; Piano by Piero Coppola | His Master's Voice | 1932 | Classical | Album | 2009 |
| "Proud Mary" | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Fantasy | 1968 | Rock | Single | 1998 |
| "Proud Mary" | Ike & Tina Turner | Liberty | 1970 | Funk rock | Single | 2003 |
| Puccini: La bohème | Cast: Victoria de los Angeles, Lucine Amara, Jussi Bjorling, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi, John Reardon, etc. (with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Thomas Beecham) | RCA Victor | 1956 | Opera | Album | 2000 |
| Puccini: Tosca | Cast: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, etc. (with La Scala Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Victor de Sabata) | EMI Classics | 1953 | Opera | Album | 1987 |
| "Purple Haze" | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Track | 1967 | Rock | Single | 2000 |
| Purple Rain | Prince and The Revolution | Warner Bros. | 1984 | Minneapolis sound | Album | 2011 |
| "Puttin' On the Ritz" | Harry Richman (with Earl Burtnett & his Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra), | Brunswick | 1930 | Soundtrack | Single | 2005 |
