List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (Q–Z)

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The Grammy Hall of Fame is a hall of fame to honor musical recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance. Inductees are selected annually by a special member committee of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts. It is compiled by The Recording Academy in the United States, and was established in 1973. Recordings (singles and albums) in all genres are eligible for selection, and must be at least 25 years old to be considered. Additions to the list are chosen annually by a committee of recording arts professionals. [1]

Contents

This list covers the letter(s) Q–Z.

List

TitleArtistRecord labelYear of releaseGenreFormatYear inducted
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! [2] Devo Warner Bros. 1978 New wave Album2020
"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" Doris Day Columbia 1956 Soundtrack Single2012
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor Sergei Rachmaninoff (on piano) (with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski) Victrola 1929 Classical Album1976
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Sergei Rachmaninoff (on piano) (with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski) RCA Victor 1934 ClassicalAlbum1979
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B. J. Thomas Scepter 1969 Easy listening Single2014
Ramones Ramones Sire 1976 Punk rock Album2007
Randy Newman Randy Newman Reprise 1968 Baroque pop Album2016
"Rapper's Delight" The Sugarhill Gang Sugar Hill 1979 Old-school hip hop Single2014
"Raunchy" Bill Justis And His Orchestra Phillips International 1957 Rock & roll Single1998
Ravel: Boléro Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Maurice Ravel Brunswick 1930 ClassicalAlbum1992
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch (featuring New England Conservatory Chorus) RCA Red Seal 1955 ClassicalAlbum2008
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major Leonard Bernstein With The Philharmonia Orchestra Of London Hyperion 1948 ClassicalAlbum2021
Ray Charles in Person Ray Charles Atlantic 1959 R&B Album1999
"Reach Out I'll Be There" Four Tops Motown 1966 Soul Single1998
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson Columbia 1975 Country Album2002
Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis & his Quintet Prestige 1958 Jazz Album2014
"Rescue Me" Fontella Bass Chess 1965 SoulSingle2015
"Respect" Aretha Franklin Atlantic 1967 SoulSingle1998
"Respect Yourself" The Staple Singers Stax 1971 SoulSingle2002
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" Gil Scott-Heron Flying Dutchman 1971 Funk Single2014
Revolver The Beatles Capitol 1966 Rock Album1999
"Riders on the Storm" The Doors Elektra 1971RockSingle2010
"Ring of Fire" Johnny Cash Columbia 1963 CountrySingle1999
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie RCA 1972 RockAlbum1999
"River Deep - Mountain High" Ike & Tina Turner Philles 1966SoulSingle1999
"Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" Al Jolson Columbia 1918 Musical theatre Single2004
"Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets Decca 1954 Rock & rollSingle1982
"Rock Island Line" Lead Belly Asch Records 1942 Blues Single2016
"Rocket 88" Jackie Brenston & his Delta CatsChess 1951 R&BSingle1998
"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee Decca 1958 Christmas Single2019
"Rockin' Chair" Mildred Bailey Vocalion 1937JazzSingle2011
"Roll Over Beethoven" Chuck Berry Chess1956Rock & rollSingle1990
"Rollin' Stone" Muddy Waters Chess 1950 Electric blues Single2000
'Round About Midnight Miles Davis Columbia1957JazzAlbum2019
"'Round About Midnight" Thelonious Monk Quintet Blue Note 1947 Bebop Single1993
"Roxanne" The Police A&M 1978 Reggae rock Single2008
Rubber Soul The Beatles Capitol1965 Folk rock Album2000
"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Gene Autry Columbia Records 1949 CountrySingle1985
"Rumble" Link Wray & His Ray Men Cadence 1958 Surf rock Single2019
Rumours Fleetwood Mac Warner Bros. 1977 Soft rock Album2003
"Runaround Sue" Dion Laurie 1961 Rock & rollSingle2002
"Runaway" Del Shannon London 1961 Pop rock Single2002
"San Antonio Rose" Bob Wills & his Texas PlayboysVocalion 1939 Western swing Single2015
Santana Santana Columbia Records1969RockAlbum2012
Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown Sarah Vaughan and Clifford Brown EmArcy 1954 Vocal jazz Album1999
Saturday Night Fever Original Film Soundtrack Bee Gees and Various Artists RSO 1977 Disco Album2004
"Save the Last Dance for Me" The Drifters Atlantic 1960 R&BSingle2001
"Savoy Blues"Louis Armstrong & His Hot FiveOkeh1927JazzSingle2018
Saxophone Colossus Sonny Rollins QuartetPrestige1956 Hard bop jazz Album1999
Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski (with Rose Bampton, Paul Althouse, Jeanette Vreeland, etc.) Victor 1932 ClassicalAlbum2007
Schoenberg: The Four String Quartets Kolisch String Quartet conducted by Arnold Schoenberg RCA 1937ClassicalAlbum2021
"School's Out" Alice Cooper & his Band Warner Bros.1972RockSingle2015
Schubert: Ave Maria Marian Anderson RCA Victor 1936 Opera Single1999
Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9 Sergei Rachmaninoff RCA1929ClassicalAlbum2011
"Secret Love" Doris Day Columbia Records 1953 Traditional pop Single1999
"See See Rider Blues" Ma Rainey Paramount Records 1924 BluesSingle2004
"Sentimental Journey" Les Brown & His Orchestra (featuring vocals sung by Doris Day)Columbia Records 1944 Traditional popSingle1998
September of My Years Frank Sinatra Reprise1965Traditional popAlbum1999
"September Song" Walter Huston Brunswick 1938 Traditional popSingle1984
"Seven, Come Eleven" Benny Goodman & his Sextet (featuring Charlie Christian on guitar)Columbia Records1939 Swing Single2008
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles Capitol1967RockAlbum1993
"Sh-Boom" The Chords Cat Records 1954 Doo-wop Single2008
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" Big Joe Turner Atlantic1954 Jump blues Single1998
The Shape of Jazz to Come Ornette Coleman Atlantic1959 Avant-garde jazz Album2015
"She Thinks I Still Care" George Jones United Artists 1962 CountrySingle1999
"She's About a Mover" Sir Douglas Quintet Tribe Records 1965 Garage rock Single2016
"She's Not There" The Zombies Decca 1964 British beat Single2016
"Shining Star" Earth, Wind & Fire Columbia Records1975FunkSingle2008
"Shop Around" The Miracles Tamla 1960SoulSingle2006
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Op. 107 Mstislav Rostropovich with Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy Columbia Masterworks 1960ClassicalAlbum2008
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein Sony Classical 1959ClassicalAlbum2007
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Op. 99 David Oistrakh with New York Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos Sony Classical1956ClassicalAlbum2003
"Shotgun" Jr. Walker & The All Stars Soul Records 1965SoulSingle2002
"Shout" (Part 1) The Isley Brothers RCA1959R&BSingle1999
Show Boat Cast: Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, James Melton, Frank Munn, Countess Albani, etc. (with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Victor Young)Brunswick1932 Musical show Album1991
The Sidewinder Lee Morgan Blue Note1964JazzAlbum2000
Sign o' the Times Prince Paisley Park and Warner Bros. 1987 R&B Album2017
"Sincerely" The Moonglows Chess1954 Pop Single2002
Sing a Song of Basie Lambert, Hendricks & Ross ABC-Paramount 1957JazzAlbum1998
"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" Benny Goodman Victor1937JazzSingle1982
"Singin' in the Rain (From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)" Gene Kelly MGM 1952 SoundtrackSingle1999
"Singin' the Blues" Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra Featuring Bix Beiderbecke On Cornet And Eddie Lang On Guitar Okeh 1927 JazzSingle1977
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding Atco 1968R&BSingle1998
"Sitting on Top of the World" Mississippi Sheiks Okeh1930 Country blues Single2008
"Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie Ford Capitol1955PopSingle1998
"Sixty Minute Man" Billy Ward and his Dominoes Federal 1951R&BSingle2015
Sketches of Spain Miles Davis And Gil Evans Columbia Records1960 Third stream jazz Album1997
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana DGC 1991 Grunge Single2017
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" The Platters Mercury 1958 Doo-wop Single2019
"Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple EMI (UK), Warner Bros. (US)1973 Hard rock Single2017
"Smokestack Lightning" Howlin' Wolf Chess1956BluesSingle1999
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Motion Picture SoundtrackCast: Adriana Caselotti, Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, Eddie Collins, etc.Victor1937SoundtrackAlbum1998
So Peter Gabriel Virgin 1986PopAlbum2021
"Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" Janis Ian Verve 1966PopSingle2002
"Solitude" Billie Holiday Clef 1952 Jazz Single2021
"Some of These Days" Sophie Tucker Edison 1911 Traditional popSingle1995
"Someone to Watch Over Me" Gertrude Lawrence Victor 1926 JazzSingle2008
"Somewhere a Voice is Calling" John McCormack Victor 1914 Traditional popSingle1999
Song for My Father The Horace Silver QuintetBlue Note1965JazzAlbum1999
"A Song for You" Leon Russell Shelter 1970 VocalSingle2018
Songs for Swingin' Lovers! Frank Sinatra Capitol1956Traditional popAlbum2000
Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder Tamla1976PopAlbum2002
Songs of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen Columbia Records1967 Contemporary folk Album2015
"Sonny Boy" Al Jolson Brunswick 1928 Traditional popSingle2002
"Soul Man" Sam & Dave Stax1967SoulSingle1999
The Sound of Music Motion Picture SoundtrackCast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Bill Lee, Charmian Carr, Daniel Truhitte, Margery McKay, etc.RCA1965SoundtrackAlbum1998
"The Sounds of Silence" Simon & Garfunkel Columbia Records1965Folk rockSingle2004
South Pacific Original Broadway Cast RecordingCast: Ezio Pinza, Mary Martin, Juanita Hall, William Tabbert, Myron McCormick, etc.Columbia Records1949Musical showAlbum1987
"Space Oddity" David Bowie Philips 1969RockTrack from Space Oddity 2018
"Spanish Harlem" Ben E. King Atco1960SoulSingle2002
"St. Louis Blues" Bessie Smith featuring Louis Armstrong (cornet), & Fred Longshaw (Harmonium)Columbia Records 1925 BluesSingle1993
"St. Louis Blues" W.C. Handy Columbia Records [3] 1914-1923 JazzSingle2019
"St. Louis Blues" Louis Armstrong Okeh1929JazzSingle2008
St. Louis Woman Original Broadway Cast RecordingCast: Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas, Pearl Bailey, Robert Pope, June Hawkins, etc.Capitol 1946 Musical showAlbum2012
"Stack O' Lee Blues" Mississippi John Hurt Okeh 1928BluesSingle2017
"Stairway to Heaven" Led Zeppelin Atlantic1971RockTrack2003
Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America Stan Freberg Capitol1961 Comedy Album1999
Stand! Sly and the Family Stone Epic 1969FunkAlbum2015
"Stand by Me" Ben E. King Atco1961SoulSingle1998
"Stand by Your Man" Tammy Wynette Epic1968CountrySingle1999
"Star Dust" Louis Armstrong Okeh 1931 JazzSingle2009
"Star Dust" Hoagy Carmichael & his Pals Gennett 1927Traditional popSingle1995
"Star Dust" Artie Shaw & his Orchestra (featuring Billy Butterfield on trumpet)RCA Victor 1940 JazzSingle1988
"The Star-Spangled Banner" Jimi Hendrix Reprise1970RockTrack2009
Star Wars Film Soundtrack London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Williams 20th Century 1977ClassicalAlbum2007
Stardust Willie Nelson Columbia Records1978PopAlbum2015
"The Stars and Stripes Forever" John Philip Sousa & his BandEdison 1909 Traditional popSingle1998
"Statesboro Blues" Blind Willie McTell Victor1928Pedmont bluesSingle2017
"Stealin' Stealin'" Memphis Jug Band Victor1928 Folk Single2013
"Steel Guitar Rag" Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys (featuring Leon McAuliffe)Vocalion1936Western swingSingle2011
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones Rolling Stones Records 1971 Hard rock Album1999
Still Crazy After All These Years Paul Simon Columbia Records1975Folk rockAlbum2003
"Stop! In the Name of Love" The Supremes Motown1965PopSingle2001
"Stormy Weather" Lena Horne RCA Victor 1941 Traditional popSingle2000
"Stormy Weather" Ethel Waters Brunswick 1933 BluesSingle2003
Straight Outta Compton N.W.A Ruthless/Priority 1988 Gangsta rap Album2017
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" Nat King Cole & his TrioCapitol 1943 JazzSingle1998
"Strange Fruit" Billie Holiday Commodore 1939BluesSingle1978
"Strange Things Happening Every Day" Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca1944 Negro spiritual Single2014
The Stranger Billy Joel Columbia Records1977RockAlbum2008
"Strangers in the Night" Frank Sinatra Reprise1966Traditional popSingle2008
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky RCA Victor1935ClassicalAlbum2008
Strauss: Also Der Rosenkavalier Op. 59, TrV 227 (abridged version) The Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann & Richard Mayr conducted by Robert Heger RCA Victor1933ClassicalAlbum2008
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Philharmonia Orchestra; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig & Teresa Stich-Randall conducted by Herbert von Karajan Angel 1957ClassicalAlbum2008
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux RCA1951ClassicalAlbum1993
Stravinsky: Petrouchka Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet Decca1949ClassicalAlbum1999
Stravinsky: Petrouchka : Le Sacre du Printemps Igor Stravinsky cond. Columbia Symphony Orchestra (plus spoken reminiscing apropos of Le Sacre)Columbia Records1960ClassicalAlbum2000
"Strawberry Fields Forever" The Beatles Capitol1967 Psychedelic rock Single1999
"Summer in the City" The Lovin' Spoonful
Kama Sutra 1966PopSingle1999
"Summertime" Sidney Bechet Blue Note1939JazzSingle2011
"Summertime Blues" Eddie Cochran Liberty 1958Rock & rollSingle1999
Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans & his Trio Riverside 1961JazzAlbum2011
Super Fly Curtis Mayfield Curtom 1972FunkAlbum1998
"Superstition" Stevie Wonder Tamla1972FunkSingle1998
Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane RCA Victor1967RockAlbum1999
"Suspicious Minds" Elvis Presley RCA Victor1969SoulSingle1999
"Swanee" Al Jolson Columbia Records 1920 Traditional popSingle1998
Sweet Baby James James Taylor Warner Bros.1970PopAlbum2002
"Sweet Caroline" Neil Diamond Uni 1969 Soft rock Single2020
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Eurythmics RCA Records 1983 Synth-pop Single2020
"Sweet Home Alabama" Lynyrd Skynyrd MCA 1974 Southern rock Single2009
"Sweet Home Chicago" Robert Johnson Vocalion1936BluesSingle2014
Sweetheart of the Rodeo The Byrds Columbia Records1968 Country rock Album2000
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" Fisk Jubilee Singers Victor1909Negro spiritualSingle2015
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" Paul Robeson His Master's Voice 1926 Gospel Single2015
"Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with The Williams Brothers and John Scott Trotter & his OrchestraDecca1944Traditional popSingle2002
Switched-On Bach Wendy Carlos Columbia Masterworks1968 Electronic Album1999
Synchronicity The Police A&M 1983 New wave Album2009
Taj Mahal Taj Mahal Columbia Records 1968 Blues Album2020
"Take Five" The Dave Brubeck Quartet Columbia Records 1961 West Coast jazz Single1996
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" John Denver RCA1971 Country pop Single1998
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Edward Meeker with the Edison Orchestra Edison 1908Tin Pan AlleySingle2019
"Take the 'A' Train" Duke Ellington & His OrchestraVictor1941JazzSingle1976
"Take Me to the River" Al Green Hi 1974SoulTrack2011
Talking Book Stevie Wonder Tamla1972SoulAlbum1999
Tapestry Carole King Ode 1971PopAlbum1998
"A Taste of Honey" Herb Alpert & his Tijuana BrassA&M1965JazzSingle2008
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 Victor1943ClassicalAlbum1998
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor Op. 23 Van Cliburn with RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kirill Kondrashin RCA Victor1958ClassicalAlbum2002
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture/Capriccio Italien Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti Mercury 1954ClassicalAlbum1998
"Tea for Two" Art Tatum, Piano SoloDecca1939JazzSingle1986
"Teach Me Tonight" Dinah Washington Mercury1954Traditional popSingle1999
"The Tears of a Clown" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Tamla1967PopSingle2002
"Tell It Like It Is" Aaron Neville Par-Lo Records1966R&BSingle2015
Ten Pearl Jam Epic 1991 Alternative rock Album2021
"Ten Cents a Dance" Ruth Etting Columbia Records1930Musical theatreSingle1999
"Tenderly" Sarah Vaughan Mercury1947JazzSingle2019
"Tennessee Waltz" Patti Page Mercury1950Traditional popSingle1998
"Tenor Madness" Sonny Rollins Quartet featuring John Coltrane Prestige 1956 JazzSingle2019
"Tequila" The Champs Challenge 1958Rock & rollSingle2001
Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble [4] Epic 1983BluesAlbum2021
"Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" Sly & The Family Stone Epic1969FunkSingle2017
"Thanks for the Memory" Bob Hope and Shirley Ross (with Shep Fields & his Orchestra) Paramount Pictures 1938SoundtrackSingle2005
"That'll Be the Day" The Crickets Brunswick1957Rock & rollSingle1998
"That's All Right" Arthur Crudup RCA Victor1949Vocal rockabillySingle2018
"That's All Right" Elvis Presley Sun Records 1954 Rockabilly Single1998
"That's My Desire" Frankie Laine with Mannie Klein & his All-StarsMercury1946Traditional popSingle1998
That's the Way of the World [5] Earth, Wind & Fire Columbia Records1975SoulAlbum2004
Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane Jazzland1961JazzAlbum2007
"Theme from A Summer Place" Percy Faith And His OrchestraColumbia Records1959Easy listeningSingle2000
"Theme from New York, New York" Frank Sinatra Reprise1980JazzSingle2013
"Theme from Shaft" Isaac Hayes Stax1971FunkSingle1999
"There Goes My Baby" The Drifters Atlantic1959R&BSingle1998
There's a Riot Goin' On Sly and the Family Stone Epic1971FunkAlbum1999
"These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" Nancy Sinatra Reprise 1965 Pop Single2020
They Can't Take That Away from Me Fred Astaire with Johnny Green & his OrchestraParamount Pictures1937SoundtrackSingle2005
"(They Long to Be) Close to You" The Carpenters A&M1970PopSingle2000
"The Third Man Theme" Anton Karas London1949SoundtrackSingle2006
"This Land Is Your Land" Woody Guthrie Asch Records1945FolkSingle1989
"This Train" Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca1939GospelSingle2016
3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul Tommy Boy 1989 Art RapAlbum2024
"3 O'Clock Blues" B.B. King RPM 1951R&BSingle2014
"The Thrill Is Gone" B.B. King BluesWay 1969BluesSingle1998
Thriller Michael Jackson Epic 1982 PopAlbum2008
"Till the End of Time" Perry Como RCA Victor 1945 Traditional popSingle1998
"Time Is on My Side" Irma Thomas Imperial Records1964R&BSingle2021
Time Out Dave Brubeck Quartet Columbia Records1959 Cool jazz Album2009
"The Times They Are a-Changing" Bob Dylan Columbia Records1964FolkTrack2013
"Tiny Dancer" Elton John Uni1972RockSingle2020
"Tipitina" Professor Longhair And His Blues ScholarsAtlantic1953BluesSingle1998
"The Titanic" Ernest Stoneman Okeh1924CountrySingle2013
"To Be Young, Gifted and Black" Nina Simone RCA Victor1969 Soul Single2019
"Tom Dooley" The Kingston Trio Capitol1958FolkSingle1998
Tommy The Who Decca1969RockAlbum1998
"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" Fred Astaire Brunswick 1935 SoundtrackSingle2008
"The Tracks of My Tears" The Miracles Tamla1965SoulSingle2007
Trio Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris Warner Bros.1987CountryAlbum2021
Trumpet Blues (And Cantabile) Harry James and His OrchestraColumbia Records 1942 JazzAlbum1999
"Try a Little Tenderness" Otis Redding Atco1966SoulSingle2015
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield Virgin 1973 Progressive rock Album2018
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" Sons of the Pioneers Decca1934CountrySingle2002
"Turn On Your Love Light" Bobby "Blue" Bland Duke 1961R&BSingle1999
"Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" The Byrds Columbia Records1965Folk rockSingle2001
"Tutti Frutti" Little Richard Specialty 1955Rock & rollSingle1998
"The Twist" Chubby Checker Parkway 1960Rock & rollSingle2000
"Twist and Shout" The Isley Brothers Wand 1962Rock & rollSingle2010
2000 and Thirteen Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks Warner Bros. 1973 ComedyAlbum1999
"Un Poco Loco" Bud Powell Blue Note1951JazzSingle1999
"Unchained Melody" The Righteous Brothers Verve1965 Blue-eyed soul Single2000
"Uncloudy Day" The Staple Singers Vee-Jay 1971GospelSingle1999
"Under the Boardwalk" The Drifters Atlantic1964PopSingle2014
"Unforgettable" Nat "King" Cole Capitol1951Traditional popSingle2000
"Unforgettable" Dinah Washington Mercury1959PopSingle2001
"Up Up and Away" The 5th Dimension Soul City 1967PopSingle2003
"Vaya Con Dios" Les Paul and Mary Ford Capitol1953PopSingle2005
The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground and Nico Verve1967 Art rock Album2008
Verdi: Celeste Aida Enrico Caruso Victor 1908 OperaSingle1993
Verdi: Otello Cast: Ramón Vinay, Herva Nelli, Giuseppe Valdengo, etc. (with NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini)RCA Victor1947OperaAlbum2008
"The Very Thought of You" Ray Noble & his Orchestra (featuring vocals sung by Al Bowlly)Victor1934Traditional popSingle2005
Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5 – Aria Bidu Sayão (with a Cello Ensemble conducted by Heitor Villa-Lobos)Columbia Masterworks1945ClassicalSingle1984
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Louis Kaufman (Violinist)Concert Hall1947ClassicalAlbum2002
"Wabash Cannonball" Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain BoysColumbia Records1947CountrySingle1998
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti London 19581967 ClassicalAlbum1998
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 Victor1952OperaAlbum1988
"Wake Up Little Susie" The Everly Brothers Cadence 1957CountrySingle2017
"Walk, Don't Run" The Ventures Dolton 1960RockSingle2006
"Walk On By" Dionne Warwick Scepter1964PopSingle1998
"Walk On the Wild Side" Lou Reed RCA1972 Glam rock Single2015
"Walk Right In" Cannon's Jug Stompers Victor1929Country bluesSingle2007
"Walk This Way" Aerosmith Columbia 1975 Rock Single2019
"Walk This Way" Run-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith Profile 1986 Rap Rock Single2014
"Walkin' After Midnight" Patsy Cline Decca 1957 Country Single2020
"Walking the Dog" Rufus Thomas Stax1963R&BSingle2002
"Walking the Floor Over You" Ernest Tubb Decca1941CountrySingle1998
"Walking to New Orleans" Fats Domino Imperial Records 1960R&BSingle2011
The Wall Pink Floyd Harvest 1979Progressive rockAlbum2008
"The Wallflower" (aka "Roll With Me Henry") Etta James Modern Records 1955PopSingle2008
Walt Disney's Fantasia Soundtrack [6] Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski Walt Disney 1940ClassicalAlbum2004
Waltz for Debby Bill Evans & his TrioRiverside1962JazzAlbum1998
"The Wanderer" Dion Laurie1961R&BSingle2017
Wanted! The Outlaws Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, & Tompall Glaser RCA Victor1976 Outlaw Country Album2007
"War" Edwin Starr Gordy 1970 Psychedelic Soul Single1999
"Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" Freddy Fender Dot 1975 Swamp Pop Single2012
"Watermelon Man" Mongo Santamaría Battle 1962JazzSingle1998
"The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand Columbia Records1973Traditional popSingle2008
"The Way You Look Tonight" Fred Astaire Brunswick1936SoundtrackSingle1998
"We Are Family" Sister Sledge Cotillion 1979SoulSingle2008
"We Are the World" USA for Africa (Tina Turner, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Kim Carnes, etc.) [7] Columbia 1985 Pop, GospelSingle2021
"We Gotta Get out of This Place" The Animals Columbia Graphophone 1965RockSingle2011
We Shall Overcome Pete Seeger Columbia Records1963FolkAlbum1999
"Weather Bird" Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines Okeh1928JazzSingle2008
The Weavers at Carnegie Hall The Weavers Vanguard 1957FolkAlbum1998
Weill: The Threepenny Opera Cast: Jo Sullivan, Charlotte Rae, Lotte Lenya, Bea Arthur, Scott Merrill, Gerald Price, Martin WolfsonDecca1954Musical showAlbum1994
"West End Blues" Louis Armstrong & His Hot FiveOkeh1928BluesSingle1974
West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast RecordingCast: Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Reri Grist, Mickey Calin, Tony Mondente, etc.Columbia Records1957Musical showAlbum1991
West Side Story : Film SoundtrackCast: Jimmy Bryant, Marni Nixon, Tucker Smith, Rita Moreno, etc.Columbia Masterworks1961SoundtrackAlbum2004
"We've Only Just Begun" The Carpenters A&M1970Soft rockSingle1998
"What a Diff'rence a Day Made" Dinah Washington Mercury1959PopSingle1998
"What a Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers Warner Bros.1978Soft RockSingle2024
"(What a) Wonderful World" Sam Cooke Keen 1960R&BSingle2014
"What a Wonderful World" Louis Armstrong ABC 1967Traditional popSingle1999
"(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue" Louis Armstrong & his OrchestraOkeh1929JazzSingle2016
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" Sammy Davis Jr. Reprise1962PopSingle2002
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" Jackie DeShannon Imperial Records1965SoulSingle2008
"What'd I Say (Part I)" Ray Charles Atlantic1959R&BSingle2000
What's Going On Marvin Gaye Tamla1971SoulAlbum1998
"What's Love Got to Do with It" Tina Turner Capitol 1984 PopSingle2012
"Wheel of Fortune" Kay Starr Capitol1952Traditional popSingle1998
"When a Man Loves a Woman" Percy Sledge Atlantic1966SoulSingle1999
"When the Levee Breaks" Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie Columbia1929Country bluesSingle2021
"When the Saints Go Marching In" Louis Armstrong and His OrchestraDecca1938JazzSingle2017
"When You Wish Upon a Star" Cliff Edwards Victor1940SoundtrackTrack2002
"Where Did Our Love Go" The Supremes Motown1964R&BSingle1999
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" Pete Seeger Columbia Records1960FolkSingle2002
"Whispering" Paul Whiteman And his Ambassador OrchestraVictor1920JazzSingle1998
"White Christmas" Bing Crosby (with the Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter Orchestra)Decca1942Traditional popSingle1974
"White Rabbit" Jefferson Airplane RCA1967RockSingle1998
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" Procol Harum Deram 1967 Baroque rock Single1998
Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Arista 1985PopAlbum2013
"Who Do You Love?" Bo Diddley Checker 1956Rock & rollSingle2010
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" Jerry Lee Lewis Sun Records1957Rock & rollSingle1999
"Whole Lotta Love" Led Zeppelin Atlantic1969RockSingle2007
Who's Next The Who Decca1971Hard rockAlbum2007
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers Gee 1955Doo-wopSingle2001
"Wichita Lineman" Glen Campbell Capitol1968CountrySingle2000
"The Wild Side of Life" Hank Thompson & his Brazos Valley BoysCapitol 1952 CountrySingle1999
"Wild Thing" The Troggs Fontana/Atco 1966 Garage rock Single2019
The Wildest! Louis Prima And Keely Smith Capitol1956SwingAlbum1999
"Wildwood Flower"The Carter Family RCA Victor1928CountrySingle1999
Will the Circle be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band United Artists1972CountryAlbum1998
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" The Shirelles Scepter1960R&BSingle1999
"Wipe Out" The Surfaris Dot 1963 Surf rock Single2020
"With a Little Help from My Friends" Joe Cocker A&M1968RockSingle2001
The Wizard of Oz : Technicolor Film SoundtrackCast: Judy Garland, Billie Burke, The Munchkins, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan, Margaret Hamilton, etc.MGM1956SoundtrackAlbum2006
"Woodchopper's Ball" Woody Herman And His OrchestraDecca1939JazzSingle2002
Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More Various Artists including John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Country Joe and the Fish, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Cotillion1970SoundtrackAlbum2014
"Wooly Bully" Sam the Sham and The PharaohsMGM1965Rock & rollSingle2009
Workingman's Dead Grateful Dead Warner Bros.1970RockAlbum1999
"Worried Life Blues" Big Maceo Merriweather Bluebird 1941BluesSingle2006
"Wreck of the Old 97" Vernon Dalhart Herwin 1924FolkSingle2021
"Yakety Yak" The Coasters Atco1958Rock & rollSingle1999
"Yankee Doodle Boy" Billy Murray Columbia Records1905Musical theatreSingle2006
"Yardbird Suite" Charlie Parker & his Septet Dial 1946BebopSingle2014
"Yesterday" The Beatles Capitol1965Baroque popSingle1997
"Y.M.C.A." Village People Casablanca1978Disco/danceSingle2020
"You Always Hurt the One You Love" Mills Brothers Decca1944 Pop standard Single2017
"You Are My Sunshine" Jimmie Davis Decca1940CountrySingle1999
"You Are So Beautiful" Joe Cocker A&M1974PopSingle2016
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder Tamla1972PopSingle2002
"You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford Columbia Records1952Traditional popSingle1998
"You Don't Miss Your Water" William Bell Stax 1961SoulSingle2024
"You Don't Own Me" Lesley Gore Mercury 1963PopSingle2017
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Supremes Motown1966PopSingle1999
"You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" Harry James & his OrchestraColumbia Records1941PopSingle2010
"You Really Got Me" The Kinks Reprise1964RockSingle1999
"You Send Me" Sam Cooke Keen1957R&BSingle1998
"Your Cheatin' Heart" Hank Williams MGM1953CountrySingle1983
"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" Jackie Wilson Brunswick1967 Chicago soul Single1999
"Your Song" Elton John DJM 1970PopSingle1998
"You're So Vain" Carly Simon Elektra1972Soft rockSingle2004
"You're The Top" Ethel Merman Brunswick1934Musical theatreSingle2008
"You've Got a Friend" Carole King Ode1971Soft rockTrack2002
"You've Got a Friend" James Taylor Warner Bros.1971Folk rockSingle2001
"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers Philles1964PopSingle1998
"You've Really Got a Hold on Me" The Miracles Tamla1962SoulSingle1998
"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" Johnny Mercer Capitol1946SoundtrackSingle2010
The Zodiac Suite Mary Lou Williams Asch Records1945JazzAlbum2020

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