| Title
 | 
Artist
 | 
Record label
 | 
Year of release
 | 
Genre
 | 
Format
 | 
Year inducted
 | 
| Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo![2]
 | 
Devo
 | 
Warner Bros.
 | 
1978
 | 
New Wave
 | 
Album
 | 
2020
 | 
| "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"
 | 
Doris Day
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1956
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Single
 | 
2012
 | 
| Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor
 | 
Sergei Rachmaninoff (on piano) (with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski)
 | 
Victrola
 | 
1929
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
1976
 | 
| Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
 | 
Sergei Rachmaninoff (on piano) (with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski)
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1934
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
1979
 | 
| "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
 | 
B. J. Thomas
 | 
Scepter
 | 
1969
 | 
Easy listening
 | 
Single
 | 
2014
 | 
| Ramones
 | 
Ramones
 | 
Sire
 | 
1976
 | 
Punk rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2007
 | 
| Randy Newman
 | 
Randy Newman
 | 
Reprise
 | 
1968
 | 
Baroque Pop
 | 
Album
 | 
2016
 | 
| "Rapper's Delight"
 | 
The Sugarhill Gang
 | 
Sugar Hill
 | 
1979
 | 
Old-School Hip Hop
 | 
Single
 | 
2014
 | 
| "Raunchy"
 | 
Bill Justis and his Orchestra
 | 
Phillips International
 | 
1957
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| Ravel: Boléro
 | 
Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Maurice Ravel
 | 
Brunswick
 | 
1930
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
1992
 | 
| Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
 | 
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch (featuring New England Conservatory Chorus)
 | 
RCA Red Seal
 | 
1955
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2008
 | 
| Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
 | 
Leonard Bernstein With The Philharmonia Orchestra Of London
 | 
Hyperion
 | 
1948
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2021
 | 
| Ray Charles in Person
 | 
Ray Charles
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1959
 | 
R&B
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Reach Out I'll Be There"
 | 
Four Tops
 | 
Motown
 | 
1966
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| Reasonable Doubt
 | 
Jay-Z
 | 
Roc-A-Fella
 | 
1996
 | 
Hip-Hop
 | 
Album
 | 
2025
 | 
| Red Headed Stranger
 | 
Willie Nelson
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1975
 | 
Country
 | 
Album
 | 
2002
 | 
| Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
 | 
Miles Davis & his Quintet
 | 
Prestige
 | 
1958
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
2014
 | 
| "Rescue Me"
 | 
Fontella Bass
 | 
Chess
 | 
1965
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2015
 | 
| "Respect"
 | 
Aretha Franklin
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1967
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Respect Yourself"
 | 
The Staple Singers
 | 
Stax
 | 
1971
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"
 | 
Gil Scott-Heron
 | 
Flying Dutchman
 | 
1971
 | 
Funk
 | 
Single
 | 
2014
 | 
| Revolver
 | 
The Beatles
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1966
 | 
Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Riders on the Storm"
 | 
The Doors
 | 
Elektra
 | 
1971
 | 
Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2010
 | 
| "Ring of Fire"
 | 
Johnny Cash
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1963
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
 | 
David Bowie
 | 
RCA
 | 
1972
 | 
Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "River Deep - Mountain High"
 | 
Ike & Tina Turner
 | 
Philles
 | 
1966
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"
 | 
Al Jolson
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1918
 | 
Musical theatre
 | 
Single
 | 
2004
 | 
| "Rock Around the Clock"
 | 
Bill Haley & His Comets
 | 
Decca
 | 
1954
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
1982
 | 
| "Rock Island Line"
 | 
Lead Belly
 | 
Asch Records
 | 
1942
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2016
 | 
| "Rocket 88"
 | 
Jackie Brenston & his Delta Cats
 | 
Chess
 | 
1951
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
 | 
Brenda Lee
 | 
Decca
 | 
1958
 | 
Christmas
 | 
Single
 | 
2019
 | 
| "Rockin' Chair"
 | 
Mildred Bailey
 | 
Vocalion
 | 
1937
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2011
 | 
| "Roll Over Beethoven"
 | 
Chuck Berry
 | 
Chess
 | 
1956
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
1990
 | 
| "Rollin' Stone"
 | 
Muddy Waters
 | 
Chess
 | 
1950
 | 
Electric Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2000
 | 
| 'Round About Midnight
 | 
Miles Davis
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1957
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
2019
 | 
| "'Round About Midnight"
 | 
Thelonious Monk Quintet
 | 
Blue Note
 | 
1947
 | 
Bebop
 | 
Single
 | 
1993
 | 
| "Roxanne"
 | 
The Police
 | 
A&M
 | 
1978
 | 
Reggae rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| Rubber Soul
 | 
The Beatles
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1965
 | 
Folk Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2000
 | 
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
 | 
Gene Autry
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1949
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1985
 | 
| "Rumble"
 | 
Link Wray and his Ray Men
 | 
Cadence
 | 
1958
 | 
Surf Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2019
 | 
| Rumours
 | 
Fleetwood Mac
 | 
Warner Bros.
 | 
1977
 | 
Soft Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2003
 | 
| "Runaround Sue"
 | 
Dion
 | 
Laurie
 | 
1961
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "Runaway"
 | 
Del Shannon
 | 
London
 | 
1961
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "San Antonio Rose"
 | 
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys
 | 
Vocalion
 | 
1939
 | 
Western swing
 | 
Single
 | 
2015
 | 
| Santana
 | 
Santana
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1969
 | 
Latin Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2012
 | 
| Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown
 | 
Sarah Vaughan and Clifford Brown
 | 
EmArcy
 | 
1955
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| Saturday Night Fever Original Film Soundtrack
 | 
Bee Gees and Various Artists
 | 
RSO
 | 
1977
 | 
Disco
 | 
Album
 | 
2004
 | 
| "Save the Last Dance for Me"
 | 
The Drifters
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1960
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
2001
 | 
| "Savoy Blues"
 | 
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
 | 
Okeh
 | 
1927
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2018
 | 
| Saxophone Colossus
 | 
Sonny Rollins Quartet
 | 
Prestige
 | 
1957
 | 
Hard Bop
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder
 | 
Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski (with Rose Bampton, Paul Althouse, Jeanette Vreeland, etc.)
 | 
Victor
 | 
1932
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2007
 | 
| Schoenberg: The Four String Quartets
 | 
Kolisch String Quartet conducted by Arnold Schoenberg
 | 
RCA
 | 
1937
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2021
 | 
| "School's Out"
 | 
Alice Cooper & his Band
 | 
Warner Bros.
 | 
1972
 | 
Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2015
 | 
| Schubert: Ave Maria
 | 
Marian Anderson
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1936
 | 
Opera
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9
 | 
Sergei Rachmaninoff
 | 
RCA
 | 
1929
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2011
 | 
| "Secret Love"
 | 
Doris Day
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1953
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "See See Rider Blues"
 | 
Ma Rainey
 | 
Paramount Records
 | 
1924
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2004
 | 
| "Sentimental Journey"
 | 
Les Brown and his Orchestra (featuring vocals sung by Doris Day)
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1944
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| September of My Years
 | 
Frank Sinatra
 | 
Reprise
 | 
1965
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "September Song"
 | 
Walter Huston
 | 
Brunswick
 | 
1938
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1984
 | 
| "Seven, Come Eleven"
 | 
Benny Goodman & his Sextet (featuring Charlie Christian on guitar)
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1939
 | 
Swing
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
 | 
The Beatles
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1967
 | 
Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
1993
 | 
| "Sh-Boom"
 | 
The Chords
 | 
Cat Records
 | 
1954
 | 
Doo-Wop
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
 | 
Big Joe Turner
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1954
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| The Shape of Jazz to Come
 | 
Ornette Coleman
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1959
 | 
Avant-Garde Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
2015
 | 
| "She Thinks I Still Care"
 | 
George Jones
 | 
United Artists
 | 
1962
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "She's About a Mover"
 | 
Sir Douglas Quintet
 | 
Tribe Records
 | 
1965
 | 
Garage Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2016
 | 
| "She's Not There"
 | 
The Zombies
 | 
Decca
 | 
1964
 | 
British Beat
 | 
Single
 | 
2016
 | 
| "Shining Star"
 | 
Earth, Wind & Fire
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1975
 | 
Funk
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| "Shop Around"
 | 
The Miracles
 | 
Tamla
 | 
1960
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2006
 | 
| Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Op. 107
 | 
Mstislav Rostropovich with Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy
 | 
Columbia Masterworks
 | 
1960
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2008
 | 
| Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
 | 
New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein
 | 
Sony Classical
 | 
1959
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2007
 | 
| Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Op. 99
 | 
David Oistrakh with New York Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
 | 
Sony Classical
 | 
1956
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2003
 | 
| "Shotgun"
 | 
Jr. Walker & The All Stars
 | 
Soul Records
 | 
1965
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "Shout" (Part 1)
 | 
The Isley Brothers
 | 
RCA
 | 
1959
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| Show Boat
 | 
Cast: Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, James Melton, Frank Munn, Countess Albani, etc. (with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Victor Young)
 | 
Brunswick
 | 
1932
 | 
Musical show
 | 
Album
 | 
1991
 | 
| The Sidewinder
 | 
Lee Morgan
 | 
Blue Note
 | 
1964
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
2000
 | 
| Sign o' the Times
 | 
Prince
 | 
Paisley Park
 | 
1987
 | 
R&B
 | 
Album
 | 
2017
 | 
| "Sincerely"
 | 
The Moonglows
 | 
Chess
 | 
1954
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| Sing a Song of Basie
 | 
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
 | 
ABC-Paramount
 | 
1957
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)"
 | 
Benny Goodman
 | 
Victor
 | 
1937
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
1982
 | 
| "Singin' in the Rain (From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)"
 | 
Gene Kelly
 | 
MGM
 | 
1952
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Singin' the Blues"
 | 
Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke on cornet and Eddie Lang on guitar
 | 
Okeh
 | 
1927
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
1977
 | 
| "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
 | 
Otis Redding
 | 
Atco
 | 
1968
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Sitting on Top of the World"
 | 
Mississippi Sheiks
 | 
Okeh
 | 
1930
 | 
Country blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| "Sixteen Tons"
 | 
Tennessee Ernie Ford
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1955
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Sixty Minute Man"
 | 
Billy Ward and his Dominoes
 | 
Federal
 | 
1951
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
2015
 | 
| Sketches of Spain
 | 
Miles Davis and Gil Evans
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1960
 | 
Third stream jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
1997
 | 
| "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
 | 
Nirvana
 | 
DGC
 | 
1991
 | 
Grunge
 | 
Single
 | 
2017
 | 
| "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
 | 
The Platters
 | 
Mercury
 | 
1958
 | 
Doo-Wop
 | 
Single
 | 
2019
 | 
| "Smoke on the Water"
 | 
Deep Purple
 | 
Purple (UK), Warner Bros. (US)
 | 
1973
 | 
Hard Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2017
 | 
| "Smokestack Lightning"
 | 
Howlin' Wolf
 | 
Chess
 | 
1956
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Motion Picture Soundtrack
 | 
Cast: Adriana Caselotti, Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, Eddie Collins, etc.
 | 
Victor
 | 
1937
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| So
 | 
Peter Gabriel
 | 
Charisma
 | 
1986
 | 
Pop
 | 
Album
 | 
2021
 | 
| "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)"
 | 
Janis Ian
 | 
Verve
 | 
1966
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "Solitude"
 | 
Billie Holiday
 | 
Clef
 | 
1952
 | 
Vocal Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2021
 | 
| "Some of These Days"
 | 
Sophie Tucker
 | 
Edison
 | 
1911
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1995
 | 
| "Someone to Watch Over Me"
 | 
Gertrude Lawrence
 | 
Victor
 | 
1926
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| "Somewhere a Voice is Calling"
 | 
John McCormack
 | 
Victor
 | 
1914
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| Song for My Father
 | 
The Horace Silver Quintet
 | 
Blue Note
 | 
1965
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "A Song for You"
 | 
Leon Russell
 | 
Shelter
 | 
1970
 | 
Vocal
 | 
Single
 | 
2018
 | 
| Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
 | 
Frank Sinatra
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1956
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Album
 | 
2000
 | 
| Songs in the Key of Life
 | 
Stevie Wonder
 | 
Tamla
 | 
1976
 | 
Pop
 | 
Album
 | 
2002
 | 
| Songs of Leonard Cohen
 | 
Leonard Cohen
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1967
 | 
Contemporary Folk
 | 
Album
 | 
2015
 | 
| "Sonny Boy"
 | 
Al Jolson
 | 
Brunswick
 | 
1928
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "Soul Man"
 | 
Sam & Dave
 | 
Stax
 | 
1967
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| The Sound of Music Motion Picture Soundtrack
 | 
Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Bill Lee, Charmian Carr, Daniel Truhitte, Margery McKay, etc.
 | 
RCA
 | 
1965
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| "The Sounds of Silence"
 | 
Simon & Garfunkel
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1964
 | 
Folk Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2004
 | 
| South Pacific Original Broadway Cast Recording
 | 
Cast: Ezio Pinza, Mary Martin, Juanita Hall, William Tabbert, Myron McCormick, etc.
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1949
 | 
Musical show
 | 
Album
 | 
1987
 | 
| "Space Oddity"
 | 
David Bowie
 | 
Philips
 | 
1969
 | 
Rock
 | 
Track from Space Oddity
 | 
2018
 | 
| "Spanish Harlem"
 | 
Ben E. King
 | 
Atco
 | 
1960
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "St. Louis Blues"
 | 
Bessie Smith featuring Louis Armstrong (cornet) and Fred Longshaw (Harmonium)
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1925
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
1993
 | 
| "St. Louis Blues"
 | 
W. C. Handy and his Orchestra
 | 
Okeh[3]
 | 
1923
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2019
 | 
| "St. Louis Blues"
 | 
Louis Armstrong
 | 
Okeh
 | 
1929
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| St. Louis Woman Original Broadway Cast Recording
 | 
Cast: Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas, Pearl Bailey, Robert Pope, June Hawkins, etc.
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1946
 | 
Musical show
 | 
Album
 | 
2012
 | 
| "Stack O' Lee Blues"
 | 
Mississippi John Hurt
 | 
Okeh
 | 
1928
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2017
 | 
| "Stairway to Heaven"
 | 
Led Zeppelin
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1971
 | 
Rock
 | 
Track
 | 
2003
 | 
| Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America
 | 
Stan Freberg
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1961
 | 
Comedy
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| Stand!
 | 
Sly and the Family Stone
 | 
Epic
 | 
1969
 | 
Funk
 | 
Album
 | 
2015
 | 
| "Stand by Me"
 | 
Ben E. King
 | 
Atco
 | 
1961
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Stand by Your Man"
 | 
Tammy Wynette
 | 
Epic
 | 
1968
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Star Dust"
 | 
Louis Armstrong
 | 
Okeh
 | 
1931
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2009
 | 
| "Star Dust"
 | 
Hoagy Carmichael & his Pals
 | 
Gennett
 | 
1927
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1995
 | 
| "Star Dust"
 | 
Artie Shaw & his Orchestra (featuring Billy Butterfield on trumpet)
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1940
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
1988
 | 
| "The Star-Spangled Banner"
 | 
Jimi Hendrix
 | 
Reprise
 | 
1970
 | 
Rock
 | 
Track
 | 
2009
 | 
| Star Wars Film Soundtrack
 | 
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Williams
 | 
20th Century
 | 
1977
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2007
 | 
| Stardust
 | 
Willie Nelson
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1978
 | 
Pop
 | 
Album
 | 
2015
 | 
| "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
 | 
John Philip Sousa & his Band
 | 
Edison
 | 
1909
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Statesboro Blues"
 | 
Blind Willie McTell
 | 
Victor
 | 
1928
 | 
Piedmont Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2017
 | 
| "Stealin' Stealin'"
 | 
Memphis Jug Band
 | 
Victor
 | 
1928
 | 
Folk
 | 
Single
 | 
2013
 | 
| "Steel Guitar Rag"
 | 
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys (featuring Leon McAuliffe)
 | 
Vocalion
 | 
1936
 | 
Western swing
 | 
Single
 | 
2011
 | 
| Sticky Fingers
 | 
The Rolling Stones
 | 
Rolling Stones Records
 | 
1971
 | 
Hard Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| Still Crazy After All These Years
 | 
Paul Simon
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1975
 | 
Folk Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2003
 | 
| "Stop! In the Name of Love"
 | 
The Supremes
 | 
Motown
 | 
1965
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2001
 | 
| "Stormy Weather"
 | 
Lena Horne
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1941
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2000
 | 
| "Stormy Weather"
 | 
Ethel Waters
 | 
Brunswick
 | 
1933
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2003
 | 
| Straight Outta Compton
 | 
N.W.A
 | 
Ruthless
 | 
1988
 | 
Gangsta Rap
 | 
Album
 | 
2017
 | 
| "Straighten Up and Fly Right"
 | 
Nat King Cole & his Trio
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1943
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Strange Fruit"
 | 
Billie Holiday
 | 
Commodore
 | 
1939
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
1978
 | 
| "Strange Things Happening Every Day"
 | 
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
 | 
Decca
 | 
1944
 | 
Negro spiritual
 | 
Single
 | 
2014
 | 
| The Stranger
 | 
Billy Joel
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1977
 | 
Pop Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2008
 | 
| "Strangers in the Night"
 | 
Frank Sinatra
 | 
Reprise
 | 
1966
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
 | 
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1935
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2008
 | 
| 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 Victor
 | 
1933
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2008
 | 
| Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
 | 
Philharmonia Orchestra; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig & Teresa Stich-Randall conducted by Herbert von Karajan
 | 
Angel
 | 
1957
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2008
 | 
| Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
 | 
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux
 | 
RCA
 | 
1951
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
1993
 | 
| Stravinsky: Petrouchka
 | 
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet
 | 
Decca
 | 
1949
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| Stravinsky: Petrouchka: Le Sacre du Printemps
 | 
Igor Stravinsky cond. Columbia Symphony Orchestra (plus spoken reminiscing apropos of Le Sacre)
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1960
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2000
 | 
| "Strawberry Fields Forever"
 | 
The Beatles
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1967
 | 
Psychedelic rock
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Summer in the City"
 | 
The Lovin' Spoonful 
 | 
Kama Sutra
 | 
1966
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Summertime"
 | 
Sidney Bechet
 | 
Blue Note
 | 
1939
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2011
 | 
| "Summertime Blues"
 | 
Eddie Cochran
 | 
Liberty
 | 
1958
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| Sunday at the Village Vanguard
 | 
Bill Evans & his Trio
 | 
Riverside
 | 
1961
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
2011
 | 
| Super Fly
 | 
Curtis Mayfield
 | 
Curtom
 | 
1972
 | 
Funk
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| Supernatural
 | 
Santana
 | 
Arista
 | 
1999
 | 
Latin rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2025
 | 
| "Superstition"
 | 
Stevie Wonder
 | 
Tamla
 | 
1972
 | 
Funk
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| Surrealistic Pillow
 | 
Jefferson Airplane
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1967
 | 
Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Suspicious Minds"
 | 
Elvis Presley
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1969
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Swanee"
 | 
Al Jolson
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1920
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| Sweet Baby James
 | 
James Taylor
 | 
Warner Bros.
 | 
1970
 | 
Pop
 | 
Album
 | 
2002
 | 
| "Sweet Caroline"
 | 
Neil Diamond
 | 
Uni
 | 
1969
 | 
Soft Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2020
 | 
| "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
 | 
Eurythmics
 | 
RCA
 | 
1983
 | 
Synth-pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2020
 | 
| "Sweet Home Alabama"
 | 
Lynyrd Skynyrd
 | 
MCA
 | 
1974
 | 
Southern rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2009
 | 
| "Sweet Home Chicago"
 | 
Robert Johnson
 | 
Vocalion
 | 
1936
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2014
 | 
| Sweetheart of the Rodeo
 | 
The Byrds
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1968
 | 
Country Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2000
 | 
| "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
 | 
Fisk Jubilee Singers
 | 
Victor
 | 
1909
 | 
Negro spiritual
 | 
Single
 | 
2015
 | 
| "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
 | 
Paul Robeson
 | 
His Master's Voice
 | 
1926
 | 
Gospel
 | 
Single
 | 
2015
 | 
| "Swinging on a Star"
 | 
Bing Crosby with The Williams Brothers and John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra
 | 
Decca
 | 
1944
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| Switched-On Bach
 | 
Wendy Carlos
 | 
Columbia Masterworks
 | 
1968
 | 
Electronic
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| Synchronicity
 | 
The Police
 | 
A&M
 | 
1983
 | 
New Wave
 | 
Album
 | 
2009
 | 
| Taj Mahal
 | 
Taj Mahal
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1968
 | 
Blues Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2020
 | 
| "Take Five"
 | 
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1959
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
1996
 | 
| "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
 | 
John Denver
 | 
RCA
 | 
1971
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
 | 
Edward Meeker with the Edison Orchestra
 | 
Edison
 | 
1908
 | 
Tin Pan Alley
 | 
Single
 | 
2019
 | 
| "Take the 'A' Train"
 | 
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
 | 
Victor
 | 
1941
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
1976
 | 
| "Take Me to the River"
 | 
Al Green
 | 
Hi
 | 
1974
 | 
Soul
 | 
Track
 | 
2011
 | 
| Talking Book
 | 
Stevie Wonder
 | 
Tamla
 | 
1972
 | 
Soul
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| Tapestry
 | 
Carole King
 | 
Ode
 | 
1971
 | 
Pop
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| "A Taste of Honey"
 | 
Herb Alpert & his Tijuana Brass
 | 
A&M
 | 
1965
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor Op. 23 for piano and orchestra (live performance)
 | 
Vladimir Horowitz with NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1943
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor Op. 23
 | 
Van Cliburn with RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kirill Kondrashin
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1958
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2002
 | 
| Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture/Capriccio Italien
 | 
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti
 | 
Mercury
 | 
1954
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| Tea for the Tillerman
 | 
Cat Stevens
 | 
Island/A&M
 | 
1970
 | 
Folk rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2025
 | 
| "Tea for Two"
 | 
Art Tatum, Piano Solo
 | 
Decca
 | 
1939
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
1986
 | 
| "Teach Me Tonight"
 | 
Dinah Washington
 | 
Mercury
 | 
1954
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "The Tears of a Clown"
 | 
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
 | 
Tamla
 | 
1967
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "Tell It Like It Is"
 | 
Aaron Neville
 | 
Par-Lo Records
 | 
1966
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
2015
 | 
| Ten
 | 
Pearl Jam
 | 
Epic
 | 
1991
 | 
Alternative Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2021
 | 
| "Ten Cents a Dance"
 | 
Ruth Etting
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1930
 | 
Musical theatre
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Tenderly"
 | 
Sarah Vaughan
 | 
Mercury
 | 
1947
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2019
 | 
| "Tennessee Waltz"
 | 
Patti Page
 | 
Mercury
 | 
1950
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Tenor Madness"
 | 
Sonny Rollins Quartet featuring John Coltrane
 | 
Prestige
 | 
1956
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2019
 | 
| "Tequila"
 | 
The Champs
 | 
Challenge
 | 
1958
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
2001
 | 
| Texas Flood
 | 
Stevie Ray Vaughan[4] and Double Trouble
 | 
Epic
 | 
1983
 | 
Blues
 | 
Album
 | 
2021
 | 
| "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)"
 | 
Sly & The Family Stone
 | 
Epic
 | 
1969
 | 
Funk
 | 
Single
 | 
2017
 | 
| "Thanks for the Memory"
 | 
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross
 | 
Decca
 | 
1938
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Single
 | 
2005
 | 
| "That'll Be the Day"
 | 
The Crickets
 | 
Brunswick
 | 
1957
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "That's All Right"
 | 
Arthur Crudup
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1947[5]
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2018
 | 
| "That's All Right"
 | 
Elvis Presley
 | 
Sun Records
 | 
1954
 | 
Rockabilly
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "That's My Desire"
 | 
Frankie Laine with Mannie Klein & his All-Stars
 | 
Mercury
 | 
1946
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| That's the Way of the World[6]
 | 
Earth, Wind & Fire
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1975
 | 
Soul
 | 
Album
 | 
2004
 | 
| Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
 | 
Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
 | 
Jazzland
 | 
1961
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
2007
 | 
| "Theme from A Summer Place"
 | 
Percy Faith and his Orchestra
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1959
 | 
Easy listening
 | 
Single
 | 
2000
 | 
| "Theme from New York, New York"
 | 
Frank Sinatra
 | 
Reprise
 | 
1980
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2013
 | 
| "Theme from Shaft"
 | 
Isaac Hayes
 | 
Stax
 | 
1971
 | 
Funk
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "There Goes My Baby"
 | 
The Drifters
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1959
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| There's a Riot Goin' On
 | 
Sly and the Family Stone
 | 
Epic
 | 
1971
 | 
Funk
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
 | 
Nancy Sinatra
 | 
Reprise
 | 
1965
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2020
 | 
| They Can't Take That Away from Me
 | 
Fred Astaire with Johnny Green & his Orchestra
 | 
Paramount Pictures
 | 
1937
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Single
 | 
2005
 | 
| "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
 | 
The Carpenters
 | 
A&M
 | 
1970
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2000
 | 
| "The Third Man Theme"
 | 
Anton Karas
 | 
London
 | 
1949
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Single
 | 
2006
 | 
| "This Land Is Your Land"
 | 
Woody Guthrie
 | 
Asch Records
 | 
1945
 | 
Folk
 | 
Single
 | 
1989
 | 
| "This Train"
 | 
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
 | 
Decca
 | 
1939
 | 
Gospel
 | 
Single
 | 
2016
 | 
| "The Thrill Is Gone"
 | 
B.B. King
 | 
BluesWay
 | 
1969
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| Thriller
 | 
Michael Jackson
 | 
Epic
 | 
1982
 | 
Pop
 | 
Album
 | 
2008
 | 
| "Till the End of Time"
 | 
Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1945
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Time Is on My Side"
 | 
Irma Thomas
 | 
Imperial Records
 | 
1964
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
2021
 | 
| Time Out
 | 
Dave Brubeck Quartet
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1959
 | 
Cool Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
2009
 | 
| "The Times They Are a-Changing"
 | 
Bob Dylan
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1964
 | 
Folk
 | 
Track
 | 
2013
 | 
| "Tiny Dancer"
 | 
Elton John
 | 
Uni
 | 
1972
 | 
Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2020
 | 
| "Tipitina"
 | 
Professor Longhair And His Blues Scholars
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1953
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "The Titanic"
 | 
Ernest Stoneman
 | 
Okeh
 | 
1924
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
2013
 | 
| "To Be Young, Gifted and Black"
 | 
Nina Simone
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1969
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2019
 | 
| "Tom Dooley"
 | 
The Kingston Trio
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1958
 | 
Folk
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| Tommy
 | 
The Who
 | 
Decca
 | 
1969
 | 
Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"
 | 
Fred Astaire
 | 
Brunswick
 | 
1935
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| "The Tracks of My Tears"
 | 
The Miracles
 | 
Tamla
 | 
1965
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2007
 | 
| Trio
 | 
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
 | 
Warner Bros.
 | 
1987
 | 
Country
 | 
Album
 | 
2021
 | 
| Trumpet Blues (And Cantabile)
 | 
Harry James and his Orchestra
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1942
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Try a Little Tenderness"
 | 
Otis Redding
 | 
Atco
 | 
1966
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2015
 | 
| Tubular Bells
 | 
Mike Oldfield
 | 
Virgin
 | 
1973
 | 
Progressive rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2018
 | 
| "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
 | 
Sons of the Pioneers
 | 
Decca
 | 
1934
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "Turn On Your Love Light"
 | 
Bobby "Blue" Bland
 | 
Duke
 | 
1961
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)"
 | 
The Byrds
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1965
 | 
Folk Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2001
 | 
| "Tutti Frutti"
 | 
Little Richard
 | 
Specialty
 | 
1955
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "The Twist"
 | 
Chubby Checker
 | 
Parkway
 | 
1960
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
2000
 | 
| "Twist and Shout"
 | 
The Isley Brothers
 | 
Wand
 | 
1962
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
2010
 | 
| 2000 and Thirteen
 | 
Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks
 | 
Warner Bros.
 | 
1973
 | 
Comedy
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Un Poco Loco"
 | 
Bud Powell
 | 
Blue Note
 | 
1951
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Unchained Melody"
 | 
The Righteous Brothers
 | 
Verve
 | 
1965
 | 
Blue-eyed Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2000
 | 
| "Uncloudy Day"
 | 
The Staple Singers
 | 
Vee-Jay
 | 
1956
 | 
Gospel
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Under the Boardwalk"
 | 
The Drifters
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1964
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2014
 | 
| "Unforgettable"
 | 
Nat "King" Cole
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1951
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2000
 | 
| "Unforgettable"
 | 
Dinah Washington
 | 
Mercury
 | 
1959
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2001
 | 
| "Up Up and Away"
 | 
The 5th Dimension
 | 
Soul City
 | 
1967
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2003
 | 
| "Vaya Con Dios"
 | 
Les Paul and Mary Ford
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1953
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2005
 | 
| The Velvet Underground & Nico
 | 
The Velvet Underground and Nico
 | 
Verve
 | 
1967
 | 
Art Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2008
 | 
| Verdi: Celeste Aida
 | 
Enrico Caruso
 | 
Victor
 | 
1908
 | 
Opera
 | 
Single
 | 
1993
 | 
| Verdi: Otello
 | 
Cast: Ramón Vinay, Herva Nelli, Giuseppe Valdengo, etc. (with NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini)
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1947
 | 
Opera
 | 
Album
 | 
2008
 | 
| "The Very Thought of You"
 | 
Ray Noble & his Orchestra (featuring vocals sung by Al Bowlly)
 | 
Victor
 | 
1934
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2005
 | 
| Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5 – Aria
 | 
Bidu Sayão (with a Cello Ensemble conducted by Heitor Villa-Lobos)
 | 
Columbia Masterworks
 | 
1945
 | 
Classical
 | 
Single
 | 
1984
 | 
| Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
 | 
Louis Kaufman (Violinist)
 | 
Concert Hall
 | 
1947
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2002
 | 
| "Wabash Cannonball"
 | 
Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1947
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
 | 
Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti
 | 
London
 | 
1958–67
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Complete)
 | 
Cast: Ludwig Suthaus, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, etc. (with Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler)
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1952
 | 
Opera
 | 
Album
 | 
1988
 | 
| "Wake Up Little Susie"
 | 
The Everly Brothers
 | 
Cadence
 | 
1957
 | 
Country Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2017
 | 
| "Walk, Don't Run"
 | 
The Ventures
 | 
Dolton
 | 
1960
 | 
Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2006
 | 
| "Walk On By"
 | 
Dionne Warwick
 | 
Scepter
 | 
1964
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Walk on the Wild Side"
 | 
Lou Reed
 | 
RCA
 | 
1972
 | 
Glam Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2015
 | 
| "Walk Right In"
 | 
Cannon's Jug Stompers
 | 
Victor
 | 
1929
 | 
Country blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2007
 | 
| "Walk This Way"
 | 
Aerosmith
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1975
 | 
Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2019
 | 
| "Walk This Way"
 | 
Run-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith
 | 
Profile
 | 
1986
 | 
Rap Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2014
 | 
| "Walkin' After Midnight"
 | 
Patsy Cline
 | 
Decca
 | 
1957
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
2020
 | 
| "Walking the Dog"
 | 
Rufus Thomas
 | 
Stax
 | 
1963
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "Walking the Floor Over You"
 | 
Ernest Tubb
 | 
Decca
 | 
1941
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Walking to New Orleans"
 | 
Fats Domino
 | 
Imperial Records
 | 
1960
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
2011
 | 
| The Wall
 | 
Pink Floyd
 | 
Harvest
 | 
1979
 | 
Progressive rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2008
 | 
| "The Wallflower" (aka "Roll With Me Henry")
 | 
Etta James
 | 
Modern Records
 | 
1955
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| Walt Disney's Fantasia Soundtrack[7]
 | 
Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski
 | 
Walt Disney
 | 
1940
 | 
Classical
 | 
Album
 | 
2004
 | 
| Waltz for Debby
 | 
Bill Evans & his Trio
 | 
Riverside
 | 
1962
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| "The Wanderer"
 | 
Dion
 | 
Laurie
 | 
1961
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
2017
 | 
| Wanted! The Outlaws
 | 
Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, & Tompall Glaser
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1976
 | 
Outlaw Country
 | 
Album
 | 
2007
 | 
| "War"
 | 
Edwin Starr
 | 
Gordy
 | 
1970
 | 
Psychedelic Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"
 | 
Freddy Fender
 | 
Dot
 | 
1975
 | 
Swamp Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2012
 | 
| "Watermelon Man"
 | 
Mongo Santamaría
 | 
Battle
 | 
1962
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "The Way We Were"
 | 
Barbra Streisand
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1973
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| "The Way You Look Tonight"
 | 
Fred Astaire
 | 
Brunswick
 | 
1936
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "We Are Family"
 | 
Sister Sledge
 | 
Cotillion
 | 
1979
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| "We Are the World"
 | 
USA for Africa (Tina Turner, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Kim Carnes, etc.)[8]
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1985
 | 
Pop, Gospel
 | 
Single
 | 
2021
 | 
| "We Gotta Get out of This Place"
 | 
The Animals
 | 
Columbia Graphophone
 | 
1965
 | 
Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2011
 | 
| We Shall Overcome
 | 
Pete Seeger
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1963
 | 
Folk
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Weather Bird"
 | 
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines
 | 
Okeh
 | 
1928
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| The Weavers at Carnegie Hall
 | 
The Weavers
 | 
Vanguard
 | 
1957
 | 
Folk
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| Weill: The Threepenny Opera
 | 
Cast: Jo Sullivan, Charlotte Rae, Lotte Lenya, Bea Arthur, Scott Merrill, Gerald Price, Martin Wolfson
 | 
Decca
 | 
1954
 | 
Musical show
 | 
Album
 | 
1994
 | 
| "West End Blues"
 | 
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
 | 
Okeh
 | 
1928
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
1974
 | 
| West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast Recording
 | 
Cast: Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Reri Grist, Mickey Calin, Tony Mondente, etc.
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1957
 | 
Musical theatre
 | 
Album
 | 
1991
 | 
| West Side Story: Film Soundtrack
 | 
Cast: Jimmy Bryant, Marni Nixon, Tucker Smith, Rita Moreno, etc.
 | 
Columbia Masterworks
 | 
1961
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Album
 | 
2004
 | 
| "We've Only Just Begun"
 | 
The Carpenters
 | 
A&M
 | 
1970
 | 
Soft Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "What a Diff'rence a Day Made"
 | 
Dinah Washington
 | 
Mercury
 | 
1959
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "What a Fool Believes"
 | 
The Doobie Brothers
 | 
Warner Bros.
 | 
1978
 | 
Soft Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2024
 | 
| "(What a) Wonderful World"
 | 
Sam Cooke
 | 
Keen
 | 
1960
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
2014
 | 
| "What a Wonderful World"
 | 
Louis Armstrong
 | 
ABC
 | 
1967
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue"
 | 
Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra
 | 
Okeh
 | 
1929
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2016
 | 
| "What Kind of Fool Am I?"
 | 
Sammy Davis Jr.
 | 
Reprise
 | 
1962
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "What the World Needs Now Is Love"
 | 
Jackie DeShannon
 | 
Imperial Records
 | 
1965
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| "What'd I Say (Part I)"
 | 
Ray Charles
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1959
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
2000
 | 
| What's Going On
 | 
Marvin Gaye
 | 
Tamla
 | 
1971
 | 
Soul
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| "What's Love Got to Do with It"
 | 
Tina Turner
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1984
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2012
 | 
| "Wheel of Fortune"
 | 
Kay Starr
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1952
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "When a Man Loves a Woman"
 | 
Percy Sledge
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1966
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "When the Levee Breaks"
 | 
Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1929
 | 
Country blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2021
 | 
| "When the Saints Go Marching In"
 | 
Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
 | 
Decca
 | 
1938
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2017
 | 
| "When You Wish Upon a Star"
 | 
Cliff Edwards
 | 
Victor
 | 
1940
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Track
 | 
2002
 | 
| "Where Did Our Love Go"
 | 
The Supremes
 | 
Motown
 | 
1964
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
 | 
Pete Seeger
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1960
 | 
Folk
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "Whispering"
 | 
Paul Whiteman And his Ambassador Orchestra
 | 
Victor
 | 
1920
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "White Christmas"
 | 
Bing Crosby (with the Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter Orchestra)
 | 
Decca
 | 
1942
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1974
 | 
| "White Rabbit"
 | 
Jefferson Airplane
 | 
RCA
 | 
1967
 | 
Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
 | 
Procol Harum
 | 
Deram
 | 
1967
 | 
Baroque Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| Whitney Houston
 | 
Whitney Houston
 | 
Arista
 | 
1985
 | 
Pop
 | 
Album
 | 
2013
 | 
| "Who Do You Love?"
 | 
Bo Diddley
 | 
Checker
 | 
1956
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
2010
 | 
| "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On"
 | 
Jerry Lee Lewis
 | 
Sun Records
 | 
1957
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Whole Lotta Love"
 | 
Led Zeppelin
 | 
Atlantic
 | 
1969
 | 
Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2007
 | 
| Who's Next
 | 
The Who
 | 
Decca
 | 
1971
 | 
Hard Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2007
 | 
| "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
 | 
Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers
 | 
Gee
 | 
1956
 | 
Doo-Wop
 | 
Single
 | 
2001
 | 
| "Wichita Lineman"
 | 
Glen Campbell
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1968
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
2000
 | 
| "The Wild Side of Life"
 | 
Hank Thompson & his Brazos Valley Boys
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1952
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Wild Thing"
 | 
The Troggs
 | 
Fontana (UK); Atco (US)
 | 
1966
 | 
Garage Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2019
 | 
| The Wildest!
 | 
Louis Prima And Keely Smith
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1956
 | 
Swing
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Wildwood Flower"
 | 
The Carter Family
 | 
RCA Victor
 | 
1928
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| Will the Circle be Unbroken
 | 
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
 | 
United Artists
 | 
1972
 | 
Country
 | 
Album
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
 | 
The Shirelles
 | 
Scepter
 | 
1960
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Wipe Out"
 | 
The Surfaris
 | 
Dot
 | 
1963
 | 
Surf Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2020
 | 
| "With a Little Help from My Friends"
 | 
Joe Cocker
 | 
A&M
 | 
1968
 | 
Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2001
 | 
| The Wizard of Oz: Technicolor Film Soundtrack
 | 
Cast: Judy Garland, Billie Burke, The Munchkins, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan, Margaret Hamilton, etc.
 | 
MGM
 | 
1956
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Album
 | 
2006
 | 
| "Woodchopper's Ball"
 | 
Woody Herman And His Orchestra
 | 
Decca
 | 
1939
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More
 | 
Various Artists including John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Country Joe and the Fish, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
 | 
Cotillion
 | 
1970
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Album
 | 
2014
 | 
| "Wooly Bully"
 | 
Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
 | 
MGM
 | 
1965
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
2009
 | 
| Workingman's Dead
 | 
Grateful Dead
 | 
Warner Bros.
 | 
1970
 | 
Rock
 | 
Album
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Worried Life Blues"
 | 
Big Maceo Merriweather
 | 
Bluebird
 | 
1941
 | 
Blues
 | 
Single
 | 
2006
 | 
| "Wreck of the Old 97"
 | 
Vernon Dalhart
 | 
Herwin
 | 
1924
 | 
Folk
 | 
Single
 | 
2021
 | 
| Wrecking Ball
 | 
Emmylou Harris
 | 
Elektra
 | 
1995
 | 
Country rock
 | 
Album
 | 
2025
 | 
| "Yakety Yak"
 | 
The Coasters
 | 
Atco
 | 
1958
 | 
Rock & roll
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Yankee Doodle Boy"
 | 
Billy Murray
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1905
 | 
Musical theatre
 | 
Single
 | 
2006
 | 
| "Yardbird Suite"
 | 
Charlie Parker & his Septet
 | 
Dial
 | 
1946
 | 
Bebop
 | 
Single
 | 
2014
 | 
| "Yesterday"
 | 
Credited to The Beatles Actual Performer: Paul McCartney
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1965
 | 
Chamber Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1997
 | 
| "Y.M.C.A."
 | 
Village People
 | 
Casablanca
 | 
1978
 | 
Disco
 | 
Single
 | 
2020
 | 
| "You Always Hurt the One You Love"
 | 
Mills Brothers
 | 
Decca
 | 
1944
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2017
 | 
| "You Are My Sunshine"
 | 
Jimmie Davis
 | 
Decca
 | 
1940
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "You Are So Beautiful"
 | 
Joe Cocker
 | 
A&M
 | 
1974
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2016
 | 
| "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
 | 
Stevie Wonder
 | 
Tamla
 | 
1972
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2002
 | 
| "You Belong to Me"
 | 
Jo Stafford
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1952
 | 
Traditional pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "You Don't Miss Your Water"
 | 
William Bell
 | 
Stax
 | 
1961
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
2024
 | 
| "You Don't Own Me"
 | 
Lesley Gore
 | 
Mercury
 | 
1963
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2017
 | 
| "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
 | 
The Supremes
 | 
Motown
 | 
1966
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)"
 | 
Harry James and his Orchestra
 | 
Columbia
 | 
1941
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
2010
 | 
| "You Really Got Me"
 | 
The Kinks
 | 
Reprise
 | 
1964
 | 
Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "You Send Me"
 | 
Sam Cooke
 | 
Keen
 | 
1957
 | 
R&B
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Your Cheatin' Heart"
 | 
Hank Williams
 | 
MGM
 | 
1953
 | 
Country
 | 
Single
 | 
1983
 | 
| "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"
 | 
Jackie Wilson
 | 
Brunswick
 | 
1967
 | 
Chicago Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
1999
 | 
| "Your Song"
 | 
Elton John
 | 
DJM
 | 
1970
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "You're So Vain"
 | 
Carly Simon
 | 
Elektra
 | 
1972
 | 
Soft Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2004
 | 
| "You're The Top"
 | 
Ethel Merman
 | 
Brunswick
 | 
1934
 | 
Musical theatre
 | 
Single
 | 
2008
 | 
| "You've Got a Friend"
 | 
Carole King
 | 
Ode
 | 
1971
 | 
Soft Rock
 | 
Track
 | 
2002
 | 
| "You've Got a Friend"
 | 
James Taylor
 | 
Warner Bros.
 | 
1971
 | 
Folk Rock
 | 
Single
 | 
2001
 | 
| "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
 | 
The Righteous Brothers
 | 
Philles
 | 
1964
 | 
Pop
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "You've Really Got a Hold on Me"
 | 
The Miracles
 | 
Tamla
 | 
1962
 | 
Soul
 | 
Single
 | 
1998
 | 
| "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"
 | 
Johnny Mercer
 | 
Capitol
 | 
1946
 | 
Soundtrack
 | 
Single
 | 
2010
 | 
| The Zodiac Suite
 | 
Mary Lou Williams
 | 
Asch Records
 | 
1945
 | 
Jazz
 | 
Album
 | 
2020
 | 
| Zombie
 | 
Fela Kuti & Afrika 70
 | 
Coconut
 | 
1976
 | 
Afrobeat
 | 
Album
 | 
2025
 |