Title Artist Record label Year of release Genre Format Year inducted Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! 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 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 Records 1949 Country Single 1985 "Rumble" Link Wray & 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 Pop rock Single 2002 "San Antonio Rose" Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys Vocalion 1939 Western swing Single 2015 Santana Santana Columbia Records 1969 Rock Album 2012 Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown Sarah Vaughan and Clifford Brown EmArcy 1954 Vocal jazz Album 1999 Saturday Night Fever Original Film Soundtrack Bee Gees and Various Artists RSO 1977 Disco Album 2004 "Save the Last Dance for Me" The Drifters Atlantic 1960 R&B Single 2001 "Savoy Blues" Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five Okeh 1927 Jazz Single 2018 Saxophone Colossus Sonny Rollins Quartet Prestige 1956 Hard bop jazz Album 1999 Schoenberg: Gurre Lieder Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski (with Rose Bampton, Paul Althouse, Jeanette Vreeland, etc.) Victor 1932 Classical Album 2007 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 Records 1953 Traditional pop Single 1999 "See See Rider Blues" Ma Rainey Paramount Records 1924 Blues Single 2004 "Sentimental Journey" Les Brown & His Orchestra (featuring vocals sung by Doris Day) Columbia Records 1944 Traditional pop Single 1998 September of My Years Frank Sinatra Reprise 1965 Traditional pop Album 1999 "September Song" Walter Huston Brunswick 1938 Traditional pop Single 1984 "Seven, Come Eleven" Benny Goodman & his Sextet (featuring Charlie Christian on guitar) Columbia Records 1939 Swing Single 2008 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles Capitol 1967 Rock Album 1993 "Sh Boom" The Chords Cat Records 1954 Doo wop Single 2008 "Shake, Rattle and Roll" Big Joe Turner Atlantic 1954 Jump blues Single 1998 The Shape of Jazz to Come Ornette Coleman Atlantic 1959 Avant garde jazz Album 2015 "She Thinks I Still Care" George Jones United Artists 1962 Country Single 1999 "She's About a Mover" Sir Douglas Quintet Tribe Records 1965 Garage rock Single 2016 "She's Not There" The Zombies Decca 1964 British beat Single 2016 "Shining Star" Earth, Wind & Fire Columbia Records 1975 Funk Single 2008 "Shop Around" The Miracles Tamla 1960 Soul Single 2006 Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Op. 107 Mstislav Rostropovich with Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy Columbia Masterworks 1960 Classical Album 2008 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein Sony Classical 1959 Classical Album 2007 Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Op. 99 David Oistrakh with New York Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos Sony Classical 1956 Classical Album 2003 "Shotgun" Jr. Walker & The All Stars Soul Records 1965 Soul Single 2002 "Shout" (Part 1) The Isley Brothers RCA 1959 R&B Single 1999 Show Boat Cast: Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, James Melton, Frank Munn, Countess Albani, etc. (with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Victor Young) Brunswick 1932 Musical show Album 1991 The Sidewinder Lee Morgan Blue Note 1964 Jazz Album 2000 Sign o' the Times Prince Paisley Park and Warner Bros. 1987 R&B Album 2017 "Sincerely" The Moonglows Chess 1954 Pop Single 2002 Sing a Song of Basie Lambert, Hendricks & Ross ABC Paramount 1957 Jazz Album 1998 "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" Benny Goodman Victor 1937 Jazz Single 1982 "Singin' in the Rain (From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)" Gene Kelly MGM 1952 Soundtrack Single 1999 "Singin' the Blues" Frankie Trumbauer And His Orchestra Featuring Bix Beiderbecke On Cornet And Eddie Lang On Guitar Okeh 1927 Jazz Single 1977 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding Atco 1968 R&B Single 1998 "Sitting on Top of the World" Mississippi Sheiks Okeh 1930 Country blues Single 2008 "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie Ford Capitol 1955 Pop Single 1998 "Sixty Minute Man" Billy Ward and his Dominoes Federal 1951 R&B Single 2015 Sketches of Spain Miles Davis And Gil Evans Columbia Records 1960 Third stream jazz Album 1997 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana DGC 1991 Grunge Single 2017 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" The Platters Mercury 1958 Doo wop Single 2019 "Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple EMI (UK), Warner Bros. (US) 1973 Hard rock Single 2017 "Smokestack Lightning" Howlin' Wolf Chess 1956 Blues Single 1999 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Motion Picture Soundtrack Cast: Adriana Caselotti, Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, Eddie Collins, etc. Victor 1937 Soundtrack Album 1998 So Peter Gabriel Virgin 1986 Pop Album 2021 "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" Janis Ian Verve 1966 Pop Single 2002 "Solitude" Billie Holiday Clef 1952 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 Records 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 Records 1965 Folk rock Single 2004 South Pacific Original Broadway Cast Recording Cast: Ezio Pinza, Mary Martin, Juanita Hall, William Tabbert, Myron McCormick, etc. Columbia Records 1949 Musical show Album 1987 "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), & Fred Longshaw (Harmonium) Columbia Records 1925 Blues Single 1993 "St. Louis Blues" W. C. Handy Columbia Records 1914 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 Records 1978 Pop Album 2015 "The Stars and Stripes Forever" John Philip Sousa & his Band Edison 1909 Traditional pop Single 1998 "Statesboro Blues" Blind Willie McTell Victor 1928 Pedmont blues Single 2017 "Stealin' Stealin'" Memphis Jug Band Victor 1928 Folk Single 2013 "Steel Guitar Rag" Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys (featuring Leon McAuliffe) Vocalion 1936 Western swing Single 2011 Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones Rolling Stones Records 1971 Hard rock Album 1999 Still Crazy After All These Years Paul Simon Columbia Records 1975 Folk rock Album 2003 "Stop! In the Name of Love" The Supremes Motown 1965 Pop Single 2001 "Stormy Weather" Lena Horne RCA Victor 1941 Traditional pop Single 2000 "Stormy Weather" Ethel Waters Brunswick 1933 Blues Single 2003 Straight Outta Compton N. W. A Ruthless/Priority 1988 Gangsta rap Album 2017 "Straighten Up and Fly Right" Nat King Cole & his Trio Capitol 1943 Jazz Single 1998 "Strange Fruit" Billie Holiday Commodore 1939 Blues Single 1978 "Strange Things Happening Every Day" Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca 1944 Negro spiritual Single 2014 The Stranger Billy Joel Columbia Records 1977 Rock Album 2008 "Strangers in the Night" Frank Sinatra Reprise 1966 Traditional pop Single 2008 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 Records 1960 Classical Album 2000 "Strawberry Fields Forever" The Beatles Capitol 1967 Psychedelic rock Single 1999 "Summer in the City" The Lovin' Spoonful Kama Sutra 1966 Pop Single 1999 "Summertime" Sidney Bechet Blue Note 1939 Jazz Single 2011 "Summertime Blues" Eddie Cochran Liberty 1958 Rock & roll Single 1999 Sunday at the Village Vanguard Bill Evans & his Trio Riverside 1961 Jazz Album 2011 Super Fly Curtis Mayfield Curtom 1972 Funk Album 1998 "Superstition" Stevie Wonder Tamla 1972 Funk Single 1998 Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane RCA Victor 1967 Rock Album 1999 "Suspicious Minds" Elvis Presley RCA Victor 1969 Soul Single 1999 "Swanee" Al Jolson Columbia Records 1920 Traditional pop Single 1998 Sweet Baby James James Taylor Warner Bros. 1970 Pop Album 2002 "Sweet Caroline" Neil Diamond Uni 1969 Soft rock Single 2020 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Eurythmics RCA Records 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 Records 1968 Country rock Album 2000 "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" Fisk Jubilee Singers Victor 1909 Negro spiritual Single 2015 "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" Paul Robeson His Master's Voice 1926 Gospel Single 2015 "Swinging on a Star" Bing Crosby with The Williams Brothers and John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra Decca 1944 Traditional pop Single 2002 Switched On Bach Wendy Carlos Columbia Masterworks 1968 Electronic Album 1999 Synchronicity The Police A&M 1983 New wave Album 2009 Taj Mahal Taj Mahal Columbia Records 1968 Blues Album 2020 "Take Five" The Dave Brubeck Quartet Columbia Records 1961 West Coast jazz Single 1996 "Take Me Home, Country Roads" John Denver RCA 1971 Country pop 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 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 Records 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 & 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 (with Shep Fields & his Orchestra) Paramount Pictures 1938 Soundtrack Single 2005 "That'll Be the Day" The Crickets Brunswick 1957 Rock & roll Single 1998 "That's All Right" Arthur Crudup RCA Victor 1949 Vocal rockabilly 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 Earth, Wind & Fire Columbia Records 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 Records 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 3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul Tommy Boy 1989 Art Rap Album 2024 "3 O'Clock Blues" B. B. King RPM 1951 R&B Single 2014 "The Thrill Is Gone" B. B. King BluesWay 1969 Blues Single 1998 Thriller Michael Jackson Epic 1982 Pop Album 2008 "Till the End of Time" Perry Como RCA Victor 1945 Traditional pop Single 1998 "Time Is on My Side" Irma Thomas Imperial Records 1964 R&B Single 2021 Time Out Dave Brubeck Quartet Columbia Records 1959 Cool jazz Album 2009 "The Times They Are a Changing" Bob Dylan Columbia Records 1964 Folk Track 2013 "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 Records 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 Records 1965 Folk rock Single 2001 "Tutti Frutti" Little Richard Specialty 1955 Rock & roll Single 1998 "The Twist" Chubby Checker Parkway 1960 Rock & roll Single 2000 "Twist and Shout" The Isley Brothers Wand 1962 Rock & roll Single 2010 2000 and Thirteen Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks Warner Bros. 1973 Comedy Album 1999 "Un Poco Loco" Bud Powell Blue Note 1951 Jazz Single 1999 "Unchained Melody" The Righteous Brothers Verve 1965 Blue eyed soul Single 2000 "Uncloudy Day" The Staple Singers Vee Jay 1971 Gospel Single 1999 "Under the Boardwalk" The Drifters Atlantic 1964 Pop Single 2014 "Unforgettable" Nat "King" Cole Capitol 1951 Traditional pop Single 2000 "Unforgettable" Dinah Washington Mercury 1959 Pop Single 2001 "Up Up and Away" The 5th Dimension Soul City 1967 Pop Single 2003 "Vaya Con Dios" Les Paul and Mary Ford Capitol 1953 Pop Single 2005 The Velvet Underground & Nico The Velvet Underground and Nico Verve 1967 Art rock Album 2008 Verdi: Celeste Aida Enrico Caruso Victor 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 Records 1947 Country Single 1998 Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti London 1958–1967 Classical Album 1998 Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Complete) Cast: Ludwig Suthaus, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, etc. (with Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler) RCA Victor 1952 Opera Album 1988 "Wake Up Little Susie" The Everly Brothers Cadence 1957 Country Single 2017 "Walk, Don't Run" The Ventures Dolton 1960 Rock Single 2006 "Walk On By" Dionne Warwick Scepter 1964 Pop Single 1998 "Walk On the Wild Side" Lou Reed RCA 1972 Glam rock Single 2015 "Walk Right In" Cannon's Jug Stompers Victor 1929 Country blues Single 2007 "Walk This Way" 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 Pop Single 2008 Walt Disney's Fantasia Soundtrack Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski Walt Disney 1940 Classical Album 2004 Waltz for Debby Bill Evans & his Trio Riverside 1962 Jazz Album 1998 "The Wanderer" Dion Laurie 1961 R&B Single 2017 Wanted! The Outlaws Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, & Tompall Glaser RCA Victor 1976 Outlaw Country Album 2007 "War" Edwin Starr Gordy 1970 Psychedelic Soul Single 1999 "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" Freddy Fender Dot 1975 Swamp Pop Single 2012 "Watermelon Man" Mongo Santamaría Battle 1962 Jazz Single 1998 "The Way We Were" Barbra Streisand Columbia Records 1973 Traditional pop Single 2008 "The Way You Look Tonight" Fred Astaire Brunswick 1936 Soundtrack Single 1998 "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.) 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 Records 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 & His Hot Five Okeh 1928 Blues Single 1974 West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast Recording Cast: Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Reri Grist, Mickey Calin, Tony Mondente, etc. Columbia Records 1957 Musical show Album 1991 West Side Story: Film Soundtrack Cast: Jimmy Bryant, Marni Nixon, Tucker Smith, Rita Moreno, etc. Columbia Masterworks 1961 Soundtrack Album 2004 "We've Only Just Begun" The Carpenters A&M 1970 Soft rock Single 1998 "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" Dinah Washington Mercury 1959 Pop Single 1998 "What a 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 Records 1960 Folk Single 2002 "Whispering" Paul Whiteman And his Ambassador Orchestra Victor 1920 Jazz Single 1998 "White Christmas" Bing Crosby (with the Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter Orchestra) Decca 1942 Traditional pop Single 1974 "White Rabbit" Jefferson Airplane RCA 1967 Rock Single 1998 "A Whiter Shade of Pale" Procol Harum Deram 1967 Baroque rock Single 1998 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Arista 1985 Pop Album 2013 "Who Do You Love?" Bo Diddley Checker 1956 Rock & roll Single 2010 "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 1955 Doo wop Single 2001 "Wichita Lineman" Glen Campbell Capitol 1968 Country Single 2000 "The Wild Side of Life" Hank Thompson & his Brazos Valley Boys Capitol 1952 Country Single 1999 "Wild Thing" The Troggs Fontana/Atco 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 "Yakety Yak" The Coasters Atco 1958 Rock & roll Single 1999 "Yankee Doodle Boy" Billy Murray Columbia Records 1905 Musical theatre Single 2006 "Yardbird Suite" Charlie Parker & his Septet Dial 1946 Bebop Single 2014 "Yesterday" The Beatles Capitol 1965 Baroque pop Single 1997 "Y. M. C. A." Village People Casablanca 1978 Disco/dance Single 2020 "You Always Hurt the One You Love" Mills Brothers Decca 1944 Pop standard Single 2017 "You Are My Sunshine" Jimmie Davis Decca 1940 Country Single 1999 "You Are So Beautiful" Joe Cocker A&M 1974 Pop Single 2016 "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" Stevie Wonder Tamla 1972 Pop Single 2002 "You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford Columbia Records 1952 Traditional pop Single 1998 "You Don't 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 & his Orchestra Columbia Records 1941 Pop Single 2010 "You Really Got Me" The Kinks Reprise 1964 Rock Single 1999 "You Send Me" Sam Cooke Keen 1957 R&B Single 1998 "Your Cheatin' Heart" Hank Williams MGM 1953 Country Single 1983 "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" Jackie Wilson Brunswick 1967 Chicago soul Single 1999 "Your Song" Elton John DJM 1970 Pop Single 1998 "You're So Vain" Carly Simon Elektra 1972 Soft rock Single 2004 "You're The Top" Ethel Merman Brunswick 1934 Musical theatre Single 2008 "You've Got a Friend" Carole King Ode 1971 Soft rock Track 2002 "You've Got a Friend" James Taylor Warner Bros. 1971 Folk rock Single 2001 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers Philles 1964 Pop Single 1998 "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" The Miracles Tamla 1962 Soul Single 1998 "Zip a Dee Doo Dah" Johnny Mercer Capitol 1946 Soundtrack Single 2010 The Zodiac Suite Mary Lou Williams Asch Records 1945 Jazz Album 2020