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Repertoire for covers - alphabetical
Music is performed and sung with full pre-recorded orchestration, accompanied with live keyboard, acoustic guitar, or keytar. Music from many different styles and genres are played in English, Spanish, French, Italian and Afrikaans.
The list below might be somewhat outdated.
For the latest, see a PDF file.
Note
Dates in the Date column show the date of composition (when known). Production and release dates might differ. When composition dates are not known, release dates are shown.
| Title | Made popular by | Composer | Notes | Date | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A day in life | Beatles | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 1967 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| A Hard Days Night | Beatles | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| A Horse With No Name | America | 1971 | Folk rock | ||
| A rainy day in Georgia | Tony Joe White | 1967 | R&B, Soul, easy listening | ||
| A whiter shade of pale | Procul Harum | 1967 | Classic, Pop rock | ||
| Across the universe | Beatles | John Lennon | 1968 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| Adagio ( in G minor) | Remo Giazotto adapted this about 1962. Most popular recent version by Lara Fabian | Tomaso Albinoni | based on Tomaso Albinoni (1708). | 1708 |
Ballad Pop classics |
| Africa Bamba | Santana | 1999 | Latin rock | ||
| Ain’t she sweet | Jack Yellen Milton Ager | 1927 | Easy listening | ||
| Al di la | Connie Francis 1962 | Composer Carlo Donida and lyricist Mogol English: Connie Francis |
1961 | Pop, easy listening | |
| All by myself | Eric Carmen – 1975 | Sergei Rachmaninof | Verse: Sergei Rachmaninoff. Second movement (Adagio sostenuto), Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18. Chorus: Eric Carmen, borrowed from his song "Let's Pretend" with the Raspberries in 1972. | 1900 | Ballad Pop classics |
| All I have to do is dream | Everly Brothers | 1970 | Pop rock | ||
| All My Loving | Beatles | Paul McCartney | 1963 | Pop rock | |
| All over the world | Francoise Hardy | Francoise Hardy | “Dans le monde entier” (1964) | 1966 | Pop, easy listening |
| Almaz | Randy Crawford | Almaz (means "diamond" in Amharic, Arabic) Written for Crawford's neighbours who were Eritrean refugees. | 1986 | Soul, easy listening | |
| And I love her | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1964 | Pop rock, easy listening | |
| And I love you so | Don McLean | 1970 | Folk rock | ||
| Angel of the morning | Juice Newton - 1981 | Composed: Chip Taylor | 1968 | Pop rock | |
| Angie | Rolling Stones | 1973 | Pop rock | ||
| Anna | Beatles: 1963 | Arthur Alexander | 1962 | Pop rock | |
| Any Time At All | Beatles | Lennon, McCartney | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| Aquarius | 5th Dimension - 1969 | Ronnie Dyson | Musical: Hair | 1968 | Musical, soul, pop |
| Aranjuez | Joaquin Rodrigo (1901 - 1999). Composed 1939 | 1939 | Classic | ||
| Arrividerci Roma | Composed by Renato Rascel; Lyrics by Pietro Garinei and Sandro Giovannini | 1955 | Italian pop, easy listening | ||
| As tears go by | Rolling Stones | 1965 | Pop rock | ||
| Autumn leaves | Johnny Mercer in 1947 | Music: Joseph Kosma; Lyrics: French poet Jacques Prévert; English lyrics: Johnny Mercer in 1947 | Les feuilles mortes | 1945 | Jazz, easy listening |
| Babys in Black | Beatles | Lennon, McCartney | 1964 | Pop rock, blues | |
| Back in the USSR | Beatles | McCartney | 1968 | Pop rock | |
| Bailamos | Enrique Iglesias | 1998 | Pop Latin | ||
| Bamboleo | Gipsy Kings |
Written by members Tonino Baliardo, Chico Bouchikhi (J. Bouchikhi) and Nicolas Reyes | Means "I swing" or "I sway" | 1987 | Pop Latin |
| Because | Beatles | Lennon | Inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata | 1969 | Art/Psychedelic rock |
| Before you accuse me | Eric Clapton (1989) | Bo Diddley | 1957 | Rock | |
| Begin the beguine | Cole Porter | Cole Porter | Beguine = style of music and dance (slow, close couples) | 1935 | Beguine, easy listening |
| Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! | Beatles | Lennon | 1967 | Pop rock | |
| Besame Mucho | Consuelo Velázquez - Mexican songwriter | Means Kiss me a lot. | 1940 | Latin, easy listening | |
| Black Magic Woman | Santana | 1970 | Latin rock | ||
| Black Velvet | Alannah Miles | Christopher Ward and David Tyson | 1989 | Rock | |
| Blackbird | Beatles | McCartney | 1968 | Folk rock | |
| Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins | 1955 | Rock | ||
| Blueberry hill | Fats Domino - 1956 | Music: Vincent Rose; Lyrics: Larry Stock and Al Lewis | 1940 | Rock | |
| Boat on the river | Styx | 1979 | Pop rock | ||
| Both sides now | Joni Mitchell | 1967 | Folk rock | ||
| Brazil | Music: Ary Barroso | “Aquarela do Brasil” | 1939 | Latin | |
| Breaking up is hard to do | Neil Sedaka | Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield | 1962 | Pop rock, easy listening | |
| Bridge over troubled water | Simon & Garfunkel | Paul Simon | Released 1969 | 1967 | Ballad |
| Broken wings | Mr Mister | Mr Mister and lyricist John Lang | 1984 | Pop rock | |
| By the time I get to Phoenix | Jim Webb | 1965 | Country, Folk rock, easy listening | ||
| Bye bye love | Everly Brothers - 1957 Simon & Garfunkel |
Written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant | 1957 | Rock | |
| C'est la vie | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Greg Lake Peter Sinfield | 1977 |
Pop rock | |
| C'est magnifique | Cole Porter | 1953 | Pop | ||
| California dreamin | Mamas and Papas - 1965 | Written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips | 1963 | Folk rock | |
| Cambalache | Enrique Santos Discépolo | Cambalache means bazaar or junkshop | 1934 | Latin | |
| Cant Buy Me Love | Beatles | McCartney | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| Canto Della Terra | Performed by Andrea Bocelli 1999 | Composer: Francesco Sartori Lyricist: Lucio Quarantotto | 1999 | Pop classic | |
| Careless whisper | George Michael | Written by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in 1981 – released 1984 | 1981 | Pop ballad | |
| Carry That Weight | Beatles | McCartney | 1969 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| Caruso | Lucio Dalla | 1986 | Pop classic | ||
| Catch the wind | Donovan | 1965 | Folk blues | ||
| Charade | Mancini | Mercer & Mancini | 1963 | Pop | |
| Cherish | The Association | Written by Terry Kirkman | 1966 | Pop rock, easy listening | |
| Come and get it | Beatles | McCartney | 1969 | Pop rock | |
| Come Prima | Music: Vincenzo Di Paola and Sandro Taccani; Lyrics: Mario Panzeri | Means 'As Before' | 1957 | Italian pop | |
| Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill | Beatles | Lennon | 1968 | Folk rock | |
| Copacabana | Barry Manilow | Written by Manilow, Jack Feldman, and Bruce Sussman | 1978 | Latin | |
| Corazon Espinada | Santana | 1999 | Latin rock | ||
| Crazy | Seal | Seal and Guy Sigsworth | 1991 | Pop | |
| Crimson and clover | Tommy James and the Shondells | Tommy James and Peter Lucia | 1968 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| Cry Baby Cry | Beatles | John Lennon | 1968 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| Cuando calienta el sol | Rafael Gaston Perez (Nicaragua) | Means: Love Me with All Your Heart | 1961 | Latin | |
| Dance me to the end of love | Leonard Cohen | 1984 | Folk | ||
| Danza Kuduro | Don Omar | 2010 | Pop Latin | ||
| Day Tripper | Beatles | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| Dear Prudence | Beatles | John Lennon | 1968 | Folk rock | |
| Despacito | Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee | 2016 | Pop Latin | ||
| Diamond girl | Seals and Crofts | 1973 | Pop rock | ||
| Dizzy | Tommy Roe | Tommy Roe and Freddy Weller | 1969 | Pop rock | |
| Dizzy, Miss Lizzy | Larry Williams | 1958 | Pop rock | ||
| Do you know - theme from Mahogany | Movie: Mahogany | Michael Masser and Gerald Goffin | 1973 | Pop | |
| Don't let be me misunderstood | Nina Simone – 1964 Animals - 1965 |
Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus – for Nina Simone | 1964 | Latin | |
| Don't Let Me Down | Beatles | Lennon | 1969 | Pop rock and blues | |
| Dream a little dream of me | Mamas and Papas – 1968 | Music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt Lyrics by Gus Kahn |
1931 | Jazz | |
| Drive My Car | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| Eight Days a Week | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| El condor pasa | Simon and Garfunkel - 1970 | Traditional Andean music (folk music from Peru). This is the second national anthem of Peru. 4000 versions of the melody have been produced, along with 300 sets of lyrics | 1913 | Traditional, folk | |
| Eleanor Rigby | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1966 | Pop rock | |
| Eloise | Barry Ryan | Paul Ryan | 1968 | Ballad | |
| Englishman in New York | Sting | 1987 | Pop, Adult contemporary | ||
| Et pourtant | Charles Aznavour | Charles Aznavour | 1963 | French | |
| Every Little Thing | Beatles | McCartney | 1964 | Pop | |
| Evil ways | Santana - 1969 | Written by Clarence "Sonny" Henry | 1967 | Latin rock | |
| Fascination | Music: Fermo Dante Marchetti (1904) Lyrics: Maurice de Féraudy (1905) – FrenchValse Tzigane; English lyrics: Dick Manning | 1904 | Pop, easy listening | ||
| Feelings | Morris Albert 1974 | Composer Louis “Loulou” Gasté Lyrics Brazilian singer Morris Albert ? |
1957 | Pop, Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| Fields of gold | Sting | 1993 | Pop, Adult contemporary, easy listening | ||
| First time I ever saw your face | Roberta Flack in 1972 | Ewan MacColl - 1957 | 1957 | Pop, easy listening | |
| Fixing a Hole | Beatles | McCartney | 1967 | Pop rock | |
| Fly me to the moon | Bart Howard | Originally titled "In Other Words" | 1954 | Jazz | |
| Fool If you think its over | Chris Rea | 1978 | Pop rock | ||
| Fool on the Hill | Beatles | McCartney | 1967 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| Forever Autumn | Justin Hayward (Moody Blues) - 1976 | Written by Jeff Wayne, Gary Osborne and Paul Vigrass | - jingle for a Lego commercial | 1969 | Art/Psychedelic rock |
| Fragile | Sting | 1987 | Pop, Adult contemporary, easy listening | ||
| From Me to You | Beatles | Lennon-McCartney | 1963 | Pop rock | |
| Funiculì funiculà | Music: Luigi Denza; Lyrics: Peppino Turco | Written for the opening of the first funicular cable car on Mount Vesuvius | 1880 | Italian | |
| Georgia on my mind | Ray Charles - 1960 | Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell | 1930 | R&B, Soul | |
| Get back | Beatles | McCartney | 1969 | Pop rock | |
| Girl | Beatles | Lennon | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| Girl from Ipanema | Music: Antônio Carlos Jobim; Portuguese lyrics: Vinicius de Moraes; English lyrics: Norman Gimbel | Brazilian bossa nova jazz. Second most recorded pop song in history, after "Yesterday" by The Beatles. | 1962 | Latin, bossa nova jazz | |
| Go your own way | Fleetwood Mac | Composed by Lindsey Buckingham | 1976 | Pop rock | |
| Golden Slumbers | Beatles | McCartney | 1969 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| Good morning starshine | Musical Hair. Oliver made it a hit (1969) |
1967 | Musical, pop rock | ||
| Granada | Mexican composer Agustín Lara; English lyrics: Dorothy Dodd | 1932 | Latin | ||
| Greensleeves | Traditional | Traditional English folk song | 1580 | Traditional folk | |
| Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen | 1984 | Folk rock | ||
| Hanky Panky | Tommy James and the Shondells | Written by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, members of Tommy James and the Shondells | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| Happiness Is a Warm Gun | Beatles | 1968 | Folk rock | ||
| Happy together | Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon Turtles |
1967 | Pop rock | ||
| Hava Nagila | Means Let us rejoice. Melody is based on a
Hassidic Nigun. Modern adaptation written either by Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (1882–1938) or his student Moshe Nathanson |
1915 | Traditional folk | ||
| Have you every really loved a woman? | Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange | 1994 | Pop rock | ||
| He ain’t heavy, he's my brother | Hollies is most famous version | Bobby Scott and Bob Russell - around 1969 | 1969 | Pop rock | |
| Heat of the moment | Asia | John Wetton and Geoff Downes | 1982 | Pop rock | |
| Hello | Lionel Ritchie | 1984 | Pop rock | ||
| Hello Goodbye | Beatles | McCartney | 1967 | Pop rock | |
| Hello, I love you | Doors | Jim Morrison | 1968 | Pop rock | |
| Help | Beatles | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| Help me make it through the night | Kris Kristofferson | 1970 | Country folk, rock | ||
| Here Comes the Sun | Beatles | Harrison | 1969 | Pop rock | |
| Here there everywhere | Beatles | McCartney | 1966 | Pop rock | |
| Hey Jude | Beatles | McCartney | 1968 | Pop rock | |
| Hier encore | Charles Aznavour | 1964 | French | ||
| Historia de amor | Carlos Eleta Almarán (Panama) | 1956 | Latin, easy listening | ||
| Hold the line | Toto | David Paich | 1978 | Pop rock | |
| Hotel California | Eagles | Music: Don Felder | 1977 | Classic rock | |
| House of the Rising Sun | Animals - 1964 | Traditional folk song | 1905 | Traditional folk, rock | |
| How can you mend a broken heart | BeeGees | Barry and Robin Gibb | 1971 | Pop rock | |
| How deep is your love | BeeGees | Lyrics: Don Henley and Glenn Frey | 1977 | Pop rock, easy listening | |
| Hymne a l'amour - If you love me | Edith Piaf | Music: Marguerite Monnot Lyrics: Edith Piaf English lyrics: Geoffrey Parsons |
1949 | French | |
| I am a believer | The Monkees - 1966 | Neil Diamond | 1966 | Pop rock | |
| I Feel Fine | Beatles | Lennon | 1964 | Pop rock, blues | |
| I feel the earth move | Carole King | 1971 | Pop rock | ||
| I know him so well | Chess | Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus | Musical Chess | 1984 | Musical |
| I ll Follow the Sun | Beatles | McCartney | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| I Me Mine | Harrison | 1970 | Art/Psychedelic rock | ||
| I only have eyes for you | Ben Selvin (in 1934) The Flamingos (in 1959) The Lettermen (in 1966) Art Garfunkel (in 1975) |
Music: Harry Warren; Lyrics: Al Dubin 1934 | 1934 | Classic rock | |
| I Saw Her Standing There | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1963 | Pop rock | |
| I Should Have Known Better | Beatles | Lennon | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| I started a joke | BeeGees | 1968 | Pop rock | ||
| I want a little sugar in my bowl | Bessie Smith | Bessie Smith | Based on a Bessie Smith song (1933) with different words by Nina Simone | 1933 | Jazz, easy listening |
| I Want to Hold Your Hand | Beatles | Lennon-McCartney | 1963 | Pop rock | |
| I want to know what love is | Foreigner | 1984 | Pop rock | ||
| I Want You | Beatles | Lennon | 1969 | Pop rock | |
| I want you to love me | Cheap Trick | 1977 | Pop rock | ||
| I Will | Beatles | McCartney | 1968 | Folk rock | |
| I wish it would rain down | Phil Collins | 1989 | Pop rock | ||
| I, who have nothing | English release: Ben E. King in 1963 | Music: Carlo Donida Lyrics: Giulio "Mogol" Rapetti English lyrics: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | Italian Uno Dei Tanti (English: One of Many) | 1961 | Pop |
| I'll Be Back | Beatles | Lennon | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| I'll be seeing you | Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Irving Kahal – 1938 | 1896 | Jazz, easy listening | ||
| I'm a Loser | Beatles | Lennon | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| I'm so tired | Beatles | 1968 | Pop rock, blues | ||
| I've Got a Feeling | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1969 | Pop rock | |
| I've got you under my skin | Cole Porter | 1936 | Jazz, easy listening | ||
| If we only have love - Quand on n'a que l'amour |
Jacques Brell | 1957 | French | ||
| If you could read my mind | Gordon Lightfoot | 1970 | Folk rock | ||
| If you don't know me by now | Simply Red - 1989 | Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff | 1972 | Pop rock, blues | |
| If you go away - Ne me quitte pas | Rod McKuen | Jacques Brell; English lyrics: Rod McKuen | 1959 | French | |
| If You Leave Me Now | Chicago | Peter Cetera | 1976 | Pop rock | |
| If you love me - L'Hymne a l'amour | Edith Piaf | Music: Marguerite Monnot; Lyrics: Edith Piaf; English lyrics: Geoffrey Parsons | 1949 | French, Adult contemporary | |
| Il Mondo - My world | Carlo Pes, Lilli Greco, Gianni Meccia and Jimmy Fontana. English by Robert Mellin | 1965 | Italian pop, easy listening | ||
| Imagine | John Lennon | 1971 | Pop rock | ||
| Impossible dream - The Quest | Composer: Mitch Leigh Lyrics: Joe Darion | Musical Man of La Mancha. Sung by Don Quixote as he stands vigil over his armor. | 1965 | Musical | |
| In My Life | Lennon McCartney | Lennon McCartney | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| In the air tonight | Phil Collins | 1981 | Pop rock | ||
| Incomplete | Backstreet Boys | Dan Muckala, Lindy Robbins, and Jess Cates | 2005 | Pop rock | |
| Isabel | Il Divo - 2005 | Gabriel Fauré | "Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50" -- 1887 | 2005 | Pop classic |
| Isabel | Il Divo - 2005 | Gabriel Fauré | "Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50" | 1887 | Pop classic |
| Islands in the stream | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton | Written by the Bee Gees | 1983 | Pop rock | |
| It Won't Be Long | Beatles | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1963 | Pop rock | |
| Its a man's world | James Brown | James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome | 1966 | Pop rock | |
| Its impossible - Somos Novios | Armando Manzanero | Mexican songwriter | 1968 | Latin, easy listening | |
| J'envoie Valser - I send a waltz | Zazie | Composed by Phil Baron | 1995 | French | |
| Je reviendrai de loin | Charles Aznavour | 1966 | French | ||
| Je t'attends | Charles Aznavour | Charles Aznavour | 1963 | French | |
| Jealousy | Kitty Wells | 1958 | Jazz, easy listening | ||
| Julia | Beatles | John Lennon | 1968 | Folk rock | |
| Just because | Anita Baker | 1989 | Adult contemporary | ||
| Just the way you are | Billy Joel | 1977 | Pop rock | ||
| Kalinka | Ivan Larionov | Kalinka is the snowball tree (Viburnum opulus) | 1860 | Russian | |
| Killing me softly with his song | Sung: Lori Lieberman - 1971 Roberta Flack - 1973 | Music: Charles Fox Lyrics Norman Gimbel | 1971 | Pop | |
| Knockin on heaven's door | Bob Dylan | 1973 | Pop rock | ||
| L'amour ce'st comme un jour | Charles Aznavour | Charles Aznavour; Lyrics: Yves Stéphane | 1962 | French | |
| La Bamba | Ritchie Valens adapted it in 1958 | Mexican folk song. | Ritchie Valens adapted it in 1958 | 1939 | Latin |
| La Belle Dame Sans Regret | Sting and Dominic Miller | Lyrics: Will Jennings | 1996 | Jazz, Adult contemporary | |
| La boheme | Jacques Plante and Charles Aznavour | 1965 | French, Adult contemporary | ||
| La paloma | Sebastián Iradier (Basque) | 1850s | Latin | ||
| Lady | Kenny Rogers | Written by Lionel Richie | 1980 | Adult contemporary | |
| Lady D'Arbanville | Cat Stevens | 1970 | Folk rock | ||
| Lady Madonna | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1968 | Pop rock | |
| Lalena | Donovan | Donovan | 1968 | Folk rock | |
| Land Of 1000 Dances | Chris Kenner | 1962 | Pop rock | ||
| Layla | Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon | 1970 | Rock | |
| Leaving on a jetplane | John Denver | 1966 | Folk rock | ||
| Lemon tree | Fool's Garden | 1995 | Pop rock | ||
| Lemon tree | Brazilian folk song | Brazilian folk song - arranged in 1937 by José Carlos Burle in more modern style; English: Late 1950s | 1937 | Traditional, Folk | |
| Les Bicyclettes De Belsize | Engelbert Humperdinck | Les Reed and Barry Mason | 1968 | Adult contemporary | |
| Les feuilles mortes - Autumn leaves | Composer Joseph Kosma Lyrics: Jacques Prévert |
1945 | Jazz, Adult contemporary, easy listening | ||
| Let It Be | Beatles | McCartney | 1970 | Pop rock | |
| Let it be me (Je t'appartiens) | Everly Brothers 1960 | Gilbert Bécaud English version: Everly Brothers |
1955 | Slow rock | |
| Light my fire | Doors | 1966 | Rock | ||
| Listen to the pouring rain | Jose Feliciano | 1969 | Folk rock | ||
| Live is life | Opus | 1984 | Pop rock | ||
| Long and Winding Road | Beatles | McCartney | 1969 | Adult contemporary | |
| Love is all around | Troggs – 1967 Wet Wet Wet 1994 |
Composer: Reg Presley | 1967 | Pop rock | |
| Love letters in the sand | Music: J. Fred Coots; Lyrics: Nick Kenny and Charles Kenny | Inspired by an 1881 composition, "The Spanish Cavalier" by William D. Hendrickson. | 1931 | Pop rock | |
| Love story. Where Do I Begin? | Andy Williams | Music: Francis Lai Original lyrics: Carl Sigman; New lyrics: Andy Williams | Instrumental theme for the 1970 film Love Story | 1970 | Ballad, Adult contemporary |
| Lovely Rita | Beatles | McCartney | 1967 | Pop rock | |
| Lovin you | Minnie Riperton | Minnie Riperton and Richard Rudolph | 1974 | Soul | |
| Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | Beatles | Lennon | 1967 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| MacArthur's Park | Jim Webb | 1968 | Ballad, Pop rock | ||
| Man of La Mancha - L'Homme de la Mancha | Jacques Brel | 1968 | Musical, French | ||
| Maria | Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim | West Side Story | 1956 | Musical | |
| Mas que nada | Sérgio Mendes 1966 | Jorge Ben Jor | 1963 | Latin pop | |
| Mean Mr. Mustard | Beatles |
Lennon | 1969 | Pop rock | |
| Michelle | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| Midnight in Moscow (???????????? ?????? - Podmoskovnie vechera) | Music: Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi; Lyrics: Mikhail Matusovsky | 1955 | Russian, jazz | ||
| Miss you nights | Cliff Richards - 1975 | Dave Townsend | 1974 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| Monday Monday | Mamas and Papas | John Phillips | 1966 | Pop rock | |
| Moon over bourbon street | Sting | 1984 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | ||
| Moon River | Music: Henry Mancini; Lyrics: Johnny Mercer | 1961 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | ||
| Moonlight serenade | Music: Glenn Miller; Lyrics: Mitchell Parish | 1938 | Jazz, easy listening | ||
| Music | John Miles | Produced by Alan Parsons | 1976 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| Music to watch girls by | The Bob Crewe Generation | Tony Velona and Sidney "Sid" Ramin | 1966 | Latin jazz | |
| My baby just cares for my | Nina Simone 1958 | Music: Walter Donaldson; Lyrics: Gus Kahn | 1930 | Blues, jazz | |
| My heart will go on | Made popular by Celine Dion | Music: James Horner | 1997 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| My Lady D'Arbanville | Cat Stevens | 1970 | Folk rock | ||
| My Way | Paul Anka; Frank Sinatra | Co-composed and co-written by Claude Francois and Jacques Revaux. 1967 Comme d'habitude (As usual) Original lyrics: Claude Francois and Gilles Thibaut English lyrics (not related to French): Paul Anka | 1967 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| My world - Il Mondo | Carlo Pes, Lilli Greco, Gianni Meccia and Jimmy Fontana. | 1965 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | ||
| Needles and pins | The Searchers | Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono | 1963 | Pop rock | |
| Neh nah nah nah | Belgian band Vaya Con Dios | 1990 | Pop rock | ||
| Nessum dorma | Giacomo Puccini | Aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot | 1926 | Classic | |
| Never my love | Association | Donald and Richard Addrisi | Second most-played song on radio and television of the 20th century | 1967 | Pop rock, adult contemporary, easy listening |
| New York mining disaster 1941 | Bee Gees | Barry and Robin Gibb | 1967 | Pop rock, folk rock | |
| Night Before | Beatles | English by Robert Mellin | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| Nights in white satin | Moody Blues | Written and composed by Justin Hayward | 1967 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| Non dimenticar (Do Not Forget) | Best-known recording: Nat King Cole 1958 | Music: Gino Redi Lyrics: Michele Galdieri English lyrics: Shelley Dobbin |
1951 | Italian | |
| Non je ne regrette rien | Édith Piaf's 1960 | Music: Charles Dumont; Lyrics: Michel Vaucaire | 1956 | French | |
| Norwegian Wood | Beatles | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| Nowhere Man | Beatles | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | Beatles | McCartney | 1968 | Pop rock | |
| Octopus's Garden | Beatles |
Starkey | 1969 | Pop rock | |
| Oh! Darling | Beatles | McCartney | 1969 | Pop rock, blues | |
| One Day I'll Fly Away | Randy Crawford | Written by Joe Sample and Will Jenning | 1980 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| Ordinary World | Duran Duran | 1993 | Pop rock | ||
| Paperback Writer | Beatles | McCartney | 1966 | Pop rock | |
| Penny Lane | Beatles | McCartney | 1966 | Pop rock | |
| Personality | Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers | Harold Logan and Lloyd Price | 1959 | Pop rock | |
| Piano Man | Billy Joel | 1973 | Pop rock, Adult contemporary, easy listening | ||
| Piggies | Beatles | Harrison | 1968 | Folk rock | |
| Polythene Pam | Beatles | 1969 | Pop rock | ||
| Power of love | Jennifer Rush Celine Dion 1993 |
Jennifer Rush et al - 1984 | 1984 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| Puff the magic dragon | Peter, Paul and Mary 1963 | Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow | 1959 | Folk rock | |
| Put your head on my shoulder | Paul Anka | 1958 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, slow rock | ||
| Que Sera Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) | Doris Day | Jay Livingston and Ray Evans | Doris Day sang it in Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much | 1956 | Adult contemporary |
| Quiet nights (Corcovado) | Andy Williams 1965 | Antônio Carlos Jobim English lyrics: Andy Williams |
Bossa nova | 1960 | Latin |
| Radar love | Golden Earring | Dutch band | ?1973 | Hard rock | |
| Riders on the storm | Doors | 1970 | Rock | ||
| Roadhouse Blues | Doors | 1969 | Rock and blues | ||
| Rock around the clock | Bill Haley and The Comets - 1954 | Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers | 1952 | Rock | |
| Rocky Raccoon | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1968 | Folk rock | |
| Ruby Tuesday | Rolling Stones | 1967 | Pop rock | ||
| Samba Pi Ti | Santana | 1970 | Latin rock | ||
| San Fransisco | Scott McKenzie | Written by John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papa | 1967 | Folk rock | |
| Santa Lucia | Traditional | Traditional Neapolitan song, translated by Teodoro Cottrau | 1849 | Traditional Italian, pop classic, barcarolla | |
| Save the last dance for me | The Drifters | Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman | 1960 | Easy listening | |
| Saving all my love for you | Whitney Houston - 1985 | Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin – 1978 | 1978 | Easy listening | |
| Scarborough Fair | Simon & Garfunkel 1965 | Traditional | Traditional English ballad | 1670 | Traditional, folk |
| Sealed with a kiss | Gary Lewis and the Playboys - 1968 | Peter Udell and Gary Geld | 1960 | Pop rock | |
| Seasons in the sun - Le Moribond | Rod McKuen 1974 | Jacques Brel English lyrics: Rod McKuen 1974 |
1961 | Pop rock | |
| Serenade | Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics: Dorothy Donnelly | Musical: Student Prince. Based on Wilhelm Meyer-Forster's play Old Heidelberg. | 1924 | Pop classic | |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Beatles | McCartney | 1967 | Pop rock | |
| Shadow of your smile | Music: Johnny Mandel; Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster | 1965 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | ||
| Shape of my heart | Sting | Sting - co-written by guitarist Dominic Miller | 1993 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, pop rock | |
| She | Charles Aznavour | Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer Written as a theme tune for the British TV series Seven Faces of Woman | 1974 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| She Came in Through the Bathroom Window | Beatles | McCartney | 1969 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| She Loves You | Beatles | Lennon-McCartney | 1963 | Pop rock | |
| She wrote me a letter | Wayne Carson | 1967 | Pop rock | ||
| She's Leaving Home | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1967 | Pop rock | |
| She's not there | The Zombies | Rod Argent | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| Side by side | Harry M. Woods | 1927 | Pop | ||
| Silence is golden | Four Seasons | Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| Smile | Nat King Cole 1954 | Charlie Chaplin | 1936 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, jazz | |
| Smoke gets in your eyes | Music: Jerome Kern; Lyrics: Otto Harbach | 1933 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, jazz | ||
| Smooth | Santana | Rob Thomas and Itaal Shur | 1999 | Latin rock | |
| Solitaire | Neil Sedaka | Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody | 1972 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, jazz | |
| Some Enchanted Evening | Rodgers and Hammerstein | 1949 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, jazz | ||
| Something | Beatles | Harrison | 1969 | Pop rock | |
| Somewhere there's a place for us | Barbara Streisand – 1985 | West Side Story - 1957Music: Leonard BernsteinLyrics: Stephen Sondheim | West Side Story – 1957 | 1957 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, jazz |
| Somos Novios - Its Impossible - Spanish | Armando Manzanero | Mexican songwriter | 1968 | Latin | |
| Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word | Elton John | Elton John and Bernie Taupin | 1976 | Pop rock | |
| Sounds of silence | Simon & Garfunkel | 1963 |
Folk rock | ||
| Stand by me | Ben E. King | Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller | 1960 | Pop rock | |
| Still got the blues | Gary Moore - 1990 | Jud's Gallery – 1974 | 1974 | Pop rock, blues | |
| Stormy weather | Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler | 1933 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, jazz | ||
| Strangers in the night | Frank Sinatra | Music: Bert Kaempfert or Avo Uvezian (Armenian-American) English lyrics: Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder | 1966 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| Strawberry Fields Forever | Beatles | Lennon | 1966 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| Summer breeze | Seals and Crofts | 1972 | Pop rock | ||
| Summer place | Percy Faith and his orchestra – 1960 | Music: Max Steiner Lyrics: Mack Discant | Best-known cover version of the theme is an instrumental version by Percy Faith and his orchestra - 1960 | 1959 | Adult contemporary, easy listening |
| Summer wine | Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood in 1967 | Lee Hazlewood | 1966 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| Summertime | Music: George Gershwin; Lyrics: DuBose Heyward | Musical: Porgy and Bess | 1935 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, jazz | |
| Sunny | Bobby Hebb |
Bobby Hebb | One of the most performed and recorded popular songs 25/100 in BMI’s Top 100 songs of the century | 1966 | Pop rock |
| Sunshine day | The Brady Bunch Kids | Steve McCarthy | Performed by The Brady Bunch Kids | 1973 | Pop rock |
| Sway - Quién será | Luis Demetrio - Mexican composer | Bolero-mambo | 1953 | Latin | |
| Take my breath away | Berlin | Written by Italian DJ Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock | for the film Top Gun | 1986 | Pop rock |
| That was yesterday | Foreigner | Lou Gramm and Mick Jones | 1984 | Pop rock | |
| The angels cry | Mariah Carey | 2009 | Pop rock | ||
| The boxer | Simon & Garfunkel | Paul Simon | 1968 | Folk rock | |
| The first time I ever saw your face | Roberta Flack in 1972 | Ewan MacColl - 1957 | 1957 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| The more I see you | Chris Montez - 1966 | Music: Harry Warren; Lyrics: Mack Gordon | Most well-known recording: Chris Monte 1966 | 1945 | Adult contemporary, easy listening |
| The power of love | Celine Dion | Jennifer Rush – 1984 | 1993 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| The shadow of your smile | Music: Johnny Mandel; Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster | 1965 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | ||
| The sound of your name | Charles Aznavour | 1990 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | ||
| The Way We Were | Barbra Streisand | Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch | 1973 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| The windmills of your mind | Michel Legrand English lyrics: Alan and Marilyn Bergman | Les Moulins de mon cœur | 1968 | French, Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| Theme from Mahogany - Do you know | Diana Ross - 1975 | Michael Masser and Gerald Goffin | 1973 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| There's a place for us | Many artists recorded this, including Barbara Streisand | David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey, Carrie Underwood | for the The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. | 2010 | Adult contemporary, easy listening |
| These boots are made for walking | Nancy Sinatra | Lee Hazlewood | 1966 | Pop rock | |
| They did not believe me | Frank Sinatra 1998 | Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Herbert Reynolds |
1914 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| This guy's in love | Herb Alpert - 1968 | Burt Bacharach and Hal David | 1968 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, jazz | |
| Those were the days | Mary Hopkins (1968) - produced by Paul McCartney | Boris Fomin (1900–1948) Lyrics: Konstantin Podrevsky; English lyrics: Gene Raskin | "??????? ???????", literally "By the long road" – 1924. Earliest recordings (in Russian): 1925 | 1924 | Russian, pop rock |
| Ticket to Ride | Beatles | Lennon | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| Till There Was You | Beatles - 1963 | Meredith Willson - for his musical play The Music Man | Musical play: The Music Man | 1957 | Pop rock |
| Time | Alan Parsons | from The Turn of a Friendly Card | 1980 | Art/Psychedelic rock | |
| Time after time | Cyndi Lauper | Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman | 1983 | Pop rock | |
| Time of the season | The Zombies | Rod Argent | 1967 | Pop rock | |
| To love somebody | BeeGees | Barry and Robin Gibb | 1967 | Pop rock | |
| Tonight | Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim | West Side Story | 1956 | Musical | |
| Torna A Surriento - Come Back to Sorrento | Music: Ernesto De CurtisLyrics: Giambattista De Curtis; English lyrics: Claude Aveling | 1902 | Italian | ||
| Touch me | Doors | Robby Krieger | 1968 | Pop rock | |
| Trains and boats and Planes | Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics: Hal David | 1965 | Pop rock | ||
| Tuesday afternoon - Forever Afternoon | Moody Blues | 1968 | Art/Psychedelic rock | ||
| Turn of a friendly card | Alan Parsons | 1980 | Art/Psychedelic rock | ||
| Turn, turn, turn | Pete Seeger | 1959 | Pop rock | ||
| Un parfum de fin du monde | Gaston Leroux - wrote novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910). 1908 - Le parfum de la dame en noir (English translation: The Perfume of the Lady in Black. Les ténébreuses: La fin d'un monde & du sang sur la Néva (1924) | French | |||
| Un-break my heart | Toni Braxton | Diane Warren | 1996 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| Unchained melody | Righteous Brothers - 1965 | Music: Alex North Lyrics: Hy Zaret |
1955 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, slow rock | |
| Under the boardwalk | The Drifters | Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick | 1964 | Pop rock | |
| Unforgettable | Nat King Cole | Irving Gordon Nat King Cole |
1951 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, jazz | |
| Up, up and away | 5th Dimension | Jimmy Webb | 1967 | Pop rock | |
| Valleri | Monkees | Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart | 1968 | Pop rock | |
| Venus | Shocking Blue - 1970 | Robbie van Leeuwen | 1969 | Pop rock | |
| Vincent -- Starry Starry Night | Don McLean | 1971 | Folk rock | ||
| Volare | Gipsy Kings | Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno | 1958 | Italian | |
| Waiting for a girl like you | Foreigner | Lou Gramm and Mick Jones | 1981 | Pop rock | |
| We Can Work It Out | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| Whatever it takes | Imagine Dragons | 2017 | Pop rock | ||
| When a man loves a woman | Percy Sledge | Calvin Lewis and Andrew Wright | 1966 | Pop rock, blues | |
| When I need you | Leo Sayer | Albert Hammond and Carole Bayer Sager | 1976 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| When I'm Sixty Four | Beatles | 1966 | Pop rock | ||
| Where do you go to my lovely | Peter Sarsted | 1969 | Folk rock | ||
| While my guitar gently weeps | Beatles | George Harrison | 1968 | Pop rock | |
| Whiter shade of pale | Procul Harum 1967 | J.S.Bach | J.S.Bach’s Air from his Orchestral Suite No. 3 BWV1068, (the “Air on the G string”) | 1731 | Classic, Pop rock |
| Wicked game | Chris Isaak | 1989 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | ||
| Windmills of your mind - Les Moulins de mon cœur | Michel Legrand | 1968 | Adult contemporary, easy listening, French | ||
| Window of my eyes | Cuby + Blizzards | Eelco Gelling , Harry Muskee , Herman Brood | Dutch group | 1968 | Pop rock |
| With a little help from my friends | Beatles | Lennon McCartney | 1967 | Pop rock | |
| Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton | 1977 | Pop rock | ||
| Woodstock | Joni Mitchell | 1970 | Pop rock | ||
| Words | BeeGees | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | 1968 | Pop rock | |
| Yellow Submarine | Beatles | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1966 | Pop rock | |
| Yer blues | Beatles | Lennon | 1968 | Pop rock, blues | |
| Yesterday | Beatles | McCartney | 1965 | Pop rock | |
| Yesterday when I was young | Charles Aznavour | Music: Charles Aznavour English lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer | Hier Encore (Only Yesterday) | 1964 | French, Adult contemporary, easy listening |
| You are my special angel | Jimmy Duncan | 1957 | Slow rock | ||
| You light up my life | Debby Boone - 1977 | Written by Joseph "Joe" Brooks | 1977 | Adult contemporary, easy listening | |
| You never give me your money | Beatles | McCartney | 1969 | Pop | |
| You send me | Sam Cooke | 1957 | Soul | ||
| You're Going to Lose That Girl | Beatles | Lennon | 1965 | Pop | |
| You've got a friend | Carole King James Taylor - 1971 |
1971 | Folk rock | ||
| You've Got To Hide Your Love Away | Beatles | Lennon | 1965 | Pop | |
| You've Really Got a Hold on Me | Smokey Robinson | 1962 | Pop rock |