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