| Title |
Artist |
Record label |
Year of release |
Genre |
Format |
Year inducted |
| Jackson Browne |
Jackson Browne |
Asylum |
1972 |
Rock |
Album |
2019 |
| Jaco Pastorius |
Jaco Pastorius |
Epic |
1976 |
Jazz Fusion |
Album |
2019 |
| "Jailhouse Rock" |
Elvis Presley |
RCA |
1957 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
2017 |
| "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" |
Hank Williams |
MGM |
1952 |
Country |
Single |
2002 |
| "James Bond Theme" |
John Barry & his Orchestra |
United Artists |
1962 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
2008 |
| Jazz at Massey Hall |
"The Quintet", including: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Charles Mingus |
Debut |
1953 |
Jazz |
Album |
1995 |
| Jazz Samba |
Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd |
Verve |
1962 |
Jazz |
Album |
2010 |
| J. D. Crowe & The New South |
J. D. Crowe and The New South |
Rounder |
1975 |
Bluegrass |
Album |
2025 |
| Jelly Roll Morton: The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord (Library of Congress Recordings) |
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton |
Circle Sound |
1949-50 |
Jazz |
Album |
1980 |
| "Jesus Gave Me Water"[2] |
The Soul Stirrers |
Specialty Records |
1951 |
Gospel |
Single |
2026 |
| "Jitterbug Waltz" |
Fats Waller & his Rhythm Band |
Bluebird |
1942 |
Jazz |
Single |
2015 |
| Joan Baez |
Joan Baez |
Vanguard |
1960 |
Folk |
Album |
2011 |
| John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman |
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman |
Impulse |
1963 |
Jazz |
Album |
2013 |
| John Prine |
John Prine |
Atlantic |
1971 |
Folk |
Album |
2015 |
| "Johnny B. Goode" |
Chuck Berry |
Chess |
1958 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
1999 |
| Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison |
Johnny Cash |
Columbia |
1968 |
Country |
Album |
2018 |
| Johnny Cash at San Quentin |
Johnny Cash |
Columbia |
1969 |
Country |
Album |
2004 |
| "Jolene" |
Dolly Parton |
RCA Nashville |
1973 |
Country pop |
Single |
2014 |
| The Joshua Tree |
U2 |
Island |
1987 |
Rock |
Album |
2014 |
| Journey In Satchidananda[2] |
Alice Coltrane |
Impulse! |
1971 |
Spiritual jazz |
Album |
2026 |
| Judy at Carnegie Hall |
Judy Garland |
Capitol |
1961 |
Vocal jazz |
Album |
1998 |
| "Juke" |
Little Walter & his Night Cats |
Checker |
1952 |
Chicago Blues |
Single |
2008 |
| "Just Because" |
Frankie Yankovic |
Columbia |
1948 |
Polka |
Single |
1999 |
| "Just the Way You Are" |
Billy Joel |
Columbia |
1977 |
Soft rock |
Single |
2004 |
| "Just You, Just Me" |
Lester Young & his Quartet |
Keynote |
1943 |
Jazz |
Single |
1999 |
| "Kansas City" |
Wilbert Harrison |
Fury |
1959 |
R&B |
Single |
2001 |
| "Kansas City Stomps" |
Jelly Roll Morton |
Victor |
1928 |
Jazz |
Single |
2010 |
| "Kassie Jones" |
Furry Lewis |
Victor |
1928 |
Blues |
Single |
2012 |
| "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy" |
Uncle Dave Macon |
Vocalion |
1924 |
Country |
Single |
2007 |
| "Keep on the Sunny Side" |
The Carter Family |
Victor |
1928 |
Southern Gospel |
Single |
2006 |
| "Key to the Highway" |
Big Bill Broonzy |
Okeh |
1941 |
Blues |
Single |
2012 |
| Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major |
William Kapell with Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky |
RCA |
1943 |
Classical |
Album |
1999 |
| "Killing Me Softly with His Song" |
Roberta Flack |
Atlantic |
1973 |
Soul |
Single |
1999 |
| Kind of Blue |
Miles Davis |
Columbia |
1959 |
Jazz |
Album |
1992 |
| The King and I Original Broadway Cast Recording |
Cast: Yul Brynner, Gertrude Lawrence, Dorothy Sarnoff, Doretta Morrow, Larry Douglas, Sandy Kennedy, etc. |
Decca |
1951 |
Musical show |
Album |
2000 |
| "King of the Road" |
Roger Miller |
Smash |
1965 |
Country |
Single |
1999 |
| "King Porter Stomp" |
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra |
Victor |
1935 |
Jazz |
Single |
2008 |
| "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" |
Charley Pride |
RCA Victor |
1971 |
Country |
Single |
2024 |
| Kiss Me, Kate Original Broadway Cast Recording |
Cast: Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang, Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, etc. |
Columbia |
1948 |
Musical show |
Album |
1998 |
| "Knock on Wood" |
Eddie Floyd |
Stax |
1966 |
Southern soul |
Single |
2025 |
| "Ko-Ko" |
Charlie Parker's Ri Bop Boys |
Savoy |
1945 |
Jazz |
Single |
2019 |
| "Ko-Ko" |
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra |
Victor |
1940 |
Jazz |
Single |
2011 |
| The Köln Concert |
Keith Jarrett |
ECM |
1975 |
Jazz |
Album |
2011 |
| Korngold: Violin Concerto |
Jascha Heifetz with Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Alfred Wallenstein |
RCA Victor |
1949 |
Classical |
Album |
2008 |
| Kristofferson |
Kris Kristofferson |
Monument |
1970 |
Country |
Album |
2014 |
| "La Bamba" |
El Jarocho |
Victor |
1939 |
Folk |
Single |
2019 |
| "La Bamba" |
Ritchie Valens |
Del-Fi |
1958 |
Rock & roll |
Single |
2000 |
| "La Vie en Rose" |
Édith Piaf |
Columbia |
1947 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
1998 |
| Lady in Satin |
Billie Holiday |
Columbia |
1958 |
Jazz |
Album |
2000 |
| "Lady Marmalade" |
Labelle |
Epic |
1974 |
Disco |
Single |
2003 |
| Lady Sings the Blues |
Billie Holiday |
Clef |
1956 |
Jazz |
Album |
2017 |
| "Last Date" |
Floyd Cramer |
RCA |
1960 |
Country |
Single |
2004 |
| "Last Kind Words Blues" |
Geeshie Wiley |
Paramount |
1930 |
Jazz |
Single |
2025 |
| "Layla" |
Derek and the Dominos |
Atco |
1971 |
Rock |
Single |
1998 |
| Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs |
Derek and the Dominos |
Atco |
1970 |
Blues rock |
Album |
2000 |
| "Lazy River" |
Louis Armstrong |
Okeh |
1931 |
Jazz |
Single |
2010 |
| "Le Freak" |
Chic |
Atlantic |
1978 |
Disco |
Single |
2015 |
| "Lean on Me" |
Bill Withers |
Sussex |
1972 |
Soul |
Single |
2007 |
| Led Zeppelin |
Led Zeppelin |
Atlantic |
1969 |
Rock |
Album |
2004 |
| Led Zeppelin IV |
Led Zeppelin |
Atlantic |
1971 |
Rock |
Album |
1999 |
| Leoncavallo: "Pagliacci Act I: Vesti la Giubba" |
Enrico Caruso |
Victrola |
1907 |
Classical |
Single |
1975 |
| "Lester Leaps In" |
Count Basie's Kansas City 7 Featuring Lester Young |
Vocalion |
1939 |
Jazz |
Single |
2005 |
| "Let It Be" |
The Beatles |
Apple |
1970 |
Gospel |
Single |
2004 |
| Let It Bleed |
The Rolling Stones |
London |
1969 |
Blues |
Album |
2005 |
| "Let the Good Times Roll" |
Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five |
Decca |
1946 |
Jump blues |
Single |
2009 |
| Let's Get It On |
Marvin Gaye |
Tamla |
1973 |
Soul |
Album |
2004 |
| "Let's Have a Party" |
Wanda Jackson |
Capitol |
1960 |
Rock & Roll |
Single |
2024 |
| "Let's Stay Together" |
Al Green |
Hi |
1971 |
R&B |
Single |
1999 |
| "The Letter" |
The Box Tops |
Mala |
1967 |
Rock |
Single |
2011 |
| Licensed to Ill |
Beastie Boys |
Def Jam |
1986 |
Hip hop |
Album |
2021 |
| "Light My Fire" |
The Doors |
Elektra |
1967 |
Rock |
Track |
1998 |
| "Like a Rolling Stone" |
Bob Dylan |
Columbia |
1965 |
Rock |
Single |
1998 |
| Liszt: Sonata in B minor |
Vladimir Horowitz |
RCA Victor |
1932 |
Classical |
Album |
2008 |
| "The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane" |
Fiddlin' John Carson |
Okeh |
1923 |
Country |
Single |
1998 |
| Live at the Apollo |
James Brown and The Famous Flames |
King |
1963 |
Soul |
Album |
1998 |
| Live at the Regal |
B. B. King |
ABC |
1965 |
Blues |
Album |
2006 |
| "The Loco-Motion" |
Little Eva |
Dimension |
1962 |
Pop |
Single |
2016 |
| London Calling |
The Clash |
CBS |
1979 |
Punk rock |
Double album |
2007 |
| "The Lonely Bull" |
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass |
A&M |
1962 |
Pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "Lonely Teardrops" |
Jackie Wilson |
Brunswick |
1958 |
R&B |
Single |
1999 |
| "Long Tall Sally" |
Little Richard |
Specialty |
1956 |
Rock & roll |
Single |
1999 |
| "The Look of Love" |
Dusty Springfield |
Colgems |
1967 |
Pop |
Single |
2008 |
| "Losing My Religion" |
R.E.M. |
Warner Bros. |
1991 |
Alternative rock |
Single |
2017 |
| Lost in the Stars Original Broadway Cast Album |
Cast: Todd Duncan, Frank Roane, Inez Matthews, Sheila Guyse, Herbert Coleman, etc. |
Decca |
1949 |
Musical show |
Album |
2013 |
| "Louie Louie" |
The Kingsmen |
Jerden |
1963 |
Garage rock |
Single |
1999 |
| Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy |
Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars |
Columbia |
1954 |
Jazz |
Album |
2010 |
| "Love Is Strange" |
Mickey and Sylvia |
Groove |
1956 |
R&B |
Single |
2004 |
| "Love Me or Leave Me" |
Ruth Etting |
Columbia |
1928 |
Pop |
Single |
2005 |
| A Love Supreme |
John Coltrane |
Impulse |
1965 |
Jazz |
Album |
1999 |
| "Love Theme from The Godfather" |
Orchestra conducted by Carlo Savina |
Paramount |
1972 |
Soundtrack |
Track |
2009 |
| "Love Train" |
The O'Jays |
Philadelphia International |
1973 |
Soul |
Single |
2006 |
| "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" |
Billie Holiday |
Decca |
1945 |
Jazz |
Single |
1989 |
| "Lovesick Blues" |
Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers |
Okeh |
1928 |
Country |
Single |
2007 |
| "Lovesick Blues" |
Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys |
MGM |
1949 |
Country |
Single |
2011 |
| The Low End Theory |
A Tribe Called Quest |
Jive |
1991 |
East Coast Hip-Hop |
Album |
2021 |
| "Low Rider" |
War |
United Artists |
1975 |
Funk |
Single |
2014 |
| "Lucille" |
Little Richard |
Specialty |
1957 |
Rock & roll |
Single |
2002 |
| "Lullaby of Broadway" |
Dick Powell |
Brunswick |
1935 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
2005 |
| Lush Life |
John Coltrane |
Prestige |
1961 |
Jazz |
Album |
2016 |
| "Lush Life" |
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman |
Impulse |
1963 |
Jazz |
Single |
2000 |
| "Mack the Knife" |
Louis Armstrong & the All-Stars |
Columbia |
1955 |
Jazz |
Single |
1997 |
| "Mack the Knife" |
Bobby Darin |
Atco |
1959 |
Pop |
Single |
1999 |
| Mad Dogs & Englishmen |
Joe Cocker |
A&M |
1970 |
Rock |
Album |
2021 |
| "Maggie May" |
Rod Stewart |
Mercury |
1971 |
Rock |
Single |
2017 |
| Maggot Brain[2] |
Funkadelic |
Westbound |
1971 |
Funk rock |
Album |
2026 |
| Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde |
Kathleen Ferrier & Julius Patzak with Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter |
London |
1952 |
Classical |
Album |
1981 |
| Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D major |
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos |
Columbia Masterworks |
1940 |
Classical |
Album |
1999 |
| Mahler: Symphony No 2 in D major |
Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer |
EMI-Angel |
1963 |
Classical |
Album |
2008 |
| Mahler: Symphony No 8 in E flat major ("The Symphony of a Thousand") |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Solti (with Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Boys' Choir, & Wiener Singverein) |
London |
1971 |
Classical |
Album |
1998 |
| Mahler: The Complete Symphonies |
New York Philharmonic & London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein |
Columbia Masterworks |
1967 |
Classical |
Album |
2002 |
| Maiden Voyage |
Herbie Hancock |
Blue Note |
1965 |
Modal jazz |
Album |
1999 |
| "Make the World Go Away" |
Eddy Arnold |
RCA |
1965 |
Country |
Single |
1999 |
| "Mama Tried" |
Merle Haggard with The Strangers |
Capitol |
1968 |
Country |
Single |
1999 |
| Man of La Mancha |
Original Broadway Cast: Richard Kiley, Irving Jacobson, Joan Diener, Robert Rounseville, & Ray Middleton |
Kapp |
1965 |
Musical show |
Album |
2009 |
| Manhattan Tower |
Gordon Jenkins & his Orchestra |
Capitol |
1956 |
Traditional pop |
Album |
1998 |
| "Manteca" |
Dizzy Gillespie & his Orchestra |
Victor |
1947 |
Afro-Cuban Jazz |
Single |
1999 |
| "Many Rivers to Cross" |
Jimmy Cliff |
Trojan |
1969 |
Reggae |
Single |
2011 |
| "Margaritaville" |
Jimmy Buffett |
ABC |
1977 |
Pop |
Single |
2016 |
| "Marie" |
Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra (featuring vocals sung by Jack Leonard) |
Victor |
1937 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
1998 |
| "Mary Had a Little Lamb" |
Thomas Alva Edison |
N/A |
1878 |
Experimental |
Single |
2018 |
| Mary Poppins: Original Film Soundtrack |
Cast: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, etc. |
Walt Disney |
1964 |
Soundtrack |
Album |
2014 |
| "Match Box Blues" |
Blind Lemon Jefferson |
Okeh |
1927 |
Blues |
Single |
1999 |
| "Maybellene" |
Chuck Berry |
Chess |
1955 |
Rock & roll |
Single |
1988 |
| "Mbube" |
Solomon Linda and The Evening Birds |
Gallo |
1939 |
Vocal |
Single |
2007 |
| "Me and Bobby McGee" |
Janis Joplin |
Columbia |
1971 |
Rock |
Single |
2002 |
| "Me and Mrs. Jones" |
Billy Paul |
Philadelphia International |
1972 |
Soul |
Single |
2018 |
| Meet Me in St. Louis |
Judy Garland |
Decca |
1944 |
Vocal |
Album |
2005 |
| Meet the Beatles! |
The Beatles |
Capitol |
1964 |
Rock |
Album |
2001 |
| Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E-Minor, Op. 64 |
Fritz Kreisler with Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Leo Blech |
Victor |
1926 |
Classical |
Album |
1998 |
| "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" |
Marvin Gaye |
Tamla |
1971 |
Soul |
Single |
2002 |
| Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at "The Club" |
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet |
Capitol |
1967 |
Soul Jazz |
Album |
2021 |
| "The Message" |
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five |
Sugar Hill |
1982 |
Hip hop |
Single |
2012 |
| Mexicantos |
Los Panchos |
Coda Records |
1945 |
Mexican Music |
Album |
2012 |
| "Midnight Special" |
Lead Belly and Golden Gate Quartet |
Victor |
1940 |
Country blues |
Album |
2002 |
| "Midnight Train to Georgia" |
Gladys Knight & the Pips |
Buddah |
1973 |
Soul |
Single |
1999 |
| Miles Ahead |
Miles Davis with Gil Evans & His Orchestra |
Columbia |
1957 |
Jazz |
Album |
1994 |
| Miles Smiles |
Miles Davis Quintet |
Columbia |
1967 |
Jazz |
Album |
2016 |
| Milestones |
Miles Davis & his Sextet |
Columbia |
1958 |
Jazz |
Album |
2004 |
| Mingus Ah Um |
Charles Mingus |
Columbia |
1959 |
Jazz |
Album |
2013 |
| Mingus Dynasty |
Charles Mingus |
Columbia |
1960 |
Jazz |
Album |
1999 |
| "Minnie the Moocher" |
Cab Calloway & his Orchestra |
Brunswick |
1931 |
Jazz |
Single |
1999 |
| The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
Lauryn Hill |
Ruffhouse |
1998 |
Hip Hop Soul |
Album |
2024 |
| "Mission: Impossible" |
Lalo Schifrin |
Dot |
1967 |
Theme music |
Single |
2017 |
| "Misirlou" |
Dick Dale |
Deltone Records |
1962 |
Surf rock |
Single |
2020 |
| "Misty" |
Erroll Garner |
EmArcy |
1954 |
Jazz |
Single |
1991 |
| "Misty" |
Johnny Mathis |
Columbia |
1959 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
2002 |
| "Moanin'" |
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers |
Blue Note |
1958 |
Jazz |
Single |
1998 |
| Moanin' |
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers |
Blue Note |
1959 |
Hard bop jazz |
Album |
2001 |
| Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music |
Ray Charles |
ABC-Paramount |
1962 |
Pop |
Album |
1999 |
| "Mona Lisa" |
Nat King Cole |
Capitol |
1950 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
1992 |
| "Monday, Monday" |
The Mamas & the Papas |
Dunhill |
1966 |
Sunshine Pop |
Single |
2008 |
| "Money Honey" |
Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters |
Atlantic |
1953 |
R&B |
Single |
1999 |
| Monk's Music |
Thelonious Monk & his Jazz Septet |
Riverside |
1957 |
Jazz |
Album |
2001 |
| "Mood Indigo" |
Duke Ellington & his Orchestra |
Brunswick |
1930 |
Jazz |
Single |
1975 |
| "Moody's Mood for Love" |
James Moody |
Prestige |
1952 |
Jazz |
Single |
2001 |
| "Moon River" |
Andy Williams |
Columbia |
1962 |
Traditional pop |
Track from Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes |
2018 |
| "Moon River" |
Henry Mancini & his Chorus |
RCA Victor |
1961 |
Pop |
Single |
1999 |
| Moondance |
Van Morrison |
Warner Bros. |
1970 |
R&B |
Album |
1999 |
| "Moonglow" |
Benny Goodman & his Quartet |
Victor |
1936 |
Jazz |
Single |
1998 |
| "Moonlight Serenade" |
Glenn Miller & his Orchestra |
Bluebird |
1939 |
Jazz |
Single |
1991 |
| More Than a New Discovery |
Laura Nyro |
Verve Forecast |
1967 |
Pop |
Album |
1999 |
| "Move On Up" |
Curtis Mayfield |
Curtom |
1972 |
Progressive soul |
Single |
2019 |
| "Move On Up a Little Higher" |
Mahalia Jackson |
Apollo |
1947 |
Gospel |
Single |
1998 |
| Mozart: Die Zauberflöte |
Cast: Helge Rosvaenge, Tiana Lemnitz, Wilhelm Strienz, Erna Berger, Gerhard Husch, etc. (with Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Beecham) |
RCA Victor |
1938 |
Opera |
Album |
1999 |
| "Mr. Bojangles" |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
Liberty |
1970 |
Country |
Single |
2010 |
| Mr. Fantasy |
Traffic |
Island |
1967 |
Psychedelic rock |
Album |
1999 |
| "Mr. Sandman" |
The Chordettes |
Cadence |
1954 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
2002 |
| "Mr. Tambourine Man" |
The Byrds |
Columbia |
1965 |
Rock |
Single |
1998 |
| "Mr. Tambourine Man" |
Bob Dylan |
Columbia |
1965 |
Rock |
Track |
2002 |
| "Mrs. Robinson" |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Columbia |
1968 |
Pop |
Single |
1999 |
| "Mule Skinner Blues" |
Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys |
RCA Victor |
1940 |
Bluegrass |
Single |
2009 |
| Music from Big Pink |
The Band |
Capitol |
1968 |
Rock |
Album |
1998 |
| The Music from Peter Gunn |
Henry Mancini & his Orchestra |
RCA Victor |
1959 |
Soundtrack |
Album |
1998 |
| The Music Man Original Broadway Cast Album |
Cast: Robert Preston, Barbara Cook, Iggie Wolfington, David Burns, Helen Raymond, Pert Kelton, Eddie Hodges, etc. |
Capitol |
1957 |
Musical show |
Album |
1998 |
| Music of Albéniz & Granados |
Andrés Segovia |
Decca |
1944 |
Classical |
Album |
1998 |
| Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition |
Vladimir Horowitz (on Piano) (arranged by V. Horowitz) |
RCA Victor |
1947 |
Classical |
Album |
1999 |
| Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelík (arranged by Maurice Ravel) |
Mercury |
1951 |
Classical |
Album |
1998 |
| Mussorgsky: "Song of the Flea" |
Feodor Chaliapin |
Victor |
1926 |
Classical |
Single |
1999 |
| "Mustang Sally" |
Wilson Pickett |
Atlantic |
1967 |
R&B |
Single |
2000 |
| My Aim is True |
Elvis Costello |
Stiff |
1977 |
Rock |
Album |
2007 |
| "My Black Mama (parts 1 & 2)" |
Son House |
Paramount |
1930 |
Blues |
Single |
2013 |
| "My Blue Heaven" |
Gene Austin |
Victor |
1927 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
1978 |
| "My Country 'Tis of Thee" |
Marian Anderson |
Victor |
1939 |
Opera |
Single |
2009 |
| My Fair Lady |
Original Broadway Cast with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews |
Columbia |
1956 |
Musical show |
Album |
1977 |
| My Favorite Things |
John Coltrane & his Quartet |
Atlantic |
1961 |
Modal jazz |
Album |
1998 |
| "My Generation" |
The Who |
Decca |
1966 |
Rock |
Single |
1999 |
| "My Girl" |
The Temptations |
Gordy |
1964 |
R&B |
Single |
1998 |
| "My Guy" |
Mary Wells |
Motown |
1964 |
Soul |
Single |
1999 |
| "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" |
Mary Martin |
Decca |
1938 |
Musical theatre |
Single |
2007 |
| "My Mammy" |
Al Jolson |
Brunswick |
1927 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
2011 |
| "My Man" |
Billie Holiday |
Brunswick |
1937 |
Jazz |
Single |
2018 |
| "My Man" (from Ziegfeld Follies of 1921) |
Fanny Brice (with Orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon) |
Victor |
1921 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
1999 |
| "My Way" |
Frank Sinatra |
Reprise |
1969 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
2000 |
| "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" |
Aretha Franklin |
Atlantic |
1967 |
Soul |
Single |
1999 |
| "Nature Boy" |
Nat King Cole |
Capitol |
1947 |
Jazz |
Single |
1999 |
| "Near You" |
Francis Craig |
Bullet |
1947 |
Pop |
Single |
2013 |
| Negro Sinful Songs |
Lead Belly |
Musicraft |
1939 |
Blues |
Album |
1998 |
| Nevermind |
Nirvana |
DGC |
1991 |
Grunge |
Album |
2018 |
| Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols |
Sex Pistols |
Virgin |
1977 |
Punk rock |
Album |
2015 |
| Never Too Much |
Luther Vandross |
Epic |
1981 |
R&B, Soul |
Album |
2025 |
| "New San Antonio Rose" |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
Okeh |
1940 |
Country |
Single |
1998 |
| Nick of Time |
Bonnie Raitt |
Capitol |
1989 |
Rock |
Album |
2015 |
| "Night and Day" |
Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman & his Orchestra |
RCA Victor |
1932 |
Musical theatre |
Single |
2004 |
| A Night at Birdland Vol. 1, A Night at Birdland Vol. 2, A Night at Birdland Vol. 3 |
Art Blakey & his Quintet |
Blue Note |
1954 |
Jazz |
Album |
2000 |
| A Night at the Opera |
Queen |
EMI |
1975 |
Progressive rock |
Album |
2018 |
| "A Night in Tunisia" |
Dizzy Gillespie & his Sextet |
Victor |
1946 |
Jazz |
Single |
2004 |
| "Night Train" |
Jimmy Forrest |
United |
1952 |
R&B |
Single |
2006 |
| "Nights in White Satin" |
The Moody Blues |
Deram |
1967 |
Rock |
Single |
1999 |
| "No Woman, No Cry" |
Bob Marley and the Wailers |
Tuff Gong |
1975 |
Reggae |
Single |
2005 |
| "Nobody" |
Bert Williams |
Columbia |
1906 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
1981 |
| "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" |
Louis Armstrong |
Decca |
1938 |
Negro Spiritual |
Single |
2014 |
| "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs" |
Chick Corea |
Blue Note |
1968 |
Jazz |
Single |
1999 |
| "Nuages" |
Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli with the Quintet of the Hot Club of France |
Decca |
1946 |
Jazz |
Single |
2000 |
| "Ode to Billie Joe" |
Bobbie Gentry |
Capitol |
1967 |
Country |
Single |
1999 |
| Off the Wall |
Michael Jackson |
Epic |
1979 |
Pop |
Album |
2008 |
| "Oh Happy Day" |
Edwin Hawkins & his Singers |
Buddah |
1967 |
Gospel |
Single |
1999 |
| "Oh Mary Don't You Weep" |
Swan Silvertones |
Vee Jay |
1959 |
Negro Spiritual |
Single |
2020 |
| "Oh, Pretty Woman" |
Roy Orbison |
Monument |
1964 |
Pop |
Single |
1999 |
| "Ohio" |
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
Atlantic |
1970 |
Hard rock |
Single |
2009 |
| OK Computer[2] |
Radiohead |
Parlophone |
1997 |
Alternative rock |
Album |
2026 |
| Okie from Muskogee |
Merle Haggard |
Capitol |
1969 |
Country |
Album |
2017 |
| Oklahoma! Original Broadway Cast Recording |
Cast: Alfred Drake, Harry Stockwell, Joan Roberts, Betty Garde, Lee Dixon, Celeste Holm, Howard Da Silva, etc. |
Decca |
1943 |
Musical show |
Album |
1976 |
| "Ol' Man River" |
Paul Robeson with Paul Whiteman & his Concert Orchestra |
Victor |
1928 |
Musical theatre |
Single |
2006 |
| Oliver! Original Broadway Cast Recording |
Cast: Bruce Prochnik, Clive Revill, Georgia Brown, Danny Sewell, etc. |
RCA Victor |
1962 |
Musical show |
Album |
2008 |
| "On Broadway" |
The Drifters |
Atlantic |
1963 |
Soul |
Single |
2013 |
| "On the Road Again" |
Willie Nelson |
Columbia |
1980 |
Country rock |
Single |
2011 |
| "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" |
Frank Sinatra |
Capitol |
1958 |
Vocal jazz |
Single |
2005 |
| "One Love" |
The Wailers |
Studio One |
1965 |
Gospel |
Single |
2007 |
| "One O'Clock Jump" |
Count Basie |
Decca |
1937 |
Jazz |
Single |
1979 |
| "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)" |
Roy Orbison |
Monument |
1960 |
Pop |
Single |
1999 |
| "Only You (And You Alone)" |
The Platters |
Mercury |
1955 |
Doo-wop |
Single |
1999 |
| "Orange Blossom Special"[2] |
The Rouse Brothers |
Bluebird |
1939 |
Country |
Single |
2026 |
| "Ornithology" |
Charlie Parker & his Septet |
Dial |
1946 |
Bebop |
Single |
1989 |
| "Ory's Creole Trombone" |
Kid Ory's Creole Orchestra (As Spike's Seven Pods of Pepper Orchestra) |
Nordskog |
1922 |
Jazz |
Single |
2024 |
| "Over the Rainbow" |
Judy Garland |
MGM |
1939 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
1981 |
| "Over There" |
Nora Bayes |
Victor |
1917 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
2008 |
| "Oye Como Va" |
Tito Puente |
Tico |
1963 |
Latin jazz |
Single |
2002 |
| Paid in Full[2] |
Eric B. & Rakim |
4th & B'way |
1987 |
Hip-hop |
Album |
2026 |
| "Paint It Black" |
The Rolling Stones |
Decca |
1966 |
Rock |
Single |
2018 |
| "Pan American Blues" |
DeFord Bailey |
Brunswick |
1927 |
Blues |
Single |
2007 |
| Pancho & Lefty |
Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson |
Epic |
1983 |
Country |
Album |
2020 |
| "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" |
The Temptations |
Gordy |
1972 |
Psychedelic soul |
Single |
1999 |
| "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (Part 1) |
James Brown |
King |
1965 |
R&B |
Single |
1999 |
| "Paper Doll" |
Mills Brothers |
Decca |
1943 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
1998 |
| Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Columbia |
1966 |
Folk |
Album |
1999 |
| "Pata Pata" |
Miriam Makeba |
Reprise |
1967 |
R&B |
Single |
2019 |
| Peace Be Still |
Rev. James Cleveland & The Angelic Choir |
Savoy |
1963 |
Gospel |
Album |
1999 |
| Pearl |
Janis Joplin with Full Tilt Boogie Band |
Columbia |
1971 |
Rock |
Album |
2010 |
| "Peg o' My Heart" |
The Harmonicats |
Vitacoustic |
1947 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
1999 |
| "Peggy Sue" |
Buddy Holly |
Coral |
1957 |
Rockabilly |
Single |
1999 |
| "Pennies from Heaven" |
Bing Crosby |
Decca |
1936 |
Traditional pop |
Single |
2004 |
| "Penny Lane" |
The Beatles |
Capitol |
1967 |
Baroque pop |
Single |
2011 |
| "People" |
Barbra Streisand |
Columbia |
1964 |
Musical theatre |
Single |
1998 |
| "People Get Ready" |
The Impressions |
ABC-Paramount |
1965 |
Gospel |
Single |
1998 |
| Pet Sounds |
The Beach Boys |
Capitol |
1966 |
Rock |
Album |
1998 |
| "Peter Gunn" |
Henry Mancini & Jazz Ensemble |
RCA Victor |
1958 |
Soundtrack |
Track |
2005 |
| "Piano Man" |
Billy Joel |
Columbia |
1973 |
Soft rock |
Single |
2013 |
| Piano Rags by Scott Joplin |
Joshua Rifkin |
Nonesuch |
1970 |
Ragtime |
Album |
2020 |
| "Piece of My Heart" |
Big Brother & the Holding Company |
Columbia |
1968 |
Psychedelic rock |
Single |
1999 |
| "Pine-Top's Boogie Woogie" |
Pine Top Smith |
Vocalion |
1928 |
Jazz |
Single |
1983 |
| Pink Moon[2] |
Nick Drake |
Island |
1972 |
Folk |
Album |
2026 |
| The Pink Panther |
Henry Mancini & his Orchestra |
RCA Victor |
1963 |
Soundtrack |
Album |
2001 |
| Pinocchio: Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Cast: Dickie Jones, Cliff Edwards, Walter Catlett, etc. |
Victor |
1940 |
Soundtrack |
Album |
2002 |
| "Pistol Packin' Mama" |
Al Dexter |
Okeh |
1943 |
Country |
Single |
2000 |
| Play of Daniel |
New York Pro Musica directed by Noah Greenberg |
Decca |
1958 |
Musical show |
Album |
1998 |
| "Please Mr. Postman" |
The Marvelettes |
Tamla |
1961 |
R&B |
Single |
2011 |
| "Please, Please, Please" |
James Brown & The Famous Flames |
Federal |
1956 |
R&B |
Single |
2001 |
| "Please Send Me Someone to Love" |
Percy Mayfield |
Specialty |
1950 |
R&B |
Single |
1999 |
| "Pony Blues" |
Charley Patton |
Paramount |
1929 |
Delta blues |
Single |
1999 |
| Porgy and Bess |
Miles Davis |
Columbia |
1959 |
Third stream jazz |
Album |
2000 |
| Porgy and Bess |
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong |
Verve |
1958 |
Jazz |
Album |
2001 |
| Portrait in Jazz |
Bill Evans & his Trio |
Riverside |
1960 |
Jazz |
Album |
2007 |
| "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" |
Mahalia Jackson |
Columbia |
1956 |
Gospel |
Single |
2012 |
| Pretenders |
The Pretenders |
Sire |
1980 |
Punk rock |
Album |
2016 |
| "The Prisoner's Song" |
Vernon Dalhart |
Victor |
1924 |
Country |
Single |
1998 |
| Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf |
Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky; Narrated by Richard Hale |
RCA Red Seal & RCA Victor |
1939 |
Classical |
Album |
2008 |
| Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 in C major, op. 26 |
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sergei Prokofiev; Piano by Piero Coppola |
His Master's Voice |
1932 |
Classical |
Album |
2009 |
| "Proud Mary" |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
Fantasy |
1968 |
Rock |
Single |
1998 |
| "Proud Mary" |
Ike & Tina Turner |
Liberty |
1970 |
Funk rock |
Single |
2003 |
| Puccini: La bohème |
Cast: Victoria de los Angeles, Lucine Amara, Jussi Bjorling, Robert Merrill, Giorgio Tozzi, John Reardon, etc. (with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Thomas Beecham) |
RCA Victor |
1956 |
Opera |
Album |
2000 |
| Puccini: Tosca |
Cast: Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, etc. (with La Scala Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Victor de Sabata) |
EMI Classics |
1953 |
Opera |
Album |
1987 |
| "Purple Haze" |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
Track |
1967 |
Rock |
Single |
2000 |
| Purple Rain |
Prince and The Revolution |
Warner Bros. |
1984 |
Minneapolis sound |
Album |
2011 |
| "Puttin' On the Ritz" |
Harry Richman (with Earl Burtnett & his Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra), |
Brunswick |
1930 |
Soundtrack |
Single |
2005 |