# List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (Q–Z)

The Grammy Hall of Fame is a hall of fame to honor musical recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance. Inductees are selected annually by a special member committee of eminent and knowledgeable professionals from all branches of the recording arts. It is compiled by The Recording Academy in the United States, and was established in 1973. Recordings (singles and albums) in all genres are eligible for selection, and must be at least 25 years old to be considered. Additions to the list are chosen annually by a committee of recording arts professionals.
    This list covers the letter(s) Q–Z.

## Grammy Hall of Fame

* A–D
* E–I
* J–P
* Q–Z

## List

| Title | Artist | Record label | Year of release | Genre | Format | Year inducted |
| Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! | Devo | Warner Bros. | 1978 | New Wave | Album | 2020 |
| "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" | Doris Day | Columbia | 1956 | Soundtrack | Single | 2012 |
| Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor | Sergei Rachmaninoff (on piano) (with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski) | Victrola | 1929 | Classical | Album | 1976 |
| Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini | Sergei Rachmaninoff (on piano) (with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski) | RCA Victor | 1934 | Classical | Album | 1979 |
| "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | B. J. Thomas | Scepter | 1969 | Easy listening | Single | 2014 |
| Ramones | Ramones | Sire | 1976 | Punk rock | Album | 2007 |
| Randy Newman | Randy Newman | Reprise | 1968 | Baroque Pop | Album | 2016 |
| "Rapper's Delight" | The Sugarhill Gang | Sugar Hill | 1979 | Old-School Hip Hop | Single | 2014 |
| "Raunchy" | Bill Justis and his Orchestra | Phillips International | 1957 | Rock & roll | Single | 1998 |
| Ravel: Boléro | Lamoureux Orchestra conducted by Maurice Ravel | Brunswick | 1930 | Classical | Album | 1992 |
| Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe | Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch (featuring New England Conservatory Chorus) | RCA Red Seal | 1955 | Classical | Album | 2008 |
| Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major | Leonard Bernstein With The Philharmonia Orchestra Of London | Hyperion | 1948 | Classical | Album | 2021 |
| Ray Charles in Person | Ray Charles | Atlantic | 1959 | R&B | Album | 1999 |
| "Reach Out I'll Be There" | Four Tops | Motown | 1966 | Soul | Single | 1998 |
| Reasonable Doubt | Jay-Z | Roc-A-Fella | 1996 | Hip-Hop | Album | 2025 |
| Red Headed Stranger | Willie Nelson | Columbia | 1975 | Country | Album | 2002 |
| Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet | Miles Davis & his Quintet | Prestige | 1958 | Jazz | Album | 2014 |
| "Rescue Me" | Fontella Bass | Chess | 1965 | Soul | Single | 2015 |
| "Respect" | Aretha Franklin | Atlantic | 1967 | Soul | Single | 1998 |
| "Respect Yourself" | The Staple Singers | Stax | 1971 | Soul | Single | 2002 |
| "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" | Gil Scott-Heron | Flying Dutchman | 1971 | Funk | Single | 2014 |
| Revolver | The Beatles | Capitol | 1966 | Rock | Album | 1999 |
| "Riders on the Storm" | The Doors | Elektra | 1971 | Rock | Single | 2010 |
| "Ring of Fire" | Johnny Cash | Columbia | 1963 | Country | Single | 1999 |
| The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | David Bowie | RCA | 1972 | Rock | Album | 1999 |
| "River Deep - Mountain High" | Ike & Tina Turner | Philles | 1966 | Soul | Single | 1999 |
| "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | Al Jolson | Columbia | 1918 | Musical theatre | Single | 2004 |
| "Rock Around the Clock" | Bill Haley & His Comets | Decca | 1954 | Rock & roll | Single | 1982 |
| "Rock Island Line" | Lead Belly | Asch Records | 1942 | Blues | Single | 2016 |
| "Rocket 88" | Jackie Brenston & his Delta Cats | Chess | 1951 | R&B | Single | 1998 |
| "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Brenda Lee | Decca | 1958 | Christmas | Single | 2019 |
| "Rockin' Chair" | Mildred Bailey | Vocalion | 1937 | Jazz | Single | 2011 |
| "Roll Over Beethoven" | Chuck Berry | Chess | 1956 | Rock & roll | Single | 1990 |
| "Rollin' Stone" | Muddy Waters | Chess | 1950 | Electric Blues | Single | 2000 |
| 'Round About Midnight | Miles Davis | Columbia | 1957 | Jazz | Album | 2019 |
| "'Round About Midnight" | Thelonious Monk Quintet | Blue Note | 1947 | Bebop | Single | 1993 |
| "Roxanne" | The Police | A&M | 1978 | Reggae rock | Single | 2008 |
| Rubber Soul | The Beatles | Capitol | 1965 | Folk Rock | Album | 2000 |
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Gene Autry | Columbia | 1949 | Country | Single | 1985 |
| "Rumble" | Link Wray and his Ray Men | Cadence | 1958 | Surf Rock | Single | 2019 |
| Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | Warner Bros. | 1977 | Soft Rock | Album | 2003 |
| "Runaround Sue" | Dion | Laurie | 1961 | Rock & roll | Single | 2002 |
| "Runaway" | Del Shannon | London | 1961 | Rock & roll | Single | 2002 |
| "San Antonio Rose" | Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys | Vocalion | 1939 | Western swing | Single | 2015 |
| Santana | Santana | Columbia | 1969 | Latin Rock | Album | 2012 |
| Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown | Sarah Vaughan and Clifford Brown | EmArcy | 1955 | Jazz | Album | 1999 |
| Saturday Night Fever Original Film Soundtrack | Bee Gees and Various Artists | RSO | 1977 | Disco | Album | 2004 |
| "Save the Last Dance for Me" | The Drifters | Atlantic | 1960 | R&B | Single | 2001 |
| "Savoy Blues" | Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five | Okeh | 1927 | Jazz | Single | 2018 |
| Saxophone Colossus | Sonny Rollins Quartet | Prestige | 1957 | Hard Bop | Album | 1999 |
| Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder | Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski (with Rose Bampton, Paul Althouse, Jeanette Vreeland, etc.) | Victor | 1932 | Classical | Album | 2007 |
| Schoenberg: The Four String Quartets | Kolisch String Quartet conducted by Arnold Schoenberg | RCA | 1937 | Classical | Album | 2021 |
| "School's Out" | Alice Cooper & his Band | Warner Bros. | 1972 | Rock | Single | 2015 |
| Schubert: Ave Maria | Marian Anderson | RCA Victor | 1936 | Opera | Single | 1999 |
| Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | RCA | 1929 | Classical | Album | 2011 |
| "Secret Love" | Doris Day | Columbia | 1953 | Traditional pop | Single | 1999 |
| "See See Rider Blues" | Ma Rainey | Paramount Records | 1924 | Blues | Single | 2004 |
| "Sentimental Journey" | Les Brown and his Orchestra (featuring vocals sung by Doris Day) | Columbia | 1944 | Traditional pop | Single | 1998 |
| September of My Years | Frank Sinatra | Reprise | 1965 | Traditional pop | Album | 1999 |
| "September Song" | Walter Huston | Brunswick | 1938 | Traditional pop | Single | 1984 |
| "Seven, Come Eleven" | Benny Goodman & his Sextet (featuring Charlie Christian on guitar) | Columbia | 1939 | Swing | Single | 2008 |
| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Capitol | 1967 | Rock | Album | 1993 |
| "Sh-Boom" | The Chords | Cat Records | 1954 | Doo-Wop | Single | 2008 |
| "Shake, Rattle and Roll" | Big Joe Turner | Atlantic | 1954 | R&B | Single | 1998 |
| The Shape of Jazz to Come | Ornette Coleman | Atlantic | 1959 | Avant-Garde Jazz | Album | 2015 |
| "She Thinks I Still Care" | George Jones | United Artists | 1962 | Country | Single | 1999 |
| "She's About a Mover" | Sir Douglas Quintet | Tribe Records | 1965 | Garage Rock | Single | 2016 |
| "She's Not There" | The Zombies | Decca | 1964 | British Beat | Single | 2016 |
| "Shining Star" | Earth, Wind & Fire | Columbia | 1975 | Funk | Single | 2008 |
| "Shop Around" | The Miracles | Tamla | 1960 | Soul | Single | 2006 |
| Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Op. 107 | Mstislav Rostropovich with Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy | Columbia Masterworks | 1960 | Classical | Album | 2008 |
| Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 | New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein | Sony Classical | 1959 | Classical | Album | 2007 |
| Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor Op. 99 | David Oistrakh with New York Philharmonic conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos | Sony Classical | 1956 | Classical | Album | 2003 |
| "Shotgun" | Jr. Walker & The All Stars | Soul Records | 1965 | Soul | Single | 2002 |
| "Shout" (Part 1) | The Isley Brothers | RCA | 1959 | R&B | Single | 1999 |
| Show Boat | Cast: Paul Robeson, Helen Morgan, James Melton, Frank Munn, Countess Albani, etc. (with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Victor Young) | Brunswick | 1932 | Musical show | Album | 1991 |
| The Sidewinder | Lee Morgan | Blue Note | 1964 | Jazz | Album | 2000 |
| Sign o' the Times | Prince | Paisley Park | 1987 | R&B | Album | 2017 |
| "Sincerely" | The Moonglows | Chess | 1954 | R&B | Single | 2002 |
| Sing a Song of Basie | Lambert, Hendricks & Ross | ABC-Paramount | 1957 | Jazz | Album | 1998 |
| "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" | Benny Goodman | Victor | 1937 | Jazz | Single | 1982 |
| "Singin' in the Rain (From the Motion Picture Soundtrack)" | Gene Kelly | MGM | 1952 | Soundtrack | Single | 1999 |
| "Singin' the Blues" | Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra featuring Bix Beiderbecke on cornet and Eddie Lang on guitar | Okeh | 1927 | Jazz | Single | 1977 |
| "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" | Otis Redding | Atco | 1968 | R&B | Single | 1998 |
| "Sitting on Top of the World" | Mississippi Sheiks | Okeh | 1930 | Country blues | Single | 2008 |
| "Sixteen Tons" | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Capitol | 1955 | Country | Single | 1998 |
| "Sixty Minute Man" | Billy Ward and his Dominoes | Federal | 1951 | R&B | Single | 2015 |
| Sketches of Spain | Miles Davis and Gil Evans | Columbia | 1960 | Third stream jazz | Album | 1997 |
| "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | Nirvana | DGC | 1991 | Grunge | Single | 2017 |
| "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | The Platters | Mercury | 1958 | Doo-Wop | Single | 2019 |
| "Smoke on the Water" | Deep Purple | Purple (UK), Warner Bros. (US) | 1973 | Hard Rock | Single | 2017 |
| "Smokestack Lightning" | Howlin' Wolf | Chess | 1956 | Blues | Single | 1999 |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Motion Picture Soundtrack | Cast: Adriana Caselotti, Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan, Scotty Mattraw, Harry Stockwell, Eddie Collins, etc. | Victor | 1937 | Soundtrack | Album | 1998 |
| So | Peter Gabriel | Charisma | 1986 | Pop | Album | 2021 |
| "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" | Janis Ian | Verve | 1966 | Pop | Single | 2002 |
| "Solitude" | Billie Holiday | Clef | 1952 | Vocal Jazz | Single | 2021 |
| "Some of These Days" | Sophie Tucker | Edison | 1911 | Traditional pop | Single | 1995 |
| "Someone to Watch Over Me" | Gertrude Lawrence | Victor | 1926 | Jazz | Single | 2008 |
| "Somewhere a Voice is Calling" | John McCormack | Victor | 1914 | Traditional pop | Single | 1999 |
| Song for My Father | The Horace Silver Quintet | Blue Note | 1965 | Jazz | Album | 1999 |
| "A Song for You" | Leon Russell | Shelter | 1970 | Vocal | Single | 2018 |
| Songs for Swingin' Lovers! | Frank Sinatra | Capitol | 1956 | Traditional pop | Album | 2000 |
| Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | Tamla | 1976 | Pop | Album | 2002 |
| Songs of Leonard Cohen | Leonard Cohen | Columbia | 1967 | Contemporary Folk | Album | 2015 |
| "Sonny Boy" | Al Jolson | Brunswick | 1928 | Traditional pop | Single | 2002 |
| "Soul Man" | Sam & Dave | Stax | 1967 | Soul | Single | 1999 |
| The Sound of Music Motion Picture Soundtrack | Cast: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Bill Lee, Charmian Carr, Daniel Truhitte, Margery McKay, etc. | RCA | 1965 | Soundtrack | Album | 1998 |
| "The Sounds of Silence" | Simon & Garfunkel | Columbia | 1964 | Folk Rock | Single | 2004 |
| South Pacific Original Broadway Cast Recording | Cast: Ezio Pinza, Mary Martin, Juanita Hall, William Tabbert, Myron McCormick, etc. | Columbia | 1949 | Musical show | Album | 1987 |
| "Space Oddity" | David Bowie | Philips | 1969 | Rock | Track from Space Oddity | 2018 |
| "Spanish Harlem" | Ben E. King | Atco | 1960 | Soul | Single | 2002 |
| "St. Louis Blues" | Bessie Smith featuring Louis Armstrong (cornet) and Fred Longshaw (Harmonium) | Columbia | 1925 | Blues | Single | 1993 |
| "St. Louis Blues" | W. C. Handy and his Orchestra | Okeh | 1923 | Jazz | Single | 2019 |
| "St. Louis Blues" | Louis Armstrong | Okeh | 1929 | Jazz | Single | 2008 |
| St. Louis Woman Original Broadway Cast Recording | Cast: Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas, Pearl Bailey, Robert Pope, June Hawkins, etc. | Capitol | 1946 | Musical show | Album | 2012 |
| "Stack O' Lee Blues" | Mississippi John Hurt | Okeh | 1928 | Blues | Single | 2017 |
| "Stairway to Heaven" | Led Zeppelin | Atlantic | 1971 | Rock | Track | 2003 |
| Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America | Stan Freberg | Capitol | 1961 | Comedy | Album | 1999 |
| Stand! | Sly and the Family Stone | Epic | 1969 | Funk | Album | 2015 |
| "Stand by Me" | Ben E. King | Atco | 1961 | Soul | Single | 1998 |
| "Stand by Your Man" | Tammy Wynette | Epic | 1968 | Country | Single | 1999 |
| "Star Dust" | Louis Armstrong | Okeh | 1931 | Jazz | Single | 2009 |
| "Star Dust" | Hoagy Carmichael & his Pals | Gennett | 1927 | Traditional pop | Single | 1995 |
| "Star Dust" | Artie Shaw & his Orchestra (featuring Billy Butterfield on trumpet) | RCA Victor | 1940 | Jazz | Single | 1988 |
| "The Star-Spangled Banner" | Jimi Hendrix | Reprise | 1970 | Rock | Track | 2009 |
| Star Wars Film Soundtrack | London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Williams | 20th Century | 1977 | Classical | Album | 2007 |
| Stardust | Willie Nelson | Columbia | 1978 | Pop | Album | 2015 |
| "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | John Philip Sousa & his Band | Edison | 1909 | Traditional pop | Single | 1998 |
| "Statesboro Blues" | Blind Willie McTell | Victor | 1928 | Piedmont Blues | Single | 2017 |
| "Stealin' Stealin'" | Memphis Jug Band | Victor | 1928 | Folk | Single | 2013 |
| "Steel Guitar Rag" | Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys (featuring Leon McAuliffe) | Vocalion | 1936 | Western swing | Single | 2011 |
| Sticky Fingers | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones Records | 1971 | Hard Rock | Album | 1999 |
| Still Crazy After All These Years | Paul Simon | Columbia | 1975 | Folk Rock | Album | 2003 |
| "Stop! In the Name of Love" | The Supremes | Motown | 1965 | Pop | Single | 2001 |
| "Stormy Weather" | Lena Horne | RCA Victor | 1941 | Traditional pop | Single | 2000 |
| "Stormy Weather" | Ethel Waters | Brunswick | 1933 | Blues | Single | 2003 |
| Straight Outta Compton | N.W.A | Ruthless | 1988 | Gangsta Rap | Album | 2017 |
| "Straighten Up and Fly Right" | Nat King Cole & his Trio | Capitol | 1943 | Jazz | Single | 1998 |
| "Strange Fruit" | Billie Holiday | Commodore | 1939 | Blues | Single | 1978 |
| "Strange Things Happening Every Day" | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Decca | 1944 | Negro spiritual | Single | 2014 |
| The Stranger | Billy Joel | Columbia | 1977 | Pop Rock | Album | 2008 |
| "Strangers in the Night" | Frank Sinatra | Reprise | 1966 | Traditional pop | Single | 2008 |
| Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 | Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky | RCA Victor | 1935 | Classical | Album | 2008 |
| Strauss: Also Der Rosenkavalier Op. 59, TrV 227 (abridged version) | The Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann & Richard Mayr conducted by Robert Heger | RCA Victor | 1933 | Classical | Album | 2008 |
| Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier | Philharmonia Orchestra; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig & Teresa Stich-Randall conducted by Herbert von Karajan | Angel | 1957 | Classical | Album | 2008 |
| Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps | Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux | RCA | 1951 | Classical | Album | 1993 |
| Stravinsky: Petrouchka | Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet | Decca | 1949 | Classical | Album | 1999 |
| Stravinsky: Petrouchka: Le Sacre du Printemps | Igor Stravinsky cond. Columbia Symphony Orchestra (plus spoken reminiscing apropos of Le Sacre) | Columbia | 1960 | Classical | Album | 2000 |
| "Strawberry Fields Forever" | The Beatles | Capitol | 1967 | Psychedelic rock | Single | 1999 |
| "Summer in the City" | The Lovin' Spoonful | Kama Sutra | 1966 | Pop | Single | 1999 |
| "Summertime" | Sidney Bechet | Blue Note | 1939 | Jazz | Single | 2011 |
| "Summertime Blues" | Eddie Cochran | Liberty | 1958 | Rock & roll | Single | 1999 |
| Sunday at the Village Vanguard | Bill Evans & his Trio | Riverside | 1961 | Jazz | Album | 2011 |
| Super Fly | Curtis Mayfield | Curtom | 1972 | Funk | Album | 1998 |
| Supernatural | Santana | Arista | 1999 | Latin rock | Album | 2025 |
| "Superstition" | Stevie Wonder | Tamla | 1972 | Funk | Single | 1998 |
| Surrealistic Pillow | Jefferson Airplane | RCA Victor | 1967 | Rock | Album | 1999 |
| "Suspicious Minds" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | 1969 | Soul | Single | 1999 |
| "Swanee" | Al Jolson | Columbia | 1920 | Traditional pop | Single | 1998 |
| Sweet Baby James | James Taylor | Warner Bros. | 1970 | Pop | Album | 2002 |
| "Sweet Caroline" | Neil Diamond | Uni | 1969 | Soft Rock | Single | 2020 |
| "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | Eurythmics | RCA | 1983 | Synth-pop | Single | 2020 |
| "Sweet Home Alabama" | Lynyrd Skynyrd | MCA | 1974 | Southern rock | Single | 2009 |
| "Sweet Home Chicago" | Robert Johnson | Vocalion | 1936 | Blues | Single | 2014 |
| Sweetheart of the Rodeo | The Byrds | Columbia | 1968 | Country Rock | Album | 2000 |
| "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" | Fisk Jubilee Singers | Victor | 1909 | Negro spiritual | Single | 2015 |
| "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" | Paul Robeson | His Master's Voice | 1926 | Gospel | Single | 2015 |
| "Swinging on a Star" | Bing Crosby with The Williams Brothers and John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra | Decca | 1944 | Traditional pop | Single | 2002 |
| Switched-On Bach | Wendy Carlos | Columbia Masterworks | 1968 | Electronic | Album | 1999 |
| Synchronicity | The Police | A&M | 1983 | New Wave | Album | 2009 |
| Taj Mahal | Taj Mahal | Columbia | 1968 | Blues Rock | Album | 2020 |
| "Take Five" | The Dave Brubeck Quartet | Columbia | 1959 | Jazz | Single | 1996 |
| "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | John Denver | RCA | 1971 | Country | Single | 1998 |
| "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" | Edward Meeker with the Edison Orchestra | Edison | 1908 | Tin Pan Alley | Single | 2019 |
| "Take the 'A' Train" | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | Victor | 1941 | Jazz | Single | 1976 |
| "Take Me to the River" | Al Green | Hi | 1974 | Soul | Track | 2011 |
| Talking Book | Stevie Wonder | Tamla | 1972 | Soul | Album | 1999 |
| Tapestry | Carole King | Ode | 1971 | Pop | Album | 1998 |
| "A Taste of Honey" | Herb Alpert & his Tijuana Brass | A&M | 1965 | Jazz | Single | 2008 |
| Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor Op. 23 for piano and orchestra (live performance) | Vladimir Horowitz with NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini | RCA Victor | 1943 | Classical | Album | 1998 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor Op. 23 | Van Cliburn with RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kirill Kondrashin | RCA Victor | 1958 | Classical | Album | 2002 |
| Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture/Capriccio Italien | Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Doráti | Mercury | 1954 | Classical | Album | 1998 |
| Tea for the Tillerman | Cat Stevens | Island/A&M | 1970 | Folk rock | Album | 2025 |
| "Tea for Two" | Art Tatum, Piano Solo | Decca | 1939 | Jazz | Single | 1986 |
| "Teach Me Tonight" | Dinah Washington | Mercury | 1954 | Traditional pop | Single | 1999 |
| "The Tears of a Clown" | Smokey Robinson & the Miracles | Tamla | 1967 | Pop | Single | 2002 |
| "Tell It Like It Is" | Aaron Neville | Par-Lo Records | 1966 | R&B | Single | 2015 |
| Ten | Pearl Jam | Epic | 1991 | Alternative Rock | Album | 2021 |
| "Ten Cents a Dance" | Ruth Etting | Columbia | 1930 | Musical theatre | Single | 1999 |
| "Tenderly" | Sarah Vaughan | Mercury | 1947 | Jazz | Single | 2019 |
| "Tennessee Waltz" | Patti Page | Mercury | 1950 | Traditional pop | Single | 1998 |
| "Tenor Madness" | Sonny Rollins Quartet featuring John Coltrane | Prestige | 1956 | Jazz | Single | 2019 |
| "Tequila" | The Champs | Challenge | 1958 | Rock & roll | Single | 2001 |
| Texas Flood | Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble | Epic | 1983 | Blues | Album | 2021 |
| "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" | Sly & The Family Stone | Epic | 1969 | Funk | Single | 2017 |
| "Thanks for the Memory" | Bob Hope and Shirley Ross (with Shep Fields & his Orchestra) | Paramount Pictures | 1938 | Soundtrack | Single | 2005 |
| "That'll Be the Day" | The Crickets | Brunswick | 1957 | Rock & roll | Single | 1998 |
| "That's All Right" | Arthur Crudup | RCA Victor | 1947 | Blues | Single | 2018 |
| "That's All Right" | Elvis Presley | Sun Records | 1954 | Rockabilly | Single | 1998 |
| "That's My Desire" | Frankie Laine with Mannie Klein & his All-Stars | Mercury | 1946 | Traditional pop | Single | 1998 |
| That's the Way of the World | Earth, Wind & Fire | Columbia | 1975 | Soul | Album | 2004 |
| Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane | Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane | Jazzland | 1961 | Jazz | Album | 2007 |
| "Theme from A Summer Place" | Percy Faith and his Orchestra | Columbia | 1959 | Easy listening | Single | 2000 |
| "Theme from New York, New York" | Frank Sinatra | Reprise | 1980 | Jazz | Single | 2013 |
| "Theme from Shaft" | Isaac Hayes | Stax | 1971 | Funk | Single | 1999 |
| "There Goes My Baby" | The Drifters | Atlantic | 1959 | R&B | Single | 1998 |
| There's a Riot Goin' On | Sly and the Family Stone | Epic | 1971 | Funk | Album | 1999 |
| "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" | Nancy Sinatra | Reprise | 1965 | Pop | Single | 2020 |
| They Can't Take That Away from Me | Fred Astaire with Johnny Green & his Orchestra | Paramount Pictures | 1937 | Soundtrack | Single | 2005 |
| "(They Long to Be) Close to You" | The Carpenters | A&M | 1970 | Pop | Single | 2000 |
| "The Third Man Theme" | Anton Karas | London | 1949 | Soundtrack | Single | 2006 |
| "This Land Is Your Land" | Woody Guthrie | Asch Records | 1945 | Folk | Single | 1989 |
| "This Train" | Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Decca | 1939 | Gospel | Single | 2016 |
| 3 Feet High and Rising | De La Soul | Tommy Boy | 1989 | Art Rap | Album | 2024 |
| "3 O'Clock Blues" | B.B. King | RPM | 1951 | R&B | Single | 2014 |
| "The Thrill Is Gone" | B.B. King | BluesWay | 1969 | Blues | Single | 1998 |
| Thriller | Michael Jackson | Epic | 1982 | Pop | Album | 2008 |
| "Till the End of Time" | Perry Como with Russ Case and his Orchestra | RCA Victor | 1945 | Traditional pop | Single | 1998 |
| "Time Is on My Side" | Irma Thomas | Imperial Records | 1964 | R&B | Single | 2021 |
| Time Out | Dave Brubeck Quartet | Columbia | 1959 | Cool Jazz | Album | 2009 |
| "The Times They Are a-Changing" | Bob Dylan | Columbia | 1964 | Folk | Track | 2013 |
| "Tiny Dancer" | Elton John | Uni | 1972 | Rock | Single | 2020 |
| "Tipitina" | Professor Longhair And His Blues Scholars | Atlantic | 1953 | Blues | Single | 1998 |
| "The Titanic" | Ernest Stoneman | Okeh | 1924 | Country | Single | 2013 |
| "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" | Nina Simone | RCA Victor | 1969 | Soul | Single | 2019 |
| "Tom Dooley" | The Kingston Trio | Capitol | 1958 | Folk | Single | 1998 |
| Tommy | The Who | Decca | 1969 | Rock | Album | 1998 |
| "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" | Fred Astaire | Brunswick | 1935 | Soundtrack | Single | 2008 |
| "The Tracks of My Tears" | The Miracles | Tamla | 1965 | Soul | Single | 2007 |
| Trio | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris | Warner Bros. | 1987 | Country | Album | 2021 |
| Trumpet Blues (And Cantabile) | Harry James and his Orchestra | Columbia | 1942 | Jazz | Album | 1999 |
| "Try a Little Tenderness" | Otis Redding | Atco | 1966 | Soul | Single | 2015 |
| Tubular Bells | Mike Oldfield | Virgin | 1973 | Progressive rock | Album | 2018 |
| "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" | Sons of the Pioneers | Decca | 1934 | Country | Single | 2002 |
| "Turn On Your Love Light" | Bobby "Blue" Bland | Duke | 1961 | R&B | Single | 1999 |
| "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" | The Byrds | Columbia | 1965 | Folk Rock | Single | 2001 |
| "Tutti Frutti" | Little Richard | Specialty | 1955 | Rock & roll | Single | 1998 |
| "The Twist" | Chubby Checker | Parkway | 1960 | Rock & roll | Single | 2000 |
| "Twist and Shout" | The Isley Brothers | Wand | 1962 | Rock & roll | Single | 2010 |
| 2000 and Thirteen | Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks | Warner Bros. | 1973 | Comedy | Album | 1999 |
| "Un Poco Loco" | Bud Powell | Blue Note | 1951 | Jazz | Single | 1999 |
| "Unchained Melody" | The Righteous Brothers | Verve | 1965 | Blue-eyed Soul | Single | 2000 |
| "Uncloudy Day" | The Staple Singers | Vee-Jay | 1971 | Gospel | Single | 1999 |
| "Under the Boardwalk" | The Drifters | Atlantic | 1964 | Pop | Single | 2014 |
| "Unforgettable" | Nat "King" Cole | Capitol | 1951 | Traditional pop | Single | 2000 |
| "Unforgettable" | Dinah Washington | Mercury | 1959 | Pop | Single | 2001 |
| "Up Up and Away" | The 5th Dimension | Soul City | 1967 | Pop | Single | 2003 |
| "Vaya Con Dios" | Les Paul and Mary Ford | Capitol | 1953 | Pop | Single | 2005 |
| The Velvet Underground & Nico | The Velvet Underground and Nico | Verve | 1967 | Art Rock | Album | 2008 |
| Verdi: Celeste Aida | Enrico Caruso | Victor | 1908 | Opera | Single | 1993 |
| Verdi: Otello | Cast: Ramón Vinay, Herva Nelli, Giuseppe Valdengo, etc. (with NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini) | RCA Victor | 1947 | Opera | Album | 2008 |
| "The Very Thought of You" | Ray Noble & his Orchestra (featuring vocals sung by Al Bowlly) | Victor | 1934 | Traditional pop | Single | 2005 |
| Villa-Lobos: "Bachianas Brasileiras" No. 5 – Aria | Bidu Sayão (with a Cello Ensemble conducted by Heitor Villa-Lobos) | Columbia Masterworks | 1945 | Classical | Single | 1984 |
| Vivaldi: The Four Seasons | Louis Kaufman (Violinist) | Concert Hall | 1947 | Classical | Album | 2002 |
| "Wabash Cannonball" | Roy Acuff & His Smokey Mountain Boys | Columbia | 1947 | Country | Single | 1998 |
| Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen | Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Georg Solti | London | 1958–67 | Classical | Album | 1998 |
| Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Complete) | Cast: Ludwig Suthaus, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, etc. (with Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler) | RCA Victor | 1952 | Opera | Album | 1988 |
| "Wake Up Little Susie" | The Everly Brothers | Cadence | 1957 | Country Rock | Single | 2017 |
| "Walk, Don't Run" | The Ventures | Dolton | 1960 | Rock | Single | 2006 |
| "Walk On By" | Dionne Warwick | Scepter | 1964 | Pop | Single | 1998 |
| "Walk on the Wild Side" | Lou Reed | RCA | 1972 | Glam Rock | Single | 2015 |
| "Walk Right In" | Cannon's Jug Stompers | Victor | 1929 | Country blues | Single | 2007 |
| "Walk This Way" | Aerosmith | Columbia | 1975 | Rock | Single | 2019 |
| "Walk This Way" | Run-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith | Profile | 1986 | Rap Rock | Single | 2014 |
| "Walkin' After Midnight" | Patsy Cline | Decca | 1957 | Country | Single | 2020 |
| "Walking the Dog" | Rufus Thomas | Stax | 1963 | R&B | Single | 2002 |
| "Walking the Floor Over You" | Ernest Tubb | Decca | 1941 | Country | Single | 1998 |
| "Walking to New Orleans" | Fats Domino | Imperial Records | 1960 | R&B | Single | 2011 |
| The Wall | Pink Floyd | Harvest | 1979 | Progressive rock | Album | 2008 |
| "The Wallflower" (aka "Roll With Me Henry") | Etta James | Modern Records | 1955 | R&B | Single | 2008 |
| Walt Disney's Fantasia Soundtrack | Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski | Walt Disney | 1940 | Classical | Album | 2004 |
| Waltz for Debby | Bill Evans & his Trio | Riverside | 1962 | Jazz | Album | 1998 |
| "The Wanderer" | Dion | Laurie | 1961 | R&B | Single | 2017 |
| Wanted! The Outlaws | Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, & Tompall Glaser | RCA Victor | 1976 | Outlaw Country | Album | 2007 |
| "War" | Edwin Starr | Gordy | 1970 | Psychedelic Soul | Single | 1999 |
| "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" | Freddy Fender | Dot | 1975 | Swamp Pop | Single | 2012 |
| "Watermelon Man" | Mongo Santamaría | Battle | 1962 | Jazz | Single | 1998 |
| "The Way We Were" | Barbra Streisand | Columbia | 1973 | Pop | Single | 2008 |
| "The Way You Look Tonight" | Fred Astaire | Brunswick | 1936 | Soundtrack | Single | 1998 |
| "We Are Family" | Sister Sledge | Cotillion | 1979 | Soul | Single | 2008 |
| "We Are the World" | USA for Africa (Tina Turner, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Kim Carnes, etc.) | Columbia | 1985 | Pop, Gospel | Single | 2021 |
| "We Gotta Get out of This Place" | The Animals | Columbia Graphophone | 1965 | Rock | Single | 2011 |
| We Shall Overcome | Pete Seeger | Columbia | 1963 | Folk | Album | 1999 |
| "Weather Bird" | Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines | Okeh | 1928 | Jazz | Single | 2008 |
| The Weavers at Carnegie Hall | The Weavers | Vanguard | 1957 | Folk | Album | 1998 |
| Weill: The Threepenny Opera | Cast: Jo Sullivan, Charlotte Rae, Lotte Lenya, Bea Arthur, Scott Merrill, Gerald Price, Martin Wolfson | Decca | 1954 | Musical show | Album | 1994 |
| "West End Blues" | Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five | Okeh | 1928 | Blues | Single | 1974 |
| West Side Story: Original Broadway Cast Recording | Cast: Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera, Reri Grist, Mickey Calin, Tony Mondente, etc. | Columbia | 1957 | Musical theatre | Album | 1991 |
| West Side Story: Film Soundtrack | Cast: Jimmy Bryant, Marni Nixon, Tucker Smith, Rita Moreno, etc. | Columbia Masterworks | 1961 | Soundtrack | Album | 2004 |
| "We've Only Just Begun" | The Carpenters | A&M | 1970 | Soft Rock | Single | 1998 |
| "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" | Dinah Washington | Mercury | 1959 | Pop | Single | 1998 |
| "What a Fool Believes" | The Doobie Brothers | Warner Bros. | 1978 | Soft Rock | Single | 2024 |
| "(What a) Wonderful World" | Sam Cooke | Keen | 1960 | R&B | Single | 2014 |
| "What a Wonderful World" | Louis Armstrong | ABC | 1967 | Traditional pop | Single | 1999 |
| "(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue" | Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra | Okeh | 1929 | Jazz | Single | 2016 |
| "What Kind of Fool Am I?" | Sammy Davis Jr. | Reprise | 1962 | Pop | Single | 2002 |
| "What the World Needs Now Is Love" | Jackie DeShannon | Imperial Records | 1965 | Soul | Single | 2008 |
| "What'd I Say (Part I)" | Ray Charles | Atlantic | 1959 | R&B | Single | 2000 |
| What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | Tamla | 1971 | Soul | Album | 1998 |
| "What's Love Got to Do with It" | Tina Turner | Capitol | 1984 | Pop | Single | 2012 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" | Kay Starr | Capitol | 1952 | Traditional pop | Single | 1998 |
| "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Percy Sledge | Atlantic | 1966 | Soul | Single | 1999 |
| "When the Levee Breaks" | Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie | Columbia | 1929 | Country blues | Single | 2021 |
| "When the Saints Go Marching In" | Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra | Decca | 1938 | Jazz | Single | 2017 |
| "When You Wish Upon a Star" | Cliff Edwards | Victor | 1940 | Soundtrack | Track | 2002 |
| "Where Did Our Love Go" | The Supremes | Motown | 1964 | R&B | Single | 1999 |
| "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" | Pete Seeger | Columbia | 1960 | Folk | Single | 2002 |
| "Whispering" | Paul Whiteman And his Ambassador Orchestra | Victor | 1920 | Jazz | Single | 1998 |
| "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby (with the Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter Orchestra) | Decca | 1942 | Traditional pop | Single | 1974 |
| "White Rabbit" | Jefferson Airplane | RCA | 1967 | Rock | Single | 1998 |
| "A Whiter Shade of Pale" | Procol Harum | Deram | 1967 | Baroque Pop | Single | 1998 |
| Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Arista | 1985 | Pop | Album | 2013 |
| "Who Do You Love?" | Bo Diddley | Checker | 1956 | Rock & roll | Single | 2010 |
| "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" | Jerry Lee Lewis | Sun Records | 1957 | Rock & roll | Single | 1999 |
| "Whole Lotta Love" | Led Zeppelin | Atlantic | 1969 | Rock | Single | 2007 |
| Who's Next | The Who | Decca | 1971 | Hard Rock | Album | 2007 |
| "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" | Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers | Gee | 1956 | Doo-Wop | Single | 2001 |
| "Wichita Lineman" | Glen Campbell | Capitol | 1968 | Country | Single | 2000 |
| "The Wild Side of Life" | Hank Thompson & his Brazos Valley Boys | Capitol | 1952 | Country | Single | 1999 |
| "Wild Thing" | The Troggs | Fontana (UK); Atco (US) | 1966 | Garage Rock | Single | 2019 |
| The Wildest! | Louis Prima And Keely Smith | Capitol | 1956 | Swing | Album | 1999 |
| "Wildwood Flower" | The Carter Family | RCA Victor | 1928 | Country | Single | 1999 |
| Will the Circle be Unbroken | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | United Artists | 1972 | Country | Album | 1998 |
| "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" | The Shirelles | Scepter | 1960 | R&B | Single | 1999 |
| "Wipe Out" | The Surfaris | Dot | 1963 | Surf Rock | Single | 2020 |
| "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Joe Cocker | A&M | 1968 | Rock | Single | 2001 |
| The Wizard of Oz: Technicolor Film Soundtrack | Cast: Judy Garland, Billie Burke, The Munchkins, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Frank Morgan, Margaret Hamilton, etc. | MGM | 1956 | Soundtrack | Album | 2006 |
| "Woodchopper's Ball" | Woody Herman And His Orchestra | Decca | 1939 | Jazz | Single | 2002 |
| Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More | Various Artists including John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Country Joe and the Fish, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Cotillion | 1970 | Soundtrack | Album | 2014 |
| "Wooly Bully" | Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs | MGM | 1965 | Rock & roll | Single | 2009 |
| Workingman's Dead | Grateful Dead | Warner Bros. | 1970 | Rock | Album | 1999 |
| "Worried Life Blues" | Big Maceo Merriweather | Bluebird | 1941 | Blues | Single | 2006 |
| "Wreck of the Old 97" | Vernon Dalhart | Herwin | 1924 | Folk | Single | 2021 |
| Wrecking Ball | Emmylou Harris | Elektra | 1995 | Country rock | Album | 2025 |
| "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | Atco | 1958 | Rock & roll | Single | 1999 |
| "Yankee Doodle Boy" | Billy Murray | Columbia | 1905 | Musical theatre | Single | 2006 |
| "Yardbird Suite" | Charlie Parker & his Septet | Dial | 1946 | Bebop | Single | 2014 |
| "Yesterday" | Credited to The Beatles Actual Performer: Paul McCartney | Capitol | 1965 | Chamber Pop | Single | 1997 |
| "Y.M.C.A." | Village People | Casablanca | 1978 | Disco | Single | 2020 |
| "You Always Hurt the One You Love" | Mills Brothers | Decca | 1944 | Traditional pop | Single | 2017 |
| "You Are My Sunshine" | Jimmie Davis | Decca | 1940 | Country | Single | 1999 |
| "You Are So Beautiful" | Joe Cocker | A&M | 1974 | Pop | Single | 2016 |
| "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" | Stevie Wonder | Tamla | 1972 | Pop | Single | 2002 |
| "You Belong to Me" | Jo Stafford | Columbia | 1952 | Traditional pop | Single | 1998 |
| "You Don't Miss Your Water" | William Bell | Stax | 1961 | Soul | Single | 2024 |
| "You Don't Own Me" | Lesley Gore | Mercury | 1963 | Pop | Single | 2017 |
| "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | The Supremes | Motown | 1966 | Pop | Single | 1999 |
| "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" | Harry James and his Orchestra | Columbia | 1941 | Pop | Single | 2010 |
| "You Really Got Me" | The Kinks | Reprise | 1964 | Rock | Single | 1999 |
| "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | Keen | 1957 | R&B | Single | 1998 |
| "Your Cheatin' Heart" | Hank Williams | MGM | 1953 | Country | Single | 1983 |
| "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" | Jackie Wilson | Brunswick | 1967 | Chicago Soul | Single | 1999 |
| "Your Song" | Elton John | DJM | 1970 | Pop | Single | 1998 |
| "You're So Vain" | Carly Simon | Elektra | 1972 | Soft Rock | Single | 2004 |
| "You're The Top" | Ethel Merman | Brunswick | 1934 | Musical theatre | Single | 2008 |
| "You've Got a Friend" | Carole King | Ode | 1971 | Soft Rock | Track | 2002 |
| "You've Got a Friend" | James Taylor | Warner Bros. | 1971 | Folk Rock | Single | 2001 |
| "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" | The Righteous Brothers | Philles | 1964 | Pop | Single | 1998 |
| "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" | The Miracles | Tamla | 1962 | Soul | Single | 1998 |
| "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" | Johnny Mercer | Capitol | 1946 | Soundtrack | Single | 2010 |
| The Zodiac Suite | Mary Lou Williams | Asch Records | 1945 | Jazz | Album | 2020 |
| Zombie | Fela Kuti & Afrika 70 | Coconut | 1976 | Afrobeat | Album | 2025 |