diff --git "a/wikimusictext.jsonl" "b/wikimusictext.jsonl" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/wikimusictext.jsonl" @@ -0,0 +1,1010 @@ +{"title": "'Deed I Do", "artist": "Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Deed I Do\" is a 1926 jazz standard composed by Fred Rose with lyrics by Walter Hirsch. It was introduced by vaudeville performer S. L. Stambaugh and popularized by Ben Bernie's recording. Ruth Etting's rendition of the song became a top ten hit in 1927."} +{"title": "(Now And Then There's) A fool such as I ", "artist": "Bill Trader, Bill Trader 1952", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Now and Then There's A Fool Such as I\" is a popular song written by Bill Trader and published in 1952. Recorded as a single by Hank Snow it peaked at number four on the US country charts early in 1953. Elvis Presley's recording reached number two in the United States in 1958. Bob Dylan recorded the song during the Basement Tape sessions."} +{"title": "(Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You", "artist": "Stuart Hamblen", "genre": "Folk", "text": " \"(Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You\" is a song written and originally sung by Stuart Hamblen. The song was also a hit for Ernest Tubb the same year, and Dean Martin in 1965."} +{"title": "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay", "artist": "Otis Reading, Steve Cropper", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"The Dock of the Bay\" is a song co-written by Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was recorded by Redding twice in 1967, including once just three days before his death in a plane crash on December 10, 1967. The song was released on Stax Records' Volt label in 1968, becoming the first ever posthumous single to top the charts in the US. It reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart."} +{"title": "(There'll be) Peace in the Valley", "artist": "Thomas A. Dorsey", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me\" is a 1939 song written by Thomas A. Dorsey, originally for Mahalia Jackson. It was a hit in 1951 for Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys, reaching number seven on the Country & Western Best Seller chart. The song achieved mass coverage during Elvis Presley's third and final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on January 6, 1957."} +{"title": "(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me", "artist": "Burt Bacharach, Hal David", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"There's) Always Something There to Remind Me\" is a song written in the 1960s by songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Originally recorded as a demo by Dionne Warwick in 1963, it first charted for Lou Johnson whose version reached No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1964. Sandie Shaw covered the song for the UK market in 1964, the song was premiered by Shaw with a performance on Ready Steady Go! The first week after its release, the single sold 65,000 copies."} +{"title": "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "artist": "Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler", "genre": "R&B", "text": " \"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman\" is a 1967 single released by American soul singer Aretha Franklin on the Atlantic label. The words were written by Gerry Goffin from an idea by Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler, and the music was composed by Carole King. Written for Franklin, the record was a big hit reaching number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, and became one of her signature songs."} +{"title": "A Day In The Life Of A Fool", "artist": "Luiz Bonfa, Carl Sigman", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Manha de Carnaval\" (\"Carnival Morning\") is a song by Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfa and lyricist Antonio Maria. It appeared as a principal theme in the 1959 Portuguese-language film Orfeu Negro by French director Marcel Camus. The song is considered to be one of the most important Brazilian Jazz/Bossa songs that helped establish the Bossa Nova movement in the late 1950s."} +{"title": "A Dreamer's Holiday", "artist": "Mabel Wayne, Kim Gannon", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"A Dreamer's Holiday\" is a popular song. The music was written by Mabel Wayne, the lyrics by Kim Gannon. Hit versions of the song were recorded by Perry Como and Buddy Clark."} +{"title": "A FOGGY DAY", "artist": "George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. \"A Foggy Day\" is a popular song composed by George Gershwin. It was introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film A Damsel in Distress."} +{"title": "A Gal In Calico.m", "artist": "Arthur Schwartz, Leo Robin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"A Gal in Calico\" is a song by American composer Arthur Schwartz, whose words were written by Leo Robin. It was introduced in the 1946 film The Time, the Place and the Girl. Four versions have entered the US Billboard charts: Johnny Mercer, Tex Beneke, Benny Goodman and Bing Crosby."} +{"title": "A Garden In The Rain", "artist": "Carroll Gibbons, James Dyrenforth", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"A Garden in the Rain\" is a popular song. The music was composed by Carroll Gibbons, the lyrics by James Dyrenforth. The song was first recorded by the composer with the Savoy Hotel Orpheans and vocals by George Metaxa in July 1928."} +{"title": "A Kiss To Build A Dream On", "artist": "Harry Ruby , Oscar Hammerstein II, Bert Kalmar", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"A Kiss to Build a Dream On\" is a song composed by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II. It was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1951. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1951 but lost out to \"In the Cool, Cool,. Cool of the Evening\""} +{"title": "A Little Bit More", "artist": "Bobby Gosh", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"A Little Bit More\" is a song written and performed by Bobby Gosh, released on his 1973 album Sitting in the Quiet. The first hit version was recorded by the band Dr. Hook; their version was released as a single in 1976. The song has also been recorded by Lynn Anderson (1977), Ronnie McDowell (1992), Lars Roos (1992) and Shane Richie (1998)"} +{"title": "A Little Bitty Tear", "artist": "Hank Cochran", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"A Little Bitty Tear\" is a song written by Hank Cochran. It was first recorded by American recording artist Burl Ives in 1961. It has since been recorded by others, including Wanda Jackson, Bing Crosby, Chet Atkins, The Shadows and Cochran himself."} +{"title": "A Little Night Music", "artist": "Stephen Sondheim", "genre": "Country", "text": "A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the 1955 Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart's Serenade No. 13, K. 525."} +{"title": "A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening", "artist": "Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening\" is a popular song with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Harold Adamson. It was used in the film Higher and Higher (1944) when it was sung by Frank Sinatra. The song is considered a pop standard because it has been recorded by many artists."} +{"title": "A Marshmallow World", "artist": "Peter De Rose, Carl Sigman", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"A Marshmallow World\" is a popular song that was written in 1949 by Carl Sigman and Peter DeRose. Bing Crosby's version, recorded in 1950, peaked at No. 24 on Billboard's Best Selling Pop Singles chart in January 1951. Other artists who recorded the song in 1950 include Ray Anthony, Vic Damone, Johnny Desmond, Arthur Godfrey, and Vaughn Monroe."} +{"title": "A Night In Tunisia", "artist": "Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Hendricks", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"A Night in Tunisia\" is a musical composition written by Dizzy Gillespie around 1941-42. Gillespie called the tune \"Interlude\" and said \"some genius decided to call it 'Night in Tunisia'\". The complex ostinato bass line in the \"A section\" is notable for avoiding the standard walking bass pattern of straight quarter notes."} +{"title": "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody", "artist": "Irving Berlin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody\" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1919. It became the theme song of the Ziegfeld Follies. The first verse and refrain are considered part of the Great American Songbook."} +{"title": "A Ship Without A Sail", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 - December 30, 1979) was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most well-known American composers of the 20th century. Rodgers was the first person to win all four of the top American entertainment awards in theater, film, recording, and television - a Tony, an Oscar, a Grammy, and an Emmy."} +{"title": "A Sleepin' Bee", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Truman Capote", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"A Sleepin' Bee\" is a popular song composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Arlen and Truman Capote. It was introduced in the musical House of Flowers (1954) and performed by Diahann Carroll. Barbra Streisand referred to it as her favorite song, recorded it several times, and performed it in her national television debut in April 1961."} +{"title": "A Sunday Kind Of Love", "artist": "Anita Leonard, Barbara Belle, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"A Sunday Kind of Love\" is a popular song composed by Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, and Louis Prima and was published in 1946. The song was first recorded by Claude Thornhill and his Orchestra on November 11, 1946."} +{"title": "A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl", "artist": "Bob Merrill", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl\" is a song written by Bob Merrill and performed by Teresa Brewer. It reached #3 in the U.K. and #7 in the United States in 1956. Billie Anthony and Eric Jupp and His Orchestra released a version of the song as a single in 1956, but it did not chart."} +{"title": "A Teardrop On A Rose", "artist": "Hank Williams", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"A Teardrop on a Rose\" is a song written by Hank Williams. It was released in 1950 by fellow Alabamian country singer Braxton Schuffert. Tommy Edwards and Connie Stevens each recorded a version of the song."} +{"title": "A Teenager in Love", "artist": "Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"A Teenager in Love\" is a song written by Doc Pomus and partner Mort Shuman. It was originally recorded by Dion and the Belmonts, and was released in March 1959. It reached #5 on the Billboard pop charts. The song was covered in 1965 both by Bob Marley and the Wailers and by Lou Christie."} +{"title": "A Tree in the Meadow", "artist": "Billy Reid", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"A Tree in the Meadow\" is a popular song. It was written by Billy Reid, and the song was published in 1948. The biggest hit version of the song in the United States was recorded by Margaret Whiting."} +{"title": "A Very Precious Love", "artist": "Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"A Very Precious Love\" is a popular song with music was written by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. It was introduced in the movie Marjorie Morningstar when it was sung by Gene Kelly. The song was nominated for the 1958 Academy Award for Best Song."} +{"title": "A Walk in the Black Forest", "artist": "Horst Jankowsky, Kal Mann", "genre": "Pop", "text": "Horst Jankowski (30 January 1936 - 29 June 1998) was a classically trained German pianist, most famous for his internationally successful easy listening music. His fame peaked in 1965 with his tune \"Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt\", released in English as \"A Walk in the Black Forest\" The track has become a signature song at Plymouth Argyle F.C., being played at the end of each game."} +{"title": "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "artist": "Procol Harum", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"A Whiter Shade of Pale\" is a song by the English rock band Procol Harum. The single reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967. It is one of the most commercially successful singles in history, having sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. The song has been included in many music compilations over the decades."} +{"title": "A Wonderful Guy", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"A Wonderful Guy\" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. It was first introduced by Mary Martin in the original Broadway production and sung by Mitzi Gaynor in the 1958 film adaptation. The chorus of the song is performed a cappella by Megan Mullally's character Karen Walker on the sitcom Will & Grace."} +{"title": "A World Of Our Own", "artist": "Tom Springfield", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"A World of Our Own\" is a 1965 single written by Tom Springfield and was an international hit for the Seekers. The single peaked at number 19 on the Hot 100 and number 2 on the Easy Listening charts. The song was translated into Cantonese and became a popular Christian song in Hong Kong as \"Can't forget God's love\""} +{"title": "A-Tisket A-Tasket", "artist": "Ella Fitzgerald, Van Alexander", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"A Tisket A Tasket\" is a nursery rhyme first recorded in America in the late nineteenth century. Ella Fitzgerald extended and embellished the rhyme into a jazz piece that was her breakthrough hit with the Chick Webb Orchestra in 1938. It has since become a jazz standard."} +{"title": "Abide With Me", "artist": "William Henry Monk (Eventide) 1861, Henry Francis Lyte 1847", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Abide with Me\" is a Christian hymn by Scottish Anglican cleric Henry Francis Lyte. It is a prayer for God to stay with the speaker throughout life and in death. Lyte wrote the hymn in 1847 as he was dying from tuberculosis. The hymn is most often sung to the tune \"Eventide\" by William Henry Monk."} +{"title": "Achy Breaky Heart", "artist": "Don von Tress", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Achy Breaky Heart\" is a song written in 1990 by Don Von Tress. It was first released in 1991 by the Marcy Brothers with the title \"Don't Tell My Heart\" It was later recorded by American singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus and released on his debut album, Some Gave All (1992) The song is Cyrus' debut single and signature song. It became the first single ever to achieve triple platinum status in Australia."} +{"title": "Act Naturally", "artist": "Johnny Russell, Vonnie Morrison", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Act Naturally\" is a song written by Johnny Russell and Voni Morrison. It was originally recorded by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in 1963. The best-known other version is from the Beatles in 1965. It has been recorded by many other artists, including Loretta Lynn and Dwight Yoakam."} +{"title": "Afro Blue", "artist": "Mongo Santamaria", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Afro Blue\" was the first jazz standard built upon a typical African 3:2 cross-rhythm, or hemiola. The song begins with the bass repeatedly playing 6 cross-beats per each measure of 128. The harmonic structure of Santamaria's version is a simple B pentatonic blues."} +{"title": "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life", "artist": "Victor Herbert, Rida Johnson Young", "genre": "Dance", "text": "Naughty Marietta is an operetta in two acts, with libretto by Rida Johnson Young and music by Victor Herbert. Set in New Orleans in 1780, it tells how Captain Richard Warrington is commissioned to unmask and capture a notorious French pirate calling himself \"Bras Pique\" The score includes many well-known songs, including \"Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life\"."} +{"title": "Ai Se Eu Te Pego", "artist": "Aline da Fonseca, Amanda Teixeira, Antonio Cerqueira, Karine Vinagre, Sharon Arcoverde", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Ai Se Eu Te Pego\" (Brazilian Portuguese: ; English: \"Oh, If I Catch You\") is a 2008 Brazilian song by Sharon Acioly and Antonio Dyggs. It was recorded by Brazilian band Cangaia de Jegue and then covered by many other regional Brazilian bands like Garota Safada, Arreio de Ouro, Estakazero, Forro Sacode and Saia Rodada. In 2011, it was popularized by Brazilian singer Michel Telo, becoming an international hit."} +{"title": "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "artist": "Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Ain't No Mountain High Enough\" is a song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. The song became a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes frontwoman Diana Ross. The Gaye/Terrell version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999."} +{"title": "Ain't That A Kick In The Head", "artist": "James Van Heusen , Sammy Cahn", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Ain't That a Kick in the Head?\" is a pop song written in 1960 with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was first recorded on May 10, 1960, by Dean Martin in a swinging big band jazz arrangement conducted by Nelson Riddle. Martin performed the song in the 1960 heist film Ocean's 11 in an alternate arrangement featuring vibraphonist Red Norvo and his quartet. The song was covered in 2004 by Irish boy band Westlife."} +{"title": "Ain't That A Shame", "artist": "Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Ain't That a Shame\" is a song written by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Domino's recording of the song, released by Imperial Records in 1955, was a hit, eventually selling a million copies. The song is ranked number 438 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. The Four Seasons (1963), John Lennon (1975), Sir Paul McCartney ( 1988) and most notably, Cheap Trick (1978) have also covered the song."} +{"title": "Air Mail Special", "artist": "B Goodman, C Christian", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Air Mail Special\" is a 1941 jazz standard written by Benny Goodman, James Mundy and Charlie Christian. Jazz fans know it best as a vehicle for the virtuoso scat singing of Ella Fitzgerald."} +{"title": "AL DI LA", "artist": "C. Donida, Mogol, Engish lyrics by Ervin Drake", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Al di la\" (English translation: \"Beyond\") is a song written by Italian composer Carlo Donida and lyricist Mogol, and recorded by Betty Curtis. English lyrics were written by Ervin Drake. The song was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961."} +{"title": "All Blues.m", "artist": "Miles Davis", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"All Blues\" is a jazz composition by Miles Davis first appearing on the influential 1959 album Kind of Blue. It is a twelve-bar blues in 64; the chord sequence is that of a basic blues and made up entirely of seventh chords. In the song's original key of G this chord is an E7."} +{"title": "All I ask of you", "artist": "Andrew Lloyd Webber", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"All I Ask of You\" is a song from the 1986 English musical The Phantom of the Opera. It was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe. The song was performed by Sarah Brightman and Cliff Richard. Barbra Streisand covered the song for her 1988 album Till I Loved You."} +{"title": "All I Do Is Dream Of You", "artist": "Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"All I Do Is Dream of You\" is a popular song. The music was written by Nacio Herb Brown, the lyrics by Arthur Freed. It was originally written for the Joan Crawford film Sadie McKee (1934)"} +{"title": "All I Have To Offer You Is Me", "artist": "Dallas Frazier, Al Owens", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)\" is a song written by Dallas Frazier and A.L. \"Doodle\" Owens. It was released in June 1969 as the first single from his compilation album The Best of Charley Pride. It reached the top of the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart that August. Pride became the third black singer to have a No. 1 country hit."} +{"title": "All I Want For Christmas Is You", "artist": "Wally Afanasieff, Mariah Carey", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"All I Want for Christmas Is You\" is a song by American singer Mariah Carey from her fourth studio album and first holiday album, Merry Christmas (1994) Written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, the song was released as the lead single from the album on October 29, 1994, by Columbia Records. The track is an uptempo love song that includes bell chimes, backing vocals, and synthesizers. It has become a Christmas standard and continues to surge in popularity each holiday season."} +{"title": "All My Loving", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"All My Loving\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their second UK album With the Beatles (1963) It was written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon-McCartney), and produced by George Martin. The song was released as a single in Canada, where it became a number one hit."} +{"title": "All Or Nothing At All", "artist": "Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"All or Nothing at All\" is a song composed in 1939 by Arthur Altman, with lyrics by Jack Lawrence. Frank Sinatra's August 31, 1939 recording of the song became a huge hit in 1943."} +{"title": "All The Things You Are", "artist": "Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"All the Things You Are\" is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. The song was written for the musical Very Warm for May (1939) and was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart. It appeared in the film Broadway Rhythm (1944) when it was sung by Ginny Simms, and again in the Kern biopic Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)"} +{"title": "All You Need Is Love", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"All You Need Is Love\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon-McCartney partnership. The song was Britain's contribution to Our World, the first live global television link. The band were filmed performing it at EMI Studios in London on 25 June 1967."} +{"title": "ALMOST BLUE", "artist": "Elvis Costello", "genre": "Country", "text": "Almost Blue is an album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. It was recorded May 1981 in Nashville, and released on 23 October 1981. The record's songs consist entirely of country covers, including works originally written by Hank Williams, Merle Haggard and George Jones."} +{"title": "Alone Again (Naturally)", "artist": "Raymond O'Sullivan", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Alone Again (Naturally)\" is a song by Irish singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was recorded in 1972 at the same time as his album Back to Front and was a worldwide hit. The single spent six non-consecutive weeks at number one on Billboard's Hot 100 between late July and early September 1972 in America. The song was involved in a 1991 court case which held that sampling of music can constitute copyright infringement."} +{"title": "Along the road to Gundagai", "artist": "Jack O'Hagan", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Along the Road to Gundagai\" is an Australian folk song written by Jack O'Hagan in 1922. It was first recorded by Peter Dawson in 1924. O' Hagan performed his own version later that year. In 2001 the Australasian Performing Right Association named it one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time."} +{"title": "Always On My Mind", "artist": "Wayne Thomps", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"You Were Always on My Mind\" is a ballad written by Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, and Mark James, and first released by Gwen McCrae. The song has been a crossover hit, and that it was tailored to fit his musical style was the fact that James had already written a hit song \"Suspicious\""} +{"title": "Always True to You in my Fashion", "artist": "Cole Porter", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Always True to You in My Fashion\" is a 1948 show tune by Cole Porter, written for the musical Kiss Me, Kate. It is based on Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae, a similarly ironic poem by the English Decadent poet Ernest Dowson. Song is sung in the second half of the show by Lois (Bianca) to her love interest, Bill (Lucentio), who has become frustrated with Lois' penchant for older wealthy men."} +{"title": "Am I That Easy To Forget", "artist": "Carl Belew and W. S. Steveson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Am I That Easy to Forget\" is a popular song written by Carl Belew and W.S. Stevenson in 1958. It reached number nine on the country music chart in 1959. The highest charting version of the song was recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck on August 11, 1967."} +{"title": "American Honey", "artist": "Cary Barlowe, Hillary Lindsey, Shane Stevens", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"American Honey\" is a song written by Cary Barlowe, Hillary Lindsey and Shane Stevens, and recorded by American country music group Lady Antebellum. It was released on January 11, 2010, as the second single from their second album Need You Now. The song's female narrator, lead singer Hillary Scott, states a desire to escape her adult lifestyle and return to her childhood, which is described in the lyrics as \"American honey\" It is in D-flat major, with an approximate tempo of 84 beats per minute."} +{"title": "American Patrol", "artist": "F.W. Meacham", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"American Patrol\" is a popular march written by Frank White (F.W.) Meacham in 1885. Glenn Miller's Orchestra recorded a swing version of the march arranged by Jerry Gray in 1942. Morton Gould later composed his own unusual and often dissonant \"American Patrol for 3 Bands\""} +{"title": "Among My Souvenirs", "artist": "Horatio Nicholls, Edgar Leslie", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Among My Souvenirs\" is a 1927 song with words by Edgar Leslie and music by Horatio Nicholls. It was first a number one chart hit for Paul Whiteman in 1928. Connie Francis recorded the song peaking at number seven on the Hot 100."} +{"title": "An Apple Blossom Wedding", "artist": "Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"An Apple Blossom Wedding\" was a 1947 song by American composer Nat Simon and Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy. It reached number 1 on the UK's sheet music charts that year. The song's lyrics refer to the flower of an apple tree and a romance which started at a wedding during the season when it blossoms. Most of the versions of the song available in the UK during its popularity were by British artists."} +{"title": "And I Love Her", "artist": "John Lenon & Paul McCarthy, 1964", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"And I Love Her\" is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It is the fifth track of their third UK album A Hard Day's Night and was released 20 July 1964, along with \"If I Fell\", as a single release by Capitol Records in the United States. It reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been covered by a variety of artists including Esther Phillips, Kurt Cobain and Cliff Richard."} +{"title": "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", "artist": "Eric Bogle", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda\" is a song written by Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle in 1971. The song describes war as futile and gruesome, while criticising those who seek to glorify it. At its conclusion, the song incorporates the melody and a few lines of lyrics of the 1895 song \"WaltzingMatilda\" by Australian poet Banjo Paterson."} +{"title": "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground", "artist": "Willie Nelson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground\" is a 1981 single from the film Honeysuckle Rose. The single was Willie Nelson's seventh number one on the country chart as a solo artist. Bob Dylan covered the song during the recording sessions for his 1983 album Infidels. The song appeared as the B-side to four different international single releases in support of the album."} +{"title": "Angels We Have Heard On High", "artist": "Traditional", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Angels We Have Heard on High\" is a Christmas carol to the hymn tune \"Gloria\" from a traditional French song of unknown origin called Les Anges dans nos campagnes. The song's subject is the birth of Jesus Christ as narrated in the Gospel of Luke, specifically the scene in which shepherds outside Bethlehem encounter a multitude of angels singing and praising the newborn child. The lyrics of the song are inspired by, but not an exact translation of, the traditional French carol."} +{"title": "Annie's Song", "artist": "John Denver", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Annie's Song\" was written as an ode to Denver's wife at the time, Annie Martell Denver. The song was released as the lead single from his eighth studio album Back Home Again. It was his second number-one song in the United States, occupying that spot for two weeks in July 1974."} +{"title": "Apple Blossom Time", "artist": "Albert Von Tilzer, Neville Fleeson, _", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time\" is a popular song written by Albert Von Tilzer and lyricist Neville Fleeson. It was introduced by Nora Bayes, who also recorded the song."} +{"title": "Aquellos Ojos Verdes", "artist": "Nilo Menenco", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Green Eyes\" is a popular song, originally written in Spanish under the title \"Aquellos Ojos Verdes\" (\"Those Green Eyes\") by Adolfo Utrera and Nilo Menendez, 1929. The English translation was made by Eddie Rivera and Eddie Woods in 1931. The song, a bolero, was written in 1929 and recorded in Cuba the same year."} +{"title": "Are You Sincere", "artist": "Wayne Walker & Lucky Moeller 1957", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Are You Sincere?\" is a song written by Wayne Walker, originally released in 1957. Andy Williams released the song as a single under the Cadence Records label in 1958, with an orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer. It reached #3 on the Billboard chart. Elvis Presley recorded it on September 24, 1973, at his home in Palm Springs, California."} +{"title": "Ashoken Farewell", "artist": "Jay Unger", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Ashokan Farewell\" is a piece of music composed by American folk musician Jay Ungar in 1982. The tune was used as the title theme of the 1990 PBS television miniseries The Civil War. The piece is a waltz in D major, composed in the style of a Scottish lament."} +{"title": "Ask Me Now", "artist": "Thelonious Monk", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. \"Boo Boo\" was the nickname of Monk's daughter, Barbara Evelyn Monk."} +{"title": "At Last", "artist": "Harry Warren, Mack Gordon", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"At Last\" is a song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Sun Valley Serenade (1941) Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded the tune several times, with a 1942 version reaching number two on the US Billboard pop music chart. In 1960, rhythm and blues singer Etta James recorded an arrangement by Riley Hampton that improvised on Warren's original melody."} +{"title": "Au Privave", "artist": "Charlie Parker (1920-1955)", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Au Privave\" is a bebop jazz standard composed by Charlie Parker in 1951. Parker recorded it on January 17, 1951 for the American record label Verve. From French, the title translates to \"in Privave,\" or \"at the Privave.\""} +{"title": "Auld Lang Syne", "artist": "Traditional, Robert Burns", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Auld Lang Syne\" (Scots pronunciation: : note rather than ) is a popular song, particularly in the English-speaking world. Traditionally, it is sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. It is also often heard at funerals, graduations, and as a farewell or ending to other occasions."} +{"title": "Avenue Q", "artist": "Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx", "genre": "Rock", "text": "Avenue Q is a musical comedy featuring puppets and human actors with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff Whitty. It won Best Musical, Book, and Score at the 2004 Tony Awards. The show's format is a parody of PBS's Sesame Street, but its content involves adult-oriented themes."} +{"title": "Baby Elephant Walk", "artist": "Henry Mancini, Hal David", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Baby Elephant Walk\" is a song written by Henry Mancini for the 1962 film Hatari! Lyrics by Hal David were not used in the film version. The song was recorded by a number of performers in the 1960s and 1970s."} +{"title": "Baby Love", "artist": "Brian Holland, Edward Holland Jr, Lamont Dozier", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Baby Love\" is a song recorded by the American music group the Supremes in 1964 for their second studio album titled, Where Did Our Love Go. It was written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland. The song topped the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States from October 25, 1964 through November 21, 1964. It is considered one of the most popular songs of the late 20th century, and was ranked #324 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."} +{"title": "Back Door Man", "artist": "Willie Dixon", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Back Door Man\" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1960. The lyrics draw on a Southern U.S. cultural term for an extramarital affair. The song is one of several Dixon-Wolf songs that became popular among rock musicians, including the Doors."} +{"title": "Bad Moon Rising", "artist": "J C Fogerty", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Bad Moon Rising\" is a song written by John Fogerty and performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was the lead single from their album Green River and was released in April 16, 1969. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 28 June 1969 and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in September of that year. In 2010, Rolling Stone ranked it No. 364 on its \"500 Greatest Songs of All Time\" list."} +{"title": "Bags' Groove", "artist": "Milt Jackson", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "This article is about the Miles Davis album. For the composition by Milt Jackson, see Bags' Groove (composition)1957 compilation album by Miles DavisReleased early December 1957RecordedJune 29 & December 24, 1954StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New JerseyGenreJazzLength46:11LabelPrestigePRLP 7109ProducerBob WeinstockMiles Davis chronology:"} +{"title": "Baila Esta Cumbia", "artist": "A.B. Quintanilla III, Pete Astudillo", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Baila Esta Cumbia\" is a song recorded by American Tejano singer Selena for her second studio album, Ven Conmigo (1990) It was released as the second single by EMI Latin on August 28, 1990, behind \"Ya Ves\" It was composed by her brother-producer A.B. Quintanilla, and Selena y Los Dinos' backup dancer, Pete Astudillo. The recording is an up-tempo Mexican cumbia song."} +{"title": "Ballin' The Jack", "artist": "Chris Smith, Jim Burris", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Ballin' the Jack\" is a popular song from 1913, written by Jim Burris with music by Chris Smith. It introduced a popular dance of the same name with \"Folks in Georgia's 'bout to go insane\" It became a ragtime, pop, and trad jazz standard, and has been recorded hundreds of times."} +{"title": "Bandiera Rossa", "artist": "Italian Traditional, Carlo Tuzzi, Ernst Busch", "genre": "Folk", "text": "Bandiera Rossa is one of the most famous songs of the Italian labour movement. It glorifies the red flag, symbol of the socialist and communist movement. The title of the 1986 Israeli film Avanti Popolo is taken from the song."} +{"title": "Bang-A-Boomerang", "artist": "Benny Anderson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Bang-A-Boomerang\" is a song by ABBA, first released by Svenne & Lotta (both Swedish and English-language versions) The song was written by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson and at one point had the working title \"Stop and Listen to Your Heart\" The lyrics compare the \"message of love\" with the returning boomerangs which the Australian Aborigines developed."} +{"title": "Battle Cry of Freedom", "artist": "George F. Root", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Battle Cry of Freedom\" was written in 1862 by American composer George Frederick Root. The song advocated the causes of Unionism and abolitionism. A modified Union version was used as the campaign song for the Lincoln-Johnson ticket in the 1864 presidential election. Charles Ives quoted the song in his own patriotic song, \"They Are There\""} +{"title": "Be A Clown", "artist": "Cole Porter", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Be a Clown\" is a song written by Cole Porter for the 1948 film The Pirate. The song was performed twice in the film: first by Gene Kelly and The Nicholas Brothers and then at the end of the film by Kelly and Judy Garland. It was also sung in Mickey's Fun Songs: Let's Go To The Circus."} +{"title": "Be Anything (but be mine)", "artist": "Irving Gordon", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Be Anything (but Be Mine)\" is a popular song composed by Irving Gordon and published in 1952. Peggy Lee's version reached #13 in the spring of 1952 besting the #21 chart peak of Lee's. Gloria Lynne recorded the song early in 1964 as her debut release on Mercury Records' Fontana label as Fontana #1890. The track entered the Hot 100 in April 1964 but rose no higher than #88."} +{"title": "Be Careful, It's My Heart", "artist": "Irving Berlin", "genre": "Dance", "text": "Holiday Inn is a 1942 American musical film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. With music by Irving Berlin, the composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being \"White Christmas\" The film features a complete reuse of the song \"Easter Parade\", written by Berlin for the 1933 Broadway revue As Thousands Cheer."} +{"title": "Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee", "artist": "Stanley Murphy & Henry J. Marshall", "genre": "Pop", "text": "The music was written by Henry I. Marshall, the lyrics by Stanley Murphy. The song was published in 1912, and appeared in the 1912 play A Winsome Widow. One of the most popular early recordings was by Ada Jones and Billy Murray."} +{"title": "Be My Love", "artist": "Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Be My Love\" is a popular song with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Nicholas Brodszky. Published in 1950, it was written for Mario Lanza who sang it with Kathryn Grayson in the 1950 movie The Toast of New Orleans. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1950 but lost out to \"Mona Lisa\""} +{"title": "Beautiful Dreamer", "artist": "Stephen Foster", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Beautiful Dreamer\" is a parlor song by American songwriter Stephen Foster. It was published posthumously in March 1864, by Wm. A. Pond & Co. of New York. The song is set in 98 time with a broken chord accompaniment."} +{"title": "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere", "artist": "John S. Fearis, Jessie B. Pounds", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Beautiful Isle of Somewhere\" is a song with words by Jessie Brown Pounds and music by John Sylvester Fearis written in 1897. The song gained huge popularity when it was used in William McKinley's funeral. The tune and lyrics have been praised as \"beautiful,\" but praise for the song has not been universal. Christian theologians have taken issue with the song because it describes Heaven in nebulous terms."} +{"title": "Beautiful Lady", "artist": "Patsy Riggir", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Beautiful Lady\" is a country song by New Zealand singer Patsy Riggir. It was released in 1983 as the lead single on her album Are You Lonely. The song failed to become a hit when released, but was a sleeper hit."} +{"title": "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon", "artist": "Sholom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs, Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Bei Mir Bistu Shein\" is a popular Yiddish song. It was written by Jacob Jacobs and composer Sholom Secunda for a 1932 musical. English lyrics were written for the tune by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin. The song became a worldwide hit when recorded by The Andrews Sisters."} +{"title": "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms", "artist": "traditional Irish tune, Thomas Moore", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms\" is a popular song written by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. He set new lyrics to a traditional Irish air that can be traced back into the 18th century. The song is often the cue for a classic \"bomb gag\" where the playing of the first line of the song sets off a rigged explosion."} +{"title": "Bemsha Swing", "artist": "Thelonious Monk", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. \"Boo Boo\" was the nickname of Monk's daughter, Barbara Evelyn Monk."} +{"title": "Bennie and the jets", "artist": "Elton John, Bernie Taupin", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Bennie and the Jets\" is a song written by Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin. The song first appeared on the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album in 1973. The track was a massive hit in the United States and Canada, released in 1974 as an A-side. In most territories the track was released as the B-side to \"Candle in the Wind\", but spelled 'Benny' It is ranked number 371 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."} +{"title": "Bermuda", "artist": "The Bell Sisters", "genre": "Country", "text": "Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Bermuda archipelago consists of 181 islands with a total land area of 54 km2 (21 sq mi) The closest land outside the territory is in the US state of North Carolina, approximately 1,035 km (643 mi) to the northwest."} +{"title": "Bernie's Tune", "artist": "Bernie Miller", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Bernie's Tune\" is a 1952 jazz standard. The music was written by Bernie Miller, with lyrics added later by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was popularised with a recording by the quartet of the American saxophonist and composer Gerry Mulligan."} +{"title": "Besame Mucho.m", "artist": "Consuelo Velazquez", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Besame Mucho\" was written in 1940 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velazquez. It is considered one of the most popular songs of the 20th century and of all times. The song appeared in the film Follow the Boys (5 May 1944)"} +{"title": "Beyond the Reef", "artist": "Jack Pitman", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Beyond the Reef\" is a song written by Canadian Jack Pitman in Hawaii in 1948. It was first performed by Hawaiian artist Napua Stevens in 1949. Bing Crosby recorded the song on September 5, 1950 and Crosby's recording reached No. 26 on the Billboard pop chart."} +{"title": "Big Spender", "artist": "Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Big Spender\" is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical Sweet Charity, first performed in 1966. It is sung, in the musical, by the dance hostess girls; it was choreographed by Bob Fosse for the Broadway musical and the 1969 film. Shirley Bassey's version of the song reached #21 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1967."} +{"title": "Big Yellow Taxi", "artist": "Joni Mitchell", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Big Yellow Taxi\" is a song written, composed, and originally recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in 1970. It was a hit in her native Canada (No. 14) as well as Australia and the UK. It only reached No. 67 in the US in 1970, but was later a bigger hit there for her in a live version released in 1974, which peaked at No. 24. In 1995, to coincide with the song's inclusion in the American sitcom Friends, the song was rereleased as a maxi-single with new remixes in a variety of styles."} +{"title": "Billie's Bounce", "artist": "Charlie Parker", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Billie's Bounce\" is a jazz composition written in 1945 by Charlie Parker in the form of a 12 bar F blues. Some sources claim that the song was dedicated to Dizzy Gillespie's agent, Billy Shaw, although according to Ross Russell, Shaw's \"name was misspelled\" accidentally. The original recording byCharlie Parker and His Re-Boppers was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002."} +{"title": "Birk's Works", "artist": "John Birks Gillespie", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Birks' Works\" is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label. The original album featured 10 tracks and was reissued as Birks Works: The Verve Big Band Sessions."} +{"title": "Black And Tan Fantasy", "artist": "Duke Ellington, Bub Miley", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Black and Tan Fantasy\" is a 1927 jazz composition by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley. The song was recorded several times in 1927 for the Okeh, Victor and Brunswick record labels. The Victor recording is an inductee of the Grammy Hall of Fame."} +{"title": "Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots", "artist": "Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots\" is a song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Recorded by The Cheers, it went to #6 on the Billboard Best Selling singles chart in the fall of 1955. In 1956, French chanteuse Edith Piaf recorded a French translation of the song entitled \"L'Homme a la moto\""} +{"title": "Black Magic Woman", "artist": "Peter Green", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Black Magic Woman\" is a song written by British musician Peter Green. It was first released as a single for Fleetwood Mac in 1968. In 1970, the song was released as the first single from Santana's album Abraxas."} +{"title": "Blame It On My Youth", "artist": "Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Blame It on My Youth\" is a jazz standard written by Oscar Levant and Edward Heyman in 1934. It was first broadcast by Bing Crosby on his radio show Bing Crosby Entertains on February 5, 1935."} +{"title": "Blame It On The Bossa Nova", "artist": "Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Blame It on the Bossa Nova\" is a song written by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann. It was a 1963 hit single for Eydie Gorme, reaching number 7 on the Hot 100 in Billboard in March 1963. The song also peaked at number 32 in the UK, whereas \"Yes, My Darling Daughter\" became her biggest hit there."} +{"title": "Bleeding Love", "artist": "Jesse McCartney, Ryan Tedder", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Bleeding Love\" is a song recorded by English singer Leona Lewis for her debut studio album Spirit (2007) It was written and originally recorded by Jesse McCartney, and was co-written and produced by Ryan Tedder. The song was released as the lead single from Spirit on September 16, 2007, by Syco Music and J Records. It became a major international hit and was the best-selling single of 2008 worldwide. It is Lewis's biggest hit in the US to date."} +{"title": "BLISTER IN THE SUN", "artist": "Violent Femmes", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Blister in the Sun\" is a song by American alternative rock band Violent Femmes. It was originally released on their 1983 self-titled debut album. In 2005, it became the first English-language track to ever be allowed on RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta."} +{"title": "Blood Count", "artist": "Billy Strayhorn", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Blood Count\" is a 1967 jazz composition by Billy Strayhorn. It was originally meant for a three-piece work Stray horn was writing for Duke Ellington. Many other artists have since recorded it, including Stan Getz, Jimmy Rowles, Joe Henderson and Bobby Watson."} +{"title": "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)", "artist": "Pink", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Pink from her sixth studio album, The Truth About Love (2012) The song was released as the lead single from the album on July 2, 2012, by RCA Records. It is an uptempo electropop song with synthesizers, keyboards, and bass drums. Lyrically, it finds Pink reflecting on past relationships and life situations. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised the production."} +{"title": "Blowing in the Wind", "artist": "Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Blowin' in the Wind\" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962. It has been described as a protest song and poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. In 1994, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was ranked number 14 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the \"500 Greatest Songs of All Time\""} +{"title": "Blue And Sentimental", "artist": "Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David", "genre": "Pop", "text": "The song was written in 1938 and recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on 6 June that year. The song was featured on saxophonist Ike Quebec's album Blue & Sentimental. Tony Bennett and Kay Starr recorded the song in 2001."} +{"title": "Blue Bayou", "artist": "Roy Orbison", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Blue Bayou\" is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. It was originally sung and recorded by Orbison, who had an international hit with his version in 1963. It later became Linda Ronstadt's signature song, with which she scored a Top 5 hit with her cover in 1977."} +{"title": "Blue Bossa.m", "artist": "Kenny Dorham", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Blue Bossa\" is an instrumental jazz composition by Kenny Dorham. It was introduced on Joe Henderson's 1963 album Page One. A blend of hard bop and bossa nova, the tune was possibly influenced by Dorham's visit to the Rio de Janeiro Jazz Festival."} +{"title": "Blue Champagne", "artist": "Grady Watts, Frank Ryerson, Jimmy Eaton", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Blue Champagne\" is a song written by Grady Watts, Jimmy Eaton and Frank L. Ryerson. It was released by Decca Records in 1941, backed with \"All Alone and Lonely\" It topped The Billboard's National Best Selling Retail Records chart on the week of September 27, 1941, becoming Dorsey's fifth number-one single of that year."} +{"title": "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain", "artist": "Fred Rose", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain\" is a song written by songwriter Fred Rose. Originally performed by Roy Acuff, the song has been covered by many artists, including Hank Williams Sr., Johnny Russell, and Charley Pride. Willie Nelson recorded the song as part of his 1975 album Red Headed Stranger."} +{"title": "Blue Monk", "artist": "Thelonious Monk", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. \"Boo Boo\" was the nickname of Monk's daughter, Barbara Evelyn Monk."} +{"title": "Blue Moon Of Kentucky", "artist": "Bill Monroe", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Blue Moon of Kentucky\" is a waltz written in 1945 by Bill Monroe and recorded by his band, the Blue Grass Boys. The song has since been recorded by many artists, including Elvis Presley and Paul McCartney. In 2002, Monroe's version was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry."} +{"title": "Blue Suede Shoes", "artist": "Carl Lee Perkins", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Blue Suede Shoes\" is a rock and roll standard written and first recorded by American singer, songwriter and guitarist Carl Perkins in 1955. It is considered one of the first rockabilly records, incorporating elements of blues, country and pop music of the time. Perkins' original version of the song appeared on the Cashbox Best Selling Singles list for 16 weeks and spent two weeks at the number two position."} +{"title": "Blue Tango", "artist": "Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Blue Tango\" is an instrumental composition by Leroy Anderson, written for orchestra in 1951 and published in 1952. It was later turned into a popular song with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. Numerous artists have since covered the song, including Amanda Lear, Guy Lombardo and Alma Cogan."} +{"title": "Blue", "artist": "Lou Hardman, Edgar Leslie, Grant Clarke", "genre": "R&B", "text": "Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres."} +{"title": "Bluebells Of Scotland", "artist": "Traditional Scottish", "genre": "Folk", "text": "The Bluebells of Scotland is a Scottish folk song. It was written by Dora Jordan, an English actress and writer. The song was arranged by Arthur Pryor for trombone with accompaniment."} +{"title": "Blues For Alice", "artist": "Charlie Parker", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Blues for Alice\" is a 1951 jazz standard, composed by Charlie Parker. The standard is noted for its rapid bebop blues-style chord voicings and complex harmonic scheme. It is written in the key of F major and usually begins with an F major seventh or F sixth chord."} +{"title": "Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Blues in the Night\" is a popular blues song which has become a pop standard. The music was written by Harold Arlen and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song is sung in the film by William Gillespie. In 1942, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song."} +{"title": "Bluesette.m", "artist": "Toots Thielemans", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "First recorded by Toots Thielemans in 1961, the song became an international hit. It has since been covered by over one hundred artists."} +{"title": "Bohemian Rhapsody", "artist": "Freddie Mercury", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Bohemian Rhapsody\" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released as the lead single from their fourth album, A Night at the Opera (1975) Written by lead singer Freddie Mercury, the song is a six-minute suite, notable for its lack of a refraining chorus. The song parodies elements of opera with bombastic choruses, sarcastic recitative, and distorted Italian operatic phrases. It is regarded as one of the greatest rock songs of all time, as well as Queen's most popular."} +{"title": "Boogie woogie bugle boy", "artist": "Don Raye, Hughie Prince", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy\" is a World War II jump blues song written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince. It was introduced by The Andrews Sisters in the Abbott and Costello comedy film, Buck Privates (1941) The song is ranked No. 6 on Songs of the Century. Bette Midler's 1972 recording also reached the top ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100."} +{"title": "Boplicity", "artist": "Miles Davis", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Boplicity was composed by Miles Davis and Gil Evans for the 1957 album Birth of the Cool. It was composed in the key of F major."} +{"title": "Born To Be My Baby", "artist": "Bon Jovi", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Born to Be My Baby\" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released in November 1988 as the second single from their album New Jersey. It peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989, number 7 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, number 22 in the UK and number 30 in Australia."} +{"title": "Born to be wild", "artist": "Mars Bonfire", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Born to Be Wild\" is a song written by Mars Bonfire and first performed by the band Steppenwolf. The song is often invoked in both popular and counter culture to denote a biker appearance or attitude. It is most notably featured in the 1969 film Easy Rider. It was named the 53rd best hard rock song of all time by VH1 in 2009."} +{"title": "Both Sides Now", "artist": "Joni Mitchell", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Both Sides, Now\" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. First recorded by Judy Collins, it appeared on the US singles chart during the fall of 1968. It has since been recorded by dozens of artists, including Dion in 1968 and Clannad in 1991."} +{"title": "Bourbon Street Parade", "artist": "Paul Barbarin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Bourbon Street Parade is a popular jazz song written by drummer Paul Barbarin in 1955. The song is an example of how early marching bands influenced New Orleans jazz. It has become a Dixieland classic and New Orleans Jazz standard."} +{"title": "Brahms' Lullaby", "artist": "Johannes Brahms", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Wiegenlied\" (\"Lullaby\"; \"Cradle Song\"), Op. 49, No. 4, is a lied for voice and piano by Johannes Brahms. It is one of the composer's most popular pieces. The lullaby was first performed in public on 22 December 1869 in Vienna."} +{"title": "Brilliant Corners.m", "artist": "Thelonious Monk", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Brilliant Corners is a studio album by American jazz musician Thelonious Monk. It was his third album for Riverside Records, and the first, for this label, to include his own compositions. The complex title track required over a dozen takes in the studio. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999."} +{"title": "Broken Hearted Melody", "artist": "Sherman Edwards, Hal David", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Broken Hearted Melody\" is a popular song first published in 1958. The words were written by Hal David and the music by Sherman Edwards. It became a major hit for Sarah Vaughan in 1959, peaking at #7 in the Billboard Charts."} +{"title": "Brown Eyed Girl", "artist": "Van Morrison", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Brown Eyed Girl\" is a song by Northern Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison. Written by Morrison and recorded in March 1967 for Bang Records owner and producer Bert Berns. Released as a single in June of the same year on the Bang label, peaking at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. It featured the Sweet Inspirations singing back-up vocals and is considered to be Van Morrison's signature song."} +{"title": "Bubbly", "artist": "Colbie Caillat", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Bubbly\" is a song by American singer Colbie Caillat from her debut album, Coco (2007) The song was released as the album's lead single on May 15, 2007. It is written in the key of A and primarily features a gentle guitar instrumentation which uses a capo of seventh fret. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 13, 2007, with sales of more than 2.6 million downloads."} +{"title": "Buffalo Gals", "artist": "John Hodges", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Buffalo Gals\" is a traditional American song, written and published as \"Lubly Fan\" in 1844 by the blackface minstrel John Hodges. The lyrics are a reference to the many \"dancing girls\" who performed in the bars, concert-hall dives, and brothels of the Buffalo, New York, Canal district. The Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time."} +{"title": "By Strauss", "artist": "George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"By Strauss\" is a 1936 song composed by George Gershwin. It pays homage to the music of Johann Strauss, Sr. and Johann Strauss Jr. Vincente Minnelli included it in his 1936 revue The Show Is On."} +{"title": "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", "artist": "Jimmy Webb", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"By the Time I Get to Phoenix\" is a song written by Jimmy Webb. Originally recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1965, it was covered by American country music singer Glen Campbell on his album of the same name. Frank Sinatra called it \"the greatest torch song ever written\""} +{"title": "Bye Bye Blackbird", "artist": "Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Bye Bye Blackbird\" is a song published in 1924 by Jerome H. Remick and written by the American composer Ray Henderson and lyricist Mort Dixon. It is considered a popular standard and was first recorded by Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra in March 1926. Two former Beatles have each recorded the song: Ringo Starr for his 1970 album Sentimental Journey and Paul McCartney for his 2012 album Kisses on the Bottom."} +{"title": "C Jam Blues", "artist": "DUKE ELLINGTON", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"C Jam Blues\" is a jazz standard composed in 1942 by Duke Ellington. The piece follows a twelve-bar blues form in the key of C major. It was also known as \"Duke's Place\", with lyrics added by Bill Katts, Bob Thiele and Ruth Roberts."} +{"title": "C'est Magnifique", "artist": "Cole Porter", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"C'est Magnifique\" is a 1953 popular song written by Cole Porter for his 1953 musical Can-Can. The only version to chart was by Gordon MacRae which reached No. 29 for one week."} +{"title": "California Dreaming.m", "artist": "John Phillips, Michelle Phillips", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"California Dreamin'\" is a song written by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips and first recorded by Barry McGuire. The best-known version is by the Mamas & the Papas, who sang backup on the original version and released it as a single in 1965. The lyrics express the narrator's longing for the warmth of Los Angeles during a cold winter in New York City. The song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in June 1966 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001."} +{"title": "Call Me Maybe", "artist": "Carly Rae Jepsen, Tavish Crowe and Josh Ramsay", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Call Me Maybe\" is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen for her EP Curiosity (2012) and later appeared on her second studio album Kiss. It was released as the lead single from the EP on September 20, 2011, through 604 Records. Musically, it is a teen pop, dance-pop and bubblegum pop track that alludes to the inconvenience that love at first sight brings to a girl."} +{"title": "Calypso Carol", "artist": "Michael Perry", "genre": "Folk", "text": "The Calypso Carol is a popular modern Christmas carol. It has often been introduced by BBC announcers as a traditional folk carol from the West Indies. However, both words and music were written by an Englishman, Michael Perry."} +{"title": "Cambalache", "artist": " Enrique Santos Discepolo", "genre": "R&B", "text": "Cambalache (Southern Cone Spanish for bazaar or \"junkshop\") is an Argentine slang-language tango song written in 1934 by Enrique Santos Discepolo for the movie The Soul of the Accordion. It is explicitly critical of 20th-century corruption."} +{"title": "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", "artist": "Elton John", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Can You Feel the Love Tonight\" is a song from Disney's 1994 animated film The Lion King. It was composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. It won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the Golden Globe Award forbest original song. It also earned EltonJohn the Grammy Award for best Male Pop Vocal Performance."} +{"title": "Can't Get Used To Losing You", "artist": "Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Can't Get Used to Losing You\" is a song written by Jerome \"Doc\" Pomus and Mort Shuman. It was first made popular by Andy Williams in a 1963 record release, which was a number-two hit in both the US and the UK. British band the Beat took a reggae re-arrangement to number three in the UK in 1983."} +{"title": "Can't Help Falling in Love.m", "artist": "George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore", "genre": "Pop", "text": "The song was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss. The melody is based on \"Plaisir d'amour\", a popular French love song composed in 1784 by Jean-Paul-Egide Martini. In the United States, the song peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 behind Joey Dee and the Starliters' \"Peppermint Twist\""} +{"title": "Can't Pretend", "artist": "Tom Odell", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Can't Pretend\" is the first single released by British singer-songwriter Tom Odell, from his debut studio album, Long Way Down (2013) The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 6 March 2013 and peaked at number 67 on the UK Singles Chart. On 23 February 2013 he performed the song live on British chat show The Jonathan Ross Show."} +{"title": "Canadian Sunset", "artist": "Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 7 on the R&B chart in 1956. A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year. The tune has been covered by a number of jazz performers beginning in the 1960s."} +{"title": "Canon In D Major", "artist": "Johann Pachelbel", "genre": "Pop", "text": "Pachelbel's Canon (also known as the Canon in D, P 37) is an accompanied canon by the German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel. Neither the date nor the circumstances of its composition are known (suggested dates range from 1680 to 1706), and the oldest surviving manuscript copy of the piece dates from 1838 to 1842."} +{"title": "Cantaloupe Island", "artist": "Herbie Hancock", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. \"Cantaloupe Island\" is a jazz standard composed by Herbie Hancock and recorded for his 1964 album Empyrean Isles."} +{"title": "Careless Whisper", "artist": "George Michael", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Careless Whisper\" is a song by the English singer George Michael. It was released on 24 July 1984 on the Wham! album Make It Big. It reached number one in nearly 25 countries, selling about 6 million copies worldwide--2 million of them in the United States. The composition features a distinctive tenor sax solo performed by Steve Gregory."} +{"title": "Carnival of Venice", "artist": "Traditional Italian", "genre": "Dance", "text": "The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy. The carnival ends on Shrove Tuesday (Martedi Grasso or Mardi Gras), which is the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday."} +{"title": "Carol of the bells", "artist": "Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych, Peter Wilhousky", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Carol of the Bells\" is a popular Christmas carol, with music by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914 and lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky. The song is based on the Ukrainian folk chant \"Shchedryk\" The music is in the public domain, but the lyrics are under copyright protection (owned by Carl Fischer Music)"} +{"title": "Carolina in the Morning", "artist": "Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Carolina in the Morning\" is a popular song with words by Gus Kahn and music by Walter Donaldson. The song debuted on Broadway in the elaborate and risque musical revue The Passing Show of 1922 at the Winter Garden Theater. Al Jolson recorded it on June 11, 1947 and he featured it in the film Jolson Sings Again (1949). Danny Winchell had a hit with his version in 1952."} +{"title": "Caroling, Caroling", "artist": "Alfred Burt, Wihla Hutson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "Alfred Shaddick Burt (April 22, 1920 - February 7, 1954) was an American composer of the music for fifteen Christmas carols. Only one of the carols was performed in public outside his immediate family circle during his lifetime."} +{"title": "Cast Your Fate To The Wind", "artist": "Vince Guaraldi, Carel Werver", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Cast Your Fate to the Wind\" is an American jazz instrumental selection by Vince Guaraldi. It won a Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1963. In 1965, the British easy listening group Sounds Orchestral redirected the song away from the jazz-influenced midsection to more of a nightclub sound and concluded the tune with a short piano section."} +{"title": "Catch My Breath", "artist": "Kelly Clarkson, Jason Halbert, Eric Olson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Catch My Breath\" is a song by American pop artist Kelly Clarkson, from her first greatest hits album, Greatest Hits - Chapter One. It was released as the album's lead single on October 10, 2012. The song peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 19. It has also charted within the top five of Adult Pop Songs and Adult Contemporary charts, and on the top twenty of Pop Songs chart."} +{"title": "Cathy's Clown", "artist": "Don Everly, Phil Everly", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Cathy's Clown\" is a popular song, written by Don Everly and recorded by The Everly Brothers in 1960. The lyrics describe a man who has been wronged and publicly humiliated by his lover: \"Here he comes / That's Cathy's clown\". The choruses are sung by brothers Don and Phil in their trademark close harmony style, while Don sings the bridges solo. The song was a worldwide success and the best-selling single of the everly Brothers career. It was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2013."} +{"title": "Cavalleria Rusticana", "artist": "Pietro Mascagni", "genre": "Country", "text": "Cavalleria rusticana (pronounced ; Italian for \"rustic chivalry\") is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci. It is adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play by Giovanni Verga. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on 17 May 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome."} +{"title": "Cemeteries of London", "artist": "Coldplay", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Viva la Vida\" is a Spanish phrase that translates into English as \"long live life\", \"live the life\", or simply \"live life\" (lit. \"the life lives\") The album was Coldplay's first to be produced by Brian Eno. It was the best-selling album of 2008 and has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide."} +{"title": "Chain Of Fools", "artist": "Don Covay", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Chain of Fools\" is a song written by Don Covay. Aretha Franklin first released the song as a single in 1967. It reached number one on the U.S. R&B chart, staying there for four weeks."} +{"title": "Chaka Khan ", "artist": "Through The Fire", "genre": "R&B", "text": "Chaka Adunne Aduffe Yemoja Hodarhi Karifi Khan (born March 23, 1953) is an American singer. Known as the \"Queen of Funk\", Khan was the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with \"I Feel for You\" in 1984. Khan has won ten Grammy Awards and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 65th most successful dance club artist of all time."} +{"title": "Change Partners", "artist": "Irving Berlin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Change Partners\" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1938 film Carefree, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire. Hit records in 1938 included Astaire, Ozzie Nelson, Jimmy Dorsey and Lawrence Welk."} +{"title": "CHASING PAVEMENTS", "artist": "Francis White, Adele Adkins", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Chasing Pavements\" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her debut studio album, 19 (2008) Written by Adele with its producer Eg White, the song was released as the second single from the album on 14 January 2008. Adele was inspired to write the song after discovering her boyfriend's infidelity, and the subsequent altercation with him in a pub. The song proved to be her record charts debut worldwide. It topped the charts in Norway, and reached the top 10 in eight countries, including the UK. The single received three nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards."} +{"title": "China Boy", "artist": "Phil Boutelje & Dick Winfree", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"China Boy\" is a 1922 popular song written by Phil Boutelje and Dick Winfree. It was introduced in vaudeville by Henry E. Murtagh and popularized by Paul Whiteman's 1929 Columbia recording featuring Bix Beiderbecke. The song has appeared in numerous films, both credited and uncredited, from 1929 to 1998."} +{"title": "Chinatown, My Chinatown", "artist": "Jean Schwartz, William Jerome", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Chinatown, My Chinatown\" is a popular song written by William Jerome (w.) and Jean Schwartz (m.) in 1906. It was later interpolated into the musical Up and Down Broadway (1910) The song has been recorded by numerous artists and is considered an early jazz standard."} +{"title": "Chitarra Romana", "artist": "E. di Lazzaro, English_ Marjorie Harper", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Chitarra romana\" (lit. \"Roman Guitar\") is a 1934 Italian folk song composed by Bruno Cherubini and Eldo Di Lazzaro. The song is part of a 1930s trend which in deference to the fascist rhetoric of the time tended to magnify the image and history of Rome."} +{"title": "Christ The Lord Is Risen Today", "artist": "Composter Unknown, 1739, Charles Wesley", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Christ the Lord Is Risen Today\" is a Christian hymn associated with Easter. Most of the stanzas were written by Charles Wesley, and the hymn appeared under the title \"Hymn for Easter Day\" in Hymns and Sacred Poems by Charles and John Wesley in 1739. The hymn became well known for the \"Alleluia\" sung as a melisma after each line, which was added by an unknown author, probably to fit the commonly used hymn tune, \"Easter Hymn\""} +{"title": "Christmas Time Is Here", "artist": "Vince Guaraldi, Lee Mendelson", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Christmas Time Is Here\" is a popular Christmas standard written by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson for the 1965 television special A Charlie Brown Christmas. The song has since become a perennial Christmas classic. The first person to record a cover version of the song was jazz guitarist Ron Eschete on the album Christmas Impressions (1982)"} +{"title": "Cielito Lindo", "artist": "Mexican folk song", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Cielito Lindo\" is a popular Mexican song copla, popularized in 1882 by Mexican author Quirino Mendoza y Cortes (c. 1862-1957) The word cielo means \"sky\" or \"heaven\", it is also a term of endearment comparable to \"sweetheart\" or 'honey' There is some debate as to whether the song talks about the Sierra Morena, a mountain range in the south region of Spain."} +{"title": "Cindy, Oh Cindy", "artist": "Bob Barron, Burt Long", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Cindy, Oh Cindy\" is a song written by Robert Nemiroff and Burt D'Lugoff. It was originally recorded in 1956 by Vince Martin and the Tarriers, and quickly covered by Eddie Fisher. The song was also covered by the American rock band The Beach Boys in 1962."} +{"title": "Cinnamon Girl", "artist": "Neil Young", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Cinnamon Girl\" is a song by Neil Young. It debuted on the 1969 album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. Released as a single the following year, it reached No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970. The song's \"one note guitar solo\" has often been singled out for praise."} +{"title": "Ciribiribin", "artist": "Alberto Pestalozza, Jack Lawrence", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Ciribiribin\" is a merry Piedmontese ballad, originally in three-quarter time, composed by Alberto Pestalozza in 1898. Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters recorded the song on September 20, 1939 with Joe Venuti and his Orchestra and it reached the number 13 spot in the charts in 1940."} +{"title": "Clap yo' hands", "artist": "George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Clap Yo' Hands\" is a song composed by George Gershwin. It was introduced in the musical Oh, Kay! (1926) It was featured by Fred Astaire and Kay Thompson in a song and dance routine in Funny Face (1957)"} +{"title": "Clocks", "artist": "Coldplay", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Clocks\" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written and composed as a collaboration among all the members of the band for their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. The song is built around a piano riff, and features cryptic lyrics concerning themes of contrast and urgency. Several remixes of the track exist, and its riff has been widely sampled. It is considered to be one of Coldplay's signature songs."} +{"title": "Coat Of Many Colors", "artist": "Dolly Parton", "genre": "Country", "text": "Coat of Many Colors is the eighth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on October 4, 1971, by RCA Victor. The album was nominated for Album of the Year at the 1972 CMA Awards. Parton wrote all the songs, except for three tracks written by Porter Wagoner."} +{"title": "Cold, Cold Heart", "artist": "Hank Williams", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Cold, Cold Heart\" is a country music and pop song written and first recorded by Hank Williams. This blues ballad is both a classic of honky-tonk and an entry in the Great American Songbook. Williams adapted the melody from T. Texas Tyler's 1945 recording of \"You'll Still Be in My Heart,\" written by Ted West in 1943."} +{"title": "Colors Of The Wind", "artist": "Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Colors of the Wind\" was written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. The song was originally recorded by Judy Kuhn in her role as the singing voice of Pocahontas. Vanessa Williams's adult contemporary cover of the song was released as the lead single on May 23, 1995, by Walt Disney Records."} +{"title": "Come Go With Me", "artist": "Clarence Quick", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Come Go With Me\" is a doo-wop song written by Clarence Quick. It was originally recorded by The Del-Vikings in 1956 and was released on Fee Bee Records. The song was later covered by the Beach Boys and was included on their 1978 album, M.I.U. Album."} +{"title": "Come Prima.m", "artist": "Sandro Taccani, Vincenzo Di Paolo, Buck Ram (English Lyrics)", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Come prima\" (English: As Before) is an Italian song, with lyrics by Mario Panzeri and music by Vincenzo Di Paola and Sandro Taccani. The first and most popular version in Italy was by Tony Dallara (Antonio Lardera) in 1957. Cliff Richard sang it in Italian on his album When In Rome."} +{"title": "Come Rain Or Come Shine.m", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Come Rain or Come Shine\" is a popular music song, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was written for the musical St. Louis Woman, which opened on March 30, 1946, and closed after 113 performances. The song has subsequently been recorded by a host of artists, including Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Bette Midler and Etta James."} +{"title": "Come Sunday", "artist": "Duke Ellington", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Come Sunday\" is a piece by Duke Ellington which became a jazz standard. It was written in 1942 as a part of the first movement of a suite entitled Black, Brown and Beige. In 1958 he revised the piece and record it in its entirety for the album of the same name."} +{"title": "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing", "artist": "John Wyeth, Robert Robinson", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing\" is a Christian hymn written by Robert Robinson in 1757. In the United States, the hymn is usually set to an American folk tune known as \"Nettleton\", composed by printer John Wyeth, or possibly by Asahel Nettleton. The unusual word Ebenezer appears in hymnal presentations of the lyrics."} +{"title": "Comedy Tonight", "artist": "Stephen Sondheim", "genre": "Latin", "text": "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. The musical tells the bawdy story of a slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door. The show won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Actor (Mostel), Best Supporting Actor (Burns), Best Book, and Best Director."} +{"title": "Comes Love", "artist": "Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias, Lew Brown", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Comes Love\" is a 1939 jazz standard. It was composed by Sam H. Stept, with lyrics by Lew Brown and Charles Tobias. The song was featured in the Broadway musical Yokel Boy."} +{"title": "Con Alma", "artist": "Dizzy Gillespie", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Con Alma\" is a jazz standard written by Dizzy Gillespie, appearing on his 1954 album Afro. The tune incorporates aspects of bebop jazz and Latin rhythm. The song was recorded by Chaka Khan in 1982 as part of the \"Be Bop Medley\""} +{"title": "Con te Partiro", "artist": "Francesco Sartori", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Con te partiro\" (Italian: ; \"With You I Shall Depart\") is an Italian song written by Francesco Sartori (music) and Lucio Quarantotto (lyrics) It was first performed by Andrea Bocelli at the 1995 Sanremo Music Festival and recorded on his album of the same year."} +{"title": "Copacabana (At The Copa)", "artist": "Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, & Jack Feldman", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Copacabana\" is a song recorded by Barry Manilow. It was released in 1978 as the third and final single from his album Even Now. The song was used as incidental music in the 1978 film Foul Play. It has been featured in over a dozen other films since."} +{"title": "Could It Be Magic", "artist": "Adrienne Anderson, Barry Manilow", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Could It Be Magic\" is a song written by Adrienne Anderson and composed by Barry Manilow, inspired by Frederic Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20. The song was initially released in 1971 by Featherbed, produced and co-written by Tony Orlando. It was later re-recorded as a solo track in his first album released in 1973 on Bell Records. In 1975 it was released as a single from the album re-issued by Arista Records. The 1975 release became ManilOW's third hit after \"Mandy\" and \"It's A Miracle\"."} +{"title": "Count Every Star", "artist": "Bruno Coquatrix, Sammy Gallop", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Count Every Star\" is a song written by Bruno Coquatrix and Sammy Gallop. It was first released by Ray Anthony and His Orchestra. It reached #4 on the US pop chart in 1950. The Ravens released a version of the song as the B-side to their single \"It's the Talk of the Town\""} +{"title": "Counting stars", "artist": "Ryan Tedder", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Counting Stars\" is a song by American pop rock band OneRepublic from their third studio album, Native (2013). The song was written by lead singer Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder and Noel Zancanella. It was released as the album's second single on June 14, 2013. The song has been one of the band's most successful singles, reaching number one in many countries including Canada and the United Kingdom."} +{"title": "Country Bumpkin", "artist": "Don Wayne", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Country Bumpkin\" is a song written by Don Wayne, and recorded by American country music artist Cal Smith. It was released in February 1974 as the first single and title track from the album Country Bumpkins. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart. It received Song of the Year Awards from the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association."} +{"title": "Cracklin' Rosie", "artist": "Neil Diamond", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Cracklin' Rosie\" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond in 1970. In October 1970; the song became Diamond's first American #1 hit on The Billboard Hot 100, and his third to sell a million copies. It was his breakthrough single on the UK Singles Chart, reaching #3 for four weeks in November and December."} +{"title": "Crazy He Calls Me", "artist": "Carl Sigman, Bob Russell", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Crazy He Calls Me\" is a 1949 jazz standard. It was composed by Carl Sigman, with lyrics by Bob Russell. American jazz singer Billie Holiday recorded it. This version of the song is used in the games Fallout 4 and Fallout 3."} +{"title": "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "artist": "Freddy Mercury", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Crazy Little Thing Called Love\" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track is included on their 1980 album The Game. The song peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart in 1979. It was the group's first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US in 1980."} +{"title": "Crazy Rhythm", "artist": "Joseph Meyer, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Irving Caesar", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Crazy Rhythm\" is a thirty-two-bar swing show tune written in 1928 by Irving Caesar with music by Joseph Meyer and Roger Wolfe Kahn for the Broadway musical Here's Howe. It has been covered by a full range of artists from mainstream jazz to hillbilly bebop. Bing Crosby, Mark Murphy, Les Paul, Hank Penny, Django Reinhardt, Nellie McKay, and Frank Sinatra have all recorded this catchy tune."} +{"title": "Crying In The Chapel", "artist": "Artie Glenn", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Crying in the Chapel\" is a song written by Artie Glenn and recorded by his son Darrell Glenn. The song has also been recorded by many artists including the Orioles and June Valli. Elvis Presley's recording reached number three in the US, and number one in the UK in 1965."} +{"title": "Crying My Heart Out Over You", "artist": "Carl Butler, Gladys Stacey, Louise Certain, Marijohn Wilkin", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Crying My Heart Out Over You\" is a song written by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Carl Butler, and Earl Sherry. It was recorded by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs as the third single from his album Waitin' for the Sun to Shine. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart."} +{"title": "Crying Time", "artist": "Buck Owens", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Crying Time\" is a song from 1964 written and originally recorded by Buck Owens. It gained greater success in the version recorded by Ray Charles, which won two Grammy Awards in 1967. Numerous other cover versions have been performed and recorded over the intervening years."} +{"title": "Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine", "artist": "Karl Hoschna, Otto Harbach", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine\" is a popular song. The music was written by Karl Hoschna, the lyrics by Otto Harbach. The song was published in 1908."} +{"title": "Daahoud", "artist": "Clifford Brown", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Daahoud is an album by Max Roach and Clifford Brown released on Mainstream Records in 1973. It consists of alternate takes of tracks recorded in 1954. Allmusic awarded the album 4 1/2 stars stating \"Anything with Clifford Brown belongs in a jazz (or American music) collection\""} +{"title": "Dancing Queen", "artist": "Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Dancing Queen\" is a Europop and disco song by the Swedish group ABBA. It was written by Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson. The song was released as a single in Sweden on 15 August 1976. It became ABBA's only number one hit in the United States."} +{"title": "Darktown Strutters' Ball", "artist": "Shelton Brooks", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Darktown Strutters' Ball\" is a popular song by Shelton Brooks, published in 1917. The song has been recorded many times and is considered a popular and jazz standard. The best-known recording by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band was recorded on May 30, 1917."} +{"title": "Darling Lili", "artist": "Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer", "genre": "Rock", "text": "Darling Lili is a 1970 American romantic-musical spy film, written by William Peter Blatty and Blake Edwards. It stars Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson, and Jeremy Kemp, with music by Henry Mancini and lyrics by Johnny Mercer."} +{"title": "Darling, Je vous aime beaucoup", "artist": "Anna Sosenko", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup\" is a popular song with words and music by Anna Sosenko in 1935. The French in the title, along with \"wish my French were good enough\", is used as a refrain. It means \"darling, I love you very much.\""} +{"title": "Darn That Dream", "artist": "Jimmy Van Husen, Eddie DeLange", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Darn That Dream\" is a popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Eddie DeLange. It was published in 1939 and ranked No. 1 in 1940 when a recording was released by Benny Goodman. The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Swingin' the Dream."} +{"title": "Dat dere", "artist": "Bobby Timmons, Oscar Brown Jr.", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Dat Dere\" is a jazz song written by Bobby Timmons that was recorded in 1960. Lyrics were written later by Oscar Brown, Jr. for his album Sin & Soul."} +{"title": "Day Dream", "artist": "Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, John LaTouche", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Day Dream\" is a jazz standard composed by Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by John Latouche and written in 1939. It was first recorded by saxophonist Johnny Hodges and his ensemble on November 2, 1940."} +{"title": "Daydream Believer", "artist": "John Stewart", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Daydream Believer\" is a song composed by American songwriter John Stewart shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. It was originally recorded by the Monkees, with Davy Jones singing the lead. The single reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1967, remaining there for four weeks, and peaked at No. 5 in the UK."} +{"title": "Daydreams About Night Things", "artist": "John Schweers", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Daydreams About Night Things\" is a song written by John Schweers, and recorded by Ronnie Milsap. It was released in July 1975 as the first single from the album Night Things. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart."} +{"title": "Dear Hearts And Gentle People", "artist": "Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Dear Hearts and Gentle People\" is a popular song published in 1949 with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Bob Hilliard. Songwriters were inspired to write the song based on a scrap of paper with the words \"Dear friends and gentle hearts\" written on it that was found on the body of Stephen Foster. The song refers to the singer's hometown, and different versions allude to a range of U.S. states."} +{"title": "Deck the halls", "artist": "Traditional", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Deck the Hall\" is a traditional Christmas carol. The melody is Welsh, dating back to the sixteenth century, and belongs to a winter carol, \"Nos Galan\" The English-language lyrics were written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant."} +{"title": "Deep In A Dream", "artist": "Jimmy van Heusen, Eddie DeLange", "genre": "Dance", "text": "James Van Heusen was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater. He won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971."} +{"title": "Deep Night", "artist": "Charlie Henderson, Rudy Vallee", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Deep Night\" is a song and jazz standard with a melody composed in 1929 by Charles E. Henderson and lyrics written by Rudy Vallee. The tune is written in a minor key. It has been covered by many jazz musicians, notably Sonny Clark."} +{"title": "Delta Dawn", "artist": "Alex Harvey & Larry Collins", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Delta Dawn\" is a song written by former child rockabilly star Larry Collins and songwriter Alex Harvey. The song is best known as a 1972 top ten country hit for Tanya Tucker and a number one hit for Helen Reddy in 1973. The title character is a faded former Southern belle who, at forty-one, is obsessed to unreason with the long-ago memory of a suitor who jilted her."} +{"title": "Detour Ahead", "artist": "Herb Ellis, John Frigo, Lou Carter", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Detour Ahead\" is a jazz standard with words and music credited to Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, and Lou Carter. The song was written in 1948 while Carter, Ellis and Frigo were part of The Soft Winds. The original lyrics compare love's progress to a motor trip."} +{"title": "Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)", "artist": "Danny Dill, Mel Tillis", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Detroit City\" is a song written by Danny Dill and Mel Tillis. Country music singer Bobby Bare's version was released in 1963. The song was Bare's first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart."} +{"title": "Deutschlandlied", "artist": "Joseph Haydn", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Das Lied der Deutschen\" (German: ; \"The Song of the Germans\") has been the national anthem of Germany either wholly or in part since 1922. The music is the hymn \"Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser\", written in 1797 by the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn. The song was a birthday anthem honouring Francis II (1768-1835), Habsburg emperor, and was intended as a parallel to Britain's \"God Save King\""} +{"title": "Moi", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II - Dites", "genre": "Dance", "text": "South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate hit, running for 1,925 performances. The plot is based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific. The show has enjoyed many successful revivals and tours, spawning a 1958 film and television adaptations."} +{"title": "Do You Hear What I Hear", "artist": "Gloria Shayne, Noel Regney", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Do You Hear What I Hear?\" is a song written in October 1962 by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne. The song was written as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It has sold tens of millions of copies and has been covered by hundreds of artists. Bing Crosby recorded his own version of the song in 1963."} +{"title": "Do you know the way to San Jose", "artist": "Benny Anderson, Stig Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Do You Know the Way to San Jose\" is a 1968 popular song written and composed for singer Dionne Warwick by Burt Bacharach. Hal David wrote the lyrics. The song was Warwick's biggest international hit to that point, selling several million copies worldwide. Warwick won her first Grammy Award for the song in 1969."} +{"title": "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans", "artist": "Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans\" is a song written by Eddie DeLange and Louis Alter. It was first heard in the movie New Orleans in 1947, where it was performed by Louis Armstrong and sung by Billie Holiday."} +{"title": "Do You Want To Dance ", "artist": "Robert Freeman", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Do You Want to Dance\" is a song written by American singer Bobby Freeman and recorded by him in 1958. Cliff Richard and the Shadows' version of the song reached No. 2 in the United Kingdom in 1962, despite being a B-side. A different song called \"Do You Wanna Dance?\" was a UK hit for Barry Blue in 1973. The song was included in Robert Christgau's \"Basic Record Library\" of 1950s and 1960s recordings."} +{"title": "Doggie In The Window", "artist": "Bob Merrill", "genre": "Country", "text": "The song was written by Bob Merrill and first registered on September 25, 1952, as \"The Doggie in the Window\" The best-known version of the song was the original, recorded by Patti Page on December 18, 1952. It reached No. 1 on both the Billboard and Cash Box charts in 1953 and sold over two million copies."} +{"title": "Dolphin Dance", "artist": "Herbie Hancock", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Maiden Voyage is the fifth album led by jazz musician Herbie Hancock. It was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on March 17, 1965, for Blue Note Records. It is a concept album aimed at creating an oceanic atmosphere. The album was presented with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999."} +{"title": "Don't Get Around Much Anymore.m", "artist": "Duke Ellington, Bob Russell", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\" is a jazz standard written by composer Duke Ellington. The song was originally entitled \"Never No Lament\" and was first recorded by Duke Elledton and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. Two different recordings of the song reached No. 1 on the R&B chart in the US in 1943."} +{"title": "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.m", "artist": "Richard Leigh", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue\" is a song written by Richard Leigh, and recorded by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. It was released in June 1977 as the first single from Gayle's album We Must Believe in Magic. In 1978, the song won Gayle a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. The song was recognized by ASCAP as one of the ten most-performed songs of the 20th century. In a 2004 Country Music Television interview, Gayle stated that Leigh wrote the song because his dog had one brown eye and one blue eye."} +{"title": "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes", "artist": "Slim Willet", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes\" was written by Winston L. Moore and published in 1952. The song was first recorded by Slim Willet and the Brush Cutters. It became a No. 1 hit in both the US and UK when recorded by Perry Como."} +{"title": "Don't Take Your Love From Me", "artist": "Henry Nemo", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Don't Take Your Love from Me\" is a popular song written by Henry Nemo and published in 1941. Mildred Bailey first recorded this song in 1940 before publication. Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1954 for use on his radio show."} +{"title": "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright", "artist": "Bob Dylan", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right\" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962. It was released on the 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and as the b-side of the Blowin' in the Wind single. The song was covered by several other artists, including Peter, Paul and Mary who released it as a single."} +{"title": "Don't Worry 'Bout Me", "artist": "Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Don't Worry 'bout Me\" is a 1938 song composed by Rube Bloom. It was introduced in the \"World's Fair\" edition of the Cotton Club show in 1939. The first hit recording was in 1939 by Hal Kemp and His Orchestra (vocal by Bob Allen)."} +{"title": "Don't Worry, Be Happy", "artist": "Bobby McFerrin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Don't Worry, Be Happy\" is a 1988 song by American musician Bobby McFerrin. It was the first a cappella song to reach number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks. The song is written in the key of B major and features no instruments at all. At the 1989 Grammy Awards, it won the awards for Song of the Year, Record of the year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance."} +{"title": "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing", "artist": "Stevie Wonder", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. It reached number 16 on the US Billboard Pop Singles chart and number two on the R&B chart. In 1992, British acid jazz band Incognito had a European hit with their cover."} +{"title": "Donna Lee", "artist": "Miles Davis", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Donna Lee\" is a bebop jazz standard attributed to Charlie Parker, although Miles Davis has also claimed authorship. Written in A-flat, it is based on the chord changes of the jazz standard \"(Back Home Again in) Indiana\" The piece is most likely named after bassist Curly Russell's daughter."} +{"title": "Down by the Old Mill Stream", "artist": "Tell Taylor", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Down by the Old Mill Stream\" is a song written by Tell Taylor. It was one of the most popular songs of the early 20th century. Bing Crosby recorded the song on March 15, 1939 with John Scott Trotter's Frying Pan Five."} +{"title": "Down Yonder", "artist": "L. Wolfe Gilbert", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Down Yonder\" is a popular American song by L. Wolfe Gilbert. It was first published in 1921, and introduced in the same year at the Orpheum Theatre, New Orleans. In the sense of the song's lyrics, it means \"in the American South\""} +{"title": "Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)", "artist": "Johnny Mercer", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Dream\" is a jazz and pop standard with words and music written by Johnny Mercer in 1944. It has been and performed by many artists, with the most popular versions of this song recorded by The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra, and Roy Orbison."} +{"title": "Dream A Little Dream Of Me", "artist": "Wilbur Schwandt and Fabian Andre, Gus Kahn", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Dream a Little Dream of Me\" is a 1931 song with music by Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt and lyrics by Gus Kahn. It was first recorded in February 1931 by Ozzie Nelson and also by Wayne King and His Orchestra, with vocals by Ernie Birchill. A popular standard, it has seen more than 60 other versions recorded. The song enjoyed its highest-charting success when it was covered in 1968 by Cass Elliot with The Mamas & the Papas."} +{"title": "Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife", "artist": "Chris Gantry", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Dreams of the Everyday Housewife\" is a song written by Chris Gantry and recorded by American country music artist Glen Campbell. It was released in July 1968 as the first single from his album Wichita Lineman. Wayne Newton recorded a version of the song which reached number 14 on the Easy Listening chart."} +{"title": "Drunken Sailor.m", "artist": "Traditional", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Drunken Sailor\" is a traditional sea shanty, listed as No. 322 in the Roud Folk Song Index. It was sung onboard sailing ships at least as early as the 1830s, and shares its tune with the traditional Irish folk song \"Oro se do bheatha abhaile\" The song was sung to accompany certain work tasks aboard sailing ships, especially those that required a bright walking pace."} +{"title": "Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen ", "artist": "traditional German folk song", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Du, du liegst mir im Herzen\" is a German folk song, believed to have originated in northern Germany around 1820. Theobald Boehm, inventor of the fingering system for the modern western concert flute, composed a theme and variations for flute and piano on this tune. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs."} +{"title": "Durham Town", "artist": "Roger Whittaker", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Durham Town (The Leavin')\" is a song, written and sung by Roger Whittaker, released as a single in 1969. It spent 18 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 12. In 1976, the song reached No. 8 on Canada's RPM \"Pop Music Playlist\", while reaching No. 23 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart."} +{"title": "Dust My Broom", "artist": "Robert Johnson", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"I Believe I'll Dust My Broom\" is a blues song by American blues artist Robert Johnson. It is a solo performance in the Delta blues-style with Johnson's vocal accompanied by his acoustic guitar. Johnson's guitar work features an early use of a boogie rhythm pattern, as well as a repeating triplets figure."} +{"title": "Early Mornin' Rain", "artist": "Gordon Lightfoot", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Early Morning Rain\" is a song written, composed, and recorded by Gordon Lightfoot. The song appears on his 1966 debut album Lightfoot! and, in a re-recorded version, on the 1975 compilation Gord's Gold. The Grateful Dead also recorded the song in 1965, and We Five released a version on their 1970 album, Catch the Wind."} +{"title": "Early One Morning", "artist": "Traditional English", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Early One Morning\" is an English folk song with lyrics first found in publications as far back as 1787. The song is used in a number of well known folk-song arrangements, for example by the English composers Benjamin Britten and Gordon Jacob. Its melody forms the opening bars of the \"Radio 4 UK Theme\" by Fritz Spiegl."} +{"title": "Eight Days A Week", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Eight Days a Week\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon based on McCartney's original idea. The song was released in the United Kingdom in December 1964 on the album Beatles for Sale. In the United States, it was first issued as a single in February 1965 before appearing on the North American release Beatles VI. The single was the band's seventh number 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100."} +{"title": "Ein bichen Frieden", "artist": "Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Ein bisschen Frieden\" (\"A Little Peace\" in English) is a song by Ralph Siegel and Bernd Meinunger. It was performed by Nicole at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest in Harrogate, England. The song won by a record margin of 61 points, setting a new record for the largest winning margin that lasted until 1997. It topped the charts in many countries, selling more than three million copies."} +{"title": "El Choclo", "artist": "Angel Villoldo", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"El Choclo\" (South American Spanish: meaning \"The Corn Cob\") is a popular song written by Angel Villoldo. The piece was premiered in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1903. It is one of the most popular tangos in Argentina. A number of vocal versions were recorded in the United States in 1952."} +{"title": "Eleanor Rigby", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Eleanor Rigby\" is a song by the British rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with \"Yellow Submarine\" The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney (chorus by George Harrison, lyrics primarily by John Lennon) and credited to Lennon-McCartney. The song topped singles charts in Australia, Belgium, Canada and New Zealand."} +{"title": "Elmer's Tune", "artist": "Sammy Gallop, Elmer Albrecht, Dick Jurgens", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Elmer's Tune\" is a 1941 big band and jazz standard written by Elmer Albrecht, Dick Jurgens and Sammy Gallop. Glenn Miller had the most successful recording of the song, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard charts."} +{"title": "Empty Arms", "artist": "Ivory Joe Hunter", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Empty Arms\" is a song composed and first recorded by Ivory Joe Hunter which became an R&B hit in 1957. A cover version by Teresa Brewer became a hit for her that same year. The song was successfully revived with a 1971 single by Sonny James."} +{"title": "Every Breath You Take", "artist": "Sting, The Police", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Every Breath You Take\" is a song by the Police from their album Synchronicity (1983) Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and Canadian hit of 1983. In May 2019, it was recognised by BMI as being the most played song in radio history."} +{"title": "Every Time Two Fools Collide", "artist": "Jan Dyer and Jeff Tweel", "genre": "Country", "text": "Every Time Two Fools Collide is a duet album by country music singers Kenny Rogers and Dottie West. It was the duo's first album together. The album spawned two big country hits: the title track went to number 1, followed up by the #2 hit \"Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight\". The album went to no 1 on the Top Country albums chart for two weeks, and went to #186 on the Billboard 200."} +{"title": "Everybody Loves My Baby", "artist": "Spencer Williams, Jack Palmer", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Everybody Loves My Baby\" is a popular and jazz standard song composed by Spencer Williams in 1924. One important early recording was by the young Louis Armstrong with Clarence Williams' Blue Five. The song remained popular for decades and continues to be performed regularly in the 21st century."} +{"title": "Everything A Man Could Ever Need", "artist": "Mac Davis", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Everything a Man Could Ever Need\" is a song written by Mac Davis and recorded by American country music artist Glen Campbell. It was released in June 1970 as the first single from his album Norwood. Campbell's version was also used in the 2002 movie Heartlands, starring Michael Sheen and Mark Addy."} +{"title": "Everything Is Beautiful", "artist": "Ray Stevens", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Everything Is Beautiful\" is a song written, composed, and performed by Ray Stevens. It has appeared on many of Stevens's albums, including one named after the song, and has become a pop standard. The song was responsible for two wins at the Grammy Awards of 1971."} +{"title": "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "artist": "Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Everything's Coming Up Roses\" is a song with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The song was written for the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy. Ethel Merman recorded the song for her 1959 album Merman Sings Merman."} +{"title": "Eye of the Tiger", "artist": "Frankie Sullivan", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Eye of the Tiger\" is a song by American rock band Survivor. It was released as a single from their third album of the same name and was also the theme song for the 1982 film Rocky III. The song was written by Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan and keyboardist Jim Peterik. It topped charts worldwide during 1982."} +{"title": "Falling In Love With Love", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Falling in Love with Love\" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse, where it was introduced by Muriel Angelus. The song is set to a waltz, but the lyrics \"remind his listeners of the show's skeptical tone\""} +{"title": "Farmer's Market", "artist": "Art Farmer, Annie Ross", "genre": "Country", "text": "A farmers' market is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or outdoors and typically consist of booths, tables or stands where farmers sell their produce, live animals and plants. The size of the market may be just a few stalls or it may be as large as several city blocks."} +{"title": "Feed the Birds", "artist": "Richard M Sherman, Robert B. Sherman", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Feed the Birds\" is a song written by the Sherman Brothers and featured in the 1964 motion picture Mary Poppins. The song speaks of an old beggar woman (the \"Bird Woman\") who sits on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, selling bags of breadcrumbs to passers-by."} +{"title": "Feeling Good", "artist": "Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Feeling Good\" is a song written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd. It was first performed on stage in 1964 by Cy Grant on the UK tour and by Gilbert Price in 1965 with the original Broadway cast. Sammy Davis Jr., Traffic, Michael Buble, John Coltrane, George Michael, Victory, Joe Bonamassa, Eden, Muse, Black Cat Bones, Leslie West, Avicii, Chloe Palaver Strings & Kebra have covered the song."} +{"title": "Ferry Cross the Mersey", "artist": "Gerry Marsden", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Ferry Cross the Mersey\" is a song written by Gerry Marsden. It was first recorded by his band Gerry and the Pacemakers and released in late 1964 in the UK and in 1965 in the United States. The song is from the film of the same name and was released on its soundtrack album."} +{"title": "Fields of Gold.m", "artist": "Sting", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Fields of Gold\" is a song written and performed by English musician Sting. It first appeared on his fourth studio album, Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) The song was released as a single on 7 June 1993, reaching No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song also reached No. 2 in Canada, No. 6 in Iceland and was a hit in many other countries."} +{"title": "Fine And Dandy", "artist": "Kay Swift, Paul James", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Fine and Dandy\" is a popular song from the 1930 Broadway musical of the same name. The music was written by Kay Swift, the lyrics by Paul James (a pseudonym of James Paul Warburg). The song was published in 1930 and has since become a pop and jazz standard."} +{"title": "Five Long Years", "artist": "Eddie Boyd", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Five Long Years\" is a song written and recorded by blues vocalist/pianist Eddie Boyd in 1952. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart. Numerous blues and other artists have recorded interpretations of the song. In 2011, Eddie Boyd's original was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame."} +{"title": "Flashdance... What a Feeling", "artist": "Giorgo Moroder, Irene Cara, Keith Forsey", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Flashdance... What a Feeling\" is a song from the 1983 film Flashdance with music by Giorgio Moroder and lyrics by Keith Forsey and the song's performer, Irene Cara. Moroder had been asked to score the film, and Cara and Forsey wrote most of the lyrics after they were shown the last scene from it. The song spent six weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts around the world. It won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Original Song and earned Cara the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance."} +{"title": "Flight Of The Bumblebee", "artist": "Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Flight of the Bumblebee\" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich into an insect so that he can fly away to visit his father."} +{"title": "Flower of Scotland", "artist": "Roy Williamson", "genre": "Folk", "text": "The song was composed in the mid-1960s by Roy Williamson of the folk group the Corries. It was first heard publicly in a 1967 BBC television series. The words refer to the victory of the Scots, led by Robert I, over Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314."} +{"title": "Flying Home", "artist": "Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Eddie DeLange", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Flying Home\" is a jazz and jump blues composition written by Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton with lyrics by Sid Robin. It was first recorded by the Benny Goodman Sextet on November 6, 1939, featuring solos by Hampton and Charlie Christian. In 1942, Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra recorded the song with an epic-length tenor saxophone solo by Illinois Jacquet."} +{"title": "For Baby (for Bobbie)", "artist": "John Denver", "genre": "Folk", "text": "Rocky Mountain High is the sixth studio album released by American singer-songwriter John Denver in September 1972. It was his first US Top 10 album (no. 4), propelled by the single \"Rocky Mountains High\" The album's cover photograph was taken at Slaughterhouse Falls, Rio Grande Trail, Aspen, Colorado."} +{"title": "For Once In My Life", "artist": "Orlando Murden, Ronald Miller", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"For Once in My Life\" is a song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Stein & Van Stock publishing company. It was written and first recorded as a slow ballad. There are differing accounts of its earliest versions, although it seems that it was first recorded by Connie Haines, but first released in 1966 by Jean DuShon."} +{"title": "Forget Domani", "artist": "Riz Ortolani, Norman Newell", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Forget Domani\" is a song introduced in the 1964 film The Yellow Rolls-Royce being a composition by Riz Ortolani, who scored the film, and lyricist Norman Newell. The song's theme of forgetting domani -- Italian for \"tomorrow\" -- is relevant to each of the three segments that comprise the storyline of the film."} +{"title": "Four Strong Winds", "artist": "Ian Tyson", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Four Strong Winds\" is a song written by Ian Tyson and recorded by Canadian folk duo Ian and Sylvia. The song has a clear Canadian context and subtext, including an explicit mention of the province Alberta as well as references to long, cold winters. It is considered the unofficial anthem of Alberta."} +{"title": "Freddie Freeloader.m", "artist": "Miles Davis", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Freddie Freeloader\" is a composition by Miles Davis and is the second track on his 1959 album Kind of Blue. The piece takes the form of a twelve-bar blues in B, but the chord over the final two bars of each chorus is an A7. The origin of the title is disputed."} +{"title": "Frenesi", "artist": "Alberto Dominguez, English Lyrics_ Ray Charles, S.K. Russell", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Frenesi\" is a musical piece originally composed by Alberto Dominguez for the marimba. The word frenesi is Spanish for \"frenzy\". A hit version recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra reached number one on the Billboard pop chart on December 21, 1940. The Shaw recording was used in the soundtrack of the 1980 film Raging Bull."} +{"title": "Friday On My Mind", "artist": "George Young, Harry Vanda", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Friday on My Mind\" is a 1966 song by Australian rock group the Easybeats. Written by band members George Young and Harry Vanda, the track became a worldwide hit, reaching no. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1967. In 2001, it was voted \"Best Australian Song\" of all time by the Australasian Performing Right Association."} +{"title": "From A Distance.m", "artist": "Julie Gold", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"From a Distance\" is a song written in 1985 by American singer-songwriter Julie Gold. Nanci Griffith recorded it for her 1987 album, Lone Star State of Mind. Bette Midler covered the song for her 1990 album, Some People's Lives. The song won a Grammy for Song of the Year in 1991."} +{"title": "From A Jack To A King", "artist": "Ned Miller", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"From a Jack to a King\" is a country music song. The original version was recorded by Ned Miller in 1957. Ricky Van Shelton's version became his fifth consecutive Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts."} +{"title": "Frosty The Snowman", "artist": "Jack Rollins, Steve Nelson", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Frosty the Snowman\" is a popular Christmas song written by Walter \"Jack\" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. It was written after the success of Autry's recording of \"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\" the previous year. The song was quickly covered by many artists including Jimmy Durante, Nat King Cole and Guy Lombardo."} +{"title": "Full Moon And Empty Arms", "artist": "Buddy Kaye, Ted Mossman", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Full Moon and Empty Arms\" is a 1945 popular song by Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman. It is based on Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2. The best-known recording of the song was made by Frank Sinatra in 1945."} +{"title": "Funiculi, Funicula", "artist": " Luigi Denza, Edward Oxenford", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Funiculi, Funicula\" is a Neapolitan song composed in 1880 by Luigi Denza to lyrics by Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. The sheet music was published by Ricordi and sold over a million copies within a year."} +{"title": "Funkytown", "artist": "Lipps", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Funkytown\" is a song by the American disco/funk band Lipps Inc., released in 1980 as the second single from their 1979 debut album, Mouth to Mouth. It was successful globally, reaching top spots in places such as the United States, West Germany, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands, and Australia. The lyrics pine for a metaphorical place that will \"keep me movin', keep me groovin' with some energy\""} +{"title": "Funny How Time Slips Away", "artist": "Willie Nelson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Funny How Time Slips Away\" is a song written by Willie Nelson and first recorded by country singer Billy Walker. Walker's version was issued as single by Columbia Records in June 1961 and peaked at number 23 on the Hot C&W Sides chart. Jimmy Elledge released a version as a single on RCA Victor, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100."} +{"title": "G. I. Jive", "artist": "Johnny Mercer", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"G.I. Jive\" is a 1944 song written and originally performed by Johnny Mercer. Mercer intended to write a song that the soldiers would like, and the song was the biggest hit of all the songs dealing with soldier life during World War II."} +{"title": "Gentle On My Mind", "artist": "John Hartford", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Gentle on My Mind\" is a song written and originally recorded by John Hartford. It was released on his second studio album, Earthwords & Music (1967) Hartford composed the song after watching Doctor Zhivago in 1966. Glen Campbell recorded his cover version of the song in 1968. By 2001, Campbell's version was the second-most-played song on the radio in the United States."} +{"title": "Get Me to the Church on Time", "artist": "Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Get Me to the Church on Time\" is a song composed by Frederick Loewe, with lyrics written by Alan Jay Lerner for the 1956 musical My Fair Lady. It is sung by the cockney character Alfred P. Doolittle, the father of the one of the show's two main characters, Eliza. Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 for use on his radio show."} +{"title": "Get Out And Get Under The Moon", "artist": "L. Shay, C. Tobias, W. Jerome", "genre": "Pop", "text": "The music was written by Larry Shay, the lyrics by Charles Tobias and William Jerome. Popular recordings of the song in 1928 were by Helen Kane and by Paul Whiteman (with a vocal group including Bing Crosby). The song is now a standard, and has been recorded by many artists."} +{"title": "Giant Steps.m", "artist": "John Coltrane", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Giant Steps is the fifth studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane as leader. It was released in February 1960 on Atlantic Records, catalogue SD 1311. It is considered one of the most influential jazz albums of all time. Many of its tracks have become practice templates for jazz saxophonists."} +{"title": "Girl, you'll be a woman soon", "artist": "Neil Diamond", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon\" is a song written by American musician Neil Diamond. The song first appeared on Diamond's album Just for You. Cliff Richard covered the song as the B-side to his 1968 single \"I'll Love You Forever Today\" American alternative rock band Urge Overkill recorded a cover of the song for their second extended play (EP), Stull (1992) This version would later be featured in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction."} +{"title": "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", "artist": "Robert Hazard", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Girls Just Want to Have Fun\" is a song written, recorded and performed by American musician Robert Hazard, who released it as a single in 1979. It is best known for the version of American singer Cyndi Lauper, who covered the song in 1983. It was the first major single released by Lauper as a solo artist and the lead single from her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983) Lauper's version gained recognition as a feminist anthem and was promoted by a Grammy-winning music video."} +{"title": "Give Thanks", "artist": " Henry Smith 1978", "genre": "R&B", "text": "The album was released on December 30, 1986 by Integrity Music, Hosanna! Music, and Sparrow Records. In February 1995, the album was certified gold with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), in recognition of selling over 500,000 units. The album includes the song \"Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart\", which was written by Henry Smith in 1978."} +{"title": "God Bless America", "artist": "Irving Berlin 1938", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"God Bless America\" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run up to World War II in 1938. The later version was notably recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song. The song was used early in the Civil Rights Movement as well as at labor rallies."} +{"title": "God Only Knows", "artist": "Brian Wilson, Tony Asher", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"God Only Knows\" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, it is a Baroque-style love song distinguished for its harmonic innovation and complexity. The song's musical sophistication is demonstrated by its three contrapuntal vocal parts and weak tonal center (competing between the keys of E and A)"} +{"title": "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face", "artist": "Coldplay", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"God Put a Smile upon Your Face\" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their second studio album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) The song is built around prominent acoustic and electric guitar riffs with accompanying up-tempo drumming. The single reached number 100 in the UK Singles Chart."} +{"title": "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen", "artist": "Traditional English", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen\" is an English traditional Christmas carol. It is also known as \"Tidings of Comfort and Joy\", and by other variant incipits. An early version of this carol is found in an anonymous manuscript, dating from the 1650s. It contains a slightly different version of the first line from that found in later texts."} +{"title": "Goin' Out of My Head", "artist": "Bobby Weinstein, Teddy Randazzo", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Goin' Out of My Head\" is a song written by Teddy Randazzo and Bobby Weinstein. It was first recorded by Little Anthony and the Imperials in 1964. In 1967, British band the Zombies recorded the song as a single, and was released as the group's final Decca Records single."} +{"title": "Golliwog's Cakewalk", "artist": "Claude Debussy", "genre": "Dance", "text": "Claude Debussy composed Children's Corner between 1906 and 1908. He dedicated the suite to his daughter, Claude-Emma (known as \"Chou-Chou\"), who was born on 30 October 1905 in Paris. The suite is in six movements, each with an English-language title."} +{"title": "Gonna Fly Now", "artist": "Bill Conti, Ayn Robbins, Carol Connors", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Gonna Fly Now\", also known as \"Theme from Rocky\", is the theme song from the movie Rocky, composed by Bill Conti with lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins. Released in 1976 with Rocky, the song became part of 1970s American popular culture. The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 49th Academy Awards."} +{"title": "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now", "artist": "Milton Kellem", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now\" is a popular song written by Milton Kellem, and published in 1951. The very first known recorded version was released in 1951, by Roy Hogsed. The \"original\" version, recorded by Teresa Brewer with Orchestra directed by Ray Bloch on January 10, 1952, was released by Coral Records."} +{"title": "Good vibrations", "artist": "Brian Wilson, Mike Love", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Good Vibrations\" is a 1966 song by the Beach Boys. It was written by Brian Wilson with lyrics by Mike Love. The song was released as a single on October 10, 1966 and was an immediate critical and commercial hit. It is considered one of the finest and most important works of the rock era. It has been cited as a forerunner to the Beatles' \"A Day in the Life\" and Queen's \"Bohemian Rhapsody\""} +{"title": "Good Bait", "artist": "Tadd Dameron & Count Bassie", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Good Bait\" is a jazz composition written by American jazz piano player and composer Tadd Dameron. It was introduced in 1944 and was popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Good Bait uses the changes to \"I've Got Rhythm\" (Rhythm changes) transposed up by a fourth as its bridge."} +{"title": "Good Golly Miss Molly", "artist": "Robert Blackwell & John Marascalco", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Good Golly, Miss Molly\" is a hit rock 'n' roll song first recorded in 1956 by the American musician Little Richard. The song, a jump blues, was written by John Marascalco and producer Robert \"Bumps\" Blackwell. It is ranked No. 94 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."} +{"title": "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", "artist": "Charles Mingus", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat\" is a jazz standard composed by Charles Mingus. Originally recorded by his sextet in 1959, it was released on his album Mingus Ah Um. Composed as an elegy for saxophonist Lester Young, who had died two months prior to the recording session. Joni Mitchell added lyrics to the song for her 1979 album. Rahsaan Roland Kirk also composed lyrics for the song."} +{"title": "Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road", "artist": " Elton John, Bernie Taupin", "genre": "Folk", "text": "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is the seventh studio album by Elton John, first released on 5 October 1973 as a double LP. The album has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and is widely regarded as John's magnum opus. It was recorded at the Studio d'enregistrement Michel Magne at the Chateau d'Herouville in France after problems recording at the intended location in Jamaica. Among the 17 tracks, the album contains the hits \"Candle in the Wind\" and \"Bennie and the Jets\""} +{"title": "GRAN TORINO", "artist": "Cullum, Eastwood", "genre": "Country", "text": "Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Christopher Carley, Bee Vang and Ahney Her. The story follows Walt Kowalski, a recently widowed Korean War veteran alienated from his family and angry at the world. It is the first mainstream American film to feature Hmong Americans."} +{"title": "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer", "artist": "Randy Brooks", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer\" is a novelty Christmas song written by Randy Brooks. The song was originally performed by the husband-and-wife duo of Elmo and Patsy Trigg Shropshire in 1979. By the early 1980s, the song was becoming a seasonal hit, first on country stations and then on Top 40 stations."} +{"title": "Green Onions", "artist": "Booker T", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Green Onions\" is an instrumental composition recorded in 1962 by Booker T. & the M.G.'s. The song is a twelve-bar blues with a rippling Hammond M3 organ line. The track was originally issued in May 1962 on the Volt label (a subsidiary of Stax Records) as the B-side of \"Behave Yourself\" It also appeared on the album Green Onions that same year. The Surfaris recorded a version in 1965 on their album Harry James Plays Onions."} +{"title": "Green, Green Grass Of Home", "artist": "Curly Putman", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Green, Green Grass of Home\" is a song written by Claude \"Curly\" Putman Jr. and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell in 1965. It was also recorded by Bobby Bare and by Jerry Lee Lewis, who included it in his album Country Songs for City Folks (later re-issued as All Country) Tom Jones learned the song from Lewis' version, and in 1966, he had a worldwide No. 1 hit with it."} +{"title": "Groovin' High", "artist": "Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Groovin' High\" is one of the most famous bebop songs of all time. The song was written by Dizzy Gillespie in 1945. It was first recorded in 1956 by Gillespie and his band."} +{"title": "Guess Who I Saw Today", "artist": "Elisse Boyd, Murray Grand", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Guess Who I Saw Today\" is a popular jazz song written by Murray Grand with lyrics by Elisse Boyd. The song was originally composed for Leonard Sillman's Broadway musical revue New Faces of 1952."} +{"title": "Guys And Dolls", "artist": "Frank Loesser", "genre": "Dance", "text": "Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. The show premiered on Broadway in 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons and Frank Sinatra."} +{"title": "Half As Much", "artist": "Curley Williams", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Half as Much\" is an American pop standard song written by Curley Williams in 1951. It was first recorded by country music singer Hank Williams in 1952 and reached number two on the Billboard Country Singles chart. In 1952, Rosemary Clooney recorded a number-one, hit version for Top 40 markets in the US."} +{"title": "Hallelujah Chorus", "artist": "George Frideric Handel", "genre": "R&B", "text": "Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741. The libretto by Charles Jennens is entirely drawn from the Bible, mostly from the King James Bible. Messiah differs from Handel's other oratorios by telling no story, instead offering reflections on different aspects of the Christian Messiah."} +{"title": "Hallelujah! I'm a Bum", "artist": "traditional American hobo song, origin uncertain, multiple versions", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Hallelujah, I'm a Bum\" is an American folk song, that responds with humorous sarcasm to unhelpful moralizing about the circumstance of being a hobo. The song's authorship is uncertain, but according to hobo poetry researcher Bud L. McKillips the words were written by an IWW member."} +{"title": "Hands Across The Table", "artist": "Mitchell Parish & John Delettre", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Hands Across the Table is a 1935 American romantic screwball comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars Carole Lombard as a manicurist looking for a rich husband and Fred MacMurray as a poor playboy. The teaming of Lombard and MacMurray was so well received, they went on to make three more films together."} +{"title": "H_nschen klein", "artist": "German trad.", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Hanschen klein\" by Franz Wiedemann (1821-1882) is a German folk song and children's song. The tune of this song is also used in the simple Mother Goose rhyme of \"Lightly Row\" It is the theme song of the 1977 war film Cross of Iron."} +{"title": "Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe.m", "artist": "Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Happiness is a Thing Called Joe\" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Yip Harburg, it was written for the 1943 film musical Cabin in the Sky. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1943 but lost out to \"You'll Never Know\""} +{"title": "Hard Candy Christmas", "artist": "Words and music by Carol Hall", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Hard Candy Christmas\" is a song written by composer-lyricist Carol Hall for the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Dolly Parton's version of the song was released as a single in October 1982, reaching number 8 on the U.S. country singles chart in January 1983. In 1998, the song re-entered the country charts and peaked at number 73."} +{"title": "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", "artist": "William Cummings, Felix Mendolssohn, Gary Bisaga, Charles Wesley, George Whitfield", "genre": "Folk", "text": "The original hymn text was written as a \"Hymn for Christmas-Day\" by Charles Wesley, included in the 1739 John Wesley collection Hymns and Sacred Poems. In 1855, British musician William H. Cummings adapted Felix Mendelssohn's secular music from Festgesang to fit the lyrics of \"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing\" Wesley envisaged the song being sung to the same tune as his Easter song \"Christ the Lord Is Risen Today\""} +{"title": "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You", "artist": "Scott Wiseman", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?\" is a popular song written by Scotty Wiseman for the 1944 musical film, Sing, Neighbor, Sing. It was the greatest hit of Wiseman and his wife and one of the first country music songs to attract major attention in the pop music field. The first released version of this song was by Gene Autry in 1945."} +{"title": "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.m", "artist": "Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. It was introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics."} +{"title": "He Lives", "artist": "Alfred H. Ackley", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"He Lives\" is a Christian hymn, otherwise known by its first line, \"I Serve a Risen Savior\". It was composed in 1933 by Alfred Henry Ackley (1887-1960), and remains popular today within certain Evangelical and Pentecostal traditions. The hymn discusses the experience claimed by Christians that Jesus Christ lives within their hearts."} +{"title": "He Was Too Good To Me", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"He Was Too Good to Me\" is a song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It was introduced in the tryouts of their 1930 Broadway musical Simple Simon, but was dropped before the show's New York opening. The song has been recorded by such artists as Eileen Farrell, Natalie Cole, Barry Galbraith, Chet Baker, Thad Jones and Nina Simone."} +{"title": "He's a Pirate", "artist": "Klaus Badelt", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"He's a Pirate\" is a track composed by Klaus Badelt and Hans Zimmer for the 2003 Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. It is featured on the soundtrack album of the film and is used at the beginning of the credits for the film. Renditions of the track were also used for the credits of the four Pirates sequels. The track has been subject to a number of remix versions collected in an EP titled Pirates Remixed and separate singles released by Tiesto in 2006 and by Rebel in 2014."} +{"title": "He's a Tramp", "artist": "Peggy Lee, Sonny Burke", "genre": "Country", "text": "The 15th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske. The film was based on the 1945 Cosmopolitan magazine story \"Happy Dan, The Cynical Dog\" by Ward Greene. It was the first animated film to be filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen film process."} +{"title": "Heartaches By The Number", "artist": "Harlan Howard", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Heartaches by the Number\" is a popular country song written by Harlan Howard, and published in 1959. The biggest hit version was recorded by Guy Mitchell on August 24, 1959. It reached the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the weeks of December 14 and December 21."} +{"title": "Heartbreak Hotel", "artist": "Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Heartbreak Hotel\" is a song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley. It was released as a single on January 27, 1956, Presley's first on his new record label RCA Victor. The song comprises an eight-bar blues progression, with heavy reverberation throughout the track, to imitate the character of his Sun recordings. The single topped the Billboard Top 100 for seven weeks, Cashbox's Pop singles chart for six weeks, and the Country and Western chart for seventeen weeks. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine named it one of the \"500 Greatest Songs of All Time\""} +{"title": "Hello My Baby", "artist": "Ida Emerson, Joseph. E. Howard", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Hello! Ma Baby\" is a Tin Pan Alley song written in 1899 by the songwriting team of Joseph E. Howard and Ida Emerson. The song was first recorded by Arthur Collins on an Edison 5470 phonograph cylinder. It was originally a \"coon song\", with African-American caricatures on the sheet music and \"coon\" references in the lyrics."} +{"title": "Help Me Make It Through The Night", "artist": "Kris Kristofferson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Help Me Make It Through The Night\" is a country music ballad written and composed by Kris Kristofferson. It was covered later in 1970 by Sammi Smith, on the album Help Me Make it Through the Night. Other artists who have recorded charting versions of the song include Gladys Knight & the Pips, John Holt, and Claude Valade."} +{"title": "Here Comes the Sun", "artist": "George Harrison", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Here Comes the Sun\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was written by George Harrison and is one of his best-known compositions. The lyrics reflect his relief at the arrival of spring and the temporary respite he was experiencing from the band's business affairs. Harrison played the song during many of his relatively rare live performances as a solo artist."} +{"title": "Here In My Arms", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Here in My Arms\" is a popular song published in 1925, written by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. The song was introduced in the 1925 Broadway musical Dearest Enemy, by Charles Purcell and Helen Ford. It has since become a standard recorded by many artists."} +{"title": "Here In My Heart", "artist": "Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson & Bill Borrelli", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Here in My Heart\" is a popular song written by Pat Genaro, Lou Levinson, and Bill Borrelli. Al Martino's recording of the song made history as the first number one hit on the UK Singles Chart, on November 14, 1952. It was produced by Voyle Gilmore, with orchestra under the direction of Monty Kelly."} +{"title": "Here's That Rainy Day", "artist": "James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Here's That Rainy Day\" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was introduced by Dolores Gray in the Broadway musical Carnival in Flanders. Frank Sinatra recorded it on March 25, 1959, for the Capitol album No One Cares."} +{"title": "Hey Jude", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Hey Jude\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in August 1968. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon-McCartney partnership. The ballad evolved from \"Hey Jules\", a song McCartney wrote to comfort John Lennon's young son Julian, after Lennon had left his wife for the Japanese artist Yoko Ono. The song has sold approximately eight million copies and is frequently included on music critics' lists of the greatest songs of all time."} +{"title": "Hey soul sister", "artist": "Train", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Hey, Soul Sister\" is a song by American rock band Train. It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Save Me, San Francisco (2009) The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is Train's highest-charting song to date. The single received a 6x platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on September 21, 2012, signifying sales of over 6 million copies."} +{"title": "HEY THERE DELILAH", "artist": "Plain White T's", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Hey There Delilah\" is a song by American rock band Plain White T's. It was released in May 2006 as the third single from their third studio album All That We Needed. In June 2007, over one year after the song's release, it became the band's first hit in the United States, eventually reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July. The song has been covered by many artists worldwide in one form or another."} +{"title": "Himnusz", "artist": "Erkel Ferenc, K_lcsey Ferenc", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Himnusz\" (Hungarian pronunciation: ; lit. \"Hymn\" or \"Anthem\") is the national anthem of Hungary. The lyrics were written by Ferenc Kolcsey, a nationally renowned poet, in 1823. Its currently official musical setting was composed by the romantic composer Fere NC Erkel in 1844."} +{"title": "Hit The Road Jack", "artist": "Percy Mayfield", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Hit the Road Jack\" is a song written by Percy Mayfield and recorded by Ray Charles. The song was a US number 1 hit in 1961, and won a Grammy award for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. It was ranked number 387 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2010 list of \"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time\""} +{"title": "Hit the Road to Dreamland", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer", "genre": "Pop", "text": "Star Spangled Rhythm is a 1942 American all-star cast musical film made by Paramount Pictures during World War II as a morale booster. The film has music by Robert Emmett Dolan and songs by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. The cast consisted of most of the stars on the Paramount roster."} +{"title": "Hold the line", "artist": "Toto", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Hold the Line\" is a song by the American rock band Toto. The song was released as the band's debut single, and was featured on their debut 1978 eponymous album. It reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the winter of 1978-79, and number 14 on the official UK chart."} +{"title": "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name", "artist": "Traditional Catholic, Ignatz Franz", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Holy God, We Praise Thy Name\" is a Catholic hymn. It is a paraphrase of the Te Deum, a Christian hymn in Latin from the 4th century. It became an inherent part of major Christian ceremonial occasions."} +{"title": "Home", "artist": "Peter Van Steeden, Harry Clarkson, Jeff Clarkson", "genre": "Country", "text": "Home is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or many humans. It can be static such as a house or mobile such as the yurt. The home as a concept expands beyond residence as contemporary lifestyles and technological advances redefine it."} +{"title": "Honey Pie", "artist": "Paul McCartney", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Honey Pie\" is a song by the Beatles from their 1968 album The Beatles. The song was written entirely by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon-McCartney partnership. It concerns a famed actress who becomes famous in the United States, and her old lover, who wishes for her to return to England."} +{"title": "Honey, Honey", "artist": "Benny Anderson, Bjorn Valaeus, Stig Anderson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Honey, Honey\" was written by Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Stig Anderson. It was released as the second single from ABBA's second studio album, Waterloo. In the U.S. it reached No.27 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts."} +{"title": "Hot Diggity", "artist": "Dick Manning, Al Hoffman", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)\" is an American popular song written by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning. It was recorded by Perry Como and went to #1 on the Billboard pop music chart later that year. The song's melody is almost identical in melody and triple-time rhythm to Emmanuel Chabrier's 1883 composition, Espana."} +{"title": "Hot N Cold", "artist": "Katy Perry", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Hot n Cold\" is a song by American singer Katy Perry. It was written by Perry, Dr. Luke and Max Martin and produced by Luke and Benny Blanco. The song was released as the album's second single on September 9, 2008. It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Perry's second consecutive top five single, following \"I Kissed a Girl\""} +{"title": "Hotel California", "artist": "Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey.", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Hotel California\" is the title track from the Eagles' Hotel California album. Songwriting credits go to Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics) Joe Walsh came up with the dual-guitar descending arpeggio part that ends the song but did not get writing credits. The Eagles' original recording of the song features Henley singing lead vocals and concludes with an electric guitar solo performed by Walsh and Felder."} +{"title": "How Can I Keep from Singing", "artist": "Robert Lowry, Pauline T.", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"How Can I Keep From Singing?\" is an American folksong originally composed as a Christian hymn by American Baptist minister Robert Lowry. The song is frequently, though erroneously, cited as a traditional Quaker or Shaker hymn. The original composition has now entered into the public domain, and appears in several hymnals."} +{"title": "How High the Moon", "artist": "Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"How High the Moon\" is a jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue Two for the Show, where it was sung by Alfred Drake and Frances Comstock. The song has become a gypsy jazz standard and has been recorded by several musicians of the genre."} +{"title": "How to Save a Life", "artist": "The Fray", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"How to Save a Life\" is a song by American alternative rock band The Fray. It was released in March 2006 as the second single from their debut studio album of the same name. The song is one of the band's most popular airplay songs and peaked in the top 3 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States."} +{"title": "Hungry Heart", "artist": "Bruce Springsteen", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Hungry Heart\" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen on his fifth album, The River. It was released as the album's lead single in 1980 and became Springsteen's first big hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart peaking at number five. The title is drawn from a line in Lord Tennyson's famous poem \"Ulysses\": \"For always roaming with a hungry heart\"."} +{"title": "I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues", "artist": "Duke Ellington, Don George", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues\" is a 1937 song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Don George. It was released by RCA Victor Records as catalogue number 20-1623B."} +{"title": "I Almost Lost My Mind", "artist": "Ivory Joe Hunter', Ivory Joe Hunter", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"I Almost Lost My Mind\" is a popular song written by Ivory Joe Hunter and published in 1950. Hunter's recording of the song was a number one hit on the US Billboard R&B chart in that year. Big Walter Horton's instrumental \"Easy\", recorded in 1953, was based on \"I Almost lost My Mind\"."} +{"title": "I Am A Rock", "artist": "Paul Simon", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"I Am a Rock\" is a song written by Paul Simon. It was first performed by Simon alone as the opening track on his album The Paul Simon Songbook. Simon & Garfunkel re-recorded it on December 14, 1965, and included as the final track on their album Sounds of Silence, which they released on January 17, 1966."} +{"title": "I Am Woman", "artist": "Ray Burton, Helen Reddy", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"I Am Woman\" is a song written by Helen Reddy and Ray Burton. The song was released as a single in May 1972 and became a number-one hit later that year, eventually selling over one million copies. It became an enduring anthem for the women's liberation movement."} +{"title": "I Believe I can Fly", "artist": "R. Kelly", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"I Believe I Can Fly\" is a song written, produced, and performed by American singer R. Kelly from the soundtrack to the 1996 film Space Jam. It was originally released on November 26, 1996, and was later included on Kelly's 1998 album R."} +{"title": "I Can't Get Started", "artist": "Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"I Can't Get Started\" is a popular song, with lyric by Ira Gershwin and music by Vernon Duke. It was first heard in the theatrical production Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 where it was sung by Bob Hope. The three most popular vintage recorded versions are those of Bunny Berigan, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra."} +{"title": "I can't give you anything but love, baby", "artist": "Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby\" is a jazz standard by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields. The song was introduced by Adelaide Hall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in New York in January 1928 in Lew Leslie's Blackbird Revue. The idea behind the song came during a stroll Fields and McHugh were taking one evening down Fifth Avenue."} +{"title": "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "artist": "Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby\" is a jazz standard by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields. The song was introduced by Adelaide Hall at Les Ambassadeurs Club in New York in January 1928 in Lew Leslie's Blackbird Revue. The idea behind the song came during a stroll Fields and McHugh were taking one evening down Fifth Avenue."} +{"title": "I Can't Stop Loving You", "artist": "Don Gibson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"I Can't Stop Loving You\" is a popular song written and composed by country singer, songwriter, and musician Don Gibson. It was first recorded on December 3, 1957, for RCA Victor Records. At the time of Gibson's death in 2003, the song had been recorded by more than 700 artists. Ray Charles' recording reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart."} +{"title": "I Cried For You", "artist": "Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim, Abe Lyman", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"I Cried for You\" is a pop and jazz standard with music written by Gus Arnheim and Abe Lyman, with lyrics by Arthur Freed. Benny Krueger and His Orchestra introduced the song in 1923. Frank Sinatra interpreted it in The Joker Is Wild (1957), and Diana Ross sang it in Lady Sings the Blues (1972)"} +{"title": "I Didn't Know About You", "artist": "Duke Ellington, Bob Russell", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"I Didn't Know About You\" is a song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics written by Bob Russell. The recording by Count Basie & His Orchestra (vocal by Thelma Carpenter) briefly reached the No. 21 position in the Billboard charts in 1945. It was based on an instrumental first recorded by Ellingon in 1942 under the title \"Sentimental Lady\""} +{"title": "I Didn't Know What Time It Was", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"I Didn't Know What Time It Was\" is a popular song composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical Too Many Girls (1939) Early hit versions were recorded by Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. The Crampton Sisters 1964 revival for the DCP label was a Hot 100 entry."} +{"title": "I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside", "artist": "John A. Glover-Kind", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside\" is a popular British music hall song. It was written in 1907 by John A. Glover-Kind and made famous by music hall singer Mark Sheridan. The Doctor Who episodes Death to the Daleks and The Leisure Hive feature the song."} +{"title": "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "artist": "Jack Rollins, Don Robertson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"I Don't Hurt Anymore\" is a 1954 song by Hank Snow. It was written by Don Robertson and Jack Rollins. Prairie Oyster covered the song on their album Different Kind of Fire."} +{"title": "I Don't Know Why (I just Do)", "artist": "Fred Ahlert, Roy Turk", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)\" is a 1931 popular song. The music was written by Fred E. Ahlert, the lyrics by Roy Turk. It had three periods of great popularity: in 1931, right after its publication; in 1946; and in 1961 into 1962."} +{"title": "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore", "artist": "George Weiss, Bennie Benjamin", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore\" is a popular song, written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss and published in 1949. The song was popularized that year by Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra (vocals by The Stardusters) and by Perry Como. It received renewed popularity in 1974 when country singer Charlie Rich released a cover version he had recorded during the mid-1960s."} +{"title": "I Don't Wanna Play House", "artist": "Billy Sherrill & Glenn Sutton", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"I Don't Wanna Play House\" is a song written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton. In 1967, the song was Tammy Wynette's first number one country song as a solo artist. The recording earned Wynette the 1968 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. In 1973, South African singer Barbara Ray recorded a version."} +{"title": "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon", "artist": "Sesame Street", "genre": "Dance", "text": "The songs have a variety of styles, including R&B, opera, show tunes, folk, and world music. Musicians were chosen for their skill and popularity, but also for having a public perception that was compatible with the show's values. Lyrics of Sesame Street songs had to be wholesome."} +{"title": "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing", "artist": "Diane Warren", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing\" is a song performed by American hard rock band Aerosmith as the official theme song for the 1998 sci-fi disaster film Armageddon. It is one of four songs performed by the band for the film, the other three being \"What Kind of Love Are You On\", \"Come Together\", and \"Sweet Emotion\" The song was written by Diane Warren, who originally envisioned it would be performed by \"Celine Dion or somebody like that\""} +{"title": "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire", "artist": "Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire\" is a pop song written by Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler. It was written in 1938, but was first recorded three years later by Harlan Leonard and His Rockets. The song was later recorded by Betty Carter, Frankie Laine, Anthony Newley, Suzy Bogguss and others."} +{"title": "I Don't Want To Walk Without You ", "artist": "Jule Styne, Frank Loesser", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"I Don't Want to Walk Without You\" is a popular song. The music was written by Jule Styne with the lyrics by Frank Loesser. It was first performed in the 1942 Paramount Pictures film, Sweater Girl, by actress Betty Jane Rhodes."} +{"title": "I Fall In Love Too Easily", "artist": "Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"I Fall in Love Too Easily\" is a 1944 song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1945 film Anchors Aweigh. The song has been recorded by Eugenie Baird, Chet Baker, Ray Conniff, Royce Campbell, Johnny Hartman, Keith Jarrett, Shirley Horn, Ralph Towner, Tony Bennett, Anita O'Day, Diane Schuur, Fred Hersch and Katharine Mcphee."} +{"title": "I Fall To Pieces", "artist": "Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"I Fall to Pieces\" is a song written by Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard that was originally recorded by Patsy Cline. Released as a single in 1961 via Decca Records, it topped the country charts, crossed over onto the pop charts and became among Cline's biggest hits. The song has since been considered a country music standard."} +{"title": "I Found A Million Dollar Baby", "artist": "Harry Warren, Billy Rose, Mort Dixon", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)\" is a popular song. The music was written by Harry Warren, the lyrics by Mort Dixon and Billy Rose. The song was published in 1931, though the same lyric with different music had been published five years earlier. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt."} +{"title": "I Got A Right To Sing the Blues", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues\" is a popular song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler. The song has become a jazz and blues standard. Popular recordings in 1933 and 1934 were those by Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman."} +{"title": "I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good", "artist": "Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)\" is a pop and jazz standard with music by Duke Ellington and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster published in 1941. It was introduced in the musical revue Jump for Joy by Ivie Anderson."} +{"title": "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'", "artist": "George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' \" is a song composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 \"folk-opera\" Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based. It is one of the most famous songs from the opera, and has been recorded by hundreds of singers."} +{"title": "I Got Rhythm", "artist": "George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"I Got Rhythm\" is a piece composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira GersHwin and published in 1930. Its chord progression is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as Charlie Parker's and Dizzy Gillespie's bebop standard \"Anthropology (Thrivin' on a Riff)\". The song came from the musical Girl Crazy and has been sung by many jazz singers since."} +{"title": "I Had The Craziest Dream", "artist": "Harry Warren, Mack Gordon", "genre": "Pop", "text": "The song was introduced by Harry James and his orchestra, with vocals by Helen Forrest, in the film Springtime in the Rockies (1942) James and Forrest recorded the song for Columbia Records (catalog No. 36659) on July 23, 1942 and their recording topped the Billboard charts during a 22-week stay. The song was featured in the first Hit Kit, the U.S. Army's version of successful radio show Your Hit Parade."} +{"title": "I Just Can't Wait to be King ", "artist": "Elton John - Bb, Tim Rice", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"I Just Can't Wait to Be King\" is a song written by Elton John and Tim Rice for the Disney animated feature film The Lion King (1994) The song is performed by American actor and singer Jason Weaver as the singing voice of young Simba. English actor Rowan Atkinson and American actress Laura Williams provide supporting vocals in their roles as Zazu and Nala, respectively. The song was featured in the 2019 film adaptation, performed by JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and John Oliver."} +{"title": "I just fall in love again", "artist": "Stephen H Dorff, Larry Herbstritt, Gloria Sklerov, Harry Lloyd", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"I Just Fall in Love Again\" is a song written by Larry Herbstritt, with co-writers Steve Dorff, Harry Lloyd, and Gloria Sklerov. The song was originally recorded by the Carpenters and later covered by Dusty Springfield, and Anne Murray, who was unaware Springfield had recorded it just 6 months prior."} +{"title": "I Just Want To Make Love To You", "artist": "Willie Dixon", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"I Just Want to Make Love to You\" is a 1954 blues song written by Willie Dixon, first recorded by Muddy Waters. Etta James recorded the song for her debut album At Last! Her rendition also served as the B-side to her hit of that name. In 1996, it was released as a single in the UK after being featured in a Diet Coke advertising campaign."} +{"title": "I Kissed a Girl", "artist": "Katy Perry", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"I Kissed a Girl\" is the debut single of American singer Katy Perry from her second studio album, One of the Boys (2008) It was released on April 28, 2008, by Capitol Records as the lead single from the record. Perry co-wrote the song with Max Martin, Cathy Dennis, and its producer Dr. Luke, with additional production from Benny Blanco. The song sparked controversy for its handling of bi-curious themes, but in retrospect has been viewed as the beginning of LGBT awareness in pop music."} +{"title": "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "artist": "George Cory, Nicholas Cross", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"I Left My Heart in San Francisco\" is a popular song, written in the fall of 1953 in Brooklyn, New York, with music by George Cory and lyrics by Douglass Cross. In 1962, the song was released as a single by Bennett on Columbia Records as the b-side to \"Once Upon a Time\" The song is one of the official anthems for the city of San Francisco. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry as being \"culturally, historically, or artistically significant\""} +{"title": "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart", "artist": "Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo, Irving Mills, John Redmond", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart\" is a 1938 composition by Duke Ellington. Other hit versions were by Benny Goodman, Connee Boswell, Hot Lips Page, and Mildred Bailey. Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1957."} +{"title": "I Love A Piano", "artist": "Irving Berlin, Irving Berlin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"I Love a Piano\" is a popular song with words and music by Irving Berlin. It was copyrighted on December 9, 1920 and introduced in the Broadway musical revue Stop! Look! Listen! when it was performed by Harry Fox and the ensemble. Irving Berlin always regarded the song as one of his best efforts."} +{"title": "I Love A Rainy Night", "artist": "Eddie Rabbit, Even Stevens, David Malloy", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"I Love a Rainy Night\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in November 1980 as the second single from his album Horizon. It reached number one on the Hot Country Singles, Billboard Hot 100, and Adult Contemporary Singles charts in early 1981."} +{"title": "I Love Paris", "artist": "Cole Porter", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"I Love Paris\" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and published in 1953. Bing Crosby recorded this for Decca on December 31, 1953 and included it in his album Bing Sings the Hits (1954) A line in the song's lyrics inspired the title of the 1964 movie Paris When It Sizzles."} +{"title": "I Love You More And More Every Day", "artist": "Don Robertson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"I Love You More and More Every Day\" is a song written by Don Robertson and performed by Al Martino. It reached #3 on the adult contemporary chart, #9 on the U.S. pop chart, and #11 on the Cashbox chart in 1964. The single was arranged by Peter DeAngelis and produced by Voyle Gilmore."} +{"title": "I Only Have Eyes For You", "artist": "Harry Warren, Al Dubin", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"I Only Have Eyes for You\" is a romantic love song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin. It was written for the film Dames (1934) when Dick Powell introduced it. Several successful recordings of the song were made in 1934; later, there were charted versions by The Flamingos ( 1959) and Art Garfunkel (1975)"} +{"title": "I Only Want To Be With You", "artist": "Mike Hawker & Ivor Raymonde", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"I Only Want to Be with You\" is a song written by Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde. It was the debut solo single released by British singer Dusty Springfield under her long-time producer Johnny Franz. It peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles chart in January 1964. Three remakes of the song have been UK chart hits, the first two by the Bay City Rollers (1976) and The Tourists (1979) and the 1989 remake by Samantha Fox. In the US, the song has been a Top 40 hit three times."} +{"title": "I saw her standing there", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"I Saw Her Standing There\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles written primarily by Paul McCartney with some contributions from John Lennon. It is the opening track on the band's 1963 debut UK album Please Please Me and their debut US album Introducing... The Beatles. Capitol Records released the song in the United States as the B-side on the label's first single by the Beatles, \"I Want to Hold Your Hand\" The song was ranked No. 139 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."} +{"title": "I Saw Three Ships", "artist": "Traditional English Carol", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In)\" is an English Christmas carol, listed as number 700 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The lyrics mention the ships sailing into Bethlehem, but the nearest body of water is the Dead Sea about 20 miles (32 km) away."} +{"title": "I Say A Little Prayer", "artist": "Burt Bacharach, Hal David", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"I Say a Little Prayer\" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick. It was originally released as a single in December 1967, peaking at number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. On the R&B Singles chart it peaked at number eight. The track went unreleased until September 1967, when it was introduced on the album The Windows of the World. The B-side, \"(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls\", would become another hit for Warwick."} +{"title": "Idle Moments", "artist": "Grant Green", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Idle Moments is a 1963 jazz album, released in 1965, by guitarist Grant Green. It features performances by Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Bobby Hutcherson on vibes, Blue Note in-house producer Duke Pearson on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Al Harewood on drums. It is best known for the title piece, a slow composition in C minor which lasts for nearly 15 minutes."} +{"title": "Ievan Polkka", "artist": "Finnish folk song", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Ievan polkka\" (Savo Finnish for \"Ieva's Polka\") is a popular Finnish song with lyrics printed in 1928 and written by Eino Kettunen to a traditional Finnish polka tune. The song is sung in very heavy Eastern Savonian dialects spoken in North Karelia. The melody has a striking similarity to that of the Russian folk dance Smolenskii gusachok."} +{"title": "If Ever I Would Leave You", "artist": "Frederick Lowe, Alan Jay Lerner", "genre": "Folk", "text": "Camelot is a musical with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics and a book by Alan Jay Lerner. It is based on the legend of King Arthur as adapted from the 1958 novel The Once and Future King by T. H. White. The original production, directed by Moss Hart with orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards. It spawned several revivals, foreign productions, and a 1967 film adaptation."} +{"title": "If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) ", "artist": "Jimmy Johnson, Henry Creamer", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"If I Could Be with You (One Hour Tonight)\" is a popular song. The music was written by James P. Johnson, the lyrics by Henry Creamer. The song was published in 1926 and first recorded by Clarence Williams' Blue Five with vocalist Eva Taylor in 1927. It was popularized by the 1930 recording by McKinney's Cotton Pickers."} +{"title": "If I Didn't Care", "artist": "Jack Lawrence", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"If I Didn't Care\" is a song written by Jack Lawrence. It was originally sung and recorded by the Ink Spots featuring Bill Kenny in 1939. In the 1950s, both the Hilltoppers and Connie Francis charted with the song. Bobby Vinton covered this song for his album I Love How You Love Me in 1968. In 1970, the soul group The Moments had a hit with the tune."} +{"title": "If I Fell.m", "artist": "John Lennon and Paul McCartney", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"If I Fell\" is a song by the Beatles. It first appeared in 1964 on the album A Hard Day's Night in the United Kingdom and United States. It was written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon-McCartney. The song was released as a single in Norway, where it reached number one."} +{"title": "If I give my heart to you", "artist": "Jimmy Crane. Al Jacobs, Jimmy Brewster", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"If I Give My Heart to You\" is a popular song written by Jimmy Brewster (Milt Gabler), Jimmie Crane, and Al Jacobs. Most popular versions of the song were recorded by Doris Day and by Denise Lor; both charted in 1954."} +{"title": "If I Loved You", "artist": "Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"If I Loved You\" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. The song was introduced by John Raitt as \"Billy Bigelow\" and Jan Clayton as \"Julie\" in the original Broadway production. There were four hit versions of the song in 1945: Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Harry James."} +{"title": "If I Only Had Time", "artist": "John Rowles", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"If I Only Had Time\" was a big hit in 1968 for the New Zealand singer John Rowles. It was also his first release in the UK. The song is the English translation of \"Je n'Aurai Pas le Temps\", a French ballad."} +{"title": "If I Ruled The World", "artist": "Cyril Ornadel, Leslie Bricusse", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"If I Ruled the World\" is a popular song, composed by Leslie Bricusse and Cyril Ornadel. The song is usually associated with Sir Harry Secombe, who got the song to No 18 in the UK charts in 1963. Tony Bennett originally recorded the song in 1965, and had a number 34 hit with it on the U.S. pop singles charts."} +{"title": "If I Should Lose You", "artist": "Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"If I Should Lose You\" is a song composed by Ralph Rainger, with lyrics by Leo Robin. It was introduced in the 1936 film Rose of the Rancho."} +{"title": "If I Were A Bell", "artist": "Frank Loesser", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"If I Were a Bell\" is a song composed by Frank Loesser for his 1950 musical Guys and Dolls. It has become a jazz standard since it was featured by trumpeter Miles Davis, on the 1956 Prestige album Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quintet. The song was also famously used in the final scene of the final episode of The Cosby Show."} +{"title": "If I Were A Boy", "artist": "BC Jean, Toby Gad", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"If I Were a Boy\" is a ballad written by BC Jean and Toby Gad. It was originally recorded by Jean, whose record company rejected it. Beyonce recorded her own version of the song for her album I Am... Sasha Fierce. The song was released as a double A-side single on October 8, 2008. It peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart."} +{"title": "If You Are But A Dream", "artist": "Nat Bonx, Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"If You Are But a Dream\" is a popular song published in 1942 with words and music by Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton and Nat Bonx. The melody is based on Anton Rubinstein's \"Romance in E flat, Op. 44, No. 1,\" popularly known as \"Rubinstein's Romance\" Frank Sinatra recorded it first for Columbia Records on November 14, 1944."} +{"title": "If You Could Read My Mind", "artist": "Gordon Lightfoot", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"If You Could Read My Mind\" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. It reached No. 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart on commercial release in 1970 and charted in several other countries on international release in 1971. The song was produced by Lenny Waronker and Joe Wissert at Sunwest Recording Studios in Los Angeles."} +{"title": "If You Go Away", "artist": "Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"If You Go Away\" is an adaptation of the 1959 Jacques Brel song \"Ne me quitte pas\" with English lyrics by Rod McKuen. The lyrics are told from the perspective of someone telling their lover how much they'd be missed if they left. The complex melody is partly derivative of classical music."} +{"title": "If You Knew Susie.m", "artist": "B.G.De Sylva, Joseph Meyer", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"If You Knew Susie\" is a popular song from the 1920s. It was written by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Meyer and published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. in 1925. The song was Eddie Cantor's best-known success of the year, recorded on April 6, 1925."} +{"title": "If You Leave Me Now", "artist": "Chicago", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"If You Leave Me Now\" is a song by the American rock group Chicago, from their album Chicago X. It was written and sung by bass player Peter Cetera and released as a single on July 30, 1976. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 on October 23, 1976, and stayed there for two weeks. In the UK it maintained the number one position for three weeks. The song won Grammy Awards for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist (strings) and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus."} +{"title": "If You Never Come To Me", "artist": "Antonio Carlos Jobim", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Inutil Paisagem\" (\"Useless Landscape\") is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim. English-language version with lyrics by Ray Gilbert is titled \"If You Never Come to Me\""} +{"title": "If you were a sailboat", "artist": "Katie Melua", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"If You Were a Sailboat\" is a song by British singer Katie Melua. Written and produced by Mike Batt, it is Melua's ninth single and the first from her third album, Pictures (2007) In the week of 30 September, the song debuted at number twenty-three on the UK Singles Chart."} +{"title": "In A Mellow Tone", "artist": "Duke Ellington", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "The song was based on the 1917 standard \"Rose Room\" by Art Hickman and Harry Williams. Howard Stern used a recording of this song (from Ellington's Blues in Orbit album) as the opening theme to The Howard Stern Show from 1987 to 1994."} +{"title": "In a Sentimental Mood", "artist": "Duke Ellington", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"In a Sentimental Mood\" is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington. He composed the piece in 1935 and recorded it with his orchestra during the same year. The chords at the beginning are a well-known part of the song since the 1960s due to it being used as the theme of Simon Carmiggelt."} +{"title": "In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town", "artist": "Ira Schuster, Jack Little, Joe Young", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town\" is a popular song written by Ira Schuster and Jack Little with lyrics by Joe Young. Ted Lewis and His Band performed it in the film The Crooner in 1932. The Johnny Long and His Orchestra had a million seller of the song in 1946."} +{"title": "In Apple Blossom Time", "artist": "Albert Von Tilzer, Neville Fleeson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time\" is a popular song written by Albert Von Tilzer and lyricist Neville Fleeson. It was introduced by Nora Bayes, who also recorded the song."} +{"title": "In My Life", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"In My Life\" is a song by the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. Its lyrics were written primarily by John Lennon, credited to Lennon-McCartney. Lennon credited the harmony and bridge to McCartney, while McCartney claimed the entire musical structure. George Martin contributed the piano solo bridge, which was sped up to sound like a harpsichord. In 2000, Mojo named it the best song of all time."} +{"title": "In The Blue Of Evening", "artist": "Alfonso D'Artega, Tom Adair", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"In the Blue of Evening\" was written by Al D'Artega and Tom Adair. It was recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Band and released in 1943. Sinatra later re-recorded it with Sy Oliver for his 1961 album I Remember Tommy. But it was not included on the album for the original release, only being added in a 1993 reissue."} +{"title": "In the Chapel In The Moonlight", "artist": "Billy Hill", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"In the Chapel in the Moonlight\" is a 1936 popular song written by Billy Hill and first performed by Shep Fields. The song was revived in 1954 by Kitty Kallen, accompanied by the Jack Pleis Orchestra recorded at Decca Records."} +{"title": "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree", "artist": "Egbert Van Alstyne, Harry Williams", "genre": "Pop", "text": "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree is a popular song dating from 1905. It was written by Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne (music) Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album On the Sentimental Side (1962)"} +{"title": "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning", "artist": "David Mann, Bob Hilliard", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning\" is a 1955 popular song composed by David Mann, with lyrics by Bob Hilliard. It was introduced as the title track of Frank Sinatra's 1955 album In the Wee small hours. Barbra Streisand has covered the song twice."} +{"title": "In Walked Bud", "artist": "Thelonious Monk", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"In Walked Bud\" is a 1947 jazz composition by Thelonious Monk. It was composed in honor of his friend and fellow jazz pianist Bud Powell. Monk recorded many renditions of the song throughout his career. The song has been covered numerous times by other artists."} +{"title": "In Your Own Sweet Way", "artist": "Dave Brubeck", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"In Your Own Sweet Way\" is a 1955 jazz standard written by Dave Brubeck. It is a jazz ballad in thirty-two-bar form with an eight-bar interlude. Miles Davis recorded it twice with his quintet in 1956--once in March with Sonny Rollins as the quintet's saxophonist."} +{"title": "Into my Arms", "artist": "Nick Cave", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Into My Arms\" is the first single from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' tenth studio album The Boatman's Call. The song takes the form of a love ballad, with a piano and an electric bass as the sole instruments used. It was nominated for Single of the Year at the 1997 ARIA Awards, and came No. 18 in the Triple J Hottest 100."} +{"title": "IS THIS THE WAY TO AMARILLO", "artist": "H. Greenfield", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Is This the Way to) Amarillo\" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It is about a man traveling to Amarillo, Texas, to find his girlfriend Marie. The song was recorded by Tony Christie and released in the UK in November 1971, initially reaching number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. In the U.S., however, Christie's record stalled at #121 on the Bubbling Under the Hot 100."} +{"title": "Isn't It A Pity", "artist": "George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Isn't It a Pity\" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison from his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass. Harrison wrote the song in 1966, but it was rejected for inclusion on releases by the Beatles. In its long fadeout, the song references the closing refrain of the Beatles' 1968 hit \"Hey Jude\" Other musicians on the recording include Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Gary Wright and the band Badfinger."} +{"title": "Isn't She Lovely", "artist": "Stevie Wonder", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Isn't She Lovely\" is a song by Stevie Wonder from his 1976 album, Songs in the Key of Life. The lyrics celebrate the birth of his daughter, Aisha Morris. The song was not issued as a commercial single and therefore it did not appear on the major charts in the US and UK. However, due to radio airplay, it reached number 23 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in January 1977."} +{"title": "It Ain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)", "artist": "James Young, Sy Oliver", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)\" is a song written by jazz musicians Melvin \"Sy\" Oliver and James \"Trummy\" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald, and again the same year by Nat Gonella and His Georgians. The jazz tune was transformed into a pop/new wave song with ska elements in 1982."} +{"title": "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", "artist": "Paul Anka", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"It Doesn't Matter Anymore\" is a pop ballad written by Paul Anka and recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958. The song reached number 13 as a posthumous hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1959, shortly after Holly was killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. It has been covered many times, most commercially successful by New Zealand-born singer songwriter, Mark Williams."} +{"title": "It Don't Mean a Thing.m", "artist": "Duke Ellington", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington, whose lyrics were written by Irving Mills. The song is now accepted as a jazz standard, and jazz historian Gunther Schuller characterized it as \"now legendary\" and \"a prophetic piece and a prophetic title\" The music was composed and arranged by Ellingon in August 1931 during intermissions at Chicago's Lincoln Tavern. The 1932 recording of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008."} +{"title": "It Ends Tonight", "artist": "All-American Rejects", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"It Ends Tonight\" is a song by American rock band The All-American Rejects. It was released as the third and final single from their second studio album Move Along on September 19, 2006. The song peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the band's highest charting song."} +{"title": "It Happened In Monterey", "artist": "Mabel Wayne, billy Rose", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"It Happened in Monterey\" was written for the 1930 musical film, King of Jazz. The song, written in waltz time, was composed by Mabel Wayne, with lyrics by Billy Rose. It was performed by John Boles and Jeanette Loff in the film. Bing Crosby sang the song with Whiteman's orchestra in a performance at the Seattle Civic Auditorium in April 1930."} +{"title": "It Is No Secret", "artist": "Carl Stuart Hamblen", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"It Is No Secret\" is a Southern gospel song written and sung by Stuart Hamblen and released on the Columbia label. In January 1951, it reached No. 8 on the country disc jockey chart. It was the No. 30 best selling country record of 1951."} +{"title": "It Is Well with My Soul", "artist": "Philip P. Bliss, Horatio G. Spafford", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"It Is Well With My Soul\" is a hymn penned by hymnist Horatio Spafford and composed by Philip Bliss. It is possibly the most influential and enduring in the Bliss repertoire. The song reached the ARIA Singles Chart Top 100 in December 2010."} +{"title": "It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane", "artist": "Edgar Leslie & Joe Burke", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane\" is a popular song written by composer Joe Burke and lyricist Edgar Leslie. It was first recorded by Arthur Tracy, \"The Street Singer\". In July 1937, the recording of the song by Guy Lombardo reached number 1 on the Billboard Best Seller chart. The song was also recorded by Lennie Hayton, Gracie Fields, Joe Loss, The Lennon Sisters and Debbie Reynolds."} +{"title": "It Never Entered My Mind", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Lorenz hart", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"It Never Entered My Mind\" is a 1940 show tune from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Higher and Higher (1940), where it was introduced by Shirley Ross in 1940."} +{"title": "It Was A Very Good Year", "artist": "Ervin Drake 1961, Ervin Drake", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"It Was a Very Good Year\" is a song composed by Ervin Drake in 1961. It was made famous by Frank Sinatra's version in D minor, which won the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in 1966. The nostalgic and melancholic song recounts the type of girls with whom the singer had relationships."} +{"title": "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", "artist": "J.D. Miller", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels\" is a 1952 country song written by J. D. \"Jay\" Miller, and originally recorded by Kitty Wells. It was an answer song to the Hank Thompson hit \"The Wild Side of Life\" The song became the first No. 1 Billboard country hit for a solo female artist."} +{"title": "It's A Most Unusual Day", "artist": "Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"It's a Most Unusual Day\" is a popular song composed by Jimmy McHugh, with lyrics by Harold Adamson. It is considered part of the Great American Songbook. It was introduced in the film A Date with Judy when it was sung by Jane Powell in the opening scene with the school orchestra."} +{"title": "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie.m", "artist": "Billy Mayhew", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"It's a Sin to Tell a Lie\" is a 1936 popular song written by Billy Mayhew. The tune was revived in 1955 by Somethin' Smith and the Redheads, reaching number 7 on the Billboard charts in that year. John Denver tells a story about the song and does a cover in his 1978 album."} +{"title": "It's All Right With Me", "artist": "Cole Porter", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"It's All Right with Me\" is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for his 1953 musical Can-Can. The song is also used in the Cole Porter musical High Society. Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1955 for use on his radio show. Frank Sinatra recorded it for the film version of Can- can. Crystal Gayle's version was also adapted into a jingle for Eastern Airlines."} +{"title": "It's Always You", "artist": "James Van Heusen, Johnny Burke", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"It's Always You\" is a song written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke for the 1941 film Road to Zanzibar. In the film it was sung by Bing Crosby to Dorothy Lamour as they paddled a canoe up a jungle river. It was also used briefly in a comedy scene in the film as a quasi-requiem for Lamour's character, who was erroneously thought to have been killed by a leopard."} +{"title": "Jamaica Farewell", "artist": "Harry Belafonte", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Jamaica Farewell\" is a Jamaican-style folk song (mento) The lyrics for the song were written by Lord Burgess (Irving Burgie) The song appeared on Harry Belafonte's 1956 album Calypso. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Pop chart."} +{"title": "James Bond Theme", "artist": "Monty Norman", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"James Bond Theme\" is the main signature theme music of the James Bond films. Composed by Monty Norman, the piece has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in every Eon Bond film besides the 2006 reboot Casino Royale. Norman has won two libel actions against publishers for claiming that John Barry wrote the theme."} +{"title": "Jazz Baby", "artist": "Blanche Merrill, M.K. Jerome", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. It has been suggested that this article be merged into Blanche Merrill. Proposed since July 2019."} +{"title": "Jealous Heart", "artist": "Jenny Lou Carson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Jealous Heart\" is a classic C&W song written by American country music singer-songwriter Jenny Lou Carson. In the mid 1940s it spent nearly six months on the Country & Western charts. It was subsequently recorded by several pop singers."} +{"title": "Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring", "artist": "Johann Sebastian Bach", "genre": "Pop", "text": "Bach composed a four-part setting with independent orchestral accompaniment of two stanzas of the hymn \"Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne\", written by Martin Janus in 1661. It is often performed slowly and reverently at wedding ceremonies, as well as during Christian festive seasons like Christmas and Easter. A transcription by the English pianist Myra Hess was published in 1926 for piano solo and in 1934 for piano duet."} +{"title": "Jesus Take The Wheel", "artist": "Brett James, Gordie Sampson, Hillary Lindsey", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Jesus, Take the Wheel\" is a song written by Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson. It was released on October 18, 2005 as the first single from Carrie Underwood's debut album Some Hearts (2005) The ballad tells of a woman seeking help from Jesus in an emergency and surrendering control to a higher power. The song won the Grammy Awards for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song and it won Single of the Year at the 2005 Academy of Country Music Awards."} +{"title": "Jingle Bell Rock", "artist": "Jim Boothe, Joe Beal", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Jingle Bell Rock\" is an American popular Christmas song first released by Bobby Helms in 1957. It has received frequent airplay in the United States during every Christmas season since then. The song was composed by Joseph Carleton Beal and James Ross Boothe, although both Helms and session guitarist on the song Hank Garland disputed this (see Authorship controversy section below)"} +{"title": "Jitterbug Waltz", "artist": "Fats Waller", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Jitterbug Waltz\" is a 1942 jazz composition by Fats Waller. It is one of the first jazz records recorded with a Hammond organ. The song is in the key of E major and in 3/4 time."} +{"title": "Jordu", "artist": "Duke Jordan", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Jordu\" is a jazz standard written by Irving \"Duke\" Jordan in 1953. The song was first made popular by Clifford Brown and Max Roach. Stan Getz, Chet Baker, and Charlie Byrd have performed or recorded renditions."} +{"title": "Joy Spring.m", "artist": "Clifford Brown", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Joy Spring\" is a 1954 jazz composition by Clifford Brown that became his signature work. It is the name he called his wife, Emma LaRue Anderson (maiden; 1933-2005), whom he married on her 21st birthday."} +{"title": "Jump Monk", "artist": "Charles Mingus", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Mingus at the Bohemia is a live album by Charles Mingus. It was recorded at Cafe Bohemia in New York City on December 23, 1955. Max Roach makes a guest appearance on one track. Allmusic awarded the album 4.5 stars, citing Mingus' standout bass playing."} +{"title": "June in January", "artist": "Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"June in January\" is a popular song with music by Ralph Rainger and lyrics by Leo Robin. The song was introduced in the movie Here Is My Heart by Bing Crosby in 1934. Crosby recorded the song again for his 1954 album Bing: A Musical Autobiography."} +{"title": "June Is Bustin' Out All Over", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Dance", "text": "Carousel is the second musical by the team of Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics) The 1945 work was adapted from Ferenc Molnar's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting its Budapest setting to the Maine coastline. The story revolves around carousel barker Billy Bigelow, whose romance with millworker Julie Jordan comes at the price of their jobs."} +{"title": "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "artist": "Unknown", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Just a Closer Walk with Thee\" is a traditional gospel song and jazz standard that has been performed and recorded by many artists. Performed as either an instrumental or vocal, it is perhaps the most frequently played number in the hymn and dirge section of traditional New Orleans jazz funerals."} +{"title": "Just Squeeze Me", "artist": "Duke Ellington, Lee Gaines", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)\" is a 1941 popular song composed by Duke Ellington. The song has been recorded numerous times by a number of artists in the years since, having become a jazz standard."} +{"title": "Just Walking In The Rain", "artist": "Johnny Bragg, Robert S.Riley", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Just Walkin' in the Rain\" is a popular song. It was written in 1952 by Johnny Bragg and Robert Riley, two prisoners at Tennessee State Prison in Nashville. The best-known version of the song was recorded by Johnnie Ray in July 1956 on the label Columbia Records."} +{"title": "Just You, Just Me", "artist": "Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Just You, Just Me\" is a song from the 1929 musical film Marianne. It was composed by Jesse Greer with lyrics by Raymond Klages. The song has had many revisions after its first appearance and has become a jazz standard. Bing Crosby recorded it in 1954 for use on his radio show."} +{"title": "Keep The Faith", "artist": "Bon Jovi", "genre": "Rock", "text": "Keep the Faith is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released on November 3, 1992, by Mercury Records. The album peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)"} +{"title": "Kentucky Waltz", "artist": "Bill Monroe", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Kentucky Waltz\" is a 1946 song written and performed by Bill Monroe. The song was Bill Monroe's most successful release on the Country & Western charts peaking at number three. A cover of the song appeared on English folk singer Bob Davenport's 1973 album Pal Of My Cradle Days."} +{"title": "La Bikina", "artist": "Ruben Fuentes, Alejandro F. Roth", "genre": "Latin", "text": "Ruben Fuentes (born 15 February 1926) is a Mexican classical violinist and composer. He is best known for his contributions to mariachi music. In 1944, he joined Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan as a violinist. He was the musical director of RCA Records in Mexico during the late 1950s to the late 1960s."} +{"title": "LA CUCARACHA", "artist": "Unknown", "genre": "Folk", "text": "La Cucaracha (\"The Cockroach\") is a traditional Spanish folk song. It is very popular in Mexico, and was performed especially widely during the Mexican Revolution. The basic song describes a cockroach who cannot walk."} +{"title": "La Cumparsita", "artist": "Gerardo Matos Rodriguez", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"La cumparsita\" (little street procession, a grammatical diminutive of la comparsa) is a tango written in 1916 by the Uruguayan musician Gerardo Matos Rodriguez, with lyrics by Argentines Pascual Contursi and Enrique Pedro Maroni. Roberto Firpo, director and pianist of the orchestra that premiered the song, added parts of his tangos \"La gaucha Manuela\" and \"Curda completa\" to Matos' carnival march."} +{"title": "La Habanera", "artist": "adapated by Georges Bizet adapted from the habanera ", "genre": "R&B", "text": "La Habanera is a 1937 German romantic melodrama feature film directed by Detlef Sierck. Zarah Leander, who was recently signed by UFA, stars, in the lead role of Astree Sternhjelm and also performs its title song."} +{"title": "La Marseillaise", "artist": "Jean-Claude Rouget de Lisle (1792)", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"La Marseillaise\" is the national anthem of France. The song was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. It was originally titled \"Chant de guerre pour l'Armee du Rhin\" (\"War Song for the Army of the Rhine\"). The song acquired its nickname after being sung in Paris by volunteers from Marseille marching to the capital."} +{"title": "Lady Madonna", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Lady Madonna\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney. In March 1968, it was released as a mono single, backed with \"The Inner Light\" The song was recorded on 3 and 6 February 1968 before the Beatles left for India. Its boogie-woogie style signalled a more conventional approach to writing and recording for the group following the psychedelic experimentation of the previous two years."} +{"title": "Lady Of Spain", "artist": "Tolchard Evans, Stanley J. Damerell, Robert Hargreaves", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Lady of Spain\" is a popular song composed in 1931 by Tolchard Evans with lyrics by \"Erell Reaves\" The earliest recordings of this song were sung by Al Bowlly, recorded in 1931. Bing Crosby and Mario Lanza covered the song on their radio shows."} +{"title": "Last Night On The Back Porch", "artist": "Carl Schraubstader, Lew Brown", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Last Night on the Back Porch (I Loved Her Best of All)\" is a popular song with music by Carl Schraubstader and lyrics by Lew Brown, published in 1923. It was introduced in the Broadway revue George White's Scandals where it was performed by Winnie Lightner. The song was popularized in 1924 by Paul Whiteman."} +{"title": "Laughter In The Rain", "artist": "Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Laughter in the Rain\" is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka, composed by him with lyrics by Phil Cody. Cody reports writing the lyrics in about five minutes after smoking marijuana and falling asleep under a tree for a couple of hours. The song was covered by Johnny Mathis on his 1975 album titled When Will I See You Again."} +{"title": "Lay Down Beside Me", "artist": "Don Williams", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Lay Down Beside Me\" is a song written by Don Williams. It was first recorded by Kenny Rogers on his 1977 self-titled album. Williams later released his own version which was released as the second single from his 1979 album, Expressions. The single reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1979."} +{"title": "Layla", "artist": "Eric Clapton", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Layla\" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon. It is the thirteenth track from their only studio album, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970) The song was inspired by a love story that originated in 7th-century Arabia and later formed the basis of The Story ofLayla and Majnun by the 12th- century Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. It was also inspired by Clpton's secret love for Pattie Boyd, the wife of his friend and fellow musician George Harrison."} +{"title": "Lazy River", "artist": "Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Up A) Lazy River\" is a popular tune and song by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin, published in 1930. It is considered a jazz standard and pop standard, and has been recorded by many artists. The song was stored in music box format in a permanent outdoor display in Cathedral Park under the St. John's Bridge in Portland, Oregon."} +{"title": "Learnin' The Blues", "artist": "Delores ", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Learnin' the Blues\" is a big band popular song written by Dolores \"Vicki\" Silvers and performed by Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra in 1955. In the weeks of 3-9 and 24-30 July 1955, Sinatra's rendition was briefly the most frequently played song on U.S. radio. Sinatra re-recorded the song in 1962 for the album Sinatra-Basie."} +{"title": "Learning the Blues", "artist": "Delores Vicky Silvers", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Learnin' the Blues\" is a big band popular song written by Dolores \"Vicki\" Silvers and performed by Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra in 1955. In the weeks of 3-9 and 24-30 July 1955, Sinatra's rendition was briefly the most frequently played song on U.S. radio. Sinatra re-recorded the song in 1962 for the album Sinatra-Basie."} +{"title": "Leaving on a jet plane", "artist": "John Denver", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Leaving on a Jet Plane\" is a song written and recorded by singer-songwriter John Denver in 1966. The most well known version was recorded by American folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, for their 1967 studio album, Album 1700. The song was re-recorded for the third and final time in 1973 for John Denver's Greatest Hits, the version that also appears on most of his compilation albums."} +{"title": "Let Me Be There.m", "artist": "John Rostill", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Let Me Be There\" is a popular song written by John Rostill. It was first recorded by Olivia Newton-John in 1973 and included on her album of the same name. Elvis Presley recorded a live version of the song in 1974."} +{"title": "Let Me Call You Sweetheart.m", "artist": "Leo Friedman, Beth Slater Whitson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Let Me Call You Sweetheart\" is a popular song, with music by Leo Friedman and lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson. The song was published in 1910 and was a huge hit for the Peerless Quartet in 1911. A 1924 recording identifies a Spanish title, \"Dejame llamarte mia\""} +{"title": "Let Me Go Lover", "artist": "Jenny Lou Carson, Al Hill", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Let Me Go, Lover!\" is a popular song written by Jenny Lou Carson and Al Hill. It was first featured on the television program Studio One on November 15, 1954. By January 1955, Joan Weber's record of the song had hit No. 1 on all the Billboard charts."} +{"title": "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", "artist": "Cole Porter", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love\" is a popular song written in 1928 by Cole Porter. It was introduced in Porter's first Broadway success, the musical Paris (1928) The song was later used in the English production of Wake Up and Dream (1929) It was used as the title theme music in the 1933 Hollywood movie, Grand Slam."} +{"title": "Let's Face The Music And Dance", "artist": "Irving Berlin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Let's Face the Music and Dance\" was written by Irving Berlin for the film Follow the Fleet. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers performed the song in a celebrated dance duet. The song has been covered by Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and more."} +{"title": "Let's Fall In Love.m", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "This article is about the popular song by Arlen and Koehler. For the Ann Sothern movie, see Let's Fall in Love (film) For the song by Cole Porter, see Cole Porter's Let's Do It, Let's fall in Love."} +{"title": "Let's Get Away From It All", "artist": "Matt Dennis, Tom Adair", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Let's Get Away from It All\" is a popular song with music by Matt Dennis and lyrics by Tom Adair, published in 1941. The song is most commonly associated with Frank Sinatra. Many others have recorded it and it is considered a standard of traditional pop music."} +{"title": "Let's Just Praise the Lord", "artist": "William & Gloria Gaither 1972", "genre": "R&B", "text": "The Gaither Vocal Band is an American southern gospel vocal group, named after its founder and leader Bill Gaither. The lineup of the band changes often, with artists leaving to work on solo careers, and new and old ones coming to replace them. The band has released 29 albums, at least 19 of which have charted."} +{"title": "Let's Misbehave", "artist": "Cole Porter", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Let's Misbehave\" is a song written by Cole Porter in 1927. It was originally intended for the female lead of his first major production, Paris. The Irving Aaronson version is used in two Woody Allen films: at the opening and close of the 1972 film Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)"} +{"title": "Li'l Darlin'", "artist": "Neal Hefti", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Li'l Darlin'\" is a jazz standard, composed and arranged in 1957 by Neal Hefti for the Count Basie Orchestra. The Basie arrangement without lyrics was often used as the closing theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Notable guitarists to record the piece include Joe Pass, Charlie Byrd, George Benson, Tal Farlow, Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell and Howard Alden."} +{"title": "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "artist": "Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries\" is a popular song with music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Lew Brown. Ethel Merman introduced this song in George White's Scandals of 1931. A Rudy Vallee version, recorded in 1931, spent five weeks in the top-10 pop music charts. The song was revived in 1953 by singer Jaye P. Morgan."} +{"title": "Life's Railway to Heaven", "artist": "Charles D. Tillman 1890, M. E. Abbey 1890", "genre": "R&B", "text": "Charles Davis Tillman (March 20, 1861, Tallassee, Alabama - September 2, 1943, Atlanta, Georgia) was a popularizer of the gospel song. He adopted material from eclectic sources and flowed it into the mix now known as southern gospel. Tillman published the work to his largely white church market in 1891."} +{"title": "Like A Hobo", "artist": "Charlie Winston", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Like a Hobo\" is a 2009 song recorded by British singer-songwriter Charlie Winston. It was the lead single from his second album Hobo on which it appears as the second track. Released in April 2009, the song achieved great success in Belgium (Wallonia) where it was ranked since January thanks to downloads."} +{"title": "Like Someone In Love", "artist": "Jimmy van Heusen, Johnny Burke", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Like Someone in Love\" is a popular song composed in 1944 by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was written (along with \"Sleigh Ride in July\") for the 1944 film Belle of the Yukon, where it was sung by Dinah Shore. Bing Crosby hit it in 1945, reaching #15, and has since become a jazz standard."} +{"title": "Linus And Lucy", "artist": "Vince Guaraldi", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Linus and Lucy\" is a popular jazz piano composition written by Vince Guaraldi. The piece first appeared in A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) It has been used as background music for The Weather Channel's local forecasts since 1999."} +{"title": "Little Boxes", "artist": "Malvina Reynolds", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Little Boxes\" is a song written and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962. It was first released by her friend, Pete Seeger, in 1963, and became his only charting single in January 1964. The song is a social satire about the development of suburbia, and associated conformist middle-class attitudes."} +{"title": "Little Devil", "artist": "Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Little Devil\" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was released in 1961 and became a hit for him reaching #11 in the US Billboard Charts. Sedaka's first song to be translated into Italian - \"Esagerata\""} +{"title": "Little Green Apples", "artist": "Bobby Russell", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Little Green Apples\" is a song written by Bobby Russell for Roger Miller in 1968. It was also released as a single by American recording artists Patti Page and O. C. Smith in separate occasions that same year. Miller's version became a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and on the UK Singles Chart, while Page's version was her last Hot 100 entry. The song earned Russell two Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Country Song."} +{"title": "Little Things Mean A Lot", "artist": "Carl Stutz, Edith Lindeman", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Little Things Mean a Lot\" is a popular song written by Edith Lindeman and Carl Stutz. The best known recording, by Kitty Kallen (Decca 9-29037), reached No.1 on the U.S. Billboard chart in 1954. A cover of the song was done by Alma Cogan with orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell in London on May 22, 1954."} +{"title": "Livin' La VIda Loca", "artist": "Ricky Martin", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Livin' la Vida Loca\" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his fifth studio album and English-language debut, Ricky Martin (1999) The song was written by Draco Rosa and Desmond Child, while the production was handled by the latter. It was released to radio stations by Columbia Records as the lead single from the album on March 23, 1999. It is considered to be Martin's biggest hit and one of the best-selling singles of all time."} +{"title": "Livin' on a Prayer", "artist": "Bon Jovi", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Livin' on a Prayer\" is a song by the American rock band Bon Jovi. It is the band's second chart-topping single from their third album Slippery When Wet. In 2013, the song was certified triple platinum for over 3 million digital downloads."} +{"title": "Living For The City", "artist": "Stevie wonder", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Living for the City\" is a 1973 single by Stevie Wonder from his Innervisions album. It reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 1 on the R&B chart. The song has won two Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone ranked the song number 105 on their list of the \"500 Greatest Songs of All Time\""} +{"title": "Living Next Door To Alice", "artist": "Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Living Next Door to Alice\" is a song co-written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. Originally released by the Australian vocal harmony trio New World in 1972, the song later became a worldwide hit for British band Smokie. The song is about a young man's long-standing unrequited love toward the girl next door and his neighbour of 24 years, Alice."} +{"title": "Longfellow Serenade", "artist": "Neil Diamond", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Longfellow Serenade\" is a 1974 song by the American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. It was written by Diamond and produced by Tom Catalano. The song spent two weeks at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November 1974."} +{"title": "Lonnie's Lament", "artist": "John Coltrane", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Crescent is a 1964 studio album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released by Impulse! as A-66. It features McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (double bass) and Elvin Jones (drums) playing original Col Trane compositions. The title track was later covered by Alice Col trane for 2004's Translinear Light and McCoy Tyners on 1991's Soliloquy."} +{"title": "Lookin' For Love", "artist": "Bob Morrison, Patti Ryan, Wanda Mallette", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Lookin' for Love\" is a song written by Wanda Mallette, Bob Morrison and Patti Ryan, and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Lee. It was released in June 1980 as part of the soundtrack to the film Urban Cowboy, released that year. The song is now recognized as a standard in country music."} +{"title": "Lost in the Stars", "artist": "Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson", "genre": "Country", "text": "Lost in the Stars is a musical with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and music by Kurt Weill, based on the novel Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1949; it was the composer's last work for the stage before he died the following year."} +{"title": "Love Hurts", "artist": "Boudleaux Bryant", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Love Hurts\" is a song written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by the Everly Brothers in July 1960, it is most well known from the 1974 international hit version by Scottish hard rock band Nazareth and 1975 Top 5 hit in the UK by English singer Jim Capaldi."} +{"title": "Love Is Blue", "artist": "Andre Popp, English by Brian Blackburn", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"L'amour est bleu\" (French pronunciation: ; \"Love Is Blue\") is a song by Andre Popp and Pierre Cour. It was performed in French by Vicky Leandros as Luxembourg's entry in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest. The song has since been recorded by many other musicians, most notably French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat."} +{"title": "Love Is Here To Stay", "artist": "George and Ira Gershwin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Love Is Here to Stay\" is a popular song and jazz standard. It was composed by George Gershwin for the movie The Goldwyn Follies (1938) The song was first performed by Kenny Baker in the film An American in Paris (1951)"} +{"title": "Love Is Just Around The Corner", "artist": "Leo Robin, Lewis E. Gensler", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Love Is Just Around the Corner\" is a popular song with music by Lewis E. Gensler and lyrics by Leo Robin. It was introduced in the 1934 Bing Crosby film Here is My Heart and was also included in the 1935 film Millions in the Air. Early recordings were made by Bing Crosby in 1934 and Robert Cummings the next year."} +{"title": "Love Is Strange", "artist": "E. Smith, M. Baker and S. Robinson", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Love Is Strange\" is a hit by American rhythm and blues duet Mickey & Sylvia. It was released in late November 1956 by the Groove record label. The song was based on a guitar riff by Jody Williams and was written by Bo Diddley under the name of his wife at the time, Ethel Smith. The guitar riff was also used by Dave \"Baby\" Cortez in his 1962 instrumental song \"Rinky Dink\""} +{"title": "LOVE IS THE DRUG", "artist": "Bryan Ferry, Bryan Ferry ", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Love Is the Drug\" is a 1975 song from English rock band Roxy Music's fifth studio album Siren. Co-written by Bryan Ferry and Andy Mackay, the song originated as a slower, dreamier track until the band transformed its arrangement to become more dance-friendly and uptempo. The single was a commercial hit for the band, peaking at number two in the United Kingdom. It also gave the group its first substantial exposure in the US, reaching number 30 in early 1976."} +{"title": "Love Is The Sweetest Thing", "artist": "Ray Noble", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Love Is the Sweetest Thing\" is a popular song written in 1932 by British band leader and singer Ray Noble. Using guest vocalist Al Bowlly, Noble's recording was a big hit on both sides of the Atlantic, bringing Noble his first American success."} +{"title": "Love Me Do", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Love Me Do\" was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1962. It peaked at number 17 in the UK and became a number one hit in the U.S. in 1964."} +{"title": "Love Will Keep Us Together", "artist": "Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Love Will Keep Us Together\" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. It was first recorded by Sedaka in 1973. American pop duo Captain & Tennille covered the song in 1975, with instrumental backing almost entirely by \"Captain\" Daryl Dragon, with the exception of drums played by Hal Blaine."} +{"title": "Love's Been Good To Me", "artist": "Rod McKuen", "genre": "Pop", "text": "Rodney Marvin McKuen was an American poet, singer-songwriter, and actor. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. His songs sold over 100 million recordings worldwide, and 60 million books of his poetry were sold as well. His translations and adaptations of the songs of Jacques Brel were instrumental in bringing the Belgian songwriter to prominence."} +{"title": "Love's Theme", "artist": "Barry White", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Love's Theme\" is an instrumental piece written by Barry White in around 1965. Recorded and released as a single by White's The Love Unlimited Orchestra in 1973. It was one of the few instrumental and purely orchestral singles to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. The recording was considered to be an influence on the disco sound."} +{"title": "Lover, Come Back To Me", "artist": "Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Lover, Come Back to Me\" is a popular song composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway show The New Moon. The song was released as Barbra Streisand's second single in November 1962 as a double single with \"My Coloring Book\" It was performed by Lawrence Tibbett and Grace Moore in New Moon, the 1930 film adaptation, and by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in the 1940 adaptation."} +{"title": "Lovers In Japan", "artist": "Coldplay", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Lovers in Japan\" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. The song's instrumentation features an introductory detuned tack piano sound, progressing to feature upbeat guitar riffs and soaring choruses. The album version of the song shares the track with the song \"Reign of Love\""} +{"title": "Lovesick Blues", "artist": "Cliff Friend 1921, Irving Mills 1921", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Lovesick Blues\" is a Tin Pan Alley song, composed by Cliff Friend, with lyrics by Irving Mills. It first appeared in the 1922 musical \"Oh, Ernest\", and was recorded that year by Elsie Clark and Jack Shea. Emmett Miller recorded it in 1925 and 1928, followed by country music singer Rex Griffin in 1939. The recordings by Griffin and Miller inspired Hank Williams to perform the song during his first appearances on the Louisiana Hayride radio show."} +{"title": "Lucky lips", "artist": "Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller", "genre": "Pop", "text": "Lucky Lips is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was originally recorded by Ruth Brown in 1956 and was successfully covered by Cliff Richard in 1963. The song was first recorded by the R&B singer Ruth Brown for Atlantic Records in New York in September 1956."} +{"title": "Lullaby of Birdland.m", "artist": "George Shearing, George David Weiss", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "George Shearing wrote \"Lullaby of Birdland\" in 1952 for Morris Levy, the owner of the New York jazz club Birdland. Shearing stated in his autobiography that he had composed \"the whole thing within ten minutes\" Jean Constantin composed the lyrics to a French version."} +{"title": "Lullaby Of The Leaves", "artist": "Bernice Petkere, Joe Young", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Lullaby of the Leaves\" is a musical composition by composer Bernice Petkere and lyricist Joe Young. It is a Tin Pan Alley song first performed in 1932 and is considered a jazz standard."} +{"title": "Mack The Knife", "artist": "Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Mack the Knife\" is a song composed by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht for their 1928 music drama The Threepenny Opera. The song has become a popular standard recorded by many artists after it was recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1955. The most popular version of the song was by Bobby Darin in 1959, whose recording became a number one hit."} +{"title": "MAKE ME YOUR BABY", "artist": "Helen Miller, Roger Atkins", "genre": "Dance", "text": "This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. \"Make Me Your Baby\" is a song written by Helen Miller and Roger Atkins which was a hit for Barbara Lewis in 1965."} +{"title": "Make The World Go Away", "artist": "Hank Cochran", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Make the World Go Away'\" is a country pop song composed by Hank Cochran. It has become a Top 40 popular success three times: for Timi Yuro (1963), Eddy Arnold ( 1965), and the brother-sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond (1975) The original version of the song was recorded by Ray Price in 1963. In 2020, this version was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry."} +{"title": "Makin' Whoopee!", "artist": "Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Makin' Whoopee\" is a jazz/blues song, first popularized by Eddie Cantor. Gus Kahn wrote the lyrics and Walter Donaldson composed the music for the song. The song has been called a \"dire warning\", largely to men, about the \"trap\" of marriage."} +{"title": "Mama From The Train", "artist": "Irving Gordon", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Mama From the Train\" is a popular song written by Irving Gordon and published in 1956. The best-known version was recorded by Patti Page. The song is about memories of a now-deceased mother."} +{"title": "Mammy Blue", "artist": "Hubert Giraud, Phil Trim", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Mamy Blue\" is a 1970 song written by French songwriter Hubert Giraud. Originally written with French lyrics, the song was rendered in English in 1971 to become an international hit for the Pop-Tops, Joel Dayde (fr) and Roger Whittaker. The song's title is generally spelled as \"Mammy Blue\" in the English-speaking world."} +{"title": "Mandolins in the Moonlight", "artist": "Aaron Schroeder, George Weiss", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Mandolins in the Moonlight\" is a popular song, written by George David Weiss and Aaron Schroeder. It was recorded by Perry Como on September 16, 1958, and released by RCA Victor Records as a 45 rpm single. It reached number 47 on the Billboard chart. The flip side on the US, UK, and Japanese releases was \"Love Makes the World Go 'Round\""} +{"title": "Mansion Over the Hilltop", "artist": "Ira F. Stanphill", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Mansion Over the Hilltop\" is a Southern Gospel song written by Ira Stanphill. It was most notably performed by Elvis Presley on the album His Hand in Mine."} +{"title": "Margaritaville", "artist": "Jimmy Buffett", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Margaritaville\" is a 1977 song by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. The song reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart. It remains Buffett's highest charting solo single. In 1999, American country singer Alan Jackson covered the song on his album Under the Influence."} +{"title": "Mary Did You Know", "artist": "Buddy Greene, Mark Lowry", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Mary, Did You Know?\" is a Christmas song addressing Mary, mother of Jesus. Lyrics were written by Mark Lowry in 1984, and music written by Buddy Greene in 1991. It was originally recorded by Christian recording artist Michael English on his self-titled debut solo album. The song has since gone on to become a modern Christmas classic."} +{"title": "Mary in the morning", "artist": "Johnny Cymbal, Mike Lendell", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Mary in the Morning\" is a song written by American songwriter and record producer Michael Rashkow and singer Johnny Cymbal. Al Martino had the most successful recording of the song, reaching number one on the Easy Listening chart for two weeks in July 1967. Elvis Presley performed the song in his live act during the 1970s."} +{"title": "Mas Que Nada", "artist": "Jorge Ben", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Mas, que Nada!\" (Brazilian Portuguese: ) is a song written and originally performed in 1963 by Jorge Ben on his debut album. It became Sergio Mendes' signature song in his 1966 cover version. It was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the fifth greatest Brazilian song."} +{"title": "May You Always", "artist": "Larry Markes & Dick Charles", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"May You Always\" is a popular song by Larry Markes (lyrics) and Dick Charles (pseudonym of Richard Charles Krieg), published in 1958. The biggest hit version in the United States was by the McGuire Sisters where it peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, Joan Regan took her version to No. 9 in the UK Singles Chart."} +{"title": "Maybe You'll Be There", "artist": "Rube Bloom, Sammy Gallop", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Maybe You'll Be There\" is a popular song composed by Rube Bloom, with lyrics written by Sammy Gallop. The recording by Gordon Jenkins was released by Decca Records as catalog number 24403. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on June 11, 1948."} +{"title": "Maybellene", "artist": "Chuck Berry, Russ Fratto.Alan Freed", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Maybellene\" is a rock and roll song written and recorded in 1955 by Chuck Berry. It was released in July 1955 as a single by Chess Records, of Chicago, Illinois. The song was a major hit with both black and white audiences. It has received numerous honors and awards."} +{"title": "Me and Bobby McGee", "artist": "Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Me and Bobby McGee\" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and originally performed by Roger Miller. A posthumously released version by Janis Joplin topped the U.S. singles chart in 1971. The song has been recorded by both male and female singers."} +{"title": "Meet The Flintstones", "artist": "Hoyt Curtin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Meet the Flintstones\" is the theme song of the 1960s animated television series The Flintstones. Composed in 1961 by Hoyt Curtin, Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, it is one of the most popular and best known of all theme songs. The song was covered by American new wave band the B-52's."} +{"title": "Mellow Yellow", "artist": "Donovan Leitch", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Mellow Yellow\" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. In the US, it reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was rumoured to be about smoking dried banana skins, which was believed to be a hallucinogenic drug."} +{"title": "Memories Are Made Of This", "artist": "Frank Miller, Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Memories Are Made of This\" is a popular song about nostalgia written by Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr, and Frank Miller in 1955. The song was first issued by Mindy Carson with Ray Conniff's Orchestra and The Columbians. The most popular version of the song was recorded by Dean Martin in 1955 and was his biggest hit."} +{"title": "Merry Christmas Baby", "artist": "Johnny Moore, Lou Baxter", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Merry Christmas Baby\" is an R&B Christmas standard credited to Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore. In 1947, Johnny Moore's Three Blazers recorded the tune, featuring vocals and piano by Charles Brown. Many performers have recorded renditions of the song, including Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ike & Tina Turner, Otis Redding, B.B. King, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, and Melissa Etheridge."} +{"title": "Merry Christmas Darling", "artist": "Richard Carpenter, Frank Pooler", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Merry Christmas Darling\" is a Christmas song by the Carpenters (music by Richard Carpenter, lyrics by Frank Pooler) It was first available on a 7-inch single that year (A&M Records 1236) The single went to number one on Billboard's Christmas singles chart in 1970, and did so again in 1971 and 1973. The song was sung by actress Lea Michele for the second season Christmas episode of the hit TV series, Glee."} +{"title": "Merry Widow Waltz", "artist": "Franz Lehar (adapted by Dan Fox)", "genre": "Dance", "text": "The Merry Widow is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehar. The librettists, Viktor Leon and Leo Stein, based the story on an 1861 comedy play, L'attache d'ambassade (The Embassy Attache) The piece was given little rehearsal time on stage before its premiere in Vienna in 1905."} +{"title": "Midnight Train to Georgia", "artist": "Jim Weatherly", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Midnight Train to Georgia\" is a song by Gladys Knight & the Pips. The song was written by Jim Weatherly and recorded by Cissy Houston. It was the group's first single to top the Billboard Hot 100. It won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Duo."} +{"title": "Minnie the Moocher", "artist": "Cab Calloway, Irving Mills", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Minnie the Moocher\" is a jazz song first recorded in 1931 by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra. It has been argued that the record was the first jazz record to sell a million copies. The song is based lyrically on Frankie \"Half-Pint\" Jaxon's 1927 version of the early 1900s vaudeville song \"Willie the Weeper\""} +{"title": "Miss Otis Regrets", "artist": "Cole Porter", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Miss Otis Regrets\" was composed by Cole Porter in 1934. It is a song about the lynching of a society woman after she murders her unfaithful lover. It was first performed by Douglas Byng in Hi Diddle Diddle, a revue that opened on October 3, 1934."} +{"title": "Missouri Waltz", "artist": "John Valentine Eppel, James Royce Shannon", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Missouri Waltz\" is the official state song of Missouri and is associated with the University of Missouri. The song came from a melody John Valentine Eppel heard Lee Edgar Settle play. The Missouri Waltz was arranged by Frederic Knight Logan using lyrics written by James Royce Shannon."} +{"title": "Mister Sandman", "artist": "Pat Ballard", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Mr. Sandman\" is a popular song written by Pat Ballard and published in 1954. It was first recorded in May of that year by Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra. Other versions of the song have been produced by Chet Atkins (1954) and Bert Kaempfert (1968)"} +{"title": "Mister Santa", "artist": "Pat Ballard", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Mr. Sandman\" is a popular song written by Pat Ballard and published in 1954. It was first recorded in May of that year by Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra. Other versions of the song have been produced by Chet Atkins (1954) and Bert Kaempfert (1968)"} +{"title": "Mo better Blues", "artist": "Bill Lee", "genre": "R&B", "text": "Mo' Better Blues is a 1990 American musical comedy-drama film starring Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, and Spike Lee. It follows a period in the life of fictional jazz trumpeter Bleek Gilliam as a series of bad decisions result in his jeopardizing both his relationships and his playing career. The film was released five months after the death of Robin Harris and is dedicated to his memory."} +{"title": "Mockingbird Hill", "artist": "Vaughn Horton (1951), ", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Mockin' Bird Hill\" is a song written in 3/4 time by Carl \"Calle\" Jularbo, with lyrics by George Vaughn Horton. It is best known through recordings by Patti Page, Donna Fargo, and the duo of Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1951. The first recording of the song was made by the Pinetoppers."} +{"title": "Molly Malone", "artist": "Traditional Irish Folk Song", "genre": "Folk", "text": "The song tells the fictional tale of a fishwife who plied her trade on the streets of Dublin and died young, of a fever. There is no evidence that the song is based on a real woman in the 17th century or any other time. A statue representing Molly Malone was unveiled on Grafton Street by then Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ben Briscoe, during the 1988 Dublin Millennium celebrations."} +{"title": "Moment's Notice", "artist": "John Coltrane", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Moment's Notice\" is a \"classic\" jazz standard composed by John Coltrane. It was featured on his 1958 recording Blue Train. Other soloists have treated it as a standard, particularly since the 1970s."} +{"title": "Mood Indigo", "artist": "Duke Ellington", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Mood Indigo\" is a jazz song by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard. The tune was composed for a radio broadcast in October 1930 and was originally titled \"Dreamy Blues\" The main theme was provided by Bigard, who learned it from his clarinet teacher Lorenzo Tio."} +{"title": "Moon Over Naples", "artist": "Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Moon Over Naples\" is a 1965 instrumental composed and originally performed by German bandleader Bert Kaempfert. It was the first track on his album, The Magic Music of Far Away Places for Decca Records. The earliest vocal version was recorded by Freddy Quinn in 1965 titled as \"Spanish Eyes\" A cover by Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1988."} +{"title": "Moondance", "artist": "Van Morrison", "genre": "Rock", "text": "Moondance is the third studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It was released on 27 January 1970 by Warner Bros. Records. The music incorporated soul, jazz, pop, and Irish folk sounds into songs about finding spiritual renewal."} +{"title": "Moonlight and Roses", "artist": "Edwin Lemare, Ben Black, Neil Moret", "genre": "Pop", "text": "Edwin Henry Lemare (9 September 1865 - 24 September 1934) was an English organist and composer who lived the latter part of his life in the United States. He was the most highly regarded and highly paid organist of his generation, as well as the greatest performer and one of the most important composers of the late Romantic English-American Organ School."} +{"title": "Moonlight Bay", "artist": "Percy Wenrich, Edward Madden", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Moonlight Bay\" is a popular song. The lyrics were written by Edward Madden, the music by Percy Wenrich. It is often sung in a barbershop quartet style."} +{"title": "Moonlight shadow", "artist": "Mike Oldfield", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Moonlight Shadow\" is a song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. It was released as a single in May 1983 by Virgin Records, and included on his eighth album, Crises. The single peaked at number four in the British charts, making it Oldfield's second-highest ranked single after \"Portsmouth\""} +{"title": "Moose the mooche", "artist": "Charlie Parker", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Moose the Mooche\" is a bebop composition written by Charlie Parker in 1946. It was written shortly after his friend and longtime musical companion Dizzy Gillespie left him in Los Angeles to return to New York City. Parker had been a long time heroin addict and some historians suggest that the song was named after the drug dealer, Emry 'Moose' Byrd."} +{"title": "Morning Has Broken", "artist": "traditional Irish tune , Eleanor Farjeon 1931", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Morning Has Broken\" is a Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune, \"Bunessan\" It is often sung in children's services and in funeral services. Cat Stevens included a version on his album Teaser and the Firecat (1971) The song became identified with Stevens due to the popularity of this recording."} +{"title": "Moten Swing", "artist": "Bennie Moten, Buster Moten", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Moten Swing\" is a 1932 jazz standard by Bennie Moten and his Kansas City Orchestra. It was an important jazz standard in the move towards a freer form of orchestral jazz. Count Basie has stated that he and guitarist Eddie Durham deserved the most credit for it and that it was essentially his."} +{"title": "Mr Tambourine Man", "artist": "Bob Dylan", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Mr. Tambourine Man\" is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was released as the first track of the acoustic side of his March 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. The Byrds' version was released in April 1965 as their first single on Columbia Records, reaching number 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart. The song has a bright, expansive melody and has become famous for its surrealistic imagery."} +{"title": "MR. BRIGHTSIDE ", "artist": "The Killers", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Mr. Brightside\" is the debut single of American rock band the Killers. It is taken from their debut studio album, Hot Fuss (2004). Written by band members Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning, it was one of the first songs they ever wrote. It became more popular upon its re-release in 2004, peaking at number 10 in the United States and the United Kingdom."} +{"title": "Music Box Dancer", "artist": "Frank Mills", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Music Box Dancer\" is an instrumental piece by Canadian musician Frank Mills. It features an arpeggiated piano theme in C-sharp major (enharmonic to D-flat major) The song was an international hit in the late 1970s. A segment of the song was used in a flashback to Homer's time as a high-school gymnast."} +{"title": "Muskrat Ramble", "artist": "Edward Ory, Ray Gilbert", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Muskrat Ramble\" is a jazz composition written by Kid Ory in 1926. It was first recorded on February 26, 1926, by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five. It is considered a part of the jazz standard repertoire."} +{"title": "My Elusive Dreams", "artist": "Curly Putman, Billy Sherrill", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"My Elusive Dreams\" is a country music song written by Billy Sherrill and Curly Putman. The best-known version was recorded as a duet by David Houston and Tammy Wynette, and was a No. 1 country hit in October 1967. The song follows a restless man and his wife, as he attempts to find an ever-elusive and lasting happiness."} +{"title": "My Eyes Adored You", "artist": "Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"My Eyes Adored You\" is a 1974 song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan. It was originally recorded by The Four Seasons in early 1974. After the Motown label balked at the idea of releasing it, the recording was sold to lead singer Frankie Valli for $4000. The single was released in the US in November 1974 and topped the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1975."} +{"title": "My Gal Sal", "artist": "Paul Dresser", "genre": "Dance", "text": "My Gal Sal is a 1942 American musical film distributed by 20th Century Fox and starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The film is a biopic of 1890s composer and songwriter Paul Dresser and singer Sally Elliot. It won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color (Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright and Thomas Little)"} +{"title": "My Guy", "artist": "William ", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"My Guy\" is a 1964 hit single recorded by Mary Wells for the Motown label. Written and produced by Smokey Robinson of The Miracles, the song is a woman's rejection of a sexual advance and affirmation of her fidelity to her boyfriend. The song became the biggest hit ever for Wells, Motown's first female star, and reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart."} +{"title": "My Heart Cries For You", "artist": "Carl Sigman, Percy Faith", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"My Heart Cries for You\" is a popular song, adapted by Carl Sigman and Percy Faith from an 18th-century French melody. The song was recorded toward the end of 1950 by Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller and his orchestra. It has also been recorded by Elvis Presley, Ben E. King, Dinah Washington, Charlie Rich, Dean Martin, Jo Stafford, Jimmy Wakely, Doyle Holly, Keely Smith, Ray Stevens, and The McGuire Sisters."} +{"title": "My Heart Will Go On", "artist": "James Horner, Will Jennings", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"My Heart Will Go On\" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion. The song serves as the main soundtrack to James Cameron's blockbuster film Titanic. It was released as a single on November 24, 1997, from Dion's fifth English-language studio album, Let's Talk About Love. The love power ballad peaked at the top of the RPM Top Singles Chart. It is considered to be Dion's signature song."} +{"title": "My Immortal", "artist": "Evanescence", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"My Immortal\" is a song by American rock band Evanescence from their debut studio album, Fallen (2003) It was released by Wind-up Records on December 8, 2003, as the third single from the album. An alternative version appears on the band's fourth studio album Synthesis (2017) The song was written by guitarist Ben Moody and singer and pianist Amy Lee when they were 16 and 15."} +{"title": "My Life Would Suck Without You", "artist": "Kelly Clarkson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"My Life Would Suck Without You\" is a song by American singer Kelly Clarkson from her fourth studio album, All I Ever Wanted (2009) The song features songwriting credits from Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald, and Claude Kelly and production credits from Martin and Gottwald under his production moniker, Dr. Luke. Clarkson co-wrote the track but refused to include her name in the credits, citing a refusal to be associated with Gottwald. It was released as the lead single from the album and premiered on January 13, 2009, in the United States on New York City's Z100 radio station."} +{"title": "My Love, Forgive Me", "artist": "Gino Mescoli, Vito Pallavicini", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Amore scusami\" is a 1964 song composed by Gino Mescoli and Vito Pallavicini. The song premiered at the Un disco per l'estate music festival with a performance of John Foster. It was adapted in English as \"My Love, Forgive Me\" by Sydney Lee."} +{"title": "My Mammy", "artist": "Walter Donaldson, Sam Lewis & Joe Young", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"My Mammy\" is an American popular song with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis. It was performed first in 1918 by William Frawley as a vaudeville act. The group The Happenings revived the song in 1967."} +{"title": "My Man's Gone Now", "artist": "George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"My Man's Gone Now\" is an aria composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by DuBose Heyward, written for the opera Porgy and Bess (1935) It has been covered by many singers, notably Ella Fitzgerald, Leontyne Price, Audra McDonald, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, and Shirley Horn. The song has repeatedly been adapted for jazz versions, notably by Bill Evans in 1961."} +{"title": "My old Kentucky home", "artist": "Stephen Foster", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!\" is a sentimental ballad written by Stephen Foster, probably composed in 1852. It was published in January 1853 by Firth, Pond, & Co. of New York. Foster was likely inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Frederick Douglass wrote in his 1855 autobiography that the song \"awakens sympathies for the slave\""} +{"title": "My One and Only Love", "artist": "Guy Wood, Robert Mellin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"My One and Only Love\" is a 1953 popular song with music written by Guy Wood and lyrics by Robert Mellin. Notable renditions by Frank Sinatra (1953), and later by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963), have made the song part of the jazz standard musical repertoire. It is a conventional 32-bar song with four 8-bar sections, including a bridge."} +{"title": "My Prayer", "artist": "Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"My Prayer\" is a 1939 popular song with music by violinist Georges Boulanger and lyrics by Carlos Gomez Barrera and Jimmy Kennedy. The biggest hit version was a doo-wop rendition in 1956 by The Platters, whose single release reached number one on the Billboard Top 100 in the summer, and ranked four for the year."} +{"title": "My Shining Hour", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"My Shining Hour\" is a song composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer for the film The Sky's the Limit (1943) In the film, the song is sung by Sally Sweetland, who dubbed it for actress Joan Leslie. The song became a hit by Glen Gray with Eugenie Baird as vocalist reaching No. 4 in the Billboard charts."} +{"title": "My Ship.m", "artist": "Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"My Ship\" is a popular song written for the 1941 Broadway musical Lady in the Dark. The music is marked \"Andante espressivo\"; Gershwin describes it as \"orchestrated by Kurt to sound sweet and simple at times, mysterious and menacing at other\" It was premiered by Gertrude Lawrence in the role of Liza Elliott."} +{"title": "My son, my son", "artist": "Eddie Calvert, Melville Farley, Bob Howard", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"My Son, My Son\" is a traditional popular music song written by Gordon Melville Rees, Bob Howard and Eddie Calvert. A recording of the song by Vera Lynn reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in November 1954. It was Lynn's only number one hit, reached towards the end of her peak of activity."} +{"title": "My Special Angel", "artist": "Jimmy Duncan", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"My Special Angel\" is a popular song by Jimmy Duncan, published in 1957. The song became a crossover hit in 1957 for Bobby Helms. It was revived in 1968 by the Vogues, with their version reaching number 7 on the Hot 100 chart."} +{"title": "My Sweet Lady", "artist": "John Denver", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"My Sweet Lady\" is a song written and first recorded by John Denver.Denver released it as a single in 1977.It was later covered by American actor and musician Cliff DeYoung."} +{"title": "My Truly Truly Fair", "artist": "Bob Merrill", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"My Truly, Truly Fair\" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill. It was published in 1951. Guy Mitchell recorded it with Mitch Miller and his orchestra. It reached a peak position of #2 on the Billboard chart."} +{"title": "Naima", "artist": "John Coltrane", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Naima\" is a ballad composed by John Coltrane in 1959 that he named after his wife, Juanita Naima Grubbs. It first appeared on the album Giant Steps and is notable for its use of a variety of rich chords over a bass pedal. It is mainly made up of a slow, restrained melody, though there is also a brief piano solo."} +{"title": "Nature Boy", "artist": "Eden Ahbez", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Nature Boy\" is a song first recorded by American jazz singer Nat King Cole. It was released on March 29, 1948, as a single by Capitol Records. The song was written by eden ahbez as a tribute to his mentor Bill Pester. It reached the top of the Billboard music charts and sold over a million copies."} +{"title": "Nellie the elephant.m", "artist": "Peter Hart, Ralph Butler", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Nellie the Elephant\" is a children's song written in 1956 by Ralph Butler and Peter Hart about a fictional anthropomorphic elephant of that name. The original version, released on Parlophone R 4219 in October 1956, was recorded by English child actress Mandy Miller with an orchestra conducted by Phil Cardew. The punk rock band Toy Dolls did a cover of this song in 1982, which was later released on the 1983 album Dig That Groove Baby."} +{"title": "Never Gonna Fall In Love Again", "artist": "Eric Carmen", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again\" is a song co-written and recorded by American pop rock artist Eric Carmen. It was released as the second single from Carmen's self-titled debut solo album. The song peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1976, remaining in the Top 40 for ten weeks."} +{"title": "Never, Never, Never", "artist": "Tony Renis, Norman Newell", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Never, never, never\" is a 1972 Italian song, written by Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It was a No. 1 hit for Mina in Italy and for Shirley Bassey released as \"Never Never Never\" in the U.K., U.S. and Australia."} +{"title": "New World in the morning", "artist": "Roger Whittaker", "genre": "Folk", "text": "New World in the Morning is a studio album by Roger Whittaker released in 1971. It featured some of his most popular songs, including \"The Last Farewell\", \"A Special Kind of Man\" and \"Streets of London\" The album has never been released on CD, and current digital versions have been re-recordings."} +{"title": "NICA'S DREAM", "artist": "Horace Silver", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Nica's Dream\" is a jazz standard composed by Horace Silver in 1954. It is one of many songs written in tribute to jazz patroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter. It features jazz melodic minor harmony with prominent minor-major 7th chords."} +{"title": "Nights in White Satin", "artist": "Justin Hayward 1957, Justin Hayward 1967", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Nights in White Satin\" is a song by the Moody Blues, written and composed by Justin Hayward. It was first featured as the segment \"The Night\" on the album Days of Future Passed. When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart and number 103 in the United States in 1968. When reissued in 1972, the single hit number two in the U.S. and hit number one on the Cash Box Top 100."} +{"title": "Nina, pretty ballerina", "artist": "Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Nina, Pretty Ballerina\" is a song recorded in November 1972 by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 7\" vinyl record in Austria and France in October 1973 as the seventh and final single from the band's debut album Ring Ring. It reached #8 on the singles chart in Austria."} +{"title": "No Arms Can Ever Hold You", "artist": "Art Crafter, Jimmy Nebb", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"No Arms Can Ever Hold You\" is a 1986 song by English soft rock musician Chris Norman. It is taken from his 1986 album, Some Hearts Are Diamonds. The song peaked at #52 in Germany. It also became very popular in the Philippines."} +{"title": "No Moon At All", "artist": "David A Mann, Redd Evans", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"No Moon at All\" is a jazz standard written in 1947 by David Mann and Redd Evans. The vocal parts were initially performed by Doris Day."} +{"title": "No More Blues", "artist": "Antonio Carlos Jobim", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Chega de Saudade\" (Brazilian Portuguese: ) (published English version is \"No More Blues\") is a bossa nova jazz standard. The music was composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and the lyrics were written by Vinicius de Moraes. The song was first recorded in 1957 by Brazilian singer Elizete Cardoso."} +{"title": "Nobody Does It Better", "artist": "Marvin Hamlisch, Carol Bayer Sager", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Nobody Does It Better\" is a power ballad and the theme song for the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Composed by Marvin Hamlisch with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, the song was produced by Richard Perry and performed by Carly Simon. The song spent three weeks at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, kept out of the top spot by Debby Boone."} +{"title": "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out", "artist": "Jimmie Cox", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out\" is a blues standard written by Jimmie Cox in 1923. The song is a moderate-tempo blues with ragtime-influences. Bessie Smith recorded the song on May 15, 1929, in New York City."} +{"title": "Non, je ne regrette rien", "artist": "Charles Dumont, Michel Vaucaire", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Non, je ne regrette rien\" (French pronunciation: , meaning \"No, I do not regret anything\") is a French song composed by Charles Dumont, with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire. It is best known through Edith Piaf's 1960 recording, which spent seven weeks atop the French Singles & Airplay Reviews chart."} +{"title": "Nostalgia in Times Square", "artist": "Charles Mingus", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Nostalgia in Times Square is an album by American jazz saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc, which was recorded in 1985 and released on the Italian Soul Note label. He leads a quintet that features Ornette Coleman guitarist Bern Nix, former Roland Kirk pianist Rahn Burton, bassist William Parker and drummer Denis Charles."} +{"title": "Now It Can Be Told.m", "artist": "Irving Berlin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Now It Can Be Told\" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1938 film Alexander's Ragtime Band. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1938 but lost out to \"Thanks for the Memory\". Shep Fields collaborated with John Serry Sr to record this song for Bluebird Records in 1938."} +{"title": "Nuages", "artist": "Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Nuages\" (French pronunciation: ) is one of the best-known compositions by Django Reinhardt. He recorded at least thirteen versions of the tune, which is a jazz standard. English and French lyrics have been added to the piece which was originally an instrumental work."} +{"title": "O Come All Ye Faithful", "artist": "John Reading", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"O Come, All Ye Faithful\" was originally written in Latin as Adeste Fideles. It has been attributed to various authors, including John Francis Wade, King John IV of Portugal, and anonymous Cistercian monks. The earliest printed version is in a book published by Wade."} +{"title": "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "artist": "Ralph Vaughn Williams, Phillip Brooks", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"O Little Town of Bethlehem\" is a Christmas carol. Based on an 1868 text written by Phillips Brooks. The carol is popular on both sides of the Atlantic, but to different tunes. In the U.S. it is sung to \"St. Louis\" by Brooks' collaborator, Lewis Redner; and in the United Kingdom and Ireland to \"Forest Green\" by Ralph Vaughan Williams."} +{"title": "O SOLE MIO", "artist": "Giovanni Capurro, Eduardo di Capua", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"'O sole mio\" (Neapolitan pronunciation: ) is a well-known Neapolitan song written in 1898. The title translates literally as \"my sun\" or \"my sunshine\" The lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the music was composed by Eduardo di Capua."} +{"title": "Oh How I Miss You Tonight", "artist": "Benny Davis, Mark Fisher", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Oh, How I Miss You Tonight\" is a popular song, published in 1925, written by Benny Davis, Joe Burke, and Mark Fisher. Popular recordings of the song in 1925 were by Ben Selvin, Benson Orchestra of Chicago, Lewis James and Irving Kaufman. Jeanne Black released a version of thesong as a single which reached #63 on the U.S. pop chart."} +{"title": "Oh! Darling", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Oh! Darling\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, composed by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon-McCartney) It is the fourth song on the 1969 album Abbey Road. It was not issued as a single in either the United Kingdom or the United States, but was edited and released in Central America. Apple Records released it in Japan with \"Here Comes the Sun\" in June 1970. It reached number 15 on the Billboard pop chart on 7 October 1978."} +{"title": "Oh! Look At Me Now", "artist": "Joe Bushkin, John DeVries", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Oh! Look at Me Now\" is a 1941 song composed by Joe Bushkin, with lyrics by John DeVries. It is strongly associated with Frank Sinatra, who first recorded it with Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra. Sinatra re-recorded the song for his 1957 A Swingin' Affair!, this time arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle."} +{"title": "Oh! What It Seemed To Be", "artist": "Frankie Carle, Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Oh! What it Seemed to Be\" is a song composed by Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss and Frankie Carle. The song was most popular in 1946, and was taken to number 1 that year by both Frank Sinatra and the Frankie Carl orchestra, the latter with Marjorie Hughes on vocals. It helped make Benjamin and Weiss the top songwriters of 1946."} +{"title": "Oh, Lonesome Me.m", "artist": "Don Gibson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Oh Lonesome Me\" is a popular song written and recorded in December 1957 by Don Gibson. Released in 1958, the song topped the country chart for eight non-consecutive weeks. It was Gibson's only Top 10 hit on the pop chart. Its B-side was \"I Can't Stop Loving You\", which peaked at No. 7 on the C&W Jockey charts."} +{"title": "Oh, Pretty Woman", "artist": "Roy Orbison", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Oh, Pretty Woman\" was written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees. It was released as a single in August 1964 on Monument Records. It spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 from September 26, 1964. The single sold seven million copies and marked the high point in Orbison's career. The song was later used for the title of the 1990 film Pretty Woman starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and the 2018 musical Pretty Woman: The Musical."} +{"title": "Oh, You Crazy Moon", "artist": "Jimmy van Heusen, Johnny Burke", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Oh, You Crazy Moon is a jazz standard by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was recorded by Mel Torme in 1960 and Frank Sinatra in 1965."} +{"title": "Okie from Muskogee", "artist": "Merle Haggard, Ray Edward Burris", "genre": "Country", "text": "Okie from Muskogee is the first live album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers. It was released in October 1969 on Capitol Records. The album was a recorded performance at the Civic Center in Oklahoma on October 10, 1969, the day before the studio version of \"Okie\" hit the country charts."} +{"title": "Old Devil Moon", "artist": "Burton Lane, E. Y. Harburg", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Old Devil Moon\" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane for the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow. It was introduced by Ella Logan and Donald Richards in the Broadway show. In the 1968 film version, the song was performed by Don Francks and Petula Clark."} +{"title": "Old Folks at Home", "artist": "Stephen Foster", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Old Folks at Home\" is a minstrel song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. Since 1935, it has been the official state song of Florida. The song's narrator states \"longing for de old plantation\", which has been criticized as romanticizing slavery."} +{"title": "Old Shep", "artist": "Clyde (Red) Foley", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Old Shep\" is a song written and composed by Red Foley and Arthur Williams in 1933, about a dog Foley owned as a child. Foley first recorded the song in 1935, and again in 1941 and 1946. A version of the song by Clinton Ford appeared in the UK Singles Chart in October 1959, spending one week at number 27."} +{"title": "On A Little Street In Singapore", "artist": "Peter DeRose, Billy Hill", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"On a Little Street in Singapore\" is a jazz song written by Peter DeRose and Billy Hill. It was recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Harry James Orchestra on 13 October 1939 at the same time as \"Who Told You That I Cared?\". It was later issued as a 78 rpm single. The Glenn Miller Orchestra released \"On aLittle Street inapore\" with a vocal by Ray Eberle in May 1944."} +{"title": "On A Slow Boat To China", "artist": "Frank Loesser", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"On A Slow Boat to China\" is a popular song by Frank Loesser, published in 1948. The song is a well-known pop standard, recorded by many artists. The biggest hit version was recorded in 1959 by Emile Ford and the Checkmates peaking at #3 in the official singles chart."} +{"title": "On The Alamo", "artist": "Isham Jones, Gus Kahn", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"On the Alamo\" is a jazz standard written by Isham Jones, Gilbert Keyes and Joe Lyons. It was first recorded in 1922 by the Isam Jones Orchestra. Lyrics not heard on this recording."} +{"title": "On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe", "artist": "Harry Warren, Johnny Mercer", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe\" is a popular song written by Harry Warren with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1944, spanned the hit chart in mid-1945, and won the 1946 Academy Award for Best Original Song."} +{"title": "On The Banks Of The Wabash", "artist": "Paul Dresser", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away\" was one of the best-selling songs of the 19th century. Written and composed by American songwriter Paul Dresser, it was published by the Tin Pan Alley firm of Howley, Haviland and Company in October 1897. The lyrics of the ballad reminisce about life near Dresser's childhood home in Indiana, United States."} +{"title": "On the sunny side of the street.m", "artist": "Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"On the Sunny Side of the Street\" is a 1930 song composed by Jimmy McHugh with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Some authors say that Fats Waller was the composer, but he sold the rights to the song. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Lew Leslie's International Revue starring Harry Richman and Gertrude Lawrence."} +{"title": "On Top Of Old Smokey", "artist": "Traditional", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"On Top of Old Smoky\" is a traditional folk song of the United States. The song reached the pop music charts in 1951. It is unclear when, where and by whom the song was first sung. Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles collected a version of the song from Memory Shelton in 1916."} +{"title": "On Top of Old Smoky", "artist": "tradtional American folk song", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"On Top of Old Smoky\" is a traditional folk song of the United States. The song reached the pop music charts in 1951. It is unclear when, where and by whom the song was first sung. Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles collected a version of the song from Memory Shelton in 1916."} +{"title": "Once I Loved", "artist": "Antonio Carlos Jobim, English Lyrics_ Ray Gilbert", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Once I Loved\" (\"Uma vez eu amei\") is a bossa nova jazz standard composed in 1960 by Antonio Carlos Jobim. In a few early cases, the song was also known as (\"Love in Peace\"), a translation into English of the original Portuguese title."} +{"title": "Once in royal Davids city", "artist": "H.J. Gauntlett, Cecil Frances Alexander", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Once in Royal David's City\" is a Christmas carol by Cecil Frances Alexander. It was first published in 1848 in her hymnbook Hymns for Little Children. A year later, the English organist Henry Gauntlett discovered the poem and set it to music."} +{"title": "One alone", "artist": "Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"One Alone\" is a popular song composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach for their operetta The Desert Song. Dave Brubeck recorded it on his 2002 album of the same name."} +{"title": "One For My Baby", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)\" is a hit song written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer for the movie musical The Sky's the Limit (1943) It was first performed in the film by Fred Astaire. The song was further popularized by Frank Sinatra."} +{"title": "One Note Samba.m", "artist": "Antonio Carlos Jobim", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Samba de uma Nota So\" is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim with Portuguese lyrics by Newton Mendonca. It was first recorded by Joao Gilberto in 1960 for his album O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor."} +{"title": "One Summer Night", "artist": "Danny Webb", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"One Summer Night\" is a song by American doo-wop group the Danleers. The song was written by the group's manager and main songwriter, Danny Webb. The Beach Boys released a partial cover of the song on their 1992 album Summer in Paradise."} +{"title": "One Tin Soldier", "artist": "Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"One Tin Soldier\" is a 1960s counterculture era anti-war song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. Canadian pop group The Original Caste first recorded it in 1969 for both the TA label and its parent Bell label. The song, recorded by various artists, charted each year from 1969 to 1974 on various charts in the United States and Canada."} +{"title": "Only Love Can Break A Heart", "artist": "Burt Bacharach, Hal David", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Only Love Can Break a Heart\" is a popular song from 1962. It was written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach and performed by Gene Pitney. Country music singers Sonny James and Kenny Dale also recorded cover versions of the song."} +{"title": "Only the Good Die Young", "artist": "Billy Joel", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Only the Good Die Young\" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 rock album The Stranger. It was the third of four singles released from the album. The song was controversial for its time, with the lyrics written from the perspective of a young man determined to have sex with a Catholic girl."} +{"title": "Only The Lonely", "artist": "Roy Orbison, Joe Melson", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)\" is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Orbison's recording of the song was the first major hit for the singer. Released as a 45 rpm single by Monument Records in May 1960, it went to No. 2 on the United States Billboard pop music charts on 25 July 1960. It reached Number One in the United Kingdom, a position it achieved on 20 October 1960."} +{"title": "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "artist": "Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sabine Baring-Gould", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Onward, Christian Soldiers\" is a 19th-century English hymn. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865. The music was composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1871. The Salvation Army adopted the hymn as its favoured processional."} +{"title": "Our Delight", "artist": "Tadd Dameron", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Our Delight\" is a 1947 jazz standard, composed by Tadd Dameron. It is considered one of his best compositions along with \"Good Bait\", \"Hot House\", \"If You Could See Me Now\", and \"Lady Bird\""} +{"title": "Our Love Affair", "artist": "Arthur Freed, Roger Edens", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Our Love Affair\" is a song recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Tommy Dorsey Band in 1940. Its music is by Roger Edens and lyrics are by Arthur Freed. It was written for the M-G-M musical Strike Up the Band (1940), starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland."} +{"title": "Over The Rainbow", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Over the Rainbow\" is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song."} +{"title": "Overprotected", "artist": "Max Martin, Rami Yacoub", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Overprotected\" is a song by American singer Britney Spears from her third studio album, Britney (2001) It was written and produced by Max Martin and Rami. The song was released on December 10, 2001, by Jive Records as the second international single from Britney. Its remixed R&B form, produced by Darkchild, was released as the third US single on April 2, 2002. While it peaked only at number 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at number 22 in Canada."} +{"title": "Oye Como Va", "artist": "Tito Puente ", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Oye Como Va\" is a 1962 cha-cha-cha by Tito Puente, originally released on El Rey Bravo (Tico Records) The song achieved worldwide popularity in 1970, when it was recorded by American rock group Santana for their album Abraxas. This version was released as a single in 1971, reaching number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been praised by critics and inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. It was also included in the NPR 100 \"the most important American musical works of the 20th century\""} +{"title": "Paint it black", "artist": "The Rolling Stones", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Paint It Black\" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. It is a raga rock song with Indian, Middle Eastern, and Eastern European influences and lyrics about grief and loss. London Records released the song as a single on 7 May 1966 in the United States, and Decca Records released it on 13 May in the UK. The song was influential to the burgeoning psychedelic genre as the first chart-topping single to feature the sitar, and widened the instrument's audience."} +{"title": "Papa loves Mambo", "artist": "Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Bix Reichner", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Papa Loves Mambo\" is a popular song written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, and Bix Reichner. The best-known version was recorded by Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres's orchestra in New York City on August 31, 1954. Bing Crosby also recorded the song in 1954 for use on his radio show."} +{"title": "Paper Roses", "artist": "Fred Spielman, Janice Torre", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Paper Roses\" is a popular song written and composed by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre. It first was a top five hit in 1960 for Anita Bryant. Marie Osmond recorded it in 1973 and took her version to number one on the US country chart."} +{"title": "Paperback Writer", "artist": "John Lennon & Paul McCartney", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Paperback Writer\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon-McCartney partnership, the song was released as the A-side of their eleventh single in May 1966. It topped singles charts in the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, West Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Norway."} +{"title": "Peel me a Grape", "artist": "David Frischberg", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "David L. \"Dave\" Frishberg is an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist. His songs have been performed by Blossom Dearie, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn, Anita O'Day, Michael Feinstein, Irene Kral, Diana Krall, Stacey Kent, John Pizzarelli and Mel Torme. He was the co-recipient of the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song in 1981."} +{"title": "people get ready", "artist": "Curtis Mayfield", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"People Get Ready\" is a 1965 single by The Impressions, and the title track from the People Get Ready album. The single is the group's best-known hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard R&B chart. The gospel-influenced track was written and composed by Curtis Mayfield, who was displaying a growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998."} +{"title": "People will say we're in love", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"People Will Say We're In Love\" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! In the original Broadway production, the song was introduced by Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts. Three versions made the Top 40 charts: Bing Crosby & Trudy Erwin (#2), Frank Sinatra (#3), and The Ink Spots (#11)."} +{"title": "Petite Fleur", "artist": "Sydney Bechet", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Petite Fleur\" is an instrumental written by Sidney Bechet and recorded by him in 1952. In 1959 it was an international hit as a clarinet solo by Monty Sunshine with Chris Barber's Jazz Band."} +{"title": "Piano In The Dark", "artist": "Brenda Russell, Jeff Hall, Scott Cutler", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Piano in the Dark\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Brenda Russell. It was the first single to be taken from Russell's 1988 album, Get Here. The song became Russell's biggest hit, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 8 on the R&B Chart and number 3 on the Adult Contemporary Chart."} +{"title": "Play Me", "artist": "Neil Diamond", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Play Me\" is a 1972 song by Neil Diamond from his album Moods. It was released as a single in May 1972 and peaked at #11 in the United States in September of that year. The song is a medium-tempo waltz performed in 3/4 time at a standard tempo of 102 bpm."} +{"title": "Playground Love", "artist": "Air", "genre": "Rock", "text": "The Virgin Suicides is a score composed by French electronic music duo Air for the 1999 film of the same name by Sofia Coppola. It was released on 23 February 2000 by Virgin Records and was nominated for Best Soundtrack at the 2001 Brit Awards. A deluxe edition of the album was released in June 2015 as a two-disc set and a super deluxe box set."} +{"title": "Please Be Kind", "artist": "Saul Chaplin, Sammy Cahn", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Please Be Kind\" is a 1938 American song composed by Saul Chaplin with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. Popular recordings that year were by Mildred Bailey and the Red Norvo Orchestra; Bob Crosby & His Orchestra (vocal by Kay Weber); and by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra."} +{"title": "Please Help Me, I'm Falling", "artist": "Don Robertson, Hal Blair", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Please Help Me, I'm Falling\" is a 1960 song written by Don Robertson and Hal Blair and first recorded by Hank Locklin. The single was Locklin's most successful recording and was his second number one on the country charts. In 1973, John Fogerty covered the song on his first solo album, Blue Ridge Rangers. Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette recorded their version of the song in 1993."} +{"title": "Please Mr. Sun ", "artist": "Ray Getzov, Sid Frank ", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Please, Mr. Sun\" is a song written by Ray Getzov and Sid Frank and performed by Johnnie Ray featuring The Four Lads and the Jimmy Carroll Orchestra. It reached #6 on the U.S. pop chart in 1952. The single ranked #30 on Billboard's Year-End top 30 singles of 1952."} +{"title": "Please Please Me", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Rock", "text": "Please Please Me is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Produced by George Martin, it was released in the UK on EMI's Parlophone label on 22 March 1963. The album is 14 songs in length, and contains a mixture of cover songs and original material written by the band's John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was voted 39th on Rolling Stone's list of the \"500 Greatest Albums of All Time\" in 2012."} +{"title": "Poems, Prayers and Promises", "artist": "John Denver", "genre": "Country", "text": "Poems, Prayers & Promises is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was released on April 6, 1971 through RCA Records. The album was recorded in New York City and produced by Milton Okun and Susan Ruskin."} +{"title": "Polka Dots and Moonbeams", "artist": "Jimmy Van Husen, Johnny Burke", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Polka Dots and Moonbeams\" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1940. It was Frank Sinatra's first hit recorded with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Bob Dylan covered this song in his 2016 album Fallen Angels."} +{"title": "Pomp and Circumstance ", "artist": "Edward Elgar", "genre": "Folk", "text": "The Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39, are a series of five (or six) marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar. The first four were published between 1901 and 1907, when Elgar was in his forties. The fifth was published in 1930, a few years before his death; and a sixth, compiled posthumously from sketches, waspublished in 1956 and in 2005-2006."} +{"title": "Poor Butterfly", "artist": "Raymond Hubbell, John L. Golden", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Poor Butterfly\" is a popular song. The music was written by Raymond Hubbell, the lyrics by John L. Golden. The song was inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly."} +{"title": "Powder your face with sunshine", "artist": "Carmen Lombardo, Stanley Rochinski", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Powder Your Face with Sunshine\" is a popular song written by Carmen Lombardo and Stanley Rochinski, and published in 1948. The two biggest hit versions of the song were recorded by Evelyn Knight and by the Sammy Kaye Orchestra."} +{"title": "Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition", "artist": "Frank Loesser", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition\" is an American patriotic song by Frank Loesser, published as sheet music in 1942 by Famous Music Corp. The song was a response to the attack on Pearl Harbor that marked United States involvement in World War II. For some time, long after Pearl Harbor, stories and reports surfaced about an incident involving this \"sky pilot\""} +{"title": "Precious Lord, Take My Hand", "artist": "Thomas A. Dorsey", "genre": "R&B", "text": "The lyrics were written by the Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey. The melody is credited to Dorsey, drawn extensively from the 1844 hymn tune, \"Maitland\" The earliest known recording was made on February 16, 1937, by the Heavenly Gospel Singers."} +{"title": "Pretty Paper", "artist": "Willie Nelson", "genre": "Country", "text": "Pretty Paper is the first Christmas album and twenty-fourth studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. The self-composed title track had been a hit Christmas song in 1963, when it was recorded by Roy Orbison. Nelson reunited with producer/arranger Booker T. Jones."} +{"title": "Promise Me You'll Remember", "artist": "Carmine Coppola, John Bettis", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III)\" is a song written by Carmine Coppola and John Bettis. The song was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Song in 1991. It is track #12 on the soundtrack to the film. Harry Connick Jr. sang the song on the Academy Awards telecast."} +{"title": "Proud Mary", "artist": "John Fogerty", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Proud Mary\" is a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival written by John Fogerty. It was released as a single in January 1969 by Fantasy Records and on the band's second studio album, Bayou Country. The song became a major hit in the United States, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1969."} +{"title": "Put A Little Love In Your Heart", "artist": "Jackie de Shannon, Jimmy Holiday, Randy Myers", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Put a Little Love in Your Heart\" is a song originally performed in 1969 by Jackie DeShannon. In 1988, Annie Lennox and Al Green recorded a version that was released as the ending theme song to the 1988 film Scrooged. The song reached number 9 in the US on the Hot 100 and climbed all the way to number 2 on the US Adult Contemporary chart."} +{"title": "Put The Blame On Mame", "artist": "Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Put the Blame on Mame\" is a song by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher, originally written for the classic film noir Gilda in 1946. It was sung by the title character, played by Rita Hayworth with the singing voice of Anita Kert Ellis dubbed in. The song was later reprised as an instrumental version in another quintessential noir film, 1953's The Big Heat."} +{"title": "Put Your Dreams Away", "artist": "Stephan Weiss and Paul Mann, Ruth Lowe ", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Put Your Dreams Away\" is a song written by Richard Leigh and Wayland Holyfield, and performed by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. It was released in June 1982 as the first single and title track from the album Put Your Dreams away. The song was Gilley's fourteenth number one on the country chart."} +{"title": "Puttin' On The Ritz", "artist": "Irving Berlin", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Puttin' On the Ritz\" is a song written by Irving Berlin in May 1927. It was introduced by Harry Richman and chorus in the musical film Puttin' on the Ritzer (1930) The song was featured in the 1974 Mel Brooks horror/comedy Young Frankenstein."} +{"title": "Que Sera, Sera.m", "artist": "Jay Livingston, Ray Evans", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)\" is a song written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Doris Day introduced it in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) Day's recording of the song made it to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one in the UK Singles Chart."} +{"title": "Question Mark", "artist": "Mark Zanter", "genre": "Latin", "text": "The question mark is a punctuation mark that indicates an interrogative clause or phrase in many languages. In English, the question mark typically occurs at the end of a sentence, where it replaces the full stop. In Spanish, since the second edition of the Ortografia of the Real Academia Espanola in 1754, interrogatives require both opening and closing question marks."} +{"title": "Rainy Night in Georgia", "artist": "Tony Joe White", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Rainy Night in Georgia\" is a song written by Tony Joe White in 1967 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970. It was originally released by White on his 1969 album, Continued, on Monument Records, shortly before Benton's hit single was issued. In 2004, it was ranked #498 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."} +{"title": "Ramblin' Rose", "artist": "Noel Sherman, Joe Sherman", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Ramblin' Rose\" is a 1962 popular torch song written by brothers Noel Sherman and Joe Sherman. The recording by Nat King Cole reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962. The song has been covered by many artists, particularly country music artists."} +{"title": "Red Red Wine", "artist": "Neil Diamond", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Red Red Wine\" is a song originally written, performed, and recorded by American singer Neil Diamond in 1967. The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a person who finds that drinking red wine is the only way to forget his woes.UB40 recorded a cover version in 1983 that went to #1 in the UK and was moderately successful in the United States."} +{"title": "Rhinestone Cowboy", "artist": "Larry Weiss", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Rhinestone Cowboy\" is a song written by Larry Weiss and recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell. When released on May 26, 1975, it enjoyed huge popularity with both country and pop audiences. The song spent that summer climbing both the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Billboard Hot 100 charts."} +{"title": "Rhythm of the Rain", "artist": "John Claude Gummoe", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Rhythm of the Rain\" is a song performed by The Cascades, released in November 1962. It was written by band member John Claude Gummoe. The song was adapted into French (under the title \"En ecoutant la pluie\") by Richard Anthony. Sylvie Vartan recorded it as a single in 1963."} +{"title": "Rhythm-a-ning", "artist": "Monk", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. \"Boo Boo\" was the nickname of Monk's daughter, Barbara Evelyn Monk."} +{"title": "Ribbon of Darkness", "artist": "Gordon Lightfoot", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Ribbon of Darkness\" is a song written by Gordon Lightfoot. It was released in 1965 as a single by Marty Robbins. The song was Robbins' eleventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart. Lightfoot's own version was released as single in 1965."} +{"title": "Right Here Waiting", "artist": "Richard Marx", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Right Here Waiting\" is a song by American singer and songwriter Richard Marx. It was released on June 29, 1989, as the second single from his second album, Repeat Offender. The song was a global hit, topping charts in many countries around the world, including the U.S. where it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It has been covered by many artists, including Monica for her album The Boy Is Mine."} +{"title": "Rock Around The Clock", "artist": "Max Freedman", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Rock Around the Clock\" is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter being under the pseudonym \"Jimmy De Knight\") in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 for American Decca. It was a number one single for two months and did well on the United Kingdom charts; the recording also reentered the UK Singles Chart in the 1960s and 1970s."} +{"title": "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", "artist": "Johnny Marks", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree\" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958. By the song's 50th anniversary in 2008, Lee's original version had sold over 25 million copies around the world. An instrumental version of the song appears as background music in the 1964 television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which exclusively featured music written by Marks."} +{"title": "Rocky Top", "artist": "Felice and Boudleaux Bryant", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Rocky Top\" is an American country and bluegrass song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1967. It was first recorded by the Osborne Brothers later that same year. The song is one of Tennessee's ten official state songs. It has been recorded by dozens of artists from multiple musical genres worldwide."} +{"title": "Rose, Rose, I Love You", "artist": "Chinese Folk Song, English_ Wilfred Thomas", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Rose, Rose, I Love You\" is a 1940 Mandarin popular song composed by Chen Gexin. It was first recorded by Yao Lee as an interlude for the movie Singing Girl. The English-language lyrics were written by the British radio presenter Wilfrid Thomas."} +{"title": "Roses Are Red (My Love)", "artist": "Paul Evans, Al Byron", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Roses Are Red (My Love)\" is a popular song composed by Al Byron and Paul Evans. It was recorded by Bobby Vinton and was his first hit. It reached No. 1 in Australia, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, and the United States."} +{"title": "Roses Of Picardy", "artist": "Haydn Wood, Fred E. Weatherley", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Roses of Picardy\" is a British popular song with lyrics by Frederick Weatherly and music by Haydn Wood. It was one of the most famous songs of the First World War and has been recorded frequently up to the present day. The exact story that lies behind the words of the song is unclear, but Weatherly suggested that it concerned a love affair of one of his close friends."} +{"title": "Rule Britannia!", "artist": "Dr. Thomas A. Arne", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Rule, Britannia!\" is a British patriotic song. It is most strongly associated with the Royal Navy, but is also used by the British Army. The song was originally the final musical number in Thomas Arne's Alfred, a masque about Alfred the Great, co-written by James Thomson."} +{"title": "Rum And Coca Cola", "artist": "Jeri Sullavan & Paul Baron, Morey Amsterdam", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Rum and Coca-Cola\" is a popular calypso song composed by Lionel Belasco with lyrics by Lord Invader. The song was copyrighted in the United States by entertainer Morey Amsterdam and was a hit in 1945 for the Andrews Sisters."} +{"title": "Running Bear", "artist": "J.P. Richardson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Running Bear\" is a song written by Jiles Perry Richardson (a.k.a. The Big Bopper) and sung most famously by Johnny Preston in 1959. It was No. 1 for three weeks in January 1960 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The song tells the story of Running Bear, a \"young Indian brave\", and Little White Dove, an \"Indian maid\". The two are in love but are separated by two factors: their respective tribes are at war."} +{"title": "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)", "artist": "John D. Loudermilk", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)\" is a 1961 pop song by the American singer Sue Thompson. The song was written by John D. Loudermilk and appears on Thompson's 1962 Hickory Records album Meet SueThompson. It was Thompson's first song to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at number five."} +{"title": "San Antonio Rose", "artist": "Bob Wills", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"New San Antonio Rose\" was the signature song of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. The song is written in the first person with the Rose of San Antone being the gentleman's lost love. The most successful recording was made by Bing Crosby with Bob Crosby and the Bob Cats in 1940."} +{"title": "San Francisco Bay Blues", "artist": "Jesse Fuller", "genre": "Folk", "text": "Jesse Fuller first recorded the song in 1954. It was released by the World Song label in 1955. A \"one-man band\" rendition of the song featuring a kazoo solo was recorded by Fuller in 1962."} +{"title": "Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down", "artist": "Traditional adapted by Robert Plant", "genre": "R&B", "text": "A recording of the song by Robert Plant (from his 2010 album Band of Joy) was used as the theme song for the TV series Boss. An alternative version is entitled \"Satan, We're Gonna Tear your Kingdom Down\""} +{"title": "Satin Doll", "artist": "Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Satin Doll\" is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song has been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, 101 Strings, Terry Callier, and Nancy Wilson. Its chord progression is well known for its unusual use of chords."} +{"title": "Save The Last Dance For Me", "artist": "Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Save the Last Dance for Me\" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. It was first recorded in 1960 by the Drifters, with Ben E. King on lead vocals. It has since been covered by several artist including Dolly Parton, The DeFranco Family, Emmylou Harris, and Michael Buble."} +{"title": "Scarlet Ribbons", "artist": "Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)\" is a popular song. The music was written by Evelyn Danzig and the lyrics by Jack Segal. The song has become a standard with many recorded versions and has appeared on several Christmas albums. The Browns' version spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100."} +{"title": "Scrapple From The Apple.m", "artist": "Charlie Parker", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Scrapple from the Apple\" is a bebop composition by Charlie Parker written in 1947. It is commonly recognized today as a jazz standard, written in F major. The song borrows its chord progression from \"Honeysuckle Rose\""} +{"title": "Sealed With a Kiss", "artist": "Peter Udell and Gary Geld", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Sealed with a Kiss\" is a song written and composed by Peter Udell and Gary Geld. It first became a hit in 1962 for Brian Hyland. Jason Donovan later had an international number one hit with the song."} +{"title": "See See Rider", "artist": "Ma Rainey", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"See See Rider\" is a popular American 12-bar blues song that became a standard in several genres. Gertrude \"Ma\" Rainey was the first to record it on October 16, 1924, at Paramount Records in New York. The song is possibly connected to the Shelton Brooks composition \"I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone\""} +{"title": "Send In The Clowns", "artist": "Stephen Sondheim", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Send In the Clowns\" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1973 musical A Little Night Music. It is a ballad from Act Two, in which the character Desiree reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. The song is structured with four verses and a bridge, and uses a complex compound meter."} +{"title": "Sentimental Me", "artist": "Jim Morehead, Jimmy Cassin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Sentimental Me\" was written by James T. Morehead and James Cassin and published in 1949. The most popular version was recorded by The Ames Brothers. Other hit versions in 1950 were recorded by the Russ Morgan Orchestra and by Ray Anthony."} +{"title": "Senza Fine", "artist": "Gino Paoli, Alec Wilder", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Senza Fine\" (which translates in English to \"Endless\") is a song written by Italian singer-songwriter Gino Paoli, inspired by collaboration partner Ornella Vanoni. Vanoni was the first person to record the song which was released as a single in September 1961. The song version sung by Paoli went on to chart at No. 7 on the Italian Top 50."} +{"title": "Serenade In Blue", "artist": "Harry Warren, Mack Gordon", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Serenade in Blue\" is a 1942 Big Band song composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics written by Mack Gordon. It was introduced in the 1942 film Orchestra Wives by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. The song was released as an RCA Victor 78, 27935-A, which peaked at #2 on the Billboard pop singles chart."} +{"title": "Serenade to Spring", "artist": "Rolf Lvland", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Serenade to Spring\" is a melody composed by Rolf Lovland. It was originally released on Secret Garden's debut album Songs from a Secret Garden (1995) The melody is an instrumental version of the Norwegian song \"Danse mot var\" (lit.: Dance towards spring)"} +{"title": "Set Fire To The Rain", "artist": "Fraser Smith, Adele Adkins", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Set Fire to the Rain\" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her second studio album, 21 (2011) The song was written by Adele and Fraser T. Smith while the production was handled by the latter. It became Adele's third consecutive US number-one single from 21 and reached the top ten in most of other foreign markets. The song is a power pop ballad with lush instrumentation and a swelling string arrangement, in contrast to the understated production of most songs on the album."} +{"title": "Seven Spanish Angels", "artist": "Eddie F. Setser, Troy Harold Seals", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Seven Spanish Angels\" is a song written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser, and recorded by Ray Charles as a duet with Willie Nelson. It was released in November 1984 as a single from Charles' 1984 album Friendship. The song is about an outlaw and his lover who are trying to outrun a posse sent to return them to Texas. After each death, the titular angels gather to pray for the lovers."} +{"title": "Shadows In The Moonlight", "artist": "Charlie Black, Rory Bourke", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Shadows in the Moonlight\" is a song written by Charlie Black and Rory Bourke, and recorded by Canadian country pop music singer Anne Murray. It was released in May 1979 as the second single from the album New Kind of Feeling. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart."} +{"title": "She thinks I still care", "artist": "Dicky Lee", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"She Thinks I Still Care\" is a country song written by Dickey Lee and Steve Duffy. The song was recorded by multiple artists, including George Jones, Connie Francis, Anne Murray, Elvis Presley and Patty Loveless."} +{"title": "She Wears Red Feathers", "artist": "Bob Merrill", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"She Wears Red Feathers\" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill in 1952. The best-known recording of the song was made by Guy Mitchell in 1952 and was a No. 1 single in the UK Singles Chart in March 1953 for four weeks. Another cover performed in a cabaret club, featured in the opening scene of the 1989 film Scandal."} +{"title": "She'll be coming round the mountain", "artist": "traditional", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain\" is a traditional folk song often categorized as children's music. The song is derived from the Christian spiritual known as \"When the Chariot Comes\" It is often heard today with responses that add on to the previous verse."} +{"title": "She's A Fool ", "artist": "Mark Barkan, Benjamin Raleigh", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"She's a Fool\" is a song written by Mark Barkan and Ben Raleigh. It was originally recorded by Lesley Gore in 1963. The single reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #26 on Billboard's R&B singles chart."} +{"title": "She's Always a Woman", "artist": "Billy Joel", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"She's Always a Woman\" is a song by Billy Joel from his 1977 album, The Stranger. It is a love song about a modern woman whom the singer has fallen totally in love with. The single peaked at No. 17 in the U.S. in Oct. 1978. It re-entered the UK chart in 2010, reaching No. 29. An instrumental version of the song was heard playing on the plaza of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001."} +{"title": "She's Not You", "artist": "Doc Pomus, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"She's Not You\" is a 1962 song recorded by Elvis Presley and released as a single on RCA Victor. The song reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on the R&B chart. It was written by Doc Pomus in collaboration with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The Jordanaires sang background vocals."} +{"title": "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "artist": "Rick Wright", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Shine On You Crazy Diamond\" is a nine-part composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright. It appeared on Pink Floyd's 1975 concept album Wish You Were Here. The song is written about and dedicated to Syd Barrett, who left the band in 1968 due to deteriorating mental health."} +{"title": "Show Me The Way To Go Home", "artist": "Irving King & Hal Swain", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Show Me the Way to Go Home\" is a popular song written in 1925 by Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly. The song is in common use in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and North America. Campbell and Connelly published the sheet music and recorded the song under the pseudonym \"Irving King\""} +{"title": "Silver Bells", "artist": "Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 1950, Ray Evans", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Silver Bells\" is a popular Christmas song composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. The first recorded version was sung by Bing Crosby and Carol Richards on September 8, 1950, with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Lee Gordon Singers. The song was recorded by American country duo the Judds and was released as a single in 1987."} +{"title": "Silver Threads And Golden Needles", "artist": "Dick Reynolds & Jack Rhodes", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Silver Threads and Golden Needles\" is a song written by Dick Reynolds and Jack Rhodes. It was first recorded by Wanda Jackson in 1956. The Springfields had a 1962 hit which peaked at #20 on the Billboard Top 40."} +{"title": "Simple Gifts", "artist": "Joseph Brackett", "genre": "Dance", "text": "The tune and lyrics were written by Elder Joseph Brackett (1797-1882) of the Alfred, Maine Shaker community. The song was largely unknown outside Shaker communities until Aaron Copland used its melody for the score of Martha Graham's ballet, Appalachian Spring."} +{"title": "Since I Don't Have You", "artist": "Joseph Rock, James Beaumont", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Since I Don't Have You\" is a song written and composed by Jackie Taylor, James Beaumont, Janet Vogel, Joseph Rock, Joe Verscharen, Lennie Martin, and Wally Lester. It was first a 1958 hit single for the doo-wop group the Skyliners on the Billboard Hot 100. Country music singer Ronnie Milsap had a hit with the song in 1991. Guns N' Roses also had some success in 1994 with their version of the song which reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart."} +{"title": "Sing, Sing, Sing", "artist": "Louis Prima", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)\" is a 1936 song, with music and lyrics by Louis Prima. The song is strongly identified with the big band and swing eras. Several have performed the piece as an instrumental, including Fletcher Henderson."} +{"title": "Single Girl", "artist": "Martha Sharp", "genre": "Country", "text": "Single Girl is a song by Martha Sharpe that was an international hit for American singer Sandy Posey from late 1966 to early 1967. Posey recorded \"Single Girl\" in Nashville, Tennessee on August 10, 1966. It was produced by \"Chips\" Moman and released by MGM."} +{"title": "Sinner Man", "artist": "Traditional", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Sinner Man\" is an African American traditional spiritual song. The lyrics describe a sinner attempting to hide from divine justice on Judgment Day. It was recorded in the 1950s by Les Baxter, the Swan Silvertones, the Weavers and others. Nina Simone recorded an extended version of the song in 1965."} +{"title": "Sioux City Sue", "artist": "Dick Thomas, Ray Freedman", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Sioux City Sue\" is a 1945 song and a 1946 movie. Lyricist Ray Freedman and composer Dick Thomas wrote the song. Thomas recorded the song in February 1945 for National Records and it was a number one Country charts hit."} +{"title": "Sir Duke", "artist": "Stevie Wonder", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Sir Duke\" is a song composed and performed by Stevie Wonder from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. Released as a single in 1977, the track topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Black Singles charts, and reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. The song was written in tribute to Duke Ellington, the influential jazz legend who had died in 1974."} +{"title": "Sixteen Tons", "artist": "Merle Travis", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Sixteen Tons\" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner. Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California, on August 8, 1946. A 1955 version recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford reached number one in the Billboard charts. Another version by Frankie Laine 1956 was released only in Western Europe, where it gave Ford's version competition."} +{"title": "Skip To My Lou", "artist": "Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Skip to My Lou\" is a popular American partner-stealing dance from the 1840s. The song has been recorded by various artists including Lead Belly, Pete Seeger, Judy Garland, Nat King Cole, The Blue Sky Boys, Dickie Bishop and His Sidekicks, and Dale Warland Singers."} +{"title": "Skokiaan", "artist": "August Msarurgwa, Tom Glazer", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Skokiaan (Chikokiyana in Shona) refers to an illegal self-made alcoholic beverage typically brewed over one day. It was originally composed and first recorded as a sax and trumpet instrumental by the African Dance Band of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) under leadership of August Musarurwa. The Four Lads, Louis Armstrong, Bill Haley, Herb Alpert, Brave Combo, Hugh Masekela and Kermit Ruffins also covered this song."} +{"title": "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed", "artist": "Dennis Morgan, Kye Fleming", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Sleeping Single in a Double Bed\" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan. It was released in August 1978 as the first single from her album Moods. The song was Mandrell's twenty-sixth chart hit on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles."} +{"title": "Slow Hot Wind", "artist": "Henry Mancini, Norman Gimbel", "genre": "Pop", "text": "This article is about the Henry Mancini song. For the musical instrument, see Lujon (musical instrument) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed."} +{"title": "Slow Poke", "artist": "Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, Redd Stewart", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Slow Poke\" is a 1951 popular song credited to three writers: Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and Chilton Price. King recorded the song and Stewart did the vocal. Price gave rights to the other two in exchange for publicity."} +{"title": "Slowly", "artist": "Tommy Hill, Webb Pierce", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Slowly\" is a 1954 song by Webb Pierce and Tommy Hill. The song was one of Pierce's more successful singles, spending seventeen weeks at the top of the Country and Western Best Sellers lists. The Haden Triplets recorded the song for their debut album on Jack White's Third Man Records."} +{"title": "Smoke On The Water", "artist": "Deep Purple", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Smoke on the Water\" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple. It was first released from the band's sixth studio album Machine Head (1972) The song chronicles the 1971 fire at Montreux Casino."} +{"title": "Snuggled On Your Shoulder", "artist": "Carmen Lombardo, Joe Young", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Snuggled on Your Shoulder (Cuddled in Your Arms)\" is a popular song with music by Carmen Lombardo and lyrics by Joe Young, published in 1932. Bing Crosby recorded the song on January 21, 1932."} +{"title": "So Danco Samba", "artist": "Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"So Danco Samba\" (aka \"Jazz 'n' Samba\") is a bossa nova song composed in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. English lyrics were later written by Norman Gimbel. The song was first performed by Joao Gilberto and Os Cariocas in August 1962."} +{"title": "So Long, It's Been Good To Know You", "artist": "Woody Guthrie", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh\" is a song by American folk musician Woody Guthrie first released in 1935. The composition is considered one of Guthrie's best songs, defining his style. The song tells about the hard times that Americans experienced during the Great Depression, especially the \"harsh weather and drought conditions\" experienced by farm workers."} +{"title": "So Small", "artist": "Carrie Underwood, Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"So Small\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Carrie Underwood. It was released in August 2007 as the first single from her 2007 album Carnival Ride. Underwood co-wrote the song \"I Ain't In Checotah Anymore\" with Hillary Lindsey and Luke Laird."} +{"title": "Some Enchanted Evening", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Some Enchanted Evening\" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. It is a three-verse solo for the leading male character, Emile, in which he describes seeing a stranger, knowing that he will see her again, and dreaming of her laughter. The song is reprised several times during the show by Nellie and/or Emile as their relationship experiences setbacks and reconciliations."} +{"title": "Some Of These Days", "artist": "Shelton Brooks", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Some of These Days\" is a popular song, written and composed by Shelton Brooks, published in 1910. Sophie Tucker recorded her classic, million-selling 1926 version, which stayed in the #1 position on the charts for five weeks beginning November 23, 1926."} +{"title": "Somebody Bigger Than You And I", "artist": "Hy Heath, Johnny Lange, Sonny Burke", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Somebody Bigger Than You and I\" is a song written by Johnny Lange, Hy Heath and Sonny Burke. It is known as a gospel standard."} +{"title": "SOMEBODY TOLD ME", "artist": "The Killers", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Somebody Told Me\" is a song by American rock band The Killers. It was released as the second official single from the group's debut studio album Hot Fuss (2004) The single peaked at number 51 on the United States Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, it charted at number 28 upon its first release in March 2004, becoming the band's first hit in the top 40. In Australia, the song was ranked number four on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004."} +{"title": "Someday My Prince Will Come.m", "artist": "Frank Churchill", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Someday My Prince Will Come\" is a song from Walt Disney's 1937 animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was written by Larry Morey (lyrics) & Frank Churchill (music), and performed by Adriana Caselotti (Snow White's voice in the movie) It was also featured in the 1979 stage adaptation of the 1937 animated musical movie. American Film Institute listed this song at No. 19 on their list of the 100 greatest songs in movie history."} +{"title": "Somethin' Stupid", "artist": "C.Carson Parks", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Somethin' Stupid\" is a song written by C. Carson Parks. It was originally recorded in 1966 by Parks and his wife Gaile Foote, as Carson and Gaile. A 1967 version by Frank Sinatra and his daughter Nancy Sinatra became a major international hit, reaching number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart."} +{"title": "Something Beautiful", "artist": "William J. & Gloria Gaither 1971", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Something Beautiful\" is a song written by Guy Chambers and Robbie Williams. Originally offered to Welsh singer Tom Jones, it was released on 28 July 2003 as the third single from Williams' fifth studio album Escapology. The song reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and peaked within the top 10 in Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Romania."} +{"title": "Something for the Pain", "artist": "Bon Jovi", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Something For The Pain\" is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released in September 1995 as the second single from their 1995 album These Days. It charted at number 76 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 15 in Canada, number eight on the UK Singles Chart, and number four in Finland, its highest national position anywhere."} +{"title": "Something's Got a Hold on Me", "artist": "ETTA JAMES. LEROY KIRKLAND, PEARL WOODS", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Something's Got a Hold on Me\" is a song by American singer Etta James. It was released in 1962 as the third single from her 1962 self-titled album. The song was written by James, Leroy Kirkland and Pearl Woods. It has been covered and sampled by various contemporary artists."} +{"title": "Song Sung Blue", "artist": "Neil Diamond", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Song Sung Blue\" is a 1972 hit song written and recorded by Neil Diamond. It was released on Diamond's album Moods. The song was a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States for one week, the week of July 1, 1972. It has become one of Diamond's standards, and he often performs it during concerts."} +{"title": "Sophisticated Lady", "artist": "Duke Ellington", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Sophisticated Lady\" is a jazz standard, composed as an instrumental in 1932 by Duke Ellington. The words were added to the song by Mitchell Parish. The recording entered the charts on 27 May 1933 and rose to number three."} +{"title": "Speak Low", "artist": "Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Speak Low\" is a popular song composed by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Ogden Nash. It was introduced by Mary Martin and Kenny Baker in the Broadway musical One Touch of Venus (1943) The 1944 hit single was by Guy Lombardo and his orchestra, with vocal by Billy Leach."} +{"title": "Speak No Evil", "artist": "Wayne Shorter", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Speak No Evil is the sixth album by Wayne Shorter. It was released in June 1966 by Blue Note Records. The music combines elements of hard bop and modal jazz. The cover shows Shorter's first wife, Teruko (Irene) Nakagami."} +{"title": "Speak Now", "artist": "Taylor Swift", "genre": "Country", "text": "Speak Now is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 25, 2010, through Big Machine Records. Inspired by Swift's transition from adolescence into adulthood, Speak Now is a loose concept album about her confessions regarding love and heartache. The album combines country pop, pop rock, and power pop with rock sensibilities and melodies."} +{"title": "Speak Softly Love", "artist": "Nino Rota, Larry Kusik", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Speak Softly, Love\" is a popular song published in 1972, with music by Nino Rota and lyrics by Larry Kusik. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1972 film The Godfather. The highest-charting rendition of either version was by vocalist Andy Williams. It reached number 34 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 and number seven on its Easy Listening chart."} +{"title": "Spring Is Here", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Spring is Here\" is a 1938 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical I Married an Angel. The song was introduced by Dennis King and Vivienne Segal. This article is about the Rodgers and Hart song. For the 1930 musical film, see Spring Is Here (film). For the album by Stan Getz, see spring is here (album)"} +{"title": "Squeeze Me", "artist": "Fats Waller, Clarence Williams", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Squeeze Me\" is a 1925 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller. It was based on an old blues song called \"The Boy in the Boat\" The lyrics were credited to publisher Clarence Williams, although Andy Razaf has claimed to have actually written the lyrics."} +{"title": "St. Louis Blues", "artist": "W.C. Handy", "genre": "R&B", "text": "St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis, Missouri. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the six teams from the 1967 NHL expansion and is named after the W. C. Handy song \"Saint Louis Blues\" They play their home games at the 18,096 seat Enterprise Center. The Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League (AHL) are the team's minor league affiliate. The Blues won the Stanley Cup in 2019 and have the most Stanley Cup playoff appearances outside of the Original Six."} +{"title": "Stand By Your Man", "artist": "Tammy Wynette, Billy Sherrill", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Stand by Your Man\" is a song recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It was released on September 20, 1968 as the first single and title track from the album Stand By Your Man. The song earned Wynette the 1970 Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female. It is one of the most familiar songs in the history of country music."} +{"title": "Stars and Stripes Forever", "artist": "John Philip Sousa", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"The Stars and Stripes Forever\" is a patriotic American march written and composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896. By a 1987 act of the U.S. Congress, it is the official National March of the United States of America."} +{"title": "Stars Fell On Alabama ", "artist": "Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Stars Fell on Alabama\" is a jazz standard composed by Frank Perkins with lyrics by Mitchell Parish. It refers to a spectacular occurrence of the Leonid meteor shower that had been observed in Alabama in November 1833. The song has become the unofficial anthem of both the Southerners and Jacksonville State University."} +{"title": "Stella By Starlight", "artist": "Victor Young, Ned Washington", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Stella by Starlight\" is a popular song by Victor Young. It is the main title and soundtrack of the 1944 Paramount Pictures film, The Uninvited. The song is one of the most popular standards, ranked number 10 by jazzstandards.com."} +{"title": "Steppin' Out With My Baby", "artist": "Irving Berlin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Steppin' Out with My Baby\" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin and introduced in the 1948 musical film Easter Parade. It was sung by Fred Astaire as part of a dance number involving Astaire on stairs and three different dance partners. The song has been recorded by several artists, most notably Tony Bennett, in whose treatment it has become a jazz standard."} +{"title": "Storytelling", "artist": "Belle and Sebastian", "genre": "Rock", "text": "Every culture has its own stories or narratives, which are shared as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation or instilling moral values. Crucial elements of stories and storytelling include plot, characters and narrative point of view. The term \"storytelling\" can refer specifically to oral storytelling but also broadly to techniques used in other media to unfold the narrative of a story."} +{"title": "Strange Meadowlark", "artist": "Dave Brubeck", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Time Out is a studio album by the American jazz group the Dave Brubeck Quartet, released in 1959 on Columbia Records. It is based upon the use of time signatures that were unusual for jazz such as 98, 64 and 54. The album peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard pop albums chart, and was the first jazz album to sell a million copies."} +{"title": "Stupid Cupid", "artist": "Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Stupid Cupid\" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka. It became a hit for Connie Francis in 1958. The song has also been recorded by Wanda Jackson, by Jo Wyatt, and by Mandy Moore."} +{"title": "Suddenly There's A Valley", "artist": "Chuck Meyer & Biff Jones", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Suddenly There's a Valley\" is a popular song written by Chuck Meyer and Biff Jones. The song was a major hit for Gogi Grant (one of only two major ones she had, and one of three that charted for her) in 1955. Edith Piaf recorded a French-language version, \"Soudain une vallee\" in February 1956."} +{"title": "Sultans of Swing", "artist": "Mark Knopfler", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Sultans of Swing\" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits. The song was written by lead vocalist Mark Knopfler. The demo of the song was recorded at Pathway Studios, North London, in July 1977. The single would go on to reach the top 5 in Canada, South Africa, and the United States. It is one of the band's most recognizable songs."} +{"title": "Summer Paradise", "artist": "Sean Paul, Simple Plan", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Summer Paradise\" is a song by Canadian rock band Simple Plan. It was released on December 13, 2011, in Australia as the third official single from their fourth studio album, Get Your Heart On! It was written by Emanuel Kiriakou, Keinan Warsame and the band and produced by Brian Howes. The song is a reggae and ska punk-based track and it was inspired by the band vocalist's hobby of surfing."} +{"title": "Sun Arise", "artist": "Rolf Harris, Harry Butler ", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Sun Arise\" is the fourth single released by Australian singer-songwriter Rolf Harris. Released in January 1961 in Australia and October 1962 in the UK, it was Harris' third charting hit in Australia (following \"The Big Black Hat\" in 1960) It was also his first hit in the United States, at no. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Godfathers covered the song as one of their first singles, which was later compiled onto Hit by Hit."} +{"title": "Sunday Mornin' comin' down", "artist": "Kris Kristofferson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down\" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson. It was recorded in 1969 by Ray Stevens before becoming a #1 hit on the Billboard US Country chart for Johnny Cash. In 2021, it was listed at #476 on Rolling Stone's \"Top 500 Best Songs of All Time\""} +{"title": "Sunday, Monday or Always.m", "artist": "Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Sunday, Monday or Always\" is a 1943 popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. The biggest hit version, recorded by Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers on July 2, 1943 and appearing in his film Dixie, was made during a musician's strike. The song was also recorded by Frank Sinatra about the same time."} +{"title": "Sunrise Serenade", "artist": "Frankie Carle, Jack Lawrence", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Sunrise Serenade\" is a jazz song written by Frankie Carle with lyrics by Jack Lawrence. It was first recorded in 1939 by Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra with Carle on piano. Glenn Miller recorded the song on April 10, 1939 in New York."} +{"title": "Sunshine on my shoulders", "artist": "John Denver, Mike Taylor, Dick Kniss", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Sunshine on My Shoulders\" is a song recorded and co-written by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was originally released as an album track on 1971's Poems, Prayers & Promises and later, as a single in 1973. It went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. in early 1974. The song was covered by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen from her debut studio album, Tug of War, in 2008."} +{"title": "Super Duper Love", "artist": "Willie Garner", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me)\" is a song by Willie \"Sugar Billy\" Garner. It was made famous when English singer Joss Stone covered the song's part one for her debut album, The Soul Sessions. Stone's version is featured on the soundtrack to the 2004 films The Prince and Me and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and in 2005's Monster-in-Law."} +{"title": "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.m", "artist": "Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious\" is a song and single from the 1964 Disney musical film Mary Poppins. It was written by the Sherman Brothers, and sung by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. It also appears in the 2004 stage show version. Song was subject of an unsuccessful lawsuit by songwriters Gloria Parker and Barney Young."} +{"title": "Superstar", "artist": "Leon Russell and Bonnie Bramlett", "genre": "Rock", "text": "Superstar is someone's who has great popular appeal and is widely known, prominent, or successful in some field. The earliest use of the term \"superstar\" has been credited to Frank Patrick in reference to the great hockey players of the 1910s-1920s, specifically Cyclone Taylor."} +{"title": "Susie Darlin'", "artist": "Robin Luke", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Susie Darlin'\" was originally titled \"All Night Long\" but was later re-titled and named after Luke's sister. Luke's rendition peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went to #1 on the CHUM Chart in 1958. A cover version by Tommy Roe had \"SusieDarlin'\" re-enter the Hot 100 in 1962 and peaked at No. 35."} +{"title": "Suzy Snowflake", "artist": "Roy Bennett, Sid Tepper", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Suzy Snowflake\" is a song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, made famous by Rosemary Clooney in 1951. It is commonly regarded as a Christmas song, although it makes no mention of the holiday. The child-oriented lyrics celebrate the fun of winter."} +{"title": "Sweet And Lovely", "artist": "Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemare", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Sweet and Lovely\" is an American popular song of 1931, composed by Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, and Harry Tobias. It was #1 on the charts for 14 weeks."} +{"title": "Sweet Beulah Land", "artist": "Squire Parsons", "genre": "R&B", "text": "The Southern gospel song Sweet Beulah Land, was written and composed by Squire Parsons in 1973. Parsons recorded it in 1979. It has been recorded by several other artists, including Carroll Roberson, The Chuck Wagon Gang, and the Gaither Homecoming Choir."} +{"title": "Sweet Georgia Brown.m", "artist": "Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Sweet Georgia Brown\" is a jazz standard composed in 1925 by Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard. It was adopted as the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team in 1952. The song was first recorded on March 19, 1925, by bandleader Ben Bernie."} +{"title": "Sweet Sue, Just You", "artist": "Victor Young, Will J. Harris", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Sweet Sue, Just You\" is an American popular song of 1928, composed by Victor Young with lyrics by Will J. Harris. Popular versions in 1928 were by Earl Burtnett and Ben Pollack. Bing Crosby recorded the song for Brunswick Records on October 25, 1932 but it was not released until 1968."} +{"title": "Swing Low Sweet Chariot", "artist": "Traditional African American Spriritual", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot\" is an African-American spiritual song and one of the best-known Christian hymns. The song was composed by Wallace Willis, a Choctaw freedman in the old Indian Territory, near Hugo, Oklahoma. Willis may have been inspired by the sight of the Red River, by which he was toiling, which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah being taken to heaven by a chariot."} +{"title": "Swinging On A Star", "artist": "Jimmy Van Husen, Johnny Burke", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Swinging on a Star\" is an American pop standard with music composed by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1944 film Going My Way, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song that year. In 2004 it finished at #37 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema."} +{"title": "Take Five", "artist": "Paul Desmond, D. Brubeck, I. Brubeck", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Take Five\" is a jazz standard composed by Paul Desmond and originally recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet for their album Time Out on July 1, 1959. Two years later it became a surprise hit and the biggest-selling jazz single ever. The single was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996. It became the first jazz single to surpass a million in sales."} +{"title": "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "artist": "Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert & John Denver", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Take Me Home, Country Roads\" is a song written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver. It was released as a single performed by Denver on April 12, 1971, peaking at number two on Billboard's US Hot 100 singles for the week ending August 28, 1971. In March 2014, it became one of the four official state anthems of West Virginia. The song has continued to sell, with over 1.6 million digital copies sold in the United States. Not to be confused with the James Taylor song Country Road."} +{"title": "Take On Me", "artist": "A-Ha", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Take On Me\" is a song by Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha. The original 1984 version failed to chart in the United Kingdom, as did the second version in the first of its two 1985 releases. The 1985 international hit version was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's debut studio album, Hunting High and Low."} +{"title": "Take The 'A' Train", "artist": "Billy Strayhorn", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Take the 'A' Train\" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn. It was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra. The title refers to the then-new A subway service that runs through New York City."} +{"title": "Tears in Heaven", "artist": "Eric Clapton and Will Jennings", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Tears in Heaven\" is a song by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings. It appeared on the 1991 Rush film soundtrack. In January 1992, Clapt on performed the song in front of an audience at Bray Studios, Berkshire, England for MTV Unplugged, with the recording appearing on his unplugged album. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it 362nd on its list of \"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time\""} +{"title": "Tears on my Pillow", "artist": "Sylvester Bradford, Al Lewis", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Tears on My Pillow\" is a doo-wop song written by Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis in 1958. The composition was first recorded by Little Anthony and the Imperials on End Records. The song has been covered many times, most notably by Kylie Minogue and also by Johnny Tillotson in 1969."} +{"title": "Ten Cents A Dance", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Ten Cents a Dance\" is a popular song in which a taxi dancer laments the hardships of her job. The music was written by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Ruth Etting popularized the song as well in a Columbia recording made in 1930. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999."} +{"title": "Tenderly", "artist": "Walter Grosse, Jack Lawrence", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Tenderly\" is a popular song published in 1946 with music by Walter Gross and lyrics by Jack Lawrence. Written in the key of Eb as a waltz in 3/4 time, it has since been performed in 4/4. Sarah Vaughan recorded the song in 1946 and had a US pop hit with it in 1947."} +{"title": "Tennessee waltz", "artist": "Pee Wee King", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Tennessee Waltz\" is a popular country music song with lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in January 1948. The song became a multimillion seller via a 1950 recording by Patti Page. As of 1974, it was the biggest-selling song ever in Japan."} +{"title": "Tenor Madness", "artist": "Sonny Rollins", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Tenor Madness is a 1956 jazz album by Sonny Rollins. It is the only known recording featuring both Rollins and John Coltrane. The title track is a 12-minute showcase for both saxophonists."} +{"title": "Thank You For The Music", "artist": "Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Thank You for the Music\" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally featured on the group's fifth studio album, The Album (1979) It was released as a double-A sided single with \"Eagle\" in May 1978 in limited territories, namely Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland and Australia. In South Africa where it peaked at number 2 in August 1978 and became the eighteenth best-selling single of that year."} +{"title": "Thanks For The Memory", "artist": "Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Thanks for the Memory\" is a popular song composed by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin. It was introduced in the 1938 film The Big Broadcast of 1938 by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross, and recorded by Shep Fields and His Orchestra. Dorothy Lamour's solo recording of the song was also popular."} +{"title": "That Lucky Old Sun.m", "artist": "Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls around Heaven All Day)\" is a 1949 popular song with music by Beasley Smith and words by Haven Gillespie. Like \"Ol' Man River\", its lyrics contrast the toil and intense hardship of the singer's life with the obliviousness of the natural world."} +{"title": "That Old Black Magic", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Johhny Mercer", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"That Old Black Magic\" is a 1942 popular song written by Harold Arlen (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) It was first recorded by Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra on July 9, 1942. Glenn Miller recorded the song on July 15, 1942, with \"A Pink Cocktail For a Blue Lady\" as the B side."} +{"title": "That'll Be The Day", "artist": "Buddy Holly, Norman Petty", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"That'll Be the Day\" was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956. It was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band, the Crickets. The 1957 recording achieved widespread success. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998."} +{"title": "That's All Right", "artist": "Arthur Crudup", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"That's All Right\" is a song written and originally performed by the American blues singer Arthur Crudup. Elvis Presley's version was recorded on July 5, 1954, and released on July 19, 1954 with \"Blue Moon of Kentucky\" as the B-side. It was ranked number 113 on the 2010 Rolling Stone magazine list of the \"500 Greatest Songs of All Time\""} +{"title": "That's My Desire", "artist": "Helmy Kresa, Carroll Loveday", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"That's My Desire\" is a 1931 popular song with music by Helmy Kresa and lyrics by Carroll Loveday. The highest-charting version of the song was recorded by the Sammy Kaye orchestra in 1946. A version recorded by Frankie Laine has become better known over the years, being one of Laine's best-known recordings."} +{"title": "That's My Weakness Now", "artist": "Sam H. Stept, Bud Green", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"That's My Weakness Now\" is a song written by Sam H. Stept and Bud Green (words and music) in 1928. Another recording in 1928 was by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, supported by a vocal group including Bing Crosby. It is used as the opening theme in the Vitaphone music and sound effects disc for the silent Laurel and Hardy short We Faw Down. The song is also featured in the 1932 Krazy Kat cartoon Piano Mover and the Betty Boop cartoon Stopping the Show."} +{"title": "The Air That I Breathe", "artist": "Albert Hammond, Mike Hazelwood", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"The Air That I Breathe\" is a ballad written by British-Gibraltarian singer-songwriter Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood. It was a major hit for the Hollies in early 1974, reaching number two in the UK Singles Chart. In mid-1974, it reached number six in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number three on the Adult Contemporary chart."} +{"title": "The Ash Grove", "artist": "Traditional Welsh", "genre": "Folk", "text": "The Ash Grove (Welsh: Llwyn Onn) is a traditional Welsh folk song. The best-known version was written in English by Thomas Oliphant in the 19th century. The tune was used for the Thanksgiving hymn \"Let All Things Now Living\""} +{"title": "The Battle Of New Orleans", "artist": "arrangement of trad. American fiddle tune , Jimmy Driftwood", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"The Battle of New Orleans\" is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. The song was recorded by Johnny Horton in 1959. It was ranked as the No. 1 song in the first 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100."} +{"title": "The Black Velvet Band", "artist": "Traditional Irish Folk Song", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"The Black Velvet Band\" (Roud number 2146) is a traditional folk song collected from singers in Ireland, Australia, England, Canada and the United States. It was published as a broadside ballad by Swindells of Manchester."} +{"title": "The Breeze And I", "artist": "Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman", "genre": "Pop", "text": "The original music (instrumental only) was written by the Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona as part of his Suite Andalucia in 1928. Emilio de Torre added Spanish lyrics, and English lyrics were added in 1940 by Al Stillman."} +{"title": "The Fool On The Hill", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"The Fool on the Hill\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 EP and album Magical Mystery Tour. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon-McCartney partnership. In 1968, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 recorded a cover version of the song that reached the top ten in the US."} +{"title": "The Godfather Theme", "artist": "Larry Kusic and Nino Rota", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Speak Softly, Love\" is a popular song published in 1972, with music by Nino Rota and lyrics by Larry Kusik. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1972 film The Godfather. The highest-charting rendition of either version was by vocalist Andy Williams. It reached number 34 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 and number seven on its Easy Listening chart."} +{"title": "The Great Pretender", "artist": "Buck Ram, Buck Ram (English Lyrics)", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"The Great Pretender\" is a popular song recorded by The Platters. The words and music were written by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer. The song reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top 100, and No. 5 on the UK charts. It was ranked 360th in The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by Rolling Stone."} +{"title": "The Greatest Love Of All", "artist": "Michael Masser, Linda Creed", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"The Greatest Love of All\" is a song written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed for the 1977 film The Greatest. It was originally recorded by George Benson, who made the song a substantial hit. Benson recorded the song four times; in addition to the studio single, Benson also recorded three live versions, the last time in a duet with Luciano Pavarotti in 2001. Whitney Houston's 1985 cover topped the charts, peaking at number one in the United States, Australia, Canada and in early 1986."} +{"title": "The Green Door", "artist": "Bob Davie, Marvin Moore", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"The Green Door\" is a 1956 popular song with music composed by Bob \"Hutch\" Davie and lyrics written by Marvin J. Moore. The song was first recorded by Jim Lowe, whose version reached number one on the US pop chart. The lyrics describe the allure of a mysterious private club with a green door."} +{"title": "The Gypsy Rover", "artist": "Leo Maguire, adaptation of traditional British Isles folk song ", "genre": "Folk", "text": "The Whistling Gypsy is a well-known ballad composed and copyrighted by Dublin songwriter Leo Maguire in the 1950s. The story-line usually revolves around a woman leaving her home and her \"wedded lord\" to run off with one or more Gypsies. The song was first recorded by Joe Lynch in Dublin on the Glenside label, which had been set up by Martin Walton in 1952."} +{"title": "The Happy Wanderer", "artist": "Friedrich Wilhelm Moeller, Antonia Ridge", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"The Happy Wanderer\" is a popular German folk song. The original text was written by Florenz Friedrich Sigismund (1791-1877) The present tune was composed by Friedrich-Wilhelm Moller shortly after World War II."} +{"title": "The Holly and The Ivy", "artist": "Traditional", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"The Holly and the Ivy\" is a traditional British folk Christmas carol, listed as number 514 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The words of the carol occur in three broadsides published in Birmingham in the early nineteenth century. The version which is now popular was collected in 1909 by the English folk song collector Cecil Sharp in Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire."} +{"title": "The Jody Grind", "artist": "Horace Silver", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "The Jody Grind is a 1966 recording by Horace Silver featuring both a quintet and a sextet. Released the following year on his longtime label Blue Note, it peaked No. 8 of the Billboard jazz album charts. It would \"wind up as possibly the most challenging\" of Silver's albums."} +{"title": "The John Dunbar Theme", "artist": "John Barry", "genre": "R&B", "text": "Dances With Wolves is the original soundtrack of the 1990 Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film Dances with Wolves produced, directed, and starring Kevin Costner. The original score and songs were composed and conducted by John Barry. Barry won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Original Score, and the 1992 Grammy Award for Worst Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture."} +{"title": "The Last Thing On My Mind", "artist": "Tom Paxton", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"The Last Thing on My Mind\" is a song written by Tom Paxton in the early 1960s. It was released on Paxton's 1964 album Ramblin' Boy. Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton covered the song as their debut duet single on October 30, 1967."} +{"title": "The Loco-motion", "artist": "Gerry Goffin, Carole King", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"The Loco-Motion\" is a 1962 pop song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was originally written for R&B singer Dee Dee Sharp, but Sharp turned the song down. The song is ranked No. 359 on Rolling Stone's list of \"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time\""} +{"title": "The Long And Winding Road", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"The Long and Winding Road\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1970 album Let It Be. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney. It became the group's 20th and last number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States."} +{"title": "The Longest Time", "artist": "Billy Joel", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"The Longest Time\" is a doo-wop single by Billy Joel. It was released as a single in 1984 as the fourth single from the 1983 album An Innocent Man. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. In the United Kingdom the song reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart."} +{"title": "The Lost Chord", "artist": "Arthur Sullivan, Adelaide A. Proctor", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"The Lost Chord\" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his brother Fred during Fred's last illness. The lyric was written as a poem by Adelaide Anne Procter, published in 1858 in The English Woman's Journal. Sullivan was proud of the song and later noted: \"I have composed much music since then, but have never written a second lost chord\""} +{"title": "The Man That Got Away", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Song written by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin, for the 1954 film A Star is Born. In 1954, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2004, Judy Garland's performance of the song was selected by the American Film Institute as the eleventh greatest song in American cinema history."} +{"title": "The Marine's Hymn", "artist": "Jacques Offenbach", "genre": "Folk", "text": "The \"Marines' Hymn\" is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps. The music originates from an 1867 work by Jacques Offenbach with the lyrics added by an anonymous author at an unknown time in the following years. Authorized by the Commandant of the Marine Corps in 1929, it is the oldest official song in the US Armed Forces."} +{"title": "The Marines' Hymn", "artist": "Jacques Offenbach, Unknown", "genre": "Folk", "text": "The \"Marines' Hymn\" is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps. The music originates from an 1867 work by Jacques Offenbach with the lyrics added by an anonymous author at an unknown time in the following years. Authorized by the Commandant of the Marine Corps in 1929, it is the oldest official song in the US Armed Forces."} +{"title": "The Marvelous Toy", "artist": "Tom Paxton", "genre": "Folk", "text": "Thomas Richard Paxton is an American folk singer-songwriter. His songs have been recorded by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, the Weavers, Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, the Seekers, Marianne Faithfull, the Kingston Trio, John Denver, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award."} +{"title": "The More I See You.m", "artist": "Harry Warren, Mack Gordon", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"The More I See You\" is a popular song composed by Harry Warren, with lyrics by Mack Gordon. It was originally sung by Dick Haymes in the 1945 film Diamond Horseshoe. Chris Montez's version went to number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent four weeks at number two on the Easy Listening chart."} +{"title": "The Most Beautiful Girl", "artist": "Billy Sherrill, Norris Wilson, Rory Bourke", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"The Most Beautiful Girl\" is a song recorded by Charlie Rich and written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson, and Rory Bourke. The countrypolitan ballad reached No. 1 in the United States in 1973. The song is actually a merging of two songs previously recorded by Wilson: \"Hey Mister\" (from 1968) and \"Mama McCluskie\""} +{"title": "The Music Goes Round and Round", "artist": "Edward Farley, Mike Riley, Red Hodgson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "The music was written by Edward Farley and Mike Riley, the lyrics by Red Hodgson. The song was recorded by Tommy Dorsey and became a hit in 1936. It has since been recorded by many other artists and has become a pop and jazz standard."} +{"title": "The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane", "artist": "Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane\" is a popular song written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett. Popular versions of the song were the 1954 recordings by The Ames Brothers and by Archie Bleyer. Dean Martin, Alma Cogan and the McGuire Sisters covered the song in 1955. Ray Charles in 1964 and the Statler Brothers in the 1990s."} +{"title": "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", "artist": "Robbie Robertson", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down\" is a song written by Robbie Robertson and recorded by the Band in 1969. Levon Helm provided the lead vocals. The song is a first-person narrative relating the economic and social distress experienced by the protagonist, a poor white Southerner. Joan Baez's version peaked at #3 on the Hot 100 on 2 October 1971; it did likewise on the Cashbox Top 100 chart."} +{"title": "The Old Rugged Cross", "artist": "George Bennard 1913", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"The Old Rugged Cross\" is a popular hymn written in 1912 by evangelist and song-leader George Bennard. The song was popularized during Billy Sunday evangelistic campaigns by two members of his campaign staff. It has been performed by some of the twentieth century's most important recording artists, including Al Green, Andy Griffith, Anne Murray, Brad Paisley, Chet Atkins, John Berry, Floyd Cramer."} +{"title": "The Poor People Of Paris", "artist": "Marguerite Monnot, Jack Lawrence, Rene Rouzaud", "genre": "Country", "text": "The original French language song was \"La goualante du pauvre Jean\" (\"The Ballad of Poor John\"), with music by Marguerite Monnot and words by Rene Rouzaud. Edith Piaf had one of her biggest hits with the original French version. The song was adapted by American songwriter Jack Lawrence in 1954."} +{"title": "The Prisoner's Song", "artist": "Traditional adapted by Vernon Dalhart", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"The Prisoner's Song\" was one of the best-selling songs of the 1920s. The Vernon Dalhart version was recorded at Victor Records in August 1924 and marketed in the hillbilly music genre. The first verse was sung by Liberace at the end of an episode of the 1960s television show Batman."} +{"title": "The Rock and Roll Waltz", "artist": "Shorty Allen, Dick Ware", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"I've Changed My Mind\" is a song by Kay Starr and Shorty Allen. The song was released in 1955. It reached No. 1 in the UK in 1956."} +{"title": "The Second Time Around", "artist": "James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"The Second Time Around\" is a song with words by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It was introduced in the 1960 film High Time, sung by Bing Crosby with Henry Mancini conducting his orchestra, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It is especially associated with Frank Sinatra, who recorded it for Reprise Records on December 21, 1960."} +{"title": "The Sheik Of Araby", "artist": "Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler, Harry B. Smith", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"The Sheik of Araby\" was written in 1921 by Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler, with music by Ted Snyder. The song was a Tin Pan Alley hit, and was also adopted by early jazz bands, especially in New Orleans, making it a jazz standard. The Beatles covered this song in 1962 at their unsuccessful Decca audition with George Harrison as the lead singer and Pete Best on the drums."} +{"title": "The Sidewalks Of New York", "artist": "James W. Blake, Charles B. Lawlor", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"The Sidewalks of New York\" is a popular song about life in New York City during the 1890s. It was composed in 1894 by vaudeville actor and singer Charles B. Lawlor with lyrics by James W. Blake. Governor Al Smith used it as a theme song for his failed presidential campaigns of 1920, 1924, and 1928."} +{"title": "THE SONG THAT GOES LIKE THIS", "artist": "John Du Prez, Eric Idle", "genre": "Dance", "text": "Spamalot is a musical comedy with music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, and lyrics and book by Idle. It is adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The original 2005 Broadway production received 14 Tony Awards nominations, winning in three categories, including Best Musical."} +{"title": "The Sound of Music", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Dance", "text": "The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, opened in 1959 and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, which won five Academy Awards. Many songs from the musical have become standards."} +{"title": "The Sounds Of Silence", "artist": "Paul Simon", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"The Sound of Silence\" is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel. The song was written by Paul Simon over several months in 1963 and 1964. The original acoustic version was recorded in March 1964 for their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Released on October 19, 1964, the album was a commercial failure and led to the duo disbanding."} +{"title": "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)", "artist": "Otha Young", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)\" is a country-pop song written by Otha Young for Juice Newton in the mid-1970s. Newton re-recorded the song for her 1981 album, the star-making Juice, which featured three of her biggest pop hits. The single is the only of Juice Newton's to reach the Top 10 on all three charts. The music video for the song was filmed in New York City."} +{"title": "The Things We Did Last Summer.m", "artist": "Jules Styne, Sammy Cahn", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"The Things We Did Last Summer\" is a popular song about nostalgia. The words were written by Sammy Cahn, with the composition by Jule Styne. The most well known version is the 1946 Top ten hit by Jo Stafford. Versions by Frank Sinatra and by Vaughn Monroe also charted that year. Shelley Fabares had a hit cover in 1962 on the pop chart."} +{"title": "The Third Man Theme", "artist": "Anton Karas, Walter Lord", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"The Third Man Theme\" is an instrumental written and performed by Anton Karas for the soundtrack to the 1949 film The Third Man. The tune was originally released in the UK in 1949, where it was known as \"The Harry Lime Theme\" Following its release in the US in 1950 (see 1950 in music), \"The Third man Theme\" spent 11 weeks at number one on Billboard's US Best Sellers in Stores chart."} +{"title": "The Tijuana Jail", "artist": "Denny Thompson", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"The Tijuana Jail\" is a song written by Denny Thompson and performed by The Kingston Trio. It reached #12 on the US pop chart in 1959. The song was banned in San Diego as well as in Mexico, because songs about prisons are banned in Mexico. The melody is loosely based on the prison song \"Midnight Special\""} +{"title": "The Very Thought Of You", "artist": "Ray Noble", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"The Very Thought of You\" is a pop standard that was recorded and published in 1934. The song was first recorded by Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Al Bowlly on vocals for HMV in England in April 1934. In 1946, Luis Russell recorded the song, which went to number three on the Most-Played Juke Box Race Records charts."} +{"title": "The Way You Do The Things You Do", "artist": "William Smokey Robinson and Robert Rogers", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"The Way You Do the Things You Do\" is a 1964 hit single by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers, the single was the group's first charting single on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been an American Top 40 hit in four successive decades, from the 1960s to the 1990s."} +{"title": "The Way You Look Tonight", "artist": "Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Music by Jerome Kern", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"The Way You Look To-night\" is a song from the film Swing Time. It was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. The Lettermen version reached No. 13 on the Billboard magazine Hot 100 singles chart."} +{"title": "The Wayward Wind", "artist": "Stanley Lebowsky, Herb Newman", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"The Wayward Wind\" is a country song written by Stanley Lebowsky and Herb Newman. In 1956, versions were recorded by Gogi Grant, Tex Ritter, and Jimmy Young. In 1963, a new recording was made by Frank Ifield, which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks."} +{"title": "The Wearing of the Green", "artist": "Traditional Irish air, Dion Boucicault (1822 - 1890)", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"The Wearing of the Green\" is an Irish street ballad lamenting the repression of supporters of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It is to an old Irish air, and many versions of the lyric exist. The best-known version is by Dion Boucicault, adapted for his 1864 play Arragh na Pogue."} +{"title": "The Wild Colonial Boy", "artist": "Traditional Irish-Australian ballad", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"The Wild Colonial Boy\" is a traditional anonymous Irish-Australian ballad. There are many different versions, the most prominent being the Irish and Australian versions. The original was about Jack Donahue, an Irish rebel who became a convict, then a bushranger, and was eventually shot dead by police. This version was outlawed as seditious, so the name in the song was changed to Jack Doolan."} +{"title": "The Wind Beneath My Wings", "artist": "Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Wind Beneath My Wings\" is a song written in 1982 by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley. The song was first recorded by Kamahl in 1982 for a country and western album he was recording. It appeared shortly thereafter in charted versions by Colleen Hewett, Lou Rawls, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Gary Morris. The highest-charting version of the song to date was recorded in 1988 by singer and actress Bette Midler for the soundtrack to the film Beaches."} +{"title": "The Windmills Of Your Mind", "artist": "Michael Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"The Windmills of Your Mind\" is a song with music by Michel Legrand and English lyrics written by Americans Alan and Marilyn Bergman. The French lyrics, under the title \"Les Moulins de mon coeur\", were written by Eddy Marnay. The song (with the English lyrics) was introduced in the film The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song."} +{"title": "Them There Eyes", "artist": "Maceo Pinkard, William Tracy, Doris Tauber", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Them There Eyes\" is a jazz song written by Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, and William Tracey. One of the early recorded versions was performed by Louis Armstrong in 1931. It was made famous by Billie Holiday, who recorded her version in 1939. A version by Emile Ford & The Checkmates reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart in 1960."} +{"title": "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", "artist": "John D. Loudermill", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye\" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk. It was first released in 1962 by Don Cherry, as a country song and again as a doo-wop in 1967 by the group The Casinos on its album of the same name. The song has since been covered by Eddy Arnold, whose version was a number 1 country hit in 1968. Neal McCoy covered the song in 1996, and his version became a Top 5 country hit."} +{"title": "There Are Such Things", "artist": "Abel Baer, George W. Meyer, Stanley Adams", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"There Are Such Things\" is a popular song by Stanley Adams, Abel Baer, and George W. Meyer, published in 1942. The first and most popular version of the song was performed by Tommy Dorsey's orchestra with vocals by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers."} +{"title": "There Is No Greater Love", "artist": "Isham Jones, Marty Symes", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"There Is No Greater Love\" is a 1936 jazz standard composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Marty Symes. It was the last hit song for Jones's orchestra before the bandleader turned the orchestra over to Woody Herman. The song is often played as a ballad."} +{"title": "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "artist": "W. Benton Overstreet, Billy Higgins", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"There'll Be Some Changes Made\" (\"Changes\") is a popular song by Benton Overstreet and Billy Higgins. The debut recording with Ethel Waters was recorded on Black Swan Records (1921) A 1924 recording by Marion Harris (Brunswick 2651) helped establish it as a standard."} +{"title": "There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder", "artist": "Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder\" is a 1928 song sung by Al Jolson in the early Warner Bros. talking picture The Singing Fool. The song, along with \"Sonny Boy\" and \"I'm Sitting on Top of the World\", were big hits for Jolson. The line \"Got a rainbow tied all 'round my shoulder\" refers to the \"Rainbow\" as \"the arc of a swinging pick\""} +{"title": "There's A Tear In My Beer", "artist": "Hank Williams", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"There's a Tear in My Beer\" is a country song written and recorded by Hank Williams, and later re-recorded by his son in 1988. The song was recorded by Bill Lister, who later gave the demo to Hank's son. The music video was directed by Ethan Russell and produced by and premiered in early 1989."} +{"title": "There's No Business Like Show Business", "artist": "Irving Berlin", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"There's No Business Like Show Business\" is an Irving Berlin song, written for the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun. The song is also featured in the 1954 movie of the same name, where it is notably sung by Ethel Merman as the main musical number. Other singers to have recorded the song include Judy Garland, The Andrews Sisters (with Bing Crosby and Dick Haymes), Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr. and Susannah McCorkle."} +{"title": "They Didn't Believe Me", "artist": "Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"They Didn't Believe Me\" is a song with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Herbert Reynolds. First introduced in the 1914 musical The Girl from Utah it was one of five numbers added to the show."} +{"title": "Things Ain't What They Used To Be.m", "artist": "Mercer Ellington", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Things Ain't What They Used to Be\" is a 1942 jazz standard with music by Mercer Ellington and lyrics by Ted Persons. The song is most often played as an instrumental. An instrumental version was frequently played as the closing music for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."} +{"title": "Third Man Theme", "artist": "Anton Karas, Walter Lord", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"The Third Man Theme\" is an instrumental written and performed by Anton Karas for the soundtrack to the 1949 film The Third Man. The tune was originally released in the UK in 1949, where it was known as \"The Harry Lime Theme\" Following its release in the US in 1950 (see 1950 in music), \"The Third man Theme\" spent 11 weeks at number one on Billboard's US Best Sellers in Stores chart."} +{"title": "This Could Be The Start Of Something Big", "artist": "Steve Allen", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"This Could Be the Start of Something\" is a popular song by Steve Allen. The song was written as part of the score for the 1954 television musical The Bachelor."} +{"title": "This Guy's In Love With You ", "artist": "Burt Bacharach, Hal David", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"This Guy's in Love with You\" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and recorded by Herb Alpert. The song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in June of that year, remaining in the top position for four weeks. It was not only Alpert's first single, but it was also the first No.1 single for his A&M record label."} +{"title": "This Heart of Mine", "artist": "Harry Warren, Arthur Freed", "genre": "Dance", "text": "This music standard was written by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Arthur Freed to be featured in the musical film score Ziegfeld Follies. This song is introduced by Fred Astaire who danced with Lucille Bremer in a lavish and romantic dance. In the same film, Esther Williams swam in a water ballet."} +{"title": "This Heaven", "artist": "David Gilmour", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"This Heaven\" is a song written and recorded by former Pink Floyd lead singer and guitarist, David Gilmour. It is included as the sixth track from his third studio album, and his first post-Pink Floyd solo album, On an Island. It was one of two songs released in the US as promotional CD-Rs in October 2006."} +{"title": "This Land is Your Land", "artist": "Woody Guthrie, The Travellers", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"This Land Is Your Land\" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940 in critical response to Irving Berlin's \"God Bless America\" Guthrie's melody was based on a Carter Family tune called \"When the World's on Fire\""} +{"title": "This Little Light of Mine", "artist": "Harry Dixon Loes", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"This Little Light of Mine\" is a popular gospel song of unknown origin. It was often reported to be written for children in the 1920s by Harry Dixon Loes, but he never claimed credit for the original version of the song. The Moody Bible Institute where he worked said he did not write it. The song was later adapted by Zilphia Horton, amongst many other activists, in connection with the civil rights movement."} +{"title": "This Love Of Mine", "artist": "Henry Sanicola, Sol Parker, Frank Sinatra", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"This Love of Mine\" is a popular American song that was first recorded in 1941 by Tommy Dorsey and His orchestra, with a vocal by Frank Sinatra. Sinatra wrote the words and Sol Parker and Hank Sanicola wrote the music. The song became a pop and jazz standard that has been recorded by other performers."} +{"title": "This Magic Moment", "artist": "Mort Shuman, Doc Pomus", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"This Magic Moment\" is a song composed by lyricist Doc Pomus and pianist Mort Shuman. The Drifters version spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached No. 16 on April 2, 1960. In 1968, Jay and the Americans released a version of the song, which became the song's most widely successful release."} +{"title": "This Masquerade", "artist": "Leon Russell", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"This Masquerade\" is a song written by American singer and musician Leon Russell. It was originally recorded in 1972 by Russell for his album Carney and as a B-side for the album's hit single \"Tight Rope\" The song was then recorded by American vocal duo, the Carpenters, for their 1973 album Now & Then. Three years later, it was recorded by singer and guitarist George Benson, who released it on his 1976 album, Breezin' Benson's version, featuring Jorge Dalto on piano, was released as a single and became the first big hit of his career."} +{"title": "This Nearly Was Mine", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Dance", "text": "South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate hit, running for 1,925 performances. The plot is based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific. The show has enjoyed many successful revivals and tours, spawning a 1958 film and television adaptations."} +{"title": "Thou Swell.m", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Thou Swell\" is a show tune, a popular song and a jazz standard written in 1927. The music was written by Richard Rodgers, with words by Lorenz Hart, for the 1927 musical A Connecticut Yankee. The lyric is notable for its mix of archaic English and modern slang."} +{"title": "Three times a lady", "artist": "Lionel Richie", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Three Times a Lady\" is a 1978 song by American soul group the Commodores. It was written by lead singer Lionel Richie and produced by James Anthony Carmichael. The song was the first of two singles off of Natural High. It reached the top of charts in the United Kingdom, the Philippines, South Africa, and Canada."} +{"title": "Ti Amo", "artist": "Berebi, Tozzi", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Ti amo\" (pronounced ; Italian for \"I love you\") is a 1977 song recorded by Italian singer Umberto Tozzi from the album E nell'aria...ti amo. A French version of this song was recorded by Dalida in 1977. An English version was also recorded by Laura Branigan in 1984, which, most notably, was a hit in Australia (reaching #2) In 2011, Sergio Dalma took a Spanish-language version of the song to the Top 10 in Spain."} +{"title": "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree", "artist": "Irwin Levine, L.Russell Brown", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree\" is a song recorded by Tony Orlando and Dawn. It was written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and produced by Hank Medress and Dave Appell. The single reached the top 10 in ten countries, in eight of which it topped the charts. In 2008, Billboard ranked the song as the 37th biggest song of all time."} +{"title": "Tiger Rag", "artist": "Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Harry DeCosta", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Tiger Rag\" is a jazz standard that was recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions. The 1918 recording was entered into the U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2003."} +{"title": "Till I Waltz Again With You", "artist": "Sidney Prosen", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Till I Waltz Again with You\" is a popular song written by Sid Prosen and published in 1952. Rather than a waltz, it is a slow AABA shuffle. The recording by Teresa Brewer took place on August 19, 1952, and was released by Coral Records as catalog number 60873."} +{"title": "Till Then", "artist": "Eddie Seiler, Guy Wood, Sol Marcus", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Till Then\" is a popular song written by Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, and Guy Wood and published in 1944. The song was a plea (presumably by a soldier off to fight the war) to his sweetheart to wait for him until he could get back home."} +{"title": "Till There Was You", "artist": "Meredith Willson", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Till There Was You\" is a show tune written in 1950 by Meredith Willson, originally entitled \"Till I Met You\" It was recorded October 25, 1950, by Willson & his Orchestra and Eileen Wilson. The song was retitled and used in his musical play The Music Man (1957), and also appeared in the 1962 movie version. In 1959, the song became the first of four US Top 40 hits for Anita Bryant. It was the only song from a Broadway show released by the band."} +{"title": "Time in a Bottle", "artist": "Jim Croce", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Time in a Bottle\" is a song by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. It appeared on Croce's 1972 ABC debut album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. It was featured in the 1973 ABC made-for-television movie She Lives! After he was killed in a plane crash in September 1973, the song was aired frequently on radio, and demand for a single release built."} +{"title": "Tin Roof Blues", "artist": "New Orleans Rhythym Kings, Walter Melrose", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Tin Roof Blues\" is a jazz composition by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. It was written by band members Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, George Brunies and Leon Roppolo. Louis Armstrong and the All Stars recorded the song for Columbia."} +{"title": "Tiny Bubbles", "artist": "Leon Pober", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Tiny Bubbles\" is a song written by Leon Pober and performed by Don Ho. It comes from the album of the same name. The single peaked #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #14 on the Easy Listening charts in March 1967. It was considered to be Ho's signature song."} +{"title": "To Know Him Is To Love Him", "artist": "Phil Spector", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"To Know Him Is to Love Him\" is a song written by Phil Spector. It was first recorded by the only vocal group of which he was a member, the Teddy Bears. Peter & Gordon and Bobby Vinton later had hits with the song. In 1987, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris covered the song on their Grammy Award-winning, multi-million selling Trio album."} +{"title": "To Love and Be Loved", "artist": "Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn", "genre": "R&B", "text": "Six of the ten tracks are played by the quartet of Harold Mabern (piano), Eric Alexander (tenor sax), Nat Reeves (bass), and Jimmy Cobb (drums) Three of the tracks have trumpeter Freddie Hendrix added, while the title track adds to the Quartet Cyro Baptista on percussion. The album was released by Smoke Sessions Records in 2017."} +{"title": "Tonight I Celebrate My Love", "artist": "Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Tonight, I Celebrate My Love\" is a romantic ballad written by lyricist Gerry Goffin with Michael Masser and recorded by Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack for their 1983 album of duets, Born to Love. The track--produced by Masser--became a million-selling international hit."} +{"title": "Too Marvelous For Words", "artist": "Richard A Whiting, Johnny Mercer", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Too Marvelous for Words\" is a popular song written in 1937. Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics for music composed by Richard Whiting. Bing Crosby recorded the song on March 3, 1937 with Jimmy Dorsey for Decca Records."} +{"title": "Toot, Toot, Tootsie", "artist": "Ted Fiorito, Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman, Dan Russo", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Al Jolson recorded the song on September 9, 1922. It was further popularised by Eddie Cantor, nicknamed \"Banjo Eyes\" The song has become associated with the age and image of the flapper during the Roaring Twenties."} +{"title": "Total Eclipse Of The Heart", "artist": "Jim Steinman", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Total Eclipse of the Heart\" is a song recorded by Bonnie Tyler. It was written and produced by Jim Steinman, and released on Tyler's fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983) The song became Tyler's biggest career hit, topping the UK Singles Chart, and becoming the fifth-best-selling single in 1983 in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the single spent four weeks at the top of the charts, keeping another Steinman penned song \"Making Love Out of Nothing at All\" from reaching the top spot."} +{"title": "Try A Little Tenderness", "artist": "Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Try a Little Tenderness\" is a song written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, and Harry M. Woods. It was first recorded on December 8, 1932, by the Ray Noble Orchestra (with vocals by Val Rosing). Another version, also recorded in 1932 was made by Charlie Palloy & his Orchestra. Bing Crosby also recorded it on January 9, 1933 for Brunswick Records."} +{"title": "Tulips From Amsterdam", "artist": "Ralf Arnie, Gene Martyn", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Tulips from Amsterdam\" is a popular romantic song, best known in the 1958 hit version by British entertainer Max Bygraves. Most English versions of the song credit its composition to Klaus Gunter Neumann, Ernst Bader, Ralf Arnie, and Gene Martyn. The song was first written in 1953, as \"Tulpen aus Amsterdam\", by the German singer, songwriter and entertainer."} +{"title": "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "artist": "Bob Nolan", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"Tumbling Tumbleweeds\" is a song composed by Bob Nolan in the 1930s. Originally titled \"Tumbling Leaves,\" the song was reworked into the title \"Tumbles\" and into fame with the 1935 Gene Autry film of the same name. The Sons of the Pioneers first recorded the song for Decca on August 8, 1934 and it enjoyed chart success that year."} +{"title": "Turn Out The Stars ", "artist": "Bill Evans, Gene Lees", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Turn Out the Stars is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London in 1980. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars."} +{"title": "Turn! Turn! Turn!", "artist": "Pete Seeger", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Turn! Turn! Turn!\" is a song written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s and first recorded in 1959. The song became an international hit in late 1965 when it was adapted by the American folk rock group the Byrds. The lyrics are taken almost verbatim from the book of Ecclesiastes, as found in the King James Version of the Bible."} +{"title": "Turning Tables", "artist": "Adele Adkins, Ryan Tedder", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Turning Tables\" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her second studio album, 21 (2011) Conceived after an altercation with her former lover, the song was co-written by Adele and Ryan Tedder. The song is a pop ballad with a soulful sound. It reached the top-twenty of the singles charts in four countries, including Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands."} +{"title": "Tuxedo Junction", "artist": "Erskine Hawkins, Julian Davis, William Johnson, Buddy Feyne", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Tuxedo Junction\" is a popular song written by Erskine Hawkins, Bill Johnson, and Julian Dash with lyrics by Buddy Feyne. RCA released it in 1939 and it climbed to #7 on the American pop charts. The song was a No. 1 hit for Glenn Miller & His Orchestra in 1940."} +{"title": "Two Sleepy People", "artist": "Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Two Sleepy People\" is a song written on September 10, 1938 by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Frank Loesser. The song was an immediate hit with the version by Fats Waller being the most popular. The version by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross was also popular in 1939."} +{"title": "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena", "artist": "Issachar Miron", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Tzena\" was written in 1941 by Issachar Miron, a Polish emigrant in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) The song became popular in Palestine and was played on the Kol Yisrael radio service. Pete Seeger, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Dusty Springfield, Connie Francis, Vic Damone, Chubby Checker, the Smothers Brothers and Arlo Guthrie all recorded it."} +{"title": "Unchained Melody", "artist": "Alex North 1955, Hy Zaret 1955", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Unchained Melody\" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the prison film Unchained (1955), hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. It has since become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by the Righteous Brothers in 1965."} +{"title": "Undecided", "artist": "Charles Shavers, Sid Robins", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Undecided\" is a popular song written by Sid Robin and Charlie Shavers. The first recording was made by John Kirby and The Onyx Club Boys on October 28, 1938. The biggest hit version was recorded by The Ames Brothers with Les Brown's orchestra on June 25, 1951."} +{"title": "Under a Violet Moon", "artist": "Blackmore's Night", "genre": "Folk", "text": "Under a Violet Moon is the second studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released May 25, 1999. The albums' cover image is inspired by the German old town street in Rothenburg ob der Tauber."} +{"title": "Under the Bridge", "artist": "Red Hot Chili Peppers", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Under the Bridge\" is a song by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. It is the eleventh track on their fifth studio album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) Vocalist Anthony Kiedis wrote the lyrics while reflecting on loneliness and the struggles of being clean from drugs. The song was a commercial success and the band's highest-charting single, peaking at number 2."} +{"title": "Under The Bridges Of Paris", "artist": "Vincent Scotto, Jean Rodor, Dorcas Cochran", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Under the Bridges of Paris\" is a 1913 popular song with music written by Vincent Scotto. The original French lyrics (entitled \"Sous les ponts de Paris\") by Jean Rodor (1913), and English sections of lyrics added by Dorcas Cochran (1952) resulted in the released version (1954) containing both French and English. Eartha Kitt and Dean Martin charted in the United Kingdom in 1955."} +{"title": "Under The Double Eagle", "artist": "Josef Franz Wagner", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Under the Double Eagle\" (German: Unter dem Doppeladler), Op. 159, is an 1893 march composed by J.F. Wagner. The title is a reference to the double eagle in the coat of arms of Austria-Hungary. It was published in the United States in 1902 by Eclipse Publishing Co. It is written in ternary form."} +{"title": "Underneath Your Clothes", "artist": "Mendez, Shakira", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Underneath Your Clothes\" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for her third studio album and English-language debut, Laundry Service (2001) The power ballad was the second English language single released from the album; being released on 11 February 2002. The song became a success on the charts, topping the charts of seven countries, while also reaching the top ten in several countries."} +{"title": "Until The Real Thing Comes Along", "artist": "Mann Holinger, Alberta Nichols, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L. E. Freeman", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "In 1931, Alberta Nichols wrote the music and Mann Holiner wrote the words for a song titled \"Till the Read Thing Comes Along\" which was featured in a Broadway revue titled Rhapsody in Black. In 1936, the song was substantially rewritten by composer Saul Chaplin, lyricist Sammy Cahn, and saxophonist L.E. Freeman. The re-written song was published by Chappell & Co. and quickly became a hit."} +{"title": "Violets For Your Furs", "artist": "Matt Dennis, Tom Adair", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Violets for Your Furs\" is a 1941 song written by Matt Dennis with words by Tom Adair. It was first recorded in that year by Tommy Dorsey's orchestra with vocals by Frank Sinatra."} +{"title": "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie", "artist": "Harry Von Tilzer, Andrew B. Sterling", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie\" is a 1905 popular song with music written by Harry Von Tilzer and lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling. The song has been recorded many times and is now considered a pop standard. Buddy Holly made a recording of the song in 1959."} +{"title": "Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie", "artist": "Harry Von Tilzer, Andrew B. Sterling", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Wait 'Till the Sun Shines, Nellie\" is a 1905 popular song with music written by Harry Von Tilzer and lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling. The song has been recorded many times and is now considered a pop standard. Buddy Holly made a recording of the song in 1959."} +{"title": "Waiting For a Girl Like You", "artist": "Lou Gramm and Mick Jones", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" is a 1981 power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. It was the second single released from the album 4 (1981) and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. It has become one of the band's most successful songs worldwide, peaking at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100."} +{"title": "Wake Me Up When September Ends", "artist": "Billie Joe Armstrong", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Wake Me Up When September Ends\" is a song by American rock band Green Day. It was released on June 13, 2005, as the fourth single from the group's seventh studio album, American Idiot (2004) The acoustic ballad was written by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong about the death of his father when he was 10 years old. The single peaked at number six in the United States, becoming Green Day's second top-10 single."} +{"title": "Wake The Town And Tell The People", "artist": "Sammy Gallop & Jerry Livingston", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Wake the Town and Tell the People\" is a popular song with music by Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Sammy Gallop. This song is a wedding day number complete with the chorus imitating the sound of wedding bells. The biggest-selling recordings were made by Les Baxter and Mindy Carson, both released in 1955."} +{"title": "Walkin' Shoes", "artist": "Gerry Mulligan", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "Walkin' Shoes is a jazz composition by Gerry Mulligan. He recorded it with Chet Baker in 1952. It is cited as one of Mulligan's most popular compositions."} +{"title": "Walking The Floor Over You", "artist": "Ernest Tubb", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Walking the Floor Over You\" is a country music song written by Ernest Tubb and released in the United States in 1941. The original single became a hit, reaching the No. 23 spot in the Billboard charts in 1941 but eventually the song sold over a million copies. Tubb later re-recorded the song with his band, The Texas Troubadours."} +{"title": "Waltz Of The Flowers", "artist": "Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky", "genre": "Dance", "text": "The Nutcracker is an 1892 two-act \"fairy ballet\" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The plot is an adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story TheNutcracker and the Mouse King. The ballet's first choreographer was Marius Petipa. The score has become one of his most famous compositions."} +{"title": "Washington Post March.m", "artist": "John Philip Sousa", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"The Washington Post March\" is a march composed by John Philip Sousa in 1889. The march was introduced at a ceremony on June 15, 1889, before \"a huge crowd on the grounds of the Smithsonian Museum\" It quickly became quite popular in both the United States and Europe as the standard musical accompaniment to the two-step."} +{"title": "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans", "artist": "Turner Layton, Henry Creamer", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Way Down Yonder in New Orleans\" is a popular song with music by John Turner Layton Jr. and lyrics by Henry Creamer. First published in 1922, it was advertised by Creamer and Layton as \"A Southern Song, without A Mammy, A Mule, Or A Moon\", a dig at some of the Tin Pan Alley cliches of the era. It was performed at The Winter Garden Theater in New York in Act 2 of the Broadway musical production Spice of 1922."} +{"title": "We are the Champions", "artist": "Freddie Mercury", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"We Are the Champions\" is a song by the British rock band Queen, released from the band's sixth album News of the World (1977) Written by lead singer Freddie Mercury, it remains among rock's most recognisable anthems. The song was a worldwide success, reaching number two in the UK Singles Chart, number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, number three in Canada and the top ten in many other countries. In 2009 it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and was voted the world's favourite song in a 2005 Sony Ericsson world music poll."} +{"title": "We Three Kings of Orient Are", "artist": "John Henry Hopkins", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Three Kings of Orient\" was written by John Henry Hopkins Jr. in 1857. It was the first widely popular Christmas carol written in America. The carol centres around the Biblical Magi, who visited Jesus as a child in a house and gave him gifts."} +{"title": "We Three Kings", "artist": "John Henry Hopkins 1857", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Three Kings of Orient\" was written by John Henry Hopkins Jr. in 1857. It was the first widely popular Christmas carol written in America. The carol centres around the Biblical Magi, who visited Jesus as a child in a house and gave him gifts."} +{"title": "We'll Be Together Again", "artist": "Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"We'll Be Together Again\" is a 1945 popular song composed by Carl T. Fischer, with lyrics by Frankie Laine. Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 for use on his radio show. It has since been recorded by Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Lou Rawls and Tony Bennett."} +{"title": "We're All Alone", "artist": "William Scaggs", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"We're All Alone\" is a song written by Boz Scaggs. Frankie Valli had a single version from his Valli LP which reached number 78 U.S. in August 1976. The next year it was a top-ten hit for Rita Coolidge."} +{"title": "We've Got Tonight", "artist": "Bob Seger", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"We've Got Tonite\" is a song written by American rock music artist Bob Seger, from his album Stranger in Town (1978) The single record charted twice, and was developed from a prior song that he had written. Further versions charted in 1983 for Kenny Rogers as a duet with Sheena Easton, and again in 2002 for Ronan Keating."} +{"title": "Wearing Of The Green", "artist": "Traditional Irish, Dion Boucicault 1864", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"The Wearing of the Green\" is an Irish street ballad lamenting the repression of supporters of the Irish Rebellion of 1798. It is to an old Irish air, and many versions of the lyric exist. The best-known version is by Dion Boucicault, adapted for his 1864 play Arragh na Pogue."} +{"title": "Wedding March", "artist": "F. Mendelssohn", "genre": "Dance", "text": "Mendelssohn's \"Wedding March\" in C major is one of the best known pieces from his suite of incidental music to Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. The piece is commonly used as a recessional, though frequently stripped of its episodes in this context. It is frequently teamed with the \"Bridal Chorus\" from Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin."} +{"title": "Weekend In New England", "artist": "Randy Edelman", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Weekend in New England\" is a song by Randy Edelman, first released in 1975 on his album Farewell Fairbanks. It was recorded by Barry Manilow the following year for his album This One's for You, and was issued as a single in 1976. It reached number one on the U.S. Adult Contemporary (Easy Listening) chart and number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977."} +{"title": "Well All Right", "artist": "Norman Petty, Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Joe Mauldin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Heartbeat\" is a rockabilly song originally recorded by Bob Montgomery and credited to Norman Petty. It was recorded most famously by Buddy Holly in 1958. The B-side of the single was \"Well... All Right\" The song reached the UK top 10 twice."} +{"title": "Well, you needn't", "artist": "Thelonious Monk", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. \"Boo Boo\" was the nickname of Monk's daughter, Barbara Evelyn Monk."} +{"title": "What A Diff'rence A Day Made", "artist": "Maria Grever, Stanley Adams", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"What a Diff'rence a Day Made\" is a popular song originally written in Spanish by Maria Grever, a Mexican songwriter, in 1934. The song is also known in English as \"What a Difference a Day Makes\", as popularized by Dinah Washington in 1959. The English lyrics were written by Stanley Adams, and was played by Harry Roy & his Orchestra."} +{"title": "What a Difference a Day Makes", "artist": "Maria Grever, Stanley Adams", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"What a Diff'rence a Day Made\" is a popular song originally written in Spanish by Maria Grever, a Mexican songwriter, in 1934. The song is also known in English as \"What a Difference a Day Makes\", as popularized by Dinah Washington in 1959. The English lyrics were written by Stanley Adams, and was played by Harry Roy & his Orchestra."} +{"title": "What A Friend We Have In Jesus.m", "artist": "Charles Converse, Joseph Scriven", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"What a Friend We Have in Jesus\" is a Christian hymn originally written by preacher Joseph M. Scriven in 1855. The tune to the hymn was composed by Charles Crozat Converse in 1868. The hymn also has many versions with different lyrics in multiple languages. It is popular at wedding ceremonies in Japan."} +{"title": "What A Little Moonlight Can Do", "artist": "Harry Woods", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"What a Little Moonlight Can Do\" is a popular song written by Harry M. Woods in 1934. In 1934, Woods moved to London for three years where he worked for the British film studio Gaumont British. The song was sung in the film by Violet Lorraine and included an introductory verse, not heard in the version later recorded by Billie Holiday."} +{"title": "When A Child Is Born", "artist": "Ciro Dammico, Fred Jay", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"When A Child Is Born\" is a popular Christmas song. The original melody was \"Soleado\", a tune from 1974 by Ciro Dammicco. The English language lyrics were written a few years later by Fred Jay. Fred Jay's lyrics have been sung by many artists."} +{"title": "When I Fall In Love", "artist": "Victor Young, Edward Heyman", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"When I Fall in Love\" is a popular song, written by Victor Young and Edward Heyman. The first hit version was sung by Doris Day in July 1952. The song has become a standard, with many artists recording it."} +{"title": "When I Grow Too Old To Dream", "artist": "Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"When I Grow Too Old to Dream\" is a popular song with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, published in 1934. The song was introduced by Evelyn Laye and Ramon Novarro in the film The Night Is Young (1935) It has since become a pop standard, recorded by many artists, notably Nat King Cole, The Everly Brothers and Gracie Fields."} +{"title": "When I'm Cleaning Windows", "artist": "Fed E.Cliffe, George Formby, Harry Gifford", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"When I'm Cleaning Windows\" is a comedy song performed by Lancastrian comic, actor and ukulele player George Formby. It first appeared in the 1936 film Keep Your Seats, Please. Because the song's lyrics were racy for the time, it was banned by the BBC from being played on the radio. The BBC relented and started to broadcast the song."} +{"title": "When I'm Sixty Four", "artist": "John Lennon & Paul McCartney", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"When I'm Sixty-four\" is one of the first songs written by Paul McCartney. The song was recorded for the Beatles' 1967 album \"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\""} +{"title": "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", "artist": "Clarence Muse, Leon Rene, Otis Rene", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"When It's Sleepy Time Down South\" is a 1931 jazz song written by Clarence Muse, Leon Rene and Otis Rene. It was sung in the movie Safe in Hell by Nina Mae McKinney, and became the signature song of Louis Armstrong, who recorded it almost a hundred times during his career. The song is now considered a jazz standard."} +{"title": "When my sugar walks down the street", "artist": "Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh, Irving Mills", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go Tweet-Tweet-Tweet)\" was written by Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh and Irving Mills in 1924. It was recorded by Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Johnny Mathis, Ella Fitzgerald, Ralph Marterie, Sy Oliver, and the Wolverines Orchestra."} +{"title": "When The Sun Comes Out", "artist": "Harold Arlen, Ted Arlen ", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"When the Sun Comes Out\" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler, in 1941. Streisand recorded the song October 26, 1962, at Columbia's Studio C, some months before her first album sessions. This version, arranged and conducted by George Williams, became her first commercial single in November, 1962. Only 500 copies of this single were pressed for the New York market, and no copies were sent to radio stations."} +{"title": "When You And I Were Young, Maggie", "artist": "James Austin Butterfield, George Washington Johnson", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"When You and I Were Young, Maggie\" is a folk song, popular song, and standard written by George W. Johnson and James Austin Butterfield. The song was first recorded by Corinne Morgan and Frank C. Stanley in 1905. It has been recorded since by many famous artists including opera tenors John McCormack in 1920 and Jan Peerce."} +{"title": "When You Were Sweet Sixteen", "artist": "James Thornton", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"When You Were Sweet Sixteen\" is a popular song, written by James Thornton and published in 1898. Inspired and sung by the composer's wife, the ballad quickly became a hit song in vaudeville. It has a long recording history that includes numerous popular singers, has been heard on film, and is considered a standard of barbershop quartets."} +{"title": "WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG", "artist": "The Killers", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"When You Were Young\" is a song by American rock band The Killers. It was released on September 18, 2006 as the lead single from their second studio album, Sam's Town (2006) The song has proven to be one of the band's most successful singles, peaking at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as their only number one to date on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. In 2009 it was voted at number 37 in the UK radio station XFM's \"100 Greatest Songs of All Time\""} +{"title": "Where Is Love", "artist": "Lionel Bart", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Where is Love?\" is a song from the Tony Award-winning British musical Oliver! and the 1968 film of the same name. The musical was written by Lionel Bart and was first staged in London's West End in 1960. In the 1968 Columbia Pictures musical film version of Oliver!, the song was performed onscreen by Mark Lester."} +{"title": "Where Or When.m", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Where or When\" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms. It was first performed by Ray Heatherton and Mitzi Green. Hal Kemp recorded a popular version the same year. The lyrics of Where or When illustrate a memory anomaly known as deja vu."} +{"title": "White Silver Sands", "artist": "Charles 'Red' Matthews", "genre": "Country", "text": "The words and music were written in 1957 by Charles 'Red' Matthews. The Ventures recorded an instrumental version for their 1961 album The Colorful Ventures. Sonny James revived the Argentine-themed song in 1972."} +{"title": "Why Was I Born", "artist": "Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Why Was I Born?\" is a 1929 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was written for the show Sweet Adeline (1929) Popular recordings in 1930 were by Helen Morgan and by Libby Holman."} +{"title": "Wichita Lineman", "artist": "Jimmy Webb", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Wichita Lineman\" is a song written by American songwriter Jimmy Webb in 1968. It was first recorded by the American country music artist Glen Campbell with backing from members of The Wrecking Crew. Campbell's version, which appeared on his 1968 album of the same name, reached number 3 on the US pop chart. It has been referred to as \"the first existential country song\" and \"the greatest pop song ever composed\""} +{"title": "Wild Mountain Thyme", "artist": "Jimmy McPeake", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Wild Mountain Thyme\" is a Scottish/Irish folk song. The lyrics and melody are a variant of the song \"The Braes of Balquhither\" by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) and Scottish composer Robert Archibald Smith (1780-1829) Lyrics were adapted by Belfast musician Francis McPeake (1885-1971) and first recorded by his family in the 1950s."} +{"title": "Willow Weep For Me", "artist": "Ann Ronell", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Willow Weep for Me\" is a popular song composed in 1932 by Ann Ronell. The song form is AABA, written in 44 time, although occasionally adapted for 34 waltz time. It was a major hit for the British duo Chad & Jeremy in 1965."} +{"title": "Winter Wonderland", "artist": "Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Winter Wonderland\" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard Bernhard Smith. The song's lyrics were about a couple's romance during the winter season. Since its original recording by Richard Himber, it has been covered by over 200 different artists."} +{"title": "Witchy Woman", "artist": "Bernie Leadon and Don Henley", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Witchy Woman\" is a song written by Don Henley and Bernie Leadon, and recorded by the American rock band Eagles. Released as the second single from the band's debut album Eagles, it reached No. 9 on the Billboard pop singles chart. It is the only song on the Eagles' debut album where Henley had a writing credit."} +{"title": "With A Little Help From My Friends", "artist": "John Lennon & Paul McCartney", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"With a Little Help from My Friends\" is a song by the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and sung by drummer Ringo Starr. The song was ranked number 311 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."} +{"title": "With You I'm Born Again", "artist": "Carol Conners, David Shire", "genre": "Dance", "text": "\"With You I'm Born Again\" is a 1979 duet written by Carol Connors and David Shire that originated on the soundtrack of the 1979 motion picture Fast Break. It was performed by Motown recording artists Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright and became an international hit for the duo. The song reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK singles chart."} +{"title": "Without A Song", "artist": "Vincent Youmans, William Rose, Edward Eliscu", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Without a Song\" is a popular song composed by Vincent Youmans with lyrics later added by Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu, published in 1929. It was included in the musical play, Great Day. One of the earliest recordings of the song was by Paul Whiteman's orchestra featuring Bing Crosby on October 9, 1929."} +{"title": "Wolverton Mountain", "artist": "Merle Kilgore, Claude King", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Wolverton Mountain\" was a hit for Claude King in 1962. The song was a rewrite of the original version by Merle Kilgore. It was based on a real person named Clifton Clowers who lived on the mountain. It spent nine weeks at the top of the Billboard country chart."} +{"title": "Woman In Love", "artist": "Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Woman in Love\" is a song performed by Barbra Streisand and taken from her 1980 album, Guilty. The song was written by Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, who received the 1980 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. It is her fourth of four Platinum records, and is considered her greatest international hit."} +{"title": "WONDERFUL TONIGHT", "artist": "ARR. by Peter Sweeney", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Wonderful Tonight\" is a ballad written by Eric Clapton for Pattie Boyd. It was included on his 1977 album Slowhand. The song was covered by Damage in 1997 and by David Kersh in 1998. Michael Buble covered the song in 2007."} +{"title": "Wonderful! Wonderful!", "artist": "Sherman Edwards, Ben Raleigh", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Wonderful! Wonderful!\" is a popular music song written by Sherman Edwards, with lyrics by Ben Raleigh. The song was first published in 1957. A recording by Johnny Mathis reached number 14 on the Billboard charts."} +{"title": "Muss i denn, muss i denn zum St\u00e4dtele hinaus", "artist": "Friedrich Silcher", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"Wooden Heart\" is a pop song recorded by Elvis Presley. The composition is based on a German folk song \"Muss i denn\" (lit. Must I then) The song was a hit single for Presley in the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 1 for six weeks in March and April 1961. In the United States, it was released in November 1964 as the B-side to \"Blue Christmas\""} +{"title": "Woody n' You", "artist": "Dizzy Gillespie", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Woody 'n' You\" is a 1942 jazz standard written by Dizzy Gillespie as an homage to Woody Herman. It was one of three arrangements Gillespie made for Herman's big band, although it was not used at the time. The 32-bar composition is in AABA form."} +{"title": "Words", "artist": "The Bee Gees", "genre": "Latin", "text": "Smallest linguistic element that will be said in isolation with semantic or pragmatic content. Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive grasp of what a word is, there is no consensus among linguists on its definition. Words are made out of at least one morpheme."} +{"title": "World in our hands", "artist": "Taio Cruz", "genre": "Folk", "text": "\"World in Our Hands\" is a song by English singer-songwriter Taio Cruz from his third studio album, TY.O. The track was released as the album's fourth single in Germany on 27 July 2012. It served as the official anthem for the ZDF coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics."} +{"title": "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "artist": "Brian Wilson, Tony Asher, Mike Love", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Wouldn't It Be Nice\" is the opening track from the Beach Boys' 1966 album Pet Sounds. Written by Brian Wilson, Tony Asher, and Mike Love, it is regarded among the band's finest songs. The song was released as a single in July and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100."} +{"title": "Y Viva Espana", "artist": "Leom Caerts, Edie Seago , Leo Rozenstaeten", "genre": "Latin", "text": "\"Eviva Espana\" is a Belgian pop song, originally written by composer Leo Caerts and lyricist Leo Rozenstraten in Dutch. It was first recorded and performed by the Belgian singer Samantha (born Christiane Bervoets) in 1971. Musically, the song has a distinctly Spanish-sounding pasodoble style."} +{"title": "Yardbird Suite", "artist": "Charlie Parker (1920-1955)", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Yardbird Suite\" is a bebop standard composed by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker in 1946. The title combines Parker's nickname \"yardbird\" and a colloquial use of the classical music term \"suite\" The composition uses an 32-bar AABA form."} +{"title": "Yesterday's Songs", "artist": "Neil Diamond", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Yesterday's Songs\" is a 1981 single by Neil Diamond from his album On the Way to the Sky. The song was a major adult contemporary radio hit, spending six weeks at #1 on the U.S. Billboard chart and four weeks atop the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. It is ranked as the 77th biggest American hit of 1982."} +{"title": "You Always Hurt The One You Love", "artist": "Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"You Always Hurt the One You Love\" is a pop standard, with words by Allan Roberts and music by Doris Fisher. It was first recorded by The Mills Brothers, whose recording reached the top of the Billboard charts in 1944. It has been performed by many other artists over the years, including Moon Mullican with Cliff Bruner, Connie Francis, Fats Domino and Ringo Starr."} +{"title": "You And The Night And The Music", "artist": "Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"You and the Night and the Music\" is a popular song composed by Arthur Schwartz with lyrics by Howard Dietz. The song was debuted in the Broadway show Revenge with Music. It has since become an enduring jazz standard."} +{"title": "You Are My Sunshine", "artist": "Charles Mitchell, Jimmy Davis, Rice Brothers", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"You Are My Sunshine\" is a song published by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell on January 30, 1940. The pair recorded the song on February 5, 1940, at Decca Studios in New York. The song has been recorded by over 350 artists and translated into 30 languages. In 1977, the Louisiana State Legislature decreed \"You Are my Sunshine\" the state song."} +{"title": "You Belong With Me.m", "artist": "Taylor Swift", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"You Belong with Me\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The song is taken from her second studio album Fearless (2008) Swift wrote the song with Liz Rose and produced it with Nathan Chapman. The single reached the top ten on charts and received sales certifications."} +{"title": "You Call Everybody Darling", "artist": "Clem Watts, Ben Trace, Sam Martin", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"You Call Everybody Darlin'\" is a popular song. The words and music were by Sam Martin, Ben Trace, and Al Trace, who used the pseudonym Clem Watts. The song was copyrighted and published in 1946."} +{"title": "You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd", "artist": "Roger Miller", "genre": "Country", "text": "The discography for American country music artist Roger Miller consists of 37 singles and 19 studio albums. Miller released singles between 1957 and 1986, charting two number 1 singles on Hot Country Songs and nine additional Top 10 hits."} +{"title": "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "artist": "Neil Diamond, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"You Don't Bring Me Flowers\" is a song written by Neil Diamond with Alan and Marilyn Bergman for the ill-fated daily TV sitcom All That Glitters. In 1977, Diamond released the album I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight, which included the track \"You don't bring me Flowers\" as a solo performance. Early in 1978, Barbra Streisand covered the song on her album Songbird. These solo recordings were famously spliced together by different radio stations, creating unofficial duets. The success of which led to the studio bringing the two performers together for an official duet recording."} +{"title": "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS", "artist": "White Stripes", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"You Don't Know What Love Is\" is a popular song of the Great American Songbook. It was written by Don Raye and Gene de Paul for the film Keep 'Em Flying (1941) The song was later included in Behind the Eight Ball (1942), starring the Ritz Brothers."} +{"title": "You Go To My Head", "artist": "J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"You Go to My Head\" is a 1938 popular song composed by J. Fred Coots with lyrics by Haven Gillespie. Numerous versions of the song have been recorded, and it has since become a pop and jazz standard. Alec Wilder terms Coots' melody a \"minor masterpiece\""} +{"title": "You Got It", "artist": "Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"You Got It\" is a song from Roy Orbison's twenty-second studio album, Mystery Girl (1989) The song was released posthumously in January 1989 with \"The Only One\" as the B-side. The A-side reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. In 1995, Bonnie Raitt recorded a version for the soundtrack of the film Boys on the Side."} +{"title": "You Keep Coming Back Like A Song", "artist": "Irving Berlin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song\" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1946 film Blue Skies. The song was nominated for \"Best Song\" in 1946 but lost out to \"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe\" Dinah Shore's version was biggest in the US reaching the No. 5 spot. Bing Crosby's version (recorded July 18, 1946) peaked at No. 12."} +{"title": "You Make Me Feel Brand New", "artist": "Thom Bell and Linda Creed", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"You Make Me Feel Brand New\" is a 1974 single by the Philadelphia soul group The Stylistics. The song was written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed. It was the fifth track from their 1974 album, Let's Put It All Together. It reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks."} +{"title": "You Oughta Be In Pictures", "artist": "Dana Suesse, Edward Heyman", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"You Oughta Be in Pictures\" is a 1934 song composed by the American songwriting team Dana Suesse and Edward Heyman. It was recorded two weeks later by Rudy Vallee for RCA Records and rapidly became the unofficial anthem of the American film industry."} +{"title": "You Send Me", "artist": "Sam Cooke", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"You Send Me\" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer Sam Cooke. It was released as a single in 1957 by Keen Records. The song was a massive commercial success, becoming a No. 1 hit on both Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart and the Billboard Hot 100. In April 2010, the song ranked No. 115 in Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time."} +{"title": "You Took Advantage Of Me", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Lorenz hart", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"You Took Advantage of Me\" is a 1928 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. The song was a particular favorite of the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII)"} +{"title": "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me", "artist": "Geoff Stephens & Tony Macauley", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me\" is a 1973 single by British pop group The New Seekers. Written by Tony Macaulay and Geoff Stephens, arranged by Gerry Shury and produced by Tommy Oliver. It was the group's second and final number-one single in the UK Singles Chart."} +{"title": "You Won't See Me", "artist": "John Lennon, Paul McCartney", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"You Won't See Me\" is a song by the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney. The song is about a crisis in McCartney's relationship with his then girlfriend, Jane Asher. McCartney wrote the song in the basement music room at 57 Wimpole Street in central London."} +{"title": "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me", "artist": "Harry Warren, Al Dubin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me\" is a 1932 popular song with music by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Al Dubin. The song was recorded by Guy Lombardo with Bing Crosby on vocals on January 12, 1933 and reached #1 in the charts."} +{"title": "You're Laughing At Me", "artist": "Irving Berlin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"You're Laughing at Me\" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1937 film On the Avenue. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for music. Please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources."} +{"title": "You're My World", "artist": "Umberto Bindi, Carl Sigman", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"You're My World\" is a ballad originally recorded in 1963 as \"Il Mio Mondo\" (\"My World\") by Umberto Bindi, who co-wrote the Italian version with Gino Paoli. The English lyrics were written by Carl Sigman. The song reached No. 1 in Australia (twice), Belgium, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa and United Kingdom in recordings by Cilla Black, Daryl Braithwaite and Helen Reddy."} +{"title": "You're So Vain", "artist": "Carly Simon", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"You're So Vain\" is a song written in 1971 by Carly Simon and released in November 1972. It is ranked at No. 92 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is a critical profile of a self-absorbed lover about whom Simon asserts \"You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you\""} +{"title": "You're the Reason I'm Living", "artist": "Bobby Darin", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"You're the Reason I'm Living\" is a 1963 single by Bobby Darin. The single was very successful spending 2 weeks at # 3 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart beginning March 16, 1963. Elvis Presley recorded a live version of the song for 1975's \"Live in Las Vegas\""} +{"title": "You've Changed", "artist": "Carl Fischer, Bill Carey", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"You've Changed\" is a popular song written by Bill Carey with music by Carl Fischer in 1942. The melody features descending chromaticism."} +{"title": "You've Got a Friend", "artist": "Carole King", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"You've Got a Friend\" is a 1971 song written by American singer-songwriter Carole King. It was first recorded by King and included on her second studio album, Tapestry. Another well-known version is by James Taylor from his album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. His was released as a single in 1971, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the UK Singles Chart."} +{"title": "Young And Foolish", "artist": "Albert Hague, Arnold B. Horwitt", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Young and Foolish\" is a popular song with music by Albert Hague and lyrics by Arnold B. Horwitt, published in 1954. The song was introduced in the musical Plain and Fancy (1955-56)"} +{"title": "Younger Than Springtime", "artist": "Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II", "genre": "Jazz", "text": "\"Younger Than Springtime\" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. It has been widely recorded as a jazz standard. The song is performed in the first act by Lieutenant Cable when he makes love to his adored Liat."} +{"title": "Your Cheatin' Heart", "artist": "Hank Williams", "genre": "Country", "text": "\"Your Cheatin' Heart\" is a song written and recorded by country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1952. It is regarded as one of country's most important standards. Williams was inspired to write the song while driving with his fiancee from Nashville, Tennessee, to Shreveport, Louisiana. After describing his first wife Audrey Sheppard as a \"cheatin' heart\", he dictated the lyrics to Billie Jean Jones."} +{"title": "Your Song", "artist": "Elton John", "genre": "Rock", "text": "\"Your Song\" is a song written by Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin. John's version was recorded at Trident Studios in London in January 1970. It appeared in April as the first cut on his self-titled second studio album. The song was first released by American rock band Three Dog Night in March 1970 as an album track on It Ain't Easy."} +{"title": "Yours Is My Heart Alone", "artist": "Franz Lehar, Fritz Lohner, Harry B. Smith , Ludwig Herzer", "genre": "Pop", "text": "\"Yours Is My Heart Alone\" or \"You Are My Heart's Delight\" is an aria from the 1929 operetta The Land of Smiles with music by Franz Lehar and libretto by Fritz Lohner-Beda and Ludwig Herzer. It was for many years associated with the tenor Richard Tauber, for whom it was written. An American version of the show opened on Broadway in 1946 starring Tauber."} +{"title": "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah", "artist": "Allie Wrubel, Ray Gilbert", "genre": "R&B", "text": "\"Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah\" is a song composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert for the Disney 1946 live action and animated movie Song of the South. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song."}