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Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries | Ray Henderson, Buddy G. DeSylva, Lew Brown | Pop | "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. |
Life's Railway to Heaven | Charles D. Tillman 1890, M. E. Abbey 1890 | R&B | 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. |
Like A Hobo | Charlie Winston | Folk | "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. |
Like Someone In Love | Jimmy van Heusen, Johnny Burke | Jazz | "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. |
Linus And Lucy | Vince Guaraldi | Jazz | "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. |
Little Boxes | Malvina Reynolds | Folk | "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. |
Little Devil | Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield | Pop | "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" |
Little Green Apples | Bobby Russell | Country | "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. |
Little Things Mean A Lot | Carl Stutz, Edith Lindeman | Pop | "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. |
Livin' La VIda Loca | Ricky Martin | Latin | "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. |
Livin' on a Prayer | Bon Jovi | Rock | "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. |
Living For The City | Stevie wonder | R&B | "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" |
Living Next Door To Alice | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | Rock | "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. |
Longfellow Serenade | Neil Diamond | Pop | "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. |
Lonnie's Lament | John Coltrane | Jazz | 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. |
Lookin' For Love | Bob Morrison, Patti Ryan, Wanda Mallette | Country | "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. |
Lost in the Stars | Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson | Country | 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. |
Love Hurts | Boudleaux Bryant | Rock | "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. |
Love Is Blue | Andre Popp, English by Brian Blackburn | R&B | "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. |
Love Is Here To Stay | George and Ira Gershwin | Jazz | "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) |
Love Is Just Around The Corner | Leo Robin, Lewis E. Gensler | Jazz | "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. |
Love Is Strange | E. Smith, M. Baker and S. Robinson | R&B | "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" |
LOVE IS THE DRUG | Bryan Ferry, Bryan Ferry | Rock | "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. |
Love Is The Sweetest Thing | Ray Noble | Pop | "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. |
Love Me Do | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | Pop | "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. |
Love Will Keep Us Together | Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield | Pop | "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. |
Love's Been Good To Me | Rod McKuen | Pop | 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. |
Love's Theme | Barry White | Dance | "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. |
Lover, Come Back To Me | Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II | Pop | "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. |
Lovers In Japan | Coldplay | Rock | "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" |
Lovesick Blues | Cliff Friend 1921, Irving Mills 1921 | Country | "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. |
Lucky lips | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | Pop | 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. |
Lullaby of Birdland.m | George Shearing, George David Weiss | Jazz | 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. |
Lullaby Of The Leaves | Bernice Petkere, Joe Young | Jazz | "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. |
Mack The Knife | Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein | Jazz | "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. |
MAKE ME YOUR BABY | Helen Miller, Roger Atkins | Dance | 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. |
Make The World Go Away | Hank Cochran | Country | "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. |
Makin' Whoopee! | Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn | Dance | "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. |
Mama From The Train | Irving Gordon | Country | "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. |
Mammy Blue | Hubert Giraud, Phil Trim | Pop | "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. |
Mandolins in the Moonlight | Aaron Schroeder, George Weiss | Pop | "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" |
Mansion Over the Hilltop | Ira F. Stanphill | R&B | "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. |
Margaritaville | Jimmy Buffett | Country | "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. |
Mary Did You Know | Buddy Greene, Mark Lowry | R&B | "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. |
Mary in the morning | Johnny Cymbal, Mike Lendell | Country | "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. |
Mas Que Nada | Jorge Ben | Jazz | "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. |
May You Always | Larry Markes & Dick Charles | Pop | "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. |
Maybe You'll Be There | Rube Bloom, Sammy Gallop | Pop | "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. |
Maybellene | Chuck Berry, Russ Fratto.Alan Freed | Rock | "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. |
Me and Bobby McGee | Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson | Country | "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. |
Meet The Flintstones | Hoyt Curtin | Jazz | "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. |
Mellow Yellow | Donovan Leitch | R&B | "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. |
Memories Are Made Of This | Frank Miller, Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson | Pop | "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. |
Merry Christmas Baby | Johnny Moore, Lou Baxter | R&B | "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. |
Merry Christmas Darling | Richard Carpenter, Frank Pooler | Pop | "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. |
Merry Widow Waltz | Franz Lehar (adapted by Dan Fox) | Dance | 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. |
Midnight Train to Georgia | Jim Weatherly | R&B | "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. |
Minnie the Moocher | Cab Calloway, Irving Mills | R&B | "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" |
Miss Otis Regrets | Cole Porter | Country | "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. |
Missouri Waltz | John Valentine Eppel, James Royce Shannon | Pop | "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. |
Mister Sandman | Pat Ballard | Country | "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) |
Mister Santa | Pat Ballard | Country | "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) |
Mo better Blues | Bill Lee | R&B | 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. |
Mockingbird Hill | Vaughn Horton (1951), | Country | "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. |
Molly Malone | Traditional Irish Folk Song | Folk | 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. |
Moment's Notice | John Coltrane | Jazz | "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. |
Mood Indigo | Duke Ellington | Jazz | "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. |
Moon Over Naples | Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder | Country | "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. |
Moondance | Van Morrison | Rock | 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. |
Moonlight and Roses | Edwin Lemare, Ben Black, Neil Moret | Pop | 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. |
Moonlight Bay | Percy Wenrich, Edward Madden | Pop | "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. |
Moonlight shadow | Mike Oldfield | Folk | "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" |
Moose the mooche | Charlie Parker | Jazz | "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. |
Morning Has Broken | traditional Irish tune , Eleanor Farjeon 1931 | Folk | "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. |
Moten Swing | Bennie Moten, Buster Moten | Jazz | "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. |
Mr Tambourine Man | Bob Dylan | Folk | "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. |
MR. BRIGHTSIDE | The Killers | Rock | "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. |
Music Box Dancer | Frank Mills | Pop | "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. |
Muskrat Ramble | Edward Ory, Ray Gilbert | Jazz | "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. |
My Elusive Dreams | Curly Putman, Billy Sherrill | Country | "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. |
My Eyes Adored You | Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan | R&B | "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. |
My Gal Sal | Paul Dresser | Dance | 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) |
My Guy | William | R&B | "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. |
My Heart Cries For You | Carl Sigman, Percy Faith | Pop | "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. |
My Heart Will Go On | James Horner, Will Jennings | Pop | "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. |
My Immortal | Evanescence | Rock | "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. |
My Life Would Suck Without You | Kelly Clarkson | Pop | "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. |
My Love, Forgive Me | Gino Mescoli, Vito Pallavicini | Dance | "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. |
My Mammy | Walter Donaldson, Sam Lewis & Joe Young | Rock | "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. |
My Man's Gone Now | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward | Jazz | "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. |
My old Kentucky home | Stephen Foster | Jazz | "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" |
My One and Only Love | Guy Wood, Robert Mellin | Jazz | "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. |
My Prayer | Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy | R&B | "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. |
My Shining Hour | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | Pop | "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. |
My Ship.m | Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin | Jazz | "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. |
My son, my son | Eddie Calvert, Melville Farley, Bob Howard | Pop | "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. |
My Special Angel | Jimmy Duncan | Country | "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. |
My Sweet Lady | John Denver | Folk | "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. |
My Truly Truly Fair | Bob Merrill | Pop | "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. |
Naima | John Coltrane | Jazz | "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. |