| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Whiter Shade of Pale | Procol Harum | 4.1 | 4:01 |
| 2 | Unchained Melody- engineer:
- Larry Levine
- producer:
- Phil Spector
- solo lead vocals:
- Bobby Hatfield (in 1965-03)
- arranger:
- Jack Nitzsche
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Spectrum Music , PolyGram Records, Inc. (in 1965, in 1968) and Universal Records (in 1966)
- recorded at:
- Radio Recorders Studios in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1965-03)
- part of:
- The Co-Op: Top 10 British Funeral Songs (number: 8), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 269) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 366)
- cover recording of:
- Unchained Melody (in 1965-03)
- publisher:
- Hy Zaret
- lyricist:
- Hy Zaret
- composer:
- Alex North
- publisher:
- Frank Music Corp. (ended), HZUM Publishing, MPL Communication Ltd. , MPL Communications Australia, MPL Musik Verlags GmbH, North Melody Publishing and Unchained Melody Publishing, LLC
- sub-publisher:
- 日音 Synch事業部
- part of:
- The 28th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
| The Righteous Brothers | 3 | 3:36 |
| 3 | I Will Always Love You | Dolly Parton | 5 | 3:04 |
| 4 | Baker Street- bass:
- Gary Taylor (in 1977)
- drums (drum set):
- Henry Spinetti (in 1977)
- guitar [lead guitar]:
- Hugh Burns (in 1977)
- guitar [rhythm guitar]:
- Nigel Jenkins (in 1977)
- keyboard:
- Tommy Eyre (in 1977)
- percussion:
- Glen LeFleur (in 1977)
- saxophone:
- Raphael Ravenscroft (in 1977)
- lead vocals:
- Gerry Rafferty (in 1977)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- EMI Records Ltd. (in 1978, in 1980), Parlophone Records Ltd. (in 1978) and United Artists Music and Records Group, Inc. (in 1978)
- recorded at:
- Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1977)
- edit of:
- Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty
- recording of:
- Baker Street (in 1977)
- lyricist and composer:
- Gerry Rafferty
- publisher:
- B Music, Belfern Ltd., EMI Music Publishing , EMI Publishing Ltd., Icon Music Ltd., Island Music Ltd., Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Music of Stage Three, PolyGram Music Publishing, PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. , Stage Three Music Ltd., Stage Three Music Publishing Limited, Universal Music Publishing Ltd. , Universal Songs and Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
| Gerry Rafferty | 4.15 | 4:07 |
| 5 | Without You- engineer:
- Robin Geoffrey Cable
- producer:
- Richard Perry
- acoustic guitar:
- John Uribe (in 1971-06)
- bass guitar:
- Klaus Voormann (in 1971-06)
- drums (drum set):
- Jim Keltner (in 1971-06)
- piano:
- Gary Wright (in 1971-06)
- vocals:
- Harry Nilsson (in 1971-06)
- conductor:
- Paul Buckmaster (in 1971-06)
- brass and strings arranger:
- Paul Buckmaster
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Music (in 1971, in 1991), RCA Records (in 1971), Sony Music Entertainment (in 1971), RCA Corporation (in 1972) and RCA Records, Inc. (in 1989)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 496)
- cover recording of:
- Without You (in 1971-06)
- writer:
- Tom Evans and W. Peter Ham
- publisher:
- 100 % Apple Music, Apple Music, Apple Music Publishing Co., Inc., Apple Publishing Ltd. (, from 1970 to present), Essex Music, Essex Music of Australia Pty. Ltd., Imagem Music, The Estate for Peter William Ham, The Estate for Thomas Evans, Warner Bros. Music and WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28)
- sub-publisher:
- ティー・アール・オー・エセックス・ジャパン A事業部
| Harry Nilsson | 4.3 | 3:19 |
| 6 | Walk on By- recording of:
- Walk On By
- lyricist:
- Hal David
- composer:
- Burt Bacharach
- publisher:
- Blue Seas Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (Hal David), Carlin Music Corporation, Casa David, Copyright Control , JAC Music Co., Inc., New Hidden Valley Music Co., Rondor Music (Australia) Pty Ltd, Universal/MCA Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Windswept Music (London) Ltd., WB Music Corp. (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
- sub-publisher:
- フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 and フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部
- part of:
- Baby It’s You!
| Dionne Warwick | | 2:50 |
| 7 | Deep Purple | Nino Tempo & April Stevens | | 2:41 |
| 8 | Summertime- cover recording of:
- Summertime
- lyricist:
- Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
- composer:
- George Gershwin (in 1934)
- publisher:
- Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. , Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner/Chappell , Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited , Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
- version of:
- Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
| Ella Fitzgerald | | 4:54 |
| 9 | Moon River- recorded in:
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- recording engineer:
- Al Schmitt
- producer:
- Dick Peirce
- choir vocals:
- The Henry Mancini Chorus
- orchestra:
- The Henry Mancini Orchestra
- conductor:
- Henry Mancini
- arranger:
- Henry Mancini
- recording of:
- Moon River (on 1960-12-08)
- lyricist:
- Johnny Mercer
- composer:
- Henry Mancini
- publisher:
- Copyright Control , Famous Chappell, Famous Music Group, Sony/ATV Harmony, Famous Music Corporation (in 1961) and Famous Music Corporation (in 1989)
- sub-publisher:
- BMG Ariola Belgium , BMG Unisongs Music Publishers BV, Famous Music Publishing Germany GmbH & Co. KG and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
- part of:
- The 34th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1), Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1962 winner) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1961 winner)
| Henry Mancini | | 2:41 |
| 10 | The Power of Love- producer:
- Wolfgang Detmann and Gunther Mende
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH (in 1984) and Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH (in 1984)
- recording of:
- The Power of Love
- writer:
- Mary Applegate, Wolfgang Detmann , Gunther Mende and Jennifer Rush
- publisher:
- CBS Songs Ltd., EMI April Music Inc., EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., EMI Songs Ltd., EMI Songs Musikverlag GmbH, Libra Phone Music Verlag GmbH, フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (until 2015-01-01), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Jennifer Rush | 2.5 | 4:28 |
| 11 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine- producer:
- Norman Whitfield
- bass [1962 Fender Precision Bass]:
- James Jamerson (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- congas and tambourine:
- Jack Ashford (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- drums (drum set):
- Uriel Jones (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- French horn:
- Don Ozga (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10) and Edwin Jones (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- guitar [1964 Gibson Firebird III]:
- Eddie Willis (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- guitar [Fender Telecaster with Jazzmaster Neck]:
- Joe Messina (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- Hammond organ [B-3]:
- Earl Van Dyke (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- instruments:
- The Funk Brothers (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- tom-tom:
- Richard "Pistol" Allen (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- Wurlitzer electric piano:
- Johnny Griffith (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- background vocals:
- The Andantes (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10), Marlene Barrow (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10), Louvain Demps (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10) and Jackie Hicks (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- lead vocals:
- Marvin Gaye (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- orchestra:
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- strings arranger:
- Paul Riser (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- orchestrator:
- Paul Riser (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Motown Record Company (in 1968)
- recorded at and mixed at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- part of:
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 80), Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 93), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 119) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 307)
- cover recording of:
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine (from 1967-02-03 until 1967-04-10)
- writer:
- Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing Ltd. , EMI Songs Australia, EMI Songs Scandinavia AB, Jobete Music , Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobette-Carlin Music Ltd., Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部
| Marvin Gaye | 4.05 | 3:14 |
| 12 | Hound Dog- bass:
- Bill Black (on 1956-07-02)
- drums (drum set):
- D.J. Fontana (on 1956-07-02)
- guitar:
- Scotty Moore (on 1956-07-02) and Elvis Presley (on 1956-07-02)
- piano:
- Shorty Long (on 1956-07-02)
- lead vocals:
- Elvis Presley (on 1956-07-02)
- vocals:
- The Jordanaires (on 1956-07-02)
- additional performer:
- The Jordanaires
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Entertainment (in 1956, in 1972), BMG Music (in 1956) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (in 2002)
- recorded at:
- RCA Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-07-02)
- cover recording of:
- Hound Dog (on 1956-07-02)
- lyricist:
- Jerry Leiber (on 1952-08-12)
- composer:
- Mike Stoller (on 1952-08-12)
- previously attributed to:
- Johnny Otis
- publisher:
- Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane, Cherry Lane Music, Cherry Lane Music Publishing, Elvis Presley Music, Gladys Music, Lion Publishing Co., MCA Music Inc. , MCA Music Ltd., MCA Music Publishing , Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Universal Music Publishing , Universal/MCA Music , Williamson Music Company and Williamson Music, Inc.
| Elvis Presley | 3.8 | 2:15 |
| 13 | God Only Knows- engineer:
- Chuck Britz (on 1966-03-10) and Ralph Valentin (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
- producer:
- Brian Wilson
- accordion:
- Carl Fortina (on 1966-03-10) and Frank Marocco (on 1966-03-10)
- bass clarinet:
- Leonard Hartman (on 1966-03-10)
- bell and drums (drum set):
- Hal Blaine (on 1966-03-10)
- cello:
- Jesse Erlich (on 1966-03-10)
- clarinet:
- Leonard Hartman (on 1966-03-10) and Jay Migliori (on 1966-03-10)
- double bass:
- Lyle Ritz (on 1966-03-10)
- electric bass guitar:
- Ray Pohlman (on 1966-03-10)
- flute:
- Bill Green (on 1966-03-10) and Jim Horn (on 1966-03-10)
- French horn:
- Alan Robinson (on 1966-03-10)
- guitar:
- Carol Kaye (on 1966-03-10)
- harpsichord:
- Larry Knechtel (on 1966-03-10)
- percussion:
- Jim Gordon (on 1966-03-10)
- tack piano:
- Don Randi (on 1966-03-10)
- tambourine:
- Terry Melcher (on 1966-03-10)
- viola:
- Darrel Terwilliger (on 1966-03-10)
- violin:
- Leonard Malarsky (on 1966-03-10) and Sid Sharp (on 1966-03-10)
- lead vocals:
- Carl Wilson (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
- vocals:
- Bruce Johnston (from 1966-03 until 1966-04) and Brian Wilson (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
- arranger:
- Brian Wilson
- recorded at:
- Western Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1966-03-10) and Columbia Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 11), Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 17), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 25), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 130)
- recording of:
- God Only Knows (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
- lyricist:
- Tony Asher
- composer:
- Brian Wilson
- publisher:
- Irving Music , Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Sea of Tunes Publishing Co. , Universal Music Publishing Ltd. , Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division and Yamaha Music EH(CM)
| The Beach Boys | 4 | 2:50 |
| 14 | Blowin' in the Wind | Peter, Paul & Mary | | 2:57 |
| 15 | Don't Cry for Me Argentina | Elaine Paige | | 5:46 |
| 16 | Wind Beneath My Wings | Lee Greenwood | | 3:56 |
| 17 | My Way- recording of:
- My Way
- lyricist:
- Paul Anka
- composer:
- Claude François and Jacques Revaux
- previously attributed to:
- Gilles Thibaut
- translator:
- Bobby Cruz
- publisher:
- Babel Music S.A., Chrysalis Standards Inc., Don C. Publications Inc., Eddie Barclay, Jeune Musique Éditions, Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. , Spanka Music, Spanka Music Corp., Thibout Music, Warner Chappell Music France, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 , ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present)
- translated version of:
- Comme d’habitude
| Paul Anka | | 4:28 |
| 18 | I Believe- cover recording of:
- I Believe
- writer:
- Ervin Drake , Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl and Al Stillman
- publisher:
- Adaken Music, Cromwell Music, Inc., Gentlemen Jim Music Corp., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., L and S Freedom Music, Lindabet Music Corporation, Tadzio Music Corp., The Songwriters Guild, The Stillman Song Company and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
| Frankie Laine with Paul Weston & His Orchestra | | 2:08 |
| 19 | Stand by Me- recorded in:
- New York, New York, United States (on 1960-10-27)
- producer:
- Leiber and Stoller
- vocals:
- Ben E. King (on 1960-10-27)
- conductor:
- Stan Applebaum (on 1960-10-27)
- arranger:
- Stan Applebaum
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- HHO Ltd. , WEA International Inc. (in 1960, in 1961) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1986)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 1), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 62), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 121), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 131) and BILLIONS CLUB
- recording of:
- Stand by Me (on 1960-10-27)
- publisher:
- Mike Stoller
- writer:
- Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
- publisher:
- A.D.T. Enterprises, Hornall Brothers Music , Jerry Leiber Music, Leiber Stoller Songs Ltd., Melodie der Welt , Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG , Progressive Music Publishing Company Inc., Rightsong Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Trio Music , Trio Music Co., Inc., Unichappell Music and Universal Music Publishing
| Ben E. King | 4.65 | 2:59 |
| 20 | Bridge Over Troubled Water- engineer:
- Gene Paul
- producer:
- Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler
- mixer:
- Tom Dowd
- drums (drum set):
- Ray Lucas (on 1970-08-13)
- electric bass guitar:
- Chuck Rainey (on 1970-08-13)
- guitar:
- Cornell Dupree (on 1970-08-13)
- organ:
- Billy Preston (on 1970-08-13)
- piano:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1970-08-13)
- tenor saxophone:
- King Curtis (on 1970-08-13)
- background vocals:
- Cissy Houston (on 1970-08-13), The Sweet Inspirations (on 1970-08-13) and The Sweethearts of Soul (on 1970-08-13)
- vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1970-08-13)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1971) and WEA International Inc. (in 1971)
- recorded at:
- Atlantic Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- cover recording of:
- Bridge Over Troubled Water (on 1970-08-13)
- lyricist:
- Paul Simon
- composer:
- Paul Simon (in 1969)
- publisher:
- Charing Cross Music , Pattern Music Ltd , Paul Simon Music, Universal/MCA Music Ltd. , Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
| Aretha Franklin | | 5:32 |
| 21 | Stardust | Hoagy Carmichael | | 3:47 |