I-L

I Almost Lost My Mind

Pat Boone

1956

(#1) Ivory Joe Hunter (recorded by Hunter in 1950)

I Am A Rock

Simon & Garfunkel

1966

(#3) Paul Simon

I Am Changing My Name to Chrysler

Arlo Guthrie

Tom Paxton

I Am the Walrus

Beatles, The

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I Am Woman

Helen Reddy

1972

(#1) Helen Reddy, Ray Burton

I Am...I Said

Neil Diamond

1971

(#4) Neil Diamond

I Believe In Music

Mac Davis

1970

Mac Davis

I Believe  

Bachelors, The

1964

Ervin Drake, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman, Irvin Graham; also by Frankie Laine, 1953

I Call Your Name  

Mama Cass Elliott

1971

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I Can Dream, Can't I?  

Andrews Sisters, The

1949

(#1) Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain, 1937; from the musical "Right This Way"

I Can Help

Billy Swan

1974

(#1) Billy Swan

I Can See Clearly Now

Johnny Nash

I Can See For Miles

Who, The

1967

(#9)

I Can't Get Next to You

Temptations, The

1969

(#1) Barret Strong, Norman Whitfield

I Can't Help But Wonder

Kingston Trio, The

Tom Paxton

I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)  

Johnny Tillotson

1962

(#24) Hank Williams

I Can't Stop Loving You  

Ray Charles

1962

(#1 for 5 weeks, on charts 18) Don Gibson; Grammy winner 1962 (R&B)

I Can't Tell You Why

Eagles, The

1980

(#11) Don Henley, Glenn Frey & Timothy Schmit

I Can't Give You Anything But Love

Duke Ellington

1932

Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, 1928; their first together

I Can't Help Myself

Four Tops, The

1965

(#1) Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier

I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango

Patti Page

1954

(#30)

I Confess

Perry Como

1953

(#17) Jack Lawrence, Gunnar Hoffsten & Tryggve Arnesson

I Could Have Danced All Night

Sylvia Syms

1956

(#20) Alan J. Lerner, Frederick Loewe (Rosemary Clooney version #49)

I Could Have Told You

Frank Sinatra

1954

(#21) Carl Sigman, Arthur Williams

I Cried

Patti Page

1954

(#13)

I Cried for You

Helen Forest

with Harry James Orchestra

I Don't Know Why, But I Do  

Clarence "Frogman" Henry

1961

(#4) Fred Ahlert, Roy Turk, 1931; previously rec. by Kate Smith, Frank Sinatra, The Andrews Sisters, Tommy Dorsey, et al

I Don't Stand A Ghost of a Chance With You

I Don't Want To Walk Without You  

Helen Forrest

1941

Frank Loesser, Jule Styne; also rec. by Barry Manilow

I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire  

Ink Spots, The

1956

Eddie seiler, Sol Marcus, et al, 1941

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

Beatles, The

1965

(#39) John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven

Tex Ritter

1961

(#20) Eddie Dean

I Fall to Pieces  

Patsy Cline

1961

(#12) Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard

I Feel Fine

Beatles, The

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I Feel Good

James Brown

1965

(#3)

I Feel Lucky

Mary Chapin Carpenter

1992)

(#4) Mary Chapin Carptenter (her second grammy-winning song)

I Fought the Law (And the Law Won)

Bobby Fuller Four, The

1966

(#9) Sonny Curtiss, composer, was a member of Buddy Holly's Cricketts

I Get Around  

Beach Boys, The

1964

(#1) Brian Wilson

I Get So Lonely (When I Dream About You)

Four Knights, The

1954

(#2)

I Go to Pieces

Peter & Gordon

1965

(#9) Del Shannon

I Got A Name

Jim Croce

1973

(#10) Words & Music by Jim Croce

I Got Rhythm

Happenings, The

1967

(#3) George & Ira Gershwin, 1937; popularized by Ethyl Merman

I Got You Babe

Sonny & Cher

1965

(#1 for 3 weeks) Sonny Bono

I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore

Buddy Holly

1959

Paul Anka; Charted three weeks after Holly's death

I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues  

Elton John

Elton John, Bernie Taupin

I Guess Things Happen That Way

Johnny Cash

Jack Clement

I Had the Craziest Dream

Helen Forrest

with Harry James Orchestra

I Hear A Symphony

Supremes, The

1965

(#1) Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier

I Hear You Knocking

Gale Storm

1955

(#2) Dave Bartholemew, Pearl King

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Gladys Knight & the Pips

1967

Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong (later rec. by Marvin Gaye)

I Honestly Love You

Olivia Newton-John

1974

Grammy winner 1974 (record)

I Just Can't Help Believin'

B.J. Thomas

1970

(#9)

I Just Wanna Stop

Gino Vannelli

1978

(#4) Ross Vannelli

I Knew You When

Billy Joe Royal

1965

(#14)

I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)

Barbara George

1961

(#3) Carl Stutz, Edith Lindeman, 1958

I Know A Heartache When I See One

Jennifer Warnes

1979

(#19) Charles Black, Rory Burke

I Know A Place

Petula Clark

1965

(#3) Tony Hatch

I Know An Old Lady

1952

Rose Bonne, Alan Mills

I Left My Heart In San Francisco  

Tony Bennett

1962

(#19) Douglas Cross & George Cory; Grammy, 1962 (record) First lyrics, 1954, failed to chart

I Like Dreamin'

Kenny Nolan

I Like It Like That

Dave Clark Five, The

1965

(#7) Chris Kenner, Allan Toussaint (Chris Kenner #2 in 1961, also The Miracles #27 in ‘64)

I Live Each Day

Jerry Vale

1954

(#29)

I Love A Rainy Night  

Eddie Rabbitt

1980

(#1)

I Love How You Love Me

Bobby Vinton

1968

(#9) Barry Mann, Larry Kolber; previously #5 for The Paris Sisters, 1961

I Love Paris

Frank Sinatra

1960

Cole Porter, 1953, in "Can Can"

I Love the Way You Love Me

John Michael Montgomery

Cannon & Shaw

I Love You For Sentimental Reasons

Nat "King" Cole

1946

(#1 for 6 weeks) Deek Watson, William Best

I Love You Madly

Four Coins

1955

(#28)

I Love

Tom T. Hall

1973

(#12) Tom T. Hall

I Need You Now

Eddie Fisher

1954

(#1) Jimmy Crane, Al Jacobs

I Need You

America

1972

(#9) Gerry Beckley

I Need Your Lovin'

Cheers, The

1954

(#15)

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

Lynn Anderson

1971

Joe South

I Only Have Eyes For You  

Flamingos, The

1959

Al Dubin, Harry Warren (#11) (orig Ben Selvin, 1934, later Doris Day, 1950); also Art Garfunkel, #18, 1975

I Only Want to Be with You

Dusty Springfield

1964

(#12) Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde

I Really Don't Want to Know

Tommy Edwards

1960

(#18) Hal Blair, Don Robertson; first recorded by Eddy Arnold, 1954

I Remember You  

Frank Ifield

1962

(#5) Johnny Mercer & Victor Schertzinger, 1942; in The Fleet's In, ‘42; top 10 by Tommy Dorsey, 1944x

I Saw Her Again

Mamas & Papas

1966

(#5) John Phillips, Denny Doherty

I Saw Her Standing There

Beatles, The

1964

(#14) John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Jimmy Boyd

1952

(#1) Tommie Connor

I Saw The Light

1948

Hank Williams

I Say A Little Prayer

Dionne Warwick

1967

(#4) Hal David, Bert Bacharach

I Shot the Sheriff

Eric Clapton

1974

Bob Marley

I Should Care  

Paul Weston Orchestra

1945

Sammy Kahn, Axel Stordahl

I Should Have Known Better

Beatles, The

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I Speak to the Stars

Doris Day

1954

(#16)

I Spoke Too Soon

Crew-Cuts, The

1954

(#24)

I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat

Mel Blanc

1951

(#9) Alan Livingston, Warren Foxter

I Think I Love You

Partridge Family, The

1970

(#1 for 3 weeks) Toney Romey

I Think We're Alone Now

Tommy James

1967

(#3)

I Thought About You  

Frank Sinatra

1956

Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen, 1939

I Understand Just How You Feel

Four Tunes

1954

(#6) Pat Best

I Understand

June Valli

1954

(#8) Kim Gannon, Mabel Wayne

I Walk the Line

Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two

1956

(#17) Johnny Cash

I Wanna Be Around  

Tony Bennett

1962

Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt

I Want Candy

Strangeloves, The

1965

(#11)

I Want Some Atmosphere

Bill Haley & His Comets

1954

(#11)

I Want To Be Wanted

Brenda Lee

1960

Bob Atcher, 1943 (#1)

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Beatles, The

1964

(#1)

I Want You All to Myself (Just You)

Kitty Kallen

1954

(#23)

I Want You to Be My Baby

Georgia Gibbs

1955

(#14)

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

Elvis Presley

1956

(#1) Maurice Mysels, Ira Kosloff

I Was Made to Love Her

Stevie Wonder

1967

(#2) Henry Crosby, Stevie Wonder

I Went to Your Wedding

Patti Page

1952

(#1) Jessie May Robinson

I Will Follow Him

Little Peggy March

1963

(#1) Arthur Altman, Norman Gimbel

I Will Wait for You

Frank Sinatra

1956

Michel Legrand, Normal Gimbel, Jacques Demy; from Umbrellas of Cherbourg

I Will

Beatles, The

1968

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I Wish I Wuz

Rosemary Clooney

1951

(#27)

I Wish It Would Rain

Temptations, The

1968

(#4) Rodger Penzabene, Barret Strong

I Wish You Could Be Here

Simon & Garfunkel

Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley

I Wish You Love  

Gloria Lynne

1964

(#28) Charles Trenet

I Wonder As I Wander

Peter, Paul & Mary

1988

John Jacob Niles; featured on the PMS TV special "Holiday Celebration"

I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight

Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart

1967

(#8) Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

1909

Joseph Howard, Will Hough & Frank Adams

I Won't Last a Day Without You

Carpenters, The

1971

Roger Nicholls, Paul Williams; Karen died 2/4/83

I Write The Songs  

Barry Manilow

1975

(#1) Bruce Johnston (of the Beach Boys — his only hit; about Brian Wilson); Grammy winner 1976 (song)

I'd Like to Get to Know You  

Spanky & Our Gang

1978

(#17)

I'd Like to Make It With You

Bread

1970

(#1) David Gates (on charts 17 weeks)

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

New Seekers, The

1971

(#7) Billy Davis, Dottie West, Bill Backer

I'd Love You to Want Me

Lobo

I'd Rather Be Blue

Barbra Streisand

1964

Billy Rose, Fred Fisher, 1928; featured in "Funny Girl"

I'd Really Love to See You Tonight

England Dan & John Ford Coley

1976

(#2) Parker McGee (on charts 24 weeks)

I'll Be Home For Christmas  

Bing Crosby

1943

Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, & Buck Ram

I'll Be Seeing You  

Frank Sinatra

1961

(#58) Irving Kahal, Sammy Fain, ‘38; in ‘43 movie (same name); Liberace's theme song in the 50's; Bing Crosty #1, ‘44

I'll Be There

Jackson 5, The

1970

Bob West, Hal Davis, Barry Gordy

I'll Cry Instead

Beatles, The

1964

(#25) John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I'll Fly Away

Alfred E. Brumley

I'll Follow the Sun

Beatles, The

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I'll Get By  

Kay Starr

1944

Fred Ahlert, Roy Turk, 1928; also rec. by The King Sisters, 1944; used as a self-title movie theme, 1950

I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song

Jim Croce

1974

(#9) Words & Music by Jim Croce

I'll Make Love to You

Boys 2 Men

1994

(#1)

I'll Never Fall In Love Again

Dionne Warwick

1969

(#6) Bert Bacharach & Hal David

I'll Never Find Another You

Seekers, The

1965

(#4) Tom Springfield

I'll Never Love This Way Again

Dionne Warwick

1977

Will Jennings, Richard Kerr

I'll Never Smile Again  

Frank Sinatra

1939

Ruth Lowe (Tommy Dorsey Orch.) (also The Platters, ‘61, #25)

I'll Play for You

Seals & Crofts

1975

(#18) James Seals, Dash Crofts

I'll See You in My Dreams  

Pat Boone

1962

(#32) Gus Kahn, Isham Jones, 1924

I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen

1875

Thomas Paine Westendorf; not Irish…written in Kentucky!

I'll Take You There

Staple Singers, The

1972

(#1) Alvertis Isbell

I'm A Believer

Monkees, The

1967

Neil Diamond

I'm a Fool to Care

Les Paul & Mary Ford

1954

(#6) Ted Daffan

I'm a Fool

Dino, Desi & Billy

1965

(#17)

I'm A Loser

Beatles, The

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I'm a Man

Yardbirds, The

1965

(#17)

I'm Alright

Kenny Loggins

1980

(#7) (from the movie Caddyshack)

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

1918

Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy

I'm Always Hearing Wedding Bells

Eddie Fisher

(#20)

I'm Beginning to See the Light  

Ella Fitzgerald

I'm Easy (Like Sunday Morning)

Commodores, The

Lionel Ritchie

I'm Easy

Keith Caradine

1976

(#17) Keith Caradine, from the movie "Nashville"

I'm Gettin' Nuttin' for Christmas

Ricky Zahnd & The Blue Jeaners

1955

(#21) S. Tepper, R. Bennett

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You  

Tommy Dorsey

1932

Goerge Bassman, Ned Washington; theme song of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

I'm Goin' Home

Kingston Trio, The

1964

Fred Geis

I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door

Eddie Hodges

1961

(#12)

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself

Billy Williams

1957

(#3) Fred Ahlert & Joe Young, 1935

I'm Happy Just to Dance With You  

Beatles, The

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I'm Henry VIII, I Am  

Herman's Hermits

1965

(#1) R.P. Weston, Fred Murray; based on a Harry Champion tune from 1911

I'm In a Hurry

Alabama

I'm In The Mood For Love  

Frances Langford

1936

Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields (#5 on the Hit Parade)

I'm Into Something Good

Herman's Hermits

1964

(#13)

I'm Leaving It Up to You

Dale & Grace

1963

(#1) Dewey Terry, Don Harris

I'm Looking Through You

Beatles, The

John Lennon & Paul McCartney

I'm Losing You

Temptations, The

1966

(#8)

I'm Movin' On

Ray Charles

1959

Previously recorded by Hank Snow

I'm My Own Grandpaw

Ray Stevens

Dwight Latham, Moe Jaffe (Guy Lombardo, 1948)

I'm Not In Love

Ten CC

1975

(#2 for 3 weeks) Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman

I'm Not Lisa

Jessie Colter

1975

Jessie Colter

I'm Not Your Stepping Stone

Monkeys, The

I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

Les Paul & Mary Ford

1953

Sam Lewis, Joe Young, Ray Henderson, 1925

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry  

Hank Williams

1949

Hank Williams; also BJ Thomas #8 in 1966)

I'm Sorry  

Brenda Lee

1960

(#1) Ronnie Self & Dub Albritten

I'm Sorry

John Denver

1975

John Denver

I'm Telling You Now

Freddie & The Dreamers

1965

(#1) Freddie Garrit, Mitch Murray

I'm the Pied Piper

Crispian St. Peters

1966

(#4)

I'm Waiting Just For You

Rosemary Clooney

1951

(#21)

I'm Walkin'

Fats Domino

1957

(#4) Fats Domino (Rick Nelson also #4)

I'm Walking Behind You

Eddie Fisher

1953

(#1) Billy Reid

I've Got a Crush On You  

Betty Grable

1955

George & Ira Gershwin, 1930; also recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1952

I've Got a Crush On You

Ella Fitzgerald

1938

Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin, 1931

I've Got a Tiger By The Tail

Buck Owens

1965

(#25) Buck Owens, Harlan Howard

I've Got a Woman

Ray Charles

1955

(#2 on R&B charts) Ray Charles; Charles' first hit

I've Got Beans In My Ears

Serendipity Singers, The

1964

(#30) University of Colorado group

I've Got Friends In Low Places

Garth Brooks

1990

(#1) DeWayne Blackwell, Earl Bud Lee

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

Les Brown

1948

Recorded during WWII, but not released at that time

I've Got the World On a String

Mel Tormé

1966

Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen, from "Cotton Club Parade 21st Edition," 1932

I've Got to Be Me

Sammy Davis, Jr.

1977

Walter Marks, 1968

I've Got You Under My Skin  

Frank Sinatra

1956

Cole Porter, 1936

I've Gotta Be Me

Sammy Davis, Jr.

1968

(#11) Words & Music by Walter Marks (from Golden Rainbow)

I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face  

Rosemary Clooney

1956

(#70) Alan J. Lerner, Frederick Loewe (from My Fair Lady)

I've Heard That Song Before  

Harry James Orch.

1943

Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne (1938?)

I've Just Seen a Face

Beatles, The

1965

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

I've Never Been To Spain

Three Dog Night

1971

(#5) Hoyt Axton

I've Told Every Little Star  

Linda Scott

1961

(#3) Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II

If

Perry Como

1951

(#1) w. Tolchard Evans, m. Robert Hargreaves, Stanley Damerell, 1934

If

David Gates

1970

(#4) David Gates

If Ever You're In My Arms Again

Peabo Bryson

1984

(#6)

If I Could Turn Back Time

Cher

1989

(#3)

If I Didn't Care  

Platters, The

1961

Jack Lawrence, 1939 (#30) (also Hilltoppers 1954)

If I Fell

Beatles, The

1964

John Lennon, Paul McCartney; from A Hard Day's Night

If I Give My Heart To You

Doris Day

1954

(#3) Jimmy Crane, Al Jacobs, Jimmy Brewster (Kitty Kallen version #34 in 1959)

If I Had a Hammer

Peter, Paul & Mary

1962

(#10) Pete Seeger, Lee Hays (of The Weavers) (Trini Lopez #3 in 1963)

If I Had A Penny

Rosemary Clooney

1953

(#26)

If I Knew You Were Comin'

Eileen Barton

1950

(#1) Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill, Clem Watts

If I Loved You

Roy Hamilton

Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers; from "Carousel"

If I May

Nat "King" Cole

1955

(#8) Rosemary McCoy, Charles Singleton

If I Only Had a Brain  

Bolger/Lahr/Haley

1939

E.Y.Harburg, Harold Arlen

If I Ruled the World

Tony Bennett

1965

(#34) Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel

If I Were a Carpenter  

Bobby Darin

1966

(#8) Tim Hardin (Darin died in 1973 in surgery at age 37, Hardin in 1980 at 39)

If Teardrops Were Pennies

Rosemary Clooney

1951

(#24)

If You Could Read My Mind

Gordon Lightfoot

1970

(#5) Gordon Lightfoot

If You Don't Want My Love

Jaye P. Morgan

(#12)

If You Go Away  

Rod McKuen

Jacques Brel (Eng. Rod McKuen)

If You Knew Susie

Eddie Cantor

If You Know What I Mean

Neil Diamond

1976

(#11) Neil Diamond

If You Leave Me Now

Chicago

1976

Peter Cetera

If You Love Me (Really Love Me)

Kay Starr

1954

(#4)

If You Wanna Be Happy

Jimmy Soul

1963

(#1) Frank Guda, Carmella Guda, Joseph Royster

If You've Got the Money, Honey

Lefty Frizzell

Iko Iko

Dixie Cups, The

1965

(#20)

I'll Be Doggone

Marvin Gaye

1965

(#8)

I'll Keep Holding On

Marvelettes, The

1965

(#34)

I'll Never Stop Loving You

Doris Day

1955

(#13) Sammy Kahn, Nicholas Brodszky

Imagine

John Lennon

1971

(#3) John Lennon

Impossible Dream  

Jack Jones

1966

(#35) Joe Darion & Mitch Leigh, in Man of La Mancha

In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town  

Somethin' Smith & The Redheads

1956

(#27) Little Jack Little, John Siras & Joe Young, 1932; also recorded by Johnny Long, 1940

In Crowd, The

Ramsey Lewis

1965

(#5) (instrumental) (Dobie Gray vocal #13)

In Dreams

Roy Orbison

1963

(#7)

In My Dreams

Judds, The

1990

In My Life

Beatles, The

1965

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

In My Little Corner of the World

Anita Bryant

1960

(#10)

In My Merry Oldsmobile

1905

Gus Edwards, Vincent Bryan

In My Room

Beach Boys, The

1963

(#23) Brian Wilson, Gary Usher

In the Chapel in the Moonlight

Kitty Kallen

1954

(#4) William Hall, 1936 (#3 on Hit Parade)

In The Cool Cool Cool of the Evening

1951

Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer; in Here Comes the Groom; Oscar winner 1951

In The Early Mornin' Rain

Peter, Paul & Mary

1965

(#91) Gordon Lightfoot

In the Ghetto

Elvis Presley

1969

(#3) Mac Davis

In the Middle of the House

Vaughn Monroe

1956

(#11) (Rusty Draper's #20)

In the Midnight Hour

Wilson Pickett

1965

(#21) Steve Cropper

In the Misty Moonlight  

Jerry Wallace

1964

(#19) Cindy Walker; also rec. by Dean Martin, 1967 (#46)

In the Mood

Ernie Fields' Orchestra

1959

(#4) Andy Razaf & Joe Garland, 1939

In The Navy

Village People, The

1979

(#3) Roy Dorset

In The Still of The Night

Five Satins, The

1956

(#24) Words & Music by lead singer Fred Parris

In The Still of The Night  

Nelson Eddy

1937

Cole Porter (in Rosalie) (also Dion, 1960)

In the Summertime

Mungo Jerry

1970

(#3)

In the Summertime

Roger Miller

1966

Roger Miller; also rec. by Andy Williams

In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning  

Carly Simon

1993

David Mann, Bob Hilliard; from the movie "Sleepless In Seattle"

In The Year 2525

Zager & Evans

1969

(#1 for 6 weeks) Richard Evans; only charted single, a top 10 One-Hit Wonder; from Lincoln, NE

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

1968

(#30) Doug Ingle; album was in top 10 for 81 weeks, on charts for 140

Incense And Peppermints

Strawberry Alarm Clock

1967

(#1) John Carter, Tim Gilbert, Frank Slay

Inchworm

Danny Kaye

1952

Frank Loesser; in "Hans Christian Andersen"

Indian Lake

Cowsills, The

1968

(#10)

Indian Love Call

Nelson Eddy/Jeanette MacDonald

1936

Rudolf Friml, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, 1924; in "Rose Marie"; 1^st million-seller show tune

Indiscretion

Jo Stafford

1954

(#30)

Inka Dinka Doo

Jimmy Durante

1923

Jimmy Durante

Innocent Man, An

Billy Joel

1983

(#10)

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

Teresa Brewer

1953

(#23) Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher, 1945

Irish Ballad, The

Tom Lehrer

Tom Lehrer

Is That All There Is

Peggy Lee

1969

(#11) Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller; arranged by then-unknown Randy Newman

Island Girl

Elton John

1975

(#1) Elton John, Bernie Taupin

Island In the Sun

Harry Belafonte

1957

(#30)

Islands In The Stream  

Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers

1983

(#2) written by the Bee-Gees

Isle of Capri

Gaylords, The

1954

(#14) Jimmy Kennedy, Will Gronz

It Ain't Me Babe

Turtles, The

1965

(#8) Bob Dylan (Dylan recorded it in 1964)

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Traditional

E.H. Sears, R.S. Willis, pub. 1849

It Don't Come Easy

Ringo Starr

1971

(#4)

It Don't Matter to Me  

Bread

1970

(#10) David Gates

It Don't Mean a Thing

Boswell Sisters, The

It Had to Be You  

Frank Sinatra

1949

Isham Jones & Gus Kahn, 1924

It Happens To Be Me

Nat "King" Cole

1954

(#16)

It Hurts to Be In Love

Gene Pitney

1964

(#7)

It Isn't Fair

Don Cornell

1950

Richard Himber

It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'

Johnny Tillotson

1962

(#3)

It Looks Like Rain

Edgar Leslie, Joseph Burke, 1937

It Might As Well Be Spring

1945

Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II; in State Fair; Oscar winner, 1945

It Must Be Him

Vicki Carr

1967

Gilbert Becaud, from the French "Seul Su Son Etàle"

It Never Entered My Mind

It Never Rains In California

Albert Hammond

1972

(#5) Michael Hazelwood, Albert Hammond

It Only Hurts for a Little While

Ames Brothers, The

1956

(#11) Mack David, Fred Spielman

It Only Takes a Moment

from Hello, Dolly

1963

Jerry Herman

It Was A Very Good Year  

Frank Sinatra

1965

(#28) Ervin Drake, 1961 (also by The Kingston Trio)

It Was Almost Like A Song

Ronnie Milsap

1977

(#16)

It Worries Me

Frank Sinatra

1954

(#30)

It's a Beautiful Morning

Rascals, The

1968

(#3) (band was 3/4's of Joey Dee's "starlighters")

It's A Sin to Tell A Lie

Somethin' Smith & The Redheads

1955

(#7) Billy Mayhew, 1933 (Thomas "Fats" Waller #1 in 1936)

It's All in the Game  

Tommy Edwards

1958

(#1) Carl Sigman (‘51), Charles Gales Dawes (Coolidge's VP), 1912 (Cliff Richard #25 in 1963) Edwards d 1969

It's All Over Now

Rolling Stones, The

1964

(#26)

It's Been a Long, Long Time

Harry James Orch (Kitty Kallen voc)

1945

Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne

It's Gonna Take Some Time

The Carpenters

1971

Carole King, Toni Stern; Karen died 2/4/83

It's Hard to Be Humble

Mac Davis

Mac Davis

It's Impossible

Perry Como

1970

(#10) Sid Wayne, Camile Manzanero

It's Just A Matter Of Time

Brook Benton

1959

(#3) Clyde Otis, Brook Benton (d 1988)

It's Late

Ricky Nelson

1959

(#9)

It's Magic  

Doris Day

1958

Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne, 1948

It's My Party

Lesley Gore

1963

(#1) Wally Gold, Jack Gluck

It's Not for Me To Say  

Johnny Mathis

1957

(#5) Al Stillman & Robert Allen

It's Not Unusual

Tom Jones

1965

(#10) Gordon Mills, Les Reed

It's Now Or Never

Elvis Presley

1960

(#1) Aaron Schroeder, Gally Gold (to "O Sole Mio" by de Capua, 1899 — his 2nd "borrowed" tune after Aura Lee)

It's Only a Paper Moon

1933

Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen; from the movie "Take a Chance"

It's Only Love

Beatles, The

1966

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

It's Only Make Believe

Conway Twitty

1958

(#1) Conway Twitty, Jack Nance

It's Over

Roy Orbison

1964

(#9) Jimmie Rogers

It's So Easy

Linda Ronstadt

1977

(#5) Buddy Holly, Norman Petty

It's Still Rock & Roll to Me

Billy Joel

1980

(#1)

It's Such A Lazy Summer Night

Four Preps, The

1958

(#1) Harold Spina (?)

It's the Right Time of the Night

Jennifer Warnes

1977

(#6)

It's Too Late

Carole King

1971

(#1 for 5 weeks) Carole King; Grammy winner, 1971 (record) (album won 3) (flip side "I Feel the Earth Move")

It's Too Soon To Know

Pat Boone

1958

(#4) Deborah Chessler (also by Dinah Washington, 1948)

It's a Blue World

Four Freshmen, The

1953

Robert Wright, Chet Forrest

It's A Good Day

Peggy Lee

1948

Peggy Lee, David Barbour (husband & wife)

It's A Heartache

Juice Newton

1978

Ronnie Scott & Wolfe

It's A Woman's World

Four Aces, The

1954

(#11) Sammy Cahn, Cybil Mockridge

It's All Right With Me

Ella Fitzgerald

1957

Cole Porter, in "Can Can," 1953

It's Almost Tomorrow

Dream Weavers, The

1955

(#7) Wade Buff, Gene Adkinson

It's Beginning To Look Like Chistmas

Perry Como & the Fontane Sisters

1951

(#19) Meredith Wilson

It's Good News Week

Hedgehoppers Anonymous

1965

Kenneth King

It's In the Book (Parts 1 & 2)

Johnny Standley

1952

(#1) Johnny Standley, Art Thorsen

It's the Same Old Song

Four Tops, The

1965

(#5)

It's the Talk of the Town

Connie Boswell

1932

Marty Symes, Al J. Neiburg, Jerry Livingston

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini

Brian Hyland

1960

(#1) Paul Vance, Les Pockriss

Ivory Tower

Gale Storm

1956

(#6) Jack Fulton, Lois Steel (Cathy Carr version #2)

Ja-Da

Eddie Condon

1938

Bob Carleton, 1918

Jailhouse Rock

Elvis Presley

1957

(#1) Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller (also Hound Dog)

Jamaica Farewell  

Harry Belefonte

1956

(#14) Herbie Lovell, Roy McIntyre, Lillian Keyser (on chart for 26 weeks)

Jambalaya (On the Bayou)  

Fats Domino

1961

(#30) Hank Williams, 1952

Jane, Jane, Jane

Kingston Trio, The

1962

(#93) Stan Wilson (flip side of "Scotch ‘n Soda")

Java

Al Hirt

1964

(#4) Allen Touissaint, Alvin Tyler

Jazzman

Carole King

1974

(#2) Carole King, David Palmer

Jean

Oliver

1969

(#2) Rod McKuen, from the movie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Jennie Lee

Jan & Arnie

1958

(#8) (Jan & Dean)

Jennifer Juniper

Donovan

Donovan Leitch

Jenny Jenny

Little Richard

1957

(#10)

Jenny Take a Ride!

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels

1965

(#10)

Jezabel

Frankie Laine

1951

Wayne Shanklin

Jilted

Teresa Brewer

1954

(#6) Robert Colby, Dick Manning

Jim Dandy

LaVern Baker & The Gliders

1956

(#17)

Jingle Bell Rock

Bobby Helms

1958

(#35) Joseph Beal, James Booth

Jingle Bells

Traditional

James Pierpont, pub. 1857

Joanne  

Michael Nesmith & 1st National Band

1970

(#21) Michael Nesmith (later of The Monkees)

Joey

Betty Madigan

1954

(#12) Herb Wiener, James Kreigsman

John and Marsha

Stan Freberg

1951

(#21)

John Birch Society, The

Chad Mitchell Trio, The

1962

(#99)

Johnny Angel

Shelly Fabares

1962

(#1) Lyn Duddy, Lee Pockriss

Johnny B. Goode

Chuck Berry

1958

(#8) Chuck Berry

Johnny Get Angry

Joanie Sommers

1962

(#2)

Jolly Old St. Nicholas

Traditional

Jones Boy, The

MIlls Brothers, The

1953

(#15) Manny Curtis, Vic Mizzy

Joy to the World (Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog)  

Three Dog Night

1971

(#1 for 6 weeks) Hoyt Axton (with Mom, Mae, for Heartbreak Hotel) only mother son #1 writers

Joy to the World

Traditional

I. Watts, L. Mason, pub 1839

Judy's Turn to Cry

Lesley Gore

1963

(#5) Edna Laws, Beverly Ross

Julianne

New Christy Minstrels, The

Randy Sparks

Junk

John Denver

1971

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Just A Closer Walk With Thee

Red Foley

1950

Red Foley

Just A Dream

Jimmy Clanton

1958

(#4) Jimmy Clanton, C. Matassa

Just A Little Too Much

Ricky Nelson

Johnny & Dorsey Burnette

Just A Little

Beau Brummels, The

1965

(#8) Ron Elliott & Durand

Just A Song Before I Go  

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Steven Stills

Just An Old Fashioned Love Song

Three Dog Night

1971

(#4)

Just Between You and Me

Chordettes, The

1957

(#8)

Just Dropped In

Kenny Rogers & the First Edition

1968

(#5)

Just In Time  

Tony Bennett

1956

(#46) Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne, in "Bells Are Ringing"

Just Like a Woman  

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Just My Imagination

Temptations, The

1971

(#1) Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong

Just The Two of Us  

Bill Withers/Grover Washington

1981

(#2 for 3 weeks)First song to be #1 on pop, R&B and Jazz; Washington d. 12/99

Just The Way You Are

Billy Joel

1977

(#3) Billy Joel; 2 Grammies, 1978 (song, record)

Just Walkin' in the Rain  

Johnny Ray

1956

(#2) Johnny Bragg, Robert Riley

Just When I Needed You Most

Randy VanWarmer

Randy VanWarmer

Kalamazoo

Glenn Miller Orch.

1942

Mack Gordon, Harry Warren; Oscar nominee, 1942

Kansas City Star

Roger Miller

1965

(#31)

Kansas City

Wilbert Harrison

1959

(#1) Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber

Kathy's Song

Simon & Garfunkel

1966

Paul Simon

Katy Cruel

Traditional

Traditional

Kaw-Liga  

Hank Williams

1952

Fred Rose, Hank Williams; recorded 4 months before he died, released posthumously

Keep It Gay

Perry Como

1953

(#30) Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II

Keep on Dancing

Gentrys, The

1965

(#4) Alledgedly recorded in 35 minutes

Keep On Truckin'

Eddie Kendricks

1973

(#1) Frank Wilson, Anita Poree, Leonard Caston

Kentuckian Song, The

Hilltoppers, The

1955

(#20)

Kentucky Rain

Elvis Presley

1970

Eddie Rabbit & Dick Heard

Key Largo  

Bertie Higgins

1982

(top 10) Bertie Higgins

Kicks

Paul Revere & The Raiders

1966

Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil

Kid's Last Fight, The

Frankie Laine

1954

(#20) Merrill

Killing Me Softly  

Roberta Flack

1972

(#1 5 wks, charted 16) Normal Gimbel, Charlos Fox, Lori Leiberman; about Don McLean; 2 Grammies ‘73 (song, rec)

Kind of a Drag

Buckinghams, The

1966

(#1) James Holvay

King of the Road

Roger Miller

1965

(#4) Roger Miller; Grammy Winner, 1965 (C&W song, his second in a row)

King Porter Stomp

Benny Goodman Orchestra

1935

Jelly Roll Morton, 1924

Kiss An Angel Good Morning

Charley Pride

1972

Ben Peters; Grammy winner, 1972 (C&W)

Kiss Of Fire

Georgia Gibbs

1952

#1) Lester Allen, Robert Hill, A.G. Villoldo

Kiss On My List

Hall & Oates

1981

(#1) Daryl Hall, Jana Allen (sister of Sara "Sara Smile" Allen, Daryl's girlfriend, who died in 1993 of leukemia)

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine  

Jimmie Rodgers

1957

(#3) Paul Campbell (nom de plume of The Weavers) & Joel Newman (Huddie Ledbetter), 1951

K-K-K-Katy

1918

Geoffrey O'Hara

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

1973

Bob Dylan; also rec. by Eric Clapton, 1975

Knowing Me Knowing You

Abba

1976

(#13)

Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)

Perry Como

1955

(#2) Jake Porter, Eunice Levy, Forrest Wilson

Kodachrome

Paul Simon

1973

(#2) Paul Simon

Kokomo

Beach Boys, The

1988

(#1) (on charts for 28 weeks) Mike Love, Terry Melcher, John Phillips, Scott McKenzie

Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)

Edward Byrnes with Connie Stevens

1959

(#4) Irving Taylor; inspired by the TV show "77 Sunset Strip"

La Bamba

Ritchie Valens

1958

(#22) Traditional Mexican

La Dee Dah

Billy & Lillie

1958

(#9)

La Paloma

Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra

1958

(#20) (instrumental)

La Vie en Rose

Edith Piaf

1946

Edith Piaf, Gilles Valiquette

Lady Godiva

Peter & Gordon

1966

(#6)

Lady In Red

Chris de Burgh

1986

Chris de Burgh

Lady Is A Tramp, The  

Frank Sinatra

1957

Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers (from Babes In Arms, it is on Sinatra's Pal Joey soundtrack)

Lady Madonna

Beatles, The

1966

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Lady of Spain

Les Paul

1948

Erell Reaves, Tolchard Evans, 1931

Lady Willpower

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

1968

Jerry Fuller

Lady

Kenny Rogers

1980

(#1 for 6 weeks) Lionel Ritchie (Graham Gable?)

Lady

Styx

1974

(#6) Dennis DeYoung

Land of 1000 Dances

Cannibal & The Headhunters

1965

(#30) Chris Kenner; also recorded by Wilson Picket #6, 1966, and by Cannibal #30 in 1965

Land of Dreams

Hugo Winterhalter

1954

(#28) (instrumental)

Last Dance

Donna Summer

1978

(#3) Paul Jabara; Grammy Winner, 1978 (R&B); in Thank God It's Friday, Oscar winner 1978

Last Date

Floyd Cramer

1960

Floyd Cramer

Last Farewell, The

Roger Whitaker

1975

(#19) Roger Whitaker, R.A. Webster

Last Kiss

J. Frank Wilson & The Cavaliers

1964

(#2) Wayne Cochran

Last Night I Didn't Get to Sleep at All)

Marilyn McCoo

1972

Terry Macauley, Marilyn McCoo

Last Thing On My Mind, The

Peter, Paul & Mary

1968

Tom Paxton; also rec. by Neil Diamond (#56 in 1973)

Last Time I Saw Paris, The  

Ann Southern

1941

Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, 1940; Oscar-winning song from "Lady Be Good"

Last Train to Clarksville

Monkees, The

1966

Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart

Last Waltz With You

Engelbert Humperdink

1967

(#25) Les Read, Berry Mason

Last Word in Lonesome Is Me

Eddie Arnold

1966

Laugh at Me

Sonny Bono

1965

(#10)

Laugh, Laugh

Beau Brummels, The

1965

(#15) Ron Elliott

Laughing

Guess Who, The

1969

(#10)

Laughter in the Rain

Neal Sedaka

1974

(#1) Neil Sedaka

Laura  

Woody Herman Orchestra

1945

Johnny Mercer, David Raksin

Lavender-Blue

Sammy Turner

1959

(#3) Adapted by Eliot Caniel, Larry Morley, 1948, from trad. c 1750

Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)

Melanie

1970

Melanie Safka, inspired by her visit to Woodstock in 1969

Lay Down Sally

Eric Clapton

1977

Eric Clapton, Levy & Terr

Lay Lady Lay

Bob Dylan

1969

Bob Dylan

Layla

Derek & The Dominoes (Clapton)

1972

Eric Clapton, James Beck Gordon; about Patti Boyd (Mrs. George) Harrison; they later married; 1992 re-make hit #12

Lazy Day  

Spanky & Our Gang

1967

(#14)

Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer

Nat "King" Cole

1963

(#6)

Lazy Summer Night

Four Preps, The

1967

Harold Spina

Leader of the Band, The

Dan Fogelberg

1981

(#9)

Leader of the Pack

Shangri-Las, The

1964

(#1) Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry; the Shangri-Las were two sets of sisters; record produced by Leiber & Stoller

Lean On Me

Bill Withers

1972

(#1 for 3 weeks) Bill Withers

Learnin' the Blues  

Frank Sinatra

1955

(#1) Delores Silvers

Leave a Tender Moment Alone

Billy Joel

1984

(#22)

Leavin' on a Jet Plane

Peter, Paul & Mary

1969

(their only #1) John Denver

Lemon Tree

Peter, Paul & Mary

1962

(#35) Will Holt (Trini Lopez version #20 in 1965)

Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella

Perry Como

1964

Irving Kayal, Francis Wheeler, Sammy Fain, 1927

Let It Be Me

Everly Brothers, The

1960

(#7) Pierre Delanoe (Eng. Mann Curtis), Gilbert Becaud, 1957

Let It Be

Beatles, The

1970

John Lennon, Paul McCartney

Let It Grow

Eric Clapton

1974

Eric Clapton

Let It Rain

Eric Clapton

1970

Eric Clapton, Bonnie Bramlett

Let It Snow! Let It Snow1 Let It Snow!  

Vaughn Monroe

1945

Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne

Let Me Be There

Olivia Newton-John

1973

(#6) John Rostill

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear

Elvis Presley

1957

(#1)

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Patti Page

1949

Beth Slater Whitson, Les Friedman, 1910

Let Me Go, Lover

Theresa Brewer

1954

(#6) Jenny Lou Carson (re-lyric Mitch Miller?) (Joan Weber version #1 in 1955, her only hit)

Let the Rest of the World Go By

Mitch Miller

1958

J. Kern Brennen, Ernest R. Ball, 1919

Let There Be Drums

Sandy Nelson

1961

(#7)

Let There Be Love  

Nat "King' Cole

Ian Grant, Lionel Rand

Let Your Love Flow

Bellamy Brothers, The

1976

Lawrence Williams

Let's Dance

Chris Montez

1962

(#4) Jim Lee

Let's Fall in Love

Nat "King" Cole

1943

Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen, 1933, in the movie of the same name

Let's Get Away From It All

Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

vocal by Pied Pipers

Let's Get Physical

Olivia Newton-John

1981

(#1 for 10 weeks)

Let's Get Together

Hayley Mills

1961

(#8) Robert & Richard Sherman

Let's Live for Today

Grass Roots, The

1967

(#8)

Let's Think About Livin'

Bob Luman

1960

Boudleaux Bryant

Let's Twist Again

Chubby Checker

1961

(#8) Dave Appel, Carl Mann; artist real name Ernest Evans

Let's Hang On

Four Seasons, The

1965

(#3) Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer

Letter, The

Box Tops, The

1967

(#1) Wayne Thompson

Liar

Three Dog Night

1971

(#7)

Liar, Liar

Castaways, The

1965

(#12)

Liechtensteiner Polka

Will Glahe & His Orchestra

1957

(#16) Edmund Kotscher, R. Lindt

Lies

Perry Como

1952

(#30) George Springer, Harry Barris, 1931

Life In The Fast Lane

Eagles, The

1977

(#11) Joe Walsh

Life Is A Dance (You Learn As You Go)

Garth Brooks

Light My Fire

Jose Feliciano

1967

John Densmore, Robert Kreiger, Raymond Manzarek, James Morrison

Lightnin' Strikes

Lou Christie

1965

(#1) Lou Christie, Twyla Herbert

Like a Rolling Stone

Bob Dylan

1965

(#2) Bob Dylan

Limbo Rock

Chubby Checker

1962

Jon Sheldon, William Strange; artist real name Ernest Evans

Linda  

Buddy Clark

1947

Jack Lawrence, Ann Ronell; commisioned by Lee Eastman for daughter Linda (later Mrs. Paul McCartney)

Lion Sleeps Tonight, The

Tokens, The

1961

(#1 for 3 weeks) Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George Weiss; also by The Weavers; from a Zulu chant called "Mbube"

Lipstick On Your Collar

Connie Francis

1959

(#5) Edna Lewis, George Goehring

Lisbon Antiqua

Nelson Riddle Orchestra

1955

(#1 for 4 weeks) Amadeu do Vale (Eng. Harry Dupree) Raul Portela, 1937

Listen to the Music

Doobie Brothers, The

Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You, A

1967

Neil Diamond

Little Bitty Pretty One

Clyde McPhatter

1962

(#25) (Thurston Harris #6 in 1957, also by Bobby Day & The Satelites, 1957, also Frankie Lymon 1960)

Little Bitty Tear, A

Burl Ives

1961

(#9)

Little Blue Riding Hood

Stan Freberg

1953

(#9)

Little Boxes

Pete Seeger

1964

(#70) Malvina Reynolds, 1962; Seeger was formerly with The Weavers

Little Brown Church in the Vale

1865