Songs & Compositions
22 entries in the Songs & Compositions compendium.
'O sole mioNeapolitan song from 1898, basis for 'It's Now or Never.'(I Can't Get No) SatisfactionA Rolling Stones song with a famous guitar riff and controversial lyrics.(Sittin' On) The Dock of the BayPosthumous number 1 single co-written by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper....Baby One More TimeDebut single that redefined late 1990s pop music.1812 OvertureConcert overture commemorating Russia's 1812 defence against French invasion.A Change Is Gonna ComeSam Cooke's song inspired by personal and civil rights experiences.A Day in the LifeFinal track on Sgt. Pepper, often called the Beatles' finest song.A Love SupremeA through-composed suite in four parts.A Mighty Fortress Is Our GodHymn by Martin Luther, paraphrasing Psalm 46.All Along the WatchtowerSong by Bob Dylan, famously covered by Jimi Hendrix.Amazing GraceClergyman and former slave trader who wrote "Amazing Grace."ArirangA Korean folk song symbolizing unity and resilience.Astral WeeksVan Morrison's second studio album, released in 1968.Auld Lang SyneScottish song sung at New Year and other farewells.Away in a MangerChristmas carol of disputed origin, widely sung in English-speaking world.Be My BabyRonettes' biggest hit, a landmark of Phil Spector's Wall of Sound.Bella ciaoAnti-fascist Italian folk song of uncertain origin.Bitches BrewMiles Davis's electric landmark album, recorded in 1969.Blowin' in the WindA protest song posing rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom.Blue (Joni Mitchell album)Joni Mitchell's fourth studio album, a landmark of confessional songwriting.Blue Monday (New Order song)Best-selling 12-inch single, coded sleeve, influential dance track.Body and Soul (1930 song)A 1930 jazz standard, widely recorded and influential.
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