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| Unchain My Heart | Ray Charles | 1961 | (#9) Freddy James, Agnes Jones |
| Unchained Melody | Righteous Brothers, The | 1965 | (#4) Hy Zaret & Alex North (also #13 in 1990 in Ghost) (Les Baxter #1 in ‘55, Roy Hamilton #6 in ‘55) |
| Undecided | Ames Brothers, The | 1951 | Sid Robin & Charlie Shavers |
| Under the Boardwalk | Drifters, The | 1964 | (#4) Arthur Resnick, Kenny Young |
| Unforgettable | Dinah Washington | 1959 | (#17) Irving Gordon (Nat "King" Cole, 1951) |
| Unfortunate Miss Bailey | Kingston Trio, The | 1959 | Lou Gottlieb (of The Limelighters) |
| Unicorn, The | Irish Rovers, The | 1968 | (#7) Shel Silverstein, on his album "Inside Folk", 1961 |
| United We Stand | 1971 | Tony Hiller, Peter Simons | |
| Universal Soldier | Glen Campbell | 1965 | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| Unkle Albert/Admiral Halsey | Paul McCartney & Wings | 1971 | Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney |
| Until It’s Time for You to Go | Buffy Sainte-Marie | 1967 | Buffy Sainte-Marie (also rec. 1970 by Neil Diamond); first recorded by Bobby Darin, 1966; by Elvis Presley, 1972 |
| Up A Lazy River | Mills Brothers, The | 1948 | Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin, 1931 (also Si Zentner, 1961 #43 and Bobby Darin, #14, 1961) |
| Up Around the Bend | Credence Clearwater Revival | 1970 | John Fogarty |
| Up On a House Top | Traditional | ca 1880 | |
| Up On Cripple Creek | Band, The | 1969 | Robbie Robertson |
| Up On the Roof | Drifters, The | 1962 | (#5) Carole King, Gerry Goffin |
| Up Tight, Everything Is All Right | Stevie Wonder | 1965 | (#3) Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder |
| Up Where We Belong | Jennifer Warnes | 1982 | (#1 for 3 weeks) from An Officer And A Gentleman |
| Up, Up And Away | Fifth Dimension, The | 1967 | Jim Webb; 2 Grammies 1967 (song, record) |
| Uptown Girl | Billy Joel | 1983 | (#3) |
| Use Me Up | Bill Withers | 1972 | (#2 for 2 weeks) |
| Vacation | Connie Francis | 1962 | (#9) |
| Vatican Rag, The | Tom Lehrer | Tom Lehrer | |
| Vaya Con Dios | Les Paul & Mary Ford | 1953 | (#1) Larry Russell, Inez James, Buddy Pepper |
| Vehicle | 1970 | James Peterik | |
| Veni-Vidi-Vici (I Came, I Saw, I Conquered) | Gaylords, The | 1954 | (#30) |
| Ventura Highway | America | 1972 | (#8) Lee Bunnell |
| Venus In Blue Jeans | Jimmy Clanton | 1962 | (#7) Words & Music by Neil Sedaka |
| Venus | Frankie Avalon | 1959 | (#1) Ed Marshall |
| Very Last Day | Peter, Paul & Mary | Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey | |
| Very Thought of You, The | Doris Day | 1950 | Ray Noble, 1934; revived in the 1950 movie ‘Man With a Horn" |
| Very Unfortunate Man | Kingston Trio, The | ||
| Vie En Rose, La | Edith Piaf | 1946 | Edith Piaf (E. Mack David), R.S.Louiguy (Luis Guglielmi) |
| Village of St. Bernadette, The | Andy Williams | 1959 | (#7) |
| Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) | Don McLean | 1971 | Don McLean |
| Voláre | Domenico Modugno | 1958 | (#1) Domenico Modugno, Francesco Migliacci, Eng. Mitchell Parrish (later); also Bobby Rydell, #4 ‘60; 2 Grammies, 1958 |
| Volcano | Jimmy Buffettt | 1979 | (#66) |
| Wabash Canonball | Carter Family, The | 1940 | A.P. Carter |
| Wade In the Water | Ramsey Lewis Trio | 1966 | (#19) |
| Wah Watusi | Orlons, The | 1962 | (#2) Dave Appell, Kal Mann |
| Wait | Beatles, The | 1965 | John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
| Waitin’ in School | Ricky Nelson | 1957 | (#18) Johnny & Dorsey Burnette (Dorsey died at 47 of heart attack, 1979) |
| Wake the Town and Tell the People | Les Baxter & His Orchestra | 1955 | (#5) Sammy Gallop, Jerry Livingston |
| Wake Up Little Susie | Everly Brothers, The | 1957 | (#1 for 4 weeks) Boudleaux & Felice Bryant |
| Walk - Don’t Run | Ventures, The | 1960 | (#2) (instrumental) Johnny Smith |
| Walk A Mile in My Shoes | Joe South | 1970 | (#12) |
| Walk Away Renee | Left Banke, The | 1966 | (#5) Mike Brown, Mike Lookofsky, Tony Samsone, Bob Calilli; about Renee Fladen |
| Walk in the Black Forest, A | Horst Jankowski | 1965 | (#12) Horst Jankowski |
| Walk Like A Man | 4 Seasons, The | 1963 | (#1) Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio |
| Walk On By | Dionne Warwick | 1964 | (#6) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
| Walk On By | Leroy Van Dyke | 1961 | (#5) |
| Walk On the Wild Side | Jimmy Smith & The Big Band | 1962 | (#21) Mack David, Elmer Bernstein |
| Walk Right Back | Everly Brothers, The | 1961 | (#7) Sonny Curtiss (formerly of The Cricketts); also rec. by Anne Murray, 1978 |
| Walk Right In | Rooftop Singers, The | 1963 | (#1) Gus Cannon, H. Woods, 1929; arr Erik Darling, W. Wvanoc, 1963 |
| Walk This Way | Aerosmith | 1977 | (#10) Joe Perry, Steven Tyler; also #4 in 1986 |
| Walkin’ After Midnight | Patsy Cline | 1957 | (#12) Don Hecht, Alan Block |
| Walkin’ My Baby Back Home | Nat "King" Cole | 1952 | (#8) Roy Turk & Fred Ahlert, 1930 |
| Walkin’ The Floor Over You | Ernest Tubb | 1951 | Ernest Tubb |
| Walkin’ to New Orleans | Fats Domino | 1960 | (#6) |
| Walking the Dog | Fusus Thomas | 1963 | (#10) |
| Waltzing Matilda | A.B. "The Banjo" Anderson | 1941 | Marie Cowan, A.B. Anderson; tune based on Robert Tannahill’s "Craigielea" |
| Wanderer, The | Dion | 1961 | (#2) Ernest Maresca |
| Wanderer, The | Kingston Trio, The | 1959 | Irving Burgess |
| Wanderin’ Star | Lee Marvin | 1969 | Alan J. Lerner & Frederick Loewe, in Paint Your Wagon, 1952 |
| Wanted | Perry Como | 1954 | (#1) Jack Fulton, Lois Steele |
| Wanting You | Roger Williams | 1955 | (#38) Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg |
| War | Edwin Star | 1970 | (#1 for 3 weeks) Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong |
| Washington Square | Village Stompers, The | 1963 | (#2) Bob Goldstein, David Shire |
| Wasn’t that a Party | Irish Rovers, The | ||
| Wasted On the Way | Crosby, Stills & Nash | Graham Nash | |
| Watch What Happens | Andy Williams | 1967 | Normal Gimbel & Michel Legrand; from "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" |
| Watchin’ Scotty Grow | Bobby Goldsboro | 1975 | Mac Davis |
| Water Boy | Don Shirly Trio, The | 1961 | (#40) Avery Robinson, 1922 |
| Waterloo | Stonewall Jackson | 1959 | (#4) John D. Loudermilk, Marijohn Wilkin (also Abba, #6 in 1974) |
| Watermelon Man | Mongo Santamaria | 1963 | (#10) Herbie Hancock |
| Watermelon Weather | Perry Como and Eddie Fisher | 1952 | (#19) Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster |
| Watusi, The | Vibrations, The | 1961 | (#25) |
| Way Down Yonder in New Orleans | Freddy "Boom-Boom" Cannon | 1959 | (#3) Harry Creamer, J. Turner Layton, 1922 |
| Way That I Want to Touch You, The | Captain & Tenille | 1975 | (#4) Toni Tenille |
| Way We Were, The | Barbra Streisand | 1973 | (#1) Alan & Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch; in movie same name, Oscar winner, 1973; Grammy 1973 (song) |
| Way You Look Tonight, The | Lettermen, The | 1961 | (#13) Dorothy Fields & Jerome Kern, in Swingtime, 1936; Oscar winner 1936; #2 on Hit Parade) |
| Wayfaring Stranger | Traditional, ca 1800 | ||
| Wayward Wind, The | Gogi Grant | 1956 | (#1 for 10 weeks) Herb Newman, Stan Lebowsky |
| We Are Family | Sister Sledge | 1979 | (#2) Bernard Edwards, Nile Rogers |
| We Can Work It Out | Beatles, The | 1966 | John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
| We Didn’t Start the Fire | Billy Joel | 1989 | (#1) |
| We Don’t Need Another Hero | Tina Turner | 1985 | (#2) from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome |
| We Got Love | Bobby Rydell | 1959 | (#6) |
| We Just Disagree | Dave Mason | 1977 | |
| We May Never Love This Way Again | 1974 | Al Kasha, Joe Harschorn; in Towering Inferno, Oscar winner 1974 (their 2nd) | |
| We Shall Overcome | Joan Baez | 1963 | (#90) Trad., based on "O Sanctissima," 1794; lyr Charles Albert Tindley, 1901 |
| We Three Kings | Traditional | John Hopkins, 1857 | |
| We'll Meet Again | Vera Lynn | 1954 | (#29) Ross Parker & Hughie Charles; prev. recorded by Benny Goodman, 1942 (#16) |
| We’ll Sing In the Sunshine | Gale Garnett | 1964 | (#4) Gale Garnett |
| We’ve Got Tonight | Sheena Easton & Kenny Rodgers | 1983 | (#6) Bob Seger, 1979 |
| We’ve Only Just Begun | Carpenters, The | 1970 | (#2) Paul Williams, Roger Nichols; Karen died 2/4/83 |
| Wear My Ring Around Your Neck | Elvis Presley | 1958 | (#2) Bert Carroll, Russell Moody |
| Wedding Bell Blues, The | Marilyn McCoo | 1969 | Laura Nyro, 1966 |
| Wedding Song, The (There Is Love) | Paul Stookey | 1971 | Paul Stookey (#24) |
| Wednesday Morning 3 a.m. | Simon & Garfunkel | Palul Simon | |
| Weekend in New England | Barry Manilow | 1976 | (#10) |
| Weight | Band, The | 1968 | Jaime "Robbie" Robertson |
| Welcome Back | John Sebastian | 1976 | (#1) John Sebastian; theme from Welcome Back Kotter |
| Welcome to My World | Jim Reeves | 1962 | Ray Winkler & John Hathcock |
| Well-Respected Man | Kinks, The | 1965 | (#13) |
| Western Movies | Olympics, The | 1958 | (#8) |
| What A Difference A Day Makes | Dinah Washington | 1959 | (#8) Eng. Stanley Adams, Maria Grover; Grammy winner 1959 (R&B); also #5 for Dorsey Brothers in 1934 |
| What A Dream | Patti Page | 1954 | (#10) |
| What A Fool Believes | Doobie Brothers, The | 1978 | (#1) Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald; double-Grammy winner 1978 (song, record) |
| What A Wonderful World | Louis Armstrong | 1967 | George David Weiss, George Douglas |
| What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life | 1970 | Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand, in The Happy Ending | |
| What Child Is This | Traditional | Words by William Chatterton Dix, 1865, to the traditional tune "Greensleeves" | |
| What Have They Done To The Rain | Searchers, The | 1965 | (#29) Malvina Reynolds |
| What I Am | Edie Brickel & the New Bohemians | 1988 | (#7) |
| What I Did For Love | Donna Drake | 1975 | Edward Kleban, Marvin Hamlisch, in A Chorus Line |
| What In the World’s Come Over You | Jack Scott | 1960 | (#5) |
| What It Was, Was Football | Andy Griffith | 1954 | (#9) |
| What Kind of Fool Am I | Sammy Davis, Jr. | 1962 | (#17) Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; (from Stop the World I Want to Get Off); Grammy 1962 (song) |
| What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am | Tams, The | 1963 | (#9) |
| What Now My Love | Jane Morgan | 1962 | Eng. Carl Sigman, Gilbert Becaud, 1962 (also Herb Alpert, 1966) |
| What the World Needs Now is Love | Jackie DeShannon | 1965 | (#7) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
| What Will Mary Say | Johnny Mathis | 1963 | (#9) |
| What’d I Say | Ray Charles | 1959 | (#6) Ray Charles |
| What’ll I Do | Linda Ronstadt | 1983 | Irving Berlin, 1923, in Music Box Revue; by Berlin to wife Ellin (as was "Always") |
| What’s Love Got to Do With It | Tina Turner | 1984 | (#1 for 3 weeks) |
| What’s New | Linda Ronstadt | 1983 | (#53) Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart, 1939 |
| Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) | Sarah Vaughn | 1955 | (#6) Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, in Damn Yankees |
| Whatever Will Be, Will Be | Doris Day | 1956 | (#2) |
| What's New Pussycat? | Tom Jones | 1965 | (#3) Hal David, Burt Bacharach |
| Wheel Of Fortune | Kay Starr | 1952 | (#1) Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss |
| Wheels | String-A-Longs, The | 1961 | (#3) Jimmy Tomes, Richard Stephens |
| When | Kalin Twins, The | 1958 | (#5) Paul Evans & Jack Reardon |
| When A Man Loves A Woman | Percy Sledge | 1966 | (#1) Calvin Lewis, Andrew Wright |
| When I Fall In Love | Lettermen, The | 1961 | (#7) Edward Hayman, Victor Young (Doris Day #20 in 1952, also Nat "King" Cole, 1952) |
| When I Grow Up To Be A Man | Beach Boys, The | 1964 | (#9) |
| When I Need You | Leo Sayer | 1977 | (#1) Carole Bayer Sager, Albert Hammond |
| When I Was Young | Animals, The | Eric Burdon, Brigs, Weider, Jenkins & McCulloch | |
| When I Was Young | Kingston Trio, The | Jane Bowers, Dave Guard (Guard died 3/22/91 of lymphoma) | |
| When I’m Sixty-Four | Beatles, The | 1967 | John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
| When Joanna Loved Me | Tony Bennett | 1964 | (#94) Robert Wells & Jack Segal |
| When Johnny Comes Marching Home | Glenn Miller | 1938 | Patrick S. Gilmore, 1863 |
| When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again | Elvis Presley | 1956 | (#19) |
| When My Dreamboat Comes Home | Fats Domino | 1956 | (#14) |
| When Sonny Gets Blue | 1956 | Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal | |
| When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain | Kate Smith | Howard Johnson, Harry Woods, 1931 | |
| When The Red Red Robin | 1926 | Harry Woods | |
| When The River Meets the Sea | John Denver & The Muppets | ||
| When The Saints Go Marching In | Katharine Purvis, James Black, 1896 | ||
| When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano | 1940 | Leon Rene | |
| When Will I Be Loved | Everly Brothers, The | 1960 | (#8) Phil Everly (also Linda Ronstadt, #2 in 1975) |
| When Will I See You Again | 1963 | Alan Fielding | |
| When You Wish Upon A Star | Cliff Edwards, as Jiminy Cricket | 1940 | Ned Washington, Leigh Harline; in Pinochio; Oscar Winner, 1940 |
| When You Wore A Tulip | 1910 | Percy Wenrich, Jack Mahoney | |
| When You’re Hot, You’re Hot | Jerry Reed | 1971 | (#9) |
| When You’re In Love With a Beautiful Woman | 1979 | Even Stevens | |
| When You’re Smiling | 1928 | Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay | |
| When Your Lover Has Gone | |||
| Where Did Our Love Go | Supremes, The | 1964 | (#1) |
| Where Do I Begin | Andy Williams | 1971 | (#9) from Love Story |
| Where Have All the Flowers Gone | Kingston Trio, The | 1962 | (#21) Pete Seeger, 1961 (additional lyrics by Joe Hickerson?) |
| Where Is Love | 1960 | Lionel Bart; from the musical "Oliver" | |
| Where Is the Love | Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | 1972 | (#5) Ralph MacDonald, William Salter; Grammy Winner 1975 (R&B) |
| Where Love Has Gone | Jack Jones | 1964 | (#62) Sammy Cahn, James Van Heusen (1 of two #62s this year) |
| Where Or When | Dion & The Belmonts | 1959 | (#3) Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, 1937 (also by The Lettermen, 98 in 1963) |
| Where the Action Is | Freddy Cannon | 1965 | (Top 20) |
| Where the Blue of the Night | Bing Crosby | 1931 | Roy Turk, Bing Crosby & Fred Ahlert; Crosby’s theme song |
| Where the Boys Are | Connie Francis | 1961 | (#4) Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka |
| Where Was I? | Charlie Barnett | 1940 | (#1) Al Dubin & W. Frank Harling; from the movie "Til We Meet Again" |
| Where Were You When I Needed You | Grass Roots, The | 1966 | (#28) P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri |
| Where’m I Gonna Live When I Get Home | Billy Ray Cyrus | Billy Ray Cyrus & Cindy Cyrus | |
| Where’s The Playground, Susie | Glen Campbell | 1969 | Jim Webb |
| Wherefore And Why | Gordon Lightfoot | Gordon Lightfoot | |
| Whiffenpoof Song, The | Rudy Vallee | 1909 | Guy H. Schull & Meade Minnigerode & George S. Pomeroy |
| Whispering | Nino Tempo & April Stevens | 1963 | (#11) Melvin Schonberger, John Schonberger |
| Whispering Bells | Del-Vikings, The | 1957 | (top 10) |
| Whistling Away the Dark | Henry Mancini | 1969 | Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini; from the movie "Darling Lili" |
| White Christmas | Bing Crosby | 1942 | Irving Berlin; had sold 45 million records by 1963; in Holiday Inn and White Christmas; Oscar winner, 1942 |
| White Cliffs of Dover | Glenn Miller | 1941 | Burton & Kent |
| White Rabbit | Jefferson Airplane | 1967 | (#8) Darby Slick |
| White Room | Cream | 1968 | Jack Bruce, Pete Brown |
| White Silver Sands | Don Rondo | 1957 | (#7) Red Mathews (music authorship & partial lyric credit cliamed by Gladys Reinhart)(Bill Black Combo #7 in ‘60) |
| Whither Thou Goest | Les Paul & Mary Ford | 1954 | (#10) |
| Who Can I Turn To | Tony Bennett | 1964 | (#33) Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley; from "The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd" |
| Who Kissed Me Last Night? | Rosemary Clooney | 1953 | (#23) |
| Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) | Barry Mann | 1961 | (#7) Barry Mann, Gerry Goffin |
| Who’ll Stop the Rain | Credence Clearwater Revival | 1970 | John Fogarty |
| Who’s Sorry Now | Connie Francis | 1958 | (#4) (charted 22 wks) Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby & Ted Snyder (‘23); her first hit, recorded at father’s request |
| Whole Lot of Shakin’ Goin’ On | Jerry Lee Lewis | 1957 | (#3) Dave Williams, Sunny David |
| Whole New World | Peabo Bryson & Reginna Belle | 1993 | (#1) from Walt Disney’s "Aladdin" (academy award winner) |
| Why Baby Why | Pat Boone | 1957 | (#5) Luther Dixon, Larry Harrison |
| Why Can’t We Be Friends | War | 1975 | (#6) Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, et al |
| Why Do Fools Fall In Love | Frankie Lymon | 1956 | (#6) Jimmy Merchant, Herman Santiago (group members) ; Lymon d 2/12/68 at 25 of a heroin overdose |
| Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Screw | Jimmy Buffett | Marvin Gardens | |
| Why Don’t You Do Right | Peggy Lee | 1943 | recorded with Benny Goodman Orchestra |
| Why Don't You Believe Me | Joni James | 1952 | (#1) Lew Douglas, King Laney, Roy Rodde |
| Why Me | Kris Kristopherson | 1973 | Kris Kristopherson |
| Wichita Lineman | Glen Campbell | 1969 | (#3) Jim Webb |
| Wild Colonial Boy | Traditional | ||
| Wild Horses | Perry Como | 1953 | (#6) Johnny Burke |
| Wild Is the Wind | Johnny Mathis | 1957 | (#22) Ned Washington, Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Wild One | Bobby Rydell | 1960 | (#2) Dave Appell, Bernie Lowe, Kal Mann |
| Wild Rover, The | |||
| Wild Thing | Troggs, The | 1966 | (#1) Chip Taylor |
| Wild Weekend | The Rebels | 1962 | (#8) (instrumental) |
| Wild World | Cat Stevens | 1971 | (#11) Cat Stevens |
| Wildfire | Michael Martin Murphy | 1975 | (#3) Michael Murphy, Larry Cansler |
| Wildwood Flower | The Carter Family | 1928 | A.P. Carter? |
| Wildwood Weed | Jim Stafford | 1974 | (#7) music "Wildwood Flower" credited to A.P.Carter; words Jim Stafford & Don Bowman |
| Will It Go Round In Circles | Billy Preston | 1973 | (#1) Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston |
| Will The Circle Be Unbroken | 1907 | Ada Habershon, Charles Gabriet | |
| Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow | Shirelles, The | 1960 | (#1) Carole King, Gerry Goffin; King was 17 when she wrote it |
| Willie and the Hand Jive | Johnny Otis Show | 1958 | (#9) Johnny Otis |
| Willow Weep For Me | Chad & Jeremy | 1964 | Ann Ronell, 1932 (#15), dedicated to George Gershwin |
| Winchester Cathedral | New Vaudville Band | 1966 | (#1) Geoff Stevens |
| Wind Beneath My Wings, The | Bette Midler | 1989 | (#1) |
| Windmills of You Mind | Dusty Springfield | 1969 | (#31) Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand, Thomas Crown Affair, 1968; Oscar winner, 1968 |
| Windsong | John Denver | 1975 | John Denver, Joe Henry; on "Windsong" |
| Windy | Association, The | 1967 | (#1) (on charts 14 weeks, written by Ruthann Friedman, a fan) |
| Wings Of A Dove | Ferlin Husky | 1960 | (#12) |
| Winnie The Pooh | Richard Sherman, Robert Sherman | ||
| Winter Romance | Dean Martin | 1959 | Sammy Cahn & Ken Lane |
| Winter Wonderland | Andrews Sisters, The | 1950 | Richard B. Smith, Felix Bernard |
| Winter World of Love | Engelbert Humperdink | 1969 | (#16) |
| Wipe Out | Surfaris, The | 1963 | (#2) Ron Wilson, James Fuller, Bob Berryhill et al (a high school band) |
| Wish You Were Here | Eddie Fisher w/Hugo Winterhalter | 1952 | (#1) Harold Rome |
| Wishin’ And Hopin’ | Dusty Springfield | 1964 | (#6) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
| Witch Doctor, The | David Seville | 1958 | (#1 for 3 weeks) Ross Bagdasarian (aka David Seville) |
| Witchcraft | Frank Sinatra | 1958 | (#6) Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman |
| Witchy Woman | Eagles, The | 1973 | Don Henley, Bernie Leadon |
| With A Song In My Heart | Jane Froman | ||
| With A Little Help From My Friends | Beatles, The | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | |
| With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming | Patti Page | 1949 | |
| With Or Without You | U2 | 1987 | (#1 for 3 weeks) |
| With Pen In Hand | Vicki Carr | 1969 | Bobby Goldsboro |
| Without A Song | Ray Hamilton | 1955 | (#77) Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu, Vincent Youmans, 1929 |
| Without You | Harry Nilsson | 1971 | (#1 for 4 weeks) Peter Ham, Tom Evans |
| Wives And Lovers | Jack Jones | 1963 | (#14) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
| W-O-L-D | Harry Chapin | 1974 | (#36) |
| Wolverton Mountain | Claude King | 1962 | (#6) Merle Kilgore, Claude King |
| Woman (Uh-Huh) | Jose Ferrer | 1954 | (#16) |
| Woman in Love, A | Four Aces | 1955 | (#14) Frank Loesser |
| Woman | Johnny Desmond | 1953 | (#9) |
| Wonder of You, The | Ray Peterson | 1959 | (#25) Baker Knight |
| Wonderful Tonight | Eric Clapton | 1977 | Eric Clapton |
| Wonderful World | Herman’s Hermits | 1965 | (#1) (also Sam Cooke, #12 in 1960) |
| Wonderful! Wonderful! | Johnny Mathis | 1957 | (#14) Ben Raleigh & Sherman Edwards |
| Wonderland By Night | Bert Kaempfert | 1960 | (#1 for 3 weeks) Lincoln Chase, Klaus Neumann |
| Wooden Heart | Joe Dowell | 1961 | (#1) Fred Wise, Benjamin Weisman, et al, based on the German folksong "Muss I Denn" |
| Woodstock | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 1970 | (top 15) Joni Mitchell (who wasn’t there!) |
| Wooly Bully | Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs | 1965 | (#2) Domingo Samudio |
| Words of Love | Mamas & Papas | 1966 | (#5) John Phillips |
| Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues | Jim Croce | 1974 | Jim Croce |
| Workin’ In the Coal Mine | Lee Dorsey | Allen Toussaint | |
| World I Used to Know, The | Kingston Trio, The | 1964 | Rod McKuen |
| World Is Waiting for the Sunrise, The | Les Paul & Mary Ford | 1951 | (#3) Eugene Lockhart & Ernest Seitz, 1919 |
| World Of Our Own, A | Seekers, The | 1965 | (#19) Tom Springfield |
| World We Knew, The (Over and Over) | Frank Sinatra | 1967 | (#30) Herbert Rehbein & Bert Kaempfert; Eng. Lyric by Carl Sigman |
| Worried Man | Kingston Trio, The | 1959 | (#20) Dave Guard, Tom Glazer; based on A.P. Carter’s 1935 song (#20); (Guard died 3/22/91 of lymphoma) |
| Wouldn’t It Be Nice | Beach Boys, The | Brian Wilson, Tony Asher | |
| Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams | Bing Crosby | 1931 | (#4) Ted Koehler, Billy Moll & Harry Barris |
| Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Gordon Lightfoot | 1976 | (32) Gordon Lightfoot |
| Wynken, Blynken and Nod | Simon Sisters, The | 1964 | Eugene Field; the Simon Sisters included Carly, before she went solo |
| Ya Mo B There | James Ingram & Michael McDonald | 1984 | (#19) James Ingram, Michael McDonald |
| Ya Ya | Lee Dorsey | 1961 | (#7) |
| Yakety Sax | Boots Randolph | 1963 | (#35) |
| Yakety Yak | Coasters, The | 1958 | (#1) Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller; bass is Will "Dub" Jones, sax solos by King Curtiss |
| Y'all Come | Bing Crosby | 1954 | (#20) |
| Yankee Doodle Boy | 1904 | George M. Cohan | |
| Year Clayton Delaney Died, The | Tom T. Hall | 1971 | (#42) Tom T. Hall |
| Year of the Cat | Al Stewart | 1976 | (#8) |
| Yearning | Nat "King’ Cole | Benny Davis, Joe Burke, 1925 | |
| Yeh, Yeh | Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames | 1965 | (#21) |
| Yellow Bird | Arthur Lyman Group | 1961 | (#4) Norman Luboff, Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman |
| Yellow Rose of Texas, The | Mitch Miller & His Orchestra & Chorus | 1955 | (#1) c 1858; arr by Don George, 1955 |
| Yellow Submarine | Beatles, The | 1966 | John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
| Yes, I'm Ready | Barbara Mason | 1965 | (#5) |
| Yesterday Once More | Carpenters, The | 1973 | (#2) John Betts, Richard Carpenter; Karen died 2/4/83 |
| Yesterday When I Was Young | Roy Clark | 1966 | (#19) Chas. Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer |
| Yesterday | Beatles, The | 1965 | Paul McCartney (#8 when finally released as a single in 1976) |
| Yesterday’s Gone | Chad & Jeremy | 1964 | (#21) David Stewart & Wendy Kidd |
| Yester-me, Yester-You, Yesterday | Stevie Wonder | 1969 | Ronald Miller, Bryan Wells |
| YMCA | Village People, The | 1978 | (#2) |
| Yoda | Weird Al Yankovic | Weird Al Yankovic parody to "Lola" | |
| You | Tommy Dorsey | 1935 | (#1) Harold Adamson & Walter Donaldson |
| You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet | Bachman-Turner Overdrive | 1974 | (#1) Randy Bachman |
| You Alone | Perry Como | 1953 | (#9) Al Stillman, Robert Allen |
| You Always Hurt the One You Love | Mills Brothers, The | 1944 | Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts, 1944; later by Clarence "Frogman" Henry, 1958 |
| You And Me Against the World | Helen Reddy | ||
| You Are My Destiny | Paul Anka | 1958 | (#7) |
| You Are My Love | Joni James | 1955 | (#6) |
| You Are My Special Angel | Bobby Helms | 1957 | (#7) |
| You Are My Sunshine | 1940 | Jimmie Davis (later Gov of Louisiana) & Charles Mitchell, in Take Me Back to Oklahoma | |
| You Are So Beautiful | Joe Cocker | 1975 | Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston |
| You Are the Sunshine of My Life | Stevie Wonder | 1973 | Stevie Wonder |
| You Baby | P.F. Sloan, Steve Barri | ||
| You Belong To Me | Jo Stafford | 1952 | (#1) Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, Chilton Price |
| You Better Sit Down Kids | Cher | 1967 | (#9) |
| You Came A Long Way From St. Louis | Peggy Lee | 1959 | John Benson Brooks & Bob Russell, 1948 |
| You Can’t Do That | Beatles, The | John Lennon, Paul McCartney; featured in the movie "A Hard Day’s Night" | |
| You Can’t Hurry Love | Supremes, The | 1966 | (#1) Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier |
| You Can’t Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd | Roger Miller | 1966 | (#40) |
| You Can’t Sit Down | The Dovells | 1963 | (#3) |
| You Decorated My Life | Kenny Rogers | 1979 | Bob Morrison, Debbie Hupp; Grammy winner 1979 (C&W) |
| You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice | Lovin’ Spoonful, The | 1965 | (#10) |
| You Don’t Bring Me Flowers | Barbra Streisand/Neil Diamond | 1978 | (#1) |
| You Don’t Even Call Me By My Name | David Alan Coe | ||
| You Don’t Have To Be A Baby To Cry | Caravelles, The | 1963 | (#3) |
| You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield | 1966 | (#4) Eng. Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, P. Donaggio |
| You Don’t Know Me | Ray Charles | 1962 | (#2) Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold; also Jerry Vale #14 in 1956 |
| You Don’t Mess Around With Jim | Jim Croce | 1972 | (#8) Jim Croce |
| You Don’t Own Me | Leslie Gore | 1963 | (#2) John Madera, David White |
| You Go To My Head | Frank Sinatra | 1945 | Haven Gillespie & J. Fred Coots |
| You Got What it Takes | Marv Johnson | 1959 | (#10) |
| You Keep Me Hanging On | Supremes, The | 1966 | (#1) Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier |
| You Light Up My Life | Debbie Boone | 1977 | (#1 for 10 weeks, on charts for 25 weeks) Joseph Brooks; in movie same name, Oscar Winner, 1977 |
| You Made Me Love You | Harry James Orchestra | ||
| You Made Me So Very Happy | Blood, Sweat & Tears | Gordy, Holloway, Holloway & Wilson | |
| You Make Me Feel Brand New | Stylistics, The | 1974 | (#2) Linda Creed, Thomas Bell |
| You Make Me Feel Like Dancing | Leo Sayer | 1976 | (#1) Vicki Poncia, Leo Sayer; Grammy Winner 1977 (R&B) |
| You May Be Right | Billy Joel | 1980 | (#7) |
| You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby | Bobby Darin | 1961 | (#5) Johnny Mercer & Harry Warren; prev. rec. by Bing Crosby, 1938 (#1) |
| You Needed Me | Anne Murray | 1978 | (#1) Randy Goodrum |
| You Really Got Me | Kinks, The | 1964 | (#7) Ray Davies |
| You Send Me | Sam Cooke | 1957 | (#1 for 3 weeks, on charts 26 weeks) L. C. Cook (Theresa Brewer #8) |
| You Should Hear How She Talks About You | Melissa Manchester | 1982 | (#5) |
| You Talk Too Much | Joe Jones | 1960 | (#3) Joe Jones, Reginal Hall |
| You Tell Me Your Dream | 1910 | Charles Daniels | |
| You Were Always On My Mind | Willie Nelson | 1982 | (#5) |
| You Were on My Mind | We Five | 1965 | (#3) Sylvia Fricker |
| You Were Only Fooling | Vic Damone | 1965 | (#30) |
| You Won’t See Me | Beatles, The | 1966 | John Lennon & Paul McCartney (also Anne Murray, ‘74) |
| You You You | Ames Brothers, The | 1953 | (#1) Robert Mellin, Lotar Olias |
| You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To | Frank Sinatra | 1957 | Cole Porter |
| You’ll Never Get To Heaven If You Break My Heart | Dionne Warwick | 1964 | (#34) Hal David, Bert Bacharach |
| You’ll Never Know | Dick Haymes | 1943 | Mack Gordon & Harry Warren; by Alice Faye in Hello, Frisco, Hello; Oscar winner, 1943 (writer’s 2nd Oscar) |
| You’ll Never Walk Alone | Claramae Turner | 1945 | Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers (in the movie Carousel); also by Roy Hamilton, 1954 |
| You’re A Grand Old Flag | George M. Cohan | 1906 | George M. Cohan |
| You’re All I Need to Get By | Tammi Terrell | 1968 | (#7) d 1970 at 24 of brain tumor |
| You’re Gonna Lose That Girl | Beatles, The | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | |
| You’re Just In Love | Rosemary Clooney | 1954 | (#24) Irving Berlin; from the Broadway show "Call Me Madam" |
| You’re My One and Only Love | Ricky Nelson | 1957 | (#14) |
| You’re My Soul and Inspiration | Righteous Brothers, The | 1966 | (#1 for 3 weeks) Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil |
| You’re No Good | Linda Ronstadt | 1974 | (#1) Clint Ballard, Jr. |
| You’re Nobody ‘Till Somebody Loves You | Dean Martin | 1964 | (#25) Russ Morgan, Larry Stock, James Cavanaugh |
| You’re Sixteen | Johnny Burnette | 1960 | (#8) Richard & Roger Sherman; brother of Dorsey Burnette ("Hey Little One"); Ringo Starr #1, 1973 |
| You’re So Vain | Carly Simon | 1972 | Carly Simon (#1 for 3 weeks) she’s the daughter of Simon & Schuster |
| You’re The One | Vogues, The | 1965 | (#4) |
| You’ve Got A Friend | Carole King | 1971 | (#1) Carole King; Grammy Winner, 1971 (song) (1 of 3 for album) (also by James Taylor) |
| You’ve Got It | Roy Orbison | 1989 | (#9) |
| You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away | Beatles, The | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | |
| You’ve Got Your Troubles, I’ve Got Mine | Fortunes, The | 1965 | (#7)Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway |
| You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ | Righteous Brothers, The | 1964 | (#1) Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector |
| You’ve Made Me So Very Happy | Blood, Sweat & Tears | 1969 | (#2) Barry Gordy, Frank Wilson, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway |
| You'd Be Surprised | Johnnie Ray | 1954 | (#25) |
| You'll Never Get Away | Teresa Brewer | 1952 | (#17) |
| Young Abe Lincoln | Don Cornell | 1955 | (#25) |
| Young At Heart | Frank Sinatra | 1954 | (#2) Carolyn Leigh, Johnny Richards |
| Young Blood | Coasters, The | 1957 | (#8) Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller |
| Young Love | Sonny James | 1956 | (#1) Carole Joyner, Ric Cartey (Tab Hunter version #1 in 1957) |
| Young World | Ricky Nelson | 1963 | Jerry Fuller (also wrote S.F.Bay Blues) |
| Younger Girl | Lovin’ Spoonful, The | John Sebastian | |
| Your Cheatin’ Heart | Ray Charles | 1962 | (#29) Hank Williams, 1952 (recorded by him 4 months before he died, released posthumously) |
| Your Love’s Return | Gordon Lightfoot | Gordon Lightfoot | |
| Your Mama Don’t Dance | Loggins & Messina | 1972 | (#4) Grammy nominee for best song, 1972 |
| Your Mother’s Here to Stay | Allan Sherman | 1963 | Allan Sherman, to George & Ira Gershwin’s "Your Love Is Here to Stay" |
| Your Song | Elton John | 1970 | (#8) Elton John, Bernie Taupin |
| Your Used to Be | Brenda Lee | 1963 | (#32) |
| You're Just In Love | Rosemary Clooney | 1954 | (#24) Irving Berlin, 1950, in Call Me Madam |
| You've Got to Hide Your Love Away | Silkie, The | 1965 | (#10) John Lennon, Paul McCartney |
| You've Gotta Have Heart | Eddie Fisher | 1958 | Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, in Damn Yankees, 1955 |
| Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah | 1947 | Ray Gilbert, Allie Wrubel; in Song of the South; Oscar winner, 1947 | |
| Zombie Jamborie | Kingston Trio, The | Attributed to "Lord Invador & His 12 Penetrators" | |
| Zorba the Greek | Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass | 1965 | (#11) Mikos Theodorakis |
| Zorro | Chordettes, The | 1958 | (#17) |