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The songs on Rhapsody’s song list are described either by the composer or the artist who made the song popular.

Click below to see music particular to specific genres or decades

Dance-Motown, 1950-1960
Dance-1970’s
Dance- 1980’s
Dance- 1990’s to current
Dance- Rock Music
Contemporary Ballads
Jazz- Ballads
Jazz- Swing
Jazz- Latin
Smooth Jazz
Broadway
Country
Ethnic

Dance- Motown, 1950’s, 1960’s:
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (Temptations)
Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis)
Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf)
Cecilia (Simon and Garfunkel)
Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin)
Dance To The Music (Sly and the Family Stone)
Dancing In The Streets (Martha Vandellas)
Get Ready (Smokey Robinson)
Gimme Some Lovin’ (Steve Winwood)
Good Lovin (Rascals)
Heatwave (Diana Ross)
How Sweet It Is (James Taylor)
I Feel Good (James Brown)
I’ll Be Around (Spinners)
I’m A Believer (Monkeys)
I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles)
I Want You Back (Jackson 5)
Jailhouse (Elvis)
Johnny Be Good (Chuck Berry)
La Bamba (Ritchie Valens)
Let’s Stay Together (Marvin Gaye)
Light My Fire (Doors)
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet)
Mercy Mercy Me (Marvin Gaye)
Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
Moondance (Van Morrison)
Mustang Sally (Commitments)
My Girl (Smokey Robinson)
Obla Dee Obla Da (Beatles)
Old Time Rock-n-Roll (Bob Seger)
Pink Cadillac (Natalie Cole)
Proud Mary (Tina Turner)
Rescue Me (Aretha Franklin)
Respect (Aretha Franklin)
Rock Steady (Aretha Franklin)
Shout (Otis Redding)
Son Of A Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)
Soul Man (Blues Brothers)
Stop In The Name of Love (Supremes)
Suspicious Minds (Elvis)
Sweet Home Chicago (Blues Brothers)
Think (Aretha Franklin)
Twist and Shout (Beatles)
What’s Going On? (Marvin Gaye)
Will It Go Round In Circles? ( Billy Preston)

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Dance-1970’s
Boogie Oogie Oogie (Lovin Honeys)
Brickhouse (Commodores)
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
Car Wash (Rose Royce)
Disco Inferno (Tina Turner)
Domino (Van Morrison)
Don’t Leave Me This Way (Thelma Houston)
Get Down Tonight (K.C. and The Sunshine Band)
Play That Funky Music White Boy (Average Band)
Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder)
Hot Stuff (Donna Summer)
I Shot The Sheriff (Bob Marley)
I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
I Wish (Stevie Wonder)
Isn’t She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)
Knock on Wood (Tina Turner)
Lady Marmalade (Patty La Belle)
Last Dance (Donna Summer)
Leave Your Hat On (Joe Cocker)
Missing You (Rolling Stones)
Mr. Big Stuff (Jean Knight)
No Woman No Cry (Bob Marley)
Oh What A Night/December 1963 (Frankie Valley)
Part Time Lover (Stevie Wonder)
Rapture (Blondie)
Roadhouse Blues (Doors)
Second That Emotion (Smokey Robinson)
September (Earth Wind Fire)
She Works Hard For The Money (Donna Summer)
Signed Sealed Delivered (Stevie Wonder)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
Suffragette City (David Bowie)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
Three Little Birds (Bob Marley)
We Are Family (Sister Sledge)
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones)

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Dance- 1980’s:
1999 (Prince)
Blister In The Sun (Violent Femmes)
Don’t Stop Believing (Journey)
Electric Slide (Marcia Griffiths)
Express Yourself (Madonna)
Get On Your Feet (Gloria Estefan)
Holiday (Madonna)
Hot Hot Hot (Buster Poindexter)
I Love Rock-n-Roll (Joan Jett)
I’ll Stop The World and Melt With You (Modern English)
It’s The End Of The World (REM)
Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
Let’s Go Crazy (Prince)
Living On A Prayer (Bon Jovi)
Lola (Kinks)
Love Shack (B 52’s)
One Way Or Another (Blondie)
Rhythm Of The Night (El DeBarge)
Rock This Town (Stray Cats)
Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Clash)
That’s What I Like About You (Romantics)
The Tide Is High (Blondie)
Turn Back Time (Cher)
Would I Lie To You? (Eurythmics)

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Dance- 1990’s and Current:
Bertha (Grateful Dead)
Crazy (Gnarles Barkley)
Franklin’s Tower (Grateful Dead)
Game of Love (Michelle Branch/Santana)
Get This Party Started (Pink)
Just A Girl (No Doubt)
Kind and Generous (Natalie Merchant)
Lady Marmalade (Pink, Christina Aguilera, Maya)
Living La Vida Loca (Ricky Martin)
Let’s Get It Started (Black Eyed Peas)
Santaria (Sublime)
Smooth (Santana)
Something To Talk About (Bonnie Raitt)
Sweet Child of Mine (Guns and Roses)
Underneath It All (No Doubt)
Waiting For Tonight (J Lo)
Zoot Suit Riot (Cherry Poppin Daddies)

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Dance - Rock Music:
Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)
Black Magic Woman (Santana)
Dancing Days (Led Zeppelin)
Fly Away (Lenny Kravitz)
Fool In The Rain (Led Zeppelin)
Hard To Handle (Black Crowes)
Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones)
Joker (Steve Miller Band)
Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire (Jimi Hendrix)
Light My Fire (Doors)
Lola (Kinks)
Missing You (Rolling Stones)
Roadhouse Blues (Doors)
Rock-n-Roll (Led Zeppelin)
Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Clash)
Start Me Up (Rolling Stones)
Suffragette City (David Bowie)
Sweet Child of Mine (Guns and Roses)
Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones)

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Contemporary Ballad:
Angel (Sara McLaughlin)
Anticipation (Carly Simon)
Because You Loved Me (Celine Dion)
Betcha By Golly Wow (Stylistics)
Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)
Brighter Than Sunshine (Aqua Lung)
Can’t Help Falling In Love (Elvis)
Can’t Stay Away From You (Gloria Estefan)
Close To You (Carpenters)
Come Away With Me (Nora Jones)
Crazy Love (Van Morrison)
Daddy’s Little Girl (Frank Fontaine)
Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
Don’t Know Why I Didn’t Come (Nora Jones)
Evergreen (Barbara Streisand)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Roberta Flack)
From This Moment (Shania Twain)
Georgia (Ray Charles)
Get Here (Brenda Russel)
Hero (Mariah Carey)
How Do I Live? (LeAnne Rimes)
How Do You Keep The Music Playing? (James Ingram/Patti LaBelle)
I Can’t Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt)
I Hope You Dance (LeeAnn Womack)
Ice Castles Theme (Marvin Hamlisch)
I’ll Be There (Jackson 5)
In My Life (Beatles)
In My Life (Peter Gabriel)
Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack)
Let’s Get It On (Marvin Gaye)
Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin)
Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder)
Rose (Bett Midler)
Save The Best For Last (Vanessa Williams)
Since I Fell For You (Al Jarreau)
Something In The Way She Moves (Beatles)
Someone Like You (Van Morrison)
You Are The Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder)
Take My Breath Away (Jessica Simpson)
That’s What Friends Are For (Burt Bacharach)
Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison)
Unchained Melody (Drifters)
Valentine (Martina McBride)
Watermark (Enya)
When A Man Loves A Woman (Joe Cocker)
Wild Horses (Rolling Stones)
Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
You Are So Beautiful (Joe Cocker)

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Jazz Ballads:
Ain’t Misbehaving (Louis Armstrong)
All The Way (Frank Sinatra)
At Last (Etta James)
Beautiful Love (Bill Evans)
Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered (Ella Fitzgerald)
Come Away With Me (Nora Jones)
Dindi (Jobim)
Don’t Know Why I Didn’t Come (Nora Jones)
Dream and Little Dream ( Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong)
Embraceable You (Gershwin)
I Only Have Eyes For You (Diane Warren)
I’m Glad There Is You (Jimmy Dorsey)
In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning (David Mann)
I’ve Got a Crush On You (Gershwin)
Le Vie En Rue (Edith Piaf)
Look of Love (Dianna Krall)
Lover Man (Sara Vaughan)
Misty (Ella Fitzgerald)
Moonlight In Vermont (John Blackburn)
Moon River (Johnny Mercer)
My Funny Valentine (Rogers and Hart)
Nearness of You (Hoagie Carmichael)
Peel Me a Grape (Dianna Krall)
Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Johnny Burke)
Return to Me (Dean Martin)
Sentimental Journey
Shadow of Your Smile (Mandel/Webster)
Skylark (Hoagie Carmicheal)
Tenderly (Sara Vaughan)
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole/Natalie Cole)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

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Jazz Swing:
All of Me (Simon and Marks)
Almost Like Being In Love
Autumn Leaves (Johnny Mercer)
Beyond The Sea (Bobby Darin)
Danny’s All Star Joint (Ricky Lee Jones)
Days of Wine and Roses (Mancini and Mercer)
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Duke Ellington)
Fly Me to The Moon (Sinatra)
How High the Moon (Sara Vaughan)
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (Judy Garland)
I Could Write a Book (Rodgers and Hart)
In The Mood (Glenn Miller)
It Don’t Mean a Thing (Duke Ellington)
It Had To Be You (Harry Connick Junior)
It’s Only a Paper Moon (Natalie Cole)
I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra)
LOVE (Natalie Cole)
Mack the Knife (Frank Sinatra)
More (Bobby Darin)
My Baby Just Cares For Me (Nina Simone)
My Romance (Rogers and Hart)
Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gilespie)
Orange Colored Sky (Natalie Cole)
Our Love Is Here To Stay (Gershwin)
Satin Doll (Sinatra)
Secret Love (Doris Day)
Slow Boat To China (Sinatra)
Summertime
Summerwind (Sinatra)
That’s Amore (Dean Martin)
Way You Look Tonight (Sinatra)
Witchcraft (Sinatra)
Zoot Suit Riot (Cherry Poppin Daddies)

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Latin Jazz:
Agua de Beber ( (Jobim)
Besame Mucho (Consuelo Velazquez)
Bird of Beauty (Stevie Wonder)
Day In The Life of a Fool (Luiz Bonfa)
Dindi (Jobim)
Desifinado (Jobim)
Gentle Rain (Bonfa)
Girl From Ipanema (Jobim)
Like a Lover (Sergio Mendez)
One Note Samba (Jobim)
Oye Como Va (Santana)
Quiet Nights (Jobim)
Tristeza (Jobim)

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Smooth Jazz:
Baby Come To Me (James Ingram/Patty LaBelle)
Caught Up In The Rapture (Anita Baker)
Feel Like Making Love (Roberta Flack)
For The Love of You (Isley Brothers)
Masquerade (George Benson)
Mercy Mercy Me (Marvin Gaye)
Piano In The Dark (Brenda Russel)
Smooth Operator (Sade)
Sunny (Bobby Hebb)
Sweet Love (Anita Baker)
Turn Your Love Around (George Benson)
We’re In This Love Together (Al Jarreau)
What You Won’t Do For Love (Bobby Caldwell)

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Broadway:
All I Ask of You (Phantom of The Opera)
All That Jazz (Chicago/Chorus Line)
I Dreamed a Dream (Les Miserables)
Memories (Cats)
Music of the Night (Phantom of the Opera)
New York, New York
Once Upon A Dream (Sleeping Beauty)
On My Own (Les Miserables)
Send In The Clowns (Stephen Sondheim)
Somewhere My Love (Doctor Zhivago)
Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler On The Roof)
Till There Was You ( Music Man)

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Country:
Amazed (Lone Star)
Crazy (Patsy Cline)
From This Moment (Shania Twain)
I Hope You Dance (LeeAnn Womack)
Land Slide (Fleetwood Mac/Dixie Chicks)
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett)
Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
Rocky Top (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
Stand By Your Man (Tammy Wynette)
These Boots Are Made For Walking ( Nancy Sinatra)
When You Say Nothing At All (Allison Krauss)

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Ethnic:
Hora Medley
Polka Medley
Tango Medley
Ah! Marie
Ciribiribin
Tarantella
Vieni Sul Mar
Italian Waltz Medley

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