Song | Artist/Date/Label | Remade by | |
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Obsession | Michael Des Barres & Holly Knight 1983 on lp A&M 4966 A Night In Heaven ost | Animotion |
Oh, Boy! see All My Love |
Oh No Not My Baby | Shirelles 1964(?) on lp Pricewise 4001 Swing The Most (1965) | Maxine Brown, Rod Stewart, Merry Clayton, Cher |
Oh What A Nite | Dells 5-21-56 Vee Jay 204 | Dells (1969 as "Oh, What A Night" for Cadet) |
Oh Yea (aka Oh Yeah) | Bo Diddley 12-58 Checker 914 | The Others, Shadows Of Knight |
Ol' '55 | Tom Waits 1972 (spring) Asylum 11014 (1973) | Eagles |
Ol' Man River | Kenn Sisson & Orch. w/ Irving Kaufman 12-27-27 Brunswick 3766 | Don Voorhees & Orch. (1-7-28), Paul Whiteman w/ Bing Crosby (1-11-28), Paul Robeson (3-1-28), Frank Sinatra, William Warfield, Ravens, Ray Charles, Jeff Beck Group et al. |
A cast recording was made in 1932, which included Paul Robeson's popular version (and some lyric variations) of the song.
Old Lamplighter, The | Kay Kyser w/ Mike Douglas 7-18-46 Columbia 37095 | Sammy Kaye (8-21-46), Hal Derwin, Browns |
Old Man And Me, The | Hootie & Blowfish 1992 on CD Fishco (no #) Kootchypop | Hootie & Blowfish (1996 for Atlantic) |
Old Shep | Red Foley 12-9-35 Melotone 6-03-53 /Conqueror 8631 | Red Foley (1941, 1946 for Decca), Hank Snow, Elvis Presley |
Elvis Presley sang "Old Shep," for his first public performance, at the 1945 Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show. He sang it again in 1953 at a high school show.
On And On see Our Love Goes On And On |
On Broadway | Cookies 1962 on lp Dimension 6001 Dimension Dolls Vol. 1 (1963) | Crystals, Drifters (1-22-63), George Benson, Neil Young |
On The Midnight Special (aka Midnight Special) | Greening's Dance Orch. 3-6-26 UK Imperial 1590 | Dave Cutrell (as "Pistol Pete's Midnight Special," c. 5-26), Sam Collins (as "Midnight Special Blues," 9-17-27), Leadbelly (many times, first one was 7-1-34), Hall Johnson Choir (as "Let The Rain Pour Down"), Weavers, Paul Evans, Johnny Rivers, CCR et al. |
On Top Of Spaghetti see Pizza Song, The |
Once Bitten Twice Shy | Ian Hunter 3-75 Columbia 10161 | Great White, Shaun Cassidy, Status Quo |
Once In A While | Tommy Dorsey 7-21-37 Victor 25686 | Horace Heidt (10-3-37), Louis Armstrong, Patti Page, Chimes |
One | Nilsson 10-6-67 RCA Victor 9462 | 3 Dog Night, Johnny Farnham, Amie Mann |
One Chain Don't Make No Prison | People 1970 Paramount 0028 | Four Tops, Santana, Doobie Bros. |
One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) | Eddie Dean 1948 Crystal 132 | Jimmy Wakely, Ray Sanders, Barry Young, Jerry Lee Lewis |
One Less Bell To Answer | Keely Smith 1967 Atlantic 2429 | 5th Dimension |
One Love | Wailers 7-8-65 Jamaican Coxsone 505 | Bob Marley & Wailers (1977 for Island), Cocoa Tea, Judy Mowatt, Hit Crew, Gipsy Kings |
One Night | Smiley Lewis 10-25-55 Imperial 5380 | Elvis Presley, Sonny Burgess, Fats Domino, Joe Cocker |
One Note Samba (as "Samba de Uma Nota Só") | João Gilberto 4-4-59 Brazilian Odeon ep BWB 1153 | Conjunto Farroupilha, Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 |
One Step Beyond | Prince Buster & the All Stars 1964 UK Blue Beat 324 | Madness |
Only In America | Drifters 4-12-63 on lp UK Atlantic 40412 Saturday Night At The Club (1972) | Jay & The Americans (6-63) |
Only Wanna Be With You | Hootie & Blowfish 1992 on CD Fishco (no #) Kootchypop | Hootie & Blowfish (1994 for Atlantic) |
Only You (And You Alone) | Platters 5-20-54 Federal 12244 (1955) | Platters (4-26-55 for Mercury), Frank Pourcel's French Fiddles, Ringo Starr |
Only You Know And I Know | Dave Mason 1970 Blue Thumb 114 | Delaney & Bonnie |
Ooby Dooby | Teen Kings (w/ Roy Orbison) 3-4-56 Je-Wel 101 | Sid King & Five Strings (3-5-56), Roy Orbison & Teen Kings (4-56 for Sun), Janis Martin |
Operator | Friendly Brothers 1959 Vee Jay 884 | Manhattan Transfer |
Orange Blossom Special | Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers 11-7-38 on CD Sony 65816 Country: The American Tradition (1999) | Rouse Bros. (6-19-39), Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Johnny Cash, Billy Vaughn, Charlie McCoy, Stanley Bros. et al. |
Our Love Goes On And On (aka On And On) | Impressions 1972 on lp Curtom 8012 Times Have Changed | Gladys Knight & Pips |
Over And Over | Bobby Day 1958 Class 229 | Thurston Harris, Dave Clark 5 |
Over You | Aaron Neville 2-25-60 Minit 612 | Paul Revere & Raiders |
Oye Como Va | Tito Puente 1962 Tico 584 | Santana, Tito Puente (many more times) |