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 Native New Yorker Frankie Valli 1977
on lp Private Stock 7002 Lady Put The Light Out 		Odyssey
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 Nature Boy King Cole (aka Nat "King" Cole) 8-22-47
Capitol 15054 		Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Bobby Darin, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, George Benson, David Bowie et al.
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 Needles & Pins Jackie DeShannon 3-4-63
Liberty 55563 		Cher, Searchers, Smokie, Ramones, Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks
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 Neighbor Neighbor Jimmy Hughes 1964
on lp Vee Jay 1102 Steal Away 		Jimmy Hughes (1966 for Fame)
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 Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) Jim Weatherly 1972
on lp RCA Victor 4747 Weatherly 		Bob Luman, Gladys Knight & Pips
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 Never Been To Spain Hoyt Axton 1-25-71
on lp Capitol 788 Joy To The World 		3 Dog Night, Elvis Presley
Written by Axton, in his car in the studio parking lot during a lunch break, because the label wanted one more new song for his album.

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 Never Gonna Let You Go Stevie Woods 1982
Cotillion 99934 		Dionne Warwick, Sergio Mendes
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 Never Let Him Go (aka Never Let Her Go) Jody Miller 1965
Capitol 5353 		David Gates
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 Never On Sunday (as "Ta Pedia tou Pirea") Melina Mercouri 19602
on lp United Artists 5070 Never On Sunday ost 		Don Costa, Chordettes
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 New York Groove Hello 1975
Arista 0166 		Ace Frehley
New York New York see Theme From New York New York
Night Time Is The Right Time see Right Time, The
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 Night Train Jimmy Forrest 11-27-51
United 110 		Richard Hayman, Buddy Morrow, Viscounts, James Brown, Oscar Peterson et al.
Derived (lifted?) from "That's The Blues, Old Man" by Johnny Hodges (Bluebird 1117, 1940) and "Happy Go Lucky Local, Part 2" by Duke Ellington (Musicraft 461, 1946). Both Hodges and Jimmy Forrest were members of Ellington's band, which explains the path of the compositions and riffs.

Note the misspelling of Jimmy Forrest's name on the original 78 issue.

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 Night With Daddy G Part. 2, A (aka Quarter To Three) Church Street Five 1960
Legrand 1004 		Gary U.S. Bonds
"A Night With Daddy G" was an instrumental. Bonds then wrote some lyrics (including the line "It was a night with Daddy G"), creating his #1 hit

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 1900 Yesterday Betty Everett 1969
Uni 55141 		Liz Damon's Orient Express
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 Nite Life (aka Night Life) Paul Buskirk & His Little Men feat. Hugh Nelson (aka Willie Nelson) 1959    RX 502 Ray Price, Rusty Draper, Willie Nelson (many times)
Willie Nelson was signed (as a writer and artist) to D Records at the time and couldn't get owner Pappy Dailey to issue Claude Gray's recording of Willie's "Night Life." Nelson was convinced the tune had potential so he cut it himself (selling the rights to the song for $150 to finace his session) and released it on the small Houston label RX under the backing band's name. The not-too-subtle tag on the credit was Willie using his middle name. With all the popular versions of the song, Nelson missed out on a lot of royalties but he philosophically says its success led him to believe he could write more songs that were just as good.

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 No Easy Way Down Germz 3-67
Vertigo 8001 		Jackie Deshannon, Dusty Springfield, Carole King, Norah Jones
Germz member Marty Green is Gerry Goffin's cousin, which explains how an obscure group like his could get a song written by Goffin and Carole King.

Unbeknownst to the group, the Germz' recording was also issued as by the Lit Candle (Cotique 148). George Goldner, who ran Roulette Records which distributed Vertigo, may have put it out to maximize his profit potential.

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 No Love At All Wayne Carson 1-70
Monument 1192 		Lynn Anderson, B.J. Thomas
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 No More "I Love You's" The Lover Speaks 1986
on lp A&M SP 6-15127 		Annie Lennox
The Lover Speaks' version was issued on a US promo-only 12" single (A&M SP 17410).

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 No No Song Hoyt Axton c. 11-74
A&M 1683 		Ringo Starr
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 No Time Guess Who 1969
on lp RCA 4157 Canned Wheat 		Guess Who (8-13-69, RCA 0300)
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 Nobody But Me Isley Bros. 1963
Wand 131 		Human Beinz
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 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
 Blind Bobby Baker 7-27
Pathe Actuelle 7533/Perfect 133 		"Pinetop" Smith (1-15-29), Bessie Smith (5-15-29), Count Basie, Big Joe Williams, Jimmy Witherspoon, Nina Simone, Odetta, Otis Redding, Derek & Dominos, Eric Clapton et al.
Baker also recorded under his own name, Bobby Leecan, in a duo with Robert Cooksay.

 Not Me see Man Smart, Woman Smarter
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 Not Me Gary U.S. Bonds 1960
Legrand 1005 		Orlons (5-63)
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 Nothing Compares 2 U The Family 1985
on lp Warner Bros. 25322 		Sinéad O'Connor
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 Nut Rocker Jack B. Nimble & the Quicks 1961
Del Rio 2305/Dot 16319 		B. Bumble & Stingers, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Pianist Al Hazan, who was recruited to be B. Bumble for their version of "Nut Rocker," actually listened to Jack B. Nimble's (aka H. B. Barnum) record in the studio to learn it.