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 Sad Girl Jay Wiggins 1963
IPG 1008/Amy 955 		Intruders, GQ
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 Satisfied Mind, A Red Hays (aka Joe "Red" Hayes) 1954
Starday 164 		Porter Wagoner (9-54), Red Foley & Betty Foley, Jean Shepard, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Byrds, Ian & Sylvia, Bobby Hebb, Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper et al.
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 Saturday Night Bay City Rollers 1973
UK Bell 1319 		Bilbo Baggins, Bay City Rollers (1974)
The Rollers' 1973 recording featured original lead singer Nobby Clarke, while the hit had Clarke's replacement, Leslie McKeown. The backing track on each is similar, if not the same, but the mixes are different.

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 Saturday Night Fish Fry Eddie Williams & His Brown Buddies
1948
Supreme 1542 		Louis Jordan (8-9-49, 1958, 1964), Pearl Bailey & Moms Mabley (11-3-49), Jimmy Witherspoon
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 Save The Country Laura Nyro 6-10-68
Columbia 44592 		Laura Nyro (3-4-69, on lp Columbia 9737 New York Tendaberry), 5th Dimension, Thelma Houston
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 Save Your Heart For Me Brian Hyland 1963
ABC Paramount 10452 		Gary Lewis & Playboys (6-3-65)
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 Saving All My Love For You Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. 1978
on lp Columbia 35603 Marilyn & Billy 		Whitney Houston
Say I Am see What I Am (Say I Am)
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 Say You Jamie Coe 1960
ABC Paramount 10149 		Ronnie Dove
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 Scarborough Fair (aka Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme) Gordon Heath & Lee Payant 1954
on 10" lp Elektra 29 Encores From The Abbaye (1955) 		Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger, Martin Carthy, Simon & Garfunkel, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
American actors/singers Gordon Heath and Lee Payant moved to France in the late 1940s and became co-owners of a small (capacity 90!) Paris club called L'Abbaye. For years, the two were its only performers and they built quite a following.

"Scarborough Fair" goes back to 17th century England and may have been recorded by others along the way, but Heath & Payant's is the earliest I've found so far.

Simon & Garfunkel's version was inspired by Martin Carthy's treatment of the song, who had picked up the tune from the Ewan MacColl/Peggy Seeger songbook The Singing Island. Martin's distinctive acoustic guitar arrangement helped spur a mid-'60s UK folk revival and "Fair" became one of his signature songs. During a 1965 stay in London, Paul Simon attended a Carthy performance and, following the show, had Martin show him "Scarborough Fair's" delicate guitar part. This incident reached legendary status, with various supposed locations and famous people in attendance. Rumors aside, Simon obviously made the most of the lesson; when his & Garfunkel's version (with added "Canticle" counterpoint) came out, it was credited to the two of them. And their album was titled after "Fair's" refrain, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme. Martin Carthy became known as "the man who gave away 'Scarborough Fair'" and he & Simon had no further contact for years. Then at a 2000 Paul Simon concert in London, Simon ushered his surprise guest on stage. Thirty-five years after their initial encounter, he and Carthy played "Scarborough Fair" together, as whatever ill will existed had been put aside.

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 Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) Jo Stafford (10-31-49)
Capitol 785 		Juanita Hall (11-4-49), Harry Belafonte, Kingston Trio, Browns, Sinead O'connor
Juanita Hall is often cited as the first to cut "Scarlet Ribbons," but assuming these recording dates are accurate, Stafford's preceded hers.

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 Sea Cruise Huey Smith & Clowns w/ Bobby Marchan & Gerri Hall 1958 (cut for Ace)
on CD Ace 2021 Rock 'N' Roll Revival (1990) 		Frankie Ford (9-58)
Frankie Ford's hit used the same backing track, with added sound effects, as Smith's.

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 Sealed With A Kiss Four Voices 1960
Columbia 41699 		Brian Hyland, Gary Lewis & Playboys
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 Seasons In The Sun Rod McKuen 1961 (summer)
on lp In 1003 (1963) 		Kingston Trio (12-2-63), Rod McKuen (many time for various labels: Warner Bros., Buddah etc.), Terry Jacks
Adapted by Rod McKuen from Jacques Brel's 1961 composition "Le Moribond" ("The Dying Man"). McKuen sent out test pressings of the In label lp in hopes of getting other artists to record his songs and to gather quotes for the album jacket. Years later Terry Jacks was unsuccessful getting the Beach Boys to cut "Seasons," so he did it himself. Rod was on a trip to Mexico at the time and, upon his return to the States, was pleasantly surprised to find Jacks' record at the top of the charts.

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 See See Rider Blues (aka C C Rider aka See See Blues) Ma Rainey & her Georgia Jazz Band 10-16-24
Paramount 12252 		Chuck Willis, LaVern Baker, Animals, Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels et al.
Some pressings of Rainey's Paramount 78 list the title as "See See Blues."

 See You Later Alligator see Later Alligator
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 Self Control RAF 1984
Italian Carrere A 4223 		Laura Branigan
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 Send In The Clowns Glynis Johns 3-18-73
Columbia AE7-1070 		Judy Collins
Glynis' recording is from the A Little Night Music cast album.

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 Send Me The Pillow (That You Dream On) (aka Send Me The Pillow You Dream On) Hank Locklin 6-49
4 Star 1360 		Hank Locklin (1957 for RCA Victor), Browns, Johnny Tiltotson, Dean Martin
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 Sentimental Lady Fleetwood Mac 1972
Reprise 1093 		Bob Welch
Welch was a member of Fleetwood Mac when he wrote and (they) first recorded the song. He subsequently left the group and had the hit as a solo artist.

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 Sentimental Reasons (aka [I Love You] For Sentimental Reasons) Deek Watson & His Brown Dots 1945
Manor 1009 		Brown Dots (1946 on Manor 1041), Nat King Cole, Sam Cooke, Cleftones
Despite Deek Watson being credited, the song was written by Brown Dots member William "Pat" Best, who composed it when he was around 14 years old!

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 Senza Fine (aka The Phonenix Love Theme) Ornella Vanoni 1961
Italian Ricordi SRL 10-186 		Brass Ring
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 Seven Bridges Road Steve Young 1969
on lp A&M 4177 Rock Salt & Nails 		Steve Young (1972 for Reprise), Joan Baez, Mother Earth, Ian Matthews, Eagles
7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) see Get Up
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 Seventh Son Willie Mabon 6-1-55
Chess 1608 		Mose Allison, Johnny Rivers
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 Sha La La Shirelles 1963
Scepter 1267 		Manfred Mann (9-22/23-64)
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 Shadows Of The Night Rachel Sweet 1981
on lp Columbia 37077 ...And Then He Kissed Me 		Pat Benatar
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 Shake A Tail Feather Five Du-Tones 1963
One-derful 4815 		James & Bobby Purify, Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels, Ray Charles
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 Shake It Terence Boylan 1977
on lp Asylum 1019 		Ian Matthews
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 Shakin' All Over Johnny Kidd 1959
UK HMV POP 753/Apt 25040 		Guess Who, The Who, Suzi Quatro, Billy Idol
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 Shame On The Moon Rodney Crowell 5-81
on lp Warner Bros 3587 		Mac Davis, Bob Seger
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 Shame, Shame Keith Colley 1968
Columbia 44410 		Magic Lanterns
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 Shanghai Noodle Factory Jay & Americans 1967
United Artists 50222 		Traffic (11-68)
This wasn't a hit for Traffic but it was a popular album track (from Last Exit). I find it interesting that an American group like Jay & The Americans would be the first to record an early composition by Brits Steve Winwood and company, although it was produced by co-writer and Traffic producer Jimmy Miller.

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 Shangri-La Matty Malneck & Orch. 2-7-46
Columbia 37877 		Robert Maxwell (1953,1964), Four Coins, Vic Dana
Co-writer and harpist Robert Maxwell was a member of Malneck's band. He had previously used parts of this melody in a composition titled "Fantasy For Harp," recorded around 1943 as a member of Rudy Vallee's US Coast Guard Band. Jackie Gleason laters used "Shangri-La" as theme music for his Reggie van Gleason TV character.

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 Sharing The Night Together Arthur Alexander 1976
Buddah 522/602 		Lenny LeBlanc, Dr. Hook
Arthur Alexander and Lenny LeBlanc cut theirs (unbeknownst to each other) around the same time, while both were living in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Co-writer Eddie Struzick was LeBlanc's roommate so there's a possiblilty his was first, but even Lenny doesn't know.

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 She Cried Teddy Daryll 1961
Utopia 501 		Jay & Americans (12-26-61), Shangri-Las (as "He Cried"), Lettermen
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 She Don't Know Me Grass Roots 1982
MCA 52104 		Bon Jovi
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 She Said, "Yeah" Larry Williams 1959
Specialty 658 		Animals, Rolling Stones, Flamin' Groovies, Paul McCartney, Web Wilder
She Understands Me see He Understands Me
She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) see She's Built She's Stacked
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 She's A Lady Paul Anka 5-7-69
on lp RCA Victor 4309 The '70s 		Tom Jones, Paul Anka (1971 for Buddah)
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 She's Built She's Stacked (aka She's A Bad Mama Jama [She's Built, She's Stacked]) Leon Haywood 1978
on lp MCA 2322 Double My Pleasure 		Carl Carlton
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 She's Got A Way Billy Joel 7-71
Family Productions 0900 		Billy Joel (6-80 for Columbia)
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 She's Looking Good Rodger Collins 1966
Galaxy 750 		Wilson Pickett (7-3-67)
Note the misspelling of Collins' first name on this pressing.

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 She's Not Just Another Woman 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) 1970
on lp Hot Wax 704 Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed 		8th Day
She's Ready see He's Ready
She's Tuff see She's Tough
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 Sheila Tommy Roe & Satins 1960
Judd 1022 		Tommy Roe (1962 for ABC-Paramount)
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 Shilo Neil Diamond 1967
Bang 561 		Neil Diamond (1967, issued 1970 on Bang 575)
Although his first and hit versions are similar, they are two distinct recordings with different second verses.

Bang Records head Bert Berns balked at issuing "Shilo," thinking this song about Neil's imaginary childhood friend (not a dog) wasn't commercial enough. This prompted Diamond to leave the label for Uni Records. Following Berns' death in late 1967, the first "Shilo" was relased as a 45, then what became the hit version was issued in early 1970.

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 Ships Ian Hunter 1979
on lp Chrysalis 1214 You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic 		Barry Manilow
Shoop Shoop Song, The see It's In His Kiss
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 Shop Around Miracles 1960
Tamla 54034 (first pressing) 		Miracles (twice more in 1960), Carpenters
Three different takes of the song, with variations in mix and instrumentation, were released with the same label number. The hit version had "L1" in the runoff groove while the previous two didn't.

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 Should I Do It Tanya Tucker 1981
MCA 51131 		Pointer Sisters
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 Show And Tell Johnny Mathis 3-73
on lp Columbia 32258 Killing Me Softly With Her Song 		Al Wilson
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 Show Me The Way Peter Frampton 1975
A&M 1693 		Peter Frampton (1975, on lp Frampton Comes Alive)
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 Show Must Go On,The Leo Sayer 1973
Warner Bros 7768 		3 Dog Night
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 Sick And Tired Chris Kenner 1957
Imperial 5448 		Fats Domino
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 Silence Is Golden Four Seasons 1964
Philips 40211 		Tremeloes
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 Silver Threads And Golden Needles Wanda Jackson 9-20-56
Capitol 3575 		Springfields, Jody Miller, Linda Ronstadt (1969, 1974)
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 Silver Train Johnny Winter 1973 (early)
Columbia 45860 		Rolling Stones (5 & 7-73)
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 Since I Fell For You Buddy Johnson w/ Ella Johnson 11-7-45
Decca 48016 		Paul Gayten Trio, Lenny Welch, Charlie Rich, Dr. John
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 Sing The Kids 1971
on lp Warner Bros. 2569 Sesame Street 2 		Carpenters
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 Sing In The Sunshine (aka We'll Sing In The Sunshine) Hoyt Axton 1963
Horizon 6 		Gale Garnett
Axton was Gale Garnett's boyfriend at the time and she wrote the song for him.

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 Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima & His New Orleans Gang 2-28-36
Brunswick 7628 		Fletcher Henderson (8-4-36), Benny Goodman (many times, 1st: 7-6-37), Louis Prima (many times), Gene Krupa, Mel Tormé, Bernie Lowe Orch., Flat Duo Jets et al.
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 Singin' In The Rain Rounders 4-26-29
Victor 22002 		Earl Burtnett (5-8-29), Cliff Edwards aka "Ukelele Ike" (5-28-29), Gene Kelly, Judy Garland
First performed by Doris Eaton in the 1928 stage production Hollywood Music Box Review. The following year, it took off after being featured in the film Hollywood Review Of 1929 (MGM's first "talkie") by the Rounders, Cliff Edwards and the Brox Sisters. The Rounders were the first to formally record it for release.

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 Singin' The Blues Marty Robbins 11-3-55
Columbia 21545 		Guy Mitchell (9-24-56), Jerry Lee Lewis, Dave Edmunds, Jimmy Dale Gilmore
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 Sister Morphine Marianne Faithful 7-68 & early 1969 (rel. 2-69)
London 1022 		Rolling Stones (3-31-69), Marianne Faithful (1982 for Island)
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 Sit Down I Think I Love You Buffalo Springfield c. 8-66
on lp Atco 33-200 		Mojo Men
Writer Stephen Stills' demo, done 6-66, has also been issued.

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 Sitting On Top Of The World Mississippi Sheiks 2-17-30
Okeh 8784 		Howlin' Wolf, Cream, Grateful Dead, Doc Watson
The song is often credited to Howlin' Wolf, but it clearly goes back farther than him!

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 Sixteen Tons Merle Travis 8-8-46
on 78 album Capitol 50 Folk Songs Of The Hills 		Tennessee Ernie Ford, Johnny Desmond, Weavers, Johnny Cash
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 Sleep Waring's Pennsylvanians 10-16-23
Victor 19172 		Fred Waring (1950 for Decca), Earl Bostic, Little Willie John
Slippin' And Slidin' see I'm Wise
Sloop John B see Wreck Of The John B
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 Slow Dancing (aka Swayin' To The Music) Funky Kings 1976
Arista 209 		Johnny Rivers
The song was originally titled "Slow Dancing" but when Johnny Rivers did it, the Addrisi Brothers had a record out titled "Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On." Songwriter Jack Tempchin was then asked to add the "Swayin' To The Music" subtitle, which he did but did not like. I trust he did like the royalty checks that followed!

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 Smell Of Incense West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band 1967
on lp Reprise 6270 Vol. 2 		Southwest F.O.B. (mid 1968)
Dallas-based Southwest F.O.B. had met the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band when the later played a show there in 1967.

W.C.P.A.E.B. issued an edit of their LP original as a single (Reprise 0776) in 1968.

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 Smiling Faces Sometimes Temptations 1971
on lp Gordy 957 Sky's The Limit 		Undisputed Truth
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 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, (When Your Heart's On Fire) Gertrude Niesen 10-13-33
Victor 24454 		Paul Whitemam (11-3-33), Tamara with Leo Reisman Orch.(11-28-33), Platters, Blue Haze
The melody was originally written as the theme for a radio program that remained unproduced. Tamara introduced the song in the 1933 play Roberta, but her recording of it followed Niesen's.

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 Snake, The Oscar Brown Jr. 1962
on lp Columbia 8825 Tells It Like It Is! 		Johnny Rivers, Al Wilson
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 So Fine Sheiks 1955
Federal 12237 		Fiestas
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 So Rare Gus Arnheim w/ Jimmy Farrell 6-23-37
Brunswick 7919 		Guy Lombardo (7-16-37), Jimmy Dorsey
Softly As I Leave You see Piano
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 Softly Whispering I Love You David & Jonathan 1967
Amy 11012 		English Congregation
Writers Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway were also recording artsits, using the name David & Jonathan.

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 Solitaire Neil Sedaka 1972
on lp Kirshner 117 Solitaire 		Searchers, Carpenters, Clay Aiken
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 Some Day Soon Ian & Sylvia 1964
Vanguard 35025 		July Collins, Suzy Bogguss
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 Some Enchanted Evening Frank Sinatra 2-28-49
Columbia 38446 		Perry Como (3-1-49), Jo Stafford (3-9-49), Bing Crosby (3-10-49), Ezio Pinza (5-16-49), Jay & Americans
Written for the play South Pacific, which premiered March 7, 1949 and featured Ezio Pinza's performance of the song. While a number of singers cut it that same month, Sinatra's had been recorded in February.

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 Some Kind Of Wonderful Soul Brothers 6 1967
Atlantic 2406 		Grand Funk, Buddy Guy
The Soul Brothers 6 record was such a hit in Detroit, I was hesitant to list it. Hearing from people who suggested it and realizing it barely charted on Billboard's Hot 100, prompted me to include it.

 Somebody To Love see Someone To Love
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 Somebody Touched Me Ruth Brown 5-7-54
Atlantic 1044 		Buddy Knox
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 Someday We'll Be Together Johnny & Jackey 1961
Tri-Phi 1005 		Supremes
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 Someday We're Gonna Love Again Barbara Lewis 3-23-64
Atlantic 2237 		Searchers
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 Someone To Love (aka Somebody To Love) Great Society 1965
Northbeach 1001 		Jefferson Airplane (11-15-66), Jim Carrey
The Great Society included vocalist Grace Slick, who brought this song with her upon joining the Jefferson Airplane. "Someone To Love" was written by fellow Great Society bandmate and brother-in-law, Darby Slick. Their version, produced by Sly Stone, reportedly took over 50 takes to get right.

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 Something Joe Cocker 1969
on lp A&M 4224 Joe Cocker! 		Beatles (4 to 8-69)
George Harrison began writing "Something" during the Beatles' White Album sessions but hadn't finished at the time. Following Joe Cocker's success with "With A Little Help From My Friends," the Beatles invited him to Apple Studios and offered him some other songs. Cocker picked "Something" after hearing George play it for him and Harrison even helped out on Joe's session. His version wasn't released though until after the Beatles' recording (on Abbey Road ) came out. George's demo has also been issued.

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 Something Stupid Carson & Gaile 1966
Kapp 813 		Nancy & Frank Sinatra (2-1-67)
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 Something You Got Chris Kenner 9-12-61
Instant 3237 		Alvin Robinson, Ramsey Lewis, Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown, Lonnie Brooks
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 Somewhere In The Night Richard Kerr 1975
on lp Epic 33850 (1976) 		Batdorf & Rodney, Helen Reddy, Barry Manilow
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 Sommerwind, Der (aka Summer Wind) Grethe Ingmann 6-65
German Metronome M 490 		Wayne Newton, Frank Sinatra
The song was introduced at the 1965 Deutsche Schlager Festspiel. Ingmann recorded it in both German and Danish.

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 Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp Merle Haggard 9-18-67
on lp Capitol 2848 Sing Me Back Home 		Johnny Darrell (10-67), O. C. Smith
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 Sookie Sookie Don Covay & The Goodtimers 6-30-65
Atlantic 2323 		Steppenwolf, Grant Green, Don Covay & Jefferson Lemon Blues Band (1970, Atlantic 2742)
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 Sorrow McCoys 1965
Bang 511 		Merseys (aka Merseybeats), David Bowie, Status Quo
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 Soul Drippin' Standells 1968
Tower 398 		Mauds
Soul Twist see Jay Walk
Soulful Strut see Am I The Same Girl
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 Southern Nights Allen Toussaint 1975
on lp Reprise 2186 Southern Nights 		Glen Campbell
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 Space Oddity David Bowie 2-2-69
on lp UK Deram BOWIE 1 Love You Till Tuesday (1984) 		David Bowie (6-20-69 for Mercury))
"Space Oddity" was written and recorded for the film Love You Till Tuesday, designed to showcase and promote the then-mostly-unknown Bowie. Due to budget complications, the movie wasn't released at the time but finally came out in 1984.

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 Speedy Gonzales David Dante 2-15-61
RCA Victor 7860/8056 		Pat Boone (5-62)
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 Spooky Mike Sharpe 1966
Liberty 55922 		Classics IV, Atlanta Rhythm Section
Sharpe's was an instrumental.

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 St. Louis Blues Prince's Band 12-18-15
Columbia A-5772 		Bessie Smith, W.C. Handy (many times), Louis Armstrong, Billy Holiday, Duke Ellington, Bob Wills, Benny Goodman, Django Reinhardt, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald et al.
It's not certain who was the first to cut "St. Louis Blues," but Prince's Band is as likely a candidate as any.

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 Stack-O' Lee Blues (aka Stagger Lee) Waring's Pennsylvanians 10-16-23
Victor 19189 		Frank Westphal (10-18-23), Ma Rainey, Woody Guthrie, Mississippi John Hurt, Archibald, Lloyd Price, Professor Longhair, Tommy Roe, Wilson Pickett, Taj Mahal et al.
There are numerous title spellings of "Stagger Lee" as well as variations in its melody and lyrics. The song was probably first published in 1910. For more on "Stagger Lee" see Greil Marcus's book Mystery Train and his extensive article in the January 1996 issue of Mojo. There is also a book called Stagolee Shot Billy by Cecil Brown.

Both Fred Waring's and Frank Westphal's were instrumentals(!).

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 Stardust (aka Star Dust) Hoagy Carmichael & Pals 10-31-27
Gennett 6311 		Hoagy Carmichael (vocal,1929), Larry Clinton, Billy Ward & Dominoes, Nino Tempo & April Stevens, Willie Nelson et al.
Carmichael whistled a tune that became "Stardust" while looking to the sky one late summer night in 1927. Hoagy later wrote of the session, done on Halloween that year (as an instrumental), "This melody was bigger than I was. It wasn't a part of me..it didn't sound familiar in the playback...I wanted to shout 'Maybe I didn't write you, but I found you.'"

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 State Of Indpendence Jon & Vangelis 1981
on lp Polydor 6326 The Friends Of Mr. Cairo 		Donna Summer
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 Statesboro Blues Blind Willie McTell 10-17-28
Victor 38001 		Taj Mahal, Youngbloods, Allman Bros., David Bromberg, Pat Travers, John Hammond
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 Stay Together Young Lovers Ben Aiken 1965
Roulette 4649 		Brenda & Tabulations
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 Stir It Up Bob Marley & Wailers 1967 (early)
Jamaican Wail 'N' Soul M (no #)
Johnny Nash, Wailers (1973 for Island)
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 Stoned Soul Picnic Laura Nyro 1-9-68
on lp Columbia 9626 Eli & The Thirteenth Confession 		5th Dimension
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 Stoney End Laura Nyro 7-13-66
Verve Folkways 5024 		Laura Nyro (11-66 on lp Verve Folkways 3020 More Than A New Discovery), Barbara Streisand
Nyro's single and album versions use the same backing track but the vocals takes are different, including some lyric variations.

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 Stop Your Sobbing Kinks 8-64
on lp Reprise 6143 You Really Got Me 		Pretenders
For whatever significance it is, Pretenders vocalist Chrissie Hynde and Kinks singer Ray Davies had a daughter in 1983.

 Stormy Monday see Call It Stormy Monday
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 Stormy Weather Leo Reisman & Orch. w/ Harold Arlen
2-28-33
Victor 24262/24716 		Guy Lombardo (4-12-33), Ethel Waters (5-3-33), Duke Ellington (5-16-33), Lena Horne, Five Sharps
The song was written for a revue at Harlem's famed Cotton Club, with the intent of having Cab Calloway introduce it. Calloway was not appearing at the club at the time though and the song's writers (Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler) decided it was equally suited for a woman. Ethel Waters became their choice but before she debuted it, Arlen cut it and had a hit. Waters recorded hers a few months later and "Stormy Weather" became her signature tune.

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 Straight Life, The Sonny Curtis 1968
Viva 630 		Bobby Goldsboro, Bing Crosby (11-21-68), Glen Campbell
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 Stranded In The Jungle Jayhawks 1956
Flash 109 		Cadets, Gadabouts, New York Dolls
The Jayhawks' record charted well in its day, but I think it's been lost to history, having been completely overshadowed by the Cadets' (and others).

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 Strangers In The Night (as "Beddy Bye") Bert Kaempfert 3-8-66
on lp Decca 74750 A Man Could Get Killed ost 		Bert Kaempfert (4-4-66 on lp Decca 74795 Strangers In The Night), Jack Jones, Frank Sinatra (4-11-66)
Only early pressings of the soundtrack album list the title as "Beddy Bye." Both of Kaempfert's recordings were instrumentals.

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 Strawberry Letter 23 Shuggie Otis 1971
Epic 10798 		Brothers Johnson
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 Streets Of London Ralph McTell 11-68
on lp UK Transatlantic 177 Spiral Staircase 		Ralph McTell (1974 for UK Warner Bros./US 20th Century), Joan Baez, Anti-Nowhere League (often wrongly identified as the Sex Pistols), Sinead O'Connor
McTell, born Ralph May, changed his name in tribute to Blind Willie. He wrote "Streets" in the mid 1960s while busking around Europe and reluctantly recorded it for his second album, prompted by producer Gus Dudgeon. Unlike his first LP (Eight Frames A Second), Spiral Staircase wasn't released in the States. An alternate take of the first "Streets" (with overdubs) was included though on a repackaged version of McTell's 1971 You Well-Meaning Brought Me Here album, issued on US Paramount 6015.

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 Such A Night Drifters 11-12-53
Atlantic 1019 		Johnnie Ray (2-16-54), Elvis Presley
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 Sue Me, Sue You Blues Jesse Davis (aka Jesse Ed Davis) 1972
Atco 6873 		George Harrison
George Harrison wrote "Sue Me, Sue You Blues," as well as "This Song," in response to the protracted "My Sweet Lord" plagiarism suit against him.

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 Sugar On Sunday Tommy James 1968
on lp Roulette 42023 Crimson And Clover 		Clique
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 Sugaree Dennis Lotis 3-56
UK Pye Nixa 15042 		Jordanaires (11-56), Rusty York
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 Sugartime Charlie Phillips 1957
Coral 61908 		McGuire Sisters (11-13-57), Johnny Cash
Phillips' recording included Buddy Holly on guitar

 Summer Wind see Sommerwind, Der
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 Summer Wine Lee Hazlewood w/ Suzi Jane Hokum     6-27-66
MGM 13664 		Nancy Sinatra (late 1966)
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 Summertime Helen Jepson 10-23-35
Victor 11881 		Billie Holiday (7-10-36), Anne Brown, Chris Columbo Quintet, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Herbie Mann, Zombies, Billy Stewart, Janis Joplin et al.
Written for the character Clara, played by Abbie Mitchell, in the original 1935 stage production of Porgy & Bess. The only recording of Mitchell performing "Summertime" is from a July 19, 1935 rehearsal, which hasn't been commercially released. The Porgy & Bess Original Cast album released by Decca has Anne Browne—who played Bess—singing "Summertime," and was recorded in 1940. (Apparently it wasn't uncommon to have a "cast" album done by an abbreviated lineup as a cost-saving measure.)

Jepson's record was issued as part of a four 12" 78 set of Porgy & Bess selections (Victor C 25).

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 Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore), The Frankie Valli c. 6-65
Smash 1995 		Walker Bros., Nielsen/Pearson
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 Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down Ray Stevens 5-27-69
Monument 1163 		Kris Kristofferson (4 to 10-69), Johnny Cash (7-10-70)
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 Superman Clique 1969
White Whale 312/323 		R.E.M.
Superstar see Groupie
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 Sure As I'm Sitting Here John Hiatt 7-73
Epic 11095 		3 Dog Night
Sure Gonna Miss Her see I'm Sure Going To Miss Her
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 Surprise, Surprise Lulu 1965
on lp Parrot 71016 From Lulu With Love 		Rolling Stones, Underdogs
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 Suspicion Elvis Presley 3-19-62
RCA Victor 0639 		Terry Stafford
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 Suspicious Minds Mark James 1968
Scepter 12221 		Elvis Presley, Dee Dee Warwick, Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter, Fine Young Cannibals
Mark James wrote the song under his real name, Francis Zambon.

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 Suzanne Judy Collins 1966
Elektra lp 7320 In My Life 		Leonard Cohen (10-20 to 31-67), Joan Baez, Noel Harrison, Neil Diamond, Peter Gabriel
Writer Leonard Cohen was inspired by an encounter with the wife a Montreal sculptor friend of his, Suzanne Verdal.

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 Sway Dean Martin 4-22-54
Captiol 2818 		Bobby Rydell
Swayin' To The Music see Slow Dancin'
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 Sweet And Innocent Roy Orbison 10-20-58
RCA 7381 		Donny Osmond
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 Sweet Blindness Laura Nyro 1-8-68
on lp Columbia 9626 Eli & The Thirteenth Confession 		5th Dimension
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 Sweet Dreams Don Gibson 9-12-55
MGM 12194 		Faron Young (4-27-56), Patsy Cline, Don Gibson (1960 for RCA), Tommy McLain, Emmylou Harris, Reba McEntire, Elvis Costello
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 Sweet Georgia Brown Ben Bernie 3-19-25
Vocalion 15002 		Bing Crosby, Brother Bones, Coasters, Beatles & Tony Sheridan
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 Sweet Home Chicago Robert Johnson 11-23-36
Vocalion 03601 		Junior Parker, Luther Allison, Freddie King, Foghat, Blues Bros.
Robert Johnson was no doubt influenced by Scrapper Blackwell's 1928 "Kokomo Blues" (Vocalion 1192) and/or Kokomo Arnold's subsequent version titled "Old Original Kokomo Blues" (1934, Decca 7026).

 Sweet Little Angel see Black Angel Blues
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 Sweet Sixteen Joe Turner 1-20-52
Atlantic 960 		B.B. King (many times), Chuck Berry
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 Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known), The Juice Newton & Silver Spur 6-75
RCA 10412 		Juice Newton (1981 for Capitol)
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 Sweetheart Bee Gees 9-26-69
Atco 6741 		Engelbert Humperdinck
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 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Fisk University Jubilee Quartet 12-8-09
Victor 16453 		Paul Robeson, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Jordanaires, Peggy Lee, Johnny Cash, Etta James, Staple Singers, B. B. King, Eric Clapton et al.
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 Swingin' Safari, A (aka Match Game Theme) Bert Kaempfert 3-6-62
on lp Decca 4305 That Happy Feeling 		Billy Vaughn
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 Swinging On A Star Bing Crosby 2-7-44
Decca 18597 		Big Dee Irwin
Introduced by Crosby in the 1944 film Going My Way and winner of that year's Academy Award®.

 Swiss Maid, The see Fair Swiss Maiden