| Title
| Artist
| Record Label (Year of Release)
| Genre (Format)
| Year Inducted
|
| "Jambalaya" (On the Bayou)"
| Hank Williams
| MGM Records (1952 in music)
| Country (Single)
| 2002
|
| "Jazz at Massey Hall"
| Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Charles Mingus
| Debut Records (1953 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 1995
|
| "Jelly Rolly Morton: The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord" (Library of Congress Recordings)
| Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton
| Circle Sound (1949 in music-1950 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 1980
|
| "Johnny B. Goode"
| Chuck Berry
| Chess Records (1958 in music)
| Rock & Roll (Single)
| 1999
|
| Judy at Carnegie Hall
| Judy Garland
| Capitol Records (1961 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Album)
| 1998
|
| "Just Because Polka"
| Frank Yankovic Orchestra
| Columbia Records (1948 in music-1949 in music)
| Polka (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Just You Just Me"
| Lester Young Quartet
| Keynote Records (1944 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Kansas City"
| Wilbert Harrison
| Fury Records (1959 in music)
| Rock & Roll (Single)
| 2001
|
| KHACHATURIAN: CONCERTO FOR PIANO & ORCHESTRA
| William Kapell With Serge Koussevitzky cond. Boston Symphony Orchestra
| RCA (1943 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 1999
|
| Killing Me Softly with his Song
| Roberta Flack
| Atlantic Records (1973 in music)
| Pop (Single)
| 1999
|
| Kind of Blue
| Miles Davis
| Columbia (1959 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 1992
|
| The King and I
| Original Cast; Yul Brynner, Gertrude Lawrence
| Decca Records (1951 in music)
| Musical Show (Album)
| 2000
|
| King of the Road
| Roger Miller
| Smash Records (1965 in music)
| Country (Single)
| 1999
|
| Kiss Me, Kate
| Original Broadway Cast; Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Etc.
| Columbia (1949 in music)
| Musical Show (Album)
| 1998
|
| La Bamba
| Ritchie Valens
| Del-Fi (1958 in music)
| Rock & Roll (Single)
| 2000
|
| La Vie en Rose
| Edith Piaf
| Columbia (1950 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1998
|
| LADY IN SATIN
| Billie Holiday
| Columbia (1958 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 2000
|
| LAURA NYRO
| Laura Nyro
| Verve Records (1966 in music)
| Pop (Album)
| 1999
|
| Layla
| Derek and the Dominos
| Atco Records (1971 in music)
| Rock (Single)
| 1998
|
| Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
| Derek And The Dominos
| Atco (1970 in music)
| Rock (Album)
| 2000
|
| LED ZEPPELIN IV
| Led Zeppelin
| Atlantic (1971 in music)
| Rock (Album)
| 1999
|
| Leoncavallo: Pagliacci ACT I: VESTI LA GIUBBA
| Enrico Caruso
| Victrola (1907 in music)
| Classical (Single)
| 1975
|
| LET'S STAY TOGETHER
| Al Green
| Hi (1971 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1999
|
| Light My Fire
| The Doors
| Elektra Records (1967 in music)
| Rock (Track)
| 1998
|
| LIKE A ROLLING STONE
| Bob Dylan
| Columbia (1965 in music)
| Rock (Single)
| 1998
|
| THE LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN IN THE LANE
| Fiddlin' John Carson
| Okeh Records (1923 in music)
| Country (Single)
| 1998
|
| LIVE AT THE APOLLO
| James Brown
| King Records (1962 in music)
| R&B (Album)
| 1998
|
| LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO
| Cannonball Adderley
| Riverside (1959 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 1999
|
| THE LONELY BULL
| The Tijuana Brass Featuring Herb Alpert
| A&M Records (1962 in music)
| Pop (Single)
| 1998
|
| LONELY Teardrops
| Jackie Wilson
| Brunswick (1958 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1999
|
| LONG TALL SALLY
| Little Richard
| Specialty Records (1956 in music)
| Rock & Roll (Single)
| 1999
|
| Louie Louie
| The Kingsmen
| Wand Records (1963 in music)
| Rock & Roll (Single)
| 1999
|
| A Love Supreme
| John Coltrane
| Impulse Records (1964 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 1999
|
| LOVER MAN (OH, WHERE CAN YOU BE?)
| Billie Holiday
| Decca (1945 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1989
|
| LUCILLE
| Little Richard
| Specialty Records (1957 in music)
| Rock & Roll (Single)
| 2002
|
| LUSH LIFE
| John Coltrane With Johnny Hartman
| Impulse (1963 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 2000
|
| Mack the Knife
| Louis Armstrong & The All-Stars
| Columbia (1955 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1997
|
| Mack the Knife
| Bobby Darin
| Atco (1959 in music)
| Pop (Single)
| 1999
|
| Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
| Bruno Walter cond. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra With Kathleen Ferrier & Julius Patzak
| London Records (1952 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 1981
|
| MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN E FLAT MAJOR (THE SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND)
| Georg Solti cond. Chicago Symphony; Balatsch, dir. Chorus Of The Vienna State Opera; Froschauer dir. Vienna Singverein
| London (1972 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 1998
|
| MAHLER: SYMPHONY NO.1 IN D MAJOR
| Dimitri Mitropoulos cond. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
| Columbia (1941 in music)
| Classical (Single)
| 1999
|
| MAHLER: THE COMPLETE SYMPHONIES
| Leonard Bernstein cond. New York Philharmonic, London Symphony
| Columbia (1961 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 2002
|
| Maiden Voyage
| Herbie Hancock
| Blue Note Records (1965 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 1999
|
| MAKE THE World GO AWAY
| Eddy Arnold
| RCA (1965 in music)
| Country (Single)
| 1999
|
| MAMA TRIED
| Merle Haggard
| Capitol (1968 in music)
| Country (Single)
| 1999
|
| MANHATTAN TOWER
| Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra
| Capitol (1956 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Album)
| 1998
|
| Manteca
| Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
| Victor (1947 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1999
|
| MARIE
| Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra; Jack Leonard, Vocal
| Victor (1937 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1998
|
| MATCH BOX BLUES
| Blind Lemon Jefferson
| Okeh (1927 in music)
| Blues (Single)
| 1999
|
| MAYBELLENE
| Chuck Berry
| Chess Records (1955 in music)
| Rock & Roll (Single)
| 1988
|
| Me and Bobby McGee
| Janis Joplin
| Columbia (1971 in music)
| Rock (Single)
| 2002
|
| MEET THE BEATLES!
| The Beatles
| Capitol (1964 in music)
| Rock (Album)
| 2001
|
| MENDELSSOHN: CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN IN E MINOR
| Fritz Kreisler; Leo Blech cond. Berlin State Opera Orchestra
| Victor Records (1926 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 1998
|
| MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY)
| Marvin Gaye
| Tamla Records (1971 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 2002
|
| MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
| Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter With The Golden Gate Quartet
| Victor (1940 in music)
| Blues (Album)
| 2002
|
| MIDNIGHT Train to Georgia
| Gladys Knight And The Pips
| Buddah Records (1973 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1999
|
| Miles Ahead
| Miles Davis (+19) With Gil Evans & His Orchestra
| Columbia (1957 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 1994
|
| MINGUS DYNASTY
| Charles Mingus
| Columbia (1959 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 1999
|
| Minnie the Moocher
| Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
| Brunswick Records (1931 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1999
|
| Misty
| Errol Garner Trio
| Mercury Records (1954 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1991
|
| Misty
| Johnny Mathis
| Columbia (1959 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 2002
|
| MOANIN'
| Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
| Blue Note (1958 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1998
|
| MOANIN'
| Art Blakey
| Blue Note (1957 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 2001
|
| MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC
| Ray Charles
| ABC-Paramount (1962 in music)
| Pop (Album)
| 1999
|
| Mona Lisa
| Nat "King" Cole
| Capitol (1950 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1992
|
| MONEY HONEY
| The Drifters (Featuring Clyde McPhatter)
| Atlantic (1953 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1999
|
| MONK'S MUSIC
| Thelonious Monk Featuring Coleman Hawkins & John Coltrane
| Riverside (1957 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 2001
|
| Mood Indigo
| Duke Ellington
| Brunswick Records (1931 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1975
|
| MOODY'S MOOD FOR LOVE
| James Moody
| Prestige (1952 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 2001
|
| Moon River
| Henry Mancini
| RCA (1961 in music)
| Pop (Single)
| 1999
|
| MOONDANCE
| Van Morrison
| Warner Bros. (1970 in music)
| Rock (Album)
| 1999
|
| MOONGLOW
| Benny Goodman Quartet
| Victor (1936 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1998
|
| MOONLIGHT SERENADE
| Glenn Miller And His Orchestra
| Bluebird (1939 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1991
|
| MOVE ON UP A LITTLE HIGHER
| Mahalia Jackson
| Apollo Records (1948 in music)
| Gospel (Single)
| 1998
|
| Mozart: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
| Sir Thomas Beecham cond. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
| RCA Victor (1938 in music)
| Classical (Single)
| 1999
|
| MR. FANTASY
| Traffic
| United (1968 in music)
| Rock (Album)
| 1999
|
| MR. SANDMAN
| The Chordettes
| Cadence (1954 in music)
| Pop (Single)
| 2002
|
| Mr. Tambourine Man
| The Byrds
| Columbia (1965 in music)
| Rock (Single)
| 1998
|
| Mr. Tambourine Man
| Bob Dylan
| Columbia (1965 in music)
| Rock (Track)
| 2002
|
| Mrs. Robinson
| Simon & Garfunkel
| Columbia (1968 in music)
| Pop (Single)
| 1999
|
| MUSIC FROM BIG PINK
| The Band
| Capitol (1968 in music)
| Rock (Album)
| 1998
|
| THE MUSIC FROM PETER GUNN
| Henry Mancini
| RCA Victor (1959 in music)
| Film & TV Soundtracks (Album)
| 1998
|
| The Music Man
| Original Cast With Robert Preston, Barbara Cook
| Capitol (1958 in music)
| Musical Show (Album)
| 1998
|
| MUSIC OF ALBÉNIZ & GRANADOS
| Andrés Segovia
| Decca (1944 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 1998
|
| MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
| Vladimir Horowitz
| RCA (1951 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 1999
|
| MUSSORGSKY: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
| Rafael Kubelik cond. Chicago Symphony Orchestra
| Mercury (1951 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 1998
|
| MUSSORGSKY: SONG OF THE FLEA
| Feodor Chaliapin
| Victor (1926 in music)
| Classical (Single)
| 1999
|
| MUSTANG SALLY
| Wilson Pickett
| Atlantic (1967 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 2000
|
| MY BLUE HEAVEN
| Gene Austin
| Victor (1928 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1978
|
| MY FAIR LADY
| Original Broadway Cast With Rex Harrison And Julie Andrews
| Columbia (1956 in music)
| Musical Show (Album)
| 1977
|
| MY FAVORITE THINGS
| John Coltrane Quartet
| Atlantic (1961 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 1998
|
| MY GENERATION
| The Who
| Decca (1966 in music)
| Rock (Single)
| 1999
|
| My Girl
| The Temptations
| Gordy Records (1965 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1998
|
| MY GUY
| Mary Wells
| Motown (1964 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1999
|
| MY MAN (FROM ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1921)
| Fanny Brice
| Victor (1922 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1999
|
| My Way
| Frank Sinatra
| Reprise Records (1969 in music)
| Pop (Single)
| 2000
|
| A NATURAL WOMAN (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE)
| Aretha Franklin
| Atlantic (1967 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1999
|
| NATURE BOY
| Nat "King" Cole
| Capitol (1948 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1999
|
| NEGRO SINFUL SONGS
| Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
| Musicraft (1939 in music)
| Folk (Album)
| 1998
|
| NEW SAN ANTONIO ROSE
| Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
| Okeh (1940 in music)
| Country (Single)
| 1998
|
| A NIGHT AT BIRDLAND
| Art Blakey Quintet
| Blue Note (1954 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 2000
|
| "Nights in White Satin"
| The Moody Blues
| Deram (1972 in music)
| Rock (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Nobody"
| Bert Williams
| Columbia Records (1906 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1981
|
| "Now He Sings, Now He Sobs"
| Chick Corea
| Blue Note (1968 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Nuage"
| Django Reinhardt And Stephane Grappelli With The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France
| Decca (1946 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 2000
|
| "Ode to Billy Joe"
| Bobbie Gentry
| Capitol (1967 in music)
| Pop (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Oh Happy Day"
| Edwin Hawkins Singers
| Buddah (1969 in music)
| Gospel (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Oh, Pretty Woman"
| Roy Orbison
| Monument Records (1964 in music)
| Pop (Single)
| 1999
|
| Oklahoma!
| Alfred Drake With Original Broadway Cast; Orchestra & Chorus cond. By Jay *Blackton
| Decca (1943 in music)
| Musical Show (Album)
| 1976
|
| "One O'Clock Jump"
| Count Basie
| Decca (1937 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1979
|
| "Only the Lonely (Know How I Feel)"
| Roy Orbison
| Monument (1960 in music)
| Pop (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Only You (And You Alone)"
| The Platters
| Mercury (1955 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Ornithology"
| Charlie Parker Sextet
| Dial Records (1946 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1989
|
| "Over the Rainbow"
| Judy Garland
| Decca (1939 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1981
|
| OYE COMO VA
| Tito Puente
| Tico Records (1953 in music)
| Latin (Single)
| 2002
|
| "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
| The Temptations
| Gordy Records (1972 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1)"
| James Brown
| King (1965 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Paper Doll"
| Mills Brothers
| Decca (1943 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1998
|
| Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
| Simon & Garfunkel
| Columbia (1966 in music)
| Pop (Album)
| 1999
|
| "Peace Be Still"
| Rev. James Cleveland
| Savoy (1962 in music)
| Gospel (Album)
| 1999
|
| "Peg O' My Heart"
| The Harmonicats
| Vitacoustic (1947 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Peggy Sue"
| Buddy Holly
| Coral (1957 in music)
| Rock & Roll (Single)
| 1999
|
| "People"
| Barbra Streisand
| Columbia (1964 in music)
| Traditional Pop (Single)
| 1998
|
| "People Get Ready"
| The Impressions
| ABC-Paramount (1965 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1998
|
| Pet Sounds
| The Beach Boys
| Capitol (1966 in music)
| Rock (Album)
| 1998
|
| Piano Concerto: No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 (Tchaikovsky)
| Van Cliburn, pianist; Kiril Kondrashin cond. RCA Symphony Orchestra
| RCA Red Seal (1958 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 2002
|
| "Piece of My Heart"
| Big Brother & the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin)
| Columbia (1968 in music)
| Rock (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Pine-Top's Boogie Woogie"
| Pine Top Smith
| Vocalion Records (1928 in music)
| Jazz (Single)
| 1983
|
| The Pink Panther
| Henry Mancini
| RCA (1964 in music)
| Pop (Album)
| 2001
|
| Pinocchio
| Motion Picture Soundtrack
| Victor (1940 in music)
| Film & TV Soundtracks (Album)
| 2002
|
| "Pistol Packin' Mama"
| Al Dexter
| Okeh (1943 in music)
| Country (Single)
| 2000
|
| The Play of Daniel
| New York Pro Musica, Noah Greenberg, Director
| Decca (1958 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 1998
|
| "Please, Please, Please"
| James Brown & the Famous Flames
| Federal (1956 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 2001
|
| Please Send Me Someone to Love"
| Percy Mayfield
| Specialty (1950 in music)
| R&B (Single)
| 1999
|
| "Pony Blues"
| Charley Patton
| Paramount Records (1929 in music)
| Blues (Single)
| 1999
|
| Porgy and Bess
| Miles Davis & Gil Evans
| Columbia (1958 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 2000
|
| Porgy and Bess
| Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald
| Verve (1958 in music)
| Jazz (Album)
| 2001
|
| Porgy and Bess
| Alexander Smallens cond. Lawrence Tibbett, Helen Jepson, The Original Orchestra And Chorus; "Under The Supervision Of The Composer"
| Victor (1935 in music)
| Musical Show (Album)
| 2002
|
| "The Prisoner's Song"
| Vernon Dalhart
| Victor Records (1925 in music)
| Country (Single)
| 1998
|
| "Proud Mary"
| Creedence Clearwater Revival
| Fantasy Records (1969 in music)
| Rock (Single)
| 1998
|
| Puccini: La bohème
| Sir Thomas Beecham cond., Soloists: de Los Angeles, Bjöling, Merrill, Tozzi, *Amara
| RCA Victor (1956 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 2000
|
| Puccini: Tosca
| Victor DeSabata cond. Orchestra & Chorus Of Teatro Alla Scala, Milan; Maria Callas, Giuseppe DiStefano, Tito Gobbi
| Angel (1953 in music)
| Classical (Album)
| 1987
|
| "Purple Haze"
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience
| Reprise (1967 in music)
| Rock (Single)
| 2000
|
