Artist	Song
Aretha Franklin	Respect
from Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits (2008)
Jeff Buckley	Hallelujah
from Grace (1994)
Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
from Rhino Hi-Five: Otis Redding - EP (2005)
Bill Withers	Ain't No Sunshine
from Bill Withers' Greatest Hits (1989)
Al Green	Let's Stay Together
from Al Green: Greatest Hits (1975)
The Temptations	My Girl
from Anthology Series: The Best of the Temptations (1995)
Frank Sinatra	My Funny Valentine
from Songs For Young Lovers / Swing Easy! (1998)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	If You Don't Know Me By Now
from Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (2004)
Aretha Franklin	(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman
from Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits (2008)
Gladys Knight & The Pips	Midnight Train to Georgia
from Platinum & Gold Collection (2003)
Etta James	At Last
from Her Best - The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (1997)
Oleta Adams	Get Here
from Circle of One (1990)
Stevie Wonder	For Once in My Life
from Stevie Wonder's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1998)
Gladys Knight & The Pips	I Heard It Through the Grapevine
from The Ultimate Collection: Gladys Knight & the Pips (1997)
Billy Paul	Me and Mrs. Jones
from 360 Degrees of Billy Paul (2002)
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	Ain't No Mountain High Enough
from Gold: Marvin Gaye (2005)
Ike & Tina Turner	Nutbush City Limits
from Nutbush City Limits (2008)
KT Tunstall	Black Horse and the Cherry Tree (Radio Version)
from Eye to the Telescope (2006)
Christina Aguilera	Fighter
from Stripped (2002)
Janis Joplin	Piece of My Heart
from Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits (1996)
Roberta Flack	Killing Me Softly With His Song
from The Very Best of Roberta Flack (2006)
Whitney Houston	I Believe In You and Me
from Whitney - The Greatest Hits (2000)
The Stylistics	You Make Me Feel Brand New
from The Best of the Stylistics (1975)
The Mamas & The Papas	California Dreamin'
from The Mamas & The Papas Greatest Hits (1998)
Bee Gees	Stayin' Alive
from Saturday Night Fever (The Original Movie Soundtrack) [Remastered] (2007)

Comment:

To a large extent, television's greatest talent contest is all about being captivated by familiar songs in a new way: as if we were hearing them for the first time, caught up in the performance and taken to another place. These classic essentials form the show's bedrock and represent the standard to which all hopefuls must aspire.

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