Artist	Song
Eric Clapton	Tears In Heaven
from Complete Clapton (2007)
Puff Daddy & The Family	I'll Be Missing You (feat. Faith Evans & 112)
from No Way Out (2005)
Mariah Carey	One Sweet Day
from Daydream (1995)
Céline Dion	My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from "Titanic")
from My Love (Essential Collection) (2008)
Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You
from The Bodyguard (Original Soundtrack Album) (1992)
Sarah McLachlan	I Will Remember You
from Closer - The Best of Sarah McLachlan (Deluxe Version) (2008)
Nat "King" Cole	Unforgettable
from The World of Nat King Cole (2005)
Josh Groban	To Where You Are
from Josh Groban (2004)
James Taylor	Fire and Rain
from Rhino Hi-Five: James Taylor - EP (2005)
The Rolling Stones	As Tears Go By
from December's Children (And Everybody's) [Remastered] (2005)
Boyz II Men	It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
from CooleyHighHarmony (Expanded Edition) (2011)
Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman	Time to Say Goodbye
from Romanza (1997)
Sting	Fragile
from Fields of Gold - The Best of Sting (1984-1994) (1994)
Bruce Springsteen	You're Missing
from The Rising (2002)
Sarah McLachlan	Angel
from Surfacing (1980)
Bette Midler	From a Distance
from Some People's Lives (2005)
Willie Nelson	Sweet Memories
from The Essential Willie Nelson (1995)
Fleetwood Mac	Landslide
from Fleetwood Mac (2009)
Various Artists	I Grieve
from City of Angels (2007)
David Gray	The Other Side
from Greatest Hits (2007)
Luther Vandross	Dance With My Father
from Discover Beyond: Luther Vandross - EP (2007)
The Offspring	Gone Away
from The Offspring: Greatest Hits (2005)
Bread	Everything I Own
from The Best of Bread (2005)
The Wallflowers	One Headlight
from The Wallflowers: Collected 1996-2005 (2009)
Elvis Presley	Kentucky Rain
from The Essential Elvis Presley (Remastered) (2006)

Comment:

Public figures' private loss led to two quintessential songs of mourning and faith in Eric Clapton's "Tears In Heaven" (written with lyricist Will Jennings after the fatal fall of Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor) and Faith Evans with 112 and P. Diddy on "I'll Be Missing You" (a reworking of the Police's "I'll Be Watching You" after the ambush shooting of Evans' husband, rapper Biggie Smalls). Celine Dion's performance of "My Heart Will Go On," in contrast, grew not from real life, but out of the sweeping movie melodrama of [i]Titanic[/i] — though Jennings gets credit here, too, for putting the emotions into words.

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