Artist	Song
Bobby McFerrin	Don't Worry, Be Happy
from Best of Bobby McFerrin (1996)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo	Unomathemba
from Shaka Zulu (2008)
Sweet Honey In the Rock	Shoo Fly - Don't Bother Me
from I Got Shoes (2007)
The Persuasions	Looking for an Echo
from Doo Wop Classics, Vol. 8 (2003)
The Swingle Singers	Rondo Alla Turca From Piano Sonata No. 11 In A K331
from The Swingle Singers (2005)
Billy Joel	The Longest Time
from The Essential Billy Joel (2001)
Frank Stallone	Take You Back (From "Rocky") [Acapella]
from Take You Back - EP (2006)
Rockapella	Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
from Live In Japan (2004)
Björk	Oceania
from Medulla (2004)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir	God Be With You Till We Meet Again
from America's Choir (2004)
Sam Cooke	Peace In the Valley
from Sam Cooke With the Soul Stirrers (2006)
Janis Joplin	Mercedes Benz
from Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits (1996)
Zap Mama	Bottom
from Adventures in Afropea 1: Zap Mama (2003)
The Nylons	(Na Na Hey Hey) Kiss Him Goodbye
from The Best of the Nylons (1982)
Suzanne Vega	Tom's Diner (A Cappella)
from Solitude Standing (1987)
Take 6	Spread Love
from Take 6 (2008)
Tori Amos	Me and a Gun
from A Tori Amos Collection - Tales of a Librarian (2003)
Boyz II Men	Yesterday
from II (1994)
The Manhattan Transfer	A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
from The Very Best of the Manhattan Transfer (2008)
The Fairfield Four	Children Go Where I Send Thee
from Standing In the Safety Zone (2008)
Swedish Radio Choir & Tönu Kaljuste	Vespers, Op. 37: Ave Maria
from The Classics: Vespers (2001)
The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	The Gospel Train
from Golden Gate Quartet Vol. 4 (1939-1943) (2005)
LaBelle & Laura Nyro	I Met Him on a Sunday
from Gonna Take a Miracle (2002)
The Roches	The Hallelujah Chorus
from Rhino Hi-Five: The Roches - EP (2007)
Petra Haden	Don't Stop Believin'
from Guilt By Association (Bonus Track Version) (2007)
Bobby McFerrin	Blackbird
from The Voice (2004)
Tracy Chapman	Behind the Wall
from Tracy Chapman (2005)
Jay-Z	Dirt Off Your Shoulder
from The Black Album (2004)
Ralph Stanley	O Death
from O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (2000)
Fisk Jubilee Singers	Go Down Moses
from Song of America (2007)
Lead Belly	Black Betty
from Lead Belly's Last Sessions (1994)
Miranda Sex Garden	Gush Forth My Tears
from Madra (1991)
Comedian Harmonists	Creole Love Call
from Comedian Harmonists: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (1998)
The Four Freshmen	Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
from Capitol Collectors Series: The Four Freshmen (1991)
Frank Sinatra	You'll Never Know
from 16 Most Requested Songs (1995)
Vocal Sampling	La Negra Tomasa
from Una Forma Mas (2005)
The Buffalo Bills	Lida Rose
from Masterworks Series, Vol. 4: The Buffalo Bills (2008)
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys	Gloryland
from Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys 1971-1973 (1995)
Todd Rundgren	Hodja
from A Cappella (2005)
Terence Trent D'Arby	As Yet Untitled
from Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby (1987)
Harry Christophers & The Sixteen	Agnus Dei
from Barber: Agnus Dei - An American Collection (2005)
The King's Singers	You Are The New Day
from The King's Singers: New Day (1987)
The Beach Boys	Our Prayer
from Friends / 20/20 (2001)
Soweto Gospel Choir	Hosanna
from African Spirit (2007)
Diane Schuur	Somewhere Over the Rainbow
from Live In London (2006)
Acappella	Criminal On the Cross
from Sweet Fellowship (2004)
Huun-Huur-Tu	Ancestors / Prayer
from Best Live (2001)
Petra Haden	I Can See for Miles
from Sings: the Who Sell Out (2008)
Shai	If I Ever Fall In Love (Original Acapella Version)
from If I Ever Fall In Love (1992)
Mediaeval Baebes	Gaudete
from A Winter's Night (2005)
Cassandra Wilson	Sankofa
from Blue Light 'Til Dawn (1993)
The Richter Scales	I Hate a Cappella
from We Hate a Cappella (2006)
Toxic Audio	(Put the Lime In The) Coconut
from Word of Mouth (2005)
Krishna Das & Baird Hersey & Prana	Hey Ma Durga
from Gathering In the Light (2007)
Peter, Paul & Mary	Norman Normal
from Album (2008)
The Vocal Majority Chorus	Alexander's Rag Time Band
from VMX - 10 Gold Medal Contest Performances (2008)
Rahzel	Wu Tang Live Medley
from Make the Music 2000 (1999)
Ricky Skaggs	Talk About Sufferin'
from The Stained Glass Hour, Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music (1992)
KnightSong	My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth
from The Singing (2006)
Chanticleer	Loch Lomond - Scotland
from Wondrous Love - A World Folk Song Collection (2006)
Copper Wimmin	Kinder
from The Right To Be Here (2004)
Mint Juleps	Don't Let Your Heart
from One Time (1985)
Huey Lewis & The News	Naturally
from Fore! (1986)
Straight No Chaser	Carol of the Bells
from Holiday Spirits (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
The Temptations	My Girl (A Cappella) [Mono]
from Emperors of Soul (Box Set) (1994)
Hassan Hakmoun	The Sun Is Gone
from Trance (2007)
Dear Abbeys	Baba O'Riley
from Abbeys Road (2007)
Mia Doi Todd	La vie en rose
from The Unaccompanied Voice - An A Capella Compilation (2007)
Bama	Stackerlee
from The Alan Lomax Collection: Prison Songs, Vol. 1 - Murderous Home (1997)
Duwende	I Fall
from Radio Screaming (2005)
Keith Lancaster & The Acappella Company	You Are My All In All
from Awesome God: A Cappella Worship (2005)
Dobie Gray	Drift Away
from Acappella - Pop Hits of the 60's & 70's (Re-Recorded Versions) (2007)
Pizmon	Yehay
from Pieces of Light (2005)
Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos	Dies Irae - Secuencia, modo i
from Requiem Aeternam: Gregorian Chants (2005)

Comment:

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