Artist	Song
Ray Charles	Georgia On My Mind
from The Genius Hits the Road (2009)
Paul McCartney	Maybe I'm Amazed
from Wingspan: Hits and History (2010)
John Lennon	Jealous Guy
from Imagine (Remastered) (2010)
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons	Sherry
from The Very Best of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (2005)
Fats Domino	Ain't That a Shame? (Remastered)
from Walking to New Orleans (2002)
Alfred Brendel	Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
from Beethoven: "Moonlight", "Pathétique", "Appassionata" and "Les adieux" Sonatas (2001)
Bob Dylan	Subterranean Homesick Blues
from The Essential Bob Dylan (2000)
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall In Love
from Doo Wop Classics, Vol. 4 (2003)
The Ronettes	Be My Baby
from The Phil Spector Collection (2010)
The Rolling Stones	Let's Spend the Night Together
from Hot Rocks 1964-1971 (2005)
Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water
from The Best of Simon & Garfunkel (1999)
Leon Russell	The Ballad of Mad Dogs and Englishmen
from Retrospective (1997)
Carole King	So Far Away
from Tapestry (1998)
Randy Newman	Sail Away
from Sail Away (2005)
Elvis Presley	All Shook Up
from Elvis: 30 #1 Hits (2002)
Sam Cooke	Wonderful World
from Greatest Hits (1997)
Otis Redding	Try a Little Tenderness
from The Very Best of Otis Redding (2007)
Ben E. King	Stand By Me
from Rhino Hi-Five: Ben E. King - EP (2006)
The Rascals	I've Been Lonely Too Long
from Time Peace - The Rascals' Greatest Hits (2005)
Dion & The Belmonts	The Wanderer
from The Best of Dion & The Belmonts (2005)
Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls of Fire
from Jerry Lee's Greatest (1961)
Frank Sinatra	Someone to Watch over Me
from Classic Sinatra - His Great Performances, 1953-1960 (2000)
Dave Brubeck	In Your Own Sweet Way
from Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits (1991)
Original Broadway Cast	Something's Coming
from West Side Story (1994)

Comment:

Sure, Billy Joel's physical roots are planted firmly in New York City . . . but his musical roots? They stretch out in every imaginable direction through space and time, from the British Invasion to the Jersey shore, from Sun Studios to the Frisco bay and beyond. While it's a long way from the Chattahoochee River to the banks of the Hudson, Brother Ray Charles mixes a big slice of the Big Apple into his peach-perfect reading of the soulful-est state anthem ever, "Georgia On My Mind." Frankie Valli fuses a sky-high falsetto to a stiletto-heel stomp in celebration of his own uptown girl in The Four Seasons' first #1 hit, "Sherry." And if ever a singer perfected the craft of pouring his art — and his heart — into the mic, it's Joel's longtime hero (and duet partner at Shea) Paul McCartney, loving up his lady Linda in "Maybe I'm Amazed." And whether it's the pumpin' piano of Jerry Lee Lewis or the Broadway brilliance of Gershwin (as interpreted by Frank Sinatra), we've got all the sounds and styles that shaped one of rock 'n' roll's most eclectic Hall of Famers.

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