Songs & Lyrics
BMI list of Most Popular Songs
from 1940-1990

New York, Sept 14, 1990 - BMI, the world's largest performing rights organization, today announced the titles, writers and publishers of the 50 most performed songs in the company's 50 year history.

1. Yesterday…John Lennon, Paul McCartney
2. Never My Love…Donald Addrisi, Richard Addrisi
3. By The Time I Get To Phoenix…Jim Webb
4. Gentle On My Mind…John Hartford
5. More…Marcello Cierciolini
6. Something…George Harrison
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water…Paul Simon
8. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'…Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil
9. Mrs. Robinson…Paul Simon
10. Georgia On My Mind…Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrel
11. I Can't Stop Loving You…Don Gibson
12. Strangers In The Night…Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
13. Everybody's Talkin'…Fred Neil
14. Michelle…John Lennon, Paul McCartney
15. Canadian Sunset…Norman Gimbel, Eddie Heywood
16. Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You…Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
17. Killing Me Softly With His Song…Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel
18. Sunny…Bobby Hebb
19. Snowbird…Gene MacLellan
20. Scarborough Fair
21. The Girl From Ipanema…Vinicius De Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim
22. We've Only Just Begun…Roger Nichols, Paul Williams
23. (Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay…Steve Cropper, Otis Redding
24. For The Good Times…Kris Kristofferson
25. Twilight Time…Al Nevins, Morty Nevins, Buck Ram
26. Stand By Me…Ben E. King, Jery Leiber, Mike Stoller
27. Up Up And Away…Jim Webb
28. Spanish Eyes…Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton, Eddie Snyder
29. Angel Of The Morning…Chip Taylor
30. Only You... Ande Rand, Buck Ram
31. The Most Beautiful Girl…Rory Bourke, Billy Sherril, Morro Wilson
32. Sound Of Silence…Paul Simon
33. Help Me Make It Through The Night…Kris Kristofferson
34. Traces…Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb, Emory Gordy, Jr.
35. Goin' Out Of My Head…Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein
36. Release Me…Edia Miller, Dub Williams, Robert Yount
37. Both Sides Now…Joni Mitchell
38. All I Have To Do Is Dream…Boudleaux Bryant
39. Cherish…Terry Kirkman
40. Tennessee Waltz…Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart
41. (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden…Joe South
42. My Cherie Amour…Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder
43. I Honestly Love You…Peter Allen, Jeff Barry
44. Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree... L. Russell Brown, Irwin Levine
45. Breaking Up Is Hard To Do…Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka
46. For All We Know…Jimmy Griffin, Fred Karlin, Robb Wilson
47. Never On Sunday…Manos Hadjidakis, Billy Towne
48. Blue Bayou…Joe Melson, Roy Orbison
49. Behind Closed Doors…Kenny O'Dell
50. My Way…Paul Anka, Claude Francois, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibaut

Rock on folks !