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Roaring back to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts after a six-year hiatus, Disney Channel heartthrobs Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas have reunited with a mature pop sound befitting the Jonas Brothers' ne...

Now bearing the distinction of winning the 2019 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Kasey Musgraves has seamlessly married pop and country--and the effervescent ballad Rainbow is the result. When all...

As if they never left the 1970s, Elton John (and longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin) geared up to write an immensely catchy, disco-infused track to accompany 2019's rave-reviewed biopic Rocketman, sharin...

The title says it all: Simple features Canadian k. d. lang composing a melody which accompanies transparent and honest lyrics to an uncomplicated and profound effect. Melancholy yet graceful, this qui...

Christina Perri's heartfelt tribute to Edward and Bella of The Twilight Saga has become a theme song to the film's myriad fan base as well as finding chart success. A wonderful selection for pop conce...

Singer-songwriter Charlie Puth started his career with a YouTube channel and now has several chart hits that showcase his amazing voice and musicianship. This 2016 pop hit has a sweet gospel-soul ting...

This single by Katy Perry was written for the 2016 NBC Olympics coverage in Rio de Janeiro, with an epic sound inspiring us to come together with the resolve to be the best we can be. A fabulous messa...

The 2016 break-up single by Justin Bieber topped the Billboard charts and the video garnered hundreds of millions of views with its spare acoustic arrangement and conversational style vocals.

Stevie Nicks released this single in 1982 from her debut solo album Bella Donna. This arrangement captures the distinctive chugging 16th-note pattern and simple chord structures with moody vocals full...

It's a tradition to bring audience members up on the stage to dance for the final, jovial medley in the 1967 musical Hair. Roger Emerson's arrangement of the songs made famous by The 5th Dimension wil...

Written by Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, this popular song was a huge hit when the incomparable Linda Ronstadt covered it in 1975. This arrangement is straight-ahead fun with the energy and driv...

With My Heart Will Go On, the late James Horner created a love song for the ages, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song in the 1997 mega-hit Titanic. Sung unforgettably by Celine Dion, the...

Written for Britain's Our World, the first live television link featuring global artists, this Beatles' song was viewed by over 400 million people in 25 different countries. The refrain speaks of incl...

An electro-pop tune as infectious as it is timely with its singular message, the creative hands of Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey teamed up to create something reflective and vibrant. Released during the...

Here is a classic Lennon and McCartney song that was heartfelt and emotional when the Beatles sang it in 1969 and remains an emotional song today for anyone who sings it. Mother Mary referred to in th...

Originally written by Sting to commemorate the life of an American engineer who was killed in the Nicaraguan civil unrest in 1987, this smooth, bossa nova-flavored parable to the fragility of the huma...

Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Songs in the Key of Life, Honeymoon in Vegas) has written songs for a pop rock album titled How We React and How We Recover. This song offers...

Belinda Carlisle, the lead singer of the Go-Go's, scored a number one hit with this chorus-belting power ballad in 1987! Mark Brymer's arrangement ups the ante with extensive use of vocables with a un...

This late-90s gem from British jazz-funk band Jamiroquai hasn't aged a day. Released with an award-winning and positively mind-bending music video without the use of any CGI, the text is more relevant...

Karen and Richard Carpenter brought singable songs with thoughtful and insightful arrangements to the pop music world during the 1970's and 80's. Those musical offerings are enhanced in these skillful...

English singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran has been filling stadiums with fans eager for his music and his musical insights. This song is used to close his concerts because as he said, walking away from a g...

Classic rock and roll is here merged with Kirby Shaw harmonies and style. There is a history lesson in this song as there are many references to major musical cities across America that will be fun to...

This late 1960's release from the Rascals is an upbeat but impassioned plea for tolerance and freedom. People everywhere just wanna be free. The lyrics resonate as strongly today as they did then. And...

This late 1960's release from the Rascals is an upbeat but impassioned plea for tolerance and freedom. People everywhere just wanna be free. The lyrics resonate as strongly today as they did then. And...

Released in 1978 by the iconic R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire, this classic is still hot and the lyrics are relevant for young people. Like so many of EW&F's songs, this lends itself perfectly to choral...