| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Blues | Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra | | 3:04 |
| 2 | Take the “A” Train | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | | 2:55 |
| 3 | Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad) | T‐Bone Walker | | 3:03 |
| 4 | Ain’t That a Shame | Fats Domino | 4.5 | 2:25 |
| 5 | Tutti‐Frutti | Little Richard | | 2:27 |
| 6 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers | 4.5 | 2:20 |
| 7 | Touch the Hem of His Garment | Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers | | 2:04 |
| 8 | If I Were a Bell | Miles Davis Quintet | 3 | 8:18 |
| 9 | What’d I Say, Parts 1 & 2 | Ray Charles | | 5:08 |
| 10 | Way You Do the Things You Do | The Temptations | | 2:44 |
| 11 | Change Gonna Come | Otis Redding | | 4:18 |
| 12 | Respect- recording engineer:
- Tom Dowd (on 1967-02-14)
- producer:
- Jerry Wexler
- baritone saxophone:
- Willie Bridges (on 1967-02-14)
- bass guitar:
- Tommy Cogbill (on 1967-02-14)
- cornet:
- Melvin Lastie (on 1967-02-14)
- drums (drum set):
- Roger Hawkins (on 1967-02-14)
- guitar:
- Jimmy Johnson (on 1967-02-14)
- organ:
- Spooner Oldham (on 1967-02-14)
- piano:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1967-02-14)
- tenor saxophone:
- Charles Chalmers (on 1967-02-14) and King Curtis (on 1967-02-14)
- background vocals:
- Carolyn Franklin (on 1967-02-14) and Erma Franklin (on 1967-02-14)
- vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1967-02-14)
- conductor:
- Tom Dowd (on 1967-02-14)
- arranger:
- Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1967) and WEA International Inc. (in 1967)
- recorded at:
- Atlantic Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1967-02-14)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 1), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 5), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 21), New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 52) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
- cover recording of:
- Respect (on 1967-02-14)
- lyricist and composer:
- Otis Redding
- publisher:
- Cotillion Music Inc. , East-Time-Walco, Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Warner Chappell and Warner/Chappell North America
| Aretha Franklin | 3.9 | 2:24 |
| 13 | Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud), Parts 1 & 2 | James Brown | | 4:49 |
| 14 | I Want You Back- producer:
- The Corporation
- bass guitar:
- Wilton Felder (in 1969-07)
- drums (drum set):
- Gene Pello and Johnny Jackson (in 1969-07)
- guitar:
- Donald Peake, David T. Walker and Tito Jackson (in 1969-07)
- guitar [lead guitar]:
- Louis Shelton (in 1969-07)
- keyboard:
- Clarence McDonald and Ronnie Rancifer (in 1969-07)
- percussion:
- Sandra Crouch and Marlon Jackson (in 1969-07)
- piano:
- Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Joe Sample and Ronnie Rancifer (in 1969-07)
- background vocals:
- Jackie Jackson , Michael Jackson , Keith Washington, Jermaine Jackson (in 1969-07), Marlon Jackson (in 1969-07) and Tito Jackson (in 1969-07)
- lead vocals:
- Michael Jackson (in 1969-07)
- vocals:
- Jackie Jackson (in 1969-07)
- arranger:
- The Corporation
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Motown Record Corporation (in 1969)
- recorded at:
- The Sound Factory West in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1969-07, from 1969-07 until 1969-09)
- music videos:
- I Want You Back by The Jackson 5
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 23), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 (number: 28), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 104) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 120)
- recording of:
- I Want You Back (in 1969-07)
- lyricist and composer:
- The Corporation
- publisher:
- EMI April Music Inc. and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
- sub-publisher:
- イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
- part of:
- MJ: The Musical
| The Jackson 5 | 4.15 | 3:01 |
| 15 | Superfly | Curtis Mayfield | 4.25 | 3:55 |
| 16 | Love Train | The O’Jays | 4.15 | 3:02 |
| 17 | Let’s Get It On- engineer:
- William McMeekin and Art Stewart
- producer:
- Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend
- mixer:
- Cal Harris
- bass guitar:
- Wilton Felder (on 1973-03-22)
- bongos and congas:
- Eddie “Bongo” Brown (on 1973-03-22) and Bobbye Hall (on 1973-03-22)
- drums (drum set):
- Paul Humphrey (on 1973-03-22)
- guitar family:
- Don Peake (on 1973-03-22), Louie Shelton (on 1973-03-22), David T. Walker (on 1973-03-22) and Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson (on 1973-03-22)
- percussion:
- Emil Richards (on 1973-03-22)
- piano:
- Marvin Gaye (on 1973-03-22), Marvin Jenkins (on 1973-03-22) and Joe Sample (on 1973-03-22)
- saxophone:
- Plas Johnson (on 1973-03-22) and Ernie Watts (on 1973-03-22)
- vibraphone:
- Victor Feldman (on 1973-03-22) and Emil Richards (on 1973-03-22)
- background vocals and lead vocals:
- Marvin Gaye (on 1973-03-22)
- conductor:
- René Hall (on 1973-03-22)
- recorded at:
- Motown Studios - Hitsville West in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1973-03-22)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 167) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 264)
- recording of:
- Let’s Get It On (on 1973-03-22)
- writer:
- Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend
- publisher:
- Cherritown Music Co., Inc., Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Jobete Music Ltd and Stone Diamond Music Corporation
| Marvin Gaye | 4.05 | 4:53 |
| 18 | Take Me to the River | Al Green | 4.15 | 3:48 |
| 19 | One Nation Under a Groove, Part 1 | Funkadelic | | 4:16 |
| 20 | Message (12″ single version) | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | 4.3 | 7:01 |