Hits with a Hook are not your average collections of recent hits, or oldies, or pop ballads, or chart-toppers. Instead, each book is an unbeatable compilation spanning many decades, covering everything from ballads to rock, and offering over 50 fabulous songs from artists across many genres, and each one with a “hook.”
Over 70 titles and artists including: California Dreamin’ (The Mamas and the Papas) * Chattahoochee (Alan Jackson) * The Devil Went Down to Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band) * Do You Know the Way to San Jose (Dionne Warwick) * Don’t Cry for Me Argentina (Madonna) * God Bless the U.S.A. (Lee Greenwood) * Hotel California (Eagles) * Kokomo (The Beach Boys) * MacArthur Park (Donna Summer) * Midnight Train to Georgia (Gladys Knight & The Pips) * New York Minute (Don Henley) * Philadelphia Freedom (Elton John) * Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd) * Viva! Las Vegas (Elvis Presley) and many more!
Title | Composer |
Alabama Getaway | Jerry Garcia (composer); Robert Hunter (lyricist) |
Amarillo by Morning | Paul Fraser (composer); Terry Stafford (composer) |
California Dreamin’ | John Phillips (contributor); Michelle Phillips (contributor) |
Chattahoochee | Jim McBride (composer); Alan Jackson (composer) |
Chattanooga Choo Choo | Harry Warren (composer); Mack Gordon (lyricist) |
China Grove | Tom Johnston (composer) |
Creeque Alley | John Phillips (contributor); Michele Gillam (contributor) |
Detroit City | Danny Dill (contributor); Mel Tillis (contributor) |
Devil Went Down to Georgia | Charlie Daniels (contributor) |
Do You Know the Way to San Jose? | Hal David (lyricist); Burt Bacharach (composer) |
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina | Tim Rice (contributor); Andrew Lloyd Webber (contributor) |
Down Argentina Way | Harry Warren (contributor); Mack Gordon (contributor) |
Downtown | Tony Hatch (composer) |
Europa (Earth’s Cry Heaven’s Smile) | Carlos Santana (composer); Tom Coster (composer) |
Ferry ‘Cross the Mersey | Gerrard Marsden (contributor) |
Forty Second Street (from “42nd Street”) | Harry Warren (composer); Al Dubin (lyricist) |
From Russia with Love (from “From Russia with Love”) | Lionel Bart (composer) |
The Girl from Ipanema | |
God Bless the U.S.A. | Lee Greenwood (contributor) |
Hawaii Five-O (Main Title) | Mort Stevens (contributor) |
Hazard | Richard Marx (contributor) |
In a Little Spanish Town | Mabel Wayner (contributor); Sam M. Lewis (contributor); Joe Young (contributor) |
In America | |
Isle of Capri | Will Grosz (composer); Jimmy Kennedy (lyricist) |
Hotel California | Glenn Frey (composer); Don Henley (composer); Don Felder (composer) |
Is It True What They Say About Dixie? | Irving Caesar (contributor); Sammy Lerner (contributor); Gerald Marks (contributor) |
Katmandu | Bob Seger (contributor) |
Kokomo | Beach Boys (contributor) |
L.A. Law (Main Title) | Mike Post (composer) |
La Isla Bonita | Madonna Ciccone (composer); Pat Leonard (composer); Bruce Gaitsch (composer) |
Last Tango in Paris | Gato Barbieri (composer) |
Luckenbach, Texas | Bobby Emmons (contributor); Chip Moman (contributor) |
MacArthur Park | Jimmy Webb (contributor) |
Mendocino County Line | Bernie Taupin (composer); Matt Serletic (composer) |
Mexicale Rose | Helen Stone (contributor); Jack Tenney (contributor) |
Mexico | James Taylor (composer) |
Miami Vice | Jan Hammer (contributor) |
Midnight Train to Georgia | Jim Weatherly (contributor) |
Montego Bay | |
The Motown Song | Larry John McNally (contributor) |
New York Minute | Danny Kortchmar (composer); Don Henley (composer); Jai Winding (composer) |
Telluride | Troy Verges (contributor); Brett James (contributor) |
The Hill Street Blues Theme | Mike Post (contributor) |
Theme from “New York, New York” | John Kander (composer); Fred Ebb (lyricist) |
North to Alaska | |
Nutbush City Limits | Tina Turner (composer) |
Ohio | Neil Young (composer) |
On Green Dolphin Street | Bronislau Kaper (composer); Ned Washington (lyricist) |
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe | Harry Warren (composer); Johnny Mercer (lyricist) |
Once Upon a Time in America (Theme/Cues) | Ennio Morricone (contributor) |
Panama | Edward Van Halen (composer); Alex Van Halen (composer); David Lee Roth (composer) |
Philadelphia Freedom | Bernie Taupin (composer); Elton John (composer) |
Please Come to Boston | Dave Loggins (contributor) |
Rocky Mountain High | John Denver (composer); Mike Taylor (composer) |
Sioux City Sue | Ray Freedman (contributor); Dick Thomas (contributor) |
Stranger in Moscow | Michael Jackson (composer) |
Sweet Home Alabama | Edward King (contributor); Ronnie Van Zant (contributor); Billie Powell (contributor) |
Shangri-La | Robert Maxwell (composer); Carl Sigman (composer); Matt Malneck (composer) |
Tulsa Time | Danny Flowers (contributor) |
Tupelo Honey | Van Morrison (composer) |
Ventura Highway | Dewey Bunnell (composer) |
Viva Las Vegas | Doc Pomus (composer); Mort Shuman (composer) |
Walking to New Orleans | Antoine “Fats” Domino (composer) |
Waterloo | Benny Andersson (composer); Bjorn Ulvaeus (composer); Stig Anderson (composer) |
Weekend in New England | Randy Edelman (composer) |
Wichita Lineman | Jimmy Webb (contributor) |
Wild Wild West | Elmer Bernstein (contributor) |
WKRP in Cincinnati | Tom Wells (contributor); Hugh Wilson (contributor) |
Woodstock | Joni Mitchell (composer) |
Yellow Rose of Texas | |
You’ll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) | Burt Bacharach (contributor); Hal David (contributor) |
Series: | Hits with a Hook |
Instrument: | Piano/Vocal/Chords |
Version: | Piano/Vocal/Chords |
Format: | Book |
Page Count: | 296 |
Item Number: | 00-MFM0216 |
ISBN 10: | 0-7579-9719-8 |
ISBN 13: | 978-0-7579-9719-8 |
UPC: | 654979044949 |