Song
Springsteen, Bruce. "The River." The River. Columbia Records, 1980.
Jagger, Mick and Keith Richards. Get Off of My Cloud. Performed by the Rolling Stones. London Recordings/Decca Records, 1965.
Jagger, Mick and Keith Richards. "Sympathy for the Devil." Performed by The Rolling Stones. Beggars Banquet. Decca Records, 1968.
Francis of Assisi. Cantico di frate Sole [Canticle of Brother Sun]. c. 1226.
Francis of Assisi. Canticle of the Sun, illustrated by Fiona French. Ignatius Press, 2006.
Sean Jacobs, et. al. "It's All About the Benjamins." Performed by Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim, the Lox, and the Notorious B.I.G. No Way Out. Bad Boy Records/Arista Records, 1997.
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Alexander, Cecil Frances. "All Things Bright and Beautiful." Hymns for Little Children. Joseph Masters, c. 1848.
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Redding, Otis and Steve Cropper. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." Performed by Otis Redding. The Dock of the Bay. Volt Records/Atco Records, 1968.
Lennon, John. "Working Class Hero." John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Apple Records, 1970.
Orbison, Ray and Joe Melson. "Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)." Performed by Ray Orbison. Monument Records, 1960.
On the death of Buddy Holly.
McLean, Don. "American Pie." American Pie. United Artists Records, 1971.
Jagger, Mick and Keith Richards. "Mother's Little Helper." Performed by The Rolling Stones. Aftermath. Decca Records/London Recordings, 1966.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. "In the Highlands, in the Country Places." Songs of Travel and Other Verses. London: Chatto & Windus, 1896.
Richards, Keith and Mick Jagger. Sittin' on a Fence. Performed by Twice as Much. Immediate Records, 1966.
Joel, Billy. "Vienna." The Stranger. Columbia Records, 1977.
My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
Quoted by Kurt Cobain in his suicide note.
Young, Neil and Jeff Blackburn. "My, My, Hey, Hey (Out of the Blue)." Performed by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Rust Never Sleeps. Reprise Records, 1979.
Simmons, Lucille. "We Will Overcome." People's Songs Bulletin, 1947. Originally sung by Lucille Simmons and tobacco workers during a cigar workers strike. 1945, Charleston, SC, USA.