Sentence examples for essential songs from inspiring English sources

Following his death Sunday at age 85, here are 10 of his most essential songs: George Jones revived his career with this song, recorded in 1980 and considered one of the greatest – and saddest – country songs of all time.

The song was also Sledge's biggest hit, though he would contribute a handful of essential songs to the soul canon over the next few years, including "It Tears Me Up," "Warm and Tender Love," "Take Time to Know Her," and "Cover Me".

And after singing "Heartaches by the Number" with Mr. Costello in 2007, Ms. Cash invited him to record it with her two years later on "The List," a set of country standards drawn from a sheet of 100 essential songs her father gave her when she was 18.

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Rather, this is average-grade stuff with a couple essential songs.

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The Boston Globe editor Sarah Rodman selected the "essential" song as the album's "best" attribute, and Matt Collar from Allmusic considered the ballad "an air of maturity to One Direction's admittedly squeaky-fresh sound".

Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" was the essential song to question our current systems of oppression and empowered youth to have a more socially conscious mind in a time where drugs infiltrated the streets.

Mark Hirsh The Boston Globe, which was one of the few reviewers that gave the album a mixed analysis, said that "Love Me" was the essential song on the set.

Shaheem Reid, Jayson Rodriguez and Rahman Dukes of MTV News placed the song at number 11 on his year-end list of 27 Essential R&B Songs of 2007.

Staff members of Pitchfork Media ranked the song on their list of The Top 100 Tracks of 2006 at number 45. Shaheem Reid, Jayson Rodriguez and Rahman Dukes of MTV News placed the song at number 3 on their year-end list of 27 Essential R&B Songs of 2007.