Partial list of songs that use the I—vi—IV—V or I—vi—ii—V chord progression as their harmonic basis
- Heart and Soul (Carmichael and Loesser)
- Stand by Me (Ben E. King)
- Blue Moon (Rodgers and Hart)
- Earth Angel (Williams, Belvin, and Hodge)
- Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
- Duke of Earl (Gene Chandler)
- Loveable (Sam Cooke)
- Jesus of Suburbia (Armstrong, Dirnt, and Cool)
- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel; Mangum)
- Eternal Flame (Hoffs, Kelly, and Steinberg)
- True Blue (Madonna)
- Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
- Bristol Stomp (The Dovells; Mann, and Appell)
- Stir It Up (Bob Marley)
- Beauty School Dropout (Jacobs and Casey)
- Since I Fell For You (Buddy Johnson)
- These Foolish Things (Strachey and Maschwitz)
- Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
- Every Breath You Take (Sting)
- Sherry (The Four Seasons; Bob Gaudio)
- Carolina In My Mind (End of choruses; James Taylor)
- Baby (Justin Bieber, Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Christopher Bridges, Christina Milian)
- D’yer Mak’er (Led Zeppelin; Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant)
- Marvin Gaye (the song) (Charlie Puth, Julie Frost, Jacob, Luttrell, Nick Seeley)
- Dear Future Husband (Meghan Trainor, Kevin Kadish)
- All I Have to Do Is Dream (The Everly Brothers; Boudleaux Bryant)
- Runaround Sue (Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca)
Special thanks to songwriters Jimmy Clark (http://JCMusicAndWellness.Com) , John Primerano (http://www.johnprimerano.com), and Herbert Roselle for their assistance in assembling this list.
For examples from concert music literature that use the progression, visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50s_progression