Sting contributed a recording of Otis Redding's "(Sitting' On) The Dock Of The Bay." He explained of the song, "When I was 16, I had no idea how to achieve my dreams. And so I lived near the river in my town and I'd go down to the ferry and I watched ships go back and forth and wonder where they were going. And I realized that my life was like that. I had to leave where I was." He added, "'The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding came out when it was like 15,16. I think when you're 16, the music you hear is so powerful and evocative off that time, and I was a fan of Otis Redding's. And normally he was known for energetic soul music, and this was very contemplative and sad. The whole thing is structured on major chords and yet there's a sadness too, which is kind of inexplicable. It reminds me of me at that age, just being a little lost, very lost, actually. My mother was a piano player, so one of my earliest memories is being on the floor while she played, watching her feet on the pedals in her shoes and this noise that she was making. I was given a guitar like this, and I recognize this thing like it was a long lost friend. I always asked the guitar in the morning, show me something new, teach me something. And after, you know, 60 years, it's still teaching me things."

Country star Brett Eldredge recorded a new version of his own song "Raymond," originally featured on his 2010 debut album Bring You Back. He revealed of the story behind the song:

"My first performances were in church. I would stand up in the choir loft and I would sing over the whole church, and sometimes they would look up at me and everything, but I could just kind of stare out and let my voice fill the halls of the church. And the next thing I know I was a performer. Going back to the beginning, I was a really shy kid. I was real little and skinny and awkward and nervous, but I knew I could sing. 'Raymond' was a song I wrote about my grandmother. I used to lead hymns in nursing homes, and so we built this whole story about a guy who goes in a nursing home and one of the patients, she thinks he's her son. Instead of saying, you know what, I'm not your son, and making her feel wrong for having some disease or not being able to remember it, he goes along with it and it keeps a smile on her face. I was actually just getting my record deal when I found out my grandmother was starting to get worse with Alzheimer's and all this, and I just remember that feeling of like, how do I even make sense of this? This is somebody that knew everything about me or her entire life. I chased that emotion down and I wrote and tried to work through it and cope with it that way. My grandmother was the most amazing selfless person I think I've ever known. It's almost like she never even took time for herself because she was giving so much love to everybody else in her family and that's, that's all she cared about."

Nile Rogers contributed a cover of The Beatles' famous hit "Hey Jude." He explains of the song, "I'm a musician. I would think because of my mom and my family, music was always in our environment, it seems like it was my destiny. 'Hey, Jude' has always actually just been one of my favorite songs. It's a terrific song. I've always been particularly fond of the Beatles. I chose 'Hey, Jude' as my song because I would sing it to my aunt because she had Alzheimer's. Every time we went to visit her, we'd sing, 'Hey, Jude' and she would sing every lyric with us. We'd even get to the end and start going, 'Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.'" He added, "My mom now currently has Alzheimer's. She's had it for 13 years. Her sister died of it. Her brother died of it. Her mother died of it. Her aunt died of it. Her aunt's daughter died of it. That's unbelievable to me. So it's been heartbreaking for me, but at the same time, because my mom lives in the moment, we're always having fun because that's the part of her that I can quickly engage. What I'm trying to do is look at it through my mother's eyes. I never try and get her to be where I am. I always try and go where she is. If they could find a cure, it would be heaven. My mom would be my mom, and we spend most of our time now having a great, great, great time. She hears my voice, bang, she's right there. It's the same as my aunt hearing 'Hey, Jude,' and it's instantaneous."

See the full list of Music Moments songs below.

Anthony Hamilton ("Stand By Me" originally by Ben E. King)
Band of Horses ("Annie" originally by Peter Townshend & Ronnie Lane)
Brett Eldredge (new version of his track "Raymond")
Jason Isbell ("Hello in There" originally by John Prine)
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (a new acoustic version of her track "Hard to Grow Up")
Lee Ann Womack ("Dreaming My Dreams With You" originally by Waylon Jennings)
Nile Rodgers & CHIC ("Hey Jude" originally by The Beatles; also recorded at Abbey Road)
Sharon Van Etten ("If My Love Could Kill" originally by Lucinda Williams)
The Head and the Heart (previously unreleased track "Backwards Breathing")
Sting (("Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" originally by Oits Redding)

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