The 2014 Broadway Playbill listed the following contractual credits for pre-existing music.
- "Be Bop a Lula" by Tex Davis and Gene Vincent. Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI) and Three Wise Boys Music LLC (BMI).
- "Beautiful" by Carole King. Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (ASCAP).
- "Chains" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen. EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP). Special lyrics by Douglas McGrath and Cynthia Weil.
- "He's Sure the Boy I Love" by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "I Go Ape" by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI) and Universal/BMG (BMI).
- "It Might As Well Rain Until September" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "It's Too Late" by Carole King and Toni Stern. Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (ASCAP).
- "Little Darlin'" by Maurice Williams. Cherio Corporation (BMI).
- "The Locomotion" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "Love Potion #9" by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP).
- "Oh Carol" by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI) and Universal/BMG (BMI).
- "On Broadway" by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "One Fine Day" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "Poison Ivy" by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP).
- "So Far Away" by Carole King. Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (ASCAP).
- "Some Kind of Wonderful" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "Splish Splash" by Bobby Darin and Jean Murray. EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (BMI), Trio Music Co. Inc. (BMI) and Alley Music Corp. (BMI).
- "Stupid Cupid" by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI) and EMI Longitude Music (BMI).
- "Take Good Care of My Baby" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "There Goes My Baby" by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Ben King, George Treadwell and Lover Patterson. Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI).
- "Up on the Roof" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "Walking in the Rain" by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Phil Spector. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. obo Mother Bertha Music (BMI).
- "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "Who Put the Bomp" by Barry Mann and Gerry Goffin. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "Yakkety Yak" [sic] by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP).
- "(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman" by Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Gerald Wexler. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI).
- "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Phil Spector. Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. obo Mother Bertha Music (BMI).
Two additional songs used in the show were omitted from this list: "Uptown" by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, and "I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King.