song list

DIANA KRALL
Frim Fram Sauce
Peel Me a Grape
East of the Sun
Charmed Life

LOUIS PRIMA
I Wanna Be Like You
Just a Gigolo
Jump Jive and Wail

MICHAEL BUBLE
Everything
Crazy Little Thing Called Love

DEAN MARTIN
Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
That’s Amore

LOUIS JORDAN
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Saturday Night Fish Fry
Caldonia
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie

GLENN MILLER/BIG BAND
Opus One
In the Mood
Chattanooga Choo Choo
String of Pearls
Sing Sing Sing
Little Brown Jug
Woodchopper’s Ball
Sweet Georgia Brown
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

BOBBY DARIN
Beyond the Sea
Mack the Knife
Dream Lover
Splish Splash

FRANK SINATRA
Come Fly With Me
New York New York
Nice Work I You Can Get It
On the Sunnyside of the Street
Girl From Ipanema
That Old Black Magic
The Song Is You
The Way You Look Tonight
Fly Me to the Moon

OTHER BIG HORNS CLASSICS
Speak Low
Let’s Get Lost (Chet Baker)
Saturday in the Park
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

BESSIE SMITH
Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Empty Bed Blues

1950s ROCK AND ROLL
Rock Around the Clock (B Haley)
That’ll Be the Day (B Holly)
Rave On (B Holly)
The Wanderer (Fabian)
Blue Moon
I Only Have Eyes for You
Only You (Platters)
Ain’t That a Shame (F Domino)
Shake Rattle n’ Roll
The Tennesee Waltz (P Page)
Back in the USA (C Berry)
Rockin’ Pneumonia (C Berry)
You Send Me (Sam Cooke)

RAY CHARLES
Hit the Road Jack
I Can’t Stop Loving You
Smack Dab in the Middle
Georgia

STEVIE RAY VAUGHN
Pride and Joy
Stormy Monday

NAT KING COLE
Route 66
S’Wonderful
There is No Greater Love
Mona Lisa
Unforgettable

GWEN HUGHES (swing originals)
So& So
Soft Touch
Stranger’s Kiss

TONY BENNETT
Steppin Out
I Left My Heart in San Francisco

MARVIN GAYE
How Sweet It Is
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
What’s Goin On
Let’s Get It On
Ain’t That Peculiar

STEVIE WONDER
I Wish
Superstition
Isn’t She Lovely
My Cherie Amour
You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Signed Sealed Delivered

SAMPLE OF 1960s:
Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
Evil Ways (Santana)
Higher & Higher (Jackie Wilson)
Goin Out of My Head (Four Seasons)
Good Lovin’ (Rascals)
I Can See Clearly Now
I Say a Little Prayer (Dionne Warwick)
Joy to the World (Three Dog Night)
Let’s Stay Together (Al Green)
Proud Mary (Ike & Tina Turner)
Knock on Wood
Midnight Hour
Tequila
Wipe Out
More Today than Yesterday
Rescue Me (Fontella Bass)
Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)
Spinning Wheel (Blood Sweat & Tears)

JAMES BROWN
Get Up (Sex Machine)
I Feel Good
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag

KOOL & THE GANG
Celebration
Too Hot

ABBA
Dancing Queen

SADE
Sweetest Taboo
Smooth Operator
Your Love Is King
Paradise

1990s AND NEW MILLENIA MUSIC
Hey Ya (OutKast)
Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel)
Get the Party Started (Pink)
Don’t Know Why (Norah Jones)
Come Away with Me (Norah Jones)
Livin La Vida Loca (Ricky Martin)
I’m Just a Girl (No Doubt)
This Love (Maroon 5)
Smooth (Santana)
What I Like About You (Romantics)
Let’s Get The Party Started (Black Eyed Peas)
Daughters (John Mayer)

BRIAN SETZER/MODERN SWING
Rock This Town
This Cat’s on a Hot Tin Roof
Zoot Suit Riot

DUKE ELLINGTON
Take the “A” Train
Satin Doll
In a Mellow Tone
Mood Indigo

ELLA FITZGERALD
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
It Don’t Mean a Thing
Our Love is Here to Stay
Paper Moon
Sentimental Journey
Takin’ a Chance on Love
They Can’t Take That Away from Me
A Tisket, A Tasket
Air Mail Special
Undecided

SARAH VAUGHN
Summertime
I’ve Got the World on a String
Tenderly
Misty
That’s All
My Funny Valentine

COUNT BASIE
Everyday I Have the Blues
Kansas City
Jumpin at the Woodside
Satin Doll
April in Paris
Sit Right Down, Write Myself a Letter

PEGGY LEE
Fever
Fly Me to the Moon
I Love Being Here With You

FATS WALLER
Is You Is of Is You Ain’t My Baby
Makin Whoopee
Ain’t Misbehavin’

PATSY CLINE
Crazy
Walkin After Midnight
I Fall to Pieces

VAN MORRISON
Brown Eyed Girl
Have I Told You Lately
Into the Mystic
Crazy Love
Tupelo Honey

EARTH WIND & FIRE
September
Boogie Wonderland
Got to Get You Into My Life
Serpentine Fire

MOTOWN
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg (Temptations)
Brick House (Commodores)
Dancing in the Streets (Martha & Vandellas)
Heat Wave (Martha & Vandellas)
Stop In the Name of Love (Supremes)
Shop Around (Miracles)
All Night Long (Lionel Richie)
My Girl (Temptations)
The Way You Do the Things You Do
Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Just My Imagination
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

BEATLES
Includes: Can’t Buy Me Love
Hard Day’s Night
Twist & Shout
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Please Please Me
Get Back
Back in the USSR
In My Life
And many more!

ROLLING STONES
Under My Thumb
Brown Sugar
Honky Tonk Woman
Jumpin Jack Flash

ARETHA FRANKLIN
Respect
Rock Steady
Natural Woman
Think

GEORGE BENSON
Breezin
This Masquerade
On Broadway

BEACH MUSIC
Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy
Under the Boardwalk
Stand By Me
Hey Baby
634-5789
Mustang Sally

SAMPLE OF 1970s:
Sweet Home Alabama (Lnyrd Skynrd)
Old Time Rock n’ Roll (Bob Seger)
After Midnight (Eric Clapton)
I Feel the Earth Move (Carole King)
Love Train (The O’Jays)
Desperado (Eagles)
Littlewing (Jimi Hendrix)
It’s Your Thang
Just the Two of Us
Use Me (Bill Withers)
Lowdown (Boz Scaggs)
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet)
Me & Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin)
Roller Coaster (of Love)
Takin Care of Business (BTO)
Lady Marmalade (LaBelle)
Dance to the Music (Sly & The Family Stone)
Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)
Still the One (Orleans)

SAMPLE OF 1980s:
Kiss (Prince)
1999 (Prince)
Everlasting Love (Natalie Cole)
We Are Family (Sister Sledge)
Electric Slide
Wonderful Tonight (Clapton)
Pink Cadillac (Springsteen/Natalie Cole)
Rhythm is Gonna Getcha (Miami Sound Machine)
Jungle Boogie
I Feel Lucky (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
Every Breath You Take (Police)
Love Shack (B-52s)
All Night Long (Lionel Richie)
Walkin’ On Sunshine (Katrina/Waves)
I Love Rock n Roll (Joan Jett)

DISCO/PARTY MUSIC
Brick House
I Will Survive
Get Down Tonight
Shake Your Booty
Play That Funky Music

 

   

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