Song Lists
Our Song List
Our repertoire is ENORMOUS (we’ve had a band for our entire adult lives!) and we add new songs all the time. This list is not even close to complete. It is a sample of song titles, styles, composers, performers and types of music frequently requested.
Please mark the songs and styles you particularly like (or dislike!), write in any songs or artists that are especially important to you or your audience, and return the list to us. This will help us zero in on your tastes in music. However, we also hope you will let us use our instincts and experience to respond to your guests when we meet them! The interplay between a band and an audience is what makes live music LIVE!
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Top 40, Rock, 80s, 90s, Pop, Alternative
● Levitating (Dua Lipa)
I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas)
● Just Dance (Lady Gaga)
● Ants Marching (Dave Mathews Band)
● Get the Party Started (Pink)
● What I Got (Sublime)
● Wake Me Up Before You Go-go (Wham / Geo. Michael)
● Run-around (Blues Traveler)
● Dreams/Don’t Stop (Fleetwood Mac)
● Don’t Stop Believing (Journey)
● Open Arms (Journey)
● Glory Days
● Fire (Springsteen)
● Dancing in the Dark
● Living on a Prayer (Bon Jovi)
● You Give Love a Bad Name (Bon Jovi)
● Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
● Still the One (Orleans)
● Time Warp (Rocky Horror)
● September (Earth Wind & Fire)
● Love Shack (B-52’s)
● Vogue / Material Girl / Borderline, etc. (Madonna)
● Margaritaville / Fins / Volcano, etc. (Jimmy Buffett)
● Nick of Time / Runaway (Bonnie Raitt)
● Freeway of Love (Aretha Franklin)
● Old Time Rock and Roll (Bob Seger)
● We Got the Beat (GoGo’s)
● Walking on Sunshine (Katrina & the Waves)
● Mony, Mony (Tommy James / Billy Idol)
● You Make Lovin’ Fun (Fleetwood Mac)
● Another Night (Real McCoys)
● New Year’s Day (U2)
● Fire/I’m So Excited (Pointer Sisters)
● She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals)
● Ice Cream (Sarah McLachlan)
● Kind and Generous / These are the Days (Natalie Merchant)
Classic Rock, Motown, R&B, SOUL
● Soul Man
● Respect / Chain of Fools
● Mustang Sally
● In the Midnight Hour
● I Heard It Through the Grapevine
● Dancing in the Street
● Same Old Song (& other Motown)
● Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
● Come See About Me
● Get Ready
● Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch
● Working My Way Back to You Babe
● My Girl
● You Keep Me Hanging On
● Shotgun
● Build Me Up Buttercup
● Jumpin’ Jack Flash
● Honky Tonk Woman (The Rolling Stones)
● Satisfaction
● I Saw Her Standing There / Daytripper (The Beatles)
● Twist and Shout / Get Back
● Long Tall Sally/Roll Over Beethoven
● I Feel Good
● Good Lovin’
● Louie Louie/Hang On Sloopy
● Do You Love Me?
● La Bamba
● Gimme Some Lovin’
● The Shout
● The Twist / Let’s Twist Again
● The Stroll
● He’s So Fine
● Runaround Sue / It’s My Party / Calendar Girl
● In the Still of the Night / Daddy’s Home / Earth Angel
● You Belong to Me
● Soldier Boy
● Chapel of Love
● Lucille / Sheila
● Johnny B. Goode
● Jailhouse Rock
● Stand By Me
● Under the Boardwalk
● Locomotion
● I Got You Babe
● Brown-Eyed Girl / Domino
● Signed, Sealed, Delivered
● Dock of the Bay
● Happy Together
● Never My Love / Our House
● Statesboro Blues / Cold Shot
● You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman
● Ooh Baby Baby / Tracks of My Tears
Standard Ballads
● As Time Goes By
● Embraceable You
● More Than You Know
● At Last
● My Romance
● My Funny Valentine
● Someone to Watch Over Me
● I’ll Be Seeing You
● It Had to Be You
● When I Fall in Love
● You Made Me Love You
● Old Cape Cod
● My Ship
● Crazy (Patsy Cline/Willie Nelson)
● Isn’t It Romantic?
● Candy
● Body and Soul
● I Only Have Eyes for You
● What’s New
● I’ve Got a Crush on You
● Moonlight Serenade
● Moonglow
● Stardust
● I Can’t Get Started
● The Man I Love
● Misty / Tenderly / Moonlight in Vermont
● Laura
● Who Can I Turn To?
● It Might as Well Be Spring
● Autumn Leaves
● September Song
● Just the Way You Look Tonight
● How Long Has This Been Going On?
● I Got Lost in His Arms
● A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
● My Way
Misty/ Tenderly / Moonlight in Vermont
Newer Singer / Songwriters
● Shake It Off
● The Way I Am
● The One You Say Goodnight To
● Kiss Me / There She Goes
● Perfect
Funk, 70s, Disco, Dance, Rap
● Brick House
● Get Down Tonight
● Play That Funky Music / Dance and Shout
● Disco Inferno
● Boogie Oogie Oogie
● She Works Hard for the Money / Last Dance
● Fame / Flashdance
● I Will Survive
● Turn the Beat Around
● Gloria
● I Had the Time of My Life
● Celebration
● Who’s Making Love to Your Old Lady?
● Venus / Dancing Queen
● I Want You Back / Billie Jean
● Oh What a Night (Dec. 63)
● Rapper's Delight by Sugar Hill Gang
& other rap
Society Music & Show Tunes
● Anything by Cole Porter, George Gershwin
● Rodgers & Hart, Rodgers & Hammerstein, etc.
● Anything Goes
● Night and Day
● Ain’t Misbehavin’
● Our Love is Here to Stay
● I Get a Kick Out of You
● It’s D’Lovely
● You Do Something to Me
● Thou Swell
● My Heart Belongs to Daddy
● There’s a Small Hotel
● Puttin’ on the Ritz
● 42nd Street
● Cheek to Cheek
● Let’s Face the Music and Dance
● The Continental
● Singing in the Rain
● Cabaret
● The Best of Times
● Some Enchanted Evening
● Send in the Clowns
● What I Did for Love
● One
● All I Ask of You
● Memory
● I Dreamed a Dream
● Master of the House
● Songs from My Fair Lady, Camelot, Gigi & other shows
Jazz & Smooth Jazz
Tunes by Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Franks, Al Jarreau, Dave Sanborn, Kenny G., Manhattan Transfer, Dave Grusin, etc.
Let us know who your favorite jazz artists are.
● Maiden Voyage, Dolphin Dance
● Night in Tunisia
● Ornithology, Billie’s Bounce
● Green Dolphin Street
● All Blues / Milestones / Freddie the Freeloader
● Take Five
● Java Jive
● Moondance
● Living Inside Your Love
● My Attorney Bernie
● Don’t Be Blue / Popsicle Toes
● Songbird / Morning Dance
● Shaker Song / Friends and Strangers
● Soul Serenade
Dixieland
● Struttin’ With Some Barbecue
● Limehouse Blues
● When the Saints Go Marching In
● Muskrat Ramble
● And More!
See also the Swing, Standards, World Beat, and Latin listings.
World Beat, Reggae, Zydeco, and Latin
● Red Red Wine
● Get Up, Stand Up / One Love / Is This Love?
● Late in the Evening / You Can Call Me Al
● Hot, Hot, Hot
● Havana (Camila Cabello)
● Bang Bang / Soul Sauce, etc. (Latin/salsa/jazz)
● Soy Antillana (Celia Cruz)
● Under the Sea
● I Need to Know / I Need You (Marc Anthony)
● Waiting for Tonight / Let’s Get Loud (Jen. Lopez)
Jump in the Line
● Cajun, Zydeco, New Orleans:
● Voodoo / Hey Pocky Way
● Les Haricots Son Pas Sale
● Jambalaya
● Bon Temps Rouler
● Mardi Gras Mambo
● Rhumbas:
● Besame Mucho
● Spanish Eyes
● Miami Beach Rhumba
● Summertime in Venice
● (Many Italian and Jewish rhumbas)
● Bossa Nova, Samba, Brazil:
● Girl from Ipanema / Wave / Desafinado, etc.
● Blue Bossa
● Black Orpheus (A Day in the Life of a Fool)
● Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)
● Agua de Beber (Water to Drink)
● Chove Chuva
● Antonio’s Song
● Astrud
● The Goodbye Look
● Merengues:
● Lover, Mary Ann
● Compadre Pedro Juan
● Coralita
● El Negrito Del Batey
● El Cuapeton, etc.
● Mambos
● Cha-Chas:
● Tea for Two
● Never on Sunday
● Poco Pelo
● Por Favor
● Tangos
● Sambas
Folk, Acoustic, Folk Rock, New Age
● Danny’s Song
● You’ve Got a Friend / Your Smiling Face
● Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
● Shower the People / Devoted to You
● Longer Than / Leader of the Band
● Someday Soon / Michael from Mountains
● Since You’ve Asked
● Blackbird (The Beatles)
● If Not for You (Dylan)
Country
● Achy Breaky
● Friends in Low Places
● Down at the Twist and Shout / I Feel Lucky
● I’m Alright
● When You Say Nothing at All
● To Make You Feel My Love
● That’s How You Know It’s Love
● You Never Even Called Me by My Name
● Rocky Top
● Hey Good Lookin’
● San Antonio Rose
● Little Things Mean a Lot
● Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?
● On the Road Again
● Forever and Ever Amen
● Where Have You Been? / I Wear Your Love
● Across the Great Divide
● Full Moon Full of Love / Big Big Love
● Walk Through This World With Me
● It’s Your Love
Swing, Jive, and Big Band
● Jump, Jive and Wail
● Go Daddy Go
● In the Mood
● Route 66
● I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
● Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree
● Bei Mir Bist du Schoen
● Chattanooga Choo-Choo
● Airmail Special
● Night Train
● Make Believe Ballroom Time
● Tuxedo Junction
● Boy from New York City
● Woodchoppers Ball
● Tangerine
● Sing, Sing, Sing
● Begin the Beguine
● Shiny Stockings
● Mack the Knife
● Satin Doll
● Take the A-Train
● It Don’t Mean a Thing
● In a Mellow Tone
● Opus One
● Smack Dab in the Middle
● Let’s Get Away From It All
● They Can’t Take That Away from Me
● We Are in Love
● I Left My Heart in San Francisco
● New York, New York
● You Make Me Feel So Young
● Fly Me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra)
● The Summer Wind
● I’ve Got You Under My Skin
● New York, New York
Contemporary Ballads
● What a Wonderful World
● Unforgettable
● Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
● Don’t Know Why / Come Away with Me (Norah Jones)
● The Power of Love / Because You Loved Me
● Crazy Love
● That’s What Friends Are For
● Beauty and the Beast
● Wind Beneath My Wings
● And I Love Her
● Fields of Gold (Sting)
● All My Life / Don’t Know Much
● Save the Best for Last
● Always
● Somewhere Out There
● I Love to See You Smile
● All I Ask of You
● Just the Way You Are
● Still the One (Shania Twain)
● Valentine (Martina McBride/Jim Brickman)
● Memory
● The Way We Were / Evergreen
● Sweet Love / Caught Up in the Rapture
● Just You and I
● Nobody Loves Me Like You Do
● Saving All My Love for You / The Greatest Love
● Vision of Love
● Just the Two of Us
● Endless Love / Truly
● I Just Called to Say I Love You
● I Just Fall in Love Again
● Could I Have This Dance?
● Through the Eyes of Love (Ice Castles)
● One in a Million You
● Can’t Help Falling in Love
● Blue Bayou / Desperado / Ooh Baby Baby.
● I’ll Always Love You
● Through the Years
● Times of Your Life
● True Companion
● Your Song
● Wonderful Tonight
Miscellaneous
● Line Dances: Macarena, Electric Slide, Achy Breaky, Alley Cat, Chicken Dance, Hokey Pokey
● Limbo
● The Twist, The Shout, Locomotion, etc.
● Anniversary Waltz / Strauss Waltzes
● Charleston / Peabody
● Yale Songs
● Sesame Street Songs
● Games for children & adults.
(We’ve played so many unusual things over the years! Ask us about whatever you’re looking for.)
Ethnic Music:
Italian
● Tarantella
● Eh Cumpari
● Arriverderci Roma
● Mala Femmena
● Non Dimenticar
● Torna a Surriento
Jewish
● Hava Nagila
● Other horas and frailachs
● Fiddler on the Roof Medley
● Hevenu Sholom Alechem
● Yossel Yossel
● Ose Shalom
● Shein Vi Di L’vone
● Klezmer music
Polish
● Beerbarrel Polka
● Clarinet Polka
● Pennsylvania Polka
● Liechtensteiner Polka
● Other polkas by Little Wally, Happy Louie, etc.
● Pytala Sie Pani
● Obereks, mazurkas, czardas
Irish
● When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
● Danny Boy
● MacNamara’s Band
● Irish Washerwoman Jig
● Harrigan
● I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen
● Other Irish jigs, reels, and waltzes
Greek
● Miserlou
● Zorba the Greek
● Traditional Greek music
Armenian
● Erevan Erepooni
African
● Wanamelameta (Swahili)
● You Are Home (African jazz waltz)
Chinese
● Jasmine (Jiang-su Province folk song)
● Melody from the Tea Garden (Zhejiang Province folk song)
● Colorful Cloud Chasing Moon (Cantonese folk song)
● The Moon Speaking for My Heart (1980s pop song)
Classical
● Bach, Mozart, Handel, Haydn, Brahms, Scarlatti, Pachelbel, Grieg, Schubert, Gounod, Poulenc, Faure, Debussy, Satie
○ Must request in advance so that we can bring sheet music
See also the Wedding Ceremony Music list.
