Variety Band Sample B Song List


BEACH / MOTOWN
 
 
HE DON'T LOVE YOU (Jerry Butler, Dolly Parton)
STAND BY ME (Ben E. King, Mickey Gilley)
UNDER THE BOARDWALK (The Drifters, J. Cougar)
POISON IVY (The Coasters)
ON BROADWAY (The Drifters, George Benson)
MY GIRL (The Temptations, Hall and Oates)
UP ON THE ROOF (The Drifters)
HIGHER AND HIGHER (Jackie Wilson)
WALK AWAY RENEE (The Left Banke)
LOVE POTION #9 (The Clovers)
STAY (Maurice Williams)
MY GUY (Mary Wells)
IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG (The Four Tops)
MYRTLE BEACH DAYS (The Embers)
WONDERFUL WORLD (Sam Cooke)
JUST ONE LOOK (Linda Ronstadt)
HEATWAVE (Martha & the Vandellas,Linda Ronstadt) 
BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP
STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE (Supremes)
DANCIN' IN THE STREET (Martha & the Vandellas)
WITH THIS RING (The Platters)
MISS GRACE (The Tymes)
I LOVE BEACH MUSIC (The Embers)
SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME (The Coasters,Emmylou Harris) 
(I HEARD IT THROUGH THE) GRAPEVINE (Marvin Gaye, Creedence Clearwater Revival) 
GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME (Chairmari of the Board) 
THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO (The Temptations) 
DOCK OF THE BAY (Otis Redding) 
YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME (Smokey Robinson) 
I SECOND THAT EMOTION (Smokey Robinson) 
TRACKS OF MY TEARS (Smokey Robinson) 
HOLD ON I'M COMIN' (Sam and Dave) BRANDY

 
ADULT CONTEMPORARY / TOP 40 / 80's, 90's & OOs
 
JUMP JIVE AND WAIL (Brian Setzer)
YOU'RE STILL THE ONE (Shania Twain)
FROM THIS MOMENT (Shania Twain)
BOOM BOOM BOOM (John Lee Hooker, Big Head Todd)
GIVE ME ONE REASON (Tracy Chapman)
WONDER (Natalie Merchant)
THE THING CALLED LOVE (Bonnie Raitt)
SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT (Bonnie Raitt)
ELECTRIC SLIDE (Marcia Griffiths)
TEARS IN HEAVEN (Eric Clapton)
THE TIME OF MY LIFE (from "Dirty Dancing")
BABY BABY (Amy Grant)
FROM A DISTANCE (Bette Midler)
WALKIN' ON SUNSHINE (Katrina & The Waves)
KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF (Georgia Satellites)
HIP TO BE SQUARE (Huey Lewis & The News)
AT THIS MOMENT (Billy Vera) (w)
SUDDENLY (Billy Ocean)
CARRIBEAN QUEEN (Billy Ocean)
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ
PIANO IN THE DARK (Brenda Russell) 
GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I GOT (Anita Baker) 
CAUGHT UP IN THE RAPTURE (Anita Baker) 
I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU (Taylor Dayne) 
SET THE NIGHT TO MUSIC (Roberta Flack) 
TIGER IN THE RAIN (Michael Franks) 
BWANA HE NO HOME (Michael Franks) 
JUST THE TWO OF US (Graver Washington-Bill Withers)
FOOL ON THE HILL (Lennon-McCartney) 
FEELING GOOD (Newley-Bricusse) 
LITTLE WING (Hendrix, Sting) 
UGAR (Stanley Turrentine) 
DON'T KNOW WHY (Norah Jones)
I COULD NOT ASK FOR MORE (Edwin McCain)
SMOOTH (Santana)
LA VIDA LOG A (Ricky Martin)
CRUISIN (Smoky Robinson, Huey Lewis)
I'M THE ONLY ONE (Melisa Etheridge)
ALL I WANNA DO (Sheryl Crow)
LOVE WILL KEEP US ALIVE (The Eagles)
MACARENA (Los Del Mar)
ALL I ASK (Phantom of the Opera, Lloyd-Webber)
I DO IT FOR YOU (Brian Adams)
WIND BENEATH MY WINGS (Bette Midler)
YOU GOT IT (Roy Orbison, Bonnie Raitt)
JUST TO SEE HER (Smokey Robinson)
RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU (Miami Sound Machine)
THE WALK OF LIFE (Dire Straits)
ROLL WITH IT BABY (Stevie Winwood)
ADDICTED TO LOVE (Robert Palmer)
I GET WEAK (Belinda Carlisle)
NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP (Rick Astley)

REQUESTS
We will gladly perform any song you would like to request. Selections not on this list will require an additional fee to cover costs of purchasing, arranging, and/or transposing musical scores. Please give us at least three weeks advance notice for rehearsal of new numbers.
 

Standards / Big Band / Jazz
 
UNFORGETTABLE (Natalie / Nat King Cole) 
AS TIME GOES BY (Nat King Cole) 
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (Louie Armstrong) 
MACK THE KNIFE (Bobby Darin, Louie Armstrong) 
FLY ME TO THE MOON (The Inkspots) 
LET'S DO IT (Cole Porter, Billie Holliday) 
GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE (Billie Holliday) 
TAINT NOBODY'S NOBODY'S BIZNESS
(Billie Holliday) LOVER MAN (Billie Holliday) 
GOD BLESS THE CHILD (Billie Holliday) 
NOBODY KNOWS YOU (Bessie Smith) 
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME (Mama Cass Elliot) 
NIGHT TRAIN (Count Basiejames Brown) 
SCOTCH AND SODA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (Frank Sinatra) 
ALL OF ME (Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson) 
CHANCES ARE (Johnny Mathis) 
MISTY (Johnny Mathis) 
BEWITCHED (Rodgers and Hart) 
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY FEVER (Peggy Lee) 
I GOT RHYTHM (George Gershwin) 
SUMMERTIME (George Gershwin) 
TUXEDO JUNCTION (Glen Miller) 
I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO (Tony Bennett) 
CHEEK TO CHEEK AT LAST MOON RIVER (Henry Mancini)
SATIN DOLL (Duke Ellington)
I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT (Duke Ellington)
STORMY WEATHER (Lena Home)
HOW HIGH THE MOON (Les Paul and Mary Ford)
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (Fats Waller)
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (Fats Waller, Hank Williams Jr.)
BLACK ORPHEUS (Luiz Bonfa)
THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA (Getz / Gilberto)
TRISTE (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
THE LOOK OF LOVE (Sergio Mendes)
QUIET NIGHTS OF QUIET STARS (Antonio C. Jobim)
ONE NOTE SAMBA (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
WAVE (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
MEDITATION (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
CAN'T HELP LOVIN' THAT MAN OF MINE (Kern and Hammerstein) 
THE LADY IS A TRAMP (Rodgers and Hart) 
I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU (Cole Porter) 
TOO DARN HOT (Cole Porter) 
NIGHT AND DAY (Cole Porter) 
SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES (Eric Clapton) 
THE GLORY OF LOVE 
BYE BYE BLACKBIRD 
TEACH ME TONIGHT 
YESTERDAYS (Jerome Kern)
GEORGIA ON MY MIND (Ray Charles, Michael Bolton)) 
BILL BAILEY
TILL THERE WAS YOU (The Beatles) 
MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT (Ella Fitzgerald) 
IS YOU IS, OR IS YOU AIN'T MY BABY (Louis Jordan)


INSTRUMENTALS

We can do most of the songs on this list (all catagories) as instrumentals. The following selections we do only instrumentally.

Latin /Bossa Nova

GENTLE RAIN (Luiz Bonfa)
LUCKY SOUTHERN (Keith Jarrett)
LOOK TO THE SKY (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
MEMORIES OF TOMORROW (Keith Jarrett)
MY LITTLE BOAT (R. Menescal, Charlie Byrd)
CONTEMPORARY
SILHOUTTE (Kenny G.)
PARADISE (Sade)
MERCY, MERCY, MERCY (Joseph Zawinul)
SKYDIVE (Freddie Hubbard)
SLEEPWALK (Santos and Johnny, Brian Setzer)


Swing

DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE (Duke Ellington) 
IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING (Duke Ellington)
SWINGTIME IN THE SPRINGTIME (Django Reinhardt) 
MINOR SWING (Django Reinhardt) 
MY FAVORITE THINGS (John Coltrane) 
BLUE TRANE (John Coltrane) 
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN 
IN THE MOOD (Glen Miller)
 

COUNTRY
 
PIECE OF MY HEART (Faith Hill)
PASSIONATE KISSES (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
SOMEWHERE IN MY BROKEN HEART (Billy Dean)
SHAMELESS (Garth Brooks)
I FELL IN LOVE (Carlene Carter)
I FEEL LUCKY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
FOREVER AND EVER (Randy Travis)
DOWN AT THE TWIST AND SHOUT
(Mary-Chapin Carpenter) 
I'LL START WITH YOU (Paulette Carlson) 
ACHY-BREAKY HEART (Billy Ray Cyrus) 
SOMEDAY SOON (Susy Bogguss) 
SHE DON'T KNOW SHE'S BEAUTIFUL (Sammy Kershaw)
WHAT SHE'S DOING NOW (Garth Brooks) 
ACT NATURALLY (Buck Owens)
I TRY TO THINK ABOUT ELVIS (Patty Loveless) 
GUITARS, CADILLACS (Dwight Yokum) 
SNOWBIRD (Anne Murray) 
STAND BY YOUR MAN (Tammy Wynette) 
DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE (Crystal Gayle) 
CRAZY (Patsy Cline) 
ON THE ROAD AGAIN (Willie Nelson) 
JAMBALAYA (Hank Williams Sr.) 
HEY BARTENDER (Johnny Lee) 
HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' (Hank Williams, Sr.) 
ME AND BOBBY MCGEE (Kris Kristofferson, Janis Joplin)
ODE TO BILLY JOE (Bobbie Gentry) 
FOLSOM PRISON BLUES (Johnny Cash) 
THE ROSE (Bette Miller, Conway Twitty) 
CAROLINA (Charlie Daniels)
(Songs in other categories may also have been country hits!)



Wedding Favorites


WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN (The Carpenters)
YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE (Debbie Boone) (w)
SUNRISE, SUNSET ("Fiddler On the Roof") (w)
YOU NEEDED ME (Anne Murray)
SABBATH PRAYER ("Fiddler On the Roof)
DANNY'S SONG (Anne Murray)
THE WEDDING SONG - THERE IS LOVE (Paul Stookey)
IF (David Oates and Bread)
EVERGREEN (Barbara Streisand)
DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL (w)
I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN (Anne Murray) 
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE (Billy Joel) 
ANNIE'S SONG - YOU FILL UP MY SENSES
(John Denver) (w)
LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART (w) 
I KNEW THE BRIDE WHEN SHE USED TO ROCK 'N ROLL (Dave Edmunds)
COULD I HAVE THIS DANCE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE  (Anne Murray) (w) 
ALLEY CAT 
TWEET BIRDY TWEET (For the "Chicken Dance")



BLUES
 
CENTERPIECE (Jon Hendricks)
DEEP RIVER BLUES
EVIL GAL BLUES
BLUES IN THE SOUTH
YOU COULD'VE HAD ME BABY
CROSSROADS (Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton)
STORMY MONDAY (T. Bone Walker)
IT MAKES MY LOVE COME DOWN
SHAKEY FLAT BLUES
HARD LOVIN' LOSER
T. BONE SHUFFLE (T. Bone Walker)
JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU (Willie Dixon)
SKYDIVE BLUE (Chris Royce)
WATERMELON MAN (Herbie Hancock)
BARBECUE
MY DADDY ROCKS ME
BLUE MONDAY
WILD WOMEN DON'T GET THE BLUES
HOUSE OF THE RISIN1 SUN
 

POLKAS

BEER BARREL POLKA 
PENNSYLVANIA POLKA 
TOO FAT POLKA 
JULIDA POLKA


JEWISH SONGS AND HORAS

HAVA NAGILA
ARTSA ALINU
HEVENU SHALOM ALECHEM
USH'AVTEM MAYIM
KOL DODI
SHALOM ALECHEM
SABBATH PRAYER (Fiddler on the Roof)


IRISH SONGS AND JIGS

MY WILD IRISH ROSE (w),
WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING (w)
THE BIRTH OF SAINT PATRICK
DID YOUR MOTHER COME FROM IRELAND (w)
THE BLACK ROGUE
THE RAKES OF KILDARE
THE KERRY DANCE
LONDONDERRY AIR
SWEET ROSIE O'GRADY (w)
COCKLES AND MUSSELS
THE IRISH WASHERWOMAN
IT'S THE SAME OLD SHELLELAGH
THE RAKES OF MALLOW


MEXICAN
 
EL DOS NEGRO 
MEXICAN HAT DANCE 
LA BAMBA 
JHARNA KALA 
OYE COMO VA 
CIELITO LINDO (w) 
LA CUCARACHA 
CINCO ROBLES (w) 
QUIERO EL LOCO 
LA PALOMA 
THE PINATA SONG 
LA GUACAMAYA 
BONITO ES EL ESPANOL 
LOS LAURELES (w)
TEQJUILA
CORRIDA
THEY ALL WENT TO MEXICO
TIJUANA TAXI
BARQUINHO
Y 'ANDELE (w)
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
SERENATA NORTENA
THE LONELY BULL
POR UN AMOR
LA CIGARRA
LA CHARREADA
SPANISH EYES
MEXICALI ROSA (w)
HEY BABY QUE PASO


HAWAIIAN MUSIC
 
ALOHA OE
LOVELY HULA HANDS 
LOVELY HULA GIRL 
LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND 
PEArlLY SHELLS 
HAWIIAN WEDDING SONG 
RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET 
SWEET LEILANI
MY QUIET VILLAGE
TINY BUBBLES
YOU ARE THE BEAUTIFUL - FLOWER DRUM SONG
BALI HAI
POINCIANA
OCEANA
OUR LOVE AND ALOHA

WALTZES

EDELWIESS
THE LAUGHING SONG (Straus)
ROSES FROM THE SOUTH (Straus)
There are many other waltzes in other catagories in the playlist, marked with (w)


CALYPSO

THE BANANA BOAT SONG 
HILL AND GULLY RIDER 
JAMAICA FAREWELL 
THE SLOOP JOHN B.


BLUEGRASS

ROCKY TOP
CRIPPLE CREEK
WILDWOOD FLOWER
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN
I SAW THE LIGHT
CANNONBALL RAG


ITALIAN

THAT'S AMORE (w)
TARANTELLA
SANTA LUCIA (w)
O SOLE MIO
CARA MI A (w)
ARRIVEDERCI ROMA
TORNA A SURRIENTO
BELLA NOTTE
EH CUMPARI
FUNICULLI FUNNICULA
MALA FEMMENA
OH MAMA (CE LA LUNA)
LA PALOMA
LA SPAGNOLA (w)
VOLARE


OLDIES
 
OLD TIME ROCK 'N ROLL (Bob Seger)
YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE (Loggins & Messina)
SHOUT (The Isley Brothers)
BLUE BAYOU (Roy Orbison, Linda Ronstadt)
PRETTY WOMAN (Roy Orbison, Van Halen)
UNCHAINED MELODY (Righteous Brothers)
ELVIS MEDLEY: HEARTBREAK HOTEL, RETURN TO
  SENDER, BLUE SUEDE SHOES
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE (Elvis) 
LOVE ME TENDER (Elvis) 
LOUIE, LOUIE (The Kingsmen) 
BROWN EYED GIRL (Van Morrison) 
MOONDANCE (Van Morrison) 
CRAZY LOVE (Van Morrison) 
HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU (Van Morrison, Rod Stewart)
WILD NIGHT (John Cougar Mellancamp, Van Morrison) 
LOCOMOTION (Little Eva) 
PROUD MARY (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 
KANSAS CITY (Wilbert Harrison, The Beatles) 
BRING IT ON HOME (Sam Cooke, The Animals) 
YOU SEND ME (Sam Cooke) 
DAY AFTER DAY (Badfinger) 
BABY BLUE (Badfinger) 
WONDERFUL TONIGHT (Eric Clapton) 
GOOD LOVIN' (The Rascals) 
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL (Louis Jordan) 
GOING OUT OF MY HEAD (The Letter-men, Little Anthony)
TELL IT LIKE IT IS (The Neville Brothers) 
RHYTHM OF THE RAIN (The Cascades) 
HIT THE ROAD JACK (Ray Charles) 
RUNAWAY (Del Shannon, Bonnie Raitt) 
KILLING ME SOFTLY (Roberta Flack) 
DRIFT AWAY (Dobie Gray, The Neville Brothers) 
ALONE NOW (Tommy James, Tiffany) 
IT'S IN HIS KISS I'M A BELIEVER (The Monkees) 
I'M NOT YOUR STEPPIN' STONE (The Monkees) 
DESPERADO (The Eagles) 
TAKE IT EASY(The Eagles) 
ROCK THIS TOWN (The Stray Cats, Brian Setzer) 
BUDDY HOLLY MEDLEY: IT'S SO, EASY, EVERYDAY,
THAT'LL BE THE DAY
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE (Jerry Lee Lewis)
I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW (Johnny Nash)
WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN (Percy Sledge)
ROCK'N ME (Steve Miller)
THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (Rod.Stewart)
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW (Simply Red) (w)
JUMPIN' JACK FLASH (The Rolling Stones)
SATISFACTION (The Rolling Stones)
YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING (The Righteous Brothers) 
ONE FINE DAY (The Chiffons, Carole King) 
RESPECT (Aretha Franklin) 
YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A NATUARAL WOMAN (Aretha Franklin, Carol King) 
WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW (Carole King)
TWIST AND SHOUT (The Isley Brothers, The Beatles) 
BEATLES MEDLEY: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK, ALL MY
LOVIN', CAN'T BUY ME LOVE LADY MADONNA (The Beatles) 
MICHELLE (The Beatles) 
AND I LOVE HER (The Beatles) 
YESTERDAY (The Beatles) 
I WILL (The Beatles)
SLOW HAND (The Pointer Sisters, Conway Twitty) 
MARGARITAVILLE (Jimmy Buffett) 
DA DOO RON RON (The Crystals) 
SINCE I FELL FOR YOU (Lenny Welch, Sylvia) 
BACK TO THE ISLAND (Leon Russell) 
CAROLINA IN MY MIND (James Taylor) 
SOMETHING IN THE WAY SHE MOVES (James Taylor) 
HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) (James Taylor, Marvin Gaye) 
LA BAMBA (Richie Valens) 
COLOUR MY WORLD (Chicago) 
WHAT I SAY (Ray Charles) 
FIRE (The Pointer Sisters, Bruce Springsteen) 
DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD (The Animals) 
WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE (The Animals) 
GROOVY KIND OF LOVE (Phil Collins) 
CHUCK BERRY MEDLEY: ROCK 'N ROLL MUSIC,
MAYBELLINE, ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN 
EVERLY BROTHERS MEDLEY: BYE BYE LOVE, DREAM
DREAM DREAM, WHEN WILL I BE LOVED