SWING SPEAK
Private Events Song List
This song list is representative of music frequently performed by Swing Speak for private functions such as weddings and corporate events. It is a partial listing of songs by general category and is intended to show versatility. It can also provide a guide for you to "customize" the music for your event. Swing Speak can easily perform an entire evening from any one category, or mix the songs to create just the right mood. This list is not intended to be all inclusive.
American & Swing Classics
Rock, R&B & Pop (50's - Present)
Ballads
First Dance Suggestions
Latin
Traditional & Ethnic
American Standards & Swing Era Features
We do a wide range of standards
& swing era classics including those great songs
from bands like Glen Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie,
Louie Prima
& Sinatra. The following is just a small sample.
A Foggy Day
All Of Me
All of You
All The Things You Are
Back Home In Indiana
Basin Street Blues
Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Andrew Sisters)
Blue Skys
Broadway (Basie)
Bye Bye Blackbird
Can't Get Started
Can' We Be Friends
Cheek To Cheek
Cherokee
Days Of Wine And Roses
Deep Purple
Don't Be That Way (Bennie Goodman)
Don't Blame Me
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Down For Double (Basie)
Exactly Like You
Flamengo
Flyin' Home (Bennie Goodman)
Fly Me To The Moon (Sinatra version)
Green Dolphin Street
Gone With The Wind
Have You Met Miss Jones
Honeysuckle Rose
How High The Moon (Les Paul)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
I'm Beginning To See The Light (Ellington)
I’m Confessin That I Love You
In A Mellow Tone (Ellington)
In A Sentimental Mood (Ellington)
I Only Have Eyes For You
I Remember You
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
It Had To Be You (Glenn Miller)
Jump Jive & Wail (Louie Prima)
Just Friends
Just In Time (Sinatra)
Lady Be Good (Sinatra)
Lady Is A Tramp
Like Someone In Love
Love Me Or Leave Me (Glenn Miller
Lullaby Of Birdland
The Nearness Of You (Glenn Miller)
Once I Had A Secret Love
One O'Clock Jump (Basie)
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Opus 1 (Big Band Classic)
Our Love is Here To Stay
Pennies From Heaven
Perdido (Ellington)
Robin's Nest
Satin Doll
September In The Rain
Sheik of Araby (Louie Prima)
Shiny Stockings (Basie)
Stompin' At The Savoy
Sweet Georgia Brown
S'Wonderful
Take The A Train
Tea For Two (swing or cha cha)
There Will Never Be Another You
They Can't Take That Away From Me (Ellington)
The Way You Look Tonight
Tuxedo Junction (Glenn Miller)
Undecided
Up A Lazy River (L. Prima)
What A Difference A Day Makes
What Is This Thing Called Love
When The Saints Go Marching In
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
You Make Me Feel So Young
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
Plus hundreds of other Swing classics & standards too numerous to list
Ballads
Angel Eyes
April In Paris
As Time Goes By
Autumn Leaves
Blue Moon
Body & Soul
But Beautiful
Do You Know What It Mean To Miss New Orleans
Embraceable You
Gee Baby Aint I Good To You
Georgia
God Bless The Child
Good Morning Heartache (Billie Holliday)
I Can't Get Started
I'm In The Mood For Love
Laura
Lover Man
Memories Of You
Misty
Mood Indigo (Ellington)
Moon Glow
Moonlight In Vermont
Moonlight Serenade
My One & Only Love
Out of Nowhere
Polkadots & Moonbeams
Prelude To A Kiss (Ellington)
Sentimental Journey
September Song
Shadow Of Your Smile
In My Solitude (Ellington)
Somewhere My Love
Sophisticated Lady
Someone To Watch Over Me
Stardust
Stars Fell On Alabama
Stella By Starlight
Stormy Weather
Summertime
Tenderly
The Nearness Of You
These Foolish Things
They Can't Take That Away From Me
You’ve Changed
What A Wonderful World (L. Armstrong-Vocal)
What’s New
When Sunny Get's Blue
Rock,
R&B & Pop (50's - Present)
Ain't That A Shame (Fats Domino)
Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Motown Classic)
And I Love Her (Beatles)
A Song For You (Leon Russell)
All My Lovin' (Beatles)
At Last (Etta James & Many Others)
Baby I Need Your Lovin' (Four Tops)
Blue Bayou (Linda Ronstad)
Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino)
Boogie On Reggae Woman (S. Wonder)
Bring It On Home To Me (Sam Cooke)
Brown Eyed Girl (V. Morrison)
Bye Bye Love (B. Holley)
Caledonia (Louie Jordan)
Crazy Love (V. Morrison)
Dancin' In The Streets (M. & The Vandellas)
Don't You Worry Bout' A Thing (S. Wonder)
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Momma Cass)
Good Golly Miss Molly (Little Richard)
Good Lovin' (Rascals)
Great Balls Of Fire (J. L. Lewis)
Have I Told You Lately (V. Morrison)
Hound Dog (Elvis)
How Sweet It Is (Jr. Walker)
I Feel Good (J. Brown)
I'm Walkin' (Fats Domino)
Jail House Rock (Elvis)
Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
Jumpin' Jack Flash (The Stones)
Knock On Wood (Wilson Pickett)
Land Of 1000 Dances (Wilson Pickett)
Let The Good Times Roll
Lucille (Little Richard)
Moonglow (Various Artists)
Money (Beatles)
Mustang Sally
My Blue Heaven
My Girl (Temptations)
Old Time Rock & Roll (B. Seager)
Pink Cadillac (Springsteen, Pointer Sisters)
Roll Over Beethoven (C. Berry, Beatles)
Route 66 (Various Artists)
Ready Willin' & Able (Fats Dominio)
She Was Just Seventeen (Beatles)
Slow Down (Beatles)
Stand By Me (Sam Cooke)
Sugarpie Honeybunch (The Four Tops)
Tell Me What I Say (R. Charles)
That'll Be The Day (B. Holly)
The Twist (C. Checker)
The Way You Do The Things You Do (The Temptations)
This Masquerade (G. Benson)
This Old Heart Of Mine (Motown Classic)
Till There Was You (Beatles)
Twist & Shout (Beatles)
Unforgettable (N. Cole)
The Way You Do The Things You Do (Motown Classic)
Whole Lotta' Shakin' (Jerry. L. Lewis)
Wonderful Tonight (E. Clapton)
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (S. Wonder)
You Bring Out The Boogie in Me (from Swing Speak CD)
You Really Got Me (Kinks)
You Send Me (Sam Cooke)
First
Dance Suggestions
THESE ARE ALL VOCAL TUNES
A Kiss To Build A Dream On (Louie Armstrong)
At Last (Etta James)
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Crazy Love (Van Morrison)
Fly Me To The Moon
It Had To Be You
Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison)
The Nearness of You
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Ribbon In The Sky (Stevie Wonder)
Till There Was You (Beatles)
Wonderful World (Louie Armstrong)
Latin
Alice In Wonderland (from Swing
Speak CD)
Carioca
Corcovado (Jobim)
Felicidade (Jobim)
Girl From Ipanema (Jobim)
Meditation
Night & Day
Nightingale Rhumba
One Note Samba
Tea For Two (as a cha cha)
Triste (Jobim)
Watch What Happens
Wave (Jobim)
Traditional
Ethnic
The Swing Speak repertoire
offers a good selection of Hora's, and other ethnic dances, plus various traditional
Latin dances including Cha Chas, Tangos, Sambas and Bossa Novas.
Country
Crazy
Blueberry Hill
For The Good Times
Georgia
Good Time Charlie
Please Release Me
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Hey Good Lookin'
Tennessee Waltz
Plus many classics by Elvis, George Jones
& other great country artists.