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Music | Genres We Cover
Sophisticated Swing takes pride in its renditions of the best swing music of the '40s & early '50s. Music made famous by...
- Glen Miller
- Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey
- Harry James
- Benny Goodman
- Artie Shaw
- Count Basie
- Woody Herman
- Duke Ellington
- Stan Kenton ... and the rest of the big bands that were household names during the swing era.
Sophisticated Swing is a big band with a difference. We believe that the biggest pop hits from the '50s to the '00s can & should be played by big bands.
We have a large library of memorable hits by many of the great popular artists of these decades. The list includes...
- Elvis Presley
- The Beatles
- The Beach Boys
- The Carpenters
- Chicago
- Carole King
- James Taylor
- Blood Sweat & Tears
- Elton John
- James Brown ... and the list goes on & on
Sophisticated Swing has a large Latin library which will excite & entertain all who love to dance to a Latin beat. Our tunes will make you want to tango, mambo, cha-cha, do the bossa nova or begin the begujne. We may even get you up on the dance floor to join in a conga line as the Latin rhythms flow from tunes like...
- Copacabana
- Hot Hot Hot
- Livin' La Vida Loca
- Meditation
- The Girl from Ipanema
- Kiss of Fire...
Sophisticated Swing has a large collection of specialty numbers ready to meet the needs of any occasion you may be celebrating.
This musical collection includes:
- Waltzes & polkas
- Patriotic anthems (Can. & USA)
- Marches
- Celebration tunes (Auld Lang Syne, Happy Birthday, Anniversary Waltz)
- Party Tunes ("Celebration", "Celebrate", etc.)
- Wedding March
- We even play the Macarena, the YMCA and the Stripper
This band plays jazz!
Sophisticated Swing has highly accomplished jazz musicians who love to perform music for audience who want to hear big band jazz.
Our jazz library includes the best jazz works of...
- Ellington
- Basie
- Woody Herman
- Buddy Rich
- Maynard Ferguson
- Stan Kenton
- Bill Holman ... and many others.
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Pop/Rock Library A Achy Breaky Heart (Billy Ray Cyrus) After The Lovin' (Englebert Humperdinck) American Pie (Don McLean) And I Love Her (Beatles) At The Hop (Danny & the Juniors) B Bad Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce) Barbara Ann (Beach Boys) Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher) Big Spender (Shirley Bassey / Supremes) Blues Suede Shoes (Elvis / Carl Perkins) By The Time I Get to Phoenix (Glen Campbell) C California Dreamin' (Mamas & the Papas) Can You Read My Mind? ("Superman") Celebrate (Three Dog Night) Celebration (Kool & the Gang) Close To You (Carpenters) Copacabana (Barry Manilow) Crazy (Patsy Cline) Crocodile Rock (Elton John) Cry Me A River (Julie London) D Days Of Wine & Roses (Henry Mancini) Desafinado (Stan Getz / A.Gilberto) Does Anybody Really Know? (Chicago) Don't Cry For Me Argentina ("Evita") E Evergreen (Barbra Streisand) F From A Distance (Bette Midler) G Georgia On My Mind (Ray Charles) Girl From Ipanema (Getz / Gilberto) Goin' Out Of My Head (Lettermen) Green Onions (Booker T. & the MG's) H Hawaiian Wedding Song (Do Ho) Hey Jude (Beatles) Hot Hot Hot (Buster Poindexter) How Sweet It Is (James Taylor) I I Don't Know How/Love Him ("Jesus Christ Superstar") I Feel Good (James Brown) I Just Called To Say… (Stevie Wonder) I Write The Songs (Barry Manilow) If (Bread / David Gates) If You Don't know Me By N. (Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes) If You Leave Me Now (Chicago) Islands In The Stream (Bee Gees / Kenny Rogers) J Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley) Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry) Joy To The World (Three Dog Night) Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel) K Kansas City (Wilbert Harrison) Kokomo (Beach Boys) L Lady (Lionel Richie / Kenny Rogers) La Bamba (Richie Valens) Let It Be Me (Everly Bros.) Let's Twist Again (Chubby Checker) The Letter (Joe Cocker) Little Things Mean A Lot (Kitty Kallen) Livin' La Vida Loca (Ricky Martin) The Locomotion (Little Eva) The Lonely Bull (Tijuana Brass) Love Is Blue (Paul Mauriat) Love Story (Movie Theme) M Macarena (Los Del Rio) Memory ("Cats") Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel) My Girl (Temptations) My Guy (Mary Wells) My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion) O Old Time Rock & Roll (Bob Seger) P Pink Panther (Henry Mancini) Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival) Q Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Antonio Carlos Jobim) R Rainy Days & Mondays (Carpenters) Reach (Gloria Estefan) Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley & the Comets) Rockin' Robin (Bobby Day) S Send In the Clowns (Judy Collins) Shake Rattle & Roll (Bill Haley & the Comets) Sittin' On The Dock..Bay (Otis Redding) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Platters) Smooth Operator (Sade) Somebody (Depeche Mode) Something (George Harrison) Somethin' Stupid (Nancy Sinatra) Somewhere ("West Side Story") Somewhere Out There (Linda Ronstadt / James Ingram) Spanish Flea (Tijuana Brass) Splish Splash (Bobby Darrin) Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin) Stand By Me (Ben E. King) Summer Of '42 (Movie Theme) Surfin' USA (Beach Boys) T Takin' Care Of Business (Bachman Turner Overdrive) Tequila (The Champs) That's The Way It Is (Celine Dion) The Letter (Joe Cocker) This Guy's In Love (B. Bacharach/ Dionne Warwick) Through The Eyes Of Love ("Ice Castles") Tonight ("West Side Story") Traces (Classics IV) Truly (Lionel Richie) T.S.O.P. (Theme from "Soul Train" ) Twist & Shout (Beatles) U Unchained Melody (Al Hibbler) Unforgettable (Natalie Cole) W Watch What Happens (Michel LeGrand) The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand) We've Only Just Begun (Carpenters) What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong) What I Did For Love ("Chorus Line") When You Wish Upon A Star ("Pinnochio") Who's Sorry Now? (Connie Francis) Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler) Y Yesterday (Beatles) Y.M.C.A. (Village People) You Are The Sunshine OML (Stevie Wonder) You Light Up My Life (Debby Boone) You Needed Me (Anne Murray) You've Made Me SV Happy (Blood Sweat & Tears) |