Répertoire
Song Name | Author | Notes | ||
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Guitar Solo | ||||
America the Beautiful | Katharine Lee Bates | |||
Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) | an air that originated in County Londonderry, Ireland. It is popular among the Irish diaspora and is well known throughout the world. The tune is played as the victory anthem of Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games. | |||
Freight Train | Elizabeth Cotten | she composed “Freight Train” as a teenager (sometime between 1906 and 1912), inspired by the sound of the trains rolling in on the tracks near her home in North Carolina. | ||
Glow Worm | ||||
Greensleeves | Anonymous | A persistent belief that Greensleeves was composed by Henry VIII for his lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn. Boleyn allegedly rejected King Henry's attempts to seduce her, and this rejection may be referred to in the song when the writer's love "cast me off discourteously". However, the piece is based on an Italian style of composition that did not reach England until after Henry's death, making it more likely Elizabethan in origin | ||
Hawaiian Wedding Song | Charles King | (1926) for Prince of Hawaii operetta. (1958) translated into English, "Hawaiian Wedding Song" and recorded by Andy Williams (1959) | ||
Hey, Hey | Bill Broonzy | |||
Jamaica Farewell | ||||
Les Bicyclettes de Belsize | 1968 British musical short film (30 mins) tells the story of a young man cycling around London on a bicycle. After crashing into a billboard he falls in love with a fashion model depicted on it. There is almost no spoken dialogue, and the soundtrack to the film is heard virtually throughout. The title song of the film, written by Les Reed and Barry Mason, was a hit for Engelbert Humperdinck (a top ten hit in the UK and a top 40 hit in the USA) | |||
No Words Yet | Ron Hackett | |||
Patriotic Medley | ||||
Petite Waltz | Joe Heyne | Ray Davis version | ||
Spanish Fandango | ||||
Wildwood Flower | ||||
Willie Coleman's | Traditional Irish Jig (lively folk dance) | |||
With Every Beat of My Heart | ||||
Guitar Solo, Christian | ||||
Amazing Grace | John Newton | Harmonics in G with key change to C | ||
Just a Closer Walk with Thee | ||||
Just As I Am | Charlotte Elliott | |||
Nearer My God to Thee | ||||
Power of Your Love | ||||
Take My Hand Precious Lord | ||||
Guitar Solo, Christmas | ||||
Adeste Fidelis | ||||
Away in a Manger | ||||
Jingle Bell Rock | ||||
Silent Night | ||||
White Christmas | ||||
Winter Wonderland | ||||
Guitar Solo, Classical | ||||
Adelita | Francisco Tárrega | |||
Blue Angel | Nato Lima | |||
Bourrée in E Minor | Bach | Classic counterpoint piece by Johann Sebastian Bach - Famous cover by Jethro Tull Band - the fifth movement from Suite in E minor for Lute - type of dance that originated in France | ||
Jesu, Joy of Man Desiring | Johan Sebastian Bach | |||
Lagrima | Francisco Tárrega | Teardrop | ||
Romance de Amore (Romanza) | Anonymous | |||
Waltz in A-flat | Brahms | |||
Guitar Solo, Jazz | ||||
A Day in the Life of a Fool (Black Orpheus) | Luiz Bonfa | |||
A FOGGY DAY (IN LONDON TOWN) | George and Ira Gershwin | |||
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' | Thomas "Fats" Waller | |||
AIN'T SHE SWEET | Milton Ager and Jack Yellen | |||
ALL OF ME | Seymour Simons/Gerald Marks | |||
All the Things You Are | Jerome Kern | Written for the musical Very Warm for May (1939), Kern best known for Show Boat (Ol' Man River) | ||
Angel Eyes | Matt Dennis/Earl Brent | |||
As Time Goes By | Herman Hupfeld | It became most famous in 1942 when part of it was sung by the character Sam (Dooley Wilson) in the movie Casablanca. | ||
Autumn Leaves | Joseph Kosma/Johnny Mercer/Jacques Prevert | |||
BESAME MUCHO (KISS ME MUCH) | Consuelo Velazquez & Sunny Skylar | "Kiss me much" bolero written in 1940 by Mexican songwriter Consuelo Velázquez. She wrote this song even though she had never been kissed yet at the time, and kissing, as she heard, was considered a sin. | ||
BLUE BOSSA | Kenny Dorham | |||
BLUE MONK | Thelonious Monk | |||
BLUE MOON | Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart | |||
Bye Bye Blackbird | ||||
C'est Si Bon | Henri Betti | French popular song composed in 1947 by Henri Betti. The first nine musical notes of the song come into his head while watching the showcase of a women's lingerie shop under the arcades of the avenue Jean Médecin in Nice. "The anecdote that you have told is very true! It was in July 1947 in Nice and it was a showcase where there were "Scandal" bras!" -Olivier Betti (Grandson) May 8, 2020 | ||
DESAFINADO | Antonio Carlos Jobim/Newton Mendonca | |||
DJANGO'S CASTLE | Django Reinhardt | |||
DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE | Duke Ellington and Bob Russel | |||
Dream a Little Dream of Me | Wilbur Schwandt/Fabian Andree/Gus Kahn | |||
Edelweiss | Rodgers and Hammerstein | (1959) musical named the "Sound of Music," later a movie (1965) starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plumber. Named for small white flower in the Austrian Alps. | ||
FIVE FOOT TWO, EYES OF BLUE (HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GIRL) | ||||
FLAMINGO | Ed Anderson/Ted Grouya | |||
Fly Me to the Moon | Bart Howard | Originally titled "In Other Words" in 1954 by Bart Howard. Howard commented that "... it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes". | ||
FREDDIE FREELOADER | Miles Davis | |||
Georgia On My Mind | Hoagy Carmichael/Stuart Gorrell | 1930 song often been associated with Ray Charles. Written about the state, not his sister, according to his second autobiography, "Sometimes I Wonder." Bandleader Frankie Trumbauer suggested that he write about the state and suggested the opening lyrics should be "Georgia, Georgia ...", | ||
Giant Steps | John Coltrane | |||
Girl from Ipanema | Antonio Carlos Jobim | |||
How High the Moon | Morgan Lewis and Nancy Hamilton | |||
I Got Rhythm | George Gershwin | |||
I Remember You | Victor Schertzinger | Introduced in the 1942 musical "The Fleet's In." About a shy sailor who is kissed by a female starlet as part of a publicity stunt, he becomes known as a stud; his friends then bet that he'll be able to defrost an icy nightclub singer. Sung by Dorothy Lamour backed by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. | ||
IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON | Harold Arlen | 1933, originally titled "If You Believed in Me." written for an unsuccessful Broadway play called The Great Magoo, set in Coney Island. Later the theme for a 1973 movie by Peter Bogdanovich about a con man during the Great Depression who finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership. Staring Ryan and Tatum O'Neal. | ||
Mateo (aka Momentum) | Giorgio Serci | |||
Misty | Erroll Garner | Jazz standard written in 1954 by the pianist Erroll Garner. Originally composed as an instrumental following the traditional 32-bar format and first recorded for Garner's 1955 album "Contrasts." In 2012 a film on Garner was released by Atticus Brady called "No One Can Hear You Read," which Garner used to say when asked why he had never learned to read music. | ||
MOONGLOW | Will Hudson | Written in 1933 as the theme song for his band. | ||
My Cherie Amour | Stevie Wonder | |||
My Favorite Things | Rodgers and Hammerstein | (1959) musical named the "Sound of Music," later a movie (1965) starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plumber. | ||
NIGHT AND DAY | Cole Porter | |||
NUAGES | DJango Reinhardt | |||
ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET | Ned Washington and Bronislam Kaper | |||
One Note Samba | Antonio Carlos Jobim | |||
Over the Rainbow | Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg | Written for the movie The Wizard of Oz and sung by actress Judy Garland.It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song, as well as one of the most enduring standards of the 20th century. | ||
PETITE FLEUR (LITTLE FLOWER) | Sidney Bechet | |||
Pink Panther | Henry Mancini | |||
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado) | Antonio Carlos Jobim | Bossa nova song written by Antônio Carlos Jobim in 1960. An English lyric was later written by Gene Lees. The Portuguese title refers to the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro. | ||
Satin Doll | Duke Ellington | |||
SCOTCH AND SODA | Dave Guard | |||
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES | Jerome Kern | Show tune written by American composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Otto Harbach for the 1933 musical Roberta. The Platters recorded it in 1958, and their version became a number one hit in the U.S. on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart. | ||
SOME DAY MY PRINCE WILL COME | ||||
Stars Fell on Alabama | Mitchell Parish and Frank Perkins | |||
STELLA BY STARLIGHT | ||||
Take Five | Based on Chet Atkins version | |||
TAKE THE "A" TRAIN | Billy Strayhorn | |||
THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE | Paul Francis Webster and Johnny Mandel | |||
THIS MASQUERADE | Leon Russell | |||
Trieste | Antonio Carlos Jobim | |||
Walk Don't Run | Johnny Smith | 1954. It was later adapted and re-recorded by Chet Atkins in 1956. This arrangement was the inspiration for the version by the Ventures in 1960. | ||
Wave | Antonio Carlos Jobim | |||
Guitar Solo, Pop | ||||
AIN'T NO SUNSHINE | Bill Withers | |||
Blackbird | Paul McCartney | |||
Chim Chim Cheree | ||||
Classical Gas | ||||
Dance With Me | Orleans | |||
Dust in the Wind | Kerry Livgren | |||
Here Comes the Sun | George Harrison | The Beatles | ||
HOTEL CALIFORNIA | ||||
Michelle | Lennon and McCartney | Beatles (1965) | ||
Mr Bojangles | Jerry Jeff Walker | |||
Sleepwalk | Santo and Johnny Farina | |||
Stairway to Heaven (Lead Sheet) | Jimmy Page and Robert Plant | |||
Wheels | Norman Perry | Biggest single for The String-A-Longs' (1961). Was originally titled "Tell the World" but the titles got reversed on the record release. | ||
Windy and Warm | John D. Loudermilk | |||
Yesterday | The Beatles | |||
Guitar Solo, Show | ||||
Lara's Theme (Somewhere My Love) | Motif from 1965 film Doctor Zhivago (Omar Shariff and Julie Christie) for female lead Larissa "Lara" Antipova who played the balalaika. Connie Frances added words and Ray Connif made it famous in 1966. | |||
Theme from Love Story | Francis Lai | 1970 romantic drama film starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw, "Love means never having to say you're sorry" | ||
Theme from Romeo and Juliet | ||||
Unchained Melody | Alex North | 1955 theme for the little-known prison film "Unchained," hence the name. One of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by the Righteous Brothers.It achieved a second round of great popularity when it was featured in the 1990 blockbuster film Ghost starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. | ||
Under Paris Skies | Hubert Giraud | 1951 French film about events large and small "Under the Paris sky." The fates of multiple otherwise disconnected characters intertwine miraculously under the sky of Paris. And it all happens in one day. Later used as the title song on an Andy Williams album in 1960. Stranger beware, there's love in the air under Paris skies Try to be smart and don't let your heart catch on fire ... Just look and see what happened to me under Paris skies Watch what you do, the same thing can happen to you | ||
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR | Leigh Harline and Ned Washington | |||
Guitar Solo, Spanish | ||||
Estrellita | Manuel Ponce | A Mexican composer active in the 20th century. His most famous work, "Little Star", was composed in 1912 as part of a series for piano called Canciones Mexicanas. Was incorrectly assumed to be an arrangment of Mexican folk songs, consequently Ponce never received any commercial royalties for the work. | ||
La Paloma | Sebastián Iradier | A "Habaneras" musical style developed in 19th-century Spain and prevalent in the Northern Basque Region and East Coast (Catalonia and Valencia) of Spain. Its characteristic and distinct rhythm reflects the fusion of the local Cuban songs brought back by Spanish sailors. Composed around 1863, just two years before he died in Spain in obscurity, never to learn how popular his song would become. | ||
Malaguena | Ernesto Lecuona | A Cuban composer; written in 1928 it was originally the sixth movement of Lecuona's Suite Andalucia, to which he added lyrics in Spanish. Carlos Montoya adapted it for flamenco style guitar. His recording was influential in the piece becoming a guitar standard, even though it was originally written for piano. | ||
Guitar Solo, Special Occasion | ||||
Bridal Chorus | Richard Wagner | From Lohengrin | ||
O Come, O Come Emmanual | ||||
We Gather Together | ||||
Wedding March | Felix Mendelssohn | From A Midsummer Night's Dream |