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Tom Knight & the Blue Moon

Songlist
Updated September 2005

   These are the songs that we have rehearsed and arranged, and perform regularly, but there are many other songs that we could play with little or no rehearsal, if we get requests. Also, we are adding new songs all the time. Click here for wedding song suggestions.

Rock 'n' Roll

  • All Shook Up (Elvis)
  • Blister in the Sun  (Violent Femmes)
  • Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis)
  • Come Go With Me (Del Vikings)
  • Don't Be Cruel  (Elvis)
  • Dirty Laundry Boogie (Tom Knight)
  • Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)
  • I’m a Believer (Monkees, Smashmouth)
  • Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
  • Oh Boy (Buddy Holly)
  • Rock around the Clock (Bill Haley and the Comets)
  • Roll Over Beethoven  (Chuck Berry, Beatles)
  • Runaround Sue (Dion and the Belmonts)
  • Solar System (Tom Knight)
  • Twist and Shout (Beatles)
  • Twistin’ the Night Away (Sam Cooke)
  • What I Like About You (The Romantics)
Rhythm and Blues, Motown and Midtempo Rockers
  • Brown Eyed Girl  (Van Morrison)
  • Dancing in the Streets (Martha and the Vandellas, Mamas and Papas)
  • Fever (Peggy Lee, Little Willie John)
  • Good Rockin’ Daddy (Brian Setzer)
  • I Will Survive (Floria Gaynor, Cake)
  • Midnight Hour (The Commitments)
  • My Girl (The Temptations)
  • Mustang Sally (The Commitments)
  • Old Time Rock and Roll  (Bob Seger)
  • Respect (Aretha Franklin)
  • Smooth (Santana featuring Rob Thomas)
  • Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
  • Under the Boardwalk (The Drifters)

Swing (Lindy)

  • All of Me (Frank Sinatra)
  • Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Fats Waller)
  • I'm Beginning to See the Light (Natalie Cole)
  • Beyond the Sea (Bobby Darrin)
  • Bud’s Blues/Centerpiece (Lambert, Hendricks and Ross)
  • Cheek to Cheek (Fred Astaire)
  • Easy Living (Billie Holiday)
  • Fly Me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra)
  • Homegrown Tomatoes (Guy Clarke)
  • Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller)
  • It Had to Be You (Harry Connick Jr.)
  • L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole)
  • Makin’ Whoopee (Frank Sinatra)
  • Minor Swing (Django Reinhart)
  • My Baby Just cares for Me (Nina Simone)
  • My One and Only (George and Ira Gershwin)
  • Night and Day (Frank Sinatra)
  • Once In Love with Amy (Frank Loesser)
  • Opus One (Mills Brothers)
  • Paper Moon (Nat King Cole)
  • Stompin’ at the Savoy (Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton)
  • You Took Advantage of Me (Ella Fitzgerald)
  • You’re Drivin’ Me Crazy (Big Joe Turner)
  • Way You Look Tonight (Fred Astaire)
  • When Somebody Says You're Wonderful (Phil Woods)
Jump Blues
  • Caldonia (Louis Jordan)
  • Choo Choo Ch'Boogie (Louis Jordan)
  • Coffee Do Your Stuff (Jordan/Knight)
  • Jump, Jive and Wail (Louis Prima)
  • Route 66 (Nat King Cole)
  • Shake Rattle and Roll (Big Joe Turner)
Slow
  • At Last (Etta James)
  • Blue Moon (Ella Fitzgerald, The Beatles)
  • Come Rain or Come Shine (Bette Midler, Ella, etc.)
  • For Sentimental Reasons (Nat King Cole)
  • Georgia (Ray Charles)
  • God Bless the Child (Billie Holliday)
  • Our Love is Here to Stay (Ella Fitzgerald)
  • What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
  • When I Fall In Love (Natalie Cole)
For more ballads click here

Waltz
  • Could I Have this Dance (Ann Murray)
  • Waltzing With Bears (Dale Marxen)
  • Waltz for Another Time (Peter Ecklund)
Other Songs
  • Brown-Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
  • Hava Nagila
  • Mercy Mercy Mercy (Cannonball Adderly)
  • Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (Doris Day, Cake)
Songs we've played once or twice
  • Rosalita (Bruce Springsteen)
  • Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (Mel Torme)
  • Kansas City (Wilbert Harrison)
  • Walkin' Blues (Jesse Powell Orchestra)
  • When You Say Nothing At All (Alison Kraus)
  • You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder)
  • That's Amore' (Dean Martin)

 

Click here for: Wedding Song Suggestions
Either for the First Dance or Family Member Dance.