Playlists

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Well-known popular songs

Songs from Musicals

Classical

Gilbert and Sullivan

Traditional and Country

Less Well-Known Popular Songs

 

Well-known Popular Songs

The Power of Love Jennifer Rush
Living Next Door to Alice Smokie
Moonlight Shadow Mike Oldfield
Up Where We Belong Joe Cocker + Jennifer Warnes
Super Trouper Abba
I Just Called To Say I Love You Stevie Wonder
Here Comes the Sun Beatles
Just When I Needed You Most Randy VanWarmer
Bright Eyes Simon and Garfunkel
You Got It Roy Orbison
Mandy Barry Manilow
True Love [various]
Unchained Melody The Righteous Brothers
Bright Side of the Road Van Morrison
Xanadu Olivia Newton-John
Hit The Road, Jack Ray Charles
The Twist Chubby Checker
Weekend in New England Barry Manilow
Danke Schoen Wayne Newton
Africa Toto
I Don’t Want to Talk About It Rod Stewart
Happy Together The Turtles
Orchard Road Leo Sayer
Waltzing Matilda Rod Stewart
Can’t Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley
The Great Pretender The Platters
Who Wants To Love Forever Queen
All I Have to Do is Dream The Everly Brothers
I Could Be So Good For You Dennis Waterman
New Kid in Town Eagles
I Did What I Did for Maria Tony Christie
When a Lonely Heart Breaks Beegees
Lady in Red Chris de Burgh
I’m Not in Love 10cc
On The Wings of Love Jeffrey Osborne
Greatest Love of All Whitney Houston
Annie’s Song John Denver
In the Ghetto Elvis Presley
Every Sperm is Sacred Monty Python
Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley
Blue Bayou Linda Ronstadt
Twist and Shout Beatles
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life Monty Python
Heartbreaker Dionne Warwick
Tunnel of Love Dire Straits
Woman In Love Barbra Streisand
Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
My Way Frank Sinatra
Always On My Mind [various]
Downtown Train Rod Stewart
New York, New York Frank Sinatra
Fields of Gold Sting
I’m Still Standing Elton John
Wind Beneath my Wings Bette Midler
True Love [various]
If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot
Yesterday Beatles
Going Home Mark Knopfler
Reach S Club 7
Radio Gaga Queen
It’s a Hard Life Queen
Someone Saved My Life Tonight Elton John
I’m Sorry John Denver
All Quiet on the Western Front Elton John
Crocodile Rock Elton John
Circle of Life Elton John
Just the Way You Are Billy Joel
Moody Blue Elvis Presley
Crying in the Chapel Elvis Presley
For Crying Out Loud Meat Loaf
Romeo and Juliet Dire Straits
Leningrad Billy Joel
Myfanwy David Essex
There Goes My Everything Elvis Presley
Don’t Cry Daddy Elvis Presley
Brothers in Arms Dire Straits
Sometimes When We Touch Dan Hill
Uptown Girl Billy Joel
The One Elton John
I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
Living All Right Joe Fagin
A Winter’s Tale David Essex
Careless Whisper George Michael
For a Friend The Communards
Starmaker Kids from Fame
It’s Going to be a Long Night Kids From Fame
American Pie Don MacLean
These Dreams Heart
See Me, Feel Me The Who
Don’t You Want Me Human League
All Out of Love Air Supply
Candle in the Wind Elton John
The Air That I Breathe The Hollies
Daniel Elton John
Take it to the Limit
The Eagles
If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body… Bellamy Brothers
It’s Now or Never Elvis Presley
LoveLetters Elvis Presley
Islands Mike Oldfield
Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road Elton John
Your Song Elton John
Fairytale of New York The Pogues
Caravan Song Barbara Dickson
Happy New Year Abba
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Neil Diamond & Barbara
Streisand
Imagine John Lennon
Dancing Queen Abba
Can’t Get it Out of My Head Electric Light Orchestra
If You Know What I Mean Neil Diamond
Boy From Nowhere Tom Jones
Dogs in the Yard Kids from Fame
Belfast Child Simple Minds
Baker Street Gerry Rafferty
Dark End of the Street Van Morrison
One of Us Abba
Take My Breath Away Berlin
Going Home Dire Straits
The Visitors Abba
The Winner Takes it All Abba
I Have A Dream Abba
Something Stupid Frank Sinatra
Ticket to Heaven Dire Straits
Closest Thing to Crazy Katie Melua
Don’t Fence Me In Bing Crosby
Miss You Nights Cliff Richard
Handbags and Gladrags Stereophonics
How Deep is Your Love Beegees
I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues Elton John
Across the Universe Beatles
When All is Said and Done Abba
These Are The Times Billy Joel
Magic Olivia Newton-John
Self Control Laura Brannigan
Crying in the Chapel Elvis Presley
Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler
The Last Song Elton John
Our Last Summer Abba
Thank You For the Music Abba
These Are the Days Van Morrison
A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum
Ain’t That A Kick in the Head Tony Martin
Absolute Beginners David Bowie
Let the Good Times Roll
BB King
Rocking Around the Christmas Tree Brenda Lee
Jingle Bell Rock Bobby Helms
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Jimmy Boyd
Winter Wonderland Bing Crosby
Merry Christmas Everybody Slade
White Christmas Bing Crosby
I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day Wizzard
Wonderful Christmas Time Paul McCartney
Lonely This Christmas Mud

 

 Songs from Musicals

Aspects of Love

Love Changes Everything
Anything But Lonely

Evita

Santa Evita
Goodnight and Thank You
Eva’s Funeral
High Flying, Adored
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
On This Night of 1000 Stars

Tell Me On A Sunday

Tell Me on a Sunday
I’m Very You
Take That Look off Your Face
The Last Man in My Life
The Same Look in Your Eyes

Grease

Raining on Prom Night
Mooning
Freddie My Love
Those Magic Changes
Rock and Roll
Party Queen
Hopelessly Devoted to You
Look At Me, I’m Sandra Dee
Summer Nights
Sandy

Chess

Pity The Child
Anthem
Mountain Duet
Merano
Heaven Help my Heart
Someone Else’s Story
I Know Him So Well
You and I

Grease 2

Do It For Our Country

Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolour Dreamcoat

Pharaoh Story
Any Dream Will Do
Benjamin Calypso

Starlight Express

Rolling Stock
Only
He
He Whistled At Me
U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.

Phantom of the
Opera

Remember Me
Phantom of the Opera
All I Ask of You
Music of the Night

Jesus Christ Superstar

Could We Start Again Please?
John 19:41
Everything’s Alright
I Don’t Know How to Love Him

Cats

Ballad of Billy Macaw
Skimbleshanks
Memory
Bustopher Jones

Blondel

The Way That I Love You
Running Back For More

Les Miserables

I Dreamed a Dream
The Landlord

Blood Brothers

Tell Me It’s Not True

West Side Story

Somewhere
Tonight
Maria

A Little Night
Music

Send in the Clowns

Annie Get Your Gun

No Business Like Show Business
Doing What Comes Naturally
I Got the Sun in the Morning
An Old-Fashioned Wedding

Annie

Tomorrow

The Sound of Music

Climb Every Mountain
Lonely Goatherd
The Sound of Music
Do-re-mi
Maria
Something Good
Edelweiss

Fiddler on the
Roof

Sunrise, Sunset

Showboat

Till Good Luck Comes My Way
Life on the Wicked Stage
Old Man River
Why Do I Love You

My Fair Lady

Wouldn’t It Be Loverly
With A Little  Bit of Luck
Get Me to the Church on Time
On the Street Where You Live
I Could Have Danced All Night

Sunset Boulevard

With One Look
When I Was a Child
Everything’s As If We Never Said Goodbye

Assassins

Unworthy of Your Love

Budgie

In One of My Weaker Moments
Side Effects

Oliver

Where is Love?

Classical

Chacun A Son Gout (Die Fledermaus)
CanCan
King Champagne (Die Fledermaus)
Belle Nuit (Tales of Hoffman)
Finale (Tales of Hoffman)
Doll Waltz (Tales of Hoffman)
Spalzani (Tales of Hoffman)
Beim Schlagengehen (from Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs)
Libiamo (La Traviata)
Di Provenza il Mar il Suol (La Traviata)
Che Faro Senza
Euridice (Orpheus & Eurydice)
O Dream of Love (La Belle Helene)
Moldau (Smetena)
Habanera (Carmen)
Wedding March
O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Zueignung
Ave Maria

Gilbert and Sullivan

For He Is an Englishman (Pirates of Penzance)
Hark! Must I Leave Thee Here (Pirates of Penzance)
So, Please You, Sir (The Mikado)
Tit Willow (The Mikado)
The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
Our Great Mikado (The Mikado)
Braid the Raven Hair (The Mikado)
Lord High Executioner (The Mikado)
With Cat-like Tread (HMS Pinafore)
Buttercup (HMS Pinafore)
I Shipped, Do You See (Ruddigore)

Traditional and Country

Greensleeves
Over The Sea to Skye
I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen
Loch Lomond
Green Fields of France
Wind that Shakes the Corn
Black Velvet Band
The Hiring Fair
Hiring Fair
Bonny at Morn
Danny Boy
Water of Tyne
My Bonny Lad
Cliffs of Old Tynemouth
Cushie Butterfield
Blaydon Races
Keep Your Feet Still
Lambton Worm
John Peel
Early One Morning
Cherry Ripe
Wraggle-taggle Gypsies
The Band Played On
The Flowers of the Forest
Morningtown Ride
Hexhamshire Lass
Marie’s Wedding
John Brown’s Body
Clementine
The Fiery Clockface
Banks of Red Roses
Lass Down on the Quay
Soldato ‘Namorato
O Sole Mio
Rio Grande
Steal Away
Country Club
The Diplomat
Far Side Banks of Jordan
A Reason for it All

Less Well-Known Popular Songs

Kim
Wilde
Bruce
Springsteen
Olivia
Newton-John
Olivia
Newton-John
Bonnie
Tyler
Gordon
Lightfoot
Dan
Vogelburg
Dan
Vogelburg
Dan
Vogelburg
Elaine PaigeJoe
Cocker
Marti
Webb
John
Denver
John
Denver
John
Denver
John
Denver
John
Denver
Elton JohnJohn
Denver
Rebecca
Storm
John
Denver
John
Denver
Elton
John
Chris de
Burgh
Kim
Carnes
Chris de
Burgh
Gary
Moore
Bruce
Hornsby
Janice IanCliff RichardElton
John
Chris de
Burgh
Christine
Collister
Chris de
Burgh
Electric Light
Orchestra
Elton
John
Elton
John
Chris de
Burgh
John
Miles
Mark
Knopfler
Kenny
Rogers
Elton
John
Gordon
Lightfoot
Dan FogelburgKids from
Fame
ELOLeonard CohenLeonard CohenMark KnopflerElton JohnElton
John
Bruce
Springsteen
Marlene
Dietrich
Waylon
Jennings

Four Letter
Word
Sandy
Please Mr. Please
Banks of the Ohio
Our Shangri-La Mark Knopfler
Quality Shoe Mark Knopfler
Heaven Can Wait Meat Loaf
Streets of Little
Italy
l’ll Do Anything
The Reach
Leader of the Band
Same Old Lang Syne
Breaking Away Joe Fagin
Midnight for You Paul Hipp
You’re Missing
Love Hangs by a
Thread
Your Ears Should be Burning
Now
Singing Skies and Dancing
Waters
Dearest Esmeralda
Tradewinds
Thirsty Boots
Rippling Waters
Weight of the World
Take Me Home, Country
Roads
The Show
How Can I Leave You
Again
Looking for Space
Hoop of Fire
Head and the Heart
Here Where the Heart
Is
Lonely Sky
Empty Rooms
Mandolin Rain
When the Party’s Over
Misunderstood Man
Cold As Christmas
Sunday Morning Sunshine Harry Chapin
Keeping the Dream
Alive
Freiheit
Transmission Ends
Warm Love Grown
Cold
Fatal Hesitation
21st Century Man
Roy Rogers
Skyline Pigeon
Borderline
Peaceful Waters
Storybook Love
I Don’t Want to Know
Why
Return to Paradise
That Was Yesterday Foreigner
An Unimagined
Glory
Alaric
Shadows
Tell Me To My Face
In LA
Video
Everybody Knows
The Future
If This Is Goodbye
We All Fall in Love Sometimes
I Used to Know This Old
Scarecrow
Tide is Turning Roger Waters
Say Goodbye to
Hollywood
Billy Joel
No Surrender
Lili Marlene
Devil’s Right Hand