WCS=West Coast Swing; ECS=East Coast Swing; SFT=Slow Fox Trot.
Songs crossed out were on the original list but were skipped due to audience
requests for other songs; songs in Italics were requests not on the original
list.
Sleigh Ride (arr. John LaBarbara) (ECS)[first
performance by the RBB]
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down AWMAL (ECS)
Brazil (samba) Moon River (waltz) Funky Cha Cha (Latin funk) Winter Wonderland (WCS)
Kiss of Fire Tango The Last Waltz
Beer Barrel Polka
Tonight (Rhumba)
Fever (WCS) Cha Cha Cha for Judy
What a Wonderful World (SFT) In the Mood (ECS)
Dance to the Big Band Swing (ECS)
Latin Fantasy (beguine & samba) It Don’t Mean a Thing If it Ain't Got That Swing (ECS) Hot Cha Cha Cha Stompin' at the Savoy(ECS)
La Cumparsita (tango) Liechtensteiner Polka
Kansas City (WCS) Jump, Jive, and Wail (ECS)
Blue Skirt Waltz
My Funny Valentine (Salsa/WCS) Frenesi (beguine/swing) Moonlight Serenade (SFT) You’re Nobody ‘Til SLY (ECS)
New York, New York (WCS) Blue Tango
Opus One (ECS)
Three Times a Lady (waltz) Pennsylvania 6-5000 (ECS)
For All We Know (bossa nova) Kiss of Fire Cha Cha
As Time Goes By (SFT) Moon Over Naples (beguine)
Polka Medley Cherokee
Mambo Jambo
Candy
Tequila (Latin rock)
Fly Me to the Moon (WCS) Woodchopper’s Ball (ECS)
Skylark (SFT)
Hot Cha Cha Cha Copacabana (meringue)
Switch in Time
(The) Last Waltz
Sing, Sing, Sing Moon River (waltz)
Mambo Jambo (mambo) Jalousie (tango)
Blue Skies
Cha Cha Cha for Judy
Sophisticated Lady (SFT)
Show Me the Way to Go Home (WCS)
The formula Carleton requested last year: 1-2 waltzes, 1-2
tangos, 1-2 cha-chas, 1-2 rhumbas, 1 meringue/mambo/salsa/W.C. swing, 5-7 fox
trot/swing; they left out polkas, but polkas were popular at the dance. Of course,
all the songs in our book were available on request, but the ones below were
categorized for those dancers who wanted a style but didn't know specific titles.
Beguines/Rhumbas:
Bossa Novas:
Cha-Chas:
Mambos:
Days of Wine and Roses (beguine)
Frenesi (Latin/Swing)
Latin Fantasy (Beguine and Samba)
Moon Over Naples
Perfidia (Latin/Swing)
Tonight (it could be played as a rhumba, too)
Desafinado
For All We Know
Girl from Impanema
Summer Samba (yes, it’s a bossa
nova)
Watch What Happens
Cha Cha Cha for Judy
Hot Cha Cha Cha
Kiss of Fire Cha Cha
Mambo Jambo
Mambo #5
Sambas:
Tangos:
Meringues:
Other Latin:
Brazil
Caravan (arr. by Sweeney)
Latin Fantasy (Beguine and Samba)
Mas Que Nada
Blue Tango
Jalousie
Kiss of Fire Tango
La Cumparsita Tango
Copacabana
Carnival Del Soul (Latin Funk)
Conga
Days of Wine and Roses
Funky Cha Cha (Latin Funk)
La Bamba (Latin Rock)
My Funny Valentine (Latin/Swing)
Tequila (Latin Rock)
Waltzes:
Polkas:
Slow Fox Trot:
Medium Fox Trot:
Blue Skirt Waltz
Fascination (missing which tenor part?)
(The) Last Waltz
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Love Makes the World Go ‘Round
Melody of Love (Do we have the
bass part?)
Moon River
Mr. Bojangles
Norwegian Wood
(A) Rose is a Rose
Three Times a Lady
Angel Eyes
As Time Goes By
Ghost of a Chance
Longer
Moonlight Serenade
Skylark
Sophisticated Lady
Star Dust
What a Wonderful World
When I Fall in Love
Blue Moon
West Coast Swing:
East Coast Swing:
Birth of the Blues
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Fever
Fly Me to the Moon
Hard-Hearted Hannah
Harlem Nocturne
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
I Can’t Stop Loving You
Kansas City
Mean to Me
Minnie the Moocher
New York, New York
Night Train
Route 66
Satin Doll
Show Me the Way to Go Home
Tuxedo Junction (W. Johnson, arr.)
Winter Wonderland
Your Cheatin’ Heart
All of Me
Big Noise from Winnetka
Blue Skies
Candy
Charleston
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Cherokee
Dance to the Big Band Swing
Fascinating Rhythm
How About You?
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
In the Mood
It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing
Jump, Jive, and Wail
Let It Snow
Little Brown Jug
On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe
One O’Clock Jump
Opus One
(It’s Only a) Paper Moon
Pennsylvania 6-5000
Pick Yourself Up
Pickles
Rock Around the Clock
Sleigh Ride (arr. LaBarbara)
Sing, Sing, Sing
Somebody Loves Me
String of Pearls
Switch in Time
Woodchopper’s Ball
You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You
Zoot Suit Riot