Big Band Song List

The following list of songs are all Big Band arrangements for 7, 10, and larger groups. Although they can be performed by smaller groups, those horns give these songs that "Big Band" Sound.

 
It's Later Then You Think
Roy Milton
Smack Dab In The Middle Count Basie & Joe Williams
Please Send Me Someone To Love Percy Mayfield
Mess Around Ray Charles
Knock Me A Kiss Louis Jordon & Gene Krupa
Evil Man Blues Joe Williams
Let The Good Times Roll Louis Jordon & Ray Charles
One Of Us Has Got To Go Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Caldonia Louis Jordon & Woody Herman
Bandstand Boogie Dick Clark's "American Bandstand"
Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston
he Honeydripper Joe Liggins & Cab Calloway
One Night Smiley Lewis & Elvis Presley
Bloodshot Eyes Wynonne Harris
I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues Duke Ellington
Hey Good Lookin' Lookin' Hank Williams
Let It Roll Again Lucky Millinder
In The Mood Glenn Miller
Boogie Woogie Tommy Dorsey
Two O'Clock Jump Harry James
A String Of Pearls Glenn Miller
It Had To Be You Isham Jones & Harry Connick
Opus #1 Tommy Dorsey & Sy Oliver
Satin Doll
Duke Ellington
Stompin' At The Savoy Benny Goodman
Don't Get Around Much Anymore Duke Ellington
Sophisticated Lady Duke Ellington
Brazil (Samba) Carmen Miranda
Cab Driver The Mills Brothers
T'Ain't What You Do Jimmy Lunceford
America The Beautiful Katherine Lee Bates & Samuel Ward
Ain't Nothin' But A Party
Eric Ekstrand
Take The "A" Train Duke Ellington
Green Eyes (Rhumba) Jimmy Dorsey
Harlem Nocturne Ray Noble
Moon River (Waltz) Andy Williams & Henry Mancini
Moonlight Serenade Glenn Miller
Night Train Buddy Morrow
Gotta Travel On Ray Bryant
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White (Cha cha) Perez Prado
Oh Babe Louis Prima
April In Paris Count Basie
Auld Lang Syne Guy Lombardo
New York, New York Frank Sinatra
What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
Knock On Wood Eddie Floyd
Oh, Pretty Woman Roy Orbison

Up A Lazy River

Hoagy Carmichael
Kansas City Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
Chicago Fred Fisher 1922
Yellow Rose Of Texas Traditional
Pennsylvania 6-5000 J. Gray & C. Sigman
Just A Gigalo/I Ain't Got Nobody Louis Prima
720 In The Books Jan Savvit
Move It On Over Hank Williams
I'm A Fool To Want You Frank Sinatra
The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa
American Patrol Glenn Miller
Don't Be That Way
Benny Goodman/Parish 1935
Chattanooga Choo Choo Warren/Gordon 1941
Little Brown Jug Glenn Miller
Song of India Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff arranged by Tommy Dorsey
Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima
One O'clock Jump
Loren Schoenberg, performed by: Count Basie and his Orchestra
Come Rain or Come Shine
Mercer/Arlen 1946
The Way You Look Tonight Jerome Kern 1936
The Girl From Ipanema Jobim/De Moreas 1963
So Rare Jimmy Dorsey
South Rampart Street Parade Ray Bauduc & Bob Haggart, performed by: Bob Crosby and his Orchestra
Unforgettable Gordon Irving 1951
Come Fly With Me James Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn
The Summer Wind Mayer/Mercer 1965
My Way Francois/Thibault/Anka 1967
I've Got You Under My Skin Cole Porter
Minnie the Moocher Cab Calloway/Irving Mills
The Toy Trumpet Raymond Scott
Tales From the Vienna Woods Johann Strauss
Artist's Life Waltz Johann Strauss
One Note Samba
Jobim/Mendonca 1961
Makin' Whoopee (Cha-Cha) Kahn/Donaldson 1928
La Rosita (Tango) Rafael Mendez
Jump, Jive and Wail Louis Prima
Ain’t Love a Kick in the Head Sammy Cahn and Van Heusen
I’ll be Glad When Your Dead, You Rascal, You Sam Theard
Solitude Duke Ellington
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Horton/Darling/Gabler
Hop, Skip and Jump
Roy Milton
Mack the Knife Blitzstein/Weill 1928
Witchcraft Leigh/Coleman 1957
I Put a Spell On You Screamin' Jay Hawkins
The Monster Mash Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Tequila The Champs
Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Vocal) Coots/Gillespie
Oye Como Va Tito Puente
Hooray For Hollywood Whiting/Mercer 1937
The Christmas Song Mel Torme and Robert Wells(c) 1946


These lists are partial. New songs are constantly being added at the request of our clients. If there are any songs that you would like to have played at your event (and are not on these lists), more likely than not, we know the song or can learn it!!!
 
 

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