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© 2010 Jan Bender

Although we play American popular songs from the 1920’s through the 1960’s, our sound is much different from that of the original groups. In the 30’s and 40’s, the lead melody instruments were often saxes, brass, or piano. Of course, the big swing or jazz bands were much larger than 5 pieces. And in the 50’s and 60’s, the rock and roll bands featured vocalists with guitars and percussion.

Here are some short MP3 samples of our sound, recorded live in performance. [We recommend that you listen with headphones and bypass the small speaker built into most computers.]


Most people in our audiences recognize the song melodies, and some can sing the words and recall the titles. Even if the titles below don’t jog your memory, hearing us play the songs will!

1910’s
Peg O’ My Heart
The Darktown Strutters’ Ball
Tiger Rag
Ja-Da

1920’s
Tea for Two
Sweet Georgia Brown
Limehouse Blues
Blue Skies
Star Dust
Honeysuckle Rose
Stumbling
Toot, Toot, Tootsie!
Wonderful One
I Love You
Linger Awhile
Swingin’ Down the Lane
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
I’m Sitting on Top of the World
Heart of My Heart
Diane
Ramona
Should I
Siboney
Singin’ in the Rain
Whispering

1930’s
Over the Rainbow
Moonlight Serenade
In the Mood
It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t
       Got That Swing
The Lady is a Tramp
Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
Mood Indigo
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Sophisticated Lady
It Happened in Monterey
Time on My Hands
The Waltz You Saved for Me
Good Night Sweetheart
I’m Through with Love
Just Friends
Paradise
Sweet and Lovely
Temptation
Deep Purple
There Goes My Heart
When I Grow Too Old to Dream
I’m In the Mood for Love
Stairway to the Stars
Sing, Sing, Sing
Stompin’ at the Savoy
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Once in a While
Night and Day
So Rare
That Old Feeling
I Married an Angel
And the Angels Sing

1940’s
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Take the ‘A’ Train
Moonlight in Vermont
Autumn Leaves
The Last Time I Saw Paris
A String of Pearls
Sentimental Journey
Mockin’ Bird Hill
I’ve Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
Midnight Sun
Tenderly
Shangri-La
Almost Like Being in Love
Be My Love
World War II Medley
Tangerine
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Skylark
St. Louis Blues March
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

1950’s
Satin Doll
Misty
It’s All Right With Me
When I Fall in Love
Rockin’ Robin
Fly Me to the Moon
The Loveliest Night of the Year
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
Little Brown Jug
The Hokey Pokey
Ebb Tide
Ruby
Release Me
Taking a Chance on Love
Love is a Many-Spendored Thing
My Favorite Things (The Sound of Music)
Tammy
All Shook Up
Mr. Sandman
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening

1960’s
Sunny
The Green Leaves of Summer
Girl From Ipanema
Softly, as I Leave You
Bluesette
Big Spender
The Shadow of Your Smile
Never on Sunday
Aquarius
Good Morning Starshine
Games People Play
Happy Heart
Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Moon River

Between 1932 and the mid-1950's prolific songwriters, working in challenging global conditions, wrote most of the popular American Christmas songs still sung today.

Here Comes Santa Claus
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Deck the Halls... (swing style)
Winter Wonderland
Let It Snow
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

Jingle Bells... (swing style)
Jolly Ol’ St. Nick...(rock style)
Silver Bells
Frosty
Angels We Have Heard on High
Jingle Bell Rock
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Sleigh Ride
White Christmas
Holly, Jolly Christmas

 

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