List of tunes

All music listed here is for educational purposes. Performances at the end of the learning sessions at small venues (nursing homes, hospices, etc.) may be required to help determine proficiency. Songs marked with an (*) have not yet been performed.

All My Loving (1963) – Beatles

All I Have to Do Is Dream (1956) – Everly Brothers

Amazing Grace (1779) – John Newton

Amarillo by Morning (1973) – Terry Stafford

Angel from Montgomery (1971) – John Prine

Annie’s Song (1973) – John Denver

Ballad of Thunder Road (1958) – Robert Mitchum

Banks of the Ohio (Trad./1971) – Joan Baez

Beautiful Sunday (1972) – Daniel Boone

* A Better Man (1989) – Clint Black

Blowing in the Wind (1963) – Bob Dylan

Both Sides Now (1968) – Joni Mitchell

Bye Bye Love (1957) – Everly Brothers

Cathy’s Clown (1960) – Everly Brothers

Christmas (Beautiful Star of Bethleham)

Christmas (Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabell)

Christmas (Deck the Halls)

Christmas (The First Noel)

Christmas (Frosty the Snowman)

Christmas (God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen)

Christmas (Good King Wenceslas)

Christmas (Here Comes Santa Claus)

Christmas (The Holly And the Ivy)

Christmas (Holly Jolly Christmas)

Christmas (In the Bleak Midwinter)

Christmas (Jolly Old Saint Nicholas)

Christmas (Joy to the World)

Christmas (Still, Still, Still)

Christmas (Wassail Song)

Christmas (We Wish You a Merry Christmas)

Circle Game (1970) – Joni Mitchell

Counting Flowers on the Wall (1975) – Statler brothers

Country Roads (1971) – John Denver

* The Cyclone of Rye Cove (1929) – A P Carter

Desperado (1973) – Eagles

Down to the River to Pray (Trad./2000) – Allison Kraus

Drift Away (1972) – Dobie Gray

Eight Days a Week (1964) – The Beatles

El Paso (1959) – Marty Robbins

Elvira (1981) Oak Ridge Boys

Every Day (1957) – Buddy Holly

Fire and Rain (1970) – James Taylor

From Me to You (1963) – The Beatles

The Gambler (1978) – Kenny Rogers

Garden Party (1972) – Rickey Nelson

Gentle on My Mind (1967) – Glenn Campbell

Gimme 3 Steps (1973) – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Golden Ring (1976) – George Jones/Tammy Wynette

He Stopped Loving Her Today (1980) – George Jones

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (1957) – Laurie London

Heart of Gold (1972) – Neil Young

Hey Good Lookin’ (1951) – Hank Williams

Highwayman (1985) – Highwaymen

* Homeward Bound (1966) – Simon and Garfunkel

* Horse with No Name (1972) – America

House of the Rising Sun (1964) – The Animals

I Believe in Music (1972) – Mac Davis

I Can See Clearly Now (1974) – Johnny Nash

I Can’t Tell You Why (1979) – Eagles

I’ll Fly Away (1929) – Albert Brumley

I’m Walking the Dog (1949) – Webb Pierce

If the World Had a Front Porch (1995) – Tracey Lawrence

It’s Only Love (1965) – The Beatles

Joy to the World (1970) – 3 Dug Night

King of the Road (1965) – Roger Miller

Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (1973) – Bob Dylan

Kodachrome (1973) – Simon and Garfunkel

Leaving on a Jet Plane (1966) – John Denver

Little Red Riding Hood (1966) – Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs

Long Black Veil (1968) – Johnny Cash

Love Potion No. 9 (1963) – Searchers

Lyin’ Eyes (1975) – Eagles

Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies (1975) – Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson

Margaritaville (1977) – Jimmy Buffet

Man of Constant Sorrow (1959) – Ralph Stanley

Mansion over the Hilltop (1960) – Elvis Presley

Margaritaville (1977) – Jimmy Buffet

Melissa (1972) – The Allman Brothers Band

Monster Mash (1962) – Bobby Pickett

Mr. Tambourine Man (1965) – Bob Dylan

* My Girl (1964) – Temptations

* Never Been to Spain (1971) – 3 Dog Night

Ob-la-di Ob-la-da (1969) – Beatles

Other Side of Town (1971) – John Prine

Paradise (1971) – John Prine

Peaceful Easy Feeling (1972) – Eagles

* Please Come to Boston (1973) – David Loggins

Please Don’t Bury Me (1973) – John Prine

Puff the Magic Dragon (1963) – Peter, Paul and Mary

Rhythm of the Rain (1962) – Cascades

Rocky Top (1967) – Osborne Brothers

She Loves You (1963) – The Beatles

Shower the People (1976) – James Taylor

Silver Dagger (Trad./1964) – Joan Baez

Sixteen Tons (1955) – Tennessee Ernie Ford

A Summer Song (1964) – Chad and Jeremy

Sundown (1974) – Gordon Lightfoot

Swamp Witch (1973) – Jim Stafford

Sweet Baby James (1970) – James Taylor

Take It Easy (1972) – Eagles

This Boy (1963) – The Beatles

This Land Is Your Land (1945) – Woody Guthrie

Thunder Road (1958) – Robert Mitchum

Tie a Yellow Ribbon (1973) – Tony Orlando and Dawn

Tom Dooley (Trad./1958) – Kingston Trio

Turn, Turn, Turn (1965) – The Byrds

* Turning Toward the Morning (1975) – Gordon Bok

* Up on Cripple Creek (1970) – The Band

* Walk Right In (1962) – Rooftop Singers

Walking the Dog (1973) – Webb Pierce

Wayfaring Stranger (Trad./2000) – Johnny Cash

* We Are Family (1979) – Sister Sledge

Wild Horses (1971) Rolling Stones

Wild World (1970) – Cat Stevens

Wildflowers (1994) – Tom Petty

Wings of a Dove (1960) – Ferlin Husky

* Yesterday’s Gone (1970) – Chad and Jeremy