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| Song Title | Description | Categories | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A — You're Adorable | It's fun to wander thru the alphabet with you | up-tune, easy, strongly rhythmic | |
| Abide with Me | Much-loved church hymn | ballad, moderately easy | |
| After You've Gone | Driving, not for the faint of lung, delightful second chorus variations | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| All Alone | One of Berlin's finest tear-jerkers | ballad, easy | |
| All of Me | Circles beautifully | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Almost Like Being in Love | From "Brigadoon" | moderate up, moderately easy | |
| Am I Wasting My Time on You? | Great chances for emotional expression | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Anniversary Song | Jolson made this famous. Great to sing at wedding receptions | ballad, not contestable, moderately easy | |
| Anything Goes | Cole Porter at his best: sophisticated lyrics. | up-tune, not contestable, moderately easy | |
| April Showers | Innovative second chorus variations. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Are You Havin' Any Fun? | Until your number's up, fill your cup, have a little fun! Great to open a show. | up-tune, contestable, show opener, moderately difficult | |
| Atlanta, G.A. | Tribute to a great town | up-tune, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Auction Song | Fellow bids on pretty lady | up-tune, difficult, strongly rhythmic | |
| Be a Clown | Great in a circus package. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Because of You | Remember Tony Bennet's recording of this from the 50's? Great love ballad. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Bigger Isn't Better | From "Barnum." Most clever lyrics you'll ever sing. Perfect if you've got a short guy who doesn't mind being kidded. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, contestable, difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| Billy-a-Dick | Hoagy Carmichael's great tune. Finger-snapping, cute lyrics. | ballad, contestable, strongly rhythmic, difficult | |
| Black-Eyed Blues | Fellow rhapsodizes about his Latin beauty. | up-tune, contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately easy | |
| Blue Jeans | Henry Burr recorded this way back in the teens. Recalling teenage love back "in the hills of the old Cumberland." | ballad, contestable, easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Breezin' Along With the Breeze | up-tune, moderately easy | ||
| Brigadoon Medley | All the great tunes of this musical - a tour de force and not for the light of lung. | ballad/up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, difficult | |
| Brown Eyes - Why Are You Blue? | Sing it soft and tender. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| By My Side | Easy swing tune, very straightforward, plain and simple lyric. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| By the Beautiful Sea | ...Oh, how happy we'll be! Great song for summer. | up-tune, contestable, easy | |
| By the Time I Get to Phoenix | Jimmy Webb favorite from the 70's. Strong bass pulse and neutral syllables, melody in baritone. | ballad, novelty/show tune, not contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately easy | |
| California and You | Instead of Dixie, I'm going back to my girl in California! | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Candy | That's what I call my sugar! Easy swing, lots of echoes, patter and other rhythmic devices. | ballad/up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Carolina Moon | A great moon and state song | ballad, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Charleston, Flappers and Razza-Ma-Tazz | I wanna go back to those days! Lots of pizzaz and musical pyrotechnics. | up-tune, contestable, difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| Cheatin, On Me | Bluesy | ballad, easy | |
| Christmas in Killarney | Bagpipe simulations, seasonal. | up-tune, not contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Climb Ev'ry Mountain | Inspiration ballad from "Sound of Music" | ballad, moderately difficult, show opener or closer | View Sample (PDF) |
| Close As Pages in a Book | From "Up in Central Park." Beautiful love ballad. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Congratulate Me | ... I'm in love! | up-tune, contestable, show opener, moderately easy | |
| Consider Yourself | Great opener from "Oliver." | up-tune, contestable, show opener, easy | |
| Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep | Sentimental Berlin tune | ballad, moderately difficult | |
| Down by the O-Hi-O | ... I've got the cutest little Oh! My! Oh! | up-tune, contestable, easy | |
| Dancin' Dan | This dancin' fool has got a gal no matter where he goes. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Dear Heart | Henry Mancini's classic. Great love ballad. | ballad, not contestable, moderately easy | |
| Don't Think You'll Be Missed | Fellow has girls all over the country, so... | up-tune, contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | |
| Down by the O-Hi-O | ... I've got the sweetest little o-my-o! | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Down the Old Ox Road | Great undiscovered swing tune, marvelous lyric. Remember the HiLos doing this? | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Dream a Little Dream of Me | Depends on rhythmic propellants. | novelty/show tune, not contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | |
| Entertainer, The | The Scott Joplin rag. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Everything's Comin' Up Roses | Perfect way to start the show. | up-tune, not contestable, show opener, difficult | |
| Exodus | Stirring patriotic song. | ballad, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Fingerprints | May be too much of a tear-jerker for modern audiences. Very much like the Mid-States Four did it many years ago. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Footloose and Fancy-Free | A Don Reeves original. Great show or afterglow opener. Bounce and drive. | up-tune, show opener | |
| Forest Lawn | Just bury me in all that California glitz. | up-tune, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Free for All | Inspiring patriotic gut-buster! | up-tune, moderately easy | |
| Galway Bay | Beautiful Irish tune, melody passed among all four. | ballad, not contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Gal That Was Stolen from Me, The | Very much like "Somebody Stole My Gal." | up-tune, contestable, easy | |
| Gee, But There's Class to a Girl Like You | Original verse. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Give It Away | Decidedly modern harmony and lyric | up-tune, difficult, strongly rhythmic | |
| Give Me the Simple Life | Home-grown philosophy. | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Go With a Song in Your Heart | Great show closer,or end each rehearsal with it | ballad, easy, show opener or closer | |
| God Bless the Human Elbow | Barbershop in a Baroque harmonization. "If it bent too long we'd be dry, I fear; if it bent too short we'd be drinking through our ear" | ballad/up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, easy | |
| Golden Barefoot Days | There will always be a memory of those.... Steeped in nostalgia. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Goody, Goody | Peformers must have a strong sense of syncopation. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| Goofus | Unskilled musician makes it big. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Gotta Be This or That | Clever lyric, really swings. | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Green Bay Packer Polka | Any quartet or chorus from Wisconsin had better learn this one. I'm a Packer-backer, are you? | up-tune, contestable, easy | |
| Great Day Medley | There's Gonna Be a Great Day and "Hallelujah." What a way to start the day! Talk about power up-tunes ... challenging. | up-tune, not contestable, show opener, strongly rhythmic, difficult | |
| Grizzly Bear | How to do one of those crazy dances of the 20's. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Growin' Old Can Be Fun | Nice attitude for seniors. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Guys and Dolls | Title song from this | up-tune, moderately difficult | |
| Hour-Day-Month Medley | How much I love you every day of the week, every month of the year, every minute of every hour. | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Half-Way to Heaven | Fellow returns home to his girl: "Then she meets me half-way, half-way up the pathway, that's half-way to heaven and home." Very square. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Hand Medley | A marvelous intertwining of "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" and "Put Your Hand in the Hand" | up-tune, novelty/show tune, strongly rhythmic, difficult | |
| Happy Anniversary | sing for anniversaries as well as birthdays | ballad, easy | |
| Hard-Hearted Hannah | You won't believe how bad this gal is to the guys. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Harmonize | How great it is to harmonize. Interpolates standards. | up-tune, contestable, show opener, easy | |
| Have You Even Been in Heaven? | What a date with a beautiful girl can make you say. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Here's That Rainy Day | Definitely modern harmonization. | ballad, not contestable, difficult | |
| High Hopes | Think an ant can move a rubber tree plant? | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| High Cost of Loving, The | This guy has got to stop lovin' a while—it costs too much! Cute lyrics. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Honey Bun | From S. Pacific…..guy just loves this girl! | up-tune, moderately easy, strongly rhythmic | |
| Hour-Month-Day Medley | I love you/I fall in love with you every day. There's not an instant of time I'm not in love with you! | up-tune, novelty/show tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| How Many Hearts Have You Broken? | With those great big beautiful eyes! | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| I Don't Know Enough about You | 30's-40's feel. Swingy. | ballad/up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| I Don't Want to Walk Without You | Very swingy 40's tune, big bandish. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up (in My Mammy'S Arms) | Another back to Mammy in Alabamy kind of song. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| If I Could Only Make You Care | Simple love song. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| If I Had You | Passionate ballad, a paean to romantic love. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| If There's Anybody Here from My Home Town | Step up! | up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| If My Friends Could See Me Now | My friends would never believe how good I got it! | up-tune, contestable, show opener, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| I Got Rhythm | The best of the Gershwins. Dotted vs. straight rhythms must be exactly right. | up-tune, not contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | |
| I Hear Music | Bass must sing syncopated rhythms just right. | ballad/up-tune, contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | |
| I'll Be in My Dixie Home Again Tomorrow | This could bring back Dixie tunes! | up-tune, contestable, easy | |
| I'll Fly Away | Simpler than the published version. | up-tune, contestable, easy | |
| I'll Say She Does! | Guy brags about his new girl: she's everything he'd ever want! | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| I Love to Go Swimmin With Wimmen | Great chances for staging. Interpolates other sea songs. | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| I Love You Just the Same Sweet Adeline | In the best of the barbershop tradition. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| I'm in the Mood for Love | Bass melody almost all the way. Got a bass who wants to project an Iglesias-type image? | ballad, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| I Miss That Mississippi Miss That Misses Me | Gotta get back to see her, this time to Mississippi, not Alabama. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| I Miss You Most of All | Haunting ballad with emotional punch. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| I Only Have Eyes for You | ... But they all disappear from view ... 'cause I only have eyes for you. | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| I Walk with Music | One of the best songs Hoagy every wrote. Inspiring! | ballad, moderately easy, show opener or closer | |
| I'm Making a Study of Beautiful Girls (and I'm Still in My Abc'S) | A lot to this powerhouse ... need leather lungs! | up-tune, novelty/show tune, contestable, difficult | |
| In My Harem | Very early Irving Berlin. This guy's got lots of girls. Clever and amusing lyric. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Ireland Must Be Heaven | For my Mother came from there. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Irish Blessing, An | The arranger's melody and harmony to the familiar poem ("May the road rise to meet you...") | ballad, not contestable, show closer, moderately easy | |
| Is It True What They Say About Dixie? | Does the sun really shine all the time? Unusual: a ballad about Dixie! | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| It Could Happen to You | Harmonies galore in this love song | ballad, moderately easy | |
| It Had to Be You | Typical 30's swing tune. | ballad/up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| It's a Sin to Tell a Lie | Patter chorus second time. Arranger's delight. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, contestable, moderately difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| It's Goin' to Be a Cold, Cold Winter | But I'll never freeze when you're around! Clever lyric ... bouncy. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| I've Seen My Baby (and It Won't Be Long Now) | Driving, sparkling, exciting key changes. Classic Collection recorded it. | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| I Will Love You When the Silver Threads Are Shining Among the Gold | Simple, straightforward ... from 1911. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| I Wish You Love | Strong 3 against 2 feel ... definitely contemporary. | ballad/up-tune, not contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | |
| Johnny's in Town | Back from WWI (1919) and he's been around! | up-tune, contestable, easy | |
| Josephine | Inspired by the Mid-States Four's rendition. Bouncy. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| June Medley | Just when you thought you'd heard enough of June/spoon/croon. Great intro and glue; combines "Did You Ever Get That Feeling in the Moonlight?" "Give Me a June Night," and "Give Me a Night in June." | ballad/up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Just a Dream of You, Dear | Strictly a song for barbershoppers, with gorgeous harmonies. | ballad, easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Just a Little Longer | Simple love ballad. Win a contest with it. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Just When the Lights Are Low | Old timey remembrance. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| King of the Road | Remember this Roger Miller tune? "I'm a man of means by no means." Great rhythm number, finger snaps, etc. | ballad/up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| Last Dance, The | We're still dancing and can't let go | ballad, moderately easy | |
| Last Night on the Back Porch | 1950's favorite updated | up-tune, easy, strongly rhythmic | |
| Let Me Be There | On-beat bass accents strong syncopation in other parts. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | |
| Let's Get Away from It All | Original verse...sophisticated lyric. | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Let There Be Peace on Earth | ... And let it begin with me. Spiritually uplifting. | ballad, not contestable, show closer, easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Let the Rest of the World Go By | One of the most harmonizable songs ever written. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries | Wonderful philosophy! | up-tune, moderately difficult | |
| Little Man You've Had a Busy Day | Put away your toys, my son, it's time for bed. | ballad, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Little Patch of Heaven (Way Out West) | Great country out here! Come visit! | up-tune, moderately easy | |
| Little Things Mean a Lot | Strictly for women. Tender love ballad. | ballad, moderately difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| Loading up the Mandy Lee | ... on a river down in Dixie. Great combination! | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Lost in the Stars | Spiritually uplifting. Correct melody. | ballad, not contestable, show closer, moderately easy | |
| Love Letters in the Sand | Now my poor heart just aches ... Great chance for emotional projection. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Love Story (Theme from) | Great emotional impact if done well. | ballad, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Maggie Blues | First, When you and I were young, then a patter chorus on top of it. Clever and catchy. | up-tune, contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | |
| Maharajah of Magador, The | Needs tenor with reedy voice who can project; lots of bass melody. | ballad/up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Make America Proud of You | Stirring patriotic foot-tapper | up-tune, moderately easy, strongly rhythmic | |
| Makin' Love Ukelele Style | Have one or more play the uke - chord symbols provided. | ballad/up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately easy | |
| Man on the Flying Trapeze, The | Very easy.... make something of it! | ballad/up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, easy | |
| Maybe | Not the more familiar "Maybe," but bouncy and driving. Exciting! | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You | Sing it right from the heart. | ballad, not contestable, show closer, easy | |
| May You Always | Great show closer with spiritual message | ballad, easy, show opener or closer | |
| Mean to Me | Why must you be ... Sentimental and sophisticated. | ballad, contestable, difficult | |
| Memphis in June | Another great southern song by Hoagie | gentle up-tune, moderately easy | |
| Mickey Pretty Mickey | Beautiful song to a beautiful girl | ballad, moderately easy | |
| Milwaukee's Finest | A tribute to the beers that made Milwaukee famous ... familiar commercial melodies. | ballad/up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Mistaken in You | Heart-wrenching to have been so wrong about her. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| M-O-T-H-E-R | Perhaps the most famous of the mother songs. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Mobile | A tribute to this southern town; imaginative variations | up-tune, moderately difficult, strongly rhythmic | |
| Muppet Show Theme | Open your act with this; all the "boomers" know it! | up-tune, novelty/show tune, show closer, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| My Baby Just Cares for Me | A little on the sophisticated side. | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| My Book of Broken Dreams | A lot like that old favorite: Bundle of Old Love Letters | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time | Bounce your way into the judge's hearts with this toe-tapper. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| My Mother's Rosary | Tribute to mother and her faith. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| My Old Kentucky Home | Familiar and much-loved Foster | ballad, easy | |
| My Sugar Is So Refined | Very much like the Hi-Los! did it. Demanding. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, strongly rhythmic, difficult | |
| My Yiddishe Momme | Very ethnic. Best tag ever written. | ballad, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Naughty Lady of Shady Land, The | And she's only ten days old! Remember when the Ames Brothers did this? | up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Nobody Knows What a Red-Head Mama Can Do | Much sung for good reasons. | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| Nothing Seems the Same Anymore | Feeling bad over a lost love. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Oklahoma Medley | All the great tunes from this classic musical. Be prepared to sing seven minutes straight. | ballad/up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, difficult | |
| Old Familiar Faces | Nostalgic ode to times past. Square. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Old Fashioned Locket | Sentimental—almost syrupy. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Old Man River | Bass melody most of the way. Got a bass who can do it justice? Rangy (bass low F to D). | ballad, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately difficult | View Sample (PDF) |
| On the Bark of an Old Cherry Tree | We carved our names there, but it was never to be. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Once in Love With Amy | Great bass propellants. Soft shoe. | ballad/up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| On the Mississippi Queen | Smacks of riverboats and ragtime | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Pal That I Love Stole the Gal That I Love, The | ... And now we're not pals anymore ... Heartfelt ballad of lost love. | up-tune, contestable, easy | |
| Parkin' in the Moonlight | Finally, a song about what couples really do. Fun! | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Play Ball! | Great to start a baseball game ... have your chours or quartet sing it right after the Star Spangled Banner! | up-tune, novelty/show tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down (in Dear Old Dixieland) | One of the best of this genre. | up-tune, contestable, easy | |
| Portrait of My Love | Tenor melody. Got a tenor with a solo voice? | ballad, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately easy | |
| Pretty Baby | Unlike Gentry's, this is straight. Catchy tune. | up-tune, contestable, easy | |
| Quiet Girl, A | Tenor melody. Sing it soft and gentle. | ballad, not contestable, moderately easy | |
| Rambling Rose | Not Nat Cole's—the other one. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Recipe for Making Love | Harry Connick, Jr. popularized this just recently. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Remembering Time Medley | Consists of "Remembering Time," ("Where the blue of the night meets...) and "My Buddy." Great Glue. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Ring, Telephone Ring | Full of both anguish and gorgeous chords | ballad, moderately easy | |
| River, Stay 'Way from My Door | Chances for great emotional projection | ballad, moderately difficult | |
| Roll Out of Bed With a Smile | Inspired by the Nighthawks' rendition. Great to open a show. | up-tune, contestable, show opener, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Rosanne | Tenor melody. Beautiful, tender love song. | ballad, not contestable, moderately easy | View Sample (PDF) |
| Rose and a Prayer, A | Tender love ballad—old fashioned barbershop. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Rose Of Tralee, The | gorgeous tribute to Ireland | ballad, moderately easy | |
| Rosemary | A tribute to a beautiful girl | up-tune, easy | |
| San Francisco | (Open your golden gate) Great tune even if you're not from there! | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Sleepy Time Gal | Popular swing tune. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Sleigh Ride | LeRoy Anderson at his best ... a challenging chart | up-tune, difficult, strongly rhythmic | |
| Smile Will Go a Long, Long Way, A | Gets 'em grinning! | up-tune, contestable, show opener, easy | |
| Somewhere | From "West Side Story." | ballad, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Standing on the Corner | ... Watching all the girls go by. Light and bouncy. | ballad/up-tune, not contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately easy | |
| Strip Polka | Just slightly on the risque side. She doesn't take it all off. | up-tune, not contestable, easy | |
| Stuff Like That There | From "For the Boys." Needs Bette Midler energy and drive. | up-tune, not contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | |
| Susie's Feller | I just wanna be known as ... Takes lots of energy. Great intro and tag. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Sweetest Song in the World, The | Pure barbershop. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Sweet Little Mother of Mine | One of the best of the mother ballads. Great chance for pathos. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Tain't No Sin | ... To take off your skin and dance around in your bones. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Delays words on second chorus | up-tune, easy, novelty/show tune | |
| Tell Me Why | The great "campfire" song, perfect to harmonize. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| Thank You Very Much | A perfect way to thank your audience, and a chance to sing the name of your quartet or chorus. | up-tune, not contestable, show closer, moderately easy | |
| Thank You World | Gospel-like, the Statler Brothers did this. Melody passed around so requires four strong voices. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, difficult | |
| That Brown-Eyed Baby of Mine | Don Reeves original. Driving. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| That Old Feeling | I saw you last night and .. | ballad, moderately easy | |
| That's What Friends Are For | Great way to say "thank you" | ballad, easy | |
| There's No Business Like Show Business | This one sparkles! Great to open your show. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, show opener, easy | |
| There's No You | Sweet nostalgia | ballad, moderately easy | |
| There's Something about a Soldier | WWI song ... could be medleyed. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| They Say It's Wonderful | From "Annie Get Your Gun" Great Berlin ballad—a sleeper. | ballad, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Thinking of You at Christmas | Undiscovered jewel of a Christmas Song | ballad, easy | |
| This Little Light of Mine | Starts easy, ends driving. Great gospel. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, easy | |
| This Is All I Ask | Great for senior quartet ... nostalgic | ballad, moderately difficult | |
| Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again | Inspired by the Four Teens version of 1952. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Tired Hands | The most beautiful "Mother" ballad I know. Pathos plus. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Tired of Me | Great chance for emotional expression. | ballad, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Together Wherever We Go | A great way to open your act. | up-tune, contestable, show opener, moderately difficult | |
| True Love | Great love ballad. Remember Crosby and Kelly in "High Society"? | ballad, not contestable, moderately easy | |
| Twelve Days after Christmas, The | Spoof on the more familiar Twelve Days of Christmas. Clever. | ballad, novelty/show tune, not contestable, easy | |
| Unchained Melody | Shows off the lead. Opportunities for stylizing. | ballad, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately easy | |
| Undecided | So what're ya gonna do? Some wild chords in this one. Will re-arrange to suit your quartet. | up-tune, not contestable, difficult | |
| Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee - Down Yonder Medley | Fast and furious. Pizzazz galore. | up-tune, contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | |
| Was There Ever a Pal Like You? | One of the best mother songs. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes At Me for? | Arranger's delight—catchy. | up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| What'll I Do? | One of Berlin's best ballads. Much loved. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| When I Lost You | Berlin's most beautiful | ballad, moderately difficult | |
| When the Bell in the Lighthouse Rings | Great song to show off your bass. Low E or E-flat required. | ballad/up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, moderately difficult | |
| When Your Lover Has Gone | What lonely hours! | ballad, moderately difficult | |
| When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New | Very effective if recitation used second time through. | ballad, not contestable, easy | |
| Where Do You Start | Couple decides to split ... how? Heartfelt. | ballad, moderately difficult | |
| Where Is Love? | Tenor melody. Gorgeous song—great arrangement! | ballad, not contestable, moderately easy | |
| Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day | Lots of appeal to this golden oldie. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Where the River Shannon Flows | Pure Irish ballad. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| White Cliffs of Dover, The | One of the few WWII songs that works well for us. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Who? | Jerome Kern's. Captivating patter in second chorus. | up-tune, novelty/show tune, not contestable, difficult | |
| Who Said Dixie? | Familiar theme but a powerhouse song and arrangement. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Who's in the Strawberry Patch With Sally? | Sparkles ... with cute words. | up-tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| Wishing | It'll come true if you just ... | ballad, easy | |
| World Is Waiting for the Sunrise | Beautiful poetry | ballad, moderately difficult | |
| Why Don't We Do This More Often? | End your show with this! | up-tune, easy, strongly rhythmic | |
| You Brought Ireland Right Over to Me | Title says it all. | ballad, contestable, easy | |
| You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To | Demanding and very sophisticated lyrically and harmonically. | ballad, not contestable, difficult | |
| You Gotta Have Skin | Parody on "You Gotta Have Heart." | novelty/show tune, contestable, moderately easy | |
| You Grow Sweeter As the Years Go By | Simple ballad, great for Seniors quartet. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy | |
| You Needed Me | Anne Murray's hit from a few years back. Demands lead with great voice. | ballad, not contestable, strongly rhythmic, moderately difficult | |
| You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To | Enchanting mix of major and minor | ballad, moderately difficult | |
| You'll Never Walk Alone | Lead down to C and up to G. Very effective if done just right. | ballad, novelty/show tune, not contestable, show closer, moderately easy | |
| You're Adorable | A romantic romp through the alphabet. | up-tune, contestable, easy | |
| You're My Thrill | Very high seventh chord count | ballad, moderately difficult | |
| Young at Heart | Don't we all want to be? | ballad/up-tune, contestable, moderately difficult | |
| Your Eyes Have Told Me So | Absolutely gorgeous ballad. Could win a contest for you. | ballad, contestable, moderately easy |
Note: Questions about contestability of arrangements should be directed to a qualified Music category judge. Standards are constantly changing, so ask before you sing!
Updated 5/2008