Repertoire
Jazz Standards · Great American Songbook · 1940s Wartime Classics · Swing
The repertoire spans four decades of the Great American Songbook alongside 1940s wartime classics and swing. Songs are listed below by style. Once booked, you are welcome to choose your favourites from the full list and Kitty will advise on which songs work best for each part of your event.
A small number of requests can be accommodated on the night. Kitty is also happy to learn one song outside her usual repertoire for a special occasion such as a first dance — quoted separately. The Christmas repertoire is available for corporate parties, festive events and Christmas-themed bookings.
Jazz Standards
A Fine Romance — Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields (Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Swing Time, 1936)
A Little Girl From Little Rock — Jule Styne / Leo Robin (Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953)
A Paper Moon — Harold Arlen / E.Y. Harburg & Billy Rose (Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Doris Day)
After You Get What You Want You Don't Want It — Irving Berlin (Marilyn Monroe, There's No Business Like Show Business, 1954)
Ain't Misbehaving — Fats Waller, Harry Brooks & Andy Razaf (Fats Waller, 1929; Louis Armstrong)
All Of Me — Gerald Marks & Seymour Simons (Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra)
All That Jazz — John Kander / Fred Ebb (Liza Minnelli, Chicago, 1975)
At Last — Harry Warren / Mack Gordon (Glenn Miller; Etta James, 1960)
Basin Street Blues — Spencer Williams (Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald)
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered — Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart (Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald; Pal Joey, 1940)
Beyond the Sea — Charles Trenet / Jack Lawrence (English lyrics) (Bobby Darin, 1959)
Blue Moon — Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart (Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald)
Blue Skies — Irving Berlin (Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby)
Bye Bye Baby — Jule Styne / Leo Robin (Marilyn Monroe, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953)
Bye Bye Blackbird — Ray Henderson / Mort Dixon (Gene Austin, 1926; Miles Davis)
Cabaret — John Kander / Fred Ebb (Liza Minnelli, Cabaret, 1972)
Cheek To Cheek — Irving Berlin (Fred Astaire, Top Hat, 1935; Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong)
Come Fly With Me — Jimmy Van Heusen / Sammy Cahn (Frank Sinatra, 1958)
Crazy — Willie Nelson (Patsy Cline, 1961)
Crazy In Love — Beyoncé, Rich Harrison & Jay-Z (performed in 1920s Charleston jazz style)
Cry Me a River — Arthur Hamilton (Julie London, 1955; Ella Fitzgerald)
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend — Jule Styne / Leo Robin (Marilyn Monroe, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953)
Don't Get Around Much Anymore — Duke Ellington / Bob Russell (Duke Ellington, 1940; Nat King Cole)
Dream a Little Dream Of Me — Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt & Gus Kahn (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, 1968)
Every Time We Say Goodbye — Cole Porter (Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan)
Everybody Loves a Lover — Richard Adler / Robert Allen (Doris Day, 1958)
Fascinatin' Rhythm — George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin (Ella Fitzgerald; Fred Astaire, Lady Be Good, 1924)
Feelin' Good — Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse (Nina Simone, 1965)
Fever — Eddie Cooley & Otis Blackwell (Little Willie John, 1956; Peggy Lee, 1958)
Fly Me To The Moon — Bart Howard (Frank Sinatra, 1964)
Get Happy — Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler (Judy Garland, 1950)
I Get A Kick Out Of You — Cole Porter (Ethel Merman, Anything Goes, 1934; Frank Sinatra)
I Got Rhythm — George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin (Judy Garland & Gene Kelly)
I Love Paris — Cole Porter (Ella Fitzgerald; Doris Day, Can-Can, 1953)
I Wanna Be Like You — Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (Louis Prima, The Jungle Book, 1967)
I Wanna Be Loved By You — Harry Ruby / Herbert Stothart & Bert Kalmar (Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot, 1959)
I Won't Dance — Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields et al. (Fred Astaire, Roberta, 1935; Frank Sinatra)
I'm Through With Love — Matt Malneck & Fud Livingston / Gus Kahn (Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot, 1959)
I've Got The World on a String — Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler (Frank Sinatra, 1953)
I've Got You Under My Skin — Cole Porter (Frank Sinatra, 1956)
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing — Duke Ellington / Irving Mills (Duke Ellington, 1931; Ella Fitzgerald)
It Had To Be You — Isham Jones / Gus Kahn (Harry Connick Jr.; Betty Hutton)
L-O-V-E — Bert Kaempfert & Milt Gabler (Nat King Cole, 1964; Natalie Cole)
Let Me Entertain You — Jule Styne / Stephen Sondheim (Ethel Merman, Gypsy, 1959)
Let There Be Love — Ian Grant / Lionel Rand (Nat King Cole, 1962; Frank Sinatra)
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off — George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin (Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, Shall We Dance, 1937)
Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) — Cole Porter (Ella Fitzgerald; Paris, 1928)
Let's Face The Music and Dance — Irving Berlin (Fred Astaire, Follow the Fleet, 1936)
Love and Marriage — Jimmy Van Heusen / Sammy Cahn (Frank Sinatra, 1955)
Love Me Or Leave Me — Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn (Lena Horne; Doris Day, 1955)
Mack The Knife — Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht / Marc Blitzstein (English translation) (Bobby Darin, 1959; Ella Fitzgerald)
Makin' Whoopee — Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn (Eddie Cantor, 1928; Doris Day)
Mambo Italiano — Bob Merrill (Rosemary Clooney, 1954)
Minnie The Moocher — Cab Calloway, Irving Mills & Clarence Gaskill (Cab Calloway, 1931)
Moon River — Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer (Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1961; Andy Williams)
Moondance — Van Morrison (Van Morrison, 1970; Michael Bublé)
My Baby Just Cares For Me — Walter Donaldson / Gus Kahn (Eddie Cantor, 1930; Nina Simone, 1958)
My Funny Valentine — Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart (Ella Fitzgerald; Frank Sinatra; Babes in Arms, 1937)
My Heart Belongs To Daddy — Cole Porter (Mary Martin, Leave It to Me!, 1938; Marilyn Monroe; Ella Fitzgerald)
Nice Work If You Can Get It — George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin (Fred Astaire, A Damsel in Distress, 1937; Ella Fitzgerald)
Night and Day — Cole Porter (Fred Astaire, Gay Divorcee, 1932; Frank Sinatra)
Old Cape Cod — Milton Yakus, Claire Rothrock & Allan Jeffrey (Patti Page, 1957)
On Days Like These — Matt Monro / Don Black (Matt Monro, The Italian Job, 1969)
On The Sunny Side of the Street — Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields (Louis Armstrong; Doris Day)
Orange Coloured Sky — Milton DeLugg & Willie Stein (Nat King Cole, 1950)
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps — Osvaldo Farrés / Joe Davis (English lyrics) (Doris Day, 1956; Nat King Cole)
Pillow Talk — Buddy Pepper & Inez James (Doris Day, 1959)
Put the Blame on Mame — Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher (Rita Hayworth / Anita Ellis, Gilda, 1946)
Puttin' on the Ritz — Irving Berlin (Harry Richman, 1930; Fred Astaire)
Que Sera Sera — Jay Livingston & Ray Evans (Doris Day, The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956)
S'Wonderful — George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin (Fred Astaire, Funny Face, 1927; Ella Fitzgerald)
Satin Doll — Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn / Johnny Mercer (lyrics) (Duke Ellington, 1953; Ella Fitzgerald)
Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night of the Week — Jule Styne / Sammy Cahn (Frank Sinatra, 1944)
Secret Love — Sammy Fain / Paul Francis Webster (Doris Day, Calamity Jane, 1953)
September In The Rain — Harry Warren / Al Dubin (Dinah Washington, 1961)
She Acts Like a Woman Should(Marilyn Monroe)
Singin' In The Rain — Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed (Gene Kelly, Singin' in the Rain, 1952)
Smile — Charlie Chaplin / John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons (Nat King Cole, 1954)
Some Like It Hot — Matty Malneck & Gene De Paul / Hal Kantor (Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot, 1959)
Someone To Watch Over Me — George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin (Gertrude Lawrence, Oh, Kay!, 1926; Ella Fitzgerald)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow — Harold Arlen / E.Y. Harburg (Judy Garland, The Wizard of Oz, 1939)
Stand By Me — Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller (Ben E. King, 1961)
Stompin' at the Savoy — Goodman, Webb & Sampson / Andy Razaf (Ella Fitzgerald; Benny Goodman, 1936)
Summertime — George Gershwin / DuBose Heyward (Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Porgy and Bess, 1935)
Sway — Pablo Beltrán Ruiz / Norman Gimbel (English lyrics) (Dean Martin, 1954)
Take The A Train — Billy Strayhorn (Duke Ellington, 1941)
Tea For Two — Vincent Youmans / Irving Caesar (Doris Day, Tea for Two, 1950)
Teacher's Pet — Joe Lubin (Doris Day, 1958)
That Old Black Magic — Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer (Frank Sinatra; Sammy Davis Jr., Star-Spangled Rhythm, 1942)
That's Amore — Harry Warren / Jack Brooks (Dean Martin, 1953)
The Girl From Ipanema — Antônio Carlos Jobim / Norman Gimbel (English lyrics) (Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz, 1964)
The Lady Is a Tramp — Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart (Ella Fitzgerald; Frank Sinatra; Babes in Arms, 1937)
The Man That Got Away — Harold Arlen / Ira Gershwin (Judy Garland, A Star Is Born, 1954)
The River of No Return — Lionel Newman / Ken Darby (Marilyn Monroe, River of No Return, 1954)
The Very Thought of You — Ray Noble (Nat King Cole; Doris Day)
The Way You Look Tonight — Jerome Kern / Dorothy Fields (Fred Astaire, Swing Time, 1936 — Academy Award winner)
They All Laughed — George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin (Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire, Shall We Dance, 1937)
They Can't Take That Away From Me — George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin (Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, 1937; Frank Sinatra)
Too Darn Hot — Cole Porter (Ella Fitzgerald; Kiss Me, Kate, 1948)
Volare — Domenico Modugno & Francesco Migliacci (Dean Martin, 1958)
What a Wonderful World — George David Weiss & Bob Thiele (Louis Armstrong, 1967; Eva Cassidy)
Whatever Lola Wants — Richard Adler & Jerry Ross (Gwen Verdon, Damn Yankees, 1955; Sarah Vaughan)
When I Fall In Love — Victor Young / Edward Heyman (Doris Day; Nat King Cole, 1952)
When You're Smiling — Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin & Larry Shay (Louis Armstrong, 1929)
You Make Me Feel So Young — Josef Myrow / Mack Gordon (Frank Sinatra, 1956)
You'd Be Surprised — Irving Berlin (Eddie Cantor, 1919; Marilyn Monroe, 1954)
Zing Went The Strings of My Heart — James F. Hanley (Judy Garland, Listen, Darling, 1938)
1940s & Wartime
Leaning on a Lamp-post — Noel Gay (George Formby, 1937)
Lili Marlene — Norbert Schultze / Tommie Connor (English lyrics) (Vera Lynn, 1944; Marlene Dietrich)
Pennsylvania 6-5000 — Jerry Gray & Carl Sigman (Glenn Miller, 1940)
Run, Rabbit, Run — Noel Gay / Ralph Butler (Flanagan & Allen, 1939)
Sentimental Journey — Les Brown & Ben Homer / Bud Green (Doris Day, 1945)
Shoo Shoo Baby — Phil Moore (The Andrews Sisters, 1943)
Sing As We Go — Harry Parr-Davies / Gracie Fields (Gracie Fields, 1934)
Sing, Sing, Sing — Louis Prima (Benny Goodman, 1937; The Andrews Sisters)
There'll Always Be An England — Ross Parker & Hughie Charles (Vera Lynn, 1939)
There'll Be Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover — Walter Kent / Nat Burton (Vera Lynn, 1942)
Tuxedo Junction — Hawkins, Johnson & Dash / Buddy Feyne (Glenn Miller, 1940; The Andrews Sisters)
We'll Meet Again — Ross Parker & Hughie Charles (Vera Lynn, 1939)
When The Lights Go On Again — Benjamin, Marcus & Seiler (Vera Lynn, 1943)
Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye — Harry Parr-Davies / Phil Park (Gracie Fields, 1939)
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square — Manning Sherwin / Eric Maschwitz (Vera Lynn, 1940; Nat King Cole; Frank Sinatra)
As Time Goes By — Herman Hupfeld (Dooley Wilson, Casablanca, 1942)
Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar — Don Raye & Hughie Prince (The Andrews Sisters; Will Bradley, 1940)
Bei Mir Bist Du Schon — Sholom Secunda / Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin (English lyrics) (The Andrews Sisters, 1937)
Bless 'em All / Hang Out the Washing / Kiss Me Goodnight Sgt. Major — Various wartime composers (Vera Lynn; Flanagan & Allen)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy — Don Raye & Hughie Prince (The Andrews Sisters, 1941)
Chattanooga Choo Choo — Harry Warren / Mack Gordon (Glenn Miller; The Andrews Sisters)
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree — Sam H. Stept / Lew Brown & Charlie Tobias (The Andrews Sisters, 1942)
For Me and My Gal — George W. Meyer / Edgar Leslie & E. Ray Goetz (Judy Garland & Gene Kelly, 1942)
I'll Be Seeing You — Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal (Vera Lynn, 1942; Frank Sinatra; Billie Holiday)
I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo — Harry Warren / Mack Gordon (Glenn Miller, 1942)
In The Mood — Joe Garland / Andy Razaf (Glenn Miller, 1939; The Andrews Sisters)
Christmas
Angie The Christmas Tree Angel — Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett (The Andrews Sisters, 1952)
Auld Lang Syne — Traditional / Robert Burns (Rod Stewart; traditional)
Blue Christmas — Billy Hayes & Jay W. Johnson (Elvis Presley, 1957)
Christmas Island — Lyle Moraine (The Andrews Sisters, 1946)
Do You Hear What I Hear — Noël Regney / Gloria Shayne Baker (Frank Sinatra; Bing Crosby)
Frosty The Snowman — Walter Rollins & Steve Nelson (Gene Autry, 1950; The Ronettes)
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas — Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane (Judy Garland, Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944)
Here Comes Santa Claus — Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman (Gene Autry, 1947; Elvis Presley)
Holly Jolly Christmas — Johnny Marks (Burl Ives, 1965)
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus — Tommie Connor (Jimmy Boyd, 1952; The Ronettes)
I'd Like to Hitch a Ride with Santa Claus — Bernie Wayne & Ben Raleigh (The Andrews Sisters, 1951)
I'll Be Home For Christmas — Kim Gannon / Walter Kent (Bing Crosby, 1943; Doris Day)
In The Bleak Midwinter — Gustav Holst / Christina Rossetti (Susan Boyle; Sting)
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas — Meredith Willson (Perry Como, 1951; Michael Bublé)
It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year — Eddie Pola & George Wyle (Andy Williams, 1963)
Jingle Bell Rock — Joe Beal & Jim Boothe (Bobby Helms, 1957; Brenda Lee)
Jingle Bells — James Lord Pierpont (Traditional; Natalie Cole; Ella Fitzgerald)
Let It Snow — Jule Styne / Sammy Cahn (Vaughn Monroe, 1945; Frank Sinatra)
Mele Kalikimaka — Robert Alex Anderson (Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters, 1950)
Must Be Santa — Hal Moore & Bill Fredericks (Mitch Miller, 1960; Bob Dylan)
Rocking Around the Christmas Tree — Johnny Marks (Brenda Lee, 1958)
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer — Johnny Marks (Gene Autry, 1949; Dean Martin)
Run Rudolph Run — Johnny Marks & Marvin Brodie (Chuck Berry, 1958)
Santa Baby — Joan Javits & Philip Springer (Eartha Kitt, 1953)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town — J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie (Bing Crosby, 1934; Michael Bublé)Silent Night — Franz Xaver Gruber / Joseph Mohr (Bing Crosby, 1935; Michael Bublé)
Silver Bells — Jay Livingston & Ray Evans (Bing Crosby & Carol Richards, 1950; Elvis Presley)
Sleigh Ride — Leroy Anderson / Mitchell Parish (Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops, 1949; The Ronettes)
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting) — Mel Tormé & Robert Wells (Nat King Cole, 1945)
The First Noel — Traditional (Dean Martin; Bing Crosby)
The Little Drummer Boy — Katherine Kennicott Davis (The Trapp Family Singers, 1941; Andy Williams)
We Need a Little Christmas — Jerry Herman (Angela Lansbury, Mame, 1966; Johnny Mathis)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas — Traditional
White Christmas — Irving Berlin (Bing Crosby, 1942 — best-selling single of all time)
Winter Wonderland — Felix Bernard / Richard Smith (Perry Como, 1946; Tony Bennett)
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