Socrates T Songlists
About the lists below- sometimes it can be difficult to classify a song. Sometimes i know a lot of songs by an individual artist, so the category, for instance, assorted R+B/soul, can end up looking small, when in fact i know a lot of R+B.
When you know hundreds of songs like i do, sometimes you haven’t played any given one in a while. If there are songs on this list that you know you will want to hear, tell me so that i can brush it up. The truth is, i can actually “fake” my way through a lot more songs than are on this list. I know so many songs, sometimes it’s hard to remember what i know.
Also, if there’s an artist you particularly like, get me a CD of some of your favorites, and if it’s something that is in my stylistic range, i just might be able to learn a few (3-4) songs just for your event.
BEATLES
Anytime at all
Dear Prudence
Eight Days a Week
Get Back
Hard day’s night
Here comes the sun
I saw her standing there
I want to hold your hand
I’ve got a feeling
Let it be
Mother Nature’s son
Norwegian Wood
Oh Darling
Twist and Shout
While my guitar gently weeps
With a little help from my friends
Yesterday
You’ve got to hide your love away
ROLLING STONES
As tears go by
Brown Sugar
Can’t always get what you want
Can’t you hear me knocking
Get off my cloud
Honky Tonk women
Jumping Jack Flash
Lady Jane
Last time
Let it bleed
Love in vain
Play with fire
Ruby Tuesday
Satisfaction
Time is on my side
Under My thumb
Wild Horses
TOM PETTY
Breakdown
Even the Losers
Free Falling
I Won’t Back Down
Learning to Fly
Refugee
CHUCK BERRY
Carol
Johnny B. Goode
Maybelline
Nadine
Roll over Beethoven
Round and Round
Sweet Little 16
NEIL YOUNG
Are You Ready for the country
Campaigner
Comes a time
Cowgirl in the Sand
Cortez the Killer
Country Girl
Down by the river
For the turnstiles
Going Back
Hear of gold
Hey Hey My My
Human Highway
Like a Hurricane
Needle and the damage done
Only Love can break your heart
Old Man
Pardon my heart
Rockin in the free world
Sugar Mountain
Tell me why
CREEDENCE
Bad Moon Rising
Heard it through the grapevine
Midnight Special
Proud Mary
Suzie Q.
U2
Still haven’t found (what I’m looking for)
With or without you
EAGLES
Hotel California
ELVIS
All Shook up
Blue Suede shoes
Don’t be cruel
Good rockin tonight
Heartbreak Hotel
Hound dog
His Latest Flame
Jailhouse rock
Mystery Train
That’s All Right
BOB DYLAN
All Along the Watchtower
All I really want to do
Baby let me follow you down
don’t think twice, it’s alright
I shall be released
It ain’t me babe
Knocking on heaven’s door
Lay lady lay
like a rolling stone
Mr. Tambourine Man
The Times they are a changing
Tomorrow is a long time
Walking down the line
ROBERT JOHNSON
Come on in my kitchen
Crossroads
Dust my broom
Kindhearted Woman
Love in Vain
Rambling on my mind
Steady rolling man
Stones in my passway
Walking Blues
When you got a good friend
RAY CHARLES
Drown in my own tears
Georgia On my mind
I got a woman
What I’d say
CLAPTON/CREAM
Badge
Crossroads
Dance the night away
I’m so glad
Spoonful
Sunshine of your love
Cocaine
Can’t find my way home
Drifting Blues
Farther on up the road
Key to the highway
Mainline Florida
Nobody Knows you when you’re down and out
Presence of the Lord
Rambling on my mind
JIMI HENDRIX
All Along the Watchtower
Hey Joe
Like A rolling stone
Little wing
Red House
Voodoo Child
Wind Cries Mary
Wild Thing
JANIS JOPLIN
Get it while you can
Me and Bobby Mcgee
Mercedes Benz
Piece of My Heart
Summertime
JOHNNY CASH
Folsom Prison Blues
I walk the line
Ring of fire
DOORS
Break on through
Light My fire
Love me two times
Riders on the storm
Roadhouse blues
OTIS REDDING
A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
A Change is Gonna Come
Dock of the Bay
I’ve Been Loving You
Pain In My Heart
Respect
Something is worrying me
You Left the Water running
You don’t miss your water
WILSON PICKETT
In the Midnight Hour
Mustang Sally
99 and a half
ELMORE JAMES
Can’t hold out too long
Dust my broom
It hurts me too
The Sky is Crying
Shake Your Moneymaker
JIMMY REED
Bright Lights, Big City
Big Boss Man
BB KING
Rock me baby
Sweet Little Angel
3 O’clock blues
The thrill is gone
HOWLIN WOLF
Killing Floor
Little Red rooster
Spoonful
JAMES BROWN
I got you
GRATEFUL DEAD
Friend of the Devil
Good Loving
I know you rider
Ripple
HANK WILLIAMS
Cold Cold heart
Hey good looking
I’m so lonesome I could cry
Jambalaya
Lost Highway
Move it on over
You Win Again
Your Cheating Heart
BUDDY HOLLY
Not fade away
oh Donna
Well all right
LEONARD COHEN
Allelujah
Sisters of mercy
WOODY GUTHRIE
Do Re Mi
I ain’t got no home in this world
Pretty Boy Floyd
This land is your land
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
El Condor Pasa
Scarborough Fair
JOHN DENVER
The Eagle and the Hawk
Take me home country roads
elvis costello
Alison
I’m not angry
Pay it back
THE BAND
The night they drove old Dixie down
The Weight
STEVIE WONDER
I was made to love her
Signed Sealed Delivered
ASSORTED ROCK
Ain’t Nothing to me-Rick Derringer
Angel From Montgomery-John Prine
Ballad of Dwight Fry-Alice Cooper
Because the night-Patti Smith
Babe I’m Gonna leave you-Led Zep
Born to be wild-Steppenwolf
Bring it on home
California Dreaming-Mamas+Papas
Caught in a Dream-Alice Cooper
Cheap Tequila-Rick Derringer
Children Play
The City-Mark Almond
Crimson and Clover
Country road-James Taylor
Darling Be Home soon
Five O’clock World
Free Bird-Lynryd Skynrd
Garden Party-Rickey Nelson
Gimme some lovin-Spencer Davis
Gloria
God Bless the Child
God Save the Queen-Sex Pistols
Green Onions-Booker T and the Mgs
Hang on Sloopy
The Harder They come-Jimmy Cliff
Hanky Panky (my baby does the)
Heart Full of soul-Yardbirds
Help Me Rhonda-Beach Boys
High Heel sneakers
Hotel California-Eagles
House of the Rising son-Animals
I Ain’t got you-yardbirds
I’m on Fire-Springsteen
I’m your Captain-Grand Funk Railroad
Jesus Just Left Chicago-ZZ Top
John Barleycorn-Traffic
Johnny Too Bad
Just what I needed-Cars
Kansas City
La Bamba-Richie Valens
Let the Good times roll
The Letter-Joe Cocker
Lights-Journey
Louie Louie
Love Potion #9
Money (best things in life are free)
Mongoloid-Devo
More than a feeling-Boston
Night Moves-Bob Seeger
No Woman No Cry-Bob Marley
Now I Wanna Be Your Dog-Iggy Pop
On Broadway
Peter Gunn
Rock me on the water-J. Browne
Route 66
Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to town
Season of the Witch-Donovan
Secret Agent Man
Shake, Rattle and Roll
Sloop John B-Beach boys
So You Want to be a R+R Star-Byrds
Sonic Reducer-Dead boys
Stand By Me
Stay
Stormy Monday-Allman Brothers
Summertime Blues
Summer in the city-zombies
Sweet Jane-Lou Reed
Talk About the Passion-REM
That’s How Strong my love is
Tired of Waiting-Kinks
Tobacco road-Edgar Winter
Traveling Man-Rickey Nelson
Unchained Melody
Waiting For the Bus-ZZ Top
Walk don’t Run
ROCK cont.
Wicked Game-Chris Isaak
Wild thing
Wipeout
Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
Wooly Bully
ASSORTED SOUL – R+B
Dancing in the Streets
Devil with the blue dress
My Girl
Nowhere to Run
Rainy Night in Georgia
What’s Going On-Marvin Gaye
ASSORTED BLUES
Baby please don’t go
Born Under A Bad Sign
Bring It on Home
Buddy Can you spare a dime
Candy Man Blues
Good Morning Blues
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Help Me
How Long Blues
I’ve just been your good thing-Harpo
Rolling and Tumbling
Sporting Life Blues
Texas Flood-Stevie R Vaughn
a few 60s and country
City of New Orleans
Cry Me a River
Darling Be Home soon
Easy rider
Fox On the Run
Lucille-Kenny Rogers
Margaritaville-Jimmy Buffett
Seeds and stems
ASSORTED FOLK
Amazing Grace
Barbara Allen
Blue skies
Brown’s Ferry Blues
Camptown Races
Chandler’s Wife
Cindy
Cocaine
Cocaine bill and Morphine Sue
Columbus Stockade
Coplas
Corinna
Crawdad
Cripple Creek
Cumberland Gap
Darling Corey
Fire Down Below
Foggy, Foggy Dew
The Fox
Freight Train
Froggie went a courting
Gallows Pole
Ghost riders in the sky
Git along little doggies
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Goodnight Irene
Green Corn
Greensleeves
Great Silkie
High Barbaree
I know you rider
I ride an old paint
In the Pines
Ida Red
I’ve been working on the railroad
Jamaica Farewell
Johnson Boys
Keep on the sunny side of life
Leatherwing Bat
Lily of the west
Maid from Comber
Make me up a pallet on your floor
Man of Constant sorrow
Michael row the boat ashore
Mountain Dew
Mr. Bojangles
Next Market Day
Oh Susanna
Old Joe Clark
Old Dan Tucker
Old Mcdonald
Paddy Works on the Railway
Pay Me My Money Down
Pick a bale of cotton
Polly Wolly Doodle
Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Railroad boy
Red Rocking chair
Roll in my sweet baby’s arms
She’ll be coming round the mountain
Shady Grove
Shorty George
St. James Infirmary
Shenandoah
Sinner Man
Skip to my lou
Star of the county down
Streets of Laredo
Swing low, sweet chariot
Take this hammer
Tennessee Stud
Virgin Sturgeon
Wabash Cannonball
Wade in the Water
Waltzing Matilda
What Shall we do with a drunken sailor
Wildwood Flower
Willie Moore
Will the circle be unbroken
Worried Man Blues
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