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East Coast Swing is characterized by a triple-step lilting rhythm (1&a2, 3&a4...) ranging anywhere from 90 to 160 beats per minute (BPM), although the high-end tempos are often done as a double-step rather than a triple-step rhythm.  The most common form of East Coast Swing is Country swing.


Country Swing (ECS 105-155 bpm)

  1. From A Jack To A King / Ricky Van Shelton

  2. Back In Your Arms Again / Lorrie Morgan

  3. Good Times / Dan Seals

  4. Because Of You / The Mavericks

  5. Baby Don't Go / Dwight Yoakam & Sheryl Crow

  6. If You Were My Girl / Emerson Drive

  7. Bop / Dan Seals

  8. That'll Teach Her / Chris Cummings

  9. A Real Good Way To End Up Lonesome / James House

  10. (I Do It) For The Money / Charlie Major

  11. It Don't Get Better Than This / Rodney Crowell

  12. Don't Send The Invitation (If You Don't Wanna Party) / Adam Gregory

  13. Mr. Blue / Garth Brooks

  14. Three Words, Two Hearts, One Night / Mark Collie

  15. Marry for Money / Trace Adkins

  16. She Loves Me Not / Brent Lee

  17. The Big One / George Strait

  18. Cadillac Tears / Kevin Denney

  19. Just Call Me Lonesome / Radney Foster

  20. You Really Had Me Going / Holly Dunn

  21. Walk Out Backwards / Rick Trevino

  22. Get Drunk And Be Somebody / Toby Keith

  23. My Heart / Brent Lee

  24. The Writing On The Wall / The Mavericks

  25. Think It Over / The Tractors

  26. I Love A Rainy Night / Eddie Rabbitt

  27. Little Ways / Dwight Yoakam

  28. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under / Shania Twain

  29. That's Love / Brad Paisley

  30. Why Don't Cha / Eric Heatherly

  31. Some Folks Like To Steal / Kentucky Headhunters

  32. Unbelievable Love / Prairie Oyster

  33. Three Nickles And A Dime / Ricky Lynn Gregg

  34. No One Needs To Know / Shania Twain

  35. Two Dollars In A Jukebox / Eddie Rabbitt

  36. Singing The Blues / Kentucky Headhunters

  37. There Goes My Heart / The Mavericks

  38. Brand New Girlfriend / Steve Holy

  39. She Won't Be Lonely Long / Prairie Oyster

  40. 15 Minutes / Jamie Lee Thurston

  41. Never Loved Before / Alan Jackson & Martina McBride

  42. It's Chitlin' Time / Kentucky Headhunters

  43. Lonely You, Lonely Me / Prairie Oyster

  44. One Dance With You / Vince Gill

  45. Whiskey Under The Bridge / Brooks & Dunn

  46. Dumas Walker / Kentucky Headhunters

  47. Will I Do (Till The Real Thing Comes Along) / Prairie Oyster

  48. Little Rock / Reba McEntire

  49. One Woman Man / George Jones & Marty Stuart

  50. Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache) / The Mavericks

  51. Wrapped Around Her Finger / Brad Paisley

  52. My Next Broken Heart / Brooks & Dunn
  53. Trashy Women (Remix) / Confederate Railroad

  54. Tomorrow Never Comes / The Mavericks

  55. Rockin' With The Rhythm Of The Rain / The Judds

  56. Powerful Thing / Trisha Yearwood

  57. Honky Tonk Man / Dwight Yoakam

  58. If I Ain't Got You / Marty Stuart

  59. It's A Little Too Late / Tanya Tucker

  60. The Ballad Of Davy Crockett / Kentucky Headhunters

  61. The Shake / Neal McCoy

  62. Why Baby Why / Palomino Road

  63. Rag Top / Kentucky Headhunters

  64. Too Much Month (At The End Of The Money) / Marty Stuart

  65. There Goes My Heart Again / Holly Dunn

  66. Sea of Cowboy Hats / Chely Wright

  67. Sweet Miss Behavin' / Collin Raye

  68. Why Baby Why / George Jones & Ricky Skaggs

  69. Next Big Thing / Vince Gill

  70. American Honky Tonk Bar Association / Garth Brooks

  71. One Woman Man / Josh Turner

  72. The Things You Said To Me / The Mavericks

  73. From Good To Bad To Worse To Gone / Ricochet

  74. Wrong Five O'Clock / Eric Heatherly

  75. Boogie And Beethoven / Gatlin Brothers

  76. Honky Tonk Blues / Pirates Of The Mississippi

  77. Black Sheep / John Anderson

  78. Corina, Corina / Asleep At The Wheel

  79. What Was I Thinking / Ken McCoy

  80. I Love You Cause I Want To / Carlene Carter

  81. I Ain't No Quitter / Shania Twain

  82. Little Ol Kisses / Julian Austin

  83. The South's Gonna Do It Again / Charlie Daniels Band

 


1950's Rock 'n' Roll (ECS 120-158 bmp)

  1. The Way You Do The Things You Do / The Temptations

  2. Pride And Joy / Marvin Gaye

  3. That'll Be The Day / Buddy Holly

  4. Wouldn't It Be Nice / The Beach Boys

  5. (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I / Elvis Presley

  6. School Days / Chuck Berry

  7. Return To Sender / Elvis Presley

  8. Where Did Our Love Go / The Supremes

  9. Mountain Of Love / Johnny Rivers

  10. Little Deuce Coupe / The Beach Boys

  11. Eight Days A Week / The Beatles

  12. Think It Over / Buddy Holly

  13. Baby Love / The Supremes

  14. Baby Workout / Jackie Wilson

  15. Let The Good Times Roll / Shirley & Lee

  16. Burning Love / Elvis Presley

  17. Splish Splash / Bobby Darin

  18. All Shook Up / Elvis Presley

  19. Do You Love Me / The Contours

  20. Needle In A Haystack / The Velvelettes

  21. See You Later Alligator / Bill Haley And The Comets

  22. Jailhouse Rock / Elvis Presley

  23. Runaround Sue / Dion And The Belmonts

  24. Great Balls Of Fire / Jerry Lee Lewis

  25. Twistin' The Night Away / Sam Cooke

  26. Rave On / Buddy Holly

  27. I Saw Her Standing There / The Beatles

  28. Good Golly Miss Molly / Little Richard

  29. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Jerry Lee Lewis

 


Rock/Pop (ECS 120-155 bpm)

  1. Dignity / Bob Dylan

  2. The Way She Loves Me / Richard Marx

  3. It's Alright / Seal

  4. I'm On My Way / Proclaimers

  5. I'm On My Way / Captain & Tennille

  6. Eezy Now / Aquablue

  7. Who's Watchin' Who / Aquablue

  8. Leading Me On / Colin James

  9. Harden My Heart / Quarterflash

  10. You're Sixteen / Ringo Starr

  11. Having A Party / Rod Stewart

  12. Some Kind Of Wonderful / Huey Lewis & The News

  13. We're Not Here for a Long Time (We're Here for a Good Time) / Huey Lewis & The News

  14. Baby I Need Your Loving / Lisa Stansfield

  15. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) / Natalie Cole

  16. Buzzard Luck / The Powder Blues Band

  17. Every Heartbeat / Amy Grant

  18. Love Is A Loser / Erasure

  19. He Knows the Rules / The Powder Blues Band

  20. Thing Called Love / Bonnie Raitt

  21. Beach Fever / General Johnson & The Chairmen of the Board

  22. Heading for the Light / The Traveling Wilburys

  23. Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex / Rachel Stevens

  24. Stop / Spice Girls

  25. Your Poppa Don't Mind / Supertramp

  26. Going Back to Louisiana / Delbert McClinton

  27. Sweet About Me / Gabriella Cilmi

  28. Joogie To The Boogie / Kenny Blues Boss Wayne

  29. Should I Do It / Pointer Sisters

  30. Ocean Boulevard / Band of Oz

  31. I'll See It Through / Colin James

  32. Cherish / Madonna

  33. Ain't That Loving You Baby / Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings

  34. I'll Be Satisfied / Shakin' Stevens

  35. Julia / Chris Rea

  36. Carolina Girls / General Johnson & The Chairmen of the Board

  37. How Sweet it is / Michael Bublé

  38. Reelin' In The Years / Steely Dan

  39. Further On Up The Road / Eric Clapton

  40. Lazy River / Michael Bublé

  41. You Are My Sunshine / Ray Charles and Chris Isaak

  42. Let's Shout / Colin James

  43. Stagger Lee / Huey Lewis & The News

  44. Sick And Tired / Boz Scaggs

  45. Always Have, Always Will / Ace Of Base

  46. We Gonna Rock / Taj Mahal, Elvin Bishop, Boz Skaggs

  47. Surely (I Love You) / Colin James

  48. Hot Summer Nights / Miami Sound Machine

  49. Sea Cruise / Johnny Rivers

  50. Tore Down / The Powder Blues Band

  51. (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I / Raul Malo

  52. Ooh La La / Goldfrapp
  53. Still The One / Orleans

  54. Love Really Hurts Without You / Billy Ocean

  55. Some Kinda Wonderful / Sky

  56. This Little Girl / Gary US Bonds

  57. Look At That Cadillac / Stray Cats

  58. I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock And Roll) / Dave Edmunds

  59. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown / Jim Croce

  60. Friday Night Shuffle / Larry Carlton

  61. Your Mama Don't Dance / Loggins & Messina

  62. Loves Me Like A Rock / Paul Simon

  63. Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight) / Thin Lizzy

  64. Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash / Huey Lewis & The News

  65. Shake Rattle And Roll / Huey Lewis & The News

  66. Come Dancin' / The Kinks

  67. I've Got Papers On You / Pat Benatar

  68. Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile) / Van Morrison

  69. Only The Good Die Young / Billy Joel

  70. Move It On Over / George Thorogood

  71. She Came To Dance / Asleep At The Wheel

  72. All Shook Up / Billy Joel

  73. Oh, Atlanta / Little Feat

  74. Boy From New York City / Manhattan Transfer

  75. Crazy Little Thing Called Love / Queen

  76. Too Bad / Doug And The Slugs

  77. Authority Song / John Mellencamp

  78. Crazy Little Thing Called Love / Michael Bublé

  79. Two Hearts / Phil Collins

  80. C'est La Vie / Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

  81. The Walk / Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings

  82. Good Thing / Fine Young Cannibals

  83. Flip Flop and Fly / The Powder Blues Band

  84. Turning Away / Shakin' Stevens

  85. Rockin' At Midnight / The Honeydrippers

  86. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go / Wham!

  87. Lipstick, Powder and Paint / Delbert McClinton

  88. Doin' It Right / The Powder Blues Band

  89. Reach / S Club 7

  90. Lewis Boogie Blues / Waylon Payne

  91. Boppin With the Blues (Revisited) / The Powder Blues Band

 


Jazz & Blues / Swing (ECS 122-160 bpm)

  1. Soul Cadillac / Cherry Poppin' Daddies

  2. I'm Glad I'm Not Dead / Indigo Swing

  3. Comin' Home To You / Johnny Boyd

  4. New Orleans Shuffle / Roomful Of Blues

  5. It's Obdacious / The Senders

  6. Good Rockin' Daddy / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  7. Shake That Thing / Fantastic Shakers

  8. Blind Love / Roomful Of Blues

  9. Roll Me Over / Roomful Of Blues

  10. Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes / Fantastic Shakers

  11. Jitterbug Boogie / Fantastic Shakers

  12. Shakin' The Shack / Fantastic Shakers

  13. She'll Be So Fine / Roomful Of Blues

  14. Lower On Your List of Priorities / Roomful Of Blues

  15. Oh Yeah / Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

  16. Prozac / Bellevue Cadillac

  17. Mr. Dollar / Roomful Of Blues

  18. Shake Your Tailfeathers / Ray Charles and the Blues Brothers

  19. You Got Me Reelin' And Rockin' / Sugar Ray's Flying Fortress

  20. Something's Goin' On / Colin James

  21. Jump, Jive, And Shake / Dr. Zoot

  22. The Night Is Young (and You're So Fine) / Colin James

  23. Just Keep on Rockin' / Roomful Of Blues

  24. The Legend Of Johnny Kool / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  25. Reelin' And Rockin' / Johnny Nocturne Band

 


Big Band Swing (ECS 130-160 bpm)

  1. Baby I Need Your Loving / Lisa Stansfield

  2. Chicken Shack Boogie / Amos Milburn & His Chickenshackers

  3. Bei Mir Bist Du Schön / Janis Siegel

  4. Drivin' & Jivin' / Swing Session

  5. Stuff Like That There / Bette Midler

 

 

Last modified: 07/09/2009

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