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Single Step Swing is best done to a bouncy, swinging rhythm with speeds ranging 160 to 250 beats per minute (BPM, with 250bpm being insanely fast!  Single Step Swing is very versatile, and good rhythms can be found in several different styles of music.  If you're taking Beginner Swing, this is the music list for you.


Big Band Swing (160-245 bpm)

  1. Swingin' Willie / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  2. Watch The Birdie / Lisa Stansfield

  3. My Baby's Sweet / Swing Session

  4. 1812 Overdrive / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  5. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens / Lisa Stansfield

  6. Blitzkrieg Baby / Lisa Stansfield

  7. Ain't What You Do / Lisa Stansfield

  8. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie / Louis Jordan

  9. Little Brown Jug / Joseph E. Winner

  10. Stomp Of King Porter / Manhattan Transfer

  11. Well, Well My Love / Swing Session

  12. Why Do We Call It Love / Lisa Stansfield

  13. Gotta Get On This Train / Lisa Stansfield

  14. Sing You Sinners / Manhattan Transfer

  15. Opus One / Count Basie

  16. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens / Louis Jordan

  17. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie / Manhattan Transfer

  18. In The Mood / Ray Conniff

  19. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy / Bette Midler

  20. Sausage Rock / Swing Session

  21. For Lisa / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  22. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B / Manhattan Transfer

  23. The Jumpin' Five / Glenn Miller

  24. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days / Swing Session

  25. Jump, Jive, An' Wail / Louis Prima

  26. Life Goes To A Party (Jumpin' At The Woodside) / Benny Goodman

  27. Sing, Sing, Sing / Louis Prima

  28. Struttin' With Kate / Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra

  29. Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree / Andrews Sisters

  30. Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) / Louis Prima

  31. Bill's Bounce [Live] / Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra

  32. Shout And Feel It / Count Basie

  33. Happy Feet / Milton Ager

  34. Swingtime In The Rockies / Benny Goodman

  35. Wolfgang's Big Night Out / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  36. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) / Billy Banks

 


1950's Rock 'n' Roll (160-220 bpm)

  1. A Lover's Question / Clyde McPhatter

  2. Quarter To Three / Gary US Bonds

  3. Let It Rock / Chuck Berry

  4. Shake, Rattle And Roll / Bill Haley And The Comets

  5. Don't Be Cruel / Elvis Presley

  6. (Love is Like A) Heat Wave / Martha & the Vandellas

  7. Rockin Robin / Bobby Day

  8. Who Put The Bomp / Barry Mann

  9. Johnny B. Goode / Chuck Berry

  10. Teddy Bear / Elvis Presley

  11. Reet Petite / Jackie Wilson

  12. Buzz-Buzz-Buzz / Hollywood Flames

  13. Party Doll / Buddy Knox

  14. Hound Dog / Elvis Presley

  15. Rock Around The Clock / Bill Haley And The Comets

  16. Rock Me In The Cradle Of Love / Dee Dee Sharp

  17. Twist It Up / Chubby Checker

  18. Razzle Dazzle / Bill Haley And The Comets

  19. Roll Over Beethoven / Chuck Berry

  20. Long Tall Sally / Little Richard

  21. When / Kalin Twins

  22. Tutti Frutti / Little Richard

  23. Blue Suede Shoes / Elvis Presley

  24. You Can't Hurry Love / The Supremes

  25. Mr. Lee / The Bobbettes

 


Rock/Pop (160-185 bpm)

  1. ROCK in the USA / John Mellencamp

  2. Baby Come Back Home / Manhattan Transfer

  3. It's Late / Shakin' Stevens

  4. Saint Andrew's Bridge / Hello Beautiful

  5. Another Holiday / The Other Ones

  6. Ain't What You Do / Lisa Stansfield

  7. Ain't That Just Like a Woman / Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings

  8. My Own Way To Rock / Burton Cummings

  9. Candyman / Christina Aguilera

  10. Battlefield / Paul Carrack

  11. Chicks And Cars / Colin James

  12. Johnny B. Goode / George Thorogood

  13. Footloose / Kenny Loggins

  14. Come On Let's Go / Los Lobos

  15. Little Bitty Pretty One / Huey Lewis & The News

  16. Good Rockin Tonight / The Powder Blues Band

  17. The Boy Does Nothing / Alesha Dixon

  18. House Of Blue Lights / Asleep At The Wheel

  19. I Got Loaded / Los Lobos

  20. She's Sexy + 17 / Stray Cats

  21. Flip Flop Fly / Cooder Graw

  22. Boppin' with the Blues / The Powder Blues Band

  23. Bloodshot Eyes / Pat Benatar

  24. Caledonia / The Powder Blues Band

  25. Why Do We Call It Love / Lisa Stansfield

  26. Evangeline / Los Lobos

  27. Rockchopper / The Powder Blues Band

  28. Twisting By The Pool / Dire Straits

  29. Going Down Slow / Huey Lewis & The News

  30. Don't Worry Baby / Los Lobos

  31. Oh Well Oh Well / The Powder Blues Band

  32. Thank The Lord For The Night Time / Neil Diamond

  33. Good Rockin' Tonight / Stray Cats

  34. Blackberry Wine / Kenny Blues Boss Wayne

  35. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens / Louis Jordan

  36. Trickle Trickle / Manhattan Transfer

  37. Everybody Gets a Second Chance / Mike and the Mechanics

  38. Swing The Mood / Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

  39. In The Mood / Ray Conniff

  40. Freeze Frame / J. Geils Band

  41. Lovin Kissin and Huggin / The Powder Blues Band

  42. Rip This Joint / Tommy Castro

  43. Rock 'n' Roll Party Mix / Jive Bunny And The Mastermixers

  44. Spiderman Theme / Michael Bublé

  45. Grapefruit Diet / Weird Al Yankovic

  46. Tell Him He's Yours / Michael Bublé

  47. I Got Loaded / Robert Cray Band

  48. Új Naptár / Hip Hop Boyz

  49. This Ole House / Shakin' Stevens

  50. Good Lovin's Hard to Find / Lynyrd Skynyrd

  51. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B / Manhattan Transfer

  52. Peroxide Swing / Michael Bublé
  53. The Way To Your Heart / Soulsister

  54. Big Beat / Touch & Go

  55. Rock This Town / Stray Cats

  56. Diga Diga Doo / DJ Brame

 


Country Swing (160-190 bpm)

  1. Cowboys Like A Little Rock And Roll / Chris LeDoux

  2. Please, Please Baby / Dwight Yoakam

  3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love / Dwight Yoakam

  4. She Wants To Rock / Warren Brothers

  5. If You Only Knew / The Mavericks

  6. Guitars, Cadillacs / Dwight Yoakam

  7. Danger At My Door / Mark Chesnutt

  8. Big Dog Daddy / Toby Keith

  9. Swing City / Roger Brown & Swing City

  10. Son of a Preacher Man / Farmer's Daughter

  11. Cowboy Boogie / Randy Travis

  12. Pour Me / Trick Pony

  13. Wastin' Time With You / Carlene Carter

  14. Hey Good Lookin' / The Mavericks

  15. Texas Tattoo / Gibson/Miller Band

  16. Honky Tonkin' Daddy / Brent Lee

Jazz and Blues / Swing (160-225 bpm)

  1. Golden Gate Jump / Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's

  2. You've Got What It Takes / Steve Lucky And The Rhumba Bums

  3. Big Time Operator / Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

  4. Boogie Woogie All Night Long / Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings

  5. Switchin' In The Kitchen / Roomful Of Blues

  6. Oo Poppa Do / Lavay Smith And Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers

  7. Sweet Petite / Roomful Of Blues

  8. Caviar And Chitlins / Atomic Fireballs

  9. Hungry Man / Big Town Playboys

  10. Nosey Joe / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  11. Cadillac Baby / Colin James

  12. Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl) / Colin James

  13. Trip The Night Fantastic / Dr. Zoot

  14. Hanky Panky / Madonna

  15. The House Is Rockin' / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  16. The Train Kept A Rollin' / Colin James

  17. Safronia / Colin James

  18. Lipstick, Powder and Paint / Roomful Of Blues

  19. No Buts, No Maybes / Colin James

  20. Blue Suit Boogie / Indigo Swing

  21. Crazy Little Thing Called Love / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  22. The Perpetrator / Hipster Daddy O And The Handgrenades

  23. Walkin' Slow Behind You / Roomful Of Blues

  24. Rumble In Brighton / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  25. Lost For Words / Crescent City Maulers

  26. Lovin' Machine / Dana Gillespie

  27. Please Baby Don't Do That / Colin James

  28. Where Y'At / Colin James

  29. Where's My Gravy / Steve Lucky And The Rhumba Bums

  30. Yipin' / Cigar Store Indians

  31. Gettin' In The Mood / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  32. Tossin' And Turnin' / Cigar Store Indians

  33. If You Know It / Roomful Of Blues

  34. The Footloose Doll / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  35. Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again / Dana Gillespie

  36. Straight Up / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  37. Zoot Suit Riot / Cherry Poppin' Daddies

  38. Two Bones And A Pick / Roomful Of Blues

  39. Jitterbug Boogie (Live) / Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings

  40. Pennsylvania 6 5000 / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  41. Jump With My Baby / Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

  42. Hey, Louis Prima / Brian Setzer Orchestra

  43. So Long Toots / Cherry Poppin' Daddies

  44. Mr. Zoot Suit / Flying Neutrinos

  45. Good Morning Judge / Blues Jumpers

  46. Lillie Mae / Roomful Of Blues

  47. Flowers In The Sand / Atomic Fireballs

  48. What's Next / Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

  49. Chicken Wing / Blues Jumpers

  50. Wise Up Baby / Chevalier Brothers

  51. Breakin' Up The House / Colin James

  52. The Boogie Man / Red Hots

 

            

 

Last modified: 07/09/2009

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