I am constantly adding new songs to my repertoire and am very happy to learn new songs for a specific event. I use a loop pedal to make the guitar playing a bit more interesting and I frequently play chilled instrumental pieces as a change from singing. Everything I play is ‘live’ and I don’t use karaoke type backing tracks. Here are some of the songs that people seem to like.

Quiet / Chilled / a bit jazzy

Ain’t Misbehavin – Fats Waller
Another Day in Paradise – Phil Collins
Another Cup of Coffee – Mike & the Mechanics
All things Must Pass – George Harrison
Babylon – David Gray
Beyond the Sea – Bobby Darin
Blue Moon – various
Breakfast in America – Supertramp
Budapest – George Ezra
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Cold in Ohio – Jamie Lawson
Desperado – Eagles
Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Don’t Think Twice – Bob Dylan
Do You Know the Way to San Jose –
Dream a Little Dream of Me – Mamas & Papas
Englishman in New York – Sting
Every Breath You Take – The Police
Everybody’s Talking – Nilsson
Father and Son – Cat Stevens
Fisherman’s Dream – John Martyn
Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
Free Falling – Tom Petty
Give Me One Reason – Tracey Chapman
Good Tradition – Tinita Tikaram
Groovin – Young Rascals
High and Dry – Radiohead
Holding Back the Years – Simply Red
Home – Jack Johnson
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
I Heard it Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
I Shall Be Released – Bob Dylan
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
I Was Only Joking – Rod Stewart
I’ll Be Along – `Michael Kiwanuka
In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
Killing of Georgie – Rod Stewart
Late to the Party – Kacey Musgraves
Let it Be – Beatles
Light My Fire – The Doors
Lovely Day – Bill Withers
Lying Eyes – Eagles
Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin
May You Never – John Martyn
Maybe it’s Time – Bradley Cooper
Moondance – Van Morrison
Moon River – Andy Williams
Peaceful Easy Feeling – Eagles
Romeo & Juliet – Dire Straits
Save the Last Dance for Me – The Drifters
Spooky – Dusty Springfield
Summer Breeze – Isley Brothers
Sunny Skies – James Taylor
That’s the Time I Feel Like Making Love –
The Girl from Ipanema – Frank Sinatra
The Look of Love – Dusty Springfield
Tracks of My Tears – Smokey Robinson
Two Ghosts – Harry Styles
Ventura Highway – America
What a Wonderful World – Sam Cook
Who Knows Where the Time Goes – Fairport Convention
Wildfire – John Mayer

Foot tappers / Sing-alongs / potential dancing songs

Back in the USSR – Beatles
Bad Moon Rising – CCR
Ballad of John and Yoko – John Lennon
Be Bop Alula – Elvis
Break the Rules – Status Quo
Brown Sugar – Rolling Stones
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Caroline – Status Quo
Come Together – Beatles
Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
Down a Dustpipe – Status Quo
Galway Girl – Steve Earle
Get Back – Beatles
Get it On – T Rex
Half the World Away – Oasis
Heart of Gold – Neil Young
High Heel Sneakers – Carl Perkins
Honky Tonk Women – Rolling Stones
I Saw Her Standing There – Beatles
I Shot the Sheriff – Bob Marley
I Wanna Be Like You – Jungle Book / Paulo Nutini
It’s Only Rock’n’Roll – Rolling Stones
John Henry – Brice Springsteen / Pet5e Seager
Jumping Jack Flash – Rolling Stones
Lola – Kinks
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet
Mellow Yellow – Donovan
Money for Nothing – Dire Straits
Mrs Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel
Mustang Sally – Commitments
No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley
Ooh La La – Faces
Paper Plane – Status Quo
Paradise – George Ezra
Rolling in the Deep – Adele
Sunny Afternoon – Kinks
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynrd Skynrd
Take a Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed
Take it Easy – Eagles
These Boots Are Made For Walking – Nancy Sinatra
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
Tiger Feet – Mud
Twist and Shout – Beatles
Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
We Love to Boogie – T Rex
Wetsuit – The Vaccines
Whisky in the Jar – Thin Lizzy
Willy and the Hand-jive – Eric Clapton
With a Little Help from My Friends – Beatles
Wonderwall

Love Songs

Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Baby I Love Your Way – Peter Frampton
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Feel My Love – Adele / Bob Dylan
Fix You – Coldplay
Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison
Let it Grow – Eric Clapton
Like a Hurricane – Neil Young
LOVE – Nat King Cole
Magnolia – JJ Cale
Make it with You – David Gates
Promises – Eric Clapton
Run – Snow Patrol
Sierra – Boz Scaggs
Something – Beatles
To Love Somebody – Bee Gees
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
Yellow – Coldplay
You Do Something to Me – Paul Weller

Blues / or similar

Atlantic City – Bruce Springsteen
Back in the Night – Dr. Feelgood
Before You Accuse Me – Eric Clapton
Bring it on Home to Me
Cell Block No. 9 – various
Crossroads – Robert Johnson
Down to the River – Doug Seegers
Drift Away – Dobie Gray
Further on up the Road – Eric Clapton
Highgate Shuffle – Rod Stewart
Hot Tomales – Robert Johnson
It’s all Over Now – Rolling Stones
Layla – Eric Clapton
Matchbox – Carl Perkins
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out – Eric Clapton
One After 909 – Beatles
Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen
Roadhouse Blues – The Doors
Rocky Mountain Way – Joe Walsh
San Fransisco Bay Blues – Eric Clapton
Sweet Home Chicago – Commitments
The Spider & the Fly – Rolling Stones
The Weight – The Band
Tulsa Time – Eric Clapton
You Gotta Move – Rolling Stones
You Can’t Always Get What You Want – Rolling Stones

Other

All the Young Dudes – Mott the Hoople
Against the Wind – Bob Seger
Ballad of Lucy Jordan – Rolling Stones
Better Man – Paulo Nutini
Copperhead Road – Steve Earle
Fast Car – Tracey Chapman
Firecracker – Ryan Adams
Harvest Moon – Neil Young
Have You Ever Seen the Rain – John Fogerty
Hold back the River – James Bay
Horse With No Name – America
Hotel California – Eagles
I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack
Logical Song – Supertramp
Man of the World – Fleetwood Mac
Matty Groves – Fairport Convention
On Raglan Road – Chieftans / Van Morrison
Photograph – Ed Sheeran
Purple Rain – Prince
Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac
Rock Me Baby Like a Wagon Wheel –
The Scientist – Coldplay
Something Blue – Neil Diamond
Sylvia’s Mother – Dr. Hook
Tequila Sunrise – Eagles
That’s Entertainment – The Jam
The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Tom Traubert’s Blues – Tom Waits
Wildwood – Paul Weller
Wild Horses – Rolling Stones
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
Your Love Gets Sweeter Every Day – Finley Quaye

Artists covered incl. but not limited to . . . . .

Ryan Adams ~ Adele ~ America ~ Louis Armstrong ~The Band ~ Beatles ~ Bee Gees ~ David Bowie ~ Bread ~ JJ Cale ~CCR ~ Tracy Chapman ~ Eric Clapton ~ Petula Clark ~ Coldplay ~ Phil Collins ~ Sam Cooke ~ Neil Diamond ~ Dire Straits ~ Donovan ~ The Doors – Drifters ~ Bob Dylan ~ Eagles ~ Elvis ~ George Ezra ~ The Faces ~ Fairport Convention ~ Dr Feelgood ~ Ella Fitzgerald ~ Fleetwood Mac ~
John Foggerty ~ Peter Frampton ~ Marvin Gaye ~ David Gray ~ Dobie Gray ~ George Harrison – Dr Hook ~ The Jam ~ The Kinks ~ Michael Kiwanuka ~ Led Zeppelin ~ Jamie Lawson ~ Lynrd Skynrd ~ Mamas & Papas ~ Bob Marley ~ John Martyn ~ John Meyer ~ Mike & the Mechanics ~ James Morrison ~ Van Morrison ~ Mud ~ Kacey Musgraves ~ Harry Nillson ~ Noah & the Whale ~ Paulo Nutini ~ Oasis ~ Tom Petty ~ Pink Floyd ~ Prince ~ Finley Quaye ~ Radiohead ~ Young Rascals ~ Otis Redding ~ Lou Reed ~ REM ~ Kenny Rogers ~ Boz Scaggs ~ Bob Seger ~ Ed Sheeran ~ Carly Simon ~ Simon & Garfunkle ~ Simply Red ~ Frank Sinatra ~ Nancy Sinatra – Snow Patrol ~ Dusty Springfield ~ Bruce Springsteen ~ Status Quo ~ Cat Stevens ~ Rod Stewart ~ Sting ~ Rolling Stones ~ Harry Styles ~ Supertramp ~ James Taylor ~ T Rex ~ U2 ~ The Vaccines ~ Thin Lizzy ~ Tom Waits ~ Jo Walsh ~ Dionne Warwick ~ Paul Weller ~ Bill Withers ~ Neil Young