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Don Disantis Song List C/O Cleveland Music & Entertainment/Jerry Bruno Productions Don Disantis Song List c/o Cleveland Music & Entertainment/Jerry Bruno Productions The songs listed on these pages are a partial list of our songs. There are always additions to the list, and should you want a particular song for your event, let us know. We may already have it, or, given sufficient time to prepare, we should be able to have that song ready for you. Please keep that in mind as you review this list. The categories are for reference only and are not to be misleading. Some categories are overlapping. BALLADS SOFT ROCK / MUSICALS Always Camelot (Camelot) As Time Goes By Can’t Help Falling In Love With You A Blossom Fell Girl From Ipanema Crazy Give Me The Simple Life Embraceable You Get Me To The Church (My Fair Lady) Everybody Loves Somebody If I Were A Rich Man (Fiddler) I Don’t Know Why Impossible Dream (Man Of La Mancha) I’m Confessin’ That I Love You It Had To Be You I’ve Got A Crush On You Memory (Cats) Melancholy Baby Music Of The Night (Phantom) Misty Our Love Is Here To Stay More Rose, The Nearness Of You, The Since I Fell For You Once In A While Spanish Eyes Pretend You Don’t See Her Sway Shadow Of Your Smile, The Twilight Time Smile Valentine Someone To Watch Over Me Venus Unchained Melody Watch What Happens Unforgettable Wind Beneath My Wings Valentine You And Me Against The World Very Thought Of You, The You Go To My Head What A Wonderful World You’re Nobody ‘Til Somebody Loves You What Kind Of Fool Am I? You Send Me When I Fall In Love Where Or When You Are So Beautiful To Me You Belong To Me UP TEMPO / SWING Sinatra Cont. Aint Love A Kick In The Head Learnin’ The Blues All Of Me Man In The Looking Glass, The Bill Baily Meditation Birth Of The Blues My Kind Of Town Beyond The Sea My Way Brown Eyed Girl Nancy, With The Laughing Face 5 Months – 2 Weeks – 2 Days New York, New York For Once In My Life Nice ‘N’ Easy Great Balls Of Fire One For My Baby Hot, Hot, Hot Second Time Around I Feel Good South Of The Border I’m Gonna Sit Right Down … Letter Strangers In The Night Jump, Jive, and Wail Summerwind Just A Gigalo Tender Trap Kansas City That’s Life Krupa Boogie The Way You Look Tonight L.O.V. E. They Can’t Take That Away From Me Mack The Knife Witchcraft Mambo #5 You Make Me Feel So Young Margaritaville Young At Heart Moondance Mustang Sally Old Time Rock And Roll Route 66 Satin Doll INSTRUMENTALS Shout The Twist Arthur’s Theme Until The Real Thing Comes Along Europa Volcano In The Mood YMCA I Should Care Masquerade Meditation SINATRA STYLE Moonglow Out Of Nowhere All The Way Satin Doll Anything Goes Stompin’ At The Savoy Can I Steal A Little Love String Of Pearls Change Partners Chicago Come Fly With Me ETHNIC / DANCE Fly Me To The Moon In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning Electric Slide (recorded) I’ve Got The World On A String Jewish Lady Is A Tramp, The Italian Ethnic/Dance cont. Latin Macarena (recorded) Polka Waltz SEASONAL SONGS Christmas Patriotic ITALIAN Al Di La Arrivederci Roma Innamorata Mamma Non Dimenticar On An Evening In Roma Return To Me That’s Amore Torna Surriento Vicino Mare (I Have But One Heart) Viene Su Volare IRISH Danny Boy Harrigan How Are Things In Glocca Morra? I’m Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover Irish Lullaby McNamara’s Band My Wild Irish Rose Peg Of My Heart When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.
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