Repertoire is usually chosen from this list; please request any specific songs you’d like to hear in advance so they can be included on the day. Rachel can play songs not included here but will need advance notice and may incur a small additional charge. Please drop her a line for further information.
- Always on my Mind – Elvis/Pet Shop Boys
- All Tomorrow’s Parties – The Velvet Underground
- Amarillo – Sedaka
- Angelico – Harry Belafonte*
- Angels – Robbie Williams
- Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
- Baggy Trousers – Madness
- Bassman – Shadow*
- Ben Lion – 3 Canal*
- Beyond the Sea – Charles Trenet/Bobby Darin
- Birdhouse in Your Soul – They Might Be Giants
- Blue Moon – Rogers and Hart
- Bonanza Ska – Livingston/Evans
- California Dreaming – The Mamas and the Papas
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Elton John
- Can’t Help Falling in Love with You – UB40
- Can’t Take my Eyes Off You – Andy Williams
- Carnival is for Woman – Ray Holman*
- Cecilia – Simon/Garfunkel
- Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
- Close to You – Burt Bacharach
- Dancing Queen – Abba
- Dr Manette – Ray Holman*
- Electric Dreams – Oakey/Moroder
- Elizabethan Reggae – Boris Gardiner
- Enjoy Yourself – Prince Buster
- Eternal Flame – The Bangles
- Fire And Steel – Mark Loquan*
- Grace Kelly – Mika
- Happy – Pharrell Williams
- Hava Naghila – trad.
- Hawaii 5-0 – Morton Stevens
- Here Comes The Sun – Harrison
- Here There And Everywhere – Lennon/McCartney
- Hoots Mon (there’s a moose loose aboot this hoose) – Lord Rockingham’s Eleven
- Heroes of the Nation – Ray Holman*
- Hot Hot Hot – Arrow
- Is This Love – Bob Marley
- I Dare You – Destra*
- It’s All About You – McFly
- Island in the Sun – Burgie/Belafonte
- Jam it with You – Ray Holman*
- Jammin’ – Bob Marley
- Joanna – Eddie Grant
- Jouvert Music – David Rudder*
- Jump in the Line – Kitchener/Belafonte*
- Kingston Town – UB40
- Kiss the Girl – Ashman/Menken
- Lambada – Kaoma
- Life’s Too Short – Holman*
- Linstead Market – Trad. Jamaican*
- Limbo Rock – Chubby Checker
- Liming On The Corner – Len ‘Boogsie’ Sharpe*
- Madness – Prince Buster
- Mad World (reggae) – Tears for Fears
- Margie – Lord Kitchener*
- Mario Theme – Koji Kondo
- Melanie – Cy Grant*
- Message to Rudy – The Specials
- The Model (ska) – Kraftwerk
- My Pussin – Lord Kitchener*
- No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley
- Nuff Respect – David Rudder*
- Old Lady Walk a Mile and a Half – trad.
- One Love – Bob Marley
- One Super Power – Merchant*
- One Step Beyond – Madness
- Only You – Vince Clarke
- O Trinidad – Ray Holman*
- Outta the Box – Mark Loquan
- Paint it Black – Rolling Stones
- Pan on the Run – Ray Holman*
- Panwoman Medley – Ray Holman*
- Panyard Vibrations -Ray Holman*
- Perfidia – Domínguez
- Plenty Lovin’ – Ray Holman*
- Poker Face – Lady Gaga
- Price Tag – Jessie J
- Queen of the Bands – Mighty Sparrow*
- Rather Be – Clean Bandit
- Red Head – Kitchener
- Sailor Band – Larry Harewood*
- Sammy Dead-O! – trad. Jamaican
- Sandy Beach – anon.
- Sealed with a Kiss – Brian Holland
- Sell The Pussy – Mighty Sparrow
- Sound and Vision – David Bowie
- Starman – David Bowie
- Steelband Paradise – Ray Holman *
- Spanish Eyes – Kaempfert
- The Statue Got Me High – They Might Be Giants
- Sugar Boy – Patrice Roberts*
- Sunchyme – Dario G
- Summer Holiday – Welch and Bennett / Cliff Richard
- Sunday Girl – Blondie
- Super Trouper – Abba
- Thank You for the Music – Abba
- The Hammer – David Rudder*
- Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
- The Tide is High – John Holt
- Under The Sea – Ashman*
- A Well Deserved Break – Morcheeba
- Yellow Bird – Trad. Jamaican
- You Know I’m no Good – Amy Winehouse
- You’re so Cool – Hans Zimmer
- You’re too Good to be True – Andy Williams
* = soca or calypso (ie typical Trinidadian music)
And for the Festive Season:
- Antioch (Joy To The World)
- Calypso Carol
- Carol Medley
- Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
- Frosty The Snowman
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
- Jingle Bells
- Mary’s Boy Child
- Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
- Snowbird
- The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy
- When A Child Is Born
- Winter (from The Four Seasons)
- Winter Wonderland