Here is a list of tunes I play, I did my best to credit the writers, composers, performers. or persons I most identify with the music. If you can help with any of this or offer corrections, send me an email.
· Across The Universe - Beatles
--Gord
· Affair on 8th Avenue - Gordon Lightfoot
· After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
· After You've Gone - Marion Harris
· Ain't We Got Fun - Doris Day & Danny Thomas (music by Richard A. Whiting, lyrics by Raymond B. Egan and Gus Kahn)
· All The Lovely Ladies - Gordon Lightfoot
· All Through The Night - trad. Welsh (composer unknown)
· Alla Luce Del Dio - Mark Magnuson
· Allentown Jail - Jo Stafford
· Amazing Grace - James Newton
· And I Love Her - Beatles
· Angel - Sarah McLachlan
· Anna Marie - Susan Jacks
· Annie's Song - John Denver
· Annie Laurie - Phil Coulter
· Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
· Antonio Lauro - Liona Boyd
· Apache - The Shadows
· Apple Blossom Time - Mills Brothers
· Are You Lonesome Tonight - Elvis Presley
· As I Roved Out - Kate Crossan
· Ash Grove, The - trad. Welsh (composer unknown)
· Autumn On The Trail - Riders In The Sky
· Bad Girl’s Lament, The - trad. Acadian (?)
· Bang Bang - Nancy Sinatra
· Be Mine Tonight - Blackmore’s Night
· Be My Baby - Ronnettes
· Be Unto Your Name - Lynn DeShazo & Gary Sadler
· Beautiful - Gordon Lightfoot
· Because (the world is round) - Beatles
· Because - Dave Clark Five
· Beyond The Clouds - Susan Jacks
· Bidin’ My Time - Anne Murray
· Billy Boy - Lord Rendal (?)
· Billy Don't Be a Hero / Who Do You Think You Are - Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
· Black Velvet Band - Irish Rovers (Irish or Australian origin ?)
· Blessed Assurance - Fanny J. Crosby
· Blood of a Young Wolf - Buck 65
· Blue Skies - Willie Nelson (or Al Jolson)
· Bo Jangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (written by Jerry Jeff Walker)
· Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
· Both Sides the Tweed - Mary Black
· Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day
· Buckaroo - Buck Owens
· Bunch Of Thyme, A - Julie Duff (?) - trad. Irish folk
· Bus Stop - The Hollies
· Can't Help Falling - Elvis Presley
· Can You Give It All To Me - Myles Cohen & Lenny Solomon
· Castle Of Dromore - Irish Rovers
· Cattle Call - Eddie Arnold
· Celtic Horizons - Ron Korb
· Chiquitita - ABBA
· Come By The Hills - trad. Scottish (words by Gordon Smith)
· Counting Flowers On The Wall - Statler Brothers
· County Down - trad. Irish (composer unknown)
· Cracklin’ Rosie - Neil Diamond
· Crazy - Patsy Cline (written by Willie Nelson)
· Christian Island - Gordon Lightfoot
· Cruel War, The - American Civil War origin (composer unknown), sung by "Sugar & Spice"
· Culloden's Harvest - Déanta (written by Alastair McDonald) ... Thanks to "Willie in Byron Bay" for confirming the tune's composer
· Dance, While The Music Still Goes On - ABBA
· Dark Island, The - Aine Minogue
· Day-O (Banana Boat song) - Harry Bellefonte
· Dear John - Skeeter Davis & Bobby Bare
· Devil Woman - Marty Robbins
· Did She Mention My Name - Gordon Lightfoot
· Diddy Wa Diddy - Arthur Blake (?)
· Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick
· Don Quixote - Gordon Lightfoot
· Don't Look Now - CCR
· Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Peter, Paul & Mary
· Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys
· Do-Re-Mi - Rodgers & Hammerstein
· Dove's Return, The - Aine Minogue
· Downtown - Petula Clark
· Dreamboat Annie - Heart
· Dust In The Wind - Kansas
· Early Morning Rain - Gordon Lightfoot
· Early One Morning (theme from "The Friendly Giant", CBC) - trad. English folk, composer unknown
· Edelweiss - Rodgers & Hammerstein
· Èinini - William Coulter
· El Condor Pasa (If I Could) - Simon & Garfunkel
· El Paso - Marty Robbins
· End Of The World, The - Skeeter Davis
· Endearing Young Charms - (trad. Irish?, lyrics by Thomas Moore)
· English Country Garden - composer unknown
· Evergreen - Susan Jacks
· Fair & Tender Ladies (or Silver Dagger? - Joan Baez) - Rankin Family
· Fairy NightSongs - Gary Stadler & Singh Kaur
· Faith Of Our Fathers - Frederick W. Faber
· Farewell To Nova Scotia - composer unknown
· First Star I See Tonight - Patti Page
· First Time, The - Roberta Flack
· Fly Little White Dove - The Bells
· Forest Green - R. Vaughn Williams
· Four Leaf Clover - Art Mooney (?)
· Frank's Exotic Greenery - G. Braun
· Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
· Gentle Maiden, The - Aine Minogue
· Ghosts Of Cape Horn - Gordon Lightfoot
· Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - Neil Diamond
· Go Go Round - Gordon Lightfoot
· Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
· God Save The King/Queen - Giam Battista Lulli (Jean-Baptiste Lully)
· Good Friends - The Poppy Family
· Goodnight Irene - The Weavers
· Green Leaves of Summer, The - Brothers Four
· Green Sleeves (or What Child Is This) - trad. English (original lyrics said to have been written by Henry VIII)
· Half As Much - Rosemary Clooney
· Happy Together - The Turtles
· Hasta Manana - ABBA
· Heart Of Gold -- Neil Young
· Heartbeat - Buddy Holly
· Here Comes The Sun - Beatles
· Hey Jude - Beatles
· Hide Your Love Away - Beatles
· Hills of Myst - Enaid & Einalem
· Homecoming, The - Hagood Hardy
· House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals (based on trad. English folk ballad, with subsequent lyrics by Georgia Turner & Bert Martin)
· House That's Old, A - composer unknown
· How Great Thou Art - Carl G. Boberg & R.J. Hughes (?)
· How High The Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford (Words & Music by Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis)
· I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash (written by Bob Marley)
· I Come To The Garden Alone - Charles Austin Miles
· I Feel Fine - Beatles
· I Love How You Love Me - Maureen Evans
· I Love You Truly - Charles Jacobs-Bond
· I Still Miss Someone - Johnny Cash & Roy Cash
· I Want You So Bad/She's So Heavy - Beatles, The
· I Will Find You - Clannad
· I’ll Follow The Sun - Beatles
· I’ll Stop The World - Tony Carrie
· I'm Not Sayin' - Gordon Lightfoot
· If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
· In My Room - The Beach Boys
· Invernía - Milladoiro
· Jennifer Juniper - Donovan
· Jolly Beggar, The - (King James V of Scotland (?))
· Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun) - Del Shannon
· Kelly Of Killane - P J McCall
· Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
· King Of The Road - Rodger Miller
· La Isla Bonita - Madonna
· Laguna Sunrise - Black Sabbath
· Last Farewell, The - Roger Whittaker
· Let It Be - Beatles
· Let The Sun Shine In - Stuart Hamblen
· Light My Fire - The Doors
· Lili Marleen - Vera Lynn (written by Hans Leip, music by Norbert Schultze, English lyrics by Tommy Connor)
· Lilliburlero - Thomas Wharton
· Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker
· Listen To The Rhythm Of The Falling Rain - The Cascades
· Little Green Bag - The George Baker Selection
· Liza Jane - American Civil War tune (composer unknown)
· Loch Lomond - Donald MacDonald
· Loch Ruin - Scottish Traditional (composer unknown)
· Lonely Bull, The - Herb Alpert
· Lothlórien - Enya
· Love Can Make You Happy - Mercy
· Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat (instrumental cover of a tune by Andre Popp)
· Love Like Yours - Buddy Holly
· Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
· Love Song - Elton John
· Lovers' Concerto, A - The Toys (words by Denny Randell & Sandy Linzert), based on melody by JS Bach)
· Love's Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens
· Love's Made A Fool Of You - Buddy Holly
· Lowlands - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
· Maple Leaf Forever, The - Alexander Muir
· Mary Skeffington - Olivia Newton John
· McDonald’s Raiders - The Irish Rovers
· Melody Fair - Bee Gees
· Melody Of Love - Bobby Vinton
· Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin
· Mick Maguire - Irish Rovers
· Miller Of Dee (or “The Jolly Miller”) - composer unknown
· Miller's Cave - Bobby Bare
· Minstrel Of The Dawn - Gordon Lightfoot
· Mission Bell - Donny Brooks
· Mockingbird Hill - Les Paul & Mary Ford
· Mon Pays (My Country) - Gilles Vigneault
· Moody River - Pat Boone
· Moon Cradle - Loreena McKennitt
· Moon Over Parma (theme From the Drew Carey Show) - words and music by Bob "Mad Dog" McGuire
· Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig Von Beethoven
· Moorland Sunrise - Ron Korb
· Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
· Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
· Mull Of Kintyre - Paul McCartney & Denny Lane
· Music, Music, Music - Teresa Brewer
· My Blue Heaven - Gene Austin
· My Bonnie - Scottish traditional (composer unknown)
· My Father, My Friend, And I - heard on Canadian segment of Sesame Street (composer unknown)
· My Happiness - Pied Pipers
· My Heart Cries For You - McGuire Sisters
· My Heart Skips A Beat - Buck Owens
· My Love - Petula Clark
· My O My - Slade
· My Wild Irish Rose - Chauncey Olcott
· Naughty Woodsman, The - G. Braun
· Neath The Crust Of The Old Apple Pie (or In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree) - Egbert Anson Van Alstyne & Harry H. Williams (Tin Pan Alley)
· Never Been to NY - G. Braun
· Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac
· New World Man - Rush
· New York Mining Disaster - Bee Gees
· No Destination - Stampeders
· No Good To Cry - Poppy Family
· No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature - The Guess Who
· Norwegian Wood - Beatles
· Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
· Nowhere Man - Beatles
· O Canada - Calixa Lavallée
· Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles
· Octopus's Garden - The Beatles
· Ode To Joy - Ludwig von Beethoven
· Old Folks At Home, The - Stephen Foster
· On Broadway - The Drifters
· On The Bridge At Avignon - French folk (composer unknown)
· Only Love Can Break A Heart - Gene Pitney
· Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Neil Young
· Only Time - Enya
· Oxfam theme (tv commercial) - composer unknown
· Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
· Paloma Blanca - George Baker Selection (comp. Johannes Bouwens)
· Park, The - Uriah Heep
· People Are Strange - The Doors
· Perogy Song (as heard on the Canadian segment of Sesame Street)
· Pink Panther Strikes Again (thematic music) - Henry Mancini
· Place To Get Lost (Let's Get Lost) - Elliott Smith
· Play Me - Neil Diamond
· Playmate - Saxie Dowell
· Power In The Blood - Lewis E. Jones (1899)
· Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter Yarrow and Leonard Lipton
· Pussywillows, Cattails - Gordon Lightfoot
· Quanta La Maya - (trad. Cuban ?, composer unknown)
· Que Sera Sera (What Will Be Will Be) - Doris Day (written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans)
· Race Among The Ruins - Gordon Lightfoot
· Rain On The Roof - Lovin’ Spoonful
· Red Red Rose, A - Robert Burns (music by Bill Douglas)
· Red Red Wine - Neil Diamond
· Remember a Day - Pink Floyd
· Ribbon of Darkness - Gordon Lightfoot
· Ride a White Swan - T-Rex
· Rivers and Dreams - Cait Agus Sean
· Roll Along, Prairie Moon - J.C. Higginbotham
· Roses Are Red - Bobby Vinton
· Ruby (Don't Take Your Love To Town) - First Edition
· Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones
· Sarah Smiles - Bram Tchaikovsky
· Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
· Sea of Heartbreak - Don Gibson
· Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel
· Scotland The Brave - Cliff Hanley
· Sealed With A Kiss - Bryan Hyland
· Secret Love - Doris Day
· Senior Don Gato - (trad. Mexican (?), composer unknown)
· Sesame Street Theme - Joe Raposo, Jon Stone, & Bruce Hart
· Shannon - Henry Gross
· She’s Not There - The Zombies
· Shout / Pale Shelter / Mad World - Tears for Fears
· Sí Bheag Sí Mhór (or: Shi Beg Shi Mohr, Shi Beg Shi Mhor ??) - O'Carolan (or William Coulter
· Sing Together - Anne Murray
· Sing You A Love Song - Anne Murray
· Sinking Sand - Edward Mote & William B. Bradbury
· Six White Horses - Waylon Jennings
· Skye Boat Song - Sir Harold Boulton, Bart.
· So Come - Kevin Frosh (?)
· So Much In Love - The Thymes
· Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
· Something Good - Herman’s Hermits
· Something To Sing About (This Land Of Ours) - Oscar Brand
· Song of Blondel, the Minstrel - composer unknown
· Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
· Sonny's Dream - Ron Hynes
· Sound Of Silence, The - Simon & Garfunkel
· Spanish Caravan - The Doors
· Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
· Squid-Jiggin' Ground, The - Hank Snow (written by A. R. Scammell)
· Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
· Star-Spangled Banner - John Stafford Smith
· Stay A While - The Bells
· Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk
· Suicide Is Painless (M*A*S*H theme) - Johnny Mandel & Mike Altman
· Sukiaki - Kyu Sakamoto
· Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (written by George Gershwin)
· Sunshine (Every Day) - The Gentrys
· Sunshine Superman - Donovan
· Surf Rider - The Ventures (or The Live Ones)
· Suspicion - Terry Stafford (Words & music by Doc Pomus - Mort Shuman)
· Suzanna - Stephen Foster
· Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
· Sweet Georgia Brown - Maceo Pinkard & Ken Casey
· Swingin' On A Star - Bing Crosby (music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Johnny Burke)
· Take Me Out To The Ball Game - Jack Norworth & Albert Von Tilzer
· Tango to Evora - Loreena McKennitt
· Taste Of Honey, A - The Beatles (or Herb Alpert)
· Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
· That's Where I Belong - Notting Hillbillies
· That’s Where I Went Wrong - Poppy Family
· (That's What You Get) For Lovin’ Me - Gordon Lightfoot
· Theme from “Andy Of Mayberry” (The Fishin' Hole) - Earle Hagen
· Theme from CBC "Vinyl Cafe" - Ry Cooder
· Theme from Degrasse Junior High - CBC (composer unknown)
· There Goes My Everything - Faron Young
· There’s A Kind Of Hush - Herman’s Hermits (or The Carpenters)
· Thing Called Love, A - Elvis Presley
· Time For Us, A (Theme from Romeo & Juliet) - Henry Mancini
· Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral - Bing Crosby (written by James Royce Shannon)
· Toulouse Street - Doobie Brothers
· True Love - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly (written by Cole Porter)
· Vaya Con Dios - Les Paul & Mary Ford (or Liona Boyd)
· Veil Of Elphame - Gary Stadler & Stephanie Gordon
· Waiting On A Friend - Rolling Stones
· Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke
· Walk Right Back - Everly Brothers
· Waltzing Matilda - trad. Australian - Banjo Paterson
· Watermark - Enya
· Wayfaring Stranger, The - Joan Baez (w Mimi Farina)
· Wedding Gift, The - Rawlins Cross
· We'll Sing In The Sunshine - Gale Garnett
· What A Friend - Joseph M. Scriven
· Wheels - The String-A-Longs (written by Norman Petty)
· Wherefore And The Why, The - Gordon Lightfoot
· While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Beatles
· White Sport Coat, A - Marty Robbins
· Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
· Who Wrote The Words (Written On The Old Brick Wall) - The Mercy Brothers (Canadian folk-country group), heard on CBC, early 70s
· Wild Mountain Thyme - Irish Rovers (Scottish trad., possibly written by Francis McPeake)
· Wild Rover, The - The Irish Rovers
· Wild World - Cat Stevens
· Winter Time - Steve Miller
· Winter Wonderland - Dick Smith & Felix Bernard
· Wishing Tree, The - Seamus McGuire
· Woman In Black - Uriah Heep
· Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
· Wood River - Connie Kaldor
· Words - The Bee Gees
· Words Of Life - Philip P. Bliss
· World Without Love, A - Peter & Gordon
· Wrapped Around Your Finger - Police, The
· Ye Banks And Brays O' Bonnie Doon - Scottish Traditional - Henry Burr (?)
· Yesterday - Beatles
· You Get A Line - American Southern traditional (composer unknown)
· You Won't Matter Anymore - Buddy Holly
