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Suggested Songs for Competition

Make sure your song is suitable for contest!


Updated: 10/22/2004 9:20:00 AM

Need a great song to sing in the contest?

The Harmony Marketplace catalog lists over 900 titles, many of which are appropriate for the MBNA America Collegiate Barbershop Quartet Contest.

Don't know if a song is suitable for contest?

That's why we've compiled this handy list of published songs that are appropriate for contest. If you are singing a song that is not on this list, please contact Rick Spencer at 800-876-7464 ext. 8541 or college@spebsqsa.org. He will be happy to advise you on the suitability of any song for contest.  This will eliminate any disqualifications due to the use of uncontestable songs.

Degree of difficulty

1 Easy
2 Medium
3 Difficult

Type of Song
B  Ballad
M  Easy Beat
U Uptempo

#7360 Ain’t Misbehavin’

2M

#7720 All By Myself

1B

#7034 Are You Lonesome Tonight?

2B

#7021 Baby Face

2U

#7155 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home

2M

#7085 Back In Dad And Mother's Day

2M

#7136 Barbershop Strut

2U

#7353 Basin Street Blues

2M

#8820 Bright Was The Night

3B

#7531 Bring Back Those Days

2M

#7542 Bring Back Those Vaudeville Days

2M

#7385 Broken Hearted (Here Am I)

2B

#7022 California Here I Come

2U

37246 Church Bells Are Ringing For Mary

2B

#8601 Coney Island Baby/We All Fall Medley

2U

#7256 Don't Put a Tax On The Beautiful Girls

2U

#8816 Down Among the Sugar Cane

2M

#7364 Each Time I Fall In Love

2B

#7129 Five Foot Two

2U

#7162 For The Sake of Auld Lang Syne

2B

#7255 Forgive Me

2B

#7366 Fortune In Dreams

2M

#7154 From The First Hello To The Last Goodbye

2B

#7322 Georgia On My Mind

2M

#7341 Get Out And Get Under the Moon

2M

#7363 Give Me A Barbershop Song

2U

#7342 Give Me The Moon Light, Give Me The Girl

2M

#8046 Hello My Baby

2U

#7541 How Can I Miss You If You Won’t Go Away

1M

#7383 How Deep Is The Ocean

3B

#7190 How You Gonna Keep Them Down On The Farm

2U

#8815 I Found A Million Dollar Baby

2U

#7375 I Love That Old Barbershop Style

1M

#7170 I Miss Mother Most Of All

2B

#7127 I Never See Maggie Alone

2U

#7223 I Used To Call Her Baby

2U

#7005 I Want a Girl

2U

#7550 I Was Born Seventy Years Too Late

2M

#7090 If All My Dreams Were Made Of Gold

2B

#7193 If I Had The Last Dream Left In The World

3B

#7237 If You Had All The World And Its Gold

3B

#7337 If You Were The Only Girl In The World

3B

#7344 I'll Be Seeing you

3B

#7369 I’m Beginning To See The Light

3U

#7180 In The Little Red School House

2M

#7528 Jazz Came Up The River From New Orleans

2M

#7549 Key To The Success With The Beautiful Girls

2U

#7100 Last Night Was The End Of The World

2B

#7660 Last Time I Saw Harry, The

1M

#7355 Let’s Get Away From It All

2M

#7343 Listen to that Dixie Band

2U

#7260 Little Street Where Old Friends Meet, A

2B

#8607 Love Me Tender/Aura Lee - Medley

1B

#8802 Masquerade Is Over, The

3B

#7133 Meet Me In Rosetime Rosie

2U

#7219 Mistakes

1M

#7265 Mister. Touchdown USA

2U

#8801 Moment I Saw Your Eyes, The

3U

#7128 M-O-T-H-E-R

2B

#7563 My Father, My Friend, My Dad

2B

#7251 My Fraternity Pin

2U

#8081 My Wild Irish Rose

2B

#7320 No One Loves You Better Than Your M-A-Double M-Y

3M

#8098 Oh! You Beautiful Doll

2U

#7059 Old Pals Are The Best Pals After All

2B

#8808 Old Piano Roll Blues, The

3U

#7559 Old Songs Are Just Like Old Friends

1U

#8828 Old St. Louis

2M

#7269 Pal Of My Cradle Days

2B

#7321 Seems Like Old Times

2M

#7030 Somebody Stole My Gal

3U

#7081 Song And Dance Man

2M

#7311 Song Is Ended, The

2B

#8826 Sweet Georgia Brown

2U

#8105 Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi, The

2B

#7298 Take Me To The Land Of Jazz

2U

#7351 That's An Irish Lullaby

2B

#7144 That Old Quartet Of Mine

3B

#7284 That Wonderful Mother Of Mine

2B

#7253 They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me

2U

#8050 Wait 'Til The Sun Shines, Nellie

2U

#8836 What’ll I Do

2B

#7096 When I Leave The World Behind

2B

#7110 When I Lost You

2B

#8835 When It Comes To Lovin’ The Girls

2U

#7095 When It's Nighttime In Dixie Land

2U

#7285 Who Told You

2U

#7294 Who's Sorry Now?

2U

#7558 Why Not Say Goodbye The Way We Said Hello

2B

#7387 Ya Gotta Know How To Love

3U

#6042 Yes Sir, That's My Baby

1U

#7257 You Gotta Be A Football Hero

2U

#8834 You Make Me Feel So Young

3U

#7347 You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby

2M

#8049 You're The Flower Of My Heart, Sweet Adeline

2U

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