IÂm not real good with remembering names of songs but DH is like an encyclopedia of music among his many talents. He will even pay the piano given enough Chivas. His suggestions so far are:

Get a Job
Chantilly Lace
ItÂs My Birthday
Summer Time Blues
Endless Summer

If he thinks of any more IÂll let you know. Sounds like a fun time in the making.

Claudia

Having been in the "camp" business for many years, here are some favorites from our more adult get togethers

Moon River
The Sloop John B Sails
"A Chat With Your Mom" by Peter and Lou Berryman (can't really explain this one if you don't know it, but it has to do wit the F-word, in a humorous way)
Bottle of Wine - Tom Paxton
My Girl
You've Got a Friend
Get Up and Go - (chorus "How do I know, my youth is all spent, my get up and go, just got up and went, but in spite of it all, I'm able to grin, when I think of the places my getup has been)
Today (but only after you've had a few)
King of the Road
Wild Rover - Traditional, maybe you know it?

Anything by Cole Porter
A Little Help From My Friends - Beatles
Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon - Greg Brown
Downtown, Under the Boardwalk or Up on the Roof, wherever you want to be, lol!
This Land Is Your Land (last verse optional, depending on crowd)

We had more, but these were the most generic ones I could think of.

Check out Ray Charles - he had some great songs. Then there's Carol King, Laura Nero, The Fifth Dimension, Linda Ronstadt...and ALL of Mowtown (Temptations, Four Tops, Mary Wells, Supremes, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes).

Oh - don't forget the late great Barry White.

Then there's Jimmy Buffet, Bob Seeger, Garth Brooks and my all time favorite Hank Williams Jr.

John Denver, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Johnny Rivers, Jackson Browne, Patsy Cline (but only after everyone has a few!), Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow (he makes me cringe but other people love him), The Monkees, The Supremes. All worth mining for sing-a-long tunes.

Adding to what barnmom says - a lot of Peter, Paul and Mary stuff makes for good sing-along material - how about "Blowin' in the Wind", "If I Had a Hammer", someone already mentioned "Puff the Magic Dragon" (GOOD!), "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" - "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" -

Add to that - "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" - "Amazing Grace" - "Goodnight Irene" - "Kumbaya" - "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" (written by John Denver, performed by him AND PP&M) - "This Land is Your Land" - "Turn, Turn, Turn" (The Byrds) - "Rock My Soul (In the Bosom of Abraham)" - "Down By the Riverside" - "This Train" - "I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" -

If you need more, holler - I'm an elementary school music teacher and do this kind of stuff ALL the time -

DonnaR/CA

Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road...Loudon Wainright III
Good Morning Starshine...Oliver (better know by my canoe trip girls as the "Middy Bloop Bloopy song")
Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw"....Jimmy Buffet
Turning Japanese...The Vapors
I Think I Love You...The Partridge Family
Paradise By The Dashboard Lights... Meatloaf
Little Willy...Sweet
Hit the Road Jack...Ray Charles
Lola...The Kinks
Squeezebox...The Who
Material Girl...Madonna
Woolly Bully...Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs
Doo Doo Doo Da Da Da...The Police
Rainy Day Women...Bob Dylan
YMCA...Village People
Hanky Panky...Tommy James & the Shondells
Born to Be Wild...Steppenwolf
Joy to the World...Three Dog Night
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction...Rolling Stones

Linda

Thought of a few more....

Ode to Billy Joe..Bobby Gentry
Downtown...Petula Clark
Please Release Me...Englebert Humperdink
What's New Pussycat...Tom Jones
Boy Named Sue...Johnny Cash
Harper Valley PTA...Jeannie C Riley
Dream A Little Dream Of Me...Mama Cass Elliott
It's Not Unusual...Tom Jones
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head...BJ Thomas
Guitarzan....Jim Stafford(?)
It's My Party...Leslie Gore
Judy In Disguise...John Fred and His Playboy Band

Linda

Those Were the Days - Mary Hopkins
Whiffenpoof Song - Bing Crosby, I think
Dayo - Belafonte
Smile - Jimmy Durante
Old Cape Cod - Patti Page
Unchained Melody - Righteous Bros
For Sentimental Reasons - Linda Ronstadt
Moonlight in Vermont - Billie Holiday
You Send Me - Sam Cooke

*** - Anything by Sinatra

Dancing Queen - ABBA
Barbara Ann
Runaround Sue
Escape (Pina Colada Song)

Henry the VIII - (of course, now I'm gonna have this stuck in my head for days)

Dafy *wandering off singing...I'm Henry the Eighth I am, Henry the Eighth I am, I am...

Brown eyed girl, Knock 3 times, That's Amore, My Girl

Lollipop
Apple Peaches Pumpkin Pie
Quarter to Three

I am singing a medley in my head after reading this thread.

Boy Named Sue & Henry VIII are perfect! What's New Pussycat might work?

I'm keeping this list to silly ditties like Purple People Eater.

Thanks for all of the songs! Many of them I'm already playing on other lists. Brown Eyed Girl, Barbara Ann, YMCA, & Sloop John Bs, It's Five O'Clock Somewhere, City of New Orleans, Gypsies Tramps & Thieves, Cotton Jenny, El Paso, Sundown, Michael Row The Boat Ashore, Margariteville, Cheeseburger In Paradise, & lots others are perennial favorites.

Keep thinking...stupid little songs that fit into the mix I've started.

Many, many thanks. I'll be working all winter putting these together on my Clavinova. That Henry VIII is going to be FUN!

/t

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE,
ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK,
THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN,
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE,
Working for the Man,
Hound Dog,
I Want to be Bobby's Girl,
Triciae, What a fun thing for you to do at a party!!!!!!

Mairzy Doats?

How about :

Short People (Randy Newman)

Take this Job and Shove It (Johnny Paycheck)

Pat

Some more suggestions:

Lily the Pink - The Scaffold
Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day (also The Jackson 5)
Always look on the bright side of life - Monty Python
Beep beep - The Playmates
My ding-a-ling - Chuck Berry

Many Tom Lehrer songs are perfect for a sing-along, for example:
Poisoning pigeons in the park
Be prepared (although that's a bit risque if there are kids present)
We will all go together when we go
I got it from Agnes

How about some showtunes?
Anything you can do - from Annie get your gun (women vs. men)
Oh, what a beautiful morning - from Oklahoma
Do-re-mi - from The Sound of Music

Mairzy Doats has made the list. :)

I love Take This Job & Shove It but I'm going to put it on a different list.

OMG, My Ding-a-Ling is so perrrrfect!!!

Also, Beep Beep has made the list. That reminded me of Little Nash Rambler...

My Clavinova has the capability for me to record all of my playing on disk & then just playback the music on party night...but usually I play them live. Playing live gets way more involvement because I can improvise as we go along responding to the group. It really is fun.

I have no idea how I'm going to find the music for some of these???

More songs? Keep 'em coming...

/tricia

Here is a link that might be useful: My Ding-a-Ling, Chuck Berry

Oh....Songs that are just plain silly or make no sense, then....

Hang on Sloopy
Alley Oop
Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette
Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy
Oh Bla Di Oh Bla Da
Joy To The World (Jeremiah was a bullfrog...)
Put the Lime in the Coconut
Werewolves of London
Love Shack
Material Girl
Walk Like n Egyptian

Linda

Tricia, for the sheet music, you might try your local public library. If they're a branch of a larger group of libraries, you may be able to request books from that group. (I borrow ALL the time from the San Diego County and the San Diego City systems.)

There's an old song book called "Novelty Songs" that has Mairzy Doats and a few of those other silly songs.

You could also check thrift stores to see if anyone has donated old Sheet Music magazines. A lot of the songs above are in old issues. Another thought is a big fake book.

DonnaR/CA

I don't see Carwash mentioned..Here's my favorite version from Shark Tales

I have a couple of friends who do the 'show me a piano and we'll do a sing along" thing...
I might add "The Trolly song"
"A guy is a Guy"
"Are you sincere"
"The Thing"...( Phil Harris...get out of here with that * bump de dump*)
Good Morning Star Shine
Yes sir That's my Baby
Heart of my Hearts...I love that melody..
Cool Water
Mule Train
High Noon (speaking of Frankie Laine!)
Matilda
Peg O' my Heart
Guantanamera
See Ya later Alligator
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polkadot....etc
And there are great "Country" sing along soneg...such as "I walk the line" and "Momma Don;t Your Sons grow up to be Cowboys"" And "Ruby don't tale your Love to Town"
And of course "Daddy sang bass and Momma sang Tenor..."
And a few that are not fit for polite company!! LOL!...Something about "clover"???
Linda C

Seems like the most fun was in a dark movie theater when there was film trouble and everyone started singing television theme songs. Gilligan's Island, The Addams Family, Green Acres, The Brady Bunch, Lavergne and Shirley, Happy Days.... etc.