O.K. My bad! I was just making conversation anyway. Gotta go t work but I'll try to come up with the most used, which probably means they are most requested.
DonM

This is the bulk of the numbers we can call upon, nothing set in stone and a work in flux, if you will. We've been ding a few NH gigs lately, so have added in a few more 'standards' than you'll see below.

Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton
You Got It Roy Orbison
It’s Too Late / Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying Carole King / Gerry and The Pacemakers
How Long Ace
Jambalaya Jerry Lee Lewis
Daniel Elton John
Get Ready The Temptations
I Only Want To Be With You Dusty Springfield
I Feel Lucky Mary Chapin Carpenter
Stuck In The Middle With You Stealer’s Wheel
When Will I Be Loved The Everly Brothers
I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash
I Don’t Wanna Talk About It Rod Stewart
Movin’ On Up M People
Mustang Sally Wilson PickeR
Riders On The Storm The Doors

First We Take Manhattan Jennifer Warnes
It Takes Two Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
My Guy Mary Wells
Crocodile Rock Elton John
That’s What I Like About You Trisha Yearwood
Some Of Your Loving Dusty Springfield
Lovely Day Bill Withers
He’s In Town The Rockin’ Berries
Travellin’ Band Creedence Clearwater Revival
I’m Tore Down / Kansas City Eric Clapton
Hot Stuff Donna Summer
I Should Have Known Better The Beatles
Obladi Oblada The Beatles
Jackson Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood
Mercury Blues Alan Jackson
Wreck Of The Old '97 Lonnie Donegan
I’m Not In Love 10cc
La Isla Bonita Madonna
Made In England Elton John
He Thinks He’ll Keep Her Mary Chapin Carpenter
Your Love Is All Around The Troggs

It’s So Easy Linda Ronstadt
Right Back Where We Started From Maxine Nightingale
Rudy’s In Love LocomoJve
Shake, Rattle and Roll Big Joe Turner
I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles
Daddy’s Home Cliff Richard / Shep & The Limelites
Squeezebox The Who
Drift Away Dobie Gray
Garden Party Rick Nelson
I Love You Always Forever Linda Lewis
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye The Casinos
Under My Thumb The Rolling Stones
Let It Be Me The Everly Brothers
I Shot The Sheriff Eric Clapton
Angel Of The Morning Merrilee Rush
Rescue Me Fontella Bass
Our Day Will Come Ruby & The RomanJcs
Tell Him The Exciters / Billie Davis
The Bangin’ In Yer Head Chaz & Dave
I Am A Cider Drinker The Wurzels
Hollywood Waltz The Eagles
City Of New Orleans Arlo Guthrie
Just One Look Doris Troy

Sunny Afternoon The Kinks
When You Walk In The Room The Searchers
You Can Make History Young Elton John
The Rock Lee Roy Parnell
Groovin’ The Young Rascals
Chains The Beatles
As Long As You Love Me The Backstreet Boys
Back To You Bryan Adams
Walking On Sunshine Katrina & The Waves
You Sexy Thing Hot Chocolate
Storm In A Teacup The Fortunes
Walk Of Life Dire Straits
Material Girl Madonna
Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones
Say You Love Me Fleetwood Mac
Come Dancing The Kinks
In My Place Coldplay
I Can’t Help Myself The Four Tops
The No No Song Ringo Starr
Love Train The O’Jays
Heart Of Glass Blondie
Ride Your Pony Lee Dorsey
You’re No Good Linda Ronstadt

Whatever Happened To Saturday Night The Eagles
Lyin’ Eyes The Eagles
Ev’ry Breath You Take The Police
When You Say Nothing At All Ronan KeaJng
You’ve Changed Niki Harris
Love Won’t Let Me Wait Major Harris
One Fine Day The Chiffons
In My Room The Beach Boys
You May Be Right Billy Joel
Mamma Mia Abba
Please Please Me The Beatles
Gertcha Chaz & Dave
This Boy The Beatles
The Way Fastball
Sex Bomb Tom Jones & Mousse T
This Masquerade George Benson
The Heart Of The Matter Don Henley
Na Na Hey Hey Steam
Dawn The Four Seasons
The Authority Song John Cougar Mellencamp
Hurts So Good John Cougar Mellencamp
I Won’t Back Down Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Red Hot Women & Ice Cold Beer New Riders of the Purple Sage

Say What You Will Eric Clapton
Lay Down Sally Eric Clapton
Amazed Lonestar
Just My Imagintion The Temptations
Honey Honey Abba
Hold On Tight To Your Dreams ELO
Nowhere Man The Beatles
Homely Girl The Chi Lites
Nature Boy Nat King Cole
Mr. Big Stuff Jean Knight
Long Train Running The Doobie Brothers
Itchycoo Park The Small Faces
Black Velvet Alanna Myles
Oh What A Night (December ’63) The Four Seasons
Breathless The Corrs
Steamy Windows Tina Turner
Yellow River Christie
Lady Marmelade LaBelle
Gimme Some Lovin’ The Spencer Davis Group

The Purple People Eater Sheb Wooley
Jingle Bell Rock Brenda Lee
Mary’s Boy Child Harry Belafonte / Boney M
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree Brenda Lee

Hi Don, looking forward to see your current 20 'most played' list. I bet there's a least one Country tune in there.

A long impressive list, but I was hoping for a more whittled down list of say around 20 songs that you 'currently' and consistently play 'most', and which will most likely be the most audience requested or your own current personal favorites.

Soul Sister
I'm Yours
Gimmie One Reason
Morse Code Of Love
All My Exes
Brown Eyed Girl
December 1963
Good Lovin
In My Life
Help
Highway 20 Ride
Toes
Home
It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere
Margaritaville
Need You Now
No Such Thing
Runaround Sue
Shangrila
In The Still Of The Night
Summer Wind
Sway
Save The Last Dance
Who Says You Can't Go Home
Wonderful Tonight
Sweet Caroline
Build Me Up Buttercup
Aimee
1st, Last Everything
Dancin' In The Moonlight


Played all these tonight at some point ... That'll change next week, I'm sure!

Wonderful Tonight
Margaritaville
Unchained Melody
Brown-eyed Girl
Fly Me To The Moon
The Way You Look Tonight
Toes
Spanish Eyes
Johnny Cash Medley
Can't Help Falling in Love
Suspicious Minds
Sweet Home Alabama
Sweet Home Chicago
The Thrill is Gone
Midnight Special
Desperado
I Feel Fine
I Saw Her Standing There
Good Directions
I Want to Be Around
Summertime

Fairly typical at the Dinner Club. I played all these the last set tonight.
Country venue would be pretty different.
DonM

U.Dave & Don . . . thanks guys!
Your song lists (short list of current 'most often' played songs) are exactly what I was after,
as I think these kind of lists give fellow members (including myself) ideas of what to possibly consider adding to our repertoire.

LOL! Sorry about the whole ball of wax there, Scott. I just jumped in feet first before seeing your previous post about the 'top 20' you were looking for.

We don't really have a 'top 20' as such - it's any given song on any given gig. Whichever way the audience is going. They're the ones directing it, really.

124, so which of the songs in your list is currently gettiing the most audience requests? There must be a least a few that are more often requested, or personal fav standouts.

Another reason I posed the songs " most often" played currently question is to see what possible changing song trends might be going on, compared to the songs we covered, say 10 years ago, so hope more members share their currently most played tunes as well.

Hi Scott. Tying in 'most requested' and 'changing trends' it's a bit odd that old chestnuts like Jambalaya, Let It Be Me, Mustang Sally, Rescue Me, and Kansas City seem to be requested more often, so I don't know that trends really are changing that much. Maybe, after 30-40 years of playing those, we've got them in decent shape:D.

Our audiences, regardless of age, excluding the under-30 crowd, seem to like anything from the past 50 years. That's certainly something that couldn't be said of my generation when we came along.

Even the 'newest' songs we do are hardly up to the minute - Movin' On Up by M People, Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran and Can't Get You Outta My Head by Kylie Minogue are, what, 15-20 years old now. But, in the main, we're still doing songs we did years and years ago, and people still love 'em. Maybe oldie radio stations have something to answer for, but it's more that people are comfortable with the familiar. And if that's what they want to hear, who am I to argue that?

Like most of us on the forum, we aim at having something for everyone. An impossible task really, but we get close.

On personal favourites, and we like them all really, or else we wouldn't be doing them, hmmm let me see:

Till I Am Myself Again - Blue Rodeo (good country rock)
Flip, Flop and Fly - Downchild Blues Band (swingin' little number)
Riders on the Storm - Doors (weird wind and elastic guitars, plus a good Wurly EP)
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran (more effects craziness in the break)
I'm Not In Love - 10cc (for the harmonies)
Hollywood Waltz - Eagles (pretty tune)
Rudy's In Love - (a one hit wonder UK reggae band, I just like it)

That's a few off the top of my head but, like I said, I love 'em all.

Cheers, 124