20th Century Songs for Sax Lessons
| Song Title | Artist |
| 3:00 AM | Matchbox 20 |
| 25 or 6 to 4 | Chicago |
| Adam’s Song | Blink 182 |
| Addam’s Family | from the TV series, “The Addams Family” |
| Africa | Toto |
| Ain’t That a Shame | Fats Domino |
| All My Loving | The Beatles |
| All That Jazz | from the film and stage musical, “Chicago” |
| American Pie | Don McLean |
| Andy Griffith Show Theme | from the TV series, “The And Griffith Show” |
| Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 | Pink Floyd |
| Another One Bites the Dust | Queen |
| At Last | Etta James |
| Axel F | from the film, “Beverly Hills Cop” |
| Baby Elephant Walk | Henry Mancini, from the film, “Hatari” |
| Babylon Sisters | Steely Dan |
| Back to the Future Theme | from the film, “Back to the Future” |
| Baker Street | Gerry Rafferty |
| Bang a Gong | Trex |
| Barbie Girl | Aqua |
| Bear Necessities | from “The Jungle Book” |
| Beauty and the Beast | from the film, “Beauty and the Beast” |
| Before the Next Teardrop Falls | Freddy Fender |
| Bella Notte | from the film, “Lady and the Tramp” |
| Bennie and the Jets | Elton John |
| Best Friend | from the TV series, “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” |
| Best of Both Worlds | Hannah Montana |
| Best of Friends | from the film, “The Fox and the Hound” |
| Bewitched | from the TV series, “Bewitched” |
| Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin |
| Big Iron | Marty Robbins |
| Blackbird | The Beatles |
| Blinded by the Light | Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, originally by Bruce Springsteen |
| Blob, The | from the film, “The Blob” |
| Blue Collar Man | Styx |
| Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain | Willie Nelson |
| Blue Skirt Waltz | |
| Blue Suede Shoes | Carl Perkins |
| Blueberry Hill | Fats Domino |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen |
| Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | The Andrews Sister |
| Brown-Eyed Girl | Van Morrison |
| Build Me Up, Buttercup | The Foundations |
| Bunny Hop, The | Ray Anthony and His Orchestra |
| Candle on the Water | from the film, “Pete’s Dragon” |
| Can’t Get Enough of You, Baby | Smash Mouth, originally by ? And The Mysterians |
| Can’t Help Falling in Love with You | Elvis Presley |
| Cantina Band | from the film series, “Star Wars” |
| Careless Whisper (sax riff only) | Wham! |
| Carry On Wayward Son | Kansas |
| Casino Royale | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass |
| Celebration | Kool & The Gang |
| Chatanooga Choo-Choo | |
| Cherry Poppin’ Daddy Strut | Cherry Poppin’ Daddies |
| Chicago | Frank Sinatra |
| Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo) | The Andrews Sisters with Danny Kaye |
| Chicken Dance | |
| Claire | Gilbert O’Sullivan |
| Clarinet Polka | |
| Classical Gas | Mason Williams |
| Come Fly with Me | Frank Sinatra |
| Come Sail Away | Styx |
| Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd |
| Con te Partirò | Andrea Bocelli |
| Cotton Fields | |
| Could I Have This Dance | Anne Murray |
| Crawl Out Through the Fallout | Sheldon Allman |
| Crazy Train | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Creeping Death | Metallica |
| Cum on Feel the Noize | Slade |
| D’yer Maker | Led Zeppelin |
| Danny Boy | |
| Darth Vader’s Imperial March | from the film series, “Star Wars” |
| Deacon Blues | Steely Dan |
| Devil Went Down to Georgia, The | Charlie Daniels Band |
| Diamonds Are Forever | Shirley Bassey, from the film, “Diamonds Are Forever” |
| Dirty Water | The Standells |
| Dites-Moi | from the film and stage musical, “South Pacific” |
| Dr. Feelgood | Mötley Crüe |
| Dr. Who | from the TV series, “Dr. Who” |
| Does Your Mother Know | ABBA |
| Don’t Fear the Reaper | Blue Oyster Cult |
| Don’t Stop Believin’ | Journey |
| Don’t Stop Me Now | Queen |
| Dora the Explorer | from the TV series, “Dora the Explorer” |
| Dorothy Arrives in Munchkinland | from the film, “The Wizard of Oz” |
| Dragnet | from the TV series, “Dragnet” |
| Dragula | Rob Zombie |
| Dream On | Aerosmith |
| Drive | Incubus |
| Drunk Daddy | Cherry Poppin’ Daddies |
| Dschinghis Khan | Dschinghis Khan |
| Duel of the Fates | from the film series, “Star Wars” |
| Dust in the Wind | Kansas |
| Earth Angel | The Penguins |
| Easy | The Commodores |
| Easy Come, Easy Go | Cass Elliott |
| Enter Sandman | Metallica |
| Entertainer, The | Scott Joplin |
| Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) | Backstreet Boys |
| Experiment in Terror | Henry Mancini, from the film, “Experiment in Terror” |
| Eye of the Tiger | Survivor |
| Fade to Black | Metallica |
| Family Guy | from the TV series, “Family Guy” |
| Final Countdown | Europe |
| First Cut Is the Deepest, The | Rod Stewart |
| First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Roberta Flack |
| Flirtin’ with Disaster | Molly Hatchet |
| Fly Like an Eagle | Steve Miller Band |
| Fly Robin Fly | Silver Convention |
| Flying Theme | from the film, “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” |
| For Once in My Life | Stevie Wonder |
| For the Longest Time | Billy Joel |
| Freewill | Rush |
| From Russia with Love | Matt Monro, from the film, “From Russia with Love” |
| Funkytown | Lipps, Inc. |
| Get Smart | from the TV series, “Get Smart” |
| Gilligan’s Island | from the TV series, “Gilligan’s Island” |
| Go All the Way | The Raspberries |
| Godfather, The | from the film series, “The Godfather” |
| Goldfinger | Shirley Bassey, from the film, “Goldfinger” |
| Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Elton John |
| Green Greens | from “Kirby’s Dream Land” |
| Hawaii Five-O | from the TV series, “Hawaii Five-O” |
| Heartbreak Hotel | Elvis Presley |
| Hedwig’s Theme | from the “Harry Potter” film series |
| Hello Darlin’ | Conway Twitty |
| Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah (Dance of the Hours) | Allan Sherman |
| Here I Go Again | Whitesnake |
| Hey Arnold! | from the TV series, “Hey Arnold!” |
| Hey, Eula! | Sil Austin |
| Hollywood Nights | Bob Seger |
| Honky Tonk | Bill Doggett |
| Hopelessly Devoted to You | from the film and stage musical, “Grease” |
| Hotel California | The Eagles |
| House of the Rising Sun | The Animals |
| How Do You Keep the Music Playing | James Ingram and Patti Austin |
| Hustle, The | Van McCoy |
| I Believe in You | Don Williams |
| I Can’t Stop Loving You | Ray Charles |
| I Dream of Jeannie | from the TV series, “I Dream of Jeannie” |
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown |
| I Just Called to Say I Love You | Stevie Wonder |
| I Love Lucy | from the TV series, “I Love Lucy” |
| I Want You Back | NSYNC |
| I Want to Hold Your Hand | The Beatles |
| I Was Made for Lovin’ You | Kiss |
| I Was Made to Love Her | Stevie Wonder |
| I Will | The Beatles |
| I Will Survive | Gloria Gaynor |
| I Wish | Stevie Wonder |
| I’ll Be There for You | The Rembrandts, from the TV series, “Friends” |
| I’m Going Slightly Mad | Queen |
| I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) | The Proclaimers |
| I’m Leaving It Up to You | Dale and Grace |
| I’ve Got the World on a String | Frank Sinatra |
| I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Frank Sinatra |
| If I Were a Rich Man | from the film and stage musical, “Fiddler on the Roof” |
| In My Life | The Beatles |
| Indiana Jones | from the film, “Raiders of the Lost Ark” |
| Inspector Gadget | from the TV series, “Inspector Gadget” |
| Interjections! | from the TV series, “Schoolhouse Rock” |
| Into Miami | from the film, “Goldfinger” |
| Iowa Fight Song | |
| James Bond Theme | from the “James Bond” film series |
| Jammin’ | Bob Marley |
| Jetsons, The | from the TV series, “The Jetsons” |
| Juana la Cubana | Fito Olivares |
| Jump | Van Halen |
| Jump in the Fire | Metallica |
| Jumper | Third Eye Blind |
| Jurassic Park Theme | from the film, “Jurassic Park” |
| Just the Two of Us | Bill Withers and Grover Washington, Jr. |
| Kashmir | Led Zeppelin |
| Killer Queen | Queen |
| Kissing You | Des’ree, from the film, “Romeo and Juliet” |
| Lady Is a Tramp, The | Frank Sinatra |
| Lay Down Sally | Eric Clapton |
| Layla | Derek and the Dominos |
| Lean on Me | Bill Withers |
| Let My Love Open the Door | Pete Townsend |
| Life Is a Highway (as covered by Rascal Flatts) | Rascal Flatts, originally by Tom Cochrane |
| Linus and Lucy | Vince Guaraldi, from the Charlie Brown animated series |
| Lion Sleeps Tonight | The Tokens |
| Little April Shower | from the film, “Bambi” |
| Live and Let Die | Wings, from the film, “Live and Let Die” |
| Livin’ on a Prayer | Bon Jovi |
| Long Time | Boston |
| Looney Tunes Theme Songs | from the “Looney Tunes” film series |
| Mack the Knife | Bobby Darin |
| Mambo Italiano | Rosemary Clooney |
| Man with the Golden Gun | Lulu, from the film, “Man with the Golden Gun” |
| Maneater | Hall and Oates |
| Maxine | Donald Fagen |
| Meet the Flintstones | from the TV series, “The Flintstones” |
| Mellow Yellow | Donovan |
| Mission: Impossible | from the TV and film series, “Mission: Impossible” |
| MMMBop | Hanson |
| Moondance | Van Morrison |
| More Than a Feeling | Boston |
| More Today Than Yesterday | Spiral Starecase |
| Morning Dance | Spyro Gyra |
| Moskau | Dschinghis Khan |
| My Cherie Amour | Stevie Wonder |
| My Girl | The Temptations |
| My Happiness | Connie Francis |
| My Love | Wings |
| My Way | Frank Sinatra |
| Never Been Any Reason | Head East |
| Never Ending Story | from the film, “Never Ending Story” |
| Never Gonna Give You Up | Rick Astley |
| New York, New York | Frank Sinatra |
| Night and Day | Frank Sinatra |
| Nola | |
| Old Lamplighter, The | The Browns |
| Old Time Rock ‘n Roll | Bob Seger |
| One Week | Barenaked Ladies |
| Only You | The Platters |
| Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World | Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, from the film, “Meet Joe Black” |
| Overjoyed | Stevie Wonder |
| Paradise City | Guns & Roses |
| Penny Lane | The Beatles |
| People Are Strange | The Door |
| Perry Mason Theme | from the TV series, “Perry Mason” |
| Peter Gunn | Henry Mancini, from the TV series, “Peter Gunn” |
| Piano Man | Billy Joel |
| Pick Up, The | Etta James |
| Pick Up the Pieces | Average White Band |
| Pink Panther, The | Henry Mancini, from the TV and film series, “The Pink Panther” |
| Powerhouse | Raymond Scott |
| Price Is Right, The | from the TV game show, “The Price Is Right” |
| Prince Ali | from the film, “Aladdin” |
| Purple Rain | Prince |
| Put Your Head on My Shoulder | Paul Anka |
| Q’s Trick | from the film, “Diamonds Are Forever” |
| Rainbow Connection, The | from the film, “The Muppet Movie” |
| Rasputin | Boney M |
| Raunchy | Bill Justis |
| Reflection | from the film, “Mulan” |
| Reflex, The | Duran Duran |
| Renegade | Styx |
| Ribbon in the Sky | Stevie Wonder |
| Ring of Fire | Johnny Cash |
| Rock ‘n Me | Steve Miller Band |
| Rock and Roll, Part 2 | Gary Glitter |
| Rock and Roll All Night | Kiss |
| Rock Around the Clock | Bill Haley & the Comets |
| Rocket Man | Elton John |
| Rocky and Bullwinkle | from the TV series, “Rocky and Bullwinkle” |
| Roundabout | Yes |
| Run Runaway | Slade |
| Runaround Sue | Dion |
| Sail Along Silvery Moon | Billy Vaughn |
| Sanford & Son | from the TV series, “Sanford & Son” |
| Santa Fe | from the film and stage musical, “Newsies” |
| Santeria | Sublime |
| Save Tonight | Eagle-Eye Cherry |
| Sax-O-Doodle | Rudy Wiedoeft |
| Saxophobia | Rudy Wiedoeft |
| Scar Tissue | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Scooby Doo | from the TV series, “Scooby Doo, Where Are You?” |
| Secret Life of Plants | Stevie Wonder |
| See You on the Other Side | Ozzy Osbourne |
| Seinfeld Theme | from the TV series, “Seinfeld” |
| Separate Ways | Journey |
| Sesame Street | from the TV series, “Sesame Street” |
| Seventy-Six Trombone | from the film and stage musical, “The Music Man” |
| Shake a Tail Feather | from the film, “The Blues Brothers” |
| Shoop-Shoop Song, The (It’s in His Kiss) | Betty Everett |
| Show Must Go On, The | Queen |
| Simpsons, The | from the TV series, “The Simpsons” |
| Since I Met You Baby | Ivory Joe Hunter |
| Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) | Stevie Wonder |
| Sir Duke | Stevie Wonder |
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana |
| Smoke on the Water | Deep Purple |
| Smokin’ at Tiffany’s | Funk, Inc. |
| Smooth | Santana, featuring Rob Thomas |
| Smooth Criminal | Michael Jackson |
| Someone’s Waiting for You | from the film, “The Rescuers” |
| Somewhere | from the film and stage musical, “West Side Story” |
| Sound of Silence, The | Simon and Garfunkel |
| Spiderman | from the TV series, “Spiderman” |
| Stairway to Heaven | Led Zeppelin |
| Stand By Me | Ben E. King |
| Star Wars Main Theme | from the film series, “Star Wars” |
| Start Me Up | Rolling Stones |
| Still Crazy After All These Years | Paul Simon |
| Strangers in the Night | Frank Sinatra |
| Stripper, The | David Rose and His Orchestra |
| Stuck in the Middle with You | Stealer’s Wheel |
| Stuck on You | Elvis Presley |
| Sugar Sugar | The Archies |
| Summer of ’69 | Bryan Adams |
| Summer Wind | Frank Sinatra |
| Sunglasses at Night | Corey Hart |
| Super Freak | Rick James |
| Super Mario Brothers | |
| Superstition | Stevie Wonder |
| Sure Know Something | Kiss |
| Sway | Dean Martin |
| Sweet Child of Mine | Guns & Roses |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| Take Me Home, Country Roads | John Denver |
| Take Me Out to the Ballgame | |
| Take On Me | a-ha |
| Take the Money and Run | Steve Miller Band |
| Tequila | The Champs |
| These Arms | Dwight Yoakam |
| They Don’t Care About Us | Michael Jackson |
| Thomas, the Tank Engine | from the TV series, “Thomas, the Tank Engine and Friends” |
| Throne Room and End Credits | from the film series, “Star Wars” |
| Three Little Birds | Bob Marley |
| Thunderstruck | AC/DC |
| Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) | Green Day |
| Time to Say Goodbye, aka Con te Partirò | Andrea Bocelli |
| Tiny Dancer | Elton John |
| Tom and Jerry Theme | from the TV series, “Tom and Jerry” |
| Tomorrow | from the film and stage musical, “Annie” |
| Top Gun Theme | from the film, “Top Gun” |
| Topsy, Part II | Cozy Cole |
| Tuff | Ace Cannon |
| Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose | Dwight Yoakam |
| Turn the Page | Bob Seger |
| Under Pressure | Queen with David Bowie |
| Under the Boardwalk | The Drifters |
| Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Urgent | Foreigner |
| Vertigogo | Combustible Edison, from the film, “Four Rooms” |
| Vie en Rose, La | Edith Piaf |
| Villa Strangiato, La | Rush |
| Walk Between Raindrops | Donald Fagen |
| Walkin’ on the Sun | Smash Mouth |
| Wanted Dead or Alive | Bon Jovi |
| Wasted Days and Wasted Nights | Freddy Fender |
| Way, The | Fastball |
| We Are Family | Sisters Sledge |
| We Are the Champions | Queen |
| We Will Rock You | Queen |
| Welcome to the Jungle | Guns & Roses |
| When Doves Cry | Prince |
| When I Come Around | Green Day |
| When You Wish Upon a Star | from the film, “Pinocchio” |
| Where We Go from Here | Shelby Lynne |
| Who Can It Be Now | Men At Work |
| Who Needs Sleep | Barenaked Ladies |
| Winnie the Pooh | from the TV series, “Winnie the Pooh” |
| Witchcraft | Frank Sinatra |
| Won’t Get Fooled Again | The Who |
| Working for the Weekend | Loverboy |
| Wrong Way | Sublime |
| X Files Theme | from the TV series, “The X Files” |
| Yakety Sax | Boots Randolph |
| You Better You Bet | The Who |
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