Covers band - Female vocalist - we need more songs & to arrange them

close2u

Rehearsals been going regularly for about 2 months now.  4-piece: female vocalist (strong voice, good range), bass, drums, guitar.  Here are the songs we have been working on so far:

1. Blondie - Maria
2. Blondie - Sunday Girl
3. Blondie - One Way Or Another - segue in to ...
4. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (and back to One Way Or Another)
5. Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High
6. Tina Turner - Proud Mary
7. Eliza Doolittle - Pack Up
8. Pixie Lott - Mama Do
9. Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love segue in to ... Rock 'n' Roll medley of
10. Buddy Holly -  Oh Boy, Elvis - Blue Suede Shoes, Danny & Juniors - At The Hop
11. Bon Jovi - Livin’ On A Prayer
12. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me
13. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
14. Phil Collins - You Can’t Hurry Love
15. The Noisettes - Never Forget You
16. Stevie Wonder - Part Time Lover
17. David Guetta - Titanium
18. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
19. The Beatles medley - Can't Buy Me Love, I Saw Her Standing There, Twist & Shout

We probably need a handful more songs.  And we need to put them into some kind of order ... two set lists for pub / club gigs etc. I'm aware that it is a slightly mixed bunch of songs. The overall theme we want is to have songs that are upbeat, up-tempo, energetic, danceable etc.

Any suggestions for great songs suitable to female vocals to fit right in very welcome.

And, any suggestions for picking out set-openers / closers / encores very welcome too.

Many thanks.

viz

California girls (dlr version)
Timewarp

bigjon

Firework - Katy Perry

Loveshack - B52s

jd0272

Nothing to add re songs suitable for a female vocalist, but having 50+ tracks 'in your back pocket' is very handy to mix it up if gigging in a local area on a regular basis. Pull 'em out, pop 'em in, as you may be playing to the same punters in a different venue the next day/week.

Good list thus far tho! I'd go for a listen and a pint.

PolarityMan

If I had a femal singer i'd prob do a cardigans song but not lovefool, probably my favourite game or erase and rewind.

close2u

Thanks for suggestions and @jd0272 for having a pint with us.

@Polarityman .. don't know the Cardigans.

Female vocal songs with upbeat feel are what we need.

We know the 'classics' but are not exactly with it on modern stuff.

PolarityMan

I'd also totally do spin spin sugar or 6 underground by the sneaker pimps....at work right now, I'll link up some cardigans stuff later.

EricTheWeary

PolarityMan;403762" said:

If I had a femal singer i'd prob do a cardigans song but not lovefool, probably my favourite game or erase and rewind.

I'd do mostly stuff by The Selecter, although keys would be ideal.
Stuff like 3 minute hero ( and every covers band needs one ska song as its dance music for blokes).

Katie Perrie?( spll?) If you dig out the earlier live versions from Later and that period she was basically fronting a new wave ish rock band.

ESBlonde

Walking on sunshine - Katrina and the waves. A bi of a standard but seems well liked by the punters/girls/dancers.

nickp

i will survive

EricTheWeary

nickp said:

i will survive

ooh, Im Coming Out - great,great guitar riff.

EricTheWeary

EricTheWeary said:

PolarityMan;403762" said:

If I had a femal singer i'd prob do a cardigans song but not lovefool, probably my favourite game or erase and rewind.

I'd do mostly stuff by The Selecter, although keys would be ideal.
Stuff like 3 minute hero ( and every covers band needs one ska song as its dance music for blokes).

Katie Perrie?( spll?) If you dig out the earlier live versions from Later and that period she was basically fronting a new wave ish rock band.

close2u

nickp said:

i will survive

I actually played this at the start of our last rehearsal ... no bad vibes so may be worth a push ... the guitar, nice arpeggiated intro chords going in to funky strumming is great ... and the violin solo I've transcribed ... just at a slow speed right now

PolarityMan

As promised.

Cardigans:

Sneaker Pimp:

Also what about some gwen stefani / no doubt?

maltingsaudio

Zombie Cranberrys always a crowd pleaser and we do Road to Hell in our band with girly up front that fills up quite a few minutes mid set  giving her time off to get the beers in!   

hubobulous

We have a female vocalist and these all go down well. We've mixed songs between those that were originally a female vocalist and those that weren't....we tend to pick songs that can be rocked up a little, or are uptempo and danceable. We start off with rock n roll to help warm up, but also to get toes tapping early on. Its unlikely that people will dance much in the first set, but it gives an idea of what's coming. This is the setlist from our last gig:

1. Don't Stop
   
2. Twist and Shout
   
3. Honky Tonk Woman
   
4. Satisfaction
   
5. Run To You
   
6. All Day & All of the Night
   
7. You Really Got Me
   
8. C’Mon Everybody
   
9. Great Balls of Fire
   
10. GYOW
    
11. Call Me
    
12. Waking Up
    
13. Gimme All Your Lovin
    
14. Sharp Dressed Man
    
15. Can't Get Enough
    
16. Ever Fallen in Love
    
17. Rock n Roll Train
    
18. Crash
    

HALF TIME BAR BREAK

1. Are you Gonna Go My Way
   
2. All the Small Things
   
3. Hush
   
4. Stuck in the Middle
   
5. Echo Beach
   
6. Thorn in My Side
   
7. Brimful of Asha
   
8. Play that Funky Music
   
9. I Love Rock n Roll
   
10. Doctor Doctor
    
11. Song2
    
12. Take Me Out
    
13. Place Your Hands
    
14. Sweet Home Alabama
    
15. Rebel Yell
    
16. Johnny B Goode
    
17. Livin’ on a Prayer
    
18. Sweet Child
    
19. Sex is on Fire
    
20. Summer of 69
    
21. 500 Miles
    

close2u

@hubobulous

wow
that is a set list ... loads of songs

thanks all for suggestions

we're going to try ... soon
Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark

Not so keen on Cardigans etc, not quite upbeat / dancy / recognisable enough to us oldies

we haven't yet split them in to a Set 1 & Set 2 yet ... any suggestions?

nickp

+1 for Zombie

Jalapeno

All the old girl groups/soloists - Supremes, Shirelles, Aretha, Roberta Flack, Martha Reeves, Etta James etc - could be given a modern treatment

robinbowes

We do about 5 tracks by The Detroit Cobras - basically, rocky/trashy covers of classic girl group/soloist songs from the 60s. Worth checking out...

R.

close2u

Thanks all
Love all that old motown, soul, doo-wop ....
thanks for introducing me to Detroit Cobras - never heard them
careful selection of single voiced songs is key as we only have the one vocalist ... drummer does some backing vox, but limited