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The Sheik's list of
BASIC DIXIELAND TUNES

This is David (The Sheik) Littlefield's selection of the tunes he considers most likely to be played by bands you might want play with. His list is based on his well-honed sense of practicality and his many years of experience. He feels that many key tunes, such as the multi-part classics, are not played as often as they might be, solely because so many musicians who "play some Dixieland" don't know them. Littlefield suggests that by learning them, you will have a lot better chance of being booked, because band leaders really do want to play them.

David Littlefield's recommendation for developing your Dixieland repertoire:

Learn the numbered tunes first; the rest are suggested add-ons to enrich your repertoire. When you've gotten this list down, the D-CUP list will lead you further.

Listen to Sheiks of Dixie Trio 2:47

Legend: (v. = includes verse; p.=patter; lyr.=lyrics; * separate lyric sheet; 2pp=2 pages)

1. After you've gone Bb
2. Ain't Misbehavin' Eb
3. Ain't she sweet C
4. Alexander's ragtime band C, F
5. All of me C
6. Am I blue F
7. Angry Bb
8. At sundown F
9. At the jazz band ball Gm, Bb
10. Avalon F
11. Baby won't you please come home F
12. Ballin' the jack Bb
13. Basin Street blues Bb
14. Big butter and egg man F
15. Bill Bailey F
16. Birth of the blues C
17. Black and blue Am
18. Blue turning grey C
19. Blues my naughty sweety gives to me Gm
20. Bourbon Street parade Ab
21. Bye bye blackbird F
22. Bye bye blues C

23. Cabaret Eb
24. Chicago Eb
25. China boy F
26. Chinatown, my Chinatown Bb
27. Clarinet marmalade F
28. Darktown strutter's ball C
29. Davenport blues Eb or F
30. Dinah Ab
31. Dippermouth blues Bb
32. Dixie Bb
33. Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans C
34. Dr. Jazz Eb

35. Everybody loves my baby Dm
36. Fidgety feet Bb,Eb,Ab
37. Five foot two C
38. Frankie and Johnny Bb
39. Georgia camp meeting Ab
40. Georgia on my mind F
41. Good man is hard to find, Bb
42. Hello dolly Bb
43. High society Bb, Eb
44. Hindustan Bb
45. Honeysuckle rose F

46. I ain't gonna give nobody none of my jelly roll Bb
47. I ain't got nobody F
48. I can't believe that you're in love with me Bb
49. I can't give you anything but love F
50. I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate Eb

51. I'm confessin' Ab
52. I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter Bb (C)
53. I've found a new baby Dm
54. Ice cream Bb
55. Ida Eb
56. If I could be with you Bb
57. If I had you Bb
58. In a shanty in old shantytown F
59. Indiana F

60. Jazz me blues Eb
61. Just a closer walk Bb
62. Keepin' out of mischief C
63. Lazy river F
64. Limehouse blues F, Ab
65. Lonesome road Eb
66. Louisiana Ab

67. Mack the knife Bb +
68. Make me a pallet on thefloorAb
69. Margie F
70. Mean to me F
71. Midnight in Moscow Dm
72. Milneburg joys Bb
73. Muskrat ramble Bb (tr Ab)
74. My blue heaven Eb

75. New Orleans (Hoagy) Gm
76. Nobody's sweetheart F
77. Oh baby F
78. Original dixieland one-step Bb,Eb,Ab
79. Riverboat shuffle Gm, Eb
80. Rosetta F
81. Royal Garden blues F, Bb
82. Runnin' wild Bb

83. Saint James infirmary Dm
84. Saint Louis blues G
85. San F
86. See see rider Bb
87. Shine Eb
88. Sleepy time down South, When it's Eb
89. Sleepy time gal F
90. Some of these days F
91. Someday sweetheart F
92. Someday you'll be sorry Eb
93. South Eb
94. South Rampart Street parade Eb,Ab (keys of out choruses vary greatly)
95. Struttin' with some barbeque F
96. Sugar F
97. Sugar blues Bb
98. Sunday C
99. Sweet Georgia Brown Ab (F)
100. Sweet Sue, just you F

101. That's a plenty Dm, Bb
102. There'll be some changes made Bb
103. Tiger rag Bb,Eb,Ab
104. Tin roof blues Bb

105. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee C,F
106. Washington and Lee swingBb
107. Way down yonder in NO F
108. When my sugar walks down the street F
109. When the Saints F
110. When you're smiling Bb 111. Whispering Eb
112. Who's sorry now Bb
113. Wolverine blues Bb

Second Priority Tunes Alabama jubilee Bb
Alabamy bound F
All by myself Bb
Amazing grace F
Baby face C
Beale Street blues Bb
Cake walkin' babies from home Bb
California, here I come C
Careless love F
Carolina in the morning C Charleston Bb
Curse of an aching heart Bb
Home Eb
I want a little girl F
I'll be a friend with pleasure Eb
It's a long way to Tipperary Bb
It's a sin to tell a lie C
Just a little while to stay here F
Melancholy F
New second line Ab
Old fashioned love F
Once in a while (Louis') Bb
Panama Eb,Ab
Please don't talk about me Eb
Poor butterfly Ab
Rockin' chair Eb
Sailing down the Chesapeake Bay F
Second line F
Sheik of Araby Bb
Smiles Bb (Ab)
Somebody stole my gal Eb
That da-da strain Bb
Trouble in mind F
Undecided C
Weary blues F, Bb
World is waiting for the sunrise C (Bb)
Yes sir, that's my baby Eb
You've got to see mama every night Bb

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