I get asked about the music at The Flying Banzini a lot. This makes me happy because I spend A LOT of time working up the playlist. I started with the goal that it would be 500 songs. And, I got there pretty quickly. Then I listened to a lot of music, mostly in my car. If I found a song that I felt belonged on the list I added it but eliminated another. This was how quality improved (I hope).

Many of these are songs that I knew. Many are not. The point wasn’t the song. It was the vibe. The ambience.

Now that we have been open for eight weeks I am very happy with the list. In fact, I do not think that I will limit it to 500 songs. They are not played in order anyway. They are played on Shuffle on an iPod. So, suggest away in the comments section. Got a song that fits the vibe? Let me know.

 

A.J. Croce	Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
A.J. Croce	Coraline
A.J. Croce	Time Will Tell
A.J. Croce	Maybe I’m Amazed
A.J. Croce	When I’m Gone
A.J. Croce	Trouble In Mind
A.J. Croce	Texas Ruby
A.J. Croce	Music Box
A.J. Croce	Callin’ Home
A.J. Croce	Pass Me By
A.J. Croce	That’s Me In the Bar
ABBA	Dancing Queen
Adam Ant	Goody Two Shoes
Adele	Skyfall
ADELE	Rolling In the Deep
ADELE	Rumour Has It
Aerosmith	Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
a-ha	Take On Me
Alex Clare	Too Close
Alex Pangman	The Panic Is On
Alex Pangman	Honeysuckle Rose
Alvin “Red” Tyler	The Peanut Vendor
Amy Winehouse	Rehab
Amy Winehouse	You Know I’m No Good
Amy Winehouse	Back to Black
Amy Winehouse	Between the Cheats
Amy Winehouse	Valerie (’68 Version)
Anna Kendrick	Cups (When I’m Gone) [From "Pitch Perfect"]
Annie Lennox	Little Bird
Aretha Franklin	Respect
Aretha Franklin	Think
Aretha Franklin	Son of a Preacher Man
Aretha Franklin	I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
Aretha Franklin	Chain of Fools
Aretha Franklin	Rock Steady
Aretha Franklin	Share Your Love With Me
Aretha Franklin	Night Time Is the Right Time
Aretha Franklin	Today I Sing the Blues
Art of Noise & Tom Jones	Kiss (Featuring Tom Jones)
Arthur Conley	Sweet Soul Music
The Bangles	Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles	Hazy Shade of Winter
Barry Manilow	Copacabana
Bay City Rollers	Saturday Night
The Beach Boys	Sloop John B.
The Beatles	I Feel Fine
The Beatles	Paperback Writer
The Beatles	Get Back
The Beatles	The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Bee Gees	Stayin’ Alive
Ben E. King	Stand By Me
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals	Steal My Kisses
Bette Midler	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Beyoncé	Crazy In Love
Beyoncé	Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
Big Bill Broonzy	Key to the Highway
Big Bill Broonzy	The Glory of Love
Big Joe Turner	My Gal’s A Jockey
Big Joe Turner	Flip Flop & Fly
Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog
Big Maybelle	Ring Dang Dilly
Big Maybelle	Blues Early, Early
Big Maybelle	So Long
Big Maybelle	Rockhouse
Big Maybelle	A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Big Maybelle	Goin’ Home Baby
Big Maybelle	How It Lies
Big Maybelle	That’s A Pretty Good Love
Bill Withers	Ain’t No Sunshine
Bill Withers	Lean On Me
Billy Wright	‘fore Day Blues
Billy Wright	Drinkin’ And Thinkin’
Billy Wright	Married Woman’s Boogie
The Black Eyed Peas	Pump It
The Black Seeds	One By One
The Blasters	I’m Shakin’
The Blasters	Marie Marie
The Blasters	Long White Cadillac
The Blues Brothers	Peter Gunn Theme
The Blues Brothers	Soul Man
The Blues Brothers	Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
Bob Dylan	Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
Bob Dylan	Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Bob Dylan	Country Pie
Bob Dylan	Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bobby Darin	Mack the Knife
Booker T. & The M.G.’s	Green Onions
Boz Scaggs	Flames of Love
Broadway Cast Recording, Milton Greene & Zero Mostel	If I Were a Rich Man
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry	Sun’s Gonna Shine
Canned Heat	Going up the Country
The Cardigans & Tom Jones	Burning Down the House
Cat Stevens	Another Saturday Night
Cee Lo Green	Forget You
Charles Sheffield	It’s Your Voodoo Working
The Chieftains & Punch Brothers	The Frost Is All Over
The Chieftains & The Rolling Stones	The Rocky Road to Dublin
The Chieftains & Tom Jones	Tennessee Waltz/Tennessee Mazurka
Christina Aguilera	Ain’t No Other Man
Christina Aguilera	Lady Marmalade (With Lil’ Kim, Mya and P!nk)
Christina Aguilera	Fighter
Christina Aguilera	Candyman
Christina Perri	Jar of Hearts
Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry	No Particular Place To Go
Clarence “Frogman” Henry	Ain’t Got No Home
The Clovers	Lovey Dovey
Conway Twitty	Danny Boy
Cyndi Lauper	Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Damita Jo	I’ll Save the Last Dance for You
Darrelle London	First Date
Darrelle London	Forgot My Words
Darrelle London	Too Good
Darrelle London	Spaghetti
Dave Brubeck	Unsquare Dance
Dave Edmunds	I Hear You Knocking
David Lee Roth	California Girls
David Lee Roth	Ice Cream Man
David Lee Roth	Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody
Dead or Alive	You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record) [2009 Version]
Dean Martin	Volare
Dean Martin	That’s Amore - That’s Love
Dean Martin	Mambo Italiano
Dean Martin	I Don’t Care If the Sun Don’t Shine
Dean Martin	The Man Who Plays the Mandolino
Dean Martin	Zing-a Zing-a Zing Boom
Dean Martin	Go Go Go Go
Dean Martin	Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine
Dean Martin	Ain’t That a Kick In the Head
Debbie Reynolds	Aba Daba Honeymoon
Diana Krall	I’m a Little Mixed Up
Donovan	Mellow Yellow
Donovan	Sunshine Superman
Dr. John	Right Place Wrong Time
The Drifters	Save the Last Dance for Me
The Drifters	Under The Boardwalk
El Compa Chuy	El Intrépido
Electric Light Orchestra	Livin’ Thing
Electric Light Orchestra	Jungle
Elizabeth Shepherd	Love for Sale
Ella Fitzgerald	Goody, Goody
Ella Fitzgerald	Peas And Rice
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
Elvis Presley	A Little Less Conversation (JXL Radio Edit Remix) [Elvis vs. JXL]
Elvis Presley	Mystery Train
Elvis Presley	Viva Las Vegas
Elvis Presley	A Little Less Conversation
Emilie Mover	I Second That Emotion
Eric Clapton	My Very Good Friend the Milkman
Eric Clapton	Motherless Child
Eric Clapton	They’re Red Hot
Eric Clapton	Come On In My Kitchen
Eric Clapton	32-20 Blues
Eric Clapton	San Francisco Bay Blues (Live Acoustic)
Esther Phillips	No Headstone On My Grave (LP Version)
Esther Phillips	Fever
Etta James	At Last
Eurythmics	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie
Fastball	The Way
Fatboy Slim	Praise You
Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill
Feist	1234
Fine Young Cannibals	She Drives Me Crazy
Fitz & The Tantrums	Breakin’ the Chains of Love
Florence + The Machine	Dog Days Are Over
Fontella Bass	Rescue Me
Fontella Bass	Baby, What You Want Me To Do
Fontella Bass	I’m A Woman
Frank Sinatra	The Coffee Song (They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Coffee In Brazil)
Frank Sinatra	Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
Frank Sinatra	My Way
Frank Sinatra	Theme from New York, New York
Frank Sinatra	It’s Nice to Go Trav’ling
Frank Sinatra	Chicago
Frank Sinatra	Come Dance With Me
Frank Sinatra	Cheek to Cheek
Frank Sinatra	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
Frank Sinatra	The Lady Is a Tramp
Frank Sinatra	Two Hearts, Two Kisses (Make One Love)
Frank Sinatra	Mr. Success
Frankie Capp Orchestra & Keely Smith	Swing, Swing, Swing (Sing, Sing, Sing)
Frankie Valli	Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons	December, 1963 (Oh What a Night!)
Fred Astaire	Putting On the Ritz
Fred Foster, Janis Joplin & Kris Kristofferson	Me and Bobby McGee
Frida Payne	Billie’s Blues
Gary Wright	Dream Weaver
George Benson	On Broadway
George Harrison	All Those Years Ago
George Michael	Faith
Gnarls Barkley	Run (I’m a Natural Disaster)
Gnarls Barkley	Crazy
Graham Blvd	Red Rubber Ball
Grand Funk	Some Kind of Wonderful
Great Big Sea	The Night Pat Murphy Died
Guantanamera	Joseito Fernandez
Hanson	MMMBop
Harry Belafonte	Jump In the Line
Harry Belafonte	Cocoanut Woman (Digitally Remastered)
Harry Belafonte	Matilda
Harry Belafonte	Shake, Shake Senora
Heart	Crazy On You
Heart	Barracuda
Holly Cole	Walk Away
Holly Cole Trio	I Can See Clearly Now
The Honeydrippers	I Get a Thrill
The Honeydrippers	Sea of Love
The Honeydrippers	Rockin’ At Midnight
Hot Chocolate	You Sexy Thing
Ike & Tina Turner	Bold Soul Sister
Ike & Tina Turner	Reconsider Baby
Ingrid Michaelson	Be OK
Ingrid Michaelson	Can’t Help Falling In Love (Live At Daytrotter)
Ingrid Michaelson	You and I
INXS	Never Tear Us Apart
INXS	Mystify
The Isley Brothers	Shout
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole	Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World
Jack Semple	In the Midnight Hour
Jackson 5	I Want You Back
James Brown	Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 (Single Version)
James Brown	I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Brown	It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World
James Taylor	Steamroller
Jann Arden	Son of a Preacher Man
Jann Arden	To Sir With Love
Jason Mraz	I’m Yours
Jeff Healey	Holding My Honey’s Hand
Jeff Healey	You Can’t Pull the Wool Over My Eyes
Jeff Healey	Pennies From Heaven
Jeff Healey	I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
Jeff Healey	Guitar Duet Stomp
Jeff Healey	Jambalaya
Jeff Healey	It’s Only Money
Jerry Lee Lewis	Lewis Boogie
Jerry Lee Lewis	Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls of Fire
Joe Cocker	You Can Leave Your Hat On
Joe Jackson	Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid
Joe Jackson	Jack, You’re Dead!
Joe Jackson	Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
Joe Jackson	Five Guys Named Moe
John Mayer	Waiting On the World to Change
John Mayer	Gravity
John Mayer	Your Body Is a Wonderland
Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash	Jackson
Johnny Cash, June Carter & Merle Kilgore	Ring of Fire
Johnny Otis	Ain’t Nuthin’ Shakin’
Johnny Otis & Louis Jordan	Choo-Choo-Ch-Boogie
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell	Raised On Robbery
Journey	Don’t Stop Believin’
Journey	Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’
Julius La Rosa	Eh Cumpari
Julius La Rosa	Torero
Jully Black	Seven Day Fool
k.d. lang	Hallelujah (2010 Version)
Katrina & The Waves	Walking On Sunshine
KC & The Sunshine Band	That’s the Way (I Like It)
Kenny Loggins	I’m Alright (Theme from “Caddyshack”)
King Harvest	Dancing In the Moonlight (Original Recording)
The Kings	This Beat Goes On
The Kings	Switchin’ to Glide
KT Tunstall	Black Horse & the Cherry Tree (Radio Version)
La Vern Baker	I Want To Rock
Little Johnny Jones	Big Town Playboy
Little Miss Higgins	The Tornado Song
Little Miss Higgins	Wash These Blues Away
Little Miss Higgins	Hope You Don’t Feel Blue
Little Miss Higgins	That Train’s A’ Comin’ Down
Little Miss Higgins	Velvet Barley Bed
Little Richard	Tutti Frutti
Little Richard	Lucille
Los Cuates de Sinaloa	Negro y Azul: Ballad of Heisenberg
Los Cuates de Sinaloa	Hombre de Negocios
Los Cuates de Sinaloa	El Chango Descalabrado
The Lost Fingers	Karma Chameleon
The Lost Fingers	Tom Sawyer
The Lost Fingers	Summer of ’69
The Lost Fingers	Safety Dance
The Lost Fingers	Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone
The Lost Fingers	Pump Up the Jam
The Lost Fingers	Part-time Lover
The Lost Fingers	Tainted Love
Lou Bega	Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of…)
Lou Bega	Tricky, Tricky
Lou Monte	Lazy Mary (Luna Mezzo Mare)
Louie Prima	Angelina Zooma Zooma
Louie Prima	Just a Gigolo
Louis Armstrong	What a Wonderful World
Louis Jordan	Jack, You’re Dead
Louis Jordan	Caldonia Boogie
Louis Jordan	Push-Ka-Pee She Pie
Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Sam Butera & The Witnesses	Jump, Jive An’ Wail
Lulu	To Sir With Love
Manhattan Transfer	Java Jive
Manhattan Transfer	Boy from New York City
The Manhattan Transfer	Trickle Trickle
The Manhattan Transfer	Four Brothers
Maroon 5	Wake Up Call
Maroon 5	This Love
Marva Wright	You Are My Sunshine
Mat Kearney	Hey Mama
Mel Tormé	Comin’ Home Baby
Memphis Slim	Four O’Clock Blues
Memphis Slim	Bye, Bye, Will Be on My Way
Memphis Slim	No Mail Blues
Michael Bublé	Everything
Michael Bublé	Haven’t Met You Yet
Michael Bublé	Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes) [With Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings]
Michael Bublé	Hollywood
Michael Bublé	Feeling Good
Michael Bublé	Save the Last Dance for Me
Michael Bublé	Moondance (Album Version)
Michael Bublé	Sway
Michael Bublé	Mack the Knife
Michael Bublé	It’s a Beautiful Day
Michael Franti & Spearhead	Say Hey (I Love You) [feat. Cherine Anderson]
Michael Kaeshammer	Rendezvous
Michael Kaeshammer	Kisses In Zanzibar
Michael Kaeshammer	Lovelight
Michael Kaeshammer	Hamp’s Boogie
Mika	Grace Kelly
Mika	Lollipop
Mika	Love Today
Mika	Billy Brown
Mika	Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
Mika	Stuck In the Middle
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels	Devil With The Blue Dress On
Mose Allison	I Don’t Worry About a Thing
Mose Allison	Parchman Farm
Mose Allison	Young Man’s Blues
Mose Allison	The Seventh Son
Moxy Fruvous	King of Spain
Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy
Muddy Waters	Hoochie Coochie Man
Mungo Jerry	You Better Leave That Whisky Alone
Mungo Jerry	In the Summertime
Mungo Jerry	San Francisco Bay Blues
Mungo Jerry	Mighty Man
Nancy Sinatra	These Boots Are Made for Walkin’
Nancy Sinatra	Somethin’ Stupid (With Frank Sinatra)
Nappy Brown	Don’t Be Angry
Neil Diamond	Cracklin’ Rosie
Neil Diamond	Cherry, Cherry
The Nightcaps	Wine, Wine, Wine
Nina Simone	Feeling Good
Noah & The Whale	5 Years Time
Norah Jones	Don’t Know Why
Norah Jones	Happy Pills
The Northern Pikes	She Ain’t Pretty
Otis Redding	(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay
P!nk	Get the Party Started
Paolo Nutini	New Shoes
Paolo Nutini	Loving You
Paul Anka	Pennies From Heaven (with Michael Bublé)
Paul Anka	My Way (with Frank Sinatra)
Paul McCartney	Live and Let Die
Paul McCartney	Dance Tonight
Paul McCartney	Maybe I’m Amazed
Paul Simon	Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard
Paul Simon	Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes
Paul Simon	The Obvious Child
Paul Simon	Graceland
Paul Simon	Under African Skies
Paul Simon	Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean
Paul Simon	Late In the Evening
Perry Como	Papa Loves Mambo
Pete Johnson	Atomic Boogie
The Pogues	Sally MacLennane
The Pogues	Fiesta
The Pogues	Streams of Whiskey
The Pogues	The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn
The Pogues	If I Should Fall from Grace With God
The Pogues	Boys from the County Hell
The Pogues & The Dubliners	The Irish Rover
Polyjesters	Jackson
Polyjesters	Fast
Polyjesters	Queen of the Honeybees
Polyjesters	Carnival
Polyjesters	King of the Swingers
Polyjesters	Sweet Georgia Brown
Polyjesters	I’m Gonna Sit Right Down
Prism	Take Me to the Kaptain
Prism	Spaceship Superstar
Queen	Killer Queen
Queen	Somebody to Love
Quique Escamilla	Huapango de Tequila
Randy Newman	You’ve Got a Friend In Me
Ray Charles	What’d I Say, Pt. I & II
Ray Charles	Busted
Ray Charles	Basin Street Blues
Ray Charles	Sentimental Blue
Ray Charles	I Got a Woman
Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue
Ray Charles	Night Time Is the Right Time
Ray Stevens	Gitarzan
Reverbs	Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)
Rick Astley	Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Derringer	Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo
Ricky Skaggs	Pig In a Pen
Ringo Starr	You’re Sixteen You’re Beautiful (And You’re Mine)
Ritchie Valens	La Bamba
Ritchie Valens	Come On, Let’s Go
Robert Plant	Rockin’ At Midnight (Live Bootleg Recording, Birmingham NEC, 1985)
Robin Thicke	Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell)
Robin Williams	My Way (A Mi Manera)
The Rolling Stones	19th Nervous Breakdown
The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones	You Got the Silver
Ronnie Hawkins	Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Rose Royce	Car Wash
Rosemary Clooney	Come On-A My House (Single Version)
Rosemary Clooney	Botch-a-Me
Rosemary Clooney	Sway (Remastered)
Rosemary Clooney & The Mellowmen	Mambo Italiano
Roy Orbison	Oh, Pretty Woman
Rufus Thomas	Walking the Dog
Ruth Brown	I Love My Man
Ruth Brown	Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
Ruth Brown	5-10-15 Hours
Salty Dog	Mobile Line
Salty Dog	Depot Blues
Salty Dog	Genuwine Moonshine
Salty Dog	Slap That Thing
Sam & Dave	Hold On I’m Coming
Sam & Dave	Soul Man
Sam Cooke	Tennessee Waltz
Sam Roberts	Brother Down
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs	Wooly Bully
Sammy Davis, Jr.	That Old Black Magic
Sammy Davis, Jr.	In A Persian Market
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Perdido - Lost
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Comes Love
Sammy Davis, Jr.	The Birth of the Blues
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Easy to Love
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Sing You Sinners
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Happy Ending
Seal	Kiss from a Rose
Serena Ryder	Stompa
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	100 Days, 100 Nights
She & Him	Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
She & Him	I Was Made for You
Sheryl Crow	Steve McQueen
Sly & The Family Stone	Dance to the Music
Sly & The Family Stone	Everyday People
Smash Mouth	Walkin’ On the Sun
Smash Mouth	I’m a Believer
The Spinners	The Rubberband Man
The Spinners	Working My Way Back to You
Stealers Wheel	Stuck In the Middle With You
Steve Miller Band	Abracadabra
Steve Miller Band	Swingtown
Steve Miller Band	Take the Money and Run
Steve Miller Band	Rock’n Me
Steve Miller Band	True Fine Love
Steve Miller Band	The Joker
Steve Miller Band	Dance, Dance, Dance
Stevie Wonder	Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
Stevie Wonder	Superstition
Stevie Wonder	I Wish
Stompin’ Tom Connors	Bud the Spud
Stompin’ Tom Connors	Big Joe Mufferaw
Stray Cats	Rock This Town
Stray Cats	Stray Cat Strut
Suburban Legends	Don Juan
Talking Heads	Burning Down the House
Them	Baby Please Don’t Go
Three Dog Night	Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
Tiny Tim	Tip Toe Through the Tulips
Todd Rundgren	Bang the Drum All Day
Tom Jones	She’s a Lady
Tom Petty	Free Fallin’
Tom Petty	Runnin’ Down a Dream
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	American Girl
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Learning to Fly
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Mary Jane’s Last Dance
Tom Scott & The L.A. Express	Ode to Billy Joe
Tommy James & The Shondells	Crimson and Clover
Tracy Chapman	Give Me One Reason
The Tragically Hip	Poets
The Tragically Hip	Fireworks
Train	50 Ways to Say Goodbye
Train	50 Ways to Say Goodbye
The Traveling Wilburys	Handle With Care
The Traveling Wilburys	Wilbury Twist
TV Themes	Gilligan’s Island
U2	Beautiful Day
Van Morrison	Moondance
Van Morrison	Jackie Wilson Said (I’m In Heaven When You Smile)
Van Morrison	Brown Eyed Girl
Varetta Dillard	Easy, Easy Baby
The Ventures	Hawaii 5-0
The Ventures	Walk Don’t Run
The Ventures	Wipeout (Re-record)
The Wallflowers	One Headlight
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders	Game Of Love
West End Orchestra and Singers	Minnie the Moocher
The Who	Magic Bus (Stereo Version)
Wings & Paul McCartney	Hi Hi Hi
Wings & Paul McCartney	Jet