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With a vast repertoire which covers all genres of music, Lisa is as comfortable singing contemporary pop songs as she is with vintage standards.  From lively party tunes to laid-back cocktail classics, Lisa can provide music suitable for any occasion.

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Below is Lisa’s full set list, arranged in order of decade.  Click on any highlighted links for audio-video demos.

Lisa Martin Song List

Songs are arranged in order of decade – please scroll through for your chosen era

2000s – current

10/10,  Paulo Nutini

All about that bass (1930s vintage style),  Megan Trainor / Postmodern Jukebox

At last,  Beyonce / Etta James

Bad romance,  Lady Gaga

Black heart,  Stooshe

Blank Space, Taylor Swift

Broken heels,  Alexandra Burke

Bye bye bye, NSync / Postmodern Jukebox (Vintage/Pulp Fiction 196os version)

Can’t get you out of my head,  Kylie

Call me maybe, Carly Rae Jepsen / Postmodern Jukebox (Vintage 1920s version)

Dance with me tonight,  Olly Murs

Dear future husband,  Megan Trainor

Don’t stop me now,  Queen / McFly / Postmodern Jukebox

Enjoy yourself (it’s later than you think), Jools Holland & Prince Buster

Eternal flame,  Atomic Kitten / The Bangles

Fields of gold,  Sting (Eva Cassidy version)

Forget you, Cee Lo Green / Postmodern Jukebox (Vintage 1920s version)

Genie in a bottle, Christina Aquilera / Postmodern Jukebox (Vintage / Pulp Fiction 1960s version)

Hallelujah,  Leonard Cohen / Alexandra Burke

Happy, Pharrell Williams

Hero,  Enrique Iglesias

Hey! Baby,  DJ Otzi  / Bruce Channel / Dirty Dancing

Hollywood,  Michael Buble

Hot and cold,  Katy Perry / The Baseballs (1950s rock n roll version)

Human,  The Killers

I kissed a girl,  Katy Perry / The Baseballs (1950s rock n roll version)

If tomorrow never comes,  Ronan Keating / Garth Brookes

Imagine,  John Lennon (Eva Cassidy version)

It doesn’t matter anymore,   Buddy Holly / Linda Ronstadt / Eva Cassidy

Just can’t get enough,  Depeche Mode / The Saturdays

Just dance,  Lady Gaga

Ladies nite,  Kool and the gang / Atomic Kitten

Marry you,  Bruno Mars

Moves like Jagger, Maroon 5

Never forget you,  The Noisettes

Next to me,  Emile Sande

On my own,  Les Miserables

Other side of the world,  K.T. Tunstall

Out of reach,  Gabrielle

Over the rainbow,  Judy Garland / Eva Cassidy / Melody Gardot

Pack up,  Eliza Doolittle

Poker face,  Lady Gaga

Price tag,  Jessie J

Put your records on,  Corinne Bailey Rae

Reach for the stars,  S Club 7

Roar, Katy Perry

Shake it off, Taylor Swift / Postmodern Jukebox (1950s rock n roll version)

Single ladies,  Beyonce

Skyfall,  Adele (James Bond theme)

Someone like you,  Adele

Spirit in the sky,  Norman Greenbaum / Gareth Gates

Stuck in the middle with you,  Louise / Stealers Wheel / Michael Buble (Swing version)

Superstar,  Jamelia

Sway,  Dean Martin / Michael Buble / Pussy Cat Dolls

Telephone,  Lady Gaga & Beyonce

The boy does nothing,  Alesha Dixon

Think we’re alone now,  Girls Aloud / Tiffany

To make you feel my love,  Adele

Treasure,  Bruno Mars

Upside down,  Paloma Faith

Valerie,  Amy Winehouse

Whole again,  Atomic Kitten

1990s

Baby one more time, Britney Spears / Jazz version

Believe,  Cher

Don’t know why,  Norah Jones

Dreams,  Fleetwood Mac / The Corrs

Don’t wanna miss a thing, Aerosmith / Postmodern Jukebox (Vintage 1920s version)

From this moment,  Shania Twain

Hey baby,  DJ Otzi / Dirty Dancing

How do I live without you,  Leanne Rhymes

I feel lucky, Mary Chapin Carpenter

I’ll be there,  Jackson 5 / Mariah Carey

I’ll be there for you,  The Rembrandts / Theme from Friends

It’s a little too late, Tanya Tucker

Killing me softly with his song,  Roberta Flack / The Fugees

Lovefool, The Cardigans / Postmodern Jukebox (Vintage Cabaret version)

Love is all around,  Wet Wet Wet

Man I feel like a woman,  Shania Twain

Movin on up,  The M People

Rotterdam,  The Beautiful South

Runaway,  The Corrs

Say what you want,  Texas

Songbird,  Eva Cassidy / Fleetwood Mac

Tears on my pillow,  Kylie / Sha-Na-Na (Grease)

That don’t impress me much,  Shania Twain

The shoop shoop song,  Cher

We have all the time in the world,  Louis Armstrong (James Bond theme)

When I fall in love,  Celine Dion & Clive Griffin (Sleepless in Seatle)

When you say nothing at all,  Ronan Keating / Alison Krauss

When you’re gone,  Bryan Adams & Mel C

Wonderwall, Oasis (Jazz version)

You’re still the one,  Shania Twain

1980s

1999, Prince

9 – 5,  Dolly Parton

A little respect,  Erasure

All time high, Rita Coolidge (James Bond theme)

Black velvet,   Alannah Myles

Careless whisper, Wham / Postmodern Jukebox (Vintage 1920s version)

Crazy little thing called love,  Queen / Michael Buble (Swing version)

Dancing in the dark, Bruce Springsteen / Post Modern Jukebox (1950s rock n roll version)

Don’t stop believing,  Journey / Glee

Eternal Flame,  The Bangles / Atomic Kitten

Every breath you take, The Police

Fame,  Irene Cara

Flashdance, what a feeling, Irene Cara

For your eyes only,  Sheena Easton / James Bond theme

Frankie,  Sister Sledge

Freedom,  Wham

Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jnr

Give it up, KC and the sunshine band

Green Door,  Jim Lowe / Shakin’ Stevens

Heart of glass, Blondie / Postmodern Jukebox

I don’t wanna talk about it,  Rod Stewart / Everything but the girl

I only wanna be with you,  Dusty Springfield / The Tourists

I think we’re alone now,  Tiffany / Girls Aloud

I’m so excited,  The Pointer Sisters

I’m still standing,  Elton John

If tomorrow never comes,  Ronan Keating / Garth Brookes

It’s rainin men,  Weather Girls / Geri Halliwell

Just can’t get enough,  Depeche Mode / The Saturdays

Last Christmas, Wham / Postmodern Jukebox (Vintage 1920s version)

Let’s stay together,  Al Green / Tina Turner

Licence to kill,  Gladys Knight / James Bond theme

Like a virgin, Madonna (Vintage Jazz version)

Livin on a prayer, Bon Jovi / Postmodern Jukebox (1940s blues version)

Loch Lomond,  Runrig

Making your mind up,  Bucks Fizz

Manic Monday,  The Bangles

Material Girl, Madonna / Postmodern Jukebox (Vintage 1920s version)

Mickey,  Toni Basil

Never gonna give you up, Rick Astley / Postmodern Jukebox (1950s ballad version)

One way or another,  Blondie / One Direction

Perfect,  Eddi Reader / Fairground Attraction

Power of love, Huey Lewis and the News / Back to the Future

Rockin around the Christmas tree,  Kim Wilde / Brenda Lee

Should I stay or should I go, The Clash (Vintage Jazz version)

Simply the best,  Tina Turner

Summer of ’69,  Bryan Adams

Sweet child o’ mine, Guns and Roses / Sheryl Crow / Postmodern Jukebox

Sweet Dreams, Eurythmics

Tainted love, Gloria Jones / Soft Cell

The loco-motion,  Kylie

The rose,  Bette Midler

This ol’ house,  Rosemary Clooney / Shakin’ Stevens

This old heart of mine,  Isley Brothers / Rod Stewart

Torn,  Natalie Imbruglia

True colours,  Cyndi Lauper / Glee

Walking on sunshine,  Katrina and the Waves

We are family, Sister Sledge

Will you still love me tomorrow,  The Shirelles / Dirty Dancing

Wind beneath my wings,  Bette Midler

Video killed the radio star, The Buggles / Robbie Williams

You Can’t Hurry Love,  The Supremes / Phil Collins

1970s:

By the rivers of Babylon,  Boney M

Close to you,  The Carpenters

Daddy Cool,  Boney M

Dancing Queen,  Abba

Diamonds are forever,  Shirley Bassey / James Bond theme

Don’t it make my brown eyes blue,  Crystal Gayle

Don’t stop,  Fleetwood Mac

Don’t stop me now,  Queen / Postmodern Jukebox (Vintage 1960s soul version)

Heartache tonight,  The Eagles / Michael Buble

Hopelessly devoted to you,  Olivia Newton John / Grease

Hot Stuff,  Donna Summer / Vintage Jazz version)

I do,  Abba

I don’t wanna talk about it,  Rod Stewart / Everything but the girl

If I can’t have you, Yvonne Elliman

I have a dream,  Abba

I will survive,  Gloria Gaynor

I’ll be there,  Jackson 5 / Mariah Carey

Killing me softly with his song,  Roberta Flack / The Fugees

Knock on wood,  Eddie Floyd / Amy Stewart

Ladies nite,  Kool and the Gang

Love really hurts without you,  Billy Ocean

Mamma mia,  Abba

Nobody does it better,  Carly Simon / James Bond theme

Old time rock and roll,  Bob Seger

Rasputin,  Boney M

Songbird,  Fleetwood Mac / Eva Cassidy

Stuck in the middle with you,  Stealers Wheel

Sunny,  Boney M

Take it to the limit,  The Eagles

Tears on my pillow,  Kylie / Sha-Na-Na (Grease)

The first time ever I saw your face,  Roberta Flack

The man with the golden gun,  Lulu / James Bond theme

There’s a kind of hush,  The Carpenters

Top of the world,  The Carpenters

Under the moon of love,  Showaddywaddy

Waterloo,  Abba / Eurovision winner

We are the champions, Queen

You to me are everything,  The Real Thing

You’ve got a friend,  Carole King / James Taylor / Brand New Heavies

Young hearts run free,  Candi Staton

1960s:

And then he kissed me,  The Crystals

At last,  Etta James, Beyonce

Baby Love,  The Supremes

Be my baby,  The Ronettes / Dirty Dancing

Blue moon,  Elvis Presley / The Marcels / Grease

Bobby’s girl,  Susan Maughan

Born to hand jive,  Sha-Na-Na / Grease

Breaking up is hard to do,  Neil Sedaka

Bring me sunshine,  Morecambe & Wise

Brown Eyed Girl,  Van Morrison

Build me up buttercup,  The Foundations

Calendar Girl, Neil Sedaka

Can’t help falling in love,  Elvis Presley

Come see about me,  The Supremes

Crocodile Rock,  Elton John

Cupid,  Sam Cooke

Da doo ron ron,  The Crystals

Dancing in the street,  Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

Do you love me,  The Contours

Downtown, Petula Clark

From Russia with love,  Matt Monro / James Bond theme

Goldfinger,  Shirley Bassey / James Bond theme

Heard it through the grapevine,  Marvin Gaye / Motown

Hey! Baby,  Bruce Channel / Dirty Dancing / DJ Otzi

Higher and higher,  Jackie Wilson

How sweet it is, Marvin Gaye / Motown / The Overtones

I don’t know why I love you (but I do),  Clarence Frogman Henry

If you love me, Brenda Lee

I only wanna be with you,  Dusty Springfield / The Tourists

Isn’t she lovely,  Stevie Wonder

It’s not unusual, Tom Jones

I wanna be like you, Jungle Book / Disney

Kissing in the back row,  The Drifters

Knock on wood,  Eddie Floyd

Love me tender,  Elvis Presley

Midnight hour,  Wilson Pickett / The Commitments

Mustang Sally,  Wilson Pickett / The Commitments

My girl,  The Temptations / Westlife

My guy, Mary Wells / Motown

(You make me feel like a) Natural woman,  Carole King /Aretha Franklin

Ob La Di,  The Beatles

One fine day,  The Chiffons

Proud Mary, Tina Turner

River deep mountain high,  Tina Turner

Sailor,  Petula Clark

Saw her standing there,  The Beatles

Signed sealed delivered, Stevie Wonder / Aretha Franklin

Soul Man,  Sam & Dave

Stop in the name of love,  The Supremes / Motown

Sweet nothin’s, Brenda Lee

The bare necessities, The Jungle Book / Disney

The end of the world, Skeeter Davis / Brenda Lee

The shoop shoop song,  Betty Everett / Cher

The way you do the things you do, The Temptations / Motown

Then he kissed me,  The Crystals

These boots were made for walkin,  Nancy Sinatra / Geri Halliwell

This old heart of mine,  Isley Brothers / Rod Stewart

Till there was you, The Beatles

Twistin the night away,  Sam Cooke

Unchained Melody,  The Righteous Brothers

Under the boardwalk,  The Drifters (Bette Midler version)

We have all the time in the world,  Louis Armstrong (James Bond theme)

What a difference a day makes,  Esther Phillips

What a wonderful world,  Sam Cooke

What do you wanna make those eyes at me for, Emile Ford and the Checkmates

Why do fools fall in love,  The Supremes

Will you still love me tomorrow,  The Shirelles / Dirty Dancing

You Can’t Hurry Love,  The Supremes / Phil Collins

You don’t have to say you love me,  Dusty Springfield

You keep me hanging on,  The Supremes

You never can tell,  Chuck Berry

You only live twice,  Nancy Sinatra / James Bond theme

You’re my world,  Cilla Black

1950s:

Almost like being in love,  Standard

As time goes by,  Louis Armstrong

At the hop,  Danny and the Juniors

Can’t take my eyes off you,  Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

Cheek to cheek,  Frank Sinatra / Ella Fitzgerald

Crazy,  Patsy Cline

Cry me a river,  Julie London / Natalie Cole

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend,  Marilyn Monroe

Dream a little dream,  Ella Fitzgerald / Mamas and the Papas / Robbie Williams

Dream lover,  Bobby Darin

End of the world,  Brenda Lee

Everybody’s somebody’s fool, Connie Francis

Fever,  Peggy Lee / Michael Buble

Fly me to the moon, Frank Sinatra

Get Happy,  Judy Garland

Green Door,  Jim Lowe / Shakin’ Stevens

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,  Judy Garland

I don’t know why I love you (but I do),  Clarence Frogman Henry

It doesn’t matter anymore,  Buddy Holly (Eva Cassidy version)

I only have eyes for you,  Ella Fitzgerald

If I give my heart to you,  Doris Day

If I knew you were comin I’d’ve baked a cake,  Eileen Barton / Gracie Fields

It’s alright with me,  Ella Fitzgerald / Michael Buble

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,  Perry Como / Bing Crosby / Johnny Mathis / Michael Buble

It’s magic,  Doris Day

L.O.V.E.  Nat King Cole

Love letters in the sand, Patsy Cline / Pat Boone

Lay down your arms, Anne Shelton

Let there be love, Nat King Cole

Let’s do it (let’s fall in love), Eartha Kitt

Lipstick on your collar, Connie Francis

My baby just cares for me, Nina Simone

New York New York, Frank Sinatra

Nevertheless I’m in love with you, The Mills Brothers / Michael Buble

Oh boy!  Buddy Holly and the Crickets

Over the rainbow, Judy Garland (Eva Cassidy version)

Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps, Doris Day

Que sera sera, Doris Day

Rock around the clock, Bill Haley and the Comets

Rockin’ around the Christmas tree, Brenda Lee

Runaround Sue, Dion / Del Shannon

Santa Baby, Eartha Kitt

Santa Claus is coming to town, Bing Crosby / The Andrews Sisters

Secret Love, Doris Day

Sentimental Journey, Doris Day

Shake rattle and roll, Bill Haley and His Comets

Side by side, Kay Starr / Anita O’Day

Softly softly, Ruby Murray

Someday you’ll want me to want you, Standard

Stormy weather, Billie Holiday / Lena Horne

Stupid Cupid, Connie Francis

Sway, Dean Martin

Sweet Georgia Brown, Ella Fitzgerald

Sweet nothins, Brenda Lee

Tears on my pillow, Grease / Kylie Minogue

Teenager in love, Dion and the Belmonts

That’s life, Frank Sinatra

The black hills of Dakota, Doris Day

The way you look tonight, Frank Sinatra

This ol’ house,  Rosemary Clooney / Shakin’ Stevens

Unchained Melody, The Righteous Brothers

Walkin after midnight, Patsy Cline

Walkin back to happiness, Helen Shapiro

What a difference a day makes, Sarah Vaughan

What a wonderful world, Louis Armstrong

When, The Kalin Twins

When I fall in love, Doris Day / Nat King Cole

White Christmas, Bing Crosby

Who’s sorry now, Connie Francis

Why, Anthony Newley

Witchcraft, Frank Sinatra

You belong to me, Jo Stafford

You do something to me, Cole Porter

You don’t know me, Ray Charles / Michael Buble

You made me love you,  Judy Garland

Your cheatin’ heart, Hank Williams / Patsy Cline

You took advantage of me, Ella Fitzgerald

1940s and pre-1940s:

Ain’t she sweet, Frank Sinatra

All of me, Billie Holiday

Anniversary Waltz, Vera Lynn

Babyface, Al Jolson

Bei mir bist du shoen, The Andrews Sisters

Bless ‘em all, George Formby

Blue moon, Rogers & Hart

Blue skies, Al Jolson

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, The Andrews Sisters

Button up your overcoat

Bye bye blackbird, Peggy Lee

Chatanooga Choo Choo,  Glenn Miller

Come fly with me, Frank Sinatra

Don’t sit under the apple tree, The Andrews Sisters

For me and my gal, Judy Garland

I can’t give you anything but love, Peggy Lee

I’ll Be Seeing You, Vera Lynn

I’m in the mood for love, Frances Langford / Louis Armstrong

It had to be you, Judy Garland / Betty Hutton / Harry Connick Jnr

I wanna be loved by you

Kiss me goodnight Sergeant Major, Vera Lynn

Lay down your arms, Anne Shelton

Over the rainbow, Judy Garland

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, World War 1 standard

Paper moon, Ella Fitzgerald

Pennies from heaven, Frank Sinatra

Sentimental Journey, Doris Day

Side by side, Anita O’Day / Kay Starr

Sing as we go, Gracie Fields

Slow boat to China, Ella Fitzgerald

Smile, Charlie Chaplin

Sunday kind of love, Louis Prima

This is the army Mr Jones, Vera Lynn

We’ll meet again, Vera Lynn

We’re gonna hang out the washing on the Seigfried Line

When the lights go on again, Vera Lynn

When the saints go marching in, Louis Armstrong

When you’re smiling, Louis Armstrong

White Christmas, Bing Crosby

White Cliffs of Dover, Vera Lynn

Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye, Gracie Fields

You belong to me, Jo Stafford

You do something to me, Cole Porter

You made me love you, Judy Garland

You’ll never know,  Alice Faye / Frank Sinatra

Traditional / Christmas

Auld Lang Syne

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, Perry Como / Bing Crosby / Johnny Mathis / Michael Buble

Loch Lomond

Merry Christmas Everyone,  Shakin’ Stevens

Rockin’ around the Christmas tree,  Brenda Lee / Mel & Kim

Santa Baby,  Eartha Kitt / Kylie Minogue

Santa Claus is coming to town,  Bing Crosby

Winter Wonderland, Perry Como

White Christmas, Bing Crosby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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