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The Original Kinghts of Swing
 

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Biography:

The Original Knights of Swing have been playing continuously since St. Louisan Dr. Warren C. "Doc" Butts formed the band in 1949 while he was still in high school. The group is a full 19-piece big band: five saxes, four trombones, four trumpets, four rhythm section players and two vocalists.

Several of the musicians are veterans of name big bands, including Stan Kenton, Harry James, Glenn Miller, Woody Herman and Gene Krupa. We even have alumni from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. The band performs at private events, concerts and dances in and around the St. Louis, Missouri area.

Band members are required to attend weekly three-hour rehearsals. The 3200+ musician-hours per year result in tight, high-quality musical performances. We cover more than 400 arrangements and also play the classic arrangements of Glenn Miller, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Harry James, Gene Krupa, Duke Ellington and Claude Thornhill.

Partial Song List:

A Day
All About Ronnie
All of Me
Alright, Okay, You Win
American Patrol
Angel Eyes
Anything But Love
April in Paris
At Last **
Autumn in New York
Autumn Leaves
Basically Blues
Beer Barrel Polka
Begin the Beguine
Bein' Green
Beseme Mucho
Blue and Sentimental
Blue Moon **
Blues in the Night
Boogie Blues
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Candy
Caravan
Caribbean Clipper
Come Fly With Me
Come Rain or Come Shine **
Come Thursday
Coral Reef
Corner Pocket
Darn That Dream
Deed I Do
Deep Purple
Devil May Care
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
I've Found a New Baby
I've Got A Crush On You
In a Mellow Tone
Indian Summer
In the Mood
Intermission Riff
Isfahan
It Don't Mean A Thing
It's Been A Long, Long Time
I've Got You Under My Skin **
Jersey Bounce
Joliet Jake
Jump for Joe
Jumpin at the Woodside
Just Friends
Laura **
Lazy River
Lil Darlin' **
Loverman ** Mack the Knife
Mambo #5
Mambo Jambo
Mean to Me
Memories of You
Mentira Salome
Midnight Sun **
Minnie the Moocher
Misty **
Mood Indigo
Moonlight Cocktails / Sunrise Serenade
Moonlight Serenade **
More Than You Know **
Moten Swing
My Funny Valentine
My Old Flame
My One and Only Love **
Oh, What It Seemed To Be **
Old Folks
Once in a While
One for the Glixer
One O'Clock Jump
Opus #1
Opus in Pastels
Opus One
Orange Colored Sky
Our Love Is Here To Stay **
Out of Nowhere
Over the Rainbow **
Quien Sera
(The) Party's Over
Pennies from Heaven
Perfidia
Personality
Peter Gunn
Polka Dots and Moonbeams **
Prelude to a Kiss **
Quintessence

Dream
Dynaflow
Eager Beaver
Early Autumn
Elmers Tune
Embraceable You **
Emily
Every Day
Fever
For All We Know **
Frenesi
Getting Sentimental Over You **
Girl from Ipanema
Girl Talk
God Bless America
God Bless the Child
Good Man Is Hard To Find
Gotta Be This Or That
Green Eyes
Groovin' HardHappiness is Just a Thing Called Joe
Harlem Nocturne
Her Tears
How High the Moon
I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
I Don't Know Enough About You
I Don't Know Why
I Don't Want to Walk Without You
I Found a New Baby
I Got A Right To Sing the Blues
I Got It Bad
I Gotta Right
I Love Paris
I May Be Wrong
I Thought About You
I'm Beginning to See the Light
Raindrops
Rainy Day
Red Top
Route 66
S Wonderful
Satin Doll
Say It Isn't So
Sentimental Journey **
September Song
Serenade in Blue
Shiny Stockings
Shoo Fly Pie
Sing, Sing, Sing (Parts I & II)
Skylark **
Snowfall
Song for My Father
Sorrento
South of the Border
Southern Scandal
Spanish Eyes
Spring Can Really Hang You Up
Star Spangled Banner
Stardust **
Stick It
Stolen Moments
Stompin' Room Only
Street of Dreams
String of Pearls **
Summertime
Summit Ridge Drive
Sunday Kind of Love
Sweet Georgia Brown
Tail End Charlie
Take the "A" Train
Tangerine
Teach Me Tonight **
These Foolish Things **
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Things We Did Last Summer
Too Darn Hot
Trav'lin' Light
Tuxedo Junction
Until I Met You **
Very Thought of You
Well Alright, OK, You Win
We'll Be Together Again
What's New
When I Fall in Love **
When Your Lover Has Gone
Willow Weep for Me
Woodchopper's Ball
Yesterdays
You Belong to Me **
You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
Younger Than Springtime


Please keep in mind, our song lists are always growing. Please feel free to request a song for your special event.

 

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