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Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (Schmidt- F) uptune available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Hale- M/F) available from BHS

O’Brian To Ryan To Goldberg (Jamieson- M) available from BHS

Occapella (Hampton- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Oceana Roll, The (Minihane- F/Beck- M) contest uptune

Octopus’s Garden (Lippincott- F) fun song (Schmidt- F) novelty uptune available from SAI unpublished catalogue. Learning tracks available from Larry Wright

Ode To America (Bergman- F) America The Beautiful/Inscription On The Statue Of Liberty/This Is My Country

Ode To Joy (Joyful Joyful) (McNeill- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Ode To My Answering Machine (Johnson- F) 2 versions, available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Ode To New Orleans (DavidWright- M/F) available from BHS. Very difficult

Of Thee I Sing (Giallombardo- M)

Of Thee I Sing America (Fellows- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Oh By Jingo (Bergman- F) Show. Fast and fun

Oh Canada (Minshall- F) easy one-pager for Canada Day (Erlich- M) TTBB (Volk- M) (Anderson- F) available from SAI. Medium difficulty. Prohibited from competition (Liles- M/F) available from BHS. Women’s learning tracks available from Tim Waurick

Oh Christmas Tree (Liles- M/F) available from BHS (Giallombardo- M)

Oh Come All Ye Faithful (Bescos- F) easy, available from SAI. Prohibited from competition (Szabo- M) songbook package only, available from BHS (Diesroth- F) learning tracks available from Tim Waurick

*Oh Come All Ye Faithful/Joy To The World (Moon- M) available from BHS

Oh Come Oh Come Emmanuel (Keller- M/F) haunting Christmas song

Oh Daddy Blues (Jennings- M) available from BHS

Oh Darling (Harrington) contest

Oh Happy Day (DavidWright- F) available from BHS, for chorus and soloist (Thomson- M) available from BHS

Oh Helen (Dvoretsky- M) available from BHS

Oh Holy Night (Volk- F; Beck- F) Holiday (Bescos- F) available from SAI, medium difficulty. Prohibited from competition (Knight- mixed) double quartet, available from BHS (Giallombardo- M/F) also available as an orchestration chart

Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning (Bergman- M/F) show

Oh How I Laugh When I Think Of How I Cried About You (Johnson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Oh How I Miss You Tonight (Hine- M; Waesche- M) available from BHS (Arns- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Oh How I Miss You Tonight/When I Lost Medley (Giallombardo- M/F)

Oh How We Roared In The Twenties (Dvoretsky- M) available from BHS

Oh Joe (Thorne- M) available from BHS

Oh Johnny (Beck- F) contest uptune

Oh Johnny Oh Johnny (Giallombardo- F)

Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem (Keller- M) All three verses have different textures (Bergman- F) holiday, easy. Available from SAI. Prohibited from competition. Learning tracks available from Tim Waurick (Szabo- M) songbook package only, available from BHS

Oh Lonesome Me (Carr- M) available from BHS (DavidWright- F) learning tracks available from Tim Waurick

Oh Look At Me Now (Dale- M/F) available from BHS

Oh My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose (Gentry- M) uses the old melody and Robert Burns’ classic lyrics. Available from BHS

Oh Pretty Woman (Delehanty- M) available from BHS

Oh Suzanna Dust Off That Old Pianna (DavidWright- M/F) Contest,  available from BHS (Schmidt- F) contest uptune adapted from D. Wright arrangement. Available from SAI. Also YWIH (Campbell- M; Latzko- M; Pellant- M) available from BHS

Oh How I Miss You Tonight (Craig- F; Beck- M) contest ballad

Oh What A Beautiful Morning (Bergman- M/F) show from Oklahoma (Briner- mixed; Latzko- M) available from BHS

Oh What A Merry Christmas Day (Nickel- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Oh What A Pal Was Mary (Gentry- M) powerful ballad, a true gem. Available from BHS (Brown- M) power contest ballad, rangy but worth it (Baird- M; Burnett- M; Hine- M; Hinkley- M) available from BHS

Oh What A Pal Was Whoozis (Jamison- M) available from BHS

Oh You Beautiful Doll (Campbell- M; Latzko- M; Roose- M) available from BHS (Erlich- mixed) SATB (Giallombardo- M/F)

Oh You Wonderful Boy (Szabo- mixed) available from BHS

Oklahoma (Coffin- M; Keys- M; Rector- M; Rose- M; Delehanty- M) available from BHS

Old Black Joe (Gentry- M) This contest ballad requires some boldness. Available from BHS

*Old Boffo Medley (BHS- M) available from BHS

Old Bones (Lippincott- F) and adorable novelty soft-shoe number (Sexton- M; Moon- M; Jakovac- M) available from BHS

Old Cape Cod (Gentry- M/F) this pop standard paints a lovely picture. Men’s learning tracks available from Tim Waurick. Women’s learning tracks available from Anne Bureau (Behrendt- M; Ordaz- M) available from BHS (Foris- M) available from BHS. Learning tracks available from Andrew Wheaton

Old Covered Bridge (Yates- M) available from BHS

Old Devil Moon (Reinmitz ) learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press (Zwicker- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Old Fashioned Garden (Garnett- F) will need licensing

Old Fashioned Girl (Ward- M; BHS- M) available from BHS

*Old Fashioned Girl/Sweet And Lovely (Hasty- M) available from BHS

Old Fashioned Lady (Bianchi- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Old Fashioned Locket And A Curl (Haeger- M) available from BHS

Old Fashioned Love Song (Gentry- M) Yes, this is the hit from Three Dog Night. Of course, we do it in 4-part harmony, not 3.

Old Fashioned Rag (Minshall- F) contestable uptune, lots of fun

Old Fashioned Wedding (Hampton- F) 4 singing voices, 2 soloists, spoken dialogue. Available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Old Folks (Gentry- M) ballad about a beloved old fellow (Haeger- M) available from BHS

Old Folks At Home, The (DavidWright- M) contact David Wright (Garnett- F)

*Old Folks At Home/Swanee (Jamison- M) available from BHS

*Old Friends Medley (Gentry- M) Paul Simons’ Bookends/When You And I Were Young Maggie

*Old Grey Bonnet Medley (Craig- F) contest uptune with Sweet Sixteen (Miller- M) available from BHS

Old Horse And Buggy Had A Certain Swing, The (Craig- F/M) contest uptune (Schmidt- F) contest uptune, available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Bromert- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Old Lamplighter, The (Wilson- M; Jorg- M; Delehanty- F) available from BHS

Old Maid’s Ball (Schmidt- F; McNeill- F) contest uptune, novelty, available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Old Man River (DavidWright- M; Behrendt- M; Driscoll- m; Graham- M; Harper- M; Jamison- M; Keedy- M; Knight- M; Lyne- M; Muir- M; Pedersen- M; King- M) available from BHS (Craig- F/M) show (Beck- M/mixed) Mixed: male bass solo with chorus backup. Male show: bass solo (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Old Man Sunshine Little Boy Bluebird (Kane- F) contest uptune with a catchy melody. Sings itself

Old Man Time (Hohl- M) available from BHS

Old Man’s Back In Town (Beck- F/M) show (Liles- F) available from BHS

Old MacDonald’s Farm With Brahms (Clark- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Old New York Medley (Craig- F) show

Old Pals Are The Best Pals After All (Perry- M) available from BHS

Old Piano Roll Blues (DavidWright- M/F) Available from BHS. Learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press  (Rector- M) Contest. Available from BHS (Bescos- F) strong. Learning tracks available from Tim Waurick, listed on his site under “The”  (Lippincott- F) neat

Old Roses (Perry- M) available from BHS

Old Rugged Cross, The (Lippincott- F) suitable for church (Keys- M; Liles- M; Morrissey- M) available from BHS (Bromert- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Old St. Louie (DavidWright-M/F) available from BHS. Contest

Old Songs Are Just Like Old Friends (Perry- M/F) available from BHS

Old Songs Are Old Friends (Pedersen- M) available from BHS (Pedersen- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Old Songs Medley (Bergman- F) The Old Songs/Tell Me Why/Shine On Harvest Moon/So Long It’s Been Good To Know Ya (Moon- M; Ware- M) available from BHS

*Old Songs/Roll Dem Bones (Pellant- M) available from BHS

Old Spinning Wheel, The (Gentry- M) evocative nostalgic ballad (Moon- M; McCord- M) available from BHS

Old Teddy Bear (Diamond- F) Contest. It’s nostalgic but not sad.  Medium difficulty, available from SAI. Learning tracks available from Lynda Keever

*Old Time Hymn Medley (Bromert- F) medium difficulty, available from SAI. When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder/In The Sweet By And By/Little Brown Church. Prohibited from competition

Old Time Love Songs (Huff- M) available from BHS

*Old Time Medley (BHS- M) available from BHS

Old Time Religion (Steen- M) available from BHS

*Old Time Religion Medley (Giallombardo- M)

*Old Time Rock And Roll Medley (Hougen- F) show uptune

Old Toy Trains (Radcliffe- M) available from BHS (Docktor- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Old Tyme Gay Nineties Parlor Piano Medley (Szabo- M) available from BHS

Old Wind Mill, The (Craig- F/M) show

*Old World Christmas Medley (Triplett- M) available from BHS

Older Women (M.Johnson- M) available from BHS

Older Women Are Beautiful Lovers (Lippincott- F) comedy

Older Women Make Beautiful Lovers (Massey- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Oliver (Rupay- M) available from BHS

*Oliver Medley (Gentry- M) Big fun. Consider Yourself/Food, Glorious Food/Who Will Buy. Men’s learning tracks available from Tim Waurick (Keller- M)

On A Bicycle Built For Two (Daisy Bell) (Johnson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

On A Clear Day (Alsbury- F) show, available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Beck- F) show (Reimnitz- M) available from BHS. Learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press

On A Cruise (Bergman- F) Perfect opener for cruise theme

*On A Rainy Day Medley (Wilson- M) available from BHS

On A Slow Boat To China (Bober- M; Hollander- M; McCabe- M; Peters- M; Rubin- M; Delehanty- M; Teitel- M) available from BHS (Lund- F) available from SAI, medium difficulty (Zwicker- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*On A Slow Boat To China/Shanghai (Giallombardo- M/F)

*On A Slow Boat/Somebody Else Is Taking My Place (Briner- F) SAI unpublished medley # 101

On A Wonderful Day Like Today (Avener- F/ Beck- M) show

On And On (Webb) learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press

On Broadway (Bergman- F) lead or tenor solo, easy backup, jazzy (Liles- F) available from BHS (Volk- M) show

On My Own (Keller- M/F) great piece from Les Mis – lead solo in verse. Available from BHS (Rochefort- F) from “Les Miserables”. 4 parts and solo, available from SAI unpublished catalogue. (Dale- F; McNeill- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

On My Way To You (Nibler- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

On On U of K (Nicholas- M) available from BHS

On San Francisco Bay (BHS- M) available from BHS

On The Arms Of The Old Arm Chair (Giallombardo- M)

On The Atchison Topeka And The Santa Fe (Bescos- F) contest uptune, swing tune from ‘The Harvey Girls’ (Latzko- M/F; Rode- M) available from BHS

On The Banks Of The Brandywine (Jamison- M) available from BHS

On The Banks Of The Wabash Far Away (DavidWright- M; Baird- M) contest, available from BHS (Craig- M) contest

On The Beach At Waikiki (DeCrowe- M) available from BHS

On The Bumpy Road To Love (Edmondson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

On The Farm In Old Missouri (BHS- M) available from BHS

On The Good Ship Lollipop (Knight- M) available from BHS

On The Mississippi (Szabo- M) available from BHS

On The Old Dominion Line (Szabo- M) available from BHS

On The Old Front Porch (Szabo- M) available from BHS

On The Road Again (Nicholas- M) available from BHS

On The Street Where You Live (DavidWright- M; Middlestaedt- M) contest, available from BHS (Alsbury- F) contest (Bergman- F) available from SAI. Learning tracks available from Lynda Keever (Berg- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Giallombardo- M/F)

On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Bergman- F) fun contest uptune (Muir- M; Latzko- M; Rickenbell- M; Knight- M) available from BHS (Minihane- F) available from SAI. Difficult. Also YWIH

On The Way To Cape May (Schmidt- F) novelty

On The Way To Home Sweet Home (Liles- M) available from BHS

On The Wrong Side Of The Fence (Zwicker- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

On With The Show (Morrissey- M) available from BHS

Once In A Lifetime (Hale- M) available from BHS (Steffan- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Hale- F) learning tracks available from Tim Waurick

Once In A While (Waesche- M; Hohl- M; Knight- M) available from BHS

Once In Love With Amy (Driscoll- M; Hopkins- M; Perry- M) available from BHS

*Once Upon A December/Toom Balalaika (Hendrickson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, medley #234

Once Upon A Time (Gentry- M; Bescos- F) this ballad is sure to move your audience’s heart (Marzocco- F) available from BHS (Campbell- F/M) available from BHS. Women’s learning tracks available from Tim Waurick (Beesley- F; Helmburger- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue  (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue. Learning tracks available from Tim Waurick

One (Bescos- F) show uptune, 8-part female, from ‘A Chorus Line’ (Craig- F) show uptune with overlays. TRIPLE chorus! First chorus sings the melody, second sings a patter, third sings the band section.  (Hicks- M; Briner- M) available from BHS

One Alone (Wright- F/M; Gray- M; Waesche- M) contest, available from BHS

One Boy (Bailey- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*One Dozen Roses/Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Sellers- F) available from sAI unpublished catalogue, medley # 188

One Fine Day (Lippincott- F) show uptune, shoo-be-doo patter included (DavidWright- F) contact David Wright. Learning tracks available from Tim Waurick (Arnold- M) available from BHS (Zwicker- F) YWIH available from SAI, medium difficulty, adult available from SAI unpublished catalogue

One For My Baby (Payne- M) available from BHS

One God (Lippincott- F) (Hohl- M) available from BHS (Barzilla- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

One Hand One Heart (Avener- F) from West Side Story

*One Hand One Heart/Tonight (Alsbury- F) show

One Heart One Voice (Liles- M) available from BHS. (Liles- F) available from LABBS, medium difficulty, patriotic

One In A Million Like Mary (Perry- M) available from BHS

One Little Candle (Lippincott- F) tenor solo (Browne- M) available from BHS

One Moment In Time (DavidWright- M/F) available from BHS. Women’s chart also available from SAI unpublished catalogue. Women’s learning tracks available from Tim Waurick (Lippincott- F; Volk- M) (McNeill- F; Sellers- F😉 available from SAI unpublished catalogue

One More Hour (Avener- F) show tune from ‘Ragtime’

One More Minute (DavidWright- F) contact David Wright. NOTE: This is NOT the comedy song by the same name

One More Song (Liles- F) easy. Order from Harmony Inc .org

One More Time (Schmidt- F) novelty about playing slots (Steinkamp- M) available from BHS

One Night A Day (Volk- M) show

One Of Those Songs (Bergman- F) Jimmy Durante’s theme (Bromert- F) easy-medium, available from SAI (Easterlin- M) available from BHS

One Rose (Mays- M; Steinkamp- M; Waesche- M) available from BHS

One Short Day (Kegley- F) 4 voices +. Available from SAI unpublished catalogue

One Size Fits All (Yazurlo- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

One Small Child (Bromert- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

One Song (Papageorge- F) show ballad (Lippincott- F) if we all sing one song… beautiful (Nibler- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

One Spring Day In Kentucky (Hatton- M) contest, driving tempo

One Step (Minihane- F) show novelty. Tenor solo and melody with dialogue. Specify chorus or quartet

One Tin Soldier (Gentry- M) stirring song of peace from ‘Billy Jack’ (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

One Two Button Your Shoe (Avener- F) show (Johnson- M) available from BHS

One Voice (Minihane- F) show ad lib ballad from Manilow. YWIH version available from SAI (Bescos- F) show uptune (Arnes- F) available from SAI. Learning tracks available from Lynda Keever (Brown- M; Gill- M; Latzko- M) available from BHS (Bailey- F; LeVezu- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Ones Left Standing (Gentry- M) This powerful song sounds as though it was written for 9/11. Though it appeared about a year earlier, the amazing sentiments make it a great song for any group’s repertoire.

Only A Broken String Of Pearls (Minihane- F) contest ballad, not yet cleared

Only A Northern Song (Erlich- M) TTBB

Only A Rose (Avener- F) contest ballad (Waesche- M) available from BHS

Only A Voice On The Air (Gentry- F) great ballad in a show-biz/Broadway set. Available from BHS

Only In My Dreams (Alsbury- F) contest

Only Me (Bromert- F) medium-difficult. Available from SAI

Only One, The (Avener- F) show tune from ‘Tavarich’ (McFadyen- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Only Thing I Want For Christmas (Franceschi- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Only Time (Beck- F) bass solo

Only You (Lippincott- F) beautiful ballad

Only You And You Alone (Harrington) Contest (Bergman- F) show (Volk- M) tenor solo (Clauser- M; Kahlke- M/F) available from BHS (Coffman- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Onward Christian Soldiers (Liles- M) available from BHS

Ooh My Feet (Johnson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Oom Pah Pah (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Open My Eyes That I May See (Liles- M) available from BHS

Open Up The Golden Gates To Dixieland (Giallombardo- M)

Open Your Arms My Alabamy (Waesche- M) available from BHS (Fellows- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Opener Medley (Hale- M) available from BHS

Opening Night On Broadway (Bergman- M/F) contest classic. Good beat, interesting story

Operator (Gentry- M/F) moves right along. Manhattan Transfer made it famous. Available from BHS. Men’s learning tracks available from Chris Arnold and Tim Brooks (Volk- M; Brown- M) (Waesche- M) available from BHS (Sellers- F; Yazurlo- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Optimistic Voices (Steinkamp- M) available from BHS (Minshall- F) available only to Sweet Adelines. Not just a cute fluffy song from the Wizard Of Oz. Powerful lyrics

Opus One (Briner- F; McNeill- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Opus 1/I Hear Music (Reimnitz- M) special. Available from BHS

Orange Colored Sky (Harrington; Papageorge- M/F; Volk- M; Brown- M) show uptune (Gentry- M/F) Available from BHS, men’s learning tracks available from Chris Arnold. Women’s learning tracks available from Anne Bureau and Shawn Thomas. Women’s chart available through LABBS, medium difficulty, easy-beat or uptune (Schmidt- F) Available from SAI unpublished catalogue, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut (McNeill- F) YWIH available from SAI, medium-difficult (Hopkins- M) available from BHS (McNeill- F; Nibler- F; Gordy- F; Sellers- F; Franceschi- F; Clark- F; Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Orange Colored Sky/You Were Meant For Me Medley (Kane- F) good show uptune

Original Dixieland One-step (DavidWright- M/F) contest, available from BHS (Craig- F; Volk- F/M) contest uptune (Craig- M; Baird- M) available from BHS (Sellers- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Original One Step/Ring Out The Bells (Craig- F) contest uptune

Oshkosh Wisconsin (Gentry- M) available from BHS

Our Day Will Come (Davis- M) available from BHS

Our House (Erlich- M) TTBB

Our Love Is Here To Stay (Lippincott- F) show (Craig- F) show. Learning tracks available from Tim Waurick

Our Private World (Minihane- F) show ballad from ‘On The 20th Century’

Our Time (Briner- F; Rochefort- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Out In The Cold Again (Zwicker- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Out Of My Dreams (Bescos- F) contest ballad from ‘Oklahoma’

Out Of This World (Rank- M) available from BHS

*Outrageous Medley (Beck- F) snippets of many

Over The Hill (Bailey- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Over The Rainbow (Bergman- F; Lippincott- F) contest ballad (Bescos- F) medium difficulty, available from SAI. Also YWIH and SSAA (Bertelsen- M; Cokeroft- M; Graham- M; Harris- M; Hopkins- M; Steinkamp- M; Thompson- M; Caulkins- M; Rekenbeil- M; Nicholas- M; Waesche- M; Armstrong- M) available from BHS (Giallomardo- M/F)

Over The River And Through The Woods (Holzmeier- F) easy. Available from SAI, prohibited from competition

Over The Sea Let’s Go Men (Floerscheimer- M) available from BHS

Over There (Curt- M; Roth- M; M.Johnson- M) available from BHS

Overture/Hey Look Me Over Medley (Giallombardo- M/F) opener

Ozark Mountain Christmas (Beck- F) holiday