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Rachel Was Here (Giallombardo- M)
Radio (Briner- M/F) available from BHS. Women’s chart also available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Radio Jingles (Szabo- M) available from BHS
Rag Mop (Bergman– M/F) Easy 40’s fun
Ragtime (McFadyen- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Ragtime Cowboy (Cowgirl) Joe (Craig– M) show (BHS- M; Baird- M) available from BHS (Bergman– F) cute and catchy contest uptune. Old chestnut (Johnson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Ragtime Drafted Man (Giallombardo- M)
*Ragtime Medley (Volk– F/M) show uptune
Rain (Bescos– F) steady tempo in this fun uptune (Benson- M; Peculski- M; Lyne- M) available from BHS
*Rain Medley (Waesche- M/F) available from BHS
Rainbow Connection (Knight- M; Ozman- M; Zito- M; Hall- M) available from BHS (Minshall- F) available only to Sweet Adelines. From Muppet Movie, haunting and lovely (Vidal- F; Bailey- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
*Rainbow Medley (Latzko- M) available from BHS
Rainbows In The Snow (McFadyen- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (Bescos– F) contest uptune from ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ (Gentry- M) This light song is, well, delightful. Men’s learning tracks available from Shawn Thomas (Beck– M) show (Latzko- M) available from BHS, learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press
Rainy Night In Rio (Keller- M) fun swing tune from the 50’s (Johnson- M) available from BHS
Raise The Roof (Hatton- M) show, swing
*Rat Pack Medley (Naumann- M/F) available from BHS
Rawhide (Nicholas- M) available from BHS
*Razzapple Medley (Gentry- M) High energy. Razzle Dazzle/Applause. Men’s learning tracks available from Chris Arnold and Sean Milligan
Razzle Dazzle (Gentry- M) lively and timely. Men’s and women’s learning tracks available from Tim Waurick (Craig– F) show tune from ‘Chicago’ (Lund- F) YWIH available from SAI, also SSAA (Ordaz- M) available from BHS. Learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press (Sellers- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Reach (Carlson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, learning tracks available from Lynda Keever (LeVezu- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Meyer- F) adult and YW available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Reach For The Light (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Reach For The Stars (Volk- M)
Reach Out And Touch (Stahly- M; Waesche- M) available from BHS
Reach Out Of The Darkness (Barnett- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Reach Out To Jesus (Lippincott– F)
Ready To Take A Chance Again (Bescos– F) show ballad. Barry Manilow song, lead solo for quartet
Recipe For Love (BHS- M) available from BHS
Recycle Song (Shaw- M) available from BHS
Red Hot (Bergman– F) cute, a little vampy, fun contest uptune. Learning tracks available from Tim Waurick
Red Hot Henry Brown (Arns- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Red Hot Mama (BHS- M) available from BHS (Hardy- M)
*Red Hot Mama Medley (Volk– F) Contest uptune. Nobody Knows/Last Of The Red Hot Mamas/Gotta See Mama
Red Hot Henry Brown (Keller- M) fun uptune along the lines of Hard Hearted Hannah
Red River Valley (Garnett- F) easy. Available from LABBS, easy-beat
Red Rose Rag (Raeside- F) available from SAI, easy-medium (Pearson- M) learning tracks available from Andrew Wheaton
Red Roses For A Blue Lady (Lippincott- F) neat (Craig- F; Brooks- M) available from BHS
Red Sails In The Sunset (Parker- M) available from BHS
Redhead (Beck- F) contest uptune (Polaneczky- M; Rector- M; Ozzie- M; Waesche- M; Szabo- M) available from BHS
Redhead Mama (Beck- F) contest uptune
*Redhead Medley (Volk- F/M) contest uptune. Redhead/Nobody Knows What A Redhead
Redneck Kind Of Guy (Gentry- M) The wall-to-wall redneck jokes will have your audience swallowing their chawin’ tabaccy.
Reindeer Boogie (Landry- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Rejoice With Exceeding Great Joy (Hagy- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
*Rejoice With Exceeding Great Joy/First Noel/We Three Kings (Berg- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, medley #291
Release Me (Bergman– M/F) Johnny Cash tune, available from BHS
Remember (Edmondson- F) available from SAI, medium difficulty (Gray- M) available from BHS
Remember Me To Mary (Engler- M; Jamison- M; Perry- M) available from BHS (Johnson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
*Remember My Boy Medley (Baird- M) available from BHS
Remember Pearl Harbour (Hallock- M) available from BHS
Renaissance Woman (Briner- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
R-E-S-P-E-C-T (Volk– F) show uptune
Return To Pooh Corner (Minshall- F) available only to Sweet Adelines. Pop tempo ballad
Reverie (Unknown- M) learning tracks available from Andrew Wheaton
Rhapsody Of New York (DavidWright– F) available from BHS. Very, very difficult, not for human beings.
Rhinestone Cowboy (Lippincott– F) country-western (Hampton- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Rhode Island Is Famous For You (Keller- M) cute uptune
Rhythm And Dance Medley (Hohl- M) available from BHS
Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes (If I Had) (Griffin- F) easy-medium, available from SAI (Barnett- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Rhythm Is Our Business (Zwicker- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
*Rhythm Medley (Volk– F) show uptune, female; contest uptune male. I Got Rhythm/Fascinatin’ Rhythm/Crazy Rhythm (Webb Comfort- M; Dale- M) available from BHS
Rhythm Of Life (Volk— F/M) show uptune (Massey- F; Wallace- F; Kraut- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut
Rhythm Of The Night (Beck- F) show (Becker- F; D’Agostino- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Rhythm Of The Rain (Hanneson- F; Ganter- M) available from BHS
Richest Man In The World (Moon- M) available from BHS
Ricochet Romance (Steffan- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Ride Red Ride (Keller- M) new treatment of an old classic, available from BHS (Boring- M) available from BHS
Ride The Chariot (DaidWright– M/F) available from BHS, very difficult (Avener– F) show
Riders In The Sky (Briner- M/F; Baumgarten- M; Gray- M; Pederson- M; Rupay- M) available from BHS
Ridin’ Down The Canyon (Kline- M; Reeves- M) available from BHS
Ridin’ The Rails (Volk- M) show
Right As The Rain (Minihane– F) show ballad from ‘Bloomer Girl’ (D’Agostino- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Right From The Start She Had My Heart (DavidWright– M) contest, available from BHS, difficult
Rigoletto Quartette (McFadyen- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Ring Christmas Bells (Linn- M) available from BHS
Ring De Christmas Bells (Briner- M) available from BHS
Ring Of Fire (DavidWright– M) some passages have more than four parts
Ring Out The Bells (Hicks- F/mixed) available from BHS
Ring Out The Bells In Dixieland (Craig– M/F) contest uptune
Ring Them Bells (Massey- F) lead solo and chorus, available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Bailey- F) 4 parts and soloist, available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Ring To The Name Of Rose (Bergman- mixed) 8-part men’s and women’s. Features the men augmented by women’s voices
Rise Again (Lippincott– F) we rise again in the faces of our children
Rise Shine For The Light Is A-Comin’ (Szabo- M) available from BHS
Rise Up Shepherd And Follow (Craig– F) holiday, bass and tenor melody
Ritmo De La Noche, El (Rhythm Of The Night) (Masterson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
River, The (Hopkins- M) available from BHS (Minshall- F) Garth Brooks song available only to Sweet Adelines, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut (Berg- F; Twardosky- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Prietto- F) learning tracks available from Tim Waurick, listed on his site under “The”
River In Judea (Zwicker- F; Johnson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
River Jordan (Lang- M) available from BHS
River Of Dreams (Beck- F) show (Wilkins- F; Yazurlo- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Rochefort- F) separate arrangements for chorus and quartets, available from SAI unpublished catalogue
River Of No Return (Cokeroft- M) available from BHS
River Song, The (Minihane– F) show ballad from ‘Tom Sawyer’
River Stay ‘Way From My Door (Waesche- M) available from BHS (Dale- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Riverboat Days (Gray- M) available from BHS
*Riverboat Days/Dapper Dan (Beck- M) contest
Ro-Ro-Rollin’ Away (Foris- M) available from BHS
Roaring Twenties (Craig– F/M) ‘Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie’. Contest uptune (Craig- M; Wachter- M) available from BHS
*Robot Medley (Armstrong- M) available from BHS
*Rock And Rock Medley (Gentry- M) No, that’s not a misprint. Rock Around The Clock/Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay. Snappy opener
Rock And Roll Christmas (Nicholas- M/F) available from BHS
Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay (Gerber- M) available from BHS (Ludlum- F; Yazurlo- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
*Rock And Roll Medley (Gentry- M/F) Four rock ‘n’ roll classics make this a winner. Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay/Hound Dog/Tears On My Pillow/Blue Moon. Available from BHS
Rock And Roll Waltz (Johnson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Rock-A-Bye Baby (Gentry- M/F; Hinman- M) sweet old lullaby, available from BHS
Rock-A-Bye Baby Days (Steinkamp- M) available from BHS
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (Minihane– F) contest uptune, swing tempo
Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody (Bescos– F) contest. Three versions available, two of which were sung in International competition. (Bergman– F) contest (Calvin- F) available from SAI, medium-difficult (Gray- M) available from BHS
Rock Around The Clock (Minihane– F) show uptune (Anderson- F) YWIH available from SAI, medium difficulty. Learning tracks available from Kim Kraut (Nicholas- M) available from BHS (Sellers- F) Available from SAI unpublished catalogue, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut
Rock It For Me (Dale- M/F) available from BHS
Rock Me In My Swanee Cradle (Whitney- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Rock Me To Sleep In An Old Rocking Chair (Baird- M; Waesche- M; BHS- M) available from BHS (Giallombardo- M/F)
Rock Of Ages Let Our Song (Gentry- M) stirring Jewish religious piece. Available from BHS. Men’s learning tracks available from Tim Waurick
Rock This Town (Dale- M) available from BHS (McFadyen- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
*Rockies Medley (Paymar- M) available from BHS
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (Lippincott– F) easy and fun uptune. Learning tracks available from Kim Kraut (Nicholas- M) available from BHS (Payne/Sutter- F) available from LABBS, medium difficulty, easy-beat
Rockin’ Robin (Lippincott– F) rock and roll song. YWIH available from SAI, also SSAA. Learning tracks available from Kim Kraut
Rocky Top (Kimball- F; Sproule- M; Dale- M/F) available from BHS (Briner- F; Shumard- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Arns- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue. Learning tracks available from Tim Waurick
Roger Staubach (Anchors Aweigh) (Szabo- M) available from BHS
Rogue River Valley (Finley- M) available from BHS
Rodgers and Hammerstein Medley (Craig– F) show medley, 7 songs
Roll On Columbia (Bailey- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Roll On Mississippi Roll On (Dale- M; Hopkins- M; Northrup- M) available from BHS
Roll On Missouri (Hinman- M) available from BHS
Roll On You Riverboat Roll On (Wilson- M) available from BHS
Roll Out Of Bed With A Smile (Keller- M) a new treatment of the Nighthawks classic. Available from BHS (Driscoll- M) available from BHS, learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press (Hopkins- M) available from BHS
Roll Out The Barrel (Bergman– F) good beat, fun to sing, strong barbershop for contest.
*Roll Out The Barrel/Zip-Ah-Dee-Doo-Dah (Giallombardo- M)
Rollin’ Home (Pellant- M) available from BHS
Romancin’ The Blues (Briner- F; Berg- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Room Full Of Roses (Liles- M) available from BHS
Room With A View, A (Garnett- F) will need licensing
Ro-Ro-Rolling Along (Foris) learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press
Rosanne (Driscoll- M) available from BHS
Rose, The (Bromert- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut (Prietto- F) learning tracks available from Kim Kraut (Bescos- F; Lippincott– F; Beck– F) show ballad from ‘The Rose’ (Doepke- M; Keirstead- M) available from BHS (Nibler- F; Dockrell- F; Hamilton- F; Kash- F; McNeill- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Rose (A Ring To The Name Of Rose) (Steinkamp- M) available from BHS
Rose Colored Glasses (Brown- M) available from BHS
*Rose Medley (Gentry- M) three lively rose songs for women’s contest
Rose Of No Man’s Land (Baird- M; BHS- M) available from BHS
Rose Of Tralee, The (Connett- M) available from BHS, listed under “The”
Rose Of Washington Square (Baird- M; Waesche- M) available from BHS
Roses Bring Dreams Of You (Gentry- M) a solid but not simplistic ballad
Roses Of Picardy (Bergman– F) contest ballad (Gentry- M; Keys- M; Moon- M; Waesche- M; Diekema- M) available from BHS. Strong, haunting ballad (Perry- M) available from BHS. Learning tracks available from Gary Lewis Press
Roses Of Success (Gray- M) available from BHS
Roses Of Yesterday (Bergman– F) Irving Berlin masterpiece. Superb contest ballad. Learning tracks available from Kim Kraut and Tim Waurick (Sagen- M) available from BHS (Craig- M)
Rosewood Spinnet, A (Kane– F) sentimental contest ballad, reminder of long ago
Rosie (Walters- M) available from BHS
*Rosie Medley (Jamison- M; Steen- M) available from BHS
Rosie The Riveter (Savage- M) available from BHS
*Rosie You Are My Posie/You Made Me Love You (Giallombardo- M)
‘Round Midnight (Grimmer- M) available from BHS
Route 66 (Bailey- F) YWIH available from SAI, medium difficulty. Learning tracks available from Kim Kraut (Cowlishaw- M) available from BHS (Bailey- F; Arns- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut (Rochefort- F; Herivel- F; Fullmer- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Droegmuller- F) learning tracks available from Tim Waurick
Row Row Row (Gray- M; Jamison- M; Hicks- M) available from BHS (Sutton/Penketh- F) Difficult. Easy-beat, available from LABBS (Coffman- F; Zwicker- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Johnson- F) Adult and YW available from SAI unpublished catalogue
*Row Row Row/Paddlin’ Madeline Home (Craig- M) available from BHS
*Row Row Rosie/Row Row Row/There’s No Boat Like A Rowboat (Fellows- F) SAI unpublished medley # 010
Roxie (DavidWright– F) contest, available from BHS. Learning tracks available from Tim Waurick
Royal Garden Blues (DavidWright– M/F; Craig- M) available from BHS (Craig– M/F) show (Gentry- M) contestable, substantial and lively (Volk– F) show uptune
Rubber Duckie (Roose- M; Kitzmiller- M) available from BHS (Johnson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Rudolph Montage (Keller- mixed) 8-part
*Rudolph/Santa Claus Is Coming (Zwicker- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, medley #149
Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer (Bergman- F) short show tune. Learning tracks available from Kim Kraut (Jarley- M; Sams- M; Szabo- M) available from BHS (Szabo- F) learning tracks available from Kim Kraut (Redfield- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Giallombardo- M/F)
Run For The Roses (Gentry- M) The thought-provoking Dan Fogelberg song
Run Run Run (Dowma- M/F) available from BHS. Female learning tracks available from Kim Kraut
Run Run Run Little Dogie (Pedersen- M) available from BHS
Run To You (Wilkins- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
Runaround Sue (Erlich– M) TTBB (Hatton- M) show. 5-part chorus with solo (Volk- M) show
Runnin’ Wild (DavidWright- M/F Waesche- M/F; Latzko- M) available from BHS (Bergman– F) Top stuff. Not for the faint of heart. Contest. Learning tracks available from Kim Kraut (Beck– F) contest uptune (Avener– F) contest uptune
Running Bear (Somers- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue
*Runnin’ Wild Medley (Hopkins- M) available from BHS
Rural Rhythm (Jones- M; Snyder- M) available from BHS