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Ugly Bug Ball, The (BHS- M) available from BHS (Grant- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Ugly Duckling (Nina- M) available from BHS

Unbirthday Song (Porter- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Unchained Melody (Keller- M) ballad treatment (Gentry- M) Similar to Acoustix’s take on the old rock ‘n’ roll version, this chart is plenty weird. Your tenor gets the chance to shine here (Buntaine- M; Cohen- M; Colville- M; Driscoll- M; Eberius- M) available from BHS (Coffman- F) available from SAI, easy-medium. Learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. Beautiful, haunting melody, easy harmonies (Lobaugh- F; Nickel- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Giallombardo- M)

Uncle Watt’s Original Fantascinatin’ Roadside Stand (Gentry- F) available from BHS

Undecided (DavidWright- mixed) available from BHS, for M/F double quartet (Volk- M) show (Schmidt- F) new Ella Fitzgerald style to this standard uptune. Available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Rode- M; Pellant- M; Waesche- M; King- F) available from BHS (King- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. Very easy, close harmonies

Under Paris Skies (Schmidt- F) spirited waltz with Parisian ambiance. Learning tracks available from Larry Wright

Under The Anheuser Bush (Bergman- M) Turn of the century beer song

Under The Boardwalk (Volk- F/M) show uptune. (Gentry-M/F) This happy summer song is always in season. BHS publishes the men’s version (SPEBSQSA- M; BHS- M) available from BHS **LABBS members note: The Tom Gentry version is not the same as the BHS version for female  voices. (Yazurlo- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. Very easy, slow rock.

Under The Sea (Lippincott- F) from ‘The Little Mermaid’ (Minshall- F) available to Sweet Adelines only, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. Very easy harmonies but lots of words.  (Giallombardo- M/F)

Underdog Theme (Arns- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

*Undersea Medley (Roose- M) available from BHS

Unforgettable (Kane- F; Lippincott- F; Bergman- F; Volk- M) Nat King Cole made this one famous. Show (Schmidt- F) beautiful song. Some lead solo parts. Available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Liles- M) available from BHS  (Wolf- M) double quartet. Available from BHS (Coffman- F) available from SAI, medium difficulty, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. Nice easy swing, jazzy chords may be tricky to tune. Bass/tenor solos in the second chorus.  (Rochefort- F; Masterson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Uncle Watt’s Original Fantascinatin’ Roadside Stand (Gentry- F) fun and wordy. Could be made contestable

United We Sing (Pedersen- M) available from BHS

Until It’s Time For You To Go (Avener- F) show

Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Bergman- F) great swinger

Up A Lazy River (Gentry- M) could be sung in contest or show (Beck- F) show

*Up In The Air Medley (Giallombardo- M)

Up On The Housetop (Giallombardo- M/F)

Up On The Roof (Graham- M) available from BHS (Latzko- M) available from BHS, learning tracks available from Jordan Litz (Berg- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Rochefort- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. Bass melody throughout, easy to sing

Up Up And Away (Bailey- F) medium-difficult, available from SAI. Learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. Very rangy for lead and bari. Lots of key modulations, beautiful harmonies. Difficult to sing but well worth the effort (Shook- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Uptempo Folksong (Generic) (Kegley- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

U.S. Air Force (Bergman- M)

*U.S. Air Force/Stars and Stripes Forever (Bergman- M)

*U.S Cities Medley (Giallombardo- M) learning tracks available from Andrew Wheaton

Utah Trail (Hickman- M) available from BHS

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Vacation (Keller- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Vagabond Shoes (Minihane- F) Solo song, bass melody

Valentine (Beck- F) Martina McBride song (Berg- F) available from SAI. Difficult. YWIH and SSAA available from SAI (McFadyen- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue (Bromert- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue, learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. Bass and lead melody, beautiful chords and swing rhythms

*Valentines Medley (Grey- M/F) show uptune, parody. You Made Me Love You/Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Various Themes Of Fa-La-La (Lippincott- F)

Varsity Drag (Jackson- M) available from BHS

Vaudeville (Two Shows A Day) (Bergman- F) strong contest uptune. Learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. Original song by Nancy and friends, fun start to a vaudeville show. Fairly easy to sing

*Vaudeville Medley (Miller- M) available from BHS

Vaya Con Dios (Keller- M/F) Available from BHS (Bromert- F) Spanish tune, easy-medium, prohibited from competition. Learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. YW in English or Spanish.

Vegemite (Gentry- M) spoof of the Aussies’ favourite, um, edible substance

Venus In Blue Jeans (Diamond- F) show, available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Very Best Time Of Year, The (Olson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Very Thought Of You (Wheeler- F) available from BHS (Briner- F; Dockrell- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Via Dolorosa (DavidWright- M) available from BHS

Victory Polka (Middlestaedt- M) available from BHS

Victory Road (DavidWright- M) available from BHS, somewhat difficult

Violets Sweet (Thorne- M) available from BHS

Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy (Gentry- M) Lots of rhythmic interest in this Christmas tune. It somehow manages to be calm and lively at the same time

Viva Las Vegas (Alsbury- F) learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. Elvis song, some bass solo, high tenor.

Vocal Production (Johnson- F) available from SAI unpublished catalogue

Vo-De-O-Do (Lyne- M) availale from BHS

Volare (Lippincott- F) bass melody, fun song (Cokeroft- M) available from BHS (Lund- F) learning tracks available from Kim Kraut. In Italian and English, easy harmonies

Vote For Mr. Rhythm (Beck- F) show

Voyage, The (Keller- M) appropriate for anniversaries