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Recommendations

Songs for Children & Pre-Teens

• "Go Visit Your Grandmother" (comedy, up-tempo)
  from Seventy Girls, Seventy by Kander & Ebb
• "Be Kind to Your Parents" (comedy, up-tempo)
  from Fanny by Harold Rome
• "Little Lamb" (ballad, young girl)
  from Gypsy by Styne & Sondheim

Songs for Teens (ages 14-18)

• "Love I Hear..." (comic, wistful, charming, best for boy)
  from A Funny thing Happened.... by Sondheim
• "What Do You Think I Am" (up-tempo age range 14-20)
  from Best Foot Forward by Martin & Blane
• "Nine O'Clock" (perfect ballad for adolescent boy)
  from Take Me Along by Bob Merrill
• "I Hear Bells" (semi-up-tempo, better for male)
  from Starting Here, Starting Now by Shire & Maltby

Songs for Romantic Lead

• "You are Never Away" (up-tempo for high baritone)
  from Allegro by R & H
• "The Next Time It Happens" (up-tempo for soprano)
  from Pipe Dream by R & H
• "I Wish It So" (legit dramatic ballad for soprano)
  from Juno by Marc Blitzstein
• "Isn't It A Pity" (medium tempo, witty, tuneful, best for male)
  from Pardon My English by Gershwin
• "Dear Little Girl" (up-tempo, baritone, large range)
  from Pardon My English by Gershwin
• "I Don't Remember You" (dramatic ballad - shows voice)
  from The Happy Time by Kander & Ebb
• "Fifty Million Years Ago" (exciting up-tempo for man)
  from Celebration by Schmidt & Jones
• "It's a Nice Face" ballad - (not too demanding)
  from Sweet Charity by Fields & Coleman
• "In The Still of the Night" (shows off voice & sensitivity)
  from Rosalie by Cole Porter
• "That's For Me" (good actor's ballad for man)
  from State Fair by R & H
• "All Through the Day" (ballad)
  from Centennial Summer by Kern & Mercer
• "They Didn't Believe Me" (ballad - best for a man)
  from Centennial Summer by Kern & Mercer
• "Make Someone Happy" (good audition ballad)
  from DoReMi by Styne, Comden & Greene
• "Long Before I Knew You" (good audition ballad)
  from Bells Are Ringing by Styne, Comden & Greene
• "You're Nearer" (one of the most beautiful ballads ever, OK for woman, but better for man)
  from Too Many Girls by Rogers & Hart
• "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" (good chest voice ballad for woman)
  from On A Clear Day... by Lerner & Lane
• "From This Day On" (great ballad, lush, romantic & rangy)
  from Brigadoon by Lerner & Loewe
• "One Promise Come True" (good up-tempo ingenue number)
  from The Yearling by Leonard & Martin
• "Why Did I Choose You?" (one of the greatest ballads ever, best for woman, but OK for man)
  from The Yearling by Leonard & Martin
• "I'll Tell The Man on the Street" (perfect audition ballad)
  from I Married an Angel by Rogers & Hart
• "Make The Man Love Me" (perfect ingenue ballad)
  from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Schwartz & Fields
• "There's a Room in My House" (good ballad for young leading man, exceptional melody)
  from Family Affair by Kander & Goldman
• "Take Me To The World" (medium tempo ballad)
  from Evening Primrose by Sondheim
• "What More Do I Need?" (up-tempo, high energy, good acting song)
  from Marry Me A Little by Sondheim
• "I've Got Beginner's Luck" (moderate tempo, short ballad, easy)
  by Gershwin
• "I Can't Be Bothered Now" (up-tempo, high energy, not difficult)
  by Gershwin
• "I Was Doing All Right" (moderate tempo, sweet, reflective ballad)
  by Gershwin
• "Much More" (passionate girls' ballad, for good voice & good actress)
  from The Fantasticks by Schmidt & Jones

Character Actors & Actresses (ages 20-40)

• "Could You Use Me?" (up-tempo, for man)
  from Girl Crazy by Gershwin
• "Can't You Do a Friend a Favor?" (touching short ballad - easy to sing,and good acting piece)
  by Rogers & Hart
• "I've Got Five Dollars" (brash up-tempo for young character actor)
  by Rogers & Hart
• "Summertime Love" (good angry up-tempo for young man)
  from Green Willow by Frank Loesser

Character Actors & Actresses (ages 40 & over)

• "Happy Habit" (good character song for strong woman)
  from By The Beautiful Sea by Fields & Schwartz
• "The Springtime Cometh" (charming nonsense song, stylized)
  from Flahooley by Fain & Harburg

Belt Songs

• "The Gentleman is a Dope" (one of the best belt songs, showy, dramatic)
  from Allegro by R & H
• "On the Other Side of the Tracks" (razzmatazz song, showy, best for woman)
  from Little Me by Coleman & Leigh

Songs for Dancers

• "All I Need Now is the Girl" (soft-shoe, production number, man)
  from Gypsy by Sondheim
• "Ridin' on the Moon" (up-tempo, shows off voice, energy)
  from St. Louis Woman by Harold Arlen
• "Fascinatin' Rhythm" (good up-tempo song)
  from Lady Be Good by Gershwin
• "Lady Be Good" (perfect medium tempo for male)
  from Lady Be Good by Gershwin
• "Love is Sweeping the Country" (up-tempo, can be belted by woman)
  from Of Thee I Sing by Gershwin
• "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (good jazzy up-tempo)
  from Damsel in Distress by Gershwin

Comedy Songs

• "I Said Good Morning to the Sun" (manic & hokey - play it cornball)
  from A Party With Comden & Greene by Previn, Comden & Greene
• "I Love A Cop" (good ingenue or young character actress comedy song)
  from Fiorello by Bock & Harnick