GREETINGS HEALTHY-STEPS INSTRUCTORS! Since you are here, you obviously got the link from Bonnie. Hope you find this helpful.
Don’t forget to share your music suggestions with all of us by sending your song list in an email to me at julie@jkdance.com
4/18/20 Social Distancing Playlist JULIE KAUFMANN
Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera) | Doris Day |
Feeling Good | Nina Simone |
Fever | Susan Trexler & Christ Barbera |
Drift Away | Dobie Gray |
Don’t Stand So Close to Me | Police |
No particular Place to Go | Chuck Berry |
Breathless | Wanda Jackson |
Bored to Death | Eric Hutchinson |
Everything’s Gonna be Alright | David Lee Murphy & Kenny Chesney |
I Will Survive | Gloria Gaynor |
Don’t Get Around much Anymore | Natalie Cole |
I Can’t be Bothered Now | Fred Astaire |
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore | Also by Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong, et al pick your favorite |
Fever | Also by Peggy Lee, Eva Cassidy, Michael Buble, et al |
5/13/15 DENISE M. DECKER
Bless the Beasts and the Children | The Carpenters |
You Raise Me Up | Celtic Woman |
Some Day | Celtic Woman |
Canta a la Vita | Josh Groban |
Only Time | Enya |
In the Morning Light | Yani |
Gabriel’s Obo | Yo-Yo Ma |
Je T’Aime Encore | Celine Dion |
I Don’t Know Why | Shawn Colvin |
Perhaps Love | Placido Domingo and John Denver |
Impossible Dream | Brian Stokes Mitchell |
Nostalgia | Yo-Yo Ma |
Colors of the Wind | Vanessa Williams |
You’ll Never Walk Alone | Celtic Woman |
Testify to Love | Wynonna Judd |
Watermark | Enya |
Love Can Build A Bridge | Wynonna Judd |
Circle Game | Joni Mitchell |
5/12/15 LUANN MASON, SHELBYVILLE, IN
Warm-Up: Young At Heart |
Frank Sinatra |
Pink Panther Theme | |
When We Were Beautiful | Bon Jovi |
Help | The Beatles |
Hello Goodbye | The Beatles |
Come Dance with Me | Frank Sinatra |
Surfin’ USA | The Beach Boys |
Cool Down: God Bless the USA |
Lee Greenwood |
5/10/15 Karen Jo Smith, Wisconsin
Birthday | Beatles |
Dream Big | Ryan Shupe & the Rubberbands |
Go Light Your World | Kathy Troccoli |
I Believe | Diamond Rio |
I Can Only Imagine | MercyMe |
I Wish For You | Jessica Andrews |
Lean On Me | Bill Withers |
Stand | Rascall Flatts |
To Where You Are | Josh Groban |
Wind Beneath My Wings | Bette Midler |
You Raise Me Up | Josh Groban |
Angels Among Us | Alabama |
Walk On | U2 |
Beautiful Day | U2 |
Better Days | Goo Goo Dolls |
Celebration | Kool & The Gang |
Don’t Stop Believin’ | Journey |
Happy Birthday | Stevie Wonder |
I Got A Feeling | Black Eyed Peas |
I’ll Be There For You | Rembrants |
Next 100 Years | Bon Jovi’ |
Party In The USA | Miley Cyrus |
Thank You For Being A Friend | Andrew Gold |
That’s The Way | JoDee Messina |
Walkin’ On Sunshine | Katrina & The Waves |
We Like To Party | Vengaboys |
You Belong In The Sun | JoDee Messina |
We Are Family | Sister Sledge |
Brave | Sara Bareilles |
Safe And Sound | Capital Cities |
Reach Out | Four Tops |
Love Is All You Need | Beatles |
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
Carry On | Fun |
Roar | Katy Perry |
Brave | Sara Bareilles |
Bare Necessities | Tony Bennett |
What A Wonderful World | Louie Armstrong |
My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me | Danny Gokey |
Just The Way You Are | Bruno Mars |
You’ve Got A Friend | Carole King |
I’ll Stand By You | Carrie Underwood |
Keep Holding On | Avril Lavigne |
Win | Brian McKnight |
Streetcorner Symphony | Rob Thomas |
Now Comes The Night | Rob Thomas |
This Town | OAR |
I Run For Life | Melissa Etheridge |
Good Day | Ron Pope |
9/30/17 JULIE KAUFMANN, BOSTON
Women empowerment–expanded (I use them for my women’s self-defense class)
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Turrell |
All About That Bass | Megan Trainor |
American Woman | Muddy Magnolias |
America’s Sweetheart | Elle King |
Another One Bites the Dust | Queen |
Beautiful | Christina Aguilera |
Born This Way | Lady Gaga |
Brave | Sarah Bareilles |
Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down | Sista Monica Parker |
Confident | Demi Lovato |
Don’t Stop Believing | Journey |
Don’t You Make Me High | Maria Muldaur |
Don’t You Know You’re Beautiful | Kelly Pickler |
F**kin’ Perfect | Pink |
Feelin’ Good | Nina Simone |
Fight Like a Girl | Kalie Shorr |
Fight Like A Girl | Bomshel |
Fight Song | Rachel Platten |
Fighter | Christina Aguilera |
Girl in a Country Song | Maddie & Tae |
Girl on Fire | Alicia Keyes |
Girl Power | Cheetah Girls |
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | Cyndi Lauper |
Good Woman Down | Mary J. Blige |
Goodbye Earl | Dixie Chicks |
Grown Woman | Beyonce |
Hero | Mariah Carey |
Hit Me With Your Best Shot | Pat Benatar |
I Am Woman | Helen Reddy |
I Didn’t Know My Own Strength | Whitney Houston |
I Love Me | Meghan Trainor |
I Will Survive | Gloria Gaynor |
I Will Survive | Puppini Sisters |
I’ve Got That Thing | Catherine Russell |
Independence Day | Martina McBride |
Independent Women Part I | Destiny’s Child |
Invincible | Pat Benatar |
Invincible | Kelly Clarkson |
Just Like Fire | Pink |
Kick a Little | Little Texas |
Love Myself | Hailee Steinfeld |
Man I feel Like a Woman | Shania Twain |
Me Too | Meghan Trainor |
Man Smart (Woman Smarter) | Harry Belafonte |
Most Girls | Hailee Steinfeld |
No | Meghan Trainor |
Phenomenal Woman | Olivia Newton John |
Pocketful of Sunshine | Natasha Bedingfield |
Respect | Aretha Franklin |
Roar | Katy Perry |
Run the World (Girls) | Beyonce |
Salute | Little Mix |
Secrets | Mary Lambert |
Sisters Doin’ It for Themselves | Aretha Franklin & Eurythmics |
Sit Still, Look Pretty | Dava |
Stand | Rascall Flatts |
Strength of a Woman | Shaggy |
Strong Enough | Cher |
Strong Enough | Sheryl Crow |
Stronger | Britney Spears |
Superwoman | Alicia Keys |
Survivor | Destiny’s Child |
The Fighter | Keith Urban & Carrie Underwood |
This One’s For the Girls | Martina McBride |
Titanium | David Guetta (feat. Sia) |
Try | Colbie Caillat |
U Can’t Touch This | MC Hammer |
Unbreakable | Madison Beer |
Unstoppable | Sia |
Unwritten | Natasha Bedingfield |
We’re Not Gonna Take It | Twisted Sister |
What Doesn’t Kill You | Kelly Clarkson |
What Part of No | Lorrie Morgan |
Who Says | Selena Gomez |
Woman (Oh Mama) | Joy Williams |
You Don’t Own Me | Lesley Gore |
You Gotta Be | Des’ree |
Songs I’ve used (may be some duplicates with above lists):
Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind | The Lovin’ Spoonful |
She’s Got A Way | Billy Joel |
Sailing | Liz Callaway |
Me And Bobby McGee | Janis Joplin |
Nice ‘n’ Easy | Frank Sinatra |
California Girls | The Beach Boys |
Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails | Louis Armstrong & Russell Garcia |
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher | Jackie Wilson |
The Lazy Song | Bruno Mars |
Walkin’ After Midnight | Terri Clark |
The Clapping Song | Shirley Ellis |
When You’re Good to Mama | Chicago soundtrack |
Don’t Worry, Be Happy | Bobby McFerrin |
High Hopes | Frank Sinatra |
You Really Got A Hold On Me | Miracles |
Fever | Susan Trexler and Chris LaBarbera |
Sway | Dean Martin |
Lazy River | The Mills Brothers |
Be True To Your School | The Beach Boys |
Songs that I might use in future classes:
Fat Bottomed Girls | Queen |
Unwritten | Natasha Bedingfield |
Brighter Than the Sun 3:52 All of You | Colbie Caillat |
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails | Fred Astaire & Oscar Peterson |
UP! | Shania Twain |
All I Wanna Do | Sheryl Crow |
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me | SmokeyRobinson & The Miracles |
That Old Black Magic | Cab Calloway |
Wavin’ Flag | K’naan |
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight | Bob Dylan |
L-O-V-E | Nat King Cole |
Standing On The Corner | Dean Martin |
Down at the Old Corrale | Randy Travis |
The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane | The Ames Brothers |
Peace Train | Cat Stevens |
Straight to Memphis | Club des Belugas |
Embraceable You | Dinah Washington |
Conga | Gloria Estefan |
Feeling Good | Nina Simone |
Island | Eddy Raven |
Just Got Started Lovin’ You | James Otto |
I Want to Be Seduced | Di Anne Price and Her Boyfriends |
The Vertical Expression (Of Horizontal Desire) | The Bellamy Brothers |
Memphis Women and Chicken | Dan Penn |
I Hope You Want Me | Mavericks |
If the Stars Were Mine | Melody Gardot |
I Want To Be Seduced | Rob Rio & The Revolvers |
You Don’t Treat Me No Good | Sonia Dada |
Lover, Lover | Jerrod Niemann |
Cabo San Lucas | Toby Keith |
Ruby Blue | Róisín Murphy |
Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me | Shirley Bassey |
Why Don’t We Just Dance | Josh Turner |
Brazil | Bellini |
Toes | Zac Brown Band |
Anything Goes | Patti LuPone |
Wrap All Your Troubles In Dreams | Les Paul & Mary Ford |
Beyond the Sea | Bobby Darin |
Always | Patsy Cline |
Sentimental Journey | Doris Day |
Get It While It’s Hot | Nodesha |
I’ll Fly Away | Gillian Welch & Alison Krauss |
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | Sian Phillips |
Play A Simple Melody | Jo Stafford |
I Can’t Be Bothered Now | Crazy For You Soundtrack |
Don’t Know Why | Norah Jones |
Ain’t That A Kick In The Head | Dean Martin |
Bill Bailey | Ella Fitzgerald |
Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right out of my Hair | South Pacific |
Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars) | Mark Ronson |