Top 23 hard bop songs for audition and karaoke
This is a song chart of the top 23 hard bop songs, based on the votes of 49184 Singing Carrots users. We count a 'vote' when a user adds one of our 75,000 songs to their repertoire (favorites list). For each song, we show a vocal range (in parentheses). If you click on a song name, you will be able to see the song key, and a list of useful links to the karaoke version, music sheet, and lyrics. If you click on a singer's name, it will take you to the singer's page where you can see all songs by that singer, sorted by popularity and range.
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23 Thelonious Monk - Think of One (F#2-B3)
22 Thelonious Monk - Dear Ruby (A#2-E4)
21 Styx - Crystal Ball (E3-B4)
19 Rush - 2112 - VI Soliloquy (F#3-G4)
18 Quincy Jones - Gravy Waltz (A#2-E4)
17 Mose Allison - The Seventh Son (F#2-G#3)
16 Mose Allison - Smashed (C3-C4)
15 Mose Allison - Parchman Farm (F2-E4)
14 Mose Allison - Lost Mind (F2-C#4)
13 Mose Allison - I'm Not Talking (A#2-D4)
12 Mose Allison - I Don't Worry About a Thing (E2-D#4)
11 Mose Allison - Eyesight To the Blind (F#2-C#4)
10 Michel Legrand - Bilboquet (C3-E4)
9 Michel Legrand - À La Lumière D'une Étoile (D#3-B4)
8 Jon Hendricks - Cloudburst (A#2-F4)
7 Jet - Take It or Leave It (G3-D4)
6 Jethro Tull - Mother Goose (C3-D4)
5 Jethro Tull - Aqualung (D3-F4)
4 Jamie Cullum - Sack O' Woe (D#3-D#4)
3 Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (C3-G4)
2 Ella Fitzgerald - Bluesette (A3-E5)
1 Julian "Cannonball" Adderley - Sermonette (C3-F4)