Repertoire

The singing repertoire of singer/pianist John Swaab consists of hundreds of songs .

The instrumental repertoire is too large to mention in full. The repertoire is constantly updated, but sometimes not reflected in this list.

For questions concerning the repertoire or for an updated list please contact us.

When booking, please indicate your preferred repertoire. Even if your desired songs are not specified in this list.


Pop, disco, dance, R&B etc

Ain't no stopping us now (dance)
Ain't nobody
Another day
Balada
Banger hart
Best of my love
Blame it on the boogie
Boogie Wonderland
Born this way
Brand new Day
Can't get enough (Dance version)
Can't stop the feeling
Car wash
Celebration
Dancing Queen
Daddy cool
Dancing on the ceiling
Disco inferno
Don't let me be misunderstood
Don't stop the music (dance)
Don't you forget about me
Dromen zijn bedrog
Dreamin'
Everything
For once in my life
Good times
Happy birthday
Heaven must be missing an angel
Hey soul sister
I'll see you when I get there
I'm so excited
Instant replay
I will survive
Knock on Wood
Kool and the gang medley
Ladies night
Lady love
Lady marmalade
Last Dance
Let's go dancing
Let the music play
Let's get loud
Listen to the music
Long Train Running (dance version)
Love is in the air
Love never felt so good
Loves theme
Mama Mia
More than a woman
Moves like Jagger - Maroon 5
My destiny
Play that funky music
Real Mother for ya
Reggae night
Relight my fire
See you when I get there
September
That's the way I like it
This is what it feels like
The blessed days
This love
Treasure
Uptown Funk
Wake me up
Wake me up before you go
Walking on sunshine
We are family
YMCA
You
You can't hurry love
You to me are everything
You're the first, my everything

Foxtrot, country etc.

Achy Breaky Heart
A night like this
Als de zon schijnt
An American dream
Beautiful noise
Blue Bayou
Bright side of the road
Brown eyed girl
Buona Sera
Chattahoochee
Come back my love
Congratulations
Cottonfield
Country roads
Crackle down Rosie
Dance in the old fashioned way
Dance the night away
Driving my life away
Help me make it through the night
If I said you have a beautiful body
I'll have to say I love you in a song
Ik leef mijn eigen leven
Ik meen het
It's not unusual
Jackson
Jambalaya
Leef
Let your love flow
Little green bag
Living next door to Alice
Lucky Lips
Lyin' eyes
Matrimony
Moody Blue
Mooi was die tijd
New world in the morning
Oh, Bernadine
One of these nights
Paloma Blanco
Peggy Sue
Pour un flirt
Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
Rhinestone cowboy
Ring of fire
Rozetta
Save your kisses for me
Save the last dance for me
Return to Sender
Sexy eyes
Rollin' in my sweet baby's arms
Ruby don't take your love
Show me the way
Some people
Somewhere between
Sweet Caroline
Sunday morning
Teach your children
Thank God I'm a country boy
The most beautiful girl
Top of the world
Travelin' light
Wake up little Suzie
Walk right back
We don't talk anymore
When
When you're in love with a beautiful woman
Why not me - The Juds
Working my way back to you
Yellow river

Jazz, dixie, Quickstep, slowfox, jive, blues

A foggy day
Ain't misbehavin'
All of me
As time goes by
Bad, bad Leroy Brown
Always look on the bright side of life
Cabaret
Cha, cha, cha d'amour
Chattanooga Choo-Choo
Cheek to cheek
Chicago
Come fly with me
Come rain or shine
Crazy little thing called love
Dance in the old fashioned way
Days of wine and roses
Don't fence me in
Don't sit under the appletree
Everytime we say goodbye
Fly me to the moon
For once in my life
Frim fram sauce
From the time you say goodbye
Georgia on my mind
Girl from Ipanema
Hello Dolly
I can't give you anything
Ice Cream
I get a kick out of you
In the mood
It don't mean a thing
It had to be you
I've got a world on a string
I've got you under my skin
Kalamazoo
Keep on smiling
L.O.V.E.
Lady is a tramp
Little brown jug
Love and marriage
Mack the knife
Melodie d'amour
Moondance
Moonlight Serenade
Mr. Bojangles
New York
Nice and easy
Night and day
Say it's only a Papermoon
Satin Doll
Sing sing sing-Louis Prima
Singin' in the rain
Strangers in the night
Take the A train
Tea for two
The bare necessities - Louis Prima
They can't take that away
Tuxedo junction
Unforgettable
We are in love
We'll meet again
What a difference a day made
Wie is Loesje
You are the sunshine of my life
You make me feel so young
Nog zeer veel jazzstandards op aanvraag... (Many jazz standards available on request...)

SoftPop

Alone again
Beautiful noise
Call me maybe
Clair
Crazy little thing
Dancing queen
Dansen aan Zee
Don't it make my brown eyes blue
Euphoria
Everybody
Everything
Feel
Fire
Gente di mare
Haven't met you yet
Hey Soul Sister - Train
If you could read my mind
Josephine
Just the way you are
Laughter in the rain
Karma Chameleon
Let her go
Nothing Rhymed
Pack up
PDA
Sexy eyes
She's not there
Some people
Something beautiful
Something stupid
Somewhere over the rainbow
The Lazy song - Bruno Mars
This love
Treasure
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
We don't talk anymore
You give me something
You'll never find another love

Reggae

Baby I love your way
Birds
Don't look back
Down under
Dreadlock Holiday
Games people play
I wanna wake up with you
More than I can say
Mysterious girl
No woman no cry
Reggae Night
Red red wine
Sing our own song
Smoorverliefd
Someone loves you honey
Sweat
Wild world

Rock and Roll, Fifties, Sixties etc.

Ain't that a shame
All shook up
All you need is love
Are you lonesome tonight
At the hop
Bachelor Boy
Bad, bad, Leroy Brown
Bad case of loving you
Blueberry Hill
Blue Monday
Blue suede shoes
Bright side of the road
Brown Sugar
Buona sera senorita
Burning Love
Bye Bye Love
Calendar girl
Can't buy me love
Can't help falling in love with you
cielito Lindo
C'mon everybody
Come back my love
Congratulations
Cottonfields
Crying in the chapel
Devil in disguise
De wandelclub
Diana
Don't get me wrong
Do you remember?
Do you wanna dance?
Dream
Everybody loves somebody
Everybody needs somebody
Ferry 'cross the mercy
Fire
Gimme some lovin'
Four tops medley
Great balls of fire
Green, green grass of home
Happy birthday Sweet Sixteen
Having a party
He'll have to go
Hello Josephine
Help
Here comes my baby
Hey Jude
Honky tonk woman
Hounddog
How sweet it is
I can see clearly now
I can't help fallin' in love
I could easily fall in love with you
I just can't help
I'm Walkin'
I feel fine
I feel good
I got a woman
In the ghetto
In the mood
It's not unusual
Jailhouse Rock
Johnny be Good
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Kansas City
Knock on wood
La Bamba
Let's dance
Let it be me
Let's twist again
Living doll
L.O.V.E.
Love and Marriage
Love on the rocks
Love is all-around
Lucky Lips
Mack the knife
Moody blue
Move It
Mr. Bojangles
My Boy
My girl
Needles and pins
Oh Carol
Oerend hart
Only the Lonely
Paint it black
Papa was a rollin stone
Peggy Sue
Peter Gun
Please release me
Pretty Woman
Proud Mary
Ramona
Return to sender
Ring of Fire
Rock around the clock
Route 66
Runaway
Satisfaction
Save the last dance
See you later alligator
Shake rattle and Roll
Shake your tailfeather
She loves you
Shout
Sittin' on the dock of a bay
Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke on the water
Something Stupid
South of the border
Such a night
Surfin' USA
Summer holiday
Suspicious minds
Start me up
Sweet Caroline
Sweet home Chicago
Temptations medley
Teddy Bear
Tenessee Waltz
That's Amore
That's Life
Tutti Frutti
That'll be the day
That's allright mama
The great pretender
The young ones
True love
Until I kissed you
Wake up little Susie
Walkin'
Walk right back
We go together
What a wonderful world
Willem wordt wakker
Whole lotta shakin'
You'll never walk alone

Seventies, Eighties and Nineties....

Zie ook lijst Disco, Dance.....
Alone again
Bad case of loving you
Beautiful Noise
Blue Bayou
Bright side of the road
Clair
Cracklin' Rosy
Crazy little thing called love
Dancing Queen
Don't get me wrong
Don't you forget about me
Dreamin'
Feel
Fire
For once in my life
Heal the world
Hello Josephine
I could easily fall in love with you
Iedereen is van de wereld
If you could read my mind
Is this the way to Amarillo
Just the way you are
Listen to the music
Long Train Running
Love Boat
Love is all-around
Love on the rocks
Mama Mia
Matrimony
More than a woman
Nikita
One
Paradise by the dashboard light
Paloma Blanca
Pour un flirt
Power to all our friends
Purple Rain
Pride
Red red Whine
Save your kisses for me
Sexy eyes
Show me the way
Smoke on the water
Smoorverliefd
Some people
Stiekum gedanst
Sunny
The great pretender
The Joker
Unchain my heart
Wake me up before you go
Walking on sunshine
We don't talk anymore
When a man loves a woman
When you're in love with a beautiful woman
Where the streets have no name
Why tell me
With or without you
You'll never find another love
You've got a friend

Samba, cha cha, rumba, bolero, meringue, kaseko, soca, salsa

Adjossi
A di mi yere yu friyari
Ai se eu te pego
Ai se eu te pego - salsa version
Ala Presi
Alles is liefde - Salsa version
All of me - Bachata Version
Als hier een pot met bonen staat
Amor, Amor
Balada
Besame (R. Montaner)
Blue bayou
Bonito Y Sabroso - Oscar de Leon
Brazil
Burbujas de un amor (bolero)
Cachita
Chan Chan (Bueno Vista S.Club)
Cieliti Lindo
Clocks - Coldplay
Copacabana
Cuando vuelva at tu lado
Dos gardenias
El mundo bailando
El Tiburon
Feeling hot, hot, hot (soca)
Guantanamera (son)
Hey Jude (Salsa/Rumba)
Historia de un amor
Island in the sun
Jeruzalem (Surinaams)
Kleine wasjes, grote wasjes…
La Bodeguero
La vida es un carnaval
Lagrimas negras
Lambada
Let it be (salsa version)
Let's get loud
Lik maar aan m'n lolly
Mambo No. 5
Palo Bonito
Que si, que no
Que viva la vida - Belle Perez
Quizas, Quizas
Sabor a mi
Save the last dance (cha cha)
Solamente una vez
Soul Chacha
South of the border
Stapje naar voren
Suja, suja
Surinaamse medley
Sway (cha cha)
Te conozco bien
Vacilon
Zullen we maar weer…

Ballads

Aan de kust
Afscheid
Alles is liefde-Blof
All of me
Angels
At this moment
Bloed, zweet en tranen
Dansen aan Zee
Desperado
Dream
Du
Easy
Europe
Geef mij nu je angst
Gutenacht Freunde
Have I told you lately
Heal the world
Hello Adele
Hero
Hold me now
Home
Hou me vast
If tomorrow never comes
Ik hou van jou
Ik leef mijn eigen leven
Jessie
Just the way you are - Bruno Mars
Kleine jongen
Liefs uit London
Love on the rocks
Love is all-around
Mag ik dan bij jou
Me & Mrs. Jones
My Way
Old and Wise
Merci Cherie
My funny Valentine
My way
One
Per amore
Purple Rain
Sailing
Send in the clowns
She
Smoke gets in your eyes
Still got the blues
Three times a lady
The Climb
The great pretender
Thinking out loud
Unforgettable
We are the champions
What a wonderful world
What's another year
When a man loves a woman
Yesterday when I was young
You are so beautiful - Joe Cocker
Your song - Elton John
You'll never walk alone
You've got a friend
Zij gelooft in mij
Zij
Zonder jou

Waltz

Aan de Amsterdamse grachten
A bachelor boy
Are you lonesome tonight
Ben je in Rotterdam geboren
Cielito lindo Mex. Wals
Dansen aan Zee
Golden Brown
He'll have to go
If I ain't got you
La Spagnola
Mexicali Rose
Niet of nooit geweest
Nightengale in Berkeley Square
Piano man
Tennessee walz
Three times a lady
Wiener waltzer von
Strauss (diverse)
Wild rover

Tango, Paso doble, folk

Adios Nonino
Always look at the bright of life
Espani cani-Paso Doble
Hernando hideaway
Historia de un amor
Jealousy
Ole Guapa
Sirtaki
Tango d'amour
Tarantella
Vous permettez monsieur

Italian

Arrivederci Roma
Che sera
Ciao ciao bambina
Come prima
Funiculi funicula
Gente di mare
Gloria
La Spagnola
L'Italiano
Ma che bello questo amore
Mambo Italiano
Marina
Non piu andrai- Mozart
Quando quando
Roma nun fala stupida stasera
Se bastassa una bella canzone
Se stiamo insieme
Serenata
Volare

Russian

Diverse highlights
Overig instrumentaal (een kleine greep..)

Instrumental

Angela
Apache
African Beat
A swingin' safari
Andre Rieu medley
Canteloupe Island - Herbie Hancoc
Conquest of Paradise
Con Sentimiento
Espana Cani
Sirtaki
Swinging Safari - Bert Keampfert en nog veel meer...

Extra Repertoire as duo with Female Singer

A thousand miles - Vanessa Carlton
A night like this - Caro Emerald
ABC - The Jacksons
Ai se eu te pego - Michel Telo
All at once - Whitney Houston
Are you kiddin' me - Anouk
Back to black - Amy Winehouse
Beat it - Michael Jackson
Believe - Cher
Ben - Michael Jackson
Best of my love - Emotions
Big Spender - Shirley Bassey
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Blame it on the boogie - Michael Jackson
Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
Daddy Cool - Boney M
Disco inferno - The Tramps
Don't it make my brown eyes blue - Crystal Gayle
Don't speak - No Doubt
El Mundo Bailando - Belle Perez
Fallin - Alicia Keys
Fire - Pointer Sisters
For once in my life - Stevie Wonder
Get here - Oleta Adams
Girl - Anouk
Good Times - Chic
Halo - Beyonce
Happiness - Alexis Jordan
Heal the world - Michael Jackson
Historia de un Amor - Laura Fygi
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
How will I know - Whitney Houston
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
I feel for you - Chaka Kahn
I feel love - Donna Summer
I have nothing - Whitney Houston
I just can't stop loving you - Michael Jackson
I love the nightlife - Alicia Bridges
I love to love - Tina Charles
I love your smile - Shanice
I will always love you - Whitney Houston
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
I'll be there - The Jacksons
I'm outta love - Anastacia
I'm so exited - Pointer sisters
I'm so glad I'm a woman - Love Unlimited Orchestra
I'm walking on sunshine
I've got the music in me - Kiki Dee
If I ain't got you - Alicia Keys
If I can't have you - Yvonne Elliman
If you could read my mind - Viola Wills
Ik kan niet zonder jou- Ruth Jacoth
It takes two - Tina Turner
It's raining men - The Weather Girls
It's so easy - Linda Ronstadt
Jambalaya - Carpenters
Johnny B Good - Chuck Berry
Jump - Van Halen
Killing me softly with his song - Roberta Flack
Knock on wood - Amy Stewart
Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera
Lady - Modjo
Last Dance - Donna Summer
Le Freak - Chic
Let's get loud - Jennifer Lopez
Lost - Anouk
Love generation - Bob Sinclair
Ma baker - Boney M
Make you feel my love - Adele
Maldon - Zoukmachine
Man Down - Rihanna
Medley - Boney M
Michel - Anouk
Mujeres Liberadas - Melina Leon
Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
Need you now - Lady Antebellum
Nobody - Jessie J
Nutbush City Limits - Tina Turner
Obsession - Aventura
One day in your life - Michael Jackson
One plus one - Beyonce
Ordinary people - John Legend
Out of Reach - Gabrielle
Pack up - Eliza Doolittle
Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
Please don't stop the music - Rihanna
Price Tag - Jessie J
Proud Mary - Tina Turner
Rasputin - Boney M
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Ring my bell - Anita Ward
Saving All my love - Whitney Houston
Signed, sealed, delivered I'm yours - Stevie Wonder
Simply the best - Tina Turner
Single ladies - Beyonce
Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters
Somebody I used to know - Gotye
Someone like you - Adele
Something Stupid - Robbie Williams
Supersticious - Stevie Wonder
Sunny - Boney M
Supremes medley
Surinaamse medley
Sweet sweet smile - Carpenters
That old devil called love - Alison Moyet
That what friends are for - Dionne Warwick
The Boss - Diana Ross
The greatest love of all - Whitney Houston
Think - Aretha Franklin
This is my life - Shirley Bassey
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Together again - Janet Jackson
Top of the world - Carpenters
Unforgettable - Natalie Cole
Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
Use somebody - Kings of Leon
Waiting for Tonight - Jennifer Lopez
Waka Waka - Shakira
When the haertache is over - Tina Turner
When will I see you again?
Whenever whereever - Shakira
Why do fools fall in love? - Diana Ross
Window of hope - Oleta Adams
With you I'm born again - Billy Preston-Syreeta
You can't hurry love - Diana Ross
You to me are everything - The real thing
You've got a friend - Carole King

Carnaval, Dutch, German, songs to sing along, polonaise etc

Alles is liefde
Als aan het Leidsche plein
Als de klok van Arnemuiden
Als de morgen is gekomen
Als de nacht verdwijnt
Als sterren aan de hemel staan
Als sterren flonkrend aan de hemel
Always look on the bright side
Apres skimedley
Blijf bij mij
Bloed, zweet en tranen
Brabant
Brandend zand
Bruidsmarsen
Carnavalsmedley
Das ist dein tag
De glimlach van een kind
De vlieger
De woonboot
Diep in mijn Hart
Droomland
Du
Echte vrienden
Een beetje verliefd
Een ons geluk
Een vriend
Eindelijk vrij
Ein madchen für immer
En nou die hendjes
Even aan mijn moeder vragen
Festival der liebe
Foto van vroeger
Geef mij de liefde en de gein
Geef mij je angst
Glimlach van een kind
Griechische wein
Heb je even voor mij
Het is een nacht
Het dorp
Hier ben ik veilig
Ich bin wie du
Ik bel je zomaar even op
Ik ben blij dat ik je niet vergeten ben
Ik geef je een boeketje ...
Ik hou van jou
Ik heb de hele nacht liggen dr...
Ik wil jou even een zoentje (Eigen stuk)
Ik wil met je lachen
Ik zou je het liefste in een doosje willen doen
Immer wieder sonntags
Je loog tegen mij
Jij bent zo
Jij denkt maar dat je alles ...
Kabouterdans
Karnavalsmedley
Kijk eens in de poppetjes van m'n ..
Kleine jongen
Kleine kokette Katinka
Koffie
Koos Albertsmedley
Laat me
Laat me alleen
Laatste rondje
Leef
Liefde zal altijd voor (Eigen stuk)
Lieveling
Louise zit niet op je nagels
Malle Babbe
Medley Koos Alberts
Merci Cherie
Mooi was die tijd
Nee niet zeggen hoe ik leven moet
Niet of nooit geweest
Och was ik maar
O sole mio
Onder moeder's paraplu
Op een mooi pinksterdag
Reisje langs de Rijn
Ritme van de regen
Rosamunde
Rosanne
s'Nachts na tweeen
Sammy
Samen zijn
Sex met die kale
Smoorverliefd
Spring maar achterop
Stiekem gedanst
Stilte in de storm
Uit m'n bol
Uberal auf der welt
Voor haar
Vrienden voor het leven
Vrijgezel
Wandelclub
Want het is zomer
Walsenmedley
Wie is Loesje
Wir sind alle über vierzig
Wij houden van oranje
Woonboot
Zak es lekker door
Zeemansmedley
Zeg niet nee
Zij gelooft in mij
Zomaar een dag
Zuster Ursula
Zwart wit

French

Butterfly
Champ's Elysees
Chanson d'amour
Dansez Maintenant
For me formidable