Are there any super popular 40s swing songs that would work?

i'm going to audition for american idol next year and i need a swing song. not just any old song...something classic and inspirational. Range is no object. I'm a male mezzo tenor with an incredibly huge range in full voice from low f (2nd octave) to high d (5th octave) Although I would prefer something no lower than A flat of 2nd octave and no higher than A of the 4th octave. Any suggestions?|||Well the big male vocalists were the obvious ones, that were coming out of their big band backgrounds and stepping into the lime light.





Frank Sinatra


Nat King Cole


Dean Martin





There were also all maile quartets that some great songs as well, like the Mills Brothers or the Ink Spots.





You should also listen to some more contemporary male swing/jazz singers like Harry Connick Jr.








What exactly are you looking for? More of a ballad, or more of a true "swingin" tune?





I'll give you a list of both:








Ballads:





Mills Brothers - I Guess I'll Get the Papers and Go Home (my personal favorite)


Mills Brothers - Till Then


Mills Brothers %26amp; Louis Armstrong - Cherry


Ink Spots - I Don't Want To Set the World on Fire


Ink Spots - When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano


Nat King Cole - Sweet Loraine


Nat King Cole - Slow Down


Tony Bennett - Somewhere Over the Rainbow











Swingin':





Joe Williams (and Count Basie) - Everyday I Have the Blues


Joe Williams (and Count Basie) - Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)


Sammy Davis Jr. - Love Me or Leave Me


Frank Sinatra - All of Me


Frank Sinatra - Lean Baby


Frank Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So Young


Dean Martin - True Love


Dean Martin - On a Slow Boat To China


Nat King Cole - The Best Man


Slim Gailard %26amp; Slam Stewart - Oh Lady Be Good


Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink and a Smile


Bobby Darin - Clementine


Cab Calloway - Hep Cat's Love Song


Fred Astaire - Steppin Out With My Baby


Also check out anything by Lou Rawls











Here's also a list standard great jazz/swing songs that you should look up different versions, and see which ones you like. They can either be ballads or swingin'.


Stormy Weather


Blue Skies


Honeysuckle Rose


S'Wonderful


Delovely


After You've Gone


On the Sunnyside of the Street


Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams


St. Louis Blues (look for a version with lyrics)


I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling





I hope that helps!