Vocal Big Band Charts (W)

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Title Vocal Key Arranger/Composer Style Notes Instrumentation

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go C Evans, Shaun Swing Shuffle WHAM Version / Adapted by Richard Spencer 5/4/4/4

Walkin’ After Midnight C Spencer, Richard Country Swing Patsy Cline Version 5/4/4/4

Walkin’ My Baby Back Home Db > D May, Billy A Natalie Cole Vocal 5/4/4/4

Walkin’ My Baby Back Home Warrington, Johnny Fox-Trot Optional Vocals (C or Ab) / Lyrics Sheet 4/3/2/3 (S)

Walking On Sunshine Bb Burger, Eric Katrina and the Waves / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

Watch The Birdie Eb Schoen, Vic Bounce Optional Instrumental 4/3/2/4 (S)

Watch What Happens C Cobine, Al Bossa Nova Michel Legrand 5/4/4/4

Wave G Berbel, Jose P. Samba Bossa Antonio Carlos Jobim / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

Wave Eb Ogerman Bossa Nova Sinatra Record Copy 5/4/4/4

Wave D Sherwood, Bobby Bossa Nova Antonio Carlos Jobim / Lyrics Sheet / Drums Guide 5/4/4/4

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans Warrington, Johnny Bounce Optional Vocals (G) 5/3/3/4

Way I Want To Touch You, The Bb Amy, Matt Swing Captain & Tennillle / TSO Commissioned / Substitute Flugelhorn Solo 5/4/4/4 (S)

Way I Want To Touch You, The Bb Kearns, Michael Pop Captain & Tennillle / SCO Commissioned / Substitute Tenor Sax Solo 5/4/4/4

Way Of Love, The C > Eb Stuart, Walt 5/3/3/3

Way We Were, The Bb McLean, George Substitute Bb Instrumental Solo 5/4/4/4

Way We Were, The G Stuart, Walt 5/4/3/4

Way You Look Tonight, The C Holmes, Roger Swing A Jerome Kern & Dorothy Fields Composition 5/4/4/4

Way You Look Tonight, The Lally, Jimmy Optional Vocals (Eb) 5/3/2/4

Way You Look Tonight, The Eb Montalto, Damien Swing Frank Sinatra / Lyrics Sheet 5/3/3/4

Way You Look Tonight, The Eb > E Riddle, Nelson Swing As Recorded by Frank Sinatra / Transcribed by Matt Amy 5/4/4/4

Way You Look Tonight, The Eb > E Riddle, Nelson Frank Sinatra Record Copy / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

Way You Look Tonight, The Eb Stuart, Walt Swing Sinatra 5/4/4/4

We Are In Love C > D Mouser, Frank Harry Connick Jr. / No Drums Part 5/4/4/3

We Have All The Time In The World A Tanner, Dave Ballad A James Bond theme sung by Louis Armstrong 5/4/3/4

We Will Rock You G Petersen, Edward Commissioned by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra / Master Rhythm Sheet 5/4/3/4

Wedding Cha Cha Cha Osser, Glenn Cha-Cha Optional Vocals (Ab) 5/4/4/4

Welcome To The Carnival Ab Gibens, Paul Samba 5/4/4/4

We’ll Be Together Again Ab Florence, Bob Ballad Diane Schuur / Count Basie Band 5/4/4/4

We’ll Be Together Again C Saville, Tommy 5/4/4/4

We’ll Be Together Again Bb Stuart, Walt 5/4/3/3

We’ll Meet Again Eb Collins, Myles Fox-Trot A Ross Parker & Hughie Charles Composition 5/4/4/4

Wenn Ich Mich Mal Verlieben Sollte Mohr, Gerhard Tango Optional Vocals (F) / No Drums Part 3/2/1/3 (S)

We’ve Only Just Begun Eb Ballad 5/4/4/4

What A Difference A Day Makes C > Db > Eb Swing As Recorded by Natalie Cole / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

What A Wonderful World F Melle, Dave As Arranged for Ramona Collins / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

What A Wonderful World F Meronek, Andrew Ballad Louis Armstrong / Lyrics Sheet 5/3/3/4

What A Wonderful World Eb Nowak, Jerry Ballad Recorded by Louis Armstrong 5/4/4/4

What A Wonderful World C Petersen, Edward Swing Ballad Dee Dee Bridgewater & The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra / Master Rhythm Sheet 5/5/3/4

What A Wonderful World F Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve Db Loesser, Frank As Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald and the Frank DeVol Orchestra 5/4/4/4

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve Matthias, Jack Optional Vocals (F) 5/3/3/4 (S)

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve F Petersen, Edward Frank Loesser / Master Rhythm Sheet 5/4/3/4

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve Eb Ballad 5/3/3/4

What Can I Give You For Christmas C Cray, Gil Ballad No Drums Part 5/4/4/3

What Did I Have C Stuart, Walt An Alan Jay Lerner & Burton Lane Composition / Lyrics Not Available 5/3/3/4

What Did I Have Ab Stuart, Walt Funk Ballad An Alan Jay Lerner & Burton Lane Composition 5/4/3/3

What I Did For Love Bb Stuart, Walt Ballad 5/4/3/3 (S)

What I Did For Love F Stuart, Walt 5/4/4/4

What I Did For Love – The Way We Were G Stuart, Walt Medley 5/4/4/4

What Is This Thing Called Love? Bb Dedrick, Art Swing Cole Porter / Optional Instrumental 5/3/3/4

What Is This Thing Called Love? C Lally, Jimmy From “Wake Up And Dream!” / Cole Porter / Optional Instrumental 5/3/2/4 (S)

What Kind Of Fool Am I C Strommen, Carl Substitute Tenor Sax Solo 5/4/4/4

What Kind Of Fool Am I G Stuart, Walt Sinatra / Lyrics Sheet 5/3/4/3

What Kind Of Fool Am I D Ballad Sammy Davis, Jr. / Lyrics Sheet 4/3/2/3

What Now My Love Eb Farley, John A Frank Sinatra Vocal 5/4/4/4

What Now My Love Eb Stuart, Walt 5/3/2/3

What Now My Love F Stuart, Walt 5/3/2/3

What Now My Love Eb Stuart, Walt Swing Sinatra 5/4/4/3

Whatcha Know Joe F Schoen, Vic Bounce James Young (Writer of “Tain’t What You Do”) / Optional Instrumental 4/3/2/4

Whatever Lola Wants Dm Ballantine, Eddie Bolero Optional Instrumental 5/3/2/4 (S)

Whatever Lola Wants Bbm Henebry, Mike (Transcribed) As Recorded by Sarah Vaughan 5/2/4/4

Whatever Lola Wants Bbm Lang, David Latin Sarah Vaughan 5/4/4/4

Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) C Warrington, Johnny Waltz Optional Instrumental 5/3/3/4 (S)

What’s New – I’ve Got A Crush On You F Stuart, Walt Medley 5/4/4/3

When A Man Loves A Woman F Reed, Bob Ballad Percy Sledge / Lyrics Sheet 5/3/3/4

When Day Is Done Ab Sears, Jerry Fox-Trot A Robert Katcher & B.G. DeSylva Composition / Optional Instrumental 4/3/2/4 (S)

When I Fall In Love Eb Martin, Jim Ballad Substitute Trombone, Alto/Tenor Sax or Flugelhorn Solo 5/4/4/4

When I Fall In Love C Nowak, Jerry Ballad 5/4/4/4

When I’m With You G > Ab Lemley, Ty 5/3/2/4

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Sears, Jerry Waltz Optional Vocals (C) 5/3/3/4 (S)

When It’s Sleepy Time Down South Eb Ebbinghouse, Bernard Fox-Trot Optional Instrumental 5/3/2/3 (S)

When Johnny Comes Marching Home C Stuart, Walt 5/4/4/3

When Lights Are Low Eb > Bb Carter, Benny 5/4/4/4

When My Baby Smiles At Me Ab Mason, Jack Fox-Trot Optional Instrumental 4/3/2/4 (S)

When October Goes Bb > Db Myagkov, Boris (Transcribed) Ballad Recorded by Diane Schuur / Lyrics Sheet / No Drums Part 5/5/4/3 (S)

When Sunny Gets Blue King, Tony Optional Vocals (F) 5/3/2/3 (S)

When Sunny Gets Blue Eb Nowak, Jerry Blues 5/4/4/4

When The Leaves Come Tumbling Down Schulz, Will Fox-Trot A Richard Howard Composition / Optional Vocals (Ab) 5/2/1/3 (S)

When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin’ Along G Warrington, Johnny Bounce A Harry Woods Composition / Optional Instrumental 5/3/3/4

When The Saints Go Marching In C Stuart, Walt 5/4/4/4

When You Wish Upon A Star Bb Nowak, Jerry Ballad From Walt Disney’s “Pinocchio” 5/4/4/4

When You Wish Upon A Star C Stuart, Walt Ballad 5/4/4/3

When Your Lover Has Gone Dedrick, Art An E.A. Swan Composition / Optional Vocals (F) 5/4/4/4

When Your Lover Has Gone Eb May, Billy Nat King Cole 5/4/4/4

When You’re Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) Dedrick, Art Swing Optional Vocals (Bb) 5/4/4/4

Where Does The Time Go? Eb Wolpe, Dave 5/5/4/3

Where Or When Eb Byers, Billy Sinatra 5/4/4/4

Where Or When Eb Davis, Ron As Recorded by Frank Sinatra / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

Where Or When Eb Farley, John Swing Edited by Paul Hyde (Dr. Bone) / Frank Sinatra Version 5/4/4/4

Where Or When Eb Farley, John (Transcribed) Swing As Recorded by Frank Sinatra 5/4/4/4

Where Or When Eb Swing Sinatra Record Copy / Live At The Sands Hotel & Casino / Lyrics Sheet 4/3/2/3

Where Or When Eb Swing Frank Sinatra’s Live At The Sands Version / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

Where The Blue Of The Night G Lally, Jimmy Waltz Roy Turk, Bing Crosby & Fred Ahlert / Optional Instrumental 5/3/2/4

Where The Boys Are G > Ab Spencer, Richard Pop Rock Ballad a la Connie Francis 5/4/4/4

While We’re Young Eb Stuart, Walt 5/4/3/3

White Christmas Cardew, Phil Irving Berlin / Optional Vocals (C) / No Drums Part 4/3/2/3

White Christmas Bb Holmes, Roger Swing An Irving Berlin Composition 5/4/4/4

White Christmas Db Mason, Jack Optional Instrumental 5/3/2/4 (S)

White Cliffs Of Dover Ab Collins, Myles Fox-Trot 5/4/4/4

White Cliffs Of Dover, The C Knox, Bob Ballad 5/4/4/4

White Cliffs Of Dover, The G Pomeroy, C.T. A Nat Burton & Walter Kent Composition 4/3/3/3

White Horse Inn, The Mason, Jack Waltz From Erik Charell’s” White Horse Inn” / Optional Vocals (F) 4/3/2/4 (S)

White Sport Coat, A D Stuart, Walt 5/4/4/4

White Sport Coat, A (And A Pink Carnation) C Warrington, Johnny Bounce A Marty Robbins Composition / Optional Instrumental 5/3/3/4

Who Can I Turn To? C Conley Swing 5/3/3/3

Who Can I Turn To? Bb Stuart, Walt 5/4/4/4

Who Can I Turn To? F Stuart, Walt Ballad Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

Who Do You Think You Are? F > Ab Tower Of Power / Horn Parts Only / Lyrics Not Available 4/2/0/0

Who Told You That Lie C Warrington, Johnny Jump Optional Instrumental 5/3/3/4 (S)

Who? Lally, Jimmy From “SUNNY” / Optional Vocals (Eb) 5/3/2/4

Who? C > Ab Warrington, Johnny Fox-Trot Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein / Optional Instrumental 5/3/3/4 (S)

Whole New World, A Bb Davis, Ron Ballad From ALADDIN / Master Rhythm Sheet / Lyrics Sheet 5/2/1/4

Who’s Sorry Now? Eb > E Spencer, Richard Pop Rock Ballad a la Connie Francis 5/4/4/4

Who’s Sorry Now? Eb Wolpe, Dave Swing 5/4/4/4

Who’s That Knockin’ At My Heart Mason, Jack Bounce From the Paramount Picture “College Holiday” / Vocal Trio Option (C) 4/3/2/4(S)

Why Can’t You Behave? F Mason, Jack Blues Cole Porter / Optional Instrumental 5/3/3/4 (S)

Why Don’t You Believe Me D Stuart, Walt Ballad Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

Why Don’t You Do Right? Dm Collins, Myles (Transcribed) Swing Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman / Vocal & Clarinet Solo / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

Why Don’t You Do Right? Dm Forgie, Barry (Transcribed) Peggy Lee 5/4/4/4

Why Don’t You Do Right? Dm Korey, Pete (Transcribed) Swing Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman / Vocal & Clarinet Solo / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

Why Don’t You Do Right? Dm Nowak, Jerry Swing 5/4/4/4

Why Don’t You Do Right? Dm Stuart, Walt 5/4/4/4 (S)

Why? G Muston, Jeff A Bob Marcucci & Peter De Angelis Composition / Optional Instrumental 5/3/2/3

Will You Still Be Mine G Stuart, Walt Lyrics Sheet 5/3/2/3

Willow Weep For Me F Harris, Matt Ballad Substitute Tenor Sax Solo 5/4/4/4

Wind Beneath My Wings, The Bb Davis, Ron Rock Ballad As Recorded by Bette Midler / Lyrics Sheet / Substitute Trumpet Solo 5/4/4/4

Wind Beneath My Wings, The C Nowak, Jerry Bette Midler 5/4/4/4

Wind Beneath My Wings, The Db Stuart, Walt 4/3/2/3 (S)

Windmills Of Your Mind, The Fm Warrington, Johnny Theme from “The Thomas Crown Affair” 5/4/4/4

Windmills Of Your Mind, The Warrington, Johnny Optional Vocals (Fm) 5/4/4/4

Wink And A Smile, A C Amy, Matt (Transcribed) Dixie Swing As Recorded by Harry Connick Jr. 5/4/4/3

Winston Salem F Two Beat / Swing Lyrics Not Available 5/4/3/4

Winter Wonderland C > E > G > C Amy, Matt Swing As Recorded by Avalon / Optional Backing Vocals 5/4/4/4

Winter Wonderland Db Lucas, Don 5/3/2/3

Winter Wonderland Eb Martin, B. 5/5/4/4

Winter Wonderland Mason, Jack Optional Vocals (Eb) 4/3/2/4 (S)

Winter Wonderland Eb Mason, Jack Optional Instrumental 5/4/4/4 (S)

Winter Wonderland Mason, Jack Optional Vocals (Eb) 5/4/4/4 (S)

Winter Wonderland Medley Ab > Bb > F Mann, Frank Bounce / Swing Medley: Winter Wonderland, Let It Snow & Jingle Bell Rock / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/3/4

Witch Doctor G Rees, Gordon Quickstep A Boss Bagdasarian Composition / Optional Instrumental 5/3/2/4

Witchcraft F Farley, John Swing Edited by Paul Hyde (Dr. Bone) / Frank Sinatra Version / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

Witchcraft F Riddle, Nelson Swing As Recorded by Sinatra / Lyrics Sheet / No Drums Part 5/4/4/2

Witchcraft C Stuart, Walt Swing Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/3

Witchcraft Eb Stuart, Walt Swing Sinatra 5/4/4/3

Witchcraft F Warrington, Johnny Swing Optional Instrumental 5/3/3/4 (S)

Witchcraft F Wolpe, Dave Swing Substitute Tenor Sax Solo 5/4/4/4

Witchcraft F Swing Frank Sinatra Record Copy / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/3

Witchcraft Eb Swing As Performed by Frank Sinatra 5/4/4/4

Witchcraft F Swing As Recorded by Frank Sinatra / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

With A Little Luck Anderson, Gary Rock Recorded by McCartney And Wings / Optional Vocals (F) 5/4/4/4

With A Song In My Heart Db Swing Sammy Davis, Jr. Record Copy / Lyrics Sheet 4/3/2/3

With Pen In Hand G > Ab Spencer, Richard Waltz A Bobby Goldsboro Composition / a la Vikki Carr 5/4/4/4

Without A Song C Oliver, Sy Frank Sinatra Record Copy / Lyrics Sheet 4/3/2/3

Without A Song C Stuart, Walt Sinatra 5/4/4/4

Wives And Lovers Bb Hyde, Paul (Dr. Bone) Quickstep 5/4/4/4

Wives And Lovers Db Jones, Quincy Sinatra Record Copy / Count Basie & his Orchestra / Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/4

Wives And Lovers Eb Lally, Jimmy Waltz Burt Bacharach & Hal David / Optional Instrumental 5/3/2/3 (S)

Woman In Love, A Ab Mason, Jack Quasi Bolero From ‘GUYS AND DOLLS” / Optional Instrumental 5/3/2/4

Woman In Love, A Eb > E Stuart, Walt Ballad 5/4/4/4

Woman’s Got Soul, The Ab Jones, Thad Swing Lyrics Sheet 5/4/4/3

Wonderful Copenhagen Warrington, Johnny Waltz From the Production “Hans Christian Andersen” / Optional Vocals (C) 5/3/2/4 (S)

Wonderful Day Like Today, A C > Db Niehaus, Lennie Swing Substitute Tenor Sax Solo 5/4/4/4

Wonderful One Ab Barnes, Bert Waltz Optional Instrumental 5/3/2/4

Wonderful One Barnes, Bert Waltz Optional Vocals (Ab) 5/4/4/4

Wonderful Tonight C Spencer, Richard Rock Ballad a la Eric Clapton 5/3/3/4

Wonderful Tonight C > Db Spencer, Richard Bossa Nova a la Michael Buble 5/3/3/4

Wonderland By Night Eb Nelson, Fred Ballad Substitute Trumpet Solo 5/4/4/4

Wonderwall Ab Amy, Matt (Transcribed) Swing As Recorded by Paul Anka 5/4/4/4

Wonderwall A Gallagher, Noel (Transcribed) As Performed by Paul Anka 5/4/4/4

Words Can’t Describe Db Davis, Ron Ballad As Performed by Sarah Vaughn / Lyrics Sheet 5/2/1/4

Wrong Girl, The F Mulliss, David Swing 5/4/4/4

Instrumentation

5/4/4/4 = 5 woodwinds/4 trumpets/4 trombones/4 rhythm

5/5/4/3 = 5 woodwinds/5 trumpets/4 trombones/3 rhythm

4/3/2/4 (S) = 4 woodwinds/3 trumpets/2 trombones/4 rhythm (optional strings)

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