Upbeat songs for a senior audience?

[schneebly]

I am singing and playing guitar in a nursing home on Wednesday and looking for some uptempo numbers that they can sing along to - any ideas?

The manager told me that they like Niel Diamond and stuff like that so have put 'sweet caroline' on my list!

Yellow submarine

Would they know Abba songs?

'My baby just cares for me'. Nina Simone version was played at great uncle's funeral recently - apparently it was his favourite from tea dances.

How about some Buddy Holly?

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Wow Cod haven't heard that for years!! Good one!

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Sugar Sugar
Brown Girl in the Ring
Ferry across the Mersey
If I Had a Hammer
Silence is Golden
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
Thank you for the Music
Congratulations
Puppet on a String
Those were the Days

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Some rat pack stuff

thanks for the suggestions there are some good ones (and some er.. interesting!

Now need to look up the chords and see which ones are easy enough for my poor guitar skills

some Carpenters songs ?

WTHamster, wot, are you expecting sixties children to be in nursing homes by now?!

My mum will be very offended...!

lol tmmj me too! Just trying to relieve the boredom somewhat!

the manager said to keep the songs uptempo because if I do any sad ones some of them get teary

no deffo not! It is sad - one of my grannies is in a nursing home but thankfully she is one of life's eternal optimists and is always happy. Not like that for most of them though.

The nursing home I am playing at is very nice right enough - they have a 'butler' and DH is building them a putting green as we speak!

I took my cue from the Neil Diamond reference and went from there Wilf

But I do take your point...