 42nd Street is a highly energetic and
entertaining 5 piece jazz band that performs weekly for conventions,
dinner parties, holiday parties, wedding dances and is the host band
for the Fargo Ramada's "JAZZ NIGHT AT BASIE'S."This band includes
Kathie Brekke on keyboard and vocals, Harley Sommerfeld on sax,
clarinet and flute; Kent Karch on the bass, John Pederson on the
trumpet and flugal horn and Jim Knudson on the drums.
42nd Street understands your musical entertainment needs and can
provide your event with:
- quiet dinner music with warm ballads and familiar swing tunes
- a fun Mardi Gras Dixieland band to liven up the room and do some
light entertaining
- an interesting mix of Latin and standard jazz tunes
- fabulous 50's music to please a dancing wedding reception
- music from the swing era that will be appealing to that hard to
please diverse audience
Each member of 42nd Street has performed in various styles of bands
throughout the region with a combination of 40 years of musical
entertainment experience.
Harley Sommerfeld has led the dance band entity of the group for
years called the "Marvels" -which includes many of the same players as
42nd Street. His dance book specializes in having just the right
variety of "Swing", "Latin", "Dixieland" "Country", "Rock" and
"Waltzes and Polkas" to please your dancing audience of all ages! The
band has played for weddings, concerts, street fairs, summer community
festivals, college homecomings and ballroom dance exhibitions.
The band is also flexible in size that range from a 4 piece group
to a 7 piece group.
For bookings contact:
Harley Sommerfeld
Phone # 701-297-4297
email address
hsommerfeld@cableone
Or
Kathie Brekke
Kathiebrekke@earthlink.net
701.200.6130
Repertoire List
Bold prints are standard wedding reception "hits." Some are
MP3's so you can sample what 42nd Street will sound like for your
event.
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Song |
Style |
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After
You've Gone |
Swing |
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Ain't
MisBehavin |
Swing |
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Ain't She
Sweet |
Swing |
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Air Mail
Special |
Swing |
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All I Have
to Do is Dream |
Rock/ballad |
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All of Me |
Swing |
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Almost Like
Being in Love |
Swing |
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Alright,
Okay, You Win |
Swing |
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As Time
Goes By |
ballad |
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At Last |
ballad |
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At the
Hop |
Rock |
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Autumn
Leaves |
Swing |
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Avalon |
Swing |
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Bad, Bad
LeRoy Brown |
Rock |
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 Bandstand Boogie |
Swing |
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Basin St.
Blues |
Swing/dixie |
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Be-Bop-a-Lula |
Rock |
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Beautiful
Brown Eyes |
Waltz |
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Beer
Barrel Polka |
Polka |
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Begin the
Beguine |
latin |
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Besame
Mucho |
Latin-rhumba |
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Best Thing
for You, is Me |
Swing |
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Big Butter
and Egg Man |
Dixie |
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Bill Bailey |
Swing-dixie |
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Blue Eyes
Crying in the Rain |
Country |
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Blue
Skirt Waltz |
waltz |
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Blue
Spanish Eyes |
latin/rhumba |
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Blue
Suede Shoes |
Rock |
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Blue Tango |
latin-tango |
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Boatman's
Waltz |
Waltz |
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Bobby McGee |
Country |
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Brazil |
Latin-samba |
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Breathe |
ballad |
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Brown
Eyed Girl |
Rock |
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But
Beautiful |
ballad |
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Butterfly |
Folk dance |
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Bye Bye
Blackbird |
Swing |
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Bye Bye
Love |
Rock |
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Bye, Bye,
Blues |
Swing |
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Cabaret |
Swing/dixie |
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Cachita |
latin/Cha-cha |
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Caldonia |
Swing |
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Can't Buy
Me Love |
Rock |
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Can't
Help Falling In Love |
ballad |
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Can't Help
Lovin Dat Man |
Ballad |
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Cheek To
Cheek |
Swing |
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Chiarina |
latin/Merengue |
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Chicago |
Dixie |
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Chicken
Dance |
Folk dance |
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Chiquita
Bacana |
latin/Merengue |
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Choo, Choo
Ch Boogie |
Swing |
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Cold, Cold
Heart |
Country |
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Compadre
Pedro Juan |
Latin-Merengue |
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Could I
Have this Dance |
Waltz |
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Crazy |
Country |
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Crazy
Little Thing Called Love |
Rock |
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Cry Me A
River |
Ballad |
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Daddys
Little Girl |
Waltz |
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Days of
Wine and Roses,The |
Swing |
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Deed I Do |
Swing |
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Devil
May Care |
Swing |
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Do It
Again |
Rock |
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Don't Be
Cruel |
Rock |
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Don't Be
That Way |
Swing |
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Don't Get
Around Much Anymore |
Swing |
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Don't
Know Why I didn't Come |
Ballad |
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Don't Sit
Under the Apple Tree |
Swing |
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Dream a
Little Dream of Me |
Rock |
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Du, Du
liegst Mir Im Herzen |
waltz |
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Dutchmans
Waltz |
waltz |
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East of the
Sun |
Swing |
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El
Cumbanchero |
Latin-Samba |
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Elbow
Bender |
Polka |
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Every
Breath You Take |
Ballad/rock |
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Everything I Do |
ballad |
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Five Foot
Two |
Dixie |
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Flip
Flop Fly |
Rock |
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Fly Me
to the Moon |
Swing |
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For
Sentimental Reasons |
Ballad |
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Georgia On My Mind |
ballad |
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Get Happy |
Swing |
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Girl from
Ipanema |
latin-bossa |
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Good
Hearted Woman |
Country |
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Grandpa |
Country |
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Hallelujah
I Love Him So |
Swing |
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Halsa dem
Darhema |
Waltz |
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Have I Told
You Lately |
ballad |
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Heartaches
by the Number |
country |
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Helena
Polka |
Polka |
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Hello Dolly |
Swing/dixie |
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Hey Good
Looking |
Country |
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Hold On,
I'm Comin |
Rock |
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Hound
Dog |
Rock |
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How Come
You Do Me Like You Do |
Dixie |
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I Can't
Give You Anything but Love |
swing |
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I Could
Write a Book |
Swing |
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I Don't
Know Enough About You |
Swing |
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I Fall
to Pieces |
Country |
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I Just
Called to Say/ Love You |
Rock |
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I Love You |
Swing |
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I'll Be
Around |
Swing |
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I'll Be
Seeing You |
Ballad |
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I'll Never
Be the Same |
ballad |
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I'll Never
Smile Again |
Swing |
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I'm Gonna
Sit/Write letter |
Swing |
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I'm In the
Mood for Love |
ballad |
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I've Heard
That Song Before |
Swing |
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If You
Never Come to Me |
Latin-Bossa |
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In
Heaven/ No Beer |
Polka |
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In the Cool
Cool, Cool of the Evening |
Swing |
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In the Good
Old Summertime |
waltz |
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In the Mood |
Swing |
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It Don't
Mean a Thing |
Swing |
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It Had
to Be You |
ballad |
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It's All
Right With me |
Swing |
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It's Only a
Paper Moon |
Swing |
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Jailhouse Rock |
Rock |
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Jambalaya |
country |
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Jersey Bounce |
swing |
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Johan Pa
Snipen |
Schottis |
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Johnny
B. Goode |
Rock |
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Johnson Rag |
Swing |
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Joint is
Jumpin, The |
Swing |
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Joy to
the World |
Rock |
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Jump,
Jive/Wale |
Swing |
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Jumpin
at the Woodside |
Swing |
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Just
Friends |
Swing |
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Just In
Time |
Swing |
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Just
Squeeze Me |
Swing |
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Just the
Way You Are |
Rock |
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Keep
Your Hands to Self |
Rock |
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King of the
Road |
Country |
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Kiss of
Fire |
latin/tango |
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L-O-V-E |
Swing |
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La
Cumparsita |
latin/tango |
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Lady Be
Good |
Dixie |
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Lady in
Red, The |
Latin-rhumba |
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Last Kiss,
The |
Rock/lite |
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Lazy River |
Dixie |
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LeRoy
Brown |
Rock |
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Let er
Rip |
Country |
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Let Me
Be There |
Country |
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Let's
Fall in Love |
Swing |
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Let's Party |
Swing |
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Like
Someone In Love |
Swing |
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Little
Bitty Pretty One |
Rock/shuffle |
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Locomotion |
Rock |
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Long Ago
and Far Away |
ballad |
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Long
Tall Sally |
Rock |
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Long
Train Running |
Rock |
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Look of
Love, The |
Latin-Rhumba |
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Love Me
Tender |
ballad |
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Mack the
Knife |
Swing-dixie |
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Mama
Won't Dance |
Rock |
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Mambo #5 |
latin |
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Mambo Jambo |
Latin-Mambo |
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Mambo! |
Mambo |
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Man with
the Horn |
ballad |
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Manhatten |
Swing |
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Margueritaville |
Country |
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Masquerade |
latin |
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Memories to
Burn |
country |
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