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.

 

 

Song

Style

After You've Gone

Swing

Ain't MisBehavin

Swing

Ain't She Sweet

Swing

Air Mail Special

Swing

All I Have to Do is Dream

Rock/ballad

All of Me

Swing

Almost Like Being in Love

Swing

Alright, Okay, You Win

Swing

As Time Goes By

ballad

At Last

ballad

At the Hop

Rock

Autumn Leaves

Swing

Avalon

Swing

Bad, Bad LeRoy Brown

Rock

Bandstand Boogie

Swing

Basin St. Blues

Swing/dixie

Be-Bop-a-Lula

Rock

Beautiful Brown Eyes

Waltz

Beer Barrel Polka

Polka

Begin the Beguine

latin

Besame Mucho

Latin-rhumba

Best Thing for You, is Me

Swing

Big Butter and Egg Man

Dixie

Bill Bailey

Swing-dixie

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

Country

Blue Skirt Waltz

waltz

Blue Spanish Eyes

latin/rhumba

Blue Suede Shoes

Rock

Blue Tango

latin-tango

Boatman's Waltz

Waltz

Bobby McGee

Country

Brazil

Latin-samba

Breathe

ballad

Brown Eyed Girl

Rock

But Beautiful

ballad

Butterfly

Folk dance

Bye Bye Blackbird

Swing

Bye Bye Love

Rock

Bye, Bye, Blues

Swing

Cabaret

Swing/dixie

Cachita

latin/Cha-cha

Caldonia

Swing

Can't Buy Me Love

Rock

Can't Help Falling In Love

ballad

Can't Help Lovin Dat Man

Ballad

Cheek To Cheek

Swing

Chiarina

latin/Merengue

Chicago

Dixie

Chicken Dance

Folk dance

Chiquita Bacana

latin/Merengue

Choo, Choo Ch Boogie

Swing

Cold, Cold Heart

Country

Compadre Pedro Juan

Latin-Merengue

Could I Have this Dance

Waltz

Crazy

Country

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Rock

Cry Me A River

Ballad

Daddys Little Girl

Waltz

Days of Wine and Roses,The

Swing

Deed I Do

Swing

Devil May Care

Swing

Do It Again

Rock

Don't Be Cruel

Rock

Don't Be That Way

Swing

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Swing

Don't Know Why I didn't Come

Ballad

Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree

Swing

Dream a Little Dream of Me

Rock

Du, Du liegst Mir Im Herzen

waltz

Dutchmans Waltz

waltz

East of the Sun

Swing

El Cumbanchero

Latin-Samba

Elbow Bender

Polka

Every Breath You Take

Ballad/rock

Everything I Do

ballad

Five Foot Two

Dixie

Flip Flop Fly

Rock

Fly Me to the Moon

Swing

For Sentimental Reasons

Ballad

Georgia On My Mind

ballad

Get Happy

Swing

Girl from Ipanema

latin-bossa

Good Hearted Woman

Country

Grandpa

Country

Hallelujah I Love Him So

Swing

Halsa dem Darhema

Waltz

Have I Told You Lately

ballad

Heartaches by the Number

country

Helena Polka

Polka

Hello Dolly

Swing/dixie

Hey Good Looking

Country

Hold On, I'm Comin

Rock

Hound Dog

Rock

How Come You Do Me Like You Do

Dixie

I Can't Give You Anything but Love

swing

I Could Write a Book

Swing

I Don't Know Enough About You

Swing

I Fall to Pieces

Country

I Just Called to Say/ Love You

Rock

I Love You

Swing

I'll Be Around

Swing

I'll Be Seeing You

Ballad

I'll Never Be the Same

ballad

I'll Never Smile Again

Swing

I'm Gonna Sit/Write letter

Swing

I'm In the Mood for Love

ballad

I've Heard That Song Before

Swing

If You Never Come to Me

Latin-Bossa

In Heaven/ No Beer

Polka

In the Cool Cool, Cool of the Evening

Swing

In the Good Old Summertime

waltz

In the Mood

Swing

It Don't Mean a Thing

Swing

It Had to Be You

ballad

It's All Right With me

Swing

It's Only a Paper Moon

Swing

Jailhouse Rock

Rock

Jambalaya

country

Jersey Bounce

swing

Johan Pa Snipen

Schottis

Johnny B. Goode

Rock

Johnson Rag

Swing

Joint is Jumpin, The

Swing

Joy to the World

Rock

Jump, Jive/Wale

Swing

Jumpin at the Woodside

Swing

Just Friends

Swing

Just In Time

Swing

Just Squeeze Me

Swing

Just the Way You Are

Rock

Keep Your Hands to Self

Rock

King of the Road

Country

Kiss of Fire

latin/tango

L-O-V-E

Swing

La Cumparsita

latin/tango

Lady Be Good

Dixie

Lady in Red, The

Latin-rhumba

Last Kiss, The

Rock/lite

Lazy River

Dixie

LeRoy Brown

Rock

Let er Rip

Country

Let Me Be There

Country

Let's Fall in Love

Swing

Let's Party

Swing

Like Someone In Love

Swing

Little Bitty Pretty One

Rock/shuffle

Locomotion

Rock

Long Ago and Far Away

ballad

Long Tall Sally

Rock

Long Train Running

Rock

Look of Love, The

Latin-Rhumba

Love Me Tender

ballad

Mack the Knife

Swing-dixie

Mama Won't Dance

Rock

Mambo #5

latin

Mambo Jambo

Latin-Mambo

Mambo!

Mambo

Man with the Horn

ballad

Manhatten

Swing

Margueritaville

Country

Masquerade

latin

Memories to Burn

country

Mercy, Mery, Mercy

Rock

Michelle

ballad

Midnight Hour

Rock

Midnight Sun

Latin-Rhumba

Mony Mony

Rock

Moon River

Waltz

Moonlight in Vermont

ballad

MoonRiver

waltz

More Today Than Yesterday

Rock

Mornin

Rock-med.

Morning Dance

Latin

Mother in Law

Rock

Mr. Lucky

Latin

Mustang Sally

Rock

My Foolish Heart

latin-bossa

My One and Only Love

Ballad

Nearness of You, The

Ballad

Never On Sunday

Latin-Cha,cha

New York, New York

Swing

Night and Day

Latin-Rhumba

Nightengale Sang in Berkeley Square

Ballad

No More Blues

Latin-bossa

Nobody Loves Like You Do

ballad

O Pato

Latin-Bossa

Oh Boy

Rock

Old Dutchmans waltz

Waltz

Old Time Rock and Roll

Rock

On A Clear Day

Latin-bossa

On The Sunny Side of Street

Swing

Opus #1

Swing

Our Love Is Here to Stay

Swing

Over The Rainbow

Ballad

Paper Moon

Swing

Peel Me A Grape

Ballad

Penn. 6500

Swing

Pennies From Heaven

Swing

Pennsylvania Polka

Polka

Penny Lane

Rock

Perdido

Swing

Pick Yourself Up

Swing

Please Don't Talk about Me

Swing

Polkadots & Moonbeams

ballad

Popsicle Toes

Swing

Pretty Woman

Rock

Pround Mary

Rock

Quando,Quando,Quando

Latin-samba

Red Sails in the Sunset

Swing

Rock around the Clock

Rock

Rock This Town

Rock

Rockin Robin

Rock

S'Wonderful

latin-samba

San Antonio Rose

country

Satin Doll

Swing

Saving All My Love for You

ballad

Scotch and Soda

ballad

Sea Cruise

Rock

Sentimental Journey

Swing

Shake Rattle and Roll

Swing

Shiny Stockings

Swing

Silver Threads

Country

Since I Fell For You

ballad

Sing, Sing, Sing

Swing

Singing the Blues

country

Sister Sadie

Swing

Skylark

ballad

Sleepwalk

Rock

Smiles

Swing

So Danco Samba

Latin-bossa

Soul Man

Rock

South Rampart St. Parade

Swing

Splish Splash

Rock

Stagger Lee

Rock

Stand By Me

Rock

Statesboro Blues

Rock/shuffle

Stompin' At the Savoy

Swing

Stormy Monday Blues

Rock/Blues

Stormy Weather

Ballad

Straighten Up and Fly Right

Swing

String of Pearls

Swing

Struttin With Some Barbecue

Swing

Summer Wind

Swing

Summertime

Swing

Summertime Blues

Rock

Sunny

Rock

Susie Q

Rock

Sway

latin/Salsa

Sweet Georgia Brown

Swing

Sweet Home Alabama

Country

Sweet Sue-Just You

Swing

Sweethearts on Parade

Swing

Take the A Train

Swing

Tea for Two

Latin-Cha cha

Temptation

Latin-Rhumba

Tennesse Waltz

waltz

Tequila

Rock

Tequila Sunrise

Rock

That Sunday

ballad

That's All

Ballad

There Will Never Be Another You

Swing

They Can't Take That Away

Swing

This Can't Be Love

Swing

Thou Swell

Swing

Thru the Eyes of Love

ballad

Time After Time

Swing

Tonight the Heartaches on Me

Country

Too Fat Polka

Polka

Too Young

Ballad

Trashy Women

Rock/shuffle

Tuxedo Jct

Swing

Twist and Shout

Rock

Unforgettable

Ballad

Vaya Con Dios

waltz

Very Thought of You, The

Ballad

Walkin After Midnight

Country

Waltz Across Texas

Waltz

Wave

latin

Way We Were, The

ballad

Way You Look Tonight, The

Swing

We're In This Love Together

Rock-med.

We've Only Just Begun

ballad

What a Difference a Day Makes

Ballad

What A Little Moonlight/Do

Swing

What a Wonderful World

Ballad

When You Say Nothing At All

waltz

When I Look in Your Eyes

Ballad

When Irish Eyes

waltz

When My Sugar Walks Down the St.

Swing

When Your Smiling

Swing

Wind Beneath My Wings

ballad

With a Little Help From My Friends

Rock

Woodchoppers Ball

Swing

yakety Yack

Rock

Yes Indeed

Swing

You Are so Beautiful

ballad

You Are the Sunshine of My Life

Rock

You Light Up My Life

waltz

You Look Wonderful Tonight

Ballad/rock

You May be Right

Rock

You Send Me

ballad

You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

Swing

You're Sixteen

Rock

You've Got a Way

ballad

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