Popular and Contemporary Music Suggestions

Popular/Contemporary String Quartet Suggestions

*these arrangements are for quartets – any title with a T after it can be played by a trio*

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  • Adagio – Secret Garden

  • Adventure of a Lifetime – Coldplay

  • Africa – Toto

  • Ain’t No Mountain High Enough T

  • All I Ask of You – Phantom of the Opera

  • All I Want is You – U2

  • All My Love – Led Zeppelin

  • All My Loving – Beatles

  • All Of Me – John Legend T

  • All of the Lights – Kanye West

  • Always With Me – Spirited Away

  • All You Need is Love – Beatles T

  • Amazed – Lancaster

  • Amazing Grace

  • And I Love Her – Beatles

  • And So It Goes – Billy Joel

  • Angel – Sarah McLachlan

  • Annie’s Song – John Denver T

  • Ashokan Farewell -The Civil War, PBS

  • As Time Goes By

  • A Time For Us – Romeo and Juliet

  • At Last – Etta James

  • Awake My Soul – Mumford and Sons

  • Beautiful Day – U2 T

  • Beautiful in White

  • Beauty and the Beast

  • Because – Beatles

  • Beethoven’s 5 Secrets – The Piano Guys

  • Bella’s Lullaby – Twilight

  • Ben – Michael Jackson

  • Besame Mucho

  • Best Day of My Life – American Authors

  • Better Together – Jack Johnson

  • Beyond – Leon Bridges

  • Beyond The Sea

  • Birthday – Beatles

  • Bittersweet Symphony T

  • Blackbird – Beatles) Arranged by John Reed for The Hampton [Rock] String Quartet

  • Blank Space – Taylor Swift

  • Bless The Broken Road – Rascal Flatts

  • Blinding Lights – The Weeknd

  • Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino

  • Blue Moon

  • Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen T

  • The Book of Love – Scrubs T

  • Bouree – Jethro Tull

  • Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel

  • Bridgerton Theme – Bridgerton

  • Bring Him Home – Les Miserables

  • Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison

  • California Dreaming – Mamas and Papas

  • Candle in the Wind – Elton John

  • Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles

  • Can’t Help Falling in Love – Elvis Presley/Crazy Rich Asians T

  • Can’t Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake

  • Can’t Take My Eyes Off You- Frankie Valli

  • Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Lion King

  • The Cello Song – The Piano Guys

  • Chandelier – Sia

  • Chariots Of Fire

  • Charlie Brown – Coldplay

  • Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol T

  • Cheap Thrills – Sia

  • Cinema Paradisio

  • Circle of Life – The Lion King

  • Clocks – Coldplay T

  • Colors of the Wind – Pocahontas

  • Come Away With Me – Norah Jones

  • Come To Me – Bend To Me – Brigadoon

  • Come Together – Beatles

  • Come What May – Moulin Rouge

  • Concerning Hobbits – Lord of the Rings

  • Con Te Partiro

  • Cosmic Love – Florence and the Machine

  • Country Roads – John Denver

  • Crash Into Me – Dave Matthews Band

  • Crazy Love – Van Morrison

  • Dance Monkey – Tones and I

  • Dancing Queen – ABBA

  • Dancing With A Stranger – Sam Smith

  • Danny Boy

  • Dawn – Pride and Prejudice

  • Day Tripper – Beatles

  • The Days of Wine and Roses – Henry Mancini

  • Despicito

  • Devil Went Down To Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band

  • Dog Days Are Over – Florence and the Machine

  • Don’t Stop Believing – Journey

  • Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen

  • Down in the River to Pray – O Brother Where Art Thou

  • Dream A Little Dream of Me – Mamas and Papas

  • Dreams – Fleetwood Mac

  • Drops of Jupiter – Train

  • Dust in the Wind – Kansas Arranged by John Reed for the Hampton [Rock] String Quartet

  • Edelweiss – Sound of Music

  • Edge of Glory – Lady Gaga

  • Eight Days a Week – Beatles

  • Eleanor Rigby -Beatles

  • Embraceable You

  • Empire State of Mind – Alicia Keys

  • Enchanted – Taylor Swift T

  • The Entertainer – Scott Joplin

  • Everlong – Foo Fighters

  • Every Breath You Take – Sting Arranged by John Reed for the Hampton [Rock] String Quartet

  • Every Little Thing She Does is Magic – Sting

  • (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

  • Eyes – Rogue Wave

  • Eyes of Love – Ice Castles

  • Falling Slowly – Once

  • Fast Car – Tracy Chapman

  • Fat Bottomed Girls – Queen

  • Feather Theme – Forrest Gump

  • Fields of Gold – Sting T

  • Final Countdown – Europe

  • Fireflies – Owl City

  • Fix You – Coldplay

  • Fly Me To The Moon

  • For Good – Wicked

  • For The First Time – One Fine Day

  • Free Bird – Lynryd Skynyrd

  • Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks

  • From A Distance – Bette Midler

  • From This Moment – Shania Twain

  • Gabriel’s Oboe – The Mission

  • Game of Thrones

  • Get Back – Beatles

  • Get Lucky – Pharrell Williams

  • Girls Like You – Maroon Five T

  • Glasgow Love Theme – Love Actually

  • The Glory of Love – Karate Kid

  • God Only Knows – Beach Boys

  • Gone With The Wind

  • Good Morning – Kanye West

  • Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys

  • Greensleeves

  • Grow Old With Me – John Lennon

  • Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley/Leonard Cohen T

  • Halo – Beyonce T

  • Happy – Pharrell Williams

  • Happy Together Arranged by John Reed for the Hampton [Rock] String Quartet

  • Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison

  • Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival

  • Here Comes the Sun – Beatles T

  • Here, There, and Everywhere – Beatles

  • Hey Brother – Avicii

  • Hey Jude – Beatles

  • Hey There Delilah – Plain White T’s

  • Higher and Higher – Jackie Wilson

  • Higher Love – Steve Winwood

  • Ho Hey – The Lumineers

  • Holocene – Bon Iver

  • Holy – Justin Bieber

  • Home – Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros T

  • Hoppipolla –Sigur Ros T

  • Hotel California Arranged by John Reed for the Hampton [Rock} String Quartet

  • House of the Rising Sun – The Animals

  • How Beautiful – Twila Paris

  • How Deep Is Your Love – Bee Gees

  • How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding

  • How Sweet it is to be Loved By You – Marvin Gaye T

  • Hymne – Vangelis

  • I Am The Walrus – Beatles

  • I Choose You – Sara Bareilles T

  • I Dreamed a Dream – Les Miserables

  • I Drove All Night – Roy Orbison

  • If – Bread

  • I Feel Fine – Beatles

  • If I Fell – Beatles

  • If You Leave Me Now – Beach Boys

  • I Get Around – Beach Boys Arranges by John Reed for the Hampton [Rock] String Quartet

  • I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas

  • I Got You Babe (Sonny and Cher)

  • I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack

  • I Just Called to Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder

  • I’ll Be Seeing You

  • I’ll Be There – The Four Tops

  • I’ll Be There – Michael Jackson

  • I’ll Follow the Sun – Beatles

  • I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders

  • I Love You Always, Forever – Betty Who

  • Imagine – John Lennon

  • I’m A Believer – The Monkees

  • The Impossible Dream – Man of La Mancha

  • I’m Yours – Jason Mraz T

  • In My Life – Beatles T

  • Inner Light – Star Trek T

  • Into The Mystic – Van Morrison

  • In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel

  • Iris – Goo Goo Dolls

  • I Say A Little Prayer – Dionne Warwick

  • Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder

  • It Had To Be You

  • I Wanna Be Your Lover – Prince

  • I Want It That Way – Back Street Boys

  • I Want To Hold Your Hand – Beatles

  • I Will – Beatles

  • I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston

  • I Will Follow You Into the Dark – Death Cab for Cutie T

  • I Will Wait – Mumford and Sons

  • I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz T

  • The John Dunbar Theme – Dances With Wolves

  • Just Like Heaven – The Cure T

  • Just the Way You Are – Billy Joel

  • Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars

  • The Kiss – Last of the Mohicans

  • The Kiss – Prince

  • Kiss From a Rose – Seal

  • Kissing You – Romeo and Juliet

  • Kiss Me – Sixpence Non the Richer

  • Kiss Me More – Doja Cat with Sza

  • Kiss The Girl – Little Mermaid

  • Lady Jane – Rolling Stones Arranged by John Reed for the Hampton [Rock] String Quartet

  • Landslide – Fleetwood Mac

  • Lara’s Theme – Dr. Zhivago

  • Latch – Sam Smith

  • La Vie En Rose

  • Lean On Me – Bill Withers

  • Learn to Fly – The Foo Fighters

  • Let It Be – Beatles

  • Let It Go – Frozen

  • Let’s Stay Together – Al Green T

  • Like I’m Gonna Lose You – Meghan Trainor

  • Liz on Top of the World – Pride and Prejudice T

  • Longer – Dan Fogelberg

  • The Lord of the Dance

  • L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole

  • Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes – Edison Lighthouse

  • Lovely Day – Bill Withers

  • Love Me Like You Do – Ellie Goulding

  • Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley

  • Love of My Life – Queen

  • Lover’s Waltz – Jay Ungar

  • Love Story – Taylor Swift

  • Love Theme From St. Elmo’s Fire

  • Love Train – The O’Jays

  • The Luckiest – Ben Folds T

  • Lucky – Jason Mraz

  • The Ludlows – Legends of the Fall

  • Majorca’s Mask – Legend of Zelda

  • Make Our Garden Grow – Candide

  • Make You Feel My Love – Adele T

  • Man From Snowy River

  • Man In The Mirror – Michael Jackson

  • Maria’s Theme – Cousins

  • Married Life – Up

  • Marry Me – Train T

  • Marry You – Bruno Mars T

  • Mauna Leo

  • Maybe I’m Amazed – The Beatles

  • Memory – Cats

  • Mia and Sebastian’s Theme – La La Land

  • Michelle – Beatles

  • A Million Dreams – Greatest Showman

  • Misty T

  • Molly Maguire’s

  • Moon Dance – Van Morrison

  • Moonlight Serenade

  • Moon River

  • Morning Has Broken – Cat Stevens

  • Mother and Child Reunion – Simon and Garfunkel

  • Mrs Darcy – Pride and Prejudice

  • Music of the Night – Phantom of the Opera

  • My Fair Lady Highlights

  • My Funny Valentine

  • My Girl -Temptations

  • My Heart Will Go On –Titanic

  • My Sweet Lord – George Harrison

  • New Slang -The Shins

  • Nobody Does It Better – The Spy Who Loved Me

  • No One is Alone – Into the Woods

  • Norwegian Wood – Beatles

  • The Notebook Movie Theme

  • Now We Are Free – The Gladiator

  • Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da – Beatles

  • Oh, Happy We – Candide T

  • On A Clear Day You Can See Forever T

  • Once Upon a Time in the West – Main Theme

  • One Hand One Heart – West Side Story

  • Only Time – Enya

  • Open Arms – Journey T

  • Ophelia – The Lumineers

  • Over The Rainbow – Wizard of Oz T

  • Paradise – Coldplay T

  • Part of Your World – The Little Mermaid

  • Perfect – Ed Sheeran T

  • Perhaps Love – John Denver T

  • Pinball Wizard – Tommy

  • Pompeii – Bastille

  • The Power of Love – Air Supply

  • The Prayer T

  • Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

  • Purple Rain – Prince

  • Rather Be – Clean Bandit T

  • Reverie

  • Rhapsody in Blue – Gershwin

  • Riptide – Vance Joy

  • Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves

  • Rockabye – Clean Bandit

  • Rockstar – Dababy Feat

  • Rocky Mountain High – John Denver

  • The Rose – Bette Midler

  • Roxanne – Arizona Zervas

  • Sabbath Prayer – Fiddler on the Roof

  • Safe and Sound – Capital Cities

  • Satelitte – Dave Matthews

  • Safe and Sound – Taylor Swift

  • Scarborough Fair – The Graduate

  • Schindler’s List

  • The Scientist – Coldplay T

  • Seasons of Love – Rent

  • See Me, Feel Me – The Who, Tommy

  • Send in the Clowns – A Little Night Music

  • Serenade to Spring – A Secret Garden

  • The Shadow of Your Smile – The Sandpipers

  • Shake It Off – Taylor Swift

  • Shake It Out – Florence and the Machine

  • Shallow – Lady Gaga

  • Shape of You Ed Sheeran

  • Shenandoah

  • She’s A Rainbow – Rolling Stones

  • She’s Got a Way About Her – Billy Joel

  • Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder

  • Sign of the Times – Harry Styles

  • Simple Gifts

  • Skinny Love – Bon Iver

  • Skyfall

  • Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay

  • Sloop John B – Beach Boys

  • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

  • Somebody to Love – Queen

  • Someone To Watch Over Me – George Gershwin

  • Something – Beatles T

  • Something Just Like This – Chainsmokers and Coldplay

  • Somewhere – West Side Story

  • Somewhere in Time – Somewhere in Time

  • Somewhere Only We Know – Keane T

  • Somewhere Out There – An American Tail

  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow Hawaiian Version – 50 First Dates

  • Songbird – Fleetwood Mac

  • Song From A Secret Garden

  • So This is Love – Cinderella

  • Sound of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel

  • Speechless – Dan and Shay

  • Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

  • Stand By Me – Ben E. King T

  • Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynette

  • Staralfur – Sigur Rus

  • Stars and Butterflies – Pride and Prejudice

  • Stay With Me – Sam Smith

  • Stolen – Dashboard Confessional

  • Storybook Love – Princess Bride

  • Story of My Life – One Direction

  • Strawberry Fields Forever – Beatles

  • Such Great Heights – Postal Service T

  • Summer – Calvin Harris

  • The Summer Knows – Summer of 42

  • Summertime – Porgy and Bess

  • Sunrise Sunset – Fiddler on the Roof

  • Sunshine of Your Love – Cream

  • Sunshine on My Shoulders – John Denver

  • Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond

  • Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses

  • Sweet Disposition – Temper Trap T

  • Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics) Arranged by John Reed for the Hampton [Rock] String Quartet

  • Sweet Home Alabama – Allman Brothers

  • Symphony – Clean Bandit

  • Take a Walk – Passion Pit

  • Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton

  • Tennessee Whiskey

  • Thank You – Dido

  • Thank U Next – Ariana Grande

  • There Is Love – The Wedding Song

  • Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran T

  • This is Me – Greatest Showman

  • This I Promise You- Nsync

  • This Is What You Came For – Rihanna

  • This Must Be the Place

  • This Will Be – Natalie Cole T

  • A Thousand Years – Christina Perry T

  • Thriller – Michael Jackson

  • Through the Eyes of Love – Ice Castles

  • Ticket To Ride – Beatles

  • Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper

  • Today Was a Fairy Tale – Taylor Swift

  • To Love You More – Celine Dion

  • Tonight – West Side Story

  • Try to Remember – The Fantastiks

  • Turning Page – Sleeping At Last

  • Two of Us – Beatles

  • Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers T

  • Unconditionally – Katy Perry

  • Unforgettable – Nat King Cole

  • Viva La Vida – Coldplay T

  • Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan

  • Wake Me Up – Avicii

  • Walk Don’t Run – The Ventures Arranged by George Andrews for the Hampton String Quartet

  • Walking on a Dream – Empire of the Sun

  • Waltz of the White Lilies

  • The Water is Wide

  • Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles

  • The Way I Am – Ingrid Michaelson

  • The Way We Were

  • The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra

  • We Are The Champions – Queen

  • We Found Love – Rihanna

  • The Wedding – Legends of the Fall

  • The Wedding Processional from “Sound of Music”

  • The Wedding Song – Kenny G

  • We’ve Only Just Begun – The Carpenters

  • What About Us – Pink

  • What a Wonderful World T

  • What’ll I Do

  • What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction

  • When I Fall In Love- Sleepless in Seattle

  • When I’m 64 – Beatles

  • When She Loved Me – Toy Story 2

  • When the Saints Go Marching In

  • When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss

  • When You Wish Upon a Star T

  • White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane Arranged by Doug Nordu for the Hampton String Quartet

  • A Whiter Shade of Pale Arranged by John Reed for The Hampton [Rock] String Quartet

  • A Whole New World – Aladdin T

  • Wildest Dreams – Taylor Swift T

  • Wild Horses – Rolling Stones

  • Willow – Taylor Swift

  • Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – Shirelles

  • The Wind Beneath My Wings – Beaches

  • The Winner Is – Little Miss Sunshine

  • With Or Without You – U2

  • With You – Pippin

  • Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton

  • Wonderwall – Oasis

  • World Without Love – Beatles

  • Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Beach Boys T

  • Yellow – Coldplay T

  • Yesterday – Beatles

  • You and Me – Ben Rector

  • You and Me – Dave Matthews Band

  • You Are My Sunshine/Canon in D

  • You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne

  • You Are The Reason – Calum Scott

  • You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder

  • You Light Up My Life

  • You’ll Be in My Heart – Tarzan

  • You Raise Me Up T

  • You’re Beautiful – James Blunt T

  • You’re My Best Friend – Freddie Mercury

  • You’re The One – Circle of Friends

  • Your Love is King – Sade

  • Your Song – Elton John T

  • You’ve Got A Friend – James Taylor