Music

Create a festive, exciting atmosphere at your barbecue!

Music - whether it’s country, rock, alternative, pop, jazz, rhythm and blues (R&B), hip-hop, or a mixture of genres - livens up almost any social gathering.

For a lively and memorable barbecue, set up your home stereo system on your patio, or for a larger gathering, hire a professional disc jockey (DJ). If you combine great food with great music, your guests will know they’ve arrived to a real party!

Here’s an alphabetical list of some fun songs to include on your playlist – perfect for a cookout:

     “All Summer Long” – Kid Rock

     “All that Meat and No Potatoes” – Fats Waller

     “Another One Bites the Dust” – Queen

    “Bad to the Bone” – George Thorogood & The Destroyers

     “Barbecue Any Old Time” – Brownie McGhee

     “Barbecue Bess” – Golden Age Jazz Band

     “Barbecue Bess” – Lucille Bogan

    “Barbecue Blues” – Barbecue Bob (a.k.a. Robert Hicks)

     “Barbecue Blues” – John Hammond

     “Barbecued Ribs” – The Three Riffs

     “Barbeque” – Robert Earl Keen

     “Barbeque” – The Red Clay Ramblers

     “Bar-B-Cutie” – Evan Johns & The H-Bombs

     “Bar-B-Cutie” – Huevos Rancheros

     “Bar-B-Q” – Wendy Rene

     “Bar-B-Q” – ZZ Top

     “Bar-B-Q Man” – Sony Stitt

     “Bar-B-Q Sauce” – Sam Price

     “Beale Street Bar-B-Q” – The Memphis Boys

     “Born to be Wild” – Steppenwolf

     “Burning Down the House” – Talking Heads

     “Burning Love” – Elvis Presley

     “Cheeseburger in Paradise” – Jimmy Buffett

     “Disco Inferno” – Tina Turner

     “Eat That Chicken” – Charles Mingus

    “Everybody Eats When They Come To My House” – Cab Colloway

     “Fire” – Jimi Hendrix

     “Fourth of July” – Robert Earl Keen

     “Good BBQ” – The Riptones 

     “Hamburger Hop” – Johnny Hicks

    “Hey Pete! Let’s Eat More Meat” – Dizzie Gillespie

     “Hot Barbecue” – Brother Jack McDuff

     “Hot Biscuits & Sweet Marie” – Lincoln Chase

     “Hot Dog” – The Detroit Cobras

     “Hungry Man” – Louis Jordan  

    “I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop” – Jim Jackson

     “I Like Pie, I Like Cake” – The Four Clefs

    “I Love Bar-B-Q” – The Guy Brothers & Orchestra

     “Independence Day” – Martina McBride

     “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” – Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

     “Let’s Get It Started” – Black Eyed Peas

     “Let’s Get This Party Started” – Pink

     “Light My Fire” – The Doors

     “Love Me Tender” – Elvis Presley

     “Margaritaville” – Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

     “Meat Man” – Jerry Lee Lewis

     “Hey Miss Bessie” – Charlie Musselwhite

    “Neck Bones & Hot Sauce” – L. Anderson & The Tornadoes

     “Pork Chops” – The Dorsets

    “Riffin’ at the Bar-B-Q” – King Cole’s Swingsters

     “Rump Steak Serenade” – Fats Waller

    “Shortnin’ Bread” – Paul Chaplain & His Emeralds

     “Smoke on the Water” – Deep Purple

     “Solid Potato Salad” – Nat King Cole

    “Struttin’ with Some Barbecue” –  Louis Armstrong   

    “Summertime” – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

    “The Hamburger Song” – Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces

     “The House of Blue Lights” – Freddie Slack

     “TV Barbecue” – Rotondi

Helpful Tip: If you will be playing music outdoors - aside from being courteous and neighborly, and taking advantage of a good opportunity to get to know your neighbors (if you haven’t already) - it might be wise to invite your neighbors to your barbecue for the sake of avoiding any noise complaints. J