Are you learning English? Do you like to sing? If English is not your first language, singing can help improve your vocabulary, pronunciation, and listening.
Singing has been part of education in every culture for centuries. Songs help you remember, but some songs have too many words. In this post, I suggest more than 60 songs with easy English. That means they have not too many words and the choice of words is closer to everyday English.
1. Classic Pop
- Always on My Mind (1972) – Elvis Presley
- And I Love Her (1964) – The Beatles
- Be My Baby (1963) – The Ronettes
- Can’t Help Falling in Love (1961) – Elvis Presley
- Close to You (1970) – The Carpenters
- Dancing Queen – ABBA
- Don’t Stop Me Now (1978) – Queen
- Don’t Stop (1977) – Fleetwood Mac
- Have You Ever Seen the Rain (1971) – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Hello Goodbye (1967) – The Beatles
- Here Comes the Sun (1969) – The Beatles
- I Can See Clearly Now (1972) – Johnny Nash
- I Have a Dream (1979) – ABBA
- I’ve Got the Music in Me (1974) – Kiki Dee Band
- Make Your Own Kind of Music (1969) – Mama Cass
- Perfect Day (1972) – Lou Reed
- Pretty Woman (1964) – Roy Orbinson
- Sailing (1975) – Rod Stewart
- Sing a Song (1973) – Carpenters
- Stand by Me (1961) – Ben E King
- Sunshine on My Shoulders (1971) – John Denver
- Thank You for the Music (1977) – ABBA
- Unchained Melody (1965) – The Righteous Brothers
- You are So Beautiful (1974) – Joe Cocker
- You’ve Got a Friend (1971) – Carole King
2. Modern Pop
- Absolutely Everybody – (1999) Vanessa Amorosi
- Another Day in Paradise (1998) – Phil Collins
- Beautiful (2002) – Christina Aguilera
- Can’t Get You Out of My Head (2001) – Kyle Minogue
- Chasing Cars (2006) – Snow Patrol
- Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime (1980) – Korgis
- Heal the World (1993) – Michael Jackson
- It’s a Beautiful Day (1995) – Queen
- Lemon Tree (1995) – Fools Garden
- Let Her Go (2012) – Passenger
- Like I Do (2018) – David Guetta
- Love is All Around (1994) – Wet, Wet, Wet
- More Than Words (1990) – Extreme
- Right Here Waiting (1989) – Richard Marx
- Shake it Off (2014) – Taylor Swift
3. Music Theatre and Film
- Can’t Help Loving That Man (Show Boat, 1927)
- Castle on a Cloud (Les Miserables, 1985)
- How Lucky You Are (Seussical, 2000)
- I Got Rhythm (Girl Crazy, 1943)
- Life’s a Happy Song (Muppets, 2011)
- May it Be (Enya, Lord of the Rings 2001)
- Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz, 1939) – Judy Garland
- You Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story, 1995) – Randy Newmann
4. Jazz Standards
- Autumn Leaves – Doris Day (1956)
- Beyond the Sea (1959) – Bobby Darin
- Blue Skies (1958) – Ella Fitzgerald
- Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
- Nature Boy (1948) – Nat King Cole
- Stormy Weather (1943) – Lena Horne
- Summertime (1936) – Billie Holiday
- Unforgettable (1952) – Nat King Cole
5. Folk
- Blowing in the Wind (1963) – Bob Dylan
- You are My Sunshine (1969) – Johnny Cash
- Motherless Child (1963) – Odetta
- Music Alone Shall Live – Traditional Round
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Traditional
6. Soul, Blues, RnB, Gospel
- Ain’t No Sunshine (1971) – Bill Withers
- At Last (1960) – Etta James
- Georgia on My Mind (1960) – Ray Charles
- I Feel Good (I Got you, 1965) – James Brown
- Lean On Me (1972) – Bill Withers
- One Day I’ll Fly Away (1980) – Randy Crawford
- That’s The Way I Like It (1975) – KC and the Sunshine Band
- Trouble in Mind (1960) – Nina Simone
