Songs for an 11 Yr Old to Sing

How about these? I worry about jazzy if the audience can't recognize the song. It has to be familiar enough that the audience can get into it.

Nelly Furtado "I'm Like a Bird"
Natasha Bedingfield "Unwritten"
Pink "Perfect"
Cyndi Lauper "Time After Time"
Duffy "Mercy"
Adele "Pounding Pavements" or "Rolling in the Deep"

I love musical numbers, so here are a few of my favorites:
Les Miserables "On My Own"
Wicked "Defying Gravity" (incredibly difficult)
Phantom of the Opera "Think of Me"
Guys & Dolls "If I Were a Bell"

Good luck to her! BTW, my BIL is from Decorah. It is beautiful!

This is not a hip hop or jazz song. But a suggestion for something else. Why not check into some of the songs from big musicals. my daughter used to compete in pagents. the kids who won (and yes my daughter was one lol) were the girls who sang songs from musicals not the brittany spears / rhianna type songs. My daughter did the "your never fully dressed without a smile" song one year and also the "does god love little fat girls" Can't remember off the top of my head what musicals they were from. the one I think was "do black patent leather shoes really reflect up" the other one might have been annie but not sure. good luck

Hi R.-

I have to go with Sherry on this...musicals!!

(The Sun Will Come out)"Tomorrow"...(annie)

Where is Love? (oliver)

Godspell has LOTS of songs that would be good...and show range...

I will no doubt think of more...

Best Luck!
Michele/cat

Remember the "Friends" theme, "I'll be There for You," by the Rembrants? They did a full-length version.

dunno why, but the first thing that comes to mind for me when you say "jazzy" is Ella Fitzgerald's version of "A Tisket, A Tasket".

Maybe something from Madonna's non-racier repertoire would be ideal for her. Or maybe a musical number like a few has suggested before, like from Chicago, A Chorus Line, Wicked, Mary Poppins or Sister Act? good luck!!!