In addition to her original tunes, here are just some of the songs that Irene covers (in her own inimitable style):

Up tempo

  • 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton)
  • Boys of Summer (Don Henley)
  • Corner of the Sky (Jackson 5)
  • Hey, Good Lookin’ (Hank Williams)
  • Honky Cat (Elton John)
  • I Feel the Earth Move (Carol King)
  • Joy to the World (Three Dog Night)
  • Let the Good Times Roll
  • Livin’ for the City (Stevie Wonder)
  • Love the One You’re with (Stephen Stills)
  • Loves Me Like a Rock (Paul Simon)
  • Lullaby of Broadway
  • My Life (Billy Joel)
  • Old Time Rock and Roll (Bob Seger)
  • Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
  • Sealed with a Kiss (Brian Hyland)
  • Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp)
  • Will It Go Round in Circles (Billy Preston)
  • Your Mama Don’t Dance (Loggins & Messina)

Standards

  • Embraceable You
  • Exactly Like You
  • I Wish You Love
  • I’ve Got You Under My Skin
  • My Funny Valentine
  • Night and Day
  • One More for the Road
  • The Nearness of You
  • When I Fall in Love
  • Where or When
  • It Had to Be You
  • Young at Heart

Medium Down

  • At Seventeen (Janis Ian)
  • Bein’ Green (Muppets)
  • Crazy Love (Van Morrison)
  • Desperado (Eagles)
  • Hallelujah (Gordon Lightfoot)
  • Hello Again (Neil Diamond)
  • Help Me Make It Thru the Night
  • I Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis)
  • Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
  • Love Has No Pride (Bonnie Raitt)
  • Maybe I’m Amazed (Paul McCartney)
  • Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon)
  • Norwegian Wood (Beatles)
  • Only Women Bleed (Alice Cooper)
  • Play Me (Neil Diamond)
  • Summer Breeze (Seals & Crofts)
  • Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot)
  • Stay (Rihanna)
  • Take It to the Limit (Eagles)
  • Until the Night (Billy Joel)
  • We May Never Pass This Way Again (Seals & Crofts)
  • Wrapped Around Your Finger (Sting)

Pop Ballads

  • Anyone Who Had a Heart (Dusty Springfield)
  • Cold (Annie Lenox)
  • Evergreen (Barbra Streisand)
  • Everything I Own (Bread)
  • Fever (Peggy Lee)
  • Hello (Lionel Richie)
  • Here, There & Everywhere (Beatles)
  • I Can’t Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt)
  • Imagine (John Lennon)
  • In My Life (Beatles)
  • Into White (Cat Stevens)
  • It Only Hurts for a Little While
  • Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack)
  • Leavin’ on a Jet Plane (John Denver)
  • Same Old Lang Syne (Dan Fogelberg)
  • Send in the Clowns
  • The Air That I Breathe (The Hollies)
  • The Rose (Bette Midler)
  • The Way We Were (Barbra Streisand)
  • What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life
  • When a Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge)
  • Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
  • You Are So Beautiful (Joe Cocker)

Latin

  • Night and Day
  • At Seventeen
  • Do You Know the Way to San Jose
  • Exactly Like You
  • How Insensitive
  • One Note Samba
  • Smooth Operator (Sade)

 Medium Up

  • All I Want (Joni Mitchell)
  • Burn Down the Mission (Elton John)
  • Country Roads (John Denver)
  • Daniel  (Elton John)
  • Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez)
  • Don’t Let It Bring You Down (Neal Young)
  • Help Me (Joni Mitchell)
  • Gettin’ in Tune (The Who)
  • Goodbye Yellow Brick Road  (Elton John)
  • Hello It’s Me (Todd Rundgren)
  • I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues  (Elton John)
  • I Heard it through the Grapevine (Motown)
  • I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song (Jim Croce)
  • It’s Too Late (Carol King)
  • Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)
  • Mr. Bo Jangles (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
  • Rainbow Connection (Muppets)
  • Rocky Mountain High (John Denver)
  • That’s What Friends Are For
  • This Girl’s in Love with You
  • Walk on By (Dionne Warwick)
  • What the World Needs Now (Dionne Warwick)
  • When I Need You (Leo Sayer)
  • You’re So Vain (Carly Simon)
  • You’ve Got a Friend (Carol King)
  • Your Song  (Elton John)