The Ultimate Fake Book: C Edition [Plastic Comb]

As so many reviewers give a bad rating for the missing song list on Amazon and don't bother looking at the publisher's page - here's the publisher's song list:

Abraham, Martin And John
Achy Breaky Heart (Don't Tell My Heart)
Across The Alley From The Alamo
Addams Family Theme
Adios
After You've Gone
Afternoon Delight
Against The Wind
Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)
Ain't That A Kick In The Head
Air Mail Special
Alabama Jubilee
Alabamy Bound
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alfie
All Alone
All Alone Am I
All At Once You Love Her
All By Myself
All I Ask Of You
All I Have To Do Is Dream
All Night Long (All Night)
(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings
All Of Me
All Of You
All Shook Up
All The Things You Are
All You Need Is Love
Allegheny Moon
Alley Cat Song
Almost Paradise
Alright, Okay, You Win
Always
(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me
Always True To You In My Fashion
Amazing Grace
Amen
America, The Beautiful
Among My Souvenirs
And So It Goes
Annie's Song
Anniversary Song
The Anniversary Waltz
Another Op'nin', Another Show
Answer Me My Love
Anticipation
Anything You Can Do
Apache
April In Paris
Aquellos Ojos Verdes (Green Eyes)
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Are You Sincere
Aren't You Glad You're You
Arrivederci Roma (Goodbye To Rome)
As If We Never Said Goodbye
As Long As He Needs Me
At My Front Door
At Sundown
Auld Lang Syne
Autumn In New York
Baby Elephant Walk
(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care
Baby, It's You
Baby (You've Got What It Takes)
Back In The Saddle Again
Back In Your Own Backyard
Bali Ha'i
Ballade Pour Adeline
Ballerina
Band Of Gold
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Be A Clown
Be Careful, It's My Heart
Be My Life's Companion
Beach Baby
(It's A) Beautiful Morning
Beauty And The Beast
Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)
The Bells Of St. Mary's
Bernie's Tune
Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)
Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
The Best Things In Life Are Free
Bewitched
Beyond The Blue Horizon
Beyond The Sea
The Bible Tells Me So
Big Bad John
Bill
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
Bird Dog
Black Magic Woman
Black Slacks
A Blossom Fell
Blue Bayou
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Blue Hawaii
Blue On Blue
The Blue Room
Blue Skies
Blue Suede Shoes
Blue Velvet
Blueberry Hill
Bluesette
Bo Diddley
Bobby Sox To Stockings
Body And Soul
Bonanza
Bony Moronie
Book Of Love
Boot Scootin' Boogie
Born To Be Wild
Born To Lose
Bouquet Of Roses
A Boy Without A Girl
The Boys Are Back In Town
The Brady Bunch
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
Brass In Pocket
Brazil
Bread And Butter
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Bubbles In The Wine
But Beautiful
Button Up Your Overcoat
Buttons And Bows
By The Beautiful Sea
Bye And Bye
Bye Bye Baby
Bye Bye Blues
Bye Bye Love
C-Jam Blues
C'est Magnifique
Ca, C'est L'amour
Calendar Girl
California, Here I Come
Call Me
Call Me Irresponsible
Camelot
Can't Get Used To Losing You
Can't Help Falling In Love
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Candy
Caravan
Careless
Carolina In The Morning
Carolina Moon
Casper The Friendly Ghost
Cathy's Clown
Cecilia (Does Your Mother Know You're Out)
Celebrate
Change Partners
Change The World
Chanson D'Amour (The Ra-Da-Da-Da-Da Song)
Chantilly Lace
Charley, My Boy
Charlie Brown
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
Cheek To Cheek
Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
Chi-Baba Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go To Sleep)
Chickery Chick
Choo Choo Ch' Boogie
Cinco Robles (Five Oaks)
Claudette
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
The Closer I Get To You
Cocktails For Two
The Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee In Brazil)
Collegiate
Colonel Bogey March
Color My World
Come Back To Me
Come Fly With Me
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Come Saturday Morning (Saturday Morning)
Come Together
Come What May
Comedy Tonight
Consider Yourself
Cool Jerk
A Cottage For Sale
Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
Cotton Tail
Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep
Country Style
Cow-Cow Boogie
The Creole Love Call
Cry
Cry Me A River
Crying
The Crying Game
Crying In The Chapel
Cuanto Le Gusta
Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stockin')
Dancing On The Ceiling
The Darktown Strutters' Ball
Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
Darn That Dream
Day By Day
A Day In The Life Of A Fool (Manha De Carnaval)
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
Dear Hearts And Gentle People
Dearly Beloved
Dede Dinah
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
The Desert Song
(I Wish I Was In) Dixie
Do I Hear A Waltz?
Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?
Do-Re-Mi
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
Do You Wanna Make Love
Doctor, My Eyes
Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
Dolores
Don't
Don't Be Cruel (To A Heart That's True)
Don't Cry Out Loud (We Don't Cry Out Loud)
Don't Know Why
Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
Don't Pull Your Love
Don't Stand So Close To Me
Down Among The Sheltering Palms
Down Yonder
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Dream Weaver
A Dreamer's Holiday
Duke Of Earl
Early Autumn
East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
Easter Parade
Easy To Love (You'd Be So Easy To Love)
Ecstasy
Edelweiss
Eight Days A Week
El Relicario (Shrine Of Love)
Elmer's Tune
Elvira
Endless Love
Endlessly
Entertainment Tonight
Eres Tu/Touch The Wind
Eternally
Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard (In Old New York)
Even The Nights Are Better
Every Breath You Take
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Everybody's Got A Home But Me
Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool (Everybody's Somebody's Fool)
Everybody's Talkin' (Echoes)
Everyday
Everything's Coming Up Roses
Evil Ways
Exactly Like You
The Exodus Song
Falling In Love With Love
Far Away Places
Fascination
Feelings (?Dime?)
A Felicidade
Feudin' And Fightin'
Fields Of Gold
A Fine Romance
The First Cut Is The Deepest
Flat Foot Floogee
Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
Flying Home
The Folks Who Live On The Hill
(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
Footloose
For All We Know
For Me And My Gal
For Once In My Life
For The First Time
For The Good Times
For You, For Me, For Evermore
For Your Precious Love
Forever Young
Fortunate Son
Frenesí
Friends In Low Places
Friendship
From Here To Eternity
From This Moment On
The Gambler
Gentle On My Mind
Georgia On My Mind
Georgy Girl
Get Back
Get Me To The Church On Time
Getting To Know You
Gigi
Gimme A Little Kiss (Will Ya Huh?)
The Girl From Ipanema (Garôta De Ipanema)
Girl Talk
The Girl That I Marry
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Give A Little Whistle
Give My Regards To Broadway
Glad To Be Unhappy
Glory Of Love
The Glory Of Love
The Glow Worm
Go The Distance
Goin' Out Of My Head
Gone With The Wind
Gonna Build A Mountain
Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now
Good Day Sunshine
Good Golly Miss Molly
Good Luck Charm
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Goodnight, Irene
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight (Goodnight, It's Time To Go)
Got A Date With An Angel
Got To Get You Into My Life
Granada
Great Balls Of Fire
The Great Pretender
Guitar Boogie Shuffle
A Guy Is A Guy
Gypsy In My Soul
Hail To The Chief
Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here
Halleluja
Hallelujah I Love Him (Her) So
The Halls Of Ivy
Hang On Sloopy
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
Happy Days
Happy Holiday
Happy Talk
Happy Trails
The Happy Wanderer
Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
Harbor Lights
Harlem Nocturne
Havah Nagilah
Have I Told You Lately
Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue?)
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Haven't Got Time For The Pain
Heart And Soul
Heat Wave
Heigh-Ho
Hello
Hello, Goodbye
Hello, Young Lovers
Help!
Here, There And Everywhere
Here's That Rainy Day
Hey, Good Lookin'
Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor's Life For Me)
High Hopes
Hindustan
His Latest Flame
Hit The Road To Dreamland
The Hokey Pokey
Holiday For Strings
Honeysuckle Rose
Hopelessly Devoted To You
Hot Hot Hot
Hot Rod Lincoln
Hound Dog
The House Of The Rising Sun
Houston
How Are Things In Glocca Morra
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
How Deep Is Your Love
How High The Moon
How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down On The Farm? (After They've Seen Paree)
Hurdy Gurdy Man
Hurt So Bad
Hurting Each Other
Hushabye
I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me)
I Almost Lost My Mind
I Beg Of You
I Believe
I Believe I Can Fly
I Can Dream, Can't I? Read more ›

An excellent resource with, as the wordy title implies, over 1200 standard and not so standard songs. This book has a great selection of songs, covering a wide range of material. Great for weddings and other gigs, there are plenty of songs in here that should cover a variety of shows. This may not be the one and only book you'll ever need to cover all your gigs, but it will probably quickly become your most referenced source. This is a highly respected book among gigging musicians, and it will pay for itself many times over.

This new edition is updated with yet another selection of current and classic tunes. Included in each song is the melody line, the chords, and the lyrics written for piano, vocal, guitar, and all "B Flat" instruments. This book even includes charts for over 855 guitar chords, as well as 9 different classified song listings. Great collection, well worth the price. Highly recommended.

This is not a rating, but I can't comment unless I rate it. This is my general peeve about music books.

What we need to know is:

1. Does it contain LYRICS with all songs?
2. Does it show all the CHORDS with all songs?
3. Does it show the KEY that the songs are in?

The descriptions with song books either are written by people who know nothing about music, or they know so much about it that they have forgotten what the occasional musician and the beginner need to know. In both cases elementary information is left out. I hope someone will read this and make sure that this info (and more) is added to the text.