Harvard Din & Tonics - Repertoire and Performance

Repertoire and Performance

The Dins, composed of 12 to 15 male undergraduates, are an entirely self-directed group. Most of their arrangements are done by current or former members of the group. Their repertoire consists primarily of jazz standards from the Great American Songbook, as well as humor songs drawn from various periods and styles. Their repertoire also extends at times to numerous other genres, including folk, rock, calypso, spiritual, and pop. They regularly perform in white tie, tails, and their signature lime green socks.

The Din and Tonics began performing their own arrangement of Sh-Boom (generally regarded as the first popular doo-wop song after it became a #1 hit on the Billboard charts in 1954) in 1979. It has served as the Dins' signature song, and they have performed it at almost every concert since. Sh-Boom is featured on twelve of the group's thirteen albums.

The Dins have appeared on television shows, including The Price is Right and Good Morning America, and have performed the Star Spangled Banner for the San Francisco Giants, the Tampa Bay Lightning, the PGA’s Ryder Cup, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, the Boston Celtics, the Boston Bruins, and the Boston Breakers.