The Downtown Band Bio:
Living up to its reputation as one of the best live bands in the country, The Downtown Band is an award-winning 10-piece party band who performs for corporate events, weddings and private parties all over the world. The Downtown Band has performed for the Prince and Princess of Monaco, celebrities such as Kevin Costner, Bono and Nicole Kidman, and opened for Elton John, Sting, Enrique Iglesias, Seal, Robin Thicke, Tim McGraw, Tom Jones, and the list goes on…
With repertoire from all the classic genres (Today’s Pop Hits, Motown, Disco, Country, Jazz, Big Hair 80’s), a dynamic catalog of songs and styles and their show stopping energy, The Downtown Band fills dance floors every time they step on stage. From an elegant cocktail hour to full blown after-party, no matter what your event The Downtown Band is dedicated to creating an experience you and your guests will never forget!
The Downtown Band Songlist:
UPTEMPO DANCE SONGS
24k Magic (Bruno Mars)
Another One Bites the Dust (Queen)
As (Stevie Wonder)
Beautiful Day (U2)
Billy Jean (Michael Jackson)
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
Build me up Buttercup (The Foundations)
Call Me Maybe (Carly Rae Jepsen)
Can’t Stop the Feeling (Justin Timberlake)
Carolina Girls (General Johnson & the Chairmen of the Board)
Cheep Thrills (Sia)
Crazy in Love (Beyonce feat. Jay-Z)
Dancing in the Moonlight (King Harvest)
Desposito (Justin Bieber, Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi)
Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey)
Don’t Stop the Party (Pitbull)
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson)
Dynamite (Taio Cruz)
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (The Police)
Firework (Katy Perry)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
Get Down Tonight (KC & the Sunshine Band)
Gold Digger (Kayne West)
Happy (Pharrell Williams)
Hey Ya (Outcast)
I Feel Fine (Beatles)
I Feel Good (James Brown)
I Got a Woman (Ray Charles)
I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas)
I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles)
I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Mike Posner)
I Want You Back (Jackson 5)
Isn’t She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)
Jessie’s Girl (Rick Springfield)
Just Dance (Lady Gaga)
Keep Your Hands to Yourself (The Georgia Satellites)
Kodachrome (Paul Simon)
Let’s Get it Started (Blackeyed Peas)
Let’s Go Crazy (Prince)
Life is a Highway (Tom Chochrane)
Living on a Prayer (Bon Jovi)
Locked Out of Heaven (Bruno Mars)
Honky Tonk Women (Rolling Stones)
Just Dance (Lady Gaga)
Let’s Go Crazy (Prince)
Listen to the Music (Doobie Brothers)
Living on a Prayer (Bon Jovi)
Locked Out of Heaven (Bruno Mars)
Louie Louie (The Kingsmen)
Marry You (Bruno Mars)
Message in a Bottle (The Police)
Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera)
Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
New York New York (Frank Sinatra)
Old Time Rock and Roll (Bob Seger)
Party in the USA (Miley Cyrus)
Play That Funky Music White Boy (Wild Cherry)
Pour Some Sugar on Me (Def Leppard)
Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News)
Rock Your Body (Justin Timberlake)
Rocky Top (Osborne Brothers)
Roxanne (The Police)
September (Earth Wind and Fire)
Shake It Off (Taylor Swift)
Shotgun (JR Walker and the All Stars)
Shout (The Isley Brothers)
Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon)
Single Ladies (Beyonce)
Steal My Kisses (Ben Harper)
Stitched Up (John Mayer)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Teenage Dream (Katy Perry)
The Way You Make Me Feel (Michael Jackson)
Timber (Pitbull)
Twist and Shout (Beatles)
Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars)
Versace on the Floor (Bruno Mars)
Walk Don’t Run (Ventures)
We Are the Champions (Queen)
When the World Is Spinning Round (The Police)
Why Do Good Stories Have to Come to an End (Justin Caldwell – original)
You are the Best Thing (Ray Lamontagne)
You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon)
You Can’t Hurry Love (The Supremes)
You Look Good (Lady Antebellum)
You Make My Dreams Come True (Hall and Oates)
You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC)
Your Love Has Lifted Me Higher and Higher (Jackie Wilson)
MIDTEMPO DANCE SONGS
Ain’t Nothin’ Like the Real Thing (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell)
All Four Seasons (Sting)
Angel (Shaggy)
Better Together (Jack Johnson)
Chicken Fried (Zac Brown Band)
Don’t Worry Baby (Beach Boys)
Englishman in New York (Sting)
Fly (Sugar Ray)
Forever Young (Bob Dylan)
Friends In Low Places (Garth Brooks)
Hey, Soul Sister (Train)
Ho Hey (The Lumineers)
Home (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros)
Home (Michael Buble)
Honey Bee (Blake Shelton)
How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (James Taylor)
Ignition (R Kelly)
I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
In My Life (Beatles)
The Joker (Steve Miller)
Let’s get it on (Marvin Gaye)
Let’s Stay Together (Al Green)
Lucky (Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat)
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffet)
Moondance (Van Morrison)
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)
The One I Love (David Gray)
Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder)
Pink Moon (Nick Drake)
Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Rocketman (Elton John)
Rolling in the Deep (Adele)
Something to Talk About (Bonnie Raitt)
The Wonder of You (Elvis)
Tonight Tonight (Smashing Pumpkins)
Vultures (John Mayer)
Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show)
Walking in Memphis (Marc Cohn)
You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder)
SLOW DANCE SONGS
All You Need Is Love (Beatles)
At Last (Etta James)
Baby Girl (Will Hoge)
Beautiful Boy (John Lennon)
Blackbird (Beatles)
Blue Bossa (Kenny Dorham – Funk Bossa Nova dance)
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
Corcovado (Antonio Corlos Jobim – Bossa Nova dance)
Crazy (Patsy Cline)
Easy Like Sunday Morning (Lionel Richie)
Every Breathe You Take (Sting and The Police)
Everything (Michael Buble)
Father and Daughter Song (Paul Simon)
Farewell, My Heart (Justin Caldwell – original)
Feels Like Home (Chantal Kreviazuk)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (Van Morrison)
Hold You in My Arms (Ray Lamontagne)
I Loved Her First (Heartland)
La Camisa Negra (Juanes)
Let it Be (Beatles)
Let It Be Me (Ray Lamontagne)
Marry Me (Train)
My Foolish Heart (Jazz Standard)
My Girl (Temptations)
My Way (Sinatra)
My Wish (Rascal Flatts)
Never Had Nobody Like You (M Ward)
Perfect Love Gone Wrong (Sting)
Shape of My Heart (Sting)
Something (Beatles / Joe Cocker)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Israel)
Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
Still Crazy After All These Years (Paul Simon)
Sweet Pea (Amos Lee)
Teach Your Children Well (Crosby Stills and Nash)
Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
This Year’s Love (David Grey)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)
The Way You Look Tonight (Sinatra)
Warm Love (Van Morrison)
What a Difference a Day Made (Jazz Standard)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
When We Dance (Sting)
When You Say Nothing at All (Allison Krauss)
Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Sting and The Police)
You Are So Beautiful to Me (Joe Cocker)
You Don’t Know What Love Is (Jazz Standard)
JAZZ/COCKTAIL HOUR SONGS
13 Step Boogie (Martin Sexton – SWING)
Alice in Wonderland (Hilliard – WALTZ)
All of Me (Frank Sinatra – JAZZ STANDARD)
All the Things You Are (Hammerstein/Kern – JAZZ STANDARD)
As Time Goes By (Frank Sinatra)
At Last (Etta James – JAZZ STANDARD)
Autumn Leaves (Nat King Cole – JAZZ STANDARD)
Bewitched (Rogers/Hart – JAZZ STANDARD)
Blue Bossa (Kenny Dorham – BOSSA NOVA)
But Beautiful (VanHeusen/Burke – JAZZ STANDARD)
But Not For Me (Kurt Elling – JAZZ STANDARD)
Cheek to Cheek (Frank Sinatra – JAZZ STANDARD)
Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
Come Fly with Me (Michael Buble – JAZZ STANDARD)
Corcovado (Antonio Carlos Jobim – BOSSA NOVA)
The Days of Wine & Roses (Mancini – JAZZ STANDARD)
Don’t Blame Me (Fields/McHugh – JAZZ STANDARD)
Easy Like Sunday Morning (Lionel Richie)
Everything (Michael Buble)
Fall In Love (Jeyman/Young – JAZZ STANDARD)
Fever (Peggy Lee – JAZZ STANDARD)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Fly Me to the Moon (Frank Sinatra – JAZZ STANDARD)
Footprints (Wayne Shorter – JAZZ STANDARD)
Forever Young (Bob Dylan)
Gentle Rain (Louis Banfi – JAZZ STANDARD)
God Bless the Child (Holiday/Herzog – JAZZ STANDARD)
Home (Michael Buble)
How High the Moon (Morgan Lewis – JAZZ STANDARD)
I Can’t Get Started (Vernon Duke – JAZZ STANDARD)
I Feel So Smoochie (Kurt Elling – SWING)
I Get a Kick Out of You (Frank Sinatra – JAZZ STANDARD)
I Should Care (Cahn/Stordahl/Weston – JAZZ STANDARD)
I Won’t Give Up (Jason Mraz)
In Your Own Sweet Way (Dave Brubeck – JAZZ STANDARD)
Isn’t It Romantic (Rogers/Hart – JAZZ STANDARD)
It Had to Be You (Harry Connick Jr – JAZZ STANDARD)
I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra – JAZZ STANDARD)
La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf)
Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
Like Someone in Love (Van Heusen/Burke – JAZZ STANDARD)
Lil’ Darlin’ (Kurt Elling – JAZZ STANDARD)
Long Ago and Far Away (Kern Gershwin – JAZZ STANDARD)
L-O-V-E (Nat King Cole – JAZZ STANDARD)
Love and Marriage (Frank Sinatra – JAZZ STANDARD)
Marry Me (Train)
Misty (Etta James – JAZZ STANDARD)
My Foolish Heart (Kurt Elling – JAZZ STANDARD)
My Romance (Rogers/Hart – JAZZ STANDARD)
My Way (Sinatra)
Nature Boy (Kurt Elling – JAZZ STANDARD)
New York New York (Frank Sinatra)
Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder)
Perfect Love Gone Wrong (Sting)
Prelude to a Kiss (Duke – JAZZ STANDARD)
Shape of My Heart (Sting)
Singin’ in the Rain (Count Basie – SWING)
Someday My Prince Will Come (Churchill – JAZZ STANDARD)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – JAZZ STANDARD)
Stella By Starlight (Victor Young – JAZZ STANDARD)
Still Crazy After All These Years (Paul Simon)
Sunday Kind of Love (Etta James)
Sweet Pea (Amos Lee)
The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra – JAZZ STANDARD)
The Very Thought of You (Doris Day – JAZZ STANDARD)
This Years Love (David Grey)
True Love Ways (Buddy Holly)
Turn Out the Stars (Bill Evans – JAZZ STANDARD)
Waltz For Debby (Bill Evans – WALTZ)
What a Difference a Day Made (Jamie Cullum – JAZZ STANDARD)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
When We Dance (Sting)
Where I Belong (Kurt Elling – JAZZ STANDARD)
When I Fall in Love (Young/Heyman – JAZZ STANDARD)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Sting and The Police)
You Are So Beautiful To Me (Joe Cocker)
You Don’t Know What Love Is (Kurt Elling – JAZZ STANDARD)
OTHER SPECIAL SONGS
Auld Lang Syne – TRADITIONAL NEW YEARS
What Are You Doing New Years Eve – TRADITIONAL NEW YEARS
La Camisa Negra (Juanes)
Military Medley (Gene Simmons of Kiss)
. . . and many more being added all the time . . .
