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Song List (R&B)

cassanova

cassanova

Sep 4, 2000
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Well I finally said the heck with it and am trying to piece together my own R&B/Dance band. To my supprise Ive found a few musicians (guitarist, drummer(s), & female vocalist) who are into the idea.

Ive yet to hold any auditions, but thats comming soon enough. I wanna make sure that I have a great song list 1st. Thats why Im posted it here. Its predominantly classic but has newer titles in it as well.

Im looking for everyones opinion of the list. (what to add or even take away) Especially from those who are currently in a working R&B band.


Song List (R&B/Dance)

1. Superstitious – Stevie Wonder
2. I Wish – Stevie Wonder
3. Lets Groove – Earth Wind & Fire
4. Jungle Boogie – The Commodores/Earth Wind & Fire???
5. Burn Rubber – The Gap Band
6. No Parkin’ (On the dance floor) – The Gap Band??
7. I Feel Good – James Brown
8. Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – James Brown
9. Misled – Kool & The Gang
10. Lets Get It On – Marvin Gaye
11. Sexual Healing – Marvin Gaye
12. Diggin’ On James Brown – Tower of Power
13. It All Comes Back – Tower of Power
14. Boogie Man – KC & The Sunshine Band
15. Get Down Tonight (Shake Your Bootie) KC & The Sunshine Band
16. She Bangs – Ricky Martin
17. Livin La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
18. Brick House – The Commodores
19. Oh No – The Commodores
20. Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin (Vh1 Divas Live with Maria Carey)
21. Play That Funky Music White Boy – Wild Cherry
22. Cant Get Enough of Your Love – Barry White
23. Walk The Dinosaur – Was Not Was
24. Soul Man – The Blues Brothers
25. Jungle Love – Morris Day & The Time
26. I Want You Back – The Jackson 5
27. Super Freak – Rick James
28. You Cant Touch This – MC Hammer
29. Maria, Maria – Santana
30. Roll With It – Steve Winwood
31. Please Believe In Me – Phil Collins
32. Electric Slide - ????
33. Escape – Enrique Iglasias
34. Hero – Enrique Iglasias
35. Musicology – Prince
36. Mambo #5 – Lou Bega
37. I Need You – Mark Anthony
38. Something Got Me Started – Simply Red
39. Dirty – Christina Aguilara
40. Everybody Plays the Fool – Aaron Nevill
41. Black Cat – Janet Jackson
42. Pimp Juice – Nelly
43. Crazy – Seal
44. Ladies Night – Kool & The Gang
45. Oh What A Night - ???
46. Turn Your Love Around - ????
47. This Love – Maroon 5
48. Bad Mama Jamma – Stevie Wonder

Possible Extras:
49. Secret Lovers - ???
50. Breezin – George Benson
51. Give It Up – KC & The Sunshine Band
52. Dancing in The Street – Martha & The Vandells
53. Rubber Band - ???
54. Red Red Wine – UB40
55. Funky Broadway - ????

??? Denote unsure of who the artist i
 
#2
cassanova said:
45. Oh What A Night - Franky Valli
46. Turn Your Love Around - George Benson
49. Secret Lovers - Atlantic Star
53. Rubber Band - The Spinners
55. Funky Broadway - Temptations
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Sneakin Sally through the Alley - Robert Palmer
Brother Jake - Neville Brothers
Shakey Ground - Temptations

any Curtis Mayfield
maybe Remy Shand?
 
#3
cassanova said:
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4. Jungle Boogie – The Commodores/Earth Wind & Fire???

19. Oh No – The Commodores

46. Turn Your Love Around - ????

49. Secret Lovers - ???

??? Denote unsure of who the artist i
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Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang

I think the song you're referring to as "Oh No" by the Commodores is really titled "Crazy In Love"

Turn Your Love Around - George Benson

Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr

Peace,

James
 
#4
Cassanova,

I like your kinda play list!!

Couple more ideas for adds.....

Stevie Wonder:
Love's In Need Of Love Today
Knocks Me Off My Feet

Earth Wind & Fire
Serpentine Fire
In The Stone
Fantasy
Jupiter

Isley Bros.:
Livin' In The Life
Fight The Power

Gap Band:
Gotta Get Up Early

Chic:
Good Times
Le Freak
I Want Your Love

Bros. Johnson:
Stomp
Mr. Cool
Light Up The Night

Patrice Rushen:
Forget Me Nots
Number One

Others:
I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Gladys Knight version)
Shake Your Body Down To The Ground - Jacksons
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Lady Marmalade - Patti LaBelle
Let's Take A Long Walk - Jill Scott
Who's Makin' Love - ?????
Nothin' From Nothin' - Billy Preston?

I'll stop here for now.

Peace,

James
 
#5
cassanova said:
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6. No Parkin’ (On the dance floor) – The Gap Band??
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??? Denote unsure of who the artist i
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Not the Gap Band. I think it was an all woman band called Klymaxx. They also did "Meeting In The Ladies Room" with a similar rhythm.

Speaking of all woman bands, maybe "Boogie Ooogie Oogie" by Taste of Honey fits in your set list?

Peace,

James
 
#6
originally posted by
malthumb said:
I think the song you're referring to as "Oh No" by the Commodores is really titled "Crazy In Love"

According to the Cd I have "The Commodores Greatest Hits" the name of the song is "Oh No"



originally posted by
leanne said:
Don't forget to ask this same question of your future band mates, their answers are certainly more important than ours... Also, I don't know your intentions, but adding sax and (at least) keys to the lineup you mentioned would help with a lot of these tunes.

As for the tunes, sounds like fun. :)
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The musicians I spoke with so far have some idea of what material will be covered and were ok with it. They also know that the list is open for suggestion just as long as what they want to add to it is along the same lines as the material I told them about.

The potential guitarist asked me if I was going to have a horn section and/or keyboards. I want a keyboardist for this project because they can comp the sax & other horn lines on their keyboards and still play the keyboard part at the same time. Thats one thing I really dig about the keys, you can play two different sounding instruments on them at the same time.
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#7
malthumb said:
Cassanova,

I like your kinda play list!!

:D Glad you like it! Its just a real pain in the dairy air to find musicians in my area who wanna play this type of stuff. Im in a rock/metal area. :crying:

I also like some of the songs you listed. I totally forgot about adding them to the list. Especially Lady Marmalade.
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#11
cassanova said:
Well I finally said the heck with it and am trying to piece together my own R&B/Dance band. To my suprise, I've found a few musicians (guitarist, drummer(s), & female vocalist) who are into the idea.

I've yet to hold any auditions, but that's coming soon enough. I wanna make sure that I have a great song list 1st. That's why I posted it here. It's predominantly classic but has newer titles in it as well.

I'm looking for everyone's opinion of the list. (what to add or even take away) Especially from those who are currently in a working R&B band.


Song List (R&B/Dance)

1. Superstitious – Stevie Wonder
2. I Wish – Stevie Wonder
3. Lets Groove – Earth Wind & Fire
4. Jungle Boogie – Kool & The Gang
5. Burn Rubber – The Gap Band
6. No Parkin’ (On the dance floor) – Midnight Star
7. I Feel Good – James Brown
8. Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – James Brown
9. Misled – Kool & The Gang
10. Lets Get It On – Marvin Gaye
11. Sexual Healing – Marvin Gaye
12. Diggin’ On James Brown – Tower of Power
13. It All Comes Back – Tower of Power
14. Boogie Man – KC & The Sunshine Band
15. Get Down Tonight (Shake Your Bootie) KC & The Sunshine Band
16. She Bangs – Ricky Martin
17. Livin La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
18. Brick House – The Commodores
19. Oh No – The Commodores
20. Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin (Vh1 Divas Live with Maria Carey)
21. Play That Funky Music White Boy – Wild Cherry
22. Cant Get Enough of Your Love – Barry White
23. Walk The Dinosaur – Was Not Was
24. Soul Man – The Blues Brothers
25. Jungle Love – Morris Day & The Time
26. I Want You Back – The Jackson 5
27. Super Freak – Rick James
28. You Cant Touch This – MC Hammer
29. Maria, Maria – Santana
30. Roll With It – Steve Winwood
31. Please Believe In Me – Phil Collins
32. Electric Slide - Marcia Griffiths
33. Escape – Enrique Iglasias
34. Hero – Enrique Iglasias
35. Musicology – Prince
36. Mambo #5 – Lou Bega
37. I Need You – Mark Anthony
38. Something Got Me Started – Simply Red
39. Dirty – Christina Aguilara
40. Everybody Plays the Fool – Aaron Neville
41. Black Cat – Janet Jackson
42. Pimp Juice – Nelly
43. Crazy – Seal
44. Ladies Night – Kool & The Gang
45. Oh What A Night(Give Me The Night?) - George Benson
46. Turn Your Love Around - George Benson
47. This Love – Maroon 5
48. Bad Mama Jamma – Stevie Wonder

Possible Extras:
49. Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr
50. Breezin' – George Benson
51. Give It Up – KC & The Sunshine Band
52. Dancing in The Street – Martha & The Vandellas
53. Rubber Band - ??? Bootsy??
54. Red Red Wine – UB40
55. Funky Broadway - Dyke & The Blazers
??? Denote unsure of who the artist i
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That looks like a good list.
 
#14
cassanova said:
The potential guitarist asked me if I was going to have a horn section and/or keyboards. I want a keyboardist for this project because they can comp the sax & other horn lines on their keyboards and still play the keyboard part at the same time. Thats one thing I really dig about the keys, you can play two different sounding instruments on them at the same time.
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Why not have the keyboard play the bass part too! In fact, get two keyboard players and dump the rest of the band. :rollno:
 

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