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Versatile Motown Band

TL;DR - booking highlights

   High-energy Motown and dance favorites

   400+ song repertoire in a wide variety of styles

   Ensembles ranging from 3 piece band to 16 piece orchestra

   Engaging performances for diverse audiences

   Perfect for corporate, private, wedding events, and more!

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DESCRIPTION

Versatile Motown Band delivers an energetic live music experience designed to keep guests engaged from the first song to the final encore. Our professional party band Washington DC audiences appreciate brings a polished mix of Motown favorites, classic dance hits, and crowd-pleasing favorites that help set the right tone for any celebration. As one of the most dynamic cover bands in Washington DC, this group is built to create a lively atmosphere that encourages guests to dance, sing, and enjoy the moment. For clients seeking a wedding band Washington DC couples can trust, Versatile Motown Band offers a strong blend of style, flexibility, and musical quality. Their performance is well suited for receptions, cocktail hours, and high-energy dance floors. The group also performs as a Motown cover band for private parties, formal gatherings, and milestone events, making them a reliable choice for a wide range of occasions. Our Versatile Motown Band brings a performance style that feels both classic and current. With a broad repertoire and a focus on audience connection, our versatile motown band delivers the kind of live entertainment that helps events feel complete, energetic, and memorable.

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TESTIMONIALS

"We love everything about {this band} - their incredible talent, sound, energy, and song selection will wow your guests and make your event memorable!! They worked with us in advance on the Bride’s surprise song for her Groom. The band kept the energy high and fun from the very beginning of our reception, and they continued to wow everyone throughout the evening. Our guests packed the dance floor throughout the night, and everyone loved the music and the band. We have continued to receive compliments on the band, several days and now 3+ years after the wedding. Guests always say it was the most beautiful and best wedding they ever attended, thanks to {this band's} positive energy and outstanding musical talent which kept everyone on their feet after dinner."

Vivian RamseyBoswell

“{The band} did an excellent job for my wife’s Surprise 50th Birthday party. They performed an excellent blend of Motown / Funk & Soul and practically everyone at the party came up to me and said “Great Band, where did you find them?”. They made the party a very special and memorable event and I would recommend them to anyone without hesitation.”

– Clark C.

“This was our 40th Autumn Glory Festival kick-off dinner. The band kept playing, the crowd kept dancing and we had the most positive feedback ever on the entertainment for the kick off dinner.”

Cherie R.

“{This band} were simply fantastic! They showed up early to ensure they were completely set and ready to go at the appointed hour. They were extremely professional and very accommodating to my guests’ requests. I will most definitely use them for my future parties and highly recommend them!!”

Don H.

SET LIST

  • After Hours • Ronnie Jordan
  • At Last • Etta James
  • Breezin’ • George Benson
  • Chameleon • Herbie Hancock
  • Chitlins Con Carne • Kenny Burrell
  • Come Away With Me • Norah Jones
  • Devotion • Earth Wind & Fire
  • Don’t Know Why • Norah Jones
  • Friends and Strangers • Ronnie Laws
  • God Bless the Child • Billie Holiday
  • Girl from Ipanema • Pery Ribeiro
  • Honky Tonk • Bill Doggett
  • Inner City Blues • Grover Washington
  • Inseparable • Natalie Cole
  • Linus and Lucy • Vince Guaraldi
  • Maputo • David Sanborn
  • Mercy, Mercy • Cannonball Adderly
  • Mister Magic • Grover Washington
  • Moonlighters Theme • Original
  • On Broadway • George Benson
  • Over the Rainbow • Judy Garland
  • People Make the World Go Round • Herbie Hancock
  • Satin Doll • Duke Ellington
  • Song for My Father • Horace Silver
  • Sidewinder • Lee Morgan
  • Since I Fell For You • Lenny Welch
  • Summertime • George Gershwin
  • Unforgettable • Nat King Cole
  • Blues/Rhythm and Blues Standards
  • Baby Please Don’t Go • Muddy Waters
  • Baby, What You Want Me to Do • Jimmy Reed
  • Big Boss Man • Jimmy Reed
  • Blues with a Feeling • Little Walter
  • Born Lover • Muddy Waters
  • Cha Cha Ching • Original
  • Clean-up Woman • Betty Wright
  • Crazy Mixed Up World • Little Walter
  • Don’t Lie to Me • B.B. King
  • Down Home Blues • ZZ Hill
  • Driving Wheel • Junior Parker
  • Dust My Broom • Elmore James
  • Got My Mojo Working • Muddy Waters
  • How Blue Can You Get • B.B. King
  • Key to the Highway • Little Walter
  • Long Distance Call • Muddy Waters
  • Messin’with the Kid • Junior Wells
  • Reconsider Baby • Lowell Fulson
  • Shake Your Hips • Slim Harpo
  • Sweet Little Angel • B.B. King
  • T-Bone Shuffle • T. Bone Walker
  • Things I Used to Do • Guitar Slim
  • Thrill is Gone • B.B. King
  • Watch Yourself • B.B. King
  • When the Eagle Flies • Muddy Waters
  • 40’s Big-Band/Swing Standards
  • A Kiss to Build a Dream On • Louis Armstrong
  • Ain’t Misbehavin’ • Fats Waller
  • Ain’t That a Kick in the Head • Dean Martin
  • All of Me • Billie Holiday
  • Best is Yet to Come • Tony Bennett
  • Beyond the Sea • Bobby Darrin
  • Caledonia • Louis Jordan
  • Cheek To Cheek • Frank Sinatra
  • Come Fly with Me • Frank Sinatra
  • Don’t Get Around Much Anymore • Duke Ellington
  • Everyday I Have the Blues • Big Joe Turner
  • Fever • Peggy Lee
  • Fly Me to the Moon • Frank Sinatra
  • Flying Home • Lionel Hampton
  • Hold On • Michael Buble
  • I Got Rhythm • George Gershwin
  • It Don’t Mean a Thing • Duke Ellington
  • It Had to Be You • Frank Sinatra
  • I’ve Got You Under My Skin • Frank Sinatra
  • Jump, Jive and Wail • Louis Prima
  • Kansas City • Wilbert Harrison
  • Luck Be a Lady • Frank Sinatra
  • Mack the Knife • Bobby Darrin
  • Moondance • Van Morrison
  • My Way • Frank Sinatra
  • New York New York • Frank Sinatra
  • Route 66 • Nat King Cole
  • Shake, Rattle and Roll • Big Joe Turner
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow • Judy Garland
  • Straighten Up and Fly Right • Nat King Cole
  • That Old Black Magic • Ella Fitzgerald
  • Way You Look Tonight • Frank Sinatra
  • When the Saints Go Marching In • Louis Armstrong
  • Witchcraft • Frank Sinatra
  • Wonderful World • Louis Armstrong
  • 50’s Rock and Roll/Oldies
  • All Shook Up • Elvis Presley
  • Blue Moon • Marcels
  • Can’t Stop Falling in Love • Elvis Presley
  • Crying in the Chapel • Orioles
  • Cupid • Sam Cooke
  • For Your Precious Love • Jerry Butler
  • Goodnight Sweetheart • Spaniels
  • Hit the Road Jack • Ray Charles
  • Hound Dog • Elvis Presley
  • I’ve Only Got Eyes for You • Flamingos
  • Jailhouse Rock • Elvis Presley
  • Johnny B. Goode • Chuck Berry
  • La Bamba • Ritchie Valens
  • Louie Louie • Kingsmen
  • Night Time is the Right Time • Ray Charles
  • Only You • Platters
  • Outskirts of Town • Ray Charles
  • Rock Around the Clock • Bill Haley
  • Roll Over Beethoven • Chuck Berry
  • Searchin’ • Coasters
  • Shout! • Isley Brothers
  • Stand By Me • Ben E. King
  • Tequila • Champs
  • Try Me • James Brown
  • Twilight Time • Platters
  • Twist • Chubby Checker
  • Under the Boardwalk • Drifters
  • What I Say • Ray Charles
  • When We Get Married • Dreamlovers
  • You Send Me • Sam Cook
  • 60’s/70’s Motown/Soul
  • 634-5789 • Wilson Pickett
  • Ain’t Too Proud to Beg • Temptations
  • At Last • Etta James
  • Baby, Baby • Smokey Robinson
  • Be Thankful • William DeVaughn
  • Can’t Hurry Love • Diana Ross & the Supremes
  • Chain of Fools • Aretha Franklin
  • Dancing in the Streets • Martha and the Vandellas
  • For Once In My Life • Stevie Wonder
  • Funky Broadway • Wilson Pickett
  • Get Ready • Temptations
  • Green Onions • Booker T and the MGs
  • Heard It Through the Grapevine • Marvin Gaye
  • Heatwave • Martha and the Vandellas
  • High Heel Sneakers • Tommy Tucker
  • Higher and Higher • Jackie Wilson
  • How Sweet it Is (To Be Loved by You) • Marvin Gaye
  • I Can’t Help Myself • Four Tops
  • I Feel Good • James Brown
  • I Want You Back • Jackson Five
  • I Wish • Stevie Wonder
  • I’ll Take You There • Staples Singers
  • In the Midnight Hour • Wilson Pickett
  • Just My Imagination • Temptations
  • Knock on Wood • Eddie Floyd
  • Land of 1000 Dances • Wilson Pickett
  • Let’s Do It Again • Staple Singers
  • Let’s Get Married • Al Green
  • Let’s Stay Together • Al Green
  • Livin’ in the City • Stevie Wonder
  • Locomotion • Little Eva
  • Love and Happiness • Al Green
  • Midnight Train to Georgia • Gladys Knight
  • Mustang Sally • Wilson Pickett
  • My Cherie Amour • Stevie Wonder
  • My Girl • Temptations
  • My Guy • Mary Wells
  • Natural Woman • Aretha Franklin
  • Neither One of Us • Gladys Knight
  • Ooh Baby, Baby • Smokey Robinson
  • Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag • James Brown
  • Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone • Temptations
  • Proud Mary • Tina Turner
  • Reach Out (I’ll Be There) • Four Tops
  • Rescue Me • Fontella Bass
  • Respect • Aretha Franklin
  • Respect Yourself • Staple Singers
  • Ribbon in the Sky • Stevie Wonder
  • Rock Steady • Aretha Franklin
  • Second that Emotion • Smokey Robinson
  • Sex Machine • James Brown
  • Shake Your Body Down to the Ground • Jacksons
  • Signed Sealed Delivered • Stevie Wonder
  • Sitting on The Dock of the Bay • Otis Redding
  • Son of a Preacher Man • Aretha Franklin
  • Soul Man • Sam and Dave
  • Standing on Shaky Ground • Temptations
  • Sugar Pie Honey Bunch • Four Tops
  • Superstition • Stevie Wonder
  • That’s How Strong My Love Is • Otis Redding
  • These Arms of Mine • Otis Redding
  • This Girl’s In Love With You • Dusty Springfield
  • This is a Man’s World • James Brown
  • Try a Little Tenderness • Otis Redding
  • Unchained Melody • Righteous Brothers
  • Walk the Dog • Rufus Thomas
  • What’s Going On • Marvin Gaye
  • When a Man Loves a Woman • Percy Sledge
  • 60’s/70’s Classic Rock/Pop
  • Ain’t No Sunshine • Bill Withers
  • All My Life • Beatles
  • And I Love Her • Beatles
  • Beginnings • Chicago
  • Black Magic Woman • Santana
  • Brown-Eyed Girl • Van Morrison
  • Build Me Up Buttercup • Foundations
  • Chapel of Love • Dixie Cups
  • Crazy Love • Van Morrison
  • Do Ya Think I’m Sexy • Rod Stewart
  • Drift Away • Doby Gray
  • Fly Like An Eagle • Steve Miller
  • Fool in the Rain • Led Zeppelin
  • Georgia On My Mind • Ray Charles
  • Good Lovin’ • Young Rascals
  • Good Vibrations • Beach Boys
  • Groovin’ • Young Rascals
  • Here Comes the Sun • Beatles
  • Higher Ground • Eric Clapton
  • Imagine • John Lennon
  • In My Life • Beatles
  • Into the Mystic • Van Morrison
  • Just the Way You Are • Billy Joel
  • Kashmir • Led Zeppelin
  • Let It Be • The Beatles
  • Let’s Dance • David Bowie
  • Long Train Running • Doobie Brothers
  • Maria Maria • Santana
  • Miss You • Rolling Stones
  • Oh What a Night • Four Seasons
  • Old Time Rock and Roll • Bob Seger
  • Pretty Woman • Roy Orbison
  • Ride Like the Wind • Christopher Cross
  • Satisfaction • Rolling Stones
  • She’s Always A Woman • Billy Joel
  • Suzie Q • Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Sweet Caroline • Neil Diamond
  • Sweet Home Alabama • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Taking Care of Business • Bachman Turner Overdrive
  • Twist and Shout • Beatles
  • Will it Go Round in Circles • Billy Preston
  • Wonderful Tonight • Eric Clapton
  • Wooly Bully • Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
  • Yesterday • The Beatles
  • You are So Beautiful • Joe Cocker
  • 70’s Funk/Disco
  • Ain’t No Half Steppin’ • Heatwave
  • Always and Forever • Heatwave
  • Bad Girls • Donna Summer
  • Boogie Oogie Oogie • Taste of Honey
  • Brick House • Commodores
  • Bustin’ Loose • Chuck Brown
  • Celebration • Kool and the Gang
  • Easy • Commodores
  • For the Love of Money • O’Jays
  • Get Down On It • Kool and the Gang
  • Get Down Tonight • KC& Sunshine Band
  • Good Times • Chic
  • Hollywood Swinging • Kool and the Gang
  • Holy Ghost • Bar-Kays
  • I Will Survive • Gloria Gaynor
  • I’m Every Woman • Chaka Khan
  • Jungle Boogie • Kool and the Gang
  • Kisses Don’t Lie • Evelyn Champagne King
  • Lady Marmalade • Labelle
  • Last Dance • Donna Summer
  • Let’s Groove Tonight • Earth Wind and Fire
  • Le Freak • Chic
  • Love Roller Coaster • Ohio Players
  • Low Rider • War
  • Mary Jane • Rick James
  • My Boogie Shoes • KC& Sunshine Band
  • Pick up the Pieces • Average White Band
  • Play That Funky Music • Wild Cherry
  • Sail On • Commodores
  • School Boy Crush • Average White Band
  • September • Earth Wind and Fire
  • Sexy Thing (I Believe in Miracles) • Hot Chocolate
  • Shake Your Booty • KC & Sunshine Band
  • She’s A Bad Mama Jama • Carl Carlton
  • Skin Tight • Ohio Players
  • Sweet Thing • Chaka Khan
  • Tell Me Something Good • Rufus and Chaka Khan
  • Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) • Sly and the Family Stone
  • That’s the Way I Like It • KC & Sunshine Band
  • This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) • Natalie Cole
  • We Are Family • Sister Sledge
  • Wishing on a Star • Rose Royce
  • 1999 • Prince
  • All Night Long • Commodores
  • Angel • Anita Baker
  • Bad Boy • Luther Vandross
  • Billie Jean • Michael Jackson
  • Butterflies • Michael Jackson
  • Candy • Cameo
  • Careless Whispers • Wham
  • Caribbean Queen • Billy Ocean
  • Don’t Be Cruel • Bobby Brown
  • Don’t Stop Believing • Journey
  • Fallin’ • Alicia Keys
  • Honey Love • R. Kelly
  • How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore • Alicia Keys
  • Human Nature • Michael Jackson
  • I Can’t Stop Loving You • Michael Jackson
  • If I Ain’t Got You • Alicia Keys
  • Kiss • Prince
  • Kiss of Life • Sade
  • Lady • Kenny Rogers
  • Lady in My Life • Michael Jackson
  • Let’s Go Crazy • Prince
  • Love Shack • B-52s
  • Morris Day and the Time • Jungle Love
  • My Prerogative • Bobby Brown
  • Purple Rain • Prince
  • Rock With You • Michael Jackson
  • Smooth Operator • Sade
  • Step in the Name of Love • R Kelly
  • This Is How We Do It • Montel Jordan
  • Walking on Sunshine • Katrina and the Waves
  • When A Woman Loves • R. Kelly
  • A Couple of Forevers • Ledisi
  • Adorn • Miguel
  • Blurred Lines • Robin Thicke
  • Crazy In Love • Beyonce
  • Cupid Shuffle • Cupid
  • Fool For You • Cee Lo Green
  • Get Lucky • Daft Punk
  • Golden • Jill Scott
  • Happy • Pharrell Williams
  • He Loves Me • Jill Scott
  • Hey Ya • Outkast
  • I Got A Feeling • Black Eye Peas
  • I Like the Way You Move • Outkast
  • I Need to Know • Marc Anthony
  • It’s Love • Jill Scott
  • Just Fine • Mary J. Blige
  • Let’s Get It Started • Black Eye Peas
  • Locked Out of Heaven • Bruno Mars
  • Long Walk • Jill Scott
  • Marry You • Bruno Mars
  • Moves Like Jagger • Maroon Five
  • Natalie • Bruno Mars
  • Raise Your Glass • Pink
  • Sexy Back • Justin Timberlake
  • Single Ladies • Beyonce
  • Suit and Tie • Justin Timberlake
  • Sunday Morning • Maroon Five
  • Treasure • Bruno Mars
  • The Way • Jill Scott
  • Uptown Funk • Bruno Mars
  • Don’t Worry, Be Happy • Bobby McFerrin
  • Get Up, Stand Up • Bob Marley
  • Jammin’ • Bob Marley
  • I Can See Clearly Now • Johnny Nash
  • I Shot the Sheriff • Bob Marley