The Rob Parton Orchestra

SONGLIST

Contemporary Upbeat / Disco

All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
Bad Girls – Donna Summer
Believe – Cher
Best of My Love – Emotions
Boogie Oogie Oogie – A Taste of Honey
Brick House – Commodores
Celebration – Kool and the Gang
Dancing Queen – ABBA
Electric Slide – Marcia Griffith
Game of Love – Branch/Santana
Get the Party Started – Pink
Got To Be Real -
Hot Hot Hot – Buster Poindexter
Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Isn't She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
Jungle Boogie -
Lady Marmalade – Christina Aguilera
Let’s Groove -
Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
Love Shack – B-52s
Mambo #5 -
Oh What a Night (Dec. 1963) – Four Seasons
Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
September/Sing a Song – Earth Wind & Fire
She’s A Beauty – Tubes
She Drive’s Me Crazu – Fine Young Cannibals
Smooth – Santana
Stay (Wasting Time) – Dave Matthews
The Way -
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
Would I Lie To You - Eurythmics
YMCA – Village People

Contemporary Ballads

All I Ask of You (Phantom) – Streisand
Always and Forever – Heatwave
A Whole New World – Alladin Theme
Back At One – Brian McNight
Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
Breathe – Faith Hill
Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Lion King)– Elton John
Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
Cruisin – Huey Lewis & Gweneth Paltrow
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
From This Moment – Shania Twain
I Hope You Dance – Leann Rimes
I’ll Always Love You – Taylor Dayne
Into The Mystic – Van Morrison
I’m Your Angel – R Kelly
I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan
My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) – Celine Dion
That's What Friends Are For – Warwick
There You’ll Be – Faith Hill
Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
When I Fall in Love – Celine Dion
When You Say Nothing at All – Ronan
Keating (Notting Hill)
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton

Rock & Roll / Motown

Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Dancing in the Street – Martha and the
Vandellas
Domino – Van Morrison
Everyday People
I Can't Help Falling in Love/Fools Rush In– Elvis
I Can't Help Myself – Four Tops
I Feel Good – James Brown
I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
I Wish – Stevie Wonder
Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley
Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet
Midnight Hour- Wilson Picket
Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
My Girl – Temptations
Old Time Rock & Roll – Bob Seger
Rescue Me – Fontella Bass
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Rock & Roll Music – Chuck Berry
Saturday Night’s Alright – Elton John
Shout – Blues Brothers
Soul Man – Blues Brothers
Stand By Me – Ben E King
Sweet Home Chicago – Blues Brothers
Takin’ Care of Business - BTO
Think – Aretha Franklin
Twist and Shout – Beatles
Twist Medley – Chubby Checker
Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
Under the Boardwalk – Drifters
What I Like About You - Romantics

Swing

A Train – Duke Ellington
All of Me – Sarah Vaughan
All the Way – Frank Sinatra
Chicago – Frank Sinatra
Come Fly With Me – Frank Sinatra
Don't Get Around Much – Duke Ellington
Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
In the Mood – Glenn Miller
Jump, Jive & Wail – Brian Setzer (Louis Prima)
Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin
My Kind of Town – Frank Sinatra
New York, New York – Frank Sinatra/ Liza Mannelli
Night and Day – Frank Sinatra
Night Train – Harry James
Our Love is Here to Stay – Natalie Cole
Route 66 – Natalie Cole
Satin Doll – Duke Ellington
Sentimental Journey – Tommy Dorsey
Shiny Stockings – Count Basie
Sing Sing Sing – Benny Goodman
String of Pearls – Glenn Miller
Summer Wind – Frank Sinatra
Tuxedo Junction – Glenn Miller
Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
Woodchoppers Ball – Woody Herman

Country

Could I Have This Dance – Anne Murray
Crazy – Patsy Cline
Forever and Ever, Amen – Randy Travis
Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
Something To Talk About – Bonnie Raitt
You're Still the One – Shania Twain

Adult Contemporary

Affirmation – George Benson
Breezin – George Benson
Copacabana – Barry Manilow
Europa – Gato Barbieri
Feel Like Making Love – Roberta Flack
Forever in Love – Kenny G
In My Life – Beatles
I Saw The Light – Todd Rundgren
Isn’t She Loveley – Steve Wonder
It’s You – David Sanborn
James – Pat Metheny
Just Me & You – Richard Elliott
Just the Two of Us – Bill Withers
Moondance – Van Morrison
Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel
Mornin’ – Al Jareau
Songbird – Kenny G
Saturday In The Park – Chicago
Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
Think of Me-Phantom
This Masquerade – George Benson
You’ve Got A Friend – James Taylor
You Are The Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
Wave - Jobim

Standards Ballads

All the Way – Frank Sinatra
As Time Goes By – Casa Blanca
At Last – Etta James
Embraceable You – Gershwin
Georgia – Ray Charles
Getting Sentimental Over You – Tommy
Dorsey
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Isn't It Romantic
It Had to Be You
Just the Way You Are – Billy Joel
Misty – Johnny Mathis
Moonlight Serenade – Glenn Miller
My Romance – Traditional
Nearness of You
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Someone to Watch Over Me – Gershwin
Star Dust –Natalie Cole
That's All
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

LATIN

Besame Mucho
Girl From Ipanema (Bossa)
More (Rhumba)
Never on Sunday (Cha Cha)
Shadow of Your Smile (Bossa)
Spanish Eyes (Rhumba)
Tea for Two (Cha Cha)
Waltz
Anniversary Song
Could I Have This Dance – Anne Murray
Daddy's Little Girl
Edelwiess – Sound of Music
Fascination
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Moon River

Ethnic Music

JEWISH

Bashana Do-di-li
Hava Nagilah
Hevenu Shalom Alehem
Mayim-Mayim
Miserlou
Ode Yishama
Shibolet
Siman Tov Mazel Tov
Simka Dance
Sunrise Sunset - Fiddler on the Roof
To Life - Fiddler on the Roof
Tzena-Tzena

ITALIAN

Al-di-la
Botch-A-Me
Mala Femmena
Mambo Italiano
Tarantella
Italian National Anthem

IRISH

Danny Boy
My Wild Irish Rose
When Irish Eyes are Smiling

POLKAS

Beer Barrel Polka
In Heaven There Ain't No Beer

GREEK

Although we don't perform authentic Greek music, we are happy to playGreek Cds during breaks.

1st DANCE SUGGESTIONS

All The Way
At Last
Because You Loved Me
Dream A Little Dream
From This Moment
I Finally Found Someone
I Love You Truly
Looking Through You Eyes
L-O-V-E
Our Love Is Here To Stay
The Way You Look Tonight
You Are The Sunshine of My Life
Your Song (Elton John)
Songbird (Fleetwood Mac)
Unforgettable
When I Fall In Love
When You Say Nothing At All
You’re The Inspiration

FATHER/DAUGHTER IDEAS

Butterfly Kisses
Daddy’s Little Girl
Dream A Little Dream
L-O-V-E
Unforgettable
The Way You Look Tonight
You Are The Sunshine of My Life

Feel free to E-mail us with questions!

Please give us the date you are inquiring about so we can check availability!

To get a demo CD email us with your date along with your address, phone number and of course your email address.

For price quotes and promo pack/demo-tapes call or email Kristy at:

Kristy@rparton.com

(708) 763-8822 Phone
(708) 763-8832 Fax

Rob Parton is an Associate Professor of Trumpet and Chairman of Jazz Studies for the Chicago College of Performing Arts of Roosevelt University

Roosevelt University Office (312) 341-3618 - Home Office (708) 763-8822

Home Fax (708) 763-8832 Cell (312) 446-0062

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