You can click one of these to go directly to that list of songs:
Rock and Pop Dance Music 1950’s - 1970’s Classic Rock Disco / 1970’s
Motown / R & B / Funk Swing / Big Band Classic ‘Society’ Music
Jazz & Smooth Jazz New Orleans Dixieland / Cajun Latin Music
Reggae and Calypso International Music Dinner Music
ALL THE SOUND CLIPS

Perry Rossi Band
Dance Music and Sound Samples
Most events bring people together from different backgrounds with varying tastes in music, so we’ve found that offering a wide mix of styles creates the most exciting evening.


A Few Sample Songs from our Extensive Song List
and speckled with audio clips you can click on to hear.

Rock and Pop Dance Music from the ‘80’s to today:

“...the continuous energy
these men can entertain
with is unbelievable...
... an exciting and fun,
driving dance beat.”

THE SONGS OF:
Van Morrison - Crazy Love • Brown Eyed Girl • Jackie Wilson Said
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction • Honky Tonk Woman • Brown Sugar
Santana - Smooth • Oye Como Va • Evil Ways
Jimmy Buffett - Fins • Cheeseburger in Paradise • Margaritaville
Paul Simon - Late in the Evening • You Can Call Me Al
PLUS .... John Mayer
Sheryl Crow
Springsteen
OutKast
Counting Crows
Dave Matthews
Blues Traveler
Jewel
Billy Joel
Eric Clapton
and many many more....

And featuring fun dance hits like:
Something to Talk About - Bonnie Raitt
Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
Love Shack - B-52’s
What I Like About You - The Ramones
We’ll Be Together Tonight - Sting

Click to hear Audio Samples: (These clips should play as you click them. If not, they could be downloaded then played.)

Brown Eyed Girl (1.6 Mb): PLAY

Late in the Evening (1.6 Mb): coming soon

Wild Night (1.6 Mb): coming soon


1950’s thru 1970’s “Classic Rock ‘n Roll”

The Music of:
ELVIS • THE BEATLES • JERRY LEE LEWIS • CHUCK BERRY • 3-DOG NIGHT • BEACH BOYS • LITTLE RICHARD • FATS DOMINO • BILL HALEY

Great Dance Favorites:
Shout • Pretty Woman • Twist and Shout • Whole Lotta Shakin’ • Stand By Me
One Fine Day • Bad Case of Lovin’ You • Wipe Out • Build Me Up Buttercup
Louie Louie • Joy to the World (Jeremiah was a Bullfrog) • Born to Be Wild

Disco / 1970’s

Donna Summer - Hot Stuff • Last Dance
KC & Sunshine Band - That’s The Way I Like It • Get Down Tonight • Shake Your Booty •
Barry White - You’re My Everything • Can’t Get Enough of Your Love
Bee Gees - Stayin’ Alive • You Should Be Dancin’
Jackson Five - I Want You Back • A,B,C, 1,2,3 •
Earth, Wind & Fire - September • Boogie Wonderland • Sing a Song • Got to Get You Into My Life
... and many more 70’s dance tunes, including:
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Copacabana - Barry Manilow Play audio sample: PLAY
Dancing Queen - ABBA
Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Disco Inferno
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Oh What a Night (December 1963)
Brick House - The Commodores Brick House audio sample. PLAY

Motown / Rhythm & Blues / Funk

Gimme Some Lovin’ • Midnight Hour • Knock on Wood • Mustang Sally • Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay • Under the Boardwalk • Shotgun • Soul Man ... to name a few. Play Midnight Hour / Mustang Sally medley: PLAY

...these classic soul hits are always popular with any dancing crowd.

And some more favorite artists who’s songs we love to play...

Marvin Gaye - What’s Goin’ On • I Heard it Through the Grapevine • Mercy Mercy Me • What’s Goin On
James Brown - I Feel Good • Sex Machine • Tighten Up
Stevie Wonder - Superstition ª My Cherie Amour • Signed Sealed Delivered • For Once in my Life • I Wish •
Stevie Ray Vaughn - High Heeled Sneakers • Pride and Joy
Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
Aretha Franklin - Respect • Freeway of Love • Pink Cadillac Play Respect audio sample: PLAY
Rick James - Superfreak • Give it To Me Baby

... and don’t forget about ...

The Temptations, Sam Cooke, The Supremes, Robben Ford, Al Jarreau, Blues Brothers, Chaka Khan, Tower of Power,
Play My Girl audio sample: PLAY

Swing / Big Band

The romantic and sophisticated sound of the 30’s and 40’s
brought us timeless love songs
and fun swing dancing.
One of Perry’s vocal specialties is truly capturing the style and sound of the great vocal masters like Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Bobby Darin, Tony Bennett.

Just a Few Songs from our extensive Swing and Big Band Era songlist:

FRANK SINATRA - The Way You Look Tonight • Witchcraft • The Summer Wind • All I Need is the Girl • Fly Me To The Moon • The Best is Yet to Come
NAT KING COLE - Unforgettable • L.O.V.E. • Walkin’ My Baby Back Home • I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
BOBBY DARIN - More • Mack the Knife •
HARRY CONNICK, Jr. - It Had To Be You • A Wink and a Smile • Our Love is Here to Stay •
TONY BENNETT - San Francisco • Just In Time • Taking a Chance on Love
ELLA FITZGERALD and LOUIS ARMSTRONG - Cheek to Cheek • I’ll Take Manhattan • Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
ETTA JAMES - At Last • Georgia • My Baby Just Cares for Me
... and many many more vocal and instrumental hits of this era from bands like Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Erskine Hawkins, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, etc:
In the Mood
String of Pearls
Moonlight Serenade
Memories of You
Moonlight in Vermont
Sentimental Over You
Opus One
Mood Indigo
Tuxedo Junction
Sentimental Journey
Begin the Beguine
Sing Sing Sing
You Made Me Love You
Moonglow
I Can’t Get Started
Take the “A” Train
Jump, Jive and Wail

Classic ‘Society’ Music
Characterized by their happy upbeat dance tempo, these are the hit songs of the Broadway Shows and Classic Film written by the most prolific American Songbook composers such as Rogers and Hart, Vernon Duke, Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Gershwin, Berlin, etc.

Just One of Those Things
Mountain Greenery
Put on a Happy Face
Anything Goes
Small Hotel
Lady is a Tramp
Fascinating Rhythm
S’Wonderful
You Do Something to Me
Zing Went the Strings of my Heart
Crazy Rhythm
I Won’t Dance
The Continental
Dancing on the Ceiling
I Get a Kick Out of You
It’s All Right With Me
Music of the Night (from Phantom)
All I Ask of You (from Phantom)
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Puttin’ on the Ritz
West Side Story
My Fair Lady
…and many, many more.

Jazz & Smooth Jazz
Take Five - Dave Brubeck
All Blues - Miles Davis
Spain - Chick Corea
Winelight - Grover Washington, Jr.
On Green Dolphin Street
“Benny’s” from Heaven - Eddie Jefferson
Sophisticated Lady - Ellington
Laura - Charlie Parker
How High the Moon - Dizzy Gillespie
My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
West Coast Blues - Wes Montgomery
St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins
Cold Duck Time - John Scofield
Salt Song - Stanley Turrentine
A Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
…and many, many more.


New Orleans Dixieland / Cajun
Way Back Home in Indiana St. Louis Blues
Alexander’s Ragtime Band The Birth of the Blues
Sweet Georgia Brown Up a Lazy River with Me
Tiger Rag Basin Street Blues
That’s a Plenty Jazz Me Blues
12th Street Rag Someday You’ll Be Sorry
Honeysuckle Rose Struttin’ with Some Barbecue
Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Washington and Lee South
Big Chief Aiko Aiko

LATIN MUSIC

Brazilian / Samba, Bossa Nova, Rhumba, Salsa
...and other classic Ballroom Latin styles like: Cha Cha, Bolero, Merengue, Tango, Salsa.

(See our printed songlist booklet for lists of these songs)

Through Perry’s great appreciation for Brazilian Jazz, people love to hear him sing in the authentic Portuguese of these well known hits of the genre:
PLAY Desafinado audio sample (featuring Perry on vocals and Alto Sax)
Triste
Girl from Ipanema
Desafinado
So Danco Samba
Corcovado
Besamé Mucho
Vivo Sohando
Abrazzame

Reggae and Calypso (Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Harry Belafonte, etc)
Stir It Up Hot Hot Hot
Wait in Vain I Go To Rio
No Woman, No Cry Yellow Bird
Jammin’ Kingston Town
Is This Love? MaryAnne
One Love Three Little Birds
Have a Heart Shaker Song
Master Blaster St. Thomas
The Harder They Come Black Orpheus

We also perform INTERNATIONAL MUSIC upon special request, such as:
Irish, Polish, Jewish/Klesmer, Italian, Greek, French and Portuguese.
(See our printed songlist booklet for lists of these songs)

Note that our repertoire extends well beyond this sampler of tunes, and even well beyond our songlist booklet, since it would be difficult to publish our complete list of almost 2000 songs.

Dinner Music:
For cocktail hour, dinner, or any other time requiring background music, Perry Rossi Orchestras plays an assortment of selections from most of our style categories in this booklet. You and your guests will appreciate the musicians’ sensitivity in providing the appropriate musical mood to complement the atmosphere. An interesting mix and never too loud.

ALL THE SOUND CLIPS:
These are full demo-length clips (about 1.5 min each) which should play as you click them.
Please call us for a free full length demo CD!!

POP DANCE MUSIC:
PLAY Brown Eyed Girl U Late in the Evening (coming soon)... U Wild Night (coming soon)...
PLAY If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (coming soon) PLAY Addicted to Love PLAY The Heart of Rock and Roll


SWING MUSIC:
U Taking a Chance on Love... U This Can’t Be Love... U Witchcraft... U Straighten Up and Fly Right... U Unforgettable (male / female duet and featuring Perry on Alto Sax)

CLASSIC ROCK AND FUNK:

U Respect... U Midnight Hour/Mustang Sally... U My Girl / Knock On Wood


BIG BAND STYLE:
U In the Mood... U Cole Porter Medley...


and LATIN...
U Copacabana PLAY St. Thomas PLAY Desafinado


DIXIELAND...
U Alexander’s Ragtime Band


JAZZ...
SOME SAMPLE TRACKS FROM THE ALBUM: “Offspring”, Perry Rossi Sextet
PLAY Blue Monk
PLAY Let’s Get Lost (featuring Perry playing ALL instruments except trumpet solo)
PLAY Love For Sale

...please call us... we’ll be happy to check Perry’s availability for your special event, and mail you a free package including full length sample CD, photos, and an eight-page sample songlist.