
Groove Academy
Groove Academy is perfect for corporate events, private parties and wedding receptions, the Groove Academy will keep your guests immersed in a mix of R&B classics from such legends as Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye. Funk classics from Stevie Wonder, LTD, and Sly & the Family Stone; plus, everyone’s dance favorites from Kool & the Gang, Michael Jackson and Earth, Wind & Fire. With an added splash of current Top 40 hits, the Groove Academy will captivate you and your guests with their unmatched repertoire! Groove Academy will also set that romantic mood with well-known jazz standards and the perfect slow songs that will make your event complete. A MUST HAVE for a perfect event, the Groove Academy will customize their show to fit your tastes and needs. These talented professionals are ready to perform for you! Check them out live at Sipango and other clubs throughout the Dallas & Fort Worth area!
Years ago, I learned as social chairman of a major fraternity that the party ain’t going anywhere if the band is weak. This Saturday, the Groove Academy helped make my wife’s birthday party a truly memorable event and the best party many of us had been to in a very, very long time. The song list was perfect and the arrangements were superb. Interaction with the audience was great and helped keep the audience enthusiasm high. If I’d had 100 Groove Academy business cards I could have given them all away.
Don’t know if I mentioned this, but my wife seriously studied music for 11 years. (As you will recall, she was the lady who kept throwing down her crutches so she could get up and dance…despite her broken ankle). She summed up your performance very simply. ‘They were outstanding.’ I think she wants to join the band so she can participate in the fun every week…
Song List
Dance Favorites
Back In Love – L.T.D.
Boogie Shoes – KC & The Sunshine Band
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now – McFadden & Whitehead
Car Wash – Car Wash
Blame It On The Boogie – Jackson 5
Boogie, Oogie, Oogie – A Taste Of Honey
Brick House – Commodores
Celebration – Kool & The Gang
Dancing in the Streets – Martha Reeves
Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
Get Down Tonight – KC & The Sunshine Band
Good Times – Chic
Got To Be Real – Cheryl Lynn
Hey Ya! – OutKast
I Love the Nightlife – Alicia Bridges
I Want Your Love – Chic
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Kiss – Prince
Ladies’ Night – Kool & the Gang
Lady Marmalade – Labelle
Le Freak – Chic
Play that Funky Music – Wild Cherry
Rapper’s Delight – The Sugarhill Gang
September – Earth, Wind & Fire
Shining Star – Earth, Wind & Fire
Staying Alive – Bee Gees
Super Freak – Rick James
Thank You – Sly & The Family Stone
That’s the Way – KC & The Sunshine Band
Walk This Way – Aerosmith / Run DMC
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
You Should Be Dancing – Bee Gees
Jazz / Standards
As Time Goes By – Dooley Wilson
Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
Jump, Jive an’ Wail – Louis Prima
Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin
Misty – Johnny Mathis
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars Getz/Jobim
Route 66 – Nat King Cole
Take 5 – Dave Brubeck
The Girl from Ipanema – Getz/Jobim
The Lady is a Tramp – Frank Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Popular/R&B
All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
Forget Me Nots – Patrice Rushen
Fresh – Kool & the Gang
Game of Love – Santana
Get Ready – Temptations
God Bless the Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
Hella Good – No Doubt
I Can’t Go For That – Hall and Oates
I Feel the Earth Move – Carole King
Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
I Want You – Marvin Gaye
I Want You Back – Jackson 5
I Wish – Stevie Wonder
Just the Two of Us – Bill Withers
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
Long Train Running – Doobie Brothers
Lowdown – Boz Scaggs
Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
Mercy, Mercy Me – Marvin Gaye
New Sensation – INXS
Oye Como Va – Santana
Paradise – Sade
Rock With You – Michael Jackson
Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Spooky – Atlanta Rhythm Section
Super Duper Love – Joss Stone
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Tears of a Clown Smokey Robinson
The Way You Move – OutKast
This Love – Maroon 5
Walking on Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves
What You Won’t Do for Love Bobby Caldwell
What’s Goin’ On – Marvin Gaye
Slow Dance
At Last – Etta James
Cruisin’ – Smokey Robinson
Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
The Look of Love – Burt Bacharach
She – Elvis Costello
Too Hot – Kool & The Gang
Until You Come Back To Me – Aretha Franklin
When a Man Loves a Woman – Percy Sledge
Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton