Doppelganger

Professional Bands, DJs, and Musicians for Weddings, Corporate Events & Private Parties in Houston.

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Doppelganger

Doppelganger stands as Houston’s premier wedding and events band, offering an unparalleled combination of musical excellence, technical precision, and bespoke entertainment. This nine-piece ensemble, renowned for its dynamic performances and professional approach, blends decades of individual expertise into a seamless and unforgettable live music experience. Anchored by a masterfully skilled rhythm section, energetic horn players, and two exceptional vocalists, the band delivers a range of genres expertly tailored to elevate any event. Complemented by state-of-the-art sound and lighting production, Doppelganger’s offerings are designed to bring vibrancy and sophistication to weddings, corporate gatherings, galas, and a variety of themed parties, ensuring every celebration is truly extraordinary.

Established in 1969 by trombonist Dave Vandiver, Doppelganger began its musical legacy with performances at Houston’s Astroworld, initially focusing on Tijuana Brass arrangements. Over the decades, the band has evolved into a Texas icon, performing over 80 shows annually and gracing prestigious events like President George W. Bush’s second inaugural ball. Featuring musicians hailing from across the country, each contributing decades of experience, Doppelganger delivers an authentic, polished sound that has captivated audiences from Texarkana to Cancun. Their dedication to excellence, versatility in event customization, and consistent monthly performances at the storied Sambuca Restaurant make Doppelganger a trusted choice for those seeking exceptional live entertainment for their milestone events.

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Song List

Suggested First Dance Songs

  • After All
    Al Jarreau
  • Always and Forever
    Heat Wave
  • Change the World
    Eric Clapton
  • Crazy
    Patsy Cline
  • Delerio‘
    Louis Miguel
  • Have I Told You Lately
    Stewart/Morrison
  • I Could Write a Book
    Harry Connick Jr.
  • I Do
    Mark Wills & 98 Degrees
  • If You Don’t Know Me By Now
    Simply Red
  • It Had to Be You
    Harry Connick Jr.
  • Just The Way You Are
    Billy Joe
  • Let’s Stay Together
    Al Green
  • L-O-V-E
    Nat King Cole
  • My Girl
    Temptaions
  • Sin Ti
    Louis Miguel
  • Teach Me Tonight
    Al Jarreau
  • Truly
    Lionel Richy
  • Unchained Melody
    Righteous Brothers.
  • Unforgettable
    Nat King Cole
  • The Very Thought Of You
    Steve Tyrell
  • The Way You Look Tonight
    Frank Sinatra
  • We’re In This Love Together.
    Al Jarreau
  • When I Fall In Love
    Nat King Cole
  • Wonderful Tonight
    Eric Clapton
  • Because You Love Me
    Celine Dion
  • Crazy Love
    Van Morrison
  • Fallen
    Lauren Wood
  • I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You
    Elvis Presly
  • When Love Finds You
    Vince Gill
  • Wind Beneath My Wings
    Bette Middler

UP Tempo Pop & Oldies / Partial Song List

  • I’m Every Women
    Whitney Houston
  • Last Dance
    Donna Summer
  • Late In The Evening
    Paul Simon
  • Lady Marmalade
    Patti LaBelle
  • My Girl
    Temptations
  • You Can Call Me Al
    Paul Simon
  • Brown Eyed Girl
    Van Morrison
  • Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
    The Temptations
  • Chain Of Fools
    Aretha Franklin
  • I’ll Be Around
    Spinners
  • Does Anybody Really Know
    Chicago
  • Good Lovin
    Rascals
  • I Heard It Thru The Grapevine
    Marvin Gaye
  • I Feel Good
    James Brown
  • Fire
    Ohio Players
  • YMCA
    Village People
  • Start Me Up
    Rolling Stones
  • Louie Louie
    The     Kingsmen
  • Midnight Hour
    Wilson Pickett
  • Mustang Sally
    Wilson Pickett
  • Peg
    Steely Dan
  • Pretty Women
    Roy Orbison
  • Proud Mary
    Tina Turner
  • Respect
    Aretha Franklin
  • September
    Earth Wind & Fire
  • Soul Man
    Sam & Dave
  • Twist & Shout
    The Beatles
  • Brick House
    Commodores
  • Freak Out
    Chi
  • Disco Inferno
    Tramps
  • Bad Girl
    Donna Summer
  • Give Me One Reason
    Tracy Chapman
  • Honky Tonk Women
    Rolling Stones
  • Born To Be Wild
    Steppen Wolf
  • I Will Survive
    Gloria Gaynor
  • We Are Family
    Sister Sledge
  • Rescue Me
    Fontella Bass
  • Let’s Groove Tonight
    Earth Wind & Fire
  • That’s The Way I Like It
    KC
  • Old Time Rock N Roll
    Bob Seger
  • Tequila’
    Champs
  • Pick Up The Pieces
    Average White Band
  • Get Down Tonight
    KC
  • Saturday In The Park
    Chicago
  • I Need To Know
    Mark Anthony
  • Smooth
    Santan
  • Superstition & I Wish
    Stevie Wonder
  • Boogie Oogie Oogie
    Taste Of Honey
  • What Is Hip
    Tower Of Power
  • Give It To Me (Baby)
    Rick James

Country / Western

  • Ace In the Hole
    Brooks & Dunn
  • Crazy
    Patsy Cline
  • Amarillo By Morning
    George Strait
  • Boot , Scootin Boogie
    Brooks & Dunn
  • From This Moment
    Shania Twain
  • Today I Started Lovin You Again
    Merle     Hagard
  • When Love Finds You
    Vince Gill
  • NeonMoon
    Brooks & DunnI
  • Do (Cherish You)
    Mark Wills
  • One More Last Chance
    Vince Gill
  • Forever & Ever Amen
    Randy Travis

Ballads/ Easy Listening

  • Every Breath You Take
    Police
  • Just You & Me
    Chicago
  • Fallin‘
    Lauren Wood
  • Hero
    Mariah Carey
  • Let’s Stay Together
    Tina Turner
  • Truly
    Lionel Richey
  • After All.
    Al Jarreau
  • Europa
    Carlos Santana
  • If You Don’t Know Me By Now
    Simply Red
  • Lady In Red
    Chris De Burgh
  • Since I Fell
    Bob James & Sanborn
  • Sleepwalk
    Larry Carlton
  • Unchained Melody
    Righteous Brothers
  • We’re In This Love Together
    Al Jarreau
  • Wind Beneath My Wings
    Bette     Middler
  • Because You Loved Me
    Celene Dion
  • Have I Told You Lately
    Van Morrison
  • Nights In White Satin
    Moody Blues
  • Wonderful Tonight
    Eric Clapton
  • Change The World
    Eric Clapton
  • This Masquerade
    George Benson
  • Unforgettable
    Nat King Cole
  • Purple Rain
    Prin

Standard / Swing / Variety

  • Bill Bailey
    Hughie Cannon
  • Charleston
    Cecil, Mack & Jimmy Johnson
  • Sweet Georgia Brown
    Ben Bernie
  • Just The Way You Look Tonight
    Frank Sinatra
  • Fly Me To The Moon
    Frank Sinatra
  • In the Mood
    Glenn Miller
  • Kansas City
    Wilbert Harrison
  • Take The “A” Train
    Duke Ellington
  • Tuxedo Junction
    Glenn Miller
  • Do Nothing Till You Hear From
    Ellington
  • The Very Thought Of You
    Steve Tyrell
  • L-O-V-E
    Nat King Cole

Jazz Latin

  • If I Could Write A Book
    Harry     Conick Jr.
  • Spell Bound
    Joe Sample
  • Blue Bossa
    Standard
  • Breezin’
    George Benson
  • Bubble Shuffle
    Larry Carlton
  • Killer Joe
    Beeny Golson
  • Minute By Minute
    Larry Carlton
  • Moliendo Café’(Grinding Cofffee)
    Sergio Mendes
  • Delerio
    Louis Miquel
  • Girl From Ipanema
    Antonio     Jobim
  • Jugo
    De Pina
  • Route 66”
    Natalie Cole
  • Sin Ti’
    Louis Miguel

Jewish Melodies

  • Hava NagilaAm Yisrael Chai
  • Ose Shalom
  • Siman tTov
  • Chosn Kalah Mazel Tov

Fun Tropical Favorites

  • Brown Eyed Girl
    Great Sing-A-Long!
  • Margaritaville
    Sing & Dance Along!
  • Volcano
     Complete With Conga Line!
  • The Limbo
    Get That Limbo Line Started!
  • Fins!
    To The Left!!
  • Cheeseburger In Paradise!
  • One Particular Harbor!
  • Come Monday
    All Dance!
  • Pirate Looks At 40
    Mother     Mother Ocean

Classic Dance Hits

  • Dock Of The Bay
  • Mustang Sally
  • Play That Funky Music
  • Brick House
  • Unchained Melody
  • Stand By Me
  • Sweet Home Alabama
  • Blue Suede Shoes
  • Wonderful Tonight
  • Old Time Rock & Roll

Latin Style

  • Black Magic Woman
  • Smooth
  • Oye Como Va
  • La Bamba

Country

  • Amarillo By Morning
  • My Maria
  • Fast As You
  • Five O Clock Somewhere
  • Silver Wings
  • Third Rate Romance
  • Neon Moon
  • God Blessed The Broken Road
  • Makin’ Memories Of Us

Standards

  • Fly Me To The Moon
  • Our Love Is Here To Stay
  • Ain’t Misbehavin
  • Take The A Train
  • Satin Doll
  • Caravan
  • Stormy Weather
  • Lullaby of Birdland
  • Stella By Starlight
  • Wave
  • The Girl From Ipanema
  • This Masquerde
  • L.O.V.E.
  • Cheek To Cheek
  • Georgia On My Mind
  • Jordu
  • Agua De Beber
  • All Blue
  • A Night In Tunisia
  • Autumn Leaves
  • Benny’s From Heaven
  • Pennies From Heaven
  • Body and Soul
  • Comin’ Home Baby
  • Everyday I Have The Blues
  • Green Dolphin Street
  • Linus and Lucy
  • Manha De Carnivale
  • Mercy Mercy Mercy
  • Moonlight In Vermont
  • My Romance
  • New York Stat Of Mind
  • Red Red Robin
  • Come Fly With Me
  • Round Midnight
  • Someone To Watch Over Me
  • In A Sentimental Mood
  • Song For My Father
  • o What
  • Spooky
  • Take Five
  • Tenderly
  • There Is No Greater Love
  • Tico Tico
  • Up Jumped Spring
  • When Sunny Gets Blue
  • All Of Me
  • All Right Okay You Win
  • Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
  • Danny Boy
  • Lazy River
  • Corcovado
  • Summertime

Soft Rock

  • Fire and Rain
  • Daniel
  • Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
  • Across The Universe
  • Here Comes The Sun
  • Blackbird
  • All Good People
  • Fool On The Hill
  • Samba Pa Ti
  • That’s The Way Of The World
  • What’s Going On?
  • World Turning
  • The Boxer
  • Cowgirl In The Sand
  • Everybody’s Talkin’
  • Helplessly Hoping
  • Landslide
  • Scarborough Fair
  • Something

Dance Music

  • Mustang Sally
  • Brick House
  • Go Home
  • You Can Call Me Al
  • Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
  • Shining Star
  • Trouble Man
  • Baby I Love You
  • Chain of Fools
  • Domino
  • Brown Eyed Girl
  • Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing
  • Fire
  • For The Love Of You
  • Get Here
  • Give Up The Funk
  • I Wish
  • I Shot The Sheriff
  • Superstition
  • Love The One You’re With
  • Oye Como Va
  • Respect
  • Tell Me Something Good
  • Three Little Birds
  • Waiting In Vain
  • No Woman No Cry
  • Only You
  • Human Nature
  • Just The Two Of Us
  • Jammin’
  • What Is Hip?
  • Johnny B. Goode
  • Start Me Up
  • Jumpin’ Jack Flash
  • Never Can Tell
  • The Chicken

  • No Woman No Cry
    Bob Marley
  • Stir It Up
    Bob Marley
  • Waiting In Vain
    Bob Marley
  • Exodus
    Bob Marley
  • Get Up, Stand Up
    Bob Marley
  • Jammin
    Bob Marley
  • The Heathen
    Bob Marley
  • I Shot Sheriff
    Bob Marley
  • War
    Bob Marley
  • Could You Be Loved
    Bob Marley
  • Lively Up Yourself
    Bob Marley
  • Redemption Song
    Bob Marley
  • Layla
    Eric Clapton
  • Jeruselem
    Alfa Blondie
  • If Jah
    Tony Rebel
  • My Girl
    Smokey Robinson
  • Never Dis A Man
    Tony Rebel
  • Rally Round The Flag
    Steel Pulse
  • Mr. Dj
    Steel Pulse
  • Chant A Psalm
    Steel Pulse
  • Roller Skates
    Steel Pulse
  • Master Blaster
    Stevie Wonder
  • Sir Duke
    Stevie Wonder
  • Superstition
    Stevie Wonder
  • Brick House
    Commodores
  • Sexual Healing
    Marvin Gaye
  • People Say
  • The Meters
  • Sissy Strut
    The Meters
  • Funky Good Time
    James Brown
  • Slippin Into Darkness
    War

Originals

  • Sunshine
  • Fiesta
  • Jah Is The Answer
  • As U Believe
  • Canella
  • Kongo Binghi Eye
  • Jah Light
  • Ojo Gbogbo
  • Les Bon Ton Roule
  • Zumbi Viva
  • Our Word
  • Divine Guidance And Protection
  • Funga
  • No Good
  • Generations
  • Our World (Dub)
  • Party Song
  • Saqusa
  • Solo So

  • All Day And All Of The Night
  • Alright Now
  • Baker Street
  • Bits And Pieces
  • Black Magic Woman
  • Boot Scootin‘ Boogie
  • Brick House
  • Brown Eyed Girl
  • Brown Sugar
  • California Dreamin‘
  • Can’t Help Myself
  • Celebration
  • Cheeseburger in Paradise
  • Cry
  • Dancin‘ In The Streets
  • Devil With The Blue Dress
  • Do You Love Me
  • Dock Of The Bay
  • Doctor My Eyes
  • Does Anybody Know What Time It Is
  • Domino
  • Don’t Deny Me
  • Don’t You Care
  • Fa, Fa, Fa
    The Sad Song
  • Fly Me To The Moon
  • Georgia
  • Get Down Tonight
  • Gimme Some Lovin’
  • Giving It Up For Your Love
  • Glad All Over
  • God Bless The Child
  • Great Balls Of Fire
  • Happy Together
  • Hard Day’s Night
  • Help Me Rhonda
  • Hey Baby
  • Hold On – I’m Comin’
  • Honky Tonk Women
  • Hot Fun in the Summertime
  • Hot, Hot, Hot
  • How Sweet It Is
  • Hungry Heart
  • I Feel Good
  • In The Mood
  • It Had To Be You
  • It’s All Been Done
  • It’s Alright
  • It’s Not Unusual
  • I’ve Got You Under My Skin
  • Jump, Jive and Wail
  • Jumpin‘ Jack Flash
  • Kind Of A Drag
  • Kokomo
  • La Bamba
  • La Grange
  • Lady Is A Tramp
  • Lady Madonna
  • Last Date
  • Leave Your Hat On
  • Let It Roll
  • Let The Good Times Roll
  • Let’s Stay Together
  • Margaritaville
  • Midnight Confessions
  • Mony Mony
  • Moondance
  • Moon River
  • Mr. Pitiful
  • Mustang Sally
  • My Girl
  • My Sweet Lord
  • Never Can Tell – Se La Vie
  • New York, New York
  • Nothin’ From Nothin’
  • Oh Boy
  • Oh Pretty Woman
  • Old Time Rock And Roll
  • Ol‘ 55
  • One Night With You
  • Penny Lane
  • Pinball Wizard
  • Play that Funky Music White Boy
  • Proud Mary
  • Pussycat, Pussycat
  • Reach Out
  • Roll With It
  • Rosanna
  • Route 66
  • Satisfaction
  • Saturday In The Park
  • Saturday’s Alright for Fightin‘
  • Sea Cruise
  • September
  • Sleep Walk
  • Smooth
  • Soul Man
  • Spinning Wheel
  • Stand By Me
  • Surfin‘ U.S.A.
  • Shout
  • Soul Man
  • Southern Nights
  • So Very Hard To Go
  • Summer Wind
  • Sweet Home Alabama
  • Sweet Home Chicago
  • Take Me To The River
  • Takin’ Care of Business
  • Temptation Eyes
  • Town Without Pity
  • The Way You Look Tonight
  • The Great Pretender
  • The Letter
  • This House is Rockin
  • True Love Ways
  • Try A Little Tenderness
  • Unchained Melody
  • Unchain My Heart
  • Walk Away Renee
  • What A Wonderful World
  • When A Man Loves A Woman
  • Whiter Shade Of Pale
  • Whole Lotta Shakin‘ Goin’ On
  • Wild Thing
  • Wooly Bully
  • You Can’t Do That
  • You Don’t Know Me
  • You Really Got Me
  • You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
  • Y.M.C.A.
  • Let the good times roll
  • what becomes of the broken hearted
  • baker street
  • sweet caroline
  • solitary man
  • hurts so good
  • this love vehicle
  • who’s your daddy
  • tumblin‘ dice
  • magical mystery tour
  • back in the ussr
  • easy
  • let’s stay together

Classics

  • Oh, Pretty Woman
    Roy Orbison
  • Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
    Frankie Valli
  • Dock of the Bay
    Otis Redding
  • Let’s Stay Together
    Rev. Al Green
  • Great Balls of Fire
    Jerry Lee Lewis
  • Can’t Help Falling In Love
  • Suspicious Minds / Blue Suede Shoes
  • Little Sister
    Elvis Presley
  • The Last Time / Honky Tonk Women
  • Under My Thumb / Brown Sugar
  • Satisfaction
    Rolling Stones
  • And I Love Her / Something
  • Till There Was You / Saw Her Standing There
    Beatles
  • My Girl / Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
  • Just My Imagination
    Temptations
  • Moondance / Brown Eyed Girl
  • Domino / Gloria
    Van Morrison
  • Long Cool Woman
    The Hollies
  • You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling / Unchained Melody
    Righteous Brothers
  • Light My Fire
    Doors
  • Tears of a Clown / Tracks of My Tears
    Smokey Robinson
  • Tighten Up
    Archie Bell & The     Drells
  • Brandy
    Looking Glass
  • Shout / Twist and Shout / It’s Your Thing
    Isley Brothers
  • Mustang Sally / Midnight Hour / Funky Broadway
  • Land of 1000 Dances
    Wilson Pickett
  • La Bamba – Richie Valens
  • How Sweet It Is/ What’s Going On
    Marvin Gaye
  • I Got You (I Feel Good)/ Sex Machine
    James Brown
  • Proud Mary (Rollin on the River)
    Creedence Clearwater
  • Stand By Me
    Ben E. King
  • You Never Can Tell / Rock & Roll Music
  • Johnny B. Goode / Memphis
    Chuck Berry
  • Rock Around the Clock
    Bill Haley & the Comets
  • Magic Carpet Ride / Born to Be Wild
    Steppenwolf
  • Sleepwalk
    Santo & Johnny
  • Spooky
    Classics V
  • Tequila
    Champs
  • Secret Agent Man
    Johnny Rivers
  • Locomotion
    Grand Funk Railroad
  • Good Lovin
    Young Rascals
  • Tell It Like it Is
    Neville Bros.
  • To Love Somebody
    Bee Gees
  • The Weight
    The Band
  • So Happy Together
    Turtles
  • Daydream Believer
    Monkees
  • Sweet Caroline
    Neil Diamond
  • All Day and All of the Night / You Really Got Me
    Kinks
  • Wonderful Tonight
    Eric Clapton
  • American Girl
    Tom Petty
  • You Shook Me All Night Long
    AC/DC
  • Walk on the Wild Side
    Lou Reed
  • Soul Man / Hold on I’m Coming
    Sam and Dave
  • You Are So Beautiful
    Joe Cocker
  • What’d I Say?
    Ray Charles
  • The Letter
    Box Tops
  • Little Bit o’ Soul
    Music Explosion
  • Like A Rolling Stone / Rainy Day Women
    Bob Dylan

Jazz Standards

  • What a Wonderful World / All of Me
    Louis Armstrong
  • Take Five
    Dave Brubeck
  • Linus & Lucy
    Vince Guaraldi
  • In the Mood
    Glenn Miller
  • Moon River
    Mancini
  • Girl From Ipanema
    Getz/Gilberto
  • At Last
    Etta James
  • Sea of Love
    Phil Philips
  • Summertime / Love is Here to Stay
    Gershwin
  • Don’t Get Around Much Anymore / Satin Doll
    Duke Ellington
  • When I Fall In Love / Unforgettable / Route 66
    Nat King Cole
  • Early Autumn
    Woody Herman
  • September Song / Mack the Knife
    Kurt Weill
  • Stardust / Georgia on my Mind/ Nearness of You
    Hoagy Carmichael
  • Ain’t Misbehavin‘
    Fats Waller
  • Misty
    Johnny Mathis
  • My Funny Valentine
    Chet Baker
  • Sweet Georgia Brown
    Django     Rheinhardt
  • As Time Goes By
    Dooley Wilson
  • Fly Me to The Moon / Under My Skin
  • It Had to Be You / My Way
  • The Way You Look Tonight / New York, New York
    Frank Sinatra

Country

  • Blue Skies / Whiskey River 
  • Help Me Make it Through the Night
  • On the Road Again / Pancho & Lefty
  • Funny How Time Slips Away
    Willie Nelson
  • Lookin’ For Love
    Johnny Lee
  • Amarillo by Morning
    George Strait
  • Pop a Top
    Alan Jackson
  • Tennessee Waltz / Move It On Over
    Hank Williams
  • Keep Your Hands to Yourself
    Georgia Satellites
  • Margaritaville
    Jimmy Buffett
  • San Antonio Rose
    Bob Wills
  • Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone?
    Doug     Sahm
  • Wasted Days & Wasted Nights
    Freddy Fender
  • Ring of Fire / Folsom Prison
    Johnny Cash
  • Poor Side of Town
    Johnny Rivers
  • Honky Tonk Man
    Dwight Yoakam
  • Wichita Lineman
    Glen Campbell
  • Crazy
    Patsy Cline
  • Jambalaya / Lost Highway
    Hank Williams
  • The Fugitive / Mama Tried
    Merle Haggard
  • King of the Road
    Roger Miller
  • Could I Have this Dance?
    Anne Murray
  • London Homesick Blues (Home with the Armadillo)
    Gary P. Nunn

80's

  • Peace, Love & Understanding / Alison / Pump It Up
    Elvis Costello
  • What I Like About You
    Romantics
  • Blister in the Sun
    Violent Femmes
  • Surrender / I Want You to Want Me
    Cheap Trick
  • Fire
    Bruce Springsteen
  • Should I Stay or Should I Go / Train in Vain / Brand New Cadillac
    Clash
  • Just Like Heaven
    The Cure
  • Little Red Corvette
    Prince
  • Rock & Roll Radio / I Wanna be Sedated
    Ramones

Disco

  • Jungle Boogie
    Kool & the Gang
  • I’m Your Boogie Man
    KC & the Sunshine Band
  • Good Times
    Chic
  • Low Rider
    War
  • Brickhouse
    Commodores
  • Kung-Fu Fighting
    Carl Douglas
  • Super Freak
    Rick James
  • Play that Funky Music
    Wild Cherry
  • You’ll Never Find
    Lou Rawls

Blues

  • Bring it on Home to Me
    Sam Cooke
  • Ain’t That a Shame / Kansas City
    Fats Domino
  • T-Bone Shuffle
    T-Bone Walker
  • Baby What You Want Me To Do
    Jimmy Reed
  • The Thrill is Gone
    BB King
  • Scratch My Back / Shake Your Hips / King Bee
    Slim Harpo
  • Sittin On Top of the World
    Mississippi Sheiks
  • Roadhouse Blues
    The Doors

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