The Nitebeat

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

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The Nitebeat

The NiteBeat is a first class, high energy, variety band that has been providing outstanding musical entertainment for company and private parties, special functions, wedding receptions, and nightclub engagements. Formerly the Sunshine Festival, this band has performed in leading country clubs, hotels, auditoriums and private homes in the Greater Houston area as well as throughout Texas. The NiteBeat provides it's audiences with the best of Top 40, Rhythm & Blues, Country, 50's - 80's music, Mo-Town Classics, Latin Tunes, Broadway Show Tunes, and Big Band era music. The band also provides music entertainment for Christmas Parties, Debutante Parties, Awards Banquets, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and Weddings, playing the appropriate traditional selections. The NiteBeat is composed of unique and professional musicians who are not only outstanding and impressive soloists, but who work together, striving for the highest standards of musical performance and rapport with their audience.

The NiteBeat is happy to provide client consultation for any occasion. Only you can determine what is best for your individual entertainment needs. Together, we can make your night one that will surely be memorable. The NiteBeat is expandable from a four-piece combo to an eight-piece big band depending upon your needs.

Look & Listen The Nitebeat

  • Knock on Wood/Midnight Hour by Nite Beat Band
  • Nitebeat Medley no. 3 by Nite Beat Band
  • I Feel Good/Play That Funky Music by Nite Beat Band
  • Nitebeat Funky Soul Medley by Nite Beat Band
  • Nitebeat Medley no. 4 by Nite Beat Band

Song List

Rock and Roll

 

  • All Night Long —Lionel Richie
  • All Shook Up—Elvis Presley
  • Baby Work Out—Jackie Wilson
  • Bad Leroy Brown —Jim Croce
  • Black Velvet—Alana Miles
  • Blue Monday—Fats Domino
  • Blueberry Hill—Fats Domino
  • Brick House—Commodores
  • Bring It On Home To Me—Sam Cook
  • Brown Eyed Girl—Van Morrison
  • Build Me Up Buttercup—The Foundations
  • Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Babe—Barry White
  • Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You—The Jersey Boys
  • California Girls—Beach Boys
  • Can’t Help Myself—The Four Tops
  • Can’t Buy Me Love—Beatles
  • Caribbean Queen—Billy Ocean
  • Celebration—Kool & the Gang
  • Change Gonna Come—Sam Cooke
  • Chantilly Lace—Big Bopper
  • Cold Shot—Stevie Ray Vaughn
  • Copacabana—Barry Manilow
  • Crackling Rose—Neil Diamond
  • Crossin’ Over—Leroy Parnel
  • Dancing Queen—ABBA
  • Disco Inferno—The Trammps
  • Dock Of the Bay—Ottis Redding
  • Don’t Be Cruel—Elvis Presley
  • Down On The Corner—CCR
  • Fire—The Ohio Players
  • For the Love of money—Temptations
  • Forever In Blue Jeans—Neil Diamond
  • Freeway of Love—Aretha Franklin
  • Get Back—Beatles
  • Get Down Tonight—K.C. & the Sunshine Bank
  • Gimme One Reason—Tracy Chapman
  • Give It To Me Baby—Rick James
  • Got my Whiskey—Mel Waiters
  • Great Balls of Fire—Jerry Lee Lewis
  • Green Onions—Booker T
  • Harlem Shuffle—Rollin Stones
  • Heard it Through the Grapevine—Marvin Gaye
  • Heart Of Rock And Roll—Huey Lewis
  • Hey Baby Qué Paso—Texas Tornados
  • Higher & Higher—Jackie Wilson
  • Hold On I’m Comin—Sam & Dave
  • Honky Tonk—Bill Doggett
  • Hotel California—The Eagles
  • How Sweet It Is—James Taylor
  • Hustle, The—V.McCoy
  • I Been Thinking About You—London Heat
  • I Can See Clearly Now—Jimmy Cliff
  • I Can’t Get No Satisfaction—Rolling Stones
  • I Feel Good—James Brown
  • I Will Survive—Gloria Gaynor
  • I’m So Excited—Pointer Sisters
  • I’ll Be Around—The Spinners
  • I’m the Only One—Melissa Etheridge
  • In the Midnight Hour—Wilson Pickett
  • It’s Not Unusual—Tom Jones
  • I’ve Been Thinkin’ About You—London Beat
  • Jailhouse Rock—Elvis Presley
  • Johnny B. Goode—Chuck Berry
  • Jump Jive & Wail—Louie Prima
  • Just A Gigolo—Louie Prima
  • Kansas City—W. Harrison
  • Knock On Wood—Eddie Floyd
  • Lady Marmalade—Pattie LaBelle
  • Let’s Get It On—Marvin Gaye
  • Louie, Louie—The Kingsmen

 

Soul and Blues

 

  • Love Me Like A Man—Bonnie Raitt
  • Love Sneakin Up On Me—Bonnie Raitt
  • Love the One You’re With—Stephen Stills
  • Mama Don’t Dance—Loggins & Messina
  • Mathilda—Cookie & The Cupcakes
  • Memphis—Johnny Rivers
  • Montego Bay—Bobby Blum
  • Mony Mony—Tommy James
  • Moon Dance—Van Morrison
  • Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
  • My Babe—Righteous Brothers
  • My Girl—Temptations
  • Neither One Of Us—Gladys Knight
  • Never Gonna Give You Up—Barry White
  • Oh, What a Night—The Jersey Boys
  • Old Time Rock & Roll—Bob Seger
  • Play That Funky Music—Wild Cherry
  • Pay Me My Money Down—Bruce Springsteen
  • Pretty Woman—Roy Orbison
  • Pride & Joy—Stevie Ray Vaughn
  • Promised Land—Elvis Presley
  • Proud Mary—CCR
  • Proud Mary—Tina Turner
  • Real Man—Bonnie Raitt
  • Rescue Me—Fontana
  • Respect —Aretha Franklin
  • Rock & Roll Music—Chuck Berry
  • Rock Around the Clock—Bill Haley
  • Rock Me Baby—Tina Turner
  • Rockin’ Pneumonia & Boogie Flu—Johnny Rivers
  • Sara Smile—Hall & Oats
  • Sea Cruise—Frankie Ford
  • Sea of Love—Honey Drippers
  • Sexual Healing—Marvin Gaye
  • Shake Your Booty —K.C. & the Sunshine Band
  • Share Your Love—Bobby Bland
  • Sharp Dressed Man—ZZ Top
  • She’s a Lady—Tom Jones
  • Shout—Isley Brothers
  • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes—The Platters
  • Some Kind of Wonderful—Huey Lewis
  • Soul Man—Blues Brothers
  • South by Southwest—Delbert McClinton
  • Stagger Lee—Lloyd Price
  • Stand By Me—Ben E. King
  • Start Me Up—Rollin Stones
  • Still Of The Night—Five Satins
  • Superstition—Stevie Wonder
  • Suspicious Minds—Elvis Presley
  • Sweet Dreams—Eurythmics
  • Sweet Home Alabama—Lynard Skynard
  • Tequila—The Champs
  • This Will Be—Natalie Cole
  • Treat Her Right—Roy Head
  • TubeSnake Boogie—Z Z Top
  • Turn Back The Hands of Time—Tyrone Davis
  • Twist & Shout—Beatles
  • Twist, The—Chubby Checkers
  • Use Me Up—Bill Withers
  • Volcano—Jimmy Buffet
  • Wanderer, The—Dion
  • We Are Family—Sister Sledge
  • We’re Havin A Party—Rod Steward
  • What’s Goin’ On—Marvin Gaye
  • When Somethin’s Wrong W/My Baby—Sam & Dave
  • Whole Lotta Shakin—Jerry Lee Lewis
  • Wooley Bully—Sam the Sham
  • You Never Can Tell—Chuck Berry
  • You’re Simply the Best—Tina Turner

 

Soft Pop

 

  • After the Loving—Englebert Humperdinck
  • Always & Forever—Heatwave
  • Always On My Mind—Willie Nelson
  • America—Neil Diamond
  • American Trilogy—Elvis Presley
  • At This Moment—Billy Vera
  • Beautiful In My Eyes—Joshua Kadison
  • Best of My Love—Eagles
  • Blue Bayou—Linda Ronstadt
  • Blueberry Hill—Fats Domino
  • Breaking Down Slow—Leroy Parnel
  • Bring It On Home—Sam Cooke
  • Butterfly Kisses—Bob Carlisle
  • Can You Feel the Love Tonight—Elton John
  • Can’t Help Falling In Love With You—Elvis Presley
  • Can’t Take My Eyes Off You—Frankie Valle
  • Chances Are—Johnny Mathis
  • Cherish—Kool & the Gang
  • Danny Boy—Ray Price
  • Deep River Woman—Lionel Ritchie
  • Desperado—Linda Ronstadt
  • Don’t Know Why—Nora Jones
  • Forever In Bluejeans—Neil Diamond
  • Forever In Love—Kenny G
  • G-Bop—Kenny G.
  • Georgia on My Mind—Ray Charles
  • Goin’ Out of My Head—Little Anthony
  • Have You Seen Her—The Chilites
  • Hello Again—Neil Diamond
  • Here and Now—Luther Vandross
  • Hey Jude—Beatles
  • Hooked On A Feelin—B.J. Thomas
  • House of the Rising Sun—Animals
  • I Can’t Make You Love Me—Bonnie Raitt
  • I Just Called To Say I Love You—Stevie Wonder
  • I Just Can’t Help Believin—B.J. Thomas
  • If You Don’t Know Me By Now—Simply Red
  • I’ll Always Love You—Taylor Dayne
  • I Wanna Be Around—Frank Sinatra
  • Just My Imagination—Temptations
  • Just the Way You Are—Billy Joel
  • Key Largo—B. Higgins
  • Lady In Red—R. Deburge
  • Last Date—Floyd Kramer
  • Lost In the Fifties—Ronnie Milsap
  • Love On the Rocks—Neil Diamond
  • Lying Eyes—Eagles
  • Mandy—Barry Manilow
  • Margaritaville—Jimmy Buffet

 

Easy Listening

 

  • My Way—Frank Sinatra
  • New Orleans Ladies—Louisiana LeRoux
  • Nikita—Elton John
  • Nobody Knows—Tony Rich
  • Oh Girl—Chilites
  • One, The—Elton John
  • Only You—The Platters
  • Piano Man—Billy Joel
  • Power of Love—Celine Dion
  • Red Red Wine—Neil Diamond
  • Rose, The—Bette Midler
  • Sad Songs—Elton John
  • Save The Last Dance For Me—The Drifters
  • Saving the Best For Last—Vanessa Williams
  • Scotch and Soda—Kingston Trio
  • Sea Of Love—Honey Drippers
  • September Morn—Neil Diamond
  • Since I Fell for You—Lenny Welch
  • Sleepwalk—Santo & Johnny
  • Someone Like You—Van Morrison
  • Sometimes When We Touch—Dan Hill
  • Songbird—Kenny G
  • Soul & Inspiration—Righteous Brothers
  • Stand By Me—Drifters
  • Still—Lionel Richey
  • Still Got the Blues Over You—Gary Morris
  • Stormy Monday Blues—Bobby Bland
  • Tell It Like It Is—Aaron Neville
  • That’s Life—Frank Sinatra
  • Three Times A Lady—Lionel Richie
  • To Love Somebody—Michael Bolton
  • Tonight’s the Night—Rod Stewart)
  • Unchained Melody—Righteous Brothers
  • Under The Boardwalk—The Drifters
  • Unforgettable—Nat & Natalie Cole
  • Wasted Days—Freddy Fender
  • Way We Were, The—Barbra Striesand
  • We’ve Got Tonight—Bob Seger
  • What A Wonderful World—Louis Armstrong
  • When A Man Loves A Woman—Michael Bolton
  • When I Fall In Love —Celine Dion
  • Wind Beneath My Wings—Bette Midler
  • Yesterdays Songs—Neil Diamond
  • You Are So Beautiful—Joe Cocker
  • You Are the Sun—Lionel Ritchie
  • You Look Wonderful Tonight—Eric Clapton
  • You’re Making Me High—Toni Braxton
  • You’re the Best Part of Me—Neil Diamond
  • You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling—Righteous Bros.

 

Country & Western

 

  • All My Ex’s Live In Texas—George Strait
  • Always On My Mind—Willie Nelson
  • Amarillo By Morning—George Strait
  • Amazed—Lone Star
  • Baby’s Gotten Good At Good-bye—George Strait
  • Big City—Merle Haggard
  • Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain—Willie Nelson
  • Boot Scootin’—Brooks & Dunn
  • Chair, The—George Strait
  • Chicken Dance, The—Traditional
  • Cotton Eyed Joe—Issac Sweat
  • Crazy—Patsy Cline
  • Dance, The—Garth Brooks
  • Don’t Close Your Eyes—Keith Whitley
  • Drinking Champaign—George Strait
  • Elvira—Oakridge Boys
  • For The Good Times—Ray Price
  • From This Moment––Shania Twain
  • Funny How Times Slips Always—Willie Nelson
  • Hello Walls—Faron Young
  • Help Me Make It Through the Night—Sammie Smith
  • Here In The Real World—Alan Jackson
  • How Do I Live Without You?—Lee Ann Rhymes
  • I Cross My Heart—George Strait
  • I Fall To Pieces—Patsy Cline
  • I Feel Lucky—Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • I Swear—J.M. Montgomery
  • Inside Out—Lee Greenwood
  • Jambalaya—Hank Williams
  • Jolie Blonde—Isaac Sweat
  • Jukebox in My Mind—Alabama
  • Lonely Nights—Mickey Gilley
  • Looking For Love—Johnny Lee
  • Lucille—Kenny Rogers
  • Lying Eyes—Eagles
  • Making Memories Of Us—Keith Urban
  • Peaceful Easy Feeling—Eagles
  • Right Time Of The Night—Jennifer Warnes
  • Schottische—Traditional
  • Silver Wings—Merle Haggard
  • Tears In My Beer—Hank Williams Jr.
  • Trashy Women—Confederate Railroad
  • Tulsa Time—Don Williams
  • Walkin After Midnight—Patsy Cline
  • Waltz Across Texas—Earnest Tubb
  • Wave On Wave—Pat Green
  • When You Say Nothin’ At All—Keith Whitley
  • You Had Me from Hello—Kenny Chesney
  • You Look So Good In Love—George Strait
  • You’re Still the One––Shania Twain

 

Standards

 

  • After The Loving
  • Ain’t That A Kick in the Head
  • Alley Cat
  • Anniversary Song
  • As Time Goes By
  • Bandstand Boogie
  • Beer Barrel Polka
  • Beer Barrel Polka/Under the Double Eagle
  • Begin the Beguine
  • Beyond the Sea
  • Blue Tango
  • Brazil
  • Bye Bye Blackbird
  • Charmaine
  • Cheek to Cheek
  • Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White
  • Cry
  • Cry Me a River
  • Danny Boy
  • Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
  • East of the Sun and West of the Moon
  • Embraceable You
  • Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
  • Fly Me to the Moon
  • Georgia On My Mind
  • Girl From Ipanema
  • Hava Nagila
  • I’ve Got the World on a String
  • I’ve Got You Under My Skin
  • I Left My Heart In San Francisco
  • In the Mood
  • It Had To Be You
  • Mack The Knife
  • Misty
  • More
  • New York, New York
  • Polka Medley
  • Ruby
  • Satin Doll
  • Spanish Eyes
  • Take Five
  • Take the A-Train
  • The Good Life
  • That’s My Desire
  • Very Thought of You, The
  • Walking My Baby Back Home
  • Way You Look Tonight, The
  • Witchcraft
  • You Go to my Head
  • You Made Me Love You
  • When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

 

Latino

 

  • Adoro
  • Bailamos —Enrique Igleslias
  • Bailar Cumbia
  • Begin the Beguine
  • Black Magic Woman —Santana
  • Blue Bossa
  • Brazil
  • C’est Si Bon
  • Cuando Caliente El Sol
  • Desefinado
  • Everybody Salsa
  • Girl From Ipanema
  • Guantanamera
  • Hey Baby, ¿Qué Pasó?
  • I Need to Know—Mark Anthony
  • La Bamba
  • El Negro Jose
  • Livin’ la Vida Loca—Ricky Martin
  • Macarena
  • Mambo #5 —Perez Prado
  • Mambo #5—Lou Bega
  • Mambo Mambo—Lou Bega
  • Mambo Swing—Voo Doo Daddies
  • Merengue
  • Never On Sunday
  • Oye Como Va —Santana
  • Smooth —Santana
  • Spanish Eyes
  • You Sang to Me—Mark Anthony
  • Yours

 

Show Tunes

 

  • New York, New York (New York, New York)
  • Cabaret (Cabaret)
  • Memories (Cats)
  • Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler On The Roof)

 

Wedding Songs

 

  • Always And Forever
  • Could I Have This Dance
  • Daddy’s Little Girl
  • Have I Told You Lately
  • I Loved Her First
  • Making Memories of Us
  • I Swear
  • Truly
  • My Wish
  • Unchained Melody
  • We’ve Got Tonight
  • Way You Look Tonight, The
  • You Look Wonderful Tonight

 

Christmas Songs

 

  • Christmas Song, The
  • Feliz Navidad
  • O Holy Night
  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Xmas
  • White Christmas
  • Christmas Waltz, The

 

Party Group Dances

 

  • Boot Scootin’ Boogie
  • Harlem Shuffle
  • Chicken Dance
  • Cotton Eyed Joe
  • Hokey Pokey
  • Schottisch
  • Cupid Shuffle
  • We Are Family
  • Y. M. C. A.

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