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Jazz, Easy Listening & Motown Jazz, Easy Listening & Motown L.O.V.E - Nat King Cole At Last - Etta James The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra Girl From Ipanema - Joao Gilberto Fly Me To the Moon - Frank Sinatra What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong Route 66 - Nat King Cole Into the Mystic - Van Morrison Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding Moondance - Van Morrison Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones Let’s Stay Together - Al Green Ain’t Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations My Girl - The Temptations Get Ready - The Temptations Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown Working My Way Back to You - The Spinners You are the Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne How Sweet it is (To be loved by you) - James Taylor Respect - Aretha Franklin Endless Love - Diana Ross On My Own - Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald Stand By Me - Ben E King (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher - Jackie Wilson You’re The Inspiration - Chicago What a Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers The Power of Love - Huey Lewis & The News Thinking out Loud - Ed Sheeran Let’s Get it On - Marvin Gaye Dance, Rock and Sing-a-longs Can’t Hurry Love - Phil Collins Kiss - Prince Uptown Funk - Bruno Mars Treasure - Bruno Mars Twist and Shout - The Beatles Sign, Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder Can’t Stop the Feelin’ - Justin Timberlake P.Y.T - Michael Jackson I Wanna Dance with Somebody - Whitney Houston Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond Don’t Stop Believing - Journey Shake it off - Taylor Swift We Are Family - Sister Sledge Happy - Pharrell Williams September - Earth, Wind & Fire Billie Jean - Michael Jackson Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner Superstition - Stevie Wonder Shout - The Isley Brothers I’ve Had the Time of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes Anyway You Want It - Journey Walking on Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs Get Down Tonight - KC & The Sunshine Band You Make My Dreams - Hall and Oates Boys of Summer - Don Henley When Doves Cry - Prince Take on Me - A-HA 24K Magic - Bruno Mars Something About You - Level 42 Valerie - Amy Winehouse & Mark Ronson Brickhouse - Commodores Boogie Shoes - KC & The Sunshine Band Dancing Queen - Abba Everybody Dance - CHIC Africa - Toto Private Eyes - Hall & Oates Beat it - Michael Jackson I Can Make You Feel Good - Shalamar ...and many, many more! .
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