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The A-List Songlist 2017 The A-List Song List Song Artist 24K Magic Bruno Mars A Thousand Years Christina Perri Adorn Miguel Ain't No Mountain High Marvin Gaye Ain't Nobody Chaka Khan Ain't Too Proud to Beg The Temptations Alcoholic Common Kings All My LIfe KC and Jojo All of Me John Legend All Star Smash Mouth Always Be My Baby Mariah Carey American Girl Tom Petty At Last Etta James Baby One More Time Britney Spears Bad Girls Donna Summer Bennie and the Jets Elton John Billie Jean Michael Jackson Blame It On the Boogie Jackson 5 Bless The Broken Road Rascal Flatts Blue Bossa Kenny Dorham Blurred Lines Robin Thicke Boogie Oogie Oogie A Taste of Honey Boondocks Little Big Town Boot Scootin' Boogie Brooks & Dunn Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison T (844) 369-6232 E [email protected] W www.downbeat.la The A-List Song List Song Artist Bye Bye Bye *NSYNC Cake By The Ocean DNCE California Girls Katy Perry California Love 2PAC Can't Feel My Face The Weeknd Can't Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley Can't Stop the Feeling Justin Timberlake Can't Take My Eyes Off You Lauryn Hill Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock Chain of Fools Aretha Franklin Chameleon Herbie Hancock Cheerleader Omi Closer Chainsmokers Come Together The Beatles Could You Be Loved Bob Marley Country Girl (Shake It For Me) Luke Bryan Crazy Gnarles Barkley Crazy In Love Beyonce Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen Crazy Love Brian McKnight Dancing In The Moonlight King Harvest Diamonds Rihanna Do You Love me The Contours Domino Jessie J Don't Know Why Norah Jones T (844) 369-6232 E [email protected] W www.downbeat.la The A-List Song List Song Artist Don't Stop Believin' Journey Don't Stop The Music Rihanna Drift Away Dobie Gray Dynamite Taio Cruz Easy Lionel Richie Electric Feel MGMT Empire State of Mind Jay-Z Every Breath You Take The Police Fine China Chris Brown Firework Katy Perry Fly Me To the Moon Frank Sinatra Footloose Kenny Loggins Forget You Cee Lo Green Free Fallin' Tom Petty Friends In Low Places Garth Brooks Get Lucky Daft Punk Give It To Me Baby Rick James Give Me One Reason Tracey Chapman Gold Digger Kanye West Got To Be Real Cheryl Lynn Gravity John Mayer Halo Beyonce Happy Pharrell Williams Happy Birthday Traditional Hava Nagila Traditional T (844) 369-6232 E [email protected] W www.downbeat.la The A-List Song List Song Artist Hello Adele Here Alessia Cara Hey Ya! Outkast Ho Hey The Lumineers Hold On We're Going Home Drake Hot Stuff Donna Summers Hotline Bling Drake How Sweet It Is Marvin Gaye I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey) Four Tops I Don't Trust Myself John Mayer I Got A Feelin' Black Eyed Peas I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye I Like It, I Love It Tim McGraw I Love Rock n Roll Joan Jett I Wanna Be Your Lover Prince I Wanna Dance With Somebody Whitney Houston I Want It That Way Backstreet Boys I Want You Back Jackson 5 I Want You To Want Me Cheap Trick I Was Made For Loving You Tori Kelly and Ed Sheeran I Wish Stevie Wonder I'll Be There Jackson 5 I'm A Believer Neil Diamond I'm Yours Jason Mraz T (844) 369-6232 E [email protected] W www.downbeat.la The A-List Song List Song Artist If I Ain't Got You Alicia Keys Ignition (Remix) R Kelly Is This Love Bob Marley Isn't She Lovely Stevie Wonder Jealous Nick Jonas Jessie's Girl Rick Springfield Just Dance Lady Gaga Just Friends Musiq Soulchild Just The Two Of Us Grover Washington Jr. Just The Way You Are Bruno Mars Killing Me Softly The Fugees Kiss Prince L.O.V.E. Natalie Cole Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye Let's Groove Earth, Wind, and Fire Let's Stay Together Al Green Life Is A Highway Rascal Flatts Like I'm Gonna Lose You Meghan Trainor Livin' On a Prayer Bon Jovi Locked Out of Heaven Bruno Mars Love Never Felt So Good Michael Jackson Love On Top Beyonce Love Song Adele Man! I Feel Like A Woman! Shania Twain Mirrors Justin Timberlake T (844) 369-6232 E [email protected] W www.downbeat.la The A-List Song List Song Artist Miss You The Rolling Stones Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 Mr. Big Stuff Jean Knight My Girl The Temptations My Wish Rascal Flatts Never Too Much Luther Vandross Next To Me Emeli Sande No Diggity Blackstreet Oh What A Night Frankie Valli Old Time Rock n Roll Bob Seger Ordinary People John Legend Party In The USA Miley Cyrus Play That Funky Music Wild Cherry Poison Bel Biv Devoe Pontoon Little Big Town Pony Ginuwine Pride and Joy Stevie Ray Vaughan Proud Mary Tina Turner Put Your Records On Corinne Bailey Rae PYT Michael Jackson Raise Your Glass Pink Rather Be Clean Bandit Respect Aretha Franklin Roar Katy Perry Rock With You Michael Jackson T (844) 369-6232 E [email protected] W www.downbeat.la The A-List Song List Song Artist Rolling In The Deep Adele Roxanne The Police Royals Lorde Rude Magic Santeria Sublime Senorita Justin Timberlake September Earth, Wind, and Fire Shake It Off Taylor Swift Shake Your Body (Down To the Ground) Jackson 5 Shalom Aleichim Traditional Shout Isley Brothers Shut Up And Dance Walk the Moon Signed, Sealed, Delivered Stevie Wonder Simon Tov Traditional Sir Duke Stevie Wonder Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay Otis Redding Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers Someone Like You Adele Something Like That Tim McGraw Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield Sorry Justin Bieber Stand By Me Ben E. King Sugar Maroon 5 Suit and Tie Justin Timberlake Sunday Morning Maroon 5 T (844) 369-6232 E [email protected] W www.downbeat.la The A-List Song List Song Artist Superstition Stevie Wonder Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond Sweet Child of Mine Guns N Roses Sweet Home Alabama Lynard Skynard Teenage Dream Katy Perry That's What I Like Bruno Mars The Way I Am Ingrid Michaelson The Way You Look Tonight Frank Sinatra The Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jackson There Will Never Be Another You Harry Warren Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran This Is How We Do It Montell Jordan Time Of Our Lives PItbull Treasure Bruno Mars Twist and Shout The Beatles Unconditional Love Esperanza Spalding Uptown Funk Bruno Mars Use Me Bill Withers Valerie Amy Winehouse Wagon Wheel Darius Rucker Waiting In Vain Bob Marley Waiting On The World to Change John Mayer Want To Want Me Jason Derulo We Found Love Rihanna What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong T (844) 369-6232 E [email protected] W www.downbeat.la The A-List Song List Song Artist What A Wonderful World Sam Cooke What You Won't Do For Love Bobby Caldwell What's Going On Marvin Gaye When I Was Your Man Bruno Mars Wonderwall Oasis You Are The Best Thing Ray LaMontagne You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Stevie Wonder You Make My Dreams Come True Hall and Oates You Sexy Thing Hot Chocolate You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC Your Love The Outfield Your Song Elton John T (844) 369-6232 E [email protected] W www.downbeat.la .
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