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  • Commercial Art

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    Format: 07/30/2010

    Biography

    Commercial Art has been Houston’s premiere party band since 1986. This Southwest Soul Band specializes in vintage soul, classic rock, and a wide variety of music. Six decades of great dance music from 40’s swing to the present. Sound clips, photos, history are available. Commercial Art has been in constant demand in Houston’s hottest venues as well as the private party market for 16 years. An eclectic mix of classic soul, vintage rock, seventy’s funk, and a taste of Latin rhythms keeps the crowd on the dance floor. Dynamic female vocals, a rhythm section in which all members bring a distinct vocal style, and a horn section that toured the world with Phil Collins, The BeeGees, and Michael Jackson make Commercial Art one of Houston’s most entertaining bands to watch. Listening to Commercial Art is like taking a course in the best dance music of the last 60 years. The Houston band covers swing, vintage soul, classic rock, as well as Cuban Son music in a seamless eclectic mix that makes the toughest crowd want to get up and dance. When it comes to variety, few bands can top Commercial Art’s repertoire, music that takes the listener from 40’s swing, to the classic rock of the 50’s and 60’s, vintage soul and 70’s funk to the present and everything in between.

Audio

  • Canta Barbarita
  • Juanito
  • Se Que Te Gusta
  • Tibiri Tabara
  • Track 1
  • Commercial Art Demo 2010

Song List

 
Commercial Art Songlist:
 
 
Mingling Music/ Standards
Smooth Operator……SADE
Kiss of Life……SADE
Sweetest Taboo…..SADE
By Your Side….. SADE
Slow Hot Wind…..SERGIO MENDEZ
I Can’t Go For That……HALL & OATES
Harbor Lights…..BOZ SCAGGS
Meditation……ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM
Dream a Little Dream of Me…..ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG
The Way You Look Tonight…..FRANK SINATRA
Young At Heart   FRANK SINATRA
It Had To Be You…..HARRY CONNICK JR.
L.O.V.E……NATALIE COLE
Moonlight in Vermont…..TONY BENNET
What a Wonderful World…..LOUIS ARMSTRONG
Fly Me to the Moon…..FRANK SINATRA
Jump Jive and Wail…..LOUIS PRIMA
On the Sunny Side of the Street…..WILLIE NELSON
Summertime ELLA FITZGERALD
Everything      MICHAEL BUBLE
Close To You   THE CARPENTERS
Sway       MICHAEL BUBLE
 
 
Fabulous 50’s
Ruby Baby……. DIONNE
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On…..JERRY LEE LEWIS
You Send Me…..SAM COOK
Never Can Tell…..CHUCK BERRY
Johnny B. Goode…..CHUCK BERRY
I’m All Shook Up…..ELVIS
Can’t Help Falling In Love…… ELVIS
Under the Boardwalk…..THE DRIFTERS
Save the Last Dance for Me…..THE DRIFTERS
At Last…..ETTA JAMES
Rock Around The Clock…..Bill Hailey and the Comets
 

Country
Always On My Mind…..WILLIE NELSON
Today I Started Loving You Again…..MERLE HAGGARD
Brown Eyed Handsome Man…..CHUCK BERRY
Waltz Across Texas…..ERNEST TUBB
Crazy    PATSY CLINE
When Love Finds You
When You Say Nothing at All
Before The Next Teardrop Falls FREDDY FENDER
Stand By Me          MICKEY GILLEY
Dreams     FLEETWOOD MAC
Can’t Help Falling In Love With You ELVIS PRESLEY
 
Motown, Vintage Soul
Respect…..ARETHA FRANKLIN
Chain of Fools…..ARETHA FRANKLIN
Midnight Train to Georgia…..GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS
Shotgun…..JR. WALKER AND THE ALLSTARs
What I Say              RAY CHARLES
I’ve Got A Woman RAY CHARLES
It’s Your Thing…..ISLEY BROTHERS
Mustang Sally…..WILSON PICKET
Rescue Me…..FONTELLA BASS
My Girl…..TEMPTATIONS
Sign Sealed Delivered…..STEVIE WONDER
Mr. Pitiful…..OTIS REDDING
Heard It Through The Grapevine…..MARVIN GAYE
Pride and Joy…..MARVIN GAYE
Can’t Hurry Love…..SUPREMES
Sunshine of My Life…..STEVIE WONDER
Lovely Day…..BILL WITHERS
Use Me…..BILL WITHERS
Take me to the River…..AL GREEN
Superstition    STEVIE WONDER
Mustang Sally   WILSON PICKETT
Just One Look   DORIS TROY
 
Ol’ School, R&B, Disco
Celebration     KOOL AND THE GANG
Will It Go Round In Circles BILLY PRESTON
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough…. MIKE MC DONALD
Lowdown…… BOZ SCAGGS
Take Me To The River…. AL GREEN
Love Train….. THE OJAYS
Groove Me…..KING FLOYD
Low Down…..BOZ SCAGGS
September…..EARTH WIND & FIRE
That’s The Way I like It…..KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND
Get Down Tonight…..KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND
Celebration…..KOOL & THE GANG
Low Rider…..WAR
Boogie On Reggae Woman…..STEVIE WONDER
I Wish…..STEVIE WONDER
We Are Family…..SISTER SLEDGE
Back In Love…..LTD
Isn’t She Lovely…..STEVIE WONDER
Fool In Love…..IKE & TINA TURNER
Proud Mary ……. IKE & TINA TURNER
Superstition…..STEVIE WONDER
Mercy, Mercy, Me…..MARVIN GAYE
Cruisin”     MARVIN GAYE
Love & Happiness…..AL GREEN
Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag…..JAMES BROWN
I Feel Good…..JAMES BROWN
The Butt…..
The Way You Make Me Feel…..MICHAEL JACKSON
Billie Jean              MICHAEL JACKSON
 
80’s , 90’s and 00’s
Wishing Well…..TERRENCE TRENT D’ARBY
Give Me One Reason
Kiss…..PRINCE
Aeroplane…..RED HOT CHILE PEPPERS
Higher Ground…..RED HOT CHILE PEPPERS
By Your Side…..SADE
Let’s Stay Together…..TINA TURNER
Lady Marmalade…..LA BELLE
Always Something There To Remind Me…..NAKED EYES
Baby I Love Your Way          BOB MARLEY
Always on the Run   LENNIE KRAVITZ
Fool In Love   TINA TURNER
Lowrider   WAR
 
Classic Rock
You Really Got Me …. THE KINKS
Satisfaction…..ROLLING STONES
Honky Tonk Women…..ROLLING STONES
Domino…..VAN MORRISON
Brown Eyed Girl…..VAN MORRISON
Crazy Love…..VAN MORRISON
Tupelo Honey   VAN MORRISON
Do You Want To Know A Secret THE BEATLES
You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me…..THE BEATLES
Black Magic Woman   SANTANA
Forever                               THE BEACH BOYS
I Saw Her Standing There…..THE BEATLES
Twist and Shout…..THE BEATLES
Something              THE BEATLES
Good Day Sunshine     THE BEATLES
Come Together    THE BEATLES
Back In the USSR…..THE BEATLES
What I Say   RAY CHARLES
I Got A Woman RAY CHARLES
Louie Louie…..THE KINGSMEN
Hang On Sloopy…..THE McCOYS
Good Lovin’…..THE YOUNG RASCALS
Keep Your Hands to Yourself…..THE GEORGIA SATELLITES
Born to be Wild…..STEPPENWOLF
Sweet Caroline…..NEIL DIAMOND
Start It Up…..ROBBEN FORD
Stormy…..   CLASSICS FOUR
Brandy…..THE LOOKING GLASS
Vehicle…..THE IDES OF MARCH
Dancing In the Moonlight…..
Pride and Joy…..STEVIE RAY VAUGHN
Bad Moon Rising…..CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Out My Back Door…..CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Black Magic Woman…..SANTANA
Peg…..STEELY DAN
Home at Last…..STEELY DAN
Free…..CHICAGO
Colour My World CHICAGO
Won’t Back Down…..TOM PETTY
Love the One You’re With….. STEVEN STILLS
Hey Baby…..BRUCE CHANNELLE
Sweet Home Alabama   LYNYRD SKYNRD
 
LATIN
Si Te Dicen…..Cheo Feliciano
Beautiful Maria…..Mambo Kings
La Bamba- Richie Valens
Lupita…..The Iguanas
I Could Fall In Love       Selena
Bidi Bidi Bom Bom        Selena
Como La Flor                  Selena
Sabor A Mi      Edie Gorme
 
2000
 
Cupid Shuffle…..
Crazy…… GNARLS BARKLEY
The Butt
Right Now AKON
Gravity…..JOHN MAYER
No One…..ALICIA KEYS
If I Can’t Have You…..ALICIA KEYS
Wonderful Tonight ERIC CLAPTON
Tupelo Honey       VAN MORRISON
Never Gonna Be Alone   NICKELBACK
Bless This Broken Road     RASCAL FLATTS
You’ve Got a Way       SHANIA TWAIN 
Sunday Morning…..MAROON 5
Something to Belive In…..MAROON 5
Rehab…..AMY WINEHOUSE
Love of My Life…..SANTANA
Fathers and Daughters PAUL SimoN
Sugar Sugar      THE ARCHIES
Come Away With Me…..NORAH JONES
Don’t Know Why…..NORAH JONES
Keep On Dancin’..GWEN STEFFANI
I Wish You Love    RACHEL YAMAGATA
Soak Up The Sun   CHERYL CROW
Won’t Back Down   TOM PETTY
 

Photos

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