Since 1990, Washington, DC The Original Moonlighters have been performing throughout the United States as one of the country�s best-loved and most authentic variety bands
Since 1990, The Original Moonlighters8 have been performing throughout the United States as one of the country’s best-loved and most authentic variety bands. Averaging over one hundred appearances per year, they offer affordable quality, specializing in weddings, private parties, festivals, concerts and corporate events with an emphasis on strong, soulful vocals and solid instrumentation.
Just close your eyes and you’ll swear the original artists are performing. But don’t close them for too long or you won’t be able to enjoy their outstanding dance moves and showmanship. Famous for getting guests out on the dance floor and more importantly, for keeping them there, The Original Moonlighters are experts at reading the crowd and gladly take requests, making their performances highly entertaining and interactive as audiences just feed off the band’s energy and vice versa.
The Original Moonlighters can also be booked in several different combinations to fit any budget and type of event, from just two or three musicians to as many as ten or twelve, including one of the tightest horn sections in the country and some of the finest male and female vocalists anywhere.
"The Original Moonlighters were booked for our Corporate Holiday Party and they were absolutley wonderful! Going into our party, it was not expected that our employee's would likely get-up and dance..well, less than a quarter of the way through the evening, the dance floor was full and it stayed that way until the end of the night. All members of the band were professional and very accomodating, to our selection of music and in taking our requests on the fly. It's days later and I am still receiving emails about how great the band was. I highly recommend them as the perfect choice for top-notch entertainment for any event. We expect to hire them again for our party next year!"
--Teresa V
"The Original Moonlighters were great! Everyone raved about them, and they were a perfect choice for our wedding!"
- Sandy B
"The Original Moonlighters were the perfect band for our wedding. From the ceremony, to the cocktail hour to the reception, their song selections and energy level were perfectly matched for the mood we were trying to set. They are incredibly talented musicians and entertainers and they managed to get all 150 people at our wedding up and dancing the entire night. Many of our guests have commented on how fantastic the band was and several guests expressed interest in booking them for other events. I would recommend them to anybody, without hesitation. Thanks to the whole band for making our wedding such a fabulous event!!!"
--Amy C
"The Original Moonlighters were wonderful - exactly the sort of band we were looking for for our wedding! Many of our guests came up to us to tell us how great the band was. They added a vocalist at the last minute so that they would be able to play specific songs I requested and had the whole floor filled with people dancing. Everyone enjoyed them so much. Thank you!"
--Laurie C
"WOW! We were beyond thrilled with the quality and sound of The Original Moonlighters at our wedding. They were professional, extremely talented, and had everyone raving about what a great band they were. We are so glad that we hired them as our band and have great memories of our evening and they were a big part of it!"
--Laura J
634-5789 - Wilson Pickett
A Kiss to Build a Dream On - Louis Armstrong
After Hours - Ronnie Jordan
Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller
Ain't No Half Steppin' - Heatwave
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Ain't That a Kick in the Head - Dean Martin
Ain't Too Proud to Beg - Temptations
All My Life - Beatles
All Night Long - Commodores
All of Me - Billie Holiday
All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
Always and Forever - Heatwave
Angel - Anita Baker
At Last - Etta James
Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson
Baby Love - Diana Ross & the Supremes
Baby Please Don't Go - Muddy Waters
Baby What You Want Me to Do - Jimmy Reed
Baby, Baby - Smokey Robinson
Back to the Chicken Shack - Jimmy Smith
Bad Boy - Luther Vandross
Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Best is Yet to Come - Tony Bennett
Beyond the Sea - Bobby Darrin
Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Blue Moon - The Marcels
Blue Moon - Marcels
Blues with a Feeling - Little Walter
Boogie Oogie Oogie - Taste of Honey
Born Lover - Muddy Waters
Breezin' - George Benson
Brick House - The Commodores
Brick House - Commodores
Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Build Me Up Buttercup - Foundations
Butterflies - Michael Jackson
Caledonia - Louis Jordan
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
Can't Hurry Love - Diana Ross & the Supremes
Can't Stop Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Candy - Cameo
Careless Whispers - Wham
Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
Celebration - Kool and the Gang
Cha Cha Ching - Original
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
Chapel of Love - Dixie Cups
Cheek To Cheek - Frank Sinatra
Chitlins Con Carne - Kenny Burrell
Clean-up Woman - Betty Wright
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Come Fly with Me - Frank Sinatra
Crazy - Patsy Cline
Crazy In Love - Beyonce
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Crazy Mixed Up World - Little Walter
Crying in the Chapel - The Orioles
Crying in the Chapel - Orioles
Crying Time - Buck Owens
Cupid - Sam Cooke
Cupid Shuffle - Cupid
Dancing in the Streets - Martha and the Vandellas
Darling You Send Me - Sam Cooke
December '63 - Four Seasons
Devotion - Earth Wind & Fire
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
Don't Lie to Me - B.B. King
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
Down Home Blues - ZZ Hill
Drift Away - Doby Gray
Driving Wheel - Junior Parker
Dust My Broom - Elmore James
Easy - Commodores
Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys
Every Day I Have the Blues - Big Joe Turner
Everybody Needs Somebody - Solomon Burke
Fallin' - Alicia Keys
Fever - Little Willie John
Fever - Peggy Lee
Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
Flying Home - Lionel Hampton
For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
For the Love of Money - O'Jays
For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler
Friends and Strangers - Ronnie Laws
Funky Broadway - Wilson Pickett
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
Get Down On It - Kool and the Gang
Get Down Tonight - KC & the Sunshine Band
Get Ready - Temptations
Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley
God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday
Golden - Jill Scott
Good Lovin' - Young Rascals
Good Times - Chic
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
Goodnight Sweetheart - Spaniels
Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
Green Onions - Booker T and the MG's
Groovin' - Young Rascals
He Loves Me - Jill Scott
Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Heatwave - Martha and the Vandellas
Help Me - Sonny Boy Williamson
Hey Ya - Outkast
High Heel Sneakers - Tommy Tucker
Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
Higher Ground - Eric Clapton
Hold On - Michael Buble
Hold On, I'm Coming - Sam and Dave
Hollywood Swinging - Kool and the Gang
Honey Love - R. Kelly
Honky Tonk - Bill Doggett
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
How Blue Can You Get - B.B. King
How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore - Alicia Keys
How Sweet it Is (To Be Loved by You) - Marvin Gaye
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
I Believe - Ray Charles
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
I Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline
I Feel Good - James Brown
I Got A Feeling - Black Eye Peas
I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin
I Need to Know - Marc Anthony
I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson
I Shot the Sheriff - Bob Marley
I Want You Back - Jackson Five
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
I'll Take You There - Staples Singers
I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
I've Only Got Eyes for You - Flamingos
If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys
In Crowd - Ramsay Lewis
In My Life - Beatles
In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Inner City Blues - Grover Washington
Inseparable - Natalie Cole
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
It Don't Mean a Thing - Duke Ellington
It Had to Be You - Frank Sinatra
It's Love - Jill Scott
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Jammin' - Bob Marley
Johnnie B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Jump - Jive and Wail
Jungle Boogie - Ohio Players
Just Between You and Me - Charlie Pride
Just Fine - Mary J. Blige
Just My Imagination - Temptations
Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
Key to the Highway - Little Walter
Kiss - Prince
Kiss of Life - Sade
Kisses Don't Lie - Evelyn Champagne King
Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd
La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
Lady in My Life - Michael Jackson
Lady Marmalade - Labelle
Last Dance - Donna Summer
Le Freak - Chic
Lean On Me - Bill Withers
Let the Good Times Roll - B.B. King
Let's Dance - David Bowie
Let's Do It Again - Staple Singers
Let's Get It Started - Black Eye Peas
Let's Get Married - Al Green
Let's Go Crazy - Prince
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi
Little Red Rooster - Willie Dixon
Livin' in the City - Stevie Wonder
Locomotion - Little Eva
Long Distance Call - Muddy Waters
Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers
Long Walk - Jill Scott
Louie Louie - Kingsmen
Love and Happiness - Al Greene
Love and Happiness - Al Green
Love Potion #9 - The Clovers
Love Roller Coaster - Ohio Players
Love Shack - B-52s
Low Rider - War
Luck Be a Lady - Frank Sinatra
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darrin
Maputo - David Sanborn
Maria Maria - Santana
Mary Jane - Rick James
Mercy Mercy - Cannonball Adderly
Mercy, Mercy - Cannonball Adderly
Messin'with the Kid - Junior Wells
Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight
Miss You - Rolling Stones
Mister Magic - Grover Washington
Moondance - Van Morrison
Moonlighters Theme - Original
Morris Day and the Time - Jungle Love
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon Five
Mr. Magic - Grover Washington
Mr. Pitiful - Otis Redding
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
My Boogie Shoes - KC & the Sunshine Band
My Girl - The Temptations
My Girl - Temptations
My Guy - Mary Wells
My Prerogative - Bobby Brown
My Way - Frank Sinatra
Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin
Neither One of Us - Gladys Knight
New York New York - Frank Sinatra
Next Time You See Me - Junior Parker
Night Time is the Right Time - Ray Charles
No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley
Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Seger
On Broadway - George Benson
Only You - The Platters
Only You - Platters
Ooh Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson
Outskirts of Town - Ray Charles
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - Temptations
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag - James Brown
People Get Ready - Curtis Mayfield
People Make the World Go Round - Herbie Hancock
Pick up the Pieces - Average White Band
Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Please, Please, Please - James Brown
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Proud Mary - Tina Turner
Purple Rain - Prince
Rainy Night in Georgia - Brook Benton
Raise Your Glass - Pink
Reach Out (I'll Be There) - Four Tops
Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
Redemption Song - Bob Marley
Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Respect Yourself - Staple Singers
Ribbon in the Sky - Stevie Wonder
Ride Like the Wind - Christopher Cross
Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley
Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
Rock With You - Michael Jackson
Rockets to the Moon - Brian Setzer Orchestra
Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
Route 66 - Nat King Cole
Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
School Boy Crush - Average White Band
Searchin' - Coasters
Second that Emotion - Smokey Robinson
September - Earth Wind and Fire
Sex Machine - James Brown
Sexy Thing (I Believe in Miracles) - Hot Chocolate
Shake Rattle and Roll - Big Joe Turner
Shake Your Body Down to the Ground - Jacksons
Shake Your Booty - KC & the Sunshine Band
Shake Your Hips - Slim Harpo
Shake, Rattle and Roll - Big Joe Turner
She's A Bad Mama Jama - Carl Carlton
She's Always A Woman - Billy Joel
Shout! - Isley Brothers
Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Since I Fell For You - Lenny Welch
Single Ladies - Beyonce
Sitting on The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Skin Tight - Ohio Players
Smooth Operator - Sade
Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderly
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
Son of a Preacher Man - Aretha Franklin
Song for My Father - Horace Silver
Soul Man - Sam and Dave
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Standing on Shaky Ground - Temptations
Step in the Name of Love - R Kelly
Stir it Up - Bob Marley
Straighten Up and Fly Right - Nat King Cole
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch - Four Tops
Summertime - George Gershwin
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Suzie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley
T-Bone Shuffle - T. Bone Walker
Taking Care of Business - Bachman Turner Overdrive
Tell Mama - Etta James
Tell Me Something Good - Rufus and Chaka Khan
Tequila - The Champs
Tequila - Champs
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly and the Family Stone
That Old Black Magic - Ella Fitzgerald
That's the Way I Like It - KC & the Sunshine Band
The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
The Twist - Chubby Checker
The Wanderer - Dion and the Belmonts
The Way - Jill Scott
These Arms of Mine - Otis Redding
Things I Used to Do - Guitar Slim
This Girl's In Love With You - Dusty Springfield
This is a Man's World - James Brown
This Is How We Do It - Montel Jordan
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole
Thrill is Gone - B.B. King
Tide is High - Paragons
Till I Get it Right - Tammy Wynette
Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
Try Me - James Brown
Turn On Your Love Light - Bobby Bland
Twilight Time - The Platters
Twilight Time - Platters
Twist - Chubby Checker
Twist and Shout - Beatles
Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers
Under the Boardwalk - The Temptations
Under the Boardwalk - Drifters
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
Waiting in Vain - Bob Marley
Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline
Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Walking the Dog - Rufus Thomas
Wang Dang Doodle - Willie Dixon
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - Freddy Fender
Watch Yourself - B.B. King
Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
What I Say - Ray Charles
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
When A Woman Loves - R. Kelly
When the Eagle Flies - Muddy Waters
When the Saints Go Marching In - Louis Armstrong
Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks
Will it Go Round in Circles - Billy Preston
Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra
Wobble - V.I.C.
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
Yeah - Usher
You are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
You Send Me - Sam Cook