WELCOME to New England's premier entertainment band!

The Manhattan Touch truly lives up to their name. Their classy high-energy Sound whether from the Big band era, 70's, 80's, 90's or current 2000's will keep your guests on the dance floor all night long. "The Manhattan Touch", is a nine piece band based out of the Metro West area of Massachusetts. When you feel the groove and hear the soulful vocal's, the tight rhythm section and dynamic horn's, you'll know right away - IT'S A SHOW AND A PARTY YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS!! Their professionalism and versatility has lead to great success and the word is getting around that this band is a "must have" for your Wedding, Corporate Function, Club or Private Party. The members of the "Manhattan Touch" are all seasoned professionals who love what they do and it shows.
Clients love the fact that they are also friendly, courteous and easy to get along with. Expect nothing less than the best from this band!

 
Their professional versatility has lead to great success and the "buzz" is getting around about their vocal harmonies, funky grooves and tight arrangements. The Manhattan Touch is all seasoned professionals who love what they do. Clients have high regard for their friendly, courteous and easygoing manner. Expect nothing less than the best from this band!

With an emphasis in hard-driving danceable rhythm's, from an extensive song list of only the best songs, The Manhattan Touch is sure to please any crowd whether it is an intimate wedding reception, company picnic or major corporate party, The Manhattan Touch is sure to provide that spark of entertainment to guarantee that your event will be a success and a memorable one.
Song List

60’s - 2000’s TOP 40 - PARTY/DANCE SONGS
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Crazy In Love (Beonce Knowles)
Waiting For You (Seal)
Rock Your Body (Justin Timberlake)
I’m So Excited (The Pointer Sisters)
With You (Jessica Simpson)
Used To Love You (John Legend/Kanye West)
You Should Let Me Love You (Mario)
Loose My Breath (Destinys Child)
September (E-W-Fire)
Hey Yah (Outcast)
Aint Nobody (Chaka Kahn)
I Like The Way You move (Outcast)
Give It To Me Baby (Rick James)
Leave /Get Out (Jo Jo)
Back In Love Again (Jeffrey Osborrn)
Pieces Of Me (Ashlee Simpson)
Youve got The Best Of My Love (The Emotions)
She’s A Bad Mamma Jamma (Carl Carlton)
It’s Extacy (Barry White)
Early in The Morning (gap band)
You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate)
Cant get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White)
Your The First My Last My Everything (Barry White)
Chain Of Fools (Aretha Franklin)
Respect (Aretha Franklin)
Think (Aretha Franklin)
We Are Family (Sister Sledge)
This Will Be ( Natalie Cole)
Then Came You (Dion Warwick and the Spinners)
Let’s Groove Tonight (E-W-Fire)
Rock Steady (The Whispers)
I Feel Like Bustin Loose (Chuck Brown And the Soul Searchers)
ABC (The Jackson 5)
I Want You Back (Michael Jackson)
Kiss (Prince)
That’s The Way I Like It (KC + The Sunshine Band)
let’s Stay Together (Al Green)
Jungle Boogie (Kool And The Gang)
Got To Be Real (Cheryl Lynn)
Aint No Stopping Us Now (McFadden + Whitehead)
Not Today (Mary j Blidge)
Real Love (Mary J Blidge)
Love like This Before (Faith Evans)
Rock steady (The Whispers)
I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
You And I (Rick James)
She Used To Be My Girl (The Ojays)
More Today Than Yesterday (Spiral Staircase)
Get Down Tonight (KC+ the Sunshine Band)
Thats the way I like It (KC+ the Sunshine Band)
Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)
Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynrd)
It’s Your Thing, (Isley Bros)
Disco Infernal (The Tramps)
Oh What A Night
Love Train (The Ojays)
Proud Mary (Tina Turner)
Shook Me All Night Long (AC DC)
Shining star (E-W-Fire)
Grapevine (Gladys Night/Pips)
Higher and Higher (Jackie Wilson)
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch (Four Tops)
Twisting the Night Away (Sam Cook)
Shout (Isley Bros)
Brick House (The Comodores)
Ladies Night (Kool + The Gang)
Jungle Boogie, (Kool + The Gang)
Celebration (Kool + The Gang)
Get Down On It (Kool + The Gang)
Zoot Suit Riot (Cherry Poppin Daddies)
Jump Jive + Wail
Ive Got Work To Do (AWB)
Thank You (Sly Stone)
Dance to the music (Sly Stone)
Everyday People (Sly Stone)
Honky Tonk Woman (The Rolling Stones)
Son Of a Preacher man
Brown Eyed Girl
Build Me Up Buttercup
Hot Hot Hot
I’m Coming Out (Dianna Ross)
25 Miles (Edwin Star)




MOTOWN AND SOUL
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I Want You Back ( Jackson 5)
Aint too Proud to Beg (Temptations)
My girl (Temptations)
Grapevine (Gladis Knight /Pips)
Soul Man (sam + dave)
Just My Imagination (Temptations)
Stand by Me (Ben E King)
The Midnight Hour ( wilson pickett)
Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
The Way You Do The Things You Do (Temptations)
Higher And Higher (Jackie Wilson)
Proud Mary (Ike and Tina Turner)
Same Old Song (Four Tops)
Pass the Peas (Macio Parker)
Like A Sex Machine (James Brown)
25 Miles (Edwin Starr)
Dancin in the Streets (Martha Reeves)
Aint No Woman Like the One I Got (Four Tops)
Papas Got a Brand new Bag (James Brown)
ABC ( Jackson 5)
I Feel Good (James Brown)
Shout (Isley Bros)
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch (Four Tops)
Twisting the Night Away (Sam Cook)
She Used To Be My Girl (The Ojays)
Love Train (The Ojays)

 

BALLADS
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Ordinary People (John Legend)
Dont Know Why (Nora Jones)
So Amazing (Luther Vandross)
At Last (etta James)
Me and Mrs. Jones (Billy Paul)
let’s get it on (Marvin Gaye)
Come Away With Me (Nora Jones)
Feel like Making love (Roberta Flack)
Sentimental Reasons (Natalie Cole)
Crazy (Patsy Cline)
Love Wont Let Me Wait (major harris)
Spend my Life With You (Eric Bonet)
Love Ballad (jeffrey osborrn + LTD)
Georgia On My Mind (ray charles)
I Only have eyes For You
I Wanna Know (joe)
My My My (johnny gill)
Just the way you are (Billy Joel)
The times of Your Life (Paul Anka)
What A Wondwerfull World (L. Armstrong)
Crazy Love (brian mcnight)
Anytime (brian mcnight)
Wonderfull Tonight (Erick Clapton)
Someone Like You (Van Morrison)
Cant Help Falling In Love With You (elvis)
That’s The Way Of The World (E-W-Fire)
You Cant Hide Love (E-W-Fire)
Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison)
You are My Lady (Freddy Jackson)
Close The Door (Teddy Pendergrass)
You Are So Beautiful (Joe Cocker)
A Whole New World (Peabo Bryson/ Regina Bell )
One in a Million (Larry Graham)
Our Love is Here to Stay (Harry Conick Jr.)
Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland)
Misty (Johny Mathis)
If I Could ( Regina Bell )
I Finally Found Some One (Striesand/Adams)
I Loved You Before I Met You ( Savage Garden )
I'll Be There ( Jackson 5)
Lady (Kenny Rogers)
Lady in Red (Chris De Burgh)
If You Dont Know Me By Now (Harold Melvin+The Blue Notes)
I Only Have Eyes for You (Art Garfunkle)
I Wanna Know (Joe)
I Will Remember You (Sara McLachlan)
In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
My Funny Valentine (Anita Baker)
Sea of Love (Don Henley)
Sentimental Reasons (Natilie Cole )
Someone Like You (Van Morrison)
Still the One (Shania Twain)
Song for My Son (Micky)
Spanish Eyes (Martino)
Tenderly (Natilie Cole)
The Shadow of Your Smile (Johnny Mathis)
The Times of Your Life (Paul Anka )
The Way We Were (Barbara Striesand)
Through the Eyes of Love (Melisa Manchester)
Through the Years (Kenny Rogers)
Unforgettable (Nat and Natalie Cole)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
Walkin After Midnight (Patsy Cline)
We've Only Just Begun (Carpenters)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
When I Fall in Love
Send in the Clowns
Wind Beneath My Wings
Wonderful Tonight
You Are So Beautiful
You are the Sunshine of My Life
You Send Me
When You Say Nothin at All
When You Wish Upon a Star
Here and Now
Have I Told You Lately
Greatest Love of All
From This Moment
Crazy
Butterfly Kisses
Can You Stop the Rain
Can't Help Falling in Love
Beautiful in My Eyes
Because You Loved Me
Best thing that Ever Happened to Me
As Time Goes By
At Last
Autumn Leaves
Back to One
All My Life
Always
Always and Forever
Lets Get It On
Lets Stay Together



MID TEMPO AND FEEL GOOD TUNES
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Could It Be Im Falling In Love (The Spinners)
I’ll Be Around (The Spinners)
Mornin (Al Jeareau)
Into The Mystic ( Van Morrison)
Margaritaville (jimmy buffet)
Sway
Dancing In The Moonlight
Were In This Love Together (Al Jeareau)
Your Smiling Face (James Taylor)
You've Got A Friend (James Talor)
Cant Take My Eyes Off Of You
How sweet It Is To be loved by You (James Taylor)
One Hundred Ways (James Ingrahm)
Whats Going On (Marvin Gaye)
Lovely Day (Bill Withers)
Ive Got A Woman (Ray Charles)
The Night Time Is The Right Time (Ray Charles)
She Used To Be My Girl (The Ojays)
Easy (like a Sunday Morning) (Comodores)
Your the Biggest Part Of Me ( Ambrosia)
Build Me Up Buttercup ( The Foundations )
Day Dream Believer ( Monkeys)
Does Anybody Really Know What Time ( Chicago )
Here Comes the Sun ( Beatles)
Hooked on a Feelin ( Blue Swede)
I Can See Clearly Now ( Johnny Nash)
Midnight Train to Georgia (Gladys Knight/Pips)
Moondance (Van Morrison)
More Today than Yesterday (Spiral Staircase)
Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
Sunny Came Home Shawn Colvin
Stand By Me (Ben E King)
Sweet Caroline (Niel Diomond)
Thank You (DIDO)
Thank You (Natalie Merchant)
Under the Boardwalk (Coasters)
Your My Shining Star (Manhattans)


STEVIE WONDER
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Isn't she lovely
You Are The Sunshine of my life
Superstision
Signed Sealed Delivered
Do I Do
Higher Ground
For Once In My Life
Overjoyed
I Wish
My Cherie Amour
Sir Duke
That Girl
Love Light in Flight
Boogie on Reggae Woman
I Wish
Master Blaster Jammin
Ribbon in the Sky


TEMPTATIONS
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My Girl
Aint Too Proud To Beg
The Way You Do The Things You Do
Just My Imagination

 


ARETHA FRANKLIN
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Chain of Fools
Amazing Grace
Baby I love You
Do Right
Freeway of Love
Jumpin Jack Flash
Never Loved a Man Like You
Natural Woman
Respect
Rock Steady
Think




BOB MARLEY (REGGAE/ISLAND)
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Could You be Loved
Is this Love
Jammin
No Woman No Cry
One Love
Stir it Up
Three Little Birds  




EARTH ,WIND and FIRE
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After the Love is Gone
Can't Hide Love
Fantasy
Get Away
Got to Get You into My Life
Let's Groove Tonight
September
Serpentine Fire
Sing a Song
Shining Star
That's the Way of the World




TOWER of POWER
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Credit
Diggin on James Brown
Don't Change Horses
Down to the Night Club
I Like Your Style
Souled Out
Soul Vaccination
Soul with a Capital S
Squib Cakes
What is Hip
Willing to Learn
You Got to Funkifize
Your Gonna Need Me




BIG BAND - SINATRA+CLASSICS
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Summerwinds
New York New York
The Way You Look Tonight
Night And Day
Beyond The Sea
Come Fly With Me
Moon River
My Way
Love And Marriage
They Cant Take That Away From Me
Fly Me To The Moon
It Had To Be You
Ive Got You Under My Skin
My Funny Valentine
When I fall in love
Unforgetable
I Wish You love
Our Love Is Here To Stay
When I Fall In Love
All of Me
All the Way
Angel Eyes
Chicago
I Get a Kick Out of You
I Thought About You
I Wish I Where In Love Again
I've Got the World on a String
Lady is a Tramp
Last Dance
More
Nice and Easy
One for My baby
Saturday Night is the Loneliest
Someone to Watch over Me
Witchcraft
You Make Me Feel So Young
Young at Heart



STANDARDS/SWING/VOCAL/INSTRUMENTAL
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Almost Like Being in Love
Always There
America The Beautiful
American
Auld Lang Syne
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Bridal March (Here Comes The Bride)
Chatanooga Choo Choo
Cheek to Cheek
Don't Get Around Much
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
How High the Moon
In The Mood
It Had to be You
Morning Dance
Little Brown Jug
L O V E
Mack the Knife
Rockin Roll Part 2
Route 66
S'Wonderful
Satin Doll Star Dust
Take The "A" Train
The Chicken Dance
The Girl from Ipanema
Tonight Show Theme
Watch What Happens
Wedding March Midsummers Night Dream
 

WALTZ
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Anniversary Waltz
Could I Have This Dance
Daddy's Little Girl
Moon River
Sunrise Sunset
That's Amore'
Try to Remember
Turn Around  
Fiddler
 

ETHNIC
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POLISH/POLKA
Beer Barrel Polka
In Heaven There is No Beer

IRISH
Danny Boy
Irish Eyes
MacNamara's Band

ITALIAN
Tarantella

 JEWISH
Am Yisrael Chai
Artsa Alinu
Bashana Haba'a
Chosn Kalah Mazel Toz
David Melech Yisrael
Ele Chamda Libi
Harachaman
Havah Nageela
If I Were a Rich Man
Ketsad M'rakdin
M'chutenista Meine
Mezinka
Ot Azoy
Rad Halaila
Shalom Alechem
Shmelkie's Nigun
Siman Tov
Sisu Et Y'rushalayim
Tzena
Uva'u Hha'ovdim
V'haer Enenu  
 

TITO PUENTE
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El Rey Del Timbal
Manchito Forever
Mambo Diablo
Oye Como Va
Picadillo
Ran Kan Kan