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For 10-solid years industry professionals, top area hotels, event/party planners, country clubs and event halls consistently ask for the Hip Pocket Orchestra. In fact, party planners and hotel catering managers insist on Hip Pocket when planning their own wedding/parties.

Unique to The Hip Pocket Orchestra is the vocal frontline of 3-Lead Singers: Karen Bell, Jeff Ramsey and Aurel D’Agostino. This entertaining trio delivers tasteful vocals and harmonies that simply put: “feel good”.

Under the Musical Direction of Bassist Kevin Cobb, this 9-piece band consistently delivers outstanding authentic arrangements of the music you love.

From dressing sharp, playing long sets, and taking short breaks, this group has taken all of its cues from the greats.

The Hip Pocket Orchestra's repertoire commands all styles of popular dance music. Music selections are constantly updated, edited, reviewed and polished.

Volume and quality of sound is very important. Don’t be afraid of the size of this group. Understanding how to perform great dance music in all dynamic ranges makes the Hip Pocket Orchestra stand out from other bands that simply play too loud.

Self contained with a topflight sound company/engineer, Hip Pocket guarantees perfect, state of the art sound. No matter the function, size, room, or volume level, the Hip Pocket Orchestra can help you make it happen.

3-Lead Vocalists 2- Female & 1-Male
4-Piece Rhythm Section Keyboards, Bass, Drums & Guitar
2-Horns (option for 3rd) Trumpet & Saxophone
(Trombone Optional as 3rd Horn.
& 1-Sound Engineer

 


 
Song List

Popular Dance Tunes

Ain’t Nobody (Chaka Kahn)
Ain’t To Proud to Beg (The Temptations)
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (M.Gaye & T. Terrell)
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing (M. Gaye & T. Terrell)
Baby, Sweet Baby (Aretha)
Back In Love Again (LTD)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Brick House (Commodores)
Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
Can’t Get Enough of You Love (Barry White)
Can’t Buy Me Love (Beatles)
Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin)
Cold Sweat (James Brown)
Conga (Gloria Estephan)
Crazy (Seal)
Dancing In the Streets (M. Reeves & the Vandellas)
Dancing Machine (Michael Jackson)
Days Like These (Van Morrison)
Drops From Jupiter (Train)
Everybody Everybody (Black Box)
Everywhere (Michelle Branch)
Fly Away (Lenny Kravitz)
Give It to Me, Baby (Rick James)
Good Love (The Rascals)
Get Away (Earth, Wind and Fire)
Get The Party Started (Pink)
Groove Is In the Heart (Deee-lite)
Hound Dog (Elvis)
How Bizarre (Sugar Ray)
How Sweet It Is (James Taylor)
I Believe (Cher)
I Feel Good (James Brown)
I Only Want To Be With You (Dusty Springfield)
I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles)
I Wish (Stevie Wonder)(Will Smith)
I’ll Be Around (The Spinners)
I’ll Stand By You (The Pretenders)
I’m Coming Out (Diana Ross)
I’m Every Woman (Whitney Houston)
I’m So Excited (Pointer Sisters)
In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
It’s About That Walk (Prince)
It’s Raining Men (The Weather Girls)
Jump Jive & Wail (Brian Setzer)
Kind and Generous (Natalie Merchant)
Knock On Wood (Eddie Floyd)
La Bamba (Richie Valens)
Lady Marmalade (Patty LaBelle)
Love Shack (B-52s)
Love Train (The O’Jays)
Loves Me Like A Rock (Paul Simon)
Missing You (Tina Turner)
Modern Love (David Bowie)
Moondance (Van Morrison)
Mustang Sally (The Commitments)
My Girl (The Temptations)
My Guy (Mary Wells)
Oh What A Night (The Four Seasons)
One Love (Bob Marley)
Outstanding (The Gap Band)
Please Forgive Me (Daivd Grey)
Ready To Run (Dixie Chicks)
Respect (Aretha Franklin)
Rock Steady (Ike & Tina Turner)
Roll To Me (Del Amitri)
Roll With It (Steve Winwood)
Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Shake Everything You’ve Got (Maceo)
Shake Rattle & Roll (Elvis)
Shoop Shoop (Cher)
Simple Song (Sly & The Family Stone)
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (Stevie Wonder)
Smooth (Santana)
Something To Talk about (Bonnie Raitt)
Son Of A Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)
Soul Man (Blues Brothers)
Stand Back (Stevie Nicks)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
Sweet Soul Music (Arthur Conley)
Tell Me Something Good (Chaka Khan)
Then Came You (The Spinners with Dionne Warwick)
Think (Aretha Franklin)
This Kiss (Faith Hill)
This Will Be (Natalie Cole)
Through The Fire (Chaka Kahn)
Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden)
Twist and Shout (Beatles)
Upside Down (Diana Ross)
Walking On Sunshine (Katrina & The Waves)
Wanna Be Startin’ Something (Michael Jackson)
Way You Do the Things You Do (Temptations)
Whenever, Wherever (Shakira)
Wide Open Spaces (Dixie Chicks)
Wild Nights (John Mellencamp)
Working Day and Night (Michael Jackson)
Would I Lie To You (Eurythmics)
You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon)
You Gotta Be (Des’ree)
You Keep Me Hanging On (Supremes)
634-5789 (Wilson Pickett)
1999 (Prince)


Disco

Ain't No Stopping Us Now (Luther Vandross)
Best of My Love (Emotions)
Boogie Oogie Oogie (Taste of Honey)
Dancin 'Queen (Abba)
Don't Leave Me This Way (Thelma Houston)
Everlasting Love (Gloria Estefen)
Funky Stuff (Kool & The Gang)
Get Down Tonight (K.C. and the Sunshine Band)
I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
Ladies Night (Cool & the Gang)
Last Dance (Donna Summer)
Oh What A Night (The Four Seasons)
Shake You're Booty (K.C. and the Sunshine Band)
Stayin' Alive (The Bee Gees)
That's The Way I Like It (K.C and the Sunshine Band)
To Be Real (Cheryl Lynn)
Turn the Beat Around (Gloria Estephan)
We Are Family (Sister Sledge)
You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate)
You Should Be Dancing (The Bee Gees)


Modern and Classic Ballads

All I Want Is You (U2)
At Last (Etta James)
As (Stevie Wonder)
Beautiful in My Eyes (J. Kattison)
Because You Love Me (Celine Dion)
Blue Moon (Elvis Presley)
Breathe (Faith Hill)
Breathe Again (Toni Braxton)
Can't Help Falling In Love (Elvis)(UB40)
Change the World (Eric Clapton)
Companion (Marc Cohn)
Constant Craving (K.D. Lang)
Could I Have This Dance (Patsy Cline)
Crazy (Patsy Cline)
Crush (Dave Mathews)
December (Weezer)
Every time You Go Away (Paul Young)
From The Moment (Shania Twain)
Georgia (Willie Nelson)
Give Me One Reason (Tracy Chapman)
Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison)
Here and Now (Luther Vandross)
Hero (Mariah Carey)
Hey Girl (Billy Joel/Carol King)
How Do I Live (Leann Rimes)
I Could Not Ask For More (Ed McCain)
I Hope You Dance (LeeAnn Womack)
I Will (Beatles)
In My Life (Beatles)
Just My Imagination (Temptations)
Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel)
Just You & Me (Chicago)
La La La Means I Love You (Smokey Robinson)
Lady in Red (Chris DeBurgh)
Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye)
Let's Stay Together (Al Green)
Long & Winding Road (The Beatles)
Make Someone Happy (Sleepless in Seattle)
Midnight Train to Georgia (Gladys Night & The Pips)
Missing You (John Waite)
Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin)
Nobody's Supposed To Be Here (Debra Cox)
Please Forgive Me (David Gray)
Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
Someone Like You (Van Morrison)
Stand By Me (Ben E King)
Save Your Love for Me (Brand New Heavies)
Still the One (Shania Twain)
Taking You Home (Don Henley)
Thank You (Dido)
Three Times a Lady (Lionel Richie)
Through The Years (Kenny Rogers)
Time After Time (Cindy Lauper)
To Sir with Love (Lulu)
Tupelo Honey (Van Morrisson)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
Wedding Song (Tracey Chapman)
We've Only Just Begun (The Carpenters)
What You Won't Do For Love (Bobby Caldwell)
When I Fall In Love (Celine Dion)
Will You Still Love Me (Carole King)
Wink & A Smile (Harry Connick Jr.)
You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder)
You Are So Beautiful (Joe Cocker)
You Make Me So Very Happy (Blood Sweat & Tears)
You Send Me (Sam Cooke)
You're Just To Good To Be True (The Four Seasons)
Your Song (Elton John)
You've Lost That Lovin Feeling (Rightous Brothers)


Smooth Jazz Arrangements

A Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie)
Boogie On Reggae Woman (Stevie Wonder)
Careless Whisper (George Michael)
Cantaloupe Island (Herbie Hancock)
Josie (Steely Dan)
Let's Fall In Love (Diana Krall)
Minute by Minute (The Doobie Brothers)
More Than Friends (David Sanborn)
Speak No Evil (Wayne Shorter)
The Best That I've Got (Anita Baker)
Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)
What's Going On (Marvin Gaye)


Swing, Big Band and Jump

All of Me (Simons & Marks)
All the Things You Are (Hammerstein)
All The Way (Frank Sinatra)
As Time Goes By (Herman Hupfeld)
Autumn Leaves (Mercer)
Best Is Yet to Come (Frank Sinatra)
Buenes Airas (Louie Prima)
But Not For Me (Gershwin)
Can't Take That Away From Me (Gershwin)
Centerpiece (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)
Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin)
Come Rain or Come Shine (Harold Arlen)
Days of Wine & Roses (Mancini)
Do I Love You (Ella Fitzgerald arrangment)
Don't Get Around Much Any More (Duke Ellington)
Embraceable You (Gershwin)
Fly me to the Moon (Sinatra arrangment)
Foggy Day (Gershwin)
God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday)
I Wouldn't Trade You (John Pizzarelli)
I'm beginning To See the Light (Ellington)
It Don't Mean A Thing (Ellington)
It Had To Be You (I. Jones & Gus Kahn)(Harry Connick Jr.)
Just a Gigolo (Louis Prima)
Jump, Jive &Wail (Brian Setzer)
L.O.V.E (Nat King Cole arrangement)
Lady Is A Tramp (Rogers & Hart)
La Vie En Rose (Edit Piaf)
Let's Fall in Love (Dianna Krall)
Luck Be A Lady Tonight (Sinatra)
Lullaby Of Birdland (Shearing)
Misty (Errol Garner & Johnny Burke)
More Today Than Yesterday (Spiral Staircase)
My Baby Just Cares For Me (Nina Simone)
My Funny Valentine (Rodgers & Hart)
My Romance (Rogers & Hart)
Nancy (Sinatra)
Night & Day (Cole Porter)
On A Clear Day (Lane & Lerner)
On The Street Where You Live (Nancy Wilson)
Our Love is Here to Stay (Gershwin)
Route 66 (Natalie Cole)
Summer Wind (Frank Sinatra)
Teach Me Tonight (Gene DePaul & Sammy Kahn)
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole/Natalie Cole)
The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra)
Witchcraft/ Under My Skin (Frank Sinatra)
When I Fall In Love (Nat King Cole)


Show Tunes

Ain't Misbehavin' (Fats Waller)
Cabaret (Kander & Ebb)
My Favorite Things (Rogers & Hart)
New York New York (Sinatra)
Old Friend (Sondheim)
One (A Chorus Line)
Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)
Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)


Latin and Island

How Insensitive (Jobim)
Desafinado (Jobim)
Girl from Ianema (Jobim)
I Like It Like That (Tito Puente)
Soca Medley (Various Artists)
O Ye' Coma VA (Tito Puente)
Perfidia (Dominguez & Leeds)


"Oy Vey" Stuff

Bashana Haba'a
Bei Mir Bist du Schon
Erev Shel Shoshanim
Dodi Li
Hora Medley
If I Were A Rich Man (Fiddler)
O'se Shalom
Sisu Et Y'Rushalayim
Simontov U Mozel Tov
Tzena
V'Lee Y'Fushalayim
Yesh Lanu Tayich (Line Dance)


Italian and Irish Tunes

Amore
Tarantella
La Spagnola

Danny Boy
My Wild Irish Rose
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling


Parent Dances

Because You Loved Me (Celine Dion)
Daddy's Little Girl
Have I Told U Lately (Van Morrison)
In My Life (The Beatles)
Kind and Generous (Natalie Merchant)
Song for My Son
Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
Thank Heaven For Little Girls (Maurice Chevalier)
That's What Friends Are For (Dionne Warwick)
The Times of Your Life (Paul Anka)
Through the Years (Kenny Rogers)
What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Wind Beneath My Wings(Bette Midler)
You've got A Friend (Carol King) (James Taylor)
You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder)

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