New York City Motown Wedding Band

As one of the leading funk and soul wedding bands in New York City, Blue Avenue Groove plays a variety of popular Motown, Rock, Pop, Soul, and R&B hits perfect for many events and special occasions. We also take client requests and offer the option of jazz sets for cocktail hour and other functions. Some of our repertoire includes…

Ain’t no mountain, Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Ain’t No Sunshine, Bill Withers
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg, Temptations
Baby, I Love You, Aretha Franklin
Bad Girls, Donna Summer
Back Pocket, Vulfpeck
Brick House, Commodores
Dancing in the street, Martha and the Vandellas
December 1963 (Oh What A Night), Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
Groove Me, King Floyd
Heard it through the grapevine, Marvin Gaye
Higher Ground, Stevie Wonder
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You), Marvin Gaye
I Got You (I Feel Good), James Brown
I Second That Emotion, Smokey Robinson
I Want You Back, Jackson 5
I Wish, Stevie Wonder
Isn’t She Lovely, Stevie Wonder
Just The Two Of Us, Grover Washington feat. Bill Withers
Let’s Stay Together, Al Green
Lovely Day, Bill Withers
Move On Up, Curtis Mayfield
My Girl, The Temptations
Natural Woman, Aretha Franklin
Proud Mary, Tina Turner
Rehab, Amy Winehouse
Respect, Aretha Franklin
September, Earth, Wind and Fire
Shout, Otis Daye and the Knights
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Stevie Wonder
Sir Duke, Stevie Wonder
Some Kind of Wonderful, Joss Stone version
Son of a Preacher Man, Dusty Springfield
Superstition, Stevie Wonder
Tears Dry On Their Own, Amy Winehouse
The Weight, The Band
Use Me, Bill Withers
What’s Going On, Marvin Gaye
You Are The Best Thing, Ray LaMontagne
You Are The Sunshine of My Life, Stevie Wonder

All These Things I’ve Done, Killers 
Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Jet
Come Together, Meters Version
Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen
Don’t Stop Believin, Journey
Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Tears For Fears
Feeling Alright, Joe Cocker
Fly Like An Eagle, Steve Miller Band
Forever Young, Rod Stewart
Give Me One Reason, Tracy Chapman
Good Times, Bad Times, Led Zeppelin
Harvest Moon, Neil Young
I Don’t Need No Doctor, John Scofield and John Mayer
Jesse’s Girl, Rick Springfield
Jesus Etc, Wilco
Just The Way You Are, Billy Joel
Livin on a Prayer, Bon Jovi
Miami 2017, Billy Joel
Mr. Brightside, The Killers
Oh Darling, Beatles
Ophelia, Lumineers
Ophelia, the band
Santeria, Sublime
Saw He Standing There, Beatles
Shut Up and Dance, Walk The Moon
Twist and Shout, Beatles
Use Somebody, Kings Of Leon
What I Got, Sublime
What Is and What Should Never Be, Led Zeppelin
Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin
You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Rolling Stones
You Make My Dreams, Hall and Oates
You Shook Me All Night Long, ACDC
Your Love, The Outfield
Zombie, Cranberries

24K Magic, Bruno Mars
American Boy, Estelle
Billie Jean, Michael Jackson
California Gurls, Katy Perry
Can’t Stop The Feeling, Justin Timberlake
Crazy, Gnarls Barkley
Crazy in Love, Beyonce
Dancing in the Moonlight, King Harvest
Dancing Queen, Abba
Empire State of Mind, Alicia Keys
Forget You, CeeLo Green
Get Lucky, Daft Punk
Happy, Pharrell Williams
Hey Ya, Outkast
I Can’t Help It, Michael Jackson
I Can’t Feel My Face, The Weeknd
I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Whitney Houston
I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor
If I Ain’t Got You, Alicia Keys
Kiss, Prince
Locked Out of Heaven, Bruno Mars
Maria Maria, Santana
No Diggity, Blackstreet
No scrubs, TLC
Pony, Ginuwine
P.Y.T, Michael Jackson
Rather Be, Clean Bandit
Rock With You, Michael Jackson
Say My Name, Destiny’s Child
Shape Of You, Ed Sheeran
The Way You Make Me Feel, Michael Jackson
Treasure, Bruno Mars
Uptown Funk, Bruno Mars
Valerie, Amy Winehouse
Walking on Sunshine, Katrina & The Waves
Wannabe, Spice Girls

A Change is gonna Come, Sam Cooke
All Of Me, John Legend
All Of Me, Billie Holiday
At Last, Etta James
Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel
Bring It On Home, Sam Cooke
Cruisin’, Smokey Robinson
Distance, Emily King
Don’t Know Why, Norah Jones
Fly Me To The Moon -Standard
Georgia on My Mind, Ray Charles
I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You, Elvis
In my life, Beatles
Into the Mystic, Van Morrison
Is This Love, Bob Marley
Killing Me Softly, Fugees
L-O-V-E, Nat King Cole
Landslide, Fleetwood Mac
Make You Feel My Love, Adele
Moondance, Van Morrison
Sittin’ On the Dock at the Bay, Otis Redding
Something in the Way She Moves, James Taylor
Stand By Me, Ben E King
Stay With Me, Sam Smith
Stir It Up, Bob Marley
Summertime, Jazz Standard
Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran
Three Little Birds, Bob Marley
Unchained Melody, Righteous Brothers
Waiting on the World to Change, John Mayer
What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong
What You Don’t Do, Lianne La Havas
When We Were Young, Adele

Why Book Blue Avenue Groove?

With international touring session musicians and Grammy-winning vocalists, we’re more than just a cover band. Our extensive experience and high-energy performances make us the perfect choice when you’re looking for a New York City Motown wedding band. Thanks to our extensive repertoire, no two performances or events are ever the same. If you want romantic crooners and the leading soul wedding band in New York City, we’ll deliver; if you want to rock the roof off a New York City corporate event, that’s well within our wheelhouse, too.

Every wedding performance includes a 5-10-piece reception band, 3 personal song requests, a full instrument and sound back line, and a wireless microphone for speeches. Beyond serving as a Motown wedding band, we also offer add-on services, such as providing a master of ceremonies, a professional sound/lighting engineer, and/or a DJ.

Our corporate event performances can be tailored to your venue. Several of our popular bookings include jazz trios or quartets, a 5-10-piece R&B cover band, and a 4-7-piece rock/pop cover band. From holiday parties to cocktail hours, our event scheduling specialist makes booking live entertainment seamless.

Ready to add high-energy live music to your next event? Book here!