The Bernadettes R&B Band from East Haven, CT

Yeah it's official, we won!!! The Bernadettes win the Fairfield County Weekly Grand Band Slam in the Rock/Groove/Soul category... For over a decade, The Bernadettes have been providing memorable musical entertainment at a variety of events and functions including weddings, corporate events, private parties, and fundraisers. Rhythm & Blues, arguably America's finest and most well known export, is the music The Bernadettes specialize in performing. The very familiar toe-tapping sounds of Motown, the infectious dance grooves of Memphis soul shouters such as Wilson Pickett, the smooth, sophisticated Philly soul music of Earth, Wind & Fire, the hard driving funk-rock of Sly and the Family Stone, the soothing grooves of R&B crooners like Marvin Gaye and Bill Withers, and, of course, the unforgettable music of the king of soul, Mr. James Brown - this is the music The Bernadettes perform. Yes, they'll mix it up with a few modern contemporary dance hits here and there, a classic rock number, or an oldies favorite, but the emphasis is on the classic "old school" R&B music that American baby boomers have grown up with and folks of all ages have enjoyed dancing to for several decades. Make your event a memorable event, and have your wedding be the one that family and friends will talk about for years. The Bernadettes have gained a peerless reputation in New England and the greater New York City area for providing high energy dance music with a touch of class and sophistication that keeps the dance floor filled, yet at a respectable volume. With over a century of combined musical performing experience, the seven talented musicians who make up the band have developed an uncanny knack to "read" their audience, knowing when to pull out that ballad for slow dancing, tone it down a notch with a cool jazzy instrumental when dining occurs, and, of course, to "kick out the jams" with an up-tempo funk number when it's time for the party to begin in earnest. The Bernadettes possess an ability both to engage the casual listener on the dance floor with a "hit" dance song, and yet also to perk up the ears of the most sophisticated music connoisseur with a classic blues number or a clever instrumental arrangement. It's this ability that distinguishes The Bernadettes as the choice for distinctive, yet entertaining and engaging musical entertainment for your party or event.

• Ain't Nobody | Chaka Khan
• Ain't No Stopping Us Now | McFadden & Whitehead
• Ain't No Sunshine | Bill Withers
• Ain't That Peculiar | Marvin Gaye
• Ain't Too Proud to Beg | The Temptations
• Always And Forever | Heatwave
• American Woman | Guess Who
• As | Stevie Wonder
• Ascension | Maxwell
• At Last | Etta James
• A Song For My Son | Mikki Viereck
• Back In Love | LTD
• Bad Girls | Usher
• Bad Mama Jama | Carl Carlton
• Bernadette | Four Tops
• Billie Jean | Michael Jackson
• Boogie Oogie Oogie | Taste of Honey
• Brick House | The Commodores
• Can't Get Enough Of Your Love | Barry White
• Can't Turn You Loose | Otis Redding
• Careless Whisper | George Michaels
• Dreams | Fleetwood Mac
• Drift Away | Dobie Gray
• Fantasy | Earth, Wind, & Fire
• Fire | Ohio Players
• Forget You | Cee Lo, Gweneth Paltrow
• Free/Into The Mystic | Zak Brown
• Get Down On It | Kool and the Gang
• Give It To Me | Rick James
• Give Up The Funk | Parliament
• Good Times | Chic
• Hard Times | Ray Charles
• Hard To Handle | Otis Redding, Black Crowes
• Have I Told You Lately That I Love You | Van Morrison, Rod Stewart
• Hella Good | No Doubt
• Higher Ground | Stevie Wonder
• Hollywood Swinging | Kool and the Gang
• I Heard it Through the Grapevine | Marvin Gaye
• I Shot The Sheriff | Bob Marley
• I Want to Take You Higher | Sly & the Family Stone
• I Want You Back | Jackson Five
• I Will Survive | Gloria Gaynor
• I Wish | Stevie Wonder
• I Wish it Would Rain | The Temptations
• If I Ain't Got You | Alicia Keys
• If You Don't Know Me By Now | Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
• I'll Be Around | The Spinners
• Inner City Blues | Marvin Gaye
• Into The Mystic | Van Morrison
• Isn't She Lovely | Stevie Wonder
• It's A Shame | The Spinners
• Josie | Steely Dan
• Just My Imagination | Temptations
• Just The Two Of Us | Bill Withers & Grover Washington
• Le Freak (Freak Out) | Chic
• Let's Get it On | Marvin Gaye
• Let's Groove | Earthe, Wind, & Fire
• Long Train Running | Doobie Brothers
• Love And Happiness | Al Green
• Love Train | O Jays
• Lovely Day | Bill Withers
• Masquerade | George Benson
• Mercy Mercy | Marvin Gaye
• Midnight Hour | Wilson Pickett
• Moondance | Van Morrison
• Mr. Big Stuff | Jean Knight
• Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett
• My Girl | The Temptations
• My Perogative | Bobby Brown
• Nasty Habits | Tommy Castro
• Never Give You Up | Raphael Saadiq
• Never Too Much | Luther Vandross
• Nothing From Nothing | Billy Preston
• Oh Girl | Chi-Lites
• On Broadway | The Drifters, George Benson
• Peg | Steely Dan
• Play That Funky Music | Wild Cherry
• Pride and Joy | Stevie Ray Vaughn
• Purple Rain | Prince
• Real Mother | Johnny Guitar Watson
• Reasons | Earth, Wind, & Fire
• Ribbon In The Sky | Stevie Wonder
• Rock Steady | Aretha Franklin
• Rock With You | Michael Jackson
• Sam the Clam | The Bernadettes
• Saw Her Standing There | Beatles
• September | Earth, Wind, & Fire
• Sex Machine | James Brown
• Shake Your Body Down | Michael Jackson
• Shake Your Groove Thing | Peaches And Herb
• She's Gone | Hall & Oates
• Shining Star | Earth, Wind, & Fire
• Shining Star | Manhattens
• Sign Sealed Delivered | Stevie Wonder
• Sledgehammer | Peter Gabriel
• Somebody Else's Guy | Jocelyn Brown
• So Very Hard To Go | Tower of Power
• Stand By Me | Ben E. King
• Standing on Shaky Ground | The Temptations
• Summer | War
• Sunday Morning | Maroon 5
• Super Freak | Rick James
• Supernatural Thing | Ben E. King
• Superstition | Stevie Wonder
• Sweet Thing | Chaka Khan
• Taking it to the Streets | The Doobie Brothers
• Thank You | Sly & the Family Stone
• That's What I Like About You | The Romantics
• The Beat Goes On | The Whispers
• Thrill is Gone | B. B. King
• Tightrope | Stevie Ray Vaughn
• Use Me | Bill Withers
• Walk Right Up to Me | James Brown
• Walk This Way | AeroSmith
• Whammer Jammer | J. Geils Band
• What You Won't Do For Love | Bobby Caldwell
• What's Going On | Marvin Gaye
• Who's Lovin' You | Smoky Robinson, Michael Jackson
• Will It Go 'Round In Circles | Billy Preston
• You And I | Rick James
• You Are The Sunshine Of My Life | Stevie Wonder
• You Make Me Feel Brand New | Stylistics
• You'll Never Find | Lou Rawls
• Your Love Is Lifting Me Higher | Jackie Wilson
• plus many more and songs are always being added to repertoire