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The Book · 143 Songs

Seven decades, one dance floor.

Standards to current chart-toppers, all night long — 143 songs in the book and counting. Sugar Shaker reads the room and moves through eras so every generation on your guest list hears their song.

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The Book · 143 Songs

The full song list

Sugar Shaker’s song list is a carefully created showcase of the top 2% of the greatest Top 10 songs from the past 50 years. From Motown to rap, country to stadium anthems, ballads to sing-along classics — Sugar Shaker only performs songs that are known by everyone in the room.

Let’s Dance

66 songs

The floor-fillers. Current radio back through disco — the songs that get every generation on your guest list out of their seats.

Man I NeedOlivia Dean
It’s So EasyOlivia Dean
HOT TO GO!Chappell Roan
Pink Pony ClubChappell Roan
EspressoSabrina Carpenter
FlowersMiley Cyrus
About Damn TimeLizzo
Truth HurtsLizzo
Mr. BrightsideThe Killers
LevitatingDua Lipa
Don’t Start NowDua Lipa
ClarityZedd
Break FreeAriana Grande
Feel So CloseCalvin Harris
FireworkKaty Perry
Shake It OffTaylor Swift
Thinking Out LoudEd Sheeran
Shape of YouEd Sheeran
Call Me MaybeCarly Rae Jepsen
Party in the U.S.A.Miley Cyrus
Crazy in LoveBeyoncé
Back That Thing UpJuvenile
Get It Ready ReadyDJ Jubilee
Ain’t It FunParamore
Yeah!Usher
I Gotta FeelingThe Black Eyed Peas
Boom Boom PowThe Black Eyed Peas
Super BassNicki Minaj
LowFlo Rida
Shut Up and DanceWALK THE MOON
I Will Always Love YouWhitney Houston
ValerieAmy Winehouse
All I Do Is WinDJ Khaled
24K MagicBruno Mars
We Found LoveRihanna
Cupid ShuffleCupid
Raise Your GlassP!nk
Forget YouCeeLo Green
Old Town RoadLil Nas X
Uptown FunkBruno Mars
Can’t Stop the Feeling!Justin Timberlake
Hey Ya!OutKast
This Is How We Do ItMontell Jordan
PonyGinuwine
Gin and JuiceSnoop Dogg
SugarMaroon 5
Love ShackThe B-52’s
Dancing QueenABBA
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!ABBA
All Night LongLionel Richie
CelebrationKool & The Gang
We Are FamilySister Sledge
I Will SurviveGloria Gaynor
Play That Funky MusicWild Cherry
Brick HouseThe Commodores
Lady MarmaladeLaBelle
I Wanna Dance with SomebodyWhitney Houston
KissPrince
Purple RainPrince
Boogie ShoesKC and The Sunshine Band
Get Down TonightKC and The Sunshine Band
Let’s GrooveEarth, Wind & Fire
SeptemberEarth, Wind & Fire
Car WashRose Royce
Never Gonna Give You UpRick Astley
Hollaback GirlGwen Stefani

Let’s Rock

21 songs

Stadium singalongs and guitar anthems. The set that turns a reception into a concert.

Crazy ChickBuckcherry
Sweet Child O’ MineGuns N’ Roses
Don’t Stop Believin’Journey
Summer of ’69Bryan Adams
Your LoveThe Outfield
What’s Up?4 Non Blondes
Livin’ on a PrayerBon Jovi
Blister in the SunViolent Femmes
CenterfoldThe J. Geils Band
SledgehammerPeter Gabriel
You Shook Me All Night LongAC/DC
Nothin’ But a Good TimePoison
What I GotSublime
All StarSmash Mouth
ZombieThe Cranberries
Jessie’s GirlRick Springfield
Pour Some Sugar on MeDef Leppard
Hit Me with Your Best ShotPat Benatar
You Can Leave Your Hat OnJoe Cocker
Hard to HandleThe Black Crowes
I Love Rock ’n’ RollJoan Jett & the Blackhearts

Oldies & Motown

23 songs

Motown, Stax soul and the classics that never age. Where a Sugar Shaker set gets its roots.

Brown Eyed GirlVan Morrison
DominoVan Morrison
Into the MysticVan Morrison
Let’s Get It OnMarvin Gaye
Got to Give It UpMarvin Gaye
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural WomanAretha Franklin
RespectAretha Franklin
Chain of FoolsAretha Franklin
Old Time Rock and RollBob Seger
Sweet CarolineNeil Diamond
Cherry, CherryNeil Diamond
I’m a BelieverThe Monkees
Ain’t Too Proud to BegThe Temptations
What’d I SayRay Charles
Georgia on My MindRay Charles
Gimme Some Lovin’The Spencer Davis Group
Papa Was a Rollin’ StoneThe Temptations
My GirlThe Temptations
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m YoursStevie Wonder
SuperstitionStevie Wonder
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)Four Tops
Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)The Jacksons
Honky Tonk WomenThe Rolling Stones

Country

15 songs

Modern country and the crossover classics — a must in the South, and a crowd-pleaser everywhere.

Man! I Feel Like a Woman!Shania Twain
Tennessee WhiskeyChris Stapleton
Boot Scootin’ BoogieBrooks & Dunn
Country Girl (Shake It for Me)Luke Bryan
I Cross My HeartGeorge Strait
Neon MoonBrooks & Dunn
9 to 5Dolly Parton
JoleneDolly Parton
Thought You Should KnowMorgan Wallen
Sand in My BootsMorgan Wallen
Redneck WomanGretchen Wilson
Before He CheatsCarrie Underwood
Callin’ Baton RougeGarth Brooks
Friends in Low PlacesGarth Brooks
Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)Big & Rich

Soft Rock, Yacht Rock & Ballads

13 songs

First dances, dinner sets and the smooth end of the evening.

AloneHeart
AfricaToto
DreamsFleetwood Mac
Peaceful Easy FeelingEagles
Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)Christopher Cross
SailingChristopher Cross
Glory of LovePeter Cetera
(I’ve Had) The Time of My LifeBill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
Mercy, Mercy, MercyCannonball Adderley
Love and HappinessAl Green
Let’s Stay TogetherAl Green
At LastEtta James
You Are the Best ThingRay LaMontagne

Special Event Songs

5 songs

Traditions, hora and second line — the moments every New Orleans event is built around.

Auld Lang SyneTraditional
Hava NagilaTraditional
Che La Luna / TarantellaTraditional
Second LineStop Inc.
What a Wonderful WorldLouis Armstrong

Don’t see your must-play? Sugar Shaker learns requests for every event — get it to us about four weeks out and it’s in the set. Send us your list.

Sugar Shaker's lead vocalist performing under stage lights
The Sound

Big sound. Floor-focused.

Our optional three-piece horn section brings the punch of Motown and the swagger of New Orleans to any set. Every arrangement is built to fill the dance floor — lively enough to move the room, dialed so your guests can still hear each other between songs.

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