Professor D & The Playschool

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This is the dance band with the crazy hats!
  
Professor D is truly Dallas' premier and most uniquely entertaining dance and variety band. Weighing in at eight pieces with horns, male AND female lead vocals, and one of the tightest rhythm sections in the southwest, Professor D brings an incomparable energy to their dynamic shows. From Motown to disco, funk and R&B to current Top 40 hits, you get the best dance and party songs EVER - played back to back to back! The music hardly ever stops as they segue from one hit to another with their trademark personality and fun. Professor D is heavy on the "audience participation," getting your friends and guests involved all night long. After 12 years and literally thousands of shows around DFW and the southwest, this band has the experience and exuberance to make your event a huge success.


Professor D has opened in the last year for artists such as Prince, Tina Turner, The Backstreet Boys, Kool & The Gang, Gloria Estefan, Janet Jackson, plus many others! This band has what it takes to make for a spectacular event!

If you want them at your next party, don't hesitate!  After all, here's only one
Professor D and the Playschool.


Private Party Songlist

Classic 70s and 80s Dance and Disco

Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Boogie Shoes - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston
Let's Groove Tonight - Earth Wind & Fire
Last Dance - Donna Summer
Shake Your Body  - Jackson 5
Brick House - The Commodores
Get Down On It - Kool & the Gang
When Doves Cry - Prince
Casanova - Levert
September – Earth Wind & Fire
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
You Shook Me All Night Long - ACDC
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
Bad Mamma Jamma – Carl Carlton
Ladies' Night - Kool & The Gang
Upside Down - Diana Ross
Singasong - Earth Wind and Fire
And the Beat Goes On - The Whispers
Lady Marmelade – Various Artists
Freakazoids - Midnight Star
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Rumors - Timex Social Club
Raspberry Beret - Prince
Working Day & Night - Michael Jackson
Lowrider - WAR
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Grooveline - Heatwave
Love Rollercoaster - The Ohio Players
Operator - Midnight Star
I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
That's the Way I Like It - K.C. & the Sunshine Band
Rock With You – Michael Jackson
Turn The Beat Around - Gloria Estefan
Celebration - Kool & the Gang
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Barry White
Boogie Oogie Oogie – Taste of Honey
Best of My Love - The Emotions
Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Get Down Tonight - K.C. & the Sunshine Band
Take Your Time (Do It Right) - SOS Band
Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead
Boogie Nights - Heatwave
 U Got The Look - Prince
Shake Your Booty - K.C. & the Sunshine Band
Kiss – Prince
Dazz – Brick
Who’s That Lady – The Isley Brothers
Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
I’m Your Boogie Man – KC & the Sunshine Band
I Wish – Stevie Wonder
Fresh – Kool & the Gang
Wanna Be Startin Somethin’ – Michael Jackson
On The Radio – Donna Summer
Get Off – Foxy
Love and Happiness – Al Green
You’re My First, My Last, My Everything – Barry White
Lady (You Bring Me Up) – The Commodores
Back In Love Again – LTD
Casanova – Levert
Too Hot – Kool & the Gang
Ain’t Nobody (Does It Better) – Rufus & Chaka Kahn
Wishing Well – Terence Trent D’Arby
Good Times – Chic
Carwash – Rose Royce
Bad Mamma Jamma – Carl Carlton

 

“90s and Beyond” Top 40
(Updated monthly)

Smooth - Santana
Rock Your Body – Justin Timberlake
Get Busy – Sean Paul
Hella Good – No Doubt
Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
Jenny From the Block – Jennifer Lopez
Game of Love – Santana & Michelle Branch
U Got It Bad - Usher
Lose Yourself - Eminem
Get This Party Started - Pink
It Wasn't Me - Shaggy
In Da Club – 50 Cent
This Is How We Do It - Montel Jordan
 Family Affair – Mary J. Blige
I'm Real - Jennifer Lopez
Without Me – Eminem
What’s Luv – Fat Joe & Ashanti
Ain’t It Funny – Jennifer Lopez
Jump Around - House of Pain
Miami - Will Smith
Gangsta Lovin – Eve and Alicia Keyes
I’m Gonna Be Alright – Jennifer Lopez
Gettin Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith
Play - Jennifer Lopez
People Everyday - Arrested Development
 Smooth Criminal – Alien Ant Farm
California Love - Roger & Zapp with Tupac
Sing For the Moment – Aerosmith & Eminem
Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz

Classic Funk

You Dropped a Bomb On Me – The Gap Band
Atomic Dog - George Clinton
One Nation Under a Groove – Parliament
Da Butt - EU
Burn Rubber On Me – The Gap Band
Superfreak - Rick James
Flashlight – Parliament
Early In The Morning – The Gap Band
Word Up – Cameo
 Jungle Boogie - Kool & the Gang
Can’t Get Enough of That Funky Stuff – Kool & the Gang
Fire - The Ohio Players
Let It Whip - The Dazz Band
Turn This Mutha Out - Parliament
Hollywood Swinging - Kool & the Gang
Thankyoufallettinmebemyself - Sly & the Family Stone
Kneedeep - Parliament
Cutie Pie - One Way
Jungle Love - The Time
The Bird - The Time
Cool - The Time

50s and 60s
(Some only available with 60 days advance notice)

Respect – Aretha Franklin
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Shout - The Isley Brothers
My Girl – The Temptations
Stop In The Name of Love – The Supremes
Knock On Wood – Eddie Floyd
I Feel Good – James Brown

Classic Slow Songs

Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
When A Man Loves A Woman - Michael Bolton
How Deep Is Your Love – The BeeGees
Nothing Compares 2U - Prince and Rosie Gaines
She’s Got A Way – Billy Joel
Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison
Get Here - Oleta Adams
Sweetest Taboo - Sade
Purple Rain – Prince

Other Classics, Big Band, Specialty, and Show Tunes
(Some only available with 60 days advance notice)

Unforgettable - Natalie Cole
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
At Last – Etta James
The Way You Look Tonight – Tony Bennett
In The Mood – Glenn Miller
Girl From Ipanema – Jobim
Satin Doll – Duke Ellington
It Had To Be You – Frank Sinatra

Traditional Jewish Medley with:
Artza Alenu
Hevenu Shalom Alechem
Ushavtem Mayim
Dayainu
Tzena Tzena
Hava Nagila

Pop Jazz Instrumentals

Thats' the Way (Of the World) - Earth, Wind & Fire
Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
What You Won't Do (For Love) - Bobby Caldwell
Paradise - Sade
Moondance - Van Morrison
Time After Time - Miles Davis
Whip Appeal - Babyface
That's The Way Love Goes - Norman Brown/Janet Jackson
Europa - Santana

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