Real live recordings
Empire Beats Songbook
SELECT BAND VOCALS
| 5-10-15 Hours | Ruth Brown | |||
| A Sunday Kind Of Love | Etta James | |||
| Ain’t Nobody | Chaka Khan | |||
| All About That Bass | Meghan Trainor | |||
| All I Do | Stevie Wonder / Tammi Terrell | |||
| All Night Long | Mary Jane Girls | |||
| Am I The Same Girl | Barbara Aklin | |||
| At Last | Etta James | |||
| Baby I Love You | Erma Franklin | |||
| Be My Baby | The Ronettes | |||
| Best Of My Love | The Emotions | |||
| Boogie Oogie Oogie | Taste of Honey | |||
| Boogie Shoes | KC & The Sunshine Band | |||
| Celebration | Kool & The Gang | |||
| Chain Of Fools | Aretha Franklin | |||
| Come See About Me | The Supremes | |||
| Crazy | Gnarls Barkley | |||
| Crazy In Love | Beyonce Knowles | |||
| Cupid | Sam Cooke | |||
| Dancing In The Streets | Martha Reeves & The Vandellas | |||
| Do I Move You | Nina Simone | |||
| Do You Love What You Feel | Chaka Khan and Rufus | |||
| Everyday People | Sly & the Family Stone | |||
| Get Down On It | Kool & The Gang | |||
| Get Down Tonight | KC & The Sunshine Band | |||
| Get Ready | The Temptations | |||
| Give It To Me Baby | Rick James | |||
| Got To Be Real | Cheryl Lynn | |||
| Happy | Pharrell Williams | |||
| Hard To Handle | Otis Redding | |||
| Heat Wave | Martha Reeves & The Vandellas | |||
| Here I Am (Come And Take Me) | Al Green | |||
| Hey Ya | Outkast | |||
| Higher Ground | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Hit The Road Jack | Ray Charles | |||
| Hold On I’m Comin’ | Sam & Dave | |||
| Hound Dog | Big Mama Thornton | |||
| I Feel For You | Prince | |||
| I Feel The Earth Move | Carole King | |||
| I Got A Woman | Ray Charles | |||
| I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown | |||
| I Idolize You | Tina & Ike Turner | |||
| I Just Want To Make Love To You | Etta James | |||
| I Put A Spell On You | Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | |||
| I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You | Aretha Franklin | |||
| I Only Have Eyes For You | The Flamingos | |||
| I Say A Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin | |||
| If I Were Your Woman | Gladys Knight & The Pips | |||
| I’d Rather Go Blind | Etta James | |||
| I'll Go Crazy | James Brown | |||
| I’ll Take You There | The Staple Singers | |||
| I’m A Midnight Mover | Bobby Womack | |||
| I’m Your Baby Tonight | Whitney Houston | |||
| In The Midnight Hour | Wilson Pickett | |||
| In The Basement | Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto | |||
| Isn't She Lovely | Stevie Wonder | |||
| It Hurts So Good | Millie Jackson | |||
| It's A Man's World | James Brown | |||
| It’s In His Kiss | Betty Everett | |||
| It’s Your Thing | The Isley Brothers | |||
| Kiss | Prince | |||
| Knock On Wood | Eddie Floyd | |||
| Lady Marmalade | Patti LaBelle | |||
| Let Me Down Easy | Bettye LeVette | |||
| Lean On Me | Bill Withers | |||
| Let’s Go Crazy | Prince | |||
| Let’s Stay Together | Al Green | |||
| Love Like This | Faith Evans | |||
| Love Train | The O’Jays | |||
| Love And Happiness | Al Green | |||
| Lovely Day | Bill Withers | |||
| Make The Night A Little Bit Longer | Tammi Terrell | |||
| Mercy | Duffy | |||
| Midnight Train To Georgia | Gladys Knight & The Pips | |||
| Miss You | The Rolling Stones | |||
| Money That’s What I Want | Barret Strong | |||
| Mr. Big Stuff | Jean Knight | |||
| My Baby Just Cares For Me | Nina Simone | |||
| My Cherie Amour | Stevie Wonder | |||
| My Girl | The Temptations | |||
| My Love Is Your Love | Whitney Houston | |||
| My Thing Is Your Thing | Bobby Patterson | |||
| Neighbor Neighbor | Jimmy Hughes | |||
| Never My Love | The Sand Pebbles | |||
| Night Time (Is The Right Time) | Ray Charles | |||
| Ooo Baby Baby | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | |||
| One More Heartache | Marvin Gaye | |||
| Our Day Will Come | Ruby & The Romantics | |||
| Outstanding | The Gap Band | |||
| Piece Of My Heart | Erma Franklin | |||
| Proud Mary | Ike & Tina Turner | |||
| Que Sera Sera | Sly & The Family Stone | |||
| Rehab | Amy Winehouse | |||
| Respect | Aretha Franklin | |||
| Respect Yourself | Staple Singers | |||
| Right Back Where We Started From | Maxine Nightengale | |||
| Rolling In The Deep | Adele | |||
| Round About Midnight | Richard Berry | |||
| Rumour Has It | Adele | |||
| Ruler Of My Heart | Irma Thomas | |||
| Santa Baby | Eartha Kitt | |||
| See Saw | Aretha Franklin | |||
| September | Earth Wind & Fire | |||
| Seven Day Fool | Etta James | |||
| She’s A Lady | Tom Jones | |||
| Shoorah Shoorah | Betty Wright | |||
| Shout | The Isley Brothers | |||
| Signed Sealed Delivered | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Slipped Tripped & Fell In Love | Ann Peebles | |||
| Something's Got A Hold On Me | Etta James | |||
| Son Of A Preacher Man | Dusty Springfield | |||
| Stand By Me | Ben E King | |||
| Stoned Out Of My Mind | The Chi-Lites | |||
| Summertime | George Gershwin | |||
| Super Bad | James Brown | |||
| Super Duper Love | Sugar Billy | |||
| Suzie Q | Dale Hawkins | |||
| Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This | Eurythmics | |||
| Tainted Love | Gloria Jones | |||
| Tell Me Something Good | Rufus & Chaka Khan | |||
| That Lady | Isley Brothers | |||
| The Boy From New York City | The Ad Libs | |||
| The Nitty Gritty | Shirley Ellis | |||
| Think | James Brown | |||
| Unchain My Heart | Ray Charles | |||
| Unchained Melody | The Righteous Brothers | |||
| Uptight (Everything’s Alright) | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Use Me | Bill Withers | |||
| Valerie | Amy Winehouse | |||
| What A Man | Linda Lyndell | |||
| What A Wonderful World | Louis Armstong | |||
| What’d I Say | Ray Charles | |||
| What’s Going On | Marvin Gaye | |||
| When You Talk About Love | Patti LaBelle | |||
| Who Is She And What Is She To You | Gladys Knight | |||
| Who Is He And What Is He To You | Bill Withers | |||
| Wonderful World | Sam Cooke | |||
| Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow | The Shirelles | |||
| You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else | The Jones Girls | |||
| You Send Me | Sam Cooke | |||
| You Sexy Thing | Hot Chocolate | |||
| Your Unchanging Love | Marvin Gaye | |||
| You’re No Good | Dee Dee Warwick |
SELECT BAND INSTRUMENTALS
| Black Cat | Brian Auger | |
| Blue Velvet Walls | Empire Beats | |
| Breezin | George Benson | |
| Cantaloupe Island | Herbie Hancock | |
| Cold Duck Time | Les McCann & Eddie Harris | |
| Forever | The Little Dippers | |
| Funky Miracle | The Meters | |
| Get Up and Get It | Jackie Mittoo | |
| Got To Give It Up | Marvin Gaye | |
| Grazin’ In The Grass | Hugh Masekela | |
| Green Onions | Booker T & The MGs | |
| Groovin | Booker T & The MGs | |
| Hip Hug Her | Booker T & The MGs | |
| Hora Medley ~ The Hora | Standard | |
| Inner City Blues | Marvin Gaye | |
| Let The Music Take Your Mind | Kool & The Gang /Grant Green | |
| Linus & Lucy | War | |
| Low Rider | Vince Guaraldi | |
| Move On Up | Curtis Mayfield | |
| Move Over | Janis Joplin | |
| Never My Love | The Sand Pebbles | |
| Night Beat | Chuck Berry | |
| Night Train | Oscar Peterson | |
| Pass The Hatchet | Roger & The Gypsies | |
| People Say | The Meters | |
| Peter Gunn Theme | Duane Eddy | |
| Plantation Inn | The Mar-Keys | |
| Pick Up The Pieces | Average White Band | |
| Pungee | The Meters | |
| Sing A Simple Song | Sly & The Family Stone | |
| Sleepwalk | Santo & Johnny | |
| Soulful Strut | Young-Holt Unlimited | |
| The Chicken | Pee Wee Ellis | |
| The In Crowd | Ramsey Lewis | |
| The Tighten Up | Archie Bell & The Drells | |
| The Worm | Jimmy McGriff | |
| Time Is Tight | Booker T & The MGs | |
| Watermelon Man | Herbie Hancock | |
| Way Out West | The New Mastersounds | |
| What’s Going On | Marvin Gaye | |
| Yes We Can | Lee Dorsey | |
| You Sexy Thing | Hot Chocolate | |