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Special Edition is a premier Dallas band specializing in Dance/Pop (Top 40), R&B, Rock and Jazz! Special Edition is available for weddings, private parties corporate events and club dates.

Co-led by vocal-powerhouse Linda Bishop and bassist/producer John Adams, "The Special Edition Band" is the hottest new wedding band in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, and at the same time, provides the services of some the most experienced and established wedding musicians & private party musicians in the business.

The Special Edition Band performs a unique blend of classic to current music ranging from jazz and dance to rock, R&B, hip-hop and funk and can accommodate an array of musical preferences. The group is primarily available in six-piece or eight or nine-piece configurations, with a spectacular added horn-section!.

The resumes of the performers runs an impressive gamut from touring with artists such as Lee Ann Rhimes, Kirk Whalum, Tony Bennett, Woody Herman, Mel Torme, Kirk Franklin, Jerry Jeff Walker, Joe McBride, and others, to recording thousands of pieces of music for broadcast, to Music Director for Dallas' Crescent Court Hotel, to service on the jazz faculty at the University of North Texas, and more.

The Special Edition Band delivers the highest quality and most stylistic versatility of any available Dallas band or Dallas wedding band, with an extreme attention to detail and client service. Let them serve you when you want entertainment that's something special!

 

 

Click here to view Special Edition's complete song listing

 

 

Please use the player below to sample some of our songs

 

Click here to view the Special Edition performance calendar (pop-up window)

 

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Song Listing By Genre

 

Jazz, Standards & Swing

 

ATrain

All of Me

Almost Like Being in Love

Cheek to Cheek

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

Don’t Let Me Be Lonely

Fly Me to the Moon

Girl from Ipanema

It Had to be You

It Don’t Mean a Thing, If it Ain’t Got

that Swing

In the Mood

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

I Wish You Love

Jump, Jive & Wail

LOVE

Mack the Knife

Misty

Moondance

My Funny Valentine

Nature Boy

New York, New York

Night and Day

Orange Colored Sky

Our Love is Here to Stay

Route 66

Satin Doll

Summertime

The Best is Yet to Come

They Can’t Take That Away

from Me

and many more…

 

 

Wedding, Classical & Ceremonial

 

Air (Bach)

Ave’ Maria (Bach & Schubert versions)

Bridal chorus (Wagner)

Canon in D (Pachabel)

Fur Elise (Beethoven)

Hymne (Vangelis)

Jesu Joy (Bach)

Lara’s Theme from Dr. Zhivago

Largo (Handel)

The Lord’s Prayer

Loure (Bach)

Ode to Joy (Beethoven)

Queen of Sheba (Handel)

St. Anthony’s Chorale (Haydn)

Trumpet Voluntary (Vivaldi)

Wedding March (Mendelssohn)

 

 

Smooth Jazz & Light Rock

By Your Side (Sade)

Chameleon (Herbie Hancock)

Change the World (Eric Clapton)

Close to You (Carpenters)

Come Away with Me (Nora Jones)

Desperado (Eagles)

Don’t Know Why (Nora Jones)

Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me (Elton John)

Easy (Commodores)

Feel Like Makin’ Love (Roberta Flack)

Fire & Rain (James Taylor)

Get Here (Oleta Adams)

Georgie Porgie (Toto)

I Can’t Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt)

Just the Two of Us (Al Jarreau)

Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)

On Broadway (George Benson)

Smooth Operator (Sade)

Sweet Love (Anita Baker)

Sweetest Taboos (Sade)

Thank You for Loving Me (Bon Jovi)

This Masquerade (George Benson)

What You Won’t Do (Bobby Caldwell)

You Look Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)

Your Song (Elton John)

Soul, Motown & Funk

 

Ain’t No Sunshine (Bill Withers)

Ain’t Too Proud to Beg

Best of My Love (Emotions)

Brick House (Commodores)

Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin)

Fantasy (Earth, Wind & Fire)

Georgia (Ray Charles)

Give Me One Reason (Tracy Chapman)

Heard it Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye)

I Feel Good (James Brown)

Isn’t She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)

I Wish (Stevie Wonder)

Let’s Stay Together (Al Green)

Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)

My Girl (Temptations)

Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band)

Respect (Aretha Franklin)

Shout (Blues Brothers)

Signed Sealed Delivered (Stevie Wonder)

Superstition (Stevie Wonder)

Think (Aretha Franklin)

We are Family (Sister Sledge)

 

Country

 

As Good As I Once Was (Toby Keith)

Breathe (Faith Hill)

Broken Road (Rascal Flatts)

Crazy (Patsy Cline)

Here for the Party (Gretchen Wilson)

I Loved Her First (Heartland)

I Hope You Dance (Lee Ann Wommack)

My Best Friend (Tim McGraw)

Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy (Big & Rich)

When You Say Nothing At All (Allison Krause)

When the Stars go Blue (Tim McGraw)

 

 

Rock & Classic Rock

 

Any Way You Want It (Journey)

Black Velvet (Alayna Miles)

Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)

Cryin’ (Aerosmith)

Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)

Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey)

Feel Like Makin Love (Bad Company)

Here I Go Again (Whitesnake)

Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Pat Benatar)

How Sweet It Is (James Taylor)

I’m the Only One (Melissa Etheredge)

Interstate Love Song (Stone Temple Pilots)

Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)

Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)

Life in the Fast Lane (Eagles)

Livin’ on a Prayer (Bon Jovi)

Magic Man (Heart)

Proud Mary (CCR/Tina Turner)

Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac)

Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley & the Comets)

Runaway (Bonnie Raitt)

Sweet Child of Mine (Guns & Roses)

Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)

Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Vertigo (U2)

Voices carry (Til Tuesday)

Why Don’t You and I (Santana)

Pop & Dance

 

Boogie Oogie Oogie (Taste of Honey)

Celebration (Cool & The Gang)

Conga (Gloria Estefan)

Crazy in Love (Beyonce’)

Dancing Queen (Abba)

Don’t Cha (Pussycat Dolls)

Faith (George Michael)

Feel Good Inc. (The Gorillaz)

Flashlight (Parliament)

Free Your Mind (En Vogue)

Hella Good (No Doubt)

I Don’t Wanna Be (Gavin DeGraw)

I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)

I’m Like a Bird (Nelly Furtado)

Jenny Jenny 867-5309 (Tommy Two Tone)

Jessie’s Girl (Rick Springfield)

Kiss (Prince)

Lady Marmalade (Patti LaBelle)

Let’s Groove Tonight (Earth Wind & Fire)

Lonely No More (Rob Thomas)

Mercy (Duffy)

Music (Madonna)

Peg (Steely Dan)

Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)

Rebel Yell (Billy Idol)

Say It Right (Nelly Furtado)

Scandalous (MissTeek)

September (Earth Wind & Fire)

Smooth (Santana)

Somebody Told Me (The Killers)

Stand Back (Stevie Nicks)

Stayin’ Alive (Bee Gee’s)

Sunday Morning (Maroon 5)

Tequila

This Is How a Heart Breaks (Rob Thomas)

To Be Real (Cheryl Lynn)

Turn the Beat Around (Gloria Estefan)

Unwritten (Natasha Bedingfield)

What You Need (INXS)

What You Waiting For? (Gwen Stefani)

Word Up (Cameo)

Your Love (Outfield)

 

 

Other Ballads and

Special Dance Suggestions

 

At Last (Etta James)

Because You Loved Me (Celine Dion)

Breathe (Faith Hill)

Butterfly Kisses (Bob Carlisle)

By Your Side (Sade)

Come Away With Me (Nora Jones)

Forever Young (Rod Stewart)

Have I Told You Lately that I Love You (Rod Stewart)

How Sweet It Is (James Taylor)

I Hope You Dance (Lee Ann Wommack)

I Loved Her First (Heartland)

It Had to Be You (Sinatra)

My Best Friend (Tim McGraw)

My Girl (Temptations)

Since I Fell For You Someone Like You (Van Morrison)

The Very Thought of You (Natalie Cole)

Thank You for Loving Me (Bon Jovi)

Unforgettable (Natalie Cole)

What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

When I Fall in Love (Nat King Cole)

When the Stars Go Blue (Tim McGraw)

When You Say Nothing At All (Allison Krause)

Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)

You Are So Beautiful To Me (Joe Cocker)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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