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Chris Thomas has the style and swagger of Sinatra and the performance excitement of James Brown and Bruno Mars. The Chris Thomas Band specializes in the performance of vintage Sinatra, soulful Motown, as well as current popular songs custom arranged by its own band members. 


Chris Thomas has performed with various bands over the past 15 years. In June 2014 he created The Chris Thomas Band and since then the band has performed for major venues and clients such as: Florida Theatre, Jacksonville Jaguars, Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Symphony, City of Jacksonville, and venues including the Prime Osborne Convention Center, Everbank Field, Ritz Carlton, Cloister Sea Island, Florida Times-Union Center, TPC Sawgrass, Alhambra dinner theater. 

The Chris Thomas Band will travel nationally or internationally for any occasion or event.

In July 2017 the band produced Come Fly with Me, a 600 seat SOLD-OUT show at the Florida-Times Union Center in Jacksonville, Florida with its 19-piece big band. 

In September 2017 the 8-piece ensemble performed their Sinatra to Soul UK Tour, to four SOLD-OUT shows and venues. 

The Chris Thomas Band can be sized from a trio up to the full 19-piece big band and still produce the same excitement at any venue. Its members are all professionally trained musicians from colleges and universities around the U.S. as well as the Army and Navy bands. 

Chris Thomas owns Monarch Ballroom with his wife Krista. He teaches ballroom dancing as well as providing support for their four daughters.

 

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SONG LIST

The Great American Songbook/Jazz Standards/Rat Pack

Bobby Darin - Dream Lover

Count Basie - Corner Pocket

Frank Sinatra - I Only Have Eyes for You

Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me

Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin

Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon

Frank Sinatra - Just One of Those Things

Frank Sinatra - A Foggy Day

Frank Sinatra - Where or When

Frank Sinatra - Call Me Irresponsible

Frank Sinatra - Have You Met Miss Jones

Frank Sinatra - Recipe for Love

Frank Sinatra - The Summer Wind

Frank Sinatra - Cheek to Cheek

Frank Sinatra - Girl from Ipanema

Frank Sinatra - Just In Time

Frank Sinatra - Let's Fall In Love

Frank Sinatra - Love and Happiness

Frank Sinatra - Nice and Easy

Frank Sinatra - Night and Day

Frank Sinatra - The Nearness of You

Frank Sinatra - Witchcraft

Frank Sinatra/Kurt Elling - My Foolish Heart

Glenn Miller - In the Mood

Harry Connick Jr - Come By Me

Harry Connick Jr - All I Need Is the Girl

Joe Williams - Alright Okay You Win

Johnny Hartman - Lush Life

Louie Armstrong - What a Wonderful World

Michael Buble - It Had Better be Tonight

Michael Buble - It Had to be You

Michael Buble - The Way You Look Tonight

Michael Bublé - Feeling Good

Michael Bublé - Fever

Michael Bublé - Sway

Ray Charles - What I'd Say

Ray Charles – Georgia


50S/60S/MOTOWN

Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife

Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea

Drifters - Under the Boardwalk

Elvis - I Can't Help Falling In Love

Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight

Michael Buble - Save the Last Dance For Me

Nat King Cole - L-O-V-E

Nat King Cole - Route 66

Nat King Cole - Unforgettable

Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness

Otis Redding - Sittin on the Dock of the Bay

Otis Redding - Stand by Me

Ray Charles - Hallelujah I Love Her So

Ray Charles - I Got A Woman

Sam Cooke - Cupid

Sam Cooke - Having A Party

Sam Cooke - You Send Me

Temptations - I Can't Help Myself

Temptations - Heard It Through the Grapevine

Temptations - Get Ready

Temptations - Ain't Too Proud to Beg

Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual


70S/FUNK/DANCE/GROOVE

Al Greene - Let's Stay Together

Archie Belle - Tighten Up

AWB - Pick Up the Pieces

Barry Manilow - Copacabana

Barry White - Can't Get Enough of Your Love

Barry White - My First My Last My Everything

Beatles - Beatles Medley

Billy Paul - Me & Mrs Jones

Bob Marley - Is This Love

Commodores - Brick House

Deon Jackson - Love Makes the World Go Round

Earth Wind & Fire - September

Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood

Four Tops - Sugar Pie Honey Bunch

Jacksons - I Want You Back

James Brown - I Feel Good

James Brown - James Brown Medley

KC & Sunshine Band - Boogie Shoes

KC & Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight

KC & Sunshine Band - That's the Way I Like It

Kool & Gang - Ladies Night

Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On

Michael Buble - How Sweet It Is

Michael Buble - Moondance

Michael Jackson - Shake Your Body to the Ground

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline

Stevie Wonder - Isn't She Lovely

Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered

Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke

Stevie Wonder - Superstition

Teddy Pendergrass - Close the Door

Temptations - Just My Imagination

Temptations - My Girl

Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Tower of Power - Diggin Like James Brown

Various - Mustang Sally

Wilson Pickett - Midnight Hour


TOP 40 /80S/90S/CURRENT

Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You

Amy Winehouse - Valerie

Bell Biv Devoe - Poison

Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do For Love

Bruno Mars - Chunky

Bruno Mars - Perm

Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

Bruno Mars - Treasure

Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

Cure - Just Like Heaven

DNCE - Cake by the Ocean

Drake - Hotline Bling

Eagles/Michael Buble - Heartache Tonight

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Gregory Porter - On My Way to Harlem

Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That

James Morrison - Nothin Ever Hurt Like You

Jamie Lidell - Another Day

Jason Mraz - Butterfly

Jason Mraz - Love Someone

John Legend - All of Me

Justin Bieber - Sorry

Justin Bieber - What do you Mean

Justin Timberlake - Senorita

Justin Timberlake - Suit and Tie

Justin Timberlake - That Girl

Leon Bridges - Coming Home

Leon Bridges - Smooth Sailing

Lou Bega - Sweet Like Cola

Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

Michael Buble - Everything

Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

Michael Jackson - PYT

Michael Jackson - Rock with You

Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel

NYSYNC - Bye Bye Bye

Pitbull - Fireball

Prince - Musicology

Prince - Purple Rain

Queen/Michael Buble - Crazy Little Thing Called Love

R. Kelly/PMJ - Ignition

Ray Lamontagne - The Best Thing

Rick James - Superfreak

Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl

Sam Smith - Lay Me Down

Sam Smith - Stay With Me

Sisqo/swing version - Thong Song

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

Walk the Moon - Shut Up and Dance


COUNTRY/ROCK

Billy Currington - Must Be Doing Something Right

Bob Seger - Old Time Rock and Roll

Brett Eldridge - Don't Ya

Brett Eldridge - Lose My Mind

Brett Young - Sleep Without You

Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey

Chris Young - Aw Naw

Chris Young - Can Take it from There

Journey - Don't Stop Believin

Luke Bryan - Country Girl (Shake it for Me)

Luke Bryan - Rain Is A Good Thing

Luke Bryan - Someone Else Is Calling You Baby

Lynyrd Skynryd - Sweet Home Alabama

Sam Hunt - Body Like A Backroad

Sam Hunt - Take Your Time


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