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I am a veteran singer and guitarist who has performed with top name acts around the world. My repertoire includes songs from all genres from standards to contemporary pop, rock and R & B. I have a set list of over 500 songs and will happily take your requests. I will cater my show to your needs. Ideal for restaurants, bars, events, private parties, cruises - you name it! I can also provide additional musicians as needed.
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Price Range: $200 and up
Gig Length: 40 - 120 minutes
Languages: English
I am singer who accompanies himself on acoustic guitar. I have a wide-ranging repertoire of over 500 songs who can also serve as MC for any event you may have.
John Michael Hersey's repertoire includes songs from all genres from standards to contemporary pop, rock and R & B. He has released five albums of original material: Soup Du Jour, Whirligig, How Am I Here?, Adirondack and You Got to Me. For many years he was also the guitarist, second tenor and musical director for legendary doo-wop group, The Cadillacs, for whom he wrote and produced the album, Mr. Lucky.
A PA system is preferred.
2000s: Pop/R&B
100 Years (Five for Fighting)
Bad Day (Daniel Powter)
Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
Dance with My Father (Luther Vandross)
Don’t Know Why (Norah Jones)
Follow Me (Uncle Cracker)
Haven’t Met You Yet (Michael Buble)
I Try (Macy Gray)
I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars)
King of Anything (Sarah Bareilles)
Love Is a Losing Game (Amy Winehouse)
Need You Now (Lady Antebellum)
No One (Alicia Keyes)
ReHab (Amy Winehouse)
Sail Away (David Gray)
Save Room (John Legend)
Say (John Mayer)
Secrets (Onerepublic)
She Will Be Loved (Maroon 5)
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing (Jack Johnson)
Somewhere Only We Know (Keane)
This Love (Maroon 5)
You’re Beautiful (James Blunt)
Adele
Chasing Pavements
Hello
Make You Feel My Love
Rolling in the Deep
2000s: Rock
Animal (Neon Trees)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Do You Realize? (The Flaming Lips)
Down by the Water (The Decemberists)
Drops of Jupiter (Train)
Here It Goes Again (OK Go)
Hold on Hope (Guided by Voices)
How to Save a Life (The Fray)
Hurt (Johnny Cash)
I Will Wait (Mumford and Sons)
Jaded (Aerosmith)
Like a Stone (Audioslave)
Mr. Brightside (The Killers)
Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes)
Use Somebody (Kings of Leon)
Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show)
Waiting for the End (Linkin Park)
Coldplay
Clocks
Yellow
1990s: Pop/R&B
Achy Breaky Heart (Billy Ray Cyrus)
Back at One (Brian McKnight)
Constant Craving (K.D. Lang)
Galileo (Indigo Girls)
Give Me One Reason (Tracy Chapman)
I Believe I Can Fly (R. Kelly)
I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston)
If It Makes You Happy (Sheryl Crow)
Missing (Everything but the Girl)
More Than Words (Extreme)
Ordinary World (Duran Duran)
Save the Best for Last (Vanessa Williams)
Torn (Natalie Imbruglia)
Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden)
Un-Break My Heart (Toni Braxton)
1990s: Rock
1979 (Smashing Pumpkins)
All-Star (Smash Mouth)
Better Man (Pearl Jam)
Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden)
Buddy Holly (Weezer)
Ever Long (Foo Fighters)
Every Morning (Sugar Ray)
The Freshman (The Verve Pipe)
Iris (The Goo Goo Dolls)
Loosing My Religion (REM)
Mr. Jones (Counting Crows)
One of Us (Joan Osborne)
Only Wanna Be With You (Hootie and the Blowfish)
Runaway Train (Soul Asylum)
Say It Ain’t So (Weezer)
Something to Talk About (Bonnie Raitt)
Two Princes (Spin Doctors)
The Way (Fastball)
Wonderwall (Oasis)
Green Day
Good Riddance
Wake Me Up When September Ends
When I Come Around
Nirvana
Come As You Are
In Bloom
Lithium
Smells like Teen Spirit
Radiohead
Creep
Karma Police
No Surprises
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dani California
Scar Tissue
Under the Bridge
U2
Beautiful Day
Mysterious Ways
New Year’s Day
One
Pride
Stuck in a Moment
1980s: Pop/Rock/R&B
All through the Night (Cyndi Lauper)
Baby, Can I Hold You (Tracy Chapman)
Don’t Dream It’s Over (Crowded House)
Don’t Stop Believing (Journey)
Don’t Worry, Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin)
Eternal Flame (The Bangles)
Every Time You Go Away (Paul Young)
Everybody Wants to Rule (Tears for Fears)
Faith (George Michael)
Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty)
I Can’t Make You Love Me (Bonnie Raitt)
I Love Rock and Roll (Joan Jett)
I Want to Know What Love Is (Foreigner)
In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh)
No One Is To Blame (Howard Jones)
Overkill (Men at Work)
Sweet Child of Mine (Guns and Roses)
Sweet Love (Anita Baker)
Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi)
Why Worry (Dire Straits)
Michael Jackson
Billy Jean
Man in the Mirror
You Are Not Alone
Prince
Little Red Corvette
When Doves Cry
Late 1970s/1980s: New Wave/Punk
Every Breath You Take (The Police)
I Melt With You (Modern English)
I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones)
In Between Days (The Cure)
Is She Really Going Out (Joe Jackson)
Love Song (The Cure)
Message in a Bottle (The Police)
Psycho Killer (Taking Heads)
Rock This Town (The Stray Cats)
Stray Cat Strut (The Stray Cats)
Sweet Dreams (The Eurythmics)
Tempted (Squeeze)
White Wedding (Billy Idol)
The Clash
I Fought the Law
London Calling
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Train in Vain
Elvis Costello
Accidents Will Happen
Alison
God Give Me Strength
Pump It Up
What’s So Funny?
The Pretenders
Brass in Pocket
Mystery Achievement
1970s: Soul
Could It Be I’m Falling in Love (The Spinners)
Easy (The Commodores)
I’ll be Around (The Spinners)
If You Don’t Know Me (Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes)
Let’s Stay Together (Al Green)
Love Train (The O’Jays)
This Masquerade (George Benson)
Bill Withers
Ain’t No Sunshine
Just the Two of Us
Lean on Me
Stevie Wonder
Living for the City
Love’s In Need of Love
My Cherie Amour
Superstition
The Sunshine of My Life
1970s: Pop
Baby, I Love Your Way (Peter Frampton)
Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)
The Cat’s in the Cradle (Harry Chapin)
The City of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie)
Drift Away (Dobie Gray)
Dust in the Wind (Kansas)
Everybody’s Talkin (Harry Nilsson)
Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
Hello It’s Me (Todd Rundgren)
I Can See Clearly (Johnny Nash)
If (Bread)
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett)
Raindrops Keep Falling (B.J. Thomas)
Reason to Believe (Rod Stewart)
Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot)
Sunshine on My Shoulders (John Denver)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
Time in a Bottle (Jim Croce)
You Are So Beautiful (Billy Preston)
You’ve Got a Friend (James Taylor)
Bill Joel
Just the Way You Are
New York State of Mind
Elton John
Bennie and the Jets
Crocodile Rock
Daniel
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Rocket Man
Your Song
Cat Stevens
Father and Son
Moonshadow
Morning Has Broken
Peace Train
1970s: Rock
25 or 6 to 4 (Chicago)
All Right Now (Free)
All the Young Dudes (Mott the Hoople)
Aqualung (Jethro Tull)
Breakdown (Tom Petty)
Can’t Get Enough (Bad Company)
Dream On (Aerosmith)
Feel Making Love (Bad Company)
Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Friend of the Devil (The Grateful Dead)
Give a Little Bit (Supertramp)
Love the One You’re With (Stephen Stills)
Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
Move It On Over (George Thorogood)
Old Time Rock and Roll (Bob Seger)
Ramblin’ Man (The Allman Brothers)
Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (Rick Derringer)
Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh)
Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple)
Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Taking Care Business (BTO)
Two Tickets Paradise (Eddie Money)
The Weight (The Band)
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (BTO)
David Bowie
Changes
Rebel, Rebel
Suffragette City
Ziggy Stardust
Eric Clapton
Cocaine
Layla
Tears in Heaven
Wonderful Tonight
The Eagles
Desperado
Hotel California
Lyin’ Eyes
Take It Easy
Led Zeppelin
Dyer Maker
Rock and Roll
Stairway to Heaven
Bob Marley
I Shot the Sheriff
No Woman, No Cry
Redemption Song
Queen
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
You’re My Best Friend
Santana
Black Magic Woman
Evil Ways
Smooth
Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run
Cover Me
Hungry Heart
Steely Dan
Any Major Dude
Deacon Blues
Josie
Neil Young
Cinnamon Girl
Heart of Gold
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Rocking in the Free World
1960s: Soul
Dancing in the Street (Martha Reeves)
Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
Higher and Higher (Jackie Wilson)
I Got You (James Brown)
I Love You More Today (Spiral Staircase)
Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
People Get Ready (The Impressions)
Wait ‘Til the Midnight (Wilson Pickett)
When a Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge)
You Can’t Hurry Love (The Supremes)
Marvin Gaye
I Heard It through the Grapevine
Let’s Get It On
What’s Going On?
The Miracles
I Second That Emotion
Shop Around
Tears of a Clown
Tracks of My Tears
You Really Got a Hold Me
The Temptations
Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
Get Ready
Just My Imagination
My Girl
1960s: Rock/Pop
Alfie (Dionne Warwick)
Born to be Wild (Steppenwolf)
California Dreaming (Mamas and Papas)
Can’t Take My Eyes (Frankie Valli)
For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
Get Together (The Youngbloods)
Gimme Some Lovin’ (Spencer Davis)
Good Lovin’ (The Young Rascals)
Groovin’ (The Young Rascals)
Happy Together (The Turtles)
The House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
The Letter (The Box Tops)
Light My Fire (The Doors)
People Are Strange (The Doors)
Spooky (The Classics IV)
The Sunshine of Your Love (Cream)
Time of the Season (The Zombies)
Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harem)
You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
The Beatles
Across the Universe
Back in the USSR
Come Together
Day Tripper
Get Back
Give Me Love
A Hard Day’s Night
Here’s Comes the Sun
Hey Jude
I Saw Her Standing There
Imagine
In My Life
Let It Be
The Long and Winding Road
Maybe I’m Amazed
Michelle
My Love
Ticket to Ride
Twist and Shout
Yesterday
You’ve got to Hide Your Love Away
CCR/John Fogerty
Centerfield
Down on the Corner
Proud Mary
Suzie Q
Bob Dylan
All Along the Watchtower
Don’t Think Twice
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Lay Lady Lay
Like a Rolling Stone
Tangled Up in Blue
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome
Jimi Hendrix
Fire
Little Wing
Purple Haze
The Wind Cried Mary
Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl
Moondance
The Rolling Stones
Honky Tonk Woman
Jumping Jack Flash
Miss You
Ruby Tuesday
Satisfaction
Sympathy for the Devil
Wild Horses
Paul Simon (and Garfunkel)
The Boxer
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Mrs. Robinson
Slip Sliding Away
The Who
The Kids Are Alright
My Generation
1950s/Early 1960s
Ain’t That a Shame (Fats Domino)
All I Have Do Dream (The Everly Brothers)
Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino)
Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)
Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
La Bamba (Richie Valens)
Long Tall Sally (Little Richard)
Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
Rock around the Clock (Bill Haley and The Comets)
Shake, Rattle and Roll (Big Joe Turner)
Shout (The Isley Brothers)
Stagger Lee (Lloyd Price)
Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran)
The Twist (Chubby Checker)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Bros)
The Wanderer (Dion)
You Send Me (Sam Cooke)
You’ve Lost That Loving (Righteous Bros)
Elvis Presley
All Shook Up
Blue Suede Shoes
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Hound Dog
Jailhouse Rock
Love Me Tender
1950s/Early 1960s: Doo-wop
Daddy’s Home (The Limelites)
Earth Angel (The Penguins)
Gloria (The Cadillacs)
The Great Pretender (The Platters)
I Only Have Eyes for You (The Flamingos)
In the Still of the Night (The Five Satins)
Sincerely (The Moonglows)
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (The Platters)
Will You Still Love Me … (The Shirelles)
The Coasters
Charlie Brown
Poison Ivy
Yakkity Yak
Youngblood
The Drifters
Money Honey
On Broadway
Save the Last Dance for Me
This Magic Moment
Under The Boardwalk
Up On the Roof
Standards/Traditional
Ain’t Misbehavin’
All of Me
All the Things You Are
Amazing Grace
As Time Goes By
Body and Soul
Bye Bye Blackbird
Come Fly with Me
Danny Boy
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Fly Me to the Moon
Georgia on My Mind
The Girl from Ipanema
I Can’t Get Started
I Get a Kick Out of You
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Just Friends
The Lady Is a Tramp
Misty
My Funny Valentine
My Romance
My Way
Night and Day
Satin Doll
Send In the Clowns
Skylark
So In Love
Take the A Train
They Can’t Take That Away from Me
Unforgettable
The Way You Look Tonight
What a Wonderful World
What is This Thing Called Love?
Wild Is the Wind
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
Frank Sinatra
Nat King Cole
James Taylor
Elvis Costello
Muddy Waters
PA system
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