
The Wise Guys
Artist Information
From their beginning in the late 1970’s as a four-part harmony acapella group, to their hard gigging days playing over a hundred dates a year in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, to the building of the refined and powerful band sound of The Wise Guys today, you have to experience a Wise Guys performance to fully appreciate how great live oldies rock n’roll can be.
Drawing from a repertoire of hundreds of songs from great artists like The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Hollies and Tommy James and the Shondells, The Wise Guys put forth highly-articulated 4 part harmonized vocals over instrumentation that is period-correct. The Wise Guys are also well known for spontaneous humor that builds a unique and fun experience into their performances. A year ago, Sandi Davis, entertainment editor of The Daily Oklahoman, picked a Wise Guys show as Number 1 entertainment choice in the metro in her column “Sandi’s Best Bets” and called the band “Oklahoma City’s Favorite.”
Audio Gallery
Song List
At the Hop – Danny and the Juniors
Rave On – Buddy Holly
Do It Again – The Beach Boys
Help Me Rhonda – The Beach Boys
I Can Hear Music – The Beach Boys
In My Room – The Beach Boys
Beautiful Sunday – Daniel Boone
Dancin in Moonlight – King Harvest
Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House
Draggin’ the Line – Tommy James
No One is to Blame – Howard Jones
Closing Time – Semisonic
Fire Escape – Fastball
I Won’t Go Home Without You – Maroon 5
Just Like Buddy Holly – Weezer
Love Will Keep Us Alive – The Eagles
Melt With You – Modern English
Crying – Roy Orbison
Romeo & Juliet – The Reflections
All Day and All of the Night – The Kinks
All My Loving – Beatles
Cara Mia – Jay and the Americans
Carousel – The Hollies
Carrie Ann – The Holies
Day Tripper – Beatles
Eight Days a Week – Beatles
For Your Love – The Yardbirds
Get Off My Cloud – The Rolling Stones
Hard Days’ Night – Beatles
Heart Full of Soul – The Yardbirds
Help! – Beatles
I Can’t Let Go – The Hollies
I Need You – Beatles
I Saw Her Standing There – Beatles
I Want to Hold Your Hand – Beatles
If I Fell – Beatles
Just My Style – Gary Lewis
Little Bit of Soul – The Music Explosion
Louie, Louie – The Kingsman
Please Please Me – Beatles
Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
She Loves You – Beatles
Sherry – The Four Seasons
She’s About a Mover – Sir Douglas Quintet
The Kids Are Alright – The Who
This Diamond Ring – Gary Lewis
Ticket to Ride – Beatles
You Can’t Do That – Beatles
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
A Day in the Life – Beatles
Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band
Already Gone – Eagles
American Girl – Tom Petty
Baby Blue – Badfinger / Breaking Bad
Baby I Love Your Way – Peter Frampton
Back in the USSR – Beatles
Band on the Run – Paul McCartney
Bang Gong/Knockin’ – T-Rex
Best Friends Girl – The Cars
Born to Be Wild – Steppenwolf
Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones
Can’t Buy Me Love – Beatles
Cecilia – Simon and Garfunkel
China Grove – Doobie Brothers
Daisy Jane – America
Drive My Car – Beatles
Every Time I Roll the Dice – Delbert McClinton
Find the Cost / Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
Fortunate Son – Creedence
Funk #49 – Eagles/James Gang
Get Back – Beatles
Getting Better – Beatles
Gloria – Van Morrison/Them
Glory Days – Bruce Springsteen
Going Up the Country – Canned Heat
Got to Get You Into My Life – Beatles
Handle With Care – Travelling Wilburys
Hang On Sloopy – Rick Derringer / McCoys
Here Comes My Girl – Tom Petty
Hey Bulldog – Beatles
Holiday Road – Lindsey Buckingham
Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones
How Long – Eagles
With a Little Help From My Friends – Beatles
I Got a Line on You – Spirit
I Want You (to Want Me) – Cheap Trick
It Doesn’t Matter – Firefall
Jenny (867-5309) – Tommy Tutone
Jet – Paul McCartney
Johnnie B Goode – Chuck Berry
Keep on Rockin in the Free World – Neil Young
Keep Your Hands to Yourself – Georgia Satellites
Last Time – The Rolling Stones
Let Me Roll It – Paul McCartney
Locomotion – Grand Funk
Lodi – Creedence
Magical Mystery Tour – Beatles
Mary Jane’s Last Dance – Tom Petty
Miss You – The Rolling Stones
Mony, Mony – Billy Idol / Tommy James
Mr. Tambourine Man – The Byrds
My Back Pages – The Byrds
Never Been Any Reason – Head East
No Matter What – Badfinger
Nowhere Man – Beatles
O Bla Di O Bla Da – Beatles
Only in Your Heart – America
Paperback Writer – Beatles
Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen
Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
Radar Love – Golding Earring
Rain – Beatles
Reflections of My Life – Marmalade
Refugee – Tom Petty
Revolution – Beatles
Run to You – Bryan Adams
Running Down a Dream – Tom Petty
Santana Jam – Santana
Sgt Pepper’s – Beatles
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
Showdown – Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Some Kinda Wonderful – Grand Funk
Someday – Sugar Ray
Someday, Some Way – Marshall Crenshaw
Stuck in Middle With You – Steelers Wheel
Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
Surrender – Cheap Trick
Sweet City Woman – The Stampeders
Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith
Swingtown – Steve Miller Band
Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones
Talkin’ In Your Sleep – The Romantics
Tax Man – Beatles
The Breakup Song – Greg Kinn Band
The Wall – Pink Floyd
The Way – Fastball
The Weight – The Band
There She Goes – The La’s
Things We Said Today – Beatles
Twilight Zone – Golding Earring
Two Tickets to Paradise – Eddie Money
Walk Away – Eagles / James Gang
Werewolves of London – Waron Zevon
What I Like About You – Cheap Trick
White Wedding – Billy Idol
Scooby-Doo Song – The Wise Guys
Secret Agent Man – Johnny Rivers
Day-O (Banana Boat) – Harry Belafonte
Iko Iko Song – The Dixie Cups
American Dream – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Heard It In a Love Song – Marshall Tucker Band
Honey Don’t – Beatles
Let’s Work Together – Dwight Yoakam
Take it Easy – Eagles
Third-Rate Romance – The Amazing Rhythm Aces
Dylan Tribute/Like Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
Can’t Help Falling Love – Elvis
I’m Into Somethin’ Good – Herman’s Hermits
Kind of Hush – Herman’s Hermits
Daydream Believer – Monkies
Last Train to Clarksville – Monkies
Itchykoo Park – The Small Faces
(She’s a) Brickhouse – Commodores
Boogie Shoes – KC & The Sunshine Band
Get Ready – Temptations/Rare Earth
Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas
Mustang Sally – Wilson Picket
Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
Shout – The Blue Brothers
Twist and Shout – Beatles
Wooly Bully – Sam the Sham
Bee Gees Tribute – Bee Gees