Professional vocalist performing with my husband, Leonard Johnson (soundman & emcee). I sing Old Standards, 50's-60's Rock 'N Roll, Roaring 20's, Older Country Songs ('90's back to '50's), Showtunes, Big Band, 30's & 40"s, some Jazz & Blues, Patriotic songs & more. My repertoire is very large. Over 265 performances in 2019. Covid 19 affected 2020 performances.
Available for private parties, over age 50 wedding receptions, corporate events, reunions, fairs & festivals, fundraising events, senior facilities & clubs, 55+ communities, restaurants, Fraternal Clubs (Am Legions, VFWs,etc.), & more... I sings with professional performance tracks. Will travel within reason.
We saw Jody at my sister's wedding reception. I must say, I was truly impressed with the variety of music she sang and with such proficiency! Do not hesitate to hire Jody and Leonard. What a team! Leonard keeps the action going and Jody voice will impress the heck out of you.
Jody Anderson is a very exciting entertainer. She can sing almost anything that you request for your show. She has a tremendous range with her vocals. From Rock-n-Roll to Show Tunes to Ballads & Love Songs. Her shows have something for everyone young & old. Music from the 1940's through the 50's-60's-70's-80's & current hits from today. Her shows always include great interaction with the audience. Never a dull moment.
Wow! i experienced Jody at a Cristmas party and I must say, I was blown away! She is simply fabulous! never have I heard a vocalist that was so versatile in styles and genres of music! Her husband adds so much to the program as well with his wit and charisma. Truly this was one of the most enjoyable shows I have seen for a long time!
Price Range: $150/hr and up
Gig Length: 60 - 180 minutes
Languages: English
Leonard Johnson starts the show as emcee, announcing Jody & introducing her songs before she sings them. Every show is different and our 1 hour shows are theme based (ie. Roaring 20's, Rock 'N Roll, Golden Oldies from the 30,s-40's-50's, Holiday, Broadway & Show Tunes, Country, etc.) Our larger 2 hour shows are usually variety shows with lots of audience interaction, opportunities for people to dance, and more.... You may learn a little about the songs as Leonard tells something about each song he introduces! Our variety shows are full of songs of all different styles, genres and time periods! Something for everyone and we try to play to the audience. Shows over 2 hours are intermingled with Leonard & Jody DJ-ing original artist music for your enjoyment. If you are planning a special event and need specific songs, we will try our best to get them for you as long as we have enough notice to find them. We treat all our clients with respect as we want their function to be the best it can be, with people talking about how much they enjoyed it long after the event is over.
Get ready to experience unmatched entertainment! J. A. Entertainment presents Jody Anderson. Jody sings beautiful melodies that touch the heart as well as songs to stir the soul. Jody truly makes memories resurface as she takes you through the years with her incredible voice! 30's,40'S,50'S,60'S,70'S, SHOW TUNES, ROCK 'N ROLL, JAZZ, BLUES, COUNTRY, LOVE SONGS, PATRIOTIC SONGS, and MORE! OLDIES ARE HER SPECIALTY!
PLEASE NOTE! Jody will be AVAILABLE IN FLORIDA for a couple of weeks in SEPTEMBER. She will not be available in the Dayton, OH area the entire month of SEPTEMBER and the 1st week of October.
IN FLORIDA, WE SPECIALIZE IN PERFORMING FOR 55 COMMUNITIES, COUNTRY CLUBS, GOLF COMMUNITIES, CLUBS AND MORE! ANYONE IN FLORIDA INTERESTED IN BOOKING SHOULD HURRY - DATES FILL QUICKLY!
Jody also performs several times a year within 60 miles of the Miami county area in INDIANA as well as the INDIANAPOLIS area. Please contact her for more info concerning her Indiana performances.
LOWER RATES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SMALLER VENUES, from 150 an hour & up if they are in and around the Dayton, Ohio area. Wedding reception entertainment starts at a minimum of $400 and up.
WE WILL TRAVEL!!! OUT OF TOWN AND OUT OF STATE RATES ARE HIGHER AND DEPEND ON THE DISTANCE TRAVELED, TRAVEL EXPENSES, TYPE OF EVENT AND EXPECTED ATTENDANCE.
Performing professionally for over 22 years, JODY AND HER SIDEKICK, LEONARD JOHNSON - EMCEE & SOUNDMAN, will delight and entertain your audience. Engaging the audience and getting everyone involved in the show is their specialty. Jody performs to professional performance tracks keyed and tempoed to her voice.
Their several sound systems can accommodate almost any venue, large or small. Jody performs at CORPORATE FUNCTIONS, 55 Communities, Reunions (Family, Class, Military), Wedding Receptions, AM Legions, Eagles Clubs, VFW'S, Elks, Amvets, Moose Clubs, Other Fraternal Organizations, Women's Clubs and Organizations, Corporate Parties & Picnics, Holiday Events, Retirement-Nursing & Assisted Living Facilities, Senior Citizen Centers, Private Parties(Birthday, Anniversary, Retirement, Etc.), Patriotic Events, Ethnic Clubs, Festivals & Fairs, RV Resorts & Parks (performing in Florida twice a year), Country Clubs, Opera Houses, Theaters and more.....
Jody has always loved music! Even before she could walk, she used to hold on to the coffee table and sway and sing along with the "June Taylor Dancers" on TV's Jackie Gleason Show! At age 4, she twirled baton and was the marching mascot for the Chili (Indiana) High School Polar Bears.
Always active in band and choir throughout elementary and high school, Jody performed in many plays, musical variety shows, and concerts.
At Purdue University, where she graduated with a B.A. in Journalism, she also minored in Theater and performed in a few theatrical productions. Her love for the performing arts has never died nor has her strong desire to perform for the public.
After college, music took a back seat while Jody worked to earn a living as a single mother for many years. However, the burning desire to sing and perform never went away and her marvelous voice has stayed with her. Jody had almost given up the dream of ever performing, when she met Leonard Johnson 19 years ago. He took a terrific interest in her abilities and encouraged her to do what she always wanted to do.
Now, Jody sings as her full-time job. She loves it and has such an amazing ability to perform a huge variety of different styles and varieties of songs! She is so lively - not one to just stand in one spot and sing. She and her fiance' love to get the audience involved in the show! What a team! And they are so much fun!
Please book Jody as early as possible. Her schedule fills quickly! You will love all that she offers.
We keep our equipment simple! We normally bring all or own sound equipment to our gigs. We like to know the size of room and Approximate number of people coming so we will know more about what kind of equipment to bring. Usually all we require is a table (card table size or a bit larger) and some kind of beverage to drink (water is fine) and a couple of chairs. We do not have fancy lighting! Jody is the singer and she is plenty of show without fancy lights! If special lighting is required, we require the client to provide it. To date - we've never needed special lighting. Leonard sets his sound equipment out in front of the stage area so that he may hear what the audience hears. He is very particular about the sound! for our longer shows, we like to have a private dressing room so that we may change costumes.
A Broken Wing - MARTINA MCBRIDE
A Love Song - ANNE MURRAY
A Mess Of Blues - ELVIS PRESLEY
A Song of Old Hawaii - ANDY WILLIAMS
A Tisket A Tasket - ELLA FITZGERALD
A Town Without Pity - GENE PITNEY
After You've Gone - JUDY GARLAND
Alexander's Ragtime Band - STANDARD
All Of Me - FRANK SINATRA
All Shook Up - ELVIS PRESLEY
All That Jazz - CATHERINE ZETA-JONES
Allegheny Moon - PATTI PAGE
Always On My Mind - WILLIE NELSON
America - NEIL DIAMOND
America The Beautiful - STANDARD
An American Trilogy - ELVIS PRESLEY
As Long As He Needs Me - SHANNI WALLIS
At The Hop - DANNY & THE JUNIORS
Beer Barrel Polka - THE ANDREW SISTERS
Believe - CHER
Black Velvet - ALANNAH MYLES
Blame It On Your Heart - PATTY LOVELESS
Blue - LEANNE RIMES
Blue Hawaii - ELVIS PRESLEY
Blue Moon - THE MARCELS
Blue Moon Of Kentucky - PATSY CLINE
Blues In The Night - DINAH SHORE
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - THE ANDREW SISTERS
Button Up Your Overcoat - STANDARD
Buttons & Bows - DINAH SHORE
Bye Bye Blackbird - STANDARD
Bye Bye Love - THE EVERLY BROTHERS
Cabaret - LIZA MINELLI
Candy Man - SAMMY DAVIS JR.
Cara Mia - JAY & THE AMERICANS
Chantilly Lace - THE BIG BOPPER
Chattanooga Choo Choo - GLEN MILLER
Chicago - JUDY GARLAND
Christmas Songs - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Colors of The Wind - VANESSA WILLIAMS
Copacabana - BARRY MANILOW
Crazy - PATSY CLINE
Cry - JOHNNIE RAY
Cry Me A River - JULIE LONDON
Danke Schoen - WAYNE NEWTON
Danny Boy - STANDARD
Delilah - TOM JONES
Do Do Do - STANDARD
Doin' What Comes Naturally - DINAH SHORE
Downtown - PETULA CLARK
Dream A Little Dream - THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS
Easier Said Than Done - ESSEX
Easter Parade - JUDY GARLAND
Evergreen - BARBRA STREISAND
Everybody Loves A Lover - DORIS DAY
Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime - DEAN MARTIN
Everything's Comin' Up Roses - ETHEL MERMAN
Fever - PEGGY LEE
Fly Me To The Moon - FRANK SINATRA
From a Distance - BETTE MIDLER
Get Happy - JUDY GARLAND
Ghostbusters - RAYPARKER JR.
Ghostriders In The Sky - FRANKIE LAINE
Gilligan's Island - TV THEME
God Bless America - IRVING BERLIN
God Bless The Child - BILLIE HOLIDAY
God Bless The USA - LEE GREENWOOD
Goodnight Irene - STANDARD
Goodnight Sweetheart - THE SPANIELS
Gospel Songs - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Green Acres - TV THEME
Green Green - THE NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS
Halloween Songs - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Harper Valley PTA - JEANNIE C. RILEY
Hawaiian Sunset - ELVIS PRESLEY
Hawaiian War Chant - THE AMES BROTHERS
Hawaiian Wedding Song - ELVIS PRESLEY
He's A Rebel - THE CRYSTALS
He's So Fine - THE CHIFFONS
Hello Dolly - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Hello, Young Lovers - DEBORAH KERR
Hey, Big Spender - PEGGY LEE
Hey, Good Lookin' - HANK WILLIAMS SR.
Honey Bun - MITZY GAYNOR
Honey, I'm Home - SHANIA TWAIN
Hound Dog - ELVIS PRESLEY
How Deep Is The Ocean - ELLA FITZGERALD
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window - PATTI PAGE
How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm - STANDARD
I Believe In You & Me - WHITNEY HOUSTON
I Can't Give You Anything But Love - JUDY GARLAND
I Fall To Pieces - PATSY CLINE
I Feel Lucky - MARY CHAPIN-CARPENTER
I Honestly Love You - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
I Love My Truck - ROBERT GOULET
I Say A Little Prayer - DIONNE WARWICK
I Will Always Love You - WHITNEY HOUSTON
I Will Survive - GLORIA GAYNOR
I'll Think Of A Reason Later - LEE ANN WOMACK
I'll Walk Alone - MARTHA TILTON
I'm In Love with A Wonderful Guy - MITZY GAYNOR
I'm Leavin' It Up To You - DALE & GRACE
I'm Looking Over a 4-Leaf Clover - ART MOONEY
I'm Sorry - BRENDA LEE
I've Got A Tiger By The Tail - BUCK OWENS
I've Got The World On A String - FRANK SINATRA
If I Could Turn Back Time - CHER
If You Knew Susie - EDDIE CANTOR
In the Mood - GLEN MILLER
Irish Songs - VARIOUS ARTISTS
It Had To Be You - VARIOUS ARTISTS
It Might As Well Be Spring - JEANNE CRAIN
It's All In The Game - TOMMY EDWARDS
It's Impossible - PERRY COMO
It's My Party - LESLIE GORE
It's Not Unusual - TOM JONES
It's Only A Paper Moon - NAT KING COLE
It's So Easy - LINDA RONSTADT
Jingle Jangle Jingle - KAY KEYSER
Johnny Angel - SHELLY FABARES
Johnny B Goode - CHUCK BERRY
June Is Bustin Out All Over - SHIRLEY JONES
Last Dance - DONNA SUMMER
Last Night - THE FIFTH DIMENSION
Let's Face The Music And Dance - ELLA FITZGERALD
Let's Twist Again - CHUBBY CHECKER
Lonely Teardrops - JACKIE WILSON
Love Me Tender - ELVIS PRESLEY
Love Potion #9 - THE SEARCHERS
Lovely Hula Hands - BING CROBY
Mack The Knife - ELLA FITZGERALD
Manhattan - ELLA FITZGERALD
Margueritaville - JIMMY BUFFETT
Me & My Shadow - STANDARD
Meet Me In St. Louis - JUDY GARLAND
Mele Kalikimaka - BING CROSBY
Memories Are Made Of This - DEAN MARTIN
Miracle - WHITNEY HOUSTON
Mockingbird Hill - PATTI PAGE
Moon River - ANDY WILLIAMS
Moonlight In Vermont - STANDARD
More - BOBBY DARIN
Music! Music! Music! - THERESA BREWER
My Boyfriend's Back - THE ANGELS
My Guy - MARY WELLS
My Heart Will Go On - CELINE DION
My Little Grass Shck in Kealakekua Hawaii - VARIOUS ARTISTS
My Mammy - AL JOLSON
My Man - JUDY GARLAND
New York New York - LIZA MINNELLI
Night and Day - COLE PORTER
On The Atchison, Topeka, & The Santa Fe - JUDY GARLAND
On The Road Again - WILLIE NELSON
On The Sunny Side Of The Street - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Orange Colored Sky - NATALIE COLE
Over There - GEORGE M. COHAN
Paradise Hawaiian Style - ELVIS PRESLEY
Patriotic Songs !!! - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Pearly Shells - DON HO
People - BARBRA STREISAND
Please Mr. Postman - THE CARPENTERS
Proud Mary - TINA TURNER
Que Sera Sera - DORIS DAY
Rock Around The Clock - BILL HALEY & THE COMETS
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody - JUDY GARLAND
Rock-a-Hula - ELVIS PRESLEY
Rocky Top - LORETTA LYNN
S'Wonderful - STANDARD
San Francisco - JUDY GARLAND
Satin Doll - STANDARD
Save The Best For Last - VANESSA WILLIAMS
Saving All My Love For You - WHITNEY HOUSTON
Sea Cruise - FRANKIE FORD
Sentimental Journey - DORIS DAY
She's Got You - PATSY CLINE
She's In Love With The Boy - TRISHA YEARWOOD
Shoop Shoop Song (The) - CHER
Side By Side - KAY STARR
Singin' The Blues - MARTY ROBBINS
Snowbird - ANNE MURRAY
Something's Gotta Give - FRANK SINATRA
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - JUDY GARLAND
Spanish Eyes - AL MARTINO
Splish Splash - BOBBY DARIN
Spooky - DENNIS YOST
Stormy Weather - JUDY GARLAND
Sugartime - THE MCGUIRE SISTERS
Summertime - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Surfin' Safari - THE BEACH BOYS
Swanee - JUDY GARLAND
Sway - DEAN MARTIN
Sweet Dreams - PATSY CLINE
Sweet Georgia Brown - ELLA FITZGERALD
Sweet Nothin's - BRENDA LEE
Swinging On A Star - BING CROSBY
Take It Back - REBA MCENTIRE
Teddy Bear - ELVIS PRESLEY
That's Amore - DEAN MARTIN
The Boy From New York City - THE AD LIBS
The Charleston - STANDARD
The Circle of Life - ELTON JOHN
The Glory Of Love - VARIOUS ARTISTS
The Greatest Love Of All - WHITNEY HOUSTON
The Green Green Grass Of Home - TOM JONES
The Hokey Pokey - RAY ANTHONY
The Last Waltz - ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK
The Locomotion - LITTLE EVA
The Love Boat - PAUL WILLIAMS & CHARLES FOX
The Sound Of Music - JULIE ANDREWS
The Star Spangled Banner - FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
The Trolley Song - JUDY GARLAND
The Twist - CHUBBY CHECKER
The Way We Were - BARBRA STREISAND
The White Cliffs of Dover - VERA LYNN
The Woman In Me - SHANIA TWAIN
Them There Eyes - BILLIE HOLIDAY
Then He Kissed Me - THE CRYSTALS
There's No business Like Show Business - ETHEL MERMAN
These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - NANCY SINATRA
This Is My Country - DON REYE & AL JACOBS
This Land I Your Land - WOODIE GUTHRIE
This Nearly Was Mine - ROSANNO BRAZZI
This Ole House - ROSEMARY CLOONEY
Tie A Yellow Ribbon - TONY ORLANDO
Til There Was You - SHIRLEY JONES
Tiny Bubbles - DON HO
Toot Toot Tootsie - AL JOLSEN
Top of The World - THE CARPENTERS
Town Without Pity - GENE PITNEY
Unchained Melody - THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
Unforgettable - NAT KING COLE
Valentine - MARTINA MCBRIDE
Viva Las Vegas - ELVIS PRESLEY
Waikiki - DON HO
Walking After Midnight - PATSY CLINE
We've Only Just Begun - THE CARPENTERS
What A Difference A Day Made - DINAH WASHINGTON
What's New - STANDARD
When The Saints Go Marching In - LOUIS ARMSTRONG
When You're Smiling - JUDY GARLAND
Who's Sorry Now - CONNIE FRANCIS
Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under - SHANIA TWAIN
Why Do Fools Fall In Love - FRANKIE LYMAN & THE TEENAGERS
Why Haven't I Heard From You - REBA MCENTIRE
Wind Beneath My Wings - BETTE MIDLER
Witch Doctor - DAVID SEVILLE & THE CHIPMUNKS
Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey - STANDARD
Wouldn't it Be Loverly - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Yankee Doodle Boy - GEORGE M. COHAN
You Can Have Him - ELLA FITZGERALD
You Made Me Love You - JUDY GARLAND
You Needed Me - ANNE MURRAY
You'll Never Walk Alone - JUDY GARLAND
You're A Grand Old Flag - GEORGE M. COHAN
You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You - DEAN MARTIN
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart - JUDY GARLAND
I absolutely love the OLDIES! I only ever had one idol and that was Judy Garland! There have been so many wonderful artists and vocalists - there are too many for me to list that have influenced me. I am not a fan of lots of runs and trills - I love songs where I can understand the words and sing along with them. I must sayt that if I could choose an era to return to, it would be the 40's - that's the music I love the most. Next would be the 50's. I love that old rock 'n roll! But I am a fan of almost all musical styles! And I can sing tons of different styles.
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