Sharon Paquette
Sharon Paquette & Andrea Bensmiller

Angelic voices rise in harmony. You feel it in your core. Sharon Paquette wraps her voice around you and adds the soul. The down-to-earth sexiness that is every woman. She is reminiscent of Evanescence, she reminds you of Jewel, and then she moves you like Janis. Andrea Bensmiller brings harmony, as she sings beside Sharon tossing out tasty guitar licks that round out the sound of two sexy sirens singing to the Vegas night.

Sharon Paquette is a phenomenon, a classically trained opera singer who has turned pop icon. Andrea Bensmiller is her cool partner, an experienced music industry veteran who strokes, strums and smoothly takes the duo to a feel-good place. Her timing is impeccable as she places her raspy voice around Sharon’s passionate melodies.

Las Vegas is hearing these woman take your favorite song, spin it around and play it back to you as if the music sprung out of their very souls. The city of revisited themes is quickly queing up to lend its ear to the original songs, and cover song stylings of Sharon Paquette & Andrea Bensmiller.

Sharon Paquette - One of Las Vegas Weekly's top 5 singer/songwriters - and Andrea Bensmiller - a producer/guitarist/vocalist with credits spanning LA stagework to film and television placements - team up in this duo. Blending everyone's favorite hit songs across all genres with their own original work, these babes kick up the party in a dance/sing along spirit that is rocking Vegas audiences.

The duo also offers mellow jazzy grooves and gentle harmonies for venues and events that desire a low-key show. These selections are tailored for dinner/cocktail parties and a more formal vibe.

Current and recent venues that have hosted the duo include BRAND Lounge inside the Monte Carlo Hotel, Via Brasil in Sumerlin, Sunset Station, and The Grape at Town Square. With years of performance experience, hundreds of songs to keep the vibe rolling, and a rocking energy that won't let up, Sharon and Andrea are the perfect choice for any party.

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Song List

Song List as of 08-05-09

1999 – Prince
A Little Help From My Friends – Beatles
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
All Along The Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
All I Wanna Do Is Have Some Fun – Sheryl Crow
All You Need is Love – Beatles
Always Be My Baby – Mariah Carey
American Woman
Apologize – OneRepublic
At Last – Etta James
Beautiful Heart – Sharon Paquette
Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood
Best of My Love – Eagles
Black Horse and a Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall
Barracuda – Heart
Black Velvet – Alannah Myles
Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis
Bring it On Home – Sam Cooke
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Bring Me Some Water – Melissa Ethridge
Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers
California Dreaming – Mamas and Papas
Careless Whisper – George Michael
Champagne Supernova – Oasis
Closer to Fine – Indigo Girls
Come Back to Me – Sharon Paquette
Come Together – Beatles
Comes Love – Ella Fitzgerald
Crazy Love – Van Morrison
Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
D’yer Mak’r – Led Zeppelin
Easy Like A Sunday Morning – Commodores
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard
Feel Like Makin’ Love – Bad Company
Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
Give it Away – Sharon Paquette
Good Things Are Gonna Happen – Sharon Paquette
Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen (Jeff Buckley)
Happy Together – The Turtles
Have a Heart – Bonnie Raitt
Heaven – Bryan Adams
Hello – Lionel Ritchie
Here for the Party – Gretchen Wilson
Hotel California – Eagles
I Am Afraid – Sharon Paquette
I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
I Hate Myself for Loving You – Joan Jett
I Just Called to Say I Love You – Stevie Wonder
I’ll Be There – Michael Jackson
Imagine – John Lennon
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – Proclaimers
In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
I Kissed a Girl – Katy Perry
I Won’t Sleep Tonight – Sharon Paquette
The Joker – Steve Miller Band
Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel
Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack (Lauren Hill)
Kind and Generous – Natalie Merchant
Let it Be – Beatles
Let it Be Me – Ray LaMontagne
Like the Way I Do – Melissa Ethridge
Losing My Religion – REM
Love Letter – Bonnie Raitt
Love Sneaking Up on You – Bonnie Raitt
Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
Mary Jane’s Last Dance – Tom Petty
Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin
Meant for Me – Jewel
Mercy – Duffy
My Funny Valentine
Nick of Time – Bonnie Raitt
No One – Alicia Keys
No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley
Nothing Compares to You – Sinead O’Connor
One – U2
One Flight Down – Norah Jones
Piece of My Heart – Janis Joplin
Pride and Joy – Stevie Ray Vaughn
Proud Mary – Tina Turner
Put Your Records On – Corrine Bailey Rae
Rebel Yell – Billy Idol
Redneck Woman – Gretchen Wilson
Red Red Wine
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Roadhouse Blues – The Doors
Santeria – Sublime
Smooth Operator – Sade
Sober – Pink
So Far Away – Carol King
Something to Talk About – Bonnie Raitt
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Stand By Me
Steal My Kisses – Ben Harper
Still Your Girl – Sharon Paquette
Stormy Monday – Eva Cassidy
So What – Pink
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Sweet Jane – Cowboy Junkies
Sweet Home Alabama –
Sweet Child of Mine – Guns and Roses
Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Temptation – Tom Waits
Thing Called Love – Bonnie Raitt
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
Time After Time – Cyndy Lauper
True Colors –
Underneath it All – Gwen Stefani
Unforgettable
The Way You Look Tonight
The Weight – The Band
Who Knew – Pink
With or Without You – U2
Wonderwall – Oasis
Yellow – Coldplay
Yesterday – Beatles
You and Me – Lifehouse
You Oughta Know – Alanis Morrisette
You’ve Got a Friend – James Taylor


 

© Sharon Paquette 2007