Are you looking for some swing or jazz music for your wedding event but want to hear songs you and your guests all know? The Swing Thing are the band for you. They offer a selection of modern songs, with a vintage twist.
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Made up of 4 excellent London based musicians, The Swing Thing, offer a line-up of double bass, drums, electric guitar and female vocals. They can tailor sets to suit your needs and so can play chilled out background music or upbeat music to keep your guests dancing from the beginning to the end of their sets! They can also offer an arrangement of your favourite song, be it a first dance for weddings or a special song for your birthday!
London Based Band
The band is made up of professional musicians who have played at the top venues around the UK such as; Ronnie Scott’s, The Forum, The Jazz Café and with some of the world’s leading musicians.
Each member of the band has their own transportation and is able to take their own gear to events so if you are having a party or wedding outside of London let us know a location and we can organise a quote with travel.
Repertoire
The Swing Thing arrange modern pop tunes into many different styles, including; jazz, samba, country, funk and flamenco. They cover many “classics” by many artists in their sets.
A typical set might look like this:
Ain’t Got No, I Got Life - Nina Simone
Born To Hand Jive - Sha Na Na
Chapel of Love - The Dixiecups
Fresh Prince of Bel Air Theme
Lady Madonna - The Beatles
Love Machine - Girls Aloud
Shout - Lulu
Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Tarantula - Pendulum
The Nights - Avicci
The Outside - Calvin Harris
Hopelessly Devoted To You - Olivia Newton-John
Dad’s Army Theme
Only Fools & Horses Theme
Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
Lipstick On Your Collar - Connie Francis
Hound Dog - Elvis
5, 6, 7, 8 - Steps

I Feel Good - James Brown
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Boom Boom, Shake The Room - Will Smith
Getting’ Jiggy With It - Will Smith
Licking Stick - James Brown
America - Razorlight
Have a Nice Day - Stereophonics
Indian Summer - Stereophonics
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
Mess around - Ray Charles
I want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
Make You Feel My Love - Adele
At Last - Etta James
Beauty School Dropout - Grease
Grease Lightning
Rock and Roll Party Queen - Louis St Louis
Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
Please, Please, Please - James Brown
Locomotion - Little Elsa
The Hop - Danny and the Juniors
Get Lucky - Daft Punk
Happy - Pharrell Williams
The band can also perform many Gershwin and Cole Porter jazz standards, such as; Body and Soul, Summertime, Have You Met Miss Jones and Embracable You. They are also able to take requests and provide a different arrangement of your favourite song. They limit it to 3 song choices per booking and the band must have adequate notice of about two weeks before the day of the event.
To book this modern swing and jazz wedding band please contact The Band Boutique using the form below.
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