Highly Swung are a sensational function band performing a fantastic mix of Swing, Rat Pack, Soul and Motown music to give you a party to remember!
Versatile & Talented
Highly Swung will transform the atmosphere at your event playing sophisticated jazz during dinner, then Swing and Rat Pack classics to get your guests on their feet followed by Soul and Motown to give them a party to remember!
Music for all Generations
With a huge repertoire spanning eight decades of popular music, Highly Swung include songs performed by Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Stevie Wonder, Arethra Franklin, Michael Jackson to Amy Winehouse and many more!
Music for any event
These talented musicians are able to provide classical or contemporary music for weddings, coprporate or private events. They are also available as a Jazz Quartet or Quintet creating the perfect atmosphere for cocktail parties and dinner events.
Please note that songs marked * are performed by our the 9-piece band only.
RAT PACK AND JAZZ
Frank Sinatra
Come Fly With Me*
Fly Me to the Moon
For Once in My Life
Have you met Miss Jones
I Get a Kick Out of You*
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
The Lady is a Tramp*
Luck Be a Lady*
Mack the Knife
Me & My Shadow
My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)*
New York New York*
Strangers in the Night
The Tender Trap*
That’s Life
The Way You Look Tonight*
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Dean Martin
Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
Sway
Nat 'King' Cole
Almost Like Being in Love*
Let There Be Love
Let’s Face the Music and Dance*
L-O-V-E
Straighten up and Fly Right
Michael Buble
All of Me
Call Me Irresponsible*
Cry Me a River*
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Save the Last Dance for Me*
Etta James
At Last
Billie Holliday
That Ole Devil Called Love
Louis Armstrong
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
What a Wonderful World
Nina Simone
Feeling Good
My Baby Just Cares For Me
Judy Garland
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart*
Ella Fitzgerald- Black Coffee
Manhattan
Mas Que Nada*
Shirley Bassey - ‘S Wonderful
Dinah Washington/Jamie Cullum
What a Difference a Day Makes
Sammy Davis, Jr.-There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York*
CLASSIC BIG BAND & LATIN
Glenn Miller
American Patrol*
In The Mood*
Pennsylvania 6-5000*
Tuxedo Junction*
Count Basie-Cute*
L'il Darlin'*
Ya Gotta Try*
Benny Goodman-Sing Sing Sing*
Doris Day
Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps
Dizzy Gillespie
Manteca
The Andrews Sisters
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy*
Ray Charles
One Mint Julep*
Perez Prado
Mambo No 5*
Rosemary Clooney
Mambo Italiano
Why Don't You Do Right*
MOTOWN AND SOUL
Stevie Wonder
Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing
I Just Called To Say I Love You
Isn’t She Lovely
Knocks Me Off My Feet
Signed Sealed, Delivered
Sir Duke
Superstition*
Michael Jackson & Jackson 5
Blame it on the Boogie
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough*
I Want You Back*
Man in the Mirror
Rock With You*
The Way You Make Me Feel*
Aretha Franklin
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough*
I Say a Little Prayer For You
Respect
Son of a Preacher Man
Think*
Until You Come Back to Me
Curtis Mayfield
Move On Up
Marvin Gaye
Let's Get It On*
Heard It Through the Grapevine*
Rose Royce
Car Wash*
Etta James
I Just Wanna Make Love to You
Amy Winehouse
Valerie
James Brown
I Feel Good*
James Taylor
How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You
Andy Williams
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Billy Joel
Just The Way You Are
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Heatwave
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Tracks of My Tears
Tom Jones
It's Not Unusual
Earth, Wind and Fire
September
Dolly Parton
9 to 5
Jamiroquai
Love Foolosophy*
Otis Redding
My Girl
Average White Band
Work To Do*
Van Morrison
Someone Like You
CeCe Peniston
Finally
JAZZ BAND REPERTOIRE
Ain’t That a Kick in the Head
All of Me
All the Things you Are
Angel Eyes
Autumn Leaves
Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered)
Beyond the Sea
Blue Bossa
Blues for Alice
Body and Soul
Bourbon Street Parade
Call Me Irresponsible
Cantaloupe Island
Caravan
Cheek to Cheek
Come Fly With Me
Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
Cry me a River
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Don’t Know Why
East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
Easy to Love
A Fine Romance
Fly me to the Moon
A Foggy Day (in London Town
Georgia on my Mind
Get Happy
The Girl from Ipanema
Have you met Miss Jones?
I Get a Kick Out of You
I’ve Got the World on a String
I’ve Got You Under my Skin
If I Were a Bell
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
It Had to be You
Just Friends
La Vie en Rose
The Lady is a Tramp
Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Let’s Fall in Love
Lullaby of Birdland
Manteca
Mean to Me
My Funny Valentine
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
My Romance
The Nearness of You
A Night in Tunisia
Night Train (Happy Go Lucky Local)
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Old Devil Moon
On Green Dolphin Street
On the Street Where You Live
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Red Baron
‘S Wonderful
Satin Doll
Scrapple From the Apple
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Sophisticated Lady
Stella by Starlight
Stormy Weather
Sway
Take the ‘A’ Train
These Foolish Things
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Till There Was You
Unforgettable
Watermelon Man
The Way You Look Tonight
What a Difference a Day Made
What a Wonderful World
When I Fall in Love
Witchcraft
Christmas Repertoire
Frank Sinatra
Let It Snow
Andy Williams
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Maria Carey
All I Want For Christmas Is You
Eartha Kitt
Santa Baby
Nat ‘King’ Cole
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Various
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
Jingle Bells
Winter Wonderland
General Information:
Name: Highly Swung
Location: London
Main Category: Soul, Funk & Motown Bands
Other Categories: Bands, Live Music, Party Bands, Wedding Bands, Wedding Music
Lineups/Options:
9 Piece Band (default): Female Vocals, Piano, Bass, Drums, Keyboard, Trumpet, Trumpet, Alto sax/flute, Tenor sax/clarinet, backing vocals provided by instrumentalists in the band
7 Piece Band: Female vocals, Piano, Bass, Drums, Keyboard, Trumpet, Sax
Timings:
Standard Set Times: 2 x 60 or 3 x 45 minute sets
Set Up Time: 1hrs 15 mins
Space Required (w x d):
9 Piece Band (default): 5.0m x 3.0m
7 Piece Band: 5.0m x 3.0m
Sound & Lighting:
PA suitable for: Up to 500 people
Stage Lighting: Yes
Dance Floor Lighting: No
Free use of PA via iPod: Yes
DJ included: No
Other Requirements
Hospitality/Artist Rider: Soft drinks as required. Buffet or hot meal for each musician. Changing room preferred. Parking for 3 vehicles.
Technical Requirement: 2 x 13 amp sockets
Custom Search