Full repertoire of live songs, from Pop/Disco classics and Rock anthems to Country music, and Rock & Roll
I am happy to take requests, either for individual songs or for a particular theme – e.g. ‘modern hits’ or ‘Motown’ – to suit your preference. Please see below for a list of my full current repertoire to give you an idea…but let me know and I’ll always learn a song or two for a special gig!
Classics & Favourites:
- Ain’t Nobody – Chaka Khan
- Ain’t No Stopping Us Now – McFadden & Whitehead
- Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
- Always Something There To Remind Me – Sandie Shaw
- Back on the Chain Gang – Pretenders
- Band Of Gold – Freda Payne
- Black Horse And The Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall
- Black Velvet – Alannah Myles
- Blame It On The Boogie – Jacksons
- Brass In Pocket – Pretenders
- Broken Stones – Paul Weller
- Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
- Call Me – Blondie
- Can’t Get You Outta My Head – Kylie
- Car Wash – Rose Royce
- Cosmic Girl – Jamiroquai
- Da Doo Ron Ron – The Crystals
- Dancing In The Street – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
- Disco Inferno – The Trammps
- Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones
- Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
- Don’t Speak – No Doubt
- Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
- Downtown – Petula Clark
- Drive My Car – Beatles
- Faith – George Michael
- First Cut is the Deepest – Sheryl Crow version
- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
- Give It Up – KC & The Sunshine Band
- Hey Baby – Bruce Channel, from Dirty Dancing
- Honky Tonk Women – Rolling Stones
- I Heard it Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
- I Only Want To Be With You – Dusty Springfield
- I Saw Her Standing There – Beatles
- I Say A Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
- I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
- Ironic – Alanis Morrisette
- Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
- Jimmy Mack – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
- Lady Marmalade – Patti Labelle
- Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
- Like a Virgin – Madonna
- Livin on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
- Lost in Music – Sister Sledge
- Mamma Mia – Abba
- Message In A Bottle – Police
- Midnight at the Oasis – Brand New Heavies
- My Baby Just Cares For me – Nina Simone
- My Girl – The Temptations
- My Guy – Mary Wells
- Nobody Does it Better – Carly Simon
- Nutbush City Limits – Tina & Ike Turner
- Other Side of the World – KT Tunstall
- Oughta Know – Alanis Morrisette
- Perfect – Fairground Attraction
- Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae
- Respect – Aretha Franklin
- River Deep Mountain High – Tina Turner
- Rock With You – Michael Jackson
- Roxanne – Police
- Say What You Want – Texas
- Shout – Lulu
- Simply The Best – Tina Turner
- Sisters are Doing it for Themselves – Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin
- So Lonely – Police
- Somebody Elses Guy – Jocelyn Brown
- Son of a Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
- Stop in the Name of Love – The Supremes
- Streetlife – Randy Crawford
- Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
- Super Duper Love – Joss Stone
- Superstition – Stevie Wonder
- Suspicious Minds – Elvis
- Sweet Dreams – Eurythmics
- Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart – Erma Franklin
- The Tracks of My Tears – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- Think – Aretha Franklin
- This Old Heart Of Mine – Isley Brothers
- Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
- Time of your life – Greenday
- Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
- Twist And Shout – Beatles
- Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles
- Walking On Sunshine – Katrina & the Waves
- Waiting in Vain – Bob Marley
- Warm This Winter – Gabriella Cilmi
- Waterloo – Abba
- We Are Family – Sister Sledge
- Weather With You – Crowded House
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – The Shirelles
- Wonderwall – Oasis
- You Are The Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
- You Can’t Hurry Love – Diana Ross & the Supremes
- You Gotta Be – Des’ree
- Young Hearts Run Free – Candi Staton
More recent hits:
- All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
- Bad Boys – Alexandra Burke
- Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
- Backtrack – Rebecca Fergusson
- Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
- Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
- Domino – Jessie J
- Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
- Don’t Upset the Rhythm – Noisettes
- Empire State of Mind (part II) – Alicia Keys
- Fight For This Love – Cheryl Cole
- Forget You – Cee Lo Green
- Get Lucky – Daft Punk
- Grenade – Bruno Mars
- Happy – Pharell Williams
- Hey Soul Sister – Train
- Ho Hey – The Lumineers
- I Kissed a Girl – Katy Perry
- I Need A Dollar – Aloe Blacc
- Jar of Hearts – Christina Perri
- Lady Hear Me Tonight – Modjo
- Make You Feel My Love – Adele
- Mama Do – Pixie Lott
- Mercy – Duffy
- Mr Brightside – The Killers
- Mr Rock n Roll – Amy McDonald
- Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera
- Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
- Never Forget You – Noisettes
- Never Tear Us Apart – Paloma Faith version
- New Rules – Dua Lipa
- Next To Me – Emeli Sande
- Ordinary People – John Legend
- Poker Face – Lady Gaga
- Price Tag – Jessie J (acoustic version)
- Rehab – Amy Winehouse
- Rolling In The Deep – Adele
- Sex On Fire – Kings of Leon
- Shape of You – Ed Sheeran
- Shotgun – George Ezra
- Smile – Lily Allen
- Someone Like You – Adele
- Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi
- Stay With Me – Sam Smith
- The Fear – Lily Allen
- The Power of Love – Gabrielle Aplin
- Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
- Valerie – Amy Winehouse version
- Warm This Winter – Gabriella Cilmi
- You Got the Love – Florence & The Machine
- You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse
- Your Song – Ellie Goulding
Country music:
- 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
- Crazy – Patsy Cline
- Dance the Night Away – The Mavericks
- Jolene – Dolly Parton
- Landslide – Dixie Chicks
- Lyin Eyes – The Eagles
- Stand by Your Man – Tammy Wynette
- Sweet Home Alabama – Lynryd Skynyrd
- When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss
Irish songs:
- Breakeven – The Script
- Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
- Dreams – The Corrs
- Fields of Athenry – Brier
- Galway Girl – Mundy
- Linger – Cranberries
- Mustang Sally – The Commitments version
- Pride (in the name of love) – U2
- The Wild Rover – Traditional
- With or Without You – U2
- Zombie – Cranberries
Songs from films and shows:
- Big Spender – Shirley Bassey, from Sweet Charity
- Cabaret – Liza Minelli, from Cabaret
- Don’t Cry for me Argentina – Evita
- Dream a Little Dream of Me – as used in many films
- I Dreamed a Dream – Les Miserables
- I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston, from The Bodyguard
- Mamma Mia – ABBA, from Mamma Mia
- Nobody Does it Better – Carly Simon, from The Spy Who Loved Me
- On My Own – Les Miserables
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Wizard of Oz
- (I’ve had) The Time of my Life – Dirty Dancing (duet)
- You’re the One that I Want – Grease (duet)
Duets (as The Cover Up):
- A Little Time – Beautiful South
- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee
- Everybody’s Talking – Beautiful South
- I Got U Babe – UB40 & Chrissy Hynde
- Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
- When You’re Gone – Mel C & Bryan Adams