The Sessions

The Sessions are an amazing function band playing an eclectic mix of Motown, soul, rock and pop classics making them fantastically diverse and ideal for events such as weddings, parties, and functions. They are a fusion of some of the best musicians around London, from vocal coach Natalie Marie to guitar legend Jon Quinney. This is a group of young and extremely talented professional musicians who can wow the crowds with their four part vocal harmonies and their exciting brass section. The Sessions can guarantee to get any party started! The Sessions brilliant musicians are based in London and perform a range of material from motown classic legends such as Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Jackson 5, Aretha Franklin, and Otis Reading to more modern hits from the likes of Bruno Mars, Pharrell williams and even Beyonce. They have truly unique and amazing sound with 4 part vocal harmonies and fantastically arranged brass. The Sessions offer you a brilliant music service that will include something for everyone. They are based in London, however they have played everywhere from the south coast to Edinburgh. The Sessions have built up somewhat of a specialty in performing and working with clients for weddings all over the country but have also performed for more corporate functions with clients such as the NHS and Sky.

We are an enthusiastic band with extremely talented musicians and will bring you a night you won't forget!

Below is a list of tracks the band have performed in the past, However you can message Austin by clicking on ask a question to discuss song choice. To help in choosing your first dance, below is a list of tracks that the band has performed previously as a first dance. FIRST DANCE SONGS Crazy Little thing called love - Queen Baby (You've got what it takes) - Brook Benton & Dinah Washington Let's Stay Together - Al Green My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone Feeling Good - Nina Simone The Way you look tonight - Frank Sinatra Slow Love - Michael Alvarado You are the best thing - Ray Lamontagne FULL REPERTOIRE 1) 123 - Gloria Estefan 2) 9 – 5 – Dolly Parton 3) A night to remember – Shalamar 4) Ain’t no mountain high enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 5) Ain’t no stopping us now – McFadden and Whitehead 6) Ain't nobody - Chaka Khan 7) Ain’t too proud to Beg – The Temptations 8) All about that bass – Meghan Trainor 9) All I want for Christmas – Mariah Carey 10) All Night long – Lionel Richie 11) Alright now – Free 12) American Pie - 13) At Last – Etta James 14) Baby you’ve got what it takes - Brook Benton & Dinah Washington 15) Beat It – Michael Jackson 16) Because of you – Jackie Wilson 17) Best of my love – The Emotions 18) Better together – Jack Johnson 19) Billy Jean – Michael Jackson 20) Blame it on the boogie – Michael Jackson 21) Boogie Nights - Heatwave 22) Boogie Wonderland – Earth, Wind and Fire 23) Brown eyed girl – Van Morrison 24) Brown sugar – Rolling Stones 25) Build me up buttercup – The Fondatins 26) Can’t stop the feeling – Justin Timberlake 27) Can’t take my eyes off of you – Andy Williams 28) Car Wash - Rose Royce 29) Chaka Khan medley – (I Feel for you, Ain’t nobody, What cha gonna do for me, I’m every women) 30) Christina Aguilera Medley (Boogie Woogie,Candyman,Ain’t no other man) 31) Come fly with me – frank sinatra 32) Cosmic girl - Jamiroquai 33) Crazy in love/crazy - Beyonce 34) Crazy little thing called love – Queen 35) Dancing on the ceiling – lionel richie 36) Dancing in the street – Matha & The Vandellas 37) Dance with me tonight – Olly Murrs 38) Do I Do – Stevie Wonder 39) Don’t stop believing – Journey 40) Don’t stop me now - Queen 41) Don't stop till you get enough - Michael Jackson 42) Don’t you worry about a thing – Stevie Wonder 43) Do you Love me – The Contours 44) Dude looks like a lady - Aerosmith 45) Earth, wind & fire medley (In the stone,Boogie Wonderland,Let’s groove,September) 46) Easy (Like a Sunday morning) The Commodores 47) Eight Days a week – The Beatles 48) Everybody needs Somebody – The Blues Brothers 49) Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac 50) Faith – George Michael 51) Feeling Good – Nina Simone 52) Fly me to the moon – Frank Sinatra 53) Forget you – CeeLo Green 54) For once in my life – Stevie Wonder 55) Get down on it – Kool & The Gang 56) Get Lucky – Daft Punk 57) Get Ready - Temptations 58) Gimme Some Lovin – The Blues Brothers 59) Give me just a little more time – Chairmen of the Board 60) Go your own way – Fleetwood Mac 61) Got to be real - Cheryl Lynn 62) Got to get you into my life – Earth, Wind & Fire 63) Happy – Pharrell Williams 64) Have yourself a merry little Christmas – Frank Sinatra 65) Hard to handle – The Black Crowes 66) Heard it through the grapevine – Marvin Gaye 67) Hey Jude – The Beatles 68) Hey Soul Sister - Train 69) Higher & higher/walking on sunshine medley – Jackie Wilson/Katrina & The Waves 70) Hit the road jack – Ray Charles 71) Hold on I’m Coming – Tom Jones 72) How Long will I love you – Ellie Golding 73) How do you like your eggs in the morning – Dean Martin 74) How sweet it is – Marvin Gaye 75) How will I know – Whitney Houston 76) I can’t help myself – Four Tops 77) I feel for you – Chaka Chan/Prince 78) I feel good – James Brown 79) I'm so excited - The Pointer Sisters 80) I'm every woman - Chaka Khan 81) It had to be you – Harry Connick 82) I saw her standing there – The Beatles 83) I wanna dance with somebody - Whitney Houston 84) I Want you back – Jackson 5 85) I wish – Stevie Wonder 86) I wish I knew how it would feel to be free - Nina Simone 87) It’s not unusual – Tom Jones 88) James Brown Medley = Pappa got a – I feel good 89) Johnny b goode – Chuck Berry 90) Just the way you are – Bruno Mars 91) Kiss Prince - Tom Jones Live 92) Kiss Me – Sixpence none the richer 93) Knock on wood – Eddie Floyd 94) Lean on Me – Bill Withers 95) Let’s go round again – Average White Band 96) Let’s Groove – Earth, Wind and Fire 97) Let’s stay together – Al Green 98) Let’s stick together – Bryan Ferry 99) Listen to the music – Doobie Brothers 100) Living on prayer – Bon Jovi 101) Lola’s Theme – The Shapeshifters 102) Long Train Running – Doobie Brothers 103) Lovely day – Bill Withers 104) Love Shack – B52’s 105) Man in the mirror – Michael Jackson 106) Marry you – Bruno Mars 107) Mercy – Duffy 108) Michael Jackson Medley - 109) Midnight hour – The Commitments 110) Midnight train to Georgia – Glads Knight & The Pips 111) Move on up – Curtis Mayfield 112) Mustang sally – The Commitments 113) My baby just cares for me – Nina Simone 114) My girl – The Temptations 115) New York New York – Frank Sinatra 116) PYT (Pretty Young Thing) - Michael Jackson 117) Pappa’s got a brand new bag – James Brown 118) Perfect – Ed Sheeran 119) Pick up the Pieces – Average White Band 120) Play that funky music – Wild Cherry 121) Power of love – Huey Lewis & The News 122) Power of love/celebration/le freak – Medley (Huey Lewis & The News/Kool & The Gang/Chic) 1 23) Proud Mary – Tine Turner 124) P.Y.T – Michael Jackson 125) Rather be – Clean Bandit 126) Re-light my fire – Take That 127) Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson 128) Rescue me – Fontella Bass 129) Respect – Aretha Franklin 130) Rhythm is gonna get you - Gloria Estefan 131) Rock’in all over the world – Status Quo 132) Rock with you – Michael Jackson 133) Rosanna - Toto 134) Say a little Prayer – Aretha Franklinm( Burt Bacharach) 135) September – Earth, Wind and Fire 136) Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes 137) Sex bomb – Tom Jones 138) Shake it off – Taylor Swift 139) Shake your body (down to the ground) – Justin Timberlake 140) Signed sealed delivered – Stevie Wonder 141) Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder 142) (Sittin on) The dock of the bay – Ottis Reading 143) Slow Love – Michael Alvarado 144) So young and in love – Bruce Springsteen 145) Somebody else’s guy - Jocelyn Brown 146) Songbird – Eva Cassidy 147) Soulman – Sam & Dave 148) Stay with me – Sam Smith 149) Stop – Spice Girls 150) Streetlife – Randy Crawford 151) Stevie Wonder Medley – (Sir Duke/ Wish) 152) Stuck on you – Lionel Ritchie 153) Stuck in the middle with you – Stealers Wheel 154) Summer of 69 – Brian Adams. 155) Super Duper Love – Joss Stone 156) Superstition - Stevie Wonder 157) Sweet child of mine – Guns and Roses 158) Sweet home Alabama- Lynryd Skynyrd 159) Sweet soul music – Arthur Conley 160) Sympathy for the devil – Rolling Stones 161) Thinking out loud – Ed Sheeran 162) This old heart of mine – Isley Brothers 163) The way you look tonight – Frank Sinatra/Maroon 5 164) The way you make me feel – Michael Jackson 165) Thinking out Loud – Ed Sheeran 166) Too busy thinking about my baby – Marvin Gaye 167) Treasure – Bruno Mars 168) Try a little tenderness – Otis Redding 169) Uptown funk – Bruno Mars 170) Uptown Girl – Billy Joel 171) Valerie – The Zuntons/Amy Winehouse 172) Walk away renee – The Four Tops 173) Walking on sunshine – Katrina and The Waves 174) We are family - Sister Sledge 175) Workin' Day and Night - Michael Jackson 176) Who do you think you are – Spice Girls 177) With a little help from my friends – Joe Cocker 178) You are the best thing – Ray LaMortagne 179) You and me - Lifehouse 180) You Can’t hurry Love – The Supremes You make lovin fun – Fleetwood Mac You make my dream come true – Hall & Oates You showed me the way – Billie Holiday Young hearts run free – Candi Staton You’ve got the love – Florence and The Machine

Q: How long does setup take?

A: Generally the bigger the band the longer the set up time so as a rule of thumb we like a maximum of 2 hours for a 12 piece line up. Packing down normally takes the band 1 hour from the end of performance. If you require an arrival time of earlier then 6pm then the band may add a waiting fee.

Q: What are your space and power requirements?

A: The Sessions will try to be a flexible as possible in regard to the stage size and can quite easily adapt to a number of situations however it is advisable to provide a minimum stage area of 15″ x 10″ (4.5M x 3M approx) for the 8 piece, 17″ x 12″ (5M x 3.5M approx) for the 10 piece and 20″ x 12″ (6M x 3.5M approx) for the 12 piece band. It is not necessary to provide a stage but if you do have one that is a bit smaller than the measurement above that’s fine we can normally use it as a drum or amp riser! However please do always provide a space or about 15″ x 8″ for the band to perform in.

Q: Do you take requests?

A: Yes we do! All we require is 2 months notice to make sure we can learn it.