The Down for the Count Swing & Soul Band
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Down for the Count
Down for the Count are a London-based Jazz, Swing, Rat Pack, Soul and Motown band. Formed by a group of nine friends in 2005, the band has gone on to perform at countless wedding receptions, corporate events and parties throughout the UK and abroad, and is now considered to be one of the finest function bands in the country.
The band has the perfect blend of youth and experience, with members having performed alongside artists as diverse as Elton John, Russell Watson, KT Tunstall, Michael Ball, Marti Pellow, Suzi Quatro, Il Divo, Barbara Windsor, Stan Sulzmann, Pete Long, Norma Winstone and Frank Ricotti - to name just a few!
With a huge repertoire spanning eight decades of popular music, this fantastic ensemble is guaranteed to transform the atmosphere of your event with its unique and distinctive sound.
Set List/Services
Count Down To Swing have a huge repertoire spanning eight decades of popular music. Please note that the starred songs can only be performed by the full 9-piece band.
--- NEW! CHRISTMAS REPERTOIRE ---
Let It Snow (Frank Sinatra)
Have Yourself A Merry Christmas (Ella Fitzgerald)
All I Want for Christmas Is You (Maria Carey)
Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Frank Sinatra)
Frosty the Snowman (Jackson 5)
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Nat 'King' Cole)
The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (Andy Williams)
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
Frosty The Snowman
White Christmas
Jingle Bells
--- 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*
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*
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Save the Last Dance for Me*
ETTA JAMES
At Last
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
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
SHIRLEY BASSEY
‘S Wonderful
JAMIE CULLUM
What a Difference a Day Makes
--- CLASSIC BIG BAND AND LATIN ---
GLENN MILLER
American Patrol*
In The Mood*
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
--- SOUL & MOTOWN ---
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
I Want You Back*
Man in the Mirror
Rock With You*
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
TOM JONES
It's Not Unusual
EARTH, WIND & 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