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The Sessions

The Sessions

6 - 10 piece Live Party & Wedding Band

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The Sessions are a top live funk, soul & pop band, playing the ultimate in upbeat party tunes. Available to Hire for Weddings & Events across the UK and Overseas.

The band is made up of up to 10 of the finest professional musicians in the UK, all with successful careers in the music industry. The solid rhythm and tight brass section back the awesome vocals, putting together the funkiest and most energetic show on the current live band circuit.

Aiming to bring you the best live music experience available, The Sessions have built up a definitive repertoire of funk, soul and pop classics, featuring everything from Aretha Franklin to Basement Jaxx.

Every tune is guaranteed to get the blood pumping and the dance floor moving.

The Sessions are a band of highly talented musicians who have performed with artists as diverse as Joss Stone, Beverley Knight, Kasabian, Skunk Anansie, Sandi Thom & Pato Banton and have supported bands including Boney M, The Temptations, The Bay City
Rollers, The Real Thing, Elton John, Alvin Stardust and Mungo Jerry,
Chumba Wumba The Selector, Bad Manners, Muse, Chesney Hawks &
The Noisettes.

Members have also had tracks featured on the hit US TV show, Flash Forward.

Other artists their musicians have worked alongside include those from Feeder, Little Angels and Wishbone Ash, recording with those from The Wailers, The Rumble Strips, Chesney Hawkes, Darius and Ronan Keating.


@Bristol

• Bath Spa University

• BAE Systems

• Birmingham Botanical Gardens

• Bourne Leisure Group

• BT Convention Centre

• Butlins (Bourne Leisure Group)

• British Heart Foundation

• Celtic Manor Resort

• Chateau Mauconseil (France)

• Country House Weddings

• East Thames Group

• Ettington Park

• Exeter University

• Fontwell Racecourse

• GE Money

• Grande Real Villa Itαlia (Portugal)

• Guoman Hotel Management

• Hallswell House

• Hilton Hotels

• Hull Football Club

• Kings College Cambridge

• Kings School Gloucester

• Langtons Hotel (Ireland)

• Marriot Hotels

• Manchester University

• NHS

• Portsmouth Football Club

• RAF Brize Norton

• RICOH Arena

• Ripley Castle

• Rond Point, Meribel (French Alps)

• Sandhurst Royal Military Academy

• Scisys PLC

• Scotty's Bar, La Plagne (French Alps)

• Sheraton Hotel and Towers (Abu Dhabi)

• St Audries Park

• Stratford Circus (London)

• Strutt and Parker

• The Bath Priory

• The Dorchester, London

• The Hurlingham Club (London)

• The Orchardleigh Estate

• The Public (West Bromwich)

• The Royal Albert Hall

• The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi

• This Morning (ITV)

• Thistle Hotels

• Wincanton Racecourse

• Women’s Aid

• Woodbury Park Golf Club
2010’s -

1. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

2. Domino - Jessie J

3. Firework - Katy Perry

4. Get Lucky - Daft Punk

5. I Need A Dollar - Aloe Blacc

6. Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons

7. Make You Feel My Love - Adele

8. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera

9. No Diggity - Oli Brown

10. Pencil Full Of Lead - Paolo Nutini

11. Rolling In The Deep - Adele

12. Runaway Baby - Bruno Mars

13. We Found Love - Rihanna

2000’s -

14. Ain't No Other Man -Christina Aguilera

15. Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet

16. Candy Man - Christina Aguilera

17. Crazy In Love - Beyoncι

18. Dιjΰ vu - Beyoncι

19. Do Your Thing - Basement Jaxx

20. Filthy/Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters

21. Independent Women Part I - Destiny's Child

22. Love Machine - Girls Aloud

23. Mercy - Duffy

24. Mr Brightside - The Killers

25. Red Alert - Basement Jaxx

26. Rehab - Amy Winehouse

27. Sιnorita - Justin Timberlake

28. Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon

29. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) - Beyoncι

30. Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters

31. Toxic - Britney Spears

32. Valerie - Zutons/Ronson/Winehouse

33. You've Got The Love - Florence and The Machine

1990’s -

1. 90's Dance Medley! - Various Artists

2. Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz

3. Canned Heat - Jamiroquai

4. Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith

5. Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-lite

6. Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

7. Love Foolosophy - Jamiroquai

8. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Tom Jones

9. Rocks - Primal Scream

10. Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams

11. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

1980’s -

1. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

2. Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan

3. All Night Long - Lionel Richie

4. Beat It - Michael Jackson

5. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

7. Do I Do - Stevie Wonder

8. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson

9. Don't Stop Believing - Journey

10. Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

11. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police

12. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - The Blues Brothers

13. I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince

14. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

15. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers

16. Jump - Van Halen

17. Kiss - Prince

18. Love Shack - The B52's

19. Monkey Man - The Specials

20. P.Y.T. - Michael Jackson

21. Shake A Tail Feather - Blues Brothers/Ray Charles

22. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - Michael Jackson

23. Simply The Best - Tina Turner

24. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel

25. Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown

26. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves

27. Workin' Day And Night - Michael Jackson

28. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

1970’s -

1. Ain't No Stopping Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead

2. All Right Now - Free

3. Best Of My Love - The Emotions

4. Blame It On The Boogie - Jackson 5

5. Car Wash - Rose Royce

6. Celebration - Kool & The Gang

7. Dancing Queen - ABBA

8. Disco Inferno - The Trammps

9. Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown

10. Give It Up - K.C. & The Sunshine Band

11. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

12. Good Times - Chic

13. He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge

14. Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder

15. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown

16. I Want You Back - Jackson 5

17. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

18. I Wish - Stevie Wonder

19. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang

20. Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang

21. Lady Marmalade - Patti Labelle

22. Le Freak - Chic

23. Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers

24. Mamma Mia - ABBA

25. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield

26. My Sharona - The Knack

27. Place Your Hands - Reef

28. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

29. September - Earth, Wind & Fire

30. Sex Machine (Get Up I Feel Like Being A) - James Brown

31. Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder

32. Staying Alive - Bee Gees

33. Streetlife - Randy Crawford

34. Superstition - Stevie Wonder

35. Take A Chance - ABBA

36. Thank You For The Music - ABBA

37. Thinking Of You - Sister Sledge

38. Upside Down - Diana Ross

39. War - Edwin Starr

40. Waterloo - ABBA

41. We Are Family - Sister Sledge

42. You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees

43. You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White

44. Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Statton

1960’s -

1. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson

2. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

3. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones

4. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli

5. Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin

6. Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

7. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder

8. Get Ready - The Temptations

9. Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group

10. Hard To Handle - Patti Drew

11. Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones

12. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

13. I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles

14. In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

15. It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones

16. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

17. Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd

18. Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett

19. Let's Stay Together - Al Green

20. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard

21. Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips

22. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett

23. Proud Mary - Tina Turner

24. Respect - Aretha Franklin

25. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin

26. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder

27. Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

28. Soul Man - Sam & Dave

29. Stand By Me - Ben E. King

30. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

31. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

32. Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart - Dusty Springfield

33. The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin

34. Think - Aretha Franklin

35. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard

36. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder
UK Nationwide & Worldwide
1 x 60 mins performance | 2 x 45 mins performance | 2 x 60 mins performance | available from 6 piece band to 10 piece band | available with a full DJ service.

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The Sessions are a top live funk, soul & pop band, playing the ultimate in upbeat party tunes. Available to Hire for Weddings & Events across the UK and Overseas.

The band is made up of up to 10 of the finest professional musicians in the UK, all with successful careers in the music industry. The solid rhythm and tight brass section back the awesome vocals, putting together the funkiest and most energetic show on the current live band circuit.

Aiming to bring you the best live music experience available, The Sessions have built up a definitive repertoire of funk, soul and pop classics, featuring everything from Aretha Franklin to Basement Jaxx.

Every tune is guaranteed to get the blood pumping and the dance floor moving.

The Sessions are a band of highly talented musicians who have performed with artists as diverse as Joss Stone, Beverley Knight, Kasabian, Skunk Anansie, Sandi Thom & Pato Banton and have supported bands including Boney M, The Temptations, The Bay City
Rollers, The Real Thing, Elton John, Alvin Stardust and Mungo Jerry,
Chumba Wumba The Selector, Bad Manners, Muse, Chesney Hawks &
The Noisettes.

Members have also had tracks featured on the hit US TV show, Flash Forward.

Other artists their musicians have worked alongside include those from Feeder, Little Angels and Wishbone Ash, recording with those from The Wailers, The Rumble Strips, Chesney Hawkes, Darius and Ronan Keating.


@Bristol

• Bath Spa University

• BAE Systems

• Birmingham Botanical Gardens

• Bourne Leisure Group

• BT Convention Centre

• Butlins (Bourne Leisure Group)

• British Heart Foundation

• Celtic Manor Resort

• Chateau Mauconseil (France)

• Country House Weddings

• East Thames Group

• Ettington Park

• Exeter University

• Fontwell Racecourse

• GE Money

• Grande Real Villa Itαlia (Portugal)

• Guoman Hotel Management

• Hallswell House

• Hilton Hotels

• Hull Football Club

• Kings College Cambridge

• Kings School Gloucester

• Langtons Hotel (Ireland)

• Marriot Hotels

• Manchester University

• NHS

• Portsmouth Football Club

• RAF Brize Norton

• RICOH Arena

• Ripley Castle

• Rond Point, Meribel (French Alps)

• Sandhurst Royal Military Academy

• Scisys PLC

• Scotty's Bar, La Plagne (French Alps)

• Sheraton Hotel and Towers (Abu Dhabi)

• St Audries Park

• Stratford Circus (London)

• Strutt and Parker

• The Bath Priory

• The Dorchester, London

• The Hurlingham Club (London)

• The Orchardleigh Estate

• The Public (West Bromwich)

• The Royal Albert Hall

• The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi

• This Morning (ITV)

• Thistle Hotels

• Wincanton Racecourse

• Women’s Aid

• Woodbury Park Golf Club

2010’s -

1. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

2. Domino - Jessie J

3. Firework - Katy Perry

4. Get Lucky - Daft Punk

5. I Need A Dollar - Aloe Blacc

6. Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons

7. Make You Feel My Love - Adele

8. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera

9. No Diggity - Oli Brown

10. Pencil Full Of Lead - Paolo Nutini

11. Rolling In The Deep - Adele

12. Runaway Baby - Bruno Mars

13. We Found Love - Rihanna

2000’s -

14. Ain't No Other Man -Christina Aguilera

15. Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet

16. Candy Man - Christina Aguilera

17. Crazy In Love - Beyoncι

18. Dιjΰ vu - Beyoncι

19. Do Your Thing - Basement Jaxx

20. Filthy/Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters

21. Independent Women Part I - Destiny's Child

22. Love Machine - Girls Aloud

23. Mercy - Duffy

24. Mr Brightside - The Killers

25. Red Alert - Basement Jaxx

26. Rehab - Amy Winehouse

27. Sιnorita - Justin Timberlake

28. Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon

29. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) - Beyoncι

30. Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters

31. Toxic - Britney Spears

32. Valerie - Zutons/Ronson/Winehouse

33. You've Got The Love - Florence and The Machine

1990’s -

1. 90's Dance Medley! - Various Artists

2. Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz

3. Canned Heat - Jamiroquai

4. Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith

5. Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-lite

6. Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

7. Love Foolosophy - Jamiroquai

8. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Tom Jones

9. Rocks - Primal Scream

10. Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams

11. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

1980’s -

1. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton

2. Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan

3. All Night Long - Lionel Richie

4. Beat It - Michael Jackson

5. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

7. Do I Do - Stevie Wonder

8. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson

9. Don't Stop Believing - Journey

10. Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

11. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police

12. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love - The Blues Brothers

13. I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince

14. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

15. I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers

16. Jump - Van Halen

17. Kiss - Prince

18. Love Shack - The B52's

19. Monkey Man - The Specials

20. P.Y.T. - Michael Jackson

21. Shake A Tail Feather - Blues Brothers/Ray Charles

22. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - Michael Jackson

23. Simply The Best - Tina Turner

24. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel

25. Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown

26. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves

27. Workin' Day And Night - Michael Jackson

28. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

1970’s -

1. Ain't No Stopping Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead

2. All Right Now - Free

3. Best Of My Love - The Emotions

4. Blame It On The Boogie - Jackson 5

5. Car Wash - Rose Royce

6. Celebration - Kool & The Gang

7. Dancing Queen - ABBA

8. Disco Inferno - The Trammps

9. Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown

10. Give It Up - K.C. & The Sunshine Band

11. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

12. Good Times - Chic

13. He's The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge

14. Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder

15. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown

16. I Want You Back - Jackson 5

17. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

18. I Wish - Stevie Wonder

19. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang

20. Ladies Night - Kool & The Gang

21. Lady Marmalade - Patti Labelle

22. Le Freak - Chic

23. Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers

24. Mamma Mia - ABBA

25. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield

26. My Sharona - The Knack

27. Place Your Hands - Reef

28. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

29. September - Earth, Wind & Fire

30. Sex Machine (Get Up I Feel Like Being A) - James Brown

31. Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder

32. Staying Alive - Bee Gees

33. Streetlife - Randy Crawford

34. Superstition - Stevie Wonder

35. Take A Chance - ABBA

36. Thank You For The Music - ABBA

37. Thinking Of You - Sister Sledge

38. Upside Down - Diana Ross

39. War - Edwin Starr

40. Waterloo - ABBA

41. We Are Family - Sister Sledge

42. You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees

43. You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White

44. Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Statton

1960’s -

1. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson

2. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

3. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones

4. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli

5. Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin

6. Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

7. For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder

8. Get Ready - The Temptations

9. Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group

10. Hard To Handle - Patti Drew

11. Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones

12. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

13. I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles

14. In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

15. It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones

16. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

17. Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd

18. Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett

19. Let's Stay Together - Al Green

20. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard

21. Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips

22. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett

23. Proud Mary - Tina Turner

24. Respect - Aretha Franklin

25. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin

26. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder

27. Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

28. Soul Man - Sam & Dave

29. Stand By Me - Ben E. King

30. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley

31. Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

32. Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart - Dusty Springfield

33. The House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin

34. Think - Aretha Franklin

35. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard

36. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder

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