Formed in 1992, the Phil Dando Big Band and Singers, is a fifteen piece outfit that plays a range of music including swing, big band, jazz, Rat Pack, Latin and classic pops. The band is equally at home playing Glen Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stan Kenton as it is Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Tom Jones, Michael Bublé, and more.
Over the years the band has entertained at many corporate events, supplied wedding music, played in concert in theatres and music festivals, played for ballroom dancing, dinner dances and birthday parties, park concerts, themed nights and featured as the Pagford Big Band for the BBC’s production of J.K. Rowling’s Casual Vacancy.
The Big Band has its’ own PA system and a fully independent lighting rig to complement the atmosphere.
Based in Bridgend, Bridgend
= areas covered (up to 300 miles)
= free travel (up to 100 miles)
Big Band Instrumentals:-
Caribbean Clipper
September Song
Satin Doll
You the Night and the Music
Woodchoppers Ball
Pennsylvania 65000
Stan Kenton Medley
Take the A Train
Opus One (listen to audio)
Leave us Leap
Cute
String of Pearls
Splanky
Jersey Bounce (listen to audio)
S.Rampart Street Parade.
St.Louis Blues
Little Brown Jug
Caravan
Tuxedo Junction
Mood Indigo
Getting Sentimental Over You
Sunny Side of the Street
American Patrol
In The Mood
Jumpin’ At the Woodside
Moonlight Serenade
Adios
Peanut Vendor
Begin the Beguine
Skyliner
Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Tuxedo Junction (Jump Jive Version)
Lucky
920 Special
Broadway
Don’t Be That Way
Learnin’ The Blues
Easy Go
Perdido
Vocal Group Numbers:-
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree (listen to audio)
Jeepers Creepers
Perfidia
Rat Pack Vocal Numbers:-
Have You Met Miss Jones
Nice and Easy
Mack the Knife (listen to audio)
They Can’t Take that away From Me
Just in Time
More
Beyond the Sea
Too Marvelous for Words
Leroy Brown
You Make Me Feel So Young
New York New York
Fly Me To The Moon
I’ve Got you Under My Skin
Unforgetable
All Of Me
The Very Thought of You
A Foggy Day
Night and Day
It Had To Be You
As Time Goes By
Come Fly with Me
Saturday Night is the Loneliest
Just the Way You Look Tonight
Sway
Other Vocals
Can’t take my eyes off you
Somethin’ Stupid (listen to audio)
The Girl I Love
You’ll Never Know.
That Ol’ Devil Called Love (listen to audio)
What a Difference a Day Makes
In A Mellow Tone
Deep Purple
Bye Bye Blackbird
A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square
Welsh Music Big Band Style:-
Welsh Medley
Myfanwy
Bells of Aberdovey
The Ash Grove
Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn
Pops:-
Valerie
Pencil Full of Lead
Fame
Never Can Say Goodbye
Don’t Leave Me This Way
When Will I See You Again?
Stupid Cupid
Let’s Dance
You’re the First, The Last, My Everything
Perfect
I’ll Go Where The Music Takes Me
Love Is In The Air
You Make Me So Very Happy
Gimme Some Lovin’
Shoop Shoop Song
My Guy
I Just Called To Say
The Heat Is On
I Will Survive
Stupid Cupid
Let’s Dance
Dancing In The Street
Baby Love
Do Do Ron Ron
D.I.S.C.O.
Blue Suede Shoes
See You Later Alligator
Amarillo
Your Song
This Will Be
Young Hearts Run Free
Everything.(Bublé.)
60’s Medley
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
Livin La Vi Da Loca
Its not Unusual
Things
Just The Way You Are
You’re My Venus
Knock On Wood
Best Years Of Our Lives
Blame It On The Boogie
Band Of Gold
We Are Family
The Only Way is Up
That Man
On a Night Like This
Just Help Yourself
Can you Feel It?
Valerie
Love In The First Degree
Waltzes:-
Around the World
My Hero
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Mancini Waltz Medley
Sky Boat Song
Greensleeves
Valentine Moon
Charade
Latin American:-
Jealousy
On A Night Like This
I Could Have Danced All Night (Cha Cha)
For Once in My Life (Samba)
Lambada
Quando Quando (Samba)
Laughing Samba
Woman in Love(Tango)
Kiss of Fire(Tango)
Rumba Royale
Rumba Medley
Tango Medley
Tea For Two (Cha Cha)
Boy from Ipanema (Cha Cha)
Music to Watch Girls By (Cha Cha)
Tequila
Mambo No.5
Bond Film Music
007 James Bond Theme
The Look of Love V
You only live twice
From Russia with Love
Diamonds are forever
Nobody does it better
Aberaeron Feathers Hotel
Abertillery Leisure Centre
Addington Palace, Croydon
Allt yr ynys Hotel, Abergavenny
American Museum, Bath
Arthur Llewellyn Gorseinon
Arthur Llewellyn Jenkins Furniture, Talbot Green
Assembly Room, City Hall, Cardiff
Assembly Rooms, Bath
Assembly Rooms, Cwmbran
Basingstoke. Marquee Charity Ball
Bath and West Show Ground
Bath Assembly Rooms
BBC Radio Wales
Bear Hotel. Cowbridge
Beaufort Theatre
Beaumont Hotel, Old Windsor
Ben Hall, Rugby
Blackwood Miners Institute
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Caerphilly Castle
Cardiff City Hall
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport
Chatsworth House
Cheltenham Pump Rooms
Clarence House, Portishead
Claridge's Hotel, London
Clearwell Castle
Coed y Mwstr Hotel
Coity Castle, Coity, Bridgend
Copthorne Hotel, Cardiff
Corntown Cricket Club
Corporate Event for Miele, Oxford
Court Bleddyn
Craig Yr Nos Castle, Brecon
Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum
Cwrt Bleddyn Hotel
Cwrt Coleman Hotel
Dinas Powis Music Festival
Ditton Community Centre, Kent
Drig Yr Nos, Llandyfaelog
Dyffryn Gardens
Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea
Earlswood Village Hall
Eltham Palace, Kent
Eton College
Ewenny Priory
Fawsley Hall, Daventry
Feathers Hotel, Aberaeron
Feltham Assembly Hall
Fishponds House, Dunkeswell
Flanesford Priory
Fochriw Community Centre
Folly Farm, Tenby
Fon Mon Castle
Forest Pines Hotel, Brigg, North Lincoln
Frome Theatre
Garw Valley Centre
Glen yr Afon Hotel, Usk
Halston Hall Estate, Oswestry
Hanover International Hotel
Headcorn Villge Hall, Kent
Heath Hospital Social Club, Cardiff
Hi Tide Inn Porthcawl
Hilton Hotel, Birmingham
Holiday Inn Maidenhead
Holland House Hotel, Cardiff
Home Guard Club, Cardiff
Hunt Ball, Withybush
Iford Festival, Calne
John Frost Square, Newport
Kendleshire Golf Club, Bristol
Kingsgate Park, Yate
Lampeter University
Lease Priory, Chelmsford
Llandovery College
Llangoed Hall, Brecon
Llanharan Rugby Club
Macdonald Kilhey Court Hotel, Standish, Manchester
Maesteg Town Hall
Margam Castle
Marriott Swansea
Mayfair Hotel, London
Metropolitan Police Club, Hayes, Kent
Miskin Manor Hotel, Talbot Green
Museum of Army Flying, Hamps
Neald Hall, Chippenham
New House Country Hotel, Cardiff
Neyland Marina
Nimbus Concert Hall
Oakwood Hall, Maidstone
Oldwalls Gower Retreat, Swansea
Onllwyn Community Hall
Oystermouth Castle
Pant yr Athro
Park Hotel, Cardiff
Parkwood Hall, Swanley, Kent
Paxhill House, Haywards Heath, Sussex
Peterston Lakes Golf Club
Pontlottyn Community Event
Porthcawl Pavilion
Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot
Resolven Rugby Club
Rhondda Fach Leisure Centre
Rifle Officers’ Club, Mayfair, London
Singleton Park, Swansea
Slebech Park Hotel, Haverfordwest
Somerton Festival
South Wales Big Band Society
St. Davids Hotel Cardiff
St.Donats Arts Centre, Vale of Glamorgan
St.Peter's Hall, Carmarthen
St.Pierre Golf Club
Strady Hotel, Llanelli
Sunderland Flying Boat Trust, Pembroke Dock
Swansea Brangwyn Hall
Swansea Grand Theatre
Swansea Jazz Club
Swansea Liberty Stadium
Taliesin Theatre
The Lawns, Lincoln
The Mond Social Club, Clydach
The Orangery, Margam, Glamorgan
The Point, Cardiff
Theatre Brycheiniog, Brecon
Thornbridge Hall, Derbyshire
Ty Newydd Hotel
Vale of Glamorgan Hotel
Village Hotel, Coryton, Cardiff
Wedding Marquee ,Newport, Pembrokeshire
Wedding Marquee, Caswell Bay, Gower
Wedding Marquee, Pembroke
Westcliff on Sea, Essex
Weston Super Mare
Wick Primary School
Wilton's Music Hall, London
Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd
Ystrad Sports Centre
…and many more!
PAT tested
Lighting system included
Instrumental
Male & female vocalists
Female vocalist
Public liability insurance
DJ / background music options
Will travel internationally
PA / sound system included
Male vocalist
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