Review Centre: Singers & Vocalists

"Excellent service by all from start to finish! Clint was amazing and very accommodating which sure helped made the night special (in a good way!!)"

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"We stumbled across Darren Shaw while we were away for Christmas in Blackpool. This young man was one of a number of entertainers who were booked to entertain us and another 40 guests at the wonderful family run hotel that we return to every time we visit Blackpool. Now, everybody knows what to expect from hotel entertainers, a bit of Elvis, mostly 50's and 60's songs, voices that are just flat enough to irritate without actually forcing you to get up and walk out, generally very average. Well not Darren Shaw. Darren got the longest and loudest applause you have ever heard forty something people making, he took the roof off, and deservedly so. Quite what he is doing on the hotel circuit I really don't know. You have never in your life heard anyone professional or otherwise with a voice like this. His set started with what you would expect, a couple of Kenny Rogers songs, good voice, bang on the notes very deep and easy to listen to and then the intro started for a well known Dusty Springfield song. I expected a joke of some kind, but what I didn't expect was a rendition of "You Don't Have To Say you Love Me", so perfect that I truly believed that he was miming to the original track. I suppose shock was my first reaction, desperately trying to catch him miming and show that this voice was not coming from Darren. I think everyone else was as shocked as I was. The reception this song got was rapturous at which point he actually asked if anyone thought he was miming and being me I just had to say something. He then proceeded to sing falsetto without any backing and sang both parts of "You're The One That I Want" the John Travolta and Olivia Newton John song from Grease. I was absolutely astounded. Darren Shaw can sing female vocals better than any cabaret singer I have heard. His first set had to be cut short while we were still coming to terms with what we had heard but an hour later he returned to do another 30 minutes or so. During this set we went from Tom Jones " Delilah", very reasonable, to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" which was truly astonishing. Ask yourself, have you ever heard anyone else trying to imitate Celine Dion ?, because I haven't. They won't do it simply because they can't, but Darren Shaw can. This was followed by the classic karaoke song "My Way" which thankfully I was able to record on video camera. I have heard plenty of people singing this, from Sinatra and Presley, to the Sex Pistols, and everyone in between. Everyone sings this, and it is always the most popular song in any karaoke competition. No one else sings it like this. The only version I have ever heard that was better than Darren Shaw's was by Sinatra himself. This was better than any version I have heard elsewhere, professional or not, and the applause was thunderous. Darren finished up with an Elvis song that was every bit as good as the original, and I can say that it was a real privilege to be there that night and see a truly awesome performance from a young man with a unique and remarkable talent. After the show Darren was happy to spend nearly an hour talking to the guests and I was lucky enough to be able to have a chat to him. Only 33 but on stage for 15 years he has no appreciation of his own talent. Very down to earth and easy to talk to he told me that he has a repertoire of over 4000 songs so far and due to professional jealousy he has found it necessary to change his set completely at the last moment on a number of occasions but has been able to do this without any difficulty. He has faced hostility in some quarters as the shock that his exquisite female vocals generate doesn't always manifest itself appreciatively. This horrifies me, as his voice is truly unique and deserves a great deal more exposure. Darren has his own website which is well worth a visit, and as you will see on there he has a stage show in Kelso coming up as well as plenty of other bookings. If you get the chance don't miss his show. Any TV producers looking for talent, anyone looking for a show that will have an audience crying out for more, don't look any further than Darren Shaw, he is sensational."

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"What every person needs on that special day. Professional and extremely talented."

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"Larger than life, bringing you quickly into the rock and roll hysteria and showmanship!"

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"Brilliant guy, everyone loved the music would definitely recommend to everyone, interacted well with everyone Great night "

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"I hired AJ for my daughters 30th birthday party. He was so good that my though a CD was playing till she saw him singing. AJ created such a great party atmosphere and would highly recommend. Many thanks again"

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"Phil was brilliant. Great addition to our party. What a singer, what a man. I could not fault him."

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"Thank you for a fantastic night last night you were really great lovely voice x"

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"Just what we were after, George was friendly, arrived and set up on time and we had lots of comments about his music - we will book him again for more events! "

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"Great set for the Sunday afternoon session at the 2025 East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival. Great sound and some real 'bangers' to keep the crowd entertained. Perfect end to a lovely Sunday session."

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"We booked Natalie for our wedding on the 25.05.2025 and wow she was amazing from the start to the very end!! We booked Natalie for our wedding ceremony and wedding breakfast! And wow she really was a trooper with all that non stop singing absolutely amazing! We Had so many compliments from all our guest and said that it was an amazing touch to our wedding breakfast! Myself and my husband Marcus could not recommend Natalie enough and if you haven’t already you need to book Natalie she accommodated and practiced and learnt all the songs we wanted with not a no in sight🎤🎤🤍🤍 Huge thank you so much from Mr&Mrs Thatcher🤍"

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"Adrian's playlist was great for our 60th birthday party. Lots of well known, big tunes which suited all our guests, young and old. He was warm, friendly and settled in straight away. He definitely made our night. Recommendable!"

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"We had the pleasure of having Stephen perform at our annual Summer Party this year and he was fantastic from beginning to end!! Very entertaining (he even accommodated some of our more 'colourful' song requests!) and we had so many great comments from the guests! Thanks again Stephen 🥳"

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"Thank you so much for performing at our wedding, all our guests commented on how great you were and how much they thoroughly enjoyed listening to you. Everything went smoothly, communication was fantastic and flexible when we needed to adjust times. We would recommend you to anyone :) "

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"Rob was super easy and accommodating to deal with in every aspect including guiding us through song selection. On the night he adjusted as the energy of the party picked up. We had fantastic feedback from so many guests."

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