Band Overview

About the Band

The Soft Touch Function Band are one of the most dynamic and flexible 5 piece function bands available for hire today.

This group of multi-instrumentalists perform completely live and due to their ability to converse and perform fluently in a number of European languages travel internationally to entertain audiences of all sizes and localities with their impressive repertoire of Jazz, contemporary styles and Ceilidh music.

With their precision 5-part vocal harmonies, exciting stage performance (including a real grand-piano) and award-winning musicianship, The Soft Touch provide such a powerful, entertaining and accurate portrayal of songs that it is sometimes hard to believe there are only four of them!

Where are they based?

This band are based in Glasgow but regularly play across Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Sample Set List

Rock, Pop, Soul, Disco, Funk and Rock n Roll

Against All Odds - Phil Collins
Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
All Night Long - Lionel Ritchie
Are You Ready For Love - Elton John
Baby Grand - Billy Joel and Ray Charles
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
Between The Sheets - Fourplay
Beverly Hills 90210 - TV Theme
Blame It On The Boogie - Jackson 5
Borderline - Madonna
Brand New Day - Sting
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Brown Sugar - D'Angelo
Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Careless Whisper - George Michael
Cherish - Madonna
Club Tropicana - Wham!
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Cruisin - Smokey Robinson
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Destiny - Jim Brickman and Jack Kugell
Do It To Me - Lionel Ritchie
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
Easy - The Commodores
Everlasting Love - The Love Affair
Feel Like Making Love - Roberta Flack
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Forget Me Nots - Patrice Rushen
Freedom - Wham!
Give It Up - KC & The Sunshine Band
Good Molly Miss Molly - Little Richard
Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Guilty - Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison
Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles
Hippy Hippy Shake - The Georgia Satellites
Honky Cat - Elton John
Hotel California - The Eagles
How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees
How Sweet It Is - James Taylor
Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
I Am The One And Only - Chesney Hawkes
I Can't Go For That - Hall and Oates
I Can't Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
I Don't Wanna Talk About It - Rod Stewart
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John
I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
I Just Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
I Just Wanna Make Love To You - Barbara Carr
I Knew You Were Waiting For Me - George Michael and Aretha Franklin
I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
I Wish You Were Here - Candy Dulfer
I Wonder Why - Curtis Steigers
I'll Be Waiting - Thunder
I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
I've Had The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher
Imagine - John Lennon
Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
It's In His Kiss - Cher
Jealous Guy - John Lennon
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang
Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
Killing Me Softly - The Fugees
Knocking On Heavens Door - Randy Crawford
Layla - Eric Clapton
Lean On Me - Bill Withers
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Like A Woman - Tony Rich Project
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
Love Don't Come Easy - Diana Ross and The Supremes
Lovely Day - Bill Withers
M.A.S.H - TV Theme
Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldar
Moondance - Van Morrison
My Love, Sweet Love - Patti LaBelle
Natural Woman - Carol King
Need Somebody - Randy Crawford
Nikki's Dream - Candy Dulfer
Old 55 - Tom Waites
Old Time Rock'n'Roll - Sammy Hagar
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Piano man - Billy Joel
Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band
Runaround Sue - Del Shannon
Sade - Kenny G
Saturday Night At The Movies - Drifters
Say, Say, Say - Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
September - Earth Wind & Fire
Shake'rattle'roll - Bill Haley and The Comets
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Something Got Me Started - Simply Red
Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Streetlife - Randy Crawford
Sunny - Bobby Hebb
Teardrops - Womack and Womack
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Tell Her About It - Billy Joel
The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
The King Of Wishful Thinking - Go West
The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
Thorn In My Side - The Eurythmics
Ticket To Ride - The Beatles
Total Eclipse Of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
True Colours - Phil Collins
Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
Under The Moon Of Love - Showaddywaddy
Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham!
Walk The Dinosaur - Was not Was
Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohen
What Goes Around - Regina Belle
When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
When I Need You - Leo Sayer
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Will You - Hazel O'Connor
Wonderful World - Sam Cooke
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
You'll Never Be Alone - Anastacia
Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits
Your Love - Jim Brickman
Your Song - Elton John

Jazz, Swing, Be-Bop, Blues

A night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie
All blues - Miles Davis
All of me - Dinah Washington
Autumn leaves - Stan Getz
Blue moon - Blue Moon
Blues na cestu posledni - J Suchy/J Slitr
Chatanooga choo choo - Glen Miller
Cheek To Cheek - Fred Astaire
Copacabana - Barry Manilow
Don't get around much anymore - Duke Ellington
Dream a little dream of me - Ella Fitzgerald
Fever - Peggy Lee
Fly me to the moon - Frank Sinatra
Footprints - Wayne Shorter
Gee baby ain't I good to you - Diana Krall
Have you met Miss Jones - Joe Williams
Have You Met Ms. Jones? - Bing Crosby
Hey Pachuto! - Royal Crown Revue
Hit That Jive Jack - Diana Krall
How Insensitive - A. C. Jobim
I don't know enough about you - Diana Krall
I get a kick out of you - Frank Sinatra
I got rhythm - Bobby Darin
I've got you under my skin - Frank Sinatra
In the Mood - Glenn Miller
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got
That Swing - Ella Fitzgerald
It had to be you - Harry Connick Jr.
Let there be love - Nat King Cole
Let's call this whole thing off - Diana Krall
Let's Face The Music And Dance - Fred Astaire
Lost mind - Diana Krall
Love me like a man - Bonnie Raitt
Lullaby of birdland - George Shearing
Lullaby of broadway - Ella Fitzgerald
Mack the knife - Sammy Davis Jr.
Making Whoopie - Louis Armstrong
Misty - Erroll Garner
Moonglow - Duke Ellington
Mr. Bojangles - Sammy Davis Jr.
My baby just cares for me - Nina Simone
My way - Frank Sinatra
New York state of mind - Billy Joel
New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
Night and day - The Swingers
Raindrops keep falling on my head - Sascha Distel
Satin doll - Duke Ellington
Save the last dance for me - Michael Buble
So what - Miles Davis
Solitude - Duke Ellington
Someone to watch over me - Sting
Somewhere beyond the sea - Frank Sinatra
Summertime - Jason Rebello
Sway - Dean Martin
Take 5 - Dave Brubeck
Temptation - Diana Krall
Thats amore - Deam Martin
Thats life - Frank Sinatra
The Chicken - Pee Wee Ellis
The Lady is a tramp - Frank Sinatra
The look of love - Burt Bacharach
The man I loved - Sarah Vaughan
The way you look tonight - Fred Astaire
They can't take that away from me - Billie Holiday
Try a little tenderness - B.B. King and Diane Schur
Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
What a difference a day makes - Jamie Cullum
What you won't do for love - Bobby Caldwell
When I fall in love - Nat King Cole
When You're Smiling (The Whole World
Smiles With You) - Louis Armstrong
Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
You're getting to be a habit with me - Diana Krall

Latin, Samba, Bossa Nova, Tango etc.

Besame Mucho - Eva Mattes/Edmond Hall
Blue Bossa - Joe Henderson
Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock
Caribe - Cuban Summer
Girl from Ipanema - A. C. Jobim
Heroe - Enrique Iglesias
La Bamba - Jose Feliciano
La Isla Bonita - Estela Acosta
Lambada - Baile Latino
Pink Panther - Henry Mancini
Que Sera - Jose Feliciano
Recado Bossa Nova - Hank Mobley
Smooth - Santana
Tequila - The Champs

French

A Paris - Yves Montand
C'est Magnifique - Roberto Algna
Ca, C'est L'amour - Anny Gould
Chanson Pour L'Auvergnat - Georges Brassens
Je ne vous oublie pas - Celine Dion
La Chanson De Prevert - Serge Gainsbourg
La mer - Charles Trenet
La Plus Bath Des Javas - Andre Verchuren
La Vie En rose - Sheila Laureta
Les Copains D'Abord - Georges Brassens
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien - Edith Piaf
Por que tu m'aimes encore - Celine Dion
Qu'est-ce Q'on Attend Pour Etre Heureux - Thierry Le Luron

Italian

Alice - Francesco De Gregori
Arrivederci Roma - Claudio Villa
Bandiera gialla - Gianni Pettenati
E tu - Claudio Baglioni
Felicita - Al Bano and Romina Power
Gloria - Umberto Tozzi
L'Italiano - Patrizio Buanne
Made in Italy - Ricchie Poveri
Mala Femmena - Gino Federici
Mamma maria - Ricchi e Poveri
Napule - Pino Daniele
Piano Bar - Francesco De Gregori
Piccola e fragile - Drupi
Quello che le donne non dicono - Enrico Ruggeri
Questo Piccola Grande Amore - Claudio Baglioni
Sara parche amo - Ricchi e Poveri
Se perdo te - Patty Pravo
Sereno e - Drupi
Ti amo - Umberto Tozzi
Tornero' - Gino Santi
Uno su Mille - Gianni Morandi
Volare - The Gipsy Kings

German

Die Biene Maja - Karel Gott
Fang das Licht - Darinka und Karel Gott
Kornblumen Blau - Willy Schneiger
Lilly (Wia Sie Geht, Wia Sie Steht) - Heinz Johann Lang
Monika - Peter Orloff
Rock me Amadeus (Ich Liebten Alle
Frauen) - Falco
Schon is the Liebe im Hafen - Kurt Muhlardt and Kathe Kuhl
Trink, Trink Brudevlein Trink - Will Glahe

CEILIDH DANCES

Strip the Willow Traditional selection of tunes
The Canadian (or Highland) Barndance Traditional selection of tunes
The Dashing White Sergeant Traditional selection of tunes
The Flying Scotsman Traditional selection of tunes
The Gay Gordons Traditional selection of tunes
The Military Two-step Traditional selection of tunes
The St. Bernards Waltz Traditional selection of tunes