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Overview

  • 4 piece party band with a vintage twist
  • Wide repertoire from 40s to present day
  • Authentic matching tweed suits and accessories
  • Can learn and rework songs from any era on request
  • Can come with dedicated funk/northern soul DJ

The Retrosettes Sister Band are based in Manchester and do regular gigs in bars and restaurants in North Cheshire and Manchester. Their function gigs are all over the country though and they are more than prepared to travel around the UK and beyond. Once past 3 hrs from Manchester they will usually require overnight accommodation.


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  1. California Soul - Marlena Shaw
  2. Love Fool - The cardigans
  3. Say You'll be There - Spice Girls
  4. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
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    About this Act

    The Retrosettes Sister Band are a quirky Retro style band formed from some of the best jazz musicians in the North West. They have taken their jazz roots and embedded them in modern pop songs giving them influences of gypsy jazz, northern soul, motown, and disco as well as covering some classic motown and soul songs in their repertoire. The quartet consists of female vocals/piano, guitar, bass and drums. As The Retrosettes Sister Band are a retro themed band, they wear outfits to match, with the men in tweed suits and singer Helen in 1960's style dresses complete with a beehive! A cool and quirky band with a retro twist.

    With years of experience of corporate events, weddings and music venues The Retrosettes Sister Band are able to adapt to any environment, whether you are looking for a more relaxed vibe or a packed dance floor.

    The Retrosettes Sister Band are fully equipped with their own PA and lighting rig and can provide music for in between the sets which continue the retro feel the band has.

    The Retrosettes brand is a themed band that will change the mood of any event. They have had years of experiences in performing at corporate events, festivals, weddings, music venues and various other situations. The band arrive in style with tweed suits, flat caps, vintage equipment, mood setting lighting and a full PA. The recorded music they play in between sets continues the cool vintage vibe so the whole night will see guests being transported to distant time periods when music shaped and influenced the youth of their time, and has continued to do this for generations.

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    Classic Rock / Pop / Rock n Roll / Ska
    Reet Petite – Jackie Wilson
    Hallelujah I Love Her So – Ray Charles
    Paint It, Black – The Rolling Stones
    I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
    You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry
    Monkey Man – Toots And The Maytals
    Last Nite - The Strokes
    Revolution - The Beatles
    20th Century Boy - T Rex
    Satisfaction - Otis Redding/The Rolling Stones
    Funk / Soul
    Get Ready - The Temptations
    Don't Stop - Micheal Jackson
    Sunshine Of Your Love – Spanky Wilson
    All This Love That I’m Giving – Gwen McCrae
    Tainted Love – Gloria Jones
    Heard it through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight
    Dancing in the street - Dusty Springfield
    Spooky - Dusty Springfield
    California Soul - Marlena Shaw
    Groove is In The Heart – Deee-Lite
    Lady Marmalade – Labelle
    Rock Steady – Aretha Franklin
    Move on Up – Curtis Mayfield
    Express Yourself - Charles Wright And The 5th Avenue Band
    Modern Pop and Rock
    Rolling In The Deep- Adele
    Love Goes Down – Plan B
    Electric Feel – MGMT
    Baggy Trousers - Madness
    Black And Gold – Sam Sparro
    You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse
    Price Tag – Jessie J
    American Boy/Girl – Estelle
    Valerie – Amy Winehouse
    Mama Do – Pixie Lott
    That Man - Caro Emerald
    You got the Love - Florence and the Machine
    My Tears Dry on their own - Amy Winehouse
    Locked out of heaven - Bruno Mars
    Johnny got a boom boom - Imelda May
    Lovefool - The cardigans
    Say You'll Be There – Spice Girls
    Borderline – Madonna
    Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac
    Red Alert – Basement Jaxx
    Take on Me - A-Ha
    Bohemian Like You – Dandy Warholes

    Lineup

    • Quartet only: Female vocals/piano/organ, guitar, bass and drums

    This act's standard set times are as follows:

    • 2 x 60 minute sets with a break or 3 x 40 minute sets with breaks.

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    • 1 piece / solo
    • 2 piece / duo
    • 3 piece / trio
    • 4 piece
    • christmas music set
    • costumes
    • dj option
    • double bass
    • female vocals
    • male vocals

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