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The act is based in the West Midlands and happy to travel further afield for performances.
The Soul Department is an 8-piece, Midlands based soul and Motown band with three live horns and an energy you have to see and hear to believe. Their authentic sound is perfectly balanced with unique arrangements, giving a modern lift to all your favourite soul numbers and some more modern party tunes too.
This repertoire includes masses of Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner etc, plus takes in more modern songs such as Uptown Funk and Mark Ronson tracks and they're also happy to learn a new song or two.
Happy Customers
"We hired the band for my Dads 70th birthday and they were absolutely fantastic, they had the entire party up dancing and everyone commented how brilliant they were, to the point my pal has now booked them for his 50th!"
-- CHRIS FOXALL, AUGUST 2019
"We had them for our wedding they were amazing"
-- SARAH LOU, AUGUST 2019
"Brilliant live music at its best, hired the band privately and for charity events"
-- KEVIN BATES, AUGUST 2019
"Great set list, great sound, great energy- perfect wedding band."
-- TONY NEWTON, JUNE 2019
"We particularly wanted a soul band and during our seemingly endless search of bands we were just drawn to them! They played at our evening wedding reception earlier this month.
Good reviews usually state pros and cons however, the band genuinely do not have any cons! They were professional from the onset, sounded incredible, looked incredible, great repertoire, were brilliant fun and had our wedding party rockin'!!! From start to finish they had our guests on their feet, we loved every minute! Exactly what we wanted! Cannot recommend these guys enough, worth their weight in gold, definitely will book them again, no question!!
Thank you, you were amazing!! Melanie Cook xx"
-- MELANIE COOK, HAMPTON COURT CASTLE, SEPTEMBER 2017
"What a fantastic band. You really made our wedding reception with great songs, incredible vocals, amazing musical talent and pure class. We had so much praise for the band on the night and would like to thank you for making our night even more special and performing a fantastic version of our first dance. Would highly recommend you."
-- JO & ANDY - OCTOBER '16
"Thank you so so much for performing at our wedding in Stratford upon Avon. You were totally amazing and our guests loved you. Thank you also for learning my song request for my dad, he loved it and it meant a lot. We had an amazing day and our evening rocked! Thank you."
-- BECKY & JOE - JULY '16
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Ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Baby, Now That I've Found You
Build Me Up Buttercup
Can't turn you loose
Car Wash
Celebration
Dancing In The Street
Disco Inferno
Do You Love Me
Everybody Needs Somebody
Forget You
Get Ready
Gimme Some Lovin'
Green Onions
Grits Ain't Groceries
Hard to Handle
Heatwave
Higher & Higher
Hold on I'm Coming
I Feel Good
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Isn't She Lovely
It's The Same Old Song
Jailhouse Rock
Knock on Wood
Land Of 1000 Dances
Love Man
Love Train
Memphis Soul Stew
Midnight Hour
Minnie the Moocher
Mr Pitiful
Mustang Sally
Nowhere To Run
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag
Pick Up The Pieces
Play That Funky Music
Proud Mary
Reach Out (I'll Be There)
Respect
River Deep Mountain High
September
Shake a Tail Feather
Show me
Sir Duke
Signed Sealed Delivered
Soul Man
Stop Her On Sight (S.O.S.)
Superstition
Sweet Home Chicago
Sweet Soul Music
Take Me to the River
Time Is Tight
Try A Little Tenderness
Turn On Your Love Light
Twisting The Night Away
Unchain My Heart
Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Uptown Funk
Valerie
What's Going On
First Dance Numbers:
Let's Stay Together
My Girl
Stand By Me
Thinking Out Loud
Special Seasonal Numbers:
All I Want For Christmas
I Wish It Could Be Christmas
Merry Christmas
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
White Christmas
This act's standard set times are as follows:
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