Count Down To Swing Sensational Swing, Rat Pack, Soul & Motown band - perfect for all events

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Price Guide

The guide prices below are for events within 20 miles of North London. Outside this area extra travel expenses will apply. Please get in touch for an accurate quote.
6-piece (up to 4.5 hours): £3398
7-piece (up to 4.5 hours): £3823
9-piece band (up to 4.5 hours): £4673
Background music from a playlist in between the sets free of charge.
Prices are inclusive of VAT.
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Count Down To Swing are a sensational swing and soul band performing a huge range of hits from the Big Band, Rat Pack, Soul & Motown eras. With a distinctive sound and unrivalled performance, they are guaranteed to transform the atmosphere of your event.

  • A sensational 9-piece function band consisting of highly experienced professional swing and soul musicians
  • A huge repertoire featuring classic songs from the Swing, Rat Pack, Soul and Motown eras - designed to appeal to audiences of all ages.
  • Exceptional female vocals accompanied by an outstanding rhythm section and horn section
  • Additional male vocals, female vocals, percussion, strings and dancers can be added for an even more energetic show
  • Constantly in demand performing at corporate and private events in London and throughout the UK and internationally
  • Self-contained for all events with top-quality lights and sound equipment
  • Music provided between sets free of charge
  • Available in smaller line-ups with small jazz, soul or pop bands for earlier in the day - with great discounts if booked together with the main band
  • Also able to provide classical or contemporary music including string quartet for wedding ceremonies


Line up, performance length and fees:

  • 6-piece band (budget option) - female vocals, piano, bass, drums, tenor sax then guitar or trumpet
  • Standard 7-piece band - female vocals, piano, bass, drums, guitar, tenor sax, trumpet
  • 9-piece band - as above plus alto sax and second trumpet
  • 12-piece - plus male vocalist, percussion, baritone saxophone
  • 15-piece – plus two additional female vocalists, keyboards
  • 18-piece - plus three string players (2 violins, 1 cello)

Please note that these are suggested lineups - Count Down To Swing can perform with any number of musicians from a 6- to an 18-piece band. Feel free to get in touch to discuss the perfect band for your event!

  • Contemporary dancers – 2 to 8 dancers can be added to the line-up when booking the 12-piece band and above for a spectacular stage show.
  • Vintage dancers - 2 to 12 dancers can be added to the lineup when booking the 7-piece band and above for an extra touch of class.

Reviews (20)

There are currently 20 user ratings for Count Down To Swing

AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in North London

Will travel up to 500 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 500 miles)
pink circle = free travel (up to 20 miles)
Please note that the circles shown on the map are calculated "as the crow flies". By road distances may vary, so please get in touch for an accurate quote.

Count Down To Swing have a huge repertoire spanning eight decades of popular music. Please note that the starred songs can only be performed by the full 9-piece band.

--- NEW! CHRISTMAS REPERTOIRE ---

Let It Snow (Frank Sinatra)

Have Yourself A Merry Christmas (Ella Fitzgerald)

All I Want for Christmas Is You (Maria Carey)

Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt)

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Frank Sinatra)

Frosty the Snowman (Jackson 5)

The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Nat 'King' Cole)

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (Andy Williams)

Rocking Around The Christmas Tree

Frosty The Snowman

White Christmas

Jingle Bells

--- RAT PACK AND JAZZ ---

FRANK SINATRA

Come Fly With Me*

Fly Me to the Moon

For Once in My Life

Have you met Miss Jones

I Get a Kick Out of You*

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

The Lady is a Tramp*

Luck Be a Lady*

Mack the Knife

Me & My Shadow

My Kind of Town (Chicago Is)*

New York, New York*

Strangers in the Night

The Tender Trap*

That’s Life

The Way You Look Tonight*

DEAN MARTIN

Ain’t That a Kick in the Head

Sway

NAT 'KING' COLE

Almost Like Being in Love*

Let There Be Love

Let’s Face the Music and Dance*

L-O-V-E

Straighten up and Fly Right

MICHAEL BUBLE

All of Me

Call Me Irresponsible*

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

Save the Last Dance for Me*

ETTA JAMES

At Last

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

What a Wonderful World

NINA SIMONE

Feeling Good

My Baby Just Cares For Me

JUDY GARLAND

Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart*

ELLA FITZGERALD

They Can’t Take That Away From Me

SHIRLEY BASSEY

‘S Wonderful

JAMIE CULLUM

What a Difference a Day Makes

--- CLASSIC BIG BAND AND LATIN ---

GLENN MILLER

American Patrol*

In The Mood*

Tuxedo Junction*

COUNT BASIE

Cute*

L'il Darlin'*

Ya Gotta Try*

Benny Goodman

Sing, Sing, Sing*

DORIS DAY

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

DIZZY GILLESPIE

Manteca

THE ANDREWS SISTERS

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy*

RAY CHARLES

One Mint Julep*

PEREZ PRADO

Mambo No 5*

ROSEMARY CLOONEY

Mambo Italiano

--- SOUL & MOTOWN ---

STEVIE WONDER

Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing

I Just Called To Say I Love You

Isn’t She Lovely

Knocks Me Off My Feet

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Sir Duke

Superstition*

MICHAEL JACKSON & JACKSON 5

Blame it on the Boogie

I Want You Back*

Man in the Mirror

Rock With You*

ARETHA FRANKLIN

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough*

I Say a Little Prayer For You

Respect

Son of a Preacher Man

Think*

Until You Come Back to Me

CURTIS MAYFIELD

Move On Up

MARVIN GAYE

Let's Get It On*

Heard It Through the Grapevine*

ROSE ROYCE

Car Wash*

ETTA JAMES

I Just Wanna Make Love to You

AMY WINEHOUSE

Valerie

James Brown

I Feel Good*

JAMES TAYLOR

How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You

ANDY WILLIAMS

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

BILLY JOEL

Just The Way You Are

TOM JONES

It's Not Unusual

EARTH, WIND & FIRE

September

DOLLY PARTON

9 to 5

JAMIROQUAI

Love Foolosophy*

OTIS REDDING

My Girl

AVERAGE WHITE BAND

Work To Do*

VAN MORRISON

Someone Like You

CECE PENISTON

Finally

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

x3 13amp sockets close to performance space
Overhead cover if playing outdoors
x3 parking spaces at the venue
PA and lighting equipment is provided by the band
Hot meal and x4 soft drinks per musician
Changing room

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

Standard performance: 2 x 60 minute or 1 x 100 minute sets.

Recent Clients

Count Down To Swing has performed for these clients:

Clients:

Ferrari

Bentley

Royal Ascot

Cheltenham Festival

BMW

Next

Volkswagen

Dell

AXA

Triumph Motorcycles

The Huffington Post

BBC

booking.com

National Express

Lindt

Harvey Nichols

Cadbury

The Royal Air Force

BNP Paribas

Ernst & Young

BNY Mellon

Deborah Meaden

Venues:

Eiffel Tower, Paris

La Mamounia, Marrakech

Campbell Grey, Amman, Jordan

The NEC, Birmingham

ExCeL, London

The Dorchester, London

The Savoy, London

Claridge’s, London

The ACC, Liverpool

The Town Hall, Liverpool

Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire

The Mandarin Oriental, London

The Landmark Hotel, London

The Natural History Museum, London

The Science

Museum, Londo

The V&A, London

The Shard, London

Wembley Stadium, London

The Wallace Collection, London

Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London

Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Oxfordshire

The NIA, Birmingham

BAFTA, London

The Gherkin, London

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