Simon Ritchie Music A 4-piece, 5-Star Party and Wedding Band

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Price Guide

The guide prices below are for events in Welwyn, Hertfordshire. Outside this area extra travel expenses will apply. Please get in touch for an accurate quote.
2 x 1 hour sets
Solo acoustic set: £420
3 piece: £1350
4 piece : £1560
Wedding Package: £2210
Playing in service, 1 hour acoustic pre-dinner, first dance, 2 hours of 4 piece band, Professional DJ service between sets and afterwards.
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About / Biography

I'd like to introduce you to the Simon Ritchie Music , a 4-piece, 5-star party band who love creating a fantastic atmosphere at weddings, events, and parties.

Simon has been gigging for over 20 years with a blend of Pop, Rock, Motown, Soul, and Indie songs - playing guitar and piano in many different settings. He now knows 300 songs (almost all by heart!)

In this setup he brings together three other pro musicians, including his drummer Olly, a regular with the BBC symphony orchestra, and one time runner up in Young musician of the year. Completing the setup is bassist, DJ, and harmony genius, Martin, and keys player Richard.

What people seem to love is the way we gel together as a band, and have fun ourselves, inviting everyone to come and join them in the fun.

The band come with their own PA and lighting for venues of any size. Martin is also a pro DJ who can do that to keep the party going between and after we've played.

Do send over any questions you might have

Thanks

Simon

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AVERAGE RATING

10 / 101

Location

Based in Welwyn, Hertfordshire

Will travel up to 50 miles
green circle = areas covered (up to 50 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.

Here are a selection of songs I know. I'm always up for learning one especially for an occasion.

CURRENT

Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles

Uptown funk – Bruno Mars

Just the way you are – Bruno Mars

Happy – Pharrell Williams

Get Lucky – Daft Punk

Shake it off – Taylor Swift

I’m yours – Jason Mraz

Attention – Charlie Puth

Love on Top – Beyonce

Dance Monkey – Tones

Chelsea Dagger - Fratellis

These Days – Jess Glyne/Rudimental

Feel it still – Portugal the Man

Shut up and dance – Walk the moon

Hold back the river – James Bay

You don’t know you’re beautiful – One Direction

History – One Direction

A million dreams – The Greatest Showman

Redbone – Childish Gambino

Shotgun – George Ezra

Budapest – George Ezra

Rather be – Clean Bandit

Symphony - Clean Bandit

Thinking out loud - Ed Sheeran

Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran

Shape of you - Ed Sheeran

Perfect - Ed Sheeran

Can’t stop the feeling – Justin Timberlake

Say Something - Justin Timberlake

Hymn for the weekend – Coldplay

Viva la vida – Coldplay

Little Lion Man – Mumford and sons

Bad Guy – Billie Elish

All of me – John Legend

A thousand years – Christina Perri

If I ain’t got you – Alicia Keys

Grow old with me – Tom Odell

NOUGHTIES

Umbrella – Rihanna

One day like this - Elbow

Toxic – Britney Spears

Don’t stop the music – Rihanna

Crazy – Gnarls Barkley

Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon

Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

I bet that you look good – Arctic Monkeys

Why does it always rain - Travis

Mr Brightside – The Killers

Naïve – The Kooks

Yellow – Coldplay

Somewhere only we know – Keane

Lover of the light – Mumford and Sons

Little Lion Man – Mumford and Sons

Smooth - Santana

Valerie – Amy Winehouse

Girl put your record on – Corinne Bailey Rae

You give me something – James Morrison

Falling slowly – Glen Hansard

The Luckiest - Ben Folds

Beautiful Day - U2

Feel - Robbie Williams

Somewhere only we know – Keane

I predict a riot – Kaiser Chiefs

Gravity – John Mayer

NINETIES

You and me always – The Wannadies

Baby one more time – Britney Spears

Champagne Supernova - Oasis

She’s electric – Oasis

Don’t look back in anger – Oasis

Wonderwall – Oasis

Half the world away – Oasis

Live forever – Oasis

Stand by me - Oasis

Make you feel my love – Bob Dylan

Torn – Natalie Umbruglia

Don’t dream it’s over - Crowded House

Weather with you - Crowded House

Distant Sun - Crowded House

Pineapple head - Crowded House

Four seasons - Crowded House

Fall at your feet - Crowded House

It’s only natural - Crowded House

Back for good – Take that

Angels – Robbie Williams

Kiss from a rose – Seal

Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai

Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley

Last Goodbye – Jeff Buckley

Songs of love – Divine Comedy

I will always love you – Whitney Houston

Mustang Sally – The Commitments

Seven Days - Sting

It’s probably me – Sting

High and Dry - Radiohead

You get what you give – New Radicals

Don’t speak – No Doubt

End of the century - Blur

Country house - Blur

Love fool – The Cardigans

Losing my religion - R.E.M

All Star – Smash Mouth

Show must go on – Queen

All the small things – Blink 182

EIGHTIES

500 miles – The Proclaimers

Careless whisper – George Michael

Faith - George Michael

Man in the mirror – Michael Jackson

She’s out of my life – Michael Jackson

Smooth criminal – Michael Jackson

Billie Jean – Michael Jackson

Bad – Michael Jackson

Beat it – Michael Jackson

Englishman in New York – Sting

Fields of gold – Sting

Shape of my heart – Sting

Message in a bottle - The Police

Every breathe you take - The Police

The Power of love – Huey Lewis and the news

It must be love - Madness

Hello is it me – Lionel Ritchie

I want you back – Jackson 5

I’m not in love - 10CC

Tempted – Squeeze

I’m still standing – Elton John

Have I told you lately – Van Morrison

Call me Al – Paul Simon

A little respect – Erasure

This Charming man – The Smiths

Fast car – Tracie Chapman

Livin on a prayer – Bon Jovi

Africa - Toto

Still haven’t found – U2

Eye of the tiger - Survivor

Take on me – Aha

Another day in paradise – Phil Collins

Against all odds – Phil Collins

I wanna dance with somebody – Whitney Houston

Happy birthday – Stevie Wonder

Walk of life – Dire Straits

The Winner takes it all - Abba

SEVENTIES

September- Earth, wind and fire

Boogie Wonderland – Earth wind and fire

Country Roads – John Denver

Mr Blue sky – ELO

Proud Mary – Tina Turner

Don’t stop me now – Queen

We are the champions – Queen

Somebody to love – Queen

You’re my best friend – Queen

Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

Hotel California – The Eagles

Desperado - The Eagles

Take it easy - The Eagles

Blame it on the boogie – Jackson 5

Signed sealed delivered – Stevie Wonder

Superstition – Stevie Wonder

Everybody’s got a thing – Stevie Wonder

You are the sunshine – Stevie Wonder

Isn’t she lovely – Stevie Wonder

Lovely Day – Bill Withers

Ain’t no sunshine – Bill Withers

Dancing queen - Abba

Good times - Chic

Life on Mars – David Bowie

Star man - David Bowie

Three little birds – Bob Marley

How deep is your love – The Bee Gees

Always a woman – Billy Joel

Just the way you are – Billy Joel

Piano Man – Billy Joel

Me and Julio – Paul Simon

Have a good time - Paul Simon

Slip slidin’ away – Paul Simon

Bridge over troubled water – Simon and Garfunkel

50 ways to leave your lover – Paul Simon

Logical song – Supertramp

Crocodile rock – Elton John

Daniel – Elton John

Candle in the wind – Elton John

Rocket man – Elton John

Your song – Elton John

I got my mind set on you – George Harrison

You’ve got a friend – James Taylor

Fire and Rain – James Taylor

Carolina in my mind – James Taylor

Something in the way she moves – James Taylor

Perfect day – Lou Reed

I can’t smile without you – Barry Manilow

Close to you – The Carpenters

Amazing Grace – Elvis Presley

Let’s stay Together – Al Green

This Masquerade – George Benson

Always on my mind – Elvis Presley/Willie Nelson

Street life – Randy Crawford

For all we know – The Carpenters

Annie's Song - John Denver

Killing me softly - Roberta Flack

Stairway to heaven – Led Zeppelin

SIXTIES

Can’t take my eyes off of you – Frankie Valli

God only knows – Beach Boys

Stand by me – Ben E King

Say a little prayer – Aretha Franklin

I heard it through the grapevine – Marvin Gaye

Ain’t no mountain - Marvin Gaye

Build me up buttercup – The Foundations

I got a woman – Ray Charles

Georgia on my mind – Ray Charles

Witchita Lineman – Glen Campbell

Brown eyes girl – Van Morrison

Jonny B. Goode – Chuck Berry

I’m a believer – The Monkees

What a wonderful world – Louis Armstrong

Fly me to the moon – Frank Sinatra

Mrs Robinson – Simon and Garfunkel

Sound of silence – Simon and Garfunkel

The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel

Sittin on a dock – Otis Redding

For once in my life – Stevie Wonder

California dreamin – Mamas and Papas

The Windmills of your mind – Dusty Springfield

At last – Etta James

Space Oddity – David Bowie

I Saw her standing there – The Beatles

All you need is love - The Beatles

We can work it out - The Beatles

Ticket to ride - The Beatles

Here there and everywhere - The Beatles

All my loving - The Beatles

Yesterday - The Beatles

In my life - The Beatles

Help - The Beatles

Golden Slumbers - The Beatles

Across the universe - The Beatles

Lucy in the sky with diamonds – The Beatles

Come Together – The Beatles

Blackbird - The Beatles

Rocky Raccoon – The Beatles

She’s Leaving home – The Beatles

Something - The Beatles

Strawberry Fields - The Beatles

The Long and winding road – The Beatles

You really got me - The Kinks

FIFTIES

Bring me sunshine – Morecambe and Wise

Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley

We’ll meet again – Vera Lynn

L.O.V.E – Nat King Cole

Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald

Moon River – Audrey Hepburn

Autumn Leaves

Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps – Doris Day

Whatever will be (Que sera) – Doris Day

Somewhere over the rainbow

DISNEY

You’ve got a friend in me – Toy Story

How far I'll go - Moana

I see the light - Tangled

When will my life begin - Tangled

Circle of life - Lion King

Just can’t wait to be king - Lion King

Can you feel the love tonight - Lion King

Speechless - Aladdin

I wanna be like you - Jungle Book

The Bare Necessities - Jungle Book

Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast

Let it go - Frozen

Into the unknown - Frozen 2

You’ll be in my heart - Tarzan

CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas everyone

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Let it snow

O Holy Night

Last Christmas

Step into Christmas

All I want for Christmas

etc.etc. you get the idea!

Technical Info

What are your basic technical requirements?

Just need a plug!

Performance Info

What are your typical setup and performance times?

I am flexible and will try and make the times you need me for. For myself I can be set up in 15 mins. The band takes more like an hour including DJ lights etc.

Recent Clients

Simon Ritchie Music has performed for these clients:

Mop & Brooms pub, Borehamwood

Williams Restaurant, Tewinbury Farm, Welwyn Garden City

The Chieftain, Welwyn Garden City,

The Attimore, Welwyn Garden City,

Clerkenwell and Social, Clerkenwell,

Royal Windsor, Windsor

Various parties, gigs, and weddings...

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