Description | Price |
Four piece band. Guitars, bass, drums and vocals. | £600 |
The Pop Pickers were established in 2016 and are a UK south coast band playing classic hits from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Ideal choice for clubs, parties, weddings and corporate work. We typically play between 80-90 gigs per year (pre-COVID) and have developed extensive experience within the music market.
The Pop Pickers are made up of four experienced musicians and singers as follows:
Marlow Gillham - Marlow is an experienced lead vocalist with an excellent vocal range. He is comfortable with ballads through to gutsy rock numbers. Marlow also plays lead/rhythm guitar and keyboards in the band.
Ian Templeton - Ian is a very experienced guitar player and has played hundreds of gigs playing the music he loves from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Although playing lead/rhythm guitar today he has also played bass in previous bands.
Graham Day - Graham is an experienced musician currently playing bass guitar, but also has played keyboards in previous bands. He has previously performed at the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool where the Beatles made their name.
Danny Rowlands - Danny is the band's drummer and provides a wealth of experience having played in various bands around the UK and Europe for many years.
The Pop Pickers specialize in playing classic hits from the 50's, 60's and 70's and are the ideal choice for your special function or venue. We would be delighted to entertain you and also to work with you to ensure your event goes off exactly as you want it. We can dress in accordance with your function and we have public liability insurance and PAT testing certificates for your peace of mind.
Based in Fareham, Hampshire
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
A Hard Days Night
A Little Bit More
All Day And All Of The Night
All I Have To Do Is Dream
All Shook Up
Baby Come Back
Barbara Ann
Be My Baby
Beautiful Sunday
Bye Bye Baby
Bye Bye Love
California Girls
Can't Buy Me Love
Cathy's Clown
Crocodile Rock
Daydream Believer
Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
Delilah
Diana
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Dream Lover
Dreaming
Eight Days A Week
Even The Bad Times Are Good
Ferry Cross The Mersey
Get Off Of My Cloud
Glad All Over
Have I The Right
Hey Baby
Hi Ho Silver Lining
Hippy Hippy Shake
Hitchin' A Ride
Hold Tight
Hollies Medley
Honky Tonk Women
Hot Love
I Could Easily Fall In Love With You
I Saw Her Standing There
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I'll Keep You Satisfied
I'm A Believer
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Is This The Way To Amarillo
It's Now Or Never
Johnny B. Goode
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Keep On Running
Let's Dance
Let's Hang On
Living Next Door To Alice
Love Grows
Love Is All Around
Massachusetts
Mony Mony
Move It
Mr Tambourine Man
My Girl
Oh Carol
Oh, Pretty Woman
Paint It Black
Please Please Me
Poetry In Motion
Rhinestone Cowboy
Runaway
Saturday Night At The Movies
Searchers Medley
Shakin' All Over
Sha-La-La-La-Lee
Shang-A-Lang
Sherry
Sugar Sugar
Summertime Blues
Sunny Afternoon
Suspicious Minds
Sweet Caroline
Teenager In Love
The Last Time
The Letter
This Boy
Ticket To Ride
Tired Of Waiting For You
True Love Ways
Unchained Melody
Walk Right Back
Wig Wam Bam
Wonderful Tonight
Words
Yellow River
You Really Got Me
You'll Never Walk Alone
Young Girl
We require a suitable area to play in free from obstructions. About 7 square meters is ideal but we can squeeze down if needed. Two mains sockets are usually enough if they are close to the playing area. It helps to avoid being close to corridors or walkways where people are constantly walking past.
Yes, we’re completely self contained. We bring our own PA system to all of our gigs as well as a simple lighting rig.
We need to know any directions that will help us find the venue and find the right place to load in our equipment. We’d also need to be informed if there’s a sound limiter in the venue.
Yes, we’re happy to play recorded music from before, after and between our sets. We’re happy to choose the music ourselves, or let the client choose the music if we have discussed and agreed it beforehand.
We have played well over 460 gigs and some stand out for different reasons. Could be an interactive and enthusiastic audience, impressive venue, room acoustics, size of the audience.
Probably The Beatles. They had too many great songs to pick just one out.
We are an experienced mature band. Our earliest experience is from the mid sixties and the various members have been gigging ever since. This band was formed in 2015 and have played in excess of 460 gigs. We just love the music and enjoy giving pleasure to those who come to see us.
We love playing at all sorts of events but weddings are our favourite! The guests are always happy and it’s easy to get them dancing.
It will vary depending on the venue, location, playing times and any special arrangement. Please get in touch to discuss your requirements.
We usually arrive approximately 1.5 hours before we are due to play, which allows for an orderly set up. This may vary if, for example, at a wedding we need to set up early as we are playing in the same room where the ceremony and speeches are taking place, or at a dinner dance where we are playing shortly after the meal.
Performance times vary depending on the engagement and customer requirements. We are flexible with this and will adjust to suit. The most common performance times in our experience are 2 x 1 hour sets, or 3 x 45 minutes sets.
We’re happy to play outside but we ask for shade, a flat level surface and a power supply close to the performance area.
We generally play the songs in our set list, which is published so clients know what to expect. For special events such as weddings and anniversaries we will learn specific songs if given sufficient time and notice.
Previous customers would describe us a fun party band playing catchy sing along tunes that everybody knows.
Bitterne Park Social Club - Southampton
Chandlers Ford Central Club - Eastleigh
Churchills Club - Eastleigh
Cosham Social Club - Portsmouth
Cowplain Social Club - Waterlooville
Eastleigh Working Men's Club - Eastleigh
Excelsior Club - Aldershot
Fareham Social Club
Hayling Island Royal British Legion
Hill Park Memorial WMC - Fareham
Hilton Hotel (Ageas Bowl) - Southampton
HMS Excellent, GI Association - Portsmouth
Hythe and District Club - Southampton
Kinson Conservative Club - Bournemouth
Leigh Park Working Mens Club - Havant
Netley Marsh Steam & Craft Show - Southampton
Numerous private parties, weddings, and functions etc. Too many to list here
Nursling & Rownhams Social Club - Southampton
Oakdale Conservative Club - Poole
Parkstone Trades & Labour Club - Bournemouth
Portchester Social Club - Portsmouth
Portsmouth Post Office Club
Romsey Royal British Legion
Royal Beach Hotel - Southsea
Sarisbury Green Social Club - Fareham
St Anne's Board Mill Social Club - Bristol
Talbot Rise Club - Bournemouth
Totton Recreation Club - Southampton
Witterings Royal British Legion - Chichester
Woolston Social Club - Southampton
Too many to list individually but the venues range from hotels, social clubs, gold clubs, military and many more.
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Concert
Cruise
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
Pop
Covers
Vintage
Rock
Rock 'n' Roll
PAT tested
Lighting system included
Public liability insurance
DJ / background music options
PA / sound system included
Male vocalist