James Bee

Imagine walking into your reception to the sound of your favorite song, with your guests cheering, waving their napkins, and singing along. Or perhaps you envision soft, elegant background music, setting the perfect tone as conversations flow and you enjoy your wedding breakfast. Maybe you'd like to build up the energy, allowing guests to make requests and creating a sing-along atmosphere by the time dessert arrives. Or why not combine it all?

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Set List / Repertoire

JAZZ/CROON:
A Foggy Day
Ain't That A Kick In The Head
All Of Me
Autumn Leaves
Billie's Bounce
Can't Help Falling In Love With You
Cheescake
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Feeling Good
Fly Me To The Moon
I Get A Kick Out Of You
I Got Rhythm
Isn't It A Lovely Day
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Wright Myself A Letter
I'm In The Mood For Love
Just A Gigolo
L.O.V.E.
Little Old Wine Drinker Me
Love Is In The Air
Lullaby Of Birdland
Midnight Special
Moondance
My Very Good Friend The Milkman
Oleo
Old Devil Moon
On Green Dolphin Street
Perdido
San Francisco Bay Blues
Satin Doll
Song For My Father
Such A Night
Sunny
St Thomas
Take Five
Take The A Train
That's Amore
The Way You Look Tonight
There Is No Greater Love
These Are The Days
Volare
Well You Needn't
You Make Me Feel So Young

MODERN:
Hey Brother - Avicii
Wake Me Up - Avicii
Pompeii - Bastille
Black Chandelier - Biffy Clyro
If You Think This Is Real Life - Blossoms
Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars
The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars
Uptown funk - Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson
Fly As Me - Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic
Havana - Camila Cabello
One Kiss - Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa
Giants - Calvin Harris & Rag N Bone Man
Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen
Forget You - Cee Lo Green
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
A Thousand Years - Christina Perry
Get lucky - Daft Punk
Levitating - Dua Lipa
cake by the ocean - DNCE
Castle On The Hill - Ed Sheeran
Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
We Are Young - Fun
Budapest - George Ezra
Shotgun - George Ezra
Belter - Gerry Cinnamon
As It Was - Harry Styles
Late Night Talking - Harry Styles
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
Believer - Imagine Dragons
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson
Hold Back The River - James Bay
I'm yours - Jason Mraz
Price Tag - Jessie J
All Of Me - John Legend
Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
Can't Stop The Feeling! - Justin Timberlake
The One - Kodaline
This Girl - Kungs
About Damn Time - Lizzo
Juice - Lizzo
Royals - Lorde
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5
All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor
Kids - MGMT
Flowers - Miley Cyrus
Classic - MKTO
I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons
Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
Counting Stars - One Republic
I Ain't Worried - One Republic
Human - Rag n Bone Man
Sugar - Robin Schulz
Will We Talk? - Sam Fender
Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender
Senorita - Shawn Mendez & Camila Cabello
Community Property - Steel Panther
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Lose Control - Teddy Swims
Gold On The Ceiling - The Black Keys
Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
I can't feel my face - the Weeknd
Dance Monkey - Tones & I
It Runs Through Me - Tom Misch
What You Know - Two Door Cinema Club
Riptide - Vance Joy
Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
If You're Over Me - Years & Years

2000s:
I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys
When The Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys
Sk8r Boi - Avril Lavigne
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Put Your Records On - Corinne Bailey Rae
Brimful Of Asha - Cornershop / Fat Boy Slim
Accidentally In Love - Counting Crows
Not Nineteen Forever - Courteeners
American Boy - Estelle feat. Kanye West
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Stacy's Mom - Fountains of Wayne
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
Move Your Feet - Junior Senior
I predict a riot - Kaiser Chiefs
Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
Naive - The Kooks
She Moves In Her Own Way - The Kooks
Suddenly I see - KT Tunstall
Amazed - Lonestar
I Try - Macy Gray
This Love - Maroon 5
All About You - McFly
Lady (Here Me Tonight) - Modjo
Half the world away - Oasis
Hey Ya - Outkast
New Shoes - Paolo Nutini
Pencil Full of Lead - Paolo Nutini
Last Request - Paolo Nutini
Happy - Pharell Williams
Ignition (remix) - R Kelly
Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Murder On The Dancefloor - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Dakota - Stereophonics
Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
Mr Brightside - The Killers
Last Nite - The Strokes
Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader
Island In The Sun - Weezer
Teenage dirtbag - Wheatus
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
Valerie - Zutons / Amy Winehouse
Holiday - Greenday

90s:
I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
No Diggity - Backstreet
All The Small Things - Blink 182
Boys & Girls - Blur
Country house - Blur
Park life - Blur
Song 2 - Blur
Mulder and Skully - Catatonia
Weather With You - Crowded House
Babylon - David Gray
Breakfast at tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry
Life in the fast lane - Eagles
Take It Easy - Eagles
Buck Rogers - Feeder
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Basket case - Green Day
The One And Only - Chesney Hawkes
Laid - James
Sit Down - James
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Over My Shoulder - Mike + The Mechanics
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Don't look back in anger - Oasis
Live Forever - Oasis
She's electric - Oasis
Supersonic - Oasis
Wonderwall - Oasis
The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene
Common People - Pulp
Disco 2000 - Pulp
I’ll Be There For You (theme from Friends) - The Rembrandts
Angels - Robbie Williams
Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
All Star - Smash Mouth
Wannabe - Spice Girls
A Thousand Trees - Stereophonics
Sally Cinnamon - Stone Roses
Relight My Fire - Take That
Back For Good - Take That
Perfect 10 - The Beautiful South
Man! I Feel Like A Woman! - Shania Twain
Friday I'm In Love - The Cure
Dance the night away - The Mavericks
Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) - The Offspring
Why Don't You Get A Job - The Offspring
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Sunshine On Leith - The Proclaimers

80s:
Back In Black - AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Take On Me - Ah Ha
Horse with no name - America
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley
Living on a prayer - Bon Jovi
Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Let's Dance - David Bowie
Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
A little respect - Erasure
Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
I Can't Dance - Genesis
Give Me The Night - George Benson
Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
Faith - George Michael
Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'n' Roses
You Make My Dreams (Come True) - Hall & Oats
The Power of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
Town Called Malice - The Jam
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
I'm Still Standing - Elton John
Don't stop believing - Journey
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
Danger Zone - Kenny Loggins
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Dancing on the ceiling - Lionel Richie
Easy - Lionel Richie
Down Under - Men At Work
The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Easy Lover - Phil Collins & Philip Bailey
Kiss - Prince
Little red corvette - Prince
Purple rain - Prince
Raspberry Beret - Prince
I Want To Break Free - Queen
Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music
Tainted love - Soft Cell
Gold - Spandau Ballet
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
Englishman In New York - Sting
Rock The Casbah - The Clash
Don't You Want Me Baby - The Human League
Together In Electric Dreams - The Human League
Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty
Free Fallin - Tom Petty
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Every little thing she does is magic - The Police
Africa - Toto
Here I go again - Whitesnake
On The Road Again - Willie Nelson
Gimme All Your Lovin - ZZ Top

70s:
Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc
Highway To Hell - AC/DC
Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams / Muse
Lovely Day - Bill Withers
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Can't get enough - Bad Company
Feel like makin love - Bad Company
Red Light Spells Danger - Billy Ocean
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Good Times / Rappers' Delight - Chic / Sugar Hill Hang
Devil woman - Cliff Richard
Starman - David Bowie
Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Road House Blues - The Doors
September - Earth Wind & Fire
Are You Ready For Love - Elton John
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
Burning Love - Elvis
After Midnight - Eric Clapton
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
December 1963 (Oh What A Night) - Four Seasons
You Sexy Thing (I Believe In Miracles) - Hot Chocolate
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
Call Me The Breeze - JJ Cale
Clyde - JJ Cale
Cocaine - JJ Cale
Is She Really Going Out With Him - Joe Jackson
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Me and Julio down by the schoolyard - Paul Simon
Can't Stand Losing You - Police
Message In A Bottle - Police
Roxanne - Police
So Lonely - Police
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow
Come and Get Your Love - Redbone
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
Gimme shelter - Rolling Stones
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkle
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
Get It On - T.Rex
Listen To The Music - The Doobie Brothers
Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
The boys are back in town - Thin Lizzy
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Maggie May - Rod Stewart

50s & 60s:
The Weight - The Band
Surfin' USA - Beach Boys
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
Don't Think Twice (It's Alright) - Bob Dylan
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Heartbeat - Buddy Holly
Johnny b. Goode - Chuck Berry
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
A Little Less Conversation - Elvis
All Shook Up - Elvis
Can't Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis
Hound Dog - Elvis
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis
Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
Wake Up Little Suzie - The Everly Brothers
Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra
You Make Me Feel So Young - Frank Sinatra
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
I'm A Believer - Neil Diamond / The Monkees
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Satisfaction / get off my cloud - Rolling Stones
The Last Time - Rolling Stones
Penny Arcade - Roy Orbison
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Bring It On Home To Me - Sam Cooke
Mrs Robinson - Simon & Garfunkle
Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
My Girl - Temptations
All together now - The Beatles
Can’t Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Come together - The Beatles
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
Hey Jude - The Beatles
I've Just Seen A Face - The Beatles
Lady Madonna - The Beatles
Mustang Sally - The Commitments
Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
You really got me - The Kinks
I'm In The Mood For Love - Lord Tanamo
Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
Delilah - Tom Jones
It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

TRADITIONAL:
La Bamba - Ritchie Valens
Volare - Gipsy Kings
Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
Galway Girl - Steve Earle
Tequila - The Champs
Hot, Hot, Hot - The Merrymen
Seven Drunken Nights - The Dubliners
Dirty Old Town - The Pogues
Irish Rover - The Pogues
Wild Rover - The Dubliners
La Malagueña - Traditional
Whiskey In The Jar - Traditional
O Ye Commo Va - Santana
I Useta Lover - Saw Doctors

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Imagine walking into your reception to the sound of your favorite song, with your guests cheering, waving their napkins, and singing along. Or perhaps you envision soft, elegant background music, setting the perfect tone as conversations flow and you enjoy your wedding breakfast. Maybe you'd like to build up the energy, allowing guests to make requests and creating a sing-along atmosphere by the time dessert arrives. Or why not combine it all?

Whatever your vision, you’re in great hands.

James Bee is a musician, vocalist, and bandleader with over 15 years of experience in the wedding industry. He has performed at hundreds of weddings across the UK and Europe, and his goal is to help you craft the perfect musical backdrop for your celebration, tailored entirely to your preferences.

You can chat about your tastes, and he'll be more than happy to learn your favorite songs, arranging them to fit the unique style of your big day. Your wedding music will reflect your personality and seamlessly complement both your guests and your vision.

With his extensive experience at weddings and events, James Bee can read the room and adapt the music to match the mood and energy perfectly.

Here’s what James Bee can  offer:

Sophisticated solo guitar performances (instrumental or with vocals) customised to your preferences. Ideal for your Wedding Ceremony, Drinks Reception, or Wedding Breakfast, James music sets a warm, inviting atmosphere without overpowering the occasion. Of course, when the time is right, he is ready to bring high-energy performances to get everyone moving!

Lineup

Default lineup: 1 performer

1 x Solo vocal & guitar 

Performance Times

2 x 60 minutes


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Price from £392 + travel from Cheshire

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7 Customer Reviews

Performance quality: 5 stars
Sound quality: 5 stars
Behaviour: 5 stars
Communication: 5 stars
Audience engagement: 5 stars
Value for money: 5 stars
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Perfect for the party

5 stars - James Bee are Highly Recommended
booked James Bee for their event May 2024

“We booked Jimmy last minute, only a few days before our 70th birthday party. He was extremely helpful enquiring what sort of music, any request we asked for he played, perfect for the party. I received good comments from our guests too they all seemed to enjoy his music and did get people up dancing, thank you Jimmy”


Really made the day special

5 stars - James Bee are Highly Recommended
booked James Bee for their Wedding April 2024

“Jimmy played wonderful background music during our wedding reception in Knutsford. It was a great soundtrack to our meal and ensured there was a lively atmosphere throughout, without being too loud or distracting. Jimmy took the time to learn and play songs we specifically requested, which really made the day special.”


Would definitely recommend!

5 stars - James Bee are Highly Recommended
booked James Bee for their Wedding April 2024

“Jimmy provided the acoustic set during our drinks reception at our wedding this April. In the lead up to the wedding we were really impressed with his responsiveness and help in making sure our perfect set list was put together. Our guests all commented on how great the music sounded and we were super happy with how it went on the day. Would definitely recommend!”


Made the ceremony even more special

5 stars - James Bee are Highly Recommended
booked James Bee for their Wedding April 2024

“Jimmy played our ceremony music at our wedding, and it was absolutely perfect. Having our favourite songs played so wonderfully really made the ceremony even more special, so much so that we tried to slow each other down as we walked up the aisle to hear our exit song fully! Jimmy was so helpful with any queries we had, and we would highly recommend having him play at your wedding. Thank you again, Jimmy, it was magical!”


We were really pleased with everything

5 stars - James Bee are Highly Recommended
booked James Bee for their Wedding March 2024

“We had a solo performance from Jimmy during the drinks reception. We were really pleased with everything and would highly recommend Jimmy to anyone looking for live music for their wedding day.”

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