The Brightsides
The Brightsides are a vibrant cover band made up of highly experienced professional musicians with many years of performing experience, playing the very best in piano-based rock, pop and swing with lively danceable hits from the 50s to the present day.
Price from £1,253 + travel
Set List / Repertoire
50s
Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
Bye, Bye Love - Everly Brothers
Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley Rock 'n' Roll Medley
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Good Golly Miss Molly/Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Hallelujah I Love Her So - Ray Charles
Hippy Hippy Shakes - The Swinging Blue Jeans
I’ve Got A Woman - Ray Charles
I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin
My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone
Shout - The Isley Brothers
Summertime Blues/C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
Sway - Dean Martin
That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
That's Amore - Dean Martin
Volare - Dean Martin
You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
60s
All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
Beatles 60s Medley
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
California Dreamin’ - Mammas and Pappas
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
Delilah - Tom Jones
Do You Love Me - The Contours
Gimme Some Lovin’ - The Spencer Davis Group
Happy Together - The Turtles
Hard To Handle - Otis Redding
House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
I Can't Get No Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown
I’m A Believer - The Monkees
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
My Generation - The Who
My Girl - The Temptations
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert
Twist And Shout - The Beatles
Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procul Harum
You Really Got Me - The Kinks
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ - The Righteous Brothers
70s
American Pie - Don McLean
Blame It On The Boogie - Jackson 5
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Copacabana - Barry Manilow
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
December '63 (Oh What A Night) - The Four Seasons
I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Jean Genie - David Bowie
Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
Layla - Eric Clapton
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Moondance - Van Morrison
My Life - Billy Joel
New York State Of Mind - Billy Joel
Night Fever - The Bee Gees
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Queen Medley - Queen
Red Light Spells Danger - Billy Ocean
Rocket Man - Elton John
Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Waterloo - ABBA
80s
A Little Respect - Erasure
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Beat It - Michael Jackson
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Dancing On The Ceiling - Lionel Richie
Don’t Stop Believing - Journey
Englishman In New York - Sting
Every Breath You Take - The Police
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
I Love Rock 'n' Roll - Joan Jett & The Black Hearts
It Must Be Love - Madness
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Raspberry Beret - Prince
Summer Of ‘69 - Brian Adams
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
The Power Of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
The Power of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
Town Called Malice - The Jam
True - Spandau Ballet
With Or Without You - U2
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
90s
Alright - Supergrass
Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants
Common People - Pulp
Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
Girl From Mars - Ash
I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith
Laid - James
Million Love Songs - Take That
Parklife - Blur
Praise You - Fatboy Slim
Smooth - Santana feat. Rob Thomas
To The Moon And Back - Savage Garden
Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn
Wonderwall - Oasis
00s
Angels - Robbie Williams
Another Love - Tom Odell
A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
Bad Day - Daniel Powter
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Better Together - Jack Johnson
Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols
Budapest - George Ezra
Cannonball - Damien Rice
Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake
The Cave - Mumford & Sons
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Cheerleader - Omi
Clocks - Coldplay
Counting Stars - OneRepublic
Dakota - Stereophonics
Diamonds - Rihanna
Everybody’s Changing - Keane
Everything - Michael Buble
Forget You - Cee Lo Green
Get Lucky - Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams
Handbags And Gladrags - Stereophonics
Happy - Pharrell Williams
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne
Home - Michael Buble
Human - The Killers
I'm All Over It - Jamie Cullum
I'm Not The Only One - Sam Smith
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perry
Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Let Her Go - Passenger
Mercy - Duffy
Money On My Mind - Sam Smith
Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5
Mr Brightside - The Killers
One Day Like This - Elbow
Pencil Full Of Lead - Paulo Nutini
Pompeii - Bastille
Price Tag - Jessie J
Rolling In The Deep - Adele
Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5
She's So Lovely - Scouting For Girls
Shine - Take That
Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
Sing - Ed Sheeran
Somebody I Used To Know - Gotye feat. Kimbra
Someone Like You - Adele
The Scientist - Coldplay
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Treasure - Bruno Mars
Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon
Valerie - The Zutons/Amy Winehouse
We Are Young - Fun
You Give Me Something - James Morrison
You’re Beautiful - James Blunt
Jazz Standards
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Ain't Got No (I Got Life)
Ain’t That A Kick In The Head
As Time Goes By
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
The Best Is Yet To Come
Beyond The Sea
Blues In The Night
Caravan
Come Away With Me
Come Fly With Me
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Fly Me To The Moon
Georgia On My Mind
The Girl From Ipanema
Hallelujah I Love Her So
Have You Met Miss Jones
He’ll Have To Go
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
It Had To Be You
It’s Only A Paper Moon
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
The Lady Is A Tramp
Let’s Face The Music And Dance
Let There Be Love
Love Is Here To Stay
(Love Is) The Tender Trap
Luck Be A Lady
Mack The Knife
Makin’ Whoopee
Minnie The Moocher
Misty
Moondance
Moon River
Mr Bojangles
My Baby Just Cares For Me
Nat King Cole Medley
New York New York
A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
The Party’s Over
Pick Yourself Up
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
Route 66
Speak Low
Stardust
Straighten Up And Fly Right
Sway
That’s All
That’s Amore
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Unforgettable
The Way You Look Tonight
What A Wonderful World
What The World Needs Now Is Love
New! Christmas Repertoire!
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole
Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea
Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues feat. Kirsty McColl
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
Jingle Bells - Traditional
Last Christmas - WHAM!
Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow - Dean Martin
Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth - Bing Crosby and David Bowie
Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters
Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens
Merry Christmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon
Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade
O Holy Night - Traditional
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Jackson 5
White Christmas - Bing Crosby
Winter Wonderland - Rosemary Clooney
Winter's Tale - David Essex
Full Biography
Highlights
* Lively; professional; affordable
* The band perform Rock, Pop and Jazz so there's something for everyone!
* Live – no backing tracks
* Available with horn section (trumpet & sax)
* Repertoire spanning 8 decades from swing music to modern pop
* Will learn any special requests (e.g. first dance)
* Stage lights and disco lights supplied for all engagements at no extra charge
* Can provide DJ option when the band is not playing
"You were all so professional, looked fantastic and most of all sounded amazing!" - Rebecca and James Ryan
The Brightsides are a vibrant cover band made up of highly experienced professional musicians with many years of performing experience. They are the perfect addition to your wedding, civil partnership, private party, corporate event, award ceremony or ball.
Fun dynamic entertainment with a great full sound the band includes lead vocals, harmony vocals, piano, guitar, bass and drums. Adding the horn section (trumpet and alto sax) creates another dimension to this great fantastic sound. The Brightsides don’t use backing tracks – everything you hear is totally live.
With an exciting and varied song list catering for all ages the band perform fantastic tunes from across the decades. Flexible and versatile their massive repertoire covers a huge variety of artists with lively danceable hits from the 50s to the present day.
Special song requirements are catered for free of charge and the band are happy to rehearse any song requests for you (first dance for example).
The band will tailor their look to suit your needs whether it be black tie and tuxedo or something more relaxed.
The Brightsides provide their own high quality PA, stage and disco lighting as part of the package.
Background music is provided free of charge, and a DJ option is also available at a small extra cost. This is provided via a laptop computer containing a huge amount of popular songs, and is controlled by one of the band members, who will make basic announcements and take requests.
Lowest rates are offered in Yorkshire and London but will travel country-wide.
Meet The Band
Scott Grant - Lead Vocals/Piano
Scott Grant is an accomplished singer/pianist with a repertoire spanning eight decades. Performing professionally since 2003 Scott has performed all over the world as a solo piano vocalist for P&O North Sea Ferries, Warner Hotels, Suncruises and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Since his return to the UK in 2006 Scott has been performing at venues across the country holding residencies at The Charnwood Hotel, Choice Bar and Restaurant in Manchester and The Sands Venue in Gainsborough where he has supported artists including Acker Bilk Stacey Kent and Frank Carson. Fresh on the London scene, more recently he has appeared at venues including Piano Soho, Piano Kensington, the Hyatt Regency Churchill Hotel and Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec. Equally at home performing solo piano vocals or leading his own band Scott specializes in swing and jazz standards as well as the very best in piano based rock and pop with a vast repertoire that is increasing all of the time.
Emilio Montuori - Bass
Emilio studied double bass for 7 years at the Conservatory of Music in Salerno Italy before taking up music as a profession performing very different styles of music in theatres cabaret venues touring shows and on board cruise ships all over the world. In the last five years alone Emilio has played with the Nelson Riddle UK Big Band (including a Palladium performance) the New Squadronaires Big Band Memphis Belle Big Band Kings of Swing Big Band and the Glenn Miller Tribute Big Band. He has also acted as musical director for Joan Rivers’ UK National Tour performed for pantomimes at Nottingham Playhouse and Sheffield Lyceum and undertaken UK theatre tours and an Australian national tour and TV shows with "Reelin` and Rockin" featuring Mike Pender Gerry Marsden Dave Dee Wayne Fontana Brian Poole Dave Berry Tony Craine and The Nolans.
Paul Grady - Guitar/Dep Bass/Light & Sound
Paul has been playing guitar since the age of 7. Originally studying classical guitar he quickly adapted the skills he'd learnt to teach himself rock, jazz and blues on the electric guitar. Paul achieved Grade 8 Classical Guitar (ABRSM) in 1997. Soon after this Paul took up the bass guitar when he was called upon to fill in for an absent bass player. These days Paul can be found in several different function bands including BUDO Big Band, The Sally Army and Doncaster Jazz Orchestra. Playing both electric guitar and bass he regularly performs across the UK as well as having played in Europe and the USA. In addition to his playing career Paul is a sound and lighting engineer, having worked at Abbey Road, Air Studios and Realworld Studios, recording, engineering and mixing tracks and albums for the likes of Paulo Nutini, The Kaiser Chiefs, The Kooks, Coldplay, and Peter Gabriel. This proves very useful in the band where his technical skills are often called upon.
Rob Clark - Drums/Backing Vocals
Rob studied percussion at The Birmingham Conservatoire from 1997 – 2001 and since graduating he has worked extensively as a drummer and percussionist both in this country and abroad. He has worked with many distinguished artists including The Drifters, Elaine Delmar and Joe Longthorne and performed at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference in New Orleans, USA. Musical theatre work includes UK tours of “Cabaret” & “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”.
His orchestral work has included performances with The National Youth Orchestra, Orchestra of the Swan, Orchestra da Camara, ESO and The City Concert Orchestra. He has also worked under the baton of renowned conductors such as Yan Pascal Tortelier, Sir Roger Norrington and Sir Colin Davis.
As a music educator, Rob is in high demand. He runs percussion workshops in primary schools across the UK aimed at developing whole class music tuition. Rob has recently been appointed to the panel of examiners for ‘Rockschool’, assessing musicians for examinations in the UK and abroad. His work in education also involves drum kit and percussion tuition at independent & preparatory schools in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire.
Lineup
Default lineup: 4 members
Standard 4 piece: Piano/Lead Male Vocal, Drums/Backing Vocal, Bass & Guitar
Optional 6 piece: Piano/Lead Male Vocal, Drums/Backing Vocal, Bass, Guitar, Trumpet & Saxophone
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Price from £1,253 + travel from South Yorkshire
Based on 4 members performing 2 x 45 minute sets
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- North West From £1,291
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- Wales From £1,340
- North East From £1,351
- East of England From £1,367
- South East From £1,389
- South West From £1,390
- Scotland From £1,759
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Brilliant from start to finish
Andrew booked The Brightsides for their Wedding in Durham • June 2023
“Good comms with Scott, arrived in good time to set up and were ready to go for start time. Played all the songs we requested and all the guests said what a fantastic band they were. Would highly recommend”
Mark S booked The Brightsides for their event in East Yorkshire
“Great communication with Scott leading up to and on the day of the event. Massive list of songs to choose from to suit all ages at our party, also accommodated a last minute request for our final song with no issues at all. All band members were very professional and polite, arrived early and set up long before our guests arrived. I would highly recommend The Brightsides and would definitely not hesitate to book them again for any future events!”
Sam H booked The Brightsides for their Wedding in Lincolnshire
“We wanted to say a huge thanks to you and the band. Your sets were exactly what we'd hoped for, and we loved all of it. You got people onto the dancefloor who I've not seen dancing for a long time, and everyone had a great time. We also really appreciated being able to fine tune the set list with you - thanks!”
Great performance, brilliant night
James R booked The Brightsides for their Wedding in Perthshire area
“Everyone had an amazing night and commented on the band and how fabulous they were. All members were really friendly and warm. The lead singer (sorry I can’t remember his name) was fabulous and accommodated all our last minute requests”
A fantastic evening's entertainment
Alexandra booked The Brightsides for their Wedding
“We wanted to say a massive thank you to you and the rest of the band for a fantastic evening’s entertainment. So many people have commented on how much they enjoyed it, how good you were and the great song choices. That dance floor was never clear from memory! This is exactly what we were after so thank you. We’d certainly recommend you, and don’t forget to play more political U2 songs at your next wedding!”
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