The Specialists – A Rock & Pop Covers Band Based in Essex
The Specialists were started 15 years ago and since then have developed and changed it to one of the best covers bands around. They offer an unrivalled sound and one of the liveliest stage shows you’re likely to see form a covers band. The band are completely versatile and offer 5 amazing lead vocalists, a repertoire of over 500 songs and the experience of over 1000 gigs in the last 5 years. The band play a huge range of music including rock, pop, funk and soul from the 50s to today.
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Top Class Musicians
The standard line-up is a 5 piece band with 5 lead vocals including male and female, guitar, bass, drums and keys. This band can offer various line-up options from a three piece of just bass, guitar, drums and vocals all the way up to a full 13-piece show band.
Along the years The Specialists have had the opportunity to back so very famous musical stars. They have performed Flying Without Wings with Westlife, Let Me Entertain You with Robbie Williams, The Look Of Love with ABC and (unashamedly) Is This the Way to Amarillo with Tony Christie. The members have also performed with many top acts including Bucks Fizz, Bonnie Tyler, Ant & Dec, Big Brovaz, Simon Webb & Jools Holland. They have also had the chance to performed at many of Europe’s top venues including Earls Court, Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham N.E.C & Wembley Arena. This goes to prove that the standard of musicianship in this covers band from essex is second to none.
Essex Based Covers Band
Although the band are based in Essex they are willing to travel.
A standard evenings entertainment includes the following;
- 3 x 40 minutes of live music.
- Arrival at 6:00pm to be ready to go by 8:00pm.
- Recorded music between sets.
- Full Lighting and sound rig.
- The main 5-piece covers band.
Repertoire List
The Specialists repertoire list is one of the most extensive in the business. It covers tunes from the 50′s to todays top chart hits. With over 500 songs, it is pretty much a game of ‘you name it we can play it’. All styles and genres are covered including, rock, pop, funk, soul, jewish music, jazz and swing.
Here is a small sample of the list…
10’S
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke Born This Way – Lady Ga Ga Domino – Jessie J
Earthquake – Labrinth
Get Lucky – Daft Punk & Pharrell Williams Forget You – Cee Lo Green
Just The Way You Are – Bruno Mars
Lego House – Ed Sheeran
Locked out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
Moves like Jagger – Maroon 5 & Christina Aquilera Treasure – Bruno Mars
Wake Me Up – Avicii
Your Song – Ellie Golding
00’S, Pop, R&B & Rock…
All Summer Long – Kid Rock
Amazed – Lonestar
American Idiot – Green Day
Beautiful – James Blunt
Beat It – Micheal Jackson / Fall Out Boy
Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
Chelsea Dagger – The Fratellis
Greatest Day – Take That
Hey Ya – Outkast
Hysteria – Muse
Holiday – Green Day
I Believe In A Thing Called Love – The Darkness
I Predict A Riot – The Kaiser Chiefs
She Said – Plan B
Shine – Take That
Somebody Told Me – The Killers
Sex On Fire – Kings of Leon
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
Take Your Mama Out – Scissor Sisters
Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus
This Love – Maroon Five
Use Somebody – Kings of Leon
Valerie – Amy Winehouse
You’ve got the Love – Florence & the Machine
90’S, Pop, Indie & Punk
A Little Less Conversation – Elvis Presley
A Little Respect – Wheatus
Angels – Robbie Williams
All the Small Things – Blink 182
Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz
Buck Rogers – Feeder
Basket Case – Green Day
Can’t Get You Outta My Head – Kylie Minoque
Creep – Radiohead
Cosmic Girl – Jamiroquai
Dance The Night Away – The Mavericks
Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
Hit Me Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
Let Me Entertain You – Robbie Williams
Kids – Robbie Williams
80’S, Pop & Rock
9-5 – Dolly Parton
Addicted to Love – Robert Palmer
Ain’t Nobody – Chaka Kahn
Beat It – Micheal Jackson / Fall Out Boy
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Come Up & See Me – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Don’t Dream it’s Over – Crowded House
Easy – The Commodores
Every Breath you Take – The Police
Footloose – Kenny Loggins
Have I Told you Lately – Van Morrison
Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
I’ll Be There For You – Rembrants
Jump – Van Halen
Kiss – Tom Jones/Prince
Lets Stick Together – Roxy Music
Lets Dance – David Bowie
Leave Your Hat On – Tom Jones
Like a Virgin – Madonna
Livin On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
Love Shack – B52’S
70’S & Disco
Ain’t no Stopping is Now – Mcfadden & Whitehead
Alright Now – Free
Blame it on the Boogie – Michael Jackson
Brick House – Commodores
Bohemium Rhapsody – Queen
Car Wash – Rose Royce
Celebration – Kool & The Gang
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
Dancing Queen – ABBA
December 63 (Oh What a Night) – Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
Disco Inferno – The Trammps
Does Your Mother Know – Abba
Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
Fat Bottomed Girls – Queen
Highway to Hell – ACDC
50’s, 60’S, Soul & Motown
Burning Love – Elvis Presley
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones
Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles
Can’t Take My Eyes Of You – Andy Williams
Come Together – The Beatles
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love – The Blues Brothers
Gimme Some Lovin – The Blues Brothers
Hey Jude – The Beatles
Hotel California – The Eagles
Sex Machine – James Brown
Stand by Me – Ben E King
Sunshine of Your Love – Cream
Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
Suspicous Minds – Elvis Presley
Think – Aretha Franklin
Twist & Shout – The Beatles
Why Do You Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
Wild Thing – The Troggs
Walking By Myself – Gary Moore
Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
ISREALI DANCING
Hora Medley including… Siman Tov
Moshiach
Hevenu Shalom Alecheim Mazel Tov
Dodi Li
Hava Nagila
Erev Shel Shoshanim Oseh Shalom
Sample of Jazz & Swing (Rat Pack….)
A Night In Tunisia
All Blues
All By Myself
All Of Me
All The Things You Are
Anthropology
April In Paris
Autumn Leaves
Beyond the Sea
Blue Bossa
Blue In Green
Blue Monk
Call Me Irresponsible
Come Fly With Me
Dancing On The Ceiling
Dolphin Dance
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Freddie Freeloader
Fly Me To the Moon
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