The Simon Ritchie Band
Rock & Pop Wedding & Party Band
Introducing...
Simon Ritchie...
Simon is an exciting and energetic solo wedding and party musician band-leader and DJ from Hertfordshire. He covers songs from the 50s through to the present and is available for hire worldwide with Sam Lewis Music Ltd.
Simon is also available with his duo, three-piece and four-piece band. He can perform at the ceremony & reception drinks and then bring his band in, in the evening. Furthermore he will DJ in between the live band sets.
For availability and pricing please contact:
Our ALL-DAY MUSIC SOLUTION includes the following...
i. live ceremony music ii. live reception drinks music iii. wedding breakfast playlist iv. live band v. professional DJ
Listed alphabetically within their respective decades is a ridiculously extensive selection of the great tunes Simon performs live both as a solo act and with his band. Honestly, we've never seen anything like it! Simon blends the old with the new and there isn't a decade he doesn't cover making him a great option for parties of all ages! If there are any specific songs you'd like that are not listed, please let us know and we'll ask Simon if they can be added to the set.
Repertoire
CURRENT
All of me (John Legend)
A thousand years (Christina Perri)
Attention (Charlie Puth)
A million dreams (The Greatest Showman)
Bad Guy (Billie Elish)
Budapest (George Ezra)
Can’t stop the feeling (Justin Timberlake)
Chelsea Dagger (Fratellis)
Cold Heart (Elton John and Dua Lipa)
Dakota (Stereophonics)
Dance Monkey (Tones & I)
Feel it still (Portugal the Man)
Galway Girl (Ed Sheeran)
Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
Grow old with me (Tom Odell)
Happy (Pharrell Williams)
History (One Direction)
Hold back the river (James Bay)
Hymn for the weekend (Coldplay)
If I ain’t got you (Alicia Keys)
I’m yours (Jason Mraz)
Just the way you are (Bruno Mars)
Little Lion Man (Mumford and sons)
Lover of the light (Mumford and sons)
Love on Top (Beyonce)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Rather be (Clean Bandit)
Redbone (Childish Gambino)
Say Something (Justin Timberlake)
Shake it off (Taylor Swift)
Shape of you (Ed Sheeran)
Shotgun (George Ezra)
Spaceman (Sam Ryder)
Symphony (Clean Bandit)
Shut up and dance (Walk The Moon)
These Days (Jess Glyne/Rudimental)
Uptown funk (Bruno Mars)
Viva la vida (Coldplay)
Watermelon Sugar (Harry Styles)
What makes you beautiful (One Direction)
NOUGHTIES
Beautiful Day (U2)
Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
Don’t stop the music (Rihanna)
Falling slowly (Glen Hansard)
Feel (Robbie Williams)
Gravity (John Mayer)
I bet that you look good (Arctic Monkeys)
I predict a riot (Kaiser Chiefs)
It's all about you (McFly)
One day like this (Elbow)
Mr Brightside (The Killers)
Naïve (The Kooks)
Put your record on (Corinne Bailey Rae)
Senorita (Justin Timberlake)
Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon)
Somewhere only we know (Keane)
Smooth (Santana)
The Luckiest (Ben Folds)
Toxic (Britney Spears)
Umbrella (Rihanna)
Use Somebody (Kings of Leon)
Valerie (Amy Winehouse)
Why does it always rain (Travis)
Yellow (Coldplay)
You give me something (James Morrison)
NINETIES
All Star (Smash Mouth)
All the small things (Blink 182)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
Baby one more time (Britney Spears)
Back for good (Take that)
Breakout (Foo Fighters)
Champagne Supernova (Oasis)
Country house (Blur)
Disco 2000 (Pulp)
Distant Sun (Crowded House)
Don’t dream it’s over (Crowded House)
Don’t look back in anger (Oasis)
Don’t speak (No Doubt)
End of the century (Blur)
Fall at your feet (Crowded House)
Four seasons (Crowded House)
Half the world away (Oasis)
Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley)
High and Dry (Radiohead)
It’s only natural (Crowded House)
It’s probably me (Sting)
I will always love you (Whitney Houston)
Kiss from a rose (Seal)
Last Goodbye (Jeff Buckley)
Learn to fly (Foo Fighters)
Live forever (Oasis)
Losing my religion (R.E.M)
Love fool (The Cardigans)
Make you feel my love (Bob Dylan)
Mustang Sally (The Commitments)
Parklife (Blur)
Pineapple head (Crowded House)
Seven Days (Sting)
She’s electric (Oasis)
Songs of love (Divine Comedy)
Stand by me (Oasis)
Stars (Simply Red)
The show must go on (Queen)
Torn (Natalie Umbruglia)
Virtual Insanity (Jamiroquai)
Weather with you (Crowded House)
Wonderwall (Oasis)
You and me always (The Wannadies)
You get what you give (New Radicals)
EIGHTIES
Africa (Toto)
Against all odds (Phil Collins)
Another day in paradise (Phil Collins)
A little respect (Erasure)
Bad (Michael Jackson)
Beat it (Michael Jackson)
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Call me Al (Paul Simon)
Careless whisper (George Michael)
Englishman in New York (Sting)
Every breathe you take (The Police)
Eye of the tiger (Survivor)
Happy birthday (Stevie Wonder)
Have I told you lately (Van Morrison)
Hello (Lionel Ritchie)
Faith (George Michael)
Fast car (Tracie Chapman)
Fields of gold (Sting)
Fisherman Blues (Waterboys)
I’m not in love (10CC)
I’m still standing (Elton John)
It must be love (Madness)
I wanna dance with somebody (Whitney Houston)
I want you back (Jackson 5)
Livin on a prayer (Bon Jovi)
Man in the mirror (Michael Jackson)
Message in a bottle (The Police)
She’s out of my life (Michael Jackson)
Smooth criminal (Michael Jackson)
Shape of my heart (Sting)
Show must go on (Queen)
Still haven’t found (U2)
Take on me (Aha)
Tempted (Squeeze)
The Power of love (Huey Lewis and the news)
The Winner takes it all (ABBA)
This Charming man (The Smiths)
Walk of life (Dire Straits)
500 miles (The Proclaimers)
SEVENTIES
Ain’t no sunshine (Bill Withers)
Always a woman (Billy Joel)
Always on my mind (Elvis Presley/Willie Nelson)
Amazing Grace (Elvis Presley)
Annie’s Song (John Denver)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
Blame it on the boogie (Jackson 5)
Boogie Wonderland (Earth wind and fire)
Bridge over troubled water (Simon and Garfunkel)
Candle in the wind (Elton John)
Can’t smile without you (Barry Manilow)
Carolina in my mind (James Taylor)
Close to you (The Carpenters)
Country Roads (John Denver)
Crocodile rock (Elton John)
Dancing queen (ABBA)
Daniel (Elton John)
Desperado (The Eagles)
Don’t stop me now (Queen)
Everybody’s got a thing (Stevie Wonder)
Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
For all we know (The Carpenters)
Go your own way (Fleetwood Mac)
Got my mind set on you (George Harrison)
Have a good time (Paul Simon)
Hotel California (The Eagles)
How deep is your love (The Bee Gees)
Isn’t she lovely (Stevie Wonder)
Jamming (Bob Marley)
Just the way you are (Billy Joel)
Killing me softly (Roberta Flack)
Lean on me (Bill Withers)
Let’s stay together (Al Green)
Life on Mars (David Bowie)
Logical song (Supertramp)
Lovely Day (Bill Withers)
Me and Julio (Paul Simon)
Mr Blue sky (ELO)
One love (Bob Marley)
Perfect day (Lou Reed)
Piano Man (Billy Joel)
Pina Colada [Escape] (Rupert Holmes)
Proud Mary (Tina Turner)
Rocket man (Elton John)
September (Earth, wind and fire)
Somebody to love (Queen)
Something in the way she moves (James Taylor)
Signed sealed delivered (Stevie Wonder)
Slip slidin’ away (Paul Simon)
Stairway to heaven (Led Zeppelin)
Star man (David Bowie)
Street life (Randy Crawford)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Take it easy (The Eagles)
This masquerade (George Benson)
Three little birds (Bob Marley)
We are the champions (Queen)
You are the sunshine (Stevie Wonder)
You’re my best friend (Queen)
Your song (Elton John)
You’ve got a friend (James Taylor)
50 ways to leave your lover (Paul Simon)
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)
Daydream 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)
You really got me (The Kinks)
I Saw her standing there (The Beatles)
All you need is love (The Beatles)
We can work it out (The Beatles)
Here comes the sun (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)
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 (Nat King Cole)
Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps (Doris Day)
Whatever will be [Que sera] (Doris Day)
Somewhere over the rainbow (Eva Cassidy)
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
All I want for Christmas (Mariah Carey)
Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Frank Sinatra)
Merry Christmas everyone (Shakin' Stevens)
Let it snow (Frank Sinatra)
O Holy Night (Various)
Last Christmas (Wham)
Step into Christmas (Elton John)
Fairytale in New York (The Pogues)