James Whittle

James Whittle is a talented singer and pianist, ready to meet your musical needs whether you're looking for something upbeat, romantic, or relaxed. With a wide vocal range and an extensive repertoire, he can cater to any occasion. Based in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire, James is willing to travel to you. Check out his videos for a preview, or read on for more details!

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Set List / Repertoire


4 Non Blondes – What’s Going On

A
ABBA – Dancing Queen
ABBA - Mamma Mia
ABBA - SOS
ABC - Look Of Love
Adele - Make You Feel My Love
Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
Amy Winehouse/The Zutons – Valerie
Andy Williams – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent
Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me a) Natural Woman
Ava Max – Kings and Queens
Avril Lavigne – Sk8r Boi

B
Badfinger - Day After Day
The Band - The Weight
Barbara Lewis -Baby I’m Yours
Barry Manilow - Mandy
Bastille - Pompeii
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Beach Boys - Wouldn’t it be Nice
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
The Beatles - In My Life
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
The Beatles - Something
The Beautiful South – A Little Time
The Beautiful South – I’ll Sail This Ship Alone
The Beegees - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
The Beegees - I Started A Joke
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes - Time of My Life
Bill Haley and the Comets - Rock Around the Clock
Billy Joel - Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Billy Joel – My Life
Billy Joel - She’s Always A Woman
Billy Joel - Vienna
Bill Withers – Lean on Me
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
BJ Thomas - Raindrops Are Falling On My Head
Blink 182- All The Small Things
Blondie – Call Me
Blondie – Heart of Glass
Blur - Country House
Bread - Goodbye Girl
Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
Bobby Darin - Beyond The Sea
Bon Jovi - Living on a Prayer
Bruce Channel – Hey Baby
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven
Bruno Mars – Marry You
Bruno Mars – Runaway Baby
Buddy Holly - Everyday
Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
Busted - Year 3000

C
Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better
Carole King – You’ve Got A Friend
The Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You
Chainsmokers Ft. Halsey – Closer
Christina Perry – 1000 Years
Cher – Believe
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
Coldplay – Paradise
Coldplay - Yellow
Corinne Bailey-Rae - Put Your Records On
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

D
Daniel Powter - Bad Day
Damien Rice - Cannonball
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
David Bowie - Changes
David Bowie - Life on Mars
David Bowie – Starman
David Guetta ft. Sia - Titanium
Derek and the Dominoes – Layla
Dion and The Belmonts – Teenager in Love
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Don McClean - American Pie
The Doors – Break on Through To The Other Side
The Doors - Touch Me
Duffy – Warwick Avenue

E
Earth Wind and Fire – September
The Eagles - Desperado
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Eagles - Lying Eyes
The Eagles - Take It Easy
The Eagles - Take it to the Limit
Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits
Ed Sheeran - Perfect
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Electric Light Orchestra – Don’t Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky
Eliza Doolittle - Pack Up
Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Elton John - Bennie and the Jets
Elton John – Daniel
Elton John – I’m Still Standing
Elton John - Rocket Man
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Elton John - Your Song
Elvis Costello - Alison
Elvis Costello – Oliver’s Army
Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
Elvis Presley - Love Letters
Elvis Presley - That’s Alright Mama
Erasure - A Little Respect
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Etta James - At Last
Eurythimics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Everly Brothers – All I Have To Dream

F
Free – Alright Now
Free - Wishing Well
Free – My Brother Jake
Frank Sinatra – Fly Me To the Moon
Frank Sinatra - My Way
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Oh What a Night
The Fratellies – Chelsea Dagger
Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
Fleetwood Mac - You Make Lovin’ Fun
Fleetwood Mac – Landslide
The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
The Fountains of Wayne - Stacey’s Mom

G
George Ezra - Budapest
George Ezra – Shotgun
George Ezra – Blame It On Me
George Ezra – Paradise
Geroge Ezra – Green Green Grass
George Michael - Careless Whisper
George Michael – Faith
Gerry Cinnamon – Belter
Good Charlotte – Lifestyles of the Rich and The Famous
Guns ‘N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine

H
Hall and Oates - Rich Girl
Hall and Oates - You Make My Dreams Come True
Harry Nilsson - Everybody’s Talkin’
Harry Styles – As It Was
Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar
Hermann’s Hermits – I’m Into Something Good
Huey Lewis and the News - The Power of Love
The Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A.
The Housemartins - Happy Hour
The Human League - Don’t You Want Me
The Human League - Together in Electric Dreams

J
Jack Johnson – Better Together
Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
The Jackson 5 - Blame It On the Boogie
The Jam - Going Underground
The Jam - Town Called Malice
James Bay – Hold Back The River
James Blunt – 1973
James Brown - This is a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
James Morrison - You Give Me Something
James Morrison – You Make It Real
Jason Mraz - I’m Yours
Jessie J - Price Tag
Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
Jim Croce - I’ll have to say I love you in a song
Jim Croce - Operator
Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful
John Mayer - Gravity
John Legend – All Of Me
John Legend – Ordinary People
Journey – Faithfully
Justin Timberlake - Can’t Stop The Feeling

K
Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby
Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict a Riot
Kanye West/Rihanna/Paul McCartney – FourFive Seconds
Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Katy Perry - Firework
Keane - Somewhere Only We Know
The Killers – All These Things That I’ve Done
The Killers - Human
The Killers - Mr Brightside
Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
Kodaline – The One
The Kooks - Naïve
The Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way
Kylie Minogue – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head

L
The Las – There She Goes
Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
Lionel Richie and the Commodores – Easy
Little Mix - Shout Out To My Ex
Lonestar - Amazed
The Lovin’ Spoonful - Darling Be Home Soon
The Lovin’ Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic?
Luke Coombs – Beautiful Crazy
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama

M
Mama Cass Elliot - Dream a little Dream of Me
Marc Bolan + T-Rex – Cosmic Dancer
Marc Bolan + T-Rex - I Love to Boogie
MAGIC! - Rude
Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning
Maroon 5 - This Love
McFly – It’s All About You
Michael Buble - Everything
Michael Buble - Haven’t Met You Yet
Mika - Grace Kelly
Miley Cyrus - Flowers
Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime

N
Nat King Cole – L-O-V-E
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Nina Simone - Feeling Good
Norah Jones - Don’t Know Why
The Noisettes – Never Forget You

O
Oasis - Don’t Look Back in Anger
Oasis - Half the World Away
Oasis - She’s Electric
Olivia Rodrigo – Good 4 U
One Direction - History
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful

P
Passenger - Let Her Go
Paolo Nutini - Candy
Paolo Nutini - Last Request
Paolo Nutini - New Shoes
Paul McCartney – Maybe I’m Amazed
Paul Weller – You Do Something To Me
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years
Pharell – Happy
Phillip Oakley and Giorgio Mororder – Together in Electric Dreams
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Prince – I Feel For You
Pulp – Something Changed
Pulp – Year 2000

Q
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now
Queen - I Want To Break Free
Queen - Killer Queen
Queen - Somebody To Love
Queen - We Are The Champions
Queen - You’re My Best Friend

R
Radiohead - Creep
Randy Newman - You’ve Got A Friend In Me
Razorlight – America
Redbone – Come and Get Your Love
Rick Astley – Together Forever
Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up
Robbie Williams - Angels
Robbie Williams - She’s the One
Rod Stewart/Stereophonics - Handbags And The Gladrags
Rod Stewart - Maggie Mae
Rupert Holmes – Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

S
S Club 7 – Reach
Sam Cooke – Twisting The Night Away
Sam Fender – Getting Started
Sam Fischer – This City
Sam Smith - I Know I’m Not the Only One
Scouting For Girls – She’s So Lovely
Soft Cell – Tainted Love
Smashmouth – Allstar
Status Quo – Rockin’ All Over The World
Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums
Stealers Wheel - Stuck In the Middle With You
Stereophonics - Dakota
Stereophonics - Have A Nice Day
Stevie Wonder - Isn’t She Lovely?
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered
Stone Sour – Through Glass
The Strokes - Last Nite
Supergrass – Alright
The Supremes + The Temptations – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me

T
Take That - Back for Good
Take That – Shine
Taylor Swift – Blank Space
Taylor Swift - Shake it Off
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
The Temptations - My Girl
The Temptations and The Supremes - I’m Going to Make you Love Me
Thin Lizzy - The Boys are Back in Town
Tina Turner - Proud Mary
Tones and I - Dance Monkey
Tom Jones - Delilah
Tom Jones - Never Going to Fall in Love Again
Tom Walker - You and I
Toploader – Dancing In the Moonlight
Train – Drops of Jupiter
The Turtles - Happy Together

V
Vaccines - Wetsuit
Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

W
Walk the Moon - Shut Up And Dance
The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
The Weeknd - Can’t Feel My Face
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Will Young - Leave Right Now
Wilson Pickett – 6345789 (That’s My Number)
Wings - My Love
The Wurzels – Combine Harvester

Full Biography

James Whittle is a talented singer and pianist, ready to meet your musical needs whether you're looking for something upbeat, romantic, or relaxed. With a wide vocal range and an extensive repertoire, he can cater to any occasion. Based in East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire, James is willing to travel to you. Check out his videos for a preview, or read on for more details!

James is an exceptional vocalist and pianist with nearly 10 years of professional experience, performing at countless events. He gained local and national acclaim in 2017 when his rendition of David Bowie's "Life on Mars" went viral on Facebook, amassing over 500,000 views. James has received rave reviews for his performances at hundreds of weddings, whether providing romantic background music or energizing the party. He has also entertained at corporate events, including performances for major local sports clubs such as Hull City, Hull FC, and Hull Kingston Rovers. Additionally, he has toured extensively with his Queen tribute band, "The Queen Story," selling out theatres across the UK.

As a pop pianist, James covers classic hits from the 1950s to the present day, all accompanied by piano rather than guitar. Think of Elton John or Billy Joel, but with a wider range of tunes!

Whether you have a clear vision for your event or just know you want live music, James has you covered. With experience in weddings, parties, pub gigs, theatre shows, restaurants, and festivals, he understands what works and can adapt to any setting.

If you have specific songs in mind, especially for something as special as a first dance, James will work with you to ensure your event is perfect. You can choose from his extensive song list, and if your favorite isn't there, he's happy to learn new songs to make your occasion truly special. Together, you'll create a memorable musical experience tailored to your needs.

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Price from £392 + travel from East Yorkshire

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  • Yorkshire and the Humber From £392
  • East Midlands From £433
  • North West From £473
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  • East of England From £502

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29 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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Didn't want him to stop!

5 stars - James Whittle are Highly Recommended
booked James Whittle for their event June 2024

“We had James play at my wife’s 40th birthday yesterday in Wakefield and he was absolutely brilliant! Fantastic vocals and a great range of music. He was booked as a surprise for the wife and the guests and they all loved him, didn’t want him to stop ?? Thank you James, I would recommend him for any type of occasion.”


Dream day and performer

5 stars - James Whittle are Highly Recommended
booked James Whittle for their Wedding May 2024

“You were incredible James. Thank you so much for being such a big part of making our day a dream xx”


Amazing and a lovely guy.

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

“I've seen James several times and he never fails to deliver. I had him to perform at my house for my mum's birthday and he was amazing. Lovely guy as well.”


Cracking voice and a real crowd pleaser!

5 stars - James Whittle are Highly Recommended
booked James Whittle for their Wedding May 2024

“ WOW! I heard about James through ‘word of mouth’ and wanted something different & fun for my wedding. After seeing him at a gig at Christmas I knew he was exactly what we were looking for. James performed our first dance then straight into his set getting everyone up on the dance floor. Each and every one of my guests loved him and couldn’t compliment him enough. Such a crowd pleaser with his playlist and an absolutely cracking voice! Thank you so much James you really did make our evening perfect! Can’t wait to see you again soon ????”


Everyone loved James!

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

“Highly recommend James. He played at our wedding this weekend and he was amazing, everyone loved him - he even let my daughter sing with him! My only regret is I wish I booked him for the whole night. Thank you so much James xxx”

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