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Frequently-Asked Questions

Does John Travel?

Yes John is more than happy to travel Nationwide. All gigs are priced at a local rate and reasonable travel costs are applied when appropriate.

What does John play?

Sample lists of songs that John performs are available below - John has a broad repertoire of songs and is happy to work with you to completely tailor make your day/event.

Are you available on our event date?

Please feel free to contact John to discuss your date; note that Saturdays - particularly those in the Summer - and Holidays are often booked out a year or more in advance.

Do you take requests?

Yes. John has a broad repertoire of songs and is happy to work with you to completely tailor make your day/event.

Do you use backing tracks?

John is a vocalist and guitar player. In order to recreate that big band sound he uses high quality professionally recorded backing tracks to compliment his talents.

Are you able to play outside?

Yes, but this is Ireland and the weather will always be a factor as electrical equipment is used.

Can you play during the day?

John is a full time professional entertainer and can play events at any time of the day or night. John is always happy to accommodate the individual needs of every customer and work with them to achieve their perfect day.

How can we pay and do you need a deposit?

You can pay by cash, cheque, PAYPAL or online transfer. A €100 deposit is required to secure bookings. An email is then sent to confirm the booking and how and when the outstanding fee should be paid.

Can you provide other band options?

Yes. John can provide 3,4 and 5 piece band options for any event.

Packages including larger bands and additional entertainers can be arranged. Package costs can be spread out and paid by instalments. Special deals for off season and mid-week available. Contact us for details, and be sure to check out our specific Singing Chef website for further information.

Set Lists

John provides a wide selection of music to cater for all tastes; check out some of his sample set lists below.


Sample 80s & 90s Songs

  • Breakfast at Tiffanys
    Deep blue something
  • She’s Electric
    Oasis
  • Baggy Trousers
    Madness
  • China Girl
    David Bowie
  • Ask
    The Smiths
  • My Girl
    Madness
  • The Love Cats
    The Cure
  • Just can’t get enough
    Depeche Mode
  • Can’t Hurry Love
    Phil Collins
  • TRUE
    Spandau Ballet
  • All night long
    Lionel Richie
  • Faith
    George Michael
  • Dancing on the ceiling
    Lionel Richie
  • Blister In The Sun
    Violent Femmes
  • Oliver’s Army
    Elvis Costello
  • Hold me now
    Thompson twins
  • Centrefold
    J Geils Band
  • Missing you
    John Waites
  • Special Brew
    Bad Manners
  • I Fought The Law
    The Clash
  • Lip Up Fatty
    Bad Manners
  • Come On Eileen
    Dexy's Midnight Runners
  • Is She Really Going Out With Him
    Joe Jackson
  • Keep it all in
    Beautiful South
  • With or without you
    U2
  • Walking On Sunshine
    Catriona and the Waves
  • I dont Like Mondays
    Boomtown Rats
  • Video Killed The Radio Star
    The Buggles
  • Here Comes Your Man
    The Pixies
  • Turning Japanese
    The Vapors

Sample 90s & 2000s Songs

  • Big Sur
    The Thrills
  • Whistle For The Choir
    The Fratellis
  • Weather With You
    Crowded House
  • High And Dry
    Radiohead
  • Maybe Tomorrow
    The Stereophonics
  • Save Tonight
    Eagle eye Cherry
  • Talking About A Revolution
    Tracy Chapman
  • Don't Go
    Hothouse Flowers
  • I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio
    The Stereophonics
  • Don't Look Back In Anger
    Oasis
  • Everybody's Changing
    Keane
  • Karma Police
    Radiohead
  • Knocking On Heavens Door
    Guns and Roses
  • Fall At Your Feet
    Crowded House
  • Babylon
    David Gray
  • Losing My Religion
    R.E.M.
  • The Bends
    Radiohead
  • Breaking The Girl
    Red Hot Chilli Pappers
  • Float On
    Modest Mouse
  • Man On The Moon
    R.E.M
  • Keep It All In
    Beautiful South
  • Have A Nice Day
    The Stereophonics
  • Free Falling
    Tom Petty
  • Dosed
    Red Hot Chilli Pappers

Sample Country Songs

  • Forever And Ever Amen
    Randy Travis
  • Dance The Night Away
    The Mavericks
  • Country Roads
    John Denver
  • Ring Of Fire
    Johnny Cash
  • Peaceful Easy Feeling
    Eagles
  • Jackson
    Johnny Cash
  • Wagon Wheel
    Darius Rucker
  • Walking In Memphis
    Marc Cohen
  • Ruby
    Kenny Rogers
  • Ain't going down till the sun comes up
    Garth Brooks
  • The Galway girl
    Mundy
  • Lying Eyes
    Eagles
  • Bad Moon Rising
    Credence Clearwater Revival
  • The Gambler
    Kenny Rogers
  • Thunder Road
    Garth Brooks
  • Act Naturally
    Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
  • Folsom Prison Blues
    Johnny Cash
  • Past The Point Of Rescue
    Mick Hanly
  • Standing outside the fire
    Garth Brooks
  • Friends In Low Places
    Garth Brooks

Sample Good Time Songs

  • Call Me Al
    Paul Simon
  • Build me up Buttercup
    The Foundatations
  • Good Looking Woman
    Joe Dolan
  • Teresa
    Joe Dolan
  • Brown Eyed Girl
    Van Morrison
  • Make Me An Island
    Joe Dolan
  • Rocking All Over The World
    Status Quo
  • Help Yourself
    Tom Jones
  • Suspicious Minds
    Elvis Presley
  • Let Your Love Flow
    Bellamy Brothers
  • King Of The Road
    Roger Miller
  • Crackling Rose
    Neil Diamond
  • 500 Miles
    The Proclaimers
  • Little Old Wine Drinker Me
    Dean Martin
  • Rhinestone Cowboy
    Glen Campbell
  • Stuck In The Middle
    Steelers Wheel
  • Sweet Caroline
    Neil Diamond
  • Knock 3 Times
    Tony Orlando and Dawn
  • Forever In Blue Jeans
    Neil Diamond
  • Needles And Pins
    The Searchers
  • Delilah
    Tom Jones
  • Hurt So Good
    John Mellencamp
  • Saturday Night At The Movies
    The Drifters
  • Not Unusual
    Tom Jones
  • Ever Seen The Rain
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • 3 Steps To Heaven
    Dean Martin
  • Me & Bobby McGee
    Kris Kristofferson
  • Walk Of Life
    Dire Straits
  • Bright Side Of The Road
    Van Morrison
  • Make Me Smile
    Steve Harley and the Cockney Rebel

Sample Irish Songs

  • The Fields Of Athenry
    Paddy Reilly
  • Hills Of Donegal
    Goats Don't Shave
  • July
    Mundy
  • Whiskey In The Jar
    Thin Lizzy
  • Whole Of The Moon
    The Waterboys
  • Irish Rover
    The Pogues and The Dubliners
  • Don't Go
    Hothouse Flowers
  • Dirty Old Town
    The Pogues
  • Sally Maclennane
    The Pogues
  • Fiesta
    The Pogues
  • Wild Rover
    Traditional
  • Saints And Sinners
    Paddy Casey
  • N17
    The Sawdoctors
  • Used to Love Her
    The Sawdoctors
  • Galway Girl
    Sharon Shannon and Mundy
  • Fisherman's Blues
    The Waterboys
  • Brewing Up A Storm
    The Stunning

Sample Modern Songs

  • Impossible
    James Arthur
  • Last Night
    The Strokes
  • Get Lucky
    Daft Punk
  • When We Collide
    Matt Cardle
  • Naïve
    The Kooks
  • Learn to Fly
    Foo Fighters
  • Mr Brightside
    The Killers
  • Just The Way You Are
    Bruno Mars
  • Drops Of Jupiter
    Train
  • Jenny Don't Be Hasty
    Paolo Nutini
  • Spitting Games
    Snow Patrol
  • Home
    Philip Philips
  • Let Me Entertain You
    Robbie Williams
  • Uprising
    Muse
  • Heartbeat
    Scouting for Girls
  • Lonely Boy
    Black Keys
  • Wheels
    Foo Fighters
  • Dani California
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers
  • Crazy
    Gnarls Barkley
  • You Are All That I Have
    Snow Patrol
  • Little Lion Man
    Mumford and Sons
  • Sex On Fire
    Kings of Leon
  • Moves Like Jagger
    Maroon 5
  • Rolling In The Deep
    Adele
  • Locked Out Of Heaven
    Bruno Mars
  • All The Small Things
    Blink 182
  • The Cave
    Mumford and Sons
  • Dance With Me Tonight
    Olly Murs
  • Chocolate
    Snow Patrol
  • She Moves In Her Own Way
    The Kooks

Sample Old Time Songs

  • Where Do You Go To My Lovely
    Peter Sarstedt
  • Molly Malone
    Traditional
  • Black Velvet Band
    Traditional
  • Wild Colonial Boy
    Traditional
  • Grace
    Jim McCann
  • The Galway Shawl
    Traditional
  • Old Flames
    Foster and Allen
  • Streets of London
    Ralph McTell
  • Spancil Hill
    Traditional
  • Streets Of New York
    Wolfe Tones
  • One Day At A Time
    Margo
  • Red Rose Café
    The Fureys

Sample Rock Songs

  • Summer Of 69
    Bryan Adams
  • Jumping Jack Flash
    The Rolling Stones
  • Life In The Fast Lane
    Eagles
  • Don't Stop Believing
    Journey
  • Jessie's Girl
    Rick Springfield
  • My Generation
    The Who
  • Superstition
    Stevie Wonder
  • The Boys Are Back In Town
    Thin Lizzy
  • Living on a Prayer
    Bon Jovi
  • Satisfaction
    The Rolling Stones
  • Brewing Up A Storm
    The Stunning
  • My Sharona
    The Knack
  • Hotel California
    The Eagles
  • Rocking All Over The World
    Status Quo
  • Dancing In The Moonlight
    Thin Lizzy
  • Born To Run
    Bruce Springsteen

Sample Rock & Roll Songs

  • The Young Ones
    Cliff Richard
  • Rave On
    Buddy Holly
  • All shook up
    Elvis Presley
  • Oh Boy
    Buddy Holly
  • Burning Love
    Elvis Presley
  • Hucklebuck
    Brendan Bowyer
  • Twist Again
    Chubby Checker
  • Me And Julio
    Simon and Garfunkel
  • Great Balls Of Fire
    Gerry Lee Lewis
  • Reet Petite
    Jackie Wilson
  • Saw Her Standing There
    The Beatles
  • Do You Love Me
    The Tremelos
  • Jailhouse Rock
    Elvis Presley
  • Rock Around The Clock
    Bill Haley
  • Back In The U.S.S.R
    The Beatles
  • Blue Suede Shoes
    Elvis Presley
  • Please Please Me
    The Beatles
  • Twist And Shout
    The Beatles
  • Houndog
    Elvis Presley
  • Shake Your Tail feather
    Ray Charles
  • Crocodile Rock
    Elton John
  • Shake Rattle And Roll
    Bill Haley
  • Hold Your Hand
    The Beatles
  • Return To Sender
    Elvis Presley
  • Mrs Robinson
    Simon and Garfunkel
  • Hard Day’s Night
    The Beatles
  • Never Can Tell
    Chuck Berry
  • Rocking Robyn
    Jackson 5
  • Runaway
    Del Shannon
  • Run Around Sue
    Del Shannon

Sample Slow Songs

  • One
    U2
  • Stuck On You
    Lionel Richie
  • Wicked Game
    Chris Isaccs
  • Your Song
    Elton John
  • The Voyage
    Christy Moore
  • The Dance
    Garth Brooks
  • Run
    Snow Patrol
  • Man Who Can't Be Moved
    The Script
  • If Tomorrow Never Comes
    Garth Brooks
  • Fields Of Gold
    Sting
  • In My Place
    Coldplay
  • Chasing Cars
    Snow Patrol
  • Yellow
    Coldplay
  • Cannonball
    Damien Rice
  • Lucky Man
    The Verve
  • Heaven
    Bryan Adams
  • Beneath You're Beautiful
    Labrinth
  • The A Team
    Ed Sheeran
  • Make You Feel My Love
    Bob Dylan/Adele
  • Stuck In A Moment
    U2
  • Alison
    Elvis Costello
  • With Or Without You
    U2
  • Handbags And Gladrags
    Rod Stewart/The Stereophonics
  • Better
    Tom Baxter
  • Lego House
    Ed Sheeran
  • Wonderful Tonight
    Eric Clapton
  • First Cut Is The Deepest
    Cat Stevens/Rod Stewart
  • No Woman No Cry
    Bob Marley
  • Crazy Love
    Van Morrison
  • Have I Told You Lately
    Van Morrison