The Party Singers (pop, rock) Duo

Description

The Party Singers Are:
Paul: Vocalist (lead & backing),
Electric Guitar and Bass Guitars
Samantha: Vocalist (lead & backing),
Electronic Drum Pads and Tambourine
(combined with rocking backing tracks)
We are a versatile, professional pop, rock duo. We can do casual or black tie events and are most happy to work in with you the customer, even learn a particular song you love.
We sing kiwi classics, “April Sun, Bliss, Why Does Love..” and party favs, “Sweet Caroline, Dancing Queen, 500 Miles” just to name a few. Song list
With our love of singing and entertaining, we ar ... e ready to get your party going and the dance floor busy!
We both have over 20 years experience in the entertainment industry and at present we are performing at bars and private functions in and around Canterbury.
Functions:
We are here to help... if your having a 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th birthday, Corporate function, Prize-giving, Wedding, Anniversary, Christmas function, New Years Eve party or just having a party for the sake of having a party... we have your entertainment covered.
We will sing happy birthday and supply a microphone for speeches, all part of the service. Our professional Wharfedale speakers can cater to any room size or venue and we also have disco lights that create patterns on the dancefloor and a mirror ball effect around the room. We can party from the first song or start a bit slower and build the night.
Weddings:
As your band we want to make it stress free, so on the night you can just dance and enjoy your evening with family and friends without any worries. If required, we can perform background/dinner music for an hour before the reception dance.
We can learn your first dance or play it over our professional PA system and make any announcements. We are flexible, knowing that speeches or meals can run over time. When the dancefloor is full, we will keep singing the hits and keep it flowing through the night for all ages.
Bars:
Inquire to see if we are available for your bar.
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Set-List

(Songs are not performed in this order)
50's - All I Want To Do Is (dream, dream, dream) - Everly Brothers
50's - Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis
50's - Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry/Back To The Future
60's - Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
60's - Delilah - Tom Jones
60's - Twist and Shout - The Beatles
60's - Daydream Believer - The Monkees
60's - Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
60's - Everlasting Love - Love Affair/U2
70's - Mamma Mia - Abba
70's - Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
70's - Dancing Queen - Abba
70's - You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth - Meat ... Loaf
70's - April Sun In Cuba - Dragon
70's - It's A Heartache - Bonnie Tyler
70's - Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
70's - SOS - Abba
70's - Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders
70's - Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Suede
70's - The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
70's - I Will Survive - Gloria Gayner
70's - Waterloo - Abba
70's - December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) - Frankie Valli/Clock
70's - Jolene - Dolly Parton
70's - Y.M.C.A - The Village People
80's - 500 Miles (I'm Gonna Be) - The Proclaimers
80's - Funky Town - Pseudo Echo
80's - Material Girl - Madonna
80's - Simply The Best - Tina Turner/Jimmy Barnes
80's - Gloria - Laura Branigan
80's - White Wedding - Billy Idol
80's - Bliss - Th' Dudes
80's - I Love Rock n Roll - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
80's - Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
80's - Is This Love - Alison Moyet
80's - Walking On Sunshine - Katrina And The Waves
80's - Celebrate - Kool And The Gang
80's - Run To Paradise - Choir Boys
80's - Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band
80's - Venus - Banarama
80's - If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher
80's - Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
80's - Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
80's - I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
80’s - Dirty Old Town -The Pouges
80's - Rain - Dragon
80's - I Got You Babe - UB40 & Chrissie Hynde
80's - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - Angels
80's - Mony Mony - Billy Idol
80's - Boys Light Up - Australian Crawl
90's - Shoop Shoop - Cher
90's - Don't Speak - No Doubt
90's - Man I Feel Like A Woman - Shania Twain
90's - Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
90's - Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
90's - Livin La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
90's - Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
90's - I Would Do Anything For Love - Meat Loaf
90's - Angels - Robbie Williams
90's - Wonderwall - Oasis
90's - All That She Wants - Ace of Base
90's - Mustang Sally - The Commitments
90's - Why Does Love Do This To Me - The Exponents
90’s - Zombie - The Cranberries
90’s - Runaway - The Corrs
90's - Hand In My Pocket - Alanis Morissette
90's - Nothing Compares To You - Sinead O'Connor
90's - Everybody - Backstreet Boys
90's - Barbie Girl - Aqua
90's - What's Up - 4 Non Blondes
90's - We Like To Party (Venga Bus) - The Venga Boys
2000's - Pokerface - Lady Gaga
2000's - Hey Baby - DJ Otzi
2000's - Valerie - Amy Winehouse
2000's - Heaven - DJ Sammy
2000's - I'm A Believer - Smash Mouth
2000's - Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
2000's - Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue
2000's - Uptown Girl - Westlife
2000's - Country Roads - Hermes House Band
2000's - It's Raining Men - Geri Halliwell
2010's - We Found Love - Rihanna
2010's - Shotgun - George Ezra
2010's - Jolene - Miley Cyrus/Dolly Parton
Christmas Songs
Last Christmas - Wham
Jingle Bell Rock
Christmas Is All Around - Billy Mack (Love Actually)
Santa Clause Is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen
New Years Eve:
Auld Lang Syne
Happy Birthday
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Biography

Who are The Party Singers?
Paul and Sam formed The Party Singers band in 2020. Like most people they found that their hectic "full on life" came to a complete stop with the Covid lock down.
But who are they and what had they been doing?
Paul (Vocals, Guitar and Bass) has worked full time in the entertainment industry since he was twenty. He’s done just about everything from guitar work in bands, fronting bands, sound engineering and even spent five years as a record producer. He has been fortunate to have worked with bands like The Chills, Jordan Luck, Shihad to name a few, and al ... so performing in small venues, tours to playing big stadium events.
He has worked with TVNZ on What Now as part of the backing band (The What Now Players) for singers featured on the show, also with NZRU for pre-match entertainment for Super Rugby.
Sam (Vocals and Percussion) first linked up with Paul when she was twenty one. Pauls’ band needed a female singer. Kelly Gorman, her cousin (professional drummer) put her forward and in his words at the time “my cuz can sing a bit”. She blitzed the audition and was in on the spot.
What followed was five years of full-time work in the NZ band scene, playing to packed out bars and venues with some very memorable open-air functions.
“..the one at Fox Glacier, New years eve.. that was unexpected. We turned up thinking we would be in the little hotel to find we were in a huge field on a truck stage, with thousands of partygoers.” (Sam)
So as this story started, they formed The Party Singers during lock down. They were lucky that they had a lock up filled with PA’s (from their hire business) and right at the back was most of their old band gear - now updated. So space was made in their studio/office for a band set up and they began playing again.
Paul said, “I don’t mind admitting that I was a little rusty. We had done limited session work and the occasional guest spot over the last few years, but to play song after song in a row is very different to that... but it does come back very quickly.”
They didn’t really intend to form a band, this was more about filling in time during that three months in lock down, but once people heard that they were playing again ...the offers started coming in.
They didn’t even have a name at their first gig and having recently watched, The Wedding Singer ..they quickly stole and adapted the name.
They never really intended to play bars or hotels either, but they found they were having too much fun!
The bars have changed since they were last performing in them. The loss of the big venues (The "original" Carlton, Lochinvars, The Palladium, Xanadu, The Redwood, The Brook and The Yaldy etc) means audiences are smaller "..they are more intimate, by the end of the night you can feel like you know everyone that's there. You get that when you are playing to 100-150 people but when there’s 350+ it’s more impersonal and that's why I'm liking it." (Sam)
Paul adds “..it’s always great to play your hometown to. These are your people, and have the same background and tastes (musically).”
You could say (in fact Paul does) that they have come full circle... they’re seventeen or eighteen again, playing music with their mates and just having fun.
So here are The Party Singers... just having fun with a professional twist. Read More

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Who are The Party Singers?
Paul and Sam formed The Party Singers band in 2020. Like most people they found that their hectic "full on life" came to a complete stop with the Covid lock down.
But who are they and what had they been doing?
Paul (Vocals, Guitar and Bass) has worked full time in the entertainment industry since he was twenty. He’s done just about everything from guitar work in bands, fronting bands, sound engineering and even spent five years as a record producer. He has been fortunate to have worked with bands like The Chills, Jordan Luck, Shihad to name a few, and al ... so performing in small venues, tours to playing big stadium events.
He has worked with TVNZ on What Now as part of the backing band (The What Now Players) for singers featured on the show, also with NZRU for pre-match entertainment for Super Rugby.
Sam (Vocals and Percussion) first linked up with Paul when she was twenty one. Pauls’ band needed a female singer. Kelly Gorman, her cousin (professional drummer) put her forward and in his words at the time “my cuz can sing a bit”. She blitzed the audition and was in on the spot.
What followed was five years of full-time work in the NZ band scene, playing to packed out bars and venues with some very memorable open-air functions.
“..the one at Fox Glacier, New years eve.. that was unexpected. We turned up thinking we would be in the little hotel to find we were in a huge field on a truck stage, with thousands of partygoers.” (Sam)
So as this story started, they formed The Party Singers during lock down. They were lucky that they had a lock up filled with PA’s (from their hire business) and right at the back was most of their old band gear - now updated. So space was made in their studio/office for a band set up and they began playing again.
Paul said, “I don’t mind admitting that I was a little rusty. We had done limited session work and the occasional guest spot over the last few years, but to play song after song in a row is very different to that... but it does come back very quickly.”
They didn’t really intend to form a band, this was more about filling in time during that three months in lock down, but once people heard that they were playing again ...the offers started coming in.
They didn’t even have a name at their first gig and having recently watched, The Wedding Singer ..they quickly stole and adapted the name.
They never really intended to play bars or hotels either, but they found they were having too much fun!
The bars have changed since they were last performing in them. The loss of the big venues (The "original" Carlton, Lochinvars, The Palladium, Xanadu, The Redwood, The Brook and The Yaldy etc) means audiences are smaller "..they are more intimate, by the end of the night you can feel like you know everyone that's there. You get that when you are playing to 100-150 people but when there’s 350+ it’s more impersonal and that's why I'm liking it." (Sam)
Paul adds “..it’s always great to play your hometown to. These are your people, and have the same background and tastes (musically).”
You could say (in fact Paul does) that they have come full circle... they’re seventeen or eighteen again, playing music with their mates and just having fun.
So here are The Party Singers... just having fun with a professional twist. Read More

Suitable for

Anniversary Party Awards Ceremony Birthday Party (Adult) Casinos Charity / Fundraising Event Christmas Party Club Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Community Event Corporate Event Engagement Party Festival / Outdoor Event Grand Opening Party Halloween Party Hotel Event New Year's Eve Party Nightclub Event Private Party Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Retirement Party Social Club Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception Wedding Reception

Meet the Act

Paul and Sam are a husband and wife duo and have been together for 30 years.