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Gary Priestley is not your average swing singer. He brings so much more to his outstanding shows and is very popular with all ages due to his charisma on stage and his ability to put an audience at ease with the first song of the show. During the show "Decades of Swing" Gary will perform and pay tribute to the greats such as the Rat Pack, Matt Monro and Nat King Cole.

Gary has the talent to also bring his show up to date with the more modern acts such as Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jnr and Jamie Cullum. Gary can either be booked as a solo artist as well as being backed by his own live Big Band Orchestra.

As well as the show "Decades of Swing" Gary can perform songs through ages from the 1950's right up to the current day with artists including Elvis, Buddy Holly and The Beatles straight through to Scissor Sisters, George Michael and Take That.

Gary can also personalise his show to suit any client's needs should they have certain songs they want to hear.

Born in Nottingham, Gary started performing at a very young age street dancing in local night clubs and entering national competitions competing against the very best until he found his vocation in life was to sing! His singing career started by gaining every piece of experience with humble beginnings completing a contract with LSA performing on the stage every night for two years straight at a holiday park.

During this time, Gary also toured with a Blues Brothers tribute show playing “Elwood”. This was a very rewarding time and stretched Gary’s talents to its limits. After this he felt that he gained important experience to take him to the next level.

After this experience, he then joined a well established showband which gave him invaluable experience in to the industry and has taken him all over the world.

Gary has also been featured on TV shows such as “The Vanessa Show” where he narrowly missed out on winning but gained many adoring fans........as well as the infamous “X Factor” with Simon Cowell where he famously caused a riot with the judges who were split on their decision to take him through. Eventually, Gary’s charm and talent gained him a place at bootcamp where his talent shone through and he has gone from strength to strength.

Gary is involved in many other projects including session singing for various songwriters, and has performed at famous venues over the world

» Decades of Swing - Song List

• Aint That a Kick in the Head
• All of Me
• Almost Like Being in Love
• Around The World
• At Last
• Autumn Leaves
• Bad Leroy Brown
• Beyond the Sea
• Call Me Irresponsible
• Cant Take That Away From Me
• Come Fly With Me
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love
• Everlasting Love
• Everything
• Fly Me to the Moon
• For Once in my Life
• Gonna Build a Mountain
• Goody Goody
• Got the World on a String
• Have I Told You Lately
• Have You Met Miss Jones
• Home
• How Do You Keep The Music Playing
• I Get a Kick Out of You
• I Got Rhythm
• I Only Have Eyes For You
• It Had Better Be Tonight
• It Had to be You
• L-O-V-E
• Lady Is a Tramp
• Let There be Love
• Lets Face the Music and Dance
• Lost
• Mack the Knife
• Mona Lisa
• Moondance
• Mr Bojangles
• My Funny Valentine
• My Kind of Girl
• My Kinda Town
• My Way
• New York, New York
• On a Clear Day
• One For My Baby
• Orange Coloured Sky
• Paper Moon
• Pennies From Heaven
• Portrait of My Love
• Recipe for Love
• Route 66
• Smile
• Softly As I Leave You
• Straighten Up and Fly Right
• Summer Wind
• Thats Life
• The Best is Yet to Come
• The Way You Look Tonight
• Under My Skin
• Unforgettable
• When I Fall In Love
• You are the Sunshine of My Life
• You Make me Feel So Young

» Previous Client's

• The Sporting Club, Monte Carlo
• Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland
• The Berlin Festival, Germany
• Abi Dhabi, Dubai
• The Palace Hotel, Austria
• The Birmingham NEC and ICC
• The O2 - London
• The Belfry - Birmingham
• Celtic Manor, Wales
• The Chippenham Festival
• Park Lane Hilton Hotel,
• The Landmark Hotel,
• Grosvenor House Hotel,
• The Intercontinental Hotel
• The Dorchester
• as well as many other prestigious venues all over the country.

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