Profile
James Grant has toured extensively with the Memphis Belle Orchestra and the Kings of Swing, performing at the UK’s most prestigious venues including the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London and Earls Court. James is currently available to perform at events be they corporate or otherwise. Recent clients have included Procter and Gamble, The Police Federation and Cancer research UK, to name but a few...
James has also been known to perform at high profile weddings and has been branded “The best voice this side of the Atlantic”… by the BBC conductor Greg Francis. James is one of the foremost jazz/swing vocalists in the world and has superb charisma and stage presence to match.
Testimonials
“James Grant has the best voice this side of Buble’”
BBC Conductor; Greg Francis
“It could have rained, the cake could have not turned up, it wouldn’t have made a difference because James made our day!”
Jane and Mark Cole
“James Grant stepped up the pace at the Margate Jazz festival with his band playing some rather original jazzy adaptations of some classic rock songs, Definitely the highlight of the week”
Thanet Gazette
Repertoire
Ain’t That A Kick In The Head (Dean Martin) |
Amarillo (Tony Christie) |
Artificial Flowers (Bobby Darin) |
As Long as I’m Singing (Bobby Darin) |
As Long as I’m Singing (Matt Monro) |
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Beyond The Sea (La Mer) (Bobby Darin) |
Baby It’s Cold Outside (Dean Martin & female singer) |
Baby It’s Cold Outside (Tom Jones/Ceris Matthews) |
Berkley Square (Bobby Darin) |
Burning Love (Elvis) |
Born Free (Matt Monro) |
Bad Bad Leroy Brown (Sinatra) |
(These) Boots Are Made For Walkin’ (Nancy Sinatra) |
Birth of the Blues (Sammy Davis Jnr) |
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Copacabana Remix (Manilow) |
Copacabana Version 1 (Manilow) |
Come Fly With Me (Sinatra) |
Clementine (Bobby Darin) |
Chicago (Sinatra) |
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (Andy Williams) |
Can’t Buy Me Love (Michael Buble) |
Crazy Little Thing (Michael Buble) |
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Dean Martin Medley (That’s Amore/Volare/Everybody Loves Somebody) |
Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend (Marilyn Monro) |
Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend (Julie London) |
Don’t Rain on my Parade (Bobby Darin) |
Dream a Little Dream of me (Michael Buble) |
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Elvis Play On/Off (2001 Space Odyssey Theme) |
Englebert Humperdinck Medley (Please Release Me/Man Without Love) |
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Foggy Day (Michael Buble) |
From Russia With Love (Matt Monro) |
Fly Me To The Moon (Sinatra) |
Fever (Peggy Lee) |
For Once in my Life (Sinatra – same as Buble version) |
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Green Green Grass of Home (Tom Jones) |
Gentle On My Mind (Dean Martin) |
Gigolo (Louis Prima) |
Gyp the Cat (Bobby Darin) |
(The) Good Life (Bobby Darin) |
(The) Good Life (Tony Bennett) |
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Hello Dolly (Bobby Darin) |
Hello Young Lovers (Bobby Darin) |
Hey There (Sammy Davis Jnr) |
Hey Las Vegas (Tony Christie) |
How Do You Like Your Eggs (Dean Martin/Helen Forrest duet) |
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I Could Write a Book (Harry Connick Jr) |
I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Sinatra) |
I Write The Songs (Manilow) |
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Kings Of Swing Opener |
King Of the Road (Dean Martin) |
Kiss (Tom Jones) |
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Lady Is A Tramp (Sinatra) |
Lady Is A Tramp (Sinatra) |
Lazy River (Bobby Darin) |
Let’s Face the Music (Sinatra) |
Love on the Rocks (Neil Diamond) |
Little Old Winedrinker (Dean Martin) |
Lover Come Back to Me (Bobby Darin) |
Luck Be A Lady - |
Luck Be A Lady ((Sinatra) Short Version) |
Let There Be Love (Nat King Cole) |
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Mame (Bobby Darin) |
Manilow Medley No 2 (Sweet Heaven/I Don’t Want To Walk/Can’t Smile Without You) |
Manilow Medley No 1 (Mandy/Could It Be Magic) |
Me And My Shadow (Sinatra duet) |
My Kind of Girl (Matt Monro) |
Mack The Knife (Darin) |
Music To Watch Girls By (Andy Williams) |
My Kind Of Town (Sinatra) |
Moondance (Michael Buble) |
Mr Bojangles (Sammy Davis Jr) |
My Way (Sinatra) |
Matt Monro Medley No 1 (Portrait of my Love/Softly/Russia with Love) |
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Nelson Riddle UK Opener – (instrumental) |
Nice And Easy (Sinatra) |
New York, New York (Sinatra) |
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Once Upon a Time (Bobby Darin) |
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Pennies From Heaven (Sinatra) |
Perhaps, Perhaps (Doris Day) |
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Quando Quando (Englebert Humperdinck) |
Que Sera Sera .. (Doris Day) |
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Rags To Riches (Tony Bennett) |
Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash) |
San Francisco (with ft.line parts .. Tony Bennett) |
Saturday Night is the loneliest Night (Sinatra) |
(The) Shadow of your Smile (Bobby Darin) |
Sinatra Medley No 1 (Nice ‘n Easy/Witchcraft/Feel So Young) |
Sinatra Medley No 3 (Night & Day /Can’t Take That Away/ Under My Skin |
Soul Bossa Nova (Instrumental – Quincy Jones) |
Somewhere (based on PJ Proby version) (also Streisand version) |
Strangers In The Night (Sinatra) |
Sit Down And Talk To Me (Lou Rawls) |
Sunday in New York (Bobby Darin) |
Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley) |
Sway (Dean Martin) |
Switched On Swing (Instrumental) |
Sway (Michael Buble version) |
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond) |
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They Can’t Take That Away From Me (Sinatra) |
Tom Jones Medley No 1 (Help Yourself/It’s Not Unusual/Delilah) |
The Wonder Of You (Elvis Presley) |
That’s Alright Mama (Elvis Presley) |
That Old Black Magic (Sammy Davis Jr) |
That’s All (Bobby Darin) |
That’s Life (Sinatra) |
The Curtain Falls (Bobby Darin) |
The Summer Wind (Sinatra) |
The Summer Wind (Michael Buble) |
Twisting the Night Away (Sam Cooke) |
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Viva Las Vegas (Elvis Presley) |
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(The) Way You Look Tonight (Michael Buble) |
Weekend in New England (Manilow) |
Witchcraft (Sinatra) |