Broadband Live

  • Biography

    BroadBand is the most comprehensively brilliant and in demand professional events band in the UK.  Packed full of great songs, great singers, great players and great energy, the show is designed to fill the dance floor and keep it that way!

    Formed by singer and band leader John ‘Frisco’ Crabbe, BroadBand play exclusively for events, parties and weddings. Recent venues include

    Check out the latest News about some of our recent event appearances and what our musicians are doing.

    Frisco Crabbe presents

    BroadBand offer a range of line-up options to suit every event, big or small, and every budget. Some examples are listed below but we are flexible enough to cater for any special requirements.

    Our most popular line up options:-

    Our larger line up options start at a 6 piece band which features female vocals with guitar, bass guitar/vocals, keys and drums all the way up to 12 piece band + featuring 4 vocalists, 3 horns, percussionist … the options are endless.

    You can be secure in the knowledge that whatever your requirements, BroadBand have not only the best musicians and the best equipment to produce EXACTLY what YOU want for your event, but also that we WILL be there, on time.

  • Song list

    Chart Hits!

    • Forget You – Cee Lo Green
    • Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
    • Make You Feel My Love – Adele
    • Chasing Pavements – Adele
    • Rolling In The Deep – Adele
    • Someone Like You – Adele
    • Human – The Killers
    • Crazy In Love – Beyonce
    • Valerie – Amy Winehouse
    • This Love – Maroon 5
    • Rehab – Amy Winehouse
    • American Boy – Estelle
    • Dont Feel Like Dancing – Scissor Sisters
    • Take Your Mama Out – Scissor Sisters
    • History Repeating – Propellorheads
    • Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
    • Superstar – Jamelia
    • Crazy – Gnarls Berkeley
    • Aint No Other Man – Christine Aguilera
    • Back For Good – Take That
    • Rule The World – Take That
    • Shine – Take That
    • Smile – Lily Allen

    Motown & Soul

    • Signed Sealed Delivered – Stevie Wonder
    • Knock On Wood – Amiie Stewart
    • Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
    • Think – Aretha Franklin
    • Sweet Soul Music – Arthur Conley
    • I Feel Good – James Brown
    • Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett
    • My Girl – The Temptations
    • Respect – Otis Redding
    • Dancing In The Street – Martha Reeves
    • Soul Man – Sam & Dave
    • Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
    • Pitiful – Otis Redding
    • Try A Little Tenderness – Otis Redding
    • I Can’t Turn You Loose – Otis Redding
    • Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
    • Papa Was A Rolling Stone – The Temptations
    • Nutbush City Limits – Ike & Tina Turner
    • Proud Mary – Ike & Tina Turner

    70s & Disco!

    • Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
    • Boogie Oogie Oogie Sex Machine – James Brown
    • Blame It On the Boogie – The Jacksons
    • Thinking Of You – Sister Sledge
    • We Are Family – Sister Sledge
    • Le Freak – Chic
    • Good Times – Chic
    • Car Wash – Rose Royce
    • Upside Down – Diana Ross
    • Disco Inferno – Tavares
    • I Wish – Stevie Wonder
    • Superstition – Stevie Wonder
    • Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder
    • Lady Marmalade – La Belle
    • Dance To The Music – Sly & the Family Stone
    • Dancing Queen – ABBA

    Classic Rock

    • Alright Now – Free
    • Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love – Bad Company
    • Are You Gonna Go My Way? – Lenny Kravitz
    • Hard To Handle – The Black Crowes
    • Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf
    • Down On The Corner – Creedence Clearwater
    • Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
    • You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
    • Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
    • Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynerd
    • Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
    • Pretty Vacant – Sex Pistols
    • Anarchy in the UK – Sex Pistols

    Classic Easy!

    • 9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
    • Spinning Wheel – Blood Sweat & Tears
    • Is This The Way To Amarillo – Tony Christie
    • Music To Watch Girls By – Andy Williams
    • Summer Breeze – The Isley Brothers
    • Delilah – Tom Jones
    • Shes A Lady – Tom Jones
    • Rhinestone Cowboy – Glen Campbell
    • Just My Imagination – The Temptations
    • Walk On By – Dionne Warwick
    • Fever – Peggy Lee

    80s & 90s

    • Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
    • Thriller – Michael Jackson
    • I’m Coming Out – Diana Ross
    • Somebody Elses Guy – Jocelyn Brown
    • All Night Long – Lionel Richie
    • Dancing On The Ceiling – Lionel Richie
    • Never Too Much – Luther Vandross
    • Kiss – Prince
    • When Doves Cry – Prince
    • Bring It Back – Moloko
    • You Might Need Somebody – Randy Crawford
    • Sex Bomb – Tom Jones/Mousse T
    • Word Up – Cameo
    • Ain’t Nobody – Chaka Khan
    • Can You Feel It – The Jacksons
    • Zoom – Fat Larrys Band

    60s hits & Rock & Roll

    • Stand By Me – Ben E. King
    • Saturday Night At The Movies – The Drifters
    • Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters
    • Cant Buy Me Love – The Beatles
    • I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
    • Hey Jude – The Beatles
    • Flowers In The Rain – The Move
    • My Generation – The Who
    • It’s Not Unusual – Tom Jones
    • Substitute – The Who
    • Keep On Running – Spencer Davis
    • Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
    • Honky Tonk Woman – Rolling Stones
    • Get Offa My Cloud – Rolling Stones
    • Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
    • You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry
    • Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley
    • Burnin’ Love – Elvis Presley
    • Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
    • Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
    • Viva Las Vegas – Elvis Presley
    • Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
    • Peggy Sue – Buddy Holly
    • Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley

  • Line up

    Standard line-up is a 7 piece Band Female vocal Male vocal/percussion Bass guitar Guitar keyboards Drums Saxaphone. Broadband can offer a 1 x 90 mins or 2 x 45 mins sets.

    Other line-ups available:

    • 8 piece – female vocal, male vocal/percussion, bass guitar, guitar, keys, drums, saxaphone, trumpet
    • 6 piece – female vocal, male vocal/bass guitar, guitar, keys, drums, saxaphone