About
Greg Poppleton is a big band for hire in Sydney, NSW.
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The show
Twenties and thirties music, sung by someone with opera training behind the voice, backed by jazz players who have toured this repertoire properly. Greg talks to your guests on the day and shapes the music around how the room is going. It suits Gatsby and art deco themes, vintage and traditional weddings, garden and vineyard settings, or anything where you want glamour without a wall of sound. The volume sits where conversation still works. There's music for background and music for dancing, and the band dress the part.
On the day
Stage plots with the full detail are provided once the band is booked, so your venue or production crew can see exactly what goes where before the day.
Performance options
Line-ups run from a 1920s and 30s trio up to an eleven-piece orchestra, and every size includes the vintage-era singer out front. Charleston and swing dancers can be added if you want the floor demonstrated before your guests try it. Sound is included for rooms under 100 guests, though not lighting. Larger events can have sound, lighting, audio visual and staging arranged through the band.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
72 songs
Ain't Misbehavin' Fats Waller / Harry Brooks / Andy Razaf (1929)
Ain't She Sweet? Milton Ager / Jack Yellen (1927)
All Of Me Gerald Marks / Seymour Simons (1931)
Always Irving Berlin (1925)
Amapola Joseph LaCalle / Albert Gamse (1924)
As Time Goes By Herman Hupfield (1931)
Avalon Al Jolson/ BG De Sylva / Vincent Rose (1920)
Begin The Beguine Cole Porter (1935)
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen Jacob Jacobs / Sholom Secunda (1932)
Blue Moon Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart (1934)
Blue Skies Irving Berlin (1926)
Button Up Your Overcoat Ray Henderson / Bud G. DeSylva / Lew Brown (1928)
Charleston James P Johnson (1923)
Cheek to Cheek Irving Berlin (1935)
Crazy Rhythm Irving Caesar / Joseph Meyer / Roger Wolfe Kahn (1928)
Dinah Harry Akst / Sam M. Lewis / Joe Young (1925)
East of the Sun Brooks Bowman (1934)
Exactly Like You Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields (1930)
Falling In Love Again Friedrich Hollander (1930)
Georgia Hoagy Carmichael / Stuart Gorrell (1930)
Honeysuckle Rose Fats Waller
How Deep Is The Ocean? Irving Berlin (1932)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields (1928)
I Found A Million Dollar Baby Harry Warren / Mort Dixon / Billy Rose (1931)
