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Irwell Street String Band

The Irwell Street String Band are the sweetest string band in town, playing favourites and curiosities from the 1920s through to the 1950s. You can expect songs made famous by Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra – but played with a singular twist! This band focusses on the music and lyrics, which make them captivating to listen to as an event highlight and also perfect to set the background mood for your guests.

  • Entertainment:
    Jazz Bands, Live Music, Swing Jazz
  • City:
    Melbourne
  • Size:
    2 - 4 piece

Audio Samples

  • Aint Doin Bad Doin Nothin
  • I Left My Heart In San Francisco
  • Quando Quando

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Song List Print Full Song List

  • A Fine Romance
  • A Lot Of Living To Do
  • A Spoonful Of Sugar
  • After You’ve Gone
  • Ain’t Doin’ Bad Doin’ Nothin’
  • Ain’t Misbehavin’
  • Ain’t No Hurry Baby
  • All Of Me
  • All Of You
  • All The Things You Are
  • Almost Like Being In Love
  • Alright, Okay, You Win
  • Anything Goes
  • As Long As I Live
  • As Time Goes By
  • At Last
  • At Long Last Love
  • Autumn Leaves
  • Basin Street Blues
  • Beautiful Love
  • Bei Mir Bist De Schoen
  • Bell Bottom Blues
  • Besame Mucho
  • Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea
  • Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
  • Black Coffee
  • Blue & Sentimental
  • Blue Bossa
  • Blue Moon
  • Blue Skies
  • Blues In The Night
  • Body & Soul
  • But Not For Me
  • Bye Bye Baby
  • Bye Bye Blackbird
  • Bye Bye Blues
  • Call Me Irresponsible
  • Caravan
  • Carumba! It’s the Samba!
  • Centerpiece (Keesters Parade)
  • Cheek to Cheek
  • Close Your Eyes
  • Cold Cold Heart
  • Come Rain Or Come Shine
  • Corcovado
  • Crazy (Patsy Cline)
  • Cry Me A River
  • ‘Deed I Do
  • Desafinado
  • Detour Ahead
  • Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend
  • Dinah
  • Dindi
  • Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
  • Dream A Little Dream
  • Easy To Love
  • Elmers Tune
  • Every Night
  • Everything is Movin’ Too Fast
  • Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
  • Ev’rything I’ve Got Belongs To You
  • Exactly Like You
  • Falling In Love Again
  • Fly Me To The Moon
  • For You, For Me, Forevermore
  • Frenesi
  • Frim Fram Sauce
  • Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You
  • Georgia On My Mind
  • Get Out Of Town
  • Girl From Ipanema
  • Hallelujah I Love Him So
  • Happy Talk
  • Hard Hearted Hannah
  • Heat Wave
  • Honeysuckle Rose
  • I Can’t Get Started With You
  • I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
  • I Could Have Danced All Night
  • I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
  • I Don’t Know Enough About You
  • I Get A Kick Out Of You
  • I Get Along Without You Very Well
  • I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)
  • I Hear Music
  • I Left My Heart In San Francisco
  • I Love Paris
  • I Love You
  • I Only Have Eyes For You
  • I Wish You Love
  • I Won’t Dance
  • If I Could Be With You
  • If I Were A Bell
  • If You Could See Me Now
  • I’ll String Along With You
  • I’m Beginning To See The Light
  • Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter
  • I’m in the Mood for love
  • I’m Through With Love
  • In A Little Spanish Town
  • In A Mellow Tone
  • Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby
  • It Don’t Mean A Thing It Had To Be You
  • It’s A Good Day
  • It’s Alright With Me
  • It’s De-Lovely
  • It’s Only A Paper Moon
  • I’ve Got Rhythm
  • I’ve Got The World On A String
  • I’ve Got You Under My Skin
  • I’ve Got Your Number
  • Jeepers Creepers
  • Just One Of Those Things
  • Just Squeeze Me (But Don’t Tease Me)
  • Just You Just Me
  • Kissing Bug
  • Lady is A Tramp
  • Lazy River
  • Lazybones
  • Let There Be Love
  • Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off
  • Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)
  • Lets Fall In Love
  • Like Someone In Love
  • L-O-V-E
  • Love and Marriage
  • Love For Sale
  • Love Me Or Leave Me
  • Lover Come Back To Me
  • Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)
  • Lullaby of Birdland
  • Maiden Voyage
  • Mambo Italiano
  • Manhattan
  • Mean To Me
  • Mississippi Mud
  • Misty
  • Moon River
  • Moonlight Saving Time
  • More Than You Know
  • My Baby Just Cares For Me
  • My Favourite Things
  • My Foolish Heart
  • My Heart Belongs To Daddy
  • Nature Boy
  • Never Will I Marry
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • Night And Day
  • No Moon At All
  • No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)
  • No Regrets
  • Nuages (Bluest Kind Of Blue)
  • Oh Lady Be Good
  • Oh, You Crazy Moon
  • Old Devil Moon
  • On A Slow Boat To China
  • One For My Baby One Note Samba
  • Our Love Is Here To Stay
  • Over The Rainbow
  • Paradise With You
  • Pennies From Heaven
  • Perdido
  • Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
  • Please Don’t Talk About Me
  • Putting On The Ritz
  • Quando Quando Quando
  • Quiet Nights (Corcovado)
  • Rainbow Connection
  • Remember
  • Robbins Nest
  • Route 66 (Get Your Kicks On)
  • Salt Lake City Blues
  • Satin Doll
  • Shiny Stockings
  • Sing Sing Sing
  • Smile
  • So Nice (Summer Samba)
  • Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
  • Some Other Time
  • Somebody Loves Me
  • Someday My Prince will Come
  • Someone To Watch Over Me
  • Sometimes I’m Happy
  • Somewhere, My Love
  • Speak Low
  • Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
  • Stardust
  • Stars Fell On Alabama
  • Stormy Weather
  • Sugar (That Sugar Baby O’Mine)
  • Summertime
  • Sunday Kind of Love
  • Sunny
  • Sunny Side of the Street
  • Sway
  • Sweet Georgia Brown
  • Sweet Lorraine
  • Sweet Pea
  • Swing, Brother Swing
  • S’Wonderful
  • T’ain’t What You Do
  • Take The “A” Train
  • Taking A Chance On Love
  • Tea For Two
  • Teach Me Tonight
  • Tenderly
  • The Man I Love
  • The Nearness Of You
  • The Old Country
  • The Song Has Ended
  • The Thrill Is Gone
  • The Very Thought Of You
  • Them There Eyes
  • There’ll Be Some Changes Made
  • These Foolish Things
  • They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  • Three Little Words
  • Too Close For Comfort
  • Too Darn Hot
  • Too Marvelous for Words
  • Trav’lin Light
  • True Love
  • Turn Me On
  • Two Sleepy People
  • Undecided
  • Unforgettable
  • Waiting For The Train To Come In
  • Wave (Vou Te Contar)
  • What a Difference A Day Made
  • What A Wonderful World
  • What Is This Thing Called Love?
  • When A Woman Loves A Man
  • When I Fall In Love
  • Why Don’t You Do Right?
  • Willow Weep For Me
  • Wouldn’t It Be Loverly
  • You & The Night & The Music
  • You Are My Sunshine
  • You Came A Long Way From St Louis
  • You Can Depend On Me
  • You Gotta Have Heart
  • You Turned The Tables On Me
  • You Was Right, Baby
  • You’d be So Nice to Come Home To
  • Your Red Wagon
  • You’re The Cream In My Coffee
  • You’re The Top

And many more!

Biography

This is easy going jazz’ as bright and sparkling as a summer’s day Richard Fields 3CR Radio Melbourne

The Irwell Street String Band are the sweetest string band in town, playing favourites and curiosities from the 1920s through to the 1950s. You can expect songs made famous by Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra – but played with a singular twist! This band focusses on the music and lyrics, which make them captivating to listen to as an event highlight and also perfect to set the background mood for your guests.

A quartet, but easily split into a duo (voice and guitar) or trio (voice, guitar and bass), the band is led by Melbourne vocalist Hetty Kate – who has only recently returned to Melbourne from 3 years of touring in North America, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Switzerland, France and Germany.

This band were originally drawn together through a love of sweet songs, ukuleles, champagne and long brunches, and often draw comparison to the great vocal/guitarist combos of yesteryear, such as Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour, Julie London & Barney Kessell or Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass.

Having released two albums in the last three years, they are regularly played on BBC Radio 2 (UK) and ABC Jazztrack (AU) as well as performing at The Wangaratta Jazz Festival, The Melbourne Ukulele Festival, The Eltham Jazz Festival, Jamieson Jazz Festival, Broadbeach Jazz Festival and more.

Always sweet, classic and surprising, The Irwell Street String Band are a foursome you won’t want to miss!

“Listening to Hetty Kate singing, I now know what a sponge pudding must feel like when you pour warm syrup over it.” Michael Morton-Evans, 2MBS Sydney