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One of the Top Bands in Tuscany. The B.I.T. Band has been performing together since 2004. Specializing in music for weddings and special events. All their music is performed live with no pre-recorded backtracks, programmed sequencers, or MP3 support. They rely on their musicianship, professionalism and high energy to produce a memorable event for their audience at every occasion.
Each member of the band has also had years of individual experience performing in popular venues, festivals and concert halls and as session musicians for several Italian and International recording and touring artists such as Raf, Biagio Antonacci, Irene Grandi, Dirotta su Cuba, Patti Smith, Andrea Bocelli and Laura Pausini.
Their repertoire covers the classic jazz/swing standards ’20’s - ‘50’s with repertoire sung by Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan up to more contemporary jazz artists such as Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Amy Winehouse and Michel Bublé. Their dance music covers Motown, Soul, Rn’B and music from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s as well as some contemporary artists such as Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars and Harry Styles.
Services Offered
The bilingual band consists of Mary Loscerbo (Canada) and Nadyne Rush (Haiti) on vocals, Leonardo Volo on the keyboard, Stefano Allegra on the electric bass/contrabass, Fabrizio Morganti on the drums, and Luca Gelli on the guitar. They can also provide a saxophone and horn player and additional DJ upon request. The B.I.T. Band plays ceremony music, cocktail hour music, reception music, rehearsal dinner music, and music during breaks. Covered by liability insurance for their events, the band can also provide their own lighting, microphones, and sound/PA systems and technician. In addition to being able to learn new songs, they can play a variety of selections from the following genres:
Classical
Classic Rock
Dance
International
Jazz
Motown
Pop
R&B
Soul
Swing
Top 40
= areas covered (up to 90 miles)DANCE MUSIC
50's & 60's/MOTOWN
Ain't no mountain high enough (Marvin Gaye)
Brown Eyed Girl (van morrison)
Dancing in the street (Martha and the Vandellas)
Gimme Some Lovin (blues brothers)
I'm a believer (the monkees)
Land of a 1000 dances (wilson pickett)
Locomotion (Little Eva)
Mustang Sally (wilson pickett)
My girl (temptations)
Proud Mary (tina turner)
Rescue me (Fontella Bass)
Respect (arethra franklin)
Shout (Isley Bros.)
Signed Sealed Delivered (stevie wonder)
Suspicious Minds (elvis presley)
These boots were made for walking (nancy sinatra)
Think (arethra franklin)
Tutti Frutti (little richard)
You can't hurry love (the supremes)
70's
Can’t take My Eyes off of you (gloria gaynor)
Celebration (kool and the gang)
Disco Inferno (the tramps)
September (earth wind and fire)
Hot Stuff (Donna summer)
I Will Survive (gloria gaynor)
Blame it on the boogie (Jackson 5)
Lady Marmalade (patti labelle)
Long Train Running (doobie brothers)
Never Can Say Goodbye (gloria gaynor)
Play that funky music (wild cherry)
Stevie Wonder medley (Sir Duke/I wish/Superstition)
We are a family (sister sledge)
You’re The One That I want (grease)
YMCA (village people)
80's
80's medley - Gloria-Flashdance-fame
Abba Medley - Dancing queen, Mamma Mia
Ain't nobody (chaka Khan)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (freddie mercury)
Don't stop believin' (journey)
Footloose (kenny loggins)
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (whitney houston)
I had the time of my life (dirty dancing)
Like a Virgin (madonna)
Maniac (michael sembello)
Michael Jackson Medley (Black or white, thriller, billie jean, beat it)
Kiss (prince)
Queen Medley (we will rock you, another one bites the dust, don't stop me now, somebody to love)
Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics)
The Power Of Love (huey lewis)
The Time of My Life (Dirty Dancing)
Wake Me Up Before you go go (wham)
Walking On Sunshine (katrina and the waves)
90's - 2023
Believe (cher)
Can't stop the feeling (Timberlake)
Dancing in the Moonlight (toploader)
Everbody (backstreet boys)
Happy (william pharrell)
I get knocked down (Chumbawamba)
I Got A Feelin' (blackeyed peas)
I want it that way (take that)
Juice (lizzo)
Gypsy Woman- La da dee (cyrstal waters)
Levitating (dua lipa)
Love on Top (beyoncé)
Marry you (bruno mars)
Mercy (duffy)
Moves Like Jagger (maroon 5)
Never Knew love like this before (Bob Sinclair)
Rolling In The Deep (adele)
Shake it off (taylor swift)
Shut up and Dance (walk the moon)
Stop (spice girls)
The real thing (lisa stanfield)
The rhythm of the night (Corona)
Treasure (bruno mars)
Uptown funk (bruno mars)
Valerie (whinehouse)
Versace on the floor (Bruno Mars/Guetta)
We found love (rihanna)
World hold on (sinclair)
You get what you give (New Radicals)
COCKTAILS
JAZZ/SWING/BOSSA/BLUES
a foggy day
A whiter shade of pale
After you've gone
Agua de Beber
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
Angel eyes
As time goes by
At Last
Autumn Leaves
Blue moon
Body and Soul
Cheek to Cheek
Corcovado
Cry Me a River
Dance me to the end of love (cohen)
Don’t get around much anymore
Dream a little dream
Feelin' good (nina simone)
Fly me to the moon
Georgia on my mind
Girl from Ipanema
honeysuckle rose
How high the moon
I can’t give you anything but love
I get a kick out of you
I just wanna make love to you
i want a little sugar in my bowl (simone)
I'll never fall in love again (Bacharach)
I’ve go you under my skin
I’ve got a crush on you
It had to be you
it's only a paper moon
l.o.v.e.
Let’s do it, let’s fall in love
Let’s face the music and dance
Let’s fall in love
loverman
Moondance (Van Morrison)
Night and day
Non dimenticar
On the sunny side of the street
One note samba
Only you
Our love is here to stay
Route 66
Smooth Operator (sade)
So in love
Summertime
Summerwind
That’s all
The lady is a tramp
The man I love
The more i see you
The way you look tonight
These are the days (jamie cullum)
Unforgettable
what a wonderful world
When I fall in love
Why don't you do right?
SOUL/MEDIUM TEMPO/SLOW POP SONGS
All of me (John Legend)
All you need is love (Beatles)
Back to Black (winehouse)
By your side (sade)
Caught up in the rapture (anita baker)
Change the world (Clapton)
Chasing Cars (snow patrol)
Close to you (Carpenters)
Come together (lennon)
Crazy Love (van morrison)
Don’t know why (norah jones)
Easy (Adele)
Englishman in New York (Sting)
Empire state of mind (alicia keys)
Every breath you take (police)
Everything (bublé)
Everything must change (george benson)
God only knows just how much i love you (beach boys)
Goodnight moon (shivaree)
Hallelujah I love her so (ray charles)
Have I told you lately that I love you (van morrison)
Hold back the river (james bay)
How deep is your love (beegees)
How long will I love you (ellie goulding)
How sweet it is (james taylor)
Human (rag'n'bone man)
Imagine (lennon)
I can't go for that (hall and oates)
I heard it through the grapevine (marvin gaye)
I just can't stop loving you (Michael Jackson)
I say a little prayer (arethra franklin/bacharach)
I will always love you (whitney Houston)
If I ain’t got you (alicia keys)
If I could change the world (clapton)
If you don't know me by now (simply Red)
Isn't she lovely (stevie wonder)
Just the two of us (bill withers)
Just the way you are (billie Joel)
Killing me softly
Let’s stay together (al green)
Love is a losing game (winehouse)
Lovely day (bill withers)
Lucky (jason mraz)
Make you feel my Love (Adele)
Marry Me (train)
Natural woman (arethra franklin)
No one (alicia keys)
One thousand years (christina perry)
Ordinary people (John Legend)
Our day will come (amy winehouse)
Overjoyed (stevie wonder)
Perfect (Ed Sheeran)
Redemption song (keb mo)
Rome wasn’t built in a day (morcheeba)
Simply The Best (tina turner)
Sitting on the dock (redding)
Skyfall (adele)
Smooth Operator (sade)
Someone like you (adele)
Someone like you (Van Morrison)
Something (beatles)
Son of a preacher man (dusty springfield)
Songbird (Fleetwood mac)
Stand by me
Sunrise (norah jones)
Sweet Love (anita baker)
The Game of Love (Santana)
The Look of love (bacharach)
The whole enchilada (keb mo)
Thinking out loud (ed Sheeran)
To love somebody (gibb)
Turn your love around (george benson)
Unchained melody
Under the boardwalk (the drifters)
Warwick Avenue (duffy)
We don't talk anymore (charlie puth)
What the world needs now (bacharach)
What you don't do for love (bobby caldwell)
What's goin' on (marvin gaye)
When a man loves a woman
Will you still love me tomorrow (Amy Winehouse)
Wonderful Tonight (eric clapton)
Wonderful world (sam cooke)
Yesterday (beatles)
You are so beautiful (joe cocker)
You are the best thing (ray lamontagne)
You are the sunshine of my live (stevie wonder)
You give me something (James morrison)
You'll be in my heart (Phil collins)
You make me feel brand new (simply red)
You're still the one (shania twain)
You send me (sam cooke)
Your song (elton john)
ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL
Besame Mucho
Buonasera Signorina (buscaglione)
Caruso (dalla)
Champagne (dicapri)
Chanson d'Amour
Che cosa c'è (paoli)
Che m'importa del mondo (pavone)
Cinema Paradiso (morricone)
Estate (martino)
Funiculì Funiculà
Grande Grande Grande (mina)
Il Padrino (the godfather)
L'appuntamento (vanoni)
L'importante è finire (mina)
La Bambola (pravo)
La vie en rose (piaf)
La vita è bella (piovani/Noa)
Mi sono innamorato di te (tenco)
O sole mio
Parole Parole Parole (mina)
Quando Quando Quando (renis)
Que sera sera (doris day)
Sabor a mi
Se stasera sono qui (tenco)
Senza fine (paoli)
Sono come tu mi vuoi (mina)
Tarantella Napoletana
Tu vuo' fa l'americano (carosone)
Via con me (conte)
Volare (modugno)
OTHER
sway (martin)
mambo italiano
That's amore
Hava Nagila
Ochi Chornye
CEREMONY REPERTOIRE
CLASSICAL SONGS
Ave Maria Schubert
Ave Maria Bach/Gounod
Ave Maria Caccini
Ave Verum Corpus Mozart
Panis Angelicus César Frank
Caro Mio Ben Giordani
Con Te Partirò Bocelli
O Mio Babbino Caro Puccini
Fratello sole Sorella Luna San Damiano
CONTEMPORARY WEDDING/LOVE SONGS
All of me John Legend
All you need is love Beatles
Anema e Core Totò
At Last Etta James
Can’t help falling in love with you Elvis Presley
Caruso Dalla
Cinema Paradiso Morricone
Close to you Carpenters
Evergreen Streisand
God only knows Beach Boys
Hallelujah L. Cohen
Have I told you lately that I love you Van Morrison
How long will I love you Ellie Goulding
How sweet it is to be loved by you James Taylor
I say a little prayer for you Bacharach
If I ain't got you Alicia Keys
Just the two of us Bill Withers
Just the way you are Billy Joel
Love me Tender Elvis Presley
Marry me Train
Marry you Bruno Mars
Morning has broken John Denver
One U2
Our day will come Amy Winehouse
Overjoyed Stevie Wonder
Oh Happy day Gospel
Perfect Ed Sheeran
She/Lei Elvis Costello/Laura Pausini
Signed Sealed Delivered Stevie Wonder
Someone like you Van Morrison
Songbird Fleetwood Mac
Standy by me Ben E. King
Sunrise Norah Jones
The first time ever I saw your face Roberta Flack
The Look of Love Bacharach
The Rose Bette Midler
This will be and everlasting love Natalie Cole
Time after Time Cyndi Lauper
Unchained Melody Righteous Brothers
Unforgettable Nat King Cole
We’ve only just begun Carpenters
What a wonderful world Louis Armstrong
What the world need now Bacharach
You are so beautiful to me Joe Cocker
You are the Sunshine of my life Stevie Wonder
You make me feel brand new Simply Red
You raise me up Josh Groban
You send me Sam Cooke
Your Song Elton John
KEYBOARD SOLO
The wedding march Mendelssohn
The wedding march Wagner
Air on a G string Bach
Canon in D Pachelbel
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring Bach
River flows in you Yiruma
Selected pieces from Einaudi
Enchanted Taylor Swift
Gabriel's Oboe Morricone
JEWISH CEREMONY
Boi Kallaj with music of Hallelujah Leonard Cohen
Lecha Dodi with music of All of Me John Legend
Horah Hava Nagila
parking spaces
power sockets
for Services that include ceremony, cocktails and dance OR cocktails and dance we kindly ask that a vendor dinner is provided
We need to know if the area we are performing at is flat and sturdy, on grass, on pebbles ect....
Yes, we bring our own sound system and lighting
Yes we can provide a Spotify playlist between sets and if required can add a DJ
Best gig was performing for Tina Turner at a private wedding party of her friends.
We love to perform at any event but our specialty is conventions and weddings. We especially love to perform for an international crowd and they respond very well to our group.
We began performing together in 2004 and have performed at literally hundreds of weddings, conventions and parties throughout Tuscany and abroad.
We all have been influenced by various artists so it is hard to pin point, that is why our repertoire is so varied. Each one of us has had some input into it.
Ceremony - Duo -(styles: classical, pop love songs) P.A. and wireless mic provided for celebrant
Cocktails - Trio - (styles: pop, jazz, soul, r n'b, evergreen Italian and international) Two 45 minute sets
Dance - 4 - 8 piece band (styles: Motown, disco 70's and 80's, Top 40's) Two 1 hour sets
Yes, we are used to performing mostly outside.
Our clients can choose from our repertoire but the actual set list is up to us. If they have any special requests that are not in our repertoire we can learn to up to two and we ask 50,00 euros extra per song for arranging it for the band.
Previous customers would describe us as having lots of energy and knowing how to get people on their feet dancing. They also love the fact that we perform such a wide variety of genres.
Yes. Our lead singer is mother-tongue English (born in Canada) and can also speak fluently in Italian, French and a little German.
Yes we can provide a Duo for ceremony/ cocktails/ dinner
Trio or Quartet for Cocktails/dinner
Quartet, Quintet and Sestet for Dance party
We also can add a brass section to make an 8 piece band
Pitti Uomo Florence
Pitti Donna Florence
Mayor Domenici's wedding (Former mayor of Florence)
Luca Lotti's wedding (former Italian Minister of Sports)
Ben Lew's Birthday party (former financial advisor Goldman Sachs)
Peter Arnell's wedding (Founder Arnell Group)
Gucciardini's Spring Ball
Agriturismo Le Bolli
Azienda Agricola I Cedri
Borgo Argiano
Borgo Bastia Creti
Borgo Casablanca
Borgo Colognola
Borgo Corsignano
Borgo de Brandi
Borgo di Castelvecchio
Borgo di Pietrafitta Relais
Borgo i Vicoli
Borgo Lucignanello
Borgo Petrognano
Borgo Sant'Ambrogio
Borgo Stomennano
Casa Cornacchi
Casale de' Pasquinelli
Castello del Trebbio
Castello di Bibbione
Castello di Gabbiano
Castello di Meleto
Castello di Petrata
Castello di San Fabiano
Castello di Verrazzano
Castello di Vicchiomaggio
Castello il Palagio
Fattoria di Rignano
Fattoria La Loggia
Fattoria Mansibernardini
Il Borgo di Vèscine
Il Borro
Il Casale del Marchese
Il Verreno Resort
La Foce
Le Filigare
L'Olmo a Pienza
Palazzo Borghese
Podernovo di Monticiano
Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco
Savoy, Firenze
St. Regis, Firenze
Tenuta Corbinaia
Tenuta di Artimino
Tenuta di Sticciano
Terre di nano
Villa Agape
Villa Belvedere
Villa Catignano
Villa Catureglio
Villa Cetinale
Villa Cini
Villa Cora
Villa Corsini
Villa Corsini mezzomonte
Villa di Maiano
Villa Grabau, Lucca
Villa il Falconiere
Villa Il Poggiale
Villa Ivana
Villa La Selva Wine Resort
Villa Le Fontanelle
Villa Mangiacane
Villa Margherita
Villa Pacini
Villa Parisi
Villa Petriolo
Villa San Michele
Villa Tolomei
Villa Torrigiani
Villa Ulignano
Villa Vistarenni
Westin Excelsior, Firenze
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