CRIS Q – STUNNING SOUL AND MOTOWN VOCALIST AND SOUL TRIO/QUARTET – Yorkshire based
Soul vocalist Cris Q formed his Motown and Soul group The Sensations in the year 199. This stunning Soul and Motown show has been going strong ever since. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Cris moved to the USA and has become a prominent ambassador of The Motown sound internationally over the last two decades.
Soul Vocalist Cris Q has taken his Soul and Motown quartet show across the globe from its roots in New York and San Francisco to Europe and Asia performing in theatres, festivals and clubland both on land and on cruises.
Cris consistently delivers the same outstanding show with an exceptional quartet, who under his direction keep the music of the legendary Four Tops, Drifters, temptations and Motown alive worldwide. This fantastic group he take you through the hits – Reach Out, Baby I Need Your Loving, I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie), Standing In The Shadow, Bernadette, Walk Away Renee, Loco In Acapulco and plenty more from that era including songs of The Temptations, The Drifters, The Miracles, The Platters and The Stylistics as well as songs of Smokey Robinson, Ben E King and many more. The show is absolutely incredible.
Soul Vocalist Cris Q has a first class Motown show, who are not old men pretending to be the original members of any groups, they are proud to pay tribute to these legends when they were at their best – A respectful representation of what these amazing groups were in their prime.
His superb vocal range seems to know no limits and his unique voice has been compared to that of Levi Stubbs of the original Four Tops. Soul vocalist Cris Q is responsible not only for arranging the splendid vocal harmony structures of his backing singers, but also for choreographing the high stepping impressive dance routines keeping things pure Motown.
Cris’s resume’ is extremely impressive including performing on BBC for the Cunard’s Queen Mary cruise liner’s birthday in Southampton and also performing for Lenny Kravitz.
EXAMPLE SETLIST
- Reach Out
- Same Old Song
- Walk Away Renee
- Baby I Need Your Loving
- All In The Game
- When She Was My Girl
- Standing In The Shadows Of Love
- Bernadette
- I Can’t Help Myself
- Loco In Acapulco
- Shake Me Make Me
- Still Waters
THE TEMPTATIONS
- Get Ready
- Do The Things You Do Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
- Beauty’s Only Skin Deep
- Just My Imagination
- What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
- Wish It Would Rain
- My Girl
- Papa Was A Rolling Stone
- Treat Her Like A Lady
THE DRIFTERS
- Spanish Harlem
- Under The Boardwalk
- Save The Last Dance For Me
TESTIMONIAL
He is a pleasure to watch on stage.. – Lenny Kravitz