The Gypsy Queens is a pop band formed in Nice by Didier Casnati and Philip Jones. They play a large repertoire of multi-lingual covers, with a rich vocal style likened to bands such as The Beach Boys or The Beatles.

Although the band successfully released albums in 2012 and 2014 they are first and foremost a performing band, typically playing at over 200 private events a year. They were “discovered” by the likes of Sir Elton John and Nicolas Sarkozy and have been the mainstays of the private party circuit of the rich and famous ever since. Founder Didier Casnati claims “we are the most famous band you have never heard of”. In 2007, after seven years in a duo with Philip Jones, the Italian singer Didier Casnati decided to professionalize and formed a band with five members, named as The Gypsy Queens. The band play an international repertoire of acoustic pop cover versions, and all members sing, giving them a style that reviewers liken to The Beach Boys and The Beatles. They played the role of The Plastic People of the Universe in the Tom Stoppard plays Rock ‘n’ Roll, from 26 September 2008 to 23 October 2008, in the Theatre National de Nice. In 2011, Casnati saw a decline in the local clientele of the band, and managed to get an article in an airline magazine in order to restore the business for the band in the south of France; that article led to singing with London Records and Universal Music Group. Band present members are: Alberto Laurella, Sam Houghton, Juan Francisco Rey Toro, Joseph Hamblin Boone