A Couple of Lively Christmas Tunes
CHRISTMAS MUSICAL FUN
Everybody likes to sing these Christmas favorites!
A little bit of "Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Frosty the Snowman" to put you in the Christmas spirit.
Can You Name This Tune
NAME THIS TUNE
Here is the next challenge!
Do you know this melody?
Name This Tune
NAME THIS TUNE
We're starting a new challenge!
If this famous "oldie" sounds familiar, comment with your best guess!
The Entertainer
THE ENTERTAINER
Ragtime the way it should be played- on a honky tonk upright piano!
Love Will Keep Us Together
LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER
Just in time for Valentine's Day!
Love Is Blue
LOVE IS BLUE
With a little HAPPY TOGETHER thrown in for good measure!
Going Out of My Head
GOING OUT OF MY HEAD
A tune from back in the day!
Ain't Misbehavin' Take Two
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' - TAKE TWO
What a difference a little practice makes!
Ain't Misbehavin'
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
At least not yet!
It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas
IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS
Only a few days away!
Get in the mood listening to my accordion rendition of a holiday favorite.
From a few years ago, playing the song to get George the Chihuahua into the Christmas Spirit!
Jingle Bell Rock
JINGLE BELL ROCK
Let's get into the holiday spirit- come on and sing along!!!...
The Chipmunk Song
THE CHIPMUNK SONG
Let's get into the holiday spirit- sing along!!!...
Musical Interlude: Satin Doll
SATIN DOLL
Just for fun! This popular standard is also one of my favorites to play...
Musical Interlude: Moonlight Sonata
MOONLIGHT SONATA
One of Beethoven's most popular compositions for the piano, it was a popular favorite even in his own day.
Musical Interlude: Mozart's Sonata In C Major
MOZART'S SONATA IN C MAJOR
I hope you enjoy listening to this piece as much as I enjoy playing it.
Musical Encore: Funeral March Of a Marionette
A very appropriate Halloween song!
Hope you enjoy it...
Music With Monticup: Misty
MISTY
I enjoy playing this one...
Music With Monticup: Desperado
DESPERADO
One of my wife Jackie's favorite songs, so I had to learn it!
Enjoy and mellow out as you listen...
Music With Monticup: Get Up and Dance!
Come on- GET UP AND DANCE!
Enough of the sitting on the sofa, binge watching Netflix!
Take a dance break!
Here, let me play a little something to get you moving...
Another Musical Interlude: Monticup Plays Yesterday
YESTERDAY is one of the most recorded songs in popular music.
It is certainly one of my favorites to play...
Musical Interlude: Happy Together
HAPPY TOGETHER
The best-selling 1967 hit for The Turtles, "Happy Together" was written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon, former members of the Magicians, a NYC garage band.
My friend and musical director Nick occasionally jams with me, piano to piano...
Musical Interlude: How Deep Is Your Love
HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE
"How Deep Is Your Love" is a pop ballad written and recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977>
It's most remembered as part of the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever.
In my opinion, Barry Gibb is one of the most talented songwriters who ever lived.
His compositions, like this one, are challenging to play, which makes it all the more enjoyable for me...
Musical Interlude: Seven Singalong Favorites
SEVEN SINGALONG FAVORITES
In my younger days, I used to hire myself out as a piano player, mainly to Elks and Moose lodges for their Friday night social gatherings.
I got a lot of work because I knew their favorites, the older songs that would get everyone in the place singing and clinking their glasses.
Whenever I had to audition for a different club, I would play this medley- and I'd get the gig every time...
Musical Interlude: "Your Momma Don't Dance"
YOUR MOMMA DON'T DANCE
And your daddy may not rock and roll, but Nick Berkin and I got rockin' when we played this little duet during a break in our show rehearsal back in 2014...
Musical Interlude: "Love's Theme"
LOVE'S THEME
Written by the legendary Barry White, recorded by White's The Love Unlimited Orchestra, released in 1973 as a single- and another favorite of mine!