Grenville Hillman

Description

I will take you on an intriguing excursion through popular music; From the intricacies of Bach to the drama of Beethoven; From the delights of the Victorian Music Hall to the ragtime of Scott Joplin; From the Roaring Twenties to Rock 'n Roll; From nostalgic rock of the 60's to Glam Rock of the 80's. Sit back and enjoy the fascinating journey.
If it's a good old-fashioned knees-up you're looking for then I can provide an evening of entertainment with song sheets of the best lung-stretching anthems provided (from Sinatra to Oasis, Rolling Stones to Coldplay and so much more in between...!)
... On the other hand if you require some quiet background lounge piano then I have a great repertoire for you. Read More

Set-List

My set list is extensive. Some I sing and play whilst some I just play. Here is a random sample:
TITLE Artist/show/film
Your song Elton John
Wanna Make it with you Bread
Thinking Out Loud Ed Sheeran
That ol’ devil called love Alison Moyet
Someone to watch over me Oh Kay! George Gershwin
Secret Love Calamity Jane; Doris Day
My funny valentine Babes in Arms (film) Rodgers & Hart; Ella Fitzgerald
Loving You Minnie Ripperton
I don’t want to miss a thing Aerosmith
Don’t know why Nora Jones
Chasing Cars Snow Patrol
At last Glenn Miller
As time goes by Cassablanca
All of Me ... John Legend
I know why and so do you Sun Valley Serenade; Glenn Miller
Can you feel the love tonight The Lion King; Elton John Disney
You’ve got a friend in me
You’re sixteen
Write myself a letter Ain’t Misbehavin; Fats Waller
Wonderful Tonight
When I fall in love Nat King Cole
Under the moon of love Shawaddywady
Til There was You (there were bells in the sky) The Music Man; Beatles
These Foolish Things Various
Sway Dean Martin
Somewhere over the rainbow Wizard of Oz; Judy Garland
Save the last dance for me
Our love is here to stay The Goldwyn Follies; Gershwin
Nearness of You Romance in the Dark; Hoagy Carmichael
Make you feel my love Adele
It must be love Madness
I just called to say I love you Stevie Wonder
I got rhythm Judy Garland
Foggy day in London Town A Damsel in Distress; Fred Astaire
Fly me to the Moon Frank Sinatra
Embraceable You Crazy Girl; Gershwin
Chatanooga choo choo Glen Miller
Can’t take that away from me
All the things you are
Very Warm for May; Kern Hammerstein
Your song/Benny and the Jets/Candle in the Wind medley Elton John
You’ll Never Walk Alone
Carousel; Rodgers Hammerstein
You were made for me Freddie and the Dreamers
You were always on my mind Pet Shop Boys; Elvis Presley; Brenda Lee
You made me love you
You are the sunshine of my life Stevie Wonder
Yesterday The Beatles
Wooden Heart G I Blues; Elvis Presley
Wonderwall Oasis
Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
Windmills of your mind Thomas Crown Affair
Winchester Cathedral New Vaudeville Band
Wild Rover
Wichita lineman Glen Campbell
Whispering Richard Coburn
When you wish upon a star Pinnochio
When Irish eyes are smiling
When I need Love Leo Sayer
We’ll gather lilacs Perchance to Dream; Ivor Novello
We will rock you Queen
Waterloo Sunset The Kinks
Waterloo Abba
Uptown Girl Billy Joel
Up town up tempo woman Randy Edelman
Unforgettable Nat King Cole
True Love High Society; Bing Crosby
Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler
Toccata in D minor Bach
Time after time Cyndi Lauper
Thus Spoke Zarathustra Richard Strauss
Three times a lady The Commodores
Those Were the Days Mary Hopkins
This Guy’s in love with you Herb Alpert Bacharach
The Scientist Coldplay
The Entertainer The Sting; Scott Joplin
Take a look at me now (against all odds) Phil Collins
Sweet child o’ mine Guns 'n Roses
Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
Sunny side of the street Lew Leslie's International Revue
Summertime Porgy & Bess; George Gershwin
Summer of my Life Simon May
Summer Nights Grease; Newton John Travolta
Summer Holiday Cliff Richard
Sugar Sugar The Archies
Streets of London Ralph Mctell
Stranger on the shore Acker Bilk
Stormy Weather Stormy Weather
Starry Starry Night Don McLean
Stardust Hoagy Charmichael
Stairway to heaven Led Zeppelin
St Louis Woman St Louis Woman; Harold Arlen
Sorry seems to be the hardest word Elton John
Something Stupid Frank Sinatra
Something in the way she moves The Beatles
Solace The Sting; Scott Joplin
Smoke gets in your eyes Roberta; Jerome Kern
Smile when your heart is breaking Modern Times Charlie Chaplin
Slowboat to China Crosby + Rosemary Clooney
Sleepy time down south
Singing in the Rain Singing in the Rain; Gene Kelly
Silence is Golden Tremolos
Side by side
She’s Always a woman to me Billy Joel
Shake Rattle and Roll Bill Haley & Comets
Send in the Clowns A little light music; Stephen Sondheim
Satisfaction Rolling Stones
Roses of Picardy
Roll out the barrel
Rockin’ all over the world Status Quo
Rocket Man Elton John
Rock around the clock Bill Haley
Red Sails in the Sunset Jimmy Kennedy
Raindrops keep falling on my head Butch Cassidy & Sundance; Sasha Distel
Que Sera Sera The Man who knew too much; Doris Day
Puttin’ on the Ritz Puttin’ on the Ritz; Irvine Berlin
Please Release Me Englebert Humperdink
Pirates of Caribbean Film theme
Piano man Billy Joel
Phantom of the Opera Phantom of the Opera; Lloyd Weber
Passadena/Shine/Happy feet medley
Paper Doll Mills Brothers
Pack up your troubles
On My Own Les Miserables; Boublil & Schonberg
On Moonlight Bay On Moonlight Bay
By the light of the silvery moon; Doris Day
Oh what a night
Obladi oblada The Beatles
Nothing could be finer (Carolina in the morning) The Passing Show; Gus Khan
Nobody does it better Spy who Loved Me Carly Simon
Nights in White Satin Moody Blues
My Way Sinatra
My Heart must go on Titanic; Celine Dion
My Blue Heaven Gene Austin
Music John Miles
Movie Love themes: Gone with the wind, Limelight, Brief Encounter Films
Moonlight serenade Glenn Miller
Moon River Andy Williams
Mona Lisa Matt Munro
Molly Malone
Misty Errol Garner
Minute Waltz Chopin
Might as well be Spring State Fair; Rodgers Hammerstein
Memories Cats; Andrew Lloyd Webber
Melancholy Baby Birth of the Blues; Bing Crosby
Maple Leaf Rag Scott Joplin
Manhattan Ella Fitzgerald; Rodgers & Hart
Mandy Barry Manilow
Mamma Mia Abba
Makin’ Whoopee Whoopee
Lyin’ Eyes The Eagles
Lovely bunch of coconuts
Love Me Tender Elvis Presley
Living Doll Cliff Richard
Livin’ on a prayer Bon Jovi
Lily Marlene Marlena Deitrich
Let it be The Beatles
Leaning on a lampost George Formby
Lazing on a sunny afternoon The Kinks
Last of the summer wine Last of the summer wine
Lambeth Walk
Lady Madonna The Beatles
Lady in Red Chris deBurgh
La Mer (Beyond the Sea) Charles Trenet
King of the Road Roger Miller
There's a Kind of hush Herman's Hermits
Killing me softly Roberta Flack
Keep the home fires burning
Just the way you are Billy Joel
Joybringer Gustav Holst; Manfred Mann
Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry
It’s only a Paper Moon Take a Chance (film) Harold Arlen; Ella Fitzgerald
It’s now or never Elvis Presley
It’s a long way to Tipperary
It had to be you
In the midnight hour Wilson Pickett; Blues Brothers
In a shanty in old shanty town The Crooner
Imagine John Lennon
If you leave me now Chicago
If Tele Savalas
I’m forever blowing bubbles
I’ll take you home again Kathleen Westendorf
I’ll have the last dance with you Englebert Humperdink
I’ll be loving you Always Irving Berlin
I’d like to teach the world to sing New Seekers
I Wanna be like you The Jungle Book
I left my heart in San Francisco Tony Bennett
I know his so well Chess; Elaine Paige; Barbara Dickson
I feel fine The Beatles
I Dreamed a Dream Les Miserables
I belong to Glasgow
I am Sailing Rod Stewart
How do you do what you do to me Gerry and the Pacemakers
House of the Rising Sun The Animals
Hotel California The Eagles
Honky tonk woman Rolling Stones
Hi ho silver lining Jeff Beck
Hey Jude The Beatles
Hey Baby D J Otzi
Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
Hello, who’s your lady friend
Hello Mary Lou Ricky Nelson
Hello Lionel Ritchie
He ain’t heavy he’s my brother The Hollies
Happy Birthday Patty & Mildred Hill
Hall of the Mountain King Peer Gynt, Grieg
Green Green Grass of Home Tom Jones
Girl from Ipanema
Georgia on my mind Hoagy Carmichael; Ray Charles
Galway Bay
For the Good Times (don’t look so sad I know it’s over) Kris Kristofferson; Ray Price
Feelings Louis Gaste (composer); Morris Albert
Fanfare for the Comman Man Aaron Copeland; Emmerson Lake Palmer
Falling in love again The Blue Angel; Marlene Deitrich
Everybody’s gotta learn sometime The Korgis
Eidelweiss The Sound of Music; Christopher Plummer
Easy like Sunday morning Lionel Ritchie
Dreamer Supertramp
Dream Dream Dream Everly Brothers
Down at the Old Bull and Bush
Don’t Stop me Now Queen
Don’t sleep in the subway Petula Clark
Don’t look back in anger Oasis
Tell me why I don’t like Mondays Boomtown Rats
Don’t let the sun go down on me Elton John
Don’t dilly dally on the way (My old man said follow the van)
Don’t cry for me Argentina Evita; Andrew Lloyd Webber
Don’t bring Lulu R Henderson
Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do Manfred Mann
Delilah Tom Jones
Dedicated Follower of Fashion The Kinks
Daydream Believer The Monkees
Danny Boy
Dancing Cheek to Cheek
Dance the night away
Dad’s Army Theme Dad’s Army
Cry me a River Denise Welsh; Ella Fitzgerald
Crazy Patsy Kline
Chasing Cars Snow Patrol
Charleston Runnin’ Wild
Cavatina The Deerhunter
Cascades Scott Joplin
Caroline Status Quo
Carnival is Over Seekers
Candle in the wind Elton John
Can’t Take my Eyes off You; (You’re just too good to be true) Frankie Valli
Can’t help lovin’ dat man o’ mine Showboat; Kern Hammerstein
Can’t help falling in love with you Andy Williams
By the time I get to Pheonix Glen Campbell
Bridge over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel
Breakfast in America Supertramp
Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell
Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
Blueberry Hill Fats Domino
Blue suede shoes Elvis Presley
Blue Moon
Benny and the Jets Elton John
Beethoven 5th & 6th Beethoven
What she’s got Ray Jessel
Bear Necessities TheJungle Book
Babe I’m leaving Styx
Autumn Leaves Edith Piaf; Joseph Kosma; Johnny Mercer
Are You Lonesome Tonight Elvis Presley
April Showers Bombo; Al Jolson
Anything Goes Anything Goes; Cole Porter
Any old iron
Annie’s Song John Denver
And I love you so Perry Como
American Pie Don Maclean
Amazing Grace Judy Collins
Amarillo Tony Christie
Always look on the bright side of life Life of Brian; Monty Python
All the nice girls love a sailor
Alexander’s ragtime band
Ain’t Misbehavin Fats Waller
After you’ve gone Turner Layton
A Whiter shade of pale Procol Harum
A little bit more Dr Feelgood
1812 Overture Tchaikovsky
12th Street rag medley Medley
Magic Barry Manilow
Everytime we say goodbye
Cornsilk (when you feel kinda blue)
The way you look tonight
Fernando’s hideaway
Harvest Moon
Love is all around me
Dark Island instrumental
Wild mountain time
Loch Lomond
Annie Laurie
Sky boat song
Mull of Kintyre
Roamin’ in the gloamin’
I love a lassie
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Biography

I'm an accomplished piano entertainer with over 35 years' wide-ranging performing experience both in the UK and abroad.
Throughout that time I have performed as a solo artist (piano & vocals) and in various bands of different genres including Jazz, Blues, Rock and Folk.
Although I was classically trained I realised at an early age that my talents should not be limited simply to classical music. Hence, I have broadened my repertoire to include just about anything anyone asks. So yes, if you can hum it I may well be able to play it...!
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Previous Clients

MoD Cyprus - Summer & Christmas Ball
RAF HQ High Wycombe Summer Ball
Kitley House Hotel, Yealmpton, Plymouth
Tudor House Hotel, Tewkesbury, Glos
Sandy's Piano and Wine Bar, Oxford
Ash Barton Manor House, Braunton, North Devon
Gloucester Rugby Club
East Gloucester Tennis Club
Cotswold Hills Golf Club, Cheltenham
Cheltenham Spa Bowling Club
CAMRA Cheltenham
Cheltenham Sunrise Rotary Club
Brewhouse and Kitchen, Cheltenham
Whittle Taps, Cheltenham

Suitable for

Birthday Party (Adult) Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Corporate Event Dinner Party Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Trade Show / Exhibitions