Chris Lloyds - Jazz Singer | Cairns, Queensland

Show Description

I sing the jazz standards and the Great American Songbook. My smooth sophisticated vocal style will take you back to an era when life was less complicated, style was in and swing was king. My "The Hits of the Crooners" show celebrates the wonderful love songs made famous by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Mel Tormé, Bobby Darin, Nat King Cole, Matt Monro, Sammy Davis Jr, Bing Crosby etc.

Set-List

1. A Day In The Life Of A Fool (Latin feel)
2. A Fine Romance
3. Accentuate The Positive
4. Ain’t Misbehavin’
5. Ain't That A Kick In The Head
6. All Of Me
7. All Or Nothing At All
8. All That Jazz
9. All The Way
10. Almost Like Being In Love
11. Alright Okay You Win
12. Always
13. Always On My Mind
14. Anema E Core (Latin feel)
15. Anything Goes
16. Around the World
17. As Long As I'm Singing
18. As Time Goes By
19. Autumn Leaves
20. Because Of You (Latin feel)
21. Besame Mucho (Latin feel)
22. The Best Is Yet to Come
23. Beyond the Sea
24. Birth of the Blues
2 ... 5. Blue Moon
26. Blue Skies
27. Born Free
28. Brazil (Latin feel)
29. But Not For Me
30. By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
31. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
32. Cairns Nth Qld That’s Where I Want To Be
33. Call Me Irresponsible
34. Candy Man
35. Can’t Help Falling In Love With You
36. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
37. Cast Your Fate To The Wind
38. Cheek to Cheek
39. Chicago
40. The Coffee Song (Latin feel)
41. Come Dance With Me (Latin feel)
42. Come Fly with me
43. Come Rain Or Come Shine
44. Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) (Latin feel)
45. Crazy Little Thing
46. Cry Me a River
47. Dancing In The Dark
48. Danny Boy
49. The Days of Wine & Roses
50. Dedicated to You
51. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
52. Dream
53. Dream a Little Dream of Me
54. Embraceable You
55. Everybody Loves Somebody
56. Everyday I Have The Blues
57. Falling In Love
58. Fever
59. A Fine Romance
60. Fly Me To The Moon
61. A Foggy Day In London Town
62. For Once in my Life
63. Fragile (Sting)
64. From Russia with Love
65. Georgia On My Mind
66. Girl From Ipanema (Latin feel)
67. Girl Talk
68. Give Me the Simple Life
69. Gypsy In My Soul
70. The Good Life
71. Have You Met Miss Jones?
72. Hello Dolly
73. Hey Jealous Lover
74. High Hopes
75. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
76. I Could Write A Book
77. I Don't Know Why I Just Do
78. I Get A Kick Out Of You
79. I Got a Right to Sing the Blues
80. I Got Rhythm
81. I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plan
82. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
83. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
84. I Love Paris
85. I Love You for Sentimental Reasons
86. I Only Have Eyes for You
87. I Still Call Australia Home
88. I Thought About You
89. I Wanna Be Around
90. I Will Wait For You
91. I Wish I Were In Love Again
92. I`ll Be Seeing You
93. I’m A Fool To Love You
94. I'm Beginning To See The Light
95. I’m Confessin’ That I Love You
96. I’m In The Mood For Love
97. I've Got A Crush On You
98. I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
99. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
100. I’ve Got Plenty Of Nothin’
101. I've Got The World On A String
102. I've Got You Under My Skin ( & Latin feel)
103. In a Mellow Tone
104. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
105. Isn't It Romantic
106. It Don't Mean A Thing
107. It Had To Be You
108. It Happened In Monterey
109. It Only Happens When I Dance with You
110. It's Only a Paper Moon
111. Jeepers Creepers
112. Just In Time
113. King Of The Road
114. A Kiss to Build a Dream On
115. La Vie En Rose
116. The Lady Is A Tramp
117. Learning The Blues
118. Let There Be Love
119. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
120. Let's Face The Music And Dance
121. Let's Fall In Love
122. Let’s Get Lost
123. Light my Fire
124. The Look of Love (Latin feel)
125. L-o-v-e
126. Love and Marriage
127. Love for Sale
128. Love Letters in the Sand
129. Love Me or Leave Me
130. Love is a Many Splendored Thing
131. Lullaby of Birdland
132. Lullaby of Broadway
133. Lulu's Back in Town
134. Mack the Knife
135. Makin' Whoopee
136. Me and Mrs Jones
137. Memories Are Made Of This
138. Minnie the Moocher
139. Misty
140. Mona Lisa
141. Moon River
142. Moondance
143. Moonlight Becomes You
144. Moonlight In Vermont
145. More
146. The More I See You
147. Mountain Greenery
148. My Funny Valentine
149. My Kind Of Girl
150. My Lean Baby
151. My Way
152. The Nearness Of You
153. Nevertheless
154. New York, New York
155. New York State of Mind
156. Nice & Easy
157. Nice Work If You Can Get It
158. Night And Day (Latin feel)
159. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
160. On Days Like These (Latin feel)
161. On the Street Where You Live
162. On the Sunny Side of the Street
163. One For My Baby and One More For The Road
164. Our Love Is Here To Stay
165. Papa loves Mambo (Latin feel)
166. Paper Doll
167. The Party's Over
168. Pennies From Heaven
169. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
170. Portrait of my Love
171. Put on a Happy Face
172. Put Your Head On My Shoulder
173. Quando,Quando,Quando (Latin feel)
174. Real Live Girl
175. Red Sails In The Sunset
176. Route 66
177. Satin Doll
178. Second Time Around
179. The Shadow Of Your Smile
180. She's Funny That Way
181. She's No Lady
182. Smile
183. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
184. Softly As I Leave You
185. Someone To Watch Over Me
186. Something’s Gotta Give
187. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
188. Stardust
189. Stella By Starlight
190. Steppin' Out with my Baby
191. Stormy Monday Blues
192. Stormy Weather
193. Straighten Up and Fly Right
194. Summer Wind
195. Summertime
196. Sunny Side of the Street
197. Sway (Latin feel)
198. Sweet Georgia Brown
199. T'aint What You Do
200. Taking A Chance On Love
201. Tangerine
202. Tenderly
203. The Tender Trap
204. That Old Feeling
205. That's All
206. That’s Amoré (Latin ¾ feel)
207. These Foolish Things
208. They Can’t Take That Away From Me
209. They Say It’s Wonderful
210. This Guy's in love with you
211. Time After Time
212. Unchained Melody
213. Unforgettable
214. The Very Thought of You
215. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
216. What Now My Love
217. The Way You Look Tonight
218. Walk Away
219. What A Difference A Day Makes
220. What a Wonderful World
221. What Are You Afraid Of?
222. What Is This Thing Called Love?
223. What Now My Love? (Latin feel)
224. When I Fall In Love
225. When Sunny Gets Blue
226. Who Can I Turn To
227. Where or When
228. Witchcraft
229. Wonderful Tonight (Latin feel)
230. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
231. You are the Sunshine of my Life
232. You Don't Know Me
233. You Go to My Head
234. You Gotta Have Heart
235. You Make Me Feel So Young
236. You Were Meant For Me
237. Young At Heart
238. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
239. You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
240. You’ve Got Possibilities
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Biography

Chris was born in Melbourne and at the age of 8 gained a vocal scholarship to attend Christ Church Grammar School. He became head chorister. At the age of 10 the family moved to Fiji where he joined a multi-cultural choir and learnt much about harmonies.
His professional singing career began in the 1970s as lead singer of the touring band SKINTITE. In the 80s Chris fronted the jazz/rock outfit BIG RED who were signed to Mercury/Polygram and released the top 10 hit ‘The Traveller’. They appeared on the TV shows Countdown, Sounds and Simon Townsend’s Wonder World among others.
Chri ... s moved to Los Angeles in 1986 where he remained for 2 years writing songs and recorded at Pasha Studios, Studio West, Salty Dog Studios and Herbie Hancock’s private studio in Hollywood.
On returning to Sydney, Chris became one of the country’s busiest session singers and one of the most heard voices on Australian radio and TV. He sang the theme songs ‘Carry On’ and ‘Runaway’ for the TV series ‘The Henderson Kids’ which starred a young Kylie Minogue.
Chris signed to Mega/Sony records with producer Robie Porter in the 90s and released the stirring duet ‘Sometimes When We Touch’ with Laurin James (Lori Balmer). A second single, ‘It’s Driving Me Crazy’ was also released on this label.
In 1995 Chris achieved success in Malaysia with his first solo album ‘Caught in the Magic’ released through Pony Canyon Records. His single off the album ‘Forever’ went to number 5 in Kuala Lumpur. Available on iTunes.
Chris became a regular face on Australian TV and appeared on Ernie and Denise’s In Melbourne/Sydney/Brisbane Today, The Midday Show with Ray Martin, Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton and The Don Lane Show.
After being spotted at a recording session, Chris was asked to audition for Neighbours, a popular TV series, and was thrilled when he won the role to play Rod Baker, Natalie Imbruglia’s fiancé, for three months. They also appeared together on the cover of the British ‘Woman’s Own’ magazine.
In 2011 Chris released ‘So Good So Far’ with guitarist and composer Art Phillips who was MD for both Barry Manilow and Demis Roussos for a number of years. The 10 standards and 2 original songs were recorded live in the studio in the same way Perry Como and Tony Mottola had done in the 1960s. Available on iTunes.
In 2013 Chris’s 3rd album, ‘Chris Lloyds Sings Matt Monro’, was released on Fanfare Records through Ambition/Universal Music. He appeared on TV and radio to promote it. Australia's most popular talkback presenter, Alan Jones, named it album of the week in April of that year. Available on iTunes.
In 2016 Chris Lloyds and Art Phillips released an acoustic swing version of ‘Forever and Ever’ as a tribute to Demis Roussos. Available on iTunes.
Chris hosted “Mornings in the Arena” a monthly show at the Reef Hotel Casino in Cairns, Queensland, Australia for 7 years.
In 2019 Chris will perform his “The Hits of the Crooners” Show around the country. In March 2018 he performed the show to a full house at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane with the 30 piece Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by George Ellis.
Other highlights in Chris’s career have been: Performing on the same bill as international acts Blondie, Joe Cocker, José Feliciano and Meatloaf and many other chart topping Australian bands; touring as a member of Dr Hook, Birtles, Shorrock, Goble, (LRB) and ‘Long Way To The Top’; performing a simulcast jazz version of ‘I Still Call Australia Home’ at Sydney’s Darling Harbour on Australia Day for HRH Prince Charles and thousands of revelers, and performing for Prime Ministers and the G20 Finance Ministers.
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Chris comes from a musical family with a long list of accomplishments. His Welsh grandmother was a renowned pianist and singer who, during the 1930s and 40s, had her own radio show in India. His great grandfather, George Walter Lloyds, was a pianist and conductor and an associate of the Royal College of Music in London. He composed under the name of Paul de Loetz and performed for Queen Victoria in the Royal Albert Hall and on the Royal Yacht on numerous occasions. Chris’s great aunt played the violin in Sir Malcolm Sargents Orchestra.
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