Melody Ross - Pianist / Keyboardist | South Africa, Western Cape

Description

COCKTAIL PIANIST
Providing background piano renditions of all time favourites of all eras and genres for all suitable occasions. All music played by ear. Requests taken. Singalongs.

Set-List

REPERTOIRE OF MELODY RUTH ROSS
(*Repertoire is ever-growing – I am able to play many songs not listed)
CLASSICAL/OPERA/LIGHT CLASSICS/MUSICALS
1. All I ask of you
2. Any dream will do
3. Ave verum
4. Chorus of the Hebrew slaves-Verdi
5. Humoresque
6. Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 (Schubert) (Daddy’s Song)
7. I want to be happy
8. I’ll see you again
9. Intermezzo (Cavallera Rusticana – msdmllsfdmr)
10. Largo
11. Mame
12. Memories (Cats)
13. My heart and I
14. O mio bambino caro
15. Plaisir d’amour
16. Send in the clowns
17. So deep is the night
18. Song of the Hebre ... w slaves (Aida)
19. Stranger in paradise
20. Summertime
21. Sunrise sunset
22. Tales of Hoffman
23. Velia
SONGS FROM THE MOVIES
24. A man and a woman (Engelbert) (When hearts are shining in the night)
25. All the things you are (C)
26. An affair to remember
27. Around the world
28. Arthur’s theme
29. As time goes by
30. Arthur’s theme
31. As time goes by
32. Bachelor boy
33. Body electric
34. Bye bye baby
35. Cavatina (Theme from the Deer Hunter)
36. Chim chim cheree
37. Climb every mountain
38. Echoes of my mind (Midnight cowboy theme)
39. Evergreen
40. For your eyes only
41. From here to eternity
42. Hello Dolly
43. I could have danced all night
44. I talk to the trees
45. Kelly’s Heroes (Theme)
46. Lara’s theme (Dr Zhivago)
47. Love Story (Theme)
48. Love theme (Kenny G) (dssrstlss)
49. Maria (I just met a girl called ….)
50. Memories (Streisand)
51. Moon river
52. My man
53. On a clear day you can see forever
54. Out here on my own
55. People (C)
56. Raindrops keep falling on my head
57. Romeo and Juliet (Theme) (a time for us)
58. Rose (The)
59. Singing in the rain
60. Some day my prince will come
61. Some enchanted evening
62. Someone to watch over me
63. Somewhere out there
64. Somewhere over the rainbow
65. Sound of Music (The)
66. Thank heaven for little girls
67. The young ones
68. Under the bridges of Paris (Waltz from Shall We Dance) (sdms—dm)
69. Wind beneath my wings
BLUES/STANDARDS
70. All of me
71. All the way
72. Alligator crawl
73. Answer me
74. Apples and bananas
75. Autumn leaves
76. Bye bye blackbird
77. Come fly with me
78. Cry me a river
79. Don’t get around much anymore
80. Embraceable you
81. Fly me to the moon
82. For all we know
83. For the good times
84. Getting sentimental over you
85. Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
86. Happy days are here again
87. Have I stayed too long at the fair
88. Heart and Soul
89. High hopes
90. How much is that doggie in the window
91. I cover the waterfront
92. I don’t know why
93. I’ll be seeing you
94. I’m getting sentimental over you
95. I’m walking behind you
96. I’ve got a crush on you
97. I’ve got my love to keep me warm
98. I’ve got the world on a string
99. I’ve got you under my skin
100. If it takes forever I will wait for you
101. Impatient years (the)
102. In the mood
103. Isn’t it romantic
104. It had to be you
105. It may be moonlight
106. Just a little street where old friends meet
107. Just the way you look tonight (D)
108. Lady is a tramp (The)
109. Lean baby
110. Little boy who Santa Claus forgot (The)
111. Moonlight serenade
112. More I see you (The)
113. My way
114. Night and day
115. Old man river
116. On the street where you live
117. On the sunny side of the street
118. One day when we were young
119. One for my baby and one more for the road
120. Pennies from heaven
121. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps (F) (Debbie Reynolds)
122. Portrait of my love
123. Saying something stupid like I love you
124. Sentimental journey
125. September in the rain
126. Shadow of your smile (The)
127. She wears my ring
128. SLD (Don’t know the title)
129. Smile (though your heart is aching)
130. Stardust melody
131. Strangers in the night
132. Take five
133. That’s amore
134. That’s the story/glory of love
135. The lady is a tramp
136. The more I see you (D)
137. The nearness of you
138. The tender trap
139. The very thought of you
140. These foolish things
141. They can’t take that away from me
142. They say that falling in love is wonderful
143. They tried to tell us we’re too young
144. This guy’s in love
145. This is my life (Shirley Bassey)
146. Till there was you (Paul McCartney)
147. Time after time (So lucky to be loving you)
148. Two sleepy people
149. They paid paradise to put up a parking lot
150. Top of the world (Carpenters)
151. Touch me in the morning
152. Twilight time
153. Unchained Melody
154. Under the boardwalk
155. Walk on by
156. We’ll gather lilacs in the spring
157. We’ll meet again
158. What a wonderful world
159. What do I do (when you are far away)
160. When marimba rhythms start to play
161. Where or when (Some things just happen for the first time)
162. Whole wide world is waiting for the sunrise (The)
163. Why do robins sing in December
164. Windmills of my mind
165. You do something to me
166. You make me feel so young
167. You’ll never know
168. Young at heart (fairy tales will come true)
CONTEMPORARY
169. Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
170. All by myself (When I was young I never needed anyone)
171. Always and forever (Luther Vandross)
172. Always on my mind
173. Always something there to remind me
174. Bad moon rising
175. Breaking us in two (Joe Jackson)
176. Bridge over troubled water
177. Close the window on the world
178. Close to you
179. Doesn’t really matter (Janet Jackson)
180. Don’t forget to remember me
181. Don’t know why (Nora Jones)
182. First of May
183. For all we know (Love look at the two of us)
184. Forever and ever you’ll be the one (Demis Roussos)
185. From a distance
186. Funny familiar forgotten feelings
187. God only knows (Beach boys)
188. Going out of my head (Well I think I’m…)
189. Gonna get along without you now
190. Good morning star shine
191. Goodbye yellow brick road
192. Great Pretender
193. Have you ever seen the rain
194. He ain’t heavy he’s my brother
195. Heaven on earth
196. Help yourself (Tom Jones)
197. How can you mend a broken heart (Bee Gees)
198. I don’t believe in if anymore
199. I only wanna be with you
200. I say a little prayer for you
201. I started a joke
202. I wanna hold your hand
203. I will survive
204. I won’t last a day without you
205. I write the songs
206. I’ve just gotta get a message to you
207. If you leave me now
208. In my time
209. Isn’t she lovely
210. It’s going to take some time (Carpenters)
211. It’s not unusual
212. Just give me a reason (Pink...)
213. Just the way you are
214. Killing me softly
215. Lean on me
216. Let it be
217. Let it be me
218. Let me be the one (Carpenters)
219. Long and winding road
220. Longest time (The) (Billy Joel)
221. Make believe it’s your first time
222. Many rivers to cross
223. My baby takes the morning train
224. My heart stood still
225. My prayer
226. Nature boy
227. Never, never, never want to be in love with anyone but you
228. Oh my Lord (Hallelujah) (George Harrison)
229. On the radio
230. Only you
231. Perhaps love
232. Piano man
233. Please release me
234. Pretty world (Sergio Mendes)
235. Run to me
236. Sealed with a kiss
237. So sad the song
238. Sounds of silence (The)
239. Star on a TV show
240. Starry, starry night (Vincent)
241. Stepping out (Joe Jackson)
242. That is why (Eddie Grant)
243. There goes my everything
244. There’s a kind of hush
245. There’s a smile to cheer me up when I’m lonely (Pussycat)
246. We don’t say goodbye (Celine Dion)
247. What makes the world go round (Bee Gees)
248. What’s new Pussycat
249. When a man loves a woman
250. Winter’s tale
251. With these hands
252. You are the sunshine of my life
253. You are the words, you are the music
254. You don’t bring me flowers
255. You were always on my mind
256. You’ll never find
257. You’ve got the magic touch
258. Young girl
LOVE
259. A new kind of love (If a nightingale)
260. Ah sweet mystery of love at last I’ve found you
261. And I love you so (Perry Como)
262. Careless love
263. But not for me (They’re writing songs of love)
264. Can’t help loving that man of mine
265. Dedicated to the one I love
266. Everybody loves me (Jose Feliciano)
267. Give a little love
268. Goodbye to love (Carpenters)
269. How deep is your love
270. I can’t give you anything but love
271. I can’t help falling in love with you
272. I know I need to be in love
273. I love to truck
274. I love you more than I can say (Leo Sayer)
275. I wish you love
276. If I should fall in love again
277. If I should love again (Barry Manilow)
278. I’ll never fall in love again
279. I’m a better man for having loved you (Engelbert)
280. I’m in the mood for love
281. Like a lover
282. Look of love (The)
283. Lonely is a man without love
284. Love and marriage
285. Love is a beautiful song
286. Love is a many splendoured thing
287. Love is blue
288. Love is surrender
289. Love letters (straight from your heart)
290. Love lifted me
291. Love me tender
292. Love this is my song (why is my heart so light)
293. Melody of love (Hold me in your arms dear)
294. Our love is here to stay
295. The greatest love of all
296. To love somebody
297. True love (I give to you)
298. When I fall in love
299. Woman in love
300. You made me love you
301. You’ve taken my love for granted (Danger ahead beware)
FOLK BALLADS
302. Both sides now
303. Carnival is over (the)
304. Fire and Rain
305. For me and my true love will never meet again
306. I’ll never find another you
307. If I could save time in a bottle
308. Last farewell (Roger Whittaker) (There’s a ship lying anchored in the harbour)
309. Leaving on a jetplane
310. Mammy blue
311. Morning has broken
312. Morning please don’t come
313. Morningtown ride (Seekers)
314. New world in the morning
315. Superstar (Carpenters) (Long ago and oh so far away)
316. Those were the days my friend
317. Up on the roof
318. Walk with me (Seekers)
319. When will the good apples fall (F)
320. Where do you go to my lovely
321. World of our own
322. You needed me
323. You’ve got a friend
TRADITIONAL ENGLISH FOLK SONGS
324. Cruising down the river
325. English country garden
326. Garden of happiness
327. Hey ho come to the fair
328. I wandered alone in a strange land
329. In the chapel in the moonlight
330. Lass with the delicate air (The)
331. Let me call you sweetheart
332. Little old lady
333. Mocking bird hill
334. Oh promise me
335. Roses of Picardee
336. Roses of Tralee
337. Second minuet (The)
338. Serenade (Where the gentle Avon flows)
339. Side by side
340. Sing joyous bird
341. Teddy bear’s picnic
342. This is my lucky day
343. Tiptoe through the tulips
344. When day is done
345. When you were sweet sixteen
PLACES
346. Brazil
347. By the time I get to Phoenix
348. California dreaming
349. California style
350. Chicago
351. Detroit city
352. Do you know the way to San Jose
353. Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
354. Don’t cry for me Argentina
355. Downtown
356. Durham Town
357. Girl from Ipanema (the)
358. Goodbye Sorrento (f)
359. Hawaiian wedding song
360. In a Persian market
361. In Bethlehem’s manger
362. Manhattan
363. Masachusettes
364. McArthur Park
365. Mississipi (Pussycat)
366. Moulin Rouge (Where is my heart)
367. New York New York
368. Nightingale sang in Berkley square
369. Slow boat to China
370. South of the Border
371. St Louis Blues march
372. Streets of London
373. Tennessee waltz
374. Tuxedo Junction
375. Vienna city of dreams
376. White cliffs of Dover
NAMES
377. Alexander’s ragtime band
378. Angela
379. Annie’s song
380. Ave Maria (Percy Sledge)
381. Chico and the man
382. Daisy
383. Daniel
384. Dannyboy
385. Delilah
386. Desperado
387. Dominique
388. Georgie girl
389. Jeremiah was a bullfrog
390. Lilly Marlene
391. Lucille
392. Mac the knife
393. Me and Bobby Mcgee
394. Mona Lisa
395. Pablo in siesta
396. Ramona
397. Romeo’s Tune (leave me in the middle of the night let me hear you say….)
398. Second hand Rose
399. Sonny
400. Tammy
SPIRITUAL/GOSPEL
401. Bless this house
402. I believe in miracles
403. I wait upon the Lord
404. Jesu joy of man’s desire
405. May each day
406. Rivers of Babylon
407. Santa Claus is coming to town
408. The sweetest name in all the world is God bless you
COUNTRY
409. And there ain’t no way (Shania Twain)
410. Hey won’t you play another somebody done somebody wrong song
411. She believes in me (Kenny Rogers)
412. She thinks I still care
413. Still the one (Shania Twain)
414. Sweet baby James
415. Take me home country roads
416. We love each other
417. You decorated my life
COLOURS
418. Blue moon
419. Blue skies
420. Blue Spanish eyes
421. Blue, blue, l’amour is blue
422. Deep purple
423. Golden earring
424. Golden slumbers
425. Green green grass of home
426. Green sleeves
427. Lady in Red
428. Little green apples
429. Red roses for a blue lady
430. Red sails in the sunset
431. Silence is golden
432. Silver Lining (The)
433. Whiter shade of pale
434. Yellow bird
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
435. Besame mucho
436. C’est ci bon
437. Cara mio ben
438. Cara mio mine
439. Cay sera sera
440. Chanson d’amour
441. Choplin choplan
442. Dommage, Dommage (Engelbert)
443. Feniculi fenicula
444. Hymn l’amour
445. Il Mondo
446. Juantanamera
447. Kinders van die wind
448. La Mer
449. La vie en rose
450. Les bicyclettes de bel size (F) (Engelbert)
451. Mas que nada (C)
452. My oom se plaas in Afrika (Stuur groete aan Mannietjie Roux)
453. Non dimentica
454. Quando, quando, quando, quando
455. Seeman
456. Sproetjies
457. Tico tico ti/ta
458. Volare (Gypsy kings)
ONE WORD TITLES
459. Always
460. Congratulations
461. Crying
462. Eternally
463. Fantasy
464. Fascination
465. Feelings
466. Guilty
467. Handyman (James Taylor)
468. Honesty
469. If
470. Jealousy (F)
471. Lady
472. Lately
473. More
474. She (D)
475. Solitaire
476. Tenderly
477. Till
478. Unforgettable
479. Witchcraft
480. Yesterday
DANCING/DANCES
481. Anniversary song (Oh how we danced)
482. Anniversary waltz
483. Begin the beguine
484. Casey could waltz
485. Dance
486. Darktown strutters’ ball
487. Last waltz (The)
488. Ranger’s waltz
489. Touch me when we’re dancing
490. Waltzing Matilda
491. Moondance
DREAM
492. A kiss to build a dream on
493. Dream
494. Dream (Everley brothers)
495. Dream a little dream of me
496. I’ll see you in my dreams
497. When I grow too old to dream
498. To dream the impossible dream
499. Those good old dreams
EYES
500. Can’t take my eyes off of you
501. Five foot two, eyes of blue
502. I only have eyes for you
503. In your eyes
504. Ma, he’s making eyes at me
505. Smoke gets in your eyes (D)
506. Spanish eyes
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Biography

I am a classically trained pianist, having obtained the Royals Schools of Music Grade 5, which commenced at age 5, and continued for 10 years. I come from a long line of musicians, all in possession of the ability to play any tune by ear. I have been a social entertainer since childhood, and have performed on stage at several events such as concerts, and various social celebrations. After many years of pursuing my various other talents, I have decided to become a professional pianist. You will see from my repertoire that I am able to reproduce a vast selection of melodies, spanning many er ... as, and catering to any age group and genre. It is only a small selection of what I am able to play, since my gift can be likened unto a musical “photographic memory” whereby I am able to reproduce any tune with which I am familiar. I have been playing for 45 years. Read More

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Experience

Pianist (Ongoing)
: Social Entertainer (Volunteer - ongoing)
Piano entertainer for a variety of milestones: Weddings, birthdays, memorial services, funerals, musical soirees
: Jambo Story Teller (July 2013)
Wrote and narrated children’s stories for Africa Magic (television) whilst playing the piano
: Stage Performer (Volunteer 1980 - 1982)
Performances on stage and duets with my late father for Charity Concerts for churches and charity organisations
: School Pianist (1979 – 1982)
Pianist for all school gatherings, assemblies, religious holidays and memorial services, ... music and singing classes, stage performer for all concerts held at school.
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Suitable for

Bar / Bat Mitzvah Birthday Party (Adult) Christening Christmas Party Cocktail Party / Drinks Reception Corporate Event Dinner Party Jewish Wedding Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Social Club Trade Show / Exhibitions Wedding Reception