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| Song Title/ Artist/ Comment |
Audio | Video | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary's 70th Birthday Party | ||||
| Also sprach Zarathustra Richard Strauss 2001: A Space Odyssey. Is there any better opening song? | ||||
| Piano Man Billy Joel This was my first Rock song I learned about 500 years ago. | ||||
| Your Song Elton John This was the first song I played for Mary. It's worked now for over 42 years! Yay! | ||||
| Sweet Caroline Neal Diamond C'mon, you know you want to sing along. | ||||
| Yesterday Beatles Mary loves to sing this one and would do it even better if she would let go. | ||||
| Come Sail Away Styx I love to rock and roll on this one. Note the extreme quick rolls. The ending I attempt a dream state. | ||||
| Over The Rainbow Harold Arlen First I render the original. Then I little ad-lib. Then my take on the Hawaiian version. | ||||
| Sound Of Music Trilogy (Rodgers/Hammerstein) -- Do-Re-Me C'mon, sing to this one too. -- The Sound of Music So cool playing this in the mountains. -- Edelweiss I think of Plummer's rendition and attempt to bring tears. | ||||
| Can't Help Falling in Love Elvis Presley Another cool sing-a-long. | ||||
| All By Myself Eric Carmen I personally love this song. | ||||
| Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler Mary insisted on this one as she loves it. | ||||
| Take Me Home, Country Roads John Denver When I'm in West Virginia, this one gets noticed big time. | ||||
| Bohemian Rhapsody Queen Maybe the greatest rock piece ever. | ||||
| Bridge Over Troubled Waters Simon and Garfunkel Mary absolutely loves this one. It is one of my first and it sure came out nice. | ||||
| Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet Henry Mancini Listen to melody. 1st it's one line by itself. Then a 2nd joins. Celebration, joy, then tragedy. | ||||
| Wind Beneath My Wings(Silbar/Henry) Trilogy This song wraps 3 songs into 1 and it represents the fact we are imperfect, there is a Savior, and there is help here on earth. -- The 1st part, How Great Thou Art (Swedish hymn), represents God of the Holy Trinity. -- The 2nd part, Jesus, Jesus We Adore Thee (Beethoven), represents Jesus. -- The 3rd part, Amazing Grace (John Newton), represents the Holy Spirit. | ||||
| Morning Has Broken Cat Stevens Yah, yah, yah, I know. Bunessan and Scottish Folk Song | ||||
| Oh Shenandoah Unknown There's a reason this song is so beautiful. Just visit Shenandoah and you'll see what I mean. | ||||
| Classical Gas Mason Williams Love this song ever since I first heard it 50+ years ago. | ||||
| Born Free Barry /Black Most inspirational song ever! | ||||
| Moon River Henry Mancini Our RV theme song. | ||||
| Oh Danny Boy Traditional Irish melody Classic, classic, classic | ||||
| Irish Eyes Ernest Ball My oh my, what a tune | ||||
| Irish Washerwoman Traditional Jig How fast can I play this before I explode | ||||
| Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral James Royce Shannon Mary says her mother used to sing this to her. Mary sang this our kids, Dr. Jenny and Mrs. Jill | ||||
| God Bless The USA Lee Greenwod Already one of the most famous patriotic songs ever and what a way to end a set! |