PianoManChuck

Van Nuys, CA

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Travels up to 60 miles

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1960's Piano Medley

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1970's Piano Medley

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1950's Piano Medley

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Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Elton John) - Piano Cover

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Private party on Baldwin baby grand

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Playing in the lobby of a major medical facility

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Thanksgiving Party

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Overview

Pianist: Beatles, Stones, Queen, Elton, 1960s & 70s solo pianist (can also do 50s thru modern day but specialize in 60s & 70s). Great for background for your party, event, restaurant, etc. No boring "standards"... this pianist will definitely get memories sparked! Check out my samples here on GigSalad.


Reviews

6 reviews

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Anne T.

November 9, 2016
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Excellent, friendly

Not only did all enjoy this friendly, smiley performer, for those guests who did not know a lot of the other guests, he was incredibly enjoyed!

Hired as: 1970s Era Entertainment, Pianist


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Michael N.

May 29, 2016
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Classic rock for a Memorial Day party 2016

We were pleasantly surprised by piano man Chuck. We checked his YouTube video and booked him for our annual Memorial Day bbq. Chuck arrived on time and was soon performing classic rock songs for our guests. He took some requests and was very pleasant and easy going. Every one enjoyed his playing and he has a wide range of songs. I requested some Coldplay and Beach boys, Chuck played them very well. Thank you, Chuck. We will see you again..

Hired as: 1960s Era Entertainment, 1970s Era Entertainment, Oldies Music, Pianist


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Marilou C.

October 28, 2014

Terrific piano man

Thank you Chuck. Everybody at the party absolutely loved your music. We've had other pianist played for us before but you are the best! You just became our official piano man we will call you soon!

Hired as: Pianist


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Fran C.

October 6, 2014

Great Addition to our party!

Chuck was a fantastic addition to our party. My husband was really surprised and enjoyed the music. Everyone enjoyed the music. He played 60's and Beatles, my husbands favorite. He played right through the whole party. It was perfect!

Hired as: 1960s Era Entertainment


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Avi Z.

January 6, 2014

Large repertoire for any musical taste!

Chuck provides amazing musical talent that is very broad and fitting for any event or party. He understands the importance of relating to people during his playing while being enthusiastic and keeping the beat up and the crowd entertained!

Hired as: Pianist

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Booking information

Price range: Contact for rates

Languages: English

Gig length: 60 - 240 minutes

What to expect

Memories, smiles, and great music reminscent of the greats from the 60s & 70s (but not limited to those years).

About

Playing piano since age 5, perfect pitch and a virtual audiographic memory, can play virtually anything I hear... and much more accurately than pianists robotically reproducing notes from sheet music. I was classically trained from ages 6-15. Grew up listening to music of the 60s & 70s (and some 50s) which has a special place in my heart... so that's the music I play most often, and I do it with feeling! No "standards" from this pianist... you can get that anywhere. But if you loved the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Queen, Elton John, Simon & Garfunkel, and the many 1-hit wonders of the 60s and songs you've probably forgotten about by now... I'm your guy! PianoManChuck - I'm easy to find on the internet.

Additional booking notes

Only accepting gigs with a piano on site at this point.

Past booked events

November 2016

05

Saturday

Birthday (Adult)

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Lancaster, CA

May 2016

28

Saturday

Dinner Party

6:00pm - 8:30pm

Simi Valley, CA

December 2015

24

Thursday

Dinner Party

9:00pm - 12:00am (Fri)

Beverly Hills, CA

Set list

This is only a PARTIAL LIST of what I play most often:

Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Elton John)
Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney)
Miss American Pie (Don McLean)
Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
Someone Like You (Adelle)
Let Her Go (Passenger)
Layla (Eric Clapton)
Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
Desperado (Eagles)
Some Nights (Fun.)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)
Lady Jane (Rolling Stones)
Hey Jude (Beatles)
If I Fell (Beatles)
Fur Elise (Beethoven)
Piano Sonata # 16 (Mozart)
Love is Blue (Andre' Popp / Pierre Cour)
Funeral For a Friend (Elton John)
Ruby Tuesday (Rolling Stones)
Martha my Dear (Beatles)
You Never Give me your Money (Beatles)
The Sounds of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
Scarborough Fair (Simon & Garfunkel)
Angie (Rolling Stones)
Cherish (The Association)
Love is All Around (Troggs)
The Sound of Music / Climb Every Mountain
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles)
With a Little Help From My Friends (Beatles)
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Beatles)
Yesterday (Beatles)
If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof)
Hava Nagila

- - - ITALIAN - - -
That's Amore (Dean Martin)
O Sole Mio
Sicilian Heart

I'd Love To Change The World (Ten Years After)
Time is on my Side (Rolling Stones)
Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones)
Leaving on a Jet Plane (Peter, Paul & Mary)
California Dreaming (Peter, Paul & Mary)
Twist & Shout (Beatles)
You Cant Always Get What You Want (Stones)
Imagine (John Lennon)
New York State of Mind (Billy Joel)
Happy Together (Turtles)
Georgy Girl (Seekers)
Downtown (Petula Clark)
The Weight (The Band)
Blowin' in the Wind (Bob Dylan)
Strawberry Fields Forever (Beatles)
Eve of Destruction (Barry McGuire)
Let it Be (Beatles)
Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
Me & Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin)
Piano Man (Billy Joel)
Proud Mary (Tina Turner)
Tiny Dancer (Elton John)
Under the Boardwalk
Thank you (Led Zeppelin)
Sunny Afternoon (Kinks)
Atlantis (Donovan)
Surfer Girl (Beach Boys)
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Amazing Grace (John Newton, 1779)
Wouldn't it be Nice (Beach Boys)
In My Room (Beach Boys)
Your Song (Elton John)
Bridge over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John)
Mrs Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
House of the Rising Sun (Eric Burden & Animals)
If I Had a Hammer (Peter, Paul & Mary)
The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel)
Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head (BJ Thomas)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Brothers)
Wonderful World (Sam Cooke)
What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Who'll Stop The Rain (CCR)
Down on the Corner (CCR)
Get Together (Youngbloods)
Louie Louie (Kingsmen)
Catch the Wind (Donovan)
Clocks (Cold Play)
Johnny Angel (Shelly Fabares)
You're in my Heart (Rod Stewart)
A Day in the Life (Beatles)
Something (Beatles)
Strawberry Fields Forever (Beatles)
Ob La Di Ob La Da (Beatles)

- 1950's -
A Teenager In Love (Dion & The Belmonts)
Tequila (Champs)
Chantilly Lace (Big Bopper)
Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight (Spaniels)
The Great Pretender (Platters)
Rock Around The CLock (Bill Haley & The Comets)
Earth Angel (Penguins)
All I Have to do is Dream (Everly Brothers)
Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)
I Hear You Knocking (Smiley Lewis)
Maybellene (Chuck Berry)
Yakety Yak (Coasters)
Let The Good Times Roll (Shirley & Lee)
Bye Bye Love (Everly Brothers)
Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino)
Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly & The Crickets)
Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran)
Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)
Whatever Will Be Will Be, Que Sera Sera (Doris Day)
Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley)
Book Of Love (Monotones)
Lonely Boy (Paul Anka)
Love Potion # 9 (Clovers)
Honey Don't (Carl Perkins)
Unchained Melody (Al Hibbler)
Night Train (Jimmy Forrest)
Lolli Pop

- 1960's -
Sunny Afternoon (Kinks)
Baby Please Don't Go (Paul Rever & Raiders)
Build me up Buttercup (Foundations)
Bus Stop (Hollies)
Incense & Peppermints (Strawberry Alarm Clock)
I Can See For Miles (Who)
She's Not There (Zombies)
Bad Moon Rising (CCR)
Louie Louie (Kingsmen)
I Had Too Much To Dream (Electric Prunes)
Twist & Shout (Isley Brothers)
Stop In The Name Of Love (Supremes)
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Animals)
Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
Crimson and Clover (Tommy James & Shondells)
The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
House of the Rising Sun (Animals)
I Want To Hold Your Hand (Beatles)
Yesterday (Beatles)
Nights in White Satin (Moody Blues)
A Hard Day's Night (Beatles)
I Fought The Law (Bobby Fuller Four)
Happy Together (Turtles)
Wild Thing (Troggs)
Love is All Around (Troggs)
Mr Tambourine Man (Byrds (Bob Dylan))
I'm a Believer (Monkees)
Time of the Season (Zombies)
The Weight (The Band)
Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
For What Its Worth (Buffalo Springfield)
She Loves You (Beatles)
You Really Got Me (Kinks)
California Dreamin' (Mamas & Papas)
Good Vibrations (Beach Boys)
Light My Fire (Doors)
I Want To Hold Your Hand (Beatles)
A Hard Day's Night (Beatles)
The Letter (Box Tops)
Gloria (Them / Shadows of NIght)
96 Tears (? and the Mysterians)
Hit The Road Jack (Ray Charles)
I Fought The Law (Bobby Fuller Four)
Time Has Come Today (Chambers Brothers)
Happy Together (Turtles)
Hanky Panky (Tommy James & The Shondells)
Hang On Sloopy (McCoys)

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Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)
Waiting on the World To Change (John Mayer)
You Are So Beautiful (Joe Cocker)
Rehab (Amy Winehouse)
8675 Jenny (Tommy Tutone)
What I Like About You (Romantics)
My Sweet Lord (George Harrison)
The Long & Winding Road (Beatles)
She's Got A Way (Billy Joel)
Lady (Styx)
Come Sail Away (Styx)
Suite Madam Blue (Styx)
Cocaine (Eric Clapton)
Behind Blue Eyes (Who)
Fire & Rain (James Taylor)
Over the Hills and Far Away (Led Zeppelin)
You've Got a Friend in me (Randy Newman)
Dream a Little Dream of Me (Mama Cass)
Best Friend (Queen)
For the Longest Time (Billy Joel)
Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel)
Obla Di Obla Da (Beatles)
I Can't Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis Presley)
Blue Moon (Marcels)
Stand By Me (Ben E King)
Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
Natural Woman (Arethra Franklin)
Yellow (Coldplay)
Only You (Platters)

- ROLLING STONES -
Brown Sugar
Paint It Black
Lady Jane
Monkey Man
Mother's Little Helper (What a drag it is getting old)
Start Me Up
Angie
Ruby Tuesday
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Wild Horses (Tired of Living)
She's a Rainbow
Sympathy for the Devil
Gimme Shelter
Time Is On My Side
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
(This May Be) The Last Time
Get OFf My Cloud
Under My Thumb
Have You Seen Your Mother Baby Standing in th Shadow
Lets Spend The Night Together
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Street Fighting Man
Tumbling Dice
Honky Tonk Women

COMPLETE BEATLES ALBUMS AS PIANO MEDLEYS:

SARGEANT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND:
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With A Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Elton John style)
Getting Better
Fixing A Hole
She's Leaving Home
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lovey Rita
Good Morning Good Morning
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
A Day In The Life

ABBEY ROAD:
Come Together
Something
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Oh! Darling
Octopus's Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes The Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King
Mean Mr. Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End
Her Majesty

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR:
Magical Mystery Tour
The Fool On The Hill
Flying
Blue Jay Way
Your Mother Should Know
I Am The Walrus
Hello, Goodbye
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
Baby You're A Rich Man
All You Need Is Love

1950's PIANO MEDLEY:
1 A Teenager In Love (Dion & The Belmonts)
2 Tequila (Champs)
3 Chantilly Lace (Big Bopper)
4 Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight (Spaniels)
5 The Great Pretender (Platters)
6 Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley & The Comets)
7 Earth Angel (Penguins)
8 All I Have To Do Is Dream (Everly Brothers)
9 Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly & The Crickets)
10 Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)
11 I Hear You Knocking (Smiley Lewis)
12 Maybellene (Chuck Berry)
13 Yakety Yak (Coasters)
14 Let The Good Times Roll (Shirley & Lee)
15 Bye Bye Love (Everly Brothers)
16 Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino)
17 Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly & The Crickets)
18 Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran)
19 Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)
20 Whatever Will Be Will Be, Que Sera Sera (Doris Day)
21 Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley)
22 Book Of Love (Monotones)
23 Lonely Boy (Paul Anka)
24 Love Potion # 9 (Clovers)
25 Honey Don't (Carl Perkins)
26 Unchained Melody (Al Hibbler)
27 Night Train (Jimmy Forrest)

1960's PIANO MEDLEY:
1 Sunny Afternoon (Kinks)
2 Baby Please Don't Go (Paul Rever & The Raiders)
3 Build Me Up Buttercup (Foundations)
4 Bus Stop (Hollies)
5 I Can See For Miles (Who)
6 She's Not There (Zombies)
7 Bad Moon Rising (Credence Clearwater Revival)
8 Louie Louie (Kingsmen)
9 I Had Too Much To Dream (Electric Prunes)
10 Twist & Shout (Isley Brothers)
11 Stop In The Name Of Love (Supremes)
12 We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Animals)
13 Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
14 Crimson And Clover (Tommy James & The Shondells)
15 The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
16 House of the Rising Sun (Animals)
17 I Want To Hold Your Hand (Beatles)
18 Yesterday (Beatles)
19 Nights in White Satin (Moody Blues)
20 A Hard Day's Night (Beatles)
21 I Fought the Law (Bobby Fuller Four)
22 Happy Together (Turtles)

1970's PIANO MEDLEY:
1 Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
2 Imagine (John Lennon)
3 Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel)
4 Let It Be (Beatles)
5 Miss American Pie (Don McLean)
6 Your Song (Elton John)
7 Who'll Stop The Rain (Credence Clearwater Revival)
8 Me & Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin)
9 Fire & Rain (James Taylor)
10 Angie (Rolling Stones)
11 Aqualung (Jethro Tull)
12 Drift Away (Dobie Gray)
13 Don't Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)
14 Riders on the Storm (Doors)
15 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John)
16 Rhianon (Fleetwood Mac)
17 Piano Man (Billy Joel)
18 Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney)
19 Behind Blue Eyes (Who)
20 My Sharona (Knack)
21 Big Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce)
22 Cocaine (Eric Clapton)
23 Over The Hills & Far Away (Led Zeppelin)
24 Question Of Balance (Moody Blues)

Influences and inspiration

Beatles, Stones, Queen, Elton.... too many to list.

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