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Wednesday, March 27

Brown Eyed Girl, a standard Duelling Piano tune, played by Rick and Dorothy

by Rick Potvin

Brown Eyed Girl is a standard rock tune at duelling piano bars around the world.. Here's D and me trying that tune for the first time.

Many of our piano students involve a couple of siblings--- a brother and sister, or two brothers... etc. and everytime we play two pianos or keyboard together for them, they automatically want to learn how to do that. So I know for a fact there is a future in two piano gigs.

Discussion
BROWN EYED GIRL

Monday, March 25

Ghost Piano Lounge--- with Rick and Dorothy at the piano doing "ghostly tunes"









                    



               



           






Re-live the 1920's era at the Ghost Piano Lounge
with Dorothy at the piano as she plays tunes popular in Mae West's time when she visited the original Orpheum Theatre in Phoenix:

Piano Roll Blues
Music Music Music
The Entertainer
Five Foot Two
12th St. Rag







Thursday, March 21

1 Hr. CD Sampler

Samples

Hi !-- and welcome to PIANO STYLINGS: Live! -- section of this website where you can sample our work in order to consider us for creating LIVE PIANO MUSIC for your function. We've recently played an Art Show in Scottsdale and a private party in North Scottsdale using our own equipment-- transportable Korg and Yamaha keys via a 1995 Ford Taurus Station Wagon with a new rebuilt motor. Call us at (602) 371-0094 or email rick_potvin@yahoo.com if you're interested--or have questions or need other samples of our work. We can make arrangements to be at your location with very little advance notice-- sort of like an on-call live piano player.

Start the video just below and open the
[FLIPCHART] to a new window while the video plays.


Monday, March 18

Rick plays "Can't help lovin that gal o' mine"-- on piano and bass/drums/keyboard.

Demo Reels by Dorothy and Rick






Dorothy's Demo Reel Songs: -v=vocal
Youtube segment 1/5
Broadway-- 
Memory from Cats 0:00
Phantom of the Opera (Think of Me, Music of the Night, All I ask) 0:53
Sound of Music 2:21
My Fair Lady (I've grown accustomed to her face, On the street Where You Live, I could Have Danced All Night)
Hello Dolly-v
Cabaret-v
Sinatra: Fly me to the Moon-v, Summer Wind, Lady is a Tramp 10:32, Wonderful World-v-13:58, I Left My Heart in San Francisco-v
Dean Martin: All of Me-v, You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You-v. 
Sinatra: That's Life-v, 
It Don't Mean a Thing if it Don't Have That Swing-v-18:50
Birth of the Blues-v
Bill Baily-v
Youtube segment 2/5
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Embraceable You
Cole Porter: I've Got you Under My Skin, Night and Day
Autumn Leaves
As Time Goes By
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Errol Garner: Misty
Liberace: Alley Cat
Ain't Misbehain
New York, New York 9:00
Canadian Sunset
Tommy Dorsey's Boogie Woogie
Classical Liberace Style: Nocturne in Eb by Chopin, Liebestraum by Lizst, Till the End of Time by Chopin, Tonight We Love by Tcaikovsky.
Latin Songs: Besame Mucho 13:55
Youtube segment 3/5 and 4/5
Recent Songs: Let it Go from Frozen, All of Me by John Legend.
Youtube segment 5/5
Bruno Mars: When I was Your Man




Rick's Demo Reel Songs




Satin Doll-v 0:00
Route 66-v 1:06
Lady in Red-v 3:39
Our Day Will Come-v 5:27
Billy Joel
New York State of Mind-v 6:20
Piano Man-v 8:13
Elton John
Your Song-v 10:14
Crocadile Rock-v 11:43
Your Mama Don't Dance-v  12:55
 [Click > right arrow scroll for further songs]
Ballade Pour Adelaide
Linus and Lucy
Take 5
Elton John
Daniel 
Yellow Brick Road
Music Box Dancer
Old Time Rock and Roll
Surfin USA-v
A Certain Smile-v
Beatles
Here There Everywhere-v
Margueritaville-v
Bruno Mars
Count on Me
The Lazy Day Song

Rick and and Dorothy thank you for taking the time to review our tour.







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Music Repertoire

Dorothy Motto and Rick Potvin, two versatile, expereince, professional pianists and vocalists, knowledgable have a great music background and have a very large music repertoire for all types of muisc for different decades, for famous American composers. Example: George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Rogers and Hammerstein, Lloyd Weber, Duke Ellington, Carol King, Billy Joel, Elton John, Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, Scott Joplin, Manilow, Chicago, Ray Charles, Bruno Marrs,

For famous singers sings, Elvis Presley, Tony Bennet, Frank Sinatra, Beach Boys, Nat King Colek, Neil Diamond, James Taylor, Eagles, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Johnny Mathis, Dean Martin, Carol King, Lionel Richie, The Carpenters, Bobby Darrin, John Legend. 

Types of Music. Ballads, Swing, New Orleans, Latin, Broadway, standards from the 1930s through to the 1980s, Italian songs, Chinese songs, Yiddish songs, Yanni, Clayderman, Classical themes, Blues, Big Band, Country, Contemporary, soft rock, rock and roll, Dixie, Liberace, Roger Williams, Romantic. Recent movie music like Let it Go from Frozen and newer hits like Count on Me and The Lazy Song.

Famous pianos solos. Linus and Lucy, Geraldi songs, Ragtime Scott Joplin, Rhapsody in blue, Autumn Leaves, Born Free, Chariots of Fire, Moon River, Bumble Boogie, Boogie Woogie, Tommy Dorsey's Boogie, Tonight we Love, Blue Tango, Baseame Mucho, Cumana, Commanchero, Tico Tico, Brazil, Misty, Eddy Duchin, Frankie Carle, Errol Garner. 

Classical famous themes by Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, Debussey, Schubert, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov. 

Dorothy and Rick take requests. Once price for two well qualified pianists and vocalists - add keyboard or piano ensemble. 


Our website is www.PianoLessonsEtc.com and we can be contacted most easily via email at rick_potvin@yahoo.com. Currently we're available for work in the Phoenix, AZ area. Phone (602) 371-0094 and leave a message on the machine. We'll return your call within 24 hrs.


Rick and Dorothy's Restaurant Piano Rates

Dorothy Motto's 
& Rick Potvin's 
Request List


Broadway Songs
Memory from Cats
Phantom of the Opera
Think of Me
Music of the NIght
All I Ask 
My Fair Lady
I've grown accustomed to her face
On the street where you live
I could have danced all night
It's deloverly 
With a little bit of luck
Sound of Music
Sound of Music 
Edelweiss
Climb Every Mountain
Do Re Mi
My Favorite Things
Broadway Songs
Some Enchanged Everning
Wonderful Guy
Bali Hai
Honey Bun
Music Man
Til There was You
Goodnite My Someone
It's You
Seventy Six Trombones
Lida Rose
Fiddler on the Roof
If I were a rich man
Tradition
Sunrise Sunset
Matchmaker
To Life
Hava na Gila
Exodus
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oh what a beautiful Morning
People will say we're in love
Surry with a fringe on top
Many a New Day
Kismet
Stranger in Paradise
This is my beloved
Baubles, bangles and beads
Guys and Dolls
A Woman's World
If I were a bell
Guys and Dolls
Luck Be a Lady
Westside Story
Tonight
Maria
Maria
Impossible Dream
Hello Dolly 
Hello Dolly
Mame
Mame
Cabaret
Caberet
Chicago
All that jazz
It's too darn hot
Razzle Dazzle
Mama Mia
Dancing Queen

Italian Songs
Sorrento
O Solo Mio
Speak Softly 
Arrivaderci Roma
Return to Me
Tarantella
Speak Softly Love
My Prayer
That's Amore
Volare
Oh Marie
Fenniculi Fennicula
Aldi La

Sinatra Songs
Strangers in the night
Fly me to the moon
Summer Wind
Satin Doll
The Lady is a Tramp
All the Way
Second Time Around
My Way
Witchcraft
I've got you under my skin
Night and Day
That's Life
Shadow of your smile
New York New York
Young at Heart
Come Fly With Me
My Kind of Town 
Chicago
I get a kick out of you
The way you look tonight
Till
It's a Wonderful world

Latin Songs
Besame Mucho
More
Lover me with all your heart
Brazil
Green Eyes
Sway
Begin the Begine
Jealousy 
Meditation
Quiet nights and quiet Stars
Watch what happens
Copacabana
Malaquena
Blue Tango
Man and Woman 
You belong tomy heart
Siboney
La Cummacheo
Cumma Na
Tico Tico
Man and Woman
Spanish Eyes
Yours
Granada
Amore
Yellow Bird
Perfidia
Theme from St. Elmo's Fire
Johnny Mathis Songs
Misty
A certain Smile
Chances are 
It's not for me tosay

Elvis Presley Songs
Memories
Can't Help Falling in Love with you
Love me Tender
The Wonder of You
Hound Dog
Teddy Bear
Don't Be Cruel
Jailhouse Rock
Blue Suede Shoes
Bosa Nova Baby
All Shook Up
Now or Never

Standards
I left my heart in San Francisco
Tenderly 
Misty
Smoke Gets in your eyes
Somewhere my love
Over the rainbow
It had to be you
I'm in the mood for love
Stardust
Deep Purple
Unforgettable
When I fall in Love
Ramblin Rose
Mona Lisa
Walking my baby back home
Love 
Blue Moon 
The Nearness of You
That's All
Isn't it romantic
As time goes by
Somewhere in time
Fascination
Autumn Leaves
Tony Bennett Songs
It's a good life
The best is yet to come
I wanna be around
You made me love you
Once in awhile
You'll never know

Dean Martin Songs
You're nobody till somebody loves you
Volare
Everybody loves somebody

Movies
Moon River
Love Story
Theme from Titanic

More Standards
Shangri La
Love is a many splendoured thing
I Love Paris
The last time I saw Paris
Blue Moon
Sunny side of the street
When you're smiling
Paper moon
Manhattan
September Song
Taking a chance on love
Let's fall in Love
  Sentimental Journey
Ain't Misbehavin
Canadian sunset
Alley Cat
Born Free
Chariots of Fire
Music Box Dancer
Twilight Time
Sunrise Serenade
I'm in the mood for love
Three Coins in a fountain
Pennies from Heaven

Duke Ellington Songs
Satin Doll
Mood Indigo
It Don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
Don't get around much anymore
Do nothing till you hear from me
Sophisticated Lady

George Gershwin Songs
Embraceable You
All the things your are
Someone to watch over me
The man I love
The very thought of you
They can't take that away from me
Lady be good
I got rhythm
Fascinating Rhythm
Rhapsody in blue

Cole Porter Songs
I've got you under my skin
Night and day
Begin the Begine
I get a kick out of you
Beatles Songs
All my loving
Let it be 
Nowhere man
Michelle
Can't buy me love
Yesterday
Yellow Submarine
Hold your hand
Something
Hey Jude
Baby I'm Amazed
With a little help from my friends
Get Back
Norwegian Wood
Fool on the hill
Ticket to Ride

Scott Joplin Songs
The Entertainer
Maple Leaf Rag
Joplin's Rag
Swipsy 
Solace

Yanni Songs
First Touch
Reflections of Passion
Swept Away
True Nature
Bacarach Songs
The Look of love
This guy's in love with you
Close to you
I'll never fall in love again
Do you know your way to San jose
Raindrops are falling on my head
What the world needs now

Ballads 
What a wonderful world
Smile
I'll be seeing you

Barry Manilow Songs
I write the songs
Can't smile without you
Copacabana

Niel Diamond Songs
Sweet Caroline
Song Sung Blue

Beach Boys Songs
Surfin USA
Fun fun fun
California girls

Billy Joel Songs
Piano man 
  New York State of Mind
She's got a way
And so it goes

Elton John Songs
Your Song
Daniel 
Yellow Brick Road
Candle in the wind
Crocadile Rock 
Rocket Man
Bennie and the Jets

James Taylor songs
Fire and Rain 
Carolina on my mind
You've got a friend
Time in a bottle

Standards
Nadia's theme
Wind beneathe my wings
Route 66
Moondance
Linus and Lucy
What is this thing called love
My funny Valentine
Cast your fate to the wind
Take Five 
Bumble boogie
Tommy Dorsey's Boogie Woogie
In the Mood
Tuxedo Junction
Basin Street Blues
Moonlight Serenade
String of Pearls
Birth of the Blues (New Orleans)
When the Saints Go Marching In (New Orleans)

Fats Domino Songs
On Blueberry Hill
I'm Walkin'

Old Fashioned Rock
Your Mamma Don't Dance
Rock and Roll Music
Susie Q
Brown Eyed Girl
Margueritaville
Color My World
Bridge over Troubled Water
Unchained Melody
Saturday in the Park
Classical 
Fur Elise
Tonight We Love
Nocturne in Eb, Chopin
Fantasy Impromptu, Chopin
Warsaw Concerto
Grieg Concerto 
Liebestraum
Schubert's Serenade
Second Piano Concerto
Claire de Lune
Moon Love
Canon in D
Minute Waltz
Alla Turka
Arabesque
Blue Danube Waltz (Strauss)

Singalong Songs
Five foot two
Ain't She sweet?
Blue Heave
Jada
Bill Bailey
Pennies from heaven
Country Roads
It had to be you
You made me love you
I can't give you anything but love
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Darktown Strutter's Ball
California Here I come
When you're smiling
Sweet Caroline
Pianoman
Saints go marching in
Ballin the jack
Baby face

Dorothy's Select

Hello Dolly
Cabaret
Blue Skies
All of Me
I don't know why I love you
You'll never know
Singing in the rain.
It's only a paper moon.
Hey Good Lookin'. (country)
Your cheatin' heart (country)
Saints go marching in.


Nat King Cole

Unforgettable
When I fall in love
Ramblin Rose
Mona Lisa
Walking my baby back home.
Love.
Sweet Lorraine.


Beatles Songs

Imagine
From me to you
Love me do
Here comes the sun
Eith days a week
And I love her
She was just 17


Ray Charles Songs

Georgia
You don't know me
Can't stop loving you



Carpenter's Songs

We've only just begun
Yesterday once more


Frankie Vallie

Can't take my eyes off you
My eyes adore you
Stay 
Sherry


Stevie Wonder

Your are the sunshine of my life
My cherie amore
For once in my life
Sunny Just called to say I love you


Carol King

I feel the earth move
Will you love me forever
You've got a friend.
It's too late.


Drifters

The boardwalk


Buddy Holly 1950s

Every day
O Boy 
It's so easy
Maybe baby
Peggy Sue
That'll be the day


1950s

Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Dream Love
California Dreaming
My girl (Temptations)
My guy
You're sixteen 
Seal it with a kiss


1970s

Bad Leroy Brown 
I got you babe (sonny and cher)
You are my special angel
Put your head on my shoulder
Puppy love
Summer place
April love (Pat boone)
Chrerish
At the hop
Georgie Girl
It never rains in southern california

1960s

Eagles
Tequila Sunrise
Lyin eyes
Desperado
Peaceful easy feeling

Beatles
Se was just 17

Chicago
Colour my world

Bridge over troubled water
Come sail away 
Dust in the win 
killling me softly 

1960s
masquerade
our day will come
she's always a waoman to me
this magic moment

1970s
gargen party
travellin man
three time a lady (lionel ritchie)
lean on me 
maggie may (rod stewart)
pink panther
send in the the clowns
love boat
luck be a lday 
save the last dance for me 
watermelon man
the way we were
what kind of fool am I 
who can I turn to

1980s
lady in red 
first time I ever saw your face
wind beneath my wings
wonderful world
ballad for adelaide (clayderman)
fame

1990s
Michal buble
home
everything

somewhere out there
all by myself
my prayer
somewhere in time
time to say goodbye

2000s
Bruno Mars
lazy day
show me

John Legend
all of me 

from frozen (disney) 
Let it go

Luke Brayn
Play it again.


Country songs

You needed me
crazy 
I fall to pieces
everything is beautiful
make the world go away
green green grass of home
on the road again
alabama jubilee
yellow rose of texas 
deep in the heart of texas 
you light up my life

Italian Songs

Sorrento
O Solo Mio
Santa Lucia
Speak Softly
Eternally
Arrivederci Roma
Al-Di-Da
Volare
That's Amore
Retrun to Me
No Arms Can Ever Hold You
O Marie
Carnival in Venice
Ciribeiribin
Taraentella
Funiculi Funicula R60s-74
Somewhere in Time D6-8
Somewhere Out There D693
The Prayer D6-12
Il Bacio
Time to Say Goodbye D6-19
Domini
Non Dimenticaro
Gentil Pensiero Waltz
Genoveffa
Marcia Reale Italiana
Marjina
Notte D'Amore
Ritiratta
Sogno D'una Vergini
Splendore Polka
Love Makes the World Go Round




Email me at rick_potvin@yahoo if you have special hours you'd like to cover-- or a custom situation.