CARE HOMES
LIVE MUSIC
I feel privileged to be able to play for elderly people in care and have an established clientele of over 50 Care Homes that I provide entertainment for in the nearby Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire counties.
Usually playing in the mornings or afternoons for an hour, I fit in with the plans of the Care Home Activities Leaders and Co-ordinators for their residents in care.
Music evokes wonderful feelings and memories and can, for a while, help break down the barriers of even severe cases of dementia as people clap, dance and sing along with the tunes.
I play acoustic guitar and sing songs from the 1950's and 1960's along with a few well-chosen older tunes (see selection of Care Home Songs below). I'm always adding "new" songs (to keep me on my toes!). I have a compact BOSE amplifier and speaker system for these sessions and can tailor the volume, sound and song choice to suit.
I am always happy to discuss any requirements with you so please contact me - mobile 07870 616747, or via this link to my Contact Page
A few of the songs I play - there are many more.
Ain’t She Sweet - Various - The Beatles
All I have to do is Dream - The Everley Brothers
And I Love her - The Beatles
Blue Moon - Various – Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley
Bless 'em All - Vera Lynn, George Formby
Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley
Blue Spanish Eyes - Al Martino
Bring me Sunshine - Morecambe & Wise
Bye Bye Love - The Everley Brothers
Can’t take my eyes off you - Andy Williams
Catch a Falling Star - Perry Como
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
Don’t sit under the Apple Tree - The Andrews Sisters
Dream a Little Dream of me - Doris Day
Drunken Sailor - Traditional
Everyday - Buddy Holly
Fly me to the moon - Frank Sinatra
Green green grass of home - Tom Jones
Hokey Cokey - Traditional
Home on the Range - Traditional
How much is that doggie in the window - Various
I love you because - Jim Reeves
I only want to be with you - Dusty Springfield
Is this the way to Amarillo - Tony Christie
King of the Road - Roger Miller
Living Doll - Cliff Richard
Love me tender - Elvis Presley
Moonlight Bay - Various – Doris Day
Moon River - Audrey Hepburn
Ob La Di Ob La Da - The Beatles
Oh Boy - Buddy Holly
Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' - Oklahoma
Pack up your Troubles/It's a long way to Tipperary
Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly
Please Release Me - Engelbert Humperdinck
Que Sera Sera (Whatever will be) - Doris Day
Raindrops keep falling on my head - Perry Como
Return to Sender - Elvis Presley
Run Rabbit - Flanagan & Allen
Show me the way to go home - Various
Singing in the Rain - Gene Kelly
Something Stupid - Frank & Nancy Sinatra
Somewhere over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard
Swinging on a Star - Various – Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra
That’s Amore - Dean Martin
The Last Waltz - Engelbert Humperdinck
The Umbrella Man - Flanagan & Allen
Things - Dean Martin & Nancy Sinatra
Tie a Yellow Ribbon - Frank Sinatra, Perry Como
Wanderin' Star - Lee Marvin
Welcome to my World - Jim Reeves
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
You are my Sunshine - Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole