Dueling Pianos Songs
top 50 songs every dueling piano player should know | typical dueling pianos songs
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Dueling Pianos
is an art form that is sweeping the nation.
Dueling piano bars are opening up across the country at an astounding
rate. Dueling pianos have been around for years - but why do folks
enjoy dueling pianos so much? Simple, it's because of the SONGS.
In this article about dueling pianos we're going to take a look at the
songs that the dueling pianos perform and what makes them so popular. To the right we see "The Twins Dueling Pianos" from Harrah's in Las Vegas. They might get away with a little more than just knowing all of the right dueling piano songs to play... But for the rest of us - we
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| Sing-Along Songs We're not going to attempt to put the top 50 songs in order - but rather we will place them into categories. Category #1 is Sing-Along Songs. It is imperative that dueling piano players get the audience involved. This, primarily, means getting the audience to sing along. Although the audience can sing-along to ANY dueling piano songs, here is the portion of our top 50 songs that are considered official sing-along songs.
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison Mustang Sally - Wilson
Pickett Pour Some Sugar on Me -
Def Leppard |
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| Performance Songs Now the dueling piano players get a chance to show their stuff. The performance songs are the songs that the audience requests to hear them done correctly by a talented musician. Some of them are sing-a-longs anyway but for the most part these are the songs that separate the hack dueling piano players from the real ones...
Piano Man - Billy Joel Tiny Dancer - Elton John |
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| Dance Songs Some can and some can't... - make you dance, that is. The best dueling piano players can actually get their audience up and dancing. Here are a few key songs to get booties shakin'...
Brick House - The Commodores We Are
Family - Sister Sledge |
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| They Just Want To See If You Can Do It -
Songs... Ah, yes, and our last category of dueling pianos songs - the "I just want to see if they can play it" songs. These are songs that are usually quite difficult to reproduce on just a couple of pianos (and possible another guy on beatbox) - and the audience just wants to see if the dueling piano players can pull them off... Bohemian Rhapsody
- Queen
Livin' on a
Prayer - Bon Jovi |
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