I don’t know how this guy fits upwards of 233 songs in his brain and can conjure them up on demand, but he does. Don Griffith is a pianist and the artist director at the Saskatoon Jazz Society. He’ll play any song requested from the the list below at his Live by Request show the Bassment. Dude doesn’t even use sheet music.
He’d probably play a whole bunch of songs that aren’t on the list too, if you can whistle the melody to kickstart his memory.
Don will even sing the lyrics. But be forewarned — in his last email out to the Saskatoon Jazz Society, he explained: “I have been really swamped with non-musical tasks recently and so I apologize in advance for some of the inaccurate versions of the lyrics I will come up with.”
Hilarity may ensue.
Check out the whole ridiculously large list of tunes below. He’s doing a Live by Request show tomorrow night at 9:00.
- A Day In The Life Of A Fool
- A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square
- Act Naturally
- After You’ve Gone
- Ain’t Got No Home
- Ain’t Misbehavin
- Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
- All Of Me
- All The Things You Are
- All The Way
- Angel Eyes
- Anytime
- As Time Goes By
- Autumn Leaves
- Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
- Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown
- Basin Street Blues
- Beautiful Love
- Beer Drinkin Woman
- Big Boss Man
- Big Chief
- Blue And Sentimental
- Blue Monday
- Blue Moon
- Blue Moon Of Kentucky
- Blue Skies
- Blueberry Hill
- Body and Soul
- Bright Lights, Big City
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Bye Bye Blues
- C C Rider
- Cabbage Head
- Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man
- C’est La Vie
- Cherry Pink
- Choo, Choo, Ch’ Boogie
- City Of New Orleans
- Close To You
- Cold, Cold Heart
- Come Rain Or Shine
- Crazy
- Cry Me A River
- Cry to Me
- Cryin’ Time
- ‘Deed I Do
- Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
- Do You Know What it Means To Miss New Orleans
- Don’t Get Around Much Any More
- Dream A Little Dream Of Me
- Easy Livin’
- Embraceable You
- Falling Back In Love With You
- Fire And Rain
- Flip Flop and Fly
- Fly Me To The Moon
- Four Day Rider
- Frankie And Johnny
- Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You
- Georgia
- Girl From Impanema
- Go To The Mardi Gras
- God Bless The Child
- Going Home Tomorrow
- Great Balls OF Fire
- Green, Green Grass of Home
- Hadacol Bounce
- Hallelujah, I Love Her So
- Hello Josephine
- Her Mind is Gone
- Hey Good Lookin’
- Honeysuckle Rose
- How Deep Is The Ocean?
- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
- I Got Rhythm
- I Hear You Knockin’ (Fats Domino)
- I Hear You Knockin’ (The Thunderbirds)
- I Left My Heart In San Francisco
- I Love You For Sentimental Reasons
- I Wish You Love
- Iko Iko
- I’m Beginning To See The Light
- I’m In The Mood For Love
- I’m Ready
- I’m So Lonseome I Could Cry
- I’m Walkin’
- In A Mellowtone
- In A Sentimental Mood
- In The Night
- Indiana
- Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
- It Don’t Mean A Thing
- It Had To Be You
- It’s My Fault
- I’ve Got You Under My Skin
- Jambalaya
- Johnny B Goode
- Jump Jive And Wail
- Junco Partner
- Just In Time
- Kansas City
- Key To The Highway
- King Of The Road
- L.O.V.E.
- Let It Rock
- Let The Four Winds Blow
- Let’s Fall In Love
- Little Sister
- Living In A Fool’s Paradise
- Looking Out The Window
- Love Potion #9
- Lover Man
- Lush Life
- Makin’ Whoopee
- Memphis, Tennesee
- Midnight Special
- Misty
- Momma Come Home
- Mood Indigo
- Moon Light In Vermont
- Moon River
- Moonglow
- My Babe
- My Blue Heaven
- My Bucket’s Got A Hole In It
- Nearness Of You
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
- Oh Lonesome Me
- Old Cape Cod
- Old Time Rock and Roll
- On Broadway
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Our Day Will Come
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
- Over The Rainbow
- Paper Moon
- Pink Champagne
- Prelude To A Kiss
- Red Roses
- Red Sails In The Sunset
- Rockett 88
- Rockin’ Chair
- Rockin’ Pneumonia
- Rose Of San Antone
- Round Midnight
- Route 66
- Satin Doll
- Sentimental Journey
- September Song
- Shadow Of Your Smile
- Sick and Tired
- Since I Fell For You
- Singing the Blues
- Six Days on The Road
- Skylark
- Smile
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
- Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Something Stupid
- Sophisticated Lady
- St. James Infirmary
- Stagger Lee
- Stardust
- Stormy Weather
- Stuck In Lodi
- Summer Wind
- Summertime
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Sweet Lorraine
- Take The “A” Train
- Taking A Chance On Love
- Tea For Two
- That Lucky Old Sun
- The Glory Of Love
- The House is Rockin’
- The Tennesse Waltz
- The Very Thought of You
- The Wanderer
- The Way You Look Tonight
- The Weight
- There Is No Greater Love
- There Will Never Be Another You
- They Can’t Take That Away
- Tipitina
- Travellin’ Light
- Travellin’ Mood
- Trouble In Mind
- Tulsa Time
- Tuxedo Junction
- Up a Lazy River
- Walkin’ After Midnight
- Walkin’ To New Orleans
- What A Difference a Day Makes
- What A Wonderful World
- What You Want Me To Do
- When I Grow Too Old Too Dream
- Willie and The Hand Jive
- Willow Weep For Me
- Winchester Cathedral
- Worried Life Blues
- Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
- You Don’t Know What Love Is
- You Win Again
- You’re Nobody Til Somebody Loves
- You’ve Got A Friend
- Blue Monk
- Bossa Viejo
- Boy, Am I Depressed
- Chicken Shack
- Doxy
- Dyslexic Blues
- Eli’s Here
- Hymn To Freedom
- Last Date
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
- Moanin’
- Rhythm and Blews
- Sarahnade
- Sidewinder
- Song For My Father
- Spain
- Stella By Starlight
- Sukiyaki
- Swingin’ Sheperd Blues
- Take Five
- The Pink Panther
- The Preacher
- Things Ain’t What They Use To Be
- Watermelon Man
- Well You Needn’t
- Work Song
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