Rick Friend, Pianist - Composer

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Upcoming Appearances

  • Saturday, July 21, 2012
  • 4:00PM - Wedding Cocktail Hour
  • San Clemente, CA
= Booked through GigMasters

Past Appearances

  • Wednesday, February 15, 2012
  • 8:00PM - Roxy Theater
  • Saskatoon, SK
  • Friday, January 06, 2012
  • 7:30PM - Wedding Reception
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Saturday, October 09, 2010
  • 6:30PM - Convention
  • Burbank, CA
  • Saturday, June 26, 2010
  • 6:00PM - Birthday Party (Adults)
  • Ventura, CA
= Booked through GigMasters
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Location:
Thousand Oaks, California
Travel Radius:
Will travel up to 350 miles from Thousand Oaks.
Pay Range:
$250-$2500 per event
Member Since:
2010
Primary Category:
Piano
Additional Categories:
40's Hits Piano, Ambient Piano, Broadway Piano, Christmas Music Piano, Classical Piano, Jazz Piano, Oldies Keyboards, Oldies Piano, Pop Piano, Ragtime Piano, Swing Piano
Influences:
Erroll Garner, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson

Description

I have been playing for parties, weddings, bar mitzvahs, funerals, silent movies and concerts for 25 years. Awesome references available. I love weddings - They are happy, and I enjoy contributing to the happy atmosphere.

I play from a list of nearly 200 songs - romantic, celebrating, honoring, and remembering.

Song List

  • A YOU'RE ADORABLE - Sid Lippman
  • AIN'T SHE SWEET - Milton Ager
  • ALWAYS - Irving Berlin
  • ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND - Irving Berlin
  • A CERTAIN SMILE - Johnny Mathis
  • A MAN AND A WOMAN - Michel LeGrand
  • AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER - Harry Warren
  • AS TIME GOES BY - Herman Hupfeld CASABLANCA
  • AUTUMN LEAVES - Joseph Kosma
  • BEER BARREL POLKA - Jaromír Vejvoda
  • BEI MIR BIST DU SCHOEN - Sholom Secunda
  • BELIEVE ME IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS - Traditional Irish
  • BLUE SKIES - Irving Berlin
  • BODY AND SOUL - Johnny Green
  • BUSHEL AND A PECK - Frank Loesser
  • BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON - Gus Edwards
  • BYE BYE BLACKBIRD - Ray Henderson
  • CABARET - John Kander
  • CHARIOTS OF FIRE - Vangelis
  • COLOR MY WORLD - Chicago
  • DANNY BOY - Traditional Irish
  • DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL - Shelton Brooks
  • DO NOT FORSAKE ME O MY DARLING - Dmitri Tiomkin
  • DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME - Fabian Andre
  • E T - John Williams
  • EMBRACEABLE YOU - George Gershwin
  • ENDLESS LOVE - Lionel Richie
  • EXODUS - Ernest Gold
  • FASCINATIN' RYTHMN - George Gershwin
  • FISH GOTTA SWIM - Jerome Kern
  • FOOLS RUSH IN - Elvis Presley
  • FOR ME AND MY GAL - George W. Meyer
  • GOD BLESS AMERICA - Irving Berlin
  • The GLORY OF LOVE - Billy Hill
  • GODFATHER THEME - Nino Rota
  • GOODNIGHT IRENE - Leadbelly
  • GREAT PRETENDER - The Platters
  • HELLO DOLLY - Gerry Herman
  • I CANT GIVE YOU ANTHNG BUT LOVE - Jimmy McHugh
  • I CAN'T SIT DOWN - Porgy and Bess George Gershwin
  • I LOVE PARIS - Cole Porter
  • IF I WERE A RICH MAN - Jerry Bock
  • I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS - Isham Jones
  • IN THE MOOD - Glenn Miller
  • I'VE GOT RHYTHM - George Gershwin
  • JEAN - Marvin Hamlisch
  • JEEPERS CREEPERS - Harry Warren
  • SO IN LOVE - Cole Porter
  • LAURA - Johnny Mercer
  • LET THE REST OF THE WORLD GO BY - Dick Haymes
  • HI LILI HI LO - by Bronislau Kaper
  • LIZA - George Gershwin
  • LOVE AND MARRIAGE - Frank Sinatra
  • LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING - Sammy Fain
  • LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG - James Lynam Molloy
  • MY FAIR LADY WOULD'T IT BE LOVERLY - Frederick Loewe
  • MY FAIR LADY ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE - Frederick Loewe
  • MY FUNNY VALENTINE - Richard Rodgers
  • MY HEART WILL GO ON - James Horner
  • MY WAY - Claude François and Jacques Revaux
  • NEW YORK - NEW YORK
  • O YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL - Nat Ayer
  • OLD BLACK JOE - Stephen Foster
  • OLD FOLKS AT HOME - Stephen Foster
  • ONCE I HAD A SECRET LOVE - Sammy Fain
  • ONCE IN LOVE WITH AMY - Frank Loesser
  • OVER THE RAINBOW - Harold Arlen
  • OVER THERE - George M Cohan
  • PAPER MOON - Harold Arlen
  • PEG OF MY HEART - Alfred Bryan
  • PENNIES FROM HEAVEN - Arthur Johnston
  • PINEAPPLE RAG - Scott Joplin
  • RECUERDO DI L'HAMBRA - Francisco Tárrega
  • RITORNE AL SORRENTO - Ernesto de Curtis
  • RUMANIAN RHAPSODY - Goerges Enesco
  • SAN FRANCISCO - Goerge Cory
  • SCARBOROUGH FAIRE - English traditional
  • SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY - Les Brown
  • SINGIN' IN THE RAIN - Nacio Herb Brown
  • SMILE - Charles Chaplin
  • SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES - Jerome Kern
  • SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME - George Gershwin
  • SOUNDS OF SILENCE - Paul Simon
  • STARDUST - Hoagy Carmichael
  • SUMMER OF '42 - Michel Legrand
  • SUMMERTIME - George Gershwin
  • SUNRISE-SUNSET - Jerry Bock
  • SUPERMAN - John Williams
  • SWEET GEORGIA BROWN - Ben Bernie and Maceo Pinkard
  • TAMMY - Jay Livingston
  • TEA FOR 2 - Vincent Youmans
  • TENNESSEE WALTZ - Pee Wee King
  • THAT'S ALL - Alan Brandt
  • THE ENTERTAINER - Scott Joplin
  • THE ROSE - Amanda McBroom
  • THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT - Richard Rodgers
  • THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU - Harry Warren
  • THERE'S A BOAT DAT'S LEAVIN' FOR NEW YORK - George Gershwin
  • TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS - Joe Burke
  • TWILIGHT TIME - The Three Suns
  • UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG - Michel Legrand
  • UNCHAINED MELODY - Alex North
  • UP A LAZY RIVER - Hoagy Carmichael
  • WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING - Ernest Ball
  • WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE - James Austin Butterfield
  • WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR - Leigh Harline
  • WHEN YOU WORE A TULIP - Percy Wenrich
  • WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A WALK - Harry Warren
  • YESSIR THATS MY BABY - Walter Donaldson
  • YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL - Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher
  • YOUNG AT HEART - Johnny Richards
  • WUNDERBAR - Cole Porter
  • ZORBA THE GREEK - Mikis Theodorakis

Available For:

Anniversaries, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Halloween Parties, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Restaurants, Sweet 16 Parties, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

Feedback

  • Rick was amazing and played exactly what we were looking for. Would use him again in a heartbeat! -- Tabita P, Los Angeles, CA, 1/6/2012
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