Don Crane

• Don Crane - Piano/Vocalist

Don entertains audiences with piano music and a vocal style that people love. His style blends a lifetime of classical study with contemporary improvisation to create arrangements of popular classics, jazz standards, and renowned love songs. Don graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Vocal and General Music. He later went on to study in Norfolk at the Navy School of Music and graduated "Top in his Class" as a Keyboard player/Vocalist. After graduation he spent the next five years touring with the Navy Band entertaining through out Australia, Japan, the Phillipines and the eastern United States while based out of Newport, Rhode Island. He and his group were featured on television shows, and entertained dignitaries including the Vice President of the United States. Don has served as a Band Director in Altoona Wisconsin since leaving the service. He has written and arranged music for band that is published on the Really Good Music site.

Don's repertoire includes a wide variety of music including the show tunes of Broadway & Classic to Modern Jazz. Such artists as the songs of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Duke Ellington, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Richard Rodgers & Chick Corea. Don also plays current songs by Brad Paisley, Kenny Chesney, Edwin McCain, Josh Groban, Bryan Adams, Bruce Hornsby, Billy Joel, Elton John, the Beatles, Lionel Richie, Bread among others. He also does acoustic guitar tunes by Jack Johnson, Don McLean, Dan Fogelberg, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffet, the Eagles and more. His keyboard allows him to do piano as well as guitar tunes so they sound authentic to the original.

Don provides music for wedding ceremonies, cocktail hours, dinner parties - social gatherings of all types and sizes.

• A Woman's Love - Alan Jackson
• Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Walker
• Ain't no Sunshine When She's Gone - Bill Withers
• All I Ask of You - from Phantom Of The Opera
• All of Me - Simons & Marks
• Always a Woman to Me - Billie Joel
• Always on my Mind - Willie Nelson
• American Pie - Don McLean
• And I Lvoe Her - Lennon & McCartney
• Annie's Song - John Denver
• Arthur's Theme - Christopher Cross
• Autumn Leqaves - Johnny Mercer
• Ave Maria - Josh Groban
• Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton
• Baby I'm a Want You - David Gates
• Black Orpheus - Louis Bonfi
• Bridal Chorus - Wagner
• Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
• Canon in D - Pachabel
• Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
• Colour My World - Chicago
• Could I Have this Dance - from Urban Cowboy Ann Murray
• Crazy - Patsy Cline
• Daisy Jane - America
• Desperado - The Eagles
• Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
• Dream - The Everly Brothers
• Dumas Walker - Kentucky Headhunters
• Dust in the Wind - Kansas
• Easy - Lionel Richie
• Father and Son - Cat Stevens
• Feed Jake - Pirates of the Mississippi
• Fire and Rain - James Taylor
• Georgia on My Mind - H. Carmichall
• God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday
• Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
• Horse With no Name - America
• Hotel California - The Eagles
• I Could Not Ask for More - Edwin McCain
• I Cross My Heart - George Strait
• I Swear - John Michael Montgomery
• I Wanna Make it With You - David Gates
• I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley
• If - David Gates
• If You Could Read My Mind Love - Gordon Lightfoot
• If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red
• It Was Almost Like a Song - Ronnie Milsap
• It's Going to Take Some Time - Carpenters
• It's Too Late - Joni Mitchell
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - J. S. Bach
• Just the Way You Are - Billie Joel
• Killing Me Softly - Gladys Knight
• Lady - Styx
• Leader of the Band - Dan Folgelberg
• Lonely People - America
• Longer - Dan Folgelberg
• Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow
• Lush Life - Billie Stayhorn
• Lyin' Eyes - The Eagles
• Mack the Knife - Weill & Butzstein
• Margarittaville - Jimmy Buffett
• Me and You - Kenny Chesney
• Meditation - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Michelle - Lennon & McCartney
• Misty - Tony Bennett
• More Than Words - Extreme
• Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
• My Eyes Adored You - Franky Vally
• My Favorite Things - Richard Rodgers - from the Sound of Music
• My Funny Valentine - Rodgers & Hart
• My Girl - The Temptations
• Never My Love - The Letterman
• Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
• On Eagles Wings - Josh Groban
• Operator - Jim Croce
• Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
• Phantom Of The Opera - Josh Groban
• Piano Man - Billy Joel
• Precious and Few - The Letterman
• Reminiscing - Amercian
• Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
• Rocket Man - Elton John
• Runaround Sue - Dion & the Belmonts
• Sail On - Lionel Richie
• Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Folgelberg
• Satin Doll - Duke Ellington/Billie Strayhorn
• Save the Last Dance for Me - The Drifters
• Second Chance - .38 Special
• Send in the Clowns - Stephen Sondheim
• She's like the Wind - from the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack
• Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington
• Spain - Chick Corea
• Spooky - Dire Straits
• Stand By Me - Ben E. King
• Still - Lionel Richie
• Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts
• Sunrise, Sunset - from Fiddler on the Roof
• Take it Easy - The Eagles
• Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
• Tequila Sunrise - The Eagles
• The Best of My Love - Don Henley / Glen Frey
• The Dance - Garth Brooks
• The Girl from Impanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• The Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston
• The Guitar Man - David Gates
• The Long and Winding Road - Lennon & McCartney
• The Luckiest - Ben Folds
• The Prayer - Josh Groban
• Theme from Ice Castles - Marvin Hamlisch
• Theme from Love Story - Tony Bennett
• Then - Brad Paisley
• This is the Day - Svott Wesley Brown
• This Masquerade - George Benson
• Ticket to Ride - Carpenters
• Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
• Tin Man - America
• Tiny Dancer - Elton John
• Toes - Zach Brown
• Trumpet Voluntaire - G. F. Handel
• Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues
• Unchained Melody - The Rightous Brothers
• Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
• Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
• We May Never Pass this Way Again - Seals and Crofts
• When I Fall in Love - Heyman & Young
• Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
• Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow - Carole King
• Wonderful Tongight - Eric Clapton
• Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
• Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
• Yesterday - Lennon & McCartney
• You and I - Frank Myers
• You are the Sunshine of My Live - Stevie Wonder
• Your Everything - Keith Urban
• Your Song - Elton John

Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Banquets, Bat Mitzvahs, Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Cocktail Parties, Community Events, Concerts, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Easter Celebrations, Engagement Parties, Events, Funerals, Happy Hours, High School Reunions, Holiday Parties, Private Parties, Rehearsal Dinners, Restaurants, Reunions, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

• Don played for our daughter's wedding reception during dinner service. All of our guests, both young and old, told us over and over again how wonderful it was to have live entertainment. Don also was gracious enough to say a prayer for the couple when our minister was unable to make the reception. His announcement of the bride and groom and the rest of the bridal party was a perfect start to a great reception. His music was upbeat and covered a wide range of styles and eras. Lastly, Don went above and beyond to fit us into his schedule. Kudos to a true professional! We are thankful that you could help make for a very memorable day. -- Kathie K, Eau Claire, WI, 2/18/2012

• in kahootz — Altoona, Wisconsin