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Outstanding piano/vocalist with a wide-ranging repertoire and also able to perform to backing tracks for more upfront entertainment. Fresh from a contract with Disney Cruise Lines where he performed 6 times a week as a lounge pianist & entertainer, Jim has a huge back-catalogue of material at his disposal, from the Beatles to Elton, Sinatra to Sting.


Testimonials:

“Very enjoyable”
Cruise Director, October 2007

“Jim is modestly charming and a confident performer”
Entertainment’s Team Leader, October 2007.

Jim Hawkins received regular votes of excellence, special mentions on customer feedback forms and has also been offered several repeat contracts.
The Disney Magic Cruise Ship, Florida, US.

“Thank you for providing such great entertainment at our party! Everybody said they had a fantastic time and want you back next year!”
Mr and Mrs Hoggarty’s House Party, Epsom, Surrey, 2008.

“Jim played through my complete music library! Brilliant night! Thanks for letting me sing “Wooden Heart” with you tonight, you are a very good pianist!” I haven’t had a night like that for ages! I thoroughly enjoyed myself and will be bringing my wife next time you’re here!”
The Royal Oak Pub, Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, 2008


Repertoire:

Frank Sinatra

1. My way
2. New York New York
3. The girl from Ipanema
4. The lady is a tramp
5. Somethin’ Stupid
6. They can’t take that away from me
7. Fly me to the moon
8. Come fly with me
9. Mack the knife
10. Beyond the sea
11. Have you met Miss Jones
12. One for my baby
13. It was a very good year
14. Ain’t that a kick in the head
15. Heaven
16. Moon river
17. That’s life

Elton John

1. Blue eyes
2. Your song
3. Daniel
4. Don’t let the sun go down on me
5. Sorry seems to be the hardest word
6. Something about the way you look tonight
7. Can you feel the love tonight
8. I guess that’s why they call it the blues
9. Tiny dancer
10. Rocket man
11. Candle in the wind
12. Crocodile rock (if arm is twisted)

Sting

1. Every little thing she does is magic
2. Fields of gold
3. Message in a bottle
4. Roxanne
5. Fragile
6. Seven days
7. Don’t stand so close to me
8. When we dance
9. Every breath you take
   
   
   Beatles

1. If I fell
2. Yesterday
3. Let it be
4. Hey Jude
5. I wanna hold you hand
6. And I love her
7. When I’m sixty four
8. Yellow submarine
9. I saw her standing there
10. Here there and everywhere
11. Lady Madonna
12. Come together
13. The long and winding road
14. Fool on the hill
15. Something

General Pop and Jazz

1. Walking in Memphis
2. Take the weather with you
3. Moon dance
4. Brown eyed girl
5. Easy
6. No particular place to go
7. Maggie May
8. Piano man
9. Mustang Sally
10. Midnight hour
11. American Pie
12. Evil woman
13. Honky tonk woman
14. She’s always a woman to me
15. Just the way you are
16. Vincent
17. Killing me softly
18. The Scientist
19. Chasing cars
20. Heaven
21. Ain’t no sunshine
22. My Love
23. Make it with you
24. Have I told you lately
25. Sitting at the dock of the bay
26. Stand by me
27. Blue moon
28. Imagine
29. Can’t take my eyes off you
30. Wonderwall
31. Mandy
32. Can’t smile without you
33. Home
34. You raise me up
35. Mull of Kintyre
36. I can’t make you love me
37. Songbird
38. Groovy kind of love
39. I don’t wanna talk about it
40. This year’s love
41. Everybody’s talking
42. I can’t help falling in love with you
43. When you say nothing at all
44. Always on my mind
45. Summertime
46. Don’t look back in anger
47. Angels
48. She’s the one
49. Lately
50. My Cherie amour
51. Lady in red
52. Yellow
53. Baby can I hold you?
54. Back for good
55. Hallelujah
56. Hand bags and glad rags
57. Waterloo sunset
58. With or without you
59. You’re beautiful
60. You’ve got a friend
61. Layla
62. Tears in heaven
63. Wonderful tonight
64. Canon ball
65. He ain’t heavy he’s my brother
66. Horse with no name
67. Father and son

Piano Solo

1. Take 5
2. A Foggy Day
3. Beautiful love
4. Don’t get around much more
5. Crazy
6. Autumn Leaves
7. Two-note blues
8. Cry me a river
9. Favourite things
10. Film 4 theme
11. It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing
12. What a difference a day makes
13. Come away with me
14. Don’t know why
15. Endless love
16. Everything I do (I do it for you)
17. Unchained melody
18. Misty
19. Get here
20. More
21. Wind beneath my wings
22. I will always love you
23. Theme to “Titanic”
24. Nobody does it better
25. Natural woman
26. Somewhere over the rainbow
27. I am sailing
28. Send in the clowns
29. I don’t know how to love him
30. Pie jesu
31. Any dream will do
32. Another suitcase in another hall
33. Don’t cry for me Argentina
34. Wishing you were somehow here again
35. Theme to “Schindler’s List”
36. We have all the time in the world
37. Moonraker
38. Every time we say goodbye
39. Feelings
40. Georgia on my mind
41. Bewitched
42. Don’t blame me
43. The days of wine and roses
44. Could it be you
45. Chelsea Bridge
46. But Beautiful
47. Bluesette
48. Blue Room
49. Blue in green
50. Blue Bossa
51. Black Orpheus
52. Black diamond
53. Big Nick
54. Angel eyes
55. Five foot two eyes of blue