Re: Pop/Rock sing-a-long book recommendations

"Christopher A. Mejia" <camejia@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I occassionally have guests who are willing to sing around the piano;
>however most of the vocal music I have is Broadway shows and not everyone is
>familiar with those. So I would like to buy some books with Pop or Rock
>songs to round out my collection. Does any have any recommendations or
>favorites (name of book and publisher) ? I'm looking for songs that "work"
>with piano only and voice, and have decent (advanced) piano arrangements.
>(Arrangements where the piano accompaniment doubles the vocal line are OK
>because sometimes my guests need the extra help :)

>I already have an Elton John songbook, but oddly enough the arrangements
>don't seem to work with piano only. (Also Elton John music is very
>difficult to sing!) Yesterday I bought two of Hal Leonard's Budget Books,
>"Classic Rock" and "Love Songs" and there seem to be some good songs in
>there. Some of the Beatles tunes work particularly well. Is there a good
>book with Beatles music arranged for piano and voice?
>
>Any recommendations would be appreciated,
>--Chris

Beatlemania volumes 1 and 2 comes to mind. Also published by Hal Leonard.

--gregbo
gds at best dot com

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