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Melanie and The Madmen

Duo / Trio · Based in Sunshine Coast

About this act

Smooth vocals, real soul, and a vintage look to match the songs. Melanie and The Madmen work the 1920s through to the 1960s: jazz, swing, blues, wartime numbers, the American Songbook, rhythm and blues, musical theatre. Think Vera Lynn, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Bessie Smith, Julie London, Ray Charles, Ruth Brown, Aretha Franklin, Etta James. The repertoire is deep enough that requests are usually a yes. At Last, Back To Black, Big Spender, A Tisket A Tasket, Alright Ok You Win. Small rooms suit them and so do larger theatres, and the line-up scales from a duo up to a big band depending on the space. They need power and a covered spot to play.

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A Thousand Years – Christina Perry A Tisket, A Tasket – Ella Fitzgerald Ain't Misbehaving – Ella Fitzgerald All About the Bass – Meghan Trainor, PMJ Arrangement All Shook Up - Elvis All That Jazz – Chicago Musical Almost Like Being In Love – Ella Fitzgerald Alright, Ok, You Win – Peggy Lee Anyone Who Had A Heart – Dusty Springfield Anything Goes – Cole Porter As Time Goes By – Billie Holiday At Last – Etta James Baby Its Cold Outside – Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong Back To Black – Amy Winehouse The Bare Necessities – Louis Armstrong Be My Baby – The Ronettes Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered – Doris Day Big Spender – Shirley Bassey Black Coffee – Peggy Lee Blue Moon – Billie Holiday Blue Skies – Doris Day Blues In The Night – Dinah Shore Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – The Andrews Sisters By The Light Of The Silvery Moon – Doris Day Bye Bye Love – The Everly Brothers Cabaret – Liza Minnelli Can't Help Lovin' That Man Of Mine – Ella Fitzgerald Can’t Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis Celebration – Kool and the Gang Chattanooga Choo Choo – The Andrews Sisters Come Away With Me – Norah Jones Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen Crazy – Patsy Cline Cry Me A River – Julie London Dancing Queen - Abba Danny Boy - Various Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend – Marilyn Monroe Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree – The Andrews Sisters Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – Ella Fitzgerald Don’t Know Why – Norah Jones Dream A Little Dream – Doris Day Dream Lover – Bobby Darin Dreams – Fleetwood Mac Eight Days A Week – The Beatles Everybody Loves A Lover – Doris Day Faith – George Michael Feeling Alright – Joe Cocker Feeling Good – Nina Simone Fever – Peggy Lee Fields Of Gold – Eva Cassidy/Sting The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack Fly Me To The Moon – Julie London Get Happy – Judy Garland Getting To Know You – The King and I Musical Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper The Glory Of Love – Patti Page Goody, Goody – Ella Fitzgerald Hallelujah, I Love Him So – Ray Charles/Eva Cassidy Happy – Pharrell Williams Heart Break Hotel – Elvis Heatwave – Martha And The Vandellas Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles Ho Hey – The Lumineers Home – Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros Hound Dog – Elvis I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt/Adele I Can’t Say No – Oklahoma Musical I Could Have Danced All Night – Julie Andrews I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine – Patti Page I Feel The Earth Move – Carol King I Get A Kick Out Of You – Ella Fitzgerald I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye I Just Want To Make Love To You – Etta James I May Be Wrong – Doris Day I Only Want To Be With You – Dusty Springfield I Put A Spell On You – Nina Simone I Smell A Rat – Big Mama Thornton I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor I'm Beginning To See The Light – Doris Day/Ella Fitzgerald If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys If I Should Fall Behind – Bruce Springsteen Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? – Dinah Washington Isn’t It Romantic? – Ella Fitzgerald It Don't Mean A Thing, If You Ain't Got That Swing – Ella Fitzgerald It Had To Be You – Billie Holiday It’s A Long Way To Tipperary - Various It’s Magic – Doris Day It’s My Party – Lesley Gore It’s Only A Paper Moon - Ella Fitzgerald It’s So Easy – Buddy Holly/Linda Ronstadt It’s Too Late – Carol King I’d Rather Go Blind – Etta James I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair – South Pacific Musical I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Ella Fitzgerald Jackson – June Carter and Johnny Cash Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack Lady Is A Tramp – Lena Horne Landslide – Dixie Chicks Lean On Me – Bill Withers Lets Do It (Lets Fall In Love) – Ella Fitzgerald Love Yourself – Justin Bieber Lover, Lover – Sonia Dada Lullaby Of Broadway – Doris Day Mack The Knife – Ella Fitzgerald Mad About The Boy – Dinah Washington Magic Moments – Perry Como Makin Whoopee – Ella Fitzgerald Mama Said – The Shirelles Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean – Ruth Brown Mambo Italiano – Rosemary Clooney Mercy - Duffy Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett My Baby Just Cares For Me – Nina Simone Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out – Bessie Smith Oh What A Night – Franki Valli Old Time Rock And Roll – Bob Seger Papa Loves Mambo – Perry Como People get Ready – Eva Cassidy Perfect – Ed Sheeran Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps – Doris Day Pillow Talk – Doris Day Proud Mary – Ike and Tina Turner Puttin' On The Ritz – Ella Fizgerald Que Sera Sera – Doris Day Ready, Willing And Able – Doris Day Red, Red Robin – Doris Day Respect - Aretha Franklin Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley And The Comets Roll Out The Barrel – Vera Lynn The Rose – Bette Midler Rum And Coca Cola – The Andrews Sisters Secret Love – Doris Day Sentimental Journey – Doris Day Seven Nation Army – White Stripes, PMJ arrangement Shoop Shoop Song - Cher Show Me The Way To Go Home - Various Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder Sing It Back – Moloko Singing In The Rain – Gene Kelly Single Ladies - Beyonce Smile – Nat King Cole Someone To Watch Over Me – Ella Fitzgerald Something’s Got A Hold On Me – Etta James Somewhere Over The Rainbow – Judy Garland SONGS TO FILL THE DANCE FLOOR (and sing along to) Stand By Me – Ben E King Stay With Me– Bette Midler Stormy Weather – Ella Fitzgerald Summer Holiday – Cliff Richard Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald Suspicious Minds – Elvis Sway – Rosemary Clooney Swing/Jazz/Blues/Soul/Easy Listening S’Wonderful – Ella Fitzgerald Tainted Love – Gloria Jones Teacher's Pet – Doris Day Tennessee Waltz – Patti Page That’s Alright Mama – Elvis Presley These Boots Are Made For Walking – Nancy Sinatra Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper To Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan/Adele Too Darn Hot – Ella Fitzgerald The Trolley Song – Judy Garland Twist and Shout – The Beatles Twistin’ The Night Away – Sam Cooke Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters Unforgettable – Nat King Cole Up On The Roof – Carol King/Drifters Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson Feat Bruno Mars Valerie – Amy Winehouse Walking After Midnight – Patsy Cline Walking On Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves The Way You Look Tonight – Ella Fitzgerald The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson We Are Family – Sister Sledge We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn When You Say Nothing At All – Ronan Keating/Alison Krauss When You're Good To Mama – Chicago The Musical White Cliffs Of Dover – Vera Lynn Why Don’t You Do Right? – Peggy Lee and Benny Goodman Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – The Shirelles Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong Wouldn’t It Be Loverly – Julie Andrews You Are My Sunshine – Johnny Cash You Belong To Me – Patti Page You Can’t Hurry Love – The Supremes You Don’t Own Me – Lesley Gore You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse Zoot Zoot Riot – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies

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