The Bellhops
Based in Sydney
About this act
Jump blues, jive and swing, played by a big brassy line-up with its own horn section, the Brassholes. The Bellhops took Band of the Year at the 2003 Australian Blues Awards, and the album No Reservations was named Australian Blues Album of the Year that same year. An earlier record, Room Service, was runner up for the same award in 1999. Ian Dittman sings, John Russell plays slide and comping guitar, and Steve Lovarini and Mark Roulston hold the rhythm down. Dittman and Russell also write. Live sets lean on Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett and James Brown. They work Greater Sydney, Wollongong and the Illawarra, Newcastle and the Central Coast, Goulburn and the Southern Highlands, with the odd run to Byron Bay, Mudgee or the Victorian snowfields.
Repertoire
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Baby What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
Barnyard Boogie - Louis Jordan
Bellhop Boogie - Russell, John
The Bellhops Own Greatest
The Best of Blues
Best of The Blues Brothers
Best of the Commitments
Best Of the Greats of Rhythm & Blues
Best Of the Greats of Rock'n'Roll and Jump'n'Jive
Blues for You - Dittman, Ian
C. C. Rider - Lavern Baker also Elvis
Caldonia - Louis Jordan
Cell Block No.9
Choo Choo Choo Boogie - Louis Jordan
Corinna Corinna - Ray Peterson
Crazy Feet - Dittman, Ian
Criminal Of Love - Russell, John
Cryin’ Hopin’ Waitin’ – Buddy Holly
Curiosity - Russell, John
Early Morning Rise and Shine - Russell, John
Fever - Peggy Lee
Flip, Flop and Fly - Big Joe Turner
Found True Love – Jimmy Reed
Good Rockin' at Midnight - the Honeydrippers
Got My Mojo Working
Hard For Me - Russell, John
Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
High Heel Sneakers – Jerry Lee Lewis
I Don't Boogie on Sunday - Russell, John
I Feel Good - James Brown
I'm Ready - Willie Dixon
Judgement Day - Dittman, Ian
Just Your Fool – Little Walter
Land of 1000 Dances
Let the Good Times Roll- Louis Jordan
Little Sister - Elvis Presley
Maybe Baby - Buddy Holly
Memphis Tennessee – Chuck Berry
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Nadine – Chuck Berry
Not Fade Away – Buddy Holly
Oh Boy - Buddy Holly
Personal Manager - Albert King
Red Eyes - Dittman, Ian
Route 66 - The Rolling Stones
School Days – Chuck Berry
Sick & Tired - Billy Thorpe
Sweet Home Chicago
T-Bone Shuffle – T-Bone Walker
Takin' my Business Elsewhere - Dittman, Ian
That’ll Be The Day – Buddy Holly
Think It Over – Buddy Holly
The Thrill is Gone Away - B. B. King
Treat Her Right - Wilson Picket
Trouble - Russell, John
Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles
Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas
What I Say - Ray Charles
Who's Been Talkin' - Howling Wolf
Whole Lotta Shaking - Jerry Lee Lewis