Paul Rahme - Pianist for any occasion

Currently living in Birmingham, I can travel to other locations in or around the Midlands. I can provide background entertainment anywhere from small house parties to large parties or wedding receptions. I also sing and/or accompany other singers while playing.
If there is not an adequate piano at the venue, I have a digital piano with a portable stand which I can bring along. The digital piano has an organ sound if required, eg. if traditional music is required during a wedding ceremony.
I play a wide variety of music, including classical, religious, jazz, showtunes, contemporary, popular, and I can take requests from guests. Examples of the songs I play are listed below.
In the event that you would like me to play a special song which I do not
already know, I should be able to learn it prior to the occasion.
PIANO ARRANGEMENTS ALBUMS
2 albums of piano arrangements have been released, and are available on both bandcamp and iTunes.
'Songs In The Key Of Trople', is a collection of songs not normally expected to be heard on a piano, ranging from Red Hot Chili Peppers to Madonna to Metallica. 'trople' (http://www.youtube.com/trople) is the youtube username under which these songs are posted.
'Familiare: 25 Piano Arrangements From The Last 100 Years' is a larger selection of more regular, recognisable covers, ranging from Gershwin through to Ne-Yo.
Both albums are available to preview and purchase here:
http://paulrahme.bandcamp.com/
or search for "Paul Rahme" on iTunes.
EXAMPLES OF REPERTOIRE
Below are examples of the songs I play. Click the names below to change between styles.
CONTEMPORARY
PIECES
WITH SINGING
Please click the play buttons to hear clips of some of the songs. (Please note the Flash plugin is required)
INSTRUMENTAL - POPULAR, SHOWTUNES, CONTEMPORARY
- Air - Alone in Kyoto, You Make It Easy
- Al Green - Let's Stay Together
- Alanah Myles - Black Velvet
- Alanis Morisette - Head Over Feet
- Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood
- Amy Winehouse - Rehab, Valerie
- Andy Williams - Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Music To Watch Girls By
- Aretha Franklin - R.E.S.P.E.C.T, Say A Little Prayer
- Avril Lavigne - Complicated, Fall To Pieces, I'm With You, Together
- Barbara Streisand - The Way We Were (Memories)
- Beatles - A Hard Day's Night, Hey Jude, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Let it Be, Nowhere Man, Norwegian Wood, Saw Her Standing There, Something, Yesterday, etc
- Ben E. King - Stand By Me
- Ben Folds - Landed
- Bette Midler - The Rose, Wind Beneath My Wings
- Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are, Leningrad, New York State of Mind, Pianoman, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, She's Always a Woman, Two Thousand Years, etc
- Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You
- Bon Jovi - Bed Of Roses, Born To Be My Baby, Dry County, I'll Be There For You, Lie To Me, Wanted Dead Or Alive, etc
- Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are
- Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, Heaven, Straight From the Heart
- Candi Station - Young Hearts
- Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better
- Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken, Wild World
- Cee-Lo Green - Forget You
- Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now, My Heart Will Go On, That's The Way It Is, The Power Of Love
- Chris De Burgh - Broken Wings, In a Country Churchyard, Lonely Sky, Missing You, Separate Tables, The Lady in Red, etc
- Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
- Cliff Richard - Congratulations
- Coldplay - Clocks, Fix You, Speed of Sound, The Scientist, Violet Hill, Viva La Vida
- Cradle Of Filth - Cruelty Brought Thee Orchards
- Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon, Don't Dream It's Over, Weather With You
- Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
- Daniel Beddingfield - If You're Not The One
- Dave Brubeck - Take 5
- David Bowie - Absolute Beginners, Speed Of Life, Starman
- Dean Martin - Blue Moon
- Debbie Boone - You Light Up My Life
- Diana Ross - Stop In The Name Of Love
- Dido - Here With Me, Thank You
- Disney - A Whole New World, Beauty And The Beast, Somewhere Out There
- Dire Straits - Private Investigations
- Doctor Zhivago - Lara's Theme
- Dolly Parton - 9 to 5
- Don Maclean - American Pie
- Duran Duran - Ordinary World, Save a Prayer
- Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
- Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon, My Way, New York New York
- Eddie Cochrane - Summertime Blues
- Ella Fitzgerald - Every Time We Say Goodbye, Summertime
- Elvis - Blue Suede Shoes, Can't Help Falling in Love, Hound Dog, It's Now or Never, Suspicious Minds
- Elton John - Blue Eyes, Can You Feel the Love Tonight?, Daniel, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Song for Guy, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Rocket Man, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, Tiny Dancer, Your Song, etc
- Enya - Exile, Watermark
- Eric Clapton - Leyla, Tears in Heaven, Wonderful Tonight
- Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again, I Saved The World Today, Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves, Sweet Dreams, There Must Be An Angel, Who's That Girl?
- Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves, Songbird
- Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
- Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon, I've Got You Under My Skin, My Way, New York New York, Someone to Watch Over Me
- Fred Astaire - Cheek To Cheek
- Games - Music from F-Zero, Final Fantasy, Mario, Metroid, Tomb Raider, Zelda, etc
- Gemini - Feelings
- Genesis - Invisible Touch, Follow You Follow Me, Mad Man Moon, That's All; extracts from Afterglow, Dance On A Volcano, Firth Of Fifth, Watcher Of The Skies, etc
- Gershwin - Can't Take That Away From Me, Do What You Do, Medley (8 songs incl Rhapsody in Blue, Embraceable You, Fascinating Rhythm, Lady Be Good, I've Got Rhythm, etc), Someone To Watch Over Me, Summertime, etc
- Gladys Knight - Midnight Train To Georgia
- Glenn Miller - In The Mood
- Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- Gwen Stefani - The Real Thing
- Huey Lewis And The News - If This Is It, Stuck With You, The Power Of Love
- Infected Mushroom - Elevation
- Jackie Wilson - Higher And Higher
- James Brown - I Feel Good
- Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart
- Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
- John Denver - Annie's Song, Perhaps Love
- John Lennon - Imagine
- John Williams - Cavatina (The Deer Hunter)
- Joss Stone - Super Duper Love
- Judy Garland - Somewhere Over the Rainbow
- K-Ci & JoJo - All My Life
- Keane - Everybody's Changing, This is the Last Time, Somewhere Only We Know
- Kermit The Frog - The Rainbow Connection
- Kid Rock - All Summer Long
- KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
- Lady Gaga - Bad Romance, Paparazzi, Poker Face
- Lionel Richie - Endless Love, Hello, I Call It Love, Say You, Say Me, Three Times a Lady, etc
- Lonestar - Amazed
- Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
- Madonna - Frozen, La Isla Bonita, Live to Tell, Papa Don't Preach, Secret, Substitute for Love, Take A Bow, The Power Of Goodbye, etc
- Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
- Maroon 5 - Harder To Breathe, She Will Be Loved, This Love
- Marvin Gaye - Heard It Through The Grapevine
- Matt Monro - From Russia With Love
- Metallica - Enter Sandman (swing version), Mama Said, Nothing Else Matters, Sanitarium, To Live is To Die, etc
- Michael Buble - Everything, Hold On
- Michael Bolton - Said I Loved You But I Lied, Soul Provider, When A Man Loves A Woman
- Muse - Sing For Absolution
- Nat King Cole - Unforgettable
- Ne-Yo - Closer, So Sick
- Neil Diamond - Love on the Rocks, Hello Again, Sweet Caroline
- Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me, Feeling Good
- Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
- Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger, Wonderwall
- Otis Redding - Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay
- Pandora's Box - It's All Coming Back to Me Now, Pray Lewd
- Pat Boone - Moon River
- Paula Cole - I Don't Wanna Wait
- Patti Smith - Because the Night
- Peggy Lee - Fever
- Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind of Love, Against All Odds, Separate Lives
- Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
- Prince - Purple Rain, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
- Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Don't Stop Me Now, The Show Must Go On, Who Wants to Live Forever?, etc
- Razorlight - America, Golden Touch
- Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication, Parallel Universe, The Zephyr Song, Under The Bridge
- Richard Marx - Hazard, Right Here Waiting
- Rita Coolidge - All Time High
- Robbie Williams - Angels
- Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately
- Rolling Stones - Angie, Honky Tonk Woman, Satisfaction
- Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All
- Roxette - Fading Like a Flower, It Must Have Been Love, Listen To Your Heart, Spending My Time, Watercolours in the Rain, etc
- Sam Sparro - Black And Gold
- Sarah McLachlan - Angel, Fallen, Perfect Girl, World on Fire
- Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing, Mary, Take Your Mama
- Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
- Seal - Kiss From a Rose
- Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) - Main Theme
- Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only
- Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia, Sounds of Silence, etc
- Sister Sledge - We Are Family
- Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars, Run
- Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
- Space Manoeuvres - Stage One
- Stan Getz - Desafinado, The Girl From Ipanema
- Stealer's Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
- Stereophonics - Dakota, Mamma Told Me Not To Come
- Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You, Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours, Superstition
- Sting / The Police - Englishman In New York, Every Breath You Take, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, Fragile, It's Probably Me, Shape of My Heart
- Sugababes - About You Now, Push The Button
- Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
- Take That - Back for Good, Greatest Day, Patience, Shine
- Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart
- The Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun
- The Cranberries - Ode To My Family, Zombie
- The Cure - The Lovecats, Boys Don't Cry
- The Coral - Dreaming Of You
- The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
- The Feeling - Never Be Lonely
- The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
- The Kinks - Lola, Sunny Afternoon
- The Temptations - Get Ready, My Girl
- The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
- The Wanted - All Time Low
- Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way
- Tinita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety
- Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight
- Tori Amos - Carnival, Crucify, Precious Things, Upside Down, Sort of a Fairytale, etc
- Ugly Kid Joe - Cats In The Cradle
- U2 - All I Want Is You, One, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, With or Without You, etc
- Utada Hikaru - Dareka No Negai Ga Kanau Koro
- Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance
- Vanessa Williams - Save the Best for Last
- Westlife - You Raise Me Up
- Wet Wet Wet - Love is All Around
- Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You, Saving All My Love For You
- Will.I.Am - Heartbreaker
- Wilson Picket - Midnight Hour
- Yoko Kanno - Beauty Is Within Us, I Can't Be Cool, Voices
CLASSICAL
- Bach - Air On The G String, Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod), Juse Joy Of Man's Desiring, Prelude in C
- Beethoven - Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, Pathetique Sonata
- Classical Medley (extracts from 9 well known pieces)
- Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu
- Elgar - Salut D' Amour
- Gershwin - Preludes, Rhapsody in Blue
- Grieg - Wedding Day At Troldhaugen
- Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Liebestraum
- Mozart - Rondo Alla Turka, Sonata In C
- Pachelbel - Canon In D
- Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro
- Rachmaninoff - Variations On A Theme By Paganini
- Schubert - Ave Maria, Impromptus
- Vivaldi - 4 Seasons - Spring (piano arrangement)
SHOWTUNES
- Cats - Memories
- Elegies - Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, Celebrate, My Brother Lived in San Francisco
- Grease - Grease, Greased Lightnin', Hopelessly Devoted To You, Summer Nights, You're The One That I Want, We Go Together, etc
- Les Miserables - Bring Him Home, I Dreamed a Dream
- My Fair Lady - Get Me to the Church on Time, I Could Have Danced All Night, On the Street Where You Live, With a Little Bit of Luck, Wouldn't It Be Lovely
- Phantom of the Opera - Medley, All I Ask of You, Music of the Night
- Rent - I'll Cover You, Seasons of Love, Will I?
- Rocky Horror Show - Science Fiction, Sweet Transvestite, Time Warp
- Sound of Music - Climb Every Mountain, Do Re Mi, Eidelweiss, My Favorite Things, The Sound of Music, etc
TRADITIONAL, FOLK / WAR SONGS
- Ain't She Sweet
- Daisy, Daisy
- Danny Boy
- Don't Fence Me In
- Hello Dolly
- I'll See You In My Dreams
- I've Got Sixpence
- It's a Long Way to Tipperary
- It's Now of Never (O Sole Mio)
- Lambeth Walk
- Oh! It's a Lovely War
- Oh! Suzanna
- Pack Up Your Troubles
- Roll Out the Barrel
- Rose Of Tralee
- Show Me The Way To Go Home
- Side By Side
- Tango (Masks and Faces)
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- We'll Meet Again
- Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye
- Yes Sir, That's My Baby
- You Are My Sunshine
VOCAL, WITH SINGING
- Amy Winehouse - Valerie
- Beatles - A Hard Day's Night, Hey Jude, I Saw Her Standing There, Let it Be, Nowhere Man, Norwegian Wood, With A Little Help From My Friends, Yesterday, etc
- Ben E. King - Stand By Me
- Ben Folds - Landed
- Billy Joel - Honesty, Just the Way You Are, Leningrad, New York State of Mind, Pianoman, River Of Dreams, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, She's Always a Woman, Two Thousand Years, You May Be Right, etc
- Bloc Party - The Prayer
- Bon Jovi - Bed Of Roses, Born To Be My Baby, Livin' On A Prayer, You Give Love A Bad Name, Wanted Dead Or Alive
- Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are
- Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, Heaven
- Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone
- Cat Stevens / Mr Big - Wild World
- Cee-Lo Green - Forget You
- Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
- Coldplay - Violet Hill, Viva La Vida
- Dire Straits - Walk Of Life
- Frank Sinatra - My Way, New York New York
- Elvis / UB40 - Can't Help Falling in Love
- Elton John - Blue Eyes, Can You Feel the Love Tonight?, Crocodile Rock, Daniel, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Song for Guy, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues, Rocket Man, Sacrifice, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, The One, Tiny Dancer, Your Song, etc
- Eric Clapton - Leyla, Tears in Heaven, Wonderful Tonight
- Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
- Frank Sinatra - My Way, New York New York, Someone to Watch Over Me
- Free - Alright Now
- Genesis - Follow You Follow Me, Jesus He Knows Me, Mad Man Moon, That's All
- Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- James Brown - I Feel Good
- Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
- John Lennon - Imagine
- Keane - Everybody's Changing, This is the Last Time, Somewhere Only We Know
- Killers - Somebody Told Me
- Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
- Kylie - All The Lovers
- Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
- Lionel Richie - Endless Love, Hello, I Call It Love, Say You, Say Me, Three Times a Lady, etc
- Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
- Madness - It Must Be Love
- Madonna - La Isla Bonita, Live to Tell, Substitute for Love, Frozen, etc
- Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis
- Metallica - Enter Sandman (swing version), Fade To Black, Mama Said, Nothing Else Matters, Sanitarium
- Michael Buble - Everything, Hold On
- Muse - Feeling Good
- Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me, Feeling Good
- Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle, Wonderwall
- Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind of Love, Against All Odds, Separate Lives
- Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
- Queen - A Kind Of Magic, Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't Stop Me Now, Who Wants to Live Forever?, etc
- Razorlight - America
- Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge
- Robbie Williams - Angels
- Sam Sparro - Black And Gold
- Scissor Sisters - Mary, Take Your Mama
- Seal - Kiss From a Rose
- Scouting For Girls - This Ain't A Love Song
- Simply Red - Stars
- Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
- Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours, Superstition
- Sting - Englishman In New York, Every Breath You Take, Shape of My Heart
- Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart, C'mon Girl
- Timbaland - Apologise
- The Cure - The Lovecats, Boys Don't Cry
- The Coral - Dreaming Of You
- The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
- The Kinks - Lola, Sunny Afternoon
- The Wanted - All Time Low
- Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl, Crucify, Leather, Precious Things, Upside Down, etc
- U2 - With or Without You
TESTIMONIALS
Hey Paul,
Just wanted to say thank you once again for doing such a good job on Jason and Kelly's wedding day. The music was wonderful and flawless. Everyone really enjoyed it, and many people specifically commented on how pleasant it was.
If we ever need a pianist in the future we will definitely be in touch, and we wouldn't hesitate to recommend you.
Hope you enjoyed the day too.
All the best
James and Norah (Kings Heath)
September 2011
Paul,
Thank you for a most enjoyable accompaniment to our evening and I hope you were not too delayed due to our speeches taking a little longer than we anticipated.
I wish you well in your future bookings and indeed hope we may call upon you again at some future point.
Kind regards
Julian (Erdington)
February 2011
Hiya Paul
Thanks so much for playing at the wedding everything was perfect and so many people commented on how brilliant you all were.
Thanks again xxx
Elaine (Oswestry)
December 2010

Bob & Reba (Birmingham)
August 2010
Brilliantly talented chap, perfect background music early in the evening and leading an impromptu 300 person sing-a-long by the end of the dinner! Great entertainment.
Andrew (Harper Adams University College, Newport)
June 2010
Paul,
I hope you are well. Steve & I just wanted to say a big thank you to you & the guys for helping us to make our wedding such a fantastic day. You gave us exactly the atmosphere we wanted, everybody has commented on how good you were & appreciated you letting people hijack the microphone! I hope you get further bookings from it, I'm sure you will. Hopefully you enjoyed it aswell.
I expect we will see you again at C21, if not you will be top of the list for any future events we may have. Elaine & Steve (Shrewsbury)June 2009
Hi Paul,
Anthony and I would like to thank you very much for playing so professionally at our wedding.
Your music contributed to the atmosphere and made our day very special.
We will definitely recommend your service to others.
Kind regards,
Steffi & Anthony (Birmingham)
April 2009

Jason & Catherine (Redditch)
August 2008
Hi Paul
Just writing to say thank you for playing at our wedding the music was fabulous, everyone was very impressed with your playing, it made a lovely compliment to dinner! Thank you as well for the music and singing for the first dance, the lady who sang had a lovely voice and it made our first dance very special.
Thank you again
Tamsin and Ian
June 2008
Thank you very much for entertaining us so well on Sunday. Lots of people commented on how much they enjoyed you playing. I'm sorry I didn't have time to sit down and listen more myself. Anyway, we shall be able to recommend you to anyone having a social event. It makes it so much nicer having live music.
Best wishes
Linda (Solihull)
September 2007
Many thanks for playing at our civil partnership reception last saturday.
My uncle joe said that you were "absolutely brilliant", and everyone appreciated your playing. Well done !!
Chris and I both agree that you helped make our special celebration very memorable.
Sorry that we didn't get a chance to speak with you very much.............
Cheers
Chris and Malcolm (Birmingham)
August 2007
Thank you so much for Friday we have had nothing but compliments. you really made the day special for us. i wondered if you would be able to record the songs wehad for the ceremony and any others that went down well as a keep sake just let me know how much.
many many thanks
Christine and Neil
July 2007
On behalf of my husband, myself and Gemma and Matthew many I sincerely thank you for your contribution to the wedding day on Saturday.
We had so many people asking who you were and saying how wonderful your piano playing was, and the playlist was spot on.
From the moment I made contact with you you've been polite, enthusiastic and professional and I will have no hesitation in recommending you to friends and family.
Once again the biggest of thankyou's, you certainly made our day.
Our best regards to you.
Mrs. Watkins (Sandwell)
June 2007
AVAILABILITY AND RATES

I am generally available evenings and weekends, but can also arrange to be available for weekday functions.
Prices start around £100 for the first hour, and £50 for each hour thereafter; however prices vary depending on travelling distance, duration of the function, etc. Some of the fee (the first £20-30) is required as a deposit in advance, to confirm reservation for the required date.
Obviously I am more than happy to meet before the function if you would like to listen to me play in person, discuss which pieces/songs you would like me to perform, etc.
Paul Rahme
Email : paul@birminghampianist.co.uk
Mobile : 07890 59 2323
OTHER PROJECTS
Spirit: I regularly do piano + vocal entertainment at this piano bar in Shrewsbury, joined to The Peach Tree restaurant & C21 nightclub.
The Stunt Doubles: Keys and backing vocals in this 5 piece function band.
Ben Drummond: Piano/keyboard & backing vocals with Ben.
David Garside: Piano/keyboard & backing vocals with David.
Melissa Totten: Musical director & synth player for Madonna Undone tribute act, with full 5 piece band.
Ultra 90s: Keys and backing vocals in this 90s tribute band, which revives the atmosphere and club anthems of the 90s.
Capital Groove: Keys and backing vocals in this 5 piece function band.
Smooth Criminals: Keys and backing vocals in this 5 piece function band.
LOUNGE DUO: Duo with a female singer. Depending on the occasion, we could start off as just 1 or 2 people doing background music, and by the end of the evening, the full band can be onstage.
OTHER LINKS
http://www.uk-piano.org - List of piano teachers, entertainers etc by region
The Musician's Union - "Keep It Real"
Freak Music - UK Event Entertainment
The Wedding Genie - Top Recommended Wedding Planner
The Free Wedding Directory lists hundreds of Wedding Services throughout the UK - Sponsored by Christmas Cards Online suppliers of Charity Christmas Cards.
UK-Wedding-Pages.co.uk - UK-Wedding-Pages.co.uk
UK Wedding Planner - Free Online Wedding Resource
Link2Weddings - UK Wedding Directory

