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NATE BUTLER:
Piano Player For Hire

By playing the piano at your event, I can do more than provide great background music; I can add to the formal atmosphere at your wedding or ceremony, or lighten the mood at your birthday or company party.

Scroll down this page to read a list of the songs I play.
Photo by Marc Blake
To hear MP3's (music files for your computer) of Nate Butler playing the piano at The Daily Planet in 1999, click here.

• To arrange for Nate Butler to play the piano at your event, E-mail Nate.

Where you have heard Nate Butler play piano in Fresno, California:

Yoshino Japanese Restaurant: I played piano at Yoshino Japanese Restaurant weekly from 1999 until August, 2008. To hear what my piano music sounds like, click here to go MP3 files (sound recordings) of my instrumental piano music; or, you can read a list of the songs I play by scrolling down this page.

The Daily Planet: I played piano and sang at The Daily Planet on Monday and Tuesday evenings from 1997 until their closing in April, 2005. To read a list of the many songs I sang and played in my cabaret act, click here.

NATE BUTLER'S PIANO SONGLIST

Below is the list I play from when playing instrumental piano music, and not singing. To read a list of songs I play and sing, click here.

To hear MP3's (music files for your computer) of some of the songs listed below, click here.
Contemporary Songs - The 60's Til Now

The Beatles
Across The Universe
And I Love Her
Fool On The Hill
Here, There & Everywhere
Hey Jude
Imagine  (John Lennon)
In My Life
Let It Be
Live And Let Die  (Paul McCartney)
The Long And Winding Road
My Love  (Paul McCartney)
Norwegian Wood
Something
Yesterday

The Carpenters
Close To You
We've Only Just Begun

The Doors
The Crystal Ship
Light My Fire
Love Me Two Times
People Are Strange
Riders On The Storm
When The Music's Over

Peter Gabriel
Family Snapshot
Here Comes The Flood
Solsbury Hill

Billy Joel
Just The Way You Are
Piano Man
She's Always A Woman

Elton John
Benny And The Jets
Candle In The Wind
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Rocket Man

Led Zeppelin
Kashmir
No Quarter
The Rain Song
Stairway To Heaven
Ten Years Gone
That's The Way

Pink Floyd
Dark Side Of The Moon medley:
Breathe/The Great Gig In The Sky/
Us And Them/Brain Damage

Wish You Were Here medley:
Shine On You Crazy Diamond/
Wish You Were Here

The Wall medley:
The Thin Ice/Mother/Hey You/
Nobody Home/Vera/Comfortably Numb

Elvis Presley
All Shook Up
Love Me Tender
Teddy Bear

Todd Rundgren
Hello, It's Me
I Saw The Light

U2
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Vertigo
Where The Streets  Have No Name
With Or Without You

Simon And Garfunkel
Feelin' Groovy
Scarborough Faire
The Sound Of Silence

The Smiths
Asleep
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
William It Was Really Nothing

The Velvet Underground
Candy Says
Pale Blue Eyes

The Who
Behind Blue Eyes
Love Reign O'er Me/Quadrophenia

After The Gold Rush  Neil Young
Beth  Kiss
Boys Don't Cry  The Cure
Brick  Ben Folds Five
Cigarette  Ben Folds Five
Dream On  Aerosmith
Dreams  Fleetwood Mac
Fire And Rain  James Taylor
Fools' Overture  Supertramp
Hot Fun In The Summertime  Sly & The Family Stone
Hotel California  The Eagles
I Never Cry  Alice Cooper
Let's Go Get Stoned  Ray Charles
The Logical Song  Supertramp
Love On The Rocks  Neil Diamond
Love Plus One  Haircut One Hundred
Moondance  Van Morrison
More Than This  Roxy Music
Music Box Dancer
On And On  Stephen Bishop
On Broadway  George Benson
Proud Mary  Creedence Clearwater Revival
Roxanne  The Police
School  Supertramp
September  Earth Wind & Fire
Skyway  The Replacements
Space Oddity  David Bowie
Still You Turn Me On  Emerson Lake & Palmer
Time After Time  Cyndi Lauper
Time In A Bottle  Jim Croce
Touch Me In The Morning  Diana Ross
Under The Boardwalk
Up On The Roof
Who Can It Be Now?  Men At Work
A Whiter Shade Of Pale  Procul Harem
You're My Best Friend  Queen

Frank Sinatra Songs & Other Standards

Ain't Misbehavin'
Ain't She Sweet
All Of Me
All The Things You Are

Amazing Grace
Angel Eyes
As Time Goes By
Autumn Leaves
Bewitched (Bothered & Bewildered)

Blue Moon
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Cheek To Cheek
Crazy

The Entertainer
Fly Me To The Moon
A Foggy Day
Fur Elise
Georgia On My Mind

Greensleeves
I Get A Kick Out Of You
I Won't Dance
I've Got You Under My Skin
If I Loved You
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
The Lady Is A Tramp
Luck Be A Lady
Mack The Knife
Misty
Moon River
My Favorite Things
My Funny Valentine
New York New York
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Night And Day
A Nightengale Sang In Berkeley Square
Pachebel's Canon
Polkadots And Moonbeams
Puff The Magic Dragon
Puttin' On The Ritz
Satin Doll
Send In The Clowns
September Song
Shine On Harvest Moon
Someone To Watch Over Me
Somethin' Stupid
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Speak Low
Stormy Weather
Strangers In The Night
Summertime
Tangerine
Three Coins In The Fountain
Till There Was You
Unforgettable
The Way You Look Tonight
What A Wonderful World
When The Saints Go Marching In
When You Wish Upon A Star
Where Or When
Wish You Were Here
Witchcraft

Films, TV & Showtunes

Anyone Can Whistle  Anyone Can Whistle
Arthur's Theme
As Long As He Needs Me  Oliver!
Beautiful  Sunday In The Park With George
Beauty And The Beast
(It's Not Easy) Bein' Green  Sesame Street
Being Alive  Company
Cabaret  Cabaret
The Candy Man  Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Children Will Listen  Into The Woods
Chim Chim Cheree  Mary Poppins
Christmas Is Coming  A Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmastime Is Here  A Charlie Brown Christmas
Conjunction Junction  Schoolhouse Rock
The Constitution Song  Schoolhouse Rock
Corner Of The Sky  Pippin
Everybody Wants To Be A Cat  The Aristocats
Everyone Says I Love You 
Horsefeathers (The Marx Brothers)
Theme from "Hill Street Blues"
How Deep Is Your Love?  Saturday Night Fever
Hushabye Mountain Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
I Don't Know How To Love Him Jesus Christ Superstar

If I Loved You  Carousel
If I Only Had A Brain  The Wizard Of Oz
Linus And Lucy  A Charlie Brown Christmas
Live And Let Die
Maria  West Side Story
Matchmaker Matchmaker  Fiddler On The Roof
Memory  Cats
Mickey Mouse Club Theme  Mickey Mouse Club
The Music Of The Night  Phantom Of The Opera
Mystery Science Theater 3K End Theme
My Favorite Things  The Sound Of Music
Nadia's Theme  The Young & The Restless
Naughty Number Nine  Schoolhouse Rock
New York New York
Night Fever  Saturday Night Fever
No More  Into The Woods
Not While I'm Around  Sweeney Todd
Nothing  A Chorus Line
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning  Oklahoma!
One Jump Ahead  Alladin
Pilate's Dream  Jesus Christ Superstar
Pretty Women  Sweeney Todd
Pure Imagination Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
The Rainbow Connection  The Muppet Movie
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
The Rose
Send In The Clowns  A Little Night Music
Solace  The Sting
Somebody Come And Play  Sesame Street
Something Wonderful  The King And I
Somewhere  West Side Story
Somewhere In Time
Somewhere Over The Rainbow The Wizard Of Oz
The Sound Of Music
Speak Low  One Touch Of Venus
Theme from "Star Trek"
Theme from "Star Wars"
Suicide Is Painless  M*A*S*H
Summer Lovin'  Grease
Summertime  Porgy And Bess
Sunrise, Sunset  Fiddler On The Roof
Till There Was You  The Music Man
Tommorow  Annie
Welcome Back  Welcome Back Kotter
When You Wish Upon A Star  Pinnocchio
Where Everybody Knows Your Name Cheers
Where Is Love?  Oliver!
Where Or When  Babes In Arms

Fiddler On The Roof medley:
Tradition/Matchmaker, Matchmaker/Sabbath Prayer/Sunrise Sunset
Far From The Home I Love/Hava Ballet

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs medley:
I'm Wishing/One Song
Someday My Prince Will Come
The Washing Song (Bluddle-Um-Dum)