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Theme for #JukeboxFridayNight9October2026 is #PianoMusic 🎹 Tunes about pianos or piano players and music featuring pianos. Short pieces please not full symphonies. Tony Bennett - I Love a Piano https://youtu.be/bTxsBgNqKSg#PianoMusic 🎹 #JukeboxFridayNight

Jon Batiste - Für Elise - Beethoven + Batiste (a jazzed up classical piece) https://youtu.be/-5YRhvH6Uys#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Like lots of musicians best known as a singer, Prince was also an occasional pianist and wrote some of his songs for piano too Prince - Summertime https://youtu.be/7OF3LOPAbe4 Prince Writing"Raspberry Beret" on Piano https://youtu.be/-tUNIwBMwHI Prince - Nothing Compares 2 U (Live At Paisley Park, 1999) https://youtu.be/1NarDEEhOsM#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: Piano Duet (music by Danny Elfman) https://youtu.be/nuEOA9GbK6U Victor's Piano Solo - Corpse Bride (music by Danny Elfman) https://youtu.be/VVOHG0CB6xE#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (1974) https://youtu.be/mMTkujnftIs#PianoMusic 🎹 #JukeboxFridayNight

Don't forget ragtime when you remember piano music! Billy Dee Williams takes on the role of Scott Joplin performing 'The Entertainer' in the 1977 biopic "Scott Joplin" https://youtu.be/7_ZotkSW8Lk#PianoMusic 🎹 #JukeboxFridayNight

Night Music: Jools Holland & Doctor John as the "Boogie Woogie Twins" https://youtu.be/dxK6dTcaJTc#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight#BoogieWoogie

Here's the #JukeboxFridayNight #AWiderWorld playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc8dxNS0ds30&si=fLCbSo9-bo0ah1qc Thanks @bodger@beige.party

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (on Later With Jools Holland 15/04/2002) (early in their career the Pet Shop Boys were a singer and a leyboard player. Even with added musical touches that's still the format for most of their music) https://youtu.be/JFtsaPNsONY Pet Shop Boys - Miracles (on Top of the Pops on 14/11/2003) https://youtu.be/8gd6-FKrf4w#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

OSCAR PETERSON AND OLIVER JONES - HYMN TO FREEDOM ( "In 2004, Mr. Jones came out of retirement after four years to perform with Mr. Peterson at the 25th anniversary of the Montreal jazz festival, performing a memorable duet on Mr. Peterson’s lauded piece “Hymn to Freedom,” which brought both men to tears) https://youtu.be/4QELTPwVNzg#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

From the album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player". Did you know that before he was a star, Elton John was a piano player for sessions with other musicians? His musical career started as a pub pianist playing standards by Ray Charles from when he was 15YO. Elton John - Crocodile Rock (Live At Madison Square Garden) https://youtu.be/JrpI7WbJcO8#PianoMusic 🎹 #JukeboxFridayNight

Theme for #JukeboxFridayNight on 9 October 2026 is most likely Piano Music unless there's strong push for another theme. Tunes about pianos or piano players and music featuring pianos. Short pieces please not full symphonies. Prompted by RNZ call for nominations of favourite piano music https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/classic-countdown-vote-for-your-favourite-piano-music

Bill Withers - Lean On Me (BBC In Concert, May 11, 1974) https://youtu.be/dtC1W-6hwIU#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Music saves lives of some but it doesn't stop atrocities from happening to others. Chopin - Nocturne in C Sharp Minor (No. 20) from "The Pianist" movie. https://youtu.be/UVXyZeYN5yY#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Sparklehorse feat. PJ Harvey - Piano Fire https://youtu.be/WkpUTgNhJ58#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Panic! At The Disco - The Piano Knows Something I Don't Know https://youtu.be/FgIuSBbgrHA#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Brenda Russell - Piano In The Dark https://youtu.be/H7u5GtSIC5k#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

As @irix@cloudisland.nz has mentioned, piano is a form of percussion instrument. Here's another variant: Frost Percussion Group - "Kyoto" by NZ composer John Psathas https://youtu.be/aNqJVvDCThI#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Liberace playing Liszt's 14th Hungarian Rhapsody https://youtu.be/XYK5Bopk2X0#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight#classical

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (with musician Kate playing the piano as well as singing) https://youtu.be/YGTQVJG8Beg#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Jerry Lee Lewis - Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano (after I'm not here?) (1976) https://youtu.be/JxhPXY3oERo#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Please send in theme suggestions for #JukeboxFridayNight on Friday 9 October 2026 from now till 4.45pm NZDT or in next 90 minutes please.

Suggestions so far:

• Piano Music - prompted by RNZ call for nominations of favourite piano music. For JFN we could also include tunes about pianos or piano players as well as music featuring them https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/classic-countdown-vote-for-your-favourite-piano-music

• Finding Calm - as a reflection on our busy world and lives

• Your Idea?

Bloodywood - Gaddaar https://youtu.be/7iKjSCTxke8#AWiderWorld #JukeboxFridayNight

Rammstein - Dicke Titten (aka Big Tits, CW for body objectification. German Neue Deutsche Härte, New German Hardness"aka dance-metal ) https://youtu.be/thJgU9jkdU4#AWiderWorld #JukeboxFridayNight

FAUN - BLOT (Blót as ritual sacrifices usually involved the killing and cooking of animals, dedicated to a god but also meaning festivities for the community. Meat was boiled in large cooking pits with heated stones like with an NZ hangi. For this song FAUN has set very old texts to music such as the "Heimskringla" from the 13th century and the "Strassburger Blutsegen" from the 11th century.) https://youtu.be/vaT0vAVBCMo #AWiderWorld #JukeboxFridayNight

The Communards – For A Friend (the pianist is Richard Coles, now known as Reverend Richard Coles a retired parish priest, radio presenter, and author. The song is written for Mark Ashton, lead role of the gay activist from the "based on a true story" film Pride) https://youtu.be/L3OxwmjmHDI#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Louis Cato and Jon Batiste “Africa” (D’Angelo Tribute) https://youtu.be/qgneMEs2i-w#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Paquito Hechavarría feat. Rey Ruiz: "Piano" https://youtu.be/vQpkYJFhWTU#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Ayra Starr - Sability https://youtu.be/KYn3k8dpRJI#AWiderWorld #JukeboxFridayNight #Afrobeats

NiNi Music & MsMonsterKenny‬ - GAN BEI 乾杯 ft. K roww (Taiwan Folk Metal) Let’s all gather together 相揪來作伙 let’s reunite as one 大家團團員 fill up your glass 填滿燒酒杯 and drink it all together 一嘴飲落地 https://youtu.be/6CUeZisrkBE Nini Music - LongMa (Taiwanese Folk Metal) https://youtu.be/dOn7uCux0uc#AWiderWorld #JukeboxFridayNight#Taiwan

Sigur Ros - Glósóli https://youtu.be/Bz8iEJeh26E#AWiderWorld #JukeboxFridayNight #Iceland

GILLIAN WHITEHEAD: Lullaby for Matthew performed by Jian Liu https://youtu.be/Vgs2UgmU1mE#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight#NZmusic

Here's Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor but delivered in a boogie woogie and jazz arrangement https://youtu.be/gbObxuZoiMw#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight#jazz

Ten Little Fingers ( Piano lessons from the Dr. Seuss film "5000 Fingers of Dr. T ". Tommy Rettig and Mary Healy. ) Ten little dancing maidens dancing oh so fine, Ten happy little fingers and they're mine all mine. They're mine, they're mine, now isn't that just fine, Not three, not five, not seven, and not nine; But ten all dancing straight in line, And all of them are mine, mine, mine, Yes, they are mine, all mine! https://youtu.be/p2_Lo7sMeZM#PianoMusic 🎹 #JukeboxFridayNight

Kori Withers (daughter of Bill) and Friends | Playing For Change - Lean On Me (at Mark's Park) https://youtu.be/RWLKq9GDllk#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

VolfgangTwins - 🌊 JÖRMUNGANDR 🌊 (Heavy Viking Music) https://youtu.be/IIHFxeN4BW4#AWiderWorld #JukeboxFridayNight

Michael Houstoun performs the Menuet Ravel's Le tombeau de Couperin (music written for and about personal friends of Ravel) https://youtu.be/A_o7zY06GfM#PianoMusic 🎹 #JukeboxFridayNight#classical

Liberace - The Old Piano Roll Blues https://youtu.be/DC0vAKxRjG8#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Alexey Petukhov playing Stardust (by Hoagy Carmichael) https://youtu.be/pgHziqsXMi4#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Porcupine Tree - (I remember) Piano Lessons https://youtu.be/nQeaHtoeQFA#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Ariana Grande - Piano (Live @White House) https://youtu.be/qxXYq05XChM#PianoMusic 🎹 #JukeboxFridayNight

NZ pianist Michael Houstoun - "Clair de Lune" (Debussy) https://youtu.be/u03CVcp6IU0#PianoMusic 🎹 #JukeboxFridayNight#classical

Billy Joel - Turn the Lights Back On https://youtu.be/UOf6CMbHPuA#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind (Live) https://youtu.be/qIp9TwSEgFg#PianoMusic 🎹 #JukeboxFridayNight

Taylor Chan playing A Map of Laughter by Missy Mazzoli https://youtu.be/1jmgpRf7TNk#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Charlie Puth - Tears On My Piano (Lyrics + Audio) https://youtu.be/aaP2qh4dUJA#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Jon Batiste - "What A Wonderful World" w/ National Symphony Orchestra | DECLASSIFIED https://youtu.be/2xypMhI6ECY#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Dresden Dolls - Coin-Operated Boy (Live in Sydney) (I saw this live at Bar Bodega, a fun performance) https://youtu.be/7EYvLNsdChI#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight

Davido, Tiwa Savage, Sarkodie, Lola Rae, Diamond Platinumz, Micasa - Africa Rising, We are one Africa https://youtu.be/6KZjlagz2UM#AWiderWorld #JukeboxFridayNight

Sara Bareilles - Gravity https://youtu.be/iLBL1Jm5KCg#PianoMusic#JukeboxFridayNight