Howie Newman
MUSIC, COMEDY and MORE
VIDEOS
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MUSICAL BASEBALL SHOW
For senior centers, libraries and other groups, I offer a special baseball show, which includes baseball songs, baseball trivia and stories about my days as a sportswriter on the Red Sox beat. For additional information, click here.
For this act, I am accompanied by a musical partner who plays fiddle, mandolin and sings backup vocals. We perform at many senior centers in the greater Boston area and play the songs listed below.
It's a very lively show that features excellent musicianship and pleasing vocal harmonies. Below are some videos from a senior center concert.
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Hank Williams
Everly Brothers
Beatles
Recorded at the Billerica Senior Center, July 26, 2022
For more info, including videos and our upcoming schedule, click HERE.
CLICK HERE for a list of the senior centers where we've played.
SONGS
I'm always adding to this list but here's a sample of the Music for Seniors repertoire:
Beatles
Eight Days A Week
I Saw Her Standing There
I Want to Hold Your Hand
When I'm Sixty-Four
B.J. Thomas
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
Bill Haley and the Comets
Rock Around the Clock
Bobby Darin
Mack the Knife
Dean Martin
That's Amore
You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
Dion
Runaround Sue
Doris Day
Que Sera, Sera
The Drifters
Save the Last Dance for Me
Under the Boardwalk
Up on the Roof
Elvis Presley
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Don't Be Cruel
Love Me Tender
Everly Brothers
Bye Bye Love
Wake Up Little Susie
Frank Sinatra
Love and Marriage
New York, New York
Strangers in the Night
That's Life
Hank Williams
Jambalaya
Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues
I Walk the Line
Ring of Fire
Kingston Trio
Charlie and the MTA
Lovin' Spoonful
Daydream
Do You Believe in Magic?
Mary Hopkin
Those Were The Days
Nat King Cole
Rambling Rose
Neil Diamond
Sweet Caroline
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Happy Trails to You
The Supremes
You Can't Hurry Love
PATRIOTIC SONGS
America the Beautiful
God Bless America
I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy
SHOW TUNES, STANDARDS, ETC.
A Few of My Favorite Things
Ain't She Sweet
Five Foot Two
Hello Dolly
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Oklahoma
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
When the Saints Go Marching In
You Are My Sunshine
ETHNIC/SEASONAL
Auld Lang Syne
Hava Nagila
Jingle Bells
Jingle Bell Rock
Silent Night
Twelve Days of Christmas
Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland
White Christmas
MUSIC FOR SENIORS
Senior centers
Assisted living communities
Memory care units, memory cafes
Senior citizens groups
Nursing homes
I play many shows for senior centers and other senior groups in the greater Boston area. My repertoire includes well-known songs from the 1960s and earlier.
I also have extensive experience with memory care units, memory
cafes and Alzheimer's programs. Click here for references.
Based on feedback from my audiences, I'm constantly adding new material and fine-tuning the presentation (see song list below).
Here's where I've played.
I do a one-hour show and provide my own sound system. I'll also send you a color poster to help you promote the show.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM
Howie Newman performs classic songs from yesteryear, including
standards, show tunes and material from artists like Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond and many others.
It's a sing-along, toe-tapping musical journey from the early 1900s up through the 1970s. Howie also adds trivia, background stories about the songs and a little G-rated humor here and there.
