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Bill Venice
Hockely, Essex, UK

Bill's Jukebox

Check out the MP3 Song Index (below)
to download individual songs.

(Aug, 2008) My name is Bill Venice and I was born in London over 70 years ago -- well over! I first started on

the entertainment road when I was nine years of age being taught the ukelele by my uncle. I then graduated to the guitar.

In the late forties I joined the Royal Air Force playing the guitar in a number of bands both in England and the Middle East in between being in the RAF police. After leaving the RAF in the early fifties I played in a number of local outfits finally playing at Butlins holiday camp at Clacton, Essex.

In 1960, my wife and I formed a vocal/comedy duo touring nightclubs and northern working mens clubs with summer seasons in Yarmouth, Weymouth, and Jersey (Channel Islands) and various American and British air force bases in Germany. During the course of our 20 or so years on the circuits, we worked alongside many great artists of the time including Johnny Ray, Bob Monkhouse, Val Donavan, The Seekers and many others.

It all came to a tragic end when my wife died of cancer in 1978 and, at the time, I vowed I would never work in the entertainment business again and then … I met my present wife, who persuaded me to resume in the music business. However, I could not get back to the guitar so I turned to the keyboard, graduating from the small PSR to the Tyros 2 that I now have.

Have I progressed? Well, I leave that up to you after you have heard my offerings. Thank you for taking time out to read this. -- Bill Venice

Note: In November 2008, Bill upgraded to the Tyros3. - JW

Bill's MIDI Song Index (click to open or close)

Songs are listed alphabetically in the table below. Click on any song to hear the song (right-click to download). You can click on the column titles to resort the table on that column in ascending (or descending) order. Column abbreviations: V (volume number), T (tempo), TS (time signature), L (includes lyrics), C (includes chords), K (keyboard). Click on this link to download all of Bill's midi files: Bill's Midi Library.

Alphabetical Song Index
V Title T TS L C Style K
{V} {Title} {T} {TS} {L} {C} {Style} {K}

 

Bill's MP3 Song Index (click to open or close)
The most recent songs are in the Jukebox above. The songs below are listed alphabetically. Click on the song title to listen to the song and/or download it. The date links take you to the PSR Tutorial Forum discussion.

Boney Maroney (Tyros3) 9/16/2009

Fallen Heroes © (Tyros3) 6/5/2009

I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (Tyros3) 4/21/2009

The Impossible Dream (Tyros3) 3/24/2009

Just For You (Tyros3) 6/15/2009

The Lonely Shepherd (Tyros3) 9/16/2009

Lover Come Back To Me (Tyros3) 5/9/2009

My Mother's Eyes (Tyros3) 6/8/2009

Paper Roses (Tyros3) 6/15/2009

Que Sera (Tyros3) 8/6/2009

Tuxedo Junction (Tyros3) 8/6/2009

Unchained Melody (Tyros3) 1/2/2009

We'll Gather Lilacs (Tyros3) 6/15/2009

Wind Beneath My Wings (Tyros3) 3/23/2009

You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (Tyros3) 9/16/2009

 

 

Title T TS L C Style Artist V K
Bill Bailey904/4NYMovieSwingBill Venice01T2
Cavatina983/4NYGuitarSerenadeBill Venice01T2
Georgia704/4NYBill Venice01T2
Granada1804/4NYBill Venice01T2
I Can't Stop Loving You1134/4NYBill Venice01T2
Let It Be Me1134/4NYBill Venice01T2
My Mothers Eyes1304/4NYBill Venice01T2
Way You Look Tonight, The904/4NYMovieSwingBill Venice01T2
Wonder Of You904/4NYMovieSwingBill Venice01T2
You Dont Know Me724/4NYBill Venice01T2
Abide With Me754/4NYBill Venice02T2
Just Loving You1134/4NYBill Venice02T2
Love's Last Word Is Spoken604/4NYEPBalladBill Venice02T2
Lover Where Can You Be1134/4NYBill Venice02T2
Masquerade873/4NY6-8OrchestralBill Venice02T2
Mull Of Kintyre903/4NYBill Venice02T2
Solitude1064/4NYSlowBossaBill Venice02T2
Spanish Medley1004/4NY8BeatAdriaBill Venice02T2
Sweet Dreams1884/4NYBill Venice02T2
We'll Gather Lilacs1064/4NYSlowBossaBill Venice02T2

 



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