Based in:
Melbourne VIC
Line up(s) available: 2 piece (duo)
Alegria is one of the most exciting and versatile duos on the Melbourne music scene. Both lead singer Shireen and vocalist, keyboardist and saxophonist Martin are consummate musicians and performers with years of experience. They can provide anything from smooth jazz, show tunes and ballads to dynamic dance sets featuring a huge range of music from the 1920’s to 50’s rock’n’roll through soul, funk, Motown, the 80’s, 90’s and the most recent pop hits.
Add to this Shireen’s experience as a professional actress/singer in theatre and musicals and Martin’s experience in Spain and his repertoire of Latin dance songs, sung in fluent Spanish and Portuguese and you have a fantastic array of music that will keep everyone happy. Ballroom dance aficianados will be over the moon!
Martin and Shireen have also worked with kids for years and can entertain them with a mixture of songs they know and love. While not a major feature of Alegria, Martin has also done a “Live-Karaoke” show for years for kids and adults and he can pull this rabbit out of the hat if anyone feels a song coming on! But don’t worry – Martin is highly proficient at shortening songs when the singer has imbibed just a bit too much or has over-estimated his/her musical proficiency! Let’s face it though, lots of people love to sing and Alegria always have spare microphones handy for extra singers.
Martin has also done seniors’ sing-a-longs and has a huge repertoire of songs from the 1920’s to 40’s. What better act could you find for a wedding or other function of mixed ages?
Another feature of this duo is that Martin creates many of the backings live on his state-of-the-art keyboard which provides amazing authenticity & versatility, especially if dancers are in the groove and just don’t want a song to end or if Grandma waddles up to the dance floor just as the Nutbush is about to end! Then he can switch to the saxophone to vary the sound for some Motown, blues or R&B.
For your wedding ceremony Martin can play the organ or keyboard while Shireen can sing your favourite song or aria with organ or keyboard accompaniment.
You’d be hard pushed to find a more versatile and exciting pair of entertainers on the Melbourne music scene today.
Bios
Shireen Morris
Shireen Morris has worked extensively as a singer and actress in both Australia and the UK. Her work with professional bands has ranged from cabaret, jazz to soul and funk big bands, including work with the Grand Wazoo and cabaret act Bizarre Bazaar in Melbourne.
Shireen has starred in professional musical theatre productions such as The Secret Garden in Scotland, Aladdin in England, and Espresso Trasho in London’s West End. She has sung with pop group CR3 at Wembley Arena in London and also extensively writes and records her own original pop music.
Shireen has trained and performed in a wide variety of styles covering jazz, pop, funk, soul, opera and much more and is in the enviable position of being able to sing an exquisite opera aria or spine-tingling ballad for your wedding ceremony, cool elegant jazz for a corporate function or dinner set or light up the dance floor at any function with her powerful range of dance material from the 60’s to today.
Martin Cox
From tours of the Victorian countryside as an oboist with the Victoria State Opera to performing a Live Karaoke show in a nightclub in Spain, via piano bars, restaurants, hotels and festivals, Martin Cox, has performed solo, in duos, trios, cover and original bands since the early 1980’s. His enormous experience covers styles such as pop, funk, reggae, blues, soul, jazz, folk-rock, Irish, Latin and African and he was even the instigator and composer for a semi-improvised minimalist band : Philip Glass meets Miles Davis!
He has written film scores, music for dance, theatre and TV, created and composed the songs for a kids’ pop band and teaches music in various schools around Melbourne. Suffice to say he lives and breathes music. As an experienced performer running and MC-ing his own shows for years he is not just a pretty face behind a dazzling keyboard! He’s an entertainer in every sense of the world.
The song list below is an edited list of the songs we have available! A full list can be emailed to you when we make contact.
We are always learning new songs and will try to accommodate any special requests, especially a song for the bridal waltz. Your favourite songs or music can also be played during breaks or at any other time you require if you send it to us prior to the event.
| Uptempo / Dance Songs |
| 500 miles |
| A Hard Day’s night |
| Achy breaky heart |
| Africa |
| Age of reason |
| All I wanna do |
| All Star |
| All that she wants |
| American Pie |
| April sun in Cuba |
| Baby Love |
| Baby one more time |
| Bad bad Leroy Brown |
| Bad moon rising |
| Barbie Girl |
| Bedroom eyes |
| Been around the world |
| Big yellow taxi |
| Black velvet |
| Blame it on the boogie |
| Breakfast at Tiffany’s |
| Bright side of the road |
| Brown eyed girl |
| Buses and trains |
| Bye bye love |
| Can’t buy me love |
| Can’t get enough of you baby |
| Carwash |
| Celebration |
| Chain of fools |
| Conga |
| Cornflake girl |
| Country Roads |
| Crazy little thing called love |
| Crocodile rock |
| Dance with me |
| Dancing Queen |
| Daydream believer |
| Dock of the bay |
| Doctor Feelgood |
| Don’t call me Baby |
| Don’t cha |
| Don’t speak |
| Down under |
| Dumb things |
| Eagle rock |
| Everlasting love |
| Everybody needs somebody |
| Finally |
| Flashdance (What a feeling) |
| Follow me |
| Forgiven |
| Girls just want to have fun |
| Give me one reason |
| Grace Kelly |
| Grease |
| Grease medley |
| Guilty |
| Hallelujah I love her so |
| Hey Baby |
| High |
| Holy Grail |
| Honky tonk woman |
| Hot stuff |
| Hotel California |
| House that Jack built |
| I can see clearly |
| I feel the earth move |
| I love rock and roll |
| I love the nightlife |
| I saw her standing there |
| I say a little prayer |
| I want to hold your hand |
| I will survive |
| I wish I was a punk rocker |
| I’ll be there for you |
| I’m a believer |
| I’m in chains |
| I’m into something good |
| I’m outta love |
| I’m yours |
| If I can’t have you |
| If you have my love |
| In the summer time |
| Ironic |
| Islands in the stream |
| It’s raining men |
| Jumping Jack Flash |
| Khe sahn |
| Kiss |
| Knock on wood |
| La isla bonita |
| Lady Marmalade |
| Let’s get loud |
| Light my fire |
| Like a prayer |
| Livin’ la vida loca |
| Locomotion |
| Long train running |
| Losing my religion |
| Love potion number 9 |
| Macarena |
| Mamma Mia |
| Man I feel like a woman |
| Mary Jane |
| Me and Bobby McGee |
| Mercedes Benz |
| Message to my girl |
| Midnight at the oasis |
| Moving on up |
| Mrs Robinson |
| Murder on the dance floor |
| Mustang Sally |
| My girl |
| Naughty girl |
| No woman no cry |
| Nutbush city limits |
| Objection tango |
| Old time rock & roll |
| Play |
| Play that funky music |
| Proud Mary |
| Reckless |
| Red red wine |
| Respect |
| Riders on the storm |
| Round round |
| Shake your tail feather |
| Smooth |
| Stop in the name of love |
| Suddenly I see |
| Superstar |
| Sway |
| Sweet about me |
| Sweet Caroline |
| Sweet home Alabama |
| Sweet Home Chicago |
| Take me to the river |
| Teardrops |
| That’s the way |
| The winner takes it all |
| Ticket to ride |
| Together again |
| Toxic |
| Twist and shout |
| Two strong hearts |
| Unchain my heart |
| Viva la vida |
| Vogue |
| Walk like an Egyptian |
| Walking on sunshine |
| We are family |
| Welcome to my life |
| What’s up |
| Whenever wherever |
| Where is the love? |
| Wonderwall |
| Yellow Submarine |
| You can’t hurry love |
| You’re the one that I want |
| Young hearts run free |
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| 50’s & 60’s Rock & Roll |
| Blue suede shoes |
| Bye bye love |
| Great balls of fire |
| I saw her standing there |
| I want to hold your hand |
| Jailhouse rock |
| Johnny B Goode |
| Rock around the clock |
| Roll over Beethoven |
| That’ll be the day |
| Twist and shout |
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| Ballads - Medium Tempo |
| 1000 miles |
| All good things come to an end |
| All I have to do is dream |
| All my loving |
| Angels |
| Annie’s songs |
| At last |
| Beautiful |
| Because of you |
| Behind blue eyes |
| Ben |
| Bette Davis Eyes |
| Big girls don’t cry |
| Born to try |
| Both sides now |
| California dreaming |
| Can you feel the love tonight |
| Can’t fight the moonlight |
| Can’t help falling in love |
| Candle in the wind |
| Close to you |
| Country roads |
| Crazy |
| Desperado |
| Do you know where you’re going to? |
| Don’t dream it’s over |
| Don’t know why |
| Don’t speak |
| Dream a little dream of me |
| Drops of Jupiter |
| Eternal flame |
| Everything |
| Father and son |
| Feel |
| Fields of gold |
| Fire and rain |
| Foolish games |
| From a distance |
| From this moment |
| Georgy girl |
| Good morning Baltimore |
| Hallelujah |
| Have I told you lately |
| Heal the world |
| Heaven |
| Hero |
| Hey Jude |
| High |
| Hopelessly devoted to you |
| How do I live |
| I still call Australia home |
| I’ll be there for you |
| I’ll stand by you |
| I’m going to Carolina |
| If I ain’t got you |
| If I were a boy |
| If it makes you happy |
| If you see her say hello |
| Imagine |
| In his eyes |
| In the arms of the angel |
| Just the way you are |
| Killing me softly |
| Kiss me |
| Knockin’ on heaven’s door |
| Landslide |
| Leaving on a jet plane |
| Looking for the heart of Saturday night |
| Moondance |
| Mr Bojangles |
| Mr Tambourine man |
| My heart will go on |
| Natural woman |
| Operator |
| Piano man |
| Power of love |
| Rain |
| Reckless |
| Runaway |
| Scar |
| Scarborough fair |
| Shaddap you face! |
| She’s always a woman |
| Shine |
| Simple twist of fate |
| Smooth Operator |
| So beautiful |
| Stranger in Moscow |
| Streets of London |
| Suzanne |
| Tears in heaven |
| Thank you |
| That’s amoré |
| The Boxer |
| The Day you went away |
| The Gambler |
| The Rose |
| There you’ll be |
| Throw your arms around me |
| Time after time |
| Time in a bottle |
| To Sir with love |
| Torn |
| True Colours |
| Unchained melody |
| Under the milky way |
| White flag |
| Who knew? |
| Wind beneath my wings |
| With a little help from my friends |
| Year of the cat |
| Yellow |
| You were meant for me |
| You’re the voice |
| You’ve got a friend |
| Your song |
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| Jazz and Show Songs |
| A Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square |
| A Spoonful of sugar |
| A Whole new world |
| Ain’t misbehavin’ |
| Ain’t no sunshine |
| Ain’t no way |
| All of me |
| All the things you are |
| Angel eyes |
| Apologise |
| As time goes by |
| Autumn Leaves |
| Bare Necessities |
| Beauty and the beast |
| Big Spender |
| Blue moon |
| Bonnie and Clyde |
| Cabaret |
| Can’t help lovin’ dat man of mine |
| Chatanooga choo choo |
| Cheek to cheek |
| Chim chim cheree |
| Choo choo ch’boogie |
| Colours of the wind |
| Comes love |
| Consider yourself |
| Diamonds are a girl’s best friend |
| Don’t cry for me Argentina |
| Don’t dream it’s over |
| Don’t know why |
| Edelweiss |
| Endless love |
| Fallin’ |
| Fever |
| Fly me to the moon |
| Georgia |
| Girl from Ipanema |
| God bless the child |
| Hallelujah I love her so |
| Hello Dolly |
| Honeysuckle Rose |
| How high the moon |
| How insensitive |
| I can’t give you anything but love |
| I could have danced all night |
| I don’t know how to love him |
| I dreamed a dream |
| I get a kick out of you |
| I got plenty of nuttin’ |
| I got rhythm |
| I love Paris |
| I wanna be like you |
| I wish you love |
| I’m beginning to see the light |
| I’ve got you under my skin |
| If I only had a brain |
| If I were a bell |
| It ain’t necessarily so |
| It’s only a paper moon |
| L.O.V.E. |
| Let’s call the whole thing off |
| Lost and found |
| Love is here to stay |
| Mack the knife |
| Memory |
| Misty |
| Mona Lisa |
| Moon River |
| My baby just cares for me |
| My favourite things |
| My funny Valentine |
| Nature Boy |
| New York New York |
| Night and day |
| Nobody knows you |
| Ol’ man river |
| Orange coloured sky |
| Over the rainbow |
| Part of your world |
| Pennies from heaven |
| Quiet night of quiet stars |
| River stay away from my door |
| Send in the clowns |
| Someone like you |
| Somewhere |
| Sound of music (The) |
| Speak Low |
| Stormy weather |
| Straighten up and fly right |
| Stranger in paradise |
| Summertime |
| Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
| Take that look off your face |
| Tea for two |
| Tell me on a Sunday |
| The Glory of love |
| The Impossible dream |
| The Look of love |
| They can’t take that away from me |
| Time to say goodbye |
| Tomorrow |
| Touch of paradise |
| Twisted |
| What a wonderful world |
| When I fall in love |
| When you wish upon a star |
| Winter |
| Wouldn’t it be lovely |
| You can always count on me |
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| Latin / Spanish Songs |
| A felicidade (Bossa nova) |
| Adios muchachos (Tango) |
| Agapimu (Spanish pop) |
| Alfonsina y el mar ((Rhumba) |
| Bamboleo (Samba) |
| Besame Mucho (Bolero / Rhumba) |
| Blame it on the bossa nova |
| Cantinero de cuba (Samba) |
| Contigo aprendí (Bolero / Rhumba) |
| Copacabana (Samba) |
| Desafinado (Bossa nova) |
| El dia que me quieres (Tango) |
| El hombre del piano |
| Eres tu |
| Eternamente Yolanda (Rhumba) |
| Gracias a la vida (Rhumba) |
| Guantanamera (Son cubano) |
| Hernando’s Hideaway (Tango) |
| How insensitive (Bossa nova) |
| La Bamba (Mambo / samba) |
| La culpa fue del cha cha cha (Cha cha) |
| La ultima noche (Cha cha) |
| Lambada (Lambada) |
| Mambo Italiano (Mambo) |
| Manha de carnaval (Bossa nova) |
| Mano a mano (Tango) |
| Mas que nada (Samba) |
| Me voy pa’l pueblo (Bolero / Rhumba) |
| Melodia de Arrabal (Tango) |
| Ojalá que llueva café en el campo (Merengue) |
| Pedro Navaja (Salsa) |
| Piensa en mi (Bolero / Rhumba) |
| Que Sera Sera (Waltz) |
| Quiet night of quiet stars (Bossa nova) |
| Samba de Orfeu (Samba) |
| Sentado en el anden (Pop) |
| Si tu me dices ven (Bolero / Rhumba) |
| Te recuerdo Amanda (Folk) |
| Visa para un suéno (Merengue |
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| International & Participation Songs |
| Bus Stop |
| Chicken dance |
| Day O (Banana boat song) |
| Jamaica farewell |
| L’Accordeoniste |
| La vie en rose |
| Lion sleeps tonight (The) |
| Milord |
| Non, je ne regrette rien |
| Nutbush city limits |
| O sole mio |
| Orne tchornyia |
| Sous le ciel de Paris |
| Tarantella |
| That’s amoré |
| Volaré |
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| Other songs available: |
| Large selection of Irish, Scottish, English and Australian folk songs |
| Children's songs - Nursery Rhymes, TV theme songs, Wiggles, Hi 5 etc |
| Large selection of Seniors' songs from the 1910's to 1940's with 60 song books |
| Christmas songs |
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