Carradine’s Cockney Sing-a-long - Show Information

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Join Mr. Tom Carradine, on the Ol’ Joanna, as he leads you in a traditional Cockney sing-a-long.  With songs from the music hall era, WWI and II, the West End stage and traditional popular songs from across the decades it’s a good old-fashioned knees-up!

Born out of the impromptu late night sing-a-longs at the Twinwood Festival, since it’s launch in 2014 Carradine’s Cockney Sing-a-long has been a fixture on the UK’s vintage scene, playing sell-out dates in the main auditorium at Wilton’s Music Hall, every Thursday at Mr Fogg's Tavern in Covent Garden and for vintage festivals, corporate events and private parties across the country and in Europe.

Tom Carradine, pianist, entertainer and Music Hall aficionado, decided that he wanted to capture the flavour and atmosphere of a good old-fashioned knees-up, in the grand Cockney tradition, and recreate it for audiences young and old.

The sing-a-long has appeared on The Apprentice (BBC One), The Hairy Builder (BBC Two), Sunday Brunch (Channel 4) and Tom regularly provides the soundtrack to videos on the award-winning Joolz Guides YouTube channel.  In May 2022 he entertained audiences on a transatlantic crossing on the Queen Mary 2 and in January 2022 was recognised by the British Music Hall Society with an award for “keeping the spirit of music hall alive”.

RUNNING TIMES

Usually 2 x 45 minute sets, but can be split into 3 x 30 minute sets, or Tom can just perform for 60 minutes. Whatever works best for your event.

SHOW POSTERS

Tom’s standard posters can be downloaded at the following links, with space at the bottom for you to add your specific event details.



PROMOTIONAL PHOTOS

These photographs can be downloaded in high resolution HERE.

TECHNICAL SET-UP

Carradine’s Cockney Sing-a-long is fully self-contained. He tours Kimberly, his 73-key Kemble Upright Piano, which has been modified and attached to heavy duty wheels (old dust-cart wheels in fact!). All Tom requires is level-ish access. Kimberly fits through a standard doorway (see piano dimensions below) and Tom carries ramps with him so small sets of steps can be negotiated. Please consider access when booking Tom for a gig.

Tom brings his Yamaha Stagepass 300 PA system which is suitable for venues up to the size of a village hall. For larger venues Tom can plug into the house PA system, or the client may wish to provide their own sound equipment.

Tom’s current PAT certificate, Public Liability certificate and Risk Assessment can be downloaded HERE. [If your venue requires a venue specific Risk Assessment then please get in touch.]

Kimberly (Tom’s piano) is the following dimension:

1.14m wide x 1.15m high x 0.6m deep

Tom requires a stage floor area of (approx.):

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Examples Set Lists

“Traditional” Show (2 x 45 mins)

Act One

Opening Medley

  • The Lambeth Walk

  • Down at the Old Bull and Bush

  • I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles

  • Daisy Bell

  • Let’s All Go Down the Strand

  • Maybe It’s Because I’m a Londoner

Flanagan and Allen Medley

  • The Umbrella Man

  • Shine on Harvest Moon

  • Underneath the Arches

  • Strollin’

Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mister Hitler (Dad’s Army theme)

I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am

Old Time Love Medley

  • You Made Me Love You

  • Lily of Laguna

  • Oh! You Beautiful Doll

  • If You Were the Only Girl in the World

My Old Man’s a Dustman

Wartime Medley

  • Bless ‘Em All

  • Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major

  • (We’re Gonna) Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line

  • Run, Rabbit, Run

  • Sing As We Go

  • Over There

  • Chattanooga Choo Choo

  • Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree

  • London Pride

  • Mairzy Doats and Dozy Doats

  • It’s a Long Way to Tipperary

  • Pack Up Your Troubles (in Your Old Kit Bag)

  • Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye

  • There’ll Always Be an England

  • (There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover

  • Land of Hope and Glory

  • We’ll Meet Again

Act Two

Sunshine Medley

  • You Are My Sunshine

  • When You’re Smiling

  • Bring Me Sunshine

Two Lovely Black Eyes

Beatles Medley

  • With a Little Help from My Friends

  • A Hard Day’s Night

  • Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

  • Twist and Shout

  • Help

  • Let It Be

  • Yesterday

  • Hey Jude

Football Anthems Medley

  • I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles

  • What a Wonderful World

  • When the Saints Go Marching In

  • Que Sera Sera

  • Deliah

  • Blue Moon

  • Hi Ho Silver Lining

  • When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)

  • You’ll Never Walk Alone

Cockney Musicals Medley

  • Consider Yourself

  • Wouldn’t It Be Loverly

  • Flash! Bang! Wallop!

  • I’m Getting Married in the Morning

  • Fings Ain’t What They Used to Be

  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

  • Oom Pah Pah

Cockney Knees Up Medley

  • The Sun Has Got His Hat On

  • Yes, We Have No Bananas

  • I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts

  • Oh, What a Beauty (The Marrow Song)

  • Boiled Beef and Carrots

  • Any Old Iron

  • A Little Bit of Cucumber

  • She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain

  • Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

  • The Hokey Cokey

  • Knees Up Mother Brown

  • Roll Out the Barrell

Goodbye Medley

  • Good-Bye-Ee!

  • Show Me the Way to Go Home

  • Goodnight Sweetheart

  • Those Were the Days

Extras

I’m Henery the Eighth, I Am

I’m My Own Grandpa

Wheezy Anna

Don’t Jump Off the Roof, Dad

A Mother’s Lament (Your Baby Has Gone Down the Plughole)

When Father Papered the Parlour

Two Lovely Black Eyes

My Old Man (Said “Follow the Van”)

Streets of London

Susie, Susie (Sitting in a Shoe Shine Shop)

Molly Malone

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

Cockney Classics Medley

  • Wotcher (Knocked ‘Em in the Old Kent Road)

  • On Mother Kelly’s Doorstep

  • Waiting at the Church

  • Side by Side

Chas and Dave Medley

  • The Sideboard Song

  • Ain’t No Pleasin’ You

  • Rabbit

Animal Medley

  • The Hippopatamus

  • How Much is That Doggie in the Window

  • Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me a Bow Wow

  • Hey Little Hen

  • The Bare Necessities

  • Bye, Bye Blackbird

  • Puff the Magic Dragon

  • Teddy Bear’s Picnic

  • Feed the Birds

Sitcom Theme Medley

  • It Ain’t Half Hot Mum

  • Dad’s Army

  • Hi-de-Hi

  • Birds of a Feather

  • Blackadder

  • One Foot in the Grave

  • Red Dwarf

  • Only Fools and Horses

ABBA Medley

  • Waterloo

  • S.O.S

  • Super Trooper

  • Gimme Gimme Gimme

  • Mamma Mia

  • Money, Money, Money

  • Dancing Queen

  • Thank You For the Music

“Modern” Show (2 x 45 mins)

Act One

Opening Medley

  • The Lambeth Walk

  • Down at the Old Bull and Bush

  • I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles

  • Daisy Bell

  • Let’s All Go Down the Strand

  • Maybe It’s Because I’m a Londoner

Mary Poppins Medley

  • Chim Chim Cher-ee

  • Let’s Go Fly a Kite

  • A Spoonful of Sugar

  • Jolly Holiday

  • Step in Time

  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Beatles Medley

  • With a Little Help from My Friends

  • A Hard Day’s Night

  • Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da

  • Twist and Shout

  • Help

  • Let It Be

  • Yesterday

  • Hey Jude

My Old Man’s a Dustman

Cockney Knees Up Medley

  • The Sun Has Got His Hat On

  • Yes, We Have No Bananas

  • I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts

  • Oh, What a Beauty (The Marrow Song)

  • Boiled Beef and Carrots

  • Any Old Iron

  • A Little Bit of Cucumber

  • She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain

  • Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

  • The Hokey Cokey

  • Knees Up Mother Brown

  • Roll Out the Barrell

Act Two

Sunshine Medley

  • You Are My Sunshine

  • When You’re Smiling

  • Bring Me Sunshine

Football Anthems Medley

  • I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles

  • What a Wonderful World

  • When the Saints Go Marching In

  • Que Sera Sera

  • Deliah

  • Blue Moon

  • Hi Ho Silver Lining

  • When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)

  • You’ll Never Walk Alone

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Sing-a-long Classics of the Future

  • Bohemian Rhapsody

  • Yellow Submarine

  • Daydream Believer

  • Sweet Caroline

  • 500 Miles

  • Is This the Way to Amarillo?

Oliver! / My Fair Lady Medley

  • Consider Yourself

  • Wouldn’t It Be Loverly

  • I’m Getting Married in the Morning

  • Oom Pah Pah

Patriotic Medley

  • Rule Brittania

  • There’ll Always Be an England

  • It’s a Long Way to Tipperary

  • Pack Up Your Troubles (in Your Old Kit Bag)

  • Land of Hope and Glory

  • We’ll Meet Again

Goodbye Medley

  • Good-Bye-Ee!

  • Show Me the Way to Go Home

  • Those Were the Days