I have the unpopular opinion that the musical tastes of audiences in general is poor, cliche' and force-fed from years of being trained what to expect. Not only that, but every damn time I get so many requests for a song that I finally learn it, the requests magically stop.

So here's my list, mostly in order:

1. Laura's Theme from Dr Zhivago (learned it and they stopped asking for it)
2. Musicbox Dancer (I'm NOT learning that!)
3. Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet (maybe learn in a new arrangment)
4. Love Theme from Love Story (see #3)
5. Everything from "Phantom of the Opera" (not going there either)
6. Margaritaville (sigh, played that as much as JB has)
7. Moonlight In Vermont (learned it - you know the rest)
8. Stars Fell on Alabama (don't like - substitute Moonlight in Vermont)
9. New York, New York (sick of - thinking of creating a reggae version)
10. I Left My Heart In SF (only get requests for this when someone else asked for NY, NY).
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Jim Eshleman