Tony William
WELCOME to my Music Site. Originally from Heaton Norris, Stockport, UK, then Wilmslow, Cheshire and now in a beautiful area of North Staffordshire. Why do I host a website on Soundclick Platform? Because I like Soundclick, I like the owners of Soundclick, and I go back a long while to 2006 with this Company. They also have a HUGE base of Beats and Instrumental Artistes (not my kind of music - but a stable business base).
Been in Music, Magic, Entertainment all my life. Still got my Trinity College of Music London Certificates I passed as a kid. Started going out playing age 14 for Joan Bates' Stage School, Stockport. Did Bands, Club Residencies, Holiday Company Residencies (if anyone worked at Pontins Prestatyn in the late 1970s my e-mail is further down). Then switched to Magical Entertainment and myself and my wife worked 40 years with great success. Did a few music gigs again early 2000's but have just concentrated myself Online mainly. How old? Both in our 70s, but very fit and active - into walking, cycling, physical fitness etc. Kids? yes - we respect their privacy.
Places worked (you've probably not heard of in USA - or UK for that matter)! King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester at Railway Carnival Kids Ballets - Kent, Cumberland, Elizabethan Suites; Pontins Holidays, Granada TV (that was a laugh!), Piccadilly Hotel (now renamed), Midland Hotel Manchester, Grand Hotel, Capesthorne Hall, endless Manchester Clubs on Hammond, Gulbransen, Lowrey Organs and other lesser awful organs :) my Band did opening of Daily Star Newspaper alongside Andy Ross Orchestra in Manchester. Enough said - the water passed under the bridge and probably the bridge was demolished long ago too! . . .
ELECTRONIC ORGANS: My early interest in Organs was for financial reasons as so much work available in Clubs. I taught myself on a bargain basement Diamond 2 manual Portable! I also learned about Ballroom tempos from the late great Stockport Town Hall Organist ERIC BARLOW who was a neighbour of mine, and before working for Pontins I used to play a hall in Ardwick Green, Manchester for Ballroom and Sequence Dancers which was nice as well as many Clubs where people got up and danced Waltzes, Quicksteps, Tangos etc. Electronic Organ is a tactile "living" instrument to me almost as much as a Piano. I currently own a Technics GN9. My digital Piano is Yamaha Arius. SOUNDCLICK have now granted me a 2nd site at VISIT PONTINS HOLIDAYS NOSTALGIA SITE Thanks sincerely again to Tolgar and Tanju. . .
I do hope you find something to brighten your day.
~ Sincerely ~ Tony.
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Try: www.playitagaintony.com Charts? With 107 Number 1's Charts are not my primary objective on Soundclick these days . . .
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Play "Misty" For Me Play "Misty" For Me
Music by Erroll Garner 1923-1977.
Our Time Is In His Hands Our Time Is In His Hands
Just Take A Minute To Relax Just Take A Minute To Relax
College Rhythm College Rhythm
Wave Wave
What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life What Are You Doing The Rest of Your Life
The Dream of Olwen (1947 C. Williams) The Dream of Olwen (1947 C. Williams)
Popular 20th century Piano Solo.
Somewhere In Time (John Barry) Somewhere In Time (John Barry)
Legend (Robert Docker) Legend (Robert Docker)
Two Ballroom Waltzes Two Ballroom Waltzes
DEAR HEART (Mancini) RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE (Waxman)
Romeo and Juliet - 6 minute Version Romeo and Juliet - 6 minute Version
EXTENDED VERSION.
Up-Tempo Green Dolphin Street Up-Tempo Green Dolphin Street
A Ragtime Moment A Ragtime Moment
As Time Goes (2025 and 1979) As Time Goes (2025 and 1979)
2025 and 1979 Recordings
Girl Of My Dreams (Novelty Arr.) Girl Of My Dreams (Novelty Arr.)
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SING (happy music by Joe Raposo) Technics GN9 / Ya
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SOUNDCLICK is about continuing to publicly make Music - alongside YouTube, Soundcloud. This site is however my "home base" with a .com domain registered through Soundclick. Try www.playitagaintony.com to see my full page.Band/artist history
THE PAST: I was born a handful of years after end of WW2 in Stockport UK (what is now part of Greater Manchester). I spent my childhood in Heaton Norris and through to my early 30s. By this time I had ceased working as a Musician and was Married to Susan, and we had an amazing thriving Magic Entertainment business from Wilmslow, Cheshire, and brought up our kids there. Today - "somewhere" very rural in North Staffordshire, England where my wife's family originated from.
I owe my musical roots to parents and family on my father's side, also a Dancing Teacher Aunt called Joan Bates of Stockport (Bates Dancing School Stockport or Melbourne School of Dancing) on my mother's side, to an excellent Music Teacher in Heaton Norris who taught under The Trinity College of Music London Syllabus. I was enabled at age 15 to play at Kings Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester by Joan G. Bates for her shows there; I also worked Bands - one in particular in partnership with Guitarist Alan Yates of Altrincham UK which went through an amazing short spell at top venues in the North West England; many Manchester Clubs playing for Cabaret and Dancing on (hopefully) Hammond Organs; and also three "ok-ish" years 1977-79 in Prestatyn, North Wales for "what was then" - not now! (questionably) a reasonably nice Holiday Company called Pontins with venues also all over the UK and many in Europe.Have you performed in front of an audience?My first big memory was stepping out into Kings Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester UK to play for a Children's Ballet Show as part of the British Railways Annual Carnival. I'm not going to say the year - but I was only 15. All I had done was play at school and Church Hall Concerts before . . . probably about 1800 to 2200 people at these. But the Kings Hall hosted famous names from all over the world. Held about 5000 max. Now all gone. there are venues in Manchester now in 2025 that dwarf this capacity, but it was a nice old venue in it's day.
This in turn led to audiences for Music and Magic far too numerous to mention here.
Your musical influences
My musical influences cover my experiences in life really. Music from a Dancing School, Music from Clubs and Cabaret, Music from working with Jazz players, Music from Ballroom Dancing bands etc.What equipment do you use?
Mostly YAMAHA PIANO, but also TECHNICS GN9 ORGAN plus various Keyboards.Anything else?
I do not mention the lives of our children online and respect their privacy. Myself and my wife Sue are by and large, very healthy and happy people in retirement. I am also into family histories. I am in touch with some relatives on my father's side of my family; and those on my mother's side? - my door is always open.READ MORE
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Comments (444)
Tony, This song is amazing. You have all that feeling that you play and your melodies and chord changes are absolutely beautiful.
So very beautiful. Tony You play Piano with great feeling. Excellent work.
Thanks Tony for the add! much appreciated!
Very beautiful, Tony.....Brilliant melodies and your song structure and arrangement is magnificent.
Exquisite!