User:JohnSongLand

John Lord, British pianist-singer-songwriter, started off in semi-pro (then pro) Rock 'n' Roll and Soul bands, worked in musical shows & on cruise ships, and finally gravitated to being a full-time professional Piano Entertainer playing (what the Americans call) lounge music. But believe me, some of those piano bars really do rock. Nothing to lounge to! He has also done several recordings over the years, some with the various rock groups he worked with and some as a solo artist.

So John has done all sorts of stuff, including UK TV shows. On his first appearance on ITV's "New Faces" in 1977, when he performed one of his most famous songs, "Have Another Drink", the judges loved it! He got to the Winners Show of this popular & influential UK TV showcase. This was a real boost for his songwriting.

John developed a fan following mostly as a Piano Entertainer in hotels worldwide & on cruise ships, etc., but he has also appeared on various radio shows in the UK, France, Norway & Malta and some TV too in Belgium, plus some recorded output when disks were made of black plastic. He always loved writing songs and, now that he can do the full recordings on computer, he says it's "Nirvana"!

You can put John Lord in the same bag as Elvis, The Beatles, Elton John, Billy Joel & Jerry Lee Lewis, in fact anyone within a foot-on-the-keyboard-distance of a piano, including the McCartneys of this world. By the way, don't confuse John Lord with the organist of Deep Purple, Jon Lord. Google does this, and so does Last.fm - very annoying to John!

Besides the above great artists, John loves Ray Charles, and Chris Rea's work too - great recordings & a great voice. And now there's Mika - WOW!

Why "JohnSongLand"? John has several sites around the Net, but his main site is SongLand.com. You can also read more about him at Broadjam where, as a resident of Brussels (the capital of Belgium and the European Union), he regularly occupies most of the places in the Belgium Top 10.