Most Famous Wurlitzer Electric Piano Intros

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Most Famous Wurlitzer Electric Piano Intros
I have recorded the Wurlitzer straight to my Apollo Twin.
I used UAD Fender 55 Tweed Deluxe for the Jamiroquai tune and a bit of reverb for the Supertramp tune
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0:00 - 0:32 Ray Charles - What'd I Say
0:33 - 0:57. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
0:58 - 1:18. Queen - You're My Best Friend
1:19 - 1:40. Steely Dan Pretzel Logic
1:41 - 2:09 Jamiroquai - Black Capricorn Day
2:10 - 2:20 STEELY DAN "Black Friday"
2:21 - 2:39. Supertramp - The Logical Song
2:40 - 3:03 Beck - Where It's At
3:04 - 3:26 Stevie Wonder - I Wish
3:27 - 4:22. Cannonball Adderley Quintet - "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"
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@NicolasMelis Жыл бұрын

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@jorymil 4 ай бұрын

"Bloody Well Right" pretty well woke me up one bleary-eyed Saturday morning after a party with some friends. Until that point, they had had all the fun, but that intro is what makes the Wurlitzer for me.

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Noted for the part 2 video :) thanks 🙏

@terrybrown106 3 ай бұрын

I actually have a song book with tons if famous keyboard intros on it. And that's one of the intros. I think it's by Mel Bay Publishing. They released several books with pop rock transcriptions of keyboard intros, solos,and accompaniments. You can Google search for them and probably find some for sale somewhere.

@someinternetrando4993 Ай бұрын

It's Stevie's 'I Wish' for me.

@graemeyetts3465 Ай бұрын

Thank you. I learned something in that I thought Bloody Well Right, a favourite of mine, was played on a Rhodes! A Donald Fagen video interview brought me here❤

@NicolasMelis Ай бұрын

whats the title of the book? :)

@seaningram3285 3 ай бұрын

You nailed that Beck track "Where it's At" 😃😃👍👍🔥🔥

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like it 🎹

@richardlangellotti6208 4 ай бұрын

Pretzel Logic, Black Friday, other tunes I know well. I played in a Steely Dan cover band. I'd love to play Supertramp all day; i know a lot of those tunes. My nephew kinda appropriated my original, 1982 Fender Rhodes stage Mark II 73 key EP (but he's got a studio). But i got a Yamaha S90-es, so I have all those patches and more. Think funky clavinet, DX-7, about 50 organ patches, every damn thing. I really need a gig!

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Hope to get a gig soon 🎹

@davida.p.9911 5 ай бұрын

Two more: "Bloody Well Right"--Supertramp ; "Little Birdie"---Vince Guaraldi 😎🎹🎹🎹🎹 Awesome sound and awesome playing!!

@NicolasMelis 5 ай бұрын

Noted ! Thank you 🙏🎹

@jasonsgroovemachine 3 ай бұрын

There's never a bad time for Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

🎹🎹🙌

@ultimobile 3 ай бұрын

I just listened to this straight after the Fender Rhodes one - while I was impressed with the hit songs on that, my old favourite Wurly takes the cake for more hit songs I know and like here - yas !

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like it 🙏🎹

@stevehofer3482 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting this. It seems the one thing these songs have in common is a killer bass part. There is this "certain something" about the Wurlie bass tone.

@NicolasMelis 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching 🙏🎹

@Hotdawgfilms 3 ай бұрын

"I Wish" was played on a Rhodes. It was an older, worn out Rhodes so its sound was a little rougher around the edges so it's understandable how it could be confused for a Wurlitzer.

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Yes you are right!

@drgruber57 Ай бұрын

Right. That's what I was going to say. Rhodes.

@melodymaker135 6 күн бұрын

Missing “Tin Soldier” by Small Faces here. But this was a great list, thanks!!

@NicolasMelis 6 күн бұрын

Noted! Thank you 🙏

@estuarysound Жыл бұрын

🤍 luv it 🙌 great choices and playing as per usual.

@NicolasMelis Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support my friend! Really appreciate it 🎹🖤

@BenjaminDehli Жыл бұрын

Yes! 🔥 Great sounding Wurli and fantastic playing as always👍 Love those "I Wish"-chords 🕺

@NicolasMelis Жыл бұрын

Thanks Benjamin, just fixed it and i ve made the video… it was very noisy before :)

@SuperRingoffire1 Жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful rich tone 👌😁☮

@NicolasMelis Жыл бұрын

thank you! glad you like it 🎹

@E4RLIES 4 ай бұрын

This has given me a new appreciation for that voice on my piano❤ Your playing is top notch too🫶🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🎹🎹🎹

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🎹

@jamesarthofer3413 4 ай бұрын

Your playing is excellent! Thanks for posting, I really enjoy this,and getting an education on what songs use what keyboard 👍

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! appreciated 🎹🙏

@Leepianojourney Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏 This is very good! 👏👏👏

@NicolasMelis Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Lee🎹🙏

@mlaughlin70 4 ай бұрын

Very cool; thanks.

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@nytom4info 18 күн бұрын

for years on sat on my B3!

@NicolasMelis 16 күн бұрын

I would love to have a B3 someday :)

@deantiquisetnovis 4 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!🎹

@mmadchef808 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff !!!!

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@gregsullivan7408 3 ай бұрын

Thanks - excellent job! Part 2: "Jeans On" - David Dundas Side thought: the Wurly on Abba's "Knowing Me, Knowing You" is fantastic! Sounds like it's run through a big reverb, FOLLOWED by a phaser. Absolute genius production IMHO.

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Noted thank you 🙏🎹

@davidfalconmusic Жыл бұрын

Great playing and sounds. Definitely going to learn some of these songs!

@NicolasMelis Жыл бұрын

Thanks David! 🙏🎹

@davidfalconmusic Жыл бұрын

@@NicolasMelis Especially cool the Jamiroquai sound through the amp sim! ;)

@NicolasMelis Жыл бұрын

@@davidfalconmusic yeah! Love that intro… didnt quite nailed the sound but oh well 😁

@davidfalconmusic Жыл бұрын

@@NicolasMelis Sounds amazing as is :D

@NicolasMelis Жыл бұрын

@@davidfalconmusic thanks man, appreciated!

@coltonmykael 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for including Cannonball!

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like it 🎹

@sethie_shots 4 ай бұрын

Killer compilation! Love it that A200 sound. I have a student model (no tremolo) but add it with a pedal

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you like it 🎹

@joeblankenship377 3 ай бұрын

Zawinul kills it on Mercy Mercy.

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

🙌🎹

@ashfaq1999 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant 🎶

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙌🎹

@ashfaq1999 3 ай бұрын

@@NicolasMelis Welcome 🎶

@richardmiller191 3 ай бұрын

One of my favorites was Breakdown by Tom Petty. Glad you had Where its At

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like it 🎹

@petergorges6163 8 ай бұрын

Not to be a spoilsport, but "I Wish" is clearly a Rhodes ;)

@NicolasMelis 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, i know :)

@Shred_The_Weapon 5 ай бұрын

I don’t mind sharing that there was (at least) one instance when I mistook a Rhodes piano for a Wurlitzer piano. That was off of my first classic Chicago song, “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day”. That demonstrated for me how it’s possible to get one of them to sound like the other (if only in the middle of the pitch range), if not vice versa.

@melodymaker135 6 күн бұрын

Stevie is such a badass that he gets faux-Wurlitzer crunch out of a Rhodes. Fooled me too 😂

@melodymaker135 6 күн бұрын

@@Shred_The_Weapon And that is a freaking great song!

@winstonbeech3418 2 ай бұрын

I was in a band 10 years ago, we did I Wish - keyboard was a Korg of 1000 voices. I was playing bari sax. My own Roland VR09 has several EP patches but none really have the right sound. One of these days I’ll try running it thru a chorus or something. Re: Supertramp. Goodbye Stranger is my old Freedom Song from back in 79.

@NicolasMelis 2 ай бұрын

Never played a Roland VR09, is it good?

@easantos79 4 ай бұрын

'I heard it through the grapewine' 👍

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

🙌🎹

@thomassicard3733 4 ай бұрын

Remember Me With Kindness by Gentle Giant - Wurlitzer or Fender Rhodes? Neither. Piano!!! Great intro and song throughout.

@user-fl8ee7vk1z 4 ай бұрын

nice

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🎹

@szrnkabela Жыл бұрын

Great Video :D I only missed Vulfpeck - Soft Parade

@NicolasMelis Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Oh thats a great tune! I think i have to do a part 2 video 😁

@szrnkabela Жыл бұрын

@@NicolasMelis and of course the Vulf Intro itself!!! :D

@NicolasMelis Жыл бұрын

Yes 🎹

@rockonguitar8117 5 ай бұрын

The Queen sounded amazing man! All killer!

@NicolasMelis 5 ай бұрын

Glad you like it 🙏🎹

@Shred_The_Weapon 5 ай бұрын

This is a kickin’ list. Honorable mention for a song that doesn’t begin with a Wurlitzer piano but include some very impressive Wurlitzer stylings before the vocal kicks in: “Top of the World - Carpenters. Did Donald Fagen play the piano parts of Black Friday on both Wurlitzer and Rhodes?

@NicolasMelis 5 ай бұрын

Have to check that out!! Thanks 🙏

@Shred_The_Weapon 5 ай бұрын

My pleasure, Nicolas.

@thecabanaband6999 3 ай бұрын

Came here to say that... Richard Carpenter played Wurlitzers EP exclusively, but usually it was embedded in the songs, except "Top of the World"

@vhm14u2c 3 ай бұрын

And outtro to come together 🥂🎶

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Noted for the part 2 video thanks

@parsrecording3751 10 ай бұрын

You forgot the best of all: I'm the warlus. Very, very serious!

@NicolasMelis 10 ай бұрын

yep i know :) unfortunately i got a copyright for that one and had to take it off…. great song and great wurli sound

@Shred_The_Weapon 5 ай бұрын

That was played on a Hohner, not a Wurlitzer. It almost sounds the same, though.

@sm1tty031 4 ай бұрын

Imagine my surprise when I now see this LOL...

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

😁😁🎹

@Antonio_Gallego Ай бұрын

some Ray Manzarek's vibe there! Well played!

@NicolasMelis Ай бұрын

🙏🎹🎵

@SamT987 3 ай бұрын

I've always thought You're My Best Friend was played on a Pianet. But I could be wrong about that.

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

I saw online it was on a Wurlitzer but not 100% sure

@ManelRuivo 4 ай бұрын

god yes

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

🙏🎹

@Jenairaslebol27merde 4 ай бұрын

another one to mention: "mama told me not to come" by randy newman, in the versions by three dog night or by tom jones with stereophonics.

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Oh yes!! Noted thanks

@ralphbenites1312 Ай бұрын

It was very popular in the 70’s and 60’s.the guess who theas eyes.

@NicolasMelis Ай бұрын

🙌🎹

@nuker3272 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video, i personally think Dancing in the moonlight should be there but anyways, it's still awesome Btw i really wonder why Stevie never used The Wurlitzer

@NicolasMelis 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Dancing in the moonlight is with a wurlitzer?

@nuker3272 5 ай бұрын

@@NicolasMelis Yes, if you compare the song playing it with a rhodes it sounds different

@marcelomanzanoplaza3262 2 ай бұрын

Me gustaría escuchar el lady sunday de small Faces que también tocaban este teclado muy característico de ellos incluso cuando fueron the faces...

@kapturelab 5 ай бұрын

WHERE ITS AT! Nice!

@NicolasMelis 5 ай бұрын

Yes 🎹

@fredfox3851 4 ай бұрын

WHAT?! No Ride Captain Ride? Great job anyway Nicolas.

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Noted for the part 2 video :) thanks 🙏

@Dombevi 3 ай бұрын

BLOODY WELL RIGHT = SUPERTRAMP / RIDERS OF THE STORM = The Doors

@Dombevi 3 ай бұрын

perhaps it was a fender but it deserve a honorable mention

@NicolasMelis 2 ай бұрын

Supertramp is a wurli will incl it on the part 2 video! The doors its a rhodes i have it on my rhodes video

@leesagrrl 2 ай бұрын

...AND virtually anything by the Youngbloods

@joetessy Ай бұрын

Hey Nicolas, I really enjoyed hearing your version of Mercy Mercy Mercy. I don't know if you write sheet music or do video tutorials, but I would love to learn how to play it like this!!! All of the sheet music I was able to find was stale and boring :(

@NicolasMelis Ай бұрын

Glad you like it ! Its just how i play it with my band:) don’t have a music sheet or a tutorial video unfortunately never thought of making one :)

@joetessy Ай бұрын

@@NicolasMelis aight fam Imma just slow it down to 50 and figure it out. Got the first section done already :)

@NicolasMelis Ай бұрын

@@joetessy cool :)

@desoxido 2 ай бұрын

Great, but you forgot The Zombies ~ She's Not There.

@NicolasMelis 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Noted :)

@louiebee6745 4 ай бұрын

Intro to Joni's Woodstock?

@thesunshinemusician Жыл бұрын

Hey Arnold vibes

@jukeboxfandango 3 ай бұрын

Technically Mercy, Mercy, Mercy was written by Joe Zawinul, but originally performed with Cannonball so I'll allow it ;) If you put down that it was a Jozy song people would have complained you didn't say Cannonball lol.

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Yes 😁🎹

@JiosX 3 ай бұрын

Steely Dan's Black Friday sounds like it's made for NES games

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

😁

@d.j.vanderschoot3717 4 ай бұрын

It's hard to get the pulse in Logical Song right. Roger doesn't do it staccato like that but more legato, he releases the keys only half for the next pulse. The accents are on 1, 4 and 7 where the others are much softer. Again hard to get right and I haven't seen anyone do it properly.

@PatrickRosenbalm 2 ай бұрын

Where was These Eyes? And This Guy's in Love?

@TylerJamesPryor 2 ай бұрын

I think these eyes might have been a Honer

@christhedemocrat 9 ай бұрын

My 200a don't sound like that but it don't sound out of tune either. I'm not sure if it's tuned differently or if it's the fact that I can't play as good as you.

@NicolasMelis 9 ай бұрын

i think every one sounds a bit different than the other :)

@vito_keys 11 күн бұрын

You forget Bowling theme from Wii Sports

@NicolasMelis 10 күн бұрын

Noted

@ivyssauro123 4 ай бұрын

2:21 the best

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

🙌🎹

@FranklyNorman 4 ай бұрын

One more: These Eyes by The Guess Who

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Noted! Thank you 🙏

@QuarrellaDeVil 3 ай бұрын

Assuming Burton Cummings was playing the same piano in a few years, "New Mother Nature" is the one that comes to mind. 🙂

@FranklyNorman 3 ай бұрын

@@QuarrellaDeVil Pretty sure that's a Wurly, yeah. And it's an iconic part, but I don't know if I'd call it an intro, given that it comes in half way through the track. Everything else in this vid is a solo part that kicks off the song all by itself

@ElectricBozo 3 ай бұрын

Not a Wurly on These Eyes, Burton played an Hohner Pianet.

@FranklyNorman 3 ай бұрын

@@ElectricBozo Interesting! Now I have an excuse to buy another vintage board 😏

@NVM_SMH 3 ай бұрын

The drummer wrote "Best Friend" on the Wurly but Freddy hated it and only ever played it live on the grand piano.

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Really? Didn’t know that !

@mrhappy9999 3 ай бұрын

Correction: It was written by John Deacon, Queen’s bassist.

@NVM_SMH 3 ай бұрын

@@mrhappy9999 my bad. You are correct. Freddie was given the Wurly but he hated it so Deacon took it home to play with.

@ontherhodes8088 Жыл бұрын

Where it's at......two turntables and a microphone.

@NicolasMelis Жыл бұрын

Yesss🎹

@richardmiller191 3 ай бұрын

Yeah love that one. He played it at the Grammys long time ago. I think he won a Grammy that year too.

@bhk5150 4 ай бұрын

Where’s “Joy to the world?

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Three dog night?? Great tune noted for the part 2 video! Thanks

@josephdipietro8937 4 ай бұрын

SOMETIMES WE ALL FACE ADVERSITY

@alancyr 3 ай бұрын

Wasn't I wish recorded on a Rhodes?

@NicolasMelis 3 ай бұрын

Yes!! My bad :)

@samuelbanya 3 ай бұрын

Should have played that American Football song

@robertvonfeldt7882 10 ай бұрын

Black Capricorn Day 🔥

@NicolasMelis 10 ай бұрын

Yes!! Love that one

@salamndrahak9575 5 ай бұрын

LA Woman - The doors

@NicolasMelis 5 ай бұрын

Noted 🙏🎹

@Mikeg73070 Ай бұрын

Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are ?

@NicolasMelis Ай бұрын

Thats on a Fender Rhodes, i have it on my Fender rhodes video, check it out :)

@louiscornale5667 4 ай бұрын

Great job but how about wooly bully watch it now 😮

@NicolasMelis 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Don’t know that one, can you send me a link?

@kuroageha1096 5 ай бұрын

Only two are familiar for me. Maybe I should learn more. And if I can suggest one more song, there should be “What’s Going On”, Donny Hathaway version.

@NicolasMelis 5 ай бұрын

Great tune!! Noted thanks 🙏