Wurlitzer: Famous Songs!

Here are some of the songs that made the Wurlitzer electric piano famous!
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Songs Played In The Video:
0:55 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
1:15 Ray Charles - What'd I Say
1:51 Supertramp - The Logical Song
3:14 Cannonball Adderley - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
4:11 Beck - Where It's At
4:58 The Beatles - Get Back
5:14 Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger
6:07 Queen - My Best Friend

[@RetroPlus]

Wurlitzer, Rhodes, Hammond and mellotron. All legendary in their own way.

[@olisonic6577]

Clavinets are also very nice

[@DomeArmin]

Mellotron is an exception, I think. That was such an idiot instrument. With very-very cheap sounds...

[@reedsutter8485]

Ármin Döme I feel, deep in my heart, you are soooooo wrong. As a man who owned 2 wurlitzer 200’s and only once played a mellotron. Mellotrons are magic

[@RetroPlus]

@@DomeArmin It was a very experimental instrument, but without it we wouldn't have strawberry fields by the Beatles.

[@zacharymorin5696]

Ármin Döme It’s crazy how limited some people’s minds are

[@JasonNation72]

He played some unforgettable gems by Supertramp, but I'll admit it was a crime (of the century) to leave out "Bloody Well Right." That Wurlizter-filled intro is fire!

[@JukeboxJack055]

Totally the one I waited for the whole video :D

[@CarlDraper]

yeah, that's none of my favorite tracks!

[@supremelc3667]

Wurlitzer instantly evokes Supertramp for me! Great job!

[@adamziolkowski2549]

Yes!

[@csablock1]

Me too, for sure

[@Topsy_Krett]

and how can a person NOT start singing Logical Song after starting the riff?? I was singing right with him :-)

[@progger_ndeso5422]

yes.... Supertramp sound...!

[@RyanSmith-bv4ht]

In this video he plays 2 Supertramp songs The Logical Song and Goodbye Melbourne

[@hynopdyn]

He looks like he's cosplaying as the Scout from TF2.

[@gnerdeek5362]

Need a wurlitzer here!

[@koolevro]

He really does

[@jasonteqja7262]

Yo what’s up

[@whenyoue758]

or Tom Morello

[@jasonteqja7262]

0:15

[@coat.thik1]

I love the sound of Wurlitzer it's so chill

[@un-enlightened]

You're honestly one of the top 10 coolest people on the Internet.

[@jukesasaurusrex]

top 5

[@uvoikimovundutrauerblume3302]

Well i don't like this over active behaviour

[@Doctormix]

Hahha!! Thanks man!!!

[@EclecticHillbilly]

"What'd I Say" is the first time I remember ever hearing a Wurlitzer. Ray Charles showed what it could do and the rest is history.

[@arnierc4]

Love it or hate it, singing along with the Logical Song is compulsory.

[@Diesel257]

Its... wait for it... so logical.

[@stilliving]

Don't know the song, but love the comment

[@johnhenrymills4517]

@@stilliving look it up. its great

[@unfrostedpoptart]

Dreamer!

[@andriealinsangao613]

Bloody Well Right!

[@atroticious]

Freddie hated keyboards and wurlitzers, John Deacon had to play that himself, playing the bass simultaneously by his left hand aka Ray Manzarek style :D

[@atroticious]

of course speaking about "You are my best friend"

[@ilpatongi]

Freddie didn't know better.

[@Supposedlyimrightwingnow]

It's interesting because John couldn't sing and it was for his wife. Had he been able to sing he most certainly would have had lead vocal on it...so Freddie should have been grateful he was giving an opportunity to sing such a beautiful song.

[@Crunkboy415]

Freddie didn't hate the piano since he played it on Bohemian Rapshody

[@ilpatongi]

@@Crunkboy415 Keyboards and Wurlitzer. Can you read?

[@tiesyn244]

I come back to this video every once and a while just because of this guys positive and fun attitude. Love it!

[@keiffitz689]

Awesome, I’d like to see a vid on the Hammond organ

[@tomsmith8781]

My Wurlitzer sat on my B -3!

[@bertvdlast]

Tom Smith. That’s pretty cheeky, you never kicked him off?

[@raydeen2k]

Can we get the Good Doctor to demonstrate how Keith Emerson would 'ride' his Hammond around on stage, stabbing it with knives and then playing it upside down and backwards? XD

[@andriealinsangao613]

Yes, please! Or a Vox Continental, or a Farfisa organ!

[@progisloveprogislife4501]

Oh yes please

[@sorcerer666]

Would love to see a Part 2 to this. "Joy To The World", "Mama Told Me Not To Come", "Money", "These Eyes", "Summer In The City", "Have A Cigar", "Breakdown", "Do It Again", "Top Of The World", "Miss You", "Eye In The Sky", "Pipeline", and "Sugar Sugar"

[@luftytufty9986]

agreed!

[@claude6254]

A lot of these songs were actually done on a Hohner Pianet which sounds similar

[@kevinmcguire1766]

I agree, that would be nice.

[@scotthoyt8970]

"These Eyes" wasn't played on a Wurlitzer. It was played on a Hohner Pianet, like The Beatles', "The Night Before".

[@call_me_stan5887]

I'm not a musician but I just love to watch you guys play on these classic instruments. I hope your business is going well, you have enormous potential with all that gear and brilliant musicians! Cheers!

[@79mini]

Ah man hitting all the soft spots in my heart. I could listen to those all day.

[@harleck9119]

Dreamer by Supertramp is a MUST on the Wurlitzer. Love this video as much as I love Wurlitzer!!! Great!

[@NeovanGoth]

Hearing melodies from Supertramp on this wonderful instrument makes me happy :)

[@AlexBallMusic]

Oh, this was great! You've got a really nice touch. What a beautiful instrument.

[@hightowerTB303]

Alex Ball I can smell a collaboration ... 😉

[@davidreinhard6037]

You need more rings and bracelets bro

[@bluesbred3]

Ray Charles in “The Blues Brothers” movie playing, “Shake Your Tail Feather “ - (may have been a Fender Rhodes he played.)

[@Nash-64SdV]

bluesbred3 - It was a Rhodes, I believe.

[@sickboy3883]

Yup, that's a Fender Rhodes

[@JeffLearman]

While it really sounds like a Wurlie to me, Get Back was played on a Suitcase Rhodes. You can see it in the video. So, substitute "So Into You" by Atlanta Rhythm Section.

[@Nyama74]

Funny...he actually says "Billy Preston playing the Rhodes" at 4:46. Great substitute suggestion, though.

[@budha5palm]

I had my guitar on my lap while watching this video. When you played Mercy mercy mercy, aw man. It was the first jazz song i learnt in my highschool jazz band. I instantly played along. Its been like 5 years since ive heard that tune.

[@sheffsteel7]

I love Supertramp too....brilliant wurlitzer and falsetto vocal.

[@AudioGuyde]

Thanks for sharing so much love to the Wurlitzer with us, appreciate that so much, thanks mate

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I remember Waylon Jennings once singing "They oughta give me the Wurlitzerprize for all the silver I let slide down the slot". That line reminds us that Wurlitzer is also famous for its jukeboxes. 😊

[@WillsJazzLoft]

Yeah I think I saw that in a Wikipedia piece

[@valentinch0]

May I just say how rewatchable your videos are? Seen this one like 10 times

[@MrDrummerultime]

actually mercy mercy mercy is written by joe zawinul for cannonbal ;)

[@Doctormix]

Ohhh! Wow YOU'RE 100% RIGHT!!!! Yes, I forgot!!! Well pointed out!!!!!!!!!!!! RESPECT

[@rafaelribeiro2140]

I would die without knowing that. Thanks for the information.

[@charliebe28]

...Although most mainstream Pop/Rock fans from the U.S. would be more familiar with the remake of that song, which was a "hit" by the group The Buckinghams in 1967. It went to the #5 position on the Billboard "Hot 100 Chart" in August of that year. Finally, here is the "link" to the Wikipedia page for that song: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy,_Mercy,_Mercy

[@nathandowning873]

@paul vorderwinkler It wasn't a Rhodes, Zawinul played a Wurlitzer 140b, same model as Ray Charles used. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3TEYqmLqK6ip6s 20.47

[@GoodsellAmplifiers]

Nathan Downing - Zawinul probably did play a 140, but the definitive Ray Charles tone from ‘What I’d Say’ was the earlier 120, which had longer reeds and cruder action. The soundboards and reeds from the 140/145 were interchangeable with the later and best-known 200, so their sound was much closer. FWIW, the Fender Rhodes was initially available only as the bass version, with the 73 and 88 to follow in ‘66 or ‘67, well after ‘Mercy, Mercy, Mercy’ was originally penned.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Ray Charles and Supertramp! Cool artists definitely!

[@Psztyk236]

This video reminded me that 'Where It's at' is my all-time favourite song

[@NorthStarMusicCanada]

I bought a used Wurlitzer 200 when I was still in high school. I still have it, was recently serviced by a guy here in Toronto who is the Wurlitzer Whisperer ... I love it so much

[@IrnBruNYC]

These are all great. My favorite Wurlitzer song is “Digital Love” by Daft Punk

[@onlineclientone1826]

Iconic equipment+great songs+fun+music history+personal history+theory+music technique= good stuff

[@RogerioValgode]

Just LOOOVE the Supertrump ones! So good! Makes me want to go right away to the keyboard and try it LOL

[@siemonblidener652]

Supertrump would actually be a great name for a band lol

[@RogerioValgode]

Siemon Blidener LOL Almost as good as Supertramp, sorry about that 😂

[@Meridian83West]

I used to love the way Supertramp would run that Wurly through a chorus-type effects box (at least I assume that's how they got that sound).

[@mp-gt9hf]

super trump.... can fly and save earth from war, sin, and sadness..... !? ..

[@RA-VEN8]

@@Meridian83West That or a Phase Shift Pedal.

[@flamethrower82]

I love that song mercy mercy mercy!! Thank you for the intro to it - I was born in '82, so I was stuck with listening to whatever the radio was playing from past decades. I loved the 70s!!! Also, I liked Beck's stuff. My favorite song was "loser".

[@martinharrison6194]

Legend. Brought back some great memories there. Thanks.

[@carl13220]

Spot on ! Especially the Supertramp songs !

[@LiberLotus]

Love it; just got my Reface CP and catching up on the Wirley!

[@7epasqua77]

Wonderful sound. Fantastic Wurly. Great 60's and 70's Memories.

[@geomiezzi]

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" is a jazz song written by Joe Zawinul in 1966 for Julian "Cannonball" Adderley

[@nathandowning873]

The good doctor, the cure for any ills. I watch your videos, I feel joy. Great wurli playing, Grazie!!

[@suitbertglocke5020]

Doctor Mix, "awesome" you are playing all these songs with so much passion !! Greetings and "RESPECT" from Germany : )

[@nickmonks9563]

My favorite electric piano. Hands down.

[@celestialfix]

You forgot the intro to Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest

[@befit1900]

Great song)) Thank's for that

[@LeeFred78]

A few years ago, I sent an email to "Doc" Robinson of King Harvest, and asked him what instrument was used to play the opening of "Dancing In the Moonlight". He responded, "Aaaahhh, those magical notes! It was a Wurlitzer electric piano."

[@mfc1965]

Thanks for this trip back down memory lane! Keep those videos coming.

[@ivanmay7890]

Rita Coolidge used this keyboard on "Nice Feeling" in 1971. Also Sheryl Crow used this on All I Want To Do

[@jayjay5640]

Loved all those song's ,now I realized it was the warmth of the wurlitzer electric piano that really evokes the emotion.👍👍

[@floridahiker1503]

My favorite instrument for sound #1 wurlitzer #2 vox continental #3 minimoog. Thanks for the video.

[@LesAventuresDeTigRRe]

DUDE! I've had Goodbye Stranger in my head for so long and couldnt remember the band nor the name! I'm so happy I found your channel. I must now clean the dust off my keyboard and play again, it's been too long! Thank you!

[@progmeup]

Supertramp are a gold mine when it comes to Wurlitzer. Here's some lesser known songs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaHYXpaIhNGDnJI kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4e7h4OCarSLac0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYLXdnZ-lNqIaNk kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqjIm6iqopd1mbM

[@rrgane]

WHAT?!?! .. no Bloody Well Right???? ..aside.. brilliant!

[@progmeup]

Quite right!

[@blackmore82]

This piano and hammond organ are my favourite, i love the old analogic sound ❤️

[@mattjames4978]

What a lovely fella - just discovered this channel, well done.

[@timothyturner8634]

I was waiting for "Mama told me not to Come" late 60's Whirly 3 Dog Night/ Randy Newman classic. Great video!

[@rafal_czerwinski]

Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" missing here - one of the most beautiful songs ever.

[@giannipenzo4947]

Well done!! 2 songs of Supertramp.. Fantastic!!

[@gregsullivan7408]

Wow - your Wurly is very well voiced! Great demo - thanks. Another classic is "Jeans On" - David Dundas. Bloody awesome song.

[@guydouglas6094]

That was excellent! Even Supertramp!!!! Two songs!!!!!!!! Love this.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Your Wurli sounds KILLER! Seems like it's got more bark/bite than normal.. Gotta be running it into a tube amp or something. It's voiced really well. 👍👍 I have a rare colored Avocado Green top 200a from 1976 myself. Love me some Wurli's! 😎 Steely Dan tunes: Chained Lightening, Black Friday.. A couple of my favorites. A lot of people get the Wurli & Pianet mixed up.. They sound real similar, yet they have their own thing going on.

[@MusicEducationwiththeMan]

Great Video! Thank you so much. I played a Wurlitzer for a few gigs when I was young. What a cool electric piano of its day.

[@PracticalKnow]

I owned one of these for years when I was touring professionally as a musician. Loved the tone but it was a serious pain in the ass because it kept breaking reeds.

[@NeuronalAxon]

lol, reeds. How long ago was that?

[@themaximumbag645]

Love that rendition of Logical Song.

[@SebBrosig]

Supertramp... talk about formative years! Let's go on a nostalgic youtube sojourn..

[@mathewwallis2863]

LOVE it! I was HOPING you'd do Goodbye Stranger, and there it was! Thanks! GREAT video!!!

[@michaellochner9145]

Hey man thanks so much for putting the song names as you play, that was my one critique with your past videos when demonstrating keyboards and synths, awesome improvement!

[@michaelfoxbrass]

Great video - iconic Wurlitzer hits!

[@lebbihhaey709]

Joe Zawinul wrote mercy mercy mercy. A very fine musical man he was. Rip

[@JukeboxJack055]

Great playing, Supertramp is one of my favorite bands, great to hear it from you !

[@ZorbaTheDutch]

4:02 The fill did not disappoint!

[@tonisiret5557]

Just found your channel man. I just started playing keys & you are my guide to all the keyboard sounds of my hero's. It would've taken me years to find all of this out!

[@algerian8862]

Doctor Mix. Always the man in red❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Dan-wq8id]

Seriously man you're one of the best on KZbin, love to hear you groovin' and see you having a great time! 👍😁

[@Meridian83West]

The Wurlitzer (the model 200a like you have) was apparently Donny Hathaway's favorite keyboard. You can hear it on his songs like "The Ghetto" and "This Christmas" (not the solo part but the accompaniment).

[@Steadman711]

Bobby Reynolds I could be wrong, but I was pretty sure that Donny Hathaway was playing a Rhodes piano on This Christmas

[@Meridian83West]

@@Steadman711 I suppose that could have been a Rhodes on "This Christmas", but on hits like "The Ghetto" and his famous live album in 1972, I'm pretty sure that was a Wurly. You can actually see what looks like a 200a on the cover of the live album.

[@mitchamatrudo]

Just bought one. Pretty psyched. Thanks for the ideas !

[@snake_eyes_garage]

Epic sound. Thanks for pulling it out for a jam. ✌️

[@Meltedcheese567]

Sounds killer thanks for making

[@djdonjulio4461]

Totally downplayed your Ray Charles rendition... you nailed it.

[@cosmojonesmusic]

You nailed your choices. Those are where the Wurly is at.

[@sandyamaulana2317]

Amazing video on my most favorite electric piano sound! My introduction to the Wurlitzer sound was through Supertramp, and good to know you love them too! I always wanted to play Goodbye Stranger on a real Wurlitzer, but now I have to be content with using just VSTs.

[@ciceroleitao5453]

Merci Merci Merci played by Joe Zawinul! Genius! Amazing video!

[@classicrockstation]

1:51 When "The Logical Song" starts, you sing it, no matter what day it is, no matter what you're doing, no matter how you're feeling... ❤❤❤

[@sheepdavis]

Not really

[@samgray49]

I own a 1950 Wurlitzer Acoustic Spinet and it is nearly grand quality in sound. I am hoping to sample it soon so preserve the sound.

[@jmf232]

You forget to mention one of this pianos most famous appearance which was Ray Charles doing shake your tail feather in the Blues Brothers movie

[@elgamerico]

I was just about to post the exact same thing and Riders on The Storm by the Doors. Still, a great video :)

[@Doctormix]

That one is on the Rhodes. I'll do a Rhodes one, no worries ;)

[@Hagg-o-tron]

That's a Rhodes by fender mate. Much softer and less attack.

[@elgamerico]

And that is why I'm a guitarist/bass player by trade :)

[@Shakooba]

Similar sound, but it’s on a Rhodes! EDIT: Awe I see that was already covered!

[@blaubeersauce353]

Sharing yer luv for the sound of supertramp. Thanks a lot!

[@AnthonyYousef]

I remember this sound in the Alan Parsons Project songs.

[@napomania]

bravo . suono suggestivo di suo, poi trattato dagli APP era Epico

[@silicon212]

Eye in the Sky, Prime Time, both used the Wurlitzer.

[@silicon212]

@@mikos.o187 I think they used a Rhodes on I Robot.

[@enkiitu]

What goes up.

[@progmeup]

Saga also used it extensively on their first album. Check out "Tired World (Chapter 6)" and "Give 'em the Money", where the combination of Wurlitzer and synths creates a really dark atmosphere.

[@antonioconti4016]

Grazie ai tuoi video, e nello specifico a questo video ho comprato la mia prima tastiera MIDI. Nasco bassista ma quando due anni fa scoprii il tuo canale rimasi stregato da questo mondo. Grazie, Doctor Mix! Thanks to your videos and specifically this one, I bought my first MIDI keyboards. My first instrument was a bass but when I discovered your channel two years ago I was enchanted by the keyboards world. Thank you Doctor Mix!

[@thecatbeast1]

I have faith in music - 2019 when I hear you!

[@mvricks90]

love the positivity bro! Im just now discovering how epic this piano is and had no idea there was so much history to it

[@MacGyverGear]

Not only a great sounding instrument.. I really love it's key-action.. It plays a bit lighter than a Rhodes or other weigthed keybeds.. Not quite as light as semi-weighted synthkeys.. it's just different and very inspiring.. :-) Great playing btw!! (Y)

[@alanjamesh.zamorano1677]

You know your music well, my friend. The Wurlitzer is probably my favourite electric piano sound.

[@anos80nunes80]

Wurlitzer é simplesmente único!!!!! Instrumento fantástico!!!!! Ótimo vídeo sucesso 👏👏👏👏

[@christopherpederson1021]

Love goodbye stranger. Supertramp! Wurly is such a tender and delicate instrument.

[@jontaylor4511]

Money, Pink Floyd

[@beback_]

The electric piano is not integral to the song.

[@TheMetalMachineMusic]

@@beback_ That's debatable.

[@patricklarry6645]

Rick Wright's electric piano was integral in nearly all floyd songs. In fact there would be no floyd 'sound' without Rick Wright's keyboard.

[@budopsych3148]

I think maybe "not integral" is an inaccurate way to describe what you were trying to say. It's definitely not the main motif, melody, lead, etc. But it is integral because it acts like the punctuation and structural support to the song. Without that call and response harmony section and the way its panned you have a highly repetitive bass line that gets old real quick (like a run on sentence). Also just as a harmony section the keyboard and guitar provide context and support to the key changes and melody. While the song is highly melodic and rhythmic, it still relies on harmony for structure and to remain listenable.

[@strawberryjam3670]

I love the sound of the Wurlitzer.

[@Buapo]

I liked when you played another song by "The Supertramp."

[@progmeup]

The Wurliter is one of their trademark sounds.

[@need2knowblue]

Thanks 🙏 for being so awesome

[@paulmidi9207]

I had a Roland JV880 with the keyboards from the 60s and 70s expansion card I absolutely love the Wurlitzer in there I played it probably 99% of the time even instead of acoustic piano

[@NathanaelDuke]

I actually really like your singing voice.

[@Doctormix]

Thanks!!

[@koshersalaami]

For what you’re doing, your singing voice is fine. You have a decent falsetto and you’re on pitch.

[@CT-Records]

I love your persona dude. You sold me on the Yamaha Refaces! You make that Wurlitzer sound pretty great!

[@mattjames4978]

"I cannot play it like Ray Charles", ...plays it just like Ray Charles.

[@horowizard]

Uh, listen to the record before you make such a statement.

[@SteveStone505]

@@horowizard uh. Fuuuuuuk you.

[@horowizard]

@@SteveStone505 Fuck you too.

[@Psztyk236]

Love you guys

[@miguelcano8062]

Fuck me

[@agedefiant-heteromundane-s6943]

what a beautiful warm tone

[@reedsutter8485]

Where it’s at. I got 2 turntables and a microphone!!!!!!!!! I was so ready to to call you out for skipping it. I should’ve known better

[@dancallender2096]

You have a natural, human approach to your videos. Great job.

[@PedroVonWorzelburger]

Would of thought Manzarek might of appeared here but its seems he only played a handfull of Doors tracks with a wurlitzer. Love the sound!

[@andriealinsangao613]

Yeah, he was more of an organ/Rhodes guy.