The Melody Men of Brighton & Hove

17/02/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/U3aeH8ZaeeFoHapK/

15/02/2024

Special Valentines programme and quiz questions for the residents of Victoria Chartwell. What lovely and lively singing from everyone!!

21/03/2023

Planning a big birthday celebration? Celebration Songs for You will rewrite lyrics to a favourite tune as a tribute for your special occasion. Choose between lyrics only, a guide vocal track or a lyric video as shown here.

Lyrics rewritten to the Tune of "We Sail the Ocean Blue" from HMS Pinafore.

Rowen is celebratiing his 90th birthday: a childhood spent in the Kashmir with a rigorous boarding school education, an illustrious career in the navy but with an active life in the officers' mess to go with it! He loves his gardening and keeping his home in good order and is a prolific crossword puzzler, magazine editor, Christian Aid supporter and has an MBE, of course!! This video is for private use only.

Song is sung by The Melody men of Brighton & Hove in the style of a sea shanty.

27/09/2020

The candid back story to the making of our second YouTube The Melody Men of Brighton & Hove programme....

05/09/2020

Here is our second sing-a-long programme and reminiscence quiz about the 1960s!! Feel free to pause the video to have a think about the questions and of course remember to join in the singing!

https://youtu.be/qzopqN9nm5g

This programme is designed for use in care home or similar settings. It is a combination of a sing-a-long programme with lyrics on screen and also a reminisc...

05/09/2020

Our second sing-a-long and quiz programme for our friends in care homes to enjoy: This is a dedicated 1960s programme!!

This programme is designed for use in care home or similar settings. It is a combination of a sing-a-long programme with lyrics on screen and also a reminisc...

22/04/2020

We've just produced a special online version of our sing-a-long and reminiscence programme for all our care homes. We hope your residents will enjoying joining in!!

The Melody Men of Brighton & Hove visit care homes and luncheon clubs with their sing-a-long and reminiscence quiz programme around the area. As we cannot do...

18/08/2019

https://soundcloud.com/celebrationsongsforyou/come-fly-with-me-a-tribute-to-ginny

This tribute to Ginny is based on her many talents and interests, in particular, she is a great train and airplane spotter able to disappear for several days to keep her collection up to date. She laughs a lot and loves her jewellery!!

"Come fly with me to celebrate this day,
It’s Ginny’s anniversary, she is 70 today.
Come fly with me, come fly, we’ll fly away.

Come fly with me, down to the Bluebell Line.
Where steam trains toot, it is such a hoot,
She is having a grand old time.
It’s so much fun, it’s hard to say good-bye.

When Ginny’s out there,
On a mystery railway ride,
Gone for days,
Starry-eyed.
But it doesn’t stop there,
She’s off to Eastbourne town,
Not a frown.
The air show’s here, planes altogether!

Ginny-wise, you love to wear a ring,
Tiaras too, well, wouldn’t you
Add lots and lots of bling.
It’s perfect for our own dear Ginny, so they say.
Let’s celebrate this special happy day!"

Graham & Eogan
The Melody Men of Brighton & Hove

All our tribute lyrics are intended for the personal use only of the user!

The Melody Men compose a tribute song for Ginny's 70th birthday

08/05/2019

"I Remember You" with built-in yodelling!!

08/05/2019

The Melody Men quiz the residents on Coronation Street and sing Save The Last Dance for Me!!

04/10/2018

We were very happy to write a set of new lyrics as a tribute to Beryl on her 100th birthday! Thanks to her family and Placefarmhouse for supplying the key information.

A “LOVELY, bubbly” former secretary who has celebrated reaching the grand old age of 100 takes a glass of ginger beer every night just before…

30/07/2018

So here we are talking about Perry Como and getting the residents to guess the name of the song.

Listen to Melody Men introduction and sing "Magic Moments" by Graham Arlidge on

30/07/2018

We aim to stimulate and entertain. Have a listen to our chat around the year in which King of the Road was written.

Listen to Melody Men introduce and sing "King of the Road" by Graham Arlidge on

19/07/2018

Now that's playing!

01/05/2018

“We’re the only club event in the world where someone was rushed to hospital because they’d forgotten to take their drugs."

30/04/2018

Just an example of our sing-a-long plus quiz entertainment on this day with Hove Luncheon Club. We project the lyrics and quiz topics onto a screen so that everyone can join in.

10/04/2018

A good fun session at Victoria Chatsworth

13/03/2018

Sussex wide support group

Know Dementia, a local charity, is run by volunteers comprising family carers and qualified professionals who live and work with people with a dementia. Charity Registration No. 1154361

16/01/2018

So who was Harry Corbett's famous puppet? And did you know Harry Ramsden of fish and chip fame was his uncle [ not Sooty's!! Oh.....}

23/05/2017

Great singalong last week at Victoria Chatsworth!

19/05/2017

Recent sing-a-long at Bramble Cottage Retirement Home!

01/05/2017

April has been a great month for the Melody Men. A special 100th birthday song written by Graham too.

06/02/2017

Hove Luncheon Club were a great group of people to sing with! We had a last minute change as Eogan hasn't been well and Bettina stepped in very ably. Caroline from the club said:"The Melody Mix (a.k.a The melody Men) were fantastic. The members really engaged with the songs because of the visual clues before each song and because they could read all the words on the screen. With classics like 'Run Rabbit Run' and 'Fly me to the Moon' Graham and Bettina were very encouraging and lots of people joined in. A fun end to a particularly busy day."

05/12/2016

Listen to The Melody Men of Brighton & Hove sing Fly me to the Moon and Blue Moon medley by snappygraham on

04/12/2016

We talk about Gracie Fields and her theme tune!

02/12/2016

So group singing is good for you: the research is now in!!

MUSIC is the food of love according to Shakespeare, but researchers have found it is also good for your mental health and wellbeing.

16/11/2016

The Melody Men are a unique duo who use a sing-a-long format to bring music and fun to older people. We use on-screen lyrics and picture prompts which serve as memory triggers to help our audiences join in as we know that singing and reminiscing can bring a special sense of well-being and togetherness. Eogan our lead singer is experienced in engaging people so there is lots of chat and humour along the way, whilst Graham provides the live accompaniment on the keyboard. Of course, the real stars are the residents and visitors who sing out and share their memories of songs from an era spanning the war years to the 1960s. We know we are as likely to encounter someone with a memory of Flanagan and Allen as well as an Elvis fan!!