Elly Rydge has been performing in New Zealand since 2011.  She holds a Bachelor of Musical Arts, majoring in vocals and works during the day as a music teacher.  She has trained to perform a wide range of genres including Jazz, RnB, Rock and Blues from the 1930's to today

With influences ranging from Etta James through to Alicia Keys and combining 17 years of experience playing piano, Elly causes many to stop in their tracks and connect with well recognised tunes. 

Experienced at performing in stadiums, talent shows, restaurants, and weddings she is performance savvy and able to rise to all occasions, adapting to the size and sound suitable for your event. 

Elly is available solo or as a duo - She also has a 3 or 4 piece band Black & Gold.  

Elly goes the extra mile with her performances, asking for requests and selects set-lists that cater to the guests she is entertaining.  She uses high quality performance gear and is always well presented and great at managing her time before and after events. 

Ideal for: background and more upbeat music for small corporate function, private party, wedding, festival, plus pop covers dance band for wedding reception or dance. 

1. A Case Of You – Joni Mitchell
2. A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
3. A Million Dreams – The Greatest Showman
4. Africa – Toto
5. Afterglow – Wilkinson
6. Ain't It Fun - Paramore
7. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye
8. All You Wanted – Michelle Branch
9. Angels – The Xx
10. April Sun In Cuba - Dragon
11. All Of Me - John Legend
12. At Last - Etta James
13. Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
14. Back To Black – Amy Winehouse
15. Baywatch Theme Tune – I’m Always Here
16. Beat It – Michael Jackson
17. Beautiful – Christina Aguilera
18. Bellyache – Billie Eilish
19. Believer – Imagine Dragons
20. Better Together – Jack Johnson
21. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
22. Black & Gold – Sam Sparro
23. Black Or White – Michael Jackson
24. Blinding Lights – The Weeknd
25. Blue Moon – Ella Fitzgerald
26. Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
27. Brown Eyed Lover - Allen Stone
28. Bubbly – Colbie Callait
29. Can’t Help Falling In Love With You – Elvis Presley
30. Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd
31. Call Me – Blondie
32. Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
33. Closer – The Chainsmokers
34. Come Away With Me – Nora Jones
35. Come And Get Your Love - Redbone
36. Come To My Window – Melissa Ethridge
37. Come Together – The Beatles
38. Cosmic Love – Florence + The Machine
39. Count On Me – Brunomars
40. Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
41. Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
42. Dancing Queen – Abba
43. Day 1 - Honne
44. December 1963 – Four Seasons
45. Don't Know Why – Nora Jones
46. Don’t You Forget About Me – Simple Minds
47. Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
48. Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
49. Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
50. Down Under – Men At Work
51. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
52. Everlong – Foo Fighters
53. Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears
54. Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac
55. Fade Away – Che Fu
56. Fallin' – Alicia Keys
57. Finesse – Bruno Mars
58. Fly Me To The Moon – Michael Bublé
59. Forever – Six60
60. Forget You – Cee Lo Green
61. Forever Now – Cold Chisel
62. Freefallin’ – Tom Petty
63. From This Moment – Shania Twain
64. Gaga Medley – Lady Gaga
65. Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
66. Get Lucky – Daft Punk
67. Get The Party Started – P!Nk
68. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndii Lauper
69. Give Me On Reason – Tracey Chapman
70. Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
71. Good Riddance Time Of Your Life – Green Day
72. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
73. Hand In Pocket – Alanis Morrisette
74. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
75. Halo - Beyonce
76. Happy – Pharrell Williams
77. Havana – Camillo Cabello
78. Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Ccr
79. Heart Of Gold – Neil Young
80. Heartlines – Broods
81. Hello - Lionel Ritchie
82. Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
83. Hey Now (Don't Dream Its Over) – Crowded House
84. Hey Ya – Outkast
85. Higher Love – Whitney Houston
86. Hold My Hand – Hootie & The Blowfish
87. Home – Daughtry
88. How Long Will I Love You – Ellie Goulding
89. I Feel It Coming – The Weekend
90. I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown
91. I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
92. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For – U2
93. I Wanna Dance With Somebody – Whitney Houston
94. I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys
95. I Want To Break Free - Queen
96. I Was Made For Loving You – Ed Sheeran & Tori Kelly
97. I Wish - Stevie Wonder
98. I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz
99. I'll Be There - Jackson 5
100. I’m Gonna Be 500 Miles – The Proclaimers
101. I'm Feeling Good - Nina Simone
102. I’ll Be There For You – Friends Theme Tune
103. I’m Still Standing – Elton John
104. I’m With You – Vance Joy
105. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
106. If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys
107. In Colour – Shapeshifter
108. In The Air - Lab
109. Ironic – Alanis Morrissette
110. Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
111. Jolene – Dolly Parton
112. Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
113. Karma Chameleon – Boy George
114. Kids - Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue
115. Knocking On Heaven’s Door – Guns And Roses
116. Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
117. Like A Prayer – Madonna
118. Linger – The Cranberries
119. Livin On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
120. Listen To The Music – Doobie Brothers
121. Lonely Boy – The Black Keys
122. Love Is In The Air – John Paul Young
123. Love On The Brain - Rihanna
124. Love, Love, Love – Avalanche City
125. Love Story – Taylor Swift
126. Love Youself – Justin Bieber
127. Lush Life – Zara Larsen
128. Make You Feel My Love - Adele
129. Man I Feel Like A Woman – Shania Twain
130. Mercy – Duffy
131. Misty Frequencies – Che Fu
132. Moves Like Jagger – Christinaaguileria&Maroon5
133. My Hero – Foo Fighters
134. Naturally – Allen Stone
135. Never Ending Circles – Churches
136. Never Let Me Go – Florence And The Machine
137. No Diggity – Chet Faker
138. Nothing Compares To You – Sinead O Connor
139. No Scrubs - TLC
140. Ocean Eyes – Billie Eilish
141. Paper Rings – Taylor Swift
142. Perfect - Ed Sheeran
143. Perfect Places - Lorde
144. Piano Man - Billy Joel
145. Power Of Love - Huey Lewis And The News
146. Pricetag - Jessie J
147. Prison - Miley Cyrus Ft. Dua Lipa
148. Proud Mary - Ccr
149. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster And People
150. Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey
151. Rain – Dragon
152. Rather Be – Clean Bandit
153. Respect – Aretha Franklin
154. Rocket Man – Elton John
155. Rosanna – Toto
156. Rhianon - Fleetwood Mac
157. Royals - Lorde
158. Santeria - Sublime
159. Scars To Your Beautiful - Alessia Cara
160. Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur
161. Say You’ll Be There – Spice Girls
162. Send My Love To Your New Lover – Adele
163. She Drives Me Crazy – Fine Young Cannibals
164. Shotgun – George Ezra
165. Sia Medley – Sia
166. Simply The Best – Tina Turner
167. Soaked – Benee
168. Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye
169. Something Good – Bic Runga
170. Sorry – Justin Bieber
171. Stand By Me - Otis Redding
172. Starry Eyes - Lab
173. Strong – London Grammar
174. Summer Of 69 – Bryan Adams
175. Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
176. Superstar - Jamelia
177. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
178. Sweet Dreams – Eu Rhythmix
179. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
180. Tainted Love – Soft Cell
181. Take It Easy – Stan Walker
182. Take Me Home Country Roads – John Denver
183. Take My Hand – Emily Hackett
184. Tenerife Sea – Ed Sheeran
185. Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
186. Thank You For The Music – Abba
187. That’s What I Like – Bruno Mars
188. The Best – Tina Turner
189. The Middle - Zedd
190. The River Of Dreams – Billie Joel
191. The Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson
192. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
193. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
194. Times Like These – Foo Fighters
195. Titanium – Sia
196. Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
197. Total Eclipse Of A Heart – Bonnie Tyler
198. Toxic – Britney Spears
199. Umbrella – Rihanna
200. Unaware – Allen Stone
201. Uptown Funk – Bruno Mars
202. Valerie - Amy Winehouse
203. Walking On Sunshine – Katrina And The Waves
204. Wannabe – Spice Girls
205. Watch Over Me – Bernard Fanning
206. Waterfalls – Tlc
207. Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles
208. We Built This City - Starship
209. We Will Rock You – Queen
210. What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
211. What I Got – Sublime
212. What’s Love Got To Do With It – Tina Turner
213. What’s Up – Four Non Blondes
214. When We Were Young – Adele
215. Who’s Loving You – The Jackson 5
216. Why Does Love Do This To Me – The Exponents
217. Woman’s Worth – Alicia Keys
218. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
219. Wonderful World – Eric Clapton
220. Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus
221. Yellow Flicker Beat – Lorde
222. Yesterday - The Beatles
223. You Are My Sunshine – Kevin Devine
224. You Are The Reason – Callum Scott
225. You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
226. You Oughta Know – Alanis Morrisette
227. You Shook Me All Night Long - Acdc
228. You’re The Voice – John Farnham
229. Your Song – Elton John
230. You’ve Got The Love – Florence And The Machine
231. Zombie – The Cranberries

Thank you very much Elly did an amazing job and we were very happy with her performance.
Thank you
Annelies and Chris
Wedding

The event was excellent and Elly’s performance was very well received by the visitors.   Elly spoke to me prior to leaving and indicated she and her colleague Rosie had been very impressed with the day and the opportunity to come to Waimate and be part of the day’s entertainment programme.
Fortunately the weather was brilliant and a good day was had by all attending.
Regards Joy
Waimate Strawberry Fare

Hi Pete, 
Elly did an amazing job we were really pleased.  Please pass on my thanks to her 
Nikki  :) 

Hi 
Elly was amazing really special day for my 50th 
Many thanks 
Gabby 
50th birthday

Hi Robyn,
I am sorry this is so delayed!
We just wanted to thank Elly again for all her work that she put into our wedding. She went above and beyond what was required purely because she wanted to ensure everything was perfect for our special day. She has an amazing talent and one that really set the mood for the day. Everyone at the wedding commented on how amazing she was! Thank you so much, it meant everything to us to have such an amazing person to be apart of our day!
I am happy for you to use any of these words as a review for Elly to help others hire her in the future as we feel so lucky that we had her as a part of our day.
Thank you,
Catherine

Regarding Elly Ridge, She was prompt, very professional and did an exceptional job on the night. She was well groomed and her performance was superb. We would like to pass on our sincere thanks to Elly for an exceptional evening’s entertainment, please pass on our gratitude.
Kind regards
Nicola

I am out of town at the mo so don't know if we got a photo- haven't seen them yet. ELLY was absolutely delightful. She was perfect for our garden party playing set up on the lawn. She was friendly, professional and such a beautiful voice. Just perfect for our Occassion. I would highly recommend ELLY for such an Occassion.
Kind regards
Jo LIDSTONE 

Hi Robyn
She was absolutely superb. She sang and played beautifully and her choice of music was perfect for our party. We would highly recommend her.
Thank you.
Regards
Catherine Smith

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